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Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
Table A-7. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization
Table A-8. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
Table A-9. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

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                    THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  MAY 1996
 
 
   Employment increased in May, and the unemployment rate returned to its
March level of 5.6 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.
Department of Labor reported today.  The jobless rate was 5.4 percent in
April.  Nonfarm payroll employment, as measured by the survey of employers,
rose by 348,000, with increases spread across a broad range of industries.
Total employment, as measured by the household survey, also rose in May.
 
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
 
   The unemployment rate, at 5.6 percent in May, has remained within a
narrow range (5.4 to 5.8 percent) since late 1994.  Among the major worker
groups, the jobless rate for adult women increased by 0.3 percentage point
to 5.0 percent, while the rates  for adult men (4.8 percent), teenagers
(16.4 percent), whites (4.9 percent), blacks (10.2 percent), and Hispanics
(9.2 percent) showed little or no change in May.  The number of unemployed
persons was 7.4 million.  (See table A-1.)
 
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
   Total employment rose by 367,000 to 126.5 million in May.  Employment
has increased by 1.5 million since December, after showing little growth
through most of 1995.  The employment-population ratio--the proportion of
the population age 16 years and older with jobs--edged up to 63.1 percent
in May.  At 4.3 million, about a quarter of a million fewer persons worked
part time for economic reasons in May than in April.  These are persons who
would have preferred to work full time.  (See tables A-1 and A-3.)
 
   The number of persons who held more than one job totaled 7.8 million
(not seasonally adjusted) in May.  These multiple jobholders made up 6.2
percent of all employed persons.  (See table A-9.)
 
   The civilian labor force rose by 550,000 in May to a seasonally adjusted
level of 133.9 million.  As a result, the labor force participation rate
rose 0.3 percentage point to 66.9 percent.  After having been little
changed for most of 1995, the civilian labor force has increased by about
1.6 million since December.   (See table A-1.)
 
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 |   The establishment data in this release have been |
 |  adjusted to reflect annual benchmark revisions,   |
 |new seasonal adjustment procedures, and updated     |
 |bias and seasonal adjustment factors.  More         |
 |information on the revisions is contained in        |
 |the note beginning on page 5.                       |
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   Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |   Quarterly     |       Monthly data       |
                      |   averages      |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________|Apr.-
      Category        |  1995  |  1996  |          1996            |May
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |   IV   |   I    |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  May   |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 132,432| 133,192| 133,655| 133,361| 133,910|    549
  Employment..........| 125,096| 125,680| 126,151| 126,095| 126,462|    367
  Unemployment........|   7,336|   7,512|   7,504|   7,266|   7,448|    182
Not in labor force....|  66,920|  66,584|  66,266|  66,741|  66,368|   -373
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     5.5|     5.6|     5.6|     5.4|     5.6|    0.2
  Adult men...........|     4.7|     4.9|     5.0|     4.8|     4.8|     .0
  Adult women.........|     4.8|     4.9|     4.8|     4.7|     5.0|     .3
  Teenagers...........|    17.6|    17.4|    17.5|    16.7|    16.4|    -.3
  White...............|     4.9|     4.9|     4.8|     4.7|     4.9|     .2
  Black...............|     9.9|    10.7|    11.1|    10.5|    10.2|    -.3
  Hispanic origin.....|     9.3|     9.7|    10.0|     9.7|     9.2|    -.5
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA1/ |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 117,928| 118,462| 118,737|p118,900|p119,248|   p348
  Goods-producing 2/..|  24,148|  24,187|  24,196| p24,203| p24,238|    p35
    Construction......|   5,211|   5,308|   5,340|  p5,351|  p5,379|    p28
    Manufacturing.....|  18,366|  18,308|  18,282| p18,278| p18,284|     p6
  Service-producing 2/|  93,780|  94,275|  94,541| p94,697| p95,010|   p313
    Retail trade......|  21,299|  21,317|  21,343| p21,418| p21,464|    p46
    Services..........|  33,556|  33,877|  34,035| p34,100| p34,281|   p181
    Government........|  19,341|  19,365|  19,394| p19,399| p19,442|    p43
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.4|    34.3|    34.5|   p34.3|   p34.3|   p0.0
  Manufacturing.......|    41.4|    40.9|    41.4|   p41.5|   p41.7|    p.2
    Overtime..........|     4.3|     4.2|     4.3|    p4.6|    p4.6|    p.0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                     Earnings 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $11.58|  $11.65|  $11.68| p$11.72| p$11.75| p$0.03
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  398.47|  399.22|  402.96| p402.00| p403.03|  p1.03
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Establishment data have been revised to reflect March 1995
benchmarks, new seasonal adjustment procedures, and updated seasonal
adjustment factors.
    2/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    3/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
p=preliminary.
 
 
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Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
   About 1.5 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in May--that is, they wanted and were available
for work but had stopped looking for jobs sometime in the prior 12 months.
The number of discouraged workers--persons who had stopped looking for work
specifically because they believed there were no jobs available for them--
totaled 352,000 in May.  (See table A-9.)
 
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
 
   Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 348,000 in May to 119.2 million,
after seasonal adjustment.  Employment growth had averaged 191,000 per
month from December through April.  (See table B-1.)
 
   Employment in the services industry expanded by 181,000 in May, after a
smaller-than-usual gain in April.  Increases occurred in nearly all
components of the industry.  Growth was particularly strong in business
services (67,000), where help supply services alone added 48,000 workers.
In addition, computer and data processing services continued its upward
trend, with an increase of 15,000 jobs.  Engineering and management
services, an industry closely related to business services, also added
22,000 jobs.  Health services employment rose by 39,000, as gains were
spread among medical offices, hospitals, and nursing and personal care
facilities.
 
   Following a strong gain in April, retail trade employment was up by
46,000 in May.  Most of the increase was in department stores, where little
growth had occurred during the prior year.  Employment in food stores had
been flat through April of this year, but rose by 10,000 in May.  By
contrast, after showing strength in April, seasonal hiring in eating and
drinking places was slightly less than usual for the month, resulting in a
small decline after seasonal adjustment.
 
   Finance, insurance, and real estate employment was up by 20,000 in May,
as job growth occurred in each component.  Continued strength in mortgage
brokerages and real estate reflected improvements in the housing market.
 
   Transportation employment, which had been flat in April, rose by 18,000
in May.  Increases were concentrated in local transit and in trucking and
warehousing.  Employment in communications continued its upward trend in
May, adding 3,000 jobs, while employment in public utilities continued its
slow and steady decline.
 
   Government employment increased by 43,000 in May.  Most of the growth
was in the noneducation component of local government and partly reflected
hiring of temporary workers for primary elections.  State government
employment also was up, by 7,000 in May, and by 19,000 so far this year.
 
   In the goods-producing sector, construction employment rose by 28,000 in
May--about the average monthly increase since October of last year.  All of
the May growth in construction occurred among special trade contractors.
Manufacturing employment held steady over the month, after having declined
by 282,000 from its most recent peak in March 1995.  Within manufacturing,
motor vehicles and equipment added 10,000 jobs in May; there were small
gains in a number of other industries as well.  Employment continued to
 
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decline, however, in several other manufacturing industries, including
apparel, printing and publishing, and food processing.
 
