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                      THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  APRIL 2007


   Nonfarm payroll employment edged up (+88,000) in April, and the unemployment
rate was essentially unchanged at 4.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Job gains continued in several
service-providing industries, including health care and food services, while
employment declined in retail trade and manufacturing.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons (6.8 million) and the unemployment rate (4.5
percent) were essentially unchanged in April.  The jobless rate has ranged from
4.4 to 4.6 percent since September 2006.  (See table A-1.)

   Over the month, the jobless rates for the major worker groups--adult men (4.0
percent), adult women (3.8 percent), teenagers (15.3 percent), whites (3.9 percent), 
blacks (8.2 percent), and Hispanics (5.4 percent)--showed little or no change.  The 
unemployment rate for Asians was 3.3 percent, not seasonally adjusted.  (See tables 
A-2 and A-3.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   In April, total employment and the employment-population ratio fell to 145.8
million and 63.0 percent, respectively.  The civilian labor force also fell over
the month, to 152.6 million, and the labor force participation rate declined to
66.0 percent.  The labor force participation rate was little changed over the
year.  (See table A-1.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   In April, 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally at- 
tached to the labor force compared with 1.3 million a year earlier.  These in-
dividuals wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime 
during the prior 12 months.  They were not counted as unemployed because they
had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  Among the mar-
ginally attached, there were 399,000 discouraged workers in April, about the
same as a year earlier.  Discouraged workers were not currently looking for 
work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them.  The
remaining 992,000 persons marginally attached to the labor force in April had
not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as
school attendance and family responsibilities.  (See table A-13.)
 
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
_______________________________________________________________________________
                         |                 |                          |
                         |    Quarterly    |                          |
                         |     averages    |       Monthly data       |
                         |_________________|__________________________|  Mar.-
        Category         |        |        |                          |  Apr.
                         |  2006  |  2007  |            2007          | change
                         |________|________|__________________________|
                         |        |        |        |        |        |
                         |   IV   |    I   |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |
 ________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________
                         |
     HOUSEHOLD DATA      |                 Labor force status
                         |_____________________________________________________
                         |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian labor force ....| 152,425| 152,912| 152,784| 152,979| 152,587|   -392
  Employment ............| 145,629| 146,044| 145,919| 146,254| 145,786|   -468
  Unemployment ..........|   6,797|   6,869|   6,865|   6,724|   6,801|     77
Not in labor force ......|  77,471|  77,927|  78,050|  78,055|  78,666|    611
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________
                         |
                         |                 Unemployment rates
                         |_____________________________________________________
                         |        |        |        |        |        |
All workers .............|     4.5|     4.5|     4.5|     4.4|     4.5|    0.1
  Adult men .............|     3.9|     4.1|     4.1|     4.0|     4.0|     .0
  Adult women ...........|     3.9|     3.9|     3.8|     3.8|     3.8|     .0
  Teenagers .............|    15.1|    14.8|    14.9|    14.5|    15.3|     .8
  White .................|     3.9|     4.0|     4.0|     3.8|     3.9|     .1
  Black or African       |        |        |        |        |        |
    American ............|     8.5|     8.1|     7.9|     8.3|     8.2|    -.1
  Hispanic or Latino     |        |        |        |        |        |
    ethnicity ...........|     4.8|     5.4|     5.2|     5.1|     5.4|     .3
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________
                         |
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA     |                     Employment
                         |_____________________________________________________
                         |        |        |        |        |        |
Nonfarm employment.......| 136,951|p137,448| 137,419|p137,596|p137,684|    p88
  Goods-producing (1)....|  22,539| p22,507|  22,465| p22,501| p22,473|   p-28
    Construction ........|   7,691|  p7,683|   7,641|  p7,691|  p7,680|   p-11
    Manufacturing .......|  14,147| p14,113|  14,113| p14,095| p14,076|   p-19
  Service-providing (1)..| 114,412|p114,941| 114,954|p115,095|p115,211|   p116
    Retail trade (2).....|  15,316| p15,373|  15,365| p15,397| p15,371|   p-26
    Professional and     |        |        |        |        |        |
      business services .|  17,727| p17,830|  17,840| p17,846| p17,870|    p24
    Education and health |        |        |        |        |        |
      services ..........|  18,019| p18,142|  18,138| p18,187| p18,240|    p53
    Leisure and          |        |        |        |        |        |
      hospitality .......|  13,318| p13,422|  13,425| p13,445| p13,467|    p22
    Government ..........|  22,107| p22,169|  22,174| p22,194| p22,219|    p25
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________
                         |
                         |                  Hours of work (3)
                         |_____________________________________________________
                         |        |        |        |        |        |
Total private ...........|    33.9|   p33.8|    33.7|   p33.9|   p33.8|  p-0.1
  Manufacturing .........|    41.1|   p41.0|    40.9|   p41.2|   p41.1|   p-.1
    Overtime ............|     4.2|    p4.2|     4.1|    p4.3|    p4.2|   p-.1
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________
                         |
                         |   Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(3)
                         |_____________________________________________________
                         |        |        |        |        |        |
Total private ...........|   106.5|  p106.8|   106.4|  p107.3|  p106.9|  p-0.4
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________
                         |
                         |                     Earnings (3)
                         |_____________________________________________________
Average hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private .........|  $17.00| p$17.16|  $17.16| p$17.21| p$17.25| p$0.04
Average weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private .........|  575.73| p579.90|  578.29| p583.42| p583.05|  p-.37
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________

   1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2 Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using
unrounded data.
   3 Data relate to private production and nonsupervisory workers.
  p = preliminary.

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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 88,000 in April to 137.7 million
(seasonally adjusted).  Thus far in 2007, monthly payroll employment gains 
have averaged 129,000 compared with average increases of 189,000 per month 
in 2006.  In April, job gains in health care, food services, and a few other 
industries were partially offset by employment declines in manufacturing and 
retail trade.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Health care employment continued to grow in April (+37,000), with gains
throughout the component industries.  Over the year, health care has added
362,000 jobs.  Employment in social assistance was up by 10,000 in April and 
has grown by 63,000 over the year.
   
   Food services and drinking places continued to expand in April, gaining
25,000 jobs.  Employment in this industry has increased by 336,000 over the
year.
   
   Within professional and business services, employment rose in April in
computer systems design (+11,000) and in management and technical consulting
services (+12,000).  Wholesale trade employment edged up by 13,000 over the
month.  Government employment continued to trend up in April and has grown by
297,000 over the year.  Local government accounted for three-quarters of the
over-the-year growth.
   
   Employment in construction was little changed in April, with no significant
movements among the component industries.  Thus far in 2007, there has been es-
sentially no net change in construction employment.
   
   Manufacturing employment continued to decline in April (-19,000).  Small job
losses were widespread across manufacturing industries, with notable declines in
machinery (-5,000), motor vehicles (-5,000), and textile mills (-3,000).  The re-
turn of 6,500 shipbuilding workers from a strike partly offset losses elsewhere 
in manufacturing.
   
   Employment declined by 26,000 in retail trade in April.  A sizeable job loss
(-41,000) in general merchandise stores followed a large gain (30,000) in March.
Within finance and insurance, employment fell by 14,000 in credit intermediation
and related activities in April; commercial banking accounted for over half of
the loss.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   In April, the average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls declined by 0.1 hour to 33.8 hours, seasonally adjusted.  
The manufacturing workweek and factory overtime each fell by 0.1 hour to 41.1 and 
4.2 hours, respectively.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers
on private nonfarm payrolls declined by 0.4 percent in April to 106.9 (2002=100).  
The manufacturing index also fell by 0.4 percent over the month to 95.0.  (See 
table B-5.)

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Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls rose by 4 cents, or 0.2 percent, in April to $17.25, seasonally
adjusted.  Average weekly earnings edged down by 0.1 percent over the month to
$583.05.  Over the year, average hourly and weekly earnings grew by 3.7 and 3.4
percent, respectively.  (See table B-3.)
   
                         ______________________________
   
   
   The Employment Situation for May 2007 is scheduled to be released on Friday,
June 1, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).




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Technical Note


   This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the informa-
tion on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the
A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about 60,000 house-
holds conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS).
 
   The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the 
B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with state agencies.  The sample 
includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering ap-
proximately 400,000 individual worksites.  The active sample includes 
about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers.  The sample is drawn 
from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts.

   For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the establish-
ment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the 12th,
which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
   Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
   
   People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, pro-
fession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
   People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility
for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
   The civilian labor force  is the sum of employed and  unemployed persons.
Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force.
The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the  labor
force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent
of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the employed as a
percent of the population.
                                  
                                  - 6 -
 
   Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from pri-
vate nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well
as federal, state, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-providing sector.  Industries are classified on the
basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of
the North American Industry Classification System.

   Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and method-
ological differences between the household and establishment surveys result
in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the sur-
veys.  Among these are:
 
   --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

   --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed.
The establishment survey does not.
 
   --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
   --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because in-
dividuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
Seasonal adjustment
 
   Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The ef-
fect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal fluctua-
tions may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month changes
in unemployment.
 
   Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern
each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by ad-
justing the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make non-
seasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases
in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For
example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is
likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May,
making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen
or declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted
to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made
correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to ana-
lyze changes in economic activity.
 
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   Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the 
household and establishment surveys.  However, the adjusted series for many 
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most super-
sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating in-
dependently adjusted component series.  For example, total unemployment is 
derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; 
this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by di-
rectly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more 
detailed age categories.

   For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal
adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated 
each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the 
current month.  In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to
adjust only the current month's data.  In the establishment survey, however, 
new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent 
monthly estimates.  In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made 
once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
   Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the en-
tire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence,
that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 stand-
ard errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.
BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
   For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
430,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -330,000 to 530,000 (100,000 +/- 430,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, oc-
curred.  At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent con-
fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 280,000, 
and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 
percentage point.
 
   In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of esti-
mates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for
quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can also im-
prove the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
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   The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the failure
to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for
all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to
provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents,
and errors made in the collection or processing of the data.
 
   For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 
2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
   
   Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, 
an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business
births.  The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for
business births.  This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative
estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of busi-
ness, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample.  
The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the 
residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation.  
The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was de-
rived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and 
reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five 
years.
 
   The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent,
ranging from less than 0.05 percent to 0.6 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
   More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $27.00 per issue or
$53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order pay-
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Visa.
 
   Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for
the household and establishment survey data published in this release.  
For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear 
in tables 1-B through 1-D of its "Explanatory Notes."  For the establish-
ment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of re-
visions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of 
Employment and Earnings.

   Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
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     HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                         HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
     
     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                          Seasonally adjusted (1)                     
                                                                                                                                                          
              Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                           Apr.       Mar.       Apr.       Apr.       Dec.       Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.   
                                                           2006       2007       2007       2006       2006       2007       2007       2007       2007   
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                           TOTAL                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   228,199    231,034    231,253    228,199    230,108    230,650    230,834    231,034    231,253 
       Civilian labor force............................   150,209    152,236    151,829    150,862    152,775    152,974    152,784    152,979    152,587 
             Participation rate........................      65.8       65.9       65.7       66.1       66.4       66.3       66.2       66.2       66.0 
         Employed......................................   143,405    145,323    145,297    143,763    145,926    145,957    145,919    146,254    145,786 
             Employment-population ratio...............      62.8       62.9       62.8       63.0       63.4       63.3       63.2       63.3       63.0 
         Unemployed....................................     6,804      6,913      6,532      7,098      6,849      7,017      6,865      6,724      6,801 
             Unemployment rate.........................       4.5        4.5        4.3        4.7        4.5        4.6        4.5        4.4        4.5 
       Not in labor force..............................    77,990     78,798     79,423     77,338     77,333     77,676     78,050     78,055     78,666 
         Persons who currently want a job..............     4,648      4,365      4,729      4,753      4,506      4,520      4,705      4,511      4,773 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 16 years and over                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   110,280    111,733    111,849    110,280    111,288    111,528    111,627    111,733    111,849 
       Civilian labor force............................    80,669     81,600     81,665     81,059     82,030     82,060     82,014     82,044     82,076 
             Participation rate........................      73.1       73.0       73.0       73.5       73.7       73.6       73.5       73.4       73.4 
         Employed......................................    76,929     77,553     78,013     77,234     78,311     78,237     78,172     78,344     78,344 
             Employment-population ratio...............      69.8       69.4       69.7       70.0       70.4       70.2       70.0       70.1       70.0 
         Unemployed....................................     3,740      4,047      3,651      3,825      3,718      3,823      3,842      3,701      3,732 
             Unemployment rate.........................       4.6        5.0        4.5        4.7        4.5        4.7        4.7        4.5        4.5 
       Not in labor force..............................    29,611     30,133     30,184     29,221     29,259     29,468     29,613     29,689     29,773 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   101,857    103,143    103,248    101,857    102,751    102,956    103,046    103,143    103,248 
       Civilian labor force............................    77,275     78,217     78,315     77,390     78,334     78,384     78,375     78,452     78,459 
             Participation rate........................      75.9       75.8       75.9       76.0       76.2       76.1       76.1       76.1       76.0 
         Employed......................................    74,098     74,737     75,218     74,163     75,235     75,158     75,138     75,323     75,313 
             Employment-population ratio...............      72.7       72.5       72.9       72.8       73.2       73.0       72.9       73.0       72.9 
         Unemployed....................................     3,177      3,480      3,097      3,228      3,100      3,226      3,237      3,129      3,146 
             Unemployment rate.........................       4.1        4.4        4.0        4.2        4.0        4.1        4.1        4.0        4.0 
       Not in labor force..............................    24,582     24,926     24,933     24,467     24,417     24,572     24,671     24,691     24,789 
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 16 years and over                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   117,919    119,300    119,403    117,919    118,820    119,122    119,207    119,300    119,403 
       Civilian labor force............................    69,540     70,636     70,164     69,803     70,745     70,914     70,770     70,934     70,511 
             Participation rate........................      59.0       59.2       58.8       59.2       59.5       59.5       59.4       59.5       59.1 
         Employed......................................    66,476     67,771     67,284     66,530     67,615     67,720     67,747     67,911     67,442 
             Employment-population ratio...............      56.4       56.8       56.3       56.4       56.9       56.8       56.8       56.9       56.5 
         Unemployed....................................     3,064      2,865      2,881      3,273      3,130      3,194      3,023      3,024      3,069 
             Unemployment rate.........................       4.4        4.1        4.1        4.7        4.4        4.5        4.3        4.3        4.4 
       Not in labor force..............................    48,379     48,665     49,239     48,117     48,074     48,207     48,437     48,366     48,893 
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   109,736    110,964    111,057    109,736    110,528    110,803    110,880    110,964    111,057 
       Civilian labor force............................    66,215     67,453     66,973     66,249     67,132     67,361     67,267     67,487     67,083 
             Participation rate........................      60.3       60.8       60.3       60.4       60.7       60.8       60.7       60.8       60.4 
         Employed......................................    63,547     64,975     64,530     63,432     64,491     64,654     64,703     64,912     64,502 
             Employment-population ratio...............      57.9       58.6       58.1       57.8       58.3       58.4       58.4       58.5       58.1 
         Unemployed....................................     2,668      2,478      2,443      2,818      2,641      2,707      2,564      2,576      2,581 
             Unemployment rate.........................       4.0        3.7        3.6        4.3        3.9        4.0        3.8        3.8        3.8 
       Not in labor force..............................    43,521     43,510     44,084     43,487     43,396     43,442     43,612     43,477     43,974 
                                                                                                                                                          
