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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: APRIL 1995
 
     Unemployment increased in April and nonfarm payroll employment was
unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today.  The nation's jobless rate rose by 0.3 percentage point to
5.8 percent in April.
 
     The number of payroll jobs, as measured by the survey of employers,
remained at 115.8 million in April.  Total employment, as measured by the
household survey, was little changed at 125.1 million.
 
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
 
     The number of unemployed persons increased by 428,000 in April to 7.7
million, while the unemployment rate rose by 0.3 percentage point to 5.8
percent.  With the exception of Hispanics, whose jobless rate (8.8 percent)
was about the same as in March, rates rose for all other major worker
groups, including adult men (4.9 percent), adult women (5.2 percent),
teenagers (17.5 percent), whites (5.0 percent), and blacks (10.7 percent).
(See tables A-1 and A-2.)
 
     The rise in unemployment reflected an increase in both the number of
unemployed persons who were reentrants to the labor force and those who
were on temporary layoff.  In terms of the length of unemployment, most of
the increase occurred among persons jobless for 15 weeks and over.  (See
tables A-5 and A-6.)
 
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
     At 125.1 million, total employment was little changed over the month
(after seasonal adjustment).  The employment-population ratio--the
proportion of the working-age population with jobs--was 63.1 percent.  (See
table A-1.)
 
     A total of 7.7 million workers (not seasonally adjusted), or 6.2
percent of all employed persons, held two or more jobs in April.  A year
earlier, 6.0 percent of the employed held more than one job.  (See table
A-8.)
 
     At 132.7 million, the civilian labor force was little changed in
April.  The labor force participation rate, at 67.0 percent, was also about
the same as in March.  (See table A-1.)
 
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
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                      |   Quarterly     |      Monthly data        |
                      |   averages      |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________|Mar.-
      Category        |  1994  |  1995  |          1995            |Apr.
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |   IV   |   I    |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                  Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 131,696| 132,318| 132,308| 132,511| 132,737|    226
  Employment..........| 124,371| 125,012| 125,125| 125,274| 125,072|   -202
  Unemployment........|   7,325|   7,306|   7,183|   7,237|   7,665|    428
Not in labor force....|  65,904|  65,564|  65,578|  65,496|  65,412|    -84
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     5.6|     5.5|     5.4|     5.5|     5.8|    0.3
  Adult men...........|     4.9|     4.8|     4.6|     4.7|     4.9|     .2
  Adult women.........|     4.9|     4.9|     4.8|     4.9|     5.2|     .3
  Teenagers...........|    16.7|    16.8|    17.6|    16.1|    17.5|    1.4
  White...............|     4.9|     4.8|     4.7|     4.7|     5.0|     .3
  Black...............|    10.4|    10.0|    10.1|     9.8|    10.7|     .9
  Hispanic origin.....|     9.1|     9.4|     8.9|     9.1|     8.8|    -.3
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA  |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 114,781|p115,578| 115,637|p115,814|p115,805|    p-9
  Goods-producing 1/..|  23,805| p23,968|  23,945| p24,002| p23,951|   p-51
    Construction......|   5,023|  p5,095|   5,062|  p5,130|  p5,110|   p-20
    Manufacturing.....|  18,184| p18,281|  18,291| p18,280| p18,252|   p-28
  Service-producing 1/|  90,976| p91,609|  91,692| p91,812| p91,854|    p42
    Retail trade......|  20,643| p20,811|  20,843| p20,811| p20,824|    p13
    Services..........|  32,384| p32,752|  32,786| p32,906| p32,912|     p6
    Government........|  19,154| p19,152|  19,164| p19,164| p19,165|     p1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.7|   p34.6|    34.5|   p34.5|   p34.6|   p0.1
  Manufacturing.......|    42.1|   p42.1|    42.1|   p41.9|   p41.3|   p-.6
    Overtime..........|     4.8|    p4.8|     4.9|    p4.7|    p4.3|   p-.4
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                     Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $11.24| p$11.31|  $11.31| p$11.32| p$11.39| p$0.07
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  390.15| p391.44|  390.20| p390.54| p394.09|  p3.55
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
    p = preliminary.
 
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Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
     The number of persons with a marginal attachment to the labor force--
those who wanted and were available for work, but were no longer actively
looking for jobs after having searched sometime in the past 12 months--was
1.4 million (not seasonally adjusted) in April.  Of that total, those who
were not looking because they believed that there were no jobs available
for them--discouraged workers--numbered 385,000, somewhat below the level
of a year earlier.  (See table A-8.)
 
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Nonfarm payroll employment in April remained at the March level of
115.8 million, after seasonal adjustment.  Job growth has slowed
considerably thus far in 1995, with monthly gains averaging 173,000,
compared with 292,000 during all of 1994.  In April, nearly all industries
experienced no job growth or small declines.  (See table B-1.)
 
     The lack of job growth between March and April may have reflected an
unusual set of circumstances in several highly seasonal industries.  Mild
weather and the fact that the survey period (the week of the 12th) was the
latest possible added to the March job growth in construction and in
amusements and recreation within the services industry.  Thus, some of the
job growth recorded in March reflected growth that otherwise would have
been recorded in April.  In addition, the seasonal buildup in services,
retail trade, and construction from March to April had been relatively
large in the previous 3 years (1992-94), partly because in each case there
were 5 weeks between the two collections.  As a result, this year's
seasonal "expectation" (which is based primarily on the prior 3 years) was
relatively large.  With only 4 weeks separating the surveys, however, the
time period for which hiring could take place was reduced.  All of this
likely made employment in April appear weaker than it actually was.
 
     Other industries generally are less affected by April seasonal trends.
Manufacturing employment slipped for the second straight month.  Declines
occurred in the lumber and furniture industries, reflecting the slowdown in
homebuilding, and in apparel and printing and publishing.  Only industrial
machinery continued to show large employment gains.  Employment in
wholesale trade continued its pattern of growth, although the pace has
slowed from earlier in the year.  There were also modest employment gains
in transportation and public utilities, while employment in finance,
insurance, and real estate was flat.  Mining continued its long-term
pattern of job decline.  The Federal government continued to downsize, with
employment falling by 14,000 in April and 174,000 since it began to decline
3 years earlier.
 
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls edged up to 34.6 hours (seasonally adjusted).  The
manufacturing workweek was down by 0.6 hour to 41.3 hours.  Factory
overtime hours also dropped, by 0.4 hour to 4.3 hours.  The size of these
declines in factory hours may in part reflect the inability of seasonal
adjustment to fully account for workers who were off during the reference
week for Easter or Passover observances.  (See table B-2.)
 
     The index of aggregate weekly hours of private production or
nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls was little changed at 131.8
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(1982=100) in April.  In contrast, the manufacturing index plummeted 1.6
percent to 105.2 as a result of the decline in both employment and weekly
hours.  (See table B-5.)
 
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory
workers climbed 7 cents in April to $11.39 (seasonally adjusted).  Average
weekly earnings rose 0.9 percent to $394.09.  Over the past year, average
hourly earnings increased by 3.1 percent and average weekly earnings rose
by 2.8 percent.  (See table B-3.)
 
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     |           Revisions in the Establishment Survey Data          |
     |                                                               |
     |    The Employment Situation news release of May data will     |
     |introduce revisions in the establishment-based series on       |
     |nonfarm payroll employment, hours, and earnings to reflect the |
     |regular annual benchmark adjustments for March 1994 and updated|
     |seasonal adjustment factors.  Unadjusted data from April 1993  |
     |and seasonally adjusted data from January 1990 forward are     |
     |subject to revision.                                           |
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                         _________________________
 
     The Employment Situation for May 1995 will be released on Friday,
June 2, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
 