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
 
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls held at 34.3 hours in May, after seasonal adjustment.  The
factory workweek, at 41.7 hours, was up by 0.2 hour in May and was the
longest since March 1995.  Factory overtime was unchanged at 4.6 hours.
(See table B-2.)
 
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of private production or
nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls rose 0.1 percent in May to 135.4
(1982=100), after seasonal adjustment.  The manufacturing index increased
by 0.5 percent to 106.2.  (See table B-5.)
 
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
 
   Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory workers
on nonfarm payrolls rose 3 cents in May, after seasonal adjustment, to
$11.75.  Average weekly earnings were up $1.03 to $403.03.  Over the year,
average hourly earnings increased by 3.4 percent and average weekly
earnings by 3.7 percent.  (See table B-3.)
 
                         _________________________
 
     The Employment Situation for June 1996 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, July 5, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
 
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                  Revisions in Establishment Survey Data
 
   In accordance with annual practice, the establishment survey data have
been revised to reflect comprehensive universe counts of payroll jobs
(benchmarks) and updated bias and seasonal adjustment factors.  In
addition, BLS has implemented new seasonal adjustment procedures for these
data.  Benchmark counts are derived principally from unemployment insurance
tax records for March 1995; the benchmark process resulted in revisions to
all not seasonally adjusted data series from April 1994 forward, the time
period since the last benchmark was established.  All seasonally adjusted
data beginning with January 1988 also have been revised.  Although the
usual practice is to revise 5 years of seasonally adjusted data with
benchmark updates, additional years have been included with this release to
allow fuller incorporation of an improved seasonal adjustment methodology.
The new seasonal adjustment procedures, based on X-12 ARIMA (Auto-
Regressive Integrated Moving Average) software developed by the Bureau of
the Census, control for the effect of varying survey intervals (also known
as the 4- versus 5-week effect), thereby providing improved measurement of
over-the-month changes and underlying economic trends.
 
   Table B presents revised total nonfarm employment levels, seasonally
adjusted, for the period January 1995 through February 1996 (the last month
for which final estimates were previously published).  The revised data for
April 1995 forward incorporate the effect of applying the rate of change
measured by the sample to the new benchmark level and updated bias
adjustments, as well as new seasonal adjustment factors.  In terms of data
revisions, the total nonfarm employment level for March 1995, the benchmark
month, was raised by 542,000 (399,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis).  The
previously published seasonally adjusted level for February 1996 was
revised up by 737,000.
 
   The June 1996 issue of Employment and Earnings will contain an article
that discusses the effects of benchmark and post-benchmark revisions.  This
issue also will provide revised seasonal adjustment factors for March
through October 1996 and revised estimates for all regularly published
tables containing national establishment survey data on employment, hours,
and earnings.  A forthcoming BLS bulletin will contain all historical data
revised as a result of this benchmark and updated seasonal adjustment
factors.  The full history of all establishment data series is available on
magnetic tape (call 202-606-5957).  These data are also available from
LABSTAT, the Bureau's public database, on the INTERNET at
http://stats.bls.gov.  Revised data for the series shown in tables B-1
through B-6 of this release are in the /pub/special.request/ee directory.
 
   Further information on the revisions released today may be obtained by
calling 202-606-6555.
 
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Table B. Revisions in total nonfarm employment,
seasonally adjusted, January 1995-February 1996
 
