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Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
Table A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
Table A-9.  Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

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                  THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  OCTOBER 1995
 
     Nonfarm payroll employment increased in October 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.  The number of
payroll jobs increased by 116,000, as several service-producing industries
and construction experienced gains.  Manufacturing employment was down,
reflecting a strike in the aircraft industry.
 
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
 
     Both the number of unemployed persons and the unemployment rate were
about unchanged in October at 7.2 million and 5.5 percent, respectively.
The jobless rate has remained in a very narrow range in recent months.  The
unemployment rate for adult men fell four-tenths of a percentage point in
October to 4.5 percent.  The rate for blacks (9.9 percent) also fell; this
series often fluctuates widely from month to month.  The rates for adult
women (5.0 percent), teenagers (17.1 percent), whites (4.8 percent), and
Hispanics (9.4 percent) showed little or no change.  (See tables A-1 and
A-2.)
 
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
     Total employment, at 125.4 million in October, changed little over the
month.  The proportion of the working-age population that was employed (the
employment-population ratio) was 63.0 percent in October.  This ratio has
been at or near that level over the past 12 months.  The number of persons
working part time for economic reasons fell slightly in October to 4.4
million.  This series has shown no clear trend for more than a year.  (See
tables A-1 and A-3.)
 
     The number of workers who held more than one job in October was 8.0
million (not seasonally adjusted).  These multiple jobholders comprised 6.3
percent of the total employed, little different from a year earlier.  (See
table A-8.)
 
     The civilian labor force, at a seasonally adjusted level of 132.6
million in October, was unchanged from the previous month.  The labor force
participation rate also was unchanged at 66.6 percent.  (See table A-1.)
 
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
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                      |   Quarterly     |      Monthly data        |
                      |   averages      |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________|Sept.-
      Category        |       1995      |           1995           |Oct.
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |   II   |   III  |  Aug.  |  Sept. |  Oct.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                  Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 132,139| 132,440| 132,211| 132,591| 132,648|     57
  Employment..........| 124,625| 124,960| 124,779| 125,140| 125,399|    259
  Unemployment........|   7,514|   7,480|   7,431|   7,451|   7,249|   -202
Not in labor force....|  66,157|  66,367|  66,590|  66,414|  66,544|    130
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     5.7|     5.6|     5.6|     5.6|     5.5|   -0.1
  Adult men...........|     4.9|     4.8|     4.8|     4.9|     4.5|    -.4
  Adult women.........|     5.0|     5.0|     5.0|     4.9|     5.0|     .1
  Teenagers...........|    17.2|    17.8|    17.7|    17.5|    17.1|    -.4
  White...............|     5.0|     4.8|     4.8|     4.8|     4.8|     .0
  Black...............|    10.4|    11.2|    11.3|    11.3|     9.9|   -1.4
  Hispanic origin.....|     9.3|     9.2|     9.9|     8.9|     9.4|     .5
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 116,368|p116,767| 116,838|p116,888|p117,004|   p116
  Goods-producing 1/..|  24,266| p24,157|  24,165| p24,150| p24,154|     p4
    Construction......|   5,221|  p5,239|   5,233|  p5,258|  p5,286|    p28
    Manufacturing.....|  18,463| p18,343|  18,357| p18,319| p18,298|   p-21
  Service-producing 1/|  92,102| p92,610|  92,673| p92,738| p92,850|   p112
    Retail trade......|  20,769| p20,857|  20,837| p20,882| p20,890|     p8
    Services..........|  32,654| p32,953|  32,986| p33,053| p33,110|    p57
    Government........|  19,262| p19,310|  19,346| p19,303| p19,298|    p-5
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.4|   p34.5|    34.4|   p34.5|   p34.7|   p0.2
  Manufacturing.......|    41.5|   p41.5|    41.5|   p41.7|   p41.5|   p-.2
    Overtime..........|     4.4|    p4.4|     4.3|    p4.5|    p4.3|   p-.2
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                     Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $11.40| p$11.50|  $11.48| p$11.53| p$11.59| p$0.06
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  392.16| p396.87|  394.91| p397.79| p402.17|  p4.38
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
    p = preliminary.
 
                                   - 3 -
 
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
     About 1.6 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in October--that is, they wanted and were
available for work but had stopped looking for jobs sometime in the prior
12 months.  This was about the same number as a year earlier.  The number
of discouraged workers--persons who had stopped looking for work
specifically because they believed no jobs were available to them--was
412,000 in October.  (See table A-8.)
 
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 116,000 in October to 117.0
million, after seasonal adjustment.  The increase was held down by a net
rise in strike activity, which removed 23,000 workers from payrolls.  Most
industry divisions in the service-producing sector showed job gains over
the month. (See table B-1.)
 
     Employment in the services industry rose by 57,000 in October, the
second straight month of relatively slow growth.  Sizable increases
occurred in health, engineering and management, and auto repair services.
Employment in business services, which had grown by nearly 400,000 jobs
over the year ending in September, was essentially unchanged in October, as
further gains in computer services were offset by a decline in personnel
supply.  There were small declines in several other services industries.
 
     Employment in transportation and public utilities rose by 22,000, more
than reversing a decline in the previous month.  A job gain of 14,000 in
trucking and warehousing included a return of 5,000 workers who had been on
strike.  Air transportation added 6,000 jobs for the second consecutive
month.  Finance, insurance, and real estate employment rose sharply; the
increase of 18,000 resulted from strength in real estate, mortgage banking,
and credit agencies.  Wholesale trade also added workers, largely in
durable goods distribution.  Employment in retail trade was little changed,
following a large increase in the previous month.  While auto dealers and
service stations posted a sizable job gain, there was a decline of similar
magnitude in miscellaneous retail (such as drug stores and catalog
companies).  Employment in eating and drinking places declined in October,
reversing an increase in September.
 
     Manufacturing employment declined by 21,000 in October.  A strike in
the aircraft industry removed 26,000 workers from payrolls.  Job losses
continued in apparel and in printing and publishing.  A number of
manufacturing industries recorded job gains, including fabricated metals,
industrial machinery (despite a strike involving 2,000 workers), electronic
components, and food processing.
 
     Construction employment rose by 28,000, following a similar increase
in September.  Despite these gains, the increase in construction employment
over the past year is still only about 60 percent of the growth in the
prior 12 months.  Mining continued its downward slide, losing 3,000 jobs in
October.
 
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls rose by 0.2 hour in October to 34.7 hours,
seasonally adjusted.  Both the manufacturing workweek and factory overtime
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fell by 0.2 hour, to 41.5 hours and 4.3 hours, respectively, the same
levels as in August.  (See table B-2.)
 
     The index of aggregate weekly hours of private production or
nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.8 percent on a
seasonally adjusted basis to 134.0 (1982=100) in October.  The
manufacturing index fell 0.5 percent to 105.8.  (See table B-5.)
 
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory
workers on nonfarm payrolls advanced 6 cents in October to $11.59
(seasonally adjusted) following a gain of 5 cents in the previous month.
Average weekly earnings increased by 1.1 percent, reflecting gains in both
the workweek and hourly pay.  Over the past year, average hourly earnings
rose by 3.0 percent and average weekly earnings rose by 2.4 percent.  (See
table B-3.)
 
                         _________________________
 
     The Employment Situation for November 1995 is scheduled to be released
on Friday, December 8, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).
 
