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                  THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  AUGUST 2003


   Total nonfarm payroll employment declined by 93,000 in August, and
the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 6.1 percent, the
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported
today.  Job losses continued in manufacturing, information, and other
sectors, while health care and construction added jobs.
   
   The widespread electrical power failure in the Northeast and Midwest
occurred late in the afternoon of Thursday, August 14, forcing many
businesses to shut down for a period of time during the survey reference
periods.  Because of the way employment is defined in the two surveys,
however, it is likely that the blackout had little effect on the August
employment counts.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   Both the number of unemployed persons (8.9 million) and the unemployment 
rate (6.1 percent) were essentially unchanged over the month.  Unemployment 
rates for the major worker groups--adult men (5.8 percent), adult women (5.2 
percent), teenagers (16.6 percent), whites (5.4 percent), blacks (10.9 per-
cent), and Hispanics or Latinos (7.8 percent)--showed little or no change in 
August.  The unemployment rate for Asians was 5.9 percent, not seasonally 
adjusted.  (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)
   
   In August, 1.9 million persons had been unemployed for 27 weeks or
more.  They represented 21.8 percent of all unemployed persons, about
the same as in July.  (See table A-9.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of employed persons (137.6 million) was little changed
over the month.  Both the employment-population ratio (62.1 percent)
and the labor force participation rate (66.2 percent) were unchanged.
(See table A-1.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   In August, nearly 1.7 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were 
marginally attached to the labor force, 209,000 higher than a year earlier.  
These individuals wanted and were available to work and had looked for a 
job sometime in the prior 12 months.  They were not counted as unemployed, 
however, because they did not actively search for work in the 4 weeks pre-
ceding the survey.  Of the 1.7 million, 503,000 were discouraged workers--
persons who were not currently looking for work specifically because they 
believed no jobs were available for them.  The number of discouraged workers

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
______________________________________________________________________________
                         |    Quarterly    |                          |
                         |    averages     |        Monthly data      |
                         |_________________|__________________________|July-
        Category         |       2003      |           2003           |Aug.
                         |_________________|__________________________|change
                         |     I  |   II   |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  |
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
     HOUSEHOLD DATA      |                Labor force status
                         |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force.....| 145,829| 146,685| 147,096| 146,540| 146,530|    -10
  Employment.............| 137,430| 137,638| 137,738| 137,478| 137,625|    147
  Unemployment...........|   8,399|   9,047|   9,358|   9,062|   8,905|   -157
Not in labor force.......|  74,280|  74,090|  73,918|  74,712|  74,977|    265
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                 Unemployment rates
                         |____________________________________________________
All workers..............|     5.8|     6.2|     6.4|     6.2|     6.1|   -0.1
  Adult men..............|     5.4|     5.9|     6.1|     5.9|     5.8|    -.1
  Adult women............|     4.9|     5.1|     5.2|     5.2|     5.2|     .0
  Teenagers..............|    17.2|    18.6|    19.3|    18.4|    16.6|   -1.8
  White..................|     5.1|     5.4|     5.5|     5.5|     5.4|    -.1
  Black or African       |        |        |        |        |        |
    American.............|    10.3|    11.2|    11.8|    11.1|    10.9|    -.2
  Hispanic or Latino     |        |        |        |        |        |
    ethnicity............|     7.7|     8.0|     8.4|     8.2|     7.8|    -.4
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA     |                     Employment
                         |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment.......| 130,225| 129,984| 129,903|p129,854|p129,761|   p-93
  Goods-producing 1/.....|  22,213|  22,093|  22,061| p22,003| p21,977|   p-26
    Construction.........|   6,719|   6,782|   6,800|  p6,803|  p6,822|    p19
    Manufacturing........|  14,926|  14,744|  14,692| p14,633| p14,589|   p-44
  Service-providing 1/...| 108,012| 107,891| 107,842|p107,851|p107,784|   p-67
    Retail trade.........|  14,997|  14,981|  14,964| p14,963| p14,959|    p-4
    Professional and     |        |        |        |        |        |
      business services..|  16,013|  15,999|  16,006| p16,052| p16,024|   p-28
    Education and health |        |        |        |        |        |
      services...........|  16,429|  16,498|  16,503| p16,501| p16,525|    p24
    Leisure and          |        |        |        |        |        |
      hospitality........|  12,089|  12,036|  12,039| p12,047| p12,052|     p5
    Government...........|  21,570|  21,495|  21,476| p21,483| p21,457|   p-26
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                  Hours of work 2/
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|    33.8|    33.7|    33.7|   p33.6|   p33.6|   p0.0
  Manufacturing..........|    40.4|    40.2|    40.3|   p40.1|   p40.1|    p.0
    Overtime.............|     4.3|     4.0|     4.0|    p4.0|    p4.1|    p.1
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |  Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 2/
                         |____________________________________________________
                         |    99.1|    98.7|    98.7|   p98.3|   p98.2|  p-0.1
Total private............|________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                    Earnings 2/
                         |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  $15.27|  $15.34|  $15.38| p$15.43| p$15.45| p$0.02
Avg. weekly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  515.50|  517.07|  518.31| p518.45| p519.12|   p.67
_____________________________________________________________|________|_______

   1  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.

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has risen by 125,000 over the year.  The other 1.2 million marginally 
attached had not searched for work for reasons such as school or family 
responsibilities.  (See table A-13.)
   
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Total nonfarm payroll employment declined (-93,000) in August to 129.8
million.  Over the month, job losses continued in the manufacturing and
information sectors.  Health care and construction added jobs.  (See table
B-1.)
   
   The number of factory jobs decreased by 44,000 in August.  Since July
2000, manufacturing employment has declined continuously, shedding nearly
16 percent of its jobs.  In August, wood products, machinery, apparel, and
electrical equipment and appliances each lost 5,000 jobs.  Employment
declined by 12,000 in the textile industries.
   
   Employment in the information sector fell by 16,000 over the month.
Since its recent peak in March 2001, the number of jobs in this sector has
declined by 459,000, or about 12 percent.  Telecommunications employment
has declined continuously since March 2001 and fell by 7,000 over the
month.
   
   Professional and business services employment edged down in August.
Within this sector, management of companies and enterprises lost 10,000
jobs.  Computer systems design lost 8,000 workers over the month.  Since
peaking in March 2001, employment in this industry has declined by 232,000.
Temporary help employment continued to trend up, although the increases in
July and August were notably smaller than the gains in May and June.
   
   Employment continued to decline in wholesale trade.  Since its most
recent peak in March 2000, wholesale trade employment has decreased by
423,000.  Retail trade employment was little changed in August.  Employ-
ment in transportation and warehousing also showed little change over the 
month.
   
   Government employment peaked in February and has decreased by 131,000
since then.
   
   A gain of 25,000 jobs in health care and social assistance in August
was about in line with its average monthly employment increase over the
prior 12 months.  Ambulatory services (such as doctors' offices and out-
patient clinics) and hospitals each added 11,000 jobs in August.
   
   Construction employment edged up over the month.  Since February, the
industry has added an average of 20,000 jobs per month.  In August, gains
occurred in heavy construction and in specialty trades, both of which have
increased employment recently.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private 
nonfarm payrolls was unchanged in August at 33.6 hours, seasonally adjusted.  
The manufacturing workweek also was unchanged at 40.1 hours.  Manufacturing 
overtime ticked up by 0.1 hour to 4.1 hours.  (See table B-2.)
   
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   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers 
on private nonfarm payrolls edged down in August to 98.2 (2002=100).  The man-
ufacturing index decreased by 0.2 percent over the month to 93.8.  (See table 
B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private 
nonfarm payrolls increased by 2 cents in August to $15.45, seasonally adjusted.  
Average weekly earnings were up by 0.1 percent over the month to $519.12.  
Over the year, average hourly earnings grew by 2.9 percent and average weekly 
earnings increased by 2.0 percent.  (See table B-3.)
   
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   The Employment Situation for September 2003 is scheduled to be released
on Friday, October 3, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
 
 
 
 

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Explanatory Note


 This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about
60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
 
 The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the 
B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.  The sample 
includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering ap-
proximately 400,000 individual worksites.  The active sample includes 
about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers.  The sample is drawn 
from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts.

 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-providing sector.  Industries are classified on the
basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of the
North American Industry Classification System.

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 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most super-
sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating in-
dependently adjusted component series.  For example, total unemployment is 
derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; 
this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by di-
rectly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more 
detailed age categories.
 
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   The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments for the
household survey are recalculated twice a year; the factors are calculated
for the January-June period and again for the July-December period.  For
the establishment survey, a concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is
used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each month for the three
most recent monthly estimates, using all relevant data, up to and including
the data for the current month.  In both surveys, revisions to historical 
data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
290,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -190,000 to 390,000 (100,000 +/- 290,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  At an unemployment rate of around 4 percent, the 90-percent con-
fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 270,000, 
and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 
percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 
2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
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 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, 
an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business
births.  The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for
business births.  This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative
estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of busi-
ness, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample.  
The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the 
residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation.  
The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was de-
rived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and 
reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five 
years.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $27.00 per issue or
$53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
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   Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for
the household and establishment survey data published in this release.  
For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear 
in tables 1-B through 1-D of its "Explanatory Notes."  For the establish-
ment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of re-
visions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of 
Employment and Earnings.

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  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 217,866 221,252 221,507 217,866 220,540 220,768 221,014 221,252 221,507
    Civilian labor force............................ 145,565 147,822 146,967 145,123 146,473 146,485 147,096 146,540 146,530
          Participation rate........................    66.8    66.8    66.3    66.6    66.4    66.4    66.6    66.2    66.2
      Employed...................................... 137,295 138,503 138,137 136,757 137,687 137,487 137,738 137,478 137,625
          Employment-population ratio...............    63.0    62.6    62.4    62.8    62.4    62.3    62.3    62.1    62.1
      Unemployed....................................   8,271   9,319   8,830   8,366   8,786   8,998   9,358   9,062   8,905
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.7     6.3     6.0     5.8     6.0     6.1     6.4     6.2     6.1
    Not in labor force..............................  72,300  73,430  74,540  72,743  74,067  74,283  73,918  74,712  74,977
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,811   4,955   5,030   4,628   4,417   4,744   4,668   4,921   4,840
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 104,738 106,475 106,604 104,738 106,123 106,238 106,362 106,475 106,604
    Civilian labor force............................  78,169  79,290  78,640  77,677  78,122  78,088  78,372  78,182  78,160
          Participation rate........................    74.6    74.5    73.8    74.2    73.6    73.5    73.7    73.4    73.3
      Employed......................................  73,870  74,269  74,032  73,023  73,182  72,981  73,071  73,043  73,195
          Employment-population ratio...............    70.5    69.8    69.4    69.7    69.0    68.7    68.7    68.6    68.7
      Unemployed....................................   4,299   5,021   4,608   4,654   4,940   5,107   5,301   5,139   4,965
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.5     6.3     5.9     6.0     6.3     6.5     6.8     6.6     6.4
    Not in labor force..............................  26,569  27,184  27,964  27,062  28,001  28,150  27,990  28,293  28,443
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  96,552  98,304  98,434  96,552  97,979  98,083  98,196  98,304  98,434
    Civilian labor force............................  73,968  74,852  74,727  73,802  74,571  74,506  74,692  74,581  74,561
          Participation rate........................    76.6    76.1    75.9    76.4    76.1    76.0    76.1    75.9    75.7
      Employed......................................  70,418  70,733  70,733  69,895  70,364  70,144  70,130  70,193  70,203
          Employment-population ratio...............    72.9    72.0    71.9    72.4    71.8    71.5    71.4    71.4    71.3
      Unemployed....................................   3,550   4,119   3,994   3,906   4,207   4,362   4,562   4,388   4,357
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.8     5.5     5.3     5.3     5.6     5.9     6.1     5.9     5.8
    Not in labor force..............................  22,584  23,453  23,707  22,750  23,408  23,577  23,504  23,724  23,873
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 113,127 114,778 114,903 113,127 114,417 114,531 114,653 114,778 114,903
    Civilian labor force............................  67,396  68,532  68,327  67,446  68,351  68,397  68,724  68,359  68,370
          Participation rate........................    59.6    59.7    59.5    59.6    59.7    59.7    59.9    59.6    59.5
      Employed......................................  63,425  64,234  64,105  63,734  64,505  64,506  64,667  64,435  64,430
          Employment-population ratio...............    56.1    56.0    55.8    56.3    56.4    56.3    56.4    56.1    56.1
      Unemployed....................................   3,971   4,298   4,222   3,712   3,846   3,891   4,057   3,923   3,940
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.9     6.3     6.2     5.5     5.6     5.7     5.9     5.7     5.8
    Not in labor force..............................  45,731  46,246  46,576  45,681  46,066  46,134  45,928  46,419  46,533
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 105,334 106,839 106,957 105,334 106,510 106,613 106,724 106,839 106,957
    Civilian labor force............................  63,419  64,316  64,521  63,760  64,677  64,733  65,148  64,819  64,831
          Participation rate........................    60.2    60.2    60.3    60.5    60.7    60.7    61.0    60.7    60.6
      Employed......................................  59,962  60,731  60,859  60,581  61,401  61,436  61,753  61,462  61,470
          Employment-population ratio...............    56.9    56.8    56.9    57.5    57.6    57.6    57.9    57.5    57.5
      Unemployed....................................   3,457   3,584   3,663   3,180   3,276   3,297   3,395   3,357   3,361
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.5     5.6     5.7     5.0     5.1     5.1     5.2     5.2     5.2
    Not in labor force..............................  41,916  42,523  42,436  41,574  41,834  41,880  41,576  42,020  42,126
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  15,980  16,109  16,116  15,980  16,051  16,072  16,095  16,109  16,116
    Civilian labor force............................   8,179   8,655   7,719   7,561   7,226   7,246   7,256   7,140   7,139
          Participation rate........................    51.2    53.7    47.9    47.3    45.0    45.1    45.1    44.3    44.3
      Employed......................................   6,914   7,039   6,546   6,280   5,923   5,907   5,855   5,823   5,952
          Employment-population ratio...............    43.3    43.7    40.6    39.3    36.9    36.8    36.4    36.1    36.9
      Unemployed....................................   1,264   1,615   1,173   1,280   1,303   1,339   1,401   1,317   1,187
          Unemployment rate.........................    15.5    18.7    15.2    16.9    18.0    18.5    19.3    18.4    16.6
    Not in labor force..............................   7,801   7,454   8,397   8,419   8,825   8,826   8,839   8,969   8,977

