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                   THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  JULY 2002

   
   Both the unemployment rate, 5.9 percent, and total nonfarm payroll
employment, 130.8 million, were unchanged in July, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  A gain in
payroll employment in services was partially offset by a decline in
construction.  Job losses continued to moderate in manufacturing, but 
the factory workweek fell.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons (8.3 million) and the unemployment 
rate (5.9 percent) were essentially unchanged for the third month in a 
row in July.  The jobless rates for adult men (5.2 percent), adult women 
(5.2 percent), teenagers (17.7 percent), whites (5.3 percent), blacks 
(9.9 percent), and Hispanics (7.6 percent) showed little change from the
previous month.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
   
   The number of persons unemployed for 15 weeks or more fell by 220,000 to
2.9 million in July.  This measure had been trending steadily upward since
June 2001.  (See table A-6.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   The civilian labor force and the labor force participation rate were
virtually unchanged in July, as were the number of employed persons and the
employment-population ratio.  The labor force and the number of employed
persons are very close to their levels at the end of 2001.  (See table A-1.)
   
   In July, the number of persons working part time despite their preference 
for full-time work increased by 278,000 to 4.2 million.  This follows 
declines in May and June and brings the number of persons working part time 
for economic reasons close to its April level.  Since March 2001, the number 
of such persons has increased by almost 1.0 million.  (See table A-4.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.5 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in July, compared with 1.2 million a year
earlier.  These individuals reported that they wanted and were available
for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months.  They
were not counted as unemployed, however, because they had not actively
searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  The number of
discouraged workers was 398,000 in July.  Discouraged workers, a subset of
the marginally attached, were not currently looking for work specifically
because they believed no jobs were available for them.  (See table A-10.)

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |                          |
                      |    averages     |       Monthly data       |
                      |_________________|__________________________| June-
      Category        |       2002      |           2002           | July
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |   I    |   II   |  May   |  June  |  July  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 141,868| 142,605| 142,769| 142,476| 142,390|    -86
  Employment..........| 133,894| 134,149| 134,417| 134,053| 134,045|     -8
  Unemployment........|   7,975|   8,456|   8,351|   8,424|   8,345|    -79
Not in labor force....|  71,342|  71,059|  70,889|  71,366|  71,633|    267
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     5.6|     5.9|     5.8|     5.9|     5.9|     .0
  Adult men...........|     5.1|     5.3|     5.2|     5.4|     5.2|   -0.2
  Adult women.........|     4.9|     5.2|     5.2|     5.1|     5.2|     .1
  Teenagers...........|    16.0|    17.1|    16.9|    17.6|    17.7|     .1
  White...............|     5.0|     5.2|     5.2|     5.2|     5.3|     .1
  Black...............|    10.1|    10.7|    10.2|    10.7|     9.9|    -.8
  Hispanic origin.....|     7.5|     7.4|     7.0|     7.4|     7.6|     .2
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 130,759|p130,717| 130,702|p130,768|p130,774|     p6
  Goods-producing 1/..|  24,049| p23,881|  23,870| p23,868| p23,828|   p-40
    Construction......|   6,602|  p6,546|   6,541|  p6,555|  p6,525|   p-30
    Manufacturing.....|  16,883| p16,776|  16,771| p16,758| p16,751|    p-7
  Service-producing 1/| 106,711|p106,836| 106,832|p106,900|p106,946|    p46
    Retail trade......|  23,353| p23,328|  23,327| p23,311| p23,323|    p12
    Services..........|  40,924| p41,091|  41,093| p41,155| p41,205|    p50
    Government........|  21,165| p21,206|  21,206| p21,227| p21,211|   p-16
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.2|   p34.2|    34.2|   p34.3|   p34.0|  p-0.3
  Manufacturing.......|    40.8|   p41.0|    40.9|   p41.1|   p40.7|   p-.4
    Overtime..........|     4.0|    p4.2|     4.2|    p4.3|    p4.1|   p-.2
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   148.2|  p148.3|   148.1|  p148.6|  p147.7|  p-0.9
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $14.62| p$14.71|  $14.70| p$14.75| p$14.79| p$0.04
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  499.52| p503.58|  502.74| p505.93| p502.86| p-3.07
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
   1/  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2/  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.

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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Total nonfarm payroll employment, at 130.8 million, was essentially
unchanged in July (+6,000) and has been little changed since February.  
In comparison, from March 2001 through February 2002, payroll employment
declined by 160,000 a month, on average.  (See table B-1.)
   
   The services industry added 50,000 jobs in July, the fifth consecutive
monthly gain in the industry.  Employment in health services rose by 29,000
in July, slightly above the industry's average increase for the prior 12
months.  Over the month, employment also increased in management and public
relations (12,000), services to buildings (7,000), and auto repair and
parking (4,000).  The help supply industry, which provides workers to other
businesses on a temporary basis, lost 35,000 jobs over the month.  From
February through June, employment in this industry increased by 145,000.
   
   In July, employment in the construction industry declined by 30,000,
following an increase of 14,000 in June.  Losses in the industry were
widespread over the month, including declines of 11,000 in heavy
construction and 13,000 in special trades.
   
   Manufacturing employment was little changed in July (-7,000).  Job
losses in the industry have moderated this year.  The average monthly job
loss in the industry for the 3 months ending in June was 21,000, compared
with 63,000 a month in February and March and 115,000 a month from March
2001 to January 2002.  In July, employment continued to decline in aircraft
manufacturing, and motor vehicle employment fell.  Employment in electronic
and electrical equipment was essentially unchanged in July; the industry
had been losing jobs since January 2001.  Employment in rubber and plastics
manufacturing increased (6,000), and employment in printing and publishing
was little changed for the second consecutive month, following nearly 2
years of sustained job losses.
   
   Job losses in communications continued; the industry has lost 128,000
jobs since its employment peak in April 2001.  Within finance, job gains 
in mortgage banks and brokerages (6,000) were largely offset by losses in
security and commodity brokerages (-4,000).
   
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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls declined by 0.3 hour in July to 34.0 hours, seasonally
adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek declined by 0.4 hour to 40.7 hours,
and factory overtime was down by 0.2 hour to 4.1 hours.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.6 percent in July to 147.7
(1982=100).  The manufacturing index was down by 0.9 percent over the
month.  (See table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private 
nonfarm payrolls increased by 4 cents in July to $14.79, seasonally adjusted.  
Average weekly earnings decreased by 0.6 percent over the month to $502.86.  
Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 3.2 percent and average 
weekly earnings grew by 2.6 percent.  (See table B-3.)
   
                      ______________________________
   
   The Employment Situation for August 2002 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, September 6, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
    
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  |   Upcoming Changes to National Nonfarm Payroll Series in June 2003  |
  |                                                                     |
  |     NAICS conversion.  The nonfarm payroll series, produced from    |
  | the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program, will be converted  |
  | from the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) basis to the |
  |  2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) basis   |
  | with the June 6, 2003, release of May 2003 estimates.  The NAICS    |
  | conversion involves major definitional changes to many of the       |
  | currently published SIC-based series.  After the conversion to      |
  | NAICS, SIC-based series will no longer be produced or published.    |
  | Historical time series will be reconstructed as part of the NAICS   |
  | conversion process.  All published series will have a NAICS-based   |
  | history extending back to at least January 1990.  For total non-    |
  | farm and other high-level aggregates, NAICS history will begin in   |
  | January 1939, the current starting date for these series.  For      |
  | more detailed series, the starting date will vary depending on      |
  | the scope of the definitional changes between SIC and NAICS.  The   |
  | NAICS-based reconstruction effort will cover all CES published      |
  | data types:  all employees, women workers, production workers,      |
  | average weekly hours, average hourly earnings, and derivative       |
  | series (for example, indexes of aggregate weekly hours).            |            
  |                                                                     | 
  |    Completion of the CES sample redesign.  June 6, 2003, also       | 
  | will mark the completion of the CES sample redesign phase-in.       | 
  | The redesign converts the CES from a quota-based sample to a        | 
  | probability-based sample.  In June 2003, the services industries    | 
  | will be converted to the new sample design; all other private       | 
  | sector industries have already been converted.  The final stage     | 
  | of sample redesign phase-in may result in level shifts for          | 
  | average weekly hours, average hourly earnings, production worker,   | 
  | and women worker series.  New levels for these series are being     | 
  | computed from NAICS/probability sample-based averages.              | 
  |                                                                     | 
  |    Concurrent seasonal adjustment.  Also beginning in June 2003,    | 
  | the CES program will convert from its current practice of           | 
  | updating seasonal factors twice a year to updating them every       | 
  | month.  Concurrent seasonal adjustment is technically superior      | 
  | to semiannual updates because it uses all available monthly         | 
  | estimates, including those for the current month, thereby           | 
  | eliminating the need to project the seasonal factors.  With         | 
  | the introduction of concurrent seasonal adjustment, BLS will        | 
  | no longer publish seasonal factors for CES national estimates.      | 
  |                                                                     | 
  |    Change to federal government series.  The CES series for         |
  | federal government employment will be revised slightly in scope     |        
  | and definition due to a change in source data and estimation        |
  | methods.  The current national series is an end-of-month federal    |
  | employee count produced by the Office of Personnel Management,      |
  | and it excludes some workers, mostly employees who work in          |
  | Department of Defense-owned establishments such as military base    |
  | commissaries.  Beginning in June 2003, the CES national series      |
  | will include these workers.  Also, federal government employment    |
  | will be estimated from a sample of federal establishments, will     |
  | be benchmarked annually to counts from unemployment insurance tax   |
  | records, and will reflect employee counts as of the pay period      |
  | including the 12th of the month, consistent with other CES          |
  | industry series.  The historical time series for federal            |
  | government employment will be revised to reflect these changes.     |
  |                                                                     |
  |    Further information on upcoming changes to CES data series is    |
  | available through the BLS public database on the Internet, via      |
  | the CES homepage at http://www.bls.gov/ces/, or by calling          |
  | 202-691-6555.                                                       |
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Explanatory Note


 This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about
60,000 households  conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
 
 The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B
tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.  In June 2002,
the sample included over 300,000 establishments employing about 37 million
people.
 