 
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |                                  1/
                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
         Employment status, sex, and age          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Apr.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  Apr.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                      TOTAL
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 196,363| 198,007| 198,148| 196,363| 197,765| 197,753| 197,886| 198,007| 198,148
  Civilian labor force............................| 129,682| 131,423| 131,657| 130,787| 131,725| 132,136| 132,308| 132,511| 132,737
        Participation rate........................|    66.0|    66.4|    66.4|    66.6|    66.6|    66.8|    66.9|    66.9|    67.0
    Employed......................................| 121,604| 123,943| 124,278| 122,402| 124,570| 124,639| 125,125| 125,274| 125,072
        Employment-population ratio...............|    61.9|    62.6|    62.7|    62.3|    63.0|    63.0|    63.2|    63.3|    63.1
      Agriculture.................................|   3,347|   3,366|   3,495|   3,438|   3,532|   3,575|   3,656|   3,698|   3,594
      Nonagricultural industries..................| 118,257| 120,577| 120,784| 118,964| 121,038| 121,064| 121,469| 121,576| 121,478
    Unemployed....................................|   8,078|   7,480|   7,378|   8,385|   7,155|   7,498|   7,183|   7,237|   7,665
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.2|     5.7|     5.6|     6.4|     5.4|     5.7|     5.4|     5.5|     5.8
  Not in labor force..............................|  66,681|  66,584|  66,492|  65,576|  66,040|  65,617|  65,578|  65,496|  65,412
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  94,119|  94,879|  94,952|  94,119|  94,851|  94,749|  94,818|  94,879|  94,952
  Civilian labor force............................|  70,026|  70,961|  71,054|  70,625|  71,379|  71,476|  71,558|  71,673|  71,655
        Participation rate........................|    74.4|    74.8|    74.8|    75.0|    75.3|    75.4|    75.5|    75.5|    75.5
    Employed......................................|  65,492|  66,758|  67,018|  66,058|  67,483|  67,386|  67,709|  67,811|  67,588
        Employment-population ratio...............|    69.6|    70.4|    70.6|    70.2|    71.1|    71.1|    71.4|    71.5|    71.2
    Unemployed....................................|   4,535|   4,204|   4,035|   4,567|   3,896|   4,090|   3,849|   3,862|   4,067
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.5|     5.9|     5.7|     6.5|     5.5|     5.7|     5.4|     5.4|     5.7
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  86,946|  87,622|  87,664|  86,946|  87,617|  87,528|  87,572|  87,622|  87,664
  Civilian labor force............................|  66,458|  67,312|  67,288|  66,741|  67,450|  67,539|  67,552|  67,643|  67,563
        Participation rate........................|    76.4|    76.8|    76.8|    76.8|    77.0|    77.2|    77.1|    77.2|    77.1
    Employed......................................|  62,678|  63,763|  63,953|  62,959|  64,281|  64,133|  64,478|  64,465|  64,224
        Employment-population ratio...............|    72.1|    72.8|    73.0|    72.4|    73.4|    73.3|    73.6|    73.6|    73.3
      Agriculture.................................|   2,338|   2,313|   2,360|   2,362|   2,410|   2,390|   2,512|   2,519|   2,384
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  60,339|  61,450|  61,593|  60,597|  61,871|  61,743|  61,965|  61,946|  61,840
    Unemployed....................................|   3,780|   3,550|   3,336|   3,782|   3,169|   3,406|   3,074|   3,178|   3,339
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.7|     5.3|     5.0|     5.7|     4.7|     5.0|     4.6|     4.7|     4.9
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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             Women, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 102,244| 103,128| 103,197| 102,244| 102,913| 103,004| 103,068| 103,128| 103,197
  Civilian labor force............................|  59,656|  60,462|  60,603|  60,162|  60,346|  60,660|  60,750|  60,838|  61,082
        Participation rate........................|    58.3|    58.6|    58.7|    58.8|    58.6|    58.9|    58.9|    59.0|    59.2
    Employed......................................|  56,112|  57,185|  57,260|  56,344|  57,087|  57,252|  57,416|  57,462|  57,484
        Employment-population ratio...............|    54.9|    55.5|    55.5|    55.1|    55.5|    55.6|    55.7|    55.7|    55.7
    Unemployed....................................|   3,543|   3,277|   3,343|   3,818|   3,259|   3,408|   3,334|   3,375|   3,598
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.9|     5.4|     5.5|     6.3|     5.4|     5.6|     5.5|     5.5|     5.9
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             Women, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  95,282|  96,037|  96,099|  95,282|  95,873|  95,961|  96,020|  96,037|  96,099
  Civilian labor force............................|  56,219|  56,971|  57,131|  56,466|  56,725|  56,951|  57,096|  57,042|  57,360
        Participation rate........................|    59.0|    59.3|    59.5|    59.3|    59.2|    59.3|    59.5|    59.4|    59.7
    Employed......................................|  53,281|  54,221|  54,369|  53,318|  54,037|  54,134|  54,334|  54,242|  54,403
        Employment-population ratio...............|    55.9|    56.5|    56.6|    56.0|    56.4|    56.4|    56.6|    56.5|    56.6
      Agriculture.................................|     801|     839|     892|     833|     882|     877|     898|     913|     925
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  52,480|  53,383|  53,477|  52,485|  53,155|  53,257|  53,436|  53,329|  53,477
    Unemployed....................................|   2,938|   2,749|   2,762|   3,148|   2,688|   2,817|   2,763|   2,800|   2,957
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.2|     4.8|     4.8|     5.6|     4.7|     4.9|     4.8|     4.9|     5.2
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian  noninstitutional population.............|  14,135|  14,348|  14,385|  14,135|  14,274|  14,263|  14,294|  14,348|  14,385
  Civilian labor force............................|   7,005|   7,140|   7,237|   7,580|   7,550|   7,646|   7,660|   7,826|   7,814
        Participation rate........................|    49.6|    49.8|    50.3|    53.6|    52.9|    53.6|    53.6|    54.5|    54.3
    Employed......................................|   5,645|   5,959|   5,956|   6,125|   6,252|   6,372|   6,313|   6,567|   6,446
        Employment-population ratio...............|    39.9|    41.5|    41.4|    43.3|    43.8|    44.7|    44.2|    45.8|    44.8
      Agriculture.................................|     208|     214|     243|     243|     240|     308|     245|     266|     285
      Nonagricultural industries..................|   5,437|   5,744|   5,713|   5,882|   6,012|   6,064|   6,068|   6,300|   6,160
    Unemployed....................................|   1,360|   1,182|   1,281|   1,455|   1,298|   1,274|   1,347|   1,260|   1,369
        Unemployment rate.........................|    19.4|    16.5|    17.7|    19.2|    17.2|    16.7|    17.6|    16.1|    17.5
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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                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Apr.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  Apr.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                      WHITE
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 165,259| 166,521| 166,613| 165,259| 166,175| 166,361| 166,444| 166,521| 166,613
  Civilian labor force............................| 109,984| 111,250| 111,338| 110,809| 111,715| 111,876| 111,830| 111,999| 112,153
      Participation rate..........................|    66.6|    66.8|    66.8|    67.1|    67.2|    67.2|    67.2|    67.3|    67.3
    Employed......................................| 103,980| 105,609| 105,886| 104,591| 106,352| 106,366| 106,604| 106,698| 106,500
      Employment-population ratio.................|    62.9|    63.4|    63.6|    63.3|    64.0|    63.9|    64.0|    64.1|    63.9
    Unemployed....................................|   6,004|   5,641|   5,452|   6,218|   5,363|   5,510|   5,226|   5,301|   5,653
      Unemployment rate...........................|     5.5|     5.1|     4.9|     5.6|     4.8|     4.9|     4.7|     4.7|     5.0
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              Men, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|  57,035|  57,631|  57,578|  57,228|  57,836|  57,848|  57,841|  57,868|  57,768
      Participation rate..........................|    76.9|    77.1|    77.0|    77.2|    77.5|    77.5|    77.5|    77.5|    77.3
    Employed......................................|  54,134|  54,838|  55,004|  54,356|  55,384|  55,289|  55,508|  55,448|  55,225
      Employment-population ratio.................|    73.0|    73.4|    73.6|    73.3|    74.2|    74.1|    74.3|    74.2|    73.9
    Unemployed....................................|   2,901|   2,793|   2,574|   2,872|   2,452|   2,559|   2,333|   2,420|   2,544
      Unemployment rate...........................|     5.1|     4.8|     4.5|     5.0|     4.2|     4.4|     4.0|     4.2|     4.4
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             Women, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|  46,892|  47,490|  47,585|  47,067|  47,440|  47,443|  47,525|  47,494|  47,765
      Participation rate..........................|    58.7|    59.0|    59.1|    58.9|    59.1|    59.0|    59.1|    59.1|    59.4
    Employed......................................|  44,845|  45,515|  45,622|  44,837|  45,475|  45,419|  45,581|  45,515|  45,622
      Employment-population ratio.................|    56.2|    56.6|    56.7|    56.1|    56.7|    56.5|    56.7|    56.6|    56.7
    Unemployed....................................|   2,047|   1,974|   1,963|   2,230|   1,965|   2,024|   1,944|   1,978|   2,143
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.4|     4.2|     4.1|     4.7|     4.1|     4.3|     4.1|     4.2|     4.5
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,057|   6,129|   6,175|   6,514|   6,439|   6,586|   6,464|   6,637|   6,619
      Participation rate..........................|    53.9|    53.8|    54.1|    58.0|    56.9|    58.1|    56.9|    58.3|    58.0
    Employed......................................|   5,001|   5,255|   5,260|   5,398|   5,493|   5,658|   5,515|   5,734|   5,653
      Employment-population ratio.................|    44.5|    46.2|    46.1|    48.0|    48.5|    49.9|    48.5|    50.4|    49.5
    Unemployed....................................|   1,056|     874|     915|   1,116|     946|     928|     949|     903|     966
      Unemployment rate...........................|    17.4|    14.3|    14.8|    17.1|    14.7|    14.1|    14.7|    13.6|    14.6
        Men.......................................|    18.9|    15.9|    15.8|    18.3|    16.0|    15.0|    16.1|    14.7|    15.3
        Women.....................................|    15.9|    12.5|    13.8|    15.9|    13.2|    13.1|    13.1|    12.4|    13.8
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                      BLACK
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  22,799|  23,142|  23,169|  22,799|  23,052|  23,089|  23,117|  23,142|  23,169
  Civilian labor force............................|  14,335|  14,660|  14,775|  14,507|  14,541|  14,697|  14,868|  14,818|  14,938
      Participation rate..........................|    62.9|    63.3|    63.8|    63.6|    63.1|    63.7|    64.3|    64.0|    64.5
    Employed......................................|  12,675|  13,219|  13,240|  12,775|  13,119|  13,192|  13,362|  13,370|  13,337
      Employment-population ratio.................|    55.6|    57.1|    57.1|    56.0|    56.9|    57.1|    57.8|    57.8|    57.6
    Unemployed....................................|   1,661|   1,440|   1,535|   1,732|   1,422|   1,505|   1,505|   1,448|   1,601
      Unemployment rate...........................|    11.6|     9.8|    10.4|    11.9|     9.8|    10.2|    10.1|     9.8|    10.7
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              Men, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,617|   6,800|   6,808|   6,631|   6,722|   6,796|   6,812|   6,828|   6,826
      Participation rate..........................|    72.4|    73.5|    73.5|    72.6|    72.7|    73.6|    73.7|    73.8|    73.7
    Employed......................................|   5,920|   6,234|   6,202|   5,936|   6,165|   6,172|   6,272|   6,297|   6,221
      Employment-population ratio.................|    64.8|    67.3|    66.9|    65.0|    66.7|    66.8|    67.8|    68.0|    67.1
    Unemployed....................................|     697|     566|     606|     695|     557|     624|     540|     531|     605
      Unemployment rate...........................|    10.5|     8.3|     8.9|    10.5|     8.3|     9.2|     7.9|     7.8|     8.9
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             Women, 20 years and over
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,985|   7,115|   7,171|   7,030|   7,002|   7,127|   7,169|   7,131|   7,205
      Participation rate..........................|    60.9|    61.2|    61.6|    61.3|    60.5|    61.4|    61.7|    61.3|    61.9
    Employed......................................|   6,279|   6,488|   6,526|   6,293|   6,420|   6,521|   6,520|   6,482|   6,532
      Employment-population ratio.................|    54.8|    55.8|    56.0|    54.9|    55.5|    56.2|    56.1|    55.7|    56.1
    Unemployed....................................|     705|     627|     646|     737|     582|     606|     648|     649|     673
      Unemployment rate...........................|    10.1|     8.8|     9.0|    10.5|     8.3|     8.5|     9.0|     9.1|     9.3
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
  Civilian labor force............................|     733|     744|     795|     846|     817|     773|     887|     859|     907
      Participation rate..........................|    33.3|    33.1|    35.3|    38.5|    36.6|    34.6|    39.5|    38.2|    40.2
    Employed......................................|     475|     497|     512|     546|     534|     499|     570|     591|     584
      Employment-population ratio.................|    21.6|    22.1|    22.7|    24.8|    23.9|    22.3|    25.4|    26.3|    25.9
    Unemployed....................................|     258|     247|     283|     300|     283|     275|     317|     268|     323
      Unemployment rate...........................|    35.2|    33.2|    35.6|    35.5|    34.6|    35.5|    35.7|    31.2|    35.6
        Men.......................................|    41.9|    33.5|    37.1|    39.7|    34.3|    34.0|    38.7|    31.7|    35.4
        Women.....................................|    28.3|    32.9|    34.1|    31.0|    35.0|    37.1|    32.4|    30.7|    35.8
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                 HISPANIC ORIGIN
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  17,993|  18,458|  18,509|  17,993|  18,385|  18,368|  18,413|  18,458|  18,509
  Civilian labor force............................|  11,828|  12,067|  12,090|  11,873|  12,224|  12,036|  12,017|  12,001|  12,131
      Participation rate..........................|    65.7|    65.4|    65.3|    66.0|    66.5|    65.5|    65.3|    65.0|    65.5
    Employed......................................|  10,584|  10,925|  11,036|  10,601|  11,105|  10,811|  10,943|  10,903|  11,058
      Employment-population ratio.................|    58.8|    59.2|    59.6|    58.9|    60.4|    58.9|    59.4|    59.1|    59.7
    Unemployed....................................|   1,244|   1,143|   1,054|   1,272|   1,119|   1,224|   1,073|   1,098|   1,073
      Unemployment rate...........................|    10.5|     9.5|     8.7|    10.7|     9.2|    10.2|     8.9|     9.1|     8.8
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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                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Apr.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  Apr.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
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Total employed, 16 years and over.................|121,604 |123,943 |124,278 |122,402 |124,570 |124,639 |125,125 |125,274 |125,072
  Married men, spouse present.....................| 41,339 | 41,879 | 42,086 | 41,357 | 41,608 | 41,601 | 42,190 | 42,132 | 42,086
  Married women, spouse present...................| 31,596 | 32,232 | 32,301 | 31,382 | 31,723 | 31,705 | 31,893 | 32,135 | 32,108
  Women who maintain families.....................|  7,104 |  7,163 |  7,181 |  7,096 |  7,074 |  7,199 |  7,067 |  7,071 |  7,152
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                    OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Managerial and professional specialty...........| 33,692 | 34,985 | 34,948 | 33,477 | 34,576 | 34,423 | 34,905 | 34,846 | 34,765
  Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 36,906 | 37,259 | 37,306 | 36,972 | 37,797 | 37,267 | 37,313 | 37,297 | 37,381
  Service occupations.............................| 16,987 | 17,048 | 17,092 | 17,000 | 16,704 | 17,012 | 16,991 | 16,997 | 17,075
  Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,020 | 13,382 | 13,406 | 13,264 | 13,677 | 13,784 | 13,638 | 13,910 | 13,680
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 17,517 | 17,901 | 17,972 | 17,817 | 18,030 | 18,212 | 18,333 | 18,280 | 18,260
  Farming, forestry, and fishing..................|  3,482 |  3,368 |  3,554 |  3,649 |  3,839 |  3,881 |  3,845 |  3,849 |  3,726
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                 CLASS OF WORKER
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Agriculture:                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|  1,656 |  1,762 |  1,835 |  1,695 |  1,738 |  1,866 |  1,970 |  1,987 |  1,884
    Self-employed workers.........................|  1,652 |  1,553 |  1,600 |  1,707 |  1,714 |  1,663 |  1,684 |  1,674 |  1,649
    Unpaid family workers.........................|     39 |     50 |     60 |     45 |     49 |     35 |     27 |     57 |     70
  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|109,181 |111,666 |111,874 |109,828 |111,960 |111,987 |112,461 |112,649 |112,578