                 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............    16,606     16,927     16,948     16,606     16,829     16,891     16,908     16,927     16,948 
       Civilian labor force............................     6,720      6,566      6,541      7,222      7,309      7,228      7,142      7,039      7,045 
             Participation rate........................      40.5       38.8       38.6       43.5       43.4       42.8       42.2       41.6       41.6 
         Employed......................................     5,760      5,611      5,549      6,169      6,200      6,145      6,078      6,019      5,970 
             Employment-population ratio...............      34.7       33.1       32.7       37.1       36.8       36.4       35.9       35.6       35.2 
         Unemployed....................................       960        954        992      1,053      1,108      1,083      1,064      1,020      1,075 
             Unemployment rate.........................      14.3       14.5       15.2       14.6       15.2       15.0       14.9       14.5       15.3 
       Not in labor force..............................     9,886     10,362     10,407      9,384      9,520      9,662      9,766      9,888      9,903 
     
        1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted
     columns.
        NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
     
     
     
     
     
          HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                         HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age
     
     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                          Seasonally adjusted (1)                     
                                                                                                                                                          
           Employment status, race, sex, and age                                                                                                          
                                                           Apr.       Mar.       Apr.       Apr.       Dec.       Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.   
                                                           2006       2007       2007       2006       2006       2007       2007       2007       2007   
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                           WHITE                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   185,849    187,704    187,843    185,849    187,115    187,471    187,582    187,704    187,843 
       Civilian labor force............................   122,944    124,328    123,944    123,394    124,783    124,908    124,676    124,888    124,450 
           Participation rate..........................      66.2       66.2       66.0       66.4       66.7       66.6       66.5       66.5       66.3 
         Employed......................................   118,141    119,375    119,231    118,397    119,813    119,767    119,669    120,115    119,547 
           Employment-population ratio.................      63.6       63.6       63.5       63.7       64.0       63.9       63.8       64.0       63.6 
         Unemployed....................................     4,803      4,953      4,713      4,997      4,970      5,141      5,007      4,773      4,904 
           Unemployment rate...........................       3.9        4.0        3.8        4.0        4.0        4.1        4.0        3.8        3.9 
       Not in labor force..............................    62,904     63,376     63,899     62,454     62,333     62,562     62,905     62,817     63,393 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                                 
       Civilian labor force............................    64,347     65,059     65,104     64,401     65,084     65,109     65,113     65,206     65,165 
           Participation rate..........................      76.4       76.4       76.4       76.4       76.7       76.6       76.5       76.6       76.5 
         Employed......................................    62,074     62,544     62,857     62,096     62,766     62,693     62,703     63,007     62,884 
           Employment-population ratio.................      73.7       73.5       73.8       73.7       73.9       73.7       73.7       74.0       73.8 
         Unemployed....................................     2,273      2,515      2,247      2,305      2,318      2,416      2,410      2,199      2,282 
           Unemployment rate...........................       3.5        3.9        3.5        3.6        3.6        3.7        3.7        3.4        3.5 
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                                
       Civilian labor force............................    53,015     53,835     53,443     53,025     53,633     53,809     53,667     53,839     53,486 
           Participation rate..........................      59.7       60.1       59.6       59.7       60.1       60.1       60.0       60.1       59.7 
         Employed......................................    51,159     52,109     51,677     51,072     51,795     51,877     51,840     52,036     51,636 
           Employment-population ratio.................      57.6       58.2       57.7       57.5       58.0       58.0       57.9       58.1       57.6 
         Unemployed....................................     1,856      1,726      1,766      1,953      1,838      1,932      1,827      1,803      1,851 
           Unemployment rate...........................       3.5        3.2        3.3        3.7        3.4        3.6        3.4        3.3        3.5 
                                                                                                                                                          
                 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                               
       Civilian labor force............................     5,582      5,434      5,397      5,969      6,066      5,990      5,896      5,843      5,799 
           Participation rate..........................      43.6       41.8       41.4       46.6       46.8       46.1       45.3       44.9       44.5 
         Employed......................................     4,909      4,722      4,698      5,229      5,252      5,197      5,126      5,072      5,027 
           Employment-population ratio.................      38.3       36.3       36.1       40.8       40.5       40.0       39.4       39.0       38.6 
         Unemployed....................................       674        712        699        740        814        793        770        771        772 
           Unemployment rate...........................      12.1       13.1       13.0       12.4       13.4       13.2       13.1       13.2       13.3 
                                                                                                                                                          
                 BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN                                                                                                                
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............    26,905     27,346     27,385     26,905     27,231     27,276     27,310     27,346     27,385 
       Civilian labor force............................    17,155     17,312     17,353     17,318     17,512     17,639     17,549     17,436     17,510 
           Participation rate..........................      63.8       63.3       63.4       64.4       64.3       64.7       64.3       63.8       63.9 
         Employed......................................    15,638     15,874     15,997     15,699     16,045     16,226     16,154     15,988     16,065 
           Employment-population ratio.................      58.1       58.0       58.4       58.3       58.9       59.5       59.2       58.5       58.7 
         Unemployed....................................     1,517      1,439      1,356      1,619      1,466      1,412      1,395      1,448      1,444 
           Unemployment rate...........................       8.8        8.3        7.8        9.3        8.4        8.0        7.9        8.3        8.2 
       Not in labor force..............................     9,751     10,034     10,032      9,588      9,719      9,637      9,761      9,910      9,875 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                                 
       Civilian labor force............................     7,690      7,732      7,801      7,757      7,812      7,893      7,846      7,804      7,860 
           Participation rate..........................      71.1       70.3       70.8       71.7       71.3       72.0       71.5       71.0       71.4 
         Employed......................................     7,032      7,017      7,163      7,065      7,240      7,304      7,262      7,103      7,201 
           Employment-population ratio.................      65.0       63.8       65.1       65.3       66.1       66.6       66.1       64.6       65.4 
         Unemployed....................................       658        715        638        692        572        588        584        701        659 
           Unemployment rate...........................       8.6        9.2        8.2        8.9        7.3        7.5        7.4        9.0        8.4 
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                                
       Civilian labor force............................     8,670      8,823      8,787      8,674      8,840      8,891      8,850      8,832      8,798 
           Participation rate..........................      64.1       64.3       63.9       64.1       64.7       64.9       64.5       64.3       64.0 
         Employed......................................     8,036      8,289      8,296      8,008      8,171      8,316      8,286      8,285      8,273 
           Employment-population ratio.................      59.4       60.4       60.4       59.2       59.8       60.7       60.4       60.4       60.2 
         Unemployed....................................       635        535        491        667        669        575        564        547        525 
           Unemployment rate...........................       7.3        6.1        5.6        7.7        7.6        6.5        6.4        6.2        6.0 
                                                                                                                                                          
                 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                               
       Civilian labor force............................       794        757        765        887        860        855        852        800        852 
           Participation rate..........................      31.2       28.8       29.1       34.8       33.0       32.7       32.5       30.5       32.4 
         Employed......................................       570        568        537        627        634        606        605        600        591 
           Employment-population ratio.................      22.4       21.7       20.4       24.6       24.4       23.2       23.1       22.9       22.5 
         Unemployed....................................       224        189        228        260        226        249        247        200        261 
           Unemployment rate...........................      28.2       24.9       29.8       29.3       26.2       29.1       29.0       25.0       30.6 
                                                                                                                                                          
                           ASIAN                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............    10,095     10,579     10,545        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2) 
       Civilian labor force............................     6,690      7,020      6,951        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2) 
           Participation rate..........................      66.3       66.4       65.9        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2) 
         Employed......................................     6,447      6,810      6,723        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2) 
           Employment-population ratio.................      63.9       64.4       63.8        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2) 
         Unemployed....................................       243        210        228        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2) 
           Unemployment rate...........................       3.6        3.0        3.3        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2) 
       Not in labor force..............................     3,405      3,559      3,594        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2) 
    
       1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted
     columns.
       2 Data not available.
       NOTE:  Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races.  Beginning in
     January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
    
    
    
    
    
         HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                         HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-3.  Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age
     
     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                          Seasonally adjusted (1)                     
                                                                                                                                                          
              Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                                             
                                                           Apr.       Mar.       Apr.       Apr.       Dec.       Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.   
                                                           2006       2007       2007       2006       2006       2007       2007       2007       2007   
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                                                              
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............    29,880     31,055     31,147     29,880     30,596     30,877     30,965     31,055     31,147 
       Civilian labor force............................    20,564     21,341     21,434     20,566     21,176     21,439     21,318     21,390     21,445 
           Participation rate..........................      68.8       68.7       68.8       68.8       69.2       69.4       68.8       68.9       68.9 
         Employed......................................    19,528     20,191     20,328     19,466     20,131     20,221     20,204     20,288     20,284 
           Employment-population ratio.................      65.4       65.0       65.3       65.1       65.8       65.5       65.2       65.3       65.1 
         Unemployed....................................     1,035      1,150      1,106      1,100      1,045      1,218      1,115      1,101      1,161 
           Unemployment rate...........................       5.0        5.4        5.2        5.3        4.9        5.7        5.2        5.1        5.4 
       Not in labor force..............................     9,316      9,714      9,714      9,314      9,419      9,438      9,647      9,665      9,702 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                                 
       Civilian labor force............................    11,833     12,309     12,376       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
           Participation rate..........................      84.9       84.9       85.1       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
         Employed......................................    11,371     11,702     11,860       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
           Employment-population ratio.................      81.6       80.7       81.6       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
         Unemployed....................................       462        607        516       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
           Unemployment rate...........................       3.9        4.9        4.2       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                                
       Civilian labor force............................     7,734      7,964      7,999       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
           Participation rate..........................      58.7       58.3       58.4       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
         Employed......................................     7,284      7,594      7,590       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
           Employment-population ratio.................      55.3       55.6       55.4       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
         Unemployed....................................       450        370        409       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
           Unemployment rate...........................       5.8        4.6        5.1       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
                                                                                                                                                          
                 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                               
       Civilian labor force............................       996      1,069      1,060       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
           Participation rate..........................      36.0       36.8       36.3       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
         Employed......................................       873        895        878       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
           Employment-population ratio.................      31.5       30.8       30.1       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
         Unemployed....................................       123        173        182       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
           Unemployment rate...........................      12.4       16.2       17.1       (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)  
      
         1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted
     columns.
         2 Data not available.
         NOTE:  Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population
     controls used in the household survey.
     