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     |    Effective with the data for January 1996, scheduled  |
     |for release on February 2, BLS plans to discontinue      |
     |publishing table A-9, "Employment status of the civilian |
     |population for 11 large states."  Because of anticipated |
     |budget reductions, we expect that the Current Population |
     |Survey will no longer be of sufficient size to provide   |
     |data for all of these 11 states directly.  Estimates     |
     |for these states, based on the method currently used for |
     |each of the other states and the District of Columbia,   |
     |will be included in the news release, "State and         |
     |Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment," issued   |
     |about 4 weeks after "The Employment Situation" news      |
     |release.                                                 |
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
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         Employment status, sex, and age          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Oct.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Oct.  |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
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                      TOTAL
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 197,430| 199,005| 199,192| 197,430| 198,453| 198,615| 198,801| 199,005| 199,192
  Civilian labor force............................| 131,879| 132,341| 132,863| 131,646| 131,869| 132,519| 132,211| 132,591| 132,648
        Participation rate........................|    66.8|    66.5|    66.7|    66.7|    66.4|    66.7|    66.5|    66.6|    66.6
    Employed......................................| 124,724| 125,173| 125,979| 124,141| 124,485| 124,959| 124,779| 125,140| 125,399
        Employment-population ratio...............|    63.2|    62.9|    63.2|    62.9|    62.7|    62.9|    62.8|    62.9|    63.0
      Agriculture.................................|   3,523|   3,430|   3,479|   3,494|   3,451|   3,409|   3,362|   3,273|   3,455
      Nonagricultural industries..................| 121,202| 121,744| 122,500| 120,647| 121,034| 121,550| 121,417| 121,867| 121,944
    Unemployed....................................|   7,155|   7,167|   6,884|   7,505|   7,384|   7,559|   7,431|   7,451|   7,249
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.4|     5.4|     5.2|     5.7|     5.6|     5.7|     5.6|     5.6|     5.5
  Not in labor force..............................|  65,550|  66,664|  66,329|  65,784|  66,583|  66,096|  66,590|  66,414|  66,544
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  94,671|  95,397|  95,492|  94,671|  95,110|  95,191|  95,287|  95,397|  95,492
  Civilian labor force............................|  71,168|  71,288|  71,324|  71,133|  71,345|  71,338|  71,109|  71,437|  71,291
        Participation rate........................|    75.2|    74.7|    74.7|    75.1|    75.0|    74.9|    74.6|    74.9|    74.7
    Employed......................................|  67,424|  67,646|  67,850|  67,059|  67,390|  67,383|  67,108|  67,408|  67,494
        Employment-population ratio...............|    71.2|    70.9|    71.1|    70.8|    70.9|    70.8|    70.4|    70.7|    70.7
    Unemployed....................................|   3,745|   3,642|   3,474|   4,074|   3,955|   3,955|   4,001|   4,029|   3,797
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.3|     5.1|     4.9|     5.7|     5.5|     5.5|     5.6|     5.6|     5.3
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  87,439|  87,940|  88,027|  87,439|  87,750|  87,818|  87,905|  87,940|  88,027
  Civilian labor force............................|  67,392|  67,374|  67,473|  67,177|  67,232|  67,258|  67,077|  67,343|  67,251
        Participation rate........................|    77.1|    76.6|    76.7|    76.8|    76.6|    76.6|    76.3|    76.6|    76.4
    Employed......................................|  64,294|  64,417|  64,711|  63,820|  63,994|  64,066|  63,871|  64,061|  64,243
        Employment-population ratio...............|    73.5|    73.3|    73.5|    73.0|    72.9|    73.0|    72.7|    72.8|    73.0
      Agriculture.................................|   2,377|   2,375|   2,398|   2,329|   2,344|   2,327|   2,288|   2,266|   2,363
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  61,917|  62,042|  62,313|  61,491|  61,649|  61,739|  61,583|  61,795|  61,880
    Unemployed....................................|   3,098|   2,957|   2,762|   3,357|   3,238|   3,192|   3,206|   3,282|   3,008
        Unemployment rate.........................|     4.6|     4.4|     4.1|     5.0|     4.8|     4.7|     4.8|     4.9|     4.5
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             Women, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 102,758| 103,608| 103,700| 102,758| 103,342| 103,424| 103,514| 103,608| 103,700
  Civilian labor force............................|  60,711|  61,053|  61,539|  60,513|  60,524|  61,180|  61,102|  61,154|  61,357
        Participation rate........................|    59.1|    58.9|    59.3|    58.9|    58.6|    59.2|    59.0|    59.0|    59.2
    Employed......................................|  57,301|  57,527|  58,129|  57,082|  57,095|  57,576|  57,672|  57,732|  57,905
        Employment-population ratio...............|    55.8|    55.5|    56.1|    55.5|    55.2|    55.7|    55.7|    55.7|    55.8
    Unemployed....................................|   3,410|   3,525|   3,410|   3,431|   3,429|   3,604|   3,430|   3,422|   3,452
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.6|     5.8|     5.5|     5.7|     5.7|     5.9|     5.6|     5.6|     5.6
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             Women, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  95,729|  96,409|  96,487|  95,729|  96,204|  96,265|  96,327|  96,409|  96,487
  Civilian labor force............................|  57,302|  57,520|  57,978|  56,951|  56,773|  57,471|  57,346|  57,392|  57,618
        Participation rate........................|    59.9|    59.7|    60.1|    59.5|    59.0|    59.7|    59.5|    59.5|    59.7
    Employed......................................|  54,473|  54,586|  55,113|  54,090|  53,915|  54,519|  54,498|  54,600|  54,710
        Employment-population ratio...............|    56.9|    56.6|    57.1|    56.5|    56.0|    56.6|    56.6|    56.6|    56.7
      Agriculture.................................|     888|     793|     847|     863|     791|     787|     809|     753|     821
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  53,585|  53,793|  54,266|  53,227|  53,124|  53,732|  53,688|  53,847|  53,889
    Unemployed....................................|   2,829|   2,934|   2,864|   2,861|   2,857|   2,952|   2,849|   2,792|   2,908
        Unemployment rate.........................|     4.9|     5.1|     4.9|     5.0|     5.0|     5.1|     5.0|     4.9|     5.0
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian  noninstitutional population.............|  14,261|  14,657|  14,678|  14,261|  14,498|  14,531|  14,569|  14,657|  14,678
  Civilian labor force............................|   7,185|   7,447|   7,412|   7,518|   7,864|   7,790|   7,787|   7,856|   7,779
        Participation rate........................|    50.4|    50.8|    50.5|    52.7|    54.2|    53.6|    53.5|    53.6|    53.0
    Employed......................................|   5,957|   6,170|   6,154|   6,231|   6,576|   6,375|   6,411|   6,479|   6,446
        Employment-population ratio...............|    41.8|    42.1|    41.9|    43.7|    45.4|    43.9|    44.0|    44.2|    43.9
      Agriculture.................................|     257|     262|     233|     302|     316|     295|     265|     253|     272
      Nonagricultural industries..................|   5,700|   5,908|   5,920|   5,929|   6,261|   6,080|   6,146|   6,225|   6,174
    Unemployed....................................|   1,228|   1,277|   1,258|   1,287|   1,288|   1,415|   1,377|   1,378|   1,332
        Unemployment rate.........................|    17.1|    17.1|    17.0|    17.1|    16.4|    18.2|    17.7|    17.5|    17.1
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   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |                                  1/
                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
      Employment status, race, sex, age, and      |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                 Hispanic origin                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Oct.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Oct.  |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
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                      WHITE
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 165,954| 167,200| 167,327| 165,954| 166,822| 166,931| 167,058| 167,200| 167,327
  Civilian labor force............................| 111,577| 112,039| 112,322| 111,555| 111,541| 112,197| 111,971| 112,247| 112,232
      Participation rate..........................|    67.2|    67.0|    67.1|    67.2|    66.9|    67.2|    67.0|    67.1|    67.1
    Employed......................................| 106,435| 106,886| 107,294| 106,010| 106,145| 106,770| 106,567| 106,851| 106,815
      Employment-population ratio.................|    64.1|    63.9|    64.1|    63.9|    63.6|    64.0|    63.8|    63.9|    63.8
    Unemployed....................................|   5,141|   5,152|   5,027|   5,545|   5,396|   5,427|   5,404|   5,396|   5,417
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.6|     4.6|     4.5|     5.0|     4.8|     4.8|     4.8|     4.8|     4.8
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              Men, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|  57,703|  57,773|  57,852|  57,615|  57,592|  57,618|  57,559|  57,790|  57,707
      Participation rate..........................|    77.5|    77.0|    77.1|    77.3|    77.0|    76.9|    76.8|    77.0|    76.9
    Employed......................................|  55,410|  55,595|  55,783|  55,061|  55,133|  55,263|  55,126|  55,318|  55,395
      Employment-population ratio.................|    74.4|    74.1|    74.3|    73.9|    73.7|    73.8|    73.6|    73.8|    73.8
    Unemployed....................................|   2,294|   2,178|   2,069|   2,554|   2,459|   2,355|   2,433|   2,472|   2,312
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.0|     3.8|     3.6|     4.4|     4.3|     4.1|     4.2|     4.3|     4.0
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             Women, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|  47,822|  48,074|  48,254|  47,614|  47,275|  47,965|  47,881|  47,958|  48,003
      Participation rate..........................|    59.7|    59.6|    59.8|    59.4|    58.7|    59.5|    59.4|    59.4|    59.5
    Employed......................................|  45,817|  45,988|  46,192|  45,535|  45,215|  45,873|  45,824|  45,988|  45,871
      Employment-population ratio.................|    57.2|    57.0|    57.2|    56.8|    56.1|    56.9|    56.8|    57.0|    56.8
    Unemployed....................................|   2,005|   2,086|   2,061|   2,079|   2,060|   2,092|   2,057|   1,970|   2,131
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.2|     4.3|     4.3|     4.4|     4.4|     4.4|     4.3|     4.1|     4.4
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,052|   6,192|   6,216|   6,326|   6,674|   6,614|   6,532|   6,499|   6,522
      Participation rate..........................|    53.5|    53.7|    53.8|    56.0|    58.3|    57.6|    56.8|    56.4|    56.5
    Employed......................................|   5,209|   5,303|   5,319|   5,414|   5,797|   5,634|   5,617|   5,544|   5,549
      Employment-population ratio.................|    46.1|    46.0|    46.1|    47.9|    50.6|    49.1|    48.8|    48.1|    48.0
    Unemployed....................................|     843|     889|     897|     912|     877|     980|     914|     955|     973
      Unemployment rate...........................|    13.9|    14.4|    14.4|    14.4|    13.1|    14.8|    14.0|    14.7|    14.9
        Men.......................................|    13.9|    15.2|    16.2|    15.2|    14.5|    14.6|    15.7|    16.0|    17.6
        Women.....................................|    14.0|    13.4|    12.4|    13.5|    11.6|    15.0|    12.1|    13.3|    12.0
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                      BLACK
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  22,990|  23,323|  23,357|  22,990|  23,221|  23,249|  23,284|  23,323|  23,357
  Civilian labor force............................|  14,716|  14,786|  14,943|  14,649|  14,707|  14,656|  14,715|  14,823|  14,883
      Participation rate..........................|    64.0|    63.4|    64.0|    63.7|    63.3|    63.0|    63.2|    63.6|    63.7
    Employed......................................|  13,146|  13,173|  13,520|  13,022|  13,142|  13,033|  13,049|  13,147|  13,413
      Employment-population ratio.................|    57.2|    56.5|    57.9|    56.6|    56.6|    56.1|    56.0|    56.4|    57.4
    Unemployed....................................|   1,570|   1,613|   1,423|   1,627|   1,565|   1,623|   1,666|   1,676|   1,470
      Unemployment rate...........................|    10.7|    10.9|     9.5|    11.1|    10.6|    11.1|    11.3|    11.3|     9.9
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              Men, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,760|   6,724|   6,746|   6,706|   6,721|   6,666|   6,666|   6,729|   6,688
      Participation rate..........................|    73.3|    72.3|    72.4|    72.7|    72.5|    71.7|    71.6|    72.4|    71.8
    Employed......................................|   6,161|   6,120|   6,244|   6,069|   6,117|   6,059|   6,039|   6,083|   6,158
      Employment-population ratio.................|    66.8|    65.8|    67.0|    65.8|    66.0|    65.2|    64.9|    65.4|    66.1
    Unemployed....................................|     599|     605|     502|     637|     604|     607|     627|     646|     530
      Unemployment rate...........................|     8.9|     9.0|     7.4|     9.5|     9.0|     9.1|     9.4|     9.6|     7.9
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             Women, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|   7,096|   7,135|   7,333|   7,033|   7,067|   7,085|   7,105|   7,116|   7,284
      Participation rate..........................|    61.5|    60.9|    62.5|    60.9|    60.6|    60.6|    60.7|    60.7|    62.1
    Employed......................................|   6,450|   6,455|   6,699|   6,384|   6,453|   6,422|   6,468|   6,442|   6,645
      Employment-population ratio.................|    55.9|    55.1|    57.1|    55.3|    55.3|    55.0|    55.3|    55.0|    56.6
    Unemployed....................................|     646|     681|     634|     649|     614|     663|     636|     674|     638
      Unemployment rate...........................|     9.1|     9.5|     8.6|     9.2|     8.7|     9.4|     9.0|     9.5|     8.8
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
  Civilian labor force............................|     860|     927|     864|     910|     918|     905|     945|     978|     911
      Participation rate..........................|    38.7|    40.2|    37.4|    40.9|    40.4|    39.8|    41.5|    42.4|    39.4
    Employed......................................|     535|     599|     578|     569|     571|     552|     542|     622|     610
      Employment-population ratio.................|    24.1|    26.0|    25.0|    25.6|    25.1|    24.3|    23.8|    27.0|    26.4
    Unemployed....................................|     325|     328|     286|     341|     347|     353|     403|     356|     301
      Unemployment rate...........................|    37.8|    35.4|    33.1|    37.5|    37.8|    39.0|    42.6|    36.4|    33.1
        Men.......................................|    35.9|    31.9|    33.4|    35.9|    38.7|    41.6|    46.3|    32.7|    33.6
        Women.....................................|    39.7|    38.6|    32.8|    39.1|    36.8|    36.3|    38.9|    39.7|    32.6
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                 HISPANIC ORIGIN
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  18,291|  18,752|  18,800|  18,291|  18,604|  18,653|  18,702|  18,752|  18,800
  Civilian labor force............................|  12,194|  12,457|  12,504|  12,222|  12,229|  12,323|  12,383|  12,456|  12,504
      Participation rate..........................|    66.7|    66.4|    66.5|    66.8|    65.7|    66.1|    66.2|    66.4|    66.5
    Employed......................................|  11,094|  11,374|  11,378|  11,074|  11,131|  11,235|  11,158|  11,351|  11,333
      Employment-population ratio.................|    60.7|    60.7|    60.5|    60.5|    59.8|    60.2|    59.7|    60.5|    60.3
    Unemployed....................................|   1,100|   1,083|   1,126|   1,148|   1,098|   1,088|   1,225|   1,105|   1,171
      Unemployment rate...........................|     9.0|     8.7|     9.0|     9.4|     9.0|     8.8|     9.9|     8.9|     9.4
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   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
   NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals
because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in
both the white and black population groups.
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
 