 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-producing sector.

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 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
 Other differences between the two surveys are described in "Comparing
Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll Surveys," which may be
obtained from BLS upon request.

Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major
industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by
aggregating independently 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 directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration,
reasons, or more detailed age categories.
 
 The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year.  For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

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period.  For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along
with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.  In both
surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
292,000.  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 -192,000 to 392,000 (100,000 +/- 292,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  The 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in
unemployment is +/- 273,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .19 percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2
months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
 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
(and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is
included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number
of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change.  The size of the

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monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the
sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment
described below.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $26.00 per issue or
$50.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household 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."  Measures of the reliability of the data
drawn from the establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due
to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-H of that
publication.
 
 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 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 211,921 213,842 214,023 211,921 213,334 213,492 213,658 213,842 214,023
    Civilian labor force............................ 143,181 143,669 143,885 141,651 142,005 142,570 142,769 142,476 142,390
          Participation rate........................    67.6    67.2    67.2    66.8    66.6    66.8    66.8    66.6    66.5
      Employed...................................... 136,385 134,992 135,289 135,106 133,894 133,976 134,417 134,053 134,045
          Employment-population ratio...............    64.4    63.1    63.2    63.8    62.8    62.8    62.9    62.7    62.6
        Agriculture.................................   3,449   3,405   3,671   3,055   3,126   3,154   3,097   3,110   3,282
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 132,936 131,587 131,618 132,051 130,768 130,823 131,320 130,942 130,763
      Unemployed....................................   6,797   8,677   8,595   6,545   8,111   8,594   8,351   8,424   8,345
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.7     6.0     6.0     4.6     5.7     6.0     5.8     5.9     5.9
    Not in labor force..............................  68,739  70,173  70,139  70,270  71,329  70,922  70,889  71,366  71,633
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,488   5,083   4,856   4,546   4,537   4,468   4,779   4,689   4,895
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 101,885 102,856 102,945 101,885 102,607 102,682 102,765 102,856 102,945
    Civilian labor force............................  76,936  77,016  77,274  75,626  75,756  76,009  76,415  76,189  76,041
          Participation rate........................    75.5    74.9    75.1    74.2    73.8    74.0    74.4    74.1    73.9
      Employed......................................  73,441  72,388  72,831  72,093  71,299  71,397  71,894  71,524  71,509
          Employment-population ratio...............    72.1    70.4    70.7    70.8    69.5    69.5    70.0    69.5    69.5
      Unemployed....................................   3,494   4,627   4,443   3,533   4,457   4,611   4,521   4,665   4,532
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.5     6.0     5.7     4.7     5.9     6.1     5.9     6.1     6.0
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  93,708  94,622  94,694  93,708  94,315  94,414  94,479  94,622  94,694
    Civilian labor force............................  71,818  72,404  72,437  71,500  71,723  72,098  72,428  72,288  72,172
          Participation rate........................    76.6    76.5    76.5    76.3    76.0    76.4    76.7    76.4    76.2
      Employed......................................  69,081  68,751  68,877  68,610  68,013  68,193  68,647  68,390  68,405
          Employment-population ratio...............    73.7    72.7    72.7    73.2    72.1    72.2    72.7    72.3    72.2
        Agriculture.................................   2,231   2,301   2,463   2,035   2,084   2,213   2,125   2,138   2,256
        Nonagricultural industries..................  66,850  66,450  66,413  66,575  65,929  65,980  66,522  66,251  66,149
      Unemployed....................................   2,737   3,653   3,560   2,890   3,710   3,905   3,781   3,899   3,767
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.8     5.0     4.9     4.0     5.2     5.4     5.2     5.4     5.2
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 110,035 110,985 111,078 110,035 110,728 110,809 110,893 110,985 111,078
    Civilian labor force............................  66,246  66,653  66,610  66,025  66,249  66,561  66,354  66,287  66,349
          Participation rate........................    60.2    60.1    60.0    60.0    59.8    60.1    59.8    59.7    59.7
      Employed......................................  62,943  62,603  62,458  63,013  62,595  62,579  62,524  62,528  62,536
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.2    56.4    56.2    57.3    56.5    56.5    56.4    56.3    56.3
      Unemployed....................................   3,302   4,050   4,152   3,012   3,654   3,982   3,830   3,759   3,813
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.0     6.1     6.2     4.6     5.5     6.0     5.8     5.7     5.7
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 102,067 103,038 103,127 102,067 102,728 102,847 102,936 103,038 103,127
    Civilian labor force............................  61,575  62,278  62,098  62,103  62,320  62,724  62,597  62,481  62,590
          Participation rate........................    60.3    60.4    60.2    60.8    60.7    61.0    60.8    60.6    60.7
      Employed......................................  58,940  58,999  58,656  59,640  59,227  59,333  59,337  59,316  59,364
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.7    57.3    56.9    58.4    57.7    57.7    57.6    57.6    57.6
        Agriculture.................................     846     783     867     784     804     732     760     749     814
        Nonagricultural industries..................  58,094  58,215  57,789  58,856  58,423  58,602  58,577  58,567  58,550
      Unemployed....................................   2,636   3,279   3,442   2,463   3,093   3,391   3,260   3,165   3,226
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.3     5.3     5.5     4.0     5.0     5.4     5.2     5.1     5.2
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  16,145  16,182  16,202  16,145  16,292  16,231  16,243  16,182  16,202
    Civilian labor force............................   9,788   8,987   9,349   8,048   7,962   7,748   7,744   7,707   7,629
          Participation rate........................    60.6    55.5    57.7    49.8    48.9    47.7    47.7    47.6    47.1
      Employed......................................   8,364   7,242   7,756   6,856   6,655   6,450   6,434   6,347   6,276
          Employment-population ratio...............    51.8    44.8    47.9    42.5    40.8    39.7    39.6    39.2    38.7
        Agriculture.................................     373     321     341     236     239     209     213     223     213
        Nonagricultural industries..................   7,991   6,921   7,416   6,620   6,416   6,240   6,221   6,124   6,064
      Unemployed....................................   1,424   1,745   1,593   1,192   1,308   1,298   1,310   1,360   1,352
          Unemployment rate.........................    14.5    19.4    17.0    14.8    16.4    16.8    16.9    17.6    17.7

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
   
   
   





