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                      THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  JULY 2006
                                        

   Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 113,000 in July, and the
unemployment rate rose to 4.8 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Job gains occurred in several service-
providing industries, including professional and business services, health care,
and food services.  Employment also rose in mining.  Average hourly earnings
rose by 7 cents, or 0.4 percent, in July.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons edged up to 7.2 million in July, and the
unemployment rate rose to 4.8 percent.  A year earlier, the number of unemployed
persons was 7.5 million and the jobless rate was 5.0 percent.
   
   Over the month, the unemployment rates for most major worker groups--adult
women (4.2 percent), teenagers (15.5 percent), whites (4.1 percent), blacks
(9.5 percent), and Hispanics (5.3 percent)--showed little or no change.  After
declining in June, the jobless rate for adult men increased to 4.2 percent in
July.  The unemployment rate for Asians was 2.7 percent, not seasonally
adjusted.  (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

   Following a decline in June, the number of long-term unemployed persons--those
unemployed 27 weeks or longer--returned to its May level of 1.3 million.  These
long-term unemployed accounted for 18.6 percent of total unemployment, about the
same as in May.  (See table A-9.)
   
   After trending down for several months, the number of unemployed persons who
were reentrants to the labor force increased to 2.4 million in July.  This group
accounted for 32.7 percent of total unemployment, up from 30.0 percent in June.
(See table A-8.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Both total employment (144.3 million) and the employment-population ratio
(63.0 percent) were essentially unchanged in July.  The labor force participa-
tion rate held at 66.2 percent.  (See table A-1.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.5 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally at-
tached to the labor force in July, the same as a year earlier.  These indivi-
duals wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in
the prior 12 months.  They were not counted as unemployed because they had not
searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  Among the marginally
attached, there were 428,000 discouraged workers in July, also about the same
as a year earlier.  Discouraged workers were not currently looking for work
specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them.  The other
1.1 million marginally attached had not searched for work for reasons such as
school attendance or family responsibilities.  (See table A-13.)

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
______________________________________________________________________________
                         |    Quarterly    |                          |
                         |    averages     |       Monthly data       |
                         |_________________|__________________________| June-
        Category         |       2006      |            2006          | July
                         |_________________|__________________________|change
                         |    I   |   II   |  May   |  June  |  July  |
 ________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
     HOUSEHOLD DATA      |                 Labor force status
                         |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force.....| 150,405| 151,041| 150,991| 151,321| 151,534|    213
  Employment.............| 143,324| 144,009| 143,976| 144,363| 144,329|    -34
  Unemployment...........|   7,081|   7,032|   7,015|   6,957|   7,205|    248
Not in labor force.......|  77,359|  77,392|  77,437|  77,350|  77,379|     29
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                 Unemployment rates
                         |____________________________________________________
All workers..............|     4.7|     4.7|     4.6|     4.6|     4.8|    0.2
  Adult men..............|     4.1|     4.1|     4.2|     4.0|     4.2|     .2
  Adult women............|     4.2|     4.2|     4.1|     4.1|     4.2|     .1
  Teenagers..............|    15.5|    14.7|    14.0|    15.4|    15.5|     .1
  White..................|     4.1|     4.1|     4.1|     4.1|     4.1|     .0
  Black or African       |        |        |        |        |        |
    American.............|     9.2|     9.1|     8.9|     9.0|     9.5|     .5
  Hispanic or Latino     |        |        |        |        |        |
    ethnicity............|     5.6|     5.2|     5.0|     5.3|     5.3|     .0
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA     |                     Employment
                         |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment.......| 134,722|p135,125| 135,117|p135,241|p135,354|   p113
  Goods-producing(1).....|  22,363| p22,419|  22,407| p22,430| p22,428|    p-2
    Construction.........|   7,483|  p7,501|   7,501|  p7,497|  p7,503|     p6
    Manufacturing........|  14,226| p14,245|  14,234| p14,256| p14,241|   p-15
  Service-providing(1)...| 112,359|p112,706| 112,710 p112,811|p112,926|   p115
    Retail trade(2)......|  15,299| p15,236|  15,226| p15,222| p15,222|     p0
    Professional and     |        |        |        |        |        |
      business services..|  17,161| p17,267|  17,276| p17,313| p17,356|    p43
    Education and health |        |        |        |        |        |
      services...........|  17,584| p17,676|  17,676| p17,702| p17,726|    p24
    Leisure and          |        |        |        |        |        |
      hospitality........|  12,954| p13,013|  13,014| p13,035| p13,077|    p42
    Government...........|  21,873| p21,927|  21,924| p21,939| p21,939|     p0
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                  Hours of work(3)
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|    33.8|   p33.9|    33.8|   p33.9|   p33.9|   p0.0
  Manufacturing..........|    41.0|   p41.2|    41.2|   p41.3|   p41.5|    p.2
    Overtime.............|     4.5|    p4.6|     4.6|    p4.6|    p4.5|   p-.1
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(3)
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|   104.2|  p104.9|   104.7|  p105.1|  p105.2|   p0.1
                          ________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                       Earnings(3)
                         |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  $16.46| p$16.64|  $16.62| p$16.69| p$16.76|  p$0.07
Avg. weekly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  556.35| p563.54|  561.76| p565.79| p568.16|   p2.37
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
   1  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2  Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using
unrounded data.
   3  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p = preliminary.

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Table B.  Employment status in July 2006 of persons 16 years and over
who evacuated from their August 2005 residence, even temporarily, due
to Hurricane Katrina (1)

(Numbers in thousands, not seasonally adjusted)
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                                     |       |  Residence in July 2006
                                     |       |---------------------------
    Employment status in July 2006   | Total |    Same     |  Different
                                     |       |    as in    |   than in
                                     |       | August 2005 | August 2005
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Civilian noninstitutional population.| 1,149 |     673     |      476
  Civilian labor force...............|   682 |     403     |      278
        Participation rate...........|  59.3 |    59.9     |     58.5
     Employed........................|   600 |     386     |      214
        Employment-population ratio..|  52.2 |    57.3     |     45.0
     Unemployed......................|    81 |      17     |       64
        Unemployment rate............|  11.9 |     4.2     |     23.0
  Not in labor force.................|   468 |     270     |      198
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   1  Represents persons in the civilian noninstitutional population
age 16 and over who resided in households that were eligible to be
selected for the Current Population Survey (CPS).  These data are not
representative of the total evacuee population because they do not in-
clude children or people residing in shelters, hotels, places of worship,
or other units outside the scope of the CPS.  The total number of evac-
uees estimated from the CPS may change from month to month as people
move in and out of the scope of the survey and because of sampling and
nonsampling error.
   NOTE:  These data use population controls that have been adjusted to
account for interstate moves by evacuees.


Employment Status of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees (Household Survey Data)
   
   Beginning in October 2005, questions were added to the household survey
to identify persons who evacuated from their homes, even temporarily, due to
Hurricane Katrina.  Data collected through these questions do not account for
all evacuees; persons living outside the scope of the survey--such as those
living in hotels or shelters--are not included.  The questions were asked of
persons in the household survey sample throughout the country, since some
evacuees relocated far from the storm-affected areas.  An additional question
determined whether evacuees had returned to their homes and were residing there
at the time of the July survey.  The total number of evacuees estimated from the
household survey may change from month to month as people move in and out of the
scope of the survey; also, because the estimates are obtained from a sample sur-
vey, they may vary from month to month due to sampling and nonsampling error.
   
   Information gathered in July represented 1.1 million persons age 16 and
over who had evacuated from where they were living in August 2005 due to
Hurricane Katrina.  These evacuees either had moved back to their homes or
were living in other residential units covered in the survey.  About 6 in 10
of the evacuees were living in their August 2005 residences.  Of all evacuees
identified, 59.3 percent were in the labor force in July.  The unemployment
rate for persons identified as evacuees was 11.9 percent.  The rate was much
higher for evacuees who were not living in their former homes (23.0 percent)
than for those who were again living in their pre-Katrina residences (4.2 per-
cent).  (See table B.)
   
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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 113,000 in July to 135.4 million.
This increase was in line with the average monthly gain for the prior 3 months
(112,000) but was well below the average monthly gain for the 12 months ending
in March (169,000).  In July, job growth continued in professional and business
services, health care, food services, and mining.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Employment in professional and business services continued to grow in July
(+43,000).  Within the industry, job gains occurred in computer systems design
(+12,000), architectural and engineering services (+10,000), and management and
technical consulting (+6,000).  Temporary help services employment remained flat
over the month and has shown little net change since January.
   
   Health care employment rose by 23,000 in July.  Nursing and residential care
facilities, along with hospitals, continued to add jobs.  Over the past 12 months,
health care employment has grown by 274,000.
   
   In leisure and hospitality, food services and drinking places employment grew
by 29,000 in July.  Over the year, food services has added 229,000 jobs.
   
   Elsewhere in the service-providing sector, employment in wholesale trade was
flat in July; this industry added an average of 11,000 jobs per month from January
through June.  Employment in retail trade was unchanged in July.  General merchan-
dise stores lost 8,000 jobs over the month; employment in the industry has declined
by 74,000 since August 2005.  Financial activities had little employment growth for
the third month in a row.
   
   In the goods-producing sector, mining employment grew by 8,000 in July.  The
industry has added 123,000 jobs since its most recent low in April 2003, largely
reflecting gains in support activities for oil and gas.  In July, construction
employment was little changed for the fifth consecutive month.
   
   Manufacturing employment edged down in July (-15,000); the decrease largely
offset a gain in June.  In July, job losses in transportation equipment (-9,000),
computer and electronic products (-8,000), and textile mills (-2,000) more than
offset employment increases in machinery (+8,000) and chemicals (+4,000).

Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls remained unchanged at 33.9 hours in July, seasonally adjusted.
The manufacturing workweek rose by 0.2 hour to 41.5 hours, while factory over-
time was down by 0.1 hour to 4.5 hours.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers
on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.1 percent in July to 105.2 (2002=100).
The manufacturing index rose by 0.4 percent to 97.3.  (See table B-5.)

                                  - 5 -

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls rose by 7 cents, or 0.4 percent, in July to $16.76, season-
ally adjusted.  Average weekly earnings also increased by 0.4 percent in July
to $568.16.  Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 3.8 percent,
and average weekly earnings increased by 4.1 percent.  (See table B-3.)


                         ______________________________


   The Employment Situation for August 2006 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, September 1, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
   


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     |          Discontinuation of Hurricane Katrina Evacuee Data        |
     |                                                                   |
     |   October 2006 will be the last month that questions about Hurri- |
     | cane Katrina evacuees will be asked in the household survey.  At  |
     | that time, the data will have been collected for 1 year.          |
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Explanatory Note


   This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the informa-
tion on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the
A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about 60,000 house-
holds conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS).
 
   The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the 
B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with state agencies.  The sample 
includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering ap-
proximately 400,000 individual worksites.  The active sample includes 
about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers.  The sample is drawn 
from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts.

   For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the establish-
ment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the 12th,
which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
   Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
   
   People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, pro-
fession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
   People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility
for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
   The civilian labor force  is the sum of employed and  unemployed persons.
Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force.
The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the  labor
force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent
of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the employed as a
percent of the population.
                                  
                                  - 7 -
 
   Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from pri-
vate nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well
as federal, state, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-providing sector.  Industries are classified on the
basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of
the North American Industry Classification System.

   Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and method-
ological differences between the household and establishment surveys result
in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the sur-
veys.  Among these are:
 
   --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

   --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed.
The establishment survey does not.
 
   --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
   --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because in-
dividuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
Seasonal adjustment
 
   Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The ef-
fect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal fluctua-
tions may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month changes
in unemployment.
 
   Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern
each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by ad-
justing the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make non-
seasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases
in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For
example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is
likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May,
making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen
or declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted
to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made
correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to ana-
lyze changes in economic activity.
 
                                  - 8 -
 
   Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the 
household and establishment surveys.  However, the adjusted series for many 
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most super-
sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating in-
dependently adjusted component series.  For example, total unemployment is 
derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; 
this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by di-
rectly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more 
detailed age categories.

   For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal
adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated 
each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the 
current month.  In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to
adjust only the current month's data.  In the establishment survey, however, 
new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent 
monthly estimates.  In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made 
once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
   Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the en-
tire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence,
that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 stand-
ard errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.
BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
   For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
430,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -330,000 to 530,000 (100,000 +/- 430,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, oc-
curred.  At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent con-
fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 280,000, 
and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 
percentage point.
 
   In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of esti-
mates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for
quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can also im-
prove the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
                                  - 9 -
 
   The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the failure
to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for
all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to
provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents,
and errors made in the collection or processing of the data.
 
   For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 
2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
   
   Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, 
an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business
births.  The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for
business births.  This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative
estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of busi-
ness, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample.  
The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the 
residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation.  
The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was de-
rived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and 
reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five 
years.
 
   The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent,
ranging from less than 0.05 percent to 0.4 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
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order pay-
able to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
   Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for
the household and establishment survey data published in this release.  
For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear 
in tables 1-B through 1-D of its "Explanatory Notes."  For the establish-
ment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of re-
visions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of 
Employment and Earnings.

   Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone:  1-800-877-8339.
 
 
 
 
     HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                         HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                          Seasonally adjusted (1)                     
                                                                                                                                                          
              Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                           July       June       July       July       Mar.       Apr.       May        June       July   
                                                           2005       2006       2006       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                           TOTAL                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   226,153    228,671    228,912    226,153    227,975    228,199    228,428    228,671    228,912 
       Civilian labor force............................   151,122    152,557    153,208    149,605    150,652    150,811    150,991    151,321    151,534 
             Participation rate........................      66.8       66.7       66.9       66.2       66.1       66.1       66.1       66.2       66.2 
         Employed......................................   143,283    145,216    145,606    142,111    143,641    143,688    143,976    144,363    144,329 
             Employment-population ratio...............      63.4       63.5       63.6       62.8       63.0       63.0       63.0       63.1       63.0 
         Unemployed....................................     7,839      7,341      7,602      7,494      7,011      7,123      7,015      6,957      7,205 
             Unemployment rate.........................       5.2        4.8        5.0        5.0        4.7        4.7        4.6        4.6        4.8 
       Not in labor force..............................    75,031     76,114     75,704     76,548     77,323     77,388     77,437     77,350     77,379 
         Persons who currently want a job..............     5,081      5,126      5,006      4,997      4,865      4,767      4,655      4,770      4,901 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 16 years and over                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   109,190    110,530    110,657    109,190    110,161    110,280    110,401    110,530    110,657 
       Civilian labor force............................    81,413     82,062     82,288     80,185     81,031     81,075     81,189     81,085     81,024 
             Participation rate........................      74.6       74.2       74.4       73.4       73.6       73.5       73.5       73.4       73.2 
         Employed......................................    77,541     78,263     78,469     76,258     77,273     77,237     77,313     77,357     77,162 
             Employment-population ratio...............      71.0       70.8       70.9       69.8       70.1       70.0       70.0       70.0       69.7 
         Unemployed....................................     3,871      3,799      3,819      3,928      3,758      3,838      3,876      3,727      3,862 
             Unemployment rate.........................       4.8        4.6        4.6        4.9        4.6        4.7        4.8        4.6        4.8 
       Not in labor force..............................    27,778     28,467     28,369     29,005     29,129     29,205     29,212     29,445     29,633 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   100,874    102,075    102,187    100,874    101,754    101,857    101,963    102,075    102,187 
       Civilian labor force............................    77,024     77,608     77,723     76,619     77,335     77,415     77,477     77,296     77,308 
             Participation rate........................      76.4       76.0       76.1       76.0       76.0       76.0       76.0       75.7       75.7 
         Employed......................................    73,951     74,691     74,682     73,345     74,197     74,169     74,202     74,215     74,082 
             Employment-population ratio...............      73.3       73.2       73.1       72.7       72.9       72.8       72.8       72.7       72.5 
         Unemployed....................................     3,073      2,917      3,041      3,274      3,137      3,246      3,275      3,082      3,226 
             Unemployment rate.........................       4.0        3.8        3.9        4.3        4.1        4.2        4.2        4.0        4.2 
       Not in labor force..............................    23,849     24,468     24,464     24,255     24,419     24,442     24,486     24,779     24,878 
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 16 years and over                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   116,963    118,141    118,255    116,963    117,814    117,919    118,027    118,141    118,255 
       Civilian labor force............................    69,709     70,494     70,920     69,419     69,621     69,736     69,802     70,236     70,510 
             Participation rate........................      59.6       59.7       60.0       59.4       59.1       59.1       59.1       59.5       59.6 
         Employed......................................    65,742     66,953     67,137     65,853     66,368     66,451     66,663     67,006     67,168 
             Employment-population ratio...............      56.2       56.7       56.8       56.3       56.3       56.4       56.5       56.7       56.8 
         Unemployed....................................     3,967      3,542      3,783      3,566      3,252      3,285      3,139      3,230      3,342 
             Unemployment rate.........................       5.7        5.0        5.3        5.1        4.7        4.7        4.5        4.6        4.7 
       Not in labor force..............................    47,254     47,647     47,335     47,543     48,193     48,183     48,225     47,906     47,745 
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   108,880    109,927    110,026    108,880    109,646    109,736    109,829    109,927    110,026 
       Civilian labor force............................    65,411     66,344     66,553     65,813     66,038     66,187     66,280     66,609     66,872 
             Participation rate........................      60.1       60.4       60.5       60.4       60.2       60.3       60.3       60.6       60.8 
         Employed......................................    62,072     63,502     63,430     62,744     63,305     63,362     63,555     63,878     64,035 
             Employment-population ratio...............      57.0       57.8       57.7       57.6       57.7       57.7       57.9       58.1       58.2 
         Unemployed....................................     3,339      2,842      3,123      3,070      2,733      2,825      2,725      2,730      2,837 
             Unemployment rate.........................       5.1        4.3        4.7        4.7        4.1        4.3        4.1        4.1        4.2 
       Not in labor force..............................    43,470     43,583     43,473     43,067     43,608     43,550     43,549     43,319     43,154 
                                                                                                                                                          
                 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............    16,399     16,668     16,700     16,399     16,575     16,606     16,637     16,668     16,700 
       Civilian labor force............................     8,686      8,605      8,932      7,172      7,279      7,210      7,234      7,416      7,353 
             Participation rate........................      53.0       51.6       53.5       43.7       43.9       43.4       43.5       44.5       44.0 
         Employed......................................     7,260      7,023      7,494      6,022      6,139      6,157      6,220      6,270      6,211 
             Employment-population ratio...............      44.3       42.1       44.9       36.7       37.0       37.1       37.4       37.6       37.2 
         Unemployed....................................     1,427      1,582      1,438      1,150      1,140      1,053      1,015      1,145      1,142 
             Unemployment rate.........................      16.4       18.4       16.1       16.0       15.7       14.6       14.0       15.4       15.5 
       Not in labor force..............................     7,712      8,063      7,768      9,226      9,296      9,396      9,402      9,253      9,347 

       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 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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     Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                          Seasonally adjusted (1)                     
                                                                                                                                                          
           Employment status, race, sex, and age                                                                                                          
                                                           July       June       July       July       Mar.       Apr.       May        June       July   
                                                           2005       2006       2006       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                           WHITE                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   184,490    186,166    186,329    184,490    185,704    185,849    186,002    186,166    186,329 
       Civilian labor force............................   123,490    124,723    125,129    122,431    123,103    123,357    123,449    123,747    123,946 
           Participation rate..........................      66.9       67.0       67.2       66.4       66.3       66.4       66.4       66.5       66.5 
         Employed......................................   118,069    119,488    119,834    117,168    118,193    118,357    118,429    118,720    118,846 
           Employment-population ratio.................      64.0       64.2       64.3       63.5       63.6       63.7       63.7       63.8       63.8 
         Unemployed....................................     5,421      5,235      5,295      5,263      4,910      5,001      5,020      5,027      5,100 
           Unemployment rate...........................       4.4        4.2        4.2        4.3        4.0        4.1        4.1        4.1        4.1 
       Not in labor force..............................    61,000     61,443     61,200     62,059     62,601     62,492     62,552     62,418     62,383 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                                 
       Civilian labor force............................    63,991     64,624     64,612     63,723     64,382     64,421     64,463     64,388     64,351 
           Participation rate..........................      76.6       76.6       76.5       76.2       76.5       76.5       76.4       76.3       76.2 
         Employed......................................    61,803     62,485     62,459     61,349     62,128     62,109     62,107     62,110     62,028 
           Employment-population ratio.................      73.9       74.0       73.9       73.4       73.8       73.7       73.6       73.6       73.4 
         Unemployed....................................     2,188      2,140      2,154      2,374      2,254      2,312      2,356      2,278      2,323 
           Unemployment rate...........................       3.4        3.3        3.3        3.7        3.5        3.6        3.7        3.5        3.6 
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                                
       Civilian labor force............................    52,352     53,036     53,197     52,779     52,749     52,974     52,985     53,254     53,542 
           Participation rate..........................      59.3       59.7       59.8       59.8       59.5       59.7       59.6       59.9       60.2 
         Employed......................................    50,075     51,058     50,992     50,694     50,853     51,022     51,083     51,337     51,547 
           Employment-population ratio.................      56.8       57.4       57.3       57.5       57.3       57.5       57.5       57.7       57.9 
         Unemployed....................................     2,277      1,979      2,205      2,085      1,895      1,952      1,902      1,917      1,994 
           Unemployment rate...........................       4.3        3.7        4.1        4.0        3.6        3.7        3.6        3.6        3.7 
                                                                                                                                                          
                 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                               
       Civilian labor force............................     7,147      7,063      7,319      5,929      5,973      5,962      6,001      6,106      6,053 
           Participation rate..........................      56.3       55.0       56.9       46.7       46.7       46.5       46.8       47.5       47.0 
         Employed......................................     6,191      5,946      6,384      5,126      5,212      5,226      5,239      5,273      5,270 
           Employment-population ratio.................      48.8       46.3       49.6       40.4       40.7       40.8       40.8       41.0       40.9 
         Unemployed....................................       956      1,117        936        804        761        736        762        833        783 
           Unemployment rate...........................      13.4       15.8       12.8       13.6       12.7       12.3       12.7       13.6       12.9 
                                                                                                                                                          
                 BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN                                                                                                                
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............    26,526     26,982     27,021     26,526     26,865     26,905     26,943     26,982     27,021 
       Civilian labor force............................    17,441     17,450     17,672     17,199     17,334     17,326     17,312     17,231     17,369 
           Participation rate..........................      65.8       64.7       65.4       64.8       64.5       64.4       64.3       63.9       64.3 
         Employed......................................    15,655     15,816     15,809     15,581     15,726     15,698     15,767     15,685     15,714 
           Employment-population ratio.................      59.0       58.6       58.5       58.7       58.5       58.3       58.5       58.1       58.2 
         Unemployed....................................     1,786      1,634      1,864      1,619      1,608      1,628      1,545      1,547      1,655 
           Unemployment rate...........................      10.2        9.4       10.5        9.4        9.3        9.4        8.9        9.0        9.5 
       Not in labor force..............................     9,085      9,532      9,349      9,327      9,531      9,580      9,631      9,751      9,652 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                                 
       Civilian labor force............................     7,801      7,699      7,800      7,764      7,703      7,760      7,757      7,670      7,735 
           Participation rate..........................      73.2       70.9       71.8       72.8       71.3       71.7       71.6       70.7       71.2 
         Employed......................................     7,156      7,098      7,082      7,121      7,062      7,067      7,057      7,018      7,039 
           Employment-population ratio.................      67.1       65.4       65.2       66.8       65.4       65.3       65.1       64.7       64.8 
         Unemployed....................................       646        602        717        643        641        694        700        652        696 
           Unemployment rate...........................       8.3        7.8        9.2        8.3        8.3        8.9        9.0        8.5        9.0 
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                                
       Civilian labor force............................     8,606      8,711      8,766      8,618      8,725      8,677      8,693      8,684      8,757 
           Participation rate..........................      64.3       64.2       64.5       64.4       64.5       64.1       64.1       64.0       64.5 
         Employed......................................     7,842      8,025      8,024      7,911      8,058      8,004      8,063      8,033      8,076 
           Employment-population ratio.................      58.6       59.2       59.1       59.1       59.6       59.1       59.5       59.2       59.5 
         Unemployed....................................       764        686        743        707        667        673        630        651        681 
           Unemployment rate...........................       8.9        7.9        8.5        8.2        7.6        7.8        7.2        7.5        7.8 
                                                                                                                                                          
                 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                               
       Civilian labor force............................     1,034      1,040      1,107        817        905        889        862        877        877 
           Participation rate..........................      41.7       40.6       43.1       32.9       35.6       34.9       33.8       34.2       34.1 
         Employed......................................       657        693        703        549        606        627        647        634        600 
           Employment-population ratio.................      26.5       27.0       27.3       22.1       23.9       24.6       25.3       24.7       23.3 
         Unemployed....................................       376        347        404        268        299        262        216        244        278 
           Unemployment rate...........................      36.4       33.4       36.5       32.8       33.1       29.5       25.0       27.8       31.6 
                                                                                                                                                          
                           ASIAN                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstutional population................     9,812     10,176     10,180      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
       Civilian labor force............................     6,583      6,746      6,758      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Participation rate..........................      67.1       66.3       66.4      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
         Employed......................................     6,244      6,512      6,573      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Employment-population ratio.................      63.6       64.0       64.6      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
         Unemployed....................................       340        234        185      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Unemployment rate...........................       5.2        3.5        2.7      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
       Not in labor force..............................     3,229      3,429      3,422      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   

       1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted
     columns.
       2 Data not available.
       NOTE:  Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races.  Beginning in
     January 2006, 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                                                                                                             
                                                           July       June       July       July       Mar.       Apr.       May        June       July   
                                                           2005       2006       2006       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                                                              
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............    29,168     30,053     30,140     29,168     29,793     29,880     29,966     30,053     30,140 
       Civilian labor force............................    19,921     20,874     20,798     19,792     20,489     20,583     20,574     20,753     20,663 
           Participation rate..........................      68.3       69.5       69.0       67.9       68.8       68.9       68.7       69.1       68.6 
         Employed......................................    18,816     19,806     19,699     18,700     19,385     19,476     19,541     19,649     19,578 
           Employment-population ratio.................      64.5       65.9       65.4       64.1       65.1       65.2       65.2       65.4       65.0 
         Unemployed....................................     1,105      1,068      1,099      1,092      1,104      1,107      1,033      1,104      1,085 
           Unemployment rate...........................       5.5        5.1        5.3        5.5        5.4        5.4        5.0        5.3        5.3 
       Not in labor force..............................     9,247      9,179      9,342      9,376      9,304      9,297      9,392      9,300      9,477 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                                 
       Civilian labor force............................    11,385     11,906     11,822      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Participation rate..........................      83.7       84.9       84.1      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
         Employed......................................    10,975     11,468     11,351      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Employment-population ratio.................      80.7       81.8       80.7      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
         Unemployed....................................       410        438        471      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Unemployment rate...........................       3.6        3.7        4.0      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                                
       Civilian labor force............................     7,381      7,796      7,718      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Participation rate..........................      57.3       58.9       58.1      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
         Employed......................................     6,871      7,402      7,317      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Employment-population ratio.................      53.4       55.9       55.1      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
         Unemployed....................................       510        394        401      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Unemployment rate...........................       6.9        5.1        5.2      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
                                                                                                                                                          
                 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                               
       Civilian labor force............................     1,155      1,172      1,258      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Participation rate..........................      42.9       42.0       44.9      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
         Employed......................................       970        936      1,030      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Employment-population ratio.................      36.0       33.5       36.8      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
         Unemployed....................................       185        236        227      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Unemployment rate...........................      16.0       20.1       18.1      (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 2006, data reflect revised population
     controls used in the household survey.