(In thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
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                     Category                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Oct.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Oct.  |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
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Total employed, 16 years and over.................|124,724 |125,173 |125,979 |124,141 |124,485 |124,959 |124,779 |125,140 |125,399
  Married men, spouse present.....................| 41,772 | 42,468 | 42,647 | 41,511 | 41,956 | 42,137 | 42,060 | 42,257 | 42,393
  Married women, spouse present...................| 31,968 | 32,175 | 32,460 | 31,764 | 31,918 | 32,309 | 32,226 | 32,175 | 32,234
  Women who maintain families.....................|  7,169 |  7,171 |  7,126 |  7,098 |  7,201 |  7,081 |  7,268 |  7,100 |  7,055
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                    OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Managerial and professional specialty...........| 34,462 | 35,596 | 36,031 | 34,275 | 35,300 | 35,692 | 35,775 | 35,602 | 35,827
  Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 37,508 | 37,380 | 37,327 | 37,669 | 37,374 | 37,860 | 37,435 | 37,606 | 37,365
  Service occupations.............................| 16,848 | 16,582 | 16,879 | 17,062 | 16,794 | 16,759 | 17,025 | 16,818 | 17,084
  Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,692 | 13,655 | 13,665 | 13,467 | 13,459 | 13,433 | 13,296 | 13,506 | 13,463
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 18,503 | 18,164 | 18,336 | 18,122 | 17,936 | 17,746 | 17,758 | 17,974 | 17,995
  Farming, forestry, and fishing..................|  3,711 |  3,795 |  3,740 |  3,655 |  3,550 |  3,561 |  3,511 |  3,567 |  3,699
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                 CLASS OF WORKER
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Agriculture:                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|  1,813 |  1,836 |  1,877 |  1,764 |  1,848 |  1,832 |  1,772 |  1,744 |  1,844
    Self-employed workers.........................|  1,668 |  1,554 |  1,557 |  1,652 |  1,593 |  1,551 |  1,542 |  1,491 |  1,541
    Unpaid family workers.........................|     41 |     40 |     44 |     43 |     46 |     45 |     45 |     43 |     48
  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|112,154 |112,615 |113,374 |111,686 |112,160 |112,331 |112,350 |112,674 |112,950
      Government..................................| 18,480 | 18,214 | 18,394 | 18,201 | 18,387 | 18,358 | 18,326 | 18,196 | 18,193
      Private industries..........................| 93,674 | 94,401 | 94,981 | 93,485 | 93,773 | 93,973 | 94,023 | 94,478 | 94,756
        Private households........................|    930 |    944 |    958 |    935 |    866 |    887 |    886 |    982 |    980
        Other industries..........................| 92,744 | 93,457 | 94,022 | 92,550 | 92,907 | 93,086 | 93,138 | 93,495 | 93,776
    Self-employed workers.........................|  8,915 |  9,008 |  9,023 |  8,878 |  8,765 |  9,098 |  8,869 |  9,017 |  8,943
    Unpaid family workers.........................|    133 |    120 |    103 |    131 |    106 |    103 |    103 |    121 |    100
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            PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  All industries:                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  4,132 |  4,217 |  4,092 |  4,411 |  4,442 |  4,402 |  4,526 |  4,589 |  4,400
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,217 |  2,307 |  2,324 |  2,394 |  2,304 |  2,497 |  2,586 |  2,535 |  2,515
      Could only find part-time work..............|  1,660 |  1,608 |  1,504 |  1,791 |  1,785 |  1,672 |  1,567 |  1,738 |  1,636
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 18,684 | 18,282 | 18,673 | 17,644 | 17,745 | 18,299 | 18,113 | 17,959 | 17,683
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  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  3,919 |  4,073 |  3,923 |  4,226 |  4,185 |  4,234 |  4,316 |  4,451 |  4,255
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,060 |  2,198 |  2,221 |  2,257 |  2,158 |  2,385 |  2,448 |  2,432 |  2,441
      Could only find part-time work..............|  1,624 |  1,586 |  1,457 |  1,756 |  1,747 |  1,613 |  1,533 |  1,716 |  1,582
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 17,988 | 17,649 | 18,016 | 16,992 | 17,056 | 17,660 | 17,473 | 17,389 | 17,044
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   NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs
during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial
dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time
but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays,
illness, and bad weather.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                     Category                     |                          |
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                                                  |  Oct.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Oct.  |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
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 Total, 16 years and over.........................|  7,505 |  7,451 |   7,249|   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.6  |   5.5
   Men, 20 years and over.........................|  3,357 |  3,282 |   3,008|   5.0  |   4.8  |   4.7  |   4.8  |   4.9  |   4.5
   Women, 20 years and over.......................|  2,861 |  2,792 |   2,908|   5.0  |   5.0  |   5.1  |   5.0  |   4.9  |   5.0
   Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................|  1,287 |  1,378 |   1,332|  17.1  |  16.4  |  18.2  |  17.7  |  17.5  |  17.1
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   Married men, spouse present....................|  1,417 |  1,521 |   1,369|   3.3  |   3.4  |   3.4  |   3.3  |   3.5  |   3.1
   Married women, spouse present..................|  1,309 |  1,303 |   1,303|   4.0  |   3.8  |   4.1  |   4.1  |   3.9  |   3.9
   Women who maintain families....................|    695 |    620 |     609|   8.9  |   8.4  |   8.5  |   7.0  |   8.0  |   7.9
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   Full-time workers..............................|  6,168 |  5,993 |   5,824|   5.8  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.6  |   5.6  |   5.4
   Part-time workers..............................|  1,380 |  1,478 |   1,438|   5.6  |   6.3  |   6.6  |   5.9  |   5.9  |   5.8
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                             2/                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                   OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Managerial and professional specialty..........|    881 |    874 |     849|   2.5  |   2.5  |   2.6  |   2.6  |   2.4  |   2.3
   Technical, sales, and administrative support...|  1,792 |  1,761 |   1,759|   4.5  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.2  |   4.5  |   4.5
   Precision production, craft, and repair........|    834 |    884 |     854|   5.8  |   5.8  |   6.6  |   6.8  |   6.1  |   6.0
   Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........|  1,694 |  1,656 |   1,540|   8.5  |   8.5  |   8.4  |   8.5  |   8.4  |   7.9
   Farming, forestry, and fishing.................|    335 |    271 |     335|   8.4  |   8.6  |   7.6  |   6.6  |   7.1  |   8.3
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                     INDUSTRY
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers|  5,852 |  5,894 |   5,719|   5.9  |   5.7  |   5.9  |   5.8  |   5.9  |   5.7
     Goods-producing industries...................|  1,770 |  1,853 |   1,803|   6.4  |   6.4  |   6.5  |   6.5  |   6.6  |   6.4
       Mining.....................................|     32 |     20 |      54|   4.7  |   4.4  |   3.4  |   4.1  |   3.3  |   8.8
       Construction...............................|    673 |    827 |     755|  10.7  |  10.6  |  10.9  |  12.2  |  12.7  |  11.7
       Manufacturing..............................|  1,065 |  1,006 |     994|   5.1  |   5.2  |   5.2  |   4.8  |   4.8  |   4.7
         Durable goods............................|    580 |    500 |     533|   4.8  |   4.2  |   4.8  |   4.0  |   4.0  |   4.2
         Nondurable goods.........................|    485 |    506 |     461|   5.6  |   6.6  |   5.8  |   5.9  |   5.9  |   5.3
     Service-producing industries.................|  4,082 |  4,041 |   3,916|   5.7  |   5.4  |   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.6  |   5.4
       Transportation and public utilities........|    310 |    321 |     297|   4.4  |   4.5  |   4.7  |   4.4  |   4.5  |   4.2
       Wholesale and retail trade.................|  1,846 |  1,889 |   1,625|   7.2  |   6.2  |   6.6  |   6.4  |   7.2  |   6.3
       Finance, insurance, and real estate........|    258 |    204 |     240|   3.4  |   3.3  |   3.5  |   3.4  |   2.9  |   3.3
       Services...................................|  1,668 |  1,628 |   1,753|   5.3  |   5.5  |   5.8  |   5.7  |   5.1  |   5.5
   Government workers.............................|    595 |    502 |     530|   3.2  |   3.2  |   2.8  |   3.0  |   2.7  |   2.8
   Agricultural wage and salary workers...........|    202 |    229 |     257|  10.3  |  11.9  |   9.7  |   8.3  |  11.6  |  12.2
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   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
   2/  Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available
because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular
components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
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                     Duration                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Oct.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Oct.  |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
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               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Less than 5 weeks................................|  2,274 |  2,916 |  2,529 |  2,434 |  2,742 |  2,600 |  2,713 |  2,868 |  2,740
 5 to 14 weeks....................................|  2,179 |  2,075 |  2,257 |  2,256 |  2,348 |  2,621 |  2,434 |  2,272 |  2,348
 15 weeks and over................................|  2,703 |  2,176 |  2,099 |  2,934 |  2,299 |  2,319 |  2,380 |  2,352 |  2,296
    15 to 26 weeks................................|  1,225 |    953 |    952 |  1,344 |  1,096 |  1,023 |  1,150 |  1,071 |  1,068
    27 weeks and over.............................|  1,477 |  1,223 |  1,147 |  1,590 |  1,203 |  1,297 |  1,230 |  1,281 |  1,228
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 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................|   19.3 |   16.2 |   16.2 |   19.3 |   15.6 |   16.5 |   16.3 |   16.3 |   16.2
 Median duration, in weeks........................|    9.6 |    7.8 |    7.9 |   10.1 |    7.5 |    9.1 |    8.7 |    8.0 |    8.1
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               PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Total unemployed.................................|  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0
   Less than 5 weeks..............................|   31.8 |   40.7 |   36.7 |   31.9 |   37.1 |   34.5 |   36.0 |   38.3 |   37.1
   5 to 14 weeks..................................|   30.5 |   28.9 |   32.8 |   29.6 |   31.8 |   34.8 |   32.3 |   30.3 |   31.8
   15 weeks and over..............................|   37.8 |   30.4 |   30.5 |   38.5 |   31.1 |   30.8 |   31.6 |   31.4 |   31.1
     15 to 26 weeks...............................|   17.1 |   13.3 |   13.8 |   17.6 |   14.8 |   13.6 |   15.3 |   14.3 |   14.5
     27 weeks and over............................|   20.6 |   17.1 |   16.7 |   20.9 |   16.3 |   17.2 |   16.3 |   17.1 |   16.6
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                           |                       |
                                                           |                       |
                                                            Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted
                                                           |                       |
                                                            _______________________ _______________________________________________
                          Reason                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           | Oct.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Oct.  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.
                                                           | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995
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                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........|  3,168|  3,017|  3,104|  3,513|  3,423|  3,615|  3,426|  3,367|  3,452
  On temporary layoff......................................|    637|    635|    719|    848|  1,066|  1,184|  1,036|    874|    972
  Not on temporary layoff..................................|  2,531|  2,382|  2,384|  2,665|  2,357|  2,431|  2,390|  2,492|  2,480
    Permanent job losers...................................|  1,820|  1,653|  1,686|  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)
    Persons who completed temporary jobs...................|    712|    728|    698|  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)
Job leavers................................................|    811|    961|    799|    755|    834|    832|    871|    887|    753
Reentrants.................................................|  2,611|  2,635|  2,490|  2,626|  2,526|  2,593|  2,537|  2,578|  2,502
New entrants...............................................|    565|    555|    492|    614|    540|    571|    574|    614|    550
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   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.......|   44.3|   42.1|   45.1|   46.8|   46.7|   47.5|   46.2|   45.2|   47.6
   On temporary layoff.....................................|    8.9|    8.9|   10.5|   11.3|   14.6|   15.6|   14.0|   11.7|   13.4
   Not on temporary layoff.................................|   35.4|   33.2|   34.6|   35.5|   32.2|   31.9|   32.3|   33.5|   34.2
 Job leavers...............................................|   11.3|   13.4|   11.6|   10.1|   11.4|   10.9|   11.8|   11.9|   10.4
 Reentrants................................................|   36.5|   36.8|   36.2|   35.0|   34.5|   34.1|   34.2|   34.6|   34.5
 New entrants..............................................|    7.9|    7.7|    7.1|    8.2|    7.4|    7.5|    7.8|    8.3|    7.6
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              UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|    2.4|    2.3|    2.3|    2.7|    2.6|    2.7|    2.6|    2.5|    2.6
 Job leavers...............................................|     .6|     .7|     .6|     .6|     .6|     .6|     .7|     .7|     .6
 Reentrants................................................|    2.0|    2.0|    1.9|    2.0|    1.9|    2.0|    1.9|    1.9|    1.9
 New entrants..............................................|     .4|     .4|     .4|     .5|     .4|     .4|     .4|     .5|     .4
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   1/  Not available.
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                   Age and sex                    |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Oct.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Oct.  |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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Total, 16 years and over..........................|  7,505 |  7,451 |  7,249 |   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.6  |   5.5
  16 to 24 years..................................|  2,564 |  2,745 |  2,604 |  11.8  |  11.7  |  12.5  |  12.7  |  12.8  |  12.3
    16 to 19 years................................|  1,287 |  1,378 |  1,332 |  17.1  |  16.4  |  18.2  |  17.7  |  17.5  |  17.1
      16 to 17 years..............................|    572 |    647 |    652 |  17.8  |  18.5  |  21.4  |  21.2  |  19.8  |  20.3
      18 to 19 years..............................|    721 |    724 |    678 |  16.8  |  15.2  |  15.4  |  15.0  |  15.8  |  14.9
    20 to 24 years................................|  1,277 |  1,367 |  1,272 |   9.0  |   9.0  |   9.3  |   9.9  |  10.1  |   9.5
  25 years and over...............................|  4,992 |  4,733 |  4,674 |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.2
    25 to 54 years................................|  4,435 |  4,165 |  4,136 |   4.7  |   4.5  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.4  |   4.3
    55 years and over.............................|    610 |    565 |    549 |   3.9  |   3.8  |   3.9  |   3.8  |   3.6  |   3.4
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Men, 16 years and over..........................|  4,074 |  4,029 |  3,797 |   5.7  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.6  |   5.6  |   5.3
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,431 |  1,462 |  1,451 |  12.4  |  12.0  |  12.5  |  13.8  |  12.9  |  13.0
      16 to 19 years..............................|    717 |    747 |    788 |  18.1  |  17.4  |  18.7  |  19.7  |  18.3  |  19.5
        16 to 17 years............................|    309 |    338 |    357 |  18.2  |  18.4  |  21.9  |  23.1  |  20.2  |  21.6
        18 to 19 years............................|    406 |    403 |    426 |  18.1  |  17.4  |  15.9  |  17.0  |  16.8  |  17.9
      20 to 24 years..............................|    714 |    714 |    662 |   9.4  |   9.0  |   9.0  |  10.5  |   9.8  |   9.3
    25 years and over.............................|  2,682 |  2,592 |  2,373 |   4.5  |   4.3  |   4.2  |   4.2  |   4.3  |   3.9
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,343 |  2,223 |  2,075 |   4.6  |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.0
      55 years and over...........................|    352 |    350 |    287 |   4.1  |   3.9  |   3.9  |   3.6  |   4.0  |   3.2
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Women, 16 years and over........................|  3,431 |  3,422 |  3,452 |   5.7  |   5.7  |   5.9  |   5.6  |   5.6  |   5.6
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,133 |  1,283 |  1,153 |  11.2  |  11.3  |  12.6  |  11.5  |  12.8  |  11.5
      16 to 19 years..............................|    570 |    630 |    544 |  16.0  |  15.2  |  17.6  |  15.5  |  16.8  |  14.5
        16 to 17 years............................|    263 |    309 |    295 |  17.4  |  18.6  |  21.0  |  19.2  |  19.3  |  19.0
        18 to 19 years............................|    315 |    321 |    252 |  15.4  |  12.8  |  14.9  |  12.8  |  14.8  |  11.6
      20 to 24 years..............................|    563 |    653 |    609 |   8.6  |   9.0  |   9.7  |   9.2  |  10.4  |   9.7
    25 years and over.............................|  2,310 |  2,142 |  2,301 |   4.6  |   4.5  |   4.6  |   4.4  |   4.2  |   4.5
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,092 |  1,941 |  2,061 |   4.8  |   4.7  |   4.6  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.7
      55 years and over...........................|    258 |    215 |    262 |   3.7  |   3.7  |   3.9  |   4.1  |   3.0  |   3.7
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   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
 