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  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, age, and                                                                              
                   Hispanic origin                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 175,924 177,217 177,345 175,924 176,866 176,972 177,087 177,217 177,345
    Civilian labor force............................ 119,119 119,542 119,749 117,986 118,159 118,661 118,742 118,530 118,678
        Participation rate..........................    67.7    67.5    67.5    67.1    66.8    67.1    67.1    66.9    66.9
      Employed...................................... 114,222 113,220 113,470 113,176 112,286 112,426 112,563 112,382 112,446
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.9    63.9    64.0    64.3    63.5    63.5    63.6    63.4    63.4
      Unemployed....................................   4,897   6,322   6,279   4,810   5,873   6,236   6,179   6,148   6,233
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.1     5.3     5.2     4.1     5.0     5.3     5.2     5.2     5.3
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  60,714  61,182  61,202  60,474  60,521  60,867  61,095  61,007  61,068
        Participation rate..........................    77.0    76.9    76.9    76.7    76.3    76.6    76.9    76.7    76.7
      Employed......................................  58,771  58,461  58,571  58,346  57,793  57,921  58,170  58,112  58,164
        Employment-population ratio.................    74.5    73.5    73.6    74.0    72.8    72.9    73.2    73.1    73.1
      Unemployed....................................   1,943   2,721   2,631   2,128   2,728   2,946   2,926   2,895   2,904
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.2     4.4     4.3     3.5     4.5     4.8     4.8     4.7     4.8
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  50,161  50,804  50,671  50,655  50,938  51,289  51,163  51,060  51,125
        Participation rate..........................    59.6    59.9    59.7    60.1    60.2    60.5    60.4    60.2    60.2
      Employed......................................  48,240  48,471  48,221  48,878  48,765  48,908  48,871  48,812  48,856
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.3    57.1    56.8    58.0    57.6    57.7    57.7    57.5    57.6
      Unemployed....................................   1,921   2,333   2,450   1,777   2,174   2,381   2,292   2,248   2,268
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.8     4.6     4.8     3.5     4.3     4.6     4.5     4.4     4.4
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   8,244   7,557   7,875   6,857   6,699   6,505   6,483   6,464   6,485
        Participation rate..........................    64.4    58.8    61.3    53.5    52.1    50.7    50.5    50.3    50.5
      Employed......................................   7,211   6,289   6,677   5,952   5,728   5,596   5,522   5,458   5,425
        Employment-population ratio.................    56.3    49.0    52.0    46.5    44.6    43.6    43.0    42.5    42.2
      Unemployed....................................   1,033   1,268   1,198     905     971     908     961   1,006   1,060
        Unemployment rate...........................    12.5    16.8    15.2    13.2    14.5    14.0    14.8    15.6    16.4
          Men.......................................    12.7    18.4    16.9    13.8    16.3    15.4    15.4    17.7    19.1
          Women.....................................    12.4    15.1    13.4    12.6    12.7    12.5    14.2    13.4    13.6
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,565  25,930  25,961  25,565  25,839  25,868  25,898  25,930  25,961
    Civilian labor force............................  16,990  16,965  16,918  16,685  16,758  16,941  16,887  16,822  16,618
        Participation rate..........................    66.5    65.4    65.2    65.3    64.9    65.5    65.2    64.9    64.0
      Employed......................................  15,481  15,126  15,109  15,337  14,969  15,045  15,168  15,027  14,976
        Employment-population ratio.................    60.6    58.3    58.2    60.0    57.9    58.2    58.6    58.0    57.7
      Unemployed....................................   1,509   1,839   1,809   1,348   1,789   1,896   1,718   1,794   1,642
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.9    10.8    10.7     8.1    10.7    11.2    10.2    10.7     9.9
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,439   7,509   7,521   7,382   7,579   7,528   7,573   7,543   7,472
        Participation rate..........................    72.6    72.1    72.1    72.0    73.0    72.5    72.8    72.4    71.6
      Employed......................................   6,815   6,794   6,806   6,796   6,814   6,831   6,925   6,760   6,800
        Employment-population ratio.................    66.5    65.2    65.3    66.3    65.7    65.8    66.6    64.9    65.2
      Unemployed....................................     624     715     715     586     765     698     648     783     673
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.4     9.5     9.5     7.9    10.1     9.3     8.6    10.4     9.0
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,371   8,381   8,327   8,400   8,267   8,458   8,401   8,363   8,348
        Participation rate..........................    65.2    64.4    63.9    65.5    63.7    65.1    64.6    64.3    64.1
      Employed......................................   7,808   7,628   7,534   7,878   7,526   7,597   7,606   7,628   7,602
        Employment-population ratio.................    60.8    58.6    57.8    61.4    58.0    58.5    58.5    58.6    58.3
      Unemployed....................................     564     753     794     522     742     860     794     735     746
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.7     9.0     9.5     6.2     9.0    10.2     9.5     8.8     8.9
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   1,179   1,076   1,069     903     912     954     913     916     798
        Participation rate..........................    47.5    43.0    42.8    36.4    36.6    38.3    36.6    36.6    31.9
      Employed......................................     858     704     769     663     630     617     637     639     575
        Employment-population ratio.................    34.5    28.2    30.8    26.7    25.3    24.7    25.5    25.6    23.0
      Unemployed....................................     321     371     300     240     282     338     276     276     223
        Unemployment rate...........................    27.3    34.5    28.1    26.6    31.0    35.4    30.2    30.2    28.0
          Men.......................................    29.7    35.7    23.8    28.1    36.9    37.3    36.8    30.0    20.5
          Women.....................................    24.9    33.3    32.2    25.2    24.7    33.5    22.3    30.4    34.8
                                                                                                                            
                   HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  23,157  23,867  23,935  23,157  23,664  23,732  23,797  23,867  23,935
    Civilian labor force............................  15,792  16,207  16,341  15,753  15,908  16,156  16,085  16,146  16,304
        Participation rate..........................    68.2    67.9    68.3    68.0    67.2    68.1    67.6    67.6    68.1
      Employed......................................  14,814  15,018  15,111  14,776  14,743  14,877  14,963  14,959  15,066
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.0    62.9    63.1    63.8    62.3    62.7    62.9    62.7    62.9
      Unemployed....................................     979   1,188   1,231     977   1,165   1,279   1,122   1,187   1,238
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.2     7.3     7.5     6.2     7.3     7.9     7.0     7.4     7.6

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
  group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.  
   
   
   





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  Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted(1)               
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                                July     June     July     July     Mar.     Apr.     May      June     July  
                                                2001     2002     2002     2001     2002     2002     2002     2002     2002  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   27,679   28,105   27,112   27,679   27,858   28,155   28,073   28,105   27,112
    Civilian labor force....................   11,986   12,443   11,642   12,130   12,187   12,410   12,356   12,254   11,770
        Percent of population...............     43.3     44.3     42.9     43.8     43.7     44.1     44.0     43.6     43.4
      Employed..............................   11,221   11,548   10,700   11,302   11,206   11,297   11,306   11,288   10,743
        Employment-population ratio.........     40.5     41.1     39.5     40.8     40.2     40.1     40.3     40.2     39.6
      Unemployed............................      765      896      942      828      980    1,113    1,051      966    1,028
        Unemployment rate...................      6.4      7.2      8.1      6.8      8.0      9.0      8.5      7.9      8.7
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   56,947   57,070   57,012   56,947   57,327   56,904   57,063   57,070   57,012
    Civilian labor force....................   36,286   36,482   36,504   36,971   36,431   36,547   36,648   36,737   37,149
        Percent of population...............     63.7     63.9     64.0     64.9     63.5     64.2     64.2     64.4     65.2
      Employed..............................   34,795   34,572   34,651   35,452   34,450   34,459   34,605   34,676   35,250
        Employment-population ratio.........     61.1     60.6     60.8     62.3     60.1     60.6     60.6     60.8     61.8
      Unemployed............................    1,491    1,910    1,853    1,519    1,981    2,089    2,042    2,061    1,898
        Unemployment rate...................      4.1      5.2      5.1      4.1      5.4      5.7      5.6      5.6      5.1
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   45,444   44,897   45,695   45,444   45,094   44,670   44,541   44,897   45,695
    Civilian labor force....................   33,432   32,797   33,317   33,288   32,896   32,845   32,786   32,962   33,162
        Percent of population...............     73.6     73.0     72.9     73.3     72.9     73.5     73.6     73.4     72.6
      Employed..............................   32,366   31,287   31,788   32,264   31,497   31,314   31,184   31,413   31,693
        Employment-population ratio.........     71.2     69.7     69.6     71.0     69.8     70.1     70.0     70.0     69.4
      Unemployed............................    1,066    1,510    1,529    1,024    1,398    1,532    1,602    1,550    1,469
        Unemployment rate...................      3.2      4.6      4.6      3.1      4.3      4.7      4.9      4.7      4.4
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   46,784   48,435   48,755   46,784   47,675   48,373   48,583   48,435   48,755
    Civilian labor force....................   36,635   37,848   37,788   36,697   37,853   38,394   38,359   38,084   37,850
        Percent of population...............     78.3     78.1     77.5     78.4     79.4     79.4     79.0     78.6     77.6
      Employed..............................   35,752   36,676   36,566   35,907   36,833   37,236   37,239   36,971   36,750
        Employment-population ratio.........     76.4     75.7     75.0     76.7     77.3     77.0     76.6     76.3     75.4
      Unemployed............................      883    1,173    1,222      790    1,019    1,158    1,121    1,113    1,100
        Unemployment rate...................      2.4      3.1      3.2      2.2      2.7      3.0      2.9      2.9      2.9

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
    3 Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree.
   