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     Table A-4.  Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                            Seasonally adjusted                       
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Educational attainment                                                                                                                 
                                                           July       June       July       July       Mar.       Apr.       May        June       July   
                                                           2005       2006       2006       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
              Less than a high school diploma                                                                                                             
     Civilian labor force..............................    12,861     13,130     12,519     13,140     12,682     12,829     12,937     12,847     12,780 
         Participation rate............................      46.4       47.1       46.2       47.4       46.3       45.8       45.8       46.1       47.1 
       Employed........................................    11,948     12,279     11,678     12,136     11,795     11,933     12,040     11,942     11,868 
         Employment-population ratio...................      43.1       44.0       43.1       43.8       43.0       42.6       42.6       42.8       43.8 
       Unemployed......................................       913        851        840      1,004        887        897        897        905        912 
         Unemployment rate.............................       7.1        6.5        6.7        7.6        7.0        7.0        6.9        7.0        7.1 
                                                                                                                                                          
           High school graduates, no college (1)                                                                                                          
     Civilian labor force..............................    37,502     38,541     37,845     37,979     38,310     38,179     38,250     38,597     38,403 
         Participation rate............................      62.9       63.2       62.8       63.7       62.9       63.0       63.0       63.3       63.7 
       Employed........................................    35,708     37,031     36,161     36,139     36,716     36,515     36,576     37,032     36,694 
         Employment-population ratio...................      59.8       60.7       60.0       60.6       60.2       60.3       60.3       60.7       60.9 
       Unemployed......................................     1,794      1,510      1,684      1,840      1,594      1,664      1,674      1,565      1,709 
         Unemployment rate.............................       4.8        3.9        4.5        4.8        4.2        4.4        4.4        4.1        4.5 
                                                                                                                                                          
              Some college or associate degree                                                                                                            
     Civilian labor force..............................    35,328     34,614     35,711     34,928     35,508     35,354     35,115     34,972     35,359 
         Participation rate............................      72.1       71.7       72.1       71.3       72.3       72.6       72.9       72.5       71.4 
       Employed........................................    33,957     33,385     34,355     33,620     34,178     34,013     33,792     33,738     34,068 
         Employment-population ratio...................      69.3       69.2       69.3       68.7       69.6       69.8       70.1       69.9       68.8 
       Unemployed......................................     1,372      1,229      1,356      1,308      1,329      1,341      1,323      1,234      1,290 
         Unemployment rate.............................       3.9        3.6        3.8        3.7        3.7        3.8        3.8        3.5        3.6 
                                                                                                                                                          
              Bachelor's degree and higher (2)                                                                                                            
     Civilian labor force..............................    40,994     42,144     42,469     41,333     41,810     41,959     42,156     42,379     42,735 
         Participation rate............................      77.2       77.2       77.2       77.8       77.9       77.6       77.5       77.6       77.7 
       Employed........................................    39,921     41,253     41,497     40,343     40,876     41,032     41,273     41,494     41,839 
         Employment-population ratio...................      75.2       75.6       75.4       76.0       76.1       75.9       75.9       76.0       76.0 
       Unemployed......................................     1,073        891        972        991        935        927        883        885        896 
         Unemployment rate.............................       2.6        2.1        2.3        2.4        2.2        2.2        2.1        2.1        2.1 

       1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
       2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. 
       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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     Table A-5.  Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

     (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                            Seasonally adjusted                       
                                                                                                                                                          
                          Category                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                            July       June       July       July       Mar.       Apr.       May        June       July  
                                                            2005       2006       2006       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006       2006  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                      CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
     Agriculture and related industries................     2,560      2,485      2,533      2,332      2,194      2,232      2,184      2,241      2,260 
       Wage and salary workers.........................     1,447      1,503      1,568      1,305      1,255      1,307      1,286      1,329      1,370 
       Self-employed workers...........................     1,053        951        943        983        931        937        890        899        877 
       Unpaid family workers...........................        61         30         22      (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)   
                                                                                                                                                          
     Nonagricultural industries........................   140,723    142,731    143,073    139,772    141,464    141,425    141,786    142,108    142,047 
       Wage and salary workers.........................   130,949    132,892    133,239    130,186    131,638    131,728    131,965    132,284    132,417 
         Government....................................    19,893     19,857     19,835     20,473     20,200     20,149     20,196     20,017     20,336 
         Private industries............................   111,056    113,035    113,404    109,780    111,431    111,546    111,799    112,253    112,114 
           Private households..........................       911        823        926      (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)   
           Other industries............................   110,145    112,213    112,478    108,952    110,625    110,699    110,933    111,458    111,269 
       Self-employed workers...........................     9,664      9,747      9,733      9,479      9,706      9,659      9,696      9,716      9,572 
       Unpaid family workers...........................       111         92        100      (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)   
                                                                                                                                                          
               PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                          
     All industries:                                                                                                                                      
     Part time for economic reasons....................     4,578      4,456      4,450      4,411      3,989      3,978      4,137      4,266      4,261 
         Slack work or business conditions.............     2,716      2,673      2,644      2,716      2,494      2,474      2,703      2,729      2,658 
         Could only find part-time work................     1,534      1,350      1,371      1,374      1,191      1,179      1,152      1,190      1,202 
       Part time for noneconomic reasons...............    17,563     18,411     17,492     19,539     19,373     19,460     19,701     19,684     19,501 
                                                                                                                                                          
     Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                                                          
     Part time for economic reasons....................     4,539      4,365      4,349      4,353      3,884      3,900      4,037      4,158      4,143 
         Slack work or business conditions.............     2,690      2,621      2,574      2,670      2,382      2,422      2,612      2,656      2,578 
         Could only find part-time work................     1,526      1,326      1,355      1,371      1,177      1,169      1,150      1,189      1,197 
       Part time for noneconomic reasons...............    17,170     18,006     17,152     19,110     19,044     19,112     19,292     19,310     19,170 

       1 Data not available.
       2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness,
     or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the
     reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather.
       NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal
     adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2006, 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                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                           July       June       July       July       Mar.       Apr.       May        June       July   
                                                           2005       2006       2006       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                        AGE AND SEX                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                          
     Total, 16 years and over..........................   143,283    145,216    145,606    142,111    143,641    143,688    143,976    144,363    144,329 
       16 to 19 years..................................     7,260      7,023      7,494      6,022      6,139      6,157      6,220      6,270      6,211 
         16 to 17 years................................     2,828      2,833      3,039      2,247      2,321      2,384      2,502      2,528      2,431 
         18 to 19 years................................     4,432      4,190      4,455      3,771      3,848      3,756      3,731      3,750      3,778 
       20 years and over...............................   136,023    138,193    138,112    136,088    137,502    137,531    137,757    138,093    138,118 
         20 to 24 years................................    14,489     14,244     14,420     13,899     13,820     13,777     13,871     13,842     13,828 
         25 years and over.............................   121,534    123,948    123,692    122,150    123,575    123,661    123,799    124,237    124,305 
           25 to 54 years..............................    98,261     99,430     99,267     98,548     99,315     99,167     99,280     99,541     99,554 
             25 to 34 years............................    30,637     31,075     31,110     30,639     30,973     30,816     30,884     30,988     31,086 
             35 to 44 years............................    34,555     34,448     34,290     34,699     34,553     34,508     34,486     34,518     34,429 
             45 to 54 years............................    33,069     33,907     33,867     33,211     33,790     33,842     33,910     34,035     34,038 
           55 years and over...........................    23,273     24,518     24,425     23,602     24,260     24,494     24,519     24,696     24,752 
                                                                                                                                                          
     Men, 16 years and over............................    77,541     78,263     78,469     76,258     77,273     77,237     77,313     77,357     77,162 
       16 to 19 years..................................     3,590      3,573      3,787      2,913      3,076      3,068      3,111      3,143      3,079 
         16 to 17 years................................     1,320      1,495      1,574      1,018      1,132      1,131      1,226      1,292      1,226 
         18 to 19 years................................     2,270      2,078      2,213      1,897      1,965      1,936      1,887      1,850      1,842 
       20 years and over...............................    73,951     74,691     74,682     73,345     74,197     74,169     74,202     74,215     74,082 
         20 to 24 years................................     7,803      7,652      7,781      7,396      7,389      7,361      7,384      7,364      7,370 
         25 years and over.............................    66,149     67,039     66,901     65,927     66,753     66,758     66,757     66,865     66,723 
           25 to 54 years..............................    53,498     53,892     53,879     53,214     53,676     53,634     53,632     53,682     53,619 
             25 to 34 years............................    17,143     17,130     17,206     17,005     17,200     17,068     17,077     17,043     17,065 
             35 to 44 years............................    18,896     18,785     18,779     18,814     18,782     18,818     18,805     18,717     18,702 
             45 to 54 years............................    17,459     17,977     17,894     17,395     17,694     17,747     17,750     17,922     17,853 
           55 years and over...........................    12,651     13,147     13,022     12,713     13,077     13,125     13,125     13,183     13,104 
                                                                                                                                                          
     Women, 16 years and over..........................    65,742     66,953     67,137     65,853     66,368     66,451     66,663     67,006     67,168 
       16 to 19 years..................................     3,670      3,450      3,707      3,110      3,063      3,089      3,109      3,128      3,132 
         16 to 17 years................................     1,508      1,338      1,465      1,229      1,188      1,253      1,276      1,235      1,205 
         18 to 19 years................................     2,162      2,112      2,243      1,874      1,883      1,820      1,843      1,900      1,936 
       20 years and over...............................    62,072     63,502     63,430     62,744     63,305     63,362     63,555     63,878     64,035 
         20 to 24 years................................     6,687      6,593      6,639      6,503      6,431      6,416      6,487      6,478      6,458 
         25 years and over.............................    55,385     56,910     56,791     56,223     56,822     56,903     57,042     57,372     57,582 
           25 to 54 years..............................    44,763     45,538     45,388     45,334     45,639     45,533     45,648     45,858     45,934 
             25 to 34 years............................    13,495     13,946     13,904     13,634     13,773     13,748     13,807     13,945     14,021 
             35 to 44 years............................    15,659     15,663     15,512     15,885     15,770     15,690     15,681     15,801     15,728 
             45 to 54 years............................    15,610     15,929     15,972     15,816     16,096     16,095     16,160     16,112     16,185 
           55 years and over...........................    10,622     11,371     11,403     10,889     11,183     11,370     11,394     11,513     11,648 
                                                                                                                                                          
                       MARITAL STATUS                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
     Married men, spouse present.......................    45,506     45,626     45,496     45,489     45,806     45,837     45,843     45,809     45,558 
     Married women, spouse present.....................    34,232     34,795     34,607     34,956     35,074     35,300     35,171     35,394     35,309 
     Women who maintain families.......................     8,646      9,204      9,254      (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)   
                                                                                                                                                          
                 FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
     Full-time workers (2).............................   119,409    121,070    121,951    117,329    119,053    119,251    118,959    119,452    119,818 
     Part-time workers (3).............................    23,874     24,146     23,655     24,840     24,559     24,469     24,955     24,935     24,599 
                                                                                                                                                          
                    MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                          
     Total multiple jobholders.........................     7,595      7,285      7,463      7,581      7,521      7,489      7,718      7,398      7,455 
         Percent of total employed.....................       5.3        5.0        5.1        5.3        5.2        5.2        5.4        5.1        5.2 

       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 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.