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, and age                                                                               
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                            
                      WHITE (2)                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 179,979 181,341 181,512 179,979 180,873 181,021 181,184 181,341 181,512
    Civilian labor force............................ 120,726 121,519 120,894 120,449 120,575 120,420 120,881 120,623 120,669
        Participation rate..........................    67.1    67.0    66.6    66.9    66.7    66.5    66.7    66.5    66.5
      Employed...................................... 114,689 114,884 114,531 114,250 114,286 113,882 114,203 114,044 114,141
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.7    63.4    63.1    63.5    63.2    62.9    63.0    62.9    62.9
      Unemployed....................................   6,036   6,635   6,364   6,199   6,289   6,539   6,678   6,580   6,528
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.0     5.5     5.3     5.1     5.2     5.4     5.5     5.5     5.4
    Not in labor force..............................  59,253  59,822  60,617  59,530  60,298  60,601  60,303  60,717  60,843
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  62,362  62,676  62,587  62,272  62,500  62,305  62,447  62,526  62,532
        Participation rate..........................    77.0    76.5    76.4    76.9    76.5    76.2    76.3    76.4    76.3
      Employed......................................  59,716  59,617  59,608  59,273  59,353  59,064  59,064  59,167  59,190
        Employment-population ratio.................    73.7    72.8    72.7    73.1    72.7    72.3    72.2    72.3    72.2
      Unemployed....................................   2,646   3,059   2,979   2,999   3,147   3,241   3,384   3,359   3,342
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.2     4.9     4.8     4.8     5.0     5.2     5.4     5.4     5.3
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  51,507  51,693  51,814  51,837  52,107  52,155  52,400  52,146  52,138
        Participation rate..........................    59.6    59.5    59.6    60.0    60.1    60.1    60.3    60.0    59.9
      Employed......................................  49,008  49,232  49,289  49,576  49,885  49,770  50,104  49,867  49,853
        Employment-population ratio.................    56.8    56.6    56.7    57.4    57.5    57.3    57.7    57.4    57.3
      Unemployed....................................   2,499   2,461   2,525   2,261   2,223   2,385   2,297   2,279   2,285
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.9     4.8     4.9     4.4     4.3     4.6     4.4     4.4     4.4
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,857   7,150   6,493   6,340   5,968   5,961   6,034   5,952   5,998
        Participation rate..........................    54.5    57.0    51.8    50.4    47.7    47.6    48.2    47.5    47.8
      Employed......................................   5,966   6,035   5,633   5,401   5,049   5,048   5,036   5,010   5,098
        Employment-population ratio.................    47.4    48.1    44.9    42.9    40.4    40.3    40.2    40.0    40.7
      Unemployed....................................     891   1,115     860     939     919     913     998     942     901
        Unemployment rate...........................    13.0    15.6    13.2    14.8    15.4    15.3    16.5    15.8    15.0
                                                                                                                            
            BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN (2)                                                                                   
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,633  25,702  25,742  25,633  25,587  25,624  25,664  25,702  25,742
    Civilian labor force............................  16,573  16,792  16,626  16,541  16,521  16,618  16,717  16,540  16,579
        Participation rate..........................    64.7    65.3    64.6    64.5    64.6    64.9    65.1    64.4    64.4
      Employed......................................  14,919  14,784  14,794  14,907  14,723  14,819  14,746  14,697  14,769
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.2    57.5    57.5    58.2    57.5    57.8    57.5    57.2    57.4
      Unemployed....................................   1,654   2,008   1,832   1,634   1,797   1,799   1,971   1,842   1,810
        Unemployment rate...........................    10.0    12.0    11.0     9.9    10.9    10.8    11.8    11.1    10.9
    Not in labor force..............................   9,060   8,910   9,116   9,092   9,066   9,007   8,947   9,162   9,163
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,331   7,392   7,339   7,344   7,295   7,346   7,447   7,336   7,344
        Participation rate..........................    71.7    71.9    71.2    71.8    71.3    71.7    72.5    71.3    71.3
      Employed......................................   6,694   6,619   6,607   6,672   6,537   6,524   6,604   6,590   6,578
        Employment-population ratio.................    65.5    64.4    64.1    65.3    63.9    63.6    64.3    64.1    63.9
      Unemployed....................................     637     774     733     671     758     821     843     746     766
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.7    10.5    10.0     9.1    10.4    11.2    11.3    10.2    10.4
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,317   8,402   8,497   8,348   8,443   8,461   8,500   8,432   8,510
        Participation rate..........................    64.0    64.5    65.1    64.3    65.0    65.1    65.3    64.7    65.2
      Employed......................................   7,582   7,540   7,637   7,641   7,663   7,784   7,675   7,614   7,684
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.4    57.9    58.5    58.8    59.0    59.9    59.0    58.4    58.9
      Unemployed....................................     736     862     860     707     780     677     826     819     826
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.8    10.3    10.1     8.5     9.2     8.0     9.7     9.7     9.7
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     925     997     789     849     782     811     770     771     725
        Participation rate..........................    38.2    41.8    33.0    35.1    33.0    34.1    32.3    32.3    30.4
      Employed......................................     643     624     550     593     523     511     467     493     507
        Employment-population ratio.................    26.6    26.2    23.0    24.5    22.1    21.5    19.6    20.7    21.2
      Unemployed....................................     282     372     239     256     259     300     302     278     218
        Unemployment rate...........................    30.5    37.4    30.3    30.1    33.1    37.0    39.3    36.0    30.0
                                                                                                                            
                      ASIAN (2)                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstutional population................   9,948   9,291   9,351   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
    Civilian labor force............................   6,756   6,184   6,195   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
        Participation rate..........................    67.9    66.6    66.2   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
      Employed......................................   6,316   5,800   5,828   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.5    62.4    62.3   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
      Unemployed....................................     439     384     367   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.5     6.2     5.9   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
    Not in labor force..............................   3,192   3,107   3,156   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Beginning in 2003, persons who selected this race group only; persons who selected more than one race group are not
  included.  Prior to 2003, persons who reported more than one race were included in the group they identified as the main
  race.
    3 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for
  all races.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
 
 
 
 

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  Table A-3.  Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                            
             HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                                   
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  26,096  27,597  27,701  26,096  27,291  27,391  27,494  27,597  27,701
    Civilian labor force............................  18,055  18,838  18,825  18,030  18,836  18,811  18,856  18,750  18,829
        Participation rate..........................    69.2    68.3    68.0    69.1    69.0    68.7    68.6    67.9    68.0
      Employed......................................  16,711  17,300  17,386  16,664  17,428  17,264  17,271  17,206  17,370
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.0    62.7    62.8    63.9    63.9    63.0    62.8    62.3    62.7
      Unemployed....................................   1,344   1,537   1,439   1,366   1,408   1,548   1,586   1,544   1,460
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.4     8.2     7.6     7.6     7.5     8.2     8.4     8.2     7.8
    Not in labor force..............................   8,041   8,760   8,876   8,066   8,455   8,580   8,638   8,847   8,872
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  10,079  10,707  10,761   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    84.0    83.5    83.6   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   9,431   9,996  10,098   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    78.6    78.0    78.4   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     648     711     664   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.4     6.6     6.2   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   6,852   7,027   7,067   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    59.1    57.5    57.6   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   6,399   6,447   6,495   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    55.2    52.7    52.9   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     453     580     573   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.6     8.3     8.1   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   1,125   1,104     996   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    44.8    43.3    39.0   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................     882     858     794   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    35.2    33.7    31.1   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     243     246     203   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................    21.6    22.3    20.3   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.  Beginning in January 2003, data
  reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.


  
   

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4.  Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted                 
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                Aug.     July     Aug.     Aug.     Apr.     May      June     July     Aug.  
                                                2002     2003     2003     2002     2003     2003     2003     2003     2003  
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
  Civilian labor force......................   12,375   12,224   12,553   12,392   12,710   12,703   12,498   12,537   12,639
      Participation rate....................     44.5     44.3     45.2     44.6     44.4     44.7     44.8     45.5     45.5
    Employed................................   11,428   11,222   11,484   11,335   11,664   11,536   11,286   11,446   11,453
      Employment-population ratio...........     41.1     40.7     41.4     40.8     40.8     40.6     40.4     41.5     41.3
    Unemployed..............................      947    1,002    1,069    1,057    1,046    1,167    1,211    1,091    1,185
      Unemployment rate.....................      7.6      8.2      8.5      8.5      8.2      9.2      9.7      8.7      9.4
                                                                                                                             
    High school graduates, no college (1)                                                                                    
  Civilian labor force......................   37,725   37,359   37,741   37,949   37,950   37,823   37,977   37,847   37,914
      Participation rate....................     63.8     63.2     63.5     64.2     64.1     63.9     64.1     64.0     63.8
    Employed................................   35,833   35,355   35,775   35,987   35,774   35,729   35,778   35,786   35,883
      Employment-population ratio...........     60.6     59.8     60.2     60.9     60.4     60.4     60.3     60.5     60.4
    Unemployed..............................    1,892    2,004    1,966    1,962    2,176    2,094    2,199    2,061    2,031
      Unemployment rate.....................      5.0      5.4      5.2      5.2      5.7      5.5      5.8      5.4      5.4
                                                                                                                             