(In thousands)
 
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                                                                      |                   |                   |
                               Category                               |       Total       |        Men        |       Women
                                                                       ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
                                                                      |  Oct.   |  Oct.   |  Oct.   |  Oct.   |  Oct.   |  Oct.
                                                                      |  1994   |  1995   |  1994   |  1995   |  1994   |  1995
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                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
Total not in the labor force..........................................|  65,550 |  66,329 |  23,503 |  24,168 |  42,047 |  42,161
 Persons who currently want a job.....................................|   5,510 |   5,370 |   2,204 |   2,126 |   3,306 |   3,244
  Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................|   1,663 |   1,587 |     753 |     751 |     910 |     837
   Reason not currently looking:                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
     Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................|     460 |     412 |     291 |     248 |     169 |     164
     Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................|   1,202 |   1,175 |     461 |     503 |     741 |     672
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
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                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................|   7,648 |   7,970 |   4,160 |   4,328 |   3,488 |   3,641
    Percent of total employed.........................................|     6.1 |     6.3 |     6.2 |     6.4 |     6.1 |     6.3
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
 Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................|   4,388 |   4,505 |   2,665 |   2,709 |   1,722 |   1,796
 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................|   1,776 |   1,860 |     609 |     603 |   1,167 |   1,257
 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................|     209 |     291 |     152 |     227 |      57 |      64
 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................|   1,236 |   1,274 |     720 |     769 |     516 |     504
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   1/  Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and
were available to take a job during the reference week.
   2/  Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or
training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination.
   3/  Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such
reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which
reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
   4/  Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their
secondary job(s), not shown separately.
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-9.  Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                          |                             |
                                          |                        1/   |                                     2/
                                            Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted
                                          |                             |
                                         _____________________________ ___________________________________________________________
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
       State and employment status
                                          |  Oct.   |  Sept.  |  Oct.   |  Oct.   |  June   |  July   |  Aug.   |  Sept.  |  Oct.
                                          |  1994   |  1995   |  1995   |  1994   |  1995   |  1995   |  1995   |  1995   |  1995
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
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                California
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   23,503    23,614    23,628    23,503    23,576    23,586    23,599    23,614    23,628
  Civilian labor force....................   15,587    15,651    15,719    15,586    15,328    15,474    15,500    15,638    15,736
    Employed..............................   14,431    14,540    14,556    14,366    14,166    14,258    14,288    14,507    14,503
    Unemployed............................    1,156     1,111     1,163     1,221     1,162     1,216     1,213     1,131     1,232
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.4       7.1       7.4       7.8       7.6       7.9       7.8       7.2       7.8
 
 
                 Florida
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   10,945    11,097    11,112    10,945    11,050    11,065    11,080    11,097    11,112
  Civilian labor force....................    6,889     6,871     6,853     6,882     6,824     6,930     6,800     6,872     6,835
    Employed..............................    6,472     6,460     6,416     6,434     6,462     6,573     6,485     6,485     6,379
    Unemployed............................      418       411       437       448       363       357       315       388       457
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.1       6.0       6.4       6.5       5.3       5.2       4.6       5.6       6.7
 
 
                 Illinois
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,875     8,933     8,938     8,875     8,919     8,923     8,928     8,933     8,938
  Civilian labor force....................    6,011     6,055     6,123     6,016     6,028     6,076     6,067     6,101     6,141
    Employed..............................    5,666     5,755     5,833     5,661     5,784     5,768     5,703     5,771     5,844
    Unemployed............................      345       300       289       355       244       308       364       330       297
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.7       5.0       4.7       5.9       4.1       5.1       6.0       5.4       4.8
 
 
              Massachusetts
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    4,687     4,671     4,673     4,687     4,667     4,668     4,669     4,671     4,673
  Civilian labor force....................    3,184     3,090     3,137     3,201     3,137     3,154     3,136     3,109     3,155
    Employed..............................    2,996     2,931     2,986     2,998     2,960     2,975     2,970     2,944     2,988
    Unemployed............................      188       160       151       204       177       180       166       165       167
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.9       5.2       4.8       6.4       5.6       5.7       5.3       5.3       5.3
 
 
                 Michigan
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    7,147     7,177     7,180     7,147     7,167     7,169     7,173     7,177     7,180
  Civilian labor force....................    4,794     4,666     4,711     4,779     4,755     4,715     4,669     4,661     4,694
    Employed..............................    4,568     4,453     4,525     4,535     4,458     4,472     4,429     4,437     4,486
    Unemployed............................      226       213       186       244       297       242       240       223       207
    Unemployment rate.....................      4.7       4.6       3.9       5.1       6.2       5.1       5.1       4.8       4.4
 
 
                New Jersey
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    6,065     6,129     6,132     6,065     6,120     6,122     6,125     6,129     6,132
  Civilian labor force....................    4,045     4,028     4,083     4,040     4,140     4,108     4,063     4,028     4,079
    Employed..............................    3,792     3,806     3,862     3,769     3,868     3,828     3,795     3,799     3,841
    Unemployed............................      253       222       221       271       272       280       267       229       238
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.3       5.5       5.4       6.7       6.6       6.8       6.6       5.7       5.8
 
 
                 New York
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   13,987    13,989    13,990    13,987    13,987    13,986    13,987    13,989    13,990
  Civilian labor force....................    8,528     8,508     8,500     8,559     8,434     8,602     8,621     8,611     8,520
    Employed..............................    7,999     7,963     7,991     8,008     7,940     8,069     8,013     8,024     7,986
    Unemployed............................      529       546       509       552       494       533       608       587       534
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.2       6.4       6.0       6.4       5.9       6.2       7.1       6.8       6.3
 
 
              North Carolina
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    5,409     5,471     5,479     5,409     5,446     5,454     5,462     5,471     5,479
  Civilian labor force....................    3,666     3,631     3,637     3,635     3,661     3,648     3,652     3,626     3,605
    Employed..............................    3,496     3,475     3,498     3,465     3,500     3,501     3,486     3,456     3,466
    Unemployed............................      170       156       139       171       161       147       166       170       139
    Unemployment rate.....................      4.6       4.3       3.8       4.7       4.4       4.0       4.6       4.7       3.9
 