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     Table A-7.  Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                    Number of                                                                             
                                                               unemployed persons                              Unemployment rates (1)                     
                                                                 (in thousands)                                                                           
                       Characteristic                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                           July       June       July       July       Mar.       Apr.       May        June       July   
                                                           2005       2006       2006       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                        AGE AND SEX                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                          
     Total, 16 years and over..........................    7,494      6,957      7,205       5.0        4.7        4.7        4.6        4.6        4.8   
       16 to 19 years..................................    1,150      1,145      1,142      16.0       15.7       14.6       14.0       15.4       15.5   
         16 to 17 years................................      511        517        487      18.5       18.6       15.9       15.1       17.0       16.7   
         18 to 19 years................................      633        624        650      14.4       13.7       14.1       13.4       14.3       14.7   
       20 years and over...............................    6,344      5,812      6,063       4.5        4.1        4.2        4.2        4.0        4.2   
         20 to 24 years................................    1,252      1,185      1,288       8.3        7.6        8.2        8.1        7.9        8.5   
         25 years and over.............................    5,110      4,616      4,784       4.0        3.7        3.7        3.7        3.6        3.7   
           25 to 54 years..............................    4,283      3,841      3,998       4.2        3.9        3.9        3.9        3.7        3.9   
             25 to 34 years............................    1,670      1,508      1,566       5.2        4.8        4.9        4.9        4.6        4.8   
             35 to 44 years............................    1,357      1,233      1,285       3.8        3.8        3.8        3.6        3.4        3.6   
             45 to 54 years............................    1,256      1,100      1,147       3.6        3.2        3.2        3.3        3.1        3.3   
           55 years and over...........................      851        747        796       3.5        2.7        3.0        3.0        2.9        3.1   
                                                                                                                                                          
     Men, 16 years and over............................    3,928      3,727      3,862       4.9        4.6        4.7        4.8        4.6        4.8   
       16 to 19 years..................................      654        646        636      18.3       16.8       16.2       16.2       17.0       17.1   
         16 to 17 years................................      303        284        249      22.9       20.5       17.9       17.6       18.0       16.9   
         18 to 19 years................................      349        367        392      15.5       14.4       15.8       15.3       16.6       17.6   
       20 years and over...............................    3,274      3,082      3,226       4.3        4.1        4.2        4.2        4.0        4.2   
         20 to 24 years................................      711        658        700       8.8        8.3        8.7        9.1        8.2        8.7   
         25 years and over.............................    2,574      2,420      2,521       3.8        3.6        3.6        3.7        3.5        3.6   
           25 to 54 years..............................    2,151      1,998      2,092       3.9        3.8        3.8        3.8        3.6        3.8   
             25 to 34 years............................      820        821        859       4.6        4.5        4.7        4.7        4.6        4.8   
             35 to 44 years............................      659        629        627       3.4        3.6        3.5        3.2        3.3        3.2   
             45 to 54 years............................      671        547        606       3.7        3.4        3.2        3.5        3.0        3.3   
           55 years and over...........................      423        422        429       3.2        2.7        3.1        3.0        3.1        3.2   
                                                                                                                                                          
     Women, 16 years and over..........................    3,566      3,230      3,342       5.1        4.7        4.7        4.5        4.6        4.7   
       16 to 19 years..................................      497        500        505      13.8       14.5       13.0       11.7       13.8       13.9   
         16 to 17 years................................      209        233        238      14.5       16.7       14.0       12.5       15.9       16.5   
         18 to 19 years................................      284        257        258      13.2       13.0       12.3       11.3       11.9       11.7   
       20 years and over...............................    3,070      2,730      2,837       4.7        4.1        4.3        4.1        4.1        4.2   
         20 to 24 years................................      541        527        588       7.7        6.7        7.5        7.0        7.5        8.3   
         25 years and over.............................    2,536      2,196      2,263       4.3        3.8        3.9        3.8        3.7        3.8   
           25 to 54 years..............................    2,132      1,844      1,906       4.5        4.1        4.1        4.0        3.9        4.0   
             25 to 34 years............................      850        687        707       5.9        5.3        5.3        5.1        4.7        4.8   
             35 to 44 years............................      697        604        658       4.2        4.0        4.1        4.0        3.7        4.0   
             45 to 54 years............................      585        553        541       3.6        3.0        3.2        3.1        3.3        3.2   
           55 years and over (2).......................      458        352        419       4.1        2.5        2.6        2.6        3.0        3.5   
                                                                                                                                                          
                       MARITAL STATUS                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
     Married men, spouse present.......................    1,248      1,185      1,164       2.7        2.4        2.6        2.5        2.5        2.5   
     Married women, spouse present.....................    1,230      1,052      1,144       3.4        2.7        2.9        3.0        2.9        3.1   
     Women who maintain families (2)...................      831        717        744       8.8        7.5        7.5        6.3        7.2        7.4   
                                                                                                                                                          
                 FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
     Full-time workers (3).............................    6,065      5,598      5,823       4.9        4.6        4.7        4.5        4.5        4.6   
     Part-time workers (4).............................    1,459      1,370      1,395       5.5        5.1        5.1        5.1        5.2        5.4   

       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 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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     Table A-8.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                            Seasonally adjusted                       
                                                                                                                                                          
                           Reason                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                           July       June       July       July       Mar.       Apr.       May        June       July   
                                                           2005       2006       2006       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                    NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                          
     Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                                       
      jobs.............................................    3,618      3,222      3,374      3,626      3,412      3,531      3,524      3,409      3,370  
       On temporary layoff.............................    1,046        884      1,020        954        918        907        949        981        933  
       Not on temporary layoff.........................    2,573      2,338      2,355      2,673      2,494      2,624      2,575      2,428      2,437  
         Permanent job losers..........................    1,884      1,597      1,621       (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)   
         Persons who completed temporary jobs..........      688        741        734       (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)   
     Job leavers.......................................      843        794        879        825        817        846        878        818        857  
     Reentrants........................................    2,494      2,378      2,464      2,411      2,158      2,180      2,119      2,091      2,358  
     New entrants......................................      883        947        885        627        634        579        525        650        629  
                                                                                                                                                          
                    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............................................     46.2       43.9       44.4       48.4       48.6       49.5       50.0       48.9       46.7  
        On temporary layoff............................     13.3       12.0       13.4       12.7       13.1       12.7       13.5       14.1       12.9  
        Not on temporary layoff........................     32.8       31.8       31.0       35.7       35.5       36.8       36.5       34.8       33.8  
      Job leavers......................................     10.8       10.8       11.6       11.0       11.6       11.9       12.5       11.7       11.9  
      Reentrants.......................................     31.8       32.4       32.4       32.2       30.7       30.5       30.1       30.0       32.7  
      New entrants.....................................     11.3       12.9       11.6        8.4        9.0        8.1        7.4        9.3        8.7  
                                                                                                                                                          
               UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                                             
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
      Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                                      
       jobs............................................      2.4        2.1        2.2        2.4        2.3        2.3        2.3        2.3        2.2  
      Job leavers......................................       .6         .5         .6         .6         .5         .6         .6         .5         .6  
      Reentrants.......................................      1.7        1.6        1.6        1.6        1.4        1.4        1.4        1.4        1.6  
      New entrants.....................................       .6         .6         .6         .4         .4         .4         .3         .4         .4  

       1 Data not available.
       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.










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     Table A-9.  Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                            Seasonally adjusted                       
                                                                                                                                                          
                          Duration                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                           July       June       July       July       Mar.       Apr.       May        June       July   
                                                           2005       2006       2006       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                    NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                          
     Less than 5 weeks.................................    2,809      3,410      2,964      2,616      2,676      2,635      2,516      2,673      2,704  
     5 to 14 weeks.....................................    2,716      1,897      2,462      2,452      2,011      2,115      2,242      2,052      2,175  
     15 weeks and over.................................    2,314      2,034      2,176      2,483      2,333      2,373      2,297      2,133      2,338  
        15 to 26 weeks.................................      955        922        890      1,069      1,044      1,046        968      1,020        998  
        27 weeks and over..............................    1,359      1,112      1,286      1,414      1,288      1,327      1,329      1,112      1,340  
                                                                                                                                                          
     Average (mean) duration, in weeks.................     16.5       15.1       16.1       17.7       16.9       16.8       17.1       16.2       17.3  
     Median duration, in weeks.........................      8.0        5.7        7.3        8.9        8.5        8.5        8.5        7.5        8.2  
                                                                                                                                                          
                    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...............................     35.8       46.4       39.0       34.6       38.1       37.0       35.7       39.0       37.5  
       5 to 14 weeks...................................     34.6       25.8       32.4       32.5       28.6       29.7       31.8       29.9       30.1  
       15 weeks and over...............................     29.5       27.7       28.6       32.9       33.2       33.3       32.6       31.1       32.4  
         15 to 26 weeks................................     12.2       12.6       11.7       14.2       14.9       14.7       13.7       14.9       13.8  
         27 weeks and over.............................     17.3       15.2       16.9       18.7       18.4       18.6       18.8       16.2       18.6  

        NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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     Table A-10.  Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                            Unemployment        
                                                                                  Employed                     Unemployed                      rates            
                                                                                                                                                                
                                Occupation                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                            July           July            July           July            July           July   
                                                                            2005           2006            2005           2006            2005           2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
          Total, 16 years and over (1)................................     143,283        145,606          7,839          7,602            5.2            5.0   
     Management, professional, and related occupations................      48,771         49,721          1,328          1,255            2.7            2.5   
       Management, business, and financial operations occupations.....      20,371         20,938            488            471            2.3            2.2   
       Professional and related occupations...........................      28,400         28,783            840            784            2.9            2.7   
     Service occupations..............................................      24,182         25,063          1,511          1,439            5.9            5.4   
     Sales and office occupations.....................................      36,421         36,191          1,953          1,857            5.1            4.9   
       Sales and related occupations..................................      16,728         16,606            932            914            5.3            5.2   
       Office and administrative support occupations..................      19,694         19,586          1,021            943            4.9            4.6   
     Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.....      15,773         16,287            844            956            5.1            5.5   
       Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.....................       1,185          1,173             59             69            4.8            5.5   
       Construction and extraction occupations........................       9,478          9,722            576            668            5.7            6.4   
       Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations..............       5,111          5,392            208            220            3.9            3.9   
     Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......      18,136         18,343          1,304          1,168            6.7            6.0   
       Production occupations.........................................       9,236          9,536            703            518            7.1            5.1   
       Transportation and material moving occupations.................       8,901          8,807            601            650            6.3            6.9   

       1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.
       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






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     Table A-11.  Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                        Number of                                                             
                                                                                        unemployed                                 Unemployment               
                                                                                         persons                                      rates                   
                       Industry and class of worker                                   (in thousands)                                                          
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                July                  July                   July                  July       
                                                                                2005                  2006                   2005                  2006       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
            Total, 16 years and over (1)..............................          7,839                 7,602                   5.2                   5.0       
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers..................          5,922                 5,712                   5.1                   4.8       
       Mining.........................................................             22                    25                   3.7                   3.5       
       Construction...................................................            509                   633                   5.2                   6.1       
       Manufacturing..................................................            883                   736                   5.3                   4.4       
         Durable goods................................................            580                   444                   5.5                   4.2       
         Nondurable goods.............................................            303                   292                   4.9                   4.9       
       Wholesale and retail trade.....................................          1,194                 1,083                   5.6                   5.1       
       Transportation and utilities...................................            222                   237                   3.9                   4.2       
       Information....................................................            142                   103                   4.2                   3.0       
       Financial activities...........................................            309                   329                   3.3                   3.4       
       Professional and business services.............................            804                   735                   6.3                   5.5       
       Education and health services..................................            635                   659                   3.5                   3.5       
       Leisure and hospitality........................................            929                   867                   7.4                   6.8       
       Other services.................................................            274                   305                   4.2                   4.7       
     Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers..........             69                    55                   4.7                   3.6       
     Government workers...............................................            683                   659                   3.3                   3.2       
     Self employed and unpaid family workers..........................            282                   291                   2.5                   2.6       

       1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.
       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.







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     Table A-12.  Alternative measures of labor underutilization

     (Percent)
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                       Measure                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                   July     June     July     July     Mar.     Apr.     May      June     July  
                                                                                   2005     2006     2006     2005     2006     2006     2006     2006     2006  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
     U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian                                                                                     
          labor force...........................................................    1.5      1.3      1.4      1.7      1.5      1.6      1.5      1.4      1.5  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of                                                                                    
          the civilian labor force..............................................    2.4      2.1      2.2      2.4      2.3      2.3      2.3      2.3      2.2  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official                                                                                    
          unemployment rate)....................................................    5.2      4.8      5.0      5.0      4.7      4.7      4.6      4.6      4.8  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian                                                                                 
          labor force plus discouraged workers..................................    5.5      5.1      5.2      5.3      4.9      5.0      4.8      4.9      5.0  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     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...........................................    6.1      5.8      5.9      6.0      5.6      5.5      5.5      5.6      5.7  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     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......................    9.1      8.7      8.8      8.9      8.2      8.2      8.2      8.4      8.5  

        NOTE:  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a
     job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason
     for not currently looking for a job.  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had
     to settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures,"  in the October 1995
     issue of the Monthly Labor Review.  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.