      Government..................................| 18,448 | 18,928 | 18,777 | 18,343 | 18,340 | 18,295 | 18,504 | 18,685 | 18,646
      Private industries..........................| 90,732 | 92,738 | 93,097 | 91,485 | 93,620 | 93,692 | 93,957 | 93,964 | 93,932
        Private households........................|    966 |  1,017 |    954 |  1,003 |  1,023 |  1,075 |  1,075 |  1,039 |    988
        Other industries..........................| 89,766 | 91,721 | 92,143 | 90,482 | 92,597 | 92,617 | 92,882 | 92,925 | 92,945
    Self-employed workers.........................|  8,937 |  8,777 |  8,795 |  9,010 |  8,959 |  9,039 |  8,904 |  8,865 |  8,848
    Unpaid family workers.........................|    139 |    135 |    114 |    133 |    121 |     95 |    118 |    129 |    110
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            PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME
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  All industries:                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  4,538 |  4,566 |  4,245 |  4,779 |  4,422 |  4,693 |  4,460 |  4,530 |  4,469
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,276 |  2,478 |  2,369 |  2,418 |  2,384 |  2,504 |  2,372 |  2,333 |  2,517
      Could only find part-time work..............|  1,983 |  1,862 |  1,644 |  2,043 |  1,734 |  1,777 |  1,739 |  1,902 |  1,686
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 18,318 | 18,403 | 18,429 | 17,417 | 17,576 | 17,940 | 18,041 | 17,627 | 18,121
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  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  4,397 |  4,417 |  4,012 |  4,583 |  4,254 |  4,430 |  4,187 |  4,347 |  4,171
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,192 |  2,373 |  2,214 |  2,298 |  2,272 |  2,359 |  2,216 |  2,226 |  2,328
      Could only find part-time work..............|  1,966 |  1,831 |  1,600 |  2,007 |  1,690 |  1,737 |  1,687 |  1,854 |  1,624
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 17,682 | 17,739 | 17,663 | 16,620 | 16,917 | 17,307 | 17,381 | 16,991 | 17,232
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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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                                                  |  Apr.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  Apr.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Total, 16 years and over.........................|  8,385 |  7,237 |   7,665|   6.4  |   5.4  |   5.7  |   5.4  |   5.5  |   5.8
   Men, 20 years and over.........................|  3,782 |  3,178 |   3,339|   5.7  |   4.7  |   5.0  |   4.6  |   4.7  |   4.9
   Women, 20 years and over.......................|  3,148 |  2,800 |   2,957|   5.6  |   4.7  |   4.9  |   4.8  |   4.9  |   5.2
   Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................|  1,455 |  1,260 |   1,369|  19.2  |  17.2  |  16.7  |  17.6  |  16.1  |  17.5
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   Married men, spouse present....................|  1,699 |  1,381 |   1,461|   3.9  |   3.2  |   3.4  |   3.0  |   3.2  |   3.4
   Married women, spouse present..................|  1,361 |  1,293 |   1,404|   4.2  |   3.7  |   3.7  |   3.6  |   3.9  |   4.2
   Women who maintain families....................|    713 |    585 |     703|   9.1  |   8.8  |   8.9  |   8.1  |   7.6  |   9.0
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   Full-time workers..............................|  6,824 |  5,805 |   6,068|   6.4  |   5.3  |   5.5  |   5.3  |   5.4  |   5.6
   Part-time workers..............................|  1,535 |  1,443 |   1,570|   6.2  |   5.9  |   6.2  |   6.0  |   5.8  |   6.3
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                             2/                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                   OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Managerial and professional specialty..........|    907 |    897 |     900|   2.6  |   2.3  |   2.3  |   2.2  |   2.5  |   2.5
   Technical, sales, and administrative support...|  2,049 |  1,692 |   1,905|   5.3  |   4.3  |   4.6  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.8
   Precision production, craft, and repair........|    949 |    766 |     875|   6.7  |   5.7  |   5.8  |   5.4  |   5.2  |   6.0
   Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........|  1,927 |  1,488 |   1,565|   9.8  |   8.2  |   8.2  |   7.6  |   7.5  |   7.9
   Farming, forestry, and fishing.................|    326 |    336 |     344|   8.2  |   7.8  |   7.8  |   7.2  |   8.0  |   8.5
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                     INDUSTRY
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers|  6,458 |  5,512 |   5,900|   6.6  |   5.6  |   5.7  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.9
     Goods-producing industries...................|  2,003 |  1,686 |   1,802|   7.3  |   6.2  |   6.4  |   5.8  |   6.0  |   6.4
       Mining.....................................|     45 |     41 |      27|   6.6  |   3.9  |   5.1  |   5.2  |   6.1  |   4.3
       Construction...............................|    745 |    711 |     762|  12.4  |  10.9  |  11.7  |  10.5  |  10.8  |  11.8
       Manufacturing..............................|  1,213 |    934 |   1,013|   5.8  |   4.9  |   4.7  |   4.4  |   4.5  |   4.8
         Durable goods............................|    666 |    504 |     529|   5.5  |   4.6  |   4.2  |   3.9  |   4.2  |   4.4
         Nondurable goods.........................|    547 |    430 |     484|   6.3  |   5.4  |   5.4  |   5.0  |   4.9  |   5.4
     Service-producing industries.................|  4,455 |  3,825 |   4,098|   6.3  |   5.4  |   5.4  |   5.4  |   5.4  |   5.7
       Transportation and public utilities........|    369 |    319 |     323|   5.3  |   4.2  |   4.7  |   4.5  |   4.5  |   4.6
       Wholesale and retail trade.................|  1,944 |  1,598 |   1,738|   7.6  |   6.7  |   6.6  |   6.4  |   6.2  |   6.8
       Finance, insurance, and real estate........|    266 |    243 |     246|   3.5  |   2.9  |   2.9  |   3.5  |   3.3  |   3.4
       Services...................................|  1,876 |  1,665 |   1,791|   6.2  |   5.2  |   5.2  |   5.2  |   5.3  |   5.6
   Government workers.............................|    676 |    521 |     595|   3.6  |   3.1  |   3.2  |   2.8  |   2.7  |   3.1
   Agricultural wage and salary workers...........|    205 |    234 |     240|  10.8  |  11.1  |  10.7  |   9.1  |  10.5  |  11.3
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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                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Apr.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  Apr.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
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               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Less than 5 weeks................................|  2,539 |  2,278 |  2,424 |  2,772 |  2,587 |  2,937 |  2,600 |  2,523 |  2,629
 5 to 14 weeks....................................|  2,193 |  2,569 |  2,141 |  2,482 |  2,149 |  2,122 |  2,165 |  2,319 |  2,430
 15 weeks and over................................|  3,346 |  2,633 |  2,813 |  2,972 |  2,456 |  2,386 |  2,298 |  2,266 |  2,505
    15 to 26 weeks................................|  1,452 |  1,199 |  1,294 |  1,237 |  1,088 |  1,033 |  1,090 |    920 |  1,115
    27 weeks and over.............................|  1,894 |  1,434 |  1,520 |  1,735 |  1,368 |  1,353 |  1,207 |  1,347 |  1,390
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 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................|   20.5 |   18.2 |   19.0 |   19.1 |   17.8 |   16.7 |   16.9 |   17.5 |   17.7
 Median duration, in weeks........................|   11.1 |    9.8 |   10.2 |    9.2 |    8.7 |    7.9 |    7.8 |    7.9 |    8.5
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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..............................|   31.4 |   30.5 |   32.9 |   33.7 |   36.0 |   39.4 |   36.8 |   35.5 |   34.8
   5 to 14 weeks..................................|   27.1 |   34.3 |   29.0 |   30.2 |   29.9 |   28.5 |   30.7 |   32.6 |   32.1
   15 weeks and over..............................|   41.4 |   35.2 |   38.1 |   36.1 |   34.1 |   32.0 |   32.5 |   31.9 |   33.1
     15 to 26 weeks...............................|   18.0 |   16.0 |   17.5 |   15.0 |   15.1 |   13.9 |   15.4 |   12.9 |   14.7
     27 weeks and over............................|   23.5 |   19.2 |   20.6 |   21.1 |   19.0 |   18.2 |   17.1 |   18.9 |   18.4
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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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                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           | Apr.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | Apr.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.
                                                           | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995  | 1995
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........|  3,832|  3,718|  3,479|  3,880|  3,442|  3,658|  3,339|  3,352|  3,532
  On temporary layoff......................................|    904|  1,267|  1,053|    979|    930|  1,061|  1,025|  1,032|  1,145
  Not on temporary layoff..................................|  2,928|  2,451|  2,425|  2,901|  2,512|  2,598|  2,314|  2,320|  2,387
    Permanent job losers...................................|  2,279|  1,765|  1,780|  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)
    Persons who completed temporary jobs...................|    649|    686|    645|  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)
Job leavers................................................|    790|    819|    797|    810|    704|    694|    773|    811|    817
Reentrants.................................................|  2,847|  2,435|  2,526|  3,164|  2,525|  2,488|  2,474|  2,430|  2,779
New entrants...............................................|    609|    509|    576|    679|    555|    597|    582|    604|    637
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   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.......|   47.4|   49.7|   47.2|   45.5|   47.6|   49.2|   46.6|   46.6|   45.5
   On temporary layoff.....................................|   11.2|   16.9|   14.3|   11.5|   12.9|   14.3|   14.3|   14.3|   14.7
   Not on temporary layoff.................................|   36.2|   32.8|   32.9|   34.0|   34.8|   34.9|   32.3|   32.2|   30.7
 Job leavers...............................................|    9.8|   10.9|   10.8|    9.5|    9.7|    9.3|   10.8|   11.3|   10.5
 Reentrants................................................|   35.2|   32.6|   34.2|   37.1|   34.9|   33.4|   34.5|   33.8|   35.8
 New entrants..............................................|    7.5|    6.8|    7.8|    8.0|    7.7|    8.0|    8.1|    8.4|    8.2
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                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|    3.0|    2.8|    2.6|    3.0|    2.6|    2.8|    2.5|    2.5|    2.7
 Job leavers...............................................|     .6|     .6|     .6|     .6|     .5|     .5|     .6|     .6|     .6
 Reentrants................................................|    2.2|    1.9|    1.9|    2.4|    1.9|    1.9|    1.9|    1.8|    2.1
 New entrants..............................................|     .5|     .4|     .4|     .5|     .4|     .5|     .4|     .5|     .5
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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                    |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Apr.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  Apr.  |  Dec.  |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.
                                                  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1994  |  1994  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995  |  1995
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Total, 16 years and over..........................|  8,385 |  7,237 |  7,665 |   6.4  |   5.4  |   5.7  |   5.4  |   5.5  |   5.8
  16 to 24 years..................................|  2,864 |  2,531 |  2,571 |  13.2  |  11.6  |  11.4  |  11.7  |  11.6  |  11.8
    16 to 19 years................................|  1,455 |  1,260 |  1,369 |  19.2  |  17.2  |  16.7  |  17.6  |  16.1  |  17.5
      16 to 17 years..............................|    751 |    649 |    663 |  23.5  |  18.1  |  20.0  |  20.7  |  20.0  |  20.6
      18 to 19 years..............................|    730 |    591 |    724 |  16.5  |  16.6  |  14.2  |  15.3  |  13.0  |  15.7
    20 to 24 years................................|  1,409 |  1,272 |  1,202 |  10.0  |   8.6  |   8.5  |   8.5  |   9.1  |   8.7
  25 years and over...............................|  5,488 |  4,653 |  5,059 |   5.0  |   4.3  |   4.5  |   4.2  |   4.2  |   4.6
    25 to 54 years................................|  4,848 |  4,101 |  4,485 |   5.2  |   4.4  |   4.6  |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.7
    55 years and over.............................|    655 |    555 |    599 |   4.3  |   3.5  |   3.9  |   3.4  |   3.5  |   3.8
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Men, 16 years and over..........................|  4,567 |  3,862 |  4,067 |   6.5  |   5.5  |   5.7  |   5.4  |   5.4  |   5.7
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,574 |  1,350 |  1,365 |  13.8  |  12.2  |  12.0  |  12.1  |  11.7  |  11.8
      16 to 19 years..............................|    785 |    684 |    728 |  20.2  |  18.5  |  17.4  |  19.4  |  17.0  |  17.8
        16 to 17 years............................|    413 |    334 |    365 |  24.9  |  18.8  |  20.9  |  22.6  |  20.2  |  21.7
        18 to 19 years............................|    408 |    344 |    393 |  18.0  |  18.2  |  14.5  |  16.7  |  14.6  |  16.1
      20 to 24 years..............................|    789 |    665 |    637 |  10.5  |   9.0  |   9.1  |   8.2  |   8.9  |   8.6
    25 years and over.............................|  2,969 |  2,480 |  2,676 |   5.0  |   4.3  |   4.5  |   4.0  |   4.1  |   4.5
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,581 |  2,187 |  2,308 |   5.1  |   4.3  |   4.6  |   4.2  |   4.2  |   4.5
      55 years and over...........................|    382 |    319 |    372 |   4.5  |   3.5  |   4.0  |   3.6  |   3.7  |   4.3
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Women, 16 years and over........................|  3,818 |  3,375 |  3,598 |   6.3  |   5.4  |   5.6  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.9
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,290 |  1,182 |  1,206 |  12.6  |  10.9  |  10.7  |  11.2  |  11.5  |  11.9
      16 to 19 years..............................|    670 |    575 |    641 |  18.1  |  15.8  |  15.9  |  15.6  |  15.2  |  17.2
        16 to 17 years............................|    338 |    315 |    298 |  22.1  |  17.4  |  19.1  |  18.7  |  19.8  |  19.4
        18 to 19 years............................|    322 |    247 |    331 |  14.9  |  14.9  |  13.9  |  13.7  |  11.3  |  15.2
      20 to 24 years..............................|    620 |    606 |    566 |   9.4  |   8.1  |   7.8  |   8.7  |   9.4  |   8.8
    25 years and over.............................|  2,519 |  2,174 |  2,383 |   5.1  |   4.3  |   4.6  |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.7
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,267 |  1,914 |  2,177 |   5.3  |   4.4  |   4.6  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   5.0
      55 years and over...........................|    273 |    236 |    227 |   4.0  |   3.4  |   3.7  |   3.2  |   3.4  |   3.3
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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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
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                                      |                   |                   |
                               Category                               |       Total       |        Men        |       Women
                                                                       ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
                                                                      |  Apr.   |  Apr.   |  Apr.   |  Apr.   |  Apr.   |  Apr.
                                                                      |  1994   |  1995   |  1994   |  1995   |  1994   |  1995
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                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
Total not in the labor force..........................................|  66,681 |  66,492 |  24,092 |  23,898 |  42,589 |  42,594
 Persons who currently want a job.....................................|   6,574 |   5,433 |   2,681 |   2,324 |   3,893 |   3,109
  Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................|   1,770 |   1,390 |     843 |     719 |     927 |     671
   Reason not currently looking:                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
     Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................|     502 |     385 |     310 |     268 |     192 |     117
     Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................|   1,267 |   1,006 |     533 |     452 |     735 |     554
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................|   7,300 |   7,710 |   3,841 |   4,111 |   3,459 |   3,599
    Percent of total employed.........................................|     6.0 |     6.2 |     5.9 |     6.1 |     6.2 |     6.3
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
 Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................|   4,269 |   4,490 |   2,485 |   2,675 |   1,784 |   1,815
 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................|   1,580 |   1,700 |     479 |     512 |   1,101 |   1,188
 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................|     250 |     241 |     181 |     183 |      69 |      57
 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................|   1,159 |   1,245 |     682 |     721 |     477 |     524
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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.
 