     
     
     
     
          HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                         HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-4.  Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment
     
     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                            Seasonally adjusted                       
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Educational attainment                                                                                                                 
                                                           Apr.       Mar.       Apr.       Apr.       Dec.       Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.   
                                                           2006       2007       2007       2006       2006       2007       2007       2007       2007   
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
              Less than a high school diploma                                                                                                             
     Civilian labor force..............................    12,959     12,896     12,799     12,844     12,719     12,870     13,150     13,033     12,765 
         Participation rate............................      46.3       46.7       46.6       45.9       46.8       47.0       47.9       47.2       46.5 
       Employed........................................    12,099     11,881     11,918     11,937     11,877     11,993     12,212     12,126     11,847 
         Employment-population ratio...................      43.2       43.0       43.4       42.6       43.7       43.8       44.4       43.9       43.1 
       Unemployed......................................       860      1,015        881        907        842        877        938        906        917 
         Unemployment rate.............................       6.6        7.9        6.9        7.1        6.6        6.8        7.1        7.0        7.2 
                                                                                                                                                          
           High school graduates, no college (1)                                                                                                          
     Civilian labor force..............................    38,347     38,739     38,354     38,249     38,373     38,723     38,723     38,610     38,319 
         Participation rate............................      63.3       63.1       62.7       63.1       63.0       62.8       62.8       62.9       62.6 
       Employed........................................    36,674     37,033     36,798     36,584     36,722     37,083     37,063     37,042     36,758 
         Employment-population ratio...................      60.5       60.3       60.1       60.4       60.3       60.1       60.1       60.3       60.1 
       Unemployed......................................     1,673      1,706      1,557      1,665      1,651      1,641      1,660      1,568      1,562 
         Unemployment rate.............................       4.4        4.4        4.1        4.4        4.3        4.2        4.3        4.1        4.1 
                                                                                                                                                          
              Some college or associate degree                                                                                                            
     Civilian labor force..............................    35,284     35,434     35,669     35,320     35,593     35,092     34,678     35,200     35,620 
         Participation rate............................      72.4       72.1       72.3       72.5       72.5       72.2       71.2       71.6       72.2 
       Employed........................................    33,983     34,115     34,405     33,987     34,393     33,802     33,434     33,944     34,337 
         Employment-population ratio...................      69.8       69.4       69.8       69.8       70.1       69.6       68.6       69.1       69.6 
       Unemployed......................................     1,300      1,319      1,263      1,333      1,200      1,290      1,244      1,256      1,283 
         Unemployment rate.............................       3.7        3.7        3.5        3.8        3.4        3.7        3.6        3.6        3.6 
                                                                                                                                                          
              Bachelor's degree and higher (2)                                                                                                            
     Civilian labor force..............................    42,122     43,532     43,565     42,031     43,565     43,584     43,770     43,660     43,567 
         Participation rate............................      77.9       78.4       77.9       77.8       78.1       78.2       78.6       78.6       77.9 
       Employed........................................    41,243     42,756     42,809     41,115     42,742     42,673     42,930     42,858     42,773 
         Employment-population ratio...................      76.3       77.0       76.5       76.1       76.6       76.6       77.1       77.1       76.5 
       Unemployed......................................       879        776        757        916        823        911        839        801        793 
         Unemployment rate.............................       2.1        1.8        1.7        2.2        1.9        2.1        1.9        1.8        1.8 
     
        1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
        2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. 
        NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.  See block note in the BLS news release
        USDL 07-0486, "The Employment Situation:  March 2007," for a discussion of technical issues regarding educational attainment data.
     
     
     
     
     
          HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                          HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-5.  Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status
     
     (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                            Seasonally adjusted                       
                                                                                                                                                          
                          Category                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                           Apr.       Mar.       Apr.       Apr.       Dec.       Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.   
                                                           2006       2007       2007       2006       2006       2007       2007       2007       2007   
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                      CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
     Agriculture and related industries................     2,219      2,046      2,040      2,232      2,291      2,266      2,343      2,241      2,053 
       Wage and salary workers.........................     1,277      1,169      1,166      1,303      1,415      1,358      1,441      1,327      1,205 
       Self-employed workers...........................       930        859        856        924        879        890        892        897        858 
       Unpaid family workers...........................        12         18         18       (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)  
                                                                                                                                                          
     Nonagricultural industries........................   141,186    143,277    143,257    141,468    143,646    143,681    143,537    144,032    143,687 
       Wage and salary workers.........................   131,547    133,551    133,513    131,779    133,636    134,018    133,798    134,110    133,874 
         Government....................................    20,406     21,138     21,320     20,166     20,734     20,902     20,872     20,931     21,046 
         Private industries............................   111,142    112,413    112,193    111,604    112,888    113,050    112,918    113,171    112,762 
           Private households..........................       819        859        819       (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)  
           Other industries............................   110,322    111,553    111,374    110,753    112,147    112,309    112,026    112,283    111,967 
       Self-employed workers...........................     9,560      9,606      9,641      9,653      9,865      9,520      9,605      9,737      9,713 
       Unpaid family workers...........................        79        121        103       (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)  
                                                                                                                                                          
               PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                          
      All industries:                                                                                                                                     
     Part time for economic reasons....................     3,787      4,384      4,205      3,964      4,232      4,246      4,212      4,278      4,374 
         Slack work or business conditions.............     2,352      2,856      2,729      2,467      2,706      2,753      2,729      2,769      2,849 
         Could only find part-time work................     1,156      1,218      1,236      1,179      1,234      1,185      1,208      1,215      1,248 
     Part time for noneconomic reasons.................    19,808     20,554     20,336     19,494     19,885     19,761     19,907     20,088     19,948 
                                                                                                                                                          
      Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                                                         
     Part time for economic reasons....................     3,710      4,295      4,127      3,891      4,159      4,155      4,088      4,196      4,308 
         Slack work or business conditions.............     2,299      2,805      2,681      2,436      2,653      2,686      2,662      2,698      2,811 
         Could only find part-time work................     1,153      1,204      1,226      1,170      1,221      1,165      1,187      1,196      1,236 
     Part time for noneconomic reasons.................    19,438     20,197     20,001     19,142     19,512     19,410     19,521     19,677     19,570 
     
        1 Data not available.
        2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness,
     or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the
     reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather.
        NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal
     adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
     
     
     
     
     
          HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                         HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-6.  Selected employment indicators
     
     (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                            Seasonally adjusted                       
                                                                                                                                                          
                       Characteristic                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                           Apr.       Mar.       Apr.       Apr.       Dec.       Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.   
                                                           2006       2007       2007       2006       2006       2007       2007       2007       2007   
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                        AGE AND SEX                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                          
     Total, 16 years and over..........................   143,405    145,323    145,297    143,763    145,926    145,957    145,919    146,254    145,786 
       16 to 19 years..................................     5,760      5,611      5,549      6,169      6,200      6,145      6,078      6,019      5,970 
         16 to 17 years................................     2,210      2,069      2,129      2,400      2,513      2,394      2,275      2,301      2,315 
         18 to 19 years................................     3,550      3,543      3,420      3,744      3,655      3,734      3,777      3,715      3,628 
       20 years and over...............................   137,645    139,712    139,748    137,594    139,726    139,813    139,841    140,235    139,815 
         20 to 24 years................................    13,646     13,927     13,819     13,788     14,073     14,086     14,139     14,204     13,982 
         25 years and over.............................   123,999    125,785    125,929    123,694    125,677    125,634    125,597    125,916    125,667 
           25 to 54 years..............................    99,333    100,300    100,476     99,193    100,385    100,627    100,319    100,488    100,365 
             25 to 34 years............................    30,826     31,388     31,565     30,857     31,283     31,411     31,366     31,530     31,588 
             35 to 44 years............................    34,596     34,458     34,457     34,502     34,589     34,689     34,618     34,520     34,378 
             45 to 54 years............................    33,911     34,453     34,454     33,834     34,513     34,527     34,335     34,438     34,400 
           55 years and over...........................    24,666     25,485     25,453     24,502     25,293     25,007     25,278     25,428     25,302 
                                                                                                                                                          
     Men, 16 years and over............................    76,929     77,553     78,013     77,234     78,311     78,237     78,172     78,344     78,344 
       16 to 19 years..................................     2,831      2,816      2,795      3,071      3,077      3,079      3,034      3,020      3,031 
         16 to 17 years................................     1,036      1,004      1,059      1,143      1,193      1,195      1,124      1,126      1,157 
         18 to 19 years................................     1,795      1,811      1,736      1,923      1,872      1,881      1,915      1,903      1,865 
       20 years and over...............................    74,098     74,737     75,218     74,163     75,235     75,158     75,138     75,323     75,313 
         20 to 24 years................................     7,262      7,270      7,285      7,369      7,468      7,457      7,435      7,458      7,412 
         25 years and over.............................    66,836     67,466     67,934     66,746     67,776     67,648     67,665     67,811     67,846 
           25 to 54 years..............................    53,634     54,025     54,426     53,626     54,318     54,406     54,282     54,358     54,412 
             25 to 34 years............................    17,014     17,311     17,433     17,067     17,338     17,325     17,314     17,470     17,478 
             35 to 44 years............................    18,820     18,651     18,823     18,808     18,750     18,862     18,839     18,779     18,804 
             45 to 54 years............................    17,800     18,062     18,170     17,751     18,231     18,220     18,129     18,109     18,130 
           55 years and over...........................    13,202     13,442     13,508     13,120     13,458     13,242     13,383     13,454     13,434 
                                                                                                                                                          
     Women, 16 years and over..........................    66,476     67,771     67,284     66,530     67,615     67,720     67,747     67,911     67,442 
       16 to 19 years..................................     2,929      2,796      2,754      3,098      3,124      3,066      3,044      2,999      2,940 
         16 to 17 years................................     1,174      1,064      1,070      1,257      1,319      1,198      1,151      1,175      1,157 
         18 to 19 years................................     1,755      1,731      1,684      1,821      1,783      1,853      1,863      1,812      1,763 
       20 years and over...............................    63,547     64,975     64,530     63,432     64,491     64,654     64,703     64,912     64,502 
         20 to 24 years................................     6,384      6,656      6,534      6,419      6,605      6,629      6,704      6,746      6,570 
         25 years and over.............................    57,163     58,319     57,996     56,948     57,902     57,986     57,932     58,105     57,821 
           25 to 54 years..............................    45,699     46,275     46,050     45,566     46,066     46,221     46,037     46,130     45,954 
             25 to 34 years............................    13,812     14,077     14,132     13,789     13,945     14,086     14,052     14,060     14,110 
             35 to 44 years............................    15,776     15,807     15,634     15,693     15,839     15,828     15,779     15,741     15,574 
             45 to 54 years............................    16,111     16,391     16,284     16,084     16,282     16,307     16,206     16,329     16,270 
           55 years and over...........................    11,464     12,044     11,945     11,382     11,835     11,765     11,895     11,974     11,867 
                                                                                                                                                          
                       MARITAL STATUS                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
     Married men, spouse present.......................    45,731     46,452     46,488     45,809     45,864     46,066     46,231     46,527     46,500 
     Married women, spouse present.....................    35,326     36,252     36,101     35,298     35,383     35,536     35,728     36,167     36,037 
     Women who maintain families.......................     8,747      9,233      9,135       (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)  
                                                                                                                                                          
                 FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
     Full-time workers (2).............................   118,559    119,640    119,609    119,251    120,716    120,965    120,819    121,035    120,348 
     Part-time workers (3).............................    24,846     25,684     25,688     24,440     25,209     24,990     24,983     25,120     25,248 
                                                                                                                                                          
                    MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                          
     Total multiple jobholders.........................     7,360      7,808      7,846      7,487      7,743      7,683      7,739      7,740      7,937 
         Percent of total employed.....................       5.1        5.4        5.4        5.2        5.3        5.3        5.3        5.3        5.4 
     
        1 Data not available.
        2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.
        3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.
        NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal
     adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
     
     
     
     
     
     HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                         HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-7.  Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                    Number of                                                                             
                                                               unemployed persons                              Unemployment rates (1)                     
                                                                 (in thousands)                                                                           
                       Characteristic                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                           Apr.       Mar.       Apr.       Apr.       Dec.       Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.   
                                                           2006       2007       2007       2006       2006       2007       2007       2007       2007   
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                        AGE AND SEX                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                          
     Total, 16 years and over..........................    7,098      6,724      6,801       4.7        4.5        4.6        4.5        4.4        4.5   
       16 to 19 years..................................    1,053      1,020      1,075      14.6       15.2       15.0       14.9       14.5       15.3   
         16 to 17 years................................      446        450        459      15.7       16.9       16.9       16.6       16.4       16.5   
         18 to 19 years................................      625        568        639      14.3       13.7       13.7       13.7       13.3       15.0   
       20 years and over...............................    6,045      5,704      5,726       4.2        3.9        4.1        4.0        3.9        3.9   
         20 to 24 years................................    1,233      1,162      1,184       8.2        7.9        8.1        7.4        7.6        7.8   
         25 years and over.............................    4,793      4,517      4,537       3.7        3.5        3.6        3.6        3.5        3.5   
           25 to 54 years..............................    4,033      3,689      3,743       3.9        3.6        3.7        3.7        3.5        3.6   
             25 to 34 years............................    1,582      1,448      1,442       4.9        4.3        4.7        4.8        4.4        4.4   
             35 to 44 years............................    1,338      1,139      1,193       3.7        3.7        3.4        3.3        3.2        3.4   
             45 to 54 years............................    1,114      1,101      1,108       3.2        2.9        3.0        3.2        3.1        3.1   
           55 years and over...........................      756        820        791       3.0        3.0        3.3        3.1        3.1        3.0   
                                                                                                                                                          