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     Table A-13.  Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                              Total                          Men                          Women            
                                                                                                                                                           
                               Category                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                       July           July           July           July           July           July     
                                                                       2005           2006           2005           2006           2005           2006     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                           
     Total not in the labor force................................     75,031         75,704         27,778         28,369         47,254         47,335    
       Persons who currently want a job..........................      5,081          5,006          2,063          2,101          3,017          2,905    
        Searched for work and available to work now (1)..........      1,516          1,522            735            762            781            761    
             Reason not currently looking:                                                                                                                 
                 Discouragement over job prospects (2)...........        499            428            284            263            215            166    
                  Reasons other than discouragement (3)..........      1,016          1,094            450            499            566            595    
                                                                                                                                                           
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                           
     Total multiple jobholders (4)...............................      7,595          7,463          3,956          3,819          3,639          3,645    
         Percent of total employed...............................        5.3            5.1            5.1            4.9            5.5            5.4    
                                                                                                                                                           
         Primary job full time, secondary job part time..........      3,964          3,859          2,303          2,175          1,661          1,685    
         Primary and secondary jobs both part time...............      1,662          1,619            584            507          1,078          1,112    
         Primary and secondary jobs both full time...............        329            313            224            192            105            121    
         Hours vary on primary or secondary job..................      1,594          1,629            827            923            767            706    

       1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week.
       2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of
     discrimination.
       3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health, and
     transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
       4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                                ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

(In thousands)


                                         Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                           Change
           Industry                July     May     June     July      July     Mar.     Apr.     May     June     July     from:
                                   2005     2006    2006p    2006p     2005     2006     2006     2006    2006p    2006p  June 2006-
                                                                                                                          July 2006p

          Total nonfarm......... 133,413  135,865  136,407  135,141  133,617  134,905  135,017  135,117  135,241  135,354      113

        Total private........... 112,764  113,551  114,525  114,380  111,795  113,006  113,099  113,193  113,302  113,415      113

    Goods-producing.............  22,481   22,480   22,785   22,771   22,131   22,381   22,419   22,407   22,430   22,428       -2

Natural resources and mining....     635      673      687      697      624      661      670      672      677      684        7
   Logging......................    66.2     61.6     63.3     64.7     63.8     63.0     63.8     63.7     62.9     62.4      -.5
 Mining.........................   568.4    610.9    624.1    631.9    559.9    597.7    606.2    608.5    614.0    621.9      7.9
  Oil and gas extraction........   127.8    134.6    138.6    141.3    126.1    131.9    133.5    134.6    136.5    138.9      2.4
  Mining, except oil and gas(1).   218.2    221.4    225.4    225.8    212.7    217.6    218.2    218.5    219.1    219.6       .5
   Coal mining..................    74.7     78.4     79.0     79.3     74.1     78.3     78.7     78.4     78.4     78.7       .3
  Support activities for mining.   222.4    254.9    260.1    264.8    221.1    248.2    254.5    255.4    258.4    263.4      5.0

Construction....................   7,589    7,578    7,742    7,797    7,283    7,495    7,505    7,501    7,497    7,503        6
  Construction of buildings..... 1,737.7  1,758.8  1,788.4  1,803.5  1,691.8  1,749.2  1,756.0  1,756.1  1,752.6  1,759.8      7.2
   Residential building.........   980.5    983.9  1,001.2  1,005.1    950.0    979.6    980.7    979.6    976.8    977.1       .3
   Nonresidential building......   757.2    774.9    787.2    798.4    741.8    769.6    775.3    776.5    775.8    782.7      6.9
  Heavy and civil engineering
   construction................. 1,030.2  1,013.0  1,039.1  1,045.7    961.0    990.5    987.5    985.4    981.2    980.2     -1.0
  Specialty trade contractors... 4,820.8  4,805.8  4,914.0  4,948.2  4,629.8  4,755.7  4,761.5  4,759.7  4,763.0  4,762.6      -.4
   Residential specialty trade
    contractors................. 2,371.0  2,366.4  2,414.9  2,416.3  2,277.2  2,350.9  2,351.0  2,345.6  2,342.7  2,333.4     -9.3
   Nonresidential specialty
    trade contractors........... 2,449.8  2,439.4  2,499.1  2,531.9  2,352.6  2,404.8  2,410.5  2,414.1  2,420.3  2,429.2      8.9

Manufacturing...................  14,257   14,229   14,356   14,277   14,224   14,225   14,244   14,234   14,256   14,241      -15
   Production workers...........  10,053   10,192   10,294   10,224   10,050   10,170   10,192   10,198   10,218   10,219        1

 Durable goods..................   8,939    9,025    9,098    9,020    8,946    8,992    9,017    9,014    9,034    9,024      -10
   Production workers...........   6,178    6,391    6,448    6,378    6,204    6,347    6,370    6,380    6,399    6,401        2

  Wood products.................   559.9    556.4    560.5    556.9    553.6    558.3    554.5    555.5    552.0    551.8      -.2
  Nonmetallic mineral products..   512.9    506.4    510.2    511.4    501.8    507.2    506.6    502.7    500.6    500.9       .3
  Primary metals................   465.0    473.5    477.4    472.0    468.1    473.1    472.9    473.7    475.4    475.2      -.2
  Fabricated metal products..... 1,520.7  1,539.7  1,552.9  1,549.2  1,521.1  1,534.1  1,538.0  1,540.5  1,544.6  1,549.1      4.5
  Machinery..................... 1,164.8  1,180.9  1,190.3  1,195.4  1,165.0  1,171.5  1,174.9  1,179.6  1,184.0  1,191.6      7.6
  Computer and electronic
   products(1).................. 1,329.6  1,327.1  1,342.1  1,333.5  1,322.8  1,322.0  1,329.0  1,327.5  1,333.4  1,325.2     -8.2
   Computer and peripheral
    equipment...................   208.8    203.0    204.5    204.7    207.6    202.7    203.1    202.7    203.1    203.2       .1
   Communications equipment.....   148.5    150.1    150.9    147.2    147.6    149.3    149.6    149.6    149.4    146.2     -3.2
   Semiconductors and electronic
    components..................   453.8    458.1    465.8    465.8    451.4    453.1    457.8    458.5    461.6    462.6      1.0
   Electronic instruments.......   441.4    444.7    449.2    446.7    439.1    444.3    446.4    445.6    448.0    444.2     -3.8
  Electrical equipment and
   appliances...................   435.0    442.2    448.4    444.6    434.3    439.3    441.4    442.4    445.6    443.9     -1.7
  Transportation equipment(1)... 1,731.7  1,785.0  1,800.2  1,749.8  1,761.3  1,772.6  1,785.2  1,779.8  1,789.1  1,780.5     -8.6
   Motor vehicles and parts(2).. 1,048.8  1,094.4  1,102.3  1,052.7  1,080.2  1,086.8  1,098.2  1,088.3  1,092.0  1,084.1     -7.9
  Furniture and related products   560.9    559.0    558.9    552.7    561.3    557.6    558.5    556.8    555.5    552.8     -2.7
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...   658.4    654.3    657.5    654.6    656.9    656.7    655.5    655.0    653.7    653.4      -.3

 Nondurable goods...............   5,318    5,204    5,258    5,257    5,278    5,233    5,227    5,220    5,222    5,217       -5
   Production workers...........   3,875    3,801    3,846    3,846    3,846    3,823    3,822    3,818    3,819    3,818       -1

  Food manufacturing............ 1,497.6  1,443.1  1,468.6  1,483.8  1,474.7  1,460.7  1,462.4  1,461.7  1,463.8  1,460.1     -3.7
  Beverages and tobacco products   196.3    193.4    198.5    201.7    190.8    194.4    195.0    194.9    195.5    196.5      1.0
  Textile mills.................   217.1    201.2    199.3    194.4    217.5    203.7    201.7    199.9    197.3    194.9     -2.4
  Textile product mills.........   172.9    169.6    170.3    169.5    172.0    170.5    168.1    168.2    168.6    168.8       .2
  Apparel.......................   258.3    252.1    254.6    248.0    259.4    252.8    252.3    250.8    250.5    249.5     -1.0
  Leather and allied products...    39.2     37.9     37.5     36.4     39.5     37.5     37.7     37.5     37.2     36.8      -.4
  Paper and paper products......   486.5    471.7    473.2    472.6    484.6    475.2    472.8    472.9    471.3    470.5      -.8
  Printing and related support
   activities...................   649.5    641.6    645.1    640.5    646.4    644.1    643.0    640.9    640.2    637.8     -2.4
  Petroleum and coal products...   116.2    115.0    118.4    119.6    113.3    113.3    114.0    114.6    115.5    116.2       .7
  Chemicals.....................   885.1    887.2    895.0    900.6    879.4    887.0    887.1    887.7    890.3    894.0      3.7
  Plastics and rubber products..   799.1    791.4    797.6    790.3    800.1    793.6    792.5    791.1    792.2    791.4      -.8

    Service-providing........... 110,932  113,385  113,622  112,370  111,486  112,524  112,598  112,710  112,811  112,926      115

     Private service-providing..  90,283   91,071   91,740   91,609   89,664   90,625   90,680   90,786   90,872   90,987      115

Trade, transportation, and
 utilities......................  25,970   25,990   26,120   26,042   25,976   26,075   26,053   26,039   26,050   26,062       12

 Wholesale trade................ 5,787.4  5,858.9  5,892.6  5,883.4  5,755.3  5,824.0  5,833.5  5,842.1  5,849.7  5,850.6       .9
  Durable goods................. 3,010.6  3,050.3  3,069.6  3,069.5  2,993.4  3,039.7  3,044.7  3,047.0  3,051.5  3,052.0       .5
  Nondurable goods.............. 2,036.8  2,049.5  2,061.4  2,056.2  2,023.6  2,032.9  2,034.4  2,039.8  2,040.8  2,042.7      1.9
  Electronic markets and agents
   and brokers..................   740.0    759.1    761.6    757.7    738.3    751.4    754.4    755.3    757.4    755.9     -1.5

 Retail trade...................15,296.6 15,151.2 15,223.1 15,194.6 15,309.8 15,306.6 15,260.4 15,225.7 15,221.5 15,221.5       .0
  Motor vehicle and parts
   dealers(1)................... 1,944.8  1,912.4  1,928.9  1,926.9  1,925.9  1,911.8  1,911.0  1,909.6  1,910.7  1,908.1     -2.6
   Automobile dealers........... 1,272.6  1,243.2  1,252.9  1,254.6  1,266.5  1,244.6  1,245.6  1,245.3  1,247.2  1,247.4       .2
  Furniture and home furnishings
   stores.......................   570.9    590.7    591.1    588.3    578.5    591.3    595.3    595.2    595.5    596.2       .7
  Electronics and appliance
   stores.......................   521.9    521.3    525.3    520.8    534.0    535.1    534.8    533.1    533.8    533.2      -.6
  Building material and garden
   supply stores................ 1,318.0  1,375.8  1,376.2  1,361.0  1,279.3  1,312.4  1,313.9  1,317.2  1,316.5  1,321.4      4.9
  Food and beverage stores...... 2,841.3  2,802.3  2,823.8  2,822.4  2,822.6  2,809.6  2,808.8  2,803.4  2,802.5  2,802.8       .3
  Health and personal care
   stores.......................   953.2    957.5    960.8    957.0    954.1    960.3    956.8    959.8    958.6    959.6      1.0
  Gasoline stations.............   886.1    860.7    872.2    878.1    874.6    866.0    867.0    859.5    864.8    865.9      1.1
  Clothing and clothing
   accessories stores........... 1,432.8  1,374.4  1,406.6  1,432.6  1,430.7  1,423.1  1,418.6  1,412.3  1,422.5  1,431.4      8.9
  Sporting goods, hobby, book,
   and music stores.............   625.7    612.4    611.4    604.3    642.7    634.5    632.8    628.7    627.6    623.5     -4.1
  General merchandise stores(1). 2,879.0  2,827.7  2,814.0  2,795.8  2,931.1  2,929.4  2,892.0  2,880.0  2,865.5  2,857.3     -8.2
   Department stores............ 1,569.1  1,535.7  1,535.9  1,526.1  1,613.5  1,607.4  1,591.4  1,584.1  1,576.5  1,573.4     -3.1
  Miscellaneous store retailers.   903.5    899.7    896.7    891.1    903.1    902.5    899.5    896.3    892.7    891.8      -.9
  Nonstore retailers............   419.4    416.3    416.1    416.3    433.2    430.6    429.9    430.6    430.8    430.3      -.5