   
   





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  Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 136,385 134,992 135,289 135,106 133,894 133,976 134,417 134,053 134,045
    Married men, spouse present.....................  43,251  43,140  43,273  43,264  43,317  43,167  43,548  43,140  43,273
    Married women, spouse present...................  32,931  33,029  32,727  33,571  33,552  33,446  33,371  33,362  33,361
    Women who maintain families.....................   8,507   8,397   8,496   8,558   8,320   8,266   8,397   8,465   8,521
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  41,629  41,633  41,687  41,889  41,908  42,167  41,901  41,675  41,978
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  39,145  38,585  38,574  39,038  38,146  38,140  38,346  38,740  38,458
    Service occupations.............................  18,996  19,229  19,183  18,587  18,722  18,749  18,909  18,889  18,752
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  15,222  14,490  14,383  14,913  14,412  14,274  14,365  14,375  14,073
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  17,762  17,393  17,481  17,597  17,482  17,377  17,468  17,152  17,327
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   3,631   3,663   3,981   3,187   3,238   3,290   3,265   3,285   3,501
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   2,028   2,155   2,289   1,798   1,825   1,896   1,911   1,909   2,031
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,392   1,210   1,349   1,252   1,264   1,216   1,156   1,158   1,227
      Unpaid family workers.........................      29      40      34      23      29      34      40      29      27
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 124,162 123,146 123,155 123,204 122,545 122,366 123,071 122,627 122,196
        Government..................................  18,371  19,276  19,020  18,999  19,218  19,347  19,811  19,630  19,709
        Private industries.......................... 105,792 103,870 104,135 104,205 103,327 103,019 103,260 102,997 102,486
          Private households........................     811     846     879     790     677     791     775     810     855
          Other industries.......................... 104,981 103,024 103,256 103,415 102,650 102,228 102,485 102,187 101,631
      Self-employed workers.........................   8,694   8,348   8,383   8,568   8,200   8,234   8,305   8,208   8,268
      Unpaid family workers.........................      79      92      80      98      89     103     105      95      99
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,681   4,188   4,286   3,571   3,997   4,151   3,996   3,899   4,177
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,167   2,591   2,712   2,174   2,721   2,690   2,626   2,588   2,723
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,113   1,210   1,202   1,011   1,021   1,131   1,064   1,031   1,096
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  16,452  17,502  16,765  18,812  18,530  18,793  18,887  19,170  19,138
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,559   4,006   4,087   3,425   3,848   4,009   3,818   3,758   3,949
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,094   2,475   2,583   2,111   2,605   2,587   2,515   2,472   2,609
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,088   1,183   1,173     993   1,001   1,122   1,033   1,022   1,074
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  15,929  16,977  16,214  18,283  18,004  18,274  18,350  18,739  18,572

      NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for
  reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually
  work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad
  weather.
   
   
   





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  Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   6,545   8,424   8,345    4.6     5.7     6.0     5.8     5.9     5.9 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,890   3,899   3,767    4.0     5.2     5.4     5.2     5.4     5.2 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,463   3,165   3,226    4.0     5.0     5.4     5.2     5.1     5.2 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,192   1,360   1,352   14.8    16.4    16.8    16.9    17.6    17.7 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................   1,183   1,834   1,558    2.7     3.4     3.9     3.6     4.1     3.5 
     Married women, spouse present..................   1,011   1,315   1,289    2.9     3.7     3.9     3.9     3.8     3.7 
     Women who maintain families....................     580     761     782    6.3     7.3     8.6     8.1     8.2     8.4 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   5,305   7,172   6,962    4.5     5.8     6.2     5.9     6.1     5.9 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,247   1,266   1,388    5.1     5.2     5.2     5.6     5.0     5.4 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     962   1,400   1,340    2.2     3.0     3.1     3.2     3.2     3.1 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,647   2,178   2,152    4.0     5.3     5.5     5.2     5.3     5.3 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     688     909     960    4.4     6.0     6.5     5.9     5.9     6.4 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,415   1,748   1,630    7.4     8.7     9.4     8.9     9.3     8.6 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     256     214     338    7.4     9.0     6.1     6.3     6.1     8.8 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   5,277   6,968   6,822    4.8     6.1     6.5     6.3     6.3     6.2 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,620   2,028   1,981    5.7     7.6     7.8     7.4     7.5     7.4 
         Mining.....................................      22      40      19    3.9     6.3     6.0     4.4     7.9     3.8 
         Construction...............................     587     746     824    7.1     8.8     9.3     8.9     9.1    10.3 
         Manufacturing..............................   1,011   1,242   1,138    5.2     7.0     7.2     6.7     6.8     6.3 
           Durable goods............................     599     797     737    5.0     7.5     7.6     6.3     7.3     6.8 
           Nondurable goods.........................     412     445     400    5.5     6.3     6.6     7.5     6.1     5.6 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,657   4,940   4,841    4.5     5.6     6.0     5.9     5.9     5.9 
         Transportation and public utilities........     275     466     404    3.4     5.4     6.1     5.7     5.9     5.3 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,482   1,905   1,929    5.3     6.5     7.2     7.0     6.6     6.8 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     251     349     308    3.1     3.1     3.2     4.0     4.1     3.7 
         Services...................................   1,649   2,220   2,200    4.4     5.4     5.8     5.6     5.9     5.8 
     Government workers.............................     409     455     505    2.1     2.8     2.5     2.6     2.3     2.5 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     211     173     217   10.5    12.4     9.0     9.1     8.3     9.7 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which
  is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
   
   
   





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,873   3,395   3,145   2,647   3,078   2,793   2,876   2,729   2,896
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   2,347   2,384   2,666   2,170   2,411   2,818   2,531   2,784   2,464
   15 weeks and over................................   1,576   2,898   2,785   1,630   2,688   2,854   2,952   3,103   2,883
      15 to 26 weeks................................     876   1,308   1,222     948   1,355   1,360   1,316   1,434   1,349
      27 weeks and over.............................     700   1,590   1,563     682   1,333   1,494   1,636   1,669   1,533
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    12.3    15.8    15.9    12.7    15.4    16.6    17.1    17.3    16.4
   Median duration, in weeks........................     6.2     8.1     8.0     6.7     8.1     8.9     9.8    11.7     8.6
                                                                                                                            
                 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Total unemployed.................................   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
     Less than 5 weeks..............................    42.3    39.1    36.6    41.1    37.6    33.0    34.4    31.7    35.1
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    34.5    27.5    31.0    33.7    29.5    33.3    30.3    32.3    29.9
     15 weeks and over..............................    23.2    33.4    32.4    25.3    32.9    33.7    35.3    36.0    35.0
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    12.9    15.1    14.2    14.7    16.6    16.1    15.7    16.6    16.4
       27 weeks and over............................    10.3    18.3    18.2    10.6    16.3    17.6    19.6    19.4    18.6
   
   
   





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   3,327   4,364   4,530   3,294   4,270   4,525   4,598   4,579   4,580
    On temporary layoff.............................   1,033     904   1,228   1,020   1,066   1,095   1,091   1,061   1,224
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   2,294   3,460   3,302   2,274   3,204   3,430   3,506   3,518   3,356
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,721   2,735   2,547   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     573     725     756   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     825     807     854     791     862   1,017     902     836     818
  Reentrants........................................   2,000   2,688   2,436   1,948   2,471   2,450   2,433   2,360   2,375
  New entrants......................................     644     818     775     442     557     519     499     584     571
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    49.0    50.3    52.7    50.9    52.3    53.2    54.5    54.8    54.9
     On temporary layoff............................    15.2    10.4    14.3    15.8    13.1    12.9    12.9    12.7    14.7
     Not on temporary layoff........................    33.8    39.9    38.4    35.1    39.3    40.3    41.6    42.1    40.2
   Job leavers......................................    12.1     9.3     9.9    12.2    10.6    12.0    10.7    10.0     9.8
   Reentrants.......................................    29.4    31.0    28.3    30.1    30.3    28.8    28.9    28.2    28.5
   New entrants.....................................     9.5     9.4     9.0     6.8     6.8     6.1     5.9     7.0     6.8
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     2.3     3.0     3.1     2.3     3.0     3.2     3.2     3.2     3.2
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .7      .6      .6      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.4     1.9     1.7     1.4     1.7     1.7     1.7     1.7     1.7
   New entrants.....................................      .4      .6      .5      .3      .4      .4      .3      .4      .4

    1 Not available.
   
   
   





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                   Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                      adjusted                                                
                            Measure                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                 July   June   July   July   Mar.   Apr.   May    June   July 
                                                                 2001   2002   2002   2001   2002   2002   2002   2002   2002 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
      the civilian labor force................................    1.1    2.0    1.9    1.2    1.9    2.0    2.1    2.2    2.0
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    2.3    3.0    3.1    2.3    3.0    3.2    3.2    3.2    3.2
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    4.7    6.0    6.0    4.6    5.7    6.0    5.8    5.9    5.9
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    5.0    6.3    6.2   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                   
      other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the                                                                 
      civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                               
      attached workers........................................    5.6    6.9    6.9   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                
      plus total employed part time for economic reasons,                                                                    
      as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all                                                                      
      marginally attached workers.............................    8.1    9.8    9.9   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 

    1 Not available.
    NOTE:  This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of
  this release prior to 1994.  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.
   