(In thousands)
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             |            |            |
    Year     |     As     |            |
     and     | previously |     As     |Difference
    month    | published  |   revised  |
-------------|------------|------------|----------
             |            |            |
1995         |            |            |
  January....|  115,810   |   116,250  |    440
  February...|  116,123   |   116,502  |    379
  March......|  116,302   |   116,701  |    399
  April......|  116,310   |   116,861  |    551
  May........|  116,248   |   116,907  |    659
  June.......|  116,547   |   117,100  |    553
  July.......|  116,575   |   117,201  |    626
  August.....|  116,838   |   117,499  |    661
  September..|  116,932   |   117,623  |    691
  October....|  117,000   |   117,749  |    749
  November...|  117,212   |   117,899  |    687
  December...|  117,357   |   118,136  |    779
             |            |            |
1996         |            |            |
  January....|  117,211   |   118,070  |    859
  February...|  117,842   |   118,579  |    737
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  | Not seasonally adjusted  |               Seasonally adjusted1/
                                                  |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
         Employment status, sex, and age          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  May   |  Apr.  |  May   |  May   |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  May
                                                  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                      TOTAL                       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 198,286| 200,101| 200,278| 198,286| 199,634| 199,773| 199,921| 200,101| 200,278
  Civilian labor force............................| 131,739| 132,513| 133,558| 132,058| 132,903| 133,018| 133,655| 133,361| 133,910
        Participation rate........................|    66.4|    66.2|    66.7|    66.6|    66.6|    66.6|    66.9|    66.6|    66.9
    Employed......................................| 124,554| 125,388| 126,391| 124,598| 125,226| 125,663| 126,151| 126,095| 126,462
        Employment-population ratio...............|    62.8|    62.7|    63.1|    62.8|    62.7|    62.9|    63.1|    63.0|    63.1
      Agriculture.................................|   3,558|   3,344|   3,698|   3,360|   3,529|   3,519|   3,487|   3,368|   3,491
      Nonagricultural industries..................| 120,996| 122,044| 122,693| 121,238| 121,698| 122,143| 122,664| 122,726| 122,971
    Unemployed....................................|   7,185|   7,124|   7,166|   7,460|   7,677|   7,355|   7,504|   7,266|   7,448
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.5|     5.4|     5.4|     5.6|     5.8|     5.5|     5.6|     5.4|     5.6
  Not in labor force..............................|  66,547|  67,589|  66,721|  66,228|  66,730|  66,754|  66,266|  66,741|  66,368
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 16 years and over              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  95,024|  95,955|  96,048|  95,024|  95,713|  95,786|  95,864|  95,955|  96,048
  Civilian labor force............................|  71,188|  71,450|  72,125|  71,307|  71,593|  71,743|  72,030|  71,935|  72,241
        Participation rate........................|    74.9|    74.5|    75.1|    75.0|    74.8|    74.9|    75.1|    75.0|    75.2
    Employed......................................|  67,227|  67,415|  68,258|  67,241|  67,501|  67,764|  67,856|  67,933|  68,278
        Employment-population ratio...............|    70.7|    70.3|    71.1|    70.8|    70.5|    70.7|    70.8|    70.8|    71.1
    Unemployed....................................|   3,961|   4,036|   3,867|   4,066|   4,092|   3,979|   4,174|   4,002|   3,964
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.6|     5.6|     5.4|     5.7|     5.7|     5.5|     5.8|     5.6|     5.5
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  87,691|  88,440|  88,530|  87,691|  88,223|  88,296|  88,366|  88,440|  88,530
  Civilian labor force............................|  67,312|  67,625|  68,095|  67,283|  67,563|  67,719|  67,980|  67,821|  68,064
        Participation rate........................|    76.8|    76.5|    76.9|    76.7|    76.6|    76.7|    76.9|    76.7|    76.9
    Employed......................................|  64,101|  64,296|  64,963|  63,951|  64,246|  64,425|  64,594|  64,555|  64,818
        Employment-population ratio...............|    73.1|    72.7|    73.4|    72.9|    72.8|    73.0|    73.1|    73.0|    73.2
      Agriculture.................................|   2,379|   2,283|   2,482|   2,241|   2,399|   2,382|   2,403|   2,292|   2,337
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  61,722|  62,014|  62,480|  61,710|  61,848|  62,044|  62,191|  62,263|  62,480
    Unemployed....................................|   3,212|   3,328|   3,133|   3,332|   3,317|   3,294|   3,386|   3,266|   3,246
        Unemployment rate.........................|     4.8|     4.9|     4.6|     5.0|     4.9|     4.9|     5.0|     4.8|     4.8
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 16 years and over             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 103,263| 104,146| 104,230| 103,263| 103,921| 103,986| 104,058| 104,146| 104,230
  Civilian labor force............................|  60,551|  61,062|  61,433|  60,751|  61,310|  61,275|  61,625|  61,426|  61,669
        Participation rate........................|    58.6|    58.6|    58.9|    58.8|    59.0|    58.9|    59.2|    59.0|    59.2
    Employed......................................|  57,327|  57,973|  58,133|  57,357|  57,725|  57,899|  58,294|  58,161|  58,184
        Employment-population ratio...............|    55.5|    55.7|    55.8|    55.5|    55.5|    55.7|    56.0|    55.8|    55.8
    Unemployed....................................|   3,224|   3,089|   3,300|   3,394|   3,585|   3,376|   3,331|   3,264|   3,485
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.3|     5.1|     5.4|     5.6|     5.8|     5.5|     5.4|     5.3|     5.7
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 20 years and over             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  96,141|  96,857|  96,925|  96,141|  96,717|  96,757|  96,798|  96,857|  96,925
  Civilian labor force............................|  56,885|  57,636|  57,735|  57,027|  57,591|  57,570|  57,903|  57,763|  57,915
        Participation rate........................|    59.2|    59.5|    59.6|    59.3|    59.5|    59.5|    59.8|    59.6|    59.8
    Employed......................................|  54,307|  55,081|  55,058|  54,243|  54,642|  54,790|  55,146|  55,060|  55,014
        Employment-population ratio...............|    56.5|    56.9|    56.8|    56.4|    56.5|    56.6|    57.0|    56.8|    56.8
      Agriculture.................................|     879|     834|     875|     835|     857|     851|     844|     813|     831
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  53,428|  54,247|  54,183|  53,408|  53,785|  53,938|  54,303|  54,247|  54,183
    Unemployed....................................|   2,578|   2,555|   2,677|   2,784|   2,949|   2,780|   2,757|   2,704|   2,901
        Unemployment rate.........................|     4.5|     4.4|     4.6|     4.9|     5.1|     4.8|     4.8|     4.7|     5.0
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian  noninstitutional population.............|  14,454|  14,805|  14,823|  14,454|  14,694|  14,719|  14,757|  14,805|  14,823
  Civilian labor force............................|   7,542|   7,252|   7,727|   7,748|   7,749|   7,729|   7,772|   7,776|   7,932
        Participation rate........................|    52.2|    49.0|    52.1|    53.6|    52.7|    52.5|    52.7|    52.5|    53.5
    Employed......................................|   6,147|   6,011|   6,371|   6,404|   6,338|   6,448|   6,411|   6,480|   6,630
        Employment-population ratio...............|    42.5|    40.6|    43.0|    44.3|    43.1|    43.8|    43.4|    43.8|    44.7
      Agriculture.................................|     300|     227|     341|     284|     273|     286|     240|     263|     323
      Nonagricultural industries..................|   5,846|   5,784|   6,030|   6,120|   6,065|   6,161|   6,171|   6,217|   6,308
    Unemployed....................................|   1,395|   1,241|   1,356|   1,344|   1,412|   1,282|   1,362|   1,296|   1,301
        Unemployment rate.........................|    18.5|    17.1|    17.6|    17.3|    18.2|    16.6|    17.5|    16.7|    16.4
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  | Not seasonally adjusted  |               Seasonally adjusted1/
      Employment status, race, sex, age, and      |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                 Hispanic origin                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  May   |  Apr.  |  May   |  May   |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  May