       Some college or associate degree                                                                                      
  Civilian labor force......................   33,687   34,482   33,972   33,594   34,375   34,191   34,329   34,310   33,856
      Participation rate....................     73.1     72.6     72.7     72.9     74.1     73.6     73.2     72.2     72.4
    Employed................................   32,176   32,704   32,326   32,135   32,760   32,542   32,648   32,594   32,271
      Employment-population ratio...........     69.8     68.8     69.1     69.7     70.6     70.1     69.6     68.6     69.0
    Unemployed..............................    1,510    1,778    1,646    1,459    1,615    1,649    1,681    1,717    1,585
      Unemployment rate.....................      4.5      5.2      4.8      4.3      4.7      4.8      4.9      5.0      4.7
                                                                                                                             
       Bachelor's degree and higher (2)                                                                                      
  Civilian labor force......................   38,437   39,606   39,795   38,664   39,465   39,576   39,966   39,614   40,012
      Participation rate....................     77.7     77.5     77.1     78.1     78.1     77.8     78.3     77.5     77.5
    Employed................................   37,204   38,272   38,371   37,578   38,233   38,351   38,743   38,387   38,752
      Employment-population ratio...........     75.2     74.9     74.3     75.9     75.6     75.4     75.9     75.1     75.1
    Unemployed..............................    1,233    1,334    1,425    1,086    1,232    1,224    1,224    1,226    1,260
      Unemployment rate.....................      3.2      3.4      3.6      2.8      3.1      3.1      3.1      3.1      3.1

    1 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
    2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. 
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
 

  
 

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  Table A-5.  Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                            Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                   
                  Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                   
                                              Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                              2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                   
               CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
  Agriculture and related industries.......   2,349   2,407   2,546   2,169   2,128   2,157   2,213   2,193   2,348
    Wage and salary workers................   1,328   1,378   1,541   1,201   1,192   1,198   1,226   1,216   1,384
    Self-employed workers..................     997     982     972     959     912     948   1,005     946     937
    Unpaid family workers..................      24      47      32   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                   
  Nonagricultural industries............... 134,945 136,096 135,591 134,552 135,682 135,424 135,357 135,204 135,215
    Wage and salary workers................ 125,799 126,496 125,861 125,521 126,425 126,202 126,034 125,727 125,661
      Government...........................  19,275  19,106  19,148  19,778  19,556  19,552  19,701  19,631  19,651
      Private industries................... 106,524 107,390 106,713 105,690 106,838 106,683 106,275 106,135 105,940
        Private households.................     761     912     865   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
        Other industries................... 105,763 106,478 105,848 104,910 106,104 105,907 105,441 105,240 105,060
    Self-employed workers..................   9,063   9,493   9,621   8,980   9,139   9,065   9,250   9,306   9,538
    Unpaid family workers..................      84     107     110   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                   
        PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                              
                                                                                                                   
  All industries:                                                                                                  
    Part time for economic reasons.........   4,249   4,870   4,377   4,308   4,840   4,592   4,499   4,649   4,449
      Slack work or business conditions....   2,708   3,119   2,835   2,881   3,221   3,058   3,153   3,112   3,017
      Could only find part-time work.......   1,113   1,411   1,149   1,153   1,266   1,265   1,257   1,304   1,188
    Part time for noneconomic reasons......  16,660  16,893  17,186  19,047  18,886  19,083  19,548  19,027  19,564
                                                                                                                   
  Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                      
    Part time for economic reasons.........   4,124   4,792   4,279   4,185   4,728   4,478   4,390   4,566   4,360
      Slack work or business conditions....   2,626   3,086   2,772   2,806   3,140   3,003   3,074   3,079   2,963
      Could only find part-time work.......   1,100   1,382   1,131   1,143   1,258   1,234   1,237   1,276   1,179
    Part time for noneconomic reasons......  16,364  16,535  16,821  18,668  18,503  18,664  19,184  18,610  19,142

    1 Data not available.
    2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week
  for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons
  who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays,
  illness, and bad weather.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because
  of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Industries reflect the introduction of the 2002
  Census industry classification system derived from the 2002 North American Industry Classification System into
  the Current Population Survey.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the
  household survey.



  

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  Table A-6.  Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                    Characteristic                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over.......................... 137,295 138,503 138,137 136,757 137,687 137,487 137,738 137,478 137,625
    16 to 19 years..................................   6,914   7,039   6,546   6,280   5,923   5,907   5,855   5,823   5,952
      16 to 17 years................................   2,659   2,931   2,710   2,321   2,311   2,333   2,291   2,289   2,362
      18 to 19 years................................   4,255   4,108   3,836   3,959   3,616   3,547   3,568   3,538   3,562
    20 years and over............................... 130,380 131,464 131,591 130,476 131,765 131,580 131,883 131,655 131,673
      20 to 24 years................................  13,739  13,911  13,636  13,484  13,420  13,455  13,473  13,379  13,393
      25 years and over............................. 116,641 117,553 117,956 117,099 118,332 118,139 118,414 118,288 118,434
        25 to 54 years..............................  96,647  96,729  96,882  96,959  97,341  97,111  97,357  97,213  97,185
          25 to 34 years............................  30,292  30,380  30,239  30,365  30,554  30,392  30,410  30,437  30,311
          35 to 44 years............................  35,071  34,541  34,747  35,168  34,986  34,849  34,858  34,742  34,843
          45 to 54 years............................  31,283  31,808  31,896  31,425  31,800  31,871  32,089  32,034  32,031
        55 years and over...........................  19,995  20,825  21,073  20,140  20,992  21,028  21,057  21,074  21,249
                                                                                                                            
  Men, 16 years and over............................  73,870  74,269  74,032  73,023  73,182  72,981  73,071  73,043  73,195
    16 to 19 years..................................   3,452   3,537   3,299   3,127   2,818   2,837   2,941   2,850   2,992
      16 to 17 years................................   1,279   1,467   1,345   1,101   1,052   1,073   1,089   1,089   1,162
      18 to 19 years................................   2,172   2,069   1,954   2,025   1,770   1,760   1,850   1,757   1,812
    20 years and over...............................  70,418  70,733  70,733  69,895  70,364  70,144  70,130  70,193  70,203
      20 to 24 years................................   7,218   7,302   7,161   6,987   7,116   7,076   7,012   6,962   6,947
      25 years and over.............................  63,200  63,431  63,572  62,957  63,266  63,077  63,118  63,253  63,328
        25 to 54 years..............................  52,255  52,229  52,218  52,019  52,057  51,911  51,961  51,994  51,977
          25 to 34 years............................  16,709  16,805  16,661  16,641  16,750  16,660  16,668  16,711  16,587
          35 to 44 years............................  19,008  18,779  18,864  18,892  18,735  18,685  18,670  18,724  18,757
          45 to 54 years............................  16,538  16,646  16,693  16,486  16,572  16,566  16,623  16,559  16,632
        55 years and over...........................  10,945  11,202  11,354  10,937  11,209  11,166  11,157  11,259  11,351
                                                                                                                            
  Women, 16 years and over..........................  63,425  64,234  64,105  63,734  64,505  64,506  64,667  64,435  64,430
    16 to 19 years..................................   3,463   3,503   3,247   3,153   3,104   3,070   2,914   2,973   2,960
      16 to 17 years................................   1,380   1,464   1,365   1,220   1,259   1,259   1,203   1,200   1,199
      18 to 19 years................................   2,083   2,039   1,882   1,933   1,845   1,787   1,718   1,781   1,750
    20 years and over...............................  59,962  60,731  60,859  60,581  61,401  61,436  61,753  61,462  61,470
      20 to 24 years................................   6,521   6,609   6,475   6,497   6,304   6,378   6,461   6,416   6,445
      25 years and over.............................  53,442  54,123  54,384  54,142  55,066  55,062  55,295  55,035  55,106
        25 to 54 years..............................  44,392  44,499  44,665  44,940  45,283  45,200  45,396  45,220  45,208
          25 to 34 years............................  13,583  13,575  13,579  13,725  13,804  13,731  13,742  13,726  13,724
          35 to 44 years............................  16,063  15,762  15,883  16,276  16,251  16,164  16,188  16,019  16,086
          45 to 54 years............................  14,746  15,163  15,202  14,939  15,228  15,305  15,466  15,475  15,399
        55 years and over...........................   9,050   9,623   9,719   9,202   9,783   9,862   9,900   9,816   9,898
                                                                                                                            
  Married men, spouse present.......................  44,401  44,770  44,753  44,235  44,552  44,542  44,371  44,739  44,620
  Married women, spouse present.....................  33,799  33,889  34,168  34,278  34,685  34,443  34,600  34,612  34,655
  Women who maintain families.......................   8,595   8,498   8,483   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                            
  Full-time workers (2)............................. 114,886 115,288 114,894 112,740 113,241 112,821 112,904 113,316 112,954
  Part-time workers (3).............................  22,409  23,215  23,243  24,133  24,355  24,676  24,990  24,458  24,981

    1 Data not available.
    2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.
    3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the
  independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population
  controls used in the household survey.


 
 

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7.  Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates (1)            
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                    Characteristic                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   8,366   9,062   8,905    5.8     6.0     6.1     6.4     6.2     6.1 
    16 to 19 years..................................   1,280   1,317   1,187   16.9    18.0    18.5    19.3    18.4    16.6 
      16 to 17 years................................     555     602     544   19.3    18.7    18.5    21.6    20.8    18.7 
      18 to 19 years................................     764     726     676   16.2    17.8    19.0    17.9    17.0    15.9 
    20 years and over...............................   7,086   7,745   7,718    5.2     5.4     5.5     5.7     5.6     5.5 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,428   1,544   1,537    9.6    10.1    10.5    10.7    10.3    10.3 
      25 years and over.............................   5,676   6,177   6,210    4.6     4.9     4.9     5.1     5.0     5.0 
        25 to 54 years..............................   4,803   5,236   5,252    4.7     4.9     5.0     5.3     5.1     5.1 
          25 to 34 years............................   1,908   1,986   2,040    5.9     5.8     6.0     6.5     6.1     6.3 
          35 to 44 years............................   1,612   1,901   1,836    4.4     4.8     5.0     5.4     5.2     5.0 
          45 to 54 years............................   1,283   1,349   1,375    3.9     4.2     4.1     4.0     4.0     4.1 
        55 years and over...........................     828     938     915    4.0     4.2     4.5     4.6     4.3     4.1 
                                                                                                                            
  Men, 16 years and over............................   4,654   5,139   4,965    6.0     6.3     6.5     6.8     6.6     6.4 
    16 to 19 years..................................     748     751     608   19.3    20.6    20.8    20.1    20.9    16.9 
      16 to 17 years................................     331     322     303   23.1    21.4    21.5    23.8    22.8    20.7 
      18 to 19 years................................     446     425     328   18.1    20.1    20.9    17.7    19.5    15.3 
    20 years and over...............................   3,906   4,388   4,357    5.3     5.6     5.9     6.1     5.9     5.8 
      20 to 24 years................................     802     919     838   10.3    10.7    11.4    11.7    11.7    10.8 
      25 years and over.............................   3,097   3,452   3,530    4.7     5.1     5.2     5.5     5.2     5.3 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,628   2,910   3,010    4.8     5.2     5.3     5.5     5.3     5.5 
          25 to 34 years............................   1,019   1,138   1,224    5.8     5.8     6.0     6.7     6.4     6.9 
          35 to 44 years............................     878   1,017   1,023    4.4     5.1     5.3     5.6     5.2     5.2 
          45 to 54 years............................     730     755     762    4.2     4.5     4.7     4.2     4.4     4.4 
        55 years and over...........................     469     541     520    4.1     4.6     4.8     5.5     4.6     4.4 
                                                                                                                            
  Women, 16 years and over..........................   3,712   3,923   3,940    5.5     5.6     5.7     5.9     5.7     5.8 
    16 to 19 years..................................     532     566     579   14.4    15.5    16.2    18.5    16.0    16.4 
      16 to 17 years................................     223     280     241   15.5    16.2    15.8    19.5    18.9    16.7 
      18 to 19 years................................     318     301     348   14.1    15.5    17.1    18.0    14.5    16.6 
    20 years and over...............................   3,180   3,357   3,361    5.0     5.1     5.1     5.2     5.2     5.2 
      20 to 24 years................................     626     625     699    8.8     9.3     9.4     9.5     8.9     9.8 
      25 years and over.............................   2,579   2,726   2,680    4.5     4.7     4.6     4.7     4.7     4.6 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,175   2,325   2,242    4.6     4.7     4.7     5.0     4.9     4.7 
          25 to 34 years............................     889     848     816    6.1     5.8     5.9     6.2     5.8     5.6 
          35 to 44 years............................     734     883     813    4.3     4.4     4.7     5.2     5.2     4.8 
          45 to 54 years............................     552     594     613    3.6     3.9     3.4     3.7     3.7     3.8 
        55 years and over (2).......................     404     422     453    4.3     3.4     3.6     3.7     4.2     4.5 
                                                                                                                            
  Married men, spouse present.......................   1,618   1,833   1,785    3.5     3.7     3.9     4.4     3.9     3.8 
  Married women, spouse present.....................   1,291   1,392   1,383    3.6     3.6     3.7     3.9     3.9     3.8 
  Women who maintain families (2)...................     710     843     778    7.6     8.5     8.3     8.7     9.0     8.4 
                                                                                                                            
  Full-time workers (3).............................   6,986   7,655   7,530    5.8     6.1     6.3     6.5     6.3     6.2 
  Part-time workers (4).............................   1,389   1,417   1,395    5.4     5.4     5.6     5.9     5.5     5.3 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Not seasonally adjusted.
    3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or
  are on layoff from full-time jobs.
    4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week)
  or are on layoff from part-time jobs.
    NOTE:  Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of
  the various series.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.