   
   





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  Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                     Age and sex                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       2001    2002    2002    2001    2002    2002    2002    2002    2002 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   6,545   8,424   8,345    4.6     5.7     6.0     5.8     5.9     5.9 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,306   2,723   2,753   10.2    12.5    12.3    11.6    12.2    12.3 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,192   1,360   1,352   14.8    16.4    16.8    16.9    17.6    17.7 
        16 to 17 years..............................     599     608     604   19.0    18.0    19.4    20.7    20.8    20.9 
        18 to 19 years..............................     608     749     767   12.4    15.1    15.1    14.8    15.6    16.1 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,114   1,363   1,401    7.7    10.3    10.0     8.9     9.3     9.5 
    25 years and over...............................   4,206   5,749   5,553    3.5     4.5     4.9     4.8     4.8     4.6 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,668   4,922   4,795    3.7     4.7     5.0     5.0     4.9     4.8 
      55 years and over.............................     537     854     758    2.9     3.5     4.0     4.2     4.2     3.7 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   3,533   4,665   4,532    4.7     5.9     6.1     5.9     6.1     6.0 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,255   1,492   1,505   10.7    13.7    13.0    12.5    12.9    13.0 
        16 to 19 years..............................     643     766     765   15.6    18.5    18.1    18.6    19.6    19.8 
          16 to 17 years............................     304     348     345   19.1    20.8    19.6    23.7    23.2    23.9 
          18 to 19 years............................     340     422     420   13.4    16.7    17.2    15.6    17.4    17.4 
        20 to 24 years..............................     612     726     740    8.1    11.1    10.3     9.4     9.5     9.6 
      25 years and over.............................   2,272   3,189   3,025    3.6     4.5     4.8     4.8     4.9     4.7 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,936   2,688   2,581    3.6     4.7     4.9     4.9     5.0     4.8 
        55 years and over...........................     315     508     440    3.1     3.6     4.3     4.5     4.6     4.0 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   3,012   3,759   3,813    4.6     5.5     6.0     5.8     5.7     5.7 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,051   1,231   1,249    9.7    11.2    11.6    10.7    11.4    11.6 
        16 to 19 years..............................     549     594     587   14.0    14.3    15.4    15.2    15.6    15.6 
          16 to 17 years............................     295     260     259   18.8    15.3    19.2    17.4    18.3    17.9 
          18 to 19 years............................     268     327     347   11.3    13.4    12.9    14.1    13.7    14.8 
        20 to 24 years..............................     502     637     662    7.3     9.4     9.6     8.3     9.1     9.4 
      25 years and over.............................   1,934   2,560   2,528    3.5     4.4     5.0     4.8     4.6     4.6 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,732   2,233   2,214    3.7     4.6     5.1     5.1     4.8     4.8 
        55 years and over...........................     222     346     318    2.6     3.4     3.7     3.7     3.8     3.4 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
   
   
   





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  Table A-10. 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  
                                                                        2001      2002      2001      2002      2001      2002  
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   68,739    70,139    24,950    25,671    43,790    44,468 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,488     4,856     1,812     2,096     2,676     2,759 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,225     1,490       549       752       676       739 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      308       398       171       245       137       153 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................      917     1,092       377       507       540       585 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,452     7,168     3,920     3,697     3,532     3,471 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.5       5.3       5.3       5.1       5.6       5.6 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,017     3,757     2,382     2,169     1,635     1,589 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,573     1,567       512       468     1,061     1,099 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      324       313       196       210       127       103 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,493     1,469       804       826       689       644 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation
  problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
    4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
   
   
   
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-1.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

(In thousands)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                               
                                           July    May    June    July     July    Mar.    Apr.    May    June    July 
                                           2001    2002   2002p   2002p    2001    2002    2002    2002   2002p   2002p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total......................... 131,887 131,431 131,877 130,572 132,045 130,701 130,680 130,702 130,768 130,774
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 112,042 109,788 110,611 110,490 111,074 109,505 109,495 109,496 109,541 109,563
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  25,260  23,915  24,201  24,173  24,907  23,975  23,905  23,870  23,868  23,828
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     578     559     562     561     570     560     564     558     555     552
    Metal mining........................    34.8    32.1    32.8    32.8      35      32      32      32      32      33
    Coal mining.........................    80.9    80.1    79.8    79.3      81      81      81      80      80      79
    Oil and gas extraction..............   346.3   332.3   335.1   333.9     342     336     339     334     333     330
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   116.0   114.2   114.2   114.6     112     111     112     112     110     110
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   7,022   6,597   6,796   6,857   6,680   6,593   6,541   6,541   6,555   6,525
    General building contractors........ 1,522.1 1,449.3 1,495.8 1,511.2   1,457   1,462   1,452   1,454   1,454   1,448
    Heavy construction, except building.   999.0   940.1   967.6   971.1     925     908     901     908     910     899
    Special trade contractors........... 4,500.4 4,207.5 4,333.0 4,374.7   4,298   4,223   4,188   4,179   4,191   4,178
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  17,660  16,759  16,843  16,755  17,657  16,822  16,800  16,771  16,758  16,751
      Production workers................  11,874  11,243  11,309  11,235  11,901  11,264  11,250  11,245  11,239  11,259
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  10,593   9,967  10,001   9,912  10,606   9,976   9,976   9,963   9,942   9,924
      Production workers................   7,069   6,634   6,658   6,581   7,101   6,625   6,620   6,619   6,605   6,610
    Lumber and wood products............   798.6   767.3   776.8   779.0     786     769     767     770     767     767
    Furniture and fixtures..............   516.5   496.7   499.5   493.3     519     491     497     494     495     495
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   579.9   555.2   562.0   564.4     569     550     551     549     552     554
    Primary metal industries............   651.0   594.9   593.5   586.2     655     596     598     597     592     590
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   207.9   187.0   187.1   186.7   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,467.0 1,424.2 1,430.1 1,418.5   1,478   1,422   1,425   1,428   1,425   1,429
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 1,999.4 1,838.9 1,840.4 1,823.3   2,003   1,846   1,842   1,834   1,830   1,826
      Computer and office equipment.....   343.0   307.8   306.3   303.5     341     315     313     308     305     302
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,605.9 1,433.6 1,429.4 1,420.3   1,611   1,445   1,443   1,437   1,427   1,426
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   648.9   564.3   564.3   559.1     652     566     566     567     566     563
    Transportation equipment............ 1,750.5 1,678.8 1,687.9 1,649.4   1,763   1,674   1,671   1,675   1,678   1,661
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   934.4   917.3   926.8   896.7     950     915     912     914     920     911
      Aircraft and parts................   463.6   413.8   410.0   405.8     464     419     416     416     411     406
    Instruments and related products....   846.3   806.8   808.7   807.0     842     813     811     807     805     803
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   377.6   370.9   373.0   370.6     380     370     371     372     371     373
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   7,067   6,792   6,842   6,843   7,051   6,846   6,824   6,808   6,816   6,827
      Production workers................   4,805   4,609   4,651   4,654   4,800   4,639   4,630   4,626   4,634   4,649
    Food and kindred products........... 1,711.7 1,666.5 1,688.7 1,717.5   1,689   1,685   1,689   1,687   1,693   1,695
    Tobacco products....................    32.1    32.1    33.1    32.7      34      34      33      34      34      35
    Textile mill products...............   473.4   435.2   434.9   427.9     475     440     436     434     432     429
    Apparel and other textile products..   560.2   525.0   530.2   520.9     566     527     523     520     524     526
    Paper and allied products...........   633.4   611.8   616.9   613.2     632     620     615     612     613     612
    Printing and publishing............. 1,488.6 1,402.9 1,406.2 1,407.9   1,487   1,419   1,413   1,407   1,405   1,407
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,027.0 1,006.6 1,012.4 1,010.6   1,024   1,010   1,008   1,006   1,007   1,007
    Petroleum and coal products.........   128.8   126.1   128.1   129.1     126     126     125     125     125     126
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   954.1   929.5   935.8   929.2     959     929     927     928     928     934
    Leather and leather products........    57.5    55.8    55.9    54.3      59      56      55      55      55      56
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing....................... 106,627 107,516 107,676 106,399 107,138 106,726 106,775 106,832 106,900 106,946
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   7,090   6,802   6,824   6,771   7,110   6,814   6,799   6,793   6,791   6,788
    Transportation......................   4,505   4,339   4,356   4,309   4,535   4,330   4,330   4,328   4,335   4,337
      Railroad transportation...........   233.5   230.4   230.9   231.0     233     233     230     228     230     230
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   427.2   493.6   470.8   416.6     484     478     476     475     473     472
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,864.0 1,825.3 1,847.3 1,848.8   1,850   1,819   1,830   1,827   1,829   1,835
      Water transportation..............   208.9   195.4   201.8   205.6     196     186     190     193     193     192
      Transportation by air............. 1,285.0 1,155.5 1,165.6 1,163.5   1,288   1,172   1,162   1,165   1,171   1,167
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    15.3    14.5    14.7    14.9      15      15      15      15      15      15
      Transportation services...........   471.4   424.7   425.0   428.9     469     427     427     425     424     426
    Communications and public utilities.   2,585   2,463   2,468   2,462   2,575   2,484   2,469   2,465   2,456   2,451
      Communications.................... 1,726.2 1,624.3 1,621.1 1,613.0   1,721   1,643   1,628   1,626   1,616   1,608
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   859.0   838.7   846.9   848.8     854     841     841     839     840     843
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   6,808   6,685   6,713   6,716   6,773   6,681   6,678   6,681   6,681   6,682
    Durable goods.......................   4,040   3,914   3,932   3,933   4,021   3,912   3,908   3,916   3,915   3,915
    Nondurable goods....................   2,768   2,771   2,781   2,783   2,752   2,769   2,770   2,765   2,766   2,767
  Retail trade..........................  23,698  23,359  23,521  23,446  23,577  23,332  23,345  23,327  23,311  23,323
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies......................... 1,083.9 1,116.4 1,121.2 1,104.0   1,047   1,053   1,061   1,068   1,069   1,066
    General merchandise stores.......... 2,846.1 2,826.3 2,833.2 2,831.8   2,911   2,901   2,915   2,897   2,882   2,896
      Department stores................. 2,514.3 2,496.8 2,500.0 2,496.1   2,574   2,560   2,575   2,560   2,541   2,554
    Food stores......................... 3,452.5 3,383.2 3,405.6 3,402.7   3,439   3,392   3,392   3,397   3,394   3,391
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,450.9 2,437.6 2,453.2 2,457.3   2,426   2,426   2,429   2,434   2,432   2,432
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,125.0 1,130.4 1,131.4 1,133.3   1,119   1,131   1,129   1,133   1,128   1,127
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,187.3 1,146.3 1,165.4 1,173.3   1,191   1,175   1,170   1,169   1,174   1,176
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,116.6 1,130.7 1,134.5 1,136.0   1,131   1,143   1,141   1,146   1,147   1,151
    Eating and drinking places.......... 8,479.1 8,270.5 8,357.9 8,298.5   8,304   8,154   8,152   8,130   8,121   8,124
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 3,081.7 3,047.5 3,049.5 3,042.5   3,128   3,088   3,085   3,086   3,092   3,087
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,799   7,739   7,796   7,814   7,718   7,740   7,743   7,732   7,735   7,737
    Finance.............................   3,826   3,812   3,837   3,843   3,803   3,809   3,813   3,813   3,820   3,821
      Depository institutions........... 2,069.8 2,071.6 2,083.3 2,086.9   2,056   2,074   2,075   2,073   2,071   2,073
        Commercial banks................ 1,445.1 1,445.7 1,453.9 1,455.4   1,434   1,447   1,446   1,446   1,444   1,444
        Savings institutions............   256.4   263.4   264.9   264.3     255     264     264     264     264     263
      Nondepository institutions........   726.7   756.2   764.7   768.6     724     753     756     756     762     766
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   332.6   361.6   370.1   375.1     331     357     360     359     367     373
      Security and commodity brokers....   771.9   721.8   726.8   726.6     765     722     723     723     724     720
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   257.1   262.1   262.4   261.0     258     260     259     261     263     262
    Insurance...........................   2,380   2,368   2,372   2,374   2,369   2,375   2,374   2,369   2,366   2,365
      Insurance carriers................ 1,606.2 1,583.0 1,584.9 1,584.9   1,597   1,591   1,589   1,583   1,579   1,576
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   773.3   784.9   787.3   789.3     772     784     785     786     787     789
    Real estate.........................   1,593   1,559   1,587   1,597   1,546   1,556   1,556   1,550   1,549   1,551
                                                                                                                        