                                                  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996
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                      WHITE                       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 166,708| 167,973| 168,098| 166,708| 167,669| 167,757| 167,853| 167,973| 168,098
  Civilian labor force............................| 111,494| 111,965| 112,854| 111,707| 112,198| 112,747| 112,970| 112,613| 113,109
      Participation rate..........................|    66.9|    66.7|    67.1|    67.0|    66.9|    67.2|    67.3|    67.0|    67.3
    Employed......................................| 106,116| 106,724| 107,536| 106,141| 106,576| 107,244| 107,497| 107,319| 107,612
      Employment-population ratio.................|    63.7|    63.5|    64.0|    63.7|    63.6|    63.9|    64.0|    63.9|    64.0
    Unemployed....................................|   5,378|   5,241|   5,317|   5,566|   5,623|   5,502|   5,473|   5,294|   5,497
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.8|     4.7|     4.7|     5.0|     5.0|     4.9|     4.8|     4.7|     4.9
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|  57,653|  58,003|  58,367|  57,608|  57,894|  58,162|  58,309|  58,202|  58,340
      Participation rate..........................|    77.1|    77.0|    77.4|    77.0|    77.0|    77.3|    77.5|    77.3|    77.4
    Employed......................................|  55,176|  55,499|  56,026|  55,033|  55,438|  55,688|  55,795|  55,778|  55,914
      Employment-population ratio.................|    73.8|    73.7|    74.3|    73.6|    73.7|    74.0|    74.1|    74.1|    74.2
    Unemployed....................................|   2,477|   2,504|   2,341|   2,575|   2,456|   2,475|   2,514|   2,424|   2,426
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.3|     4.3|     4.0|     4.5|     4.2|     4.3|     4.3|     4.2|     4.2
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             Women, 20 years and over             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|  47,426|  47,821|  47,939|  47,566|  47,727|  47,968|  48,136|  47,884|  48,103
      Participation rate..........................|    58.9|    59.1|    59.2|    59.1|    59.0|    59.3|    59.5|    59.2|    59.4
    Employed......................................|  45,539|  45,983|  45,976|  45,523|  45,604|  45,892|  46,141|  45,937|  45,976
      Employment-population ratio.................|    56.6|    56.8|    56.8|    56.6|    56.4|    56.8|    57.0|    56.8|    56.8
    Unemployed....................................|   1,886|   1,838|   1,964|   2,043|   2,123|   2,076|   1,995|   1,947|   2,128
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.0|     3.8|     4.1|     4.3|     4.4|     4.3|     4.1|     4.1|     4.4
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,415|   6,141|   6,547|   6,533|   6,577|   6,616|   6,525|   6,527|   6,666
      Participation rate..........................|    56.1|    52.4|    55.6|    57.1|    56.6|    56.8|    55.8|    55.7|    56.6
    Employed......................................|   5,400|   5,242|   5,535|   5,585|   5,533|   5,665|   5,561|   5,604|   5,723
      Employment-population ratio.................|    47.2|    44.7|    47.0|    48.9|    47.6|    48.6|    47.6|    47.8|    48.6
    Unemployed....................................|   1,015|     899|   1,012|     948|   1,044|     951|     964|     923|     943
      Unemployment rate...........................|    15.8|    14.6|    15.5|    14.5|    15.9|    14.4|    14.8|    14.1|    14.1
        Men.......................................|    16.1|    15.8|    16.1|    15.3|    16.6|    15.2|    16.0|    15.2|    15.2
        Women.....................................|    15.5|    13.4|    14.8|    13.7|    15.1|    13.4|    13.4|    12.9|    12.9
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                      BLACK                       |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  23,192|  23,519|  23,549|  23,192|  23,424|  23,455|  23,485|  23,519|  23,549
  Civilian labor force............................|  14,723|  14,900|  15,080|  14,794|  14,993|  14,827|  15,030|  14,971|  15,149
      Participation rate..........................|    63.5|    63.4|    64.0|    63.8|    64.0|    63.2|    64.0|    63.7|    64.3
    Employed......................................|  13,274|  13,368|  13,571|  13,312|  13,409|  13,302|  13,358|  13,399|  13,599
      Employment-population ratio.................|    57.2|    56.8|    57.6|    57.4|    57.2|    56.7|    56.9|    57.0|    57.7
    Unemployed....................................|   1,449|   1,532|   1,510|   1,482|   1,584|   1,525|   1,673|   1,573|   1,551
      Unemployment rate...........................|     9.8|    10.3|    10.0|    10.0|    10.6|    10.3|    11.1|    10.5|    10.2
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              Men, 20 years and over              |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,760|   6,716|   6,808|   6,743|   6,748|   6,775|   6,790|   6,696|   6,786
      Participation rate..........................|    73.1|    71.5|    72.4|    72.9|    72.2|    72.3|    72.4|    71.3|    72.2
    Employed......................................|   6,183|   6,067|   6,173|   6,152|   6,141|   6,089|   6,049|   6,055|   6,136
      Employment-population ratio.................|    66.9|    64.6|    65.7|    66.5|    65.7|    65.0|    64.5|    64.5|    65.3
    Unemployed....................................|     578|     648|     635|     591|     607|     686|     741|     641|     650
      Unemployment rate...........................|     8.5|     9.7|     9.3|     8.8|     9.0|    10.1|    10.9|     9.6|     9.6
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             Women, 20 years and over             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|   7,111|   7,308|   7,331|   7,153|   7,343|   7,193|   7,287|   7,300|   7,373
      Participation rate..........................|    61.0|    61.9|    62.1|    61.4|    62.4|    61.1|    61.8|    61.9|    62.4
    Employed......................................|   6,567|   6,707|   6,751|   6,578|   6,678|   6,630|   6,674|   6,687|   6,758
      Employment-population ratio.................|    56.3|    56.8|    57.2|    56.4|    56.8|    56.3|    56.6|    56.7|    57.2
    Unemployed....................................|     544|     601|     580|     575|     665|     563|     613|     613|     615
      Unemployment rate...........................|     7.7|     8.2|     7.9|     8.0|     9.1|     7.8|     8.4|     8.4|     8.3
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years            |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Civilian labor force............................|     851|     877|     941|     898|     902|     860|     954|     976|     990
      Participation rate..........................|    37.2|    37.6|    40.2|    39.3|    39.1|    37.2|    41.1|    41.9|    42.3
    Employed......................................|     525|     594|     647|     582|     590|     583|     635|     657|     705
      Employment-population ratio.................|    22.9|    25.5|    27.6|    25.4|    25.6|    25.2|    27.4|    28.2|    30.1
    Unemployed....................................|     327|     283|     295|     316|     312|     276|     319|     319|     286
      Unemployment rate...........................|    38.4|    32.3|    31.3|    35.2|    34.6|    32.1|    33.5|    32.7|    28.9
        Men.......................................|    44.8|    35.0|    33.1|    37.9|    39.1|    30.6|    38.2|    34.1|    27.4
        Women.....................................|    32.2|    29.5|    29.5|    32.5|    30.4|    33.6|    28.4|    31.3|    30.2
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                 HISPANIC ORIGIN                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  18,554|  19,080|  19,131|  18,554|  18,929|  18,977|  19,025|  19,080|  19,131
  Civilian labor force............................|  12,137|  12,417|  12,487|  12,165|  12,655|  12,666|  12,571|  12,511|  12,514
      Participation rate..........................|    65.4|    65.1|    65.3|    65.6|    66.9|    66.7|    66.1|    65.6|    65.4
    Employed......................................|  11,037|  11,260|  11,388|  11,008|  11,493|  11,432|  11,308|  11,294|  11,365
      Employment-population ratio.................|    59.5|    59.0|    59.5|    59.3|    60.7|    60.2|    59.4|    59.2|    59.4
    Unemployed....................................|   1,100|   1,158|   1,099|   1,157|   1,162|   1,234|   1,262|   1,217|   1,149
      Unemployment rate...........................|     9.1|     9.3|     8.8|     9.5|     9.2|     9.7|    10.0|     9.7|     9.2
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   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
   NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals
because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in
both the white and black population groups.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
 