 
                   Ohio
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,428     8,459     8,463     8,428     8,447     8,450     8,454     8,459     8,463
  Civilian labor force....................    5,526     5,566     5,601     5,545     5,557     5,550     5,586     5,585     5,619
    Employed..............................    5,278     5,299     5,363     5,269     5,287     5,280     5,284     5,297     5,356
    Unemployed............................      247       268       237       276       269       270       303       288       264
    Unemployment rate.....................      4.5       4.8       4.2       5.0       4.8       4.9       5.4       5.2       4.7
 
 
               Pennsylvania
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    9,282     9,278     9,279     9,282     9,272     9,273     9,275     9,278     9,279
  Civilian labor force....................    5,801     5,830     5,827     5,770     5,848     5,868     5,795     5,844     5,805
    Employed..............................    5,471     5,477     5,544     5,424     5,484     5,552     5,475     5,468     5,508
    Unemployed............................      329       353       282       345       364       316       320       377       297
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.7       6.1       4.8       6.0       6.2       5.4       5.5       6.4       5.1
 
 
                  Texas
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   13,625    13,866    13,889    13,625    13,795    13,817    13,841    13,866    13,889
  Civilian labor force....................    9,400     9,611     9,632     9,398     9,660     9,607     9,558     9,631     9,630
    Employed..............................    8,872     9,044     9,062     8,836     9,055     9,029     8,919     9,039     9,031
    Unemployed............................      529       567       570       562       605       578       639       592       599
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.6       5.9       5.9       6.0       6.3       6.0       6.7       6.1       6.2
 
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 
   1/ These are the official Bureau of Labor Statistics' estimates used in the
administration of Federal fund allocation programs.
   2/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and the seasonally adjusted columns.
 
 
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Oct.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Oct.  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.
                                                 | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              Total..............................|115,829|116,588|117,389|117,971|114,935|116,547|116,575|116,838|116,888|117,004
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Total private.........................| 96,363| 98,498| 98,334| 98,394| 95,740| 97,264| 97,293| 97,492| 97,585| 97,706
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods_producing...............................| 24,444| 24,661| 24,601| 24,521| 24,081| 24,240| 24,156| 24,165| 24,150| 24,154
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Mining......................................|    603|    586|    581|    578|    595|    582|    577|    575|    573|    570
       Metal mining..............................|   49.4|   52.7|   51.8|   50.9|     49|     52|     52|     52|     51|     51
       Coal mining...............................|  110.9|  106.6|  105.9|  105.1|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
       Oil and gas extraction....................|  335.3|  317.6|  315.4|  314.1|    331|    320|    315|    313|    312|    310
       Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........|  107.0|  108.7|  108.3|  107.7|    104|    104|    104|    104|    105|    104
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction................................|  5,347|  5,596|  5,560|  5,554|  5,088|  5,230|  5,226|  5,233|  5,258|  5,286
       General building contractors..............|1,264.5|1,298.8|1,278.4|1,269.9|  1,222|  1,241|  1,235|  1,231|  1,229|  1,228
       Heavy construction, except building.......|  809.7|  814.5|  828.0|  825.9|    734|    737|    741|    744|    750|    749
       Special trade contractors.................|3,272.7|3,482.7|3,453.1|3,458.3|  3,132|  3,252|  3,250|  3,258|  3,279|  3,309
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing...............................| 18,494| 18,479| 18,460| 18,389| 18,398| 18,428| 18,353| 18,357| 18,319| 18,298
         Production workers......................| 12,801| 12,786| 12,785| 12,736| 12,709| 12,738| 12,672| 12,684| 12,655| 12,648
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      Durable goods..............................| 10,546| 10,596| 10,617| 10,589| 10,513| 10,597| 10,569| 10,587| 10,573| 10,558
         Production workers......................|  7,207|  7,246|  7,272|  7,255|  7,175|  7,250|  7,227|  7,244|  7,231|  7,224
       Lumber and wood products..................|  768.4|  766.2|  763.6|  761.8|    761|    753|    750|    751|    752|    754
       Furniture and fixtures....................|  509.3|  496.4|  496.7|  496.7|    505|    497|    492|    496|    495|    493
       Stone, clay, and glass products...........|  545.9|  551.6|  549.4|  547.3|    537|    543|    539|    539|    538|    538
       Primary metal industries..................|  709.6|  712.3|  713.5|  711.8|    708|    716|    712|    710|    710|    710
         Blast furnaces and basic steel products.|  239.1|  239.6|  238.1|  236.8|    239|    241|    239|    239|    238|    237
       Fabricated metal products.................|1,411.6|1,432.8|1,435.5|1,438.1|  1,405|  1,432|  1,432|  1,433|  1,428|  1,432
       Industrial machinery and equipment........|1,992.8|2,040.0|2,045.3|2,048.7|  1,999|  2,041|  2,045|  2,048|  2,047|  2,055
         Computer and office equipment...........|  343.2|  339.4|  340.0|  341.9|    345|    338|    337|    339|    340|    343
       Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,590.7|1,622.7|1,633.0|1,634.3|  1,589|  1,622|  1,622|  1,624|  1,631|  1,633
         Electronic components and accessories...|  553.5|  586.8|  590.7|  593.8|    554|    578|    583|    586|    591|    594
       Transportation equipment..................|1,761.0|1,736.5|1,742.7|1,712.1|  1,761|  1,753|  1,742|  1,751|  1,739|  1,712
         Motor vehicles and equipment............|  921.2|  932.3|  936.8|  935.2|    921|    933|    934|    942|    933|    934
         Aircraft and parts......................|  468.2|  438.7|  439.3|  412.2|    467|    449|    442|    440|    439|    411
       Instruments and related products..........|  854.2|  843.6|  841.8|  839.0|    854|    846|    846|    843|    842|    839
       Miscellaneous manufacturing...............|  402.4|  393.9|  395.8|  399.4|    394|    394|    389|    392|    391|    392
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      Nondurable goods...........................|  7,948|  7,883|  7,843|  7,800|  7,885|  7,831|  7,784|  7,770|  7,746|  7,740
         Production workers......................|  5,594|  5,540|  5,513|  5,481|  5,534|  5,488|  5,445|  5,440|  5,424|  5,424
       Food and kindred products.................|1,719.2|1,762.2|1,753.7|1,729.0|  1,677|  1,695|  1,682|  1,677|  1,680|  1,687
       Tobacco products..........................|   43.7|   41.2|   41.3|   41.7|     41|     40|     40|     40|     39|     39
       Textile mill products.....................|  675.9|  653.0|  648.9|  645.8|    674|    660|    651|    650|    644|    644
       Apparel and other textile products........|  980.6|  911.8|  904.2|  894.3|    970|    921|    913|    907|    895|    885
       Paper and allied products.................|  692.1|  692.6|  686.6|  684.0|    692|    689|    688|    688|    684|    683
       Printing and publishing...................|1,548.6|1,552.8|1,548.4|1,547.7|  1,550|  1,561|  1,557|  1,554|  1,552|  1,549
       Chemicals and allied products.............|1,054.5|1,048.3|1,041.4|1,039.8|  1,055|  1,045|  1,043|  1,041|  1,039|  1,041
       Petroleum and coal products...............|  151.6|  145.8|  143.6|  143.0|    149|    144|    143|    142|    141|    141
       Rubber and misc. plastics products........|  968.1|  967.1|  966.9|  967.6|    965|    968|    962|    965|    966|    965
       Leather and leather products..............|  113.6|  107.9|  107.8|  107.2|    112|    108|    105|    106|    106|    106
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   Service_producing.............................| 91,385| 91,927| 92,788| 93,450| 90,854| 92,307| 92,419| 92,673| 92,738| 92,850
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     Transportation and public utilities.........|  6,117|  6,197|  6,250|  6,279|  6,061|  6,192|  6,195|  6,217|  6,200|  6,222
       Transportation............................|  3,874|  3,914|  3,979|  4,004|  3,821|  3,920|  3,925|  3,950|  3,935|  3,950
         Railroad transportation.................|  242.0|  239.2|  238.5|  237.2|    240|    238|    236|    238|    236|    236
         Local and interurban passenger transit..|  437.1|  391.8|  469.6|  478.3|    417|    443|    458|    464|    457|    457
         Trucking and warehousing................|1,857.8|1,906.1|1,894.4|1,913.9|  1,828|  1,878|  1,873|  1,882|  1,870|  1,884
         Water transportation....................|  167.3|  163.3|  159.7|  154.9|    167|    158|    157|    159|    156|    154
         Transportation by air...................|  747.6|  769.9|  771.5|  775.7|    748|    762|    761|    764|    770|    776
         Pipelines, except natural gas...........|   17.8|   16.5|   16.3|   16.2|     18|     17|     16|     16|     16|     16
         Transportation services.................|  403.9|  427.4|  429.4|  427.9|    403|    424|    424|    427|    430|    427
       Communications and public utilities.......|  2,243|  2,283|  2,271|  2,275|  2,240|  2,272|  2,270|  2,267|  2,265|  2,272
         Communications..........................|1,323.7|1,371.4|1,368.5|1,373.4|  1,320|  1,366|  1,367|  1,365|  1,364|  1,369
         Electric, gas, and sanitary services....|  918.8|  911.6|  902.3|  901.6|    920|    906|    903|    902|    901|    903
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     Wholesale trade.............................|  6,216|  6,374|  6,363|  6,377|  6,195|  6,320|  6,333|  6,340|  6,344|  6,356
       Durable goods.............................|  3,574|  3,694|  3,685|  3,695|  3,574|  3,667|  3,674|  3,679|  3,685|  3,695
       Nondurable goods..........................|  2,642|  2,680|  2,678|  2,682|  2,621|  2,653|  2,659|  2,661|  2,659|  2,661
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   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
  Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
   -Continued
 