 
 

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   4,427   4,958   4,789   4,607   4,765   5,074   5,010   4,951   4,942
    On temporary layoff.............................   1,101   1,216   1,030   1,158   1,101   1,226   1,199   1,198   1,080
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   3,326   3,743   3,760   3,449   3,664   3,848   3,811   3,753   3,862
      Permanent job losers..........................   2,514   2,891   2,928   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     812     852     832   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     932     814     869     844     829     772     893     792     782
  Reentrants........................................   2,253   2,599   2,465   2,326   2,558   2,499   2,687   2,529   2,540
  New entrants......................................     658     948     706     587     642     634     648     670     628
                                                                                                                            
                 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Total unemployed..................................   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................    53.5    53.2    54.2    55.1    54.2    56.5    54.2    55.4    55.6
     On temporary layoff............................    13.3    13.0    11.7    13.8    12.5    13.7    13.0    13.4    12.1
     Not on temporary layoff........................    40.2    40.2    42.6    41.2    41.7    42.9    41.3    42.0    43.4
   Job leavers......................................    11.3     8.7     9.8    10.1     9.4     8.6     9.7     8.9     8.8
   Reentrants.......................................    27.2    27.9    27.9    27.8    29.1    27.8    29.1    28.3    28.6
   New entrants.....................................     8.0    10.2     8.0     7.0     7.3     7.1     7.0     7.5     7.1
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     3.0     3.4     3.3     3.2     3.3     3.5     3.4     3.4     3.4
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .5      .6      .5      .5
   Reentrants.......................................     1.5     1.8     1.7     1.6     1.7     1.7     1.8     1.7     1.7
   New entrants.....................................      .5      .6      .5      .4      .4      .4      .4      .5      .4

    1 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9.  Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Less than 5 weeks.................................   2,897   2,984   2,740   2,895   2,814   3,056   3,009   2,730   2,727
  5 to 14 weeks.....................................   2,700   2,899   2,780   2,505   2,630   2,605   2,936   2,699   2,595
  15 weeks and over.................................   2,673   3,436   3,310   2,891   3,294   3,250   3,572   3,592   3,572
     15 to 26 weeks.................................   1,095   1,480   1,307   1,361   1,392   1,321   1,536   1,633   1,637
     27 weeks and over..............................   1,578   1,956   2,003   1,530   1,903   1,930   2,036   1,959   1,935
                                                                                                                            
  Average (mean) duration, in weeks.................    16.3    18.4    19.1    16.3    19.6    19.2    19.8    19.3    19.0
  Median duration, in weeks.........................     8.9     9.2    10.0     8.7    10.2    10.1    12.3    10.0     9.6
                                                                                                                            
                 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...............................    35.0    32.0    31.0    34.9    32.2    34.3    31.6    30.3    30.7
    5 to 14 weeks...................................    32.6    31.1    31.5    30.2    30.1    29.2    30.9    29.9    29.2
    15 weeks and over...............................    32.3    36.9    37.5    34.9    37.7    36.5    37.5    39.8    40.2
      15 to 26 weeks................................    13.2    15.9    14.8    16.4    15.9    14.8    16.1    18.1    18.4
      27 weeks and over.............................    19.1    21.0    22.7    18.5    21.8    21.7    21.4    21.7    21.8

   NOTE:  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

 
 
 


  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                       HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10.  Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                      Unemployment    
                                                                           Employed              Unemployed               rates        
                                                                                                                                     
                             Occupation                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                       Aug.       Aug.        Aug.       Aug.        Aug.       Aug.   
                                                                       2002       2003        2002       2003        2002       2003   
                                                                                                                                     
       Total, 16 years and over (1)................................   137,295    138,137      8,271      8,830        5.7        6.0 
  Management, professional, and related occupations................    47,178     47,192      1,673      1,780        3.4        3.6 
    Management, business, and financial operations occupations.....    20,077     19,837        659        653        3.2        3.2 
    Professional and related occupations...........................    27,101     27,355      1,014      1,127        3.6        4.0 
  Service occupations..............................................    22,032     22,611      1,399      1,666        6.0        6.9 
  Sales and office occupations.....................................    35,570     35,374      2,124      2,112        5.6        5.6 
    Sales and related occupations..................................    16,032     15,917      1,007        977        5.9        5.8 
    Office and administrative support occupations..................    19,538     19,457      1,118      1,135        5.4        5.5 
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.....    13,846     14,926      1,009      1,084        6.8        6.8 
    Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.....................     1,077      1,229        130        154       10.8       11.1 
    Construction and extraction occupations........................     8,096      8,648        647        687        7.4        7.4 
    Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations..............     4,673      5,048        231        243        4.7        4.6 
  Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......    18,668     18,034      1,387      1,461        6.9        7.5 
    Production occupations.........................................    10,192      9,781        773        797        7.0        7.5 
    Transportation and material moving occupations.................     8,476      8,253        614        664        6.8        7.4 

    1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed
  total.
    NOTE:  Occupations reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census occupational classification system derived from the 2000 Standard
  Occupational Classification system into the Current Population Survey.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population
  controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-11.  Unemployed persons by industry, not seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                    Number of                                                       
                                                                    unemployed                              Unemployment             
                                                                     persons                                   rates                 
                       Industry                                   (in thousands)                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                             Aug.                Aug.                 Aug.                Aug.       
                                                             2002                2003                 2002                2003       
                                                                                                                                    
         Total, 16 years and over (1)...............         8,271               8,830                 5.7                 6.0      
  Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers...         6,620               6,903                 5.9                 6.1      
    Mining..........................................            32                  20                 6.3                 3.8      
    Construction....................................           654                 650                 7.4                 7.1      
    Manufacturing...................................         1,108               1,186                 6.2                 6.7      
      Durable goods.................................           722                 752                 6.5                 6.9      
      Nondurable goods..............................           386                 434                 5.8                 6.4      
    Wholesale and retail trade......................         1,170               1,161                 5.8                 5.6      
    Transportation and utilities....................           221                 255                 3.9                 4.8      
    Information.....................................           270                 224                 7.1                 6.1      
    Financial activities............................           343                 342                 3.8                 3.7      
    Professional and business services..............           926                 881                 7.2                 7.2      
    Education and health services...................           660                 760                 3.9                 4.3      
    Leisure and hospitality.........................           884               1,050                 7.5                 9.0      
    Other services..................................           353                 373                 6.0                 6.1      
  Agriculture and related private wage and salary                                                                                   
     workers........................................           125                 173                 9.0                10.7      
  Government workers................................           596                 745                 3.0                 3.7      
  Self employed and unpaid family workers...........           271                 302                 2.6                 2.7      

    1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.
    NOTE:  Industries reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census industry classification system derived from the 2002 North
  American Industry Classification System into the Current Population Survey.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised
  population controls used in the household survey.


  

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                        HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-12.  Alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                               Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                                      
                            Measure                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                 Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                                 2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                          
     the civilian labor force.................................    1.8     2.3     2.3     2.0     2.2     2.2     2.4     2.5     2.4 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                         
     a percent of the civilian labor force....................    3.0     3.4     3.3     3.2     3.3     3.5     3.4     3.4     3.4 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                            
     force (official unemployment rate).......................    5.7     6.3     6.0     5.8     6.0     6.1     6.4     6.2     6.1 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                         
     of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers.....    5.9     6.6     6.3    (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                                      
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                            
     other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the                                                                           
     civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers    6.6     7.3     7.1    (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                                      
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                         
     plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a                                                                         
     percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                          
     attached workers.........................................    9.5    10.5    10.0    (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  

    1 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want
  and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally
  attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job.  Persons employed part time for economic
  reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule.  For further
  information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor
  Review.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-13.  Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Aug.      Aug.      Aug.      Aug.      Aug.      Aug.  
                                                                        2002      2003      2002      2003      2002      2003  
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   72,300    74,540    26,569    27,964    45,731    46,576 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,811     5,030     2,021     2,191     2,790     2,838 
     Searched for work and available to work now (1)................    1,456     1,665       692       867       764       798 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects (2)...................      378       503       214       320       164       183 
               Reasons other than discouragement (3)................    1,078     1,162       478       547       601       615 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders (4).....................................    6,879     7,221     3,533     3,737     3,346     3,484 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.0       5.2       4.8       5.0       5.3       5.4 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    3,733     3,749     2,111     2,133     1,622     1,615 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,398     1,528       413       484       984     1,043 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      319       293       204       225       115        69 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,386     1,609       784       876       602       733 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as 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.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

 
 


ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                                ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

(In thousands)


                                         Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                           Change
           Industry                Aug.     June    July     Aug.      Aug.     Apr.     May      June    July     Aug.     from:
                                   2002     2003    2003p    2003p     2002     2003     2003     2003    2003p    2003p  July 2003-
                                                                                                                          Aug. 2003

          Total nonfarm......... 130,091  130,944  129,607  129,531  130,224  130,062  129,986  129,903  129,854  129,761      -93

        Total private........... 109,728  109,436  109,239  109,249  108,745  108,536  108,502  108,427  108,371  108,304      -67

    Goods-producing.............  22,948   22,384   22,320   22,398   22,527   22,119   22,098   22,061   22,003   21,977      -26

Natural resources and mining....     589      576      577      579      575      564      566      569      567      566       -1
   Logging......................    71.4     66.8     67.1     67.9     67.3     64.3     64.8     65.7     64.6     64.2      -.4
 Mining.........................   517.2    509.2    510.1    511.4    508.1    499.8    501.4    502.8    502.4    501.5      -.9
  Oil and gas extraction........   123.4    127.6    126.7    126.8    122.0    124.4    125.2    125.7    125.2    125.1      -.1
  Mining, except oil and gas(1).   215.0    212.6    214.5    214.7    210.6    207.5    208.2    208.9    210.1    209.7      -.4
   Coal mining..................    74.0     73.0     74.0     73.5     74.4     72.7     72.6     73.2     74.1     73.6      -.5
  Support activities for mining.   178.8    169.0    168.9    169.9    175.5    167.9    168.0    168.2    167.1    166.7      -.4

Construction....................   7,023    7,021    7,103    7,133    6,719    6,760    6,786    6,800    6,803    6,822       19
  Construction of buildings..... 1,642.4  1,654.8  1,660.1  1,661.3  1,585.3  1,615.8  1,615.0  1,609.7  1,605.4  1,605.3      -.1
  Heavy and civil engineering
   construction.................   993.1    963.2    975.8    988.3    921.0    898.4    902.8    905.8    909.7    914.2      4.5
  Specialty trade contractors... 4,387.2  4,403.4  4,466.7  4,483.6  4,212.9  4,245.5  4,267.8  4,284.1  4,287.6  4,302.4     14.8