(In thousands)
 
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                                                  | Not seasonally adjusted  |                 Seasonally adjusted
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                     Category                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  May   |  Apr.  |  May   |  May   |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  May
                                                  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996
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                  CHARACTERISTIC                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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Total employed, 16 years and over.................|124,554 |125,388 |126,391 |124,598 |125,226 |125,663 |126,151 |126,095 |126,462
  Married men, spouse present.....................| 42,125 | 42,152 | 42,618 | 41,900 | 42,171 | 42,339 | 42,178 | 42,067 | 42,406
  Married women, spouse present...................| 32,214 | 32,123 | 32,491 | 32,029 | 32,078 | 32,101 | 32,053 | 31,868 | 32,330
  Women who maintain families.....................|  7,218 |  7,426 |  7,372 |  7,161 |  7,294 |  7,295 |  7,397 |  7,389 |  7,314
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                    OCCUPATION                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Managerial and professional specialty...........| 35,273 | 36,094 | 36,339 | 35,205 | 35,682 | 35,866 | 36,149 | 36,115 | 36,257
  Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 37,189 | 37,450 | 37,417 | 37,402 | 37,057 | 37,328 | 37,782 | 37,638 | 37,681
  Service occupations.............................| 16,953 | 17,074 | 17,329 | 16,943 | 16,755 | 16,727 | 16,714 | 16,939 | 17,312
  Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,465 | 13,364 | 13,372 | 13,512 | 13,615 | 13,786 | 13,618 | 13,595 | 13,439
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 17,899 | 17,975 | 18,181 | 18,008 | 18,257 | 18,147 | 18,058 | 18,124 | 18,282
  Farming, forestry, and fishing..................|  3,775 |  3,431 |  3,752 |  3,571 |  3,760 |  3,744 |  3,622 |  3,545 |  3,560
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                 CLASS OF WORKER                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Agriculture:                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|  1,852 |  1,830 |  2,130 |  1,763 |  1,964 |  1,954 |  1,859 |  1,862 |  2,026
    Self-employed workers.........................|  1,649 |  1,466 |  1,517 |  1,577 |  1,547 |  1,531 |  1,572 |  1,484 |  1,456
    Unpaid family workers.........................|     57 |     48 |     51 |     51 |     48 |     34 |     41 |     52 |     46
  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|111,981 |112,936 |113,630 |112,324 |112,568 |113,165 |113,461 |113,527 |114,032
      Government..................................| 18,751 | 18,564 | 18,567 | 18,442 | 18,044 | 18,259 | 18,005 | 18,290 | 18,256
      Private industries..........................| 93,230 | 94,372 | 95,063 | 93,882 | 94,524 | 94,906 | 95,456 | 95,237 | 95,776
        Private households........................|    890 |    827 |    873 |    932 |    931 |    873 |    901 |    844 |    918
        Other industries..........................| 92,340 | 93,545 | 94,190 | 92,950 | 93,593 | 94,032 | 94,555 | 94,393 | 94,858
    Self-employed workers.........................|  8,894 |  9,008 |  8,940 |  8,824 |  8,913 |  8,953 |  9,092 |  9,081 |  8,878
    Unpaid family workers.........................|    121 |    101 |    123 |    122 |     85 |    116 |    102 |    101 |    124
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            PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME             |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  All industries:                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  4,351 |  4,299 |  4,175 |  4,463 |  4,091 |  4,502 |  4,479 |  4,525 |  4,277
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,399 |  2,501 |  2,150 |  2,482 |  2,250 |  2,533 |  2,548 |  2,594 |  2,216
      Could only find part-time work..............|  1,689 |  1,522 |  1,705 |  1,707 |  1,509 |  1,621 |  1,596 |  1,571 |  1,719
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 18,160 | 18,291 | 17,920 | 17,806 | 17,198 | 17,493 | 17,915 | 17,487 | 17,620
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  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  4,199 |  4,081 |  4,003 |  4,273 |  3,842 |  4,274 |  4,223 |  4,287 |  4,068
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,298 |  2,362 |  2,057 |  2,345 |  2,114 |  2,382 |  2,386 |  2,476 |  2,092
      Could only find part-time work..............|  1,659 |  1,491 |  1,658 |  1,671 |  1,472 |  1,607 |  1,561 |  1,534 |  1,663
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 17,443 | 17,690 | 17,277 | 17,158 | 16,520 | 16,884 | 17,266 | 16,994 | 17,038
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   NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs
during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial
dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time
but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays,
illness, and bad weather.
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                     Category                     |                          |
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                                                  |  May   |  Apr.  |  May   |  May   |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  May
                                                  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996
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                  CHARACTERISTIC                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Total, 16 years and over.........................|  7,460 |  7,266 |   7,448|   5.6  |   5.8  |   5.5  |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.6
   Men, 20 years and over.........................|  3,332 |  3,266 |   3,246|   5.0  |   4.9  |   4.9  |   5.0  |   4.8  |   4.8
   Women, 20 years and over.......................|  2,784 |  2,704 |   2,901|   4.9  |   5.1  |   4.8  |   4.8  |   4.7  |   5.0
   Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................|  1,344 |  1,296 |   1,301|  17.3  |  18.2  |  16.6  |  17.5  |  16.7  |  16.4
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   Married men, spouse present....................|  1,453 |  1,291 |   1,289|   3.4  |   3.3  |   3.0  |   3.1  |   3.0  |   2.9
   Married women, spouse present..................|  1,307 |  1,231 |   1,281|   3.9  |   4.0  |   3.8  |   3.5  |   3.7  |   3.8
   Women who maintain families....................|    637 |    541 |     695|   8.2  |   8.2  |   7.5  |   7.7  |   6.8  |   8.7
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   Full-time workers..............................|  5,934 |  5,843 |   5,969|   5.5  |   5.7  |   5.4  |   5.5  |   5.4  |   5.5
   Part-time workers..............................|  1,500 |  1,427 |   1,455|   6.1  |   6.0  |   6.2  |   6.0  |   5.8  |   5.9
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                   OCCUPATION2/                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Managerial and professional specialty..........|    791 |    839 |     867|   2.2  |   2.4  |   2.3  |   2.3  |   2.3  |   2.3
   Technical, sales, and administrative support...|  1,784 |  1,752 |   1,838|   4.6  |   4.6  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.4  |   4.7
   Precision production, craft, and repair........|    882 |    797 |     748|   6.1  |   5.3  |   5.9  |   5.8  |   5.5  |   5.3
   Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........|  1,685 |  1,585 |   1,663|   8.6  |   8.3  |   8.2  |   8.6  |   8.0  |   8.3