 Transportation and warehousing. 4,324.1  4,420.2  4,442.0  4,398.7  4,353.0  4,384.4  4,398.1  4,410.8  4,419.5  4,429.3      9.8
  Air transportation............   506.7    487.7    488.9    490.5    503.6    487.6    489.0    486.7    486.5    487.5      1.0
  Rail transportation...........   230.0    228.1    228.3    228.5    228.9    227.5    227.4    227.8    227.6    227.4      -.2
  Water transportation..........    62.9     63.8     65.6     67.0     60.2     62.5     62.8     62.9     63.3     64.2       .9
  Truck transportation.......... 1,413.5  1,412.8  1,438.2  1,446.2  1,396.3  1,409.2  1,417.4  1,417.5  1,421.6  1,428.5      6.9
  Transit and ground passenger
   transportation...............   327.6    415.5    393.3    328.6    387.3    394.5    391.0    394.8    395.4    391.7     -3.7
  Pipeline transportation.......    37.6     37.9     38.3     38.9     37.4     37.7     37.8     38.1     38.2     38.5       .3
  Scenic and sightseeing
   transportation...............    41.7     33.1     38.5     42.1     31.4     32.4     31.8     31.9     31.5     31.5       .0
  Support activities for
   transportation...............   551.6    564.7    571.2    566.6    549.5    562.2    564.2    566.4    568.8    565.8     -3.0
  Couriers and messengers.......   568.2    581.0    579.5    582.7    571.3    575.2    577.6    581.2    581.4    584.8      3.4
  Warehousing and storage.......   584.3    595.6    600.2    607.6    587.1    595.6    599.1    603.5    605.2    609.4      4.2

 Utilities......................   562.1    560.1    562.4    565.3    557.7    559.5    560.5    560.3    559.7    560.5       .8

Information.....................   3,080    3,066    3,080    3,067    3,061    3,072    3,070    3,061    3,060    3,051       -9
  Publishing industries, except
   Internet.....................   908.6    899.4    905.1    903.7    905.9    903.5    904.4    902.9    901.4    900.8      -.6
  Motion picture and sound
   recording industries.........   388.9    381.9    388.9    386.1    375.9    389.5    384.4    377.3    379.3    375.8     -3.5
  Broadcasting, except Internet.   329.0    326.4    327.8    325.8    328.3    325.5    327.1    327.0    326.6    325.3     -1.3
  Internet publishing and
   broadcasting.................    30.1     30.8     30.9     30.2     29.9     30.3     30.4     30.5     30.3     30.0      -.3
  Telecommunications............   998.9    995.6    991.7    990.5    996.8    993.2    993.5    993.1    989.5    988.6      -.9
  ISPs, search portals, and data
   processing...................   373.5    381.7    385.3    380.2    373.6    380.7    380.0    380.4    383.4    380.5     -2.9
  Other information services....    51.0     50.5     50.5     50.7     50.7     49.4     49.7     50.1     49.9     50.0       .1

Financial activities............   8,205    8,317    8,382    8,384    8,136    8,282    8,308    8,315    8,310    8,316        6
 Finance and insurance.......... 6,025.7  6,139.1  6,159.5  6,161.8  6,002.5  6,120.1  6,134.5  6,139.0  6,130.0  6,138.9      8.9
  Monetary authorities - central
   bank.........................    20.9     21.3     21.8     21.9     20.7     21.3     21.4     21.5     21.7     21.8       .1
  Credit intermediation and
   related activities(1)........ 2,879.3  2,924.6  2,938.6  2,938.4  2,866.1  2,914.7  2,921.3  2,924.3  2,920.5  2,925.0      4.5
   Depository credit
    intermediation(1)........... 1,784.6  1,817.5  1,827.8  1,830.1  1,773.5  1,810.6  1,813.6  1,816.8  1,816.4  1,818.1      1.7
    Commercial banking.......... 1,305.6  1,322.1  1,330.8  1,332.4  1,296.9  1,318.3  1,320.1  1,321.7  1,322.8  1,322.9       .1
  Securities, commodity
   contracts, investments.......   781.9    799.0    797.6    799.0    779.6    798.8    800.7    800.8    796.6    796.9       .3
  Insurance carriers and related
   activities................... 2,256.5  2,304.6  2,310.7  2,311.2  2,249.3  2,297.1  2,302.5  2,302.9  2,301.1  2,304.4      3.3
  Funds, trusts, and other
   financial vehicles...........    87.1     89.6     90.8     91.3     86.8     88.2     88.6     89.5     90.1     90.8       .7
 Real estate and rental and
  leasing....................... 2,179.1  2,177.9  2,222.4  2,222.5  2,133.3  2,162.3  2,173.8  2,176.4  2,180.4  2,177.5     -2.9
  Real estate................... 1,486.7  1,495.4  1,522.0  1,525.1  1,458.8  1,489.2  1,499.3  1,498.0  1,499.7  1,499.2      -.5
  Rental and leasing services...   665.2    654.3    671.6    667.9    647.4    644.9    646.1    650.2    652.0    649.1     -2.9
  Lessors of nonfinancial
   intangible assets............    27.2     28.2     28.8     29.5     27.1     28.2     28.4     28.2     28.7     29.2       .5

Professional and business
 services.......................  17,027   17,275   17,525   17,496   16,898   17,199   17,211   17,276   17,313   17,356       43
 Professional and technical
  services(1)................... 7,006.4  7,154.8  7,241.0  7,269.8  7,024.7  7,170.3  7,192.0  7,220.6  7,239.4  7,282.5     43.1
   Legal services............... 1,184.4  1,154.0  1,175.3  1,175.0  1,167.5  1,162.5  1,162.5  1,159.6  1,157.2  1,158.5      1.3
   Accounting and bookkeeping
    services....................   774.9    814.6    814.1    802.8    841.3    849.9    852.7    860.4    867.3    868.5      1.2
   Architectural and engineering
    services.................... 1,329.6  1,368.0  1,390.2  1,404.3  1,307.8  1,356.5  1,360.6  1,369.3  1,371.0  1,381.0     10.0
   Computer systems design and
    related services............ 1,185.4  1,251.6  1,262.2  1,270.3  1,189.2  1,235.2  1,243.1  1,255.5  1,260.2  1,272.0     11.8
   Management and technical
    consulting services.........   855.2    877.1    885.2    892.9    847.6    875.4    878.0    879.4    879.4    885.6      6.2
 Management of companies and
  enterprises................... 1,774.3  1,782.6  1,797.7  1,805.5  1,757.1  1,774.9  1,775.4  1,779.7  1,781.1  1,784.4      3.3
 Administrative and waste
  services...................... 8,246.4  8,337.4  8,485.9  8,420.2  8,116.0  8,253.7  8,244.0  8,276.1  8,292.1  8,288.6     -3.5
  Administrative and support
   services(1).................. 7,901.6  8,002.0  8,144.8  8,078.0  7,778.4  7,917.9  7,908.5  7,941.1  7,956.7  7,953.2     -3.5
   Employment services(1)....... 3,577.2  3,634.9  3,712.6  3,668.2  3,561.5  3,644.0  3,633.9  3,653.8  3,660.0  3,652.7     -7.3
    Temporary help services..... 2,529.9  2,606.3  2,643.7  2,603.6  2,523.9  2,604.6  2,596.8  2,613.4  2,603.7  2,601.3     -2.4
   Business support services....   753.5    766.3    766.3    763.3    759.5    761.3    761.6    765.8    766.4    768.6      2.2
   Services to buildings and
    dwellings................... 1,847.0  1,840.4  1,889.2  1,879.2  1,738.5  1,765.8  1,766.0  1,767.4  1,770.1  1,769.2      -.9
  Waste management and
   remediation services.........   344.8    335.4    341.1    342.2    337.6    335.8    335.5    335.0    335.4    335.4       .0

Education and health services...  17,043   17,762   17,532   17,395   17,368   17,622   17,650   17,676   17,702   17,726       24
 Educational services........... 2,500.2  2,916.5  2,632.7  2,533.1  2,820.4  2,845.4  2,849.2  2,853.1  2,849.2  2,857.3      8.1
 Health care and social
  assistance....................14,543.1 14,845.5 14,899.3 14,861.7 14,547.4 14,776.5 14,800.4 14,823.3 14,852.3 14,868.6     16.3
 Health care(3).................12,367.4 12,549.2 12,624.7 12,641.6 12,334.3 12,516.3 12,538.1 12,561.5 12,585.3 12,608.3     23.0
   Ambulatory health care
    services(1)................. 5,129.3  5,250.2  5,271.7  5,267.6  5,121.8  5,232.5  5,240.1  5,249.1  5,254.6  5,262.5      7.9
    Offices of physicians....... 2,106.5  2,165.9  2,181.1  2,181.0  2,104.2  2,154.8  2,162.1  2,168.6  2,173.6  2,178.3      4.7
    Outpatient care centers.....   476.5    489.4    491.4    490.7    474.7    488.6    488.8    488.8    490.0    489.8      -.2
    Home health care services...   817.0    842.3    842.0    839.3    817.1    835.8    835.5    839.9    838.5    839.7      1.2
   Hospitals.................... 4,371.9  4,408.5  4,441.0  4,453.6  4,353.5  4,402.5  4,409.6  4,417.6  4,428.1  4,433.9      5.8
   Nursing and residential care
    facilities(1)............... 2,866.2  2,890.5  2,912.0  2,920.4  2,859.0  2,881.3  2,888.4  2,894.8  2,902.6  2,911.9      9.3
    Nursing care facilities..... 1,582.2  1,587.4  1,593.8  1,597.5  1,579.9  1,582.6  1,585.4  1,590.1  1,590.6  1,594.7      4.1
  Social assistance(1).......... 2,175.7  2,296.3  2,274.6  2,220.1  2,213.1  2,260.2  2,262.3  2,261.8  2,267.0  2,260.3     -6.7
   Child day care services......   743.5    816.3    788.0    738.3    786.6    795.6    797.0    793.7    790.2    783.5     -6.7

Leisure and hospitality.........  13,500   13,234   13,628   13,760   12,833   12,976   12,989   13,014   13,035   13,077       42
 Arts, entertainment, and
  recreation.................... 2,201.2  1,988.0  2,162.4  2,221.7  1,894.9  1,903.1  1,911.5  1,910.2  1,911.0  1,914.6      3.6
  Performing arts and spectator
   sports.......................   397.6    389.2    394.1    403.6    372.2    364.4    369.2    374.3    374.9    375.6       .7
  Museums, historical sites,
   zoos, and parks..............   133.7    128.3    134.2    137.2    121.3    121.5    122.8    124.1    123.4    123.9       .5
  Amusements, gambling, and
   recreation................... 1,669.9  1,470.5  1,634.1  1,680.9  1,401.4  1,417.2  1,419.5  1,411.8  1,412.7  1,415.1      2.4
 Accommodations and food
  services......................11,298.4 11,245.6 11,465.4 11,538.6 10,937.9 11,072.8 11,077.7 11,104.0 11,124.2 11,162.5     38.3
  Accommodations................ 1,961.1  1,795.7  1,888.9  1,953.4  1,813.2  1,803.1  1,795.4  1,799.3  1,799.6  1,808.5      8.9
  Food services and drinking
   places....................... 9,337.3  9,449.9  9,576.5  9,585.2  9,124.7  9,269.7  9,282.3  9,304.7  9,324.6  9,354.0     29.4

Other services..................   5,458    5,427    5,473    5,465    5,392    5,399    5,399    5,405    5,402    5,399       -3
  Repair and maintenance........ 1,251.3  1,258.8  1,262.4  1,251.4  1,240.9  1,245.8  1,249.8  1,251.5  1,249.8  1,242.5     -7.3
  Personal and laundry services. 1,278.4  1,285.8  1,287.1  1,280.1  1,271.3  1,270.7  1,269.7  1,269.8  1,269.2  1,273.0      3.8
  Membership associations and
   organizations................ 2,928.5  2,882.5  2,923.5  2,933.1  2,879.6  2,882.4  2,879.3  2,883.8  2,883.4  2,883.0      -.4

Government......................  20,649   22,314   21,882   20,761   21,822   21,899   21,918   21,924   21,939   21,939        0
 Federal........................   2,743    2,704    2,728    2,738    2,726    2,706    2,704    2,708    2,713    2,719        6
  Federal, except U.S. Postal
   Service...................... 1,970.8  1,940.4  1,962.0  1,965.3  1,950.7  1,937.0  1,937.9  1,938.1  1,941.8  1,944.1      2.3
  U.S. Postal Service...........   772.5    764.0    765.7    772.3    775.5    769.3    766.2    769.7    770.8    774.6      3.8
 State government...............   4,750    5,086    4,834    4,741    5,023    5,024    5,032    5,032    5,028    5,018      -10
  State government education.... 1,947.7  2,302.3  2,032.3  1,942.7  2,249.0  2,248.0  2,255.0  2,254.7  2,251.7  2,245.3     -6.4
  State government, excluding
   education.................... 2,802.3  2,783.2  2,801.8  2,798.4  2,773.8  2,776.2  2,777.3  2,776.9  2,776.2  2,772.9     -3.3
 Local government...............  13,156   14,524   14,320   13,282   14,073   14,169   14,182   14,184   14,198   14,202        4
  Local government education.... 6,744.0  8,271.6  7,882.3  6,783.0  7,878.0  7,922.1  7,927.3  7,922.9  7,924.7  7,924.5      -.2
  Local government, excluding
   education.................... 6,411.6  6,251.9  6,437.6  6,498.5  6,195.0  6,246.7  6,254.3  6,260.9  6,273.6  6,277.8      4.2


  1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
  3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.
  p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector
and selected industry detail