  Services2.............................  41,387  41,288  41,556  41,570  40,989  40,963  41,025  41,093  41,155  41,205
    Agricultural services...............   937.5   924.2   944.4   948.3     852     872     857     856     855     862
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 2,040.0 1,806.1 1,903.3 1,961.3   1,874   1,811   1,796   1,789   1,802   1,801
    Personal services................... 1,223.2 1,264.4 1,253.5 1,237.6   1,272   1,289   1,286   1,279   1,286   1,287
    Business services................... 9,572.2 9,304.4 9,400.5 9,373.8   9,528   9,237   9,312   9,330   9,334   9,331
      Services to buildings............. 1,022.6 1,028.7 1,035.6 1,038.9   1,016   1,021   1,027   1,023   1,025   1,032
      Personnel supply services......... 3,432.3 3,185.0 3,250.9 3,221.8   3,400   3,107   3,175   3,198   3,206   3,191
        Help supply services............ 3,075.3 2,866.2 2,931.6 2,901.8   3,041   2,795   2,857   2,888   2,903   2,868
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 2,238.2 2,188.1 2,191.9 2,195.3   2,237   2,198   2,190   2,190   2,190   2,195
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,273.6 1,264.3 1,272.1 1,277.6   1,265   1,260   1,261   1,262   1,265   1,269
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   374.8   376.7   379.5   382.0     372     377     377     375     377     379
    Motion pictures.....................   598.4   579.2   591.0   594.1     585     572     574     578     580     580
    Amusement and recreation services... 2,036.4 1,713.6 1,871.7 1,928.7   1,722   1,635   1,611   1,621   1,623   1,632
    Health services..................... 10419.6 10620.2 10685.3 10719.0  10,393  10,602  10,611  10,626  10,662  10,691
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 2,010.5 2,050.3 2,064.5 2,070.4   2,006   2,046   2,044   2,050   2,060   2,066
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,852.3 1,879.9 1,888.4 1,892.2   1,848   1,879   1,883   1,883   1,886   1,888
      Hospitals......................... 4,113.4 4,201.1 4,230.4 4,250.3   4,101   4,193   4,199   4,207   4,224   4,237
      Home health care services.........   633.3   645.1   644.4   644.2     634     643     643     644     643     645
    Legal services...................... 1,055.5 1,057.9 1,080.7 1,084.4   1,038   1,056   1,059   1,066   1,065   1,066
    Educational services................ 2,142.1 2,565.9 2,316.9 2,219.0   2,439   2,489   2,501   2,518   2,522   2,526
    Social services..................... 3,027.4 3,194.4 3,163.2 3,117.8   3,076   3,162   3,167   3,164   3,165   3,167
      Child day care services...........   660.3   750.4   713.7   663.5     723     723     725     722     727     727
      Residential care..................   876.1   899.3   910.1   910.6     868     902     903     901     904     902
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................   121.1   111.3   117.3   119.3     111     109     109     108     109     109
    Membership organizations............ 2,532.1 2,476.1 2,523.6 2,545.6   2,464   2,470   2,477   2,480   2,483   2,478
    Engineering and management services. 3,638.0 3,637.1 3,660.9 3,669.0   3,604   3,631   3,636   3,649   3,635   3,635
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services....................... 1,076.4 1,038.3 1,048.3 1,050.6   1,057   1,044   1,041   1,042   1,033   1,031
      Management and public relations... 1,174.6 1,206.5 1,213.0 1,224.1   1,166   1,191   1,202   1,209   1,204   1,216
    Services, nec.......................    50.8    48.0    48.3    48.8   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government............................  19,845  21,643  21,266  20,082  20,971  21,196  21,185  21,206  21,227  21,211
    Federal.............................   2,644   2,605   2,623   2,620   2,622   2,611   2,610   2,600   2,600   2,597
      Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,795.7 1,785.4 1,809.1 1,807.6   1,770   1,782   1,784   1,777   1,782   1,781
    State...............................   4,649   4,996   4,764   4,678   4,912   4,940   4,942   4,945   4,938   4,944
      Education......................... 1,818.0 2,191.0 1,931.4 1,843.1   2,120   2,133   2,135   2,141   2,139   2,148
      Other State government............ 2,831.2 2,805.1 2,832.4 2,835.1   2,792   2,807   2,807   2,804   2,799   2,796
    Local...............................  12,552  14,042  13,879  12,784  13,437  13,645  13,633  13,661  13,689  13,670
      Education......................... 6,445.7 8,178.0 7,774.2 6,578.4   7,644   7,767   7,754   7,770   7,763   7,783
      Other local government............ 6,106.4 5,864.1 6,104.7 6,205.9   5,793   5,878   5,879   5,891   5,926   5,887

  1 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  2 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  p = preliminary.
   