     Men, 16 years and over............................    3,825      3,701      3,732       4.7        4.5        4.7        4.7        4.5        4.5   
       16 to 19 years..................................      598        572        587      16.3       16.7       16.2       16.6       15.9       16.2   
         16 to 17 years................................      249        241        241      17.9       19.0       17.0       19.3       17.6       17.2   
         18 to 19 years................................      374        330        364      16.3       14.8       15.4       15.0       14.8       16.4   
       20 years and over...............................    3,228      3,129      3,146       4.2        4.0        4.1        4.1        4.0        4.0   
         20 to 24 years................................      709        661        694       8.8        8.3        8.4        8.2        8.1        8.6   
         25 years and over.............................    2,504      2,473      2,445       3.6        3.5        3.6        3.7        3.5        3.5   
           25 to 54 years..............................    2,078      2,017      1,998       3.7        3.5        3.7        3.8        3.6        3.5   
             25 to 34 years............................      825        796        767       4.6        4.2        4.8        5.0        4.4        4.2   
             35 to 44 years............................      672        636        624       3.4        3.5        3.4        3.3        3.3        3.2   
             45 to 54 years............................      580        585        607       3.2        2.8        2.9        3.2        3.1        3.2   
           55 years and over...........................      426        456        446       3.1        3.2        3.4        3.1        3.3        3.2   
                                                                                                                                                          
     Women, 16 years and over..........................    3,273      3,024      3,069       4.7        4.4        4.5        4.3        4.3        4.4   
       16 to 19 years..................................      455        448        488      12.8       13.6       13.7       13.1       13.0       14.2   
         16 to 17 years................................      198        209        218      13.6       14.9       16.8       13.8       15.1       15.9   
         18 to 19 years................................      251        238        274      12.1       12.6       11.8       12.4       11.6       13.5   
       20 years and over...............................    2,818      2,576      2,581       4.3        3.9        4.0        3.8        3.8        3.8   
         20 to 24 years................................      524        501        491       7.6        7.5        7.7        6.4        6.9        7.0   
         25 years and over.............................    2,289      2,043      2,092       3.9        3.5        3.6        3.5        3.4        3.5   
           25 to 54 years..............................    1,955      1,672      1,745       4.1        3.8        3.7        3.6        3.5        3.7   
             25 to 34 years............................      757        652        675       5.2        4.4        4.6        4.6        4.4        4.6   
             35 to 44 years............................      666        504        569       4.1        4.0        3.4        3.2        3.1        3.5   
             45 to 54 years............................      533        516        501       3.2        3.0        3.2        3.2        3.1        3.0   
           55 years and over (2).......................      302        341        311       2.6        2.4        3.3        3.0        2.8        2.5   
                                                                                                                                                          
                       MARITAL STATUS                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
     Married men, spouse present.......................    1,182      1,182      1,214       2.5        2.5        2.5        2.7        2.5        2.5   
     Married women, spouse present.....................    1,045        938        997       2.9        2.7        2.8        2.7        2.5        2.7   
     Women who maintain families (2)...................      708        667        605       7.5        6.2        6.6        6.5        6.7        6.2   
                                                                                                                                                          
                 FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
     Full-time workers (3).............................    5,802      5,515      5,507       4.6        4.4        4.5        4.4        4.4        4.4   
     Part-time workers (4).............................    1,309      1,178      1,326       5.1        4.8        5.0        4.9        4.5        5.0   
     
        1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
        2 Not seasonally adjusted.
        3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from
     full-time jobs.
        4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from
     part-time jobs.
        NOTE:  Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. 
     Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
     
     
     
     
     
          HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                         HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-8.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment
     
     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                            Seasonally adjusted                       
                                                                                                                                                          
                           Reason                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                           Apr.       Mar.       Apr.       Apr.       Dec.       Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.   
                                                           2006       2007       2007       2006       2006       2007       2007       2007       2007   
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                    NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                          
     Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                                       
      jobs.............................................    3,426      3,487      3,249      3,476      3,236      3,440      3,453      3,238      3,287  
       On temporary layoff.............................      841      1,078        954        912        958      1,021      1,022        863      1,022  
       Not on temporary layoff.........................    2,585      2,409      2,295      2,564      2,278      2,420      2,430      2,375      2,265  
         Permanent job losers..........................    1,840      1,681      1,625       (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)   
         Persons who completed temporary jobs..........      745        728        670       (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)   
     Job leavers.......................................      817        749        713        845        807        797        816        755        748  
     Reentrants........................................    2,041      2,151      2,030      2,183      2,199      2,230      2,042      2,147      2,174  
     New entrants......................................      520        526        540        585        601        619        580        599        607  
                                                                                                                                                          
                    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............................................     50.4       50.4       49.7       49.0       47.3       48.6       50.1       48.0       48.2  
        On temporary layoff............................     12.4       15.6       14.6       12.9       14.0       14.4       14.8       12.8       15.0  
        Not on temporary layoff........................     38.0       34.9       35.1       36.2       33.3       34.1       35.3       35.2       33.2  
      Job leavers......................................     12.0       10.8       10.9       11.9       11.8       11.2       11.8       11.2       11.0  
      Reentrants.......................................     30.0       31.1       31.1       30.8       32.1       31.5       29.6       31.9       31.9  
      New entrants.....................................      7.6        7.6        8.3        8.3        8.8        8.7        8.4        8.9        8.9  
                                                                                                                                                          
               UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                                             
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
      Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                                      
       jobs............................................      2.3        2.3        2.1        2.3        2.1        2.2        2.3        2.1        2.2  
      Job leavers......................................      0.5        0.5        0.5        0.6        0.5        0.5        0.5        0.5        0.5  
      Reentrants.......................................      1.4        1.4        1.3        1.4        1.4        1.5        1.3        1.4        1.4  
      New entrants.....................................       .3         .3         .4         .4         .4         .4         .4         .4         .4  
      
         1 Data not available.
         NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
      
      
      
      
      
          HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                          HOUSEHOLD DATA
    
    Table A-9.  Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment
    
    (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                            Seasonally adjusted                       
                                                                                                                                                          
                          Duration                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                           Apr.       Mar.       Apr.       Apr.       Dec.       Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.   
                                                           2006       2007       2007       2006       2006       2007       2007       2007       2007   
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                    NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                          
     Less than 5 weeks.................................    2,339      2,103      2,141      2,632      2,707      2,642      2,600      2,327      2,432  
     5 to 14 weeks.....................................    1,900      2,339      1,909      2,123      2,037      2,283      2,192      2,159      2,141  
     15 weeks and over.................................    2,566      2,471      2,482      2,365      2,081      2,118      2,135      2,177      2,268  
        15 to 26 weeks.................................    1,169      1,189      1,221      1,036        991        986        905        954      1,072  
        27 weeks and over..............................    1,396      1,282      1,261      1,329      1,090      1,133      1,230      1,223      1,196  
                                                                                                                                                          
     Average (mean) duration, in weeks.................     18.0       18.4       18.3       16.9       15.9       16.2       16.4       17.3       17.1  
     Median duration, in weeks.........................      9.8       10.1       10.1        8.5        7.3        8.1        8.1        8.5        8.7  
                                                                                                                                                          
                    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...............................      34.4       30.4       32.8       37.0       39.7       37.5       37.5       34.9       35.6 
       5 to 14 weeks...................................      27.9       33.8       29.2       29.8       29.8       32.4       31.6       32.4       31.3 
       15 weeks and over...............................      37.7       35.7       38.0       33.2       30.5       30.1       30.8       32.7       33.2 
         15 to 26 weeks................................      17.2       17.2       18.7       14.6       14.5       14.0       13.1       14.3       15.7 
         27 weeks and over.............................      20.5       18.5       19.3       18.7       16.0       16.1       17.8       18.4       17.5 
     
        NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
     
     
     
     
     
          HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-10.  Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted
     
     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                            Unemployment        
                                                                                  Employed                     Unemployed                      rates            
                                                                                                                                                                
                                Occupation                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Apr.           Apr.            Apr.           Apr.            Apr.           Apr.   
                                                                            2006           2007            2006           2007            2006           2007   
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                
          Total, 16 years and over (1)................................     143,405        145,297          6,804          6,532            4.5            4.3   
     Management, professional, and related occupations................      50,105         51,955            983            952            1.9            1.8   
       Management, business, and financial operations occupations.....      21,076         21,447            446            419            2.1            1.9   
       Professional and related occupations...........................      29,029         30,507            538            533            1.8            1.7   
     Service occupations..............................................      23,577         23,858          1,501          1,361            6.0            5.4   
     Sales and office occupations.....................................      36,108         36,262          1,580          1,492            4.2            4.0   
       Sales and related occupations..................................      16,778         16,814            744            804            4.2            4.6   
       Office and administrative support occupations..................      19,330         19,447            836            688            4.1            3.4   
     Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.....      15,564         15,459          1,030          1,058            6.2            6.4   
       Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.....................         968            945             92             85            8.7            8.2   
       Construction and extraction occupations........................       9,320          9,422            719            809            7.2            7.9   
       Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations..............       5,276          5,092            219            165            4.0            3.1   
     Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......      18,051         17,764          1,161          1,110            6.0            5.9   
       Production occupations.........................................       9,360          9,394            536            633            5.4            6.3   
       Transportation and material moving occupations.................       8,691          8,370            625            477            6.7            5.4   
     
        1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.
        NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
     
     
     
     
     
          HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                             HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-11.  Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                        Number of                                                             
                                                                                        unemployed                                 Unemployment               
                                                                                         persons                                      rates                   
                       Industry and class of worker                                   (in thousands)                                                          
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                Apr.                  Apr.                    Apr.                 Apr.       
                                                                                2006                  2007                    2006                 2007       
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
            Total, 16 years and over (1)..............................          6,804                 6,532                   4.5                   4.3       
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers..................          5,454                 5,276                   4.7                   4.5       
       Mining.........................................................             17                    17                   2.5                   2.3       
       Construction...................................................            674                   853                   6.9                   8.6       
       Manufacturing..................................................            745                   749                   4.5                   4.6       
         Durable goods................................................            414                   467                   3.9                   4.4       
         Nondurable goods.............................................            331                   282                   5.6                   4.8       
       Wholesale and retail trade.....................................            972                   872                   4.6                   4.2       
       Transportation and utilities...................................            272                   188                   4.8                   3.3       
       Information....................................................            132                    77                   4.2                   2.4       
       Financial activities...........................................            293                   231                   3.1                   2.4       
       Professional and business services.............................            644                   689                   4.9                   5.0       
       Education and health services..................................            558                   555                   3.0                   2.9       
       Leisure and hospitality........................................            882                   822                   7.6                   6.9       
       Other services.................................................            266                   224                   4.1                   3.6       
     Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers..........             81                    67                   6.2                   5.7       
     Government workers...............................................            414                   408                   2.0                   1.9       
     Self employed and unpaid family workers..........................            334                   240                   3.1                   2.2       
     
        1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.
        NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
     
     
     
     
     
          HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                                HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-12.  Alternative measures of labor underutilization
     
     (Percent)
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                       Measure                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                   Apr.     Mar.     Apr.     Apr.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.  
                                                                                   2006     2007     2007     2006     2006     2007     2007     2007     2007  
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
     U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian                                                                                     
          labor force...........................................................    1.7      1.6      1.6      1.6      1.4      1.4      1.4      1.4      1.5  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of                                                                                    
          the civilian labor force..............................................    2.3      2.3      2.1      2.3      2.1      2.2      2.3      2.1      2.2  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official                                                                                    
          unemployment rate)....................................................    4.5      4.5      4.3      4.7      4.5      4.6      4.5      4.4      4.5  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian                                                                                 
          labor force plus discouraged workers..................................    4.8      4.8      4.6      4.9      4.7      4.9      4.7      4.6      4.7  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     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...........................................    5.4      5.4      5.2      5.5      5.3      5.6      5.4      5.3      5.3  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     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......................    7.9      8.3      7.9      8.1      8.0      8.3      8.1      8.0      8.2  
     
         NOTE: Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a
     job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason
     for not currently looking for a job.  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had
     to settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures,"  in the October 1995
     issue of the Monthly Labor Review.  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
     
     
     
     
     
          HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                          HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-13.  Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
     
     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                              Total                          Men                          Women            
                                                                                                                                                           
                               Category                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                       Apr.           Apr.           Apr.           Apr.           Apr.           Apr.     
                                                                       2006           2007           2006           2007           2006           2007     
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                           
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                           
     Total not in the labor force................................     77,990         79,423         29,611         30,184         48,379         49,239    
       Persons who currently want a job..........................      4,648          4,729          2,027          2,161          2,622          2,567    
        Searched for work and available to work now (1)..........      1,310          1,391            658            680            651            711    
             Reason not currently looking:                                                                                                                 
                 Discouragement over job prospects (2)...........        381            399            230            235            151            163    
                  Reasons other than discouragement (3)..........        928            992            428            444            500            548    
                                                                                                                                                           
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                           
     Total multiple jobholders (4)...............................      7,360          7,846          3,795          3,975          3,565          3,871    
         Percent of total employed...............................        5.1            5.4            4.9            5.1            5.4            5.8    
                                                                                                                                                           
         Primary job full time, secondary job part time..........      3,894          4,332          2,265          2,516          1,629          1,816    
         Primary and secondary jobs both part time...............      1,716          1,783            496            521          1,219          1,263    
         Primary and secondary jobs both full time...............        259            240            190            175             69             65    
         Hours vary on primary or secondary job..................      1,439          1,446            815            746            624            700    
     
        1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week.
        2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of
     discrimination.
        3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health, and
     transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
        4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
        NOTE:  Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.
      