Manufacturing...................  15,336   14,787   14,640   14,686   15,233   14,795   14,746   14,692   14,633   14,589      -44
   Production workers...........  10,816   10,373   10,233   10,290   10,740   10,379   10,342   10,299   10,251   10,219      -32

 Durable goods..................   9,516    9,141    9,024    9,054    9,472    9,147    9,114    9,081    9,033    9,014      -19
   Production workers...........   6,543    6,267    6,158    6,202    6,517    6,267    6,244    6,221    6,183    6,176       -7

  Wood products.................   568.7    549.8    549.2    548.1    556.0    546.0    544.9    541.0    540.3    535.3     -5.0
  Nonmetallic mineral products..   528.2    513.7    510.3    513.7    518.1    504.8    505.1    505.0    500.9    502.7      1.8
  Primary metals................   511.1    482.3    474.3    478.1    509.1    491.1    486.4    482.0    478.1    476.9     -1.2
  Fabricated metal products..... 1,545.6  1,483.5  1,468.9  1,471.3  1,542.3  1,489.4  1,482.3  1,476.4  1,470.5  1,468.7     -1.8
  Machinery..................... 1,228.1  1,183.1  1,169.2  1,165.1  1,228.7  1,187.4  1,181.2  1,175.8  1,170.9  1,166.2     -4.7
  Computer and electronic
   products(1).................. 1,503.5  1,411.3  1,400.3  1,397.3  1,503.5  1,423.6  1,413.0  1,407.7  1,398.8  1,398.0      -.8
   Computer and peripheral
    equipment...................   243.8    228.2    224.5    222.6    243.9    230.5    226.7    226.5    223.5    222.6      -.9
   Communications equipment.....   186.2    173.4    171.9    171.1    187.1    175.5    174.4    173.3    172.3    172.2      -.1
   Semiconductors and electronic
    components..................   525.5    486.3    482.0    481.5    525.5    492.0    487.7    485.1    481.9    481.9       .0
   Electronic instruments.......   449.6    431.2    429.6    431.1    447.2    433.5    431.5    429.9    428.6    428.8       .2
  Electrical equipment and
   appliances...................   496.9    470.1    466.6    463.0    494.9    474.8    469.3    467.7    466.3    461.3     -5.0
  Transportation equipment...... 1,833.2  1,785.8  1,737.7  1,771.4  1,824.0  1,771.9  1,777.6  1,774.3  1,759.9  1,763.5      3.6
  Furniture and related products   607.5    579.4    575.6    574.7    604.3    576.4    576.4    574.1    574.3    571.0     -3.3
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...   693.2    681.9    671.7    671.5    691.4    682.0    677.8    676.6    672.6    670.5     -2.1

 Nondurable goods...............   5,820    5,646    5,616    5,632    5,761    5,648    5,632    5,611    5,600    5,575      -25
   Production workers...........   4,273    4,106    4,075    4,088    4,223    4,112    4,098    4,078    4,068    4,043      -25

  Food manufacturing............ 1,548.8  1,513.5  1,533.4  1,561.4  1,514.5  1,512.3  1,512.4  1,517.5  1,522.1  1,523.6      1.5
  Beverages and tobacco products   210.4    197.7    198.4    199.7    205.0    194.6    195.4    194.5    194.6    194.8       .2
  Textile mills.................   293.4    273.7    263.4    260.9    291.3    277.8    272.7    270.1    264.3    259.6     -4.7
  Textile product mills.........   198.7    189.4    185.7    179.2    195.6    190.6    188.7    186.4    184.0    177.0     -7.0
  Apparel.......................   356.1    316.5    298.0    295.5    354.2    318.4    313.2    307.8    299.5    294.3     -5.2
  Leather and allied products...    49.2     43.8     42.8     43.2     48.9     44.8     44.4     43.3     43.4     43.0      -.4
  Paper and paper products......   551.7    534.3    529.4    529.9    548.9    534.1    531.9    530.6    527.9    527.5      -.4
  Printing and related support
   activities...................   704.7    696.9    694.2    692.4    704.2    694.8    695.3    694.1    693.1    691.7     -1.4
  Petroleum and coal products...   121.3    120.9    120.7    118.7    118.6    119.2    119.3    118.4    117.9    116.4     -1.5
  Chemicals.....................   927.6    921.2    920.7    914.3    926.7    921.7    920.6    916.5    917.8    914.1     -3.7
  Plastics and rubber products..   858.4    838.2    829.6    836.6    853.3    839.2    837.7    831.7    835.1    832.6     -2.5

    Service-providing........... 107,143  108,560  107,287  107,133  107,697  107,943  107,888  107,842  107,851  107,784      -67

     Private service-providing..  86,780   87,052   86,919   86,851   86,218   86,417   86,404   86,366   86,368   86,327      -41

Trade, transportation, and
 utilities......................  25,460   25,277   25,185   25,179   25,458   25,321   25,282   25,238   25,204   25,183      -21

 Wholesale trade................ 5,651.2  5,598.9  5,587.0  5,572.3  5,624.4  5,590.8  5,582.0  5,570.6  5,558.5  5,548.2    -10.3
  Durable goods................. 3,006.4  2,960.0  2,956.3  2,952.3  2,991.1  2,957.7  2,952.2  2,947.5  2,941.8  2,937.3     -4.5
  Nondurable goods.............. 2,025.8  2,017.1  2,011.8  2,003.1  2,015.7  2,013.3  2,009.9  2,004.1  1,999.6  1,995.1     -4.5
  Electronic markets and agents
   and brokers..................   619.0    621.8    618.9    616.9    617.6    619.8    619.9    619.0    617.1    615.8     -1.3

 Retail trade...................15,007.3 14,944.4 14,931.5 14,939.1 15,033.3 14,999.6 14,979.0 14,964.2 14,962.5 14,958.7     -3.8
  Motor vehicle and parts
   dealers(1)................... 1,898.8  1,891.8  1,898.5  1,893.2  1,883.2  1,875.4  1,879.2  1,877.9  1,880.2  1,875.2     -5.0
   Automobile dealers........... 1,257.0  1,248.9  1,253.0  1,252.9  1,252.4  1,242.0  1,244.3  1,246.0  1,248.0  1,247.1      -.9
  Furniture and home furnishings
   stores.......................   538.9    543.6    539.1    538.2    541.8    549.2    545.4    546.5    543.7    542.7     -1.0
  Electronics and appliance
   stores.......................   519.2    514.9    513.2    514.4    525.0    525.2    523.8    522.9    520.4    520.4       .0
  Building material and garden
   supply stores................ 1,203.7  1,245.2  1,231.4  1,222.7  1,185.2  1,189.0  1,188.5  1,194.2  1,195.9  1,202.2      6.3
  Food and beverage stores...... 2,867.5  2,825.2  2,815.4  2,810.2  2,857.1  2,822.0  2,822.5  2,812.8  2,801.1  2,799.4     -1.7
  Health and personal care
   stores.......................   949.9    970.6    967.0    967.7    947.7    966.2    965.7    967.9    966.5    966.1      -.4
  Gasoline stations.............   912.9    917.5    914.8    917.7    902.2    910.9    908.8    908.6    904.1    907.2      3.1
  Clothing and clothing
   accessories stores........... 1,315.1  1,262.2  1,276.7  1,278.9  1,311.7  1,288.3  1,280.7  1,277.5  1,282.0  1,275.8     -6.2
  Sporting goods, hobby, book,
   and music stores.............   652.0    623.6    626.2    630.4    662.7    646.3    645.2    642.0    641.9    639.4     -2.5
  General merchandise stores(1). 2,753.2  2,779.0  2,777.8  2,793.6  2,809.0  2,835.8  2,833.1  2,831.5  2,839.5  2,847.1      7.6
   Department stores............ 1,650.3  1,647.8  1,639.1  1,651.2  1,695.0  1,695.5  1,690.3  1,689.9  1,690.7  1,693.9      3.2
  Miscellaneous store retailers.   960.5    943.8    942.0    940.3    961.0    948.6    944.1    941.8    942.3    940.6     -1.7
  Nonstore retailers............   435.6    427.0    429.4    431.8    446.7    442.7    442.0    440.6    444.9    442.6     -2.3

 Transportation and warehousing. 4,197.6  4,140.0  4,071.5  4,075.4  4,200.4  4,136.3  4,128.5  4,113.9  4,093.3  4,086.3     -7.0
  Air transportation............   569.0    511.5    503.0    506.5    561.1    525.6    516.4    510.0    501.5    503.4      1.9
  Rail transportation...........   217.3    217.6    217.7    215.8    216.3    216.5    216.1    217.2    216.8    214.9     -1.9
  Water transportation..........    53.1     51.7     52.1     52.4     50.8     49.9     50.3     50.1     50.2     50.0      -.2
  Truck transportation.......... 1,353.2  1,343.6  1,338.0  1,347.4  1,332.9  1,324.4  1,324.4  1,326.9  1,323.8  1,326.8      3.0
  Transit and ground passenger
   transportation...............   327.8    351.3    296.8    292.4    372.7    353.0    350.4    345.4    342.1    338.6     -3.5
  Pipeline transportation.......    41.0     40.0     39.8     39.0     40.7     40.3     40.3     39.7     39.4     38.8      -.6
  Scenic and sightseeing
   transportation...............    33.5     35.5     37.9     37.5     26.9     28.5     29.1     29.9     29.8     29.6      -.2
  Support activities for
   transportation...............   533.0    526.0    522.0    521.6    527.6    522.7    527.8    523.2    519.1    517.5     -1.6
  Couriers and messengers.......   551.4    556.8    555.8    552.1    556.8    561.6    560.8    560.9    560.6    558.4     -2.2
  Warehousing and storage.......   518.3    506.0    508.4    510.7    514.6    513.8    512.9    510.6    510.0    508.3     -1.7

 Utilities......................   603.6    594.1    595.0    592.6    600.0    594.6    592.3    589.5    589.5    589.5       .0

Information.....................   3,420    3,302    3,294    3,275    3,401    3,303    3,294    3,285    3,275    3,259      -16
  Publishing industries, except
   Internet.....................   967.6    945.6    943.9    941.4    966.9    950.8    947.2    945.1    941.6    941.0      -.6
  Motion picture and sound
   recording industries.........   401.9    382.7    385.0    377.1    387.1    371.1    373.4    371.7    372.2    364.9     -7.3
  Broadcasting, except Internet.   332.6    324.6    323.4    323.7    332.0    325.0    324.4    324.2    323.5    322.9      -.6
  Internet publishing and
   broadcasting.................    35.2     34.2     35.2     34.7     34.9     33.8     33.5     34.0     34.7     34.3      -.4
  Telecommunications............ 1,192.5  1,136.4  1,130.2  1,124.0  1,188.8  1,145.0  1,138.1  1,132.5  1,126.7  1,119.8     -6.9
  ISPs, search portals, and data
   processing...................   442.4    432.8    431.1    429.2    444.5    431.3    431.4    432.1    431.7    430.8      -.9
  Other information services....    47.3     45.4     45.2     45.2     47.2     46.0     45.5     45.1     45.0     45.1       .1