 
 
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
                                          |  Apr.   |  Mar.   |  Apr.   |  Apr.   |  Dec.   |  Jan.   |  Feb.   |  Mar.   |  Apr.
                                          |  1994   |  1995   |  1995   |  1994   |  1994   |  1995   |  1995   |  1995   |  1995
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 
                California
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   23,437    23,541    23,557    23,437    23,524    23,528    23,535    23,541    23,557
  Civilian labor force....................   15,419    15,251    15,264    15,504    15,432    15,371    15,332    15,307    15,342
    Employed..............................   14,014    14,067    14,080    14,065    14,247    14,110    14,209    14,140    14,127
    Unemployed............................    1,405     1,184     1,184     1,439     1,185     1,261     1,122     1,167     1,215
    Unemployment rate.....................      9.1       7.8       7.8       9.3       7.7       8.2       7.3       7.6       7.9
 
 
                 Florida
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   10,858    11,009    11,023    10,858    10,973    10,984    10,997    11,009    11,023
  Civilian labor force....................    6,727     6,781     6,878     6,793     6,935     6,860     6,762     6,809     6,944
    Employed..............................    6,268     6,496     6,516     6,303     6,492     6,460     6,461     6,513     6,552
    Unemployed............................      459       286       362       490       443       400       301       297       392
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.8       4.2       5.3       7.2       6.4       5.8       4.5       4.4       5.6
 
 
                 Illinois
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,850     8,889     8,912     8,850     8,883     8,884     8,887     8,889     8,912
  Civilian labor force....................    5,984     6,065     6,160     6,042     5,969     6,015     6,111     6,114     6,219
    Employed..............................    5,648     5,771     5,815     5,699     5,688     5,697     5,790     5,846     5,868
    Unemployed............................      336       294       345       343       281       318       321       269       352
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.6       4.8       5.6       5.7       4.7       5.3       5.3       4.4       5.7
 