   Farming, forestry, and fishing.................|    334 |    308 |     356|   8.6  |   8.4  |   7.7  |   7.9  |   8.0  |   9.1
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                     INDUSTRY                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers|  5,930 |  5,716 |   5,820|   5.9  |   5.8  |   5.7  |   5.8  |   5.7  |   5.7
     Goods-producing industries...................|  1,917 |  1,706 |   1,725|   6.9  |   6.3  |   6.4  |   6.5  |   6.1  |   6.2
       Mining.....................................|     31 |     25 |      11|   4.7  |   5.2  |   6.5  |   6.8  |   4.4  |   2.1
       Construction...............................|    781 |    683 |     656|  12.2  |  10.7  |  11.2  |  10.0  |  10.2  |  10.0
       Manufacturing..............................|  1,105 |    998 |   1,058|   5.3  |   5.0  |   4.9  |   5.3  |   4.8  |   5.1
         Durable goods............................|    596 |    589 |     590|   4.9  |   4.4  |   5.3  |   5.1  |   4.8  |   4.8
         Nondurable goods.........................|    509 |    409 |     468|   5.8  |   5.7  |   4.4  |   5.7  |   4.8  |   5.5
     Service-producing industries.................|  4,013 |  4,010 |   4,095|   5.6  |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.5  |   5.5  |   5.6
       Transportation and public utilities........|    293 |    300 |     302|   4.2  |   3.7  |   3.8  |   4.2  |   4.2  |   4.2
       Wholesale and retail trade.................|  1,697 |  1,733 |   1,745|   6.6  |   6.8  |   6.3  |   6.9  |   6.6  |   6.6
       Finance, insurance, and real estate........|    266 |    172 |     185|   3.5  |   2.9  |   2.2  |   2.5  |   2.3  |   2.5
       Services...................................|  1,757 |  1,805 |   1,862|   5.6  |   5.7  |   5.7  |   5.4  |   5.6  |   5.7
   Government workers.............................|    547 |    547 |     617|   2.9  |   2.8  |   3.0  |   2.8  |   2.9  |   3.3
   Agricultural wage and salary workers...........|    235 |    227 |     225|  11.8  |  10.5  |  10.7  |  10.7  |  10.9  |  10.0
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
   2/  Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available
because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular
components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  | Not seasonally adjusted  |                 Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                     Duration                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  May   |  Apr.  |  May   |  May   |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  May
                                                  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED               |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Less than 5 weeks................................|  2,604 |  2,221 |  2,767 |  2,639 |  2,784 |  2,793 |  2,623 |  2,412 |  2,815
 5 to 14 weeks....................................|  1,924 |  2,133 |  1,932 |  2,321 |  2,413 |  2,280 |  2,298 |  2,337 |  2,334
 15 weeks and over................................|  2,657 |  2,770 |  2,467 |  2,526 |  2,370 |  2,307 |  2,479 |  2,388 |  2,336
    15 to 26 weeks................................|  1,334 |  1,343 |  1,119 |  1,231 |  1,118 |  1,126 |  1,164 |  1,106 |  1,020
    27 weeks and over.............................|  1,323 |  1,427 |  1,348 |  1,295 |  1,252 |  1,181 |  1,316 |  1,282 |  1,317
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................|   17.5 |   18.9 |   17.5 |   16.8 |   16.0 |   16.6 |   17.3 |   17.4 |   16.8
 Median duration, in weeks........................|    9.0 |   10.6 |    8.5 |    8.9 |    8.3 |    8.0 |    8.3 |    8.8 |    8.3
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
               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..............................|   36.2 |   31.2 |   38.6 |   35.3 |   36.8 |   37.8 |   35.4 |   33.8 |   37.6
   5 to 14 weeks..................................|   26.8 |   29.9 |   27.0 |   31.0 |   31.9 |   30.9 |   31.1 |   32.7 |   31.2
   15 weeks and over..............................|   37.0 |   38.9 |   34.4 |   33.7 |   31.3 |   31.3 |   33.5 |   33.5 |   31.2
     15 to 26 weeks...............................|   18.6 |   18.8 |   15.6 |   16.4 |   14.8 |   15.3 |   15.7 |   15.5 |   13.6
     27 weeks and over............................|   18.4 |   20.0 |   18.8 |   17.3 |   16.5 |   16.0 |   17.8 |   18.0 |   17.6
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                           |                       |
                                                           |Not seasonally adjusted|              Seasonally adjusted
                                                           |                       |
                                                            _______________________ _______________________________________________
                          Reason                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |  May  | Apr.  |  May  |  May  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May
                                                           | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  | 1996  | 1996  | 1996
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........|  3,275|  3,610|  3,164|  3,517|  3,606|  3,595|  3,564|  3,625|  3,388
  On temporary layoff......................................|    779|  1,094|    868|  1,021|  1,132|  1,032|  1,027|  1,116|  1,154
  Not on temporary layoff..................................|  2,496|  2,517|  2,297|  2,496|  2,474|  2,564|  2,537|  2,509|  2,234
    Permanent job losers...................................|  1,819|  1,828|  1,627|  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)
    Persons who completed temporary jobs...................|    677|    689|    670|  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)  |  (1)
Job leavers................................................|    800|    694|    621|    851|    869|    747|    782|    702|    661
Reentrants.................................................|  2,544|  2,291|  2,834|  2,500|  2,458|  2,517|  2,588|  2,379|  2,784
New entrants...............................................|    567|    530|    547|    547|    641|    613|    591|    550|    532
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   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.......|   45.6|   50.7|   44.2|   47.4|   47.6|   48.1|   47.4|   50.0|   46.0
   On temporary layoff.....................................|   10.8|   15.4|   12.1|   13.8|   14.9|   13.8|   13.6|   15.4|   15.7
   Not on temporary layoff.................................|   34.7|   35.3|   32.0|   33.7|   32.7|   34.3|   33.7|   34.6|   30.3
 Job leavers...............................................|   11.1|    9.7|    8.7|   11.5|   11.5|   10.0|   10.4|    9.7|    9.0
 Reentrants................................................|   35.4|   32.2|   39.5|   33.7|   32.5|   33.7|   34.4|   32.8|   37.8
 New entrants..............................................|    7.9|    7.4|    7.6|    7.4|    8.5|    8.2|    7.9|    7.6|    7.2
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE               |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|    2.5|    2.7|    2.4|    2.7|    2.7|    2.7|    2.7|    2.7|    2.5
 Job leavers...............................................|     .6|     .5|     .5|     .6|     .7|     .6|     .6|     .5|     .5
 Reentrants................................................|    1.9|    1.7|    2.1|    1.9|    1.8|    1.9|    1.9|    1.8|    2.1
 New entrants..............................................|     .4|     .4|     .4|     .4|     .5|     .5|     .4|     .4|     .4
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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   1/  Not available.
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-7. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization
 