      
      
      
      
      ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                                ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

(In thousands)

                                         Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                             Change
           Industry                Apr.     Feb.    Mar.     Apr.      Apr.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.    Mar.     Apr.       from:
                                   2006     2007    2007p    2007p     2006     2006     2007     2007    2007p    2007p    Mar. 2007-
                                                                                                                            Apr. 2007p

          Total nonfarm......... 135,802  135,904  136,835  137,668  135,803  137,167  137,329  137,419  137,596  137,684       88

        Total private........... 113,483  113,412  114,236  115,052  113,881  115,053  115,189  115,245  115,402  115,465       63

    Goods-producing.............  22,407   21,870   22,073   22,273   22,604   22,520   22,554   22,465   22,501   22,473      -28

Natural resources and mining....     669      693      701      708      678      705      706      711      715      717        2
   Logging......................    61.0     63.0     61.8     58.5     67.0     64.6     64.8     65.2     65.8     64.2     -1.6
 Mining.........................   608.1    630.3    639.0    649.6    611.3    640.0    641.1    645.4    649.3    652.8      3.5
  Oil and gas extraction........   132.4    144.7    146.3    146.4    133.2    143.2    145.1    145.9    147.1    147.1      0.0
  Mining, except oil and 
   gas (1)......................   218.5    212.5    216.8    225.0    220.4    222.4    222.2    222.9    224.4    226.8      2.4

   Coal mining..................    79.0     78.9     79.5     80.5     79.1     79.9     80.0     79.7     80.0     80.4       .4
  Support activities for mining.   257.2    273.1    275.9    278.2    257.7    274.4    273.8    276.6    277.8    278.9      1.1

Construction....................   7,556    7,167    7,344    7,532    7,699    7,684    7,718    7,641    7,691    7,680      -11
  Construction of buildings..... 1,785.4  1,723.5  1,741.5  1,759.0  1,815.6  1,799.7  1,801.4  1,791.7  1,795.3  1,789.4     -5.9
   Residential building......... 1,003.7    964.0    969.0    978.7  1,020.1  1,013.0  1,005.4  1,000.3    999.0    996.3     -2.7
   Nonresidential building......   781.7    759.5    772.5    780.3    795.5    786.7    796.0    791.4    796.3    793.1     -3.2
  Heavy and civil engineering
   construction.................   951.8    881.8    919.7    970.8    981.7    993.5  1,003.8    993.2  1,002.4  1,001.4     -1.0
  Specialty trade contractors... 4,818.8  4,561.5  4,682.9  4,802.5  4,901.9  4,890.5  4,912.5  4,856.1  4,893.5  4,889.0     -4.5
   Residential specialty trade
    contractors................. 2,376.5  2,157.0  2,203.5  2,261.1  2,420.3  2,331.2  2,326.1  2,299.0  2,308.3  2,306.9     -1.4
   Nonresidential specialty
    trade contractors........... 2,442.3  2,404.5  2,479.4  2,541.4  2,481.6  2,559.3  2,586.4  2,557.1  2,585.2  2,582.1     -3.1

Manufacturing...................  14,182   14,010   14,028   14,033   14,227   14,131   14,130   14,113   14,095   14,076      -19
   Production workers...........  10,153   10,029   10,040   10,047   10,187   10,126   10,121   10,114   10,093   10,076      -17

 Durable goods..................   9,014    8,893    8,904    8,912    9,020    8,972    8,952    8,943    8,931    8,918      -13
   Production workers...........   6,377    6,286    6,290    6,296    6,377    6,349    6,325    6,326    6,309    6,295      -14

  Wood products.................   564.6    521.5    522.7    526.3    568.5    540.4    539.4    532.6    530.7    529.5     -1.2
  Nonmetallic mineral products..   511.0    483.6    490.7    495.3    513.1    504.0    504.1    501.9    500.9    497.7     -3.2
  Primary metals................   464.1    454.8    453.5    451.6    463.5    454.6    454.9    454.4    453.2    450.9     -2.3
  Fabricated metal products..... 1,546.0  1,558.8  1,559.7  1,561.3  1,548.5  1,564.9  1,566.2  1,566.1  1,563.5  1,563.2      -.3
  Machinery..................... 1,181.3  1,214.7  1,218.3  1,213.2  1,180.3  1,210.1  1,213.3  1,215.4  1,217.4  1,212.5     -4.9
  Computer and electronic
   products(1).................. 1,312.6  1,315.3  1,308.5  1,310.1  1,315.8  1,319.9  1,319.4  1,317.5  1,313.9  1,312.3     -1.6
   Computer and peripheral
    equipment...................   197.3    196.6    196.5    197.7    198.7    199.8    196.4    197.8    197.8    198.7       .9
   Communications equipment.....   145.1    144.2    143.5    144.5    145.1    143.8    143.7    143.7    143.8    144.1       .3
   Semiconductors and electronic
    components..................   460.4    467.1    465.8    466.5    460.6    466.2    470.5    468.8    467.9    466.4     -1.5
   Electronic instruments.......   437.0    437.2    432.9    432.5    438.3    438.3    437.5    436.8    434.3    433.7      -.6
  Electrical equipment and
   appliances...................   433.4    435.6    438.0    437.2    434.2    437.4    437.3    436.4    438.0    438.2       .2
  Transportation equipment (1).. 1,787.5  1,721.5  1,723.8  1,726.0  1,780.2  1,741.0  1,722.3  1,724.4  1,720.9  1,720.7      -.2
   Motor vehicles and parts (2). 1,097.8  1,022.4  1,028.5  1,024.9  1,091.9  1,043.9  1,023.5  1,025.1  1,024.7  1,019.9     -4.8
  Furniture and related products   565.5    530.7    531.5    532.4    565.1    541.1    536.6    535.8    532.8    531.9      -.9
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...   648.4    656.7    657.4    658.8    650.3    658.2    658.2    658.9    659.7    660.6       .9

 Nondurable goods...............   5,168    5,117    5,124    5,121    5,207    5,159    5,178    5,170    5,164    5,158       -6
   Production workers...........   3,776    3,743    3,750    3,751    3,810    3,777    3,796    3,788    3,784    3,781       -3

  Food manufacturing............ 1,450.5  1,464.2  1,468.0  1,463.3  1,480.5  1,485.1  1,493.9  1,492.8  1,494.6  1,493.4     -1.2
  Beverages and tobacco products   190.1    193.3    192.8    196.4    194.7    195.5    197.0    197.8    198.0    200.3      2.3
  Textile mills.................   201.4    177.7    177.5    174.6    200.8    185.0    182.3    179.1    177.1    174.3     -2.8
  Textile product mills.........   161.2    156.8    156.8    158.8    160.5    157.7    158.6    157.9    157.3    157.9       .6
  Apparel.......................   243.7    223.3    224.1    222.1    243.2    230.4    227.7    225.2    223.9    221.5     -2.4
  Leather and allied products...    37.9     36.3     36.9     35.9     37.8     36.5     36.5     36.4     36.6     35.9      -.7
  Paper and paper products......   469.6    459.0    456.5    456.2    472.1    462.6    462.4    460.5    458.1    458.3       .2
  Printing and related support
   activities...................   635.9    630.4    633.0    631.0    636.9    636.7    634.7    634.6    634.0    632.4     -1.6
  Petroleum and coal products...   111.9    113.8    115.3    116.7    112.5    117.1    117.4    117.4    117.8    117.5      -.3
  Chemicals.....................   864.8    870.7    870.9    872.6    864.9    871.0    872.1    872.5    871.7    872.3       .6
  Plastics and rubber products..   801.1    791.7    792.4    793.3    802.6    781.7    795.8    795.7    794.6    794.2      -.4

    Service-providing........... 113,395  114,034  114,762  115,395  113,199  114,647  114,775  114,954  115,095  115,211      116

     Private service-providing..  91,076   91,542   92,163   92,779   91,277   92,533   92,635   92,780   92,901   92,992       91

Trade, transportation, and
 utilities......................  26,002   26,003   26,158   26,211   26,207   26,345   26,378   26,393   26,433   26,420      -13

 Wholesale trade................ 5,870.8  5,910.8  5,936.8  5,967.7  5,879.6  5,955.0  5,949.0  5,960.0  5,962.9  5,975.4     12.5
  Durable goods................. 3,063.4  3,094.9  3,104.7  3,118.2  3,067.0  3,104.3  3,102.5  3,112.0  3,114.2  3,121.3      7.1
  Nondurable goods.............. 2,030.8  2,023.8  2,037.7  2,047.2  2,034.4  2,055.0  2,050.5  2,049.7  2,051.4  2,051.2      -.2
  Electronic markets and agents
   and brokers..................   776.6    792.1    794.4    802.3    778.2    795.7    796.0    798.3    797.3    802.9      5.6

 Retail trade...................15,156.9 15,078.0 15,189.6 15,191.1 15,336.6 15,323.7 15,357.5 15,364.6 15,397.2 15,371.1    -26.1
  Motor vehicle and parts
   dealers(1)................... 1,907.6  1,884.8  1,895.6  1,911.0  1,910.7  1,908.5  1,906.8  1,910.3  1,908.6  1,913.7      5.1
   Automobile dealers........... 1,246.0  1,234.1  1,239.8  1,246.9  1,248.0  1,244.8  1,244.1  1,244.9  1,244.6  1,249.0      4.4
  Furniture and home furnishings
   stores.......................   584.5    581.7    579.4    581.0    589.7    591.4    588.1    587.6    586.0    586.8       .8
  Electronics and appliance
   stores.......................   533.5    537.7    536.7    532.4    542.9    531.4    535.3    538.2    538.6    540.1      1.5
  Building material and garden
   supply stores................ 1,357.2  1,263.4  1,290.0  1,347.9  1,325.8  1,314.1  1,318.0  1,323.4  1,314.3  1,317.6      3.3
  Food and beverage stores...... 2,801.8  2,822.6  2,828.1  2,825.8  2,825.7  2,843.7  2,844.0  2,849.9  2,855.7  2,851.6     -4.1
  Health and personal care
   stores.......................   944.2    961.4    962.1    960.5    952.6    959.7    964.1    964.8    967.1    969.0      1.9
  Gasoline stations.............   859.9    840.8    844.3    847.1    865.7    854.8    853.7    852.9    854.3    852.5     -1.8
  Clothing and clothing
   accessories stores........... 1,377.0  1,391.8  1,400.6  1,407.0  1,421.2  1,460.1  1,446.9  1,445.1  1,449.7  1,456.4      6.7
  Sporting goods, hobby, book,
   and music stores.............   627.8    644.6    640.0    640.8    646.8    648.9    655.8    654.9    654.9    657.7      2.8
  General merchandise 
   stores (1)................... 2,872.2  2,846.5  2,916.4  2,845.4  2,937.5  2,885.4  2,923.9  2,917.3  2,947.5  2,906.5    -41.0
   Department stores............ 1,511.8  1,518.1  1,535.9  1,510.0  1,566.8  1,537.7  1,568.7  1,565.3  1,571.3  1,560.0    -11.3
  Miscellaneous store retailers.   875.3    868.9    863.9    866.7    889.7    881.4    880.3    880.2    880.2    879.6      -.6
  Nonstore retailers............   415.9    433.8    432.5    425.5    428.3    444.3    440.6    440.0    440.3    439.6      -.7

 Transportation and warehousing. 4,426.2  4,468.0  4,483.3  4,501.7  4,441.6  4,517.0  4,522.6  4,519.6  4,522.7  4,522.7       .0
  Air transportation............   485.2    478.8    482.2    486.6    487.3    488.3    490.8    485.5    486.4    488.7      2.3
  Rail transportation...........   225.4    226.8    227.6    227.6    225.8    226.4    227.9    228.9    229.1    227.8     -1.3
  Water transportation..........    62.4     65.5     65.0     66.0     62.9     67.8     67.1     68.1     67.5     66.7      -.8
  Truck transportation.......... 1,416.2  1,421.2  1,430.2  1,437.3  1,431.9  1,453.6  1,457.9  1,454.7  1,456.3  1,454.2     -2.1
  Transit and ground passenger
   transportation...............   409.9    407.2    405.7    407.0    392.6    390.2    391.6    393.3    391.1    390.4      -.7
  Pipeline transportation.......    38.4     40.7     39.8     39.1     38.6     39.7     40.3     40.6     39.9     39.3      -.6
  Scenic and sightseeing
   transportation...............    23.7     20.5     21.6     23.9     27.3     27.8     27.8     28.0     27.7     27.5      -.2
  Support activities for
   transportation...............   568.9    577.3    577.9    582.2    568.5    575.9    575.9    579.4    579.8    581.5      1.7
  Couriers and messengers.......   573.2    584.2    586.3    583.5    577.3    596.4    593.0    590.6    592.0    590.2     -1.8
  Warehousing and storage.......   622.9    645.8    647.0    648.5    629.4    650.9    650.3    650.5    652.9    656.4      3.5