 
              Massachusetts
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    4,681     4,688     4,666     4,681     4,688     4,688     4,688     4,688     4,666
  Civilian labor force....................    3,108     3,170     3,121     3,152     3,194     3,221     3,202     3,182     3,166
    Employed..............................    2,927     3,005     2,945     2,961     3,014     3,028     3,030     3,035     2,979
    Unemployed............................      182       165       177       191       180       194       172       146       187
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.8       5.2       5.7       6.1       5.6       6.0       5.4       4.6       5.9
 
 
                 Michigan
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    7,132     7,155     7,163     7,132     7,152     7,153     7,154     7,155     7,163
  Civilian labor force....................    4,716     4,672     4,680     4,801     4,720     4,721     4,720     4,735     4,767
    Employed..............................    4,446     4,371     4,419     4,517     4,504     4,463     4,457     4,449     4,489
    Unemployed............................      270       301       262       285       216       259       263       285       278
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.7       6.4       5.6       5.9       4.6       5.5       5.6       6.0       5.8
 
 
                New Jersey
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    6,051     6,072     6,116     6,051     6,070     6,070     6,072     6,072     6,116
  Civilian labor force....................    3,893     4,031     4,048     3,946     3,999     4,009     4,006     4,026     4,106
    Employed..............................    3,621     3,768     3,798     3,664     3,750     3,720     3,762     3,791     3,847
    Unemployed............................      272       263       250       283       249       289       244       235       260
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.0       6.5       6.2       7.2       6.2       7.2       6.1       5.8       6.3
 
 
                 New York
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   13,991    13,973    13,991    13,991    13,985    13,981    13,977    13,973    13,991
  Civilian labor force....................    8,553     8,470     8,454     8,589     8,565     8,438     8,522     8,479     8,490
    Employed..............................    7,901     7,894     7,900     7,917     8,080     7,934     7,998     7,921     7,914
    Unemployed............................      652       576       554       673       485       504       523       558       575
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.6       6.8       6.6       7.8       5.7       6.0       6.1       6.6       6.8
 
 
              North Carolina
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    5,363     5,444     5,431     5,363     5,425     5,431     5,438     5,444     5,431
  Civilian labor force....................    3,552     3,619     3,606     3,592     3,681     3,655     3,646     3,665     3,645
    Employed..............................    3,417     3,472     3,444     3,445     3,556     3,515     3,478     3,522     3,472
    Unemployed............................      135       147       161       147       125       140       168       144       173
    Unemployment rate.....................      3.8       4.1       4.5       4.1       3.4       3.8       4.6       3.9       4.7
 
 
                   Ohio
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,409     8,436     8,442     8,409     8,434     8,434     8,435     8,436     8,442
  Civilian labor force....................    5,485     5,524     5,478     5,528     5,572     5,495     5,568     5,533     5,519
    Employed..............................    5,142     5,281     5,227     5,184     5,322     5,274     5,344     5,325     5,269
    Unemployed............................      343       243       251       344       250       220       224       208       250
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.3       4.4       4.6       6.2       4.5       4.0       4.0       3.8       4.5
 
 
               Pennsylvania
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    9,276     9,280     9,272     9,276     9,284     9,282     9,281     9,280     9,272
  Civilian labor force....................    5,782     5,864     5,877     5,864     5,792     5,792     5,804     5,953     5,962
    Employed..............................    5,397     5,503     5,527     5,480     5,445     5,452     5,479     5,594     5,613
    Unemployed............................      385       361       350       384       347       341       325       359       349
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.7       6.2       6.0       6.5       6.0       5.9       5.6       6.0       5.8
 
 
                  Texas
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   13,491    13,725    13,753    13,491    13,668    13,687    13,706    13,725    13,753
  Civilian labor force....................    9,334     9,423     9,529     9,360     9,437     9,464     9,512     9,482     9,560
    Employed..............................    8,751     8,901     8,993     8,754     8,869     8,919     9,030     8,945     8,997
    Unemployed............................      582       521       536       606       569       545       481       537       563
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.2       5.5       5.6       6.5       6.0       5.8       5.1       5.7       5.9
 