(Percent)
 
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                                                                     |                    |
                                                                     |   Not seasonally   |           Seasonally adjusted
                               Measure                               |      adjusted      |
                                                                    ____________________ _________________________________________
                                                                     | May  | Apr. | May  | May  | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May
                                                                     | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996 | 1996
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
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U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer,                           |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
as a percent of the civilian labor force.............................|  2.0 |  2.1 |  1.8 |  1.9 |  1.8 |  1.7 |  1.9 |  1.8 |  1.7
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
U-2 Job losers and persons who completed                             |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian                         |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
labor force..........................................................|  2.5 |  2.7 |  2.4 |  2.7 |  2.7 |  2.7 |  2.7 |  2.7 |  2.5
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the                            |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)....................|  5.5 |  5.4 |  5.4 |  5.6 |  5.8 |  5.5 |  5.6 |  5.4 |  5.6
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged                                |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force                    |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
plus discouraged workers.............................................|  5.7 |  5.7 |  5.6 |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1)
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers,                      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent             |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
of the civilian labor force plus all marginally                      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
attached workers.....................................................|  6.5 |  6.4 |  6.4 |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1)
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached                   |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
workers, plus total employed part time for economic                  |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force                    |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
plus all marginally attached workers.................................|  9.8 |  9.7 |  9.5 |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1) |  (1)
                                                                     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Not available.
   NOTE:  This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7
range published in table A-7 of this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers
are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they
want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.
Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related
reason for not currently looking for a job.  Persons employed part time for economic
reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle
for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of
alternative unemployment measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor
Review.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-8. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                   Age and sex                    |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  May   |  Apr.  |  May   |  May   |  Jan.  |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  May
                                                  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1995  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996  |  1996
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Total, 16 years and over..........................|  7,460 |  7,266 |  7,448 |   5.6  |   5.8  |   5.5  |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.6
  16 to 24 years..................................|  2,540 |  2,517 |  2,608 |  11.8  |  13.0  |  12.4  |  12.4  |  11.8  |  12.2
    16 to 19 years................................|  1,344 |  1,296 |  1,301 |  17.3  |  18.2  |  16.6  |  17.5  |  16.7  |  16.4
      16 to 17 years..............................|    665 |    613 |    639 |  20.8  |  20.5  |  20.0  |  19.4  |  18.7  |  19.4
      18 to 19 years..............................|    672 |    689 |    658 |  14.9  |  16.9  |  14.3  |  16.1  |  15.3  |  14.2
    20 to 24 years................................|  1,196 |  1,221 |  1,306 |   8.7  |  10.0  |   9.9  |   9.5  |   9.0  |   9.7
  25 years and over...............................|  4,913 |  4,735 |  4,822 |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.2  |   4.3
    25 to 54 years................................|  4,333 |  4,174 |  4,266 |   4.6  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.4
    55 years and over.............................|    591 |    518 |    570 |   3.8  |   3.5  |   3.6  |   3.8  |   3.3  |   3.6
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Men, 16 years and over..........................|  4,066 |  4,002 |  3,964 |   5.7  |   5.7  |   5.5  |   5.8  |   5.6  |   5.5
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,401 |  1,441 |  1,468 |  12.3  |  12.9  |  13.1  |  13.4  |  12.8  |  12.9
      16 to 19 years..............................|    734 |    736 |    717 |  18.2  |  19.2  |  17.0  |  19.4  |  17.9  |  17.2
        16 to 17 years............................|    359 |    358 |    339 |  22.0  |  22.3  |  21.7  |  21.4  |  21.2  |  20.0
        18 to 19 years............................|    373 |    389 |    379 |  15.8  |  17.4  |  13.9  |  18.0  |  16.1  |  15.4
      20 to 24 years..............................|    667 |    706 |    750 |   9.0  |   9.3  |  10.9  |  10.0  |   9.9  |  10.4
    25 years and over.............................|  2,674 |  2,562 |  2,496 |   4.5  |   4.2  |   4.2  |   4.4  |   4.2  |   4.1
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,334 |  2,299 |  2,201 |   4.6  |   4.4  |   4.4  |   4.5  |   4.4  |   4.2
      55 years and over...........................|    338 |    267 |    298 |   3.9  |   3.5  |   3.5  |   3.5  |   3.0  |   3.3
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Women, 16 years and over........................|  3,394 |  3,264 |  3,485 |   5.6  |   5.8  |   5.5  |   5.4  |   5.3  |   5.7
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,139 |  1,076 |  1,140 |  11.3  |  13.1  |  11.5  |  11.4  |  10.7  |  11.4
      16 to 19 years..............................|    610 |    561 |    584 |  16.4  |  17.1  |  16.1  |  15.4  |  15.3  |  15.6
        16 to 17 years............................|    306 |    255 |    300 |  19.6  |  18.7  |  18.1  |  17.3  |  16.1  |  18.8
        18 to 19 years............................|    299 |    300 |    279 |  13.8  |  16.2  |  14.7  |  14.0  |  14.4  |  12.9
      20 to 24 years..............................|    529 |    515 |    556 |   8.4  |  10.8  |   8.8  |   9.1  |   8.1  |   8.8
    25 years and over.............................|  2,239 |  2,172 |  2,326 |   4.4  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.3  |   4.2  |   4.5
      25 to 54 years..............................|  1,999 |  1,875 |  2,065 |   4.6  |   4.6  |   4.4  |   4.3  |   4.2  |   4.6
      55 years and over...........................|    253 |    251 |    272 |   3.6  |   3.4  |   3.8  |   4.2  |   3.6  |   3.9
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
Table A-9. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
 
(In thousands)
 
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                                                                      |                   |                   |
                               Category                               |       Total       |        Men        |       Women
                                                                       ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
                                                                      |   May   |   May   |   May   |   May   |   May   |   May
                                                                      |  1995   |  1996   |  1995   |  1996   |  1995   |  1996
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                        |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
Total not in the labor force..........................................|  66,547 |  66,721 |  23,836 |  23,923 |  42,711 |  42,797
 Persons who currently want a job.....................................|   6,533 |   6,215 |   2,658 |   2,608 |   3,875 |   3,607
  Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................|   1,504 |   1,475 |     730 |     694 |     773 |     780
   Reason not currently looking:                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
     Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................|     398 |     352 |     233 |     221 |     165 |     131
     Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................|   1,106 |   1,123 |     497 |     474 |     608 |     649
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                          |         |         |         |         |         |
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................|   7,952 |   7,846 |   4,225 |   4,352 |   3,727 |   3,494
    Percent of total employed.........................................|     6.4 |     6.2 |     6.3 |     6.4 |     6.5 |     6.0
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
 Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................|   4,624 |   4,455 |   2,747 |   2,743 |   1,877 |   1,711
 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................|   1,750 |   1,709 |     525 |     558 |   1,225 |   1,151
 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................|     245 |     245 |     178 |     158 |      67 |      87
 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................|   1,315 |   1,408 |     763 |     884 |     552 |     524
                                                                      |         |         |         |         |         |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and
were available to take a job during the reference week.
   2/  Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or
training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination.
   3/  Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such
reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which
reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
   4/  Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their
secondary job(s), not shown separately.
 