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                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
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                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Oct.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Oct.  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.
                                                 | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/
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     Retail trade................................| 20,620| 21,017| 20,966| 20,932| 20,580| 20,798| 20,851| 20,837| 20,882| 20,890
       Building materials and garden supplies....|  842.4|  870.8|  857.9|  857.8|    840|    849|    847|    850|    852|    855
       General merchandise stores................|2,594.7|2,492.5|2,525.3|2,591.5|  2,563|  2,532|  2,534|  2,530|  2,541|  2,558
         Department stores.......................|2,262.5|2,181.8|2,214.5|2,278.1|  2,232|  2,215|  2,218|  2,215|  2,226|  2,247
       Food stores...............................|3,303.1|3,384.4|3,364.7|3,376.9|  3,298|  3,353|  3,357|  3,371|  3,368|  3,374
       Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,161.1|2,244.6|2,237.7|2,239.7|  2,154|  2,206|  2,206|  2,214|  2,222|  2,233
         New and used car dealers................|  983.9|1,007.9|1,011.2|1,014.0|    979|    998|    998|  1,002|  1,005|  1,009
       Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,131.4|1,092.9|1,064.0|1,073.5|  1,136|  1,097|  1,092|  1,092|  1,077|  1,078
       Furniture and home furnishings stores.....|  914.6|  943.7|  948.7|  959.5|    915|    946|    947|    953|    958|    960
       Eating and drinking places................|7,069.7|7,417.0|7,369.5|7,206.5|  7,086|  7,209|  7,258|  7,222|  7,239|  7,221
       Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,603.0|2,571.5|2,598.5|2,626.8|  2,588|  2,606|  2,610|  2,605|  2,625|  2,611
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     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  6,919|  7,030|  6,972|  6,959|  6,935|  6,930|  6,938|  6,947|  6,956|  6,974
       Finance...................................|  3,309|  3,332|  3,311|  3,313|  3,320|  3,304|  3,307|  3,310|  3,314|  3,323
         Depository institutions.................|2,065.4|2,064.3|2,046.3|2,041.1|  2,072|  2,054|  2,052|  2,048|  2,048|  2,047
           Commercial banks......................|1,490.1|1,500.6|1,486.8|1,483.1|  1,496|  1,488|  1,490|  1,487|  1,487|  1,489
           Savings institutions..................|  298.2|  281.2|  277.8|  275.7|    300|    284|    282|    280|    279|    277
         Nondepository institutions..............|  486.6|  489.9|  488.5|  493.6|    490|    480|    484|    490|    490|    497
           Mortgage bankers and brokers..........|  241.6|  231.9|  230.3|  232.7|    (2)|    (2)|    (2)|    (2)|    (2)|    (2)
         Security and commodity brokers..........|  523.9|  533.3|  531.3|  530.1|    525|    528|    526|    529|    531|    531
         Holding and other investment offices....|  233.0|  244.2|  245.0|  247.8|    233|    242|    245|    243|    245|    248
       Insurance.................................|  2,232|  2,253|  2,246|  2,247|  2,236|  2,240|  2,242|  2,246|  2,249|  2,251
         Insurance carriers......................|1,540.5|1,544.7|1,540.1|1,540.1|  1,544|  1,534|  1,538|  1,540|  1,543|  1,543
         Insurance agents, brokers, and service..|  691.2|  708.1|  705.6|  706.8|    692|    706|    704|    706|    706|    708
       Real estate...............................|  1,378|  1,445|  1,415|  1,399|  1,379|  1,386|  1,389|  1,391|  1,393|  1,400
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     Services3/..................................| 32,047| 33,219| 33,182| 33,326| 31,888| 32,784| 32,820| 32,986| 33,053| 33,110
       Agricultural services.....................|  598.8|  643.2|  621.2|  616.0|    578|    582|    586|    588|    587|    594
       Hotels and other lodging places...........|  1,603|  1,760|  1,673|  1,637|  1,612|  1,628|  1,635|  1,634|  1,632|  1,624
       Personal services.........................|  1,115|  1,101|  1,109|  1,112|  1,140|  1,145|  1,144|  1,142|  1,133|  1,138
       Business services.........................|  6,527|  6,754|  6,830|  6,889|  6,392|  6,589|  6,600|  6,681|  6,749|  6,748
         Services to buildings...................|    863|    892|    891|    887|    861|    867|    870|    884|    886|    885
         Personnel supply services...............|  2,453|  2,476|  2,532|  2,562|  2,337|  2,375|  2,373|  2,406|  2,456|  2,440
           Help supply services..................|  2,184|  2,195|  2,246|  2,276|  2,077|  2,098|  2,095|  2,129|  2,174|  2,166
         Computer and data processing services...|    971|  1,062|  1,068|  1,077|    974|  1,045|  1,051|  1,063|  1,072|  1,081
       Auto repair, services, and parking........|    990|  1,037|  1,032|  1,040|    989|  1,022|  1,025|  1,031|  1,027|  1,040
       Miscellaneous repair services.............|    337|    346|    344|    344|    335|    340|    341|    342|    343|    342
       Motion pictures...........................|    496|    606|    591|    584|    505|    598|    603|    592|    603|    594
       Amusement and recreation services.........|  1,295|  1,739|  1,577|  1,457|  1,364|  1,511|  1,522|  1,525|  1,505|  1,496
       Health services...........................|  9,077|  9,326|  9,322|  9,349|  9,074|  9,253|  9,267|  9,298|  9,322|  9,349
         Offices and clinics of medical doctors..|  1,554|  1,599|  1,598|  1,602|  1,553|  1,585|  1,586|  1,591|  1,598|  1,600
         Nursing and personal care facilities....|  1,663|  1,704|  1,705|  1,708|  1,661|  1,689|  1,693|  1,697|  1,704|  1,706
         Hospitals...............................|  3,779|  3,830|  3,823|  3,832|  3,781|  3,811|  3,811|  3,822|  3,827|  3,836
         Home health care services...............|    577|    618|    620|    622|    575|    606|    610|    619|    619|    620
       Legal services............................|    925|    937|    925|    927|    928|    929|    928|    930|    932|    930
       Educational services......................|  1,966|  1,628|  1,855|  2,030|  1,843|  1,887|  1,887|  1,906|  1,889|  1,904
       Social services...........................|  2,220|  2,246|  2,284|  2,300|  2,216|  2,274|  2,246|  2,269|  2,293|  2,296
         Child day care services.................|    524|    478|    533|    539|    510|    524|    525|    536|    527|    525
         Residential care........................|    611|    642|    636|    638|    613|    636|    636|    637|    639|    640
       Museums and botanical and zoological      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         gardens.................................|     81|     89|     84|     83|     79|     82|     83|     83|     81|     81
       Membership organizations..................|  2,057|  2,103|  2,045|  2,048|  2,066|  2,062|  2,065|  2,072|  2,059|  2,056
       Engineering and management services.......|  2,588|  2,731|  2,719|  2,738|  2,595|  2,710|  2,716|  2,722|  2,727|  2,746
         Engineering and architectural services..|    786|    817|    810|    814|    785|    801|    803|    804|    806|    812
         Management and public relations.........|    732|    818|    823|    825|    731|    809|    812|    814|    820|    825
       Services, nec.............................|   40.9|   41.8|   41.7|   42.0|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
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     Government..................................| 19,466| 18,090| 19,055| 19,577| 19,195| 19,283| 19,282| 19,346| 19,303| 19,298
       Federal...................................|  2,844|  2,839|  2,817|  2,792|  2,858|  2,838|  2,834|  2,825|  2,817|  2,806
         Federal, except Postal Service..........|2,020.7|1,998.2|1,975.6|1,951.2|  2,031|  1,993|  1,990|  1,982|  1,972|  1,961
       State.....................................|  4,707|  4,344|  4,544|  4,708|  4,589|  4,612|  4,600|  4,604|  4,594|  4,590
         Education...............................|2,017.8|1,622.7|1,855.3|2,039.7|  1,888|  1,919|  1,923|  1,923|  1,913|  1,908
         Other State government..................|2,689.0|2,721.5|2,689.0|2,668.4|  2,701|  2,693|  2,677|  2,681|  2,681|  2,682
       Local.....................................| 11,915| 10,907| 11,694| 12,077| 11,748| 11,833| 11,848| 11,917| 11,892| 11,902
         Education...............................|6,790.9|5,471.9|6,475.9|6,906.0|  6,544|  6,609|  6,647|  6,706|  6,669|  6,653
         Other local government..................|5,124.2|5,435.1|5,217.7|5,170.5|  5,204|  5,224|  5,201|  5,211|  5,223|  5,249
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      1/  These series are not published seasonally adjusted        because it has very little irregular movement.  Thus,
   because the seasonal component, which is small relative          the not seasonally adjusted series can be used
   to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot              for analysis of cyclical and long-term trends.
   be separated with sufficient precision.                             3/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
      2/ This series is not suitable for seasonal adjustment           p = preliminary.
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                          1/
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
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                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
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                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Oct.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Oct.  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.
                                                 | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/
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         Total private...........................|  35.0 |  34.8 |  34.6 |  34.8 |  34.9 |  34.4 |  34.6 |  34.4 |  34.5 |  34.7
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   Goods_producing...............................|  41.7 |  41.1 |  41.5 |  41.4 |  41.4 |  40.9 |  40.8 |  40.9 |  41.1 |  41.0
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     Mining......................................|  45.2 |  44.7 |  45.5 |  45.5 |  44.8 |  44.9 |  44.9 |  44.3 |  45.0 |  45.1
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     Construction................................|  39.6 |  39.7 |  39.9 |  40.0 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
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     Manufacturing...............................|  42.3 |  41.5 |  42.0 |  41.7 |  42.1 |  41.5 |  41.3 |  41.5 |  41.7 |  41.5
          Overtime hours.........................|   4.9 |   4.5 |   4.8 |   4.6 |   4.7 |   4.2 |   4.3 |   4.3 |   4.5 |   4.3
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       Durable goods.............................|  43.1 |  42.2 |  42.8 |  42.5 |  42.9 |  42.2 |  41.9 |  42.4 |  42.5 |  42.3
          Overtime hours.........................|   5.2 |   4.7 |   5.1 |   4.8 |   5.0 |   4.5 |   4.5 |   4.6 |   4.8 |   4.7
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        Lumber and wood products.................|  41.6 |  41.1 |  41.1 |  41.2 |  41.3 |  40.6 |  40.1 |  40.7 |  40.7 |  40.9
        Furniture and fixtures...................|  41.2 |  40.0 |  40.1 |  40.0 |  40.7 |  39.4 |  39.2 |  39.8 |  39.6 |  39.5
        Stone, clay, and glass products..........|  44.2 |  43.7 |  44.0 |  43.6 |  43.5 |  43.0 |  42.9 |  43.1 |  43.2 |  42.9
        Primary metal industries.................|  44.7 |  43.3 |  43.8 |  43.8 |  44.9 |  43.8 |  43.0 |  43.6 |  43.7 |  44.0
          Blast furnaces and basic steel products|  45.2 |  43.8 |  44.1 |  44.3 |  45.5 |  43.7 |  43.1 |  43.8 |  43.6 |  44.7
        Fabricated metal products................|  43.2 |  42.2 |  42.9 |  42.6 |  42.9 |  42.1 |  42.0 |  42.3 |  42.7 |  42.3
        Industrial machinery and equipment.......|  43.7 |  43.0 |  43.4 |  43.0 |  43.7 |  43.2 |  42.8 |  43.5 |  43.4 |  43.0
        Electronic and other electrical equipment|  42.3 |  41.4 |  42.2 |  42.3 |  42.2 |  41.5 |  41.3 |  41.6 |  42.1 |  42.2
        Transportation equipment.................|  44.5 |  43.4 |  44.3 |  43.4 |  44.4 |  43.6 |  43.3 |  43.7 |  43.9 |  43.3
          Motor vehicles and equipment...........|  45.9 |  44.2 |  45.4 |  44.4 |  45.8 |  44.3 |  44.2 |  44.6 |  44.9 |  44.4
        Instruments and related products.........|  41.8 |  41.2 |  41.4 |  41.4 |  41.9 |  41.2 |  41.3 |  41.5 |  41.4 |  41.4
        Miscellaneous manufacturing..............|  40.6 |  39.9 |  40.3 |  40.4 |  40.1 |  40.0 |  39.6 |  40.0 |  40.2 |  39.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Nondurable goods..........................|  41.3 |  40.6 |  40.9 |  40.6 |  41.0 |  40.5 |  40.4 |  40.4 |  40.5 |  40.3
          Overtime hours.........................|   4.6 |   4.2 |   4.5 |   4.2 |   4.3 |   3.9 |   4.0 |   4.0 |   4.0 |   3.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        Food and kindred products................|  41.8 |  41.7 |  42.0 |  41.4 |  41.3 |  41.3 |  41.2 |  41.2 |  41.1 |  40.9
        Tobacco products.........................|  41.9 |  40.4 |  39.9 |  42.1 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
        Textile mill products....................|  42.0 |  41.0 |  41.1 |  40.6 |  41.8 |  40.3 |  40.3 |  40.7 |  40.5 |  40.4
        Apparel and other textile products.......|  38.0 |  36.9 |  37.2 |  36.9 |  37.7 |  36.9 |  36.8 |  36.7 |  37.1 |  36.6
        Paper and allied products................|  44.3 |  42.7 |  43.3 |  43.1 |  44.0 |  43.0 |  43.1 |  42.9 |  42.8 |  42.8
        Printing and publishing..................|  38.9 |  38.2 |  38.6 |  38.3 |  38.7 |  38.1 |  38.1 |  38.1 |  38.1 |  38.0
        Chemicals and allied products............|  43.4 |  42.8 |  43.3 |  43.1 |  43.4 |  43.3 |  43.1 |  43.1 |  43.4 |  43.1
        Petroleum and coal products..............|  45.1 |  43.2 |  43.8 |  43.7 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
        Rubber and misc. plastics products.......|  42.3 |  41.1 |  41.7 |  41.7 |  42.3 |  41.4 |  41.0 |  41.2 |  41.6 |  41.7
        Leather and leather products.............|  39.2 |  38.6 |  38.6 |  38.3 |  39.0 |  38.3 |  36.8 |  38.6 |  38.4 |  38.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service_producing.............................|  33.1 |  33.0 |  32.7 |  32.9 |  33.0 |  32.7 |  32.8 |  32.5 |  32.7 |  32.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities.........|  40.2 |  39.9 |  39.9 |  39.9 |  40.0 |  39.4 |  39.7 |  39.4 |  39.7 |  39.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale trade.............................|  38.7 |  38.3 |  38.3 |  38.6 |  38.6 |  38.2 |  38.3 |  38.2 |  38.3 |  38.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Retail trade................................|  29.1 |  29.5 |  28.9 |  28.9 |  29.2 |  28.8 |  28.9 |  28.7 |  28.8 |  29.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  36.2 |  35.7 |  35.7 |  36.5 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services....................................|  32.7 |  32.7 |  32.3 |  32.6 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
      1/  Data relate to production workers in mining and             2/  These series are not published seasonally
   manufacturing; construction workers in construction;            adjusted since the seasonal component, which is small
   and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and                relative to the trend-cycle and irregular
   public utilities; wholesale and retail trade;                   components, cannot be separated with sufficient
   finance,insurance, and real estate; and services.               precision.
   These groups account for approximately four-fifths                 p = preliminary.
   of the total employees on private nonfarm payrolls.
 