Financial activities............   7,892    8,033    8,046    8,036    7,830    7,956    7,971    7,972    7,975    7,974       -1
 Finance and insurance.......... 5,824.6  5,947.8  5,952.8  5,940.3  5,804.0  5,912.0  5,923.2  5,923.3  5,924.1  5,921.5     -2.6
  Monetary authorities - central
   bank.........................    23.2     22.2     22.2     22.1     23.1     22.2     22.2     22.1     22.1     22.0      -.1
  Credit intermediation and
   related activities(1)........ 2,693.4  2,796.3  2,799.7  2,796.9  2,682.3  2,765.8  2,781.8  2,783.5  2,786.4  2,786.6       .2
   Depository credit
    intermediation(1)........... 1,750.5  1,777.9  1,784.0  1,781.6  1,739.6  1,764.4  1,767.9  1,768.5  1,771.1  1,771.6       .5
    Commercial banking.......... 1,294.1  1,308.9  1,314.1  1,312.8  1,285.3  1,300.6  1,302.4  1,302.3  1,304.4  1,305.1       .7
  Securities, commodity
   contracts, investments.......   802.2    800.4    802.6    800.6    795.7    798.8    796.9    796.7    795.8    794.1     -1.7
  Insurance carriers and related
   activities................... 2,221.1  2,246.5  2,245.9  2,239.4  2,218.5  2,241.8  2,239.4  2,238.9  2,237.8  2,237.6      -.2
  Funds, trusts, and other
   financial vehicles...........    84.7     82.4     82.4     81.3     84.4     83.4     82.9     82.1     82.0     81.2      -.8
 Real estate and rental and
  leasing....................... 2,067.6  2,085.1  2,093.2  2,095.3  2,026.0  2,044.2  2,047.8  2,048.6  2,050.9  2,052.5      1.6
  Real estate................... 1,370.3  1,385.9  1,394.5  1,398.1  1,342.3  1,366.4  1,367.3  1,365.2  1,368.8  1,370.7      1.9
  Rental and leasing services...   669.1    669.3    669.1    667.4    655.7    649.4    651.4    654.2    653.0    652.6      -.4
  Lessors of nonfinancial
   intangible assets............    28.2     29.9     29.6     29.8     28.0     28.4     29.1     29.2     29.1     29.2       .1

Professional and business
 services.......................  16,206   16,151   16,159   16,215   16,008   15,989   16,002   16,006   16,052   16,024      -28
 Professional and technical
  services(1)................... 6,716.0  6,678.9  6,649.1  6,637.6  6,704.8  6,742.2  6,698.1  6,674.9  6,652.9  6,643.0     -9.9
   Legal services............... 1,117.7  1,141.0  1,136.9  1,127.2  1,111.0  1,127.5  1,125.6  1,125.2  1,122.3  1,121.9      -.4
   Accounting and bookkeeping
    services....................   822.5    798.5    786.6    788.5    873.1    899.3    866.0    848.9    849.3    852.6      3.3
   Architectural and engineering
    services.................... 1,272.0  1,252.9  1,263.2  1,261.5  1,248.5  1,242.9  1,241.4  1,236.0  1,240.0  1,238.9     -1.1
   Computer systems design and
    related services............ 1,158.5  1,145.8  1,129.4  1,123.4  1,154.5  1,151.9  1,146.6  1,142.0  1,127.6  1,119.6     -8.0
   Management and technical
    consulting services.........   743.4    734.6    739.2    742.3    735.8    732.9    734.0    731.8    733.9    734.0       .1
 Management of companies and
  enterprises................... 1,713.7  1,697.8  1,704.3  1,696.2  1,704.6  1,697.0  1,696.0  1,690.8  1,697.4  1,687.7     -9.7
 Administrative and waste
  services...................... 7,776.1  7,773.9  7,805.7  7,881.4  7,598.2  7,549.4  7,608.3  7,639.8  7,701.8  7,693.5     -8.3
  Administrative and support
   services(1).................. 7,454.1  7,453.1  7,478.0  7,559.1  7,281.6  7,230.5  7,288.6  7,323.0  7,379.9  7,375.7     -4.2
   Employment services(1)....... 3,377.8  3,358.8  3,390.1  3,471.8  3,268.8  3,242.2  3,291.7  3,318.3  3,371.8  3,353.5    -18.3
    Temporary help services..... 2,300.5  2,232.5  2,255.1  2,313.6  2,219.1  2,131.2  2,177.6  2,207.9  2,219.7  2,226.5      6.8
   Business support services....   736.9    743.2    738.8    740.6    743.0    748.1    747.9    747.8    745.1    747.9      2.8
   Services to buildings and
    dwellings................... 1,673.4  1,687.7  1,692.6  1,690.0  1,604.6  1,587.4  1,596.3  1,601.8  1,610.1  1,616.3      6.2
  Waste management and
   remediation services.........   322.0    320.8    327.7    322.3    316.6    318.9    319.7    316.8    321.9    317.8     -4.1

Education and health services...  15,912   16,339   16,209   16,179   16,241   16,483   16,509   16,503   16,501   16,525       24
 Educational services........... 2,354.8  2,495.9  2,398.3  2,361.4  2,665.5  2,708.8  2,718.1  2,689.7  2,687.1  2,685.6     -1.5
 Health care and social
  assistance....................13,557.6 13,842.6 13,810.3 13,817.5 13,575.4 13,774.2 13,790.7 13,813.2 13,814.3 13,839.7     25.4
  Ambulatory health care
   services(1).................. 4,656.2  4,790.3  4,790.0  4,802.0  4,649.4  4,753.7  4,764.8  4,777.4  4,784.6  4,795.2     10.6
   Offices of physicians........ 1,999.3  2,052.6  2,058.6  2,063.5  1,993.0  2,041.7  2,045.9  2,050.2  2,054.9  2,058.2      3.3
   Outpatient care centers......   409.4    415.2    413.9    415.5    409.5    412.8    413.1    414.7    413.7    415.5      1.8
   Home health care services....   671.9    712.2    709.4    711.0    674.5    702.9    705.3    709.0    711.4    713.2      1.8
  Hospitals..................... 4,171.1  4,232.2  4,240.9  4,244.5  4,165.4  4,214.0  4,218.1  4,227.0  4,228.1  4,238.9     10.8
  Nursing and residential care
   facilities(1)................ 2,756.1  2,799.3  2,794.2  2,797.7  2,746.1  2,784.4  2,787.9  2,790.7  2,787.1  2,789.6      2.5
   Nursing care facilities...... 1,580.2  1,593.1  1,587.6  1,587.0  1,575.0  1,586.2  1,587.0  1,589.6  1,586.0  1,583.8     -2.2
  Social assistance(1).......... 1,974.2  2,020.8  1,985.2  1,973.3  2,014.5  2,022.1  2,019.9  2,018.1  2,014.5  2,016.0      1.5
   Child day care services......   703.9    717.5    681.1    683.6    740.8    724.9    724.9    722.7    726.1    722.4     -3.7

Leisure and hospitality.........  12,516   12,574   12,652   12,627   11,940   12,043   12,026   12,039   12,047   12,052        5
 Arts, entertainment, and
  recreation.................... 1,999.4  1,986.4  2,044.7  2,006.2  1,751.2  1,764.8  1,759.2  1,758.4  1,761.0  1,762.9      1.9
  Performing arts and spectator
   sports.......................   373.4    366.9    373.8    372.6    342.9    356.7    348.8    346.5    343.7    343.3      -.4
  Museums, historical sites,
   zoos, and parks..............   118.6    117.8    120.2    117.8    110.7    108.4    109.8    109.8    110.2    110.2       .0
  Amusements, gambling, and
   recreation................... 1,507.4  1,501.7  1,550.7  1,515.8  1,297.6  1,299.7  1,300.6  1,302.1  1,307.1  1,309.4      2.3
 Accommodations and food
  services......................10,516.5 10,587.2 10,607.2 10,621.2 10,189.2 10,278.6 10,266.7 10,280.4 10,286.2 10,288.8      2.6
  Accommodations................ 1,902.4  1,860.0  1,923.0  1,910.5  1,762.4  1,769.0  1,763.6  1,769.1  1,776.4  1,771.5     -4.9
  Food services and drinking
   places....................... 8,614.1  8,727.2  8,684.2  8,710.7  8,426.8  8,509.6  8,503.1  8,511.3  8,509.8  8,517.3      7.5

Other services..................   5,374    5,376    5,374    5,340    5,340    5,322    5,320    5,323    5,314    5,310       -4
  Repair and maintenance........ 1,239.7  1,226.3  1,225.4  1,224.8  1,237.5  1,215.6  1,215.1  1,218.6  1,219.3  1,221.3      2.0
  Personal and laundry services. 1,250.9  1,237.5  1,228.2  1,228.2  1,247.5  1,227.0  1,226.3  1,225.0  1,224.7  1,224.8       .1
  Membership associations and
   organizations................ 2,883.7  2,912.6  2,920.1  2,887.4  2,854.8  2,879.1  2,878.7  2,879.5  2,870.1  2,863.6     -6.5

Government......................  20,363   21,508   20,368   20,282   21,479   21,526   21,484   21,476   21,483   21,457      -26
 Federal........................   2,777    2,770    2,768    2,751    2,765    2,769    2,761    2,749    2,745    2,740       -5
  Federal, except U.S. Postal
   Service...................... 1,944.1  1,953.0  1,954.7  1,939.4  1,926.9  1,946.0  1,937.0  1,928.2  1,926.8  1,924.2     -2.6
  U.S. Postal Service...........   833.2    816.5    813.7    811.7    838.4    823.0    823.6    821.1    818.2    816.2     -2.0
 State government...............   4,787    4,768    4,681    4,688    5,013    4,952    4,941    4,925    4,925    4,924       -1
  State government education.... 1,976.7  1,990.7  1,906.0  1,913.0  2,232.5  2,186.5  2,180.8  2,174.3  2,175.8  2,174.6     -1.2
  State government, excluding
   education.................... 2,810.5  2,777.3  2,775.3  2,774.5  2,780.3  2,765.3  2,759.9  2,751.1  2,749.4  2,749.6       .2
 Local government...............  12,799   13,970   12,919   12,843   13,701   13,805   13,782   13,802   13,813   13,793      -20
  Local government education.... 6,587.8  7,719.6  6,607.8  6,614.9  7,673.7  7,703.5  7,689.1  7,718.7  7,743.4  7,735.4     -8.0
  Local government, excluding
   education.................... 6,211.3  6,250.1  6,310.9  6,227.6  6,027.3  6,101.1  6,092.6  6,083.5  6,069.1  6,057.8    -11.3


  1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  p = preliminary.
   
 
 
 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector 
and selected industry detail


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Change
                  Industry                       Aug.   June   July   Aug.    Aug.   Apr.   May    June   July   Aug.     from:
                                                 2002   2003   2003p  2003p   2002   2003   2003   2003   2003p  2003p  July 2003-
                                                                                                                        Aug. 2003


        Total private.........................   34.2   34.1   33.8   33.9    33.9   33.7   33.7   33.7   33.6   33.6       0.0

    Goods-producing...........................   40.2   40.1   39.5   40.1    39.9   39.5   39.7   39.8   39.6   39.7        .1

Natural resources and mining..................   43.7   44.3   43.3   44.0    43.3   43.4   43.8   43.7   43.2   43.6        .4

Construction..................................   39.3   39.0   39.0   39.5    38.5   37.9   38.5   38.4   38.2   38.5        .3

Manufacturing.................................   40.6   40.5   39.6   40.2    40.5   40.1   40.2   40.3   40.1   40.1        .0
   Overtime hours.............................    4.4    4.1    3.9    4.2     4.2    4.0    4.1    4.0    4.0    4.1        .1

 Durable goods................................   40.7   41.0   39.9   40.6    40.7   40.3   40.5   40.7   40.5   40.5        .0
   Overtime hours.............................    4.4    4.3    3.8    4.3     4.2    4.0    4.1    4.1    4.1    4.1        .0

  Wood products...............................   40.2   41.0   40.7   41.2    39.8   40.0   39.9   40.3   40.8   40.7       -.1
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   42.6   42.9   42.1   42.8    42.1   42.0   42.4   42.2   41.7   42.2        .5
  Primary metals..............................   42.2   42.2   41.0   41.4    42.3   42.2   42.2   42.0   41.6   41.6        .0
  Fabricated metal products...................   40.7   40.8   40.0   40.4    40.7   40.3   40.6   40.5   40.5   40.4       -.1
  Machinery...................................   40.5   41.1   39.8   40.4    40.6   40.6   40.6   40.9   40.3   40.5        .2
  Computer and electronic products............   39.4   40.6   40.0   40.8    39.6   40.1   40.5   40.5   40.6   40.9        .3
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   39.9   41.2   39.7   40.0    40.2   40.0   40.3   41.0   40.4   40.3       -.1
  Transportation equipment....................   42.5   41.9   39.7   40.9    42.4   41.2   41.2   41.4   41.3   40.7       -.6
  Furniture and related products..............   39.1   39.0   39.0   39.4    38.8   37.9   38.4   38.9   38.9   39.1        .2
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   38.4   38.6   37.8   38.0    38.4   38.0   38.1   38.6   38.4   38.1       -.3