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Change
                  Industry                       July   May    June   July    July   Mar.   Apr.   May    June   July     from:
                                                 2005   2006   2006p  2006p   2005   2006   2006   2006   2006p  2006p  June 2006-
                                                                                                                        July 2006p


        Total private.........................   33.8   33.7   33.9   34.2    33.8   33.8   33.9   33.8   33.9   33.9       0.0

    Goods-producing...........................   39.7   40.5   40.9   40.5    39.9   40.4   40.6   40.4   40.6   40.7        .1

Natural resources and mining..................   45.5   45.1   46.2   45.6    45.9   45.2   45.5   44.9   45.9   45.8       -.1

Construction..................................   38.8   38.9   39.6   39.3    38.2   38.9   39.1   38.5   39.0   38.8       -.2

Manufacturing.................................   39.9   41.2   41.3   40.9    40.5   41.1   41.2   41.2   41.3   41.5        .2
   Overtime hours.............................    4.3    4.5    4.6    4.3     4.5    4.5    4.6    4.6    4.6    4.5       -.1

 Durable goods................................   40.3   41.5   41.7   41.2    41.0   41.4   41.6   41.5   41.6   41.9        .3
   Overtime hours.............................    4.3    4.5    4.6    4.3     4.6    4.6    4.6    4.6    4.6    4.6        .0

  Wood products...............................   39.6   40.4   40.1   40.0    39.6   40.4   40.4   40.1   39.6   40.1        .5
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   41.6   43.3   43.8   43.0    41.7   43.0   43.3   43.1   43.4   43.3       -.1
  Primary metals..............................   42.4   43.6   43.6   43.5    43.1   43.4   43.4   43.7   43.8   44.1        .3
  Fabricated metal products...................   40.3   41.4   41.5   41.1    40.9   41.5   41.7   41.4   41.5   41.6        .1
  Machinery...................................   41.6   42.5   42.5   42.6    42.0   42.1   42.6   42.5   42.6   42.9        .3
  Computer and electronic products............   39.7   40.4   40.7   40.0    40.1   40.5   40.7   40.5   40.8   40.4       -.4
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   40.2   40.9   41.0   40.9    40.8   41.3   41.4   41.2   41.3   41.5        .2
  Transportation equipment....................   40.5   43.1   43.1   42.1    42.3   42.8   43.0   43.0   43.0   43.9        .9
   Motor vehicles and parts(2)................   39.8   42.8   43.0   41.5    42.1   42.5   42.6   42.7   42.9   43.7        .8
  Furniture and related products..............   39.2   38.4   38.9   38.6    39.2   38.5   38.5   38.7   38.5   38.6        .1
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   37.6   38.7   39.1   38.7    38.3   38.5   38.7   38.7   39.0   39.2        .2

 Nondurable goods.............................   39.3   40.5   40.8   40.4    39.7   40.4   40.5   40.6   40.7   40.8        .1
   Overtime hours.............................    4.3    4.4    4.5    4.4     4.3    4.4    4.5    4.5    4.5    4.4       -.1

  Food manufacturing..........................   38.8   39.8   40.1   39.7    39.0   39.8   39.7   39.9   40.0   39.9       -.1
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   39.9   41.4   41.8   41.0    40.0   40.2   40.1   40.9   41.1   41.0       -.1
  Textile mills...............................   39.6   40.4   40.6   40.1    40.2   40.3   40.3   40.4   40.7   40.7        .0
  Textile product mills.......................   37.8   40.0   40.4   39.6    38.2   39.6   40.2   40.2   40.2   40.2        .0
  Apparel.....................................   34.9   36.7   37.1   36.8    35.5   36.0   36.5   36.7   37.1   37.3        .2
  Leather and allied products.................   38.3   39.4   39.2   38.3    39.0   39.5   38.8   39.3   39.1   39.0       -.1
  Paper and paper products....................   42.0   43.1   43.2   42.9    42.3   42.4   42.9   43.1   43.2   43.2        .0
  Printing and related support activities.....   38.1   38.9   39.0   38.6    38.4   39.0   39.3   39.2   39.2   39.0       -.2
  Petroleum and coal products.................   45.5   45.3   44.9   46.0    45.4   45.0   45.1   45.4   45.1   45.7        .6
  Chemicals...................................   41.6   42.2   42.6   42.7    42.1   42.7   42.7   42.4   42.7   43.2        .5
  Plastics and rubber products................   38.8   40.7   41.0   40.1    39.6   40.8   40.8   40.7   40.9   40.9        .0

     Private service-providing................   32.5   32.2   32.4   32.9    32.4   32.3   32.4   32.4   32.4   32.4        .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   33.6   33.3   33.5   34.0    33.3   33.3   33.4   33.3   33.4   33.4        .0

 Wholesale trade..............................   37.5   37.8   38.0   38.3    37.6   37.8   38.1   37.9   38.0   37.9       -.1

 Retail trade.................................   31.0   30.4   30.6   31.0    30.5   30.4   30.5   30.4   30.4   30.4        .0

 Transportation and warehousing...............   37.1   36.5   36.9   37.6    37.0   36.7   36.6   36.7   36.9   37.0        .1

 Utilities....................................   41.0   41.4   41.3   41.6    41.2   41.0   41.2   41.3   41.2   41.6        .4

Information...................................   36.5   36.2   36.5   37.1    36.6   36.6   36.6   36.5   36.5   36.6        .1

Financial activities..........................   35.9   35.2   35.4   36.4    36.1   35.6   35.7   35.5   35.6   35.8        .2

Professional and business services............   34.2   34.3   34.6   34.8    34.3   34.4   34.7   34.4   34.5   34.6        .1

Education and health services.................   32.7   32.4   32.5   32.9    32.7   32.5   32.5   32.6   32.6   32.6        .0

Leisure and hospitality.......................   26.5   25.4   25.9   26.6    25.8   25.6   25.6   25.6   25.6   25.6        .0

Other services................................   31.1   30.8   31.0   31.2    31.0   30.9   31.0   30.9   30.9   30.9        .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.
  2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
  p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                          ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3.  Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail


                                                       Average hourly earnings                  Average weekly earnings

                  Industry                         July      May      June      July       July      May      June      July
                                                   2005      2006     2006p     2006p      2005      2006     2006p     2006p

        Total private........................... $16.05    $16.58    $16.59    $16.71    $542.49   $558.75   $562.40   $571.48
         Seasonally adjusted....................  16.14     16.62     16.69     16.76     545.53    561.76    565.79    568.16

    Goods-producing.............................  17.64     17.89     18.00     18.04     700.31    724.55    736.20    730.62

Natural resources and mining....................  18.70     19.79     19.78     19.86     850.85    892.53    913.84    905.62

Construction....................................  19.56     19.78     19.99     20.13     758.93    769.44    791.60    791.11

Manufacturing...................................  16.50     16.76     16.78     16.75     658.35    690.51    693.01    685.08

 Durable goods..................................  17.21     17.60     17.65     17.59     693.56    730.40    736.01    724.71
  Wood products.................................  13.21     13.35     13.49     13.42     523.12    539.34    540.95    536.80
  Nonmetallic mineral products..................  16.93     16.60     16.67     16.68     704.29    718.78    730.15    717.24
  Primary metals................................  18.93     19.10     19.10     19.05     802.63    832.76    832.76    828.68
  Fabricated metal products.....................  15.84     16.09     16.12     16.17     638.35    666.13    668.98    664.59
  Machinery.....................................  17.12     17.03     17.06     17.19     712.19    723.78    725.05    732.29
  Computer and electronic products..............  18.59     18.71     18.83     19.12     738.02    755.88    766.38    764.80
  Electrical equipment and appliances...........  15.29     15.42     15.45     15.61     614.66    630.68    633.45    638.45
  Transportation equipment......................  21.46     22.40     22.49     22.03     869.13    965.44    969.32    927.46
  Furniture and related products................  13.44     13.66     13.70     13.82     526.85    524.54    532.93    533.45
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...................  14.22     14.40     14.28     14.46     534.67    557.28    558.35    559.60

 Nondurable goods...............................  15.33     15.31     15.29     15.32     602.47    620.06    623.83    618.93
  Food manufacturing............................  13.01     13.11     13.14     13.12     504.79    521.78    526.91    520.86
  Beverages and tobacco products................  19.05     18.24     17.92     18.30     760.10    755.14    749.06    750.30
  Textile mills.................................  12.44     12.42     12.56     12.53     492.62    501.77    509.94    502.45
  Textile product mills.........................  11.75     11.97     11.98     12.08     444.15    478.80    483.99    478.37
  Apparel.......................................  10.29     10.58     10.63     10.65     359.12    388.29    394.37    391.92
  Leather and allied products...................  11.54     11.45     11.74     11.65     441.98    451.13    460.21    446.20
  Paper and paper products......................  18.22     17.88     17.90     18.12     765.24    770.63    773.28    777.35
  Printing and related support activities.......  15.71     15.77     15.63     15.76     598.55    613.45    609.57    608.34
  Petroleum and coal products...................  24.59     24.32     23.91     23.63    1118.85   1101.70   1073.56   1086.98
  Chemicals.....................................  19.72     19.51     19.36     19.23     820.35    823.32    824.74    821.12
  Plastics and rubber products..................  14.92     14.93     15.02     14.99     578.90    607.65    615.82    601.10

     Private service-providing..................  15.62     16.23     16.21     16.36     507.65    522.61    525.20    538.24

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.97     15.29     15.34     15.50     502.99    509.16    513.89    527.00

 Wholesale trade................................  18.17     18.71     18.74     19.12     681.38    707.24    712.12    732.30

 Retail trade...................................  12.43     12.57     12.59     12.70     385.33    382.13    385.25    393.70

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.79     16.97     17.17     17.21     622.91    619.41    633.57    647.10

 Utilities......................................  26.83     27.33     27.20     27.54    1100.03   1131.46   1123.36   1145.66

Information.....................................  21.98     23.10     23.02     23.26     802.27    836.22    840.23    862.95

Financial activities............................  17.90     18.59     18.57     18.84     642.61    654.37    657.38    685.78

Professional and business services..............  17.98     18.86     18.84     19.20     614.92    646.90    651.86    668.16

Education and health services...................  16.80     17.21     17.26     17.39     549.36    557.60    560.95    572.13

Leisure and hospitality.........................   9.01      9.55      9.50      9.50     238.77    242.57    246.05    252.70

Other services..................................  14.24     14.55     14.49     14.45     442.86    448.14    449.19    450.84


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted


                                                                                                       Percent
                  Industry                         July     Mar.     Apr.     May     June     July  change from:
                                                   2005     2006     2006     2006    2006p    2006p  June 2006-
                                                                                                      July 2006p
        Total private:
         Current dollars........................ $16.14   $16.51   $16.61   $16.62   $16.69   $16.76      0.4
         Constant (1982) dollars(2).............   8.20     8.19     8.18     8.15     8.17     N.A.     (3)

    Goods-producing.............................  17.63    17.82    17.87    17.92    18.00    18.01       .1

Natural resources and mining....................  18.74    19.52    19.71    19.79    19.85    19.90       .3

Construction....................................  19.52    19.65    19.70    19.86    20.02    20.04       .1

Manufacturing...................................  16.58    16.74    16.78    16.79    16.82    16.83       .1
   Excluding overtime(4)........................  15.71    15.87    15.89    15.90    15.93    15.96       .2

 Durable goods..................................  17.36    17.57    17.60    17.65    17.70    17.73       .2

 Nondurable goods...............................  15.27    15.33    15.37    15.33    15.30    15.28      -.1

     Private service-providing..................  15.75    16.16    16.27    16.27    16.33    16.42       .6

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  15.00    15.20    15.30    15.30    15.38    15.46       .5

 Wholesale trade................................  18.22    18.66    18.69    18.79    18.86    18.98       .6

 Retail trade...................................  12.45    12.47    12.58    12.54    12.59    12.68       .7

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.75    16.98    17.10    17.04    17.17    17.17       .0

 Utilities......................................  26.98    27.53    27.44    27.34    27.48    27.67       .7

Information.....................................  22.17    23.00    23.13    23.16    23.26    23.39       .6

Financial activities............................  17.95    18.49    18.64    18.64    18.69    18.80       .6

Professional and business services..............  18.11    18.80    18.98    18.93    18.99    19.15       .8

Education and health services...................  16.76    17.16    17.22    17.26    17.32    17.35       .2

Leisure and hospitality.........................   9.13     9.42     9.49     9.54     9.57     9.61       .4

Other services..................................  14.35    14.48    14.49    14.52    14.54    14.55       .1


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series.
  3 Change was .2 percent from May 2006 to June 2006, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
  N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5.  Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      July   May    June   July    July   Mar.   Apr.   May    June   July   change from:
                                                2005   2006   2006p  2006p   2005   2006   2006   2006   2006p  2006p   June 2006-
                                                                                                                        July 2006p

        Total private.........................  103.9  104.7  106.4  107.2   102.9  104.4  104.8  104.7  105.1  105.2       0.1

    Goods-producing...........................   99.3  102.4  105.0  103.8    98.1  101.5  102.2  101.7  102.4  102.6        .2