 Utilities......................   547.9    545.9    548.2    550.8    548.9    549.2    549.0    549.0    549.9    550.8       .9

Information.....................   3,046    3,075    3,075    3,078    3,056    3,073    3,071    3,084    3,081    3,084        3
  Publishing industries, except
   Internet.....................   903.6    907.6    906.6    900.3    905.8    906.1    907.0    907.8    905.9    902.7     -3.2
  Motion picture and sound
   recording industries.........   370.6    375.9    380.6    388.1    380.3    378.3    378.2    385.2    387.0    393.6      6.6
  Broadcasting, except Internet.   329.6    336.8    335.0    335.9    330.7    335.6    335.3    337.4    336.3    336.7       .4
  Internet publishing and
   broadcasting.................    34.0     37.9     38.8     40.1     33.9     37.0     36.9     37.9     39.0     40.0      1.0
  Telecommunications............   973.0    978.7    972.6    970.9    972.2    978.0    975.6    976.2    972.6    970.8     -1.8
  ISPs, search portals, and data
   processing...................   383.9    386.1    389.5    390.2    382.1    386.1    386.1    387.3    387.7    388.0       .3
  Other information services....    51.2     51.6     52.3     52.0     51.1     52.1     51.9     51.9     52.3     51.9      -.4

Financial activities............   8,320    8,404    8,416    8,409    8,340    8,438    8,440    8,446    8,446    8,435      -11
 Finance and insurance.......... 6,163.5  6,243.3  6,245.5  6,226.8  6,166.6  6,239.8  6,238.9  6,244.4  6,242.7  6,232.2    -10.5
  Monetary authorities - central
   bank.........................    21.1     21.9     22.1     22.1     21.2     21.8     21.7     22.0     22.1     22.2       .1
  Credit intermediation and
   related activities (1)....... 2,931.5  2,963.3  2,961.4  2,942.6  2,932.3  2,959.7  2,961.5  2,962.8  2,959.7  2,945.3    -14.4
   Depository credit
    intermediation (1).......... 1,797.0  1,823.2  1,824.4  1,814.8  1,797.8  1,824.6  1,824.3  1,823.1  1,823.6  1,817.0     -6.6
    Commercial banking.......... 1,313.9  1,334.9  1,336.0  1,324.7  1,313.7  1,336.9  1,336.9  1,334.7  1,334.0  1,325.7     -8.3
  Securities, commodity
   contracts, investments.......   810.4    831.8    833.1    831.9    810.5    829.2    831.0    831.4    832.1    832.9       .8
  Insurance carriers and related
   activities................... 2,309.0  2,331.2  2,333.3  2,335.3  2,310.9  2,333.9  2,329.6  2,333.2  2,333.7  2,336.7      3.0
  Funds, trusts, and other
   financial vehicles...........    91.5     95.1     95.6     94.9     91.7     95.2     95.1     95.0     95.1     95.1       .0
 Real estate and rental and
  leasing....................... 2,156.5  2,161.1  2,170.2  2,182.6  2,173.5  2,198.0  2,201.5  2,202.0  2,203.2  2,202.5      -.7
  Real estate................... 1,491.6  1,492.7  1,504.1  1,511.5  1,500.9  1,516.4  1,518.5  1,518.4  1,523.4  1,522.1     -1.3
  Rental and leasing services...   637.1    637.7    635.5    640.3    644.5    650.9    651.9    652.4    648.7    649.3       .6
  Lessors of nonfinancial
   intangible assets............    27.8     30.7     30.6     30.8     28.1     30.7     31.1     31.2     31.1     31.1       .0

Professional and business
 services.......................  17,407   17,508   17,631   17,803   17,458   17,792   17,804   17,840   17,846   17,870       24
 Professional and technical
  services(1)................... 7,386.9  7,616.0  7,622.6  7,656.1  7,319.0  7,499.8  7,515.6  7,544.3  7,557.2  7,590.0     32.8
   Legal services............... 1,167.7  1,169.2  1,171.3  1,175.0  1,175.2  1,179.0  1,176.2  1,178.8  1,179.0  1,181.7      2.7
   Accounting and bookkeeping
    services....................   983.1  1,068.4  1,042.5  1,027.8    879.8    925.1    922.1    927.8    923.3    925.4      2.1
   Architectural and engineering
    services.................... 1,361.2  1,396.1  1,403.7  1,415.9  1,373.7  1,411.4  1,419.2  1,422.7  1,424.7  1,428.7      4.0
   Computer systems design and
    related services............ 1,260.1  1,307.3  1,315.2  1,327.9  1,262.1  1,303.3  1,305.2  1,311.1  1,319.2  1,330.5     11.3
   Management and technical
    consulting services.........   903.9    958.8    966.6    981.7    908.4    953.8    958.1    967.1    973.7    985.5     11.8
 Management of companies and
  enterprises................... 1,794.8  1,821.1  1,827.5  1,837.4  1,797.6  1,826.0  1,830.8  1,836.7  1,839.7  1,843.9      4.2
 Administrative and waste
  services...................... 8,225.4  8,070.9  8,181.2  8,309.2  8,341.0  8,466.4  8,457.3  8,458.9  8,448.8  8,435.7    -13.1
  Administrative and support
   services (1)................. 7,880.4  7,726.9  7,836.3  7,956.4  7,994.2  8,117.0  8,106.1  8,107.4  8,097.7  8,081.7    -16.0
   Employment services (1)...... 3,550.9  3,439.7  3,504.4  3,498.4  3,658.0  3,674.2  3,667.1  3,651.6  3,642.3  3,615.3    -27.0
    Temporary help services..... 2,557.8  2,464.4  2,511.1  2,540.0  2,632.2  2,641.6  2,641.8  2,629.2  2,628.4  2,622.2     -6.2
   Business support services....   785.9    806.0    808.4    800.9    783.2    806.9    803.6    803.3    803.1    799.9     -3.2
   Services to buildings and
    dwellings................... 1,789.2  1,660.9  1,697.2  1,823.1  1,792.3  1,817.7  1,812.1  1,823.8  1,819.3  1,826.3      7.0
  Waste management and
   remediation services.........   345.0    344.0    344.9    352.8    346.8    349.4    351.2    351.5    351.1    354.0      2.9

Education and health services...  17,906   18,254   18,345   18,413   17,743   18,063   18,102   18,138   18,187   18,240       53
 Educational services........... 3,062.7  3,107.5  3,134.7  3,139.3  2,902.6  2,948.6  2,959.5  2,955.9  2,969.7  2,974.6      4.9
 Health care and social
  assistance....................14,843.4 15,146.4 15,209.8 15,273.5 14,839.9 15,113.9 15,142.6 15,181.7 15,217.7 15,265.1     47.4
  Health care (3)...............12,515.4 12,794.8 12,840.5 12,879.9 12,540.0 12,779.2 12,801.2 12,837.5 12,865.0 12,902.0     37.0
   Ambulatory health care
    services (1)................ 5,244.2  5,376.7  5,401.1  5,421.4  5,251.0  5,369.2  5,375.3  5,395.6  5,408.7  5,426.8     18.1
    Offices of physicians....... 2,131.0  2,189.3  2,199.9  2,205.8  2,138.0  2,185.5  2,187.4  2,196.7  2,204.9  2,212.0      7.1
    Outpatient care centers.....   488.0    496.3    495.2    494.9    487.6    493.6    494.1    496.8    494.6    494.9       .3
    Home health care services...   857.3    895.6    904.8    907.1    858.5    890.9    896.4    901.1    904.4    907.8      3.4
   Hospitals.................... 4,394.1  4,473.2  4,486.1  4,489.4  4,404.3  4,469.5  4,478.3  4,484.4  4,493.4  4,500.0      6.6
   Nursing and residential care
    facilities (1).............. 2,877.1  2,944.9  2,953.3  2,969.1  2,884.7  2,940.5  2,947.6  2,957.5  2,962.9  2,975.2     12.3
    Nursing care facilities..... 1,575.0  1,597.4  1,600.6  1,607.4  1,579.6  1,596.4  1,600.1  1,605.7  1,605.7  1,611.5      5.8
  Social assistance (1)......... 2,328.0  2,351.6  2,369.3  2,393.6  2,299.9  2,334.7  2,341.4  2,344.2  2,352.7  2,363.1     10.4
   Child day care services......   830.3    812.3    819.1    826.9    813.6    803.6    804.3    802.7    804.9    808.2      3.3

Leisure and hospitality.........  12,969   12,889   13,092   13,385   13,049   13,373   13,396   13,425   13,445   13,467       22
 Arts, entertainment, and
  recreation.................... 1,873.5  1,756.3  1,801.8  1,908.2  1,918.1  1,957.2  1,960.4  1,963.3  1,960.9  1,956.2     -4.7
  Performing arts and spectator
   sports.......................   403.9    376.5    384.7    408.9    395.3    406.4    408.0    406.0    405.8    402.2     -3.6
  Museums, historical sites,
   zoos, and parks..............   120.8    116.9    118.5    124.1    122.8    127.1    127.7    127.5    127.0    126.6      -.4
  Amusements, gambling, and
   recreation................... 1,348.8  1,262.9  1,298.6  1,375.2  1,400.0  1,423.7  1,424.7  1,429.8  1,428.1  1,427.4      -.7
 Accommodations and food
  services......................11,095.5 11,132.9 11,290.2 11,477.1 11,131.0 11,415.9 11,435.8 11,461.3 11,484.3 11,510.5     26.2
  Accommodations................ 1,774.5  1,778.9  1,803.8  1,816.4  1,821.5  1,863.2  1,858.1  1,860.3  1,863.4  1,864.6      1.2
  Food services and drinking
   places....................... 9,321.0  9,354.0  9,486.4  9,660.7  9,309.5  9,552.7  9,577.7  9,601.0  9,620.9  9,645.9     25.0

Other services..................   5,426    5,409    5,446    5,480    5,424    5,449    5,444    5,454    5,463    5,476       13
  Repair and maintenance........ 1,253.1  1,241.1  1,254.1  1,259.7  1,247.1  1,251.6  1,246.3  1,248.9  1,252.6  1,253.4       .8
  Personal and laundry services. 1,287.1  1,273.8  1,285.1  1,304.5  1,282.4  1,287.4  1,285.8  1,290.3  1,292.2  1,298.0      5.8
  Membership associations and
   organizations................ 2,885.4  2,894.1  2,907.2  2,915.6  2,894.3  2,909.7  2,912.3  2,915.2  2,917.8  2,924.2      6.4

Government......................  22,319   22,492   22,599   22,616   21,922   22,114   22,140   22,174   22,194   22,219       25
 Federal........................   2,720    2,697    2,700    2,711    2,731    2,713    2,718    2,718    2,717    2,721        4
  Federal, except U.S. Postal
   Service...................... 1,953.7  1,935.1  1,938.3  1,949.2  1,960.2  1,948.6  1,951.1  1,951.8  1,950.9  1,954.7      3.8
  U.S. Postal Service...........   766.6    762.2    761.8    762.0    770.5    764.5    767.1    766.5    766.0    765.8      -.2
 State government...............   5,206    5,249    5,276    5,286    5,064    5,111    5,117    5,133    5,135    5,144        9
  State government education.... 2,431.4  2,451.1  2,473.5  2,482.9  2,284.5  2,311.8  2,311.4  2,324.0  2,326.5  2,335.1      8.6
  State government, excluding
   education.................... 2,774.1  2,798.2  2,802.1  2,803.5  2,779.2  2,798.9  2,805.7  2,809.4  2,808.3  2,808.8       .5
 Local government...............  14,393   14,546   14,623   14,619   14,127   14,290   14,305   14,323   14,342   14,354       12
  Local government education.... 8,240.1  8,352.8  8,404.7  8,374.4  7,905.0  8,015.6  8,018.7  8,025.1  8,040.2  8,042.4      2.2
  Local government, excluding
   education.................... 6,153.1  6,193.4  6,217.9  6,244.1  6,222.2  6,274.1  6,286.4  6,298.0  6,302.2  6,311.6      9.4

   1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
   3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.
   p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector
and selected industry detail

                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Change
                  Industry                       Apr.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    Apr.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.     from:
                                                 2006   2007   2007p  2007p   2006   2006   2007   2007   2007p  2007p  Mar. 2007-
                                                                                                                        Apr. 2007p

        Total private.........................   33.9   33.4   33.6   34.0    33.9   33.9   33.8   33.7   33.9   33.8      -0.1

    Goods-producing...........................   39.9   39.6   40.4   40.3    40.6   40.7   40.2   40.2   40.6   40.5       -.1