   
   
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           July    May    June    July     July    Mar.    Apr.    May    June    July 
                                           2001    2002   2002p   2002p    2001    2002    2002    2002   2002p   2002p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................   34.7    34.1    34.7    34.2    34.2    34.2    34.2    34.2    34.3    34.0 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   40.5    40.4    40.8    40.0    40.4    40.5    40.4    40.3    40.5    40.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   43.7    43.2    43.5    42.8    43.4    43.3    42.4    43.0    43.3    42.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   40.4    39.0    39.5    39.3    39.4    39.1    39.0    38.7    39.0    38.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   40.4    40.9    41.2    40.3    40.8    41.0    40.9    40.9    41.1    40.7 
      Overtime hours....................    3.9     4.1     4.3     4.1     3.9     4.1     4.2     4.2     4.3     4.1 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   40.6    41.4    41.7    40.5    41.1    41.3    41.4    41.3    41.5    41.0 
      Overtime hours....................    3.8     4.1     4.3     3.8     3.9     4.1     4.1     4.1     4.2     3.9 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   40.8    41.1    41.6    41.1    40.9    41.1    40.8    40.8    41.1    41.2 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   39.4    40.1    40.3    39.4    39.7    40.6    40.8    40.4    40.2    39.7 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   44.3    43.8    44.4    43.7    43.8    43.6    43.8    43.4    43.7    43.2 
    Primary metal industries............   43.3    44.2    44.8    43.8    43.8    44.4    44.3    44.1    44.6    44.2 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   44.9    45.7    46.5    45.3    44.6    45.5    45.1    45.6    46.1    45.0 
    Fabricated metal products...........   40.8    41.8    42.1    41.0    41.5    41.7    41.6    41.9    42.0    41.7 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   40.3    40.7    40.9    39.9    40.6    40.5    40.6    40.7    40.9    40.2 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   38.4    39.1    39.4    38.2    39.1    39.4    39.5    39.4    39.4    38.9 
    Transportation equipment............   40.7    42.9    42.8    40.4    42.1    42.4    42.6    42.3    42.4    41.8 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   41.0    44.9    44.6    41.2    42.9    43.9    44.4    44.2    44.0    43.1 
    Instruments and related products....   40.4    40.2    41.0    39.9    40.8    40.6    40.4    40.4    40.9    40.3 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   37.9    38.8    39.4    38.2    38.2    38.8    38.8    38.8    39.5    38.5 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   40.1    40.3    40.6    40.0    40.3    40.4    40.3    40.4    40.6    40.2 
      Overtime hours....................    4.1     4.1     4.3     4.4     4.0     4.2     4.3     4.3     4.3     4.3 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   40.9    41.0    41.4    41.0    40.9    41.4    41.2    41.2    41.6    41.0 
    Tobacco products....................   39.8    41.7    42.3    42.3    39.8    41.2    41.3    41.6    41.1    42.3 
    Textile mill products...............   39.1    41.5    41.9    40.7    39.7    41.4    41.5    41.4    41.5    41.4 
    Apparel and other textile products..   37.2    37.2    37.5    36.7    37.4    37.4    37.1    37.0    37.0    36.9 
    Paper and allied products...........   41.7    41.6    41.6    41.0    41.8    41.5    41.6    41.9    41.7    41.1 
    Printing and publishing.............   38.0    37.2    37.3    37.0    38.3    37.5    37.2    37.5    37.7    37.2 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   42.3    42.2    42.6    42.0    42.5    42.0    41.8    42.3    42.5    42.2 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   43.3    40.3    41.4    41.7    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   40.0    41.2    41.7    40.4    40.7    41.1    41.6    41.2    41.5    41.1 
    Leather and leather products........   35.3    36.7    37.4    36.4    36.0    37.3    37.5    36.7    36.8    37.1 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   33.3    32.6    33.3    32.9    32.7    32.8    32.7    32.8    32.8    32.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   38.7    38.3    38.8    38.3    38.1    38.2    38.3    38.4    38.3    38.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   38.5    38.3    39.0    38.4    38.2    38.4    38.3    38.3    38.6    38.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   29.7    29.0    29.7    29.6    28.8    29.1    29.0    29.1    29.1    28.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   36.6    35.7    36.7    35.8    36.1    36.2    36.1    36.1    36.0    36.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   33.1    32.4    33.0    32.7    32.7    32.6    32.6    32.6    32.7    32.6 

  1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and
nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm
payrolls.
  2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  p = preliminary.
   
   
   
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-3.  Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Average hourly earnings                 Average weekly earnings        
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                            July      May      June      July       July      May      June      July  
                                            2001      2002     2002p     2002p      2001      2002     2002p     2002p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  $14.26    $14.67    $14.68    $14.67    $494.82   $500.25   $509.40   $501.71 
        Seasonally adjusted.............   14.33     14.70     14.75     14.79     490.09    502.74    505.93    502.86 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   15.99     16.30     16.38     16.48     647.60    658.52    668.30    659.20 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   17.61     17.74     17.65     17.64     769.56    766.37    767.78    754.99 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   18.33     18.67     18.74     18.95     740.53    728.13    740.23    744.74 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   14.84     15.23     15.28     15.29     599.54    622.91    629.54    616.19 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   15.26     15.68     15.74     15.70     619.56    649.15    656.36    635.85 
    Lumber and wood products............   12.32     12.43     12.54     12.59     502.66    510.87    521.66    517.45 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   12.27     12.59     12.63     12.62     483.44    504.86    508.99    497.23 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   15.10     15.43     15.46     15.59     668.93    675.83    686.42    681.28 
    Primary metal industries............   17.07     17.36     17.45     17.59     739.13    767.31    781.76    770.44 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   20.48     20.81     20.90     21.09     919.55    951.02    971.85    955.38 
    Fabricated metal products...........   14.26     14.64     14.71     14.62     581.81    611.95    619.29    599.42 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   15.88     16.35     16.35     16.51     639.96    665.45    668.72    658.75 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   14.56     14.91     15.03     15.10     559.10    582.98    592.18    576.82 
    Transportation equipment............   18.85     19.65     19.79     19.47     767.20    842.99    847.01    786.59 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   19.09     20.17     20.39     19.91     782.69    905.63    909.39    820.29 
    Instruments and related products....   14.91     15.11     15.13     15.23     602.36    607.42    620.33    607.68 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   12.12     12.37     12.30     12.39     459.35    479.96    484.62    473.30 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   14.21     14.55     14.60     14.70     569.82    586.37    592.76    588.00 
    Food and kindred products...........   12.95     13.25     13.29     13.34     529.66    543.25    550.21    546.94 
    Tobacco products....................   22.97     23.09     23.19     23.41     914.21    962.85    980.94    990.24 
    Textile mill products...............   11.37     11.73     11.68     11.80     444.57    486.80    489.39    480.26 
    Apparel and other textile products..    9.38      9.93      9.96     10.01     348.94    369.40    373.50    367.37 
    Paper and allied products...........   16.98     17.51     17.53     17.79     708.07    728.42    729.25    729.39 
    Printing and publishing.............   14.84     15.05     15.12     15.08     563.92    559.86    563.98    557.96 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   18.68     18.96     19.14     19.37     790.16    800.11    815.36    813.54 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   22.01     22.02     22.14     22.36     953.03    887.41    916.60    932.41 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   13.37     13.69     13.66     13.78     534.80    564.03    569.62    556.71 
    Leather and leather products........   10.24     10.43     10.27     10.45     361.47    382.78    384.10    380.38 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   13.75     14.20     14.20     14.16     457.88    462.92    472.86    465.86 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   16.81     17.24     17.32     17.40     650.55    660.29    672.02    666.42 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   15.92     16.08     16.16     16.13     612.92    615.86    630.24    619.39 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    9.70      9.98      9.99      9.96     288.09    289.42    296.70    294.82 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   15.82     16.18     16.26     16.25     579.01    577.63    596.74    581.75 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   14.52     15.12     15.09     15.03     480.61    489.89    497.97    491.48 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
   
   
   
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                         Percent  
                                    July     Mar.     Apr.      May     June     July     change  
            Industry                2001     2002     2002     2002     2002p    2002p    from:   
                                                                                        June 2002-
                                                                                        July 2002 
                                                                                                  
Total private:                                                                                    
   Current dollars..............   $14.33   $14.65   $14.68   $14.70   $14.75   $14.79      0.3   
   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.99     8.13     8.10     8.12     8.14     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                  
  Goods-producing...............    15.92    16.29    16.32    16.35    16.39    16.41       .1   
    Mining......................    17.63    17.72    17.63    17.87    17.70    17.66      -.2   
    Construction................    18.29    18.74    18.83    18.77    18.81    18.92       .6   
    Manufacturing...............    14.86    15.19    15.19    15.27    15.31    15.31       .0   
      Excluding overtime4.......    14.19    14.45    14.43    14.53    14.56    14.59       .2   
                                                                                                  
  Service-producing.............    13.86    14.18    14.21    14.24    14.29    14.34       .3   
    Transportation and public                                                                     
       utilities................    16.81    17.26    17.26    17.31    17.40    17.40       .0   
    Wholesale trade.............    15.87    16.23    16.11    16.12    16.14    16.17       .2   
    Retail trade................     9.77     9.95     9.97     9.99    10.05    10.03      -.2   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
       estate...................    15.85    16.14    16.18    16.17    16.26    16.38       .7   
    Services....................    14.68    15.08    15.13    15.16    15.20    15.27       .5   

  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 2002 to June 2002, 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 workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry

(1982=100)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                          July   May     June     July    July    Mar.    Apr.   May     June     July  
                                          2001   2002    2002p    2002p   2001    2002    2002   2002    2002p    2002p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  153.9  148.2   152.1    150.0   150.4  148.2   148.1   148.1   148.6    147.7 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  112.5  105.6   108.2    106.0   110.6  105.5   105.4   105.0   105.7    104.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   56.9   53.8    54.6     53.8    55.5   54.0    53.5    53.7    53.7     52.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  201.8  179.6   188.8    189.3   185.6  178.1   178.3   176.4   178.6    174.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   96.6   92.8    94.1     91.3    97.9   93.0    92.9    92.8    93.2     92.4 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  100.0   95.7    96.8     93.0   101.8   95.5    95.5    95.4    95.6     94.6 
    Lumber and wood products............  139.0  134.6   138.0    137.2   137.1  134.7   133.3   134.4   134.3    135.1 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  125.8  123.3   124.6    119.9   127.9  123.2   124.7   122.9   122.9    122.0 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  122.1  115.0   117.7    116.1   117.8  113.1   113.6   112.6   113.6    112.3 
    Primary metal industries............   82.3   76.5    77.1     74.4    83.8   76.7    76.7    76.4    76.6     75.7 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   64.5   58.7    59.7     58.3    64.1   58.4    58.3    58.9    59.2     57.8 
    Fabricated metal products...........  110.2  109.5   111.0    106.7   113.4  109.2   109.1   110.1   110.3    109.8 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   90.1   83.3    83.7     81.0    91.2   83.1    83.1    82.8    83.1     81.8 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   91.7   81.5    81.9     78.6    94.3   83.1    82.9    82.2    81.7     80.9 
    Transportation equipment............  106.2  107.6   107.9     99.0   111.6  105.5   105.7   105.6   106.1    103.9 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  136.5  147.4   147.8    131.5   146.4  143.0   144.2   144.0   144.6    141.0 
    Instruments and related products....   71.9   67.6    68.9     67.0    72.4   68.6    68.2    67.9    68.4     67.5 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   90.0   90.5    92.1     88.3    92.0   90.2    90.2    90.6    91.8     90.2 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   92.0   88.8    90.3     88.9    92.4   89.6    89.3    89.4    90.0     89.3 
    Food and kindred products...........  116.7  113.1   116.1    117.6   114.8  115.5   115.4   115.6   117.3    116.0 
    Tobacco products....................   45.1   48.1    50.7     50.2    49.3   51.0    49.1    51.5    52.9     54.5 
    Textile mill products...............   64.5   61.9    62.6     60.0    65.7   62.4    62.1    61.6    61.6     61.1 
    Apparel and other textile products..   47.1   44.2    44.7     43.1    47.9   44.1    43.7    43.4    43.7     43.8 
    Paper and allied products...........   97.5   94.2    95.2     93.0    97.6   95.5    94.9    95.0    94.7     93.2 
    Printing and publishing.............  114.6  105.2   105.7    104.8   115.5  106.8   106.0   106.2   106.8    105.5 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   96.9   94.7    96.3     94.2    97.6   94.4    93.6    95.1    95.5     95.0 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   73.1   70.2    72.9     74.2    70.0   70.9    67.9    70.9    70.7     71.4 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  133.4  134.4   137.1    131.6   137.0  133.8   135.1   133.8   135.0    135.0 
    Leather and leather products........   23.0   23.3    23.8     22.4    24.3   23.5    23.6    23.1    22.6     23.9 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................  172.5  167.4   171.8    169.7   168.2  167.4   167.3   167.5   167.9    167.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  141.6  134.2   136.3    133.3   139.7  134.4   134.4   134.4   134.0    133.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  128.0  125.8   128.7    126.6   126.1  125.9   125.7   125.7   126.7    126.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  152.4  147.1   151.6    150.7   146.8  147.3   146.8   147.1   147.1    145.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  143.7  139.1   144.6    141.2   139.6  140.7   140.9   140.6   140.2    140.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  217.2  211.9   217.2    214.9   212.5  211.3   211.5   211.8   212.8    212.3 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
   
   
   
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
       Time span          Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                   Private nonfarm payrolls, 347 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   62.4    57.5    59.1    60.2    57.5    56.8    54.6    59.1    57.2    53.0    57.9    56.8 
     1999..............   55.3    58.6    53.6    58.4    55.5    57.8    57.1    54.8    57.1    57.2    60.4    58.1 
     2000..............   55.9    57.5    57.9    51.2    50.1    55.8    57.8    51.4    52.4    52.4    53.2    52.7 
     2001..............   49.4    45.7    50.3    42.4    47.3    43.2    44.5    42.5    42.4    40.5    39.3    44.1 
     2002..............   47.3    41.4    49.7    47.8    50.9   p49.7   p48.4                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   65.3    66.3    65.3    65.9    62.7    58.2    58.9    59.1    59.8    57.9    57.1    58.8 
     1999..............   59.2    57.6    59.5    55.2    60.2    57.2    59.4    59.2    59.7    58.9    61.2    60.7 
     2000..............   60.4    61.4    58.4    53.2    52.4    55.5    56.6    56.2    51.2    51.0    53.2    51.6 
     2001..............   45.5    46.1    40.8    43.4    37.8    43.2    39.3    38.0    35.3    33.7    36.3    38.9 
     2002..............   40.1    43.2    42.5    46.5   p48.0   p50.0                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   70.2    67.4    64.7    61.5    64.1    62.1    59.1    58.8    57.5    60.2    59.2    58.4 
     1999..............   60.2    58.9    58.5    59.7    57.2    60.8    61.2    62.5    62.7    61.8    61.2    62.8 
     2000..............   61.1    59.4    58.1    57.9    54.2    52.4    52.9    54.2    52.4    48.7    45.7    46.5 
     2001..............   44.7    42.7    39.5    40.1    40.8    35.6    37.0    32.4    34.3    33.1    34.1    35.6 
     2002..............   37.0    41.6   p43.5   p45.0                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1998..............   69.9    67.9    67.6    65.6    64.1    62.7    61.7    62.2    60.8    59.4    60.8    58.9 
     1999..............   61.2    60.1    58.2    61.0    60.7    61.5    62.2    61.1    63.8    62.2    59.7    60.5 
     2000..............   61.4    59.9    58.8    56.2    55.3    53.6    53.0    51.0    47.7    45.2    44.5    42.9 
     2001..............   41.5    41.5    38.9    37.5    37.3    36.2    34.1    33.6    34.4    33.9    33.3   p34.4 
     2002..............  p35.2                                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                    Manufacturing payrolls, 136 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   57.0    52.6    52.2    52.9    44.9    47.4    38.2    52.9    44.9    38.6    42.3    41.5 
     1999..............   47.4    41.2    42.6    46.0    46.3    43.4    50.0    42.6    46.0    45.6    51.5    49.3 
     2000..............   44.9    52.2    49.3    46.0    49.3    50.7    57.4    36.8    39.0    42.3    47.1    40.8 
     2001..............   34.9    26.8    38.2    29.0    28.3    30.5    34.9    25.7    31.6    31.3    25.0    30.9 
     2002..............   35.3    37.9    40.4    47.4    47.1   p41.9   p47.1                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   59.2    57.0    54.8    51.8    48.2    38.2    41.9    43.0    43.0    38.2    32.7    40.4 
     1999..............   39.3    39.3    39.7    40.1    41.2    43.8    44.1    46.3    42.3    44.1    47.8    45.2 
     2000..............   48.2    48.9    48.9    44.5    46.7    52.2    46.0    38.6    29.0    34.2    39.0    36.0 
     2001..............   21.3    21.3    18.4    23.5    19.9    23.2    17.3    19.1    16.2    18.0    18.4    18.0 
     2002..............   24.6    30.1    37.1    38.6   p40.4   p40.4                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1998..............   60.7    54.4    49.3    40.1    45.2    42.6    39.0    38.2    34.6    41.2    35.7    33.1 
     1999..............   36.4    36.0    37.5    40.4    37.5    42.3    43.0    44.5    48.2    43.0    44.5    47.4 
     2000..............   47.8    45.2    44.5    50.0    41.9    37.9    36.0    35.3    32.4    26.1    21.3    21.7 
     2001..............   20.2    16.9    14.0    16.2    16.5    13.2    14.7    11.8    14.0    13.2    17.6    16.5 
     2002..............   19.9    26.8   p30.1   p38.2                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1998..............   54.8    52.2    51.8    46.7    40.4    40.1    38.2    37.5    36.4    34.6    35.7    34.2 
     1999..............   38.6    34.6    32.4    36.0    37.9    39.0    40.1    40.4    44.5    44.5    43.4    44.5 
     2000..............   49.3    44.1    39.3    36.8    35.3    34.2    33.8    28.7    22.1    19.1    17.6    14.0 
     2001..............   13.6    13.6    13.6    15.4    12.1    11.0    11.0    11.0    12.9    12.9    14.0   p14.0 
     2002..............  p18.0                                                                                         

  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are
centered within the 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.