 Nondurable goods.............................   40.3   39.8   39.2   39.7    40.1   39.8   39.7   39.7   39.5   39.6        .1
   Overtime hours.............................    4.5    3.9    4.0    4.2     4.3    4.1    4.0    3.9    3.9    4.0        .1

  Food manufacturing..........................   40.0   39.4   38.9   39.4    39.6   39.4   39.3   39.4   39.0   39.1        .1
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   39.7   39.6   39.5   40.3    39.4   39.6   39.0   39.0   39.1   39.8        .7
  Textile mills...............................   40.7   38.9   37.0   38.7    40.5   39.1   38.4   38.6   37.9   38.6        .7
  Textile product mills.......................   39.3   39.5   39.9   40.7    39.2   38.5   39.0   39.1   39.9   40.4        .5
  Apparel.....................................   37.1   35.6   34.3   34.8    36.9   35.6   35.4   35.0   34.6   34.7        .1
  Leather and allied products.................   37.5   39.2   37.9   37.9    37.3   39.3   39.3   38.8   38.8   38.1       -.7
  Paper and paper products....................   41.8   41.4   40.9   40.9    41.9   41.6   41.4   41.4   41.2   41.1       -.1
  Printing and related support activities.....   38.7   37.9   37.7   38.0    38.5   38.0   37.9   38.1   38.0   37.9       -.1
  Petroleum and coal products.................   42.3   44.5   44.3   43.8    42.7   44.3   44.1   44.1   43.9   44.2        .3
  Chemicals...................................   42.4   42.4   41.6   41.8    42.5   42.4   42.2   42.2   42.0   42.0        .0
  Plastics and rubber products................   40.6   40.4   39.3   40.3    40.7   40.0   40.3   40.1   40.0   40.3        .3

     Private service-providing................   32.8   32.8   32.5   32.6    32.5   32.4   32.4   32.4   32.3   32.3        .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   34.0   34.0   33.8   33.9    33.5   33.4   33.4   33.4   33.3   33.5        .2

 Wholesale trade..............................   38.1   38.3   37.6   37.9    38.0   37.8   37.8   37.8   37.7   37.8        .1

 Retail trade.................................   31.4   31.4   31.3   31.4    30.8   30.8   30.8   30.8   30.6   30.8        .2

 Transportation and warehousing...............   36.9   37.1   36.9   37.1    36.6   36.5   36.6   36.6   36.9   36.8       -.1

 Utilities....................................   40.9   41.1   40.8   41.0    40.9   41.0   40.9   41.0   40.9   41.0        .1

Information...................................   36.5   36.8   36.4   36.5    36.4   36.2   36.4   36.4   36.4   36.4        .0

Financial activities..........................   35.5   36.2   35.3   35.4    35.6   35.5   35.6   35.5   35.5   35.5        .0

Professional and business services............   34.4   34.7   34.0   34.1    34.2   34.0   34.1   34.1   34.1   33.9       -.2

Education and health services.................   32.6   32.7   32.5   32.5    32.6   32.5   32.5   32.5   32.5   32.5        .0

Leisure and hospitality.......................   26.6   26.1   26.1   26.2    25.7   25.6   25.6   25.5   25.3   25.3        .0

Other services................................   32.2   32.0   31.8   31.9    32.0   31.8   31.8   31.8   31.7   31.7        .0


  1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction,
and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries.  These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the 
total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
  p = preliminary.
   
 
 
 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                          ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3.  Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail


                                                       Average hourly earnings                  Average weekly earnings

                  Industry                         Aug.      June     July      Aug.       Aug.      June     July      Aug.
                                                   2002      2003     2003p     2003p      2002      2003     2003p     2003p

        Total private........................... $14.92    $15.34    $15.32    $15.34    $510.26   $523.09   $517.82   $520.03
         Seasonally adjusted....................  15.02     15.38     15.43     15.45     509.18    518.31    518.45    519.12

    Goods-producing.............................  16.42     16.78     16.84     16.90     660.08    672.88    665.18    677.69

Natural resources and mining....................  17.18     17.52     17.63     17.64     750.77    776.14    763.38    776.16

Construction....................................  18.64     18.90     18.98     19.05     732.55    737.10    740.22    752.48

Manufacturing...................................  15.30     15.69     15.68     15.75     621.18    635.45    620.93    633.15

 Durable goods..................................  16.04     16.40     16.30     16.45     652.83    672.40    650.37    667.87
  Wood products.................................  12.42     12.70     12.81     12.65     499.28    520.70    521.37    521.18
  Nonmetallic mineral products..................  15.44     15.70     15.82     15.80     657.74    673.53    666.02    676.24
  Primary metals................................  17.69     18.02     18.25     18.09     746.52    760.44    748.25    748.93
  Fabricated metal products.....................  14.70     14.92     14.99     15.05     598.29    608.74    599.60    608.02
  Machinery.....................................  15.92     16.33     16.39     16.32     644.76    671.16    652.32    659.33
  Computer and electronic products..............  16.31     16.75     16.77     16.76     642.61    680.05    670.80    683.81
  Electrical equipment and appliances...........  13.96     14.28     14.29     14.46     557.00    588.34    567.31    578.40
  Transportation equipment......................  20.61     21.20     20.74     21.30     875.93    888.28    823.38    871.17
  Furniture and related products................  12.75     12.96     12.96     12.96     498.53    505.44    505.44    510.62
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...................  12.99     13.13     13.27     13.31     498.82    506.82    501.61    505.78

 Nondurable goods...............................  14.15     14.58     14.72     14.65     570.25    580.28    577.02    581.61
  Food manufacturing............................  12.58     12.70     12.82     12.82     503.20    500.38    498.70    505.11
  Beverages and tobacco products................  17.40     17.56     17.74     17.61     690.78    695.38    700.73    709.68
  Textile mills.................................  11.80     11.92     11.96     11.97     480.26    463.69    442.52    463.24
  Textile product mills.........................  11.09     11.18     11.29     11.57     435.84    441.61    450.47    470.90
  Apparel.......................................   9.13      9.47      9.67      9.72     338.72    337.13    331.68    338.26
  Leather and allied products...................  11.00     11.59     11.42     11.58     412.50    454.33    432.82    438.88
  Paper and paper products......................  16.92     17.33     17.59     17.43     707.26    717.46    719.43    712.89
  Printing and related support activities.......  15.01     15.26     15.41     15.44     580.89    578.35    580.96    586.72
  Petroleum and coal products...................  22.97     23.53     23.20     23.02     971.63   1047.09   1027.76   1008.28
  Chemicals.....................................  17.94     18.55     18.47     18.37     760.66    786.52    768.35    767.87
  Plastics and rubber products..................  13.52     14.18     14.36     14.23     548.91    572.87    564.35    573.47

     Private service-providing..................  14.49     14.94     14.90     14.90     475.27    490.03    484.25    485.74

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  13.98     14.33     14.31     14.29     475.32    487.22    483.68    484.43

 Wholesale trade................................  16.94     17.33     17.31     17.31     645.41    663.74    650.86    656.05

 Retail trade...................................  11.64     11.91     11.88     11.88     365.50    373.97    371.84    373.03

 Transportation and warehousing.................  15.79     16.29     16.37     16.31     582.65    604.36    604.05    605.10

 Utilities......................................  23.84     24.58     24.61     24.59     975.06   1010.24   1004.09   1008.19

Information.....................................  20.00     21.03     21.09     21.20     730.00    773.90    767.68    773.80

Financial activities............................  16.25     17.16     17.23     17.33     576.88    621.19    608.22    613.48

Professional and business services..............  16.68     17.25     17.10     17.05     573.79    598.58    581.40    581.41

Education and health services...................  15.31     15.61     15.69     15.68     499.11    510.45    509.93    509.60

Leisure and hospitality.........................   8.52      8.69      8.66      8.67     226.63    226.81    226.03    227.15

Other services..................................  13.74     13.97     13.91     13.91     442.43    447.04    442.34    443.73


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
   
 
 
 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls 
by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted


                                                                                                       Percent
                  Industry                         Aug.     Apr.     May      June    July     Aug.  change from:
                                                   2002     2003     2003     2003    2003p    2003p  July 2003-
                                                                                                      Aug. 2003
        Total private:
         Current dollars........................ $15.02   $15.30   $15.35   $15.38   $15.43   $15.45      0.1
         Constant (1982) dollars(2).............   8.24     8.27     8.31     8.30     8.32     N.A.     (3)

    Goods-producing.............................  16.38    16.71    16.76    16.79    16.80    16.86       .4

Natural resources and mining....................  17.27    17.67    17.55    17.60    17.65    17.72       .4

Construction....................................  18.57    18.90    18.95    18.96    18.96    18.99       .2

Manufacturing...................................  15.34    15.63    15.68    15.72    15.73    15.78       .3
   Excluding overtime(4)........................  14.58    14.89    14.92    14.98    14.98    15.01       .2

 Durable goods..................................  16.08    16.33    16.37    16.42    16.41    16.48       .4

 Nondurable goods...............................  14.19    14.56    14.61    14.63    14.66    14.69       .2

     Private service-providing..................  14.63    14.91    14.97    15.00    15.06    15.06       .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.06    14.24    14.31    14.34    14.39    14.38      -.1

 Wholesale trade................................  17.02    17.25    17.29    17.34    17.38    17.40       .1

 Retail trade...................................  11.71    11.83    11.90    11.92    11.95    11.96       .1

 Transportation and warehousing.................  15.80    16.18    16.25    16.30    16.39    16.33      -.4

 Utilities......................................  24.08    24.33    24.48    24.62    24.73    24.78       .2

Information.....................................  20.13    20.97    21.09    21.13    21.28    21.34       .3

Financial activities............................  16.34    16.93    17.02    17.17    17.35    17.39       .2

Professional and business services..............  16.86    17.23    17.24    17.22    17.24    17.26       .1

Education and health services...................  15.33    15.57    15.64    15.67    15.70    15.72       .1

Leisure and hospitality.........................   8.60     8.71     8.73     8.75     8.76     8.76       .0

Other services..................................  13.80    13.98    13.97    13.98    14.00    14.00       .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 .2 percent from June 2003 to July 2003, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
  N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.
   