 
 
           ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                       ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                                1/
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
           payrolls by industry
 
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |                               |
                                                         |    Average hourly earnings    |    Average weekly earnings
                                                         |                               |
                                                          _______________________________ _______________________________
                              Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                         | Oct.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Oct.  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.
                                                         | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private...........................|$11.28 |$11.39 |$11.56 |$11.62 |$394.80|$396.37|$399.98|$404.38
                  Seasonally adjusted....................| 11.25 | 11.48 | 11.53 | 11.59 | 392.63| 394.91| 397.79| 402.17
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Goods_producing...............................| 12.85 | 13.09 | 13.20 | 13.18 | 535.85| 538.00| 547.80| 545.65
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Mining......................................| 14.91 | 15.31 | 15.34 | 15.39 | 673.93| 684.36| 697.97| 700.25
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Construction................................| 15.05 | 15.15 | 15.29 | 15.28 | 595.98| 601.46| 610.07| 611.20
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Manufacturing...............................| 12.10 | 12.34 | 12.45 | 12.42 | 511.83| 512.11| 522.90| 517.91
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
               Durable goods.............................| 12.70 | 12.89 | 13.02 | 12.94 | 547.37| 543.96| 557.26| 549.95
                Lumber and wood products.................|  9.96 | 10.20 | 10.29 | 10.27 | 414.34| 419.22| 422.92| 423.12
                Furniture and fixtures...................|  9.70 |  9.88 |  9.95 |  9.89 | 399.64| 395.20| 399.00| 395.60
                Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 12.22 | 12.46 | 12.55 | 12.57 | 540.12| 544.50| 552.20| 548.05
                Primary metal industries.................| 14.37 | 14.60 | 14.69 | 14.56 | 642.34| 632.18| 643.42| 637.73
                  Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 17.08 | 17.44 | 17.59 | 17.26 | 772.02| 763.87| 775.72| 764.62
                Fabricated metal products................| 11.92 | 12.10 | 12.21 | 12.16 | 514.94| 510.62| 523.81| 518.02
                Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 13.03 | 13.23 | 13.32 | 13.35 | 569.41| 568.89| 578.09| 574.05
                Electronic and other electrical equipment| 11.51 | 11.73 | 11.78 | 11.80 | 486.87| 485.62| 497.12| 499.14
                Transportation equipment.................| 16.52 | 16.59 | 16.87 | 16.64 | 735.14| 720.01| 747.34| 722.18
                  Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 16.98 | 17.08 | 17.47 | 17.33 | 779.38| 754.94| 793.14| 769.45
                Instruments and related products.........| 12.54 | 12.71 | 12.85 | 12.82 | 524.17| 523.65| 531.99| 530.75
                Miscellaneous manufacturing..............|  9.72 |  9.95 | 10.10 | 10.14 | 394.63| 397.01| 407.03| 409.66
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
               Nondurable goods..........................| 11.30 | 11.58 | 11.67 | 11.69 | 466.69| 470.15| 477.30| 474.61
                Food and kindred products................| 10.65 | 10.90 | 10.97 | 10.92 | 445.17| 454.53| 460.74| 452.09
                Tobacco products.........................| 18.71 | 18.84 | 17.95 | 19.31 | 783.95| 761.14| 716.21| 812.95
                Textile mill products....................|  9.19 |  9.45 |  9.51 |  9.50 | 385.98| 387.45| 390.86| 385.70
                Apparel and other textile products.......|  7.43 |  7.66 |  7.70 |  7.70 | 282.34| 282.65| 286.44| 284.13
                Paper and allied products................| 13.89 | 14.21 | 14.32 | 14.30 | 615.33| 606.77| 620.06| 616.33
                Printing and publishing..................| 12.23 | 12.34 | 12.49 | 12.42 | 475.75| 471.39| 482.11| 475.69
                Chemicals and allied products............| 15.30 | 15.61 | 15.74 | 15.84 | 664.02| 668.11| 681.54| 682.70
                Petroleum and coal products..............| 19.29 | 19.14 | 19.42 | 19.70 | 869.98| 826.85| 850.60| 860.89
                Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 10.66 | 10.95 | 11.02 | 11.04 | 450.92| 450.05| 459.53| 460.37
                Leather and leather products.............|  8.03 |  8.16 |  8.27 |  8.27 | 314.78| 314.98| 319.22| 316.74
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Service_producing.............................| 10.71 | 10.80 | 10.98 | 11.07 | 354.50| 356.40| 359.05| 364.20
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Transportation and public utilities.........| 14.01 | 14.24 | 14.34 | 14.48 | 563.20| 568.18| 572.17| 577.75
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Wholesale trade.............................| 12.20 | 12.37 | 12.48 | 12.54 | 472.14| 473.77| 477.98| 484.04
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Retail trade................................|  7.57 |  7.66 |  7.77 |  7.81 | 220.29| 225.97| 224.55| 225.71
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 12.02 | 12.28 | 12.38 | 12.49 | 435.12| 438.40| 441.97| 455.89
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Services....................................| 11.20 | 11.24 | 11.47 | 11.55 | 366.24| 367.55| 370.48| 376.53
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
              1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                                     p = preliminary.
 
 
 
                 ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                           1/
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
                 payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
 
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  Percent
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  change
                               Industry               | Oct.  | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  |   from:
                                                      | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ |Sept. 1995-
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       | Oct. 1995
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private:                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                    Current dollars...................| $11.25| $11.43| $11.50| $11.48| $11.53| $11.59|     0.5
                    Constant (1982) dollars2/.........|   7.42|   7.39|   7.43|   7.41|   7.43|  N.A. |    (3)
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Goods_producing......................|  12.81|  13.02|  13.09|  13.09|  13.12|  13.15|      .2
                   Mining.............................|  15.04|  15.30|  15.47|  15.48|  15.39|  15.53|      .9
                   Construction.......................|  14.90|  15.10|  15.09|  15.09|  15.14|  15.13|     -.1
                   Manufacturing......................|  12.14|  12.32|  12.40|  12.41|  12.43|  12.46|      .2
                     Excluding overtime4/.............|  11.49|  11.71|  11.80|  11.79|  11.78|  11.84|      .5
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Service_producing....................|  10.70|  10.88|  10.95|  10.93|  10.98|  11.06|      .7
                   Transportation and public utilities|  13.99|  14.21|  14.27|  14.27|  14.31|  14.47|     1.1
                   Wholesale trade....................|  12.22|  12.36|  12.44|  12.42|  12.48|  12.55|      .6
                   Retail trade.......................|   7.56|   7.67|   7.72|   7.74|   7.75|   7.79|      .5
                   Finance, insurance, and real estate|  12.05|  12.30|  12.43|  12.37|  12.43|  12.52|      .7
                   Services...........................|  11.20|  11.38|  11.44|  11.40|  11.47|  11.55|      .7
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                    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 .3 percent from August 1995
                 to September 1995, 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
 
                                                                                             1/
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
 
         by industry
 
         (1982=100)
 