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 
   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                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Apr.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | Apr.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.
                                                 | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              Total..............................|112,492|114,133|114,788|115,621|112,699|115,113|115,282|115,637|115,814|115,805
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Total private.........................| 93,149| 94,672| 95,229| 96,080| 93,718| 95,962| 96,153| 96,473| 96,650| 96,640
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods-producing industries....................| 23,222| 23,289| 23,439| 23,674| 23,506| 23,873| 23,958| 23,945| 24,002| 23,951
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Mining......................................|    600|    577|    579|    581|    606|    597|    595|    592|    592|    589
       Metal mining..............................|   49.8|   51.9|   52.3|   52.5|     50|     52|     52|     53|     53|     53
       Coal mining...............................|  114.0|  110.2|  110.4|  110.1|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
       Oil and gas extraction....................|  336.2|  320.1|  318.1|  316.1|    342|    329|    328|    325|    325|    323
       Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........|  100.3|   94.4|   98.2|  102.1|    100|    102|    103|    103|    103|    102
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction................................|  4,718|  4,564|  4,702|  4,933|  4,893|  5,050|  5,092|  5,062|  5,130|  5,110
       General building contractors..............|1,117.9|1,116.2|1,128.3|1,160.2|  1,163|  1,198|  1,207|  1,202|  1,204|  1,204
       Heavy construction, except building.......|  697.6|  596.1|  635.3|  702.3|    725|    722|    728|    722|    732|    728
       Special trade contractors.................|2,902.5|2,852.1|2,938.8|3,070.2|  3,005|  3,130|  3,157|  3,138|  3,194|  3,178
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing...............................| 17,904| 18,148| 18,158| 18,160| 18,007| 18,226| 18,271| 18,291| 18,280| 18,252
         Production workers......................| 12,314| 12,547| 12,561| 12,568| 12,391| 12,607| 12,645| 12,668| 12,662| 12,637
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Durable goods..............................| 10,188| 10,398| 10,418| 10,432| 10,216| 10,403| 10,435| 10,462| 10,461| 10,455
         Production workers......................|  6,908|  7,123|  7,144|  7,159|  6,924|  7,120|  7,142|  7,176|  7,179|  7,172
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Lumber and wood products..................|  714.2|  728.7|  729.1|  726.4|    726|    744|    749|    745|    744|    737
       Furniture and fixtures....................|  491.3|  500.7|  500.0|  497.2|    493|    501|    502|    504|    502|    499
       Stone, clay, and glass products...........|  525.0|  520.4|  528.7|  539.4|    529|    536|    539|    542|    543|    543
       Primary metal industries..................|  676.2|  701.6|  702.0|  703.7|    678|    701|    703|    704|    704|    706
         Blast furnaces and basic steel products.|  229.7|  234.0|  234.0|  234.5|    231|    235|    234|    235|    235|    236
       Fabricated metal products.................|1,347.8|1,406.7|1,409.8|1,410.4|  1,353|  1,398|  1,407|  1,415|  1,415|  1,416
       Industrial machinery and equipment........|1,940.2|1,985.7|1,993.9|2,001.1|  1,938|  1,967|  1,977|  1,984|  1,990|  1,997
       Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,536.9|1,589.7|1,590.3|1,590.7|  1,542|  1,584|  1,588|  1,594|  1,595|  1,594
       Transportation equipment..................|1,722.3|1,745.7|1,744.6|1,747.2|  1,719|  1,744|  1,745|  1,749|  1,746|  1,745
         Motor vehicles and equipment............|  872.3|  922.0|  922.9|  927.7|    870|    914|    927|    925|    925|    926
         Aircraft and parts......................|  485.9|  456.4|  454.8|  453.8|    486|    462|    458|    457|    455|    455
       Instruments and related products..........|  859.1|  840.3|  839.2|  837.7|    861|    845|    842|    841|    840|    839
       Miscellaneous manufacturing...............|  374.9|  378.0|  379.9|  378.1|    377|    383|    383|    384|    382|    379
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Nondurable goods...........................|  7,716|  7,750|  7,740|  7,728|  7,791|  7,823|  7,836|  7,829|  7,819|  7,797
         Production workers......................|  5,406|  5,424|  5,417|  5,409|  5,467|  5,487|  5,503|  5,492|  5,483|  5,465
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Food and kindred products.................|1,613.6|1,628.0|1,625.0|1,621.4|  1,667|  1,669|  1,679|  1,677|  1,677|  1,675
       Tobacco products..........................|   38.3|   38.6|   35.0|   34.3|     41|     38|     38|     38|     36|     36
       Textile mill products.....................|  671.3|  667.3|  665.5|  668.6|    673|    673|    671|    671|    670|    669
       Apparel and other textile products........|  953.7|  930.1|  925.7|  920.2|    955|    946|    943|    936|    929|    922
       Paper and allied products.................|  679.4|  680.2|  679.7|  681.0|    684|    685|    686|    684|    684|    685
       Printing and publishing...................|1,522.5|1,546.4|1,549.2|1,545.5|  1,523|  1,545|  1,545|  1,549|  1,551|  1,546
       Chemicals and allied products.............|1,052.6|1,043.0|1,042.1|1,041.3|  1,057|  1,047|  1,048|  1,047|  1,046|  1,045
       Petroleum and coal products...............|  146.2|  142.3|  144.2|  144.7|    148|    149|    146|    147|    148|    146
       Rubber and misc. plastics products........|  924.0|  962.0|  961.7|  960.4|    927|    957|    966|    967|    965|    962
       Leather and leather products..............|  114.8|  111.6|  111.8|  110.6|    116|    114|    114|    113|    113|    111
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service-producing industries..................| 89,270| 90,844| 91,349| 91,947| 89,193| 91,240| 91,324| 91,692| 91,812| 91,854
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities.........|  5,718|  5,856|  5,878|  5,911|  5,759|  5,911|  5,913|  5,931|  5,940|  5,953
       Transportation............................|  3,551|  3,694|  3,713|  3,742|  3,582|  3,734|  3,747|  3,756|  3,764|  3,773
         Railroad transportation.................|  245.3|  242.2|  243.5|  246.2|    246|    246|    246|    247|    247|    247
         Local and interurban passenger transit..|  396.4|  411.5|  414.0|  415.2|    386|    396|    399|    400|    401|    403
         Trucking and warehousing................|1,630.1|1,749.6|1,755.7|1,771.4|  1,665|  1,794|  1,798|  1,804|  1,806|  1,809
         Water transportation....................|  164.4|  160.5|  162.4|  166.2|    166|    165|    169|    168|    167|    168
         Transportation by air...................|  733.3|  734.2|  738.9|  745.2|    738|    739|    737|    739|    744|    748
         Pipelines, except natural gas...........|   17.5|   16.8|   16.8|   16.7|     18|     17|     17|     17|     17|     17
         Transportation services.................|  364.1|  378.9|  381.7|  381.5|    363|    377|    381|    381|    382|    381
       Communications and public utilities.......|  2,167|  2,162|  2,165|  2,169|  2,177|  2,177|  2,166|  2,175|  2,176|  2,180
         Communications..........................|1,244.7|1,263.0|1,266.8|1,270.8|  1,250|  1,264|  1,257|  1,269|  1,273|  1,277
         Electric, gas, and sanitary services....|  921.9|  899.3|  897.8|  898.5|    927|    913|    909|    906|    903|    903
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale trade.............................|  6,008|  6,124|  6,149|  6,181|  6,028|  6,136|  6,160|  6,186|  6,196|  6,204
       Durable goods.............................|  3,438|  3,509|  3,527|  3,541|  3,445|  3,504|  3,520|  3,534|  3,545|  3,548
       Nondurable goods..........................|  2,570|  2,615|  2,622|  2,640|  2,583|  2,632|  2,640|  2,652|  2,651|  2,656
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Retail trade................................| 19,903| 20,297| 20,331| 20,593| 20,137| 20,751| 20,779| 20,843| 20,811| 20,824
       Building materials and garden supplies....|  832.1|  825.0|  840.5|  878.6|    829|    863|    872|    874|    872|    874
       General merchandise stores................|2,351.4|2,455.5|2,416.1|2,434.4|  2,442|  2,555|  2,545|  2,534|  2,517|  2,531
       Food stores...............................|3,193.8|3,261.4|3,261.2|3,249.9|  3,229|  3,289|  3,296|  3,298|  3,304|  3,286
       Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,117.5|2,192.3|2,209.0|2,229.1|  2,132|  2,204|  2,215|  2,223|  2,234|  2,240
       Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,120.8|1,109.6|1,102.2|1,111.5|  1,146|  1,147|  1,148|  1,144|  1,135|  1,138
       Furniture and home furnishings stores.....|  868.1|  946.6|  952.4|  955.1|    876|    937|    947|    950|    960|    963
       Eating and drinking places................|6,973.9|6,977.7|7,053.4|7,227.8|  6,995|  7,212|  7,213|  7,268|  7,242|  7,242
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   See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
 Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
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                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
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                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Apr.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | Apr.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.
                                                 | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/
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                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,445.8|2,529.2|2,496.5|2,507.0|  2,488|  2,544|  2,543|  2,552|  2,547|  2,550
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  6,766|  6,720|  6,750|  6,770|  6,791|  6,785|  6,779|  6,782|  6,795|  6,796
       Finance...................................|  3,252|  3,228|  3,234|  3,234|  3,259|  3,245|  3,239|  3,238|  3,242|  3,242
         Depository institutions.................|2,035.7|2,020.4|2,021.5|2,019.0|  2,042|  2,034|  2,030|  2,029|  2,030|  2,027
         Nondepository institutions..............|  487.9|  454.3|  457.0|  459.9|    487|    459|    456|    452|    454|    458
         Security and commodity brokers..........|  497.4|  511.8|  511.8|  509.1|    499|    513|    513|    515|    514|    511
         Holding and other investment offices....|  230.7|  241.6|  244.1|  245.6|    231|    239|    240|    242|    244|    246
       Insurance.................................|  2,187|  2,163|  2,171|  2,171|  2,189|  2,167|  2,167|  2,167|  2,171|  2,172
         Insurance carriers......................|1,525.7|1,491.3|1,496.1|1,494.9|  1,527|  1,498|  1,495|  1,493|  1,496|  1,495
         Insurance agents, brokers, and service..|  661.4|  671.5|  674.4|  675.6|    662|    669|    672|    674|    675|    677
       Real estate...............................|  1,327|  1,329|  1,345|  1,365|  1,343|  1,373|  1,373|  1,377|  1,382|  1,382
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services2/..................................| 31,532| 32,386| 32,682| 32,951| 31,497| 32,506| 32,564| 32,786| 32,906| 32,912
       Agricultural services.....................|  544.6|  466.9|  502.4|  569.9|    537|    569|    555|    555|    564|    565
       Hotels and other lodging places...........|1,566.0|1,515.5|1,535.5|1,547.0|  1,608|  1,595|  1,599|  1,599|  1,601|  1,590
       Personal services.........................|1,190.5|1,208.0|1,203.4|1,202.1|  1,137|  1,131|  1,141|  1,148|  1,145|  1,148
       Business services.........................|6,255.3|6,674.5|6,749.0|6,802.3|  6,318|  6,770|  6,795|  6,867|  6,880|  6,864
         Personnel supply services...............|2,229.7|2,412.2|2,441.9|2,476.9|  2,282|  2,515|  2,549|  2,580|  2,541|  2,520
       Auto repair, services, and parking........|1,022.3|1,099.7|1,112.7|1,120.9|  1,026|  1,093|  1,101|  1,107|  1,117|  1,122
       Miscellaneous repair services.............|  375.2|  390.0|  392.6|  393.3|    377|    388|    391|    395|    397|    395
       Motion pictures...........................|  460.8|  562.8|  570.0|  582.4|    465|    536|    549|    567|    573|    584