Natural resources and mining..................  116.1  122.0  127.9  128.4   114.9  120.1  122.1  121.4  125.1  126.1        .8

Construction..................................  113.5  113.8  118.6  118.6   106.5  112.4  113.1  111.3  112.7  112.0       -.6

Manufacturing.................................   92.1   96.4   97.6   96.0    93.4   95.9   96.4   96.4   96.9   97.3        .4

 Durable goods................................   93.5   99.7  101.0   98.7    95.6   98.7   99.6   99.5  100.0  100.8        .8
  Wood products...............................  100.3  101.7  101.5  100.5    99.0  102.3  101.6  100.8   98.6   99.6       1.0
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   98.0  100.9  102.7  101.6    95.6  100.5  100.8   99.7   99.6   99.8        .2
  Primary metals..............................   91.3   96.4   97.0   95.1    93.6   96.0   95.8   96.6   97.1   97.3        .2
  Fabricated metal products...................   97.4  102.0  103.5  102.1    98.9  102.0  102.7  102.2  102.9  103.5        .6
  Machinery...................................   97.8  102.6  103.3  103.8    99.1  100.3  101.8  102.2  102.9  104.4       1.5
  Computer and electronic products............   94.5  104.7  106.9  104.3    95.3  103.3  105.0  104.8  106.6  105.1      -1.4
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   85.6   90.0   91.3   90.3    87.0   89.9   90.5   90.8   91.6   91.8        .2
  Transportation equipment....................   89.3  102.1  103.2   97.5    96.0  100.1  101.5  101.5  102.2  104.6       2.3
   Motor vehicles and parts(2)................   84.3   96.6   97.9   89.3    92.5   95.3   96.5   95.8   96.9   97.7        .8
  Furniture and related products..............   91.3   90.3   91.4   89.4    91.3   89.9   90.2   90.4   89.7   89.3       -.4
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   88.3   91.1   92.3   90.7    90.0   90.9   91.4   91.3   91.7   92.0        .3

 Nondurable goods.............................   89.7   90.7   92.4   91.5    89.9   91.0   91.2   91.3   91.5   91.7        .2
  Food manufacturing..........................   96.9   95.1   97.5   98.0    95.6   96.6   96.5   96.9   97.1   96.8       -.3
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   98.7   99.1  102.3  104.6    95.3  100.7  100.1  100.1   99.7  101.3       1.6
  Textile mills...............................   69.7   66.6   66.5   63.8    71.0   67.1   66.3   66.1   65.9   65.1      -1.2
  Textile product mills.......................   88.2   91.4   92.6   90.1    88.9   91.7   91.8   91.8   91.8   91.6       -.2
  Apparel.....................................   64.5   66.5   68.4   66.7    66.3   65.0   65.9   66.2   67.0   67.9       1.3
  Leather and allied products.................   77.0   77.6   75.4   72.1    79.6   76.4   75.9   76.6   75.4   75.0       -.5
  Paper and paper products....................   87.2   87.4   88.4   86.9    87.5   86.8   87.3   87.5   87.8   87.4       -.5
  Printing and related support activities.....   90.7   93.0   93.8   92.6    90.9   92.9   93.9   93.5   93.6   93.1       -.5
  Petroleum and coal products.................  105.8  101.3  102.8  106.0   102.5  100.4  100.3  101.0  100.4  102.1       1.7
  Chemicals...................................   95.8   98.9  101.1  101.0    96.5   99.2   99.5   99.2  100.3  101.6       1.3
  Plastics and rubber products................   88.7   93.1   94.5   91.4    90.9   93.3   93.3   93.0   93.6   93.6        .0

     Private service-providing................  105.1  105.3  106.9  108.4   103.9  105.0  105.4  105.6  105.7  105.8        .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  102.4  101.7  102.9  104.1   101.5  102.1  102.3  102.0  102.3  102.3        .0

 Wholesale trade..............................  101.8  104.5  105.8  106.4   101.4  103.6  104.8  104.4  104.8  104.6       -.2

 Retail trade.................................  102.4   99.4  100.5  101.7   101.0  100.6  100.6  100.1   99.9   99.9        .0

 Transportation and warehousing...............  104.4  105.6  107.5  108.3   105.0  105.1  105.3  105.9  106.9  107.4        .5

 Utilities....................................   94.5   95.9   95.9   97.5    94.1   94.6   95.3   95.7   95.1   96.4       1.4

Information...................................  100.1  100.1  101.5  102.9    99.7  100.9  100.9  100.8  100.8  100.9        .1

Financial activities..........................  105.6  105.7  107.6  110.6   105.1  106.1  107.0  106.6  107.0  107.7        .7

Professional and business services............  106.9  109.2  112.0  112.4   106.2  109.0  110.0  109.6  110.3  110.8        .5

Education and health services.................  104.8  108.2  107.1  107.6   106.8  107.6  107.8  108.3  108.4  108.6        .2

Leisure and hospitality.......................  115.7  108.9  114.5  118.8   106.6  107.4  107.5  107.7  107.9  108.2        .3

Other services................................   98.3   96.9   98.5   99.1    96.5   96.5   96.8   96.8   96.7   96.7        .0


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours
by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average
weekly hours and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6.  Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      July   May    June   July    July   Mar.   Apr.   May    June   July   change from:
                                                2005   2006   2006p  2006p   2005   2006   2006   2006   2006p  2006p   June 2006-
                                                                                                                        July 2006p

        Total private.........................  111.6  116.2  118.1  119.8   111.1  115.3  116.5  116.4  117.4  118.0       0.5

    Goods-producing...........................  107.3  112.2  115.7  114.7   105.9  110.8  111.9  111.7  112.8  113.2        .4

Natural resources and mining..................  126.2  140.4  147.1  148.3   125.2  136.3  140.0  139.8  144.5  145.9       1.0

Construction..................................  119.9  121.5  128.1  128.9   112.3  119.3  120.3  119.4  121.8  121.2       -.5

Manufacturing.................................   99.3  105.6  107.1  105.1   101.3  105.0  105.8  105.9  106.5  107.1        .6

 Durable goods................................  100.5  109.5  111.3  108.4   103.6  108.3  109.4  109.6  110.5  111.5        .9

 Nondurable goods.............................   97.2   98.1   99.9   99.1    97.0   98.5   99.0   98.9   99.0   99.1        .1

     Private service-providing................  112.8  117.4  119.0  121.8   112.4  116.5  117.8  118.0  118.6  119.4        .7

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  109.3  110.9  112.6  115.1   108.7  110.7  111.7  111.3  112.2  112.8        .5

 Wholesale trade..............................  108.9  115.2  116.8  119.8   108.8  113.9  115.3  115.6  116.5  116.9        .3

 Retail trade.................................  109.1  107.1  108.5  110.7   107.8  107.5  108.5  107.5  107.8  108.5        .6

 Transportation and warehousing...............  111.2  113.7  117.1  118.2   111.5  113.2  114.2  114.5  116.4  117.0        .5

 Utilities....................................  105.9  109.5  108.9  112.1   105.9  108.7  109.1  109.2  109.1  111.4       2.1

Information...................................  108.9  114.5  115.7  118.4   109.4  114.9  115.5  115.6  116.1  116.8        .6

Financial activities..........................  116.8  121.5  123.5  128.8   116.6  121.3  123.3  122.8  123.7  125.2       1.2

Professional and business services............  114.3  122.6  125.6  128.5   114.5  121.9  124.2  123.5  124.6  126.2       1.3

Education and health services.................  115.7  122.4  121.6  123.0   117.7  121.4  122.0  122.8  123.4  123.9        .4

Leisure and hospitality.......................  121.6  121.2  126.8  131.6   113.5  118.0  118.9  119.8  120.4  121.2        .7

Other services................................  102.0  102.7  104.0  104.3   100.9  101.8  102.2  102.4  102.4  102.5        .1


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate
payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of
average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7.  Diffusion indexes of employment change

(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:
     2002 ..............   40.8     36.5     38.3     38.7     40.1     46.0     43.7     43.3     41.7     41.9     41.5     36.0
     2003 ..............   44.1     37.9     34.9     38.3     42.8     38.8     37.6     39.7     50.7     49.8     52.0     51.3
     2004 ..............   51.6     49.5     62.4     65.5     62.4     57.7     52.7     52.0     57.0     54.3     55.0     54.1
     2005 ..............   50.7     57.7     56.7     54.7     54.5     56.7     59.2     54.1     51.4     53.4     61.7     58.6
     2006 ..............   61.0     59.9     58.5     64.4     55.8    p56.7    p53.2


Over 3-month span:
     2002 ..............   34.5     36.2     35.6     35.8     34.9     38.8     38.5     44.8     37.6     39.7     37.2     39.6
     2003 ..............   40.6     34.2     34.7     32.7     35.3     41.7     38.5     33.8     42.6     47.8     49.8     50.5
     2004 ..............   54.3     53.4     57.6     63.1     69.4     68.3     58.8     55.6     57.4     56.5     59.9     55.2
     2005 ..............   52.9     56.7     59.2     60.4     56.8     60.8     60.4     59.7     57.9     52.2     57.0     63.7
     2006 ..............   66.2     65.5     63.3     63.7     63.8    p61.7    p58.1


Over 6-month span:
     2002 ..............   30.2     30.6     31.5     30.9     32.0     36.3     35.8     37.6     34.5     36.0     36.7     35.3
     2003 ..............   34.4     31.8     31.8     34.0     32.7     36.2     33.3     32.4     40.5     45.3     46.4     47.7
     2004 ..............   49.8     52.3     54.7     60.8     63.3     63.8     63.1     63.5     59.0     61.3     55.9     55.6
     2005 ..............   55.4     57.7     57.4     58.8     55.2     58.6     60.8     59.5     60.6     57.7     58.5     60.6
     2006 ..............   61.2     61.5     63.1     67.6     65.5    p65.1    p65.3


Over 12-month span:
     2002 ..............   33.6     31.7     30.2     30.4     30.2     29.1     32.0     31.3     30.0     29.5     32.9     34.7
     2003 ..............   34.5     31.5     32.9     33.5     34.2     35.1     32.7     33.1     37.1     36.7     37.2     39.2
     2004 ..............   40.3     42.1     44.8     48.4     50.7     57.7     57.0     55.2     56.7     58.3     60.1     60.3
     2005 ..............   60.1     61.0     59.5     58.6     58.6     59.4     60.8     61.0     60.8     58.3     58.8     62.1
     2006 ..............   61.3     61.0     62.2     62.6     64.0    p65.1    p61.2

                                                        Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     2002 ..............   19.6     21.4     18.5     29.2     25.0     30.4     36.9     25.6     28.6     17.9     17.9     19.6
     2003 ..............   32.7     19.6     19.6     10.7     23.2     19.0     19.6     29.2     28.6     36.3     42.3     40.5
     2004 ..............   44.0     47.6     44.6     64.9     53.6     45.8     56.5     52.4     41.7     42.3     39.9     39.3
     2005 ..............   39.3     38.7     38.7     42.3     44.6     34.5     47.6     35.7     45.2     43.5     50.0     52.4
     2006 ..............   59.5     48.8     49.4     57.7     50.0    p60.7    p45.2


Over 3-month span:
     2002 ..............    9.5      9.5     11.3     17.9     14.9     17.9     22.6     25.6     22.6     17.3      9.5     11.9
     2003 ..............   18.5     11.3     12.5      8.3      7.7     11.3     14.9     15.5     16.7     27.4     32.1     35.7
     2004 ..............   43.5     42.3     43.5     53.6     57.7     58.9     53.6     48.8     48.2     40.5     38.1     31.0
     2005 ..............   35.7     39.9     42.9     39.9     37.5     41.1     39.3     35.7     39.9     36.3     36.9     50.0
     2006 ..............   56.0     51.8     48.8     50.6     48.8    p54.2    p50.6


Over 6-month span:
     2002 ..............    7.1      8.3      7.7      8.3      8.3     11.9     12.5     11.9     13.7      8.9      7.1      7.7
     2003 ..............   11.3     11.3      8.3      9.5     10.7      9.5      6.0      8.9     13.7     18.5     24.4     23.8
     2004 ..............   28.6     33.3     33.3     45.8     47.6     51.2     56.0     51.8     48.2     49.4     39.3     35.7
     2005 ..............   36.9     36.9     35.1     33.3     33.3     32.7     36.9     36.9     41.1     41.7     39.3     42.3
     2006 ..............   37.5     45.8     45.2     51.2     48.2    p51.2    p49.4


Over 12-month span:
     2002 ..............    7.1      6.0      6.0      6.5      7.1      3.6      4.8      6.0      4.8      7.1      4.8      8.3
     2003 ..............   10.7      6.0      6.5      6.0      8.3      7.1      7.1      8.3     10.7     10.7      9.5     10.7
     2004 ..............   13.1     14.3     13.1     20.2     23.2     35.7     36.9     38.1     36.3     44.0     44.6     44.6
     2005 ..............   44.6     44.6     41.7     40.5     39.9     33.3     32.7     31.0     32.1     39.3     35.7     40.5
     2006 ..............   41.1     39.9     39.9     42.9     41.7    p46.4    p44.0


  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.