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |                           |
                                                       |  Not seasonally adjusted  |          Seasonally adjusted
                                                       |                           |
                                                        ___________________________ _______________________________________
                            Industry                   |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
                                                       |Oct. |Aug. | Sept. | Oct.  |Oct. |June |July |Aug. | Sept. | Oct.
                                                       |1994 |1995 |1995p/ |1995p/ |1994 |1995 |1995 |1995 |1995p/ |1995p/
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
               Total private...........................|133.2|135.6| 134.7 | 135.4 |131.8|132.4|132.8|132.3| 133.0 | 134.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Goods_producing...............................|113.4|113.0| 113.9 | 113.0 |110.3|109.7|109.2|109.5| 109.8 | 109.7
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Mining.......................................| 55.9| 55.0|  55.5 |  55.3 | 54.3| 54.6| 54.3| 53.2|  53.9 |  53.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Construction.................................|150.5|158.4| 157.8 | 158.1 |138.5|141.9|143.4|142.0| 143.5 | 145.4
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Manufacturing................................|109.2|107.0| 108.2 | 107.1 |107.9|106.5|105.4|106.2| 106.3 | 105.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Durable goods...............................|108.3|106.8| 108.5 | 107.6 |107.5|106.8|105.7|107.1| 107.3 | 106.7
            Lumber and wood products...................|139.9|137.2| 136.8 | 136.7 |137.2|132.7|130.4|133.0| 133.0 | 133.9
            Furniture and fixtures.....................|130.6|123.3| 123.8 | 123.5 |127.9|121.7|119.8|122.6| 121.7 | 120.8
            Stone, clay, and glass products............|112.8|113.2| 113.5 | 112.4 |108.9|108.9|108.1|108.7| 108.6 | 108.7
            Primary metal industries...................| 93.0| 90.7|  91.9 |  91.8 | 93.1| 92.5| 89.8| 91.2|  91.3 |  91.9
              Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 74.1| 71.8|  71.9 |  71.8 | 74.7| 72.6| 70.8| 71.6|  70.8 |  72.6
            Fabricated metal products..................|113.7|112.5| 114.9 | 114.3 |112.2|112.4|112.0|112.8| 113.4 | 112.7
            Industrial machinery and equipment.........|100.3|100.9| 102.6 | 101.9 |100.7|102.1|101.3|102.8| 102.8 | 102.3
            Electronic and other electrical equipment..|107.5|106.6| 109.3 | 109.9 |106.9|106.9|106.7|107.3| 108.9 | 109.3
            Transportation equipment...................|119.5|116.7| 119.8 | 114.9 |119.5|118.2|116.8|118.8| 118.5 | 114.8
              Motor vehicles and equipment.............|158.6|155.2| 160.4 | 157.2 |158.3|155.9|155.1|158.6| 158.2 | 157.5
            Instruments and related products...........| 74.7| 73.6|  73.7 |  73.7 | 74.9| 73.5| 73.6| 74.2|  73.8 |  73.6
            Miscellaneous manufacturing................|109.6|104.0| 106.1 | 107.6 |105.7|104.7|101.8|103.5| 104.0 | 103.6
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Nondurable goods............................|110.5|107.3| 107.9 | 106.4 |108.5|106.1|105.0|105.0| 104.9 | 104.6
            Food and kindred products..................|119.5|123.1| 123.6 | 119.7 |114.2|116.1|114.6|114.1| 114.4 | 114.4
            Tobacco products...........................| 71.8| 63.1|  62.9 |  67.8 | 63.9| 60.5| 60.2| 59.7|  57.5 |  60.0
            Textile mill products......................|100.0| 93.9|  93.6 |  91.9 | 99.2| 93.1| 91.9| 92.8|  91.5 |  91.1
            Apparel and other textile products.........| 91.6| 81.7|  81.8 |  80.3 | 89.8| 82.9| 81.3| 80.7|  80.6 |  78.6
            Paper and allied products..................|113.4|109.5| 109.9 | 108.9 |112.4|109.4|109.9|109.2| 108.1 | 108.3
            Printing and publishing....................|127.6|125.2| 126.2 | 125.0 |127.1|125.6|125.3|125.3| 125.0 | 124.2
            Chemicals and allied products..............|102.4|102.6| 103.3 | 103.2 |102.7|102.8|102.7|102.5| 103.2 | 103.6
            Petroleum and coal products................| 84.9| 78.4|  77.9 |  77.6 | 82.1| 78.3| 78.7| 76.3|  75.6 |  74.6
            Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|145.0|140.0| 141.9 | 142.3 |144.1|141.2|138.5|140.1| 141.3 | 141.7
            Leather and leather products...............| 54.2| 50.5|  50.5 |  49.3 | 53.3| 50.0| 46.4| 49.8|  49.6 |  48.6
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Service_producing.............................|142.0|145.8| 144.1 | 145.4 |141.4|142.5|143.5|142.6| 143.5 | 144.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Transportation and public utilities..........|125.8|126.5| 127.7 | 128.4 |124.0|124.7|125.7|125.2| 126.1 | 126.5
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Wholesale trade..............................|119.3|121.4| 121.0 | 122.2 |118.3|120.0|120.5|120.3| 120.8 | 121.5
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Retail trade.................................|129.9|134.1| 131.2 | 130.6 |130.1|129.5|130.4|129.4| 130.0 | 130.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|125.8|126.7| 125.2 | 127.7 |126.5|124.7|127.2|125.0| 125.1 | 128.6
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Services.....................................|166.8|172.4| 170.4 | 172.9 |165.8|168.8|169.4|168.7| 170.1 | 171.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
            1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                                     p = preliminary.
 
 
 
      ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                  ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
 
      (Percent)
 
      _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             TIME SPAN       | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | May   | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |
                             |                          Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1/
                             |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  39.7 |  40.0 |  38.6 |  37.2 |  49.4 |  44.2 |  47.1 |  53.7 |  49.3 |  47.6 |  46.2 |  45.8
           1992..............|  42.3 |  45.2 |  50.1 |  57.3 |  53.7 |  48.2 |  53.5 |  49.6 |  53.4 |  57.0 |  52.2 |  58.1
           1993..............|  57.6 |  61.5 |  51.4 |  58.3 |  61.4 |  55.1 |  57.7 |  56.3 |  61.4 |  59.7 |  61.1 |  60.7
           1994..............|  60.0 |  63.3 |  65.9 |  62.4 |  58.0 |  63.8 |  60.5 |  61.5 |  60.7 |  61.1 |  65.3 |  61.1
           1995..............|  60.3 |  61.7 |  57.6 |  51.3 |  46.2 |  55.3 |  48.5 |  54.9 |p/50.7 |p/54.8 |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  34.0 |  32.6 |  31.5 |  38.2 |  39.3 |  44.2 |  48.9 |  52.0 |  52.1 |  44.9 |  43.5 |  41.2
           1992..............|  40.2 |  42.6 |  50.7 |  56.3 |  56.3 |  54.6 |  50.6 |  51.3 |  52.5 |  54.9 |  58.7 |  59.1
           1993..............|  64.0 |  61.2 |  61.8 |  58.8 |  61.4 |  61.8 |  59.3 |  61.8 |  62.6 |  66.7 |  65.7 |  63.6
           1994..............|  68.8 |  70.9 |  69.8 |  67.1 |  66.0 |  66.0 |  68.4 |  68.3 |  67.8 |  67.3 |  68.1 |  67.4
           1995..............|  66.4 |  64.9 |  57.9 |  49.3 |  50.6 |  47.9 |  52.8 |p/49.9 |p/53.1 |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  29.8 |  32.6 |  30.9 |  32.6 |  39.0 |  44.8 |  47.1 |  44.7 |  48.0 |  45.8 |  40.7 |  40.3
           1992..............|  43.4 |  46.2 |  46.3 |  50.8 |  55.1 |  55.3 |  52.7 |  52.2 |  56.7 |  55.9 |  63.6 |  63.2
           1993..............|  63.2 |  63.8 |  62.8 |  64.2 |  60.8 |  63.9 |  64.5 |  64.7 |  66.2 |  67.3 |  70.8 |  70.8
           1994..............|  71.2 |  70.2 |  70.5 |  69.5 |  69.8 |  69.1 |  70.5 |  70.9 |  69.0 |  69.0 |  67.4 |  67.0
           1995..............|  65.9 |  58.8 |  56.3 |  52.2 |  49.2 |p/49.3 |p/51.3 |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  31.0 |  31.0 |  31.7 |  31.9 |  31.7 |  33.8 |  35.8 |  37.5 |  40.0 |  45.2 |  45.6 |  45.4
           1992..............|  47.2 |  42.3 |  42.7 |  44.1 |  48.0 |  52.5 |  55.8 |  60.7 |  59.7 |  61.4 |  62.9 |  62.9
           1993..............|  64.9 |  63.9 |  64.0 |  65.4 |  67.0 |  67.6 |  67.6 |  67.0 |  70.2 |  69.4 |  68.8 |  69.4
           1994..............|  68.4 |  70.8 |  71.9 |  70.2 |  69.5 |  69.7 |  70.4 |  70.8 |  70.4 |  70.2 |  66.0 |  64.0
           1995..............|  63.1 |  60.8 |p/58.4 |p/58.3 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                             |                           Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1/
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      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  32.4 |  35.6 |  32.4 |  35.3 |  47.1 |  42.4 |  44.6 |  52.2 |  43.2 |  47.5 |  42.1 |  38.5
           1992..............|  37.1 |  40.3 |  46.0 |  57.2 |  48.2 |  46.0 |  56.1 |  42.8 |  50.7 |  47.5 |  51.4 |  52.5
           1993..............|  52.2 |  57.9 |  52.9 |  44.2 |  51.4 |  46.0 |  50.7 |  48.6 |  56.1 |  54.7 |  56.5 |  54.3
           1994..............|  59.4 |  61.2 |  59.4 |  56.5 |  55.0 |  59.0 |  54.0 |  56.5 |  53.2 |  59.4 |  59.0 |  57.6
           1995..............|  56.8 |  54.7 |  49.6 |  44.2 |  36.7 |  41.7 |  39.6 |  46.8 |p/40.6 |p/50.0 |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  23.7 |  23.0 |  20.9 |  33.1 |  35.6 |  37.4 |  47.1 |  47.1 |  50.4 |  39.9 |  37.4 |  32.7
           1992..............|  29.9 |  36.0 |  45.0 |  51.4 |  52.2 |  54.3 |  45.3 |  50.7 |  43.9 |  49.6 |  51.4 |  53.6
           1993..............|  60.8 |  60.4 |  57.2 |  46.4 |  46.4 |  50.7 |  49.6 |  54.3 |  53.2 |  60.1 |  56.1 |  57.6
           1994..............|  65.1 |  66.5 |  64.4 |  59.0 |  58.6 |  58.3 |  61.5 |  59.0 |  61.5 |  60.4 |  64.0 |  62.2
           1995..............|  61.5 |  56.1 |  47.1 |  35.6 |  32.4 |  28.8 |  32.7 |p/33.5 |p/40.6 |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  14.7 |  20.5 |  21.6 |  24.8 |  34.9 |  38.5 |  42.8 |  40.6 |  41.4 |  39.2 |  31.7 |  33.1
           1992..............|  33.5 |  36.0 |  39.6 |  47.5 |  51.8 |  52.5 |  47.5 |  48.9 |  52.5 |  47.1 |  57.9 |  58.3
           1993..............|  57.6 |  56.5 |  56.1 |  55.0 |  49.3 |  52.2 |  55.4 |  57.9 |  56.8 |  57.6 |  65.1 |  62.9
           1994..............|  61.9 |  62.9 |  64.4 |  61.5 |  60.8 |  59.0 |  62.2 |  62.6 |  61.5 |  64.0 |  61.5 |  61.5
           1995..............|  57.2 |  47.1 |  40.3 |  32.7 |  26.6 |p/26.3 |p/29.9 |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  16.5 |  16.2 |  17.3 |  18.0 |  20.9 |  24.1 |  26.3 |  30.6 |  32.7 |  38.1 |  38.8 |  37.4
           1992..............|  42.4 |  36.7 |  36.3 |  36.0 |  39.6 |  45.7 |  50.0 |  55.8 |  57.9 |  56.8 |  58.3 |  56.5
           1993..............|  56.8 |  57.9 |  55.8 |  58.6 |  57.2 |  57.6 |  58.6 |  59.0 |  61.2 |  60.4 |  60.1 |  59.4
           1994..............|  58.3 |  59.7 |  61.9 |  61.5 |  61.5 |  61.5 |  61.9 |  63.3 |  61.5 |  59.7 |  56.5 |  49.6
           1995..............|  46.8 |  43.2 |p/41.4 |p/37.1 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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         1/  Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-,             employment increasing plus one-half of the industries
       and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month          with unchanged employment, where 50 percent
       span. Data are centered within the span.                        indicates an equal balance between industries with
         p = preliminary.                                              increasing and decreasing employment.
         NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with