       Amusement and recreation services.........|1,264.6|1,144.1|1,201.7|1,277.4|  1,275|  1,265|  1,233|  1,260|  1,298|  1,294
       Health services...........................|8,966.6|9,168.4|9,203.4|9,216.6|  8,985|  9,147|  9,167|  9,196|  9,222|  9,235
         Hospitals...............................|3,786.3|3,789.1|3,794.7|3,799.1|  3,794|  3,796|  3,794|  3,793|  3,798|  3,807
       Legal services............................|  935.6|  946.3|  948.5|  948.7|    941|    950|    950|    952|    954|    953
       Educational services......................|1,841.7|1,888.2|1,892.1|1,897.5|  1,733|  1,772|  1,760|  1,785|  1,782|  1,783
       Social services...........................|2,217.9|2,341.4|2,361.0|2,368.0|  2,205|  2,322|  2,333|  2,344|  2,356|  2,356
       Museums and botanical and zoological      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         gardens.................................|   77.2|   73.6|   75.8|   79.7|     79|     80|     80|     81|     81|     81
       Membership organizations..................|2,036.8|2,040.5|2,048.2|2,047.2|  2,047|  2,059|  2,061|  2,061|  2,061|  2,057
       Engineering and management services.......|2,603.4|2,691.6|2,710.5|2,723.4|  2,590|  2,654|  2,674|  2,694|  2,700|  2,710
       Services, nec.............................|   40.0|   40.9|   40.8|   40.9|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Government..................................| 19,343| 19,461| 19,559| 19,541| 18,981| 19,151| 19,129| 19,164| 19,164| 19,165
       Federal...................................|  2,876|  2,823|  2,820|  2,806|  2,882|  2,869|  2,834|  2,829|  2,823|  2,809
       State.....................................|  4,654|  4,695|  4,726|  4,728|  4,534|  4,585|  4,579|  4,602|  4,605|  4,604
         Education...............................|1,983.2|2,003.9|2,031.4|2,029.8|  1,850|  1,874|  1,864|  1,889|  1,891|  1,895
         Other State government..................|2,670.9|2,691.0|2,694.7|2,698.4|  2,684|  2,711|  2,715|  2,713|  2,714|  2,709
       Local.....................................| 11,813| 11,943| 12,013| 12,007| 11,565| 11,697| 11,716| 11,733| 11,736| 11,752
         Education...............................|6,771.1|6,908.0|6,955.7|6,932.9|  6,436|  6,536|  6,563|  6,579|  6,581|  6,590
         Other local government..................|5,041.6|5,035.3|5,057.4|5,073.8|  5,129|  5,161|  5,153|  5,154|  5,155|  5,162
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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      1/  These series are not published seasonally adjusted since the          precision.
   seasonal component is small relative to the trend-cycle and/or irregular   2/  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
     components and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient          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                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Apr.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | Apr.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.
                                                 | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         Total private...........................|  34.5 |  34.2 |  34.2 |  34.3 |  34.7 |  34.6 |  34.8 |  34.5 |  34.5 |  34.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Mining........................................|  44.5 |  44.4 |  43.9 |  44.1 |  45.0 |  44.7 |  45.0 |  44.9 |  44.4 |  44.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Construction..................................|  38.3 |  36.9 |  38.1 |  37.6 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Manufacturing.................................|  42.0 |  41.7 |  41.7 |  40.3 |  42.2 |  42.2 |  42.2 |  42.1 |  41.9 |  41.3
        Overtime hours...........................|   4.5 |   4.5 |   4.4 |   3.5 |   4.8 |   4.8 |   4.9 |   4.9 |   4.7 |   4.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Durable goods...............................|  42.9 |  42.5 |  42.6 |  40.9 |  43.0 |  43.0 |  43.1 |  43.0 |  42.7 |  42.1
        Overtime hours...........................|   4.9 |   4.9 |   4.9 |   3.6 |   5.2 |   5.1 |   5.3 |   5.3 |   5.1 |   4.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Lumber and wood products...................|  41.3 |  40.0 |  40.4 |  40.1 |  41.4 |  41.3 |  41.4 |  40.7 |  40.7 |  40.5
      Furniture and fixtures.....................|  40.1 |  39.7 |  39.5 |  37.8 |  40.3 |  40.4 |  40.8 |  40.7 |  39.8 |  38.7
      Stone, clay, and glass products............|  43.4 |  41.8 |  42.5 |  42.2 |  43.4 |  43.5 |  43.7 |  43.0 |  43.2 |  42.5
      Primary metal industries...................|  44.6 |  44.6 |  44.4 |  42.8 |  44.9 |  45.1 |  44.9 |  44.9 |  44.4 |  42.9
        Blast furnaces and basic steel products..|  44.7 |  45.0 |  44.6 |  43.8 |  45.1 |  45.5 |  45.8 |  45.5 |  44.9 |  43.8
      Fabricated metal products..................|  42.7 |  42.7 |  42.5 |  40.2 |  43.0 |  43.1 |  43.3 |  43.1 |  42.8 |  41.7
      Industrial machinery and equipment.........|  43.7 |  44.0 |  43.8 |  41.6 |  43.9 |  43.7 |  44.1 |  44.1 |  43.7 |  43.0
      Electronic and other electrical equipment..|  42.3 |  41.5 |  41.5 |  40.0 |  42.6 |  42.0 |  42.2 |  41.7 |  41.5 |  41.2
      Transportation equipment...................|  44.5 |  44.4 |  44.6 |  42.5 |  44.6 |  44.7 |  44.5 |  44.8 |  44.5 |  44.4
        Motor vehicles and equipment.............|  46.4 |  45.9 |  45.9 |  43.3 |  46.1 |  46.4 |  46.2 |  46.3 |  45.8 |  44.1
      Instruments and related products...........|  41.5 |  41.5 |  41.7 |  40.2 |  41.6 |  41.7 |  41.8 |  41.7 |  41.6 |  41.1
      Miscellaneous manufacturing................|  40.2 |  39.8 |  39.9 |  38.7 |  40.4 |  39.8 |  40.1 |  40.3 |  39.9 |  39.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Nondurable goods............................|  40.8 |  40.5 |  40.5 |  39.5 |  41.1 |  41.1 |  41.0 |  41.0 |  40.8 |  40.2
        Overtime hours...........................|   4.1 |   3.9 |   3.9 |   3.4 |   4.3 |   4.3 |   4.4 |   4.3 |   4.2 |   3.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Food and kindred products..................|  40.5 |  40.6 |  40.6 |  39.7 |  41.2 |  41.6 |  41.6 |  41.3 |  41.2 |  40.6
      Tobacco products...........................|  39.4 |  38.5 |  38.1 |  37.8 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
      Textile mill products......................|  41.9 |  41.2 |  41.2 |  39.7 |  42.0 |  41.6 |  41.8 |  42.0 |  41.7 |  40.7
      Apparel and other textile products.........|  37.5 |  37.3 |  37.3 |  35.3 |  38.0 |  37.7 |  37.4 |  37.8 |  37.5 |  36.7
      Paper and allied products..................|  43.8 |  43.3 |  43.1 |  42.0 |  44.0 |  44.0 |  44.0 |  43.9 |  43.6 |  42.7
      Printing and publishing....................|  38.6 |  38.1 |  38.4 |  37.8 |  38.8 |  38.7 |  38.4 |  38.4 |  38.4 |  38.2
      Chemicals and allied products..............|  43.1 |  43.2 |  43.3 |  43.2 |  43.2 |  43.2 |  43.3 |  43.5 |  43.3 |  43.3
      Petroleum and coal products................|  45.1 |  44.4 |  43.4 |  44.9 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
      Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|  42.4 |  42.0 |  41.8 |  40.1 |  42.4 |  42.4 |  42.1 |  42.3 |  42.0 |  40.9
      Leather and leather products...............|  38.6 |  37.9 |  38.0 |  36.8 |  39.0 |  38.4 |  37.8 |  38.4 |  38.4 |  37.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Transportation and public utilities...........|  39.9 |  39.3 |  39.2 |  39.7 |  40.2 |  39.5 |  39.9 |  39.7 |  39.6 |  39.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Wholesale trade...............................|  38.3 |  38.0 |  38.0 |  38.3 |  38.4 |  38.2 |  38.5 |  38.2 |  38.2 |  38.4
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Retail trade..................................|  28.7 |  28.1 |  28.3 |  28.9 |  29.0 |  28.9 |  29.0 |  28.7 |  28.8 |  29.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Finance, insurance, and real estate...........|  35.7 |  35.7 |  35.5 |  36.4 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Services......................................|  32.4 |  32.3 |  32.3 |  32.5 |  32.5 |  32.4 |  32.8 |  32.4 |  32.4 |  32.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
      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 is small relative
   and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and                to the trend-cycle and/or irregular components
   public utilities; wholesale and retail trade;                   and consequently 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                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                         | Apr.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | Apr.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.
                                                         | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ | 1994  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private...........................|$11.07 |$11.35 |$11.35 |$11.40 |$381.92|$388.17|$388.17|$391.02
                  Seasonally adjusted....................| 11.05 | 11.31 | 11.32 | 11.39 | 383.44| 390.20| 390.54| 394.09
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Mining........................................| 14.96 | 15.26 | 15.23 | 15.28 | 665.72| 677.54| 668.60| 673.85
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Construction..................................| 14.49 | 14.80 | 14.80 | 14.84 | 554.97| 546.12| 563.88| 557.98
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Manufacturing.................................| 12.01 | 12.25 | 12.26 | 12.31 | 504.42| 510.83| 511.24| 496.09
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Durable goods...............................| 12.61 | 12.83 | 12.83 | 12.82 | 540.97| 545.28| 546.56| 524.34
              Lumber and wood products...................|  9.74 |  9.93 |  9.94 |  9.98 | 402.26| 397.20| 401.58| 400.20
              Furniture and fixtures.....................|  9.46 |  9.67 |  9.68 |  9.77 | 379.35| 383.90| 382.36| 369.31
              Stone, clay, and glass products............| 12.02 | 12.22 | 12.23 | 12.47 | 521.67| 510.80| 519.78| 526.23
              Primary metal industries...................| 14.20 | 14.42 | 14.39 | 14.66 | 633.32| 643.13| 638.92| 627.45
                Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 16.65 | 17.10 | 17.04 | 17.34 | 744.26| 769.50| 759.98| 759.49
              Fabricated metal products..................| 11.90 | 12.03 | 12.05 | 12.03 | 508.13| 513.68| 512.13| 483.61
              Industrial machinery and equipment.........| 12.93 | 13.14 | 13.14 | 13.05 | 565.04| 578.16| 575.53| 542.88
              Electronic and other electrical equipment..| 11.46 | 11.54 | 11.55 | 11.49 | 484.76| 478.91| 479.33| 459.60
              Transportation equipment...................| 16.43 | 16.72 | 16.68 | 16.50 | 731.14| 742.37| 743.93| 701.25
                Motor vehicles and equipment.............| 16.95 | 17.25 | 17.22 | 17.00 | 786.48| 791.78| 790.40| 736.10
              Instruments and related products...........| 12.42 | 12.63 | 12.65 | 12.73 | 515.43| 524.15| 527.51| 511.75
              Miscellaneous manufacturing................|  9.59 |  9.93 |  9.87 |  9.95 | 385.52| 395.21| 393.81| 385.07
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Nondurable goods............................| 11.20 | 11.44 | 11.46 | 11.61 | 456.96| 463.32| 464.13| 458.60
              Food and kindred products..................| 10.64 | 10.84 | 10.88 | 10.96 | 430.92| 440.10| 441.73| 435.11
              Tobacco products...........................| 19.28 | 19.26 | 20.03 | 20.13 | 759.63| 741.51| 763.14| 760.91
              Textile mill products......................|  9.09 |  9.32 |  9.31 |  9.44 | 380.87| 383.98| 383.57| 374.77
              Apparel and other textile products.........|  7.28 |  7.48 |  7.51 |  7.65 | 273.00| 279.00| 280.12| 270.05
              Paper and allied products..................| 13.66 | 14.01 | 14.02 | 14.30 | 598.31| 606.63| 604.26| 600.60
              Printing and publishing....................| 12.05 | 12.23 | 12.26 | 12.23 | 465.13| 465.96| 470.78| 462.29
              Chemicals and allied products..............| 15.08 | 15.46 | 15.50 | 15.68 | 649.95| 667.87| 671.15| 677.38
              Petroleum and coal products................| 18.99 | 19.61 | 19.46 | 19.74 | 856.45| 870.68| 844.56| 886.33
              Rubber and misc. plastics products.........| 10.70 | 10.76 | 10.80 | 10.78 | 453.68| 451.92| 451.44| 432.28