 
 
 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5.  Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls 
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Aug.   June   July   Aug.    Aug.   Apr.   May    June   July   Aug.   change from:
                                                2002   2003   2003p  2003p   2002   2003   2003   2003   2003p  2003p   July 2003-
                                                                                                                        Aug. 2003

        Total private.........................  101.7  100.9   99.8  100.1    99.9   98.8   98.7   98.7   98.3   98.2      -0.1

    Goods-producing...........................  102.4   98.8   96.9   98.9    99.4   96.0   96.3   96.3   95.5   95.6        .1

Natural resources and mining..................  102.0   99.2   97.9   99.5    98.6   95.8   96.9   96.7   95.6   96.0        .4

Construction..................................  107.3  104.8  106.0  107.9    99.7   97.5   99.2   99.1   98.5   99.4        .9

Manufacturing.................................  100.5   96.1   92.7   94.6    99.5   95.2   95.1   95.0   94.0   93.8       -.2

 Durable goods................................   99.7   96.2   92.0   94.3    99.3   94.6   94.7   94.8   93.8   93.7       -.1
  Wood products...............................  102.7  100.9  100.0  101.1    99.3   97.9   97.3   97.5   98.4   97.5       -.9
  Nonmetallic mineral products................  103.5   99.2   97.0   99.6    99.9   95.5   96.2   95.7   93.9   95.6       1.8
  Primary metals..............................   99.7   93.9   89.2   91.0    99.6   95.6   94.6   93.4   91.5   91.3       -.2
  Fabricated metal products...................   99.9   95.9   92.8   94.1    99.8   95.1   95.3   94.7   94.3   93.9       -.4
  Machinery...................................   98.4   96.2   91.7   92.8    99.1   95.4   94.8   95.0   93.4   93.6        .2
  Computer and electronic products............   98.0   95.8   93.2   95.3    98.8   95.4   95.8   95.3   94.9   95.8        .9
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   98.7   94.7   90.0   90.1    99.3   93.5   92.6   93.7   91.9   90.7      -1.3
  Transportation equipment....................   99.9   96.2   88.0   93.2    99.4   93.4   94.0   94.4   93.4   92.5      -1.0
  Furniture and related products..............  100.2   94.0   93.2   94.2    98.9   90.7   92.1   92.9   92.7   92.8        .1
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   99.5   96.5   92.0   92.5    99.1   95.2   94.6   95.6   94.0   92.6      -1.5

 Nondurable goods.............................  101.2   96.0   93.8   95.3    99.5   96.1   95.6   95.1   94.4   94.1       -.3
  Food manufacturing..........................  102.9   98.2   98.3  101.4    99.2   98.4   98.1   98.6   97.9   98.1        .2
  Beverages and tobacco products..............  105.3   88.3   89.7   90.8   100.5   88.4   87.4   85.7   86.6   85.8       -.9
  Textile mills...............................  100.4   89.3   81.0   84.2    99.1   91.2   87.7   87.4   83.5   83.4       -.1
  Textile product mills.......................  101.9   96.5   95.5   93.4   100.2   94.5   95.0   93.5   94.6   92.2      -2.5
  Apparel.....................................  101.0   84.0   75.1   74.8    99.8   84.1   82.3   79.2   76.6   74.3      -3.0
  Leather and allied products.................   97.1   90.1   84.6   85.9    96.0   92.0   91.2   87.1   88.7   85.8      -3.3
  Paper and paper products....................  100.3   94.6   92.5   93.0    99.9   95.3   94.4   94.0   93.0   92.9       -.1
  Printing and related support activities.....   99.9   96.5   95.4   96.0    99.2   96.3   96.3   96.5   96.0   95.7       -.3
  Petroleum and coal products.................   99.8  102.7  102.6  100.2    97.8   99.8  100.2   99.6   98.8   98.9        .1
  Chemicals...................................   99.1   99.8   98.2   97.8    99.9  100.1   99.3   99.0   99.1   98.8       -.3
  Plastics and rubber products................  100.5   97.6   93.4   96.7   100.2   96.7   97.2   96.1   95.7   96.3        .6

     Private service-providing................  101.5  101.6  100.5  100.6    99.9   99.5   99.4   99.5   99.1   99.1        .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  100.9   99.8   98.9   99.1    99.5   98.3   98.1   97.9   97.5   98.0        .5

 Wholesale trade..............................  100.4   99.2   97.2   97.5    99.7   97.9   97.7   97.3   96.8   96.8        .0

 Retail trade.................................  101.3  100.7  100.3  100.5    99.6   99.1   99.0   98.9   98.2   98.9        .7

 Transportation and warehousing...............  100.1   98.7   96.4   97.0    99.5   97.1   97.1   96.8   97.0   96.5       -.5

 Utilities....................................  100.9   99.7   99.3   99.7   100.1   99.1   98.7   98.6   98.5   98.9        .4

Information...................................   99.5  101.3  100.1   99.9    98.7   98.8   99.4   99.6   99.5   99.3       -.2

Financial activities..........................  100.4  104.2  101.8  101.9    99.9  101.0  101.5  101.3  101.3  101.4        .1

Professional and business services............  101.8  101.4   99.3   99.9    99.8   98.3   98.6   98.6   98.8   98.0       -.8

Education and health services.................   98.8  101.3   99.9   99.6   101.0  101.7  101.8  101.8  101.8  101.9        .1

Leisure and hospitality.......................  107.8  105.9  106.6  106.8    99.1   99.1   98.9   98.8   98.1   98.2        .1

Other services................................  100.9  100.0   99.5   98.9    99.6   98.2   98.1   98.3   97.9   97.7       -.2


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
   
 
 
 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6.  Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls 
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Aug.   June   July   Aug.    Aug.   Apr.   May    June   July   Aug.   change from:
                                                2002   2003   2003p  2003p   2002   2003   2003   2003   2003p  2003p   July 2003-
                                                                                                                        Aug. 2003

        Total private.........................  101.5  103.5  102.2  102.7   100.3  101.1  101.3  101.5  101.5  101.5       0.0

    Goods-producing...........................  103.0  101.6  100.0  102.4    99.7   98.2   98.8   99.0   98.3   98.7        .4

Natural resources and mining..................  101.8  100.9  100.2  101.9    98.9   98.3   98.8   98.8   98.0   98.8        .8

Construction..................................  108.0  106.9  108.7  111.0   100.0   99.5  101.6  101.5  100.9  102.0       1.1

Manufacturing.................................  100.5   98.6   95.1   97.5    99.8   97.3   97.5   97.6   96.7   96.8        .1

 Durable goods................................   99.9   98.5   93.7   96.9    99.7   96.4   96.8   97.2   96.1   96.4        .3

 Nondurable goods.............................  101.1   98.9   97.6   98.7    99.7   98.9   98.6   98.3   97.8   97.6       -.2

     Private service-providing................  101.0  104.2  102.8  103.0   100.3  101.8  102.2  102.4  102.5  102.5        .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  100.7  102.1  101.0  101.0    99.8   99.9  100.2  100.2  100.1  100.5        .4

 Wholesale trade..............................  100.2  101.3   99.2   99.5   100.0   99.6   99.6   99.5   99.2   99.3        .1

 Retail trade.................................  101.0  102.7  102.1  102.3    99.9  100.5  100.9  101.0  100.6  101.3        .7

 Transportation and warehousing...............  100.2  101.9  100.0  100.3    99.7   99.6  100.0  100.0  100.8   99.9       -.9

 Utilities....................................  100.5  102.4  102.1  102.4   100.7  100.7  100.9  101.4  101.7  102.4        .7

Information...................................   98.3  105.3  104.3  104.7    98.2  102.5  103.6  104.0  104.7  104.7        .0

Financial activities..........................  100.9  110.6  108.5  109.2   100.9  105.8  106.8  107.5  108.7  109.0        .3

Professional and business services............  101.0  104.0  101.0  101.3   100.1  100.7  101.1  101.0  101.3  100.7       -.6

Education and health services.................   99.4  104.0  103.0  102.7   101.7  104.0  104.6  104.8  105.0  105.3        .3

Leisure and hospitality.......................  107.2  107.4  107.7  108.0    99.4  100.7  100.8  100.9  100.3  100.3        .0

Other services................................  101.0  101.8  100.8  100.2   100.1  100.1   99.9  100.1   99.9   99.6       -.3


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
   
 
 
 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)


       Time span           Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.

                                                        Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     1999 ..............   56.3     64.7     56.7     65.8     64.2     61.9     63.3     59.9     57.6     64.4     69.1     64.4
     2000 ..............   65.5     60.3     65.5     58.8     47.7     61.7     65.5     52.9     52.3     54.1     57.7     53.2
     2001 ..............   52.3     49.6     48.6     36.5     41.4     38.1     35.6     38.5     39.0     35.6     37.8     36.0
     2002 ..............   40.5     37.4     37.6     41.0     41.7     43.7     39.0     41.7     43.3     43.9     42.4     37.2
     2003 ..............   44.2     36.7     44.1     46.9     43.3     37.2    p41.5    p38.5                                    


Over 3-month span:
     1999 ..............   61.5     64.9     61.0     65.8     66.4     69.1     66.9     64.4     62.2     62.9     66.7     69.6
     2000 ..............   70.1     66.0     68.3     68.3     58.5     56.3     58.1     62.2     55.9     53.1     54.0     58.3
     2001 ..............   54.9     50.7     50.5     43.5     37.2     36.0     36.2     35.8     34.5     32.2     31.7     30.9
     2002 ..............   34.4     38.3     36.5     35.4     36.7     38.8     39.7     41.4     38.1     39.0     37.8     34.9
     2003 ..............   36.0     35.6     36.0     41.2     43.0     40.6    p37.6    p33.5                                    


Over 6-month span:
     1999 ..............   66.9     64.9     63.7     64.0     65.6     65.8     66.7     66.2     69.4     68.7     66.4     66.5
     2000 ..............   67.6     68.7     71.4     71.9     68.5     66.2     67.3     60.4     58.3     55.0     61.0     55.2
     2001 ..............   53.2     51.4     50.7     47.1     42.8     38.8     37.6     34.5     31.1     32.9     31.3     31.7
     2002 ..............   30.6     29.9     31.1     31.3     33.3     35.8     36.9     37.4     37.8     39.9     38.3     35.8
     2003 ..............   37.4     36.5     35.1     34.7     37.4     36.5    p37.9    p35.1                                    


Over 12-month span:
     1999 ..............   70.5     68.7     68.2     68.0     68.3     68.3     68.0     68.0     67.8     69.1     68.3     69.1
     2000 ..............   70.9     69.2     73.2     71.0     69.8     71.0     70.0     70.3     70.3     65.6     63.8     62.1
     2001 ..............   59.5     59.5     53.4     49.3     48.6     45.0     43.3     43.9     39.9     37.8     37.1     34.9
     2002 ..............   33.6     31.7     30.2     30.2     30.4     30.6     30.8     31.8     31.5     30.0     33.5     33.3
     2003 ..............   33.8     33.3     34.5     35.4     36.5     35.4    p34.9    p33.5                                    

                                                        Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     1999 ..............   42.3     38.7     33.3     39.3     52.4     34.5     50.0     40.5     41.7     50.6     56.0     51.8
     2000 ..............   50.6     53.6     54.8     42.9     39.9     53.6     62.5     28.6     24.4     35.1     41.1     38.7
     2001 ..............   24.4     22.0     24.4     14.3     14.3     19.6     14.3     13.7     17.9     16.7     16.7      9.5
     2002 ..............   19.0     22.6     20.8     33.9     30.4     32.1     34.5     25.0     31.0     19.6     21.4     25.0
     2003 ..............   36.3     19.0     27.4     20.2     30.4     25.6    p30.4    p24.4                                    


Over 3-month span:
     1999 ..............   33.9     40.5     37.5     35.7     41.7     43.5     42.3     38.1     41.1     44.6     49.4     56.5
     2000 ..............   54.2     54.8     58.3     51.8     41.7     41.1     54.8     48.2     29.2     25.6     25.0     42.3
     2001 ..............   34.5     24.4     17.9     14.3     11.9     14.3     10.7      7.7      8.3      9.5      8.9      8.3
     2002 ..............   11.9     11.9     16.7     20.2     21.4     20.2     28.6     25.6     25.6     17.9     14.9     10.7
     2003 ..............   14.9     15.5     19.6     16.7     17.9     14.3    p20.2    p23.8                                    


Over 6-month span:
     1999 ..............   37.5     32.7     30.4     33.3     36.9     38.1     38.1     34.5     40.5     46.4     41.1     48.2
     2000 ..............   47.0     51.2     56.5     57.1     49.4     47.6     56.0     44.0     36.9     35.1     34.5     31.0
     2001 ..............   23.8     24.4     20.8     17.9     14.9     11.9     13.7      9.5      8.3      6.5      6.5      6.0
     2002 ..............    7.7      8.9      7.7      8.9     12.5     16.7     19.6     19.6     23.8     17.9     16.7     13.7
     2003 ..............   13.7     14.3     12.5     11.9     12.5     15.5    p14.3    p14.9                                    


Over 12-month span:
     1999 ..............   35.7     32.1     29.8     32.1     32.7     32.1     34.5     32.1     33.3     39.3     41.1     42.9
     2000 ..............   41.7     39.3     47.0     50.0     46.4     52.4     51.8     49.4     46.4     40.5     35.1     33.3
     2001 ..............   29.8     32.1     20.8     19.0     13.1     12.5     10.7     11.9     11.9     10.1      8.3      6.0
     2002 ..............    7.1      6.0      6.0      7.1      7.7      5.4      6.0      8.9      7.7      9.5     13.1     13.1
     2003 ..............   13.7     15.5     16.7     13.1     15.5     16.1    p11.3    p13.1                                    


  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.