Natural resources and mining..................   45.5   45.3   45.3   45.9    45.5   45.6   45.0   45.9   45.8   46.0        .2

Construction..................................   38.4   37.4   38.7   38.4    39.1   39.8   38.7   38.4   39.0   38.8       -.2

Manufacturing.................................   40.4   40.5   41.1   41.0    41.2   41.0   40.9   40.9   41.2   41.1       -.1
   Overtime hours.............................    3.9    3.9    4.1    4.1     4.5    4.2    4.1    4.1    4.3    4.2       -.1

 Durable goods................................   40.7   40.7   41.4   41.2    41.6   41.2   41.1   41.1   41.4   41.3       -.1
   Overtime hours.............................    3.8    3.9    4.2    4.0     4.6    4.2    4.1    4.1    4.3    4.1       -.2

  Wood products...............................   39.9   38.0   39.1   39.3    40.4   39.3   38.7   39.1   39.4   39.4        .0
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   42.9   40.5   41.8   42.0    43.3   42.7   42.0   41.6   42.4   42.0       -.4
  Primary metals..............................   42.6   42.8   43.2   43.0    43.4   43.3   42.8   43.0   43.2   43.0       -.2
  Fabricated metal products...................   40.5   40.7   41.6   41.2    41.7   41.0   41.0   41.1   41.7   41.3       -.4
  Machinery...................................   41.6   42.0   42.4   42.5    42.6   42.3   41.8   42.3   42.4   42.5        .1
  Computer and electronic products............   40.1   40.1   40.4   39.9    40.7   40.4   40.3   40.3   40.4   40.3       -.1
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   39.9   40.4   40.7   40.9    41.3   40.4   40.7   40.9   40.9   40.9        .0
  Transportation equipment....................   41.6   42.3   43.1   42.8    43.1   42.5   42.8   42.5   42.9   42.6       -.3
   Motor vehicles and parts (2)...............   41.0   41.3   42.5   42.5    42.6   41.7   42.0   41.5   42.3   42.2       -.1
  Furniture and related products..............   38.0   38.5   38.8   38.8    38.6   39.0   38.9   38.8   38.9   39.0        .1
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   38.1   37.8   38.7   38.7    38.8   38.7   38.5   37.9   38.5   38.7        .2

 Nondurable goods.............................   39.9   40.1   40.7   40.7    40.6   40.6   40.6   40.6   40.9   40.9        .0
   Overtime hours.............................    3.9    3.9    4.1    4.1     4.4    4.3    4.1    4.2    4.3    4.3        .0

  Food manufacturing..........................   38.8   39.7   40.6   40.2    39.8   40.4   40.4   40.5   41.1   40.8       -.3
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   40.0   39.6   40.2   41.1    40.3   40.7   40.8   40.5   40.6   40.8        .2
  Textile mills...............................   40.1   40.5   40.5   40.5    40.4   41.0   40.6   40.7   40.3   40.2       -.1
  Textile product mills.......................   39.5   39.3   39.8   39.6    40.3   39.2   39.3   39.5   39.6   39.7        .1
  Apparel.....................................   35.8   36.9   36.9   37.7    36.4   36.7   37.5   37.0   36.7   37.5        .8
  Leather and allied products.................   38.2   37.7   38.3   37.8    38.9   38.2   38.2   38.0   38.0   37.6       -.4
  Paper and paper products....................   42.3   41.7   42.6   42.9    43.0   42.4   42.5   42.4   43.0   43.0        .0
  Printing and related support activities.....   38.8   39.4   39.5   39.7    39.2   39.5   39.2   39.4   39.4   39.7        .3
  Petroleum and coal products.................   45.4   44.0   43.8   44.5    45.2   44.7   45.3   45.1   44.6   44.8        .2
  Chemicals...................................   42.7   41.8   41.9   42.0    42.7   42.0   41.8   41.8   41.9   42.0        .1
  Plastics and rubber products................   40.0   40.1   40.7   41.1    40.7   40.6   40.8   40.4   40.7   41.0        .3

     Private service-providing................   32.6   32.1   32.2   32.6    32.4   32.4   32.4   32.4   32.5   32.4       -.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   33.5   32.9   33.1   33.4    33.5   33.4   33.4   33.3   33.4   33.3       -.1

 Wholesale trade..............................   38.3   37.8   37.9   38.6    38.1   38.0   38.0   38.1   38.1   38.1        .0

 Retail trade.................................   30.6   29.6   29.9   30.1    30.6   30.4   30.4   30.2   30.2   30.1       -.1

 Transportation and warehousing...............   36.6   36.6   36.9   36.9    36.7   36.9   37.1   37.1   37.2   36.9       -.3

 Utilities....................................   41.4   42.1   42.1   42.3    41.2   42.0   41.9   42.3   42.4   42.2       -.2

Information...................................   36.8   36.4   36.4   36.9    36.6   36.6   36.5   36.6   36.7   36.6       -.1

Financial activities..........................   36.3   35.8   35.7   36.7    35.7   36.0   36.0   36.0   36.0   36.1        .1

Professional and business services............   34.7   34.4   34.6   35.1    34.6   34.6   34.5   34.6   34.8   34.7       -.1

Education and health services.................   32.6   32.3   32.4   32.8    32.5   32.4   32.5   32.4   32.6   32.7        .1

Leisure and hospitality.......................   25.7   25.1   25.3   25.7    25.6   25.7   25.6   25.5   25.6   25.6        .0

Other services................................   31.0   30.6   30.8   30.9    31.0   30.9   30.9   30.7   31.0   30.9       -.1

   1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction,
and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries.  These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the
total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
   2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
   p = preliminary.
 
 
 
 
 
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                          ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3.  Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

                                                       Average hourly earnings                  Average weekly earnings

                  Industry                         Apr.      Feb.     Mar.      Apr.       Apr.      Feb.     Mar.      Apr.
                                                   2006      2007     2007p     2007p      2006      2007     2007p     2007p

        Total private........................... $16.72    $17.21    $17.22    $17.35    $566.81   $574.81   $578.59   $589.90
         Seasonally adjusted....................  16.63     17.16     17.21     17.25     563.76    578.29    583.42    583.05

    Goods-producing.............................  17.82     18.26     18.35     18.47     711.02    723.10    741.34    744.34

Natural resources and mining....................  19.78     20.81     20.87     21.01     899.99    942.69    945.41    964.36

Construction....................................  19.61     20.45     20.52     20.58     753.02    764.83    794.12    790.27

Manufacturing...................................  16.74     17.03     17.07     17.20     676.30    689.72    701.58    705.20

 Durable goods..................................  17.54     17.95     18.02     18.12     713.88    730.57    746.03    746.54
  Wood products.................................  13.24     13.55     13.58     13.60     528.28    514.90    530.98    534.48
  Nonmetallic mineral products..................  16.71     16.81     16.95     16.85     716.86    680.81    708.51    707.70
  Primary metals................................  19.37     19.33     19.37     19.49     825.16    827.32    836.78    838.07
  Fabricated metal products.....................  16.04     16.31     16.35     16.44     649.62    663.82    680.16    677.33
  Machinery.....................................  16.95     17.63     17.67     17.71     705.12    740.46    749.21    752.68
  Computer and electronic products..............  18.73     19.57     19.67     19.92     751.07    784.76    794.67    794.81
  Electrical equipment and appliances...........  15.37     15.87     15.92     15.94     613.26    641.15    647.94    651.95
  Transportation equipment......................  22.27     22.53     22.62     22.83     926.43    953.02    974.92    977.12
  Furniture and related products................  13.72     14.05     14.35     14.43     521.36    540.93    556.78    559.88
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...................  14.37     14.50     14.61     14.61     547.50    548.10    565.41    565.41

 Nondurable goods...............................  15.36     15.46     15.44     15.64     612.86    619.95    628.41    636.55
  Food manufacturing............................  13.09     13.33     13.33     13.48     507.89    529.20    541.20    541.90
  Beverages and tobacco products................  18.32     17.91     18.49     18.66     732.80    709.24    743.30    766.93
  Textile mills.................................  12.42     12.87     12.79     12.95     498.04    521.24    518.00    524.48
  Textile product mills.........................  11.97     11.96     12.01     11.99     472.82    470.03    478.00    474.80
  Apparel.......................................  10.62     10.82     10.71     10.75     380.20    399.26    395.20    405.28
  Leather and allied products...................  11.26     11.82     11.80     11.82     430.13    445.61    451.94    446.80
  Paper and paper products......................  18.01     18.10     18.15     18.43     761.82    754.77    773.19    790.65
  Printing and related support activities.......  15.72     15.87     15.83     16.00     609.94    625.28    625.29    635.20
  Petroleum and coal products...................  24.52     24.73     24.60     24.71    1113.21   1088.12   1077.48   1099.60
  Chemicals.....................................  19.78     19.55     19.47     19.67     844.61    817.19    815.79    826.14
  Plastics and rubber products..................  14.87     15.22     15.19     15.34     594.80    610.32    618.23    630.47

     Private service-providing..................  16.43     16.94     16.93     17.06     535.62    543.77    545.15    556.16

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  15.44     15.65     15.66     15.79     517.24    514.89    518.35    527.39

 Wholesale trade................................  18.87     19.25     19.24     19.48     722.72    727.65    729.20    751.93

 Retail trade...................................  12.69     12.72     12.75     12.84     388.31    376.51    381.23    386.48

 Transportation and warehousing.................  17.19     17.42     17.51     17.49     629.15    637.57    646.12    645.38

 Utilities......................................  27.65     27.50     27.74     27.88    1144.71   1157.75   1167.85   1179.32

Information.....................................  23.14     23.80     23.77     23.98     851.55    866.32    865.23    884.86

Financial activities............................  18.77     19.42     19.49     19.74     681.35    695.24    695.79    724.46

Professional and business services..............  19.21     19.95     19.91     20.22     666.59    686.28    688.89    709.72

Education and health services...................  17.29     17.76     17.79     17.80     563.65    573.65    576.40    583.84

Leisure and hospitality.........................   9.65     10.24     10.22     10.25     248.01    257.02    258.57    263.43

Other services..................................  14.78     15.10     15.13     15.19     458.18    462.06    466.00    469.37

   1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
   p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                       Percent
                  Industry                         Apr.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.    Mar.     Apr.  change from:
                                                   2006     2006     2007     2007    2007p    2007p  Mar. 2007-
                                                                                                      Apr. 2007p
        Total private:
         Current dollars........................ $16.63   $17.07   $17.10   $17.16   $17.21   $17.25      0.2
         Constant (1982) dollars (2)............   8.20     8.36     8.36     8.36     8.32     N.A.      (3)

    Goods-producing.............................  17.87    18.29    18.34    18.37    18.45    18.52       .4

Natural resources and mining....................  19.66    20.52    20.60    20.77    20.79    20.88       .4

Construction....................................  19.71    20.44    20.55    20.57    20.65    20.69       .2

Manufacturing...................................  16.75    16.95    16.98    17.03    17.09    17.19       .6
   Excluding overtime (4).......................  15.88    16.12    16.17    16.22    16.24    16.35       .7

 Durable goods..................................  17.58    17.86    17.90    17.96    18.05    18.14       .5

 Nondurable goods...............................  15.34    15.41    15.44    15.47    15.48    15.59       .7

     Private service-providing..................  16.29    16.74    16.77    16.84    16.89    16.92       .2

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  15.30    15.58    15.59    15.61    15.66    15.66       .0

 Wholesale trade................................  18.71    19.20    19.25    19.22    19.32    19.33       .1

 Retail trade...................................  12.56    12.67    12.69    12.71    12.73    12.73       .0

 Transportation and warehousing.................  17.18    17.53    17.49    17.50    17.53    17.51      -.1

 Utilities......................................  27.49    27.33    27.40    27.50    27.67    27.70       .1

Information.....................................  23.09    23.60    23.72    23.77    23.87    23.92       .2

Financial activities............................  18.66    19.29    19.32    19.42    19.52    19.61       .5

Professional and business services..............  18.91    19.64    19.63    19.80    19.87    19.91       .2

Education and health services...................  17.25    17.67    17.74    17.75    17.77    17.78       .1

Leisure and hospitality.........................   9.66    10.02    10.08    10.16    10.18    10.24       .6

Other services..................................  14.67    15.02    15.03    15.06    15.07    15.08       .1

   1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
   2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series.
   3 Change was -.5 percent from Feb. 2007 to Mar. 2007, 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 and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)

                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Apr.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    Apr.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.   change from:
                                                2006   2007   2007p  2007p   2006   2006   2007   2007   2007p  2007p   Mar. 2007-
                                                                                                                        Apr. 2007p

        Total private.........................  105.1  103.6  105.1  107.1   105.6  106.9  106.7  106.4  107.3  106.9      -0.4

    Goods-producing...........................  100.3   96.5   99.7  100.6   103.1  102.8  101.8  101.2  102.6  102.1       -.5

Natural resources and mining..................  122.3  125.7  127.3  130.3   124.0  129.2  127.2  131.2  131.7  132.2        .4