              Leather and leather products...............|  7.95 |  8.12 |  8.12 |  8.33 | 306.87| 307.75| 308.56| 306.54
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Transportation and public utilities...........| 13.78 | 14.07 | 14.09 | 14.18 | 549.82| 552.95| 552.33| 562.95
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Wholesale trade...............................| 11.99 | 12.24 | 12.19 | 12.43 | 459.22| 465.12| 463.22| 476.07
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Retail trade..................................|  7.47 |  7.63 |  7.63 |  7.66 | 214.39| 214.40| 215.93| 221.37
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 11.81 | 12.19 | 12.21 | 12.30 | 421.62| 435.18| 433.46| 447.72
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Services......................................| 11.01 | 11.39 | 11.37 | 11.42 | 356.72| 367.90| 367.25| 371.15
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
              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               | Apr.  | Dec.  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  |   from:
                                                      | 1994  | 1994  | 1995  | 1995  |1995p/ |1995p/ |Mar. 1995-
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       | Apr. 1995
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private:                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                    Current dollars...................| $11.05| $11.25| $11.31| $11.31| $11.32| $11.39|     0.6
                    Constant (1982) dollars2/.........|   7.40|   7.39|   7.41|   7.39|   7.37|  N.A. |    (3)
                   Mining.............................|  14.87|  15.10|  15.07|  15.14|  15.14|  15.14|    (1)
                   Construction.......................|  14.52|  14.77|  14.68|  14.92|  14.84|  14.90|      .4
                   Manufacturing......................|  12.00|  12.19|  12.22|  12.25|  12.26|  12.29|      .2
                     Excluding overtime4/.............|  11.33|  11.52|  11.55|  11.60|  11.62|  11.75|     1.1
                   Transportation and public utilities|  13.77|  14.04|  14.08|  14.00|  14.09|  14.18|      .6
                   Wholesale trade....................|  11.95|  12.15|  12.24|  12.19|  12.20|  12.39|     1.6
                   Retail trade.......................|   7.45|   7.60|   7.59|   7.60|   7.61|   7.64|      .4
                   Finance, insurance, and real estate|  11.77|  11.99|  12.11|  12.08|  12.16|  12.28|     1.0
                   Services...........................|  10.99|  11.22|  11.31|  11.29|  11.30|  11.41|     1.0
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                    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 February
                 1995 to March 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                   |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
                                                       |Apr. |Feb. | Mar.  | Apr.  |Apr. |Dec. |Jan. |Feb. | Mar.  | Apr.
                                                       |1994 |1995 |1995p/ |1995p/ |1994 |1994 |1995 |1995 |1995p/ |1995p/
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
               Total private...........................|126.6|127.3| 128.5 | 130.0 |128.2|131.0|132.3|131.4| 131.7 | 131.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Goods-producing industries....................|105.2|104.2| 105.7 | 104.0 |107.3|109.7|110.4|109.7| 109.8 | 107.7
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Mining.......................................| 53.9| 52.9|  52.5 |  52.9 | 54.9| 54.7| 55.5| 55.3|  54.7 |  54.5
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Construction.................................|126.0|114.9| 123.2 | 129.1 |132.7|138.9|140.9|136.6| 140.3 | 136.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Manufacturing................................|104.2|105.4| 105.6 | 102.1 |105.4|107.2|107.6|107.6| 106.9 | 105.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Durable goods...............................|103.3|105.7| 106.2 | 102.2 |104.0|106.7|107.4|107.5| 106.9 | 105.3
            Lumber and wood products...................|128.8|127.0| 127.9 | 126.5 |131.3|134.3|135.1|132.3| 131.9 | 129.8
            Furniture and fixtures.....................|122.8|123.9| 122.8 | 117.0 |123.5|126.1|127.6|127.9| 124.2 | 119.8
            Stone, clay, and glass products............|106.4|101.1| 104.8 | 106.6 |107.3|109.1|110.4|108.9| 109.9 | 108.2
            Primary metal industries...................| 87.7| 92.2|  91.9 |  88.8 | 88.5| 92.8| 92.4| 92.9|  92.1 |  89.3
              Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 69.8| 72.2|  71.6 |  70.5 | 70.8| 73.1| 73.2| 73.1|  72.5 |  70.8
            Fabricated metal products..................|106.5|111.9| 111.9 | 105.7 |107.8|112.2|113.7|113.9| 113.2 | 110.2
            Industrial machinery and equipment.........| 96.8|101.3| 101.6 |  96.7 | 96.9| 99.3|100.7|101.2| 100.7 |  99.6
            Electronic and other electrical equipment..|103.6|106.2| 105.9 | 101.9 |104.6|107.2|107.8|107.2| 106.4 | 105.0
            Transportation equipment...................|115.5|119.4| 120.3 | 115.2 |115.3|119.3|118.8|120.7| 120.3 | 120.1
              Motor vehicles and equipment.............|150.7|159.7| 160.9 | 152.7 |149.5|159.2|160.3|161.8| 160.7 | 155.2
            Instruments and related products...........| 75.0| 73.3|  73.8 |  71.6 | 75.2| 74.2| 74.0| 73.8|  73.5 |  73.1
            Miscellaneous manufacturing................|100.9|100.1| 101.2 |  97.4 |101.9|101.5|103.0|103.2| 101.8 | 100.6
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Nondurable goods............................|105.4|105.1| 104.9 | 102.0 |107.4|107.7|107.7|107.7| 107.0 | 105.1
            Food and kindred products..................|107.4|108.6| 108.4 | 105.6 |113.6|114.8|115.8|114.8| 114.6 | 112.4
            Tobacco products...........................| 56.0| 56.5|  49.8 |  47.9 | 62.0| 60.5| 55.9| 57.5|  53.5 |  54.1
            Textile mill products......................| 99.4| 96.6|  96.3 |  93.2 | 99.8| 98.5| 98.8| 99.1|  98.1 |  95.5
            Apparel and other textile products.........| 88.0| 85.1|  84.7 |  79.4 | 89.3| 87.5| 86.7| 86.8|  85.2 |  82.6
            Paper and allied products..................|109.6|108.8| 108.2 | 106.0 |111.1|111.3|111.8|111.1| 110.3 | 108.5
            Printing and publishing....................|125.2|124.5| 126.0 | 123.8 |125.5|126.4|125.3|125.7| 125.8 | 124.9
            Chemicals and allied products..............|100.7|101.4| 101.6 | 101.7 |101.3|101.5|101.9|102.2| 101.9 | 102.1
            Petroleum and coal products................| 81.3| 77.0|  76.2 |  80.3 | 82.1| 81.8| 80.6| 80.9|  79.0 |  80.4
            Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|137.9|142.6| 141.8 | 135.6 |138.3|143.1|143.6|144.5| 143.1 | 138.6
            Leather and leather products...............| 54.4| 51.2|  51.5 |  49.4 | 55.7| 53.1| 52.3| 52.5|  52.5 |  51.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Service-producing industries..................|136.2|137.7| 138.7 | 141.6 |137.6|140.5|142.1|141.1| 141.5 | 142.6
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Transportation and public utilities..........|116.4|117.6| 117.8 | 119.7 |118.4|119.6|120.8|120.3| 120.4 | 121.7
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Wholesale trade..............................|113.6|115.3| 115.8 | 117.3 |114.5|116.1|117.5|117.2| 117.4 | 118.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Retail trade.................................|123.3|123.1| 124.2 | 128.2 |126.4|129.5|130.3|129.3| 129.6 | 130.3
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|121.5|120.5| 120.3 | 123.8 |122.0|121.3|123.7|121.1| 121.2 | 124.5
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Services.....................................|162.2|165.7| 167.1 | 169.9 |162.5|167.2|169.4|168.4| 169.0 | 170.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
            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..............|  39.6 |  39.6 |  38.5 |  38.2 |  48.5 |  45.4 |  48.3 |  52.0 |  48.9 |  46.8 |  46.5 |  46.1
           1992..............|  42.1 |  46.1 |  48.3 |  57.7 |  53.1 |  50.4 |  52.8 |  46.5 |  53.4 |  56.9 |  52.5 |  57.3
           1993..............|  57.9 |  61.7 |  49.0 |  56.0 |  57.0 |  51.1 |  58.8 |  50.0 |  56.7 |  57.4 |  61.0 |  57.4
           1994..............|  56.6 |  58.3 |  62.9 |  62.5 |  56.3 |  63.2 |  59.3 |  59.8 |  56.9 |  59.8 |  64.6 |  61.7
           1995..............|  61.0 |  58.4 |p/57.0 |p/48.7 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  34.3 |  32.0 |  31.6 |  38.2 |  39.3 |  44.2 |  49.4 |  50.7 |  50.8 |  44.9 |  43.7 |  40.9
           1992..............|  39.7 |  42.3 |  51.0 |  56.2 |  57.6 |  54.1 |  50.4 |  49.9 |  51.7 |  56.2 |  58.6 |  59.8
           1993..............|  64.0 |  61.4 |  59.7 |  55.8 |  54.9 |  57.7 |  54.6 |  55.9 |  55.8 |  62.4 |  61.5 |  60.8
           1994..............|  62.1 |  64.5 |  65.2 |  65.0 |  65.4 |  64.6 |  66.7 |  64.0 |  65.4 |  65.3 |  70.1 |  68.4
           1995..............|  66.0 |p/65.6 |p/58.1 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  30.2 |  32.4 |  31.2 |  33.7 |  39.2 |  44.7 |  46.5 |  45.6 |  47.8 |  44.5 |  41.4 |  39.9
           1992..............|  43.5 |  46.3 |  47.2 |  52.0 |  54.2 |  56.6 |  52.8 |  53.1 |  55.8 |  56.3 |  64.2 |  62.2
           1993..............|  61.4 |  60.8 |  59.0 |  59.8 |  54.4 |  54.5 |  57.9 |  58.8 |  59.7 |  60.8 |  62.8 |  63.6
           1994..............|  67.0 |  65.9 |  68.8 |  66.0 |  67.8 |  66.3 |  68.1 |  70.1 |  68.1 |  69.4 |  67.0 |p/69.5
           1995..............|p/68.0 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      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 |  60.4 |  60.1 |  60.7
           1993..............|  60.0 |  61.1 |  60.7 |  62.2 |  63.2 |  62.1 |  62.4 |  60.8 |  63.5 |  62.8 |  63.1 |  63.5
           1994..............|  64.2 |  65.7 |  66.0 |  66.4 |  68.1 |  69.0 |  69.5 |  71.1 |p/70.5 |p/70.6 |       |
           1995..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |
                             |                           Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1/
                             |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  32.7 |  35.6 |  31.3 |  37.4 |  45.7 |  43.5 |  46.4 |  49.3 |  42.8 |  47.8 |  41.4 |  39.6
           1992..............|  38.1 |  40.6 |  45.0 |  57.9 |  47.8 |  50.0 |  53.2 |  41.7 |  49.3 |  47.8 |  52.5 |  51.8
           1993..............|  52.5 |  57.6 |  47.8 |  41.7 |  46.0 |  40.3 |  49.3 |  42.8 |  46.8 |  50.0 |  55.4 |  51.1
           1994..............|  54.3 |  53.6 |  51.1 |  56.1 |  50.0 |  58.6 |  52.9 |  56.8 |  48.9 |  60.8 |  60.1 |  60.8
           1995..............|  58.3 |  51.4 |p/47.1 |p/44.2 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  24.5 |  21.9 |  20.5 |  32.7 |  36.3 |  39.6 |  47.1 |  46.0 |  48.2 |  39.9 |  36.7 |  33.5
           1992..............|  30.9 |  36.3 |  45.3 |  50.7 |  55.4 |  53.6 |  47.1 |  47.1 |  42.4 |  50.0 |  51.1 |  55.0
           1993..............|  60.1 |  58.3 |  51.4 |  40.6 |  37.1 |  43.5 |  40.3 |  41.0 |  43.2 |  52.9 |  54.7 |  56.1
           1994..............|  56.1 |  57.6 |  56.5 |  53.2 |  57.2 |  55.8 |  61.5 |  55.0 |  60.4 |  60.1 |  69.1 |  65.5
           1995..............|  61.5 |p/53.6 |p/45.3 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1991..............|  15.8 |  20.9 |  21.2 |  26.3 |  34.9 |  39.2 |  42.1 |  40.3 |  40.3 |  37.1 |  32.4 |  32.7
           1992..............|  34.2 |  37.1 |  41.0 |  48.6 |  52.2 |  54.7 |  46.4 |  49.3 |  50.4 |  48.9 |  57.9 |  56.8
           1993..............|  54.0 |  51.8 |  48.6 |  47.1 |  37.1 |  34.2 |  39.6 |  45.7 |  47.8 |  50.4 |  54.3 |  55.8
           1994..............|  58.3 |  56.1 |  59.4 |  54.3 |  58.3 |  56.8 |  60.1 |  62.6 |  62.2 |  66.5 |  62.2 |p/63.7
           1995..............|p/59.0 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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      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 |  55.4 |  52.9 |  52.9
           1993..............|  50.0 |  52.5 |  48.6 |  49.3 |  50.7 |  48.9 |  50.0 |  48.9 |  50.0 |  50.7 |  51.4 |  51.4
           1994..............|  50.7 |  54.3 |  54.0 |  56.8 |  59.0 |  60.4 |  62.2 |  62.9 |p/61.2 |p/59.4 |       |
           1995..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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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