Construction..................................  111.3  101.1  108.0  110.5   116.0  116.9  114.6  111.9  115.2  114.3       -.8

Manufacturing.................................   94.1   93.2   94.7   94.5    96.3   95.3   95.0   94.9   95.4   95.0       -.4

 Durable goods................................   97.5   96.1   97.8   97.5    99.7   98.3   97.7   97.7   98.1   97.7       -.4
  Wood products...............................  102.0   86.9   89.6   91.0   104.0   93.8   91.8   91.7   91.9   92.0        .1
  Nonmetallic mineral products................  100.6   88.5   92.8   94.2   102.0   98.2   96.6   94.8   96.4   94.7      -1.8
  Primary metals..............................   92.2   91.0   91.3   90.5    93.8   92.0   90.7   91.3   91.2   90.3      -1.0
  Fabricated metal products...................  100.4  102.0  104.2  103.3   103.5  103.2  103.0  103.4  104.6  103.6      -1.0
  Machinery...................................  100.2  104.5  105.5  104.9   102.4  105.0  103.7  105.2  105.3  104.7       -.6
  Computer and electronic products............  102.4  103.8  104.1  102.2   104.2  104.9  104.5  104.6  104.4  103.5       -.9
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   85.3   88.5   90.0   90.4    88.8   88.5   89.0   89.9   90.6   90.9        .3
  Transportation equipment....................   98.6   96.8   98.6   98.3   101.4   98.2   97.9   97.3   97.9   97.3       -.6
   Motor vehicles and parts (2)...............   93.2   86.0   88.7   88.3    95.8   88.8   87.3   86.3   87.9   87.0      -1.0
  Furniture and related products..............   89.9   85.0   86.0   86.0    91.3   87.8   87.0   86.6   86.4   86.3       -.1
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   88.9   89.9   92.0   92.7    90.9   92.2   91.7   90.5   92.1   92.9        .9

 Nondurable goods.............................   88.7   88.4   89.9   89.9    91.1   90.3   90.8   90.6   91.1   91.1        .0
  Food manufacturing..........................   93.2   97.1   99.5   98.1    97.9  100.3  101.0  101.2  102.8  102.0       -.8
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   97.2   97.7   98.6  104.0   101.5  100.1  101.4  101.8  102.9  105.1       2.1
  Textile mills...............................   66.1   59.3   59.5   58.3    66.3   62.8   61.2   60.2   59.0   57.8      -2.0
  Textile product mills.......................   86.0   80.5   81.4   81.9    87.2   81.7   81.9   81.4   81.1   81.5        .5
  Apparel.....................................   62.4   61.3   61.8   62.3    63.3   62.8   63.5   62.1   61.3   61.9       1.0
  Leather and allied products.................   75.5   71.5   75.2   72.2    76.4   72.9   73.7   72.6   73.9   71.3      -3.5
  Paper and paper products....................   85.3   82.8   83.9   84.5    87.4   84.7   85.2   84.5   85.1   85.2        .1
  Printing and related support activities.....   91.7   93.5   94.3   93.9    92.9   95.0   93.9   94.2   94.3   94.0       -.3
  Petroleum and coal products.................   99.0   90.1   91.7   96.3    98.9   95.3   97.1   96.2   95.6   97.1       1.6
  Chemicals...................................   96.9   93.6   93.9   95.2    96.7   94.4   93.8   94.0   94.0   94.9       1.0
  Plastics and rubber products................   92.4   91.9   93.4   94.7    94.1   91.4   94.1   93.1   93.7   94.5        .9

     Private service-providing................  106.5  105.5  106.6  108.7   106.1  107.8  108.0  108.1  108.6  108.3       -.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  102.3  100.5  101.8  102.9   103.3  103.6  103.7  103.4  104.0  103.5       -.5

 Wholesale trade..............................  106.0  105.4  106.2  108.8   105.6  106.8  106.8  107.3  107.4  107.6        .2

 Retail trade.................................  100.1   96.5   98.3   98.9   101.5  100.8  101.1  100.5  100.8  100.1       -.7

 Transportation and warehousing...............  106.1  106.5  107.6  108.0   106.7  109.2  109.5  109.4  109.6  108.5      -1.0

 Utilities....................................   93.6   94.4   94.7   95.4    93.2   95.0   94.7   95.3   95.7   95.3       -.4

Information...................................  100.8  100.8  101.0  102.3   100.4  101.3  101.0  101.7  101.8  101.7       -.1

Financial activities..........................  108.7  109.2  109.2  112.2   107.3  110.2  110.3  110.4  110.6  110.8        .2

Professional and business services............  111.1  110.9  112.6  115.3   111.1  113.7  113.5  114.0  114.7  114.4       -.3

Education and health services.................  109.7  110.8  111.8  113.5   108.4  110.1  110.7  110.5  111.5  112.2        .6

Leisure and hospitality.......................  107.7  104.4  107.0  111.3   108.0  111.4  111.2  110.9  111.5  111.6        .1

Other services................................   97.3   96.4   97.6   98.6    97.4   98.0   98.1   97.6   98.6   98.6        .0

   1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
   2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
   p = preliminary.
   NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours
by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average
weekly hours and production and nonsupervisory worker employment.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6.  Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)

                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Apr.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    Apr.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.   change from:
                                                2006   2007   2007p  2007p   2006   2006   2007   2007   2007p  2007p   Mar. 2007-
                                                                                                                        Apr. 2007p

        Total private.........................  117.5  119.1  120.9  124.2   117.3  121.9  122.0  122.0  123.3  123.3       0.0

    Goods-producing...........................  109.4  107.9  112.0  113.7   112.9  115.1  114.3  113.8  115.9  115.8       -.1

Natural resources and mining..................  140.7  152.1  154.6  159.2   141.8  154.1  152.4  158.5  159.2  160.6        .9

Construction..................................  117.9  111.7  119.7  122.8   123.5  129.1  127.2  124.3  128.4  127.7       -.5

Manufacturing.................................  103.1  103.8  105.7  106.3   105.5  105.6  105.5  105.7  106.7  106.8        .1

 Durable goods................................  106.8  107.7  110.1  110.3   109.4  109.6  109.1  109.5  110.6  110.6        .0

 Nondurable goods.............................   96.3   96.6   98.1   99.4    98.8   98.3   99.0   99.0   99.7  100.3        .6

     Private service-providing................  119.9  122.5  123.8  127.1   118.5  123.7  124.2  124.8  125.8  125.7       -.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  112.7  112.2  113.8  115.9   112.7  115.1  115.4  115.2  116.1  115.6       -.4

 Wholesale trade..............................  117.8  119.6  120.4  124.9   116.3  120.7  121.1  121.5  122.3  122.5        .2

 Retail trade.................................  108.9  105.2  107.5  108.9   109.3  109.5  110.0  109.4  110.0  109.3       -.6

 Transportation and warehousing...............  115.7  117.7  119.6  119.8   116.3  121.4  121.5  121.4  121.8  120.5      -1.1

 Utilities....................................  108.0  108.3  109.6  111.0   107.0  108.4  108.3  109.4  110.6  110.2       -.4

Information...................................  115.4  118.7  118.8  121.5   114.7  118.3  118.6  119.6  120.3  120.4        .1

Financial activities..........................  126.2  131.1  131.5  136.9   123.8  131.5  131.7  132.6  133.5  134.3        .6

Professional and business services............  127.0  131.7  133.4  138.7   125.0  132.8  132.6  134.3  135.6  135.5       -.1

Education and health services.................  124.7  129.4  130.7  132.8   123.0  127.9  129.1  129.0  130.3  131.1        .6

Leisure and hospitality.......................  118.0  121.4  124.2  129.5   118.5  126.7  127.2  128.0  128.8  129.8        .8

Other services................................  104.8  106.1  107.6  109.2   104.1  107.2  107.4  107.1  108.3  108.3        .0

   1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
   p = preliminary.
   NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate
payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of
average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production and nonsupervisory worker employment.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7.  Diffusion indexes of employment change

(Percent)

       Time span           Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.

                                                        Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries (1)

Over 1-month span:
     2003 ..............   43.5     37.2     33.6     38.8     40.8     38.5     39.2     41.7     48.0     50.2     52.2     52.9
     2004 ..............   51.6     50.2     62.1     64.9     59.9     57.6     56.5     51.4     56.5     55.0     51.4     55.6
     2005 ..............   52.5     61.3     52.7     60.8     54.9     58.5     59.0     60.4     53.6     53.1     62.2     60.4
     2006 ..............   64.2     64.6     64.0     62.8     56.7     55.9     59.4     55.9     55.8     57.7     53.6     57.6
     2007 ..............   54.9     54.7    p58.1    p53.4

Over 3-month span:
     2003 ..............   39.6     33.8     34.9     33.8     35.3     42.3     39.2     34.4     42.6     48.6     48.7     50.2
     2004 ..............   55.9     53.2     57.0     64.2     70.3     65.6     59.9     55.2     57.9     59.0     60.4     55.8
     2005 ..............   51.3     55.9     56.8     61.3     57.2     59.4     62.8     63.7     59.9     53.4     57.2     62.2
     2006 ..............   70.5     66.7     66.0     66.9     63.3     62.4     60.3     62.6     57.7     59.0     57.7     59.9
     2007 ..............   64.6     60.6    p60.4    p56.8

Over 6-month span:
     2003 ..............   34.7     33.1     31.1     33.3     33.5     36.5     32.7     32.4     40.8     44.8     47.7     47.5
     2004 ..............   49.8     51.8     55.0     60.8     63.5     63.7     63.3     62.6     58.3     62.1     55.4     55.2
     2005 ..............   54.1     57.2     57.6     56.3     56.5     58.1     65.8     63.8     61.9     59.2     62.8     60.8
     2006 ..............   63.8     63.3     67.1     68.2     67.1     67.1     63.5     62.9     62.6     62.1     61.5     61.0
     2007 ..............   62.2     60.3    p65.8    p61.3

Over 12-month span:
     2003 ..............   34.5     31.5     32.9     33.5     34.2     35.1     32.7     33.1     37.1     36.7     37.2     39.2
     2004 ..............   40.3     42.1     44.8     48.4     50.7     57.7     57.0     55.2     56.7     58.3     60.1     60.3
     2005 ..............   60.1     61.0     59.5     58.8     58.3     60.3     60.6     62.8     60.3     58.8     59.7     61.3
     2006 ..............   67.3     65.3     66.0     64.7     65.8     65.3     67.6     66.4     66.5     66.4     65.5     65.1
     2007 ..............   64.6     64.4    p64.7    p62.1

                                                        Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries (1)

Over 1-month span:
     2003 ..............   34.5     17.3     17.3     10.7     22.0     17.3     17.3     31.5     26.8     38.1     42.3     42.3
     2004 ..............   41.1     45.2     47.0     63.1     50.0     48.2     56.5     43.5     41.7     43.5     40.5     42.3
     2005 ..............   36.9     48.2     43.5     48.2     38.7     37.5     42.3     45.8     44.0     44.6     48.2     51.8
     2006 ..............   63.1     48.2     56.0     53.0     47.0     58.9     51.2     44.6     40.5     47.6     43.5     38.7
     2007 ..............   52.4     38.7    p40.5    p32.1

Over 3-month span:
     2003 ..............   15.5     11.3     13.7      9.5      8.9     11.9     15.5     15.5     17.9     29.2     30.4     33.3
     2004 ..............   45.2     42.9     43.5     57.7     60.1     58.3     55.4     46.4     47.0     42.9     42.9     37.5
     2005 ..............   35.1     39.9     40.5     42.3     35.1     33.9     40.5     41.7     42.3     40.5     39.9     43.5
     2006 ..............   56.5     52.4     52.4     51.2     47.6     54.8     48.2     52.4     39.3     42.3     35.7     39.9
     2007 ..............   48.2     38.1    p43.5    p32.1

Over 6-month span:
     2003 ..............   11.9     11.3      7.1      8.3      9.5     10.7      7.1      9.5     12.5     16.1     25.0     24.4
     2004 ..............   28.0     32.7     35.1     47.0     50.0     52.4     54.2     52.4     48.8     51.2     41.1     38.7
     2005 ..............   31.5     35.1     36.3     34.5     32.1     33.3     44.0     39.3     32.1     36.9     34.5     39.3
     2006 ..............   42.9     41.7     50.0     50.6     51.2     53.0     45.8     45.8     47.6     45.2     44.6     39.9
     2007 ..............   39.9     37.5    p39.3    p32.1

Over 12-month span:
     2003 ..............   10.7      6.0      6.5      6.0      8.3      7.1      7.1      8.3     10.7     10.7      9.5     10.7
     2004 ..............   13.1     14.3     13.1     20.2     23.2     35.7     36.9     38.1     36.3     44.0     44.6     44.6
     2005 ..............   44.6     44.6     41.7     40.5     37.5     36.3     32.1     33.9     32.7     33.3     33.3     37.5
     2006 ..............   44.6     40.5     40.5     40.5     39.3     42.3     48.8     48.8     44.6     45.2     43.5     41.7
     2007 ..............   41.7     42.3    p39.3    p38.7

   1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.
   p = preliminary.
   NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.