 
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
 Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 |  May  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May  |  May  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May
                                                 | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              Total..............................|117,423|117,895|118,741|119,804|116,907|118,070|118,579|118,737|118,900|119,248
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Total private.........................| 97,754| 98,086| 98,952| 99,958| 97,618| 98,734| 99,214| 99,343| 99,501| 99,806
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods_producing...............................| 24,230| 23,695| 23,961| 24,253| 24,217| 24,112| 24,254| 24,196| 24,203| 24,238
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Mining......................................|    581|    563|    567|    571|    582|    569|    573|    574|    574|    575
       Metal mining..............................|   50.5|   50.2|   50.5|   51.6|     51|     51|     51|     51|     51|     52
       Coal mining...............................|  105.4|  100.8|  100.4|  100.4|    106|    101|    102|    101|    101|    101
       Oil and gas extraction....................|  317.5|  308.2|  308.6|  309.5|    320|    310|    313|    314|    315|    315
       Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........|  108.0|  103.4|  107.2|  109.8|    105|    107|    107|    108|    107|    107
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction................................|  5,166|  4,944|  5,197|  5,431|  5,116|  5,234|  5,349|  5,340|  5,351|  5,379
       General building contractors..............|1,191.2|1,153.3|1,187.7|1,220.0|  1,195|  1,205|  1,218|  1,223|  1,227|  1,224
       Heavy construction, except building.......|  772.1|  676.4|  739.7|  789.6|    742|    741|    764|    769|    762|    759
       Special trade contractors.................|3,202.2|3,114.4|3,270.0|3,421.1|  3,179|  3,288|  3,367|  3,348|  3,362|  3,396
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing...............................| 18,483| 18,188| 18,197| 18,251| 18,519| 18,309| 18,332| 18,282| 18,278| 18,284
         Production workers......................| 12,806| 12,551| 12,565| 12,602| 12,831| 12,656| 12,671| 12,617| 12,622| 12,620
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Durable goods..............................| 10,674| 10,597| 10,636| 10,673| 10,668| 10,643| 10,659| 10,623| 10,652| 10,669
         Production workers......................|  7,325|  7,248|  7,289|  7,318|  7,313|  7,288|  7,298|  7,262|  7,291|  7,299
       Lumber and wood products..................|  759.6|  741.8|  748.7|  756.2|    765|    750|    756|    755|    761|    761
       Furniture and fixtures....................|  509.1|  499.7|  497.2|  499.0|    510|    503|    502|    500|    498|    499
       Stone, clay, and glass products...........|  544.4|  523.1|  533.5|  543.2|    539|    532|    536|    536|    534|    537
       Primary metal industries..................|  713.1|  705.8|  703.2|  705.2|    714|    709|    708|    706|    704|    705
         Blast furnaces and basic steel products.|  241.1|  238.0|  236.7|  238.2|    242|    240|    240|    239|    238|    239
       Fabricated metal products.................|1,441.3|1,440.5|1,437.4|1,444.3|  1,441|  1,442|  1,443|  1,442|  1,440|  1,443
       Industrial machinery and equipment........|2,057.3|2,091.4|2,086.3|2,086.4|  2,052|  2,085|  2,083|  2,087|  2,084|  2,082
         Computer and office equipment...........|  347.1|  356.5|  355.1|  354.1|    347|    357|    357|    358|    356|    355
       Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,618.1|1,647.8|1,645.9|1,646.0|  1,621|  1,646|  1,652|  1,651|  1,650|  1,649
         Electronic components and accessories...|  573.3|  612.8|  612.6|  610.8|    575|    609|    614|    614|    615|    613
       Transportation equipment..................|1,806.1|1,728.9|1,768.4|1,774.3|  1,799|  1,757|  1,759|  1,726|  1,763|  1,774
         Motor vehicles and equipment............|  978.1|  924.8|  962.2|  969.7|    971|    956|    957|    924|    959|    969
         Aircraft and parts......................|  457.5|  446.0|  447.9|  448.5|    458|    446|    446|    445|    447|    448
       Instruments and related products..........|  836.7|  831.6|  831.1|  833.6|    838|    831|    831|    832|    832|    834
       Miscellaneous manufacturing...............|  388.4|  386.2|  384.7|  384.8|    389|    388|    389|    388|    386|    385
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      Nondurable goods...........................|  7,809|  7,591|  7,561|  7,578|  7,851|  7,666|  7,673|  7,659|  7,626|  7,615
         Production workers......................|  5,481|  5,303|  5,276|  5,284|  5,518|  5,368|  5,373|  5,355|  5,331|  5,321
       Food and kindred products.................|1,642.7|1,625.9|1,612.2|1,624.7|  1,682|  1,672|  1,675|  1,675|  1,665|  1,661
       Tobacco products..........................|   38.3|   39.7|   38.9|   36.9|     42|     41|     41|     41|     41|     40
       Textile mill products.....................|  674.4|  640.1|  636.6|  639.9|    673|    640|    644|    642|    635|    637
       Apparel and other textile products........|  949.9|  859.6|  856.9|  857.1|    946|    868|    873|    863|    858|    853
       Paper and allied products.................|  691.3|  676.2|  672.6|  674.2|    694|    684|    682|    681|    677|    677
       Printing and publishing...................|1,541.9|1,530.6|1,525.4|1,522.5|  1,543|  1,533|  1,531|  1,531|  1,527|  1,524
       Chemicals and allied products.............|1,035.1|1,024.0|1,021.1|1,021.3|  1,037|  1,026|  1,025|  1,027|  1,024|  1,026
       Petroleum and coal products...............|  146.9|  136.7|  137.8|  139.7|    146|    140|    140|    140|    139|    139
       Rubber and misc. plastics products........|  981.6|  960.7|  961.8|  964.6|    981|    964|    963|    960|    962|    961
       Leather and leather products..............|  106.9|   97.9|   97.2|   96.7|    107|     98|     99|     99|     98|     97
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   Service_producing.............................| 93,193| 94,200| 94,780| 95,551| 92,690| 93,958| 94,325| 94,541| 94,697| 95,010
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     Transportation and public utilities.........|  6,140|  6,233|  6,251|  6,309|  6,139|  6,254|  6,270|  6,289|  6,288|  6,305
       Transportation............................|  3,905|  3,965|  3,981|  4,038|  3,900|  3,980|  3,994|  4,008|  4,008|  4,026
         Railroad transportation.................|  241.2|  230.9|  231.4|  233.4|    240|    235|    234|    233|    231|    231
         Local and interurban passenger transit..|  432.8|  455.3|  452.4|  463.8|    418|    436|    439|    441|    439|    448
         Trucking and warehousing................|1,849.3|1,835.9|1,844.2|1,870.9|  1,863|  1,874|  1,879|  1,883|  1,879|  1,887
         Water transportation....................|  177.9|  165.8|  171.5|  174.7|    176|    172|    171|    171|    174|    168
         Transportation by air...................|  777.4|  830.6|  833.3|  842.1|    778|    822|    827|    834|    837|    840
         Pipelines, except natural gas...........|   15.0|   14.0|   13.9|   14.0|     15|     14|     14|     14|     14|     14
         Transportation services.................|  411.3|  432.3|  434.4|  439.2|    410|    427|    430|    432|    434|    438
       Communications and public utilities.......|  2,235|  2,268|  2,270|  2,271|  2,239|  2,274|  2,276|  2,281|  2,280|  2,279
         Communications..........................|1,321.0|1,371.8|1,373.8|1,374.9|  1,323|  1,367|  1,371|  1,378|  1,378|  1,381
         Electric, gas, and sanitary services....|  914.2|  896.5|  896.4|  896.4|    916|    907|    905|    903|    902|    898
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     Wholesale trade.............................|  6,393|  6,504|  6,532|  6,568|  6,389|  6,512|  6,529|  6,548|  6,552|  6,558
       Durable goods.............................|  3,724|  3,826|  3,839|  3,853|  3,718|  3,814|  3,826|  3,841|  3,845|  3,847
       Nondurable goods..........................|  2,669|  2,678|  2,693|  2,715|  2,671|  2,698|  2,703|  2,707|  2,707|  2,711
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   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
 Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
   -Continued
 
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                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
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                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 |  May  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May  |  May  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May
                                                 | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/
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     Retail trade................................| 21,131| 20,912| 21,168| 21,495| 21,119| 21,268| 21,340| 21,343| 21,418| 21,464
       Building materials and garden supplies....|  900.5|  856.0|  901.7|  938.7|    869|    882|    880|    887|    896|    904
       General merchandise stores................|2,585.1|2,579.0|2,574.7|2,610.0|  2,678|  2,651|  2,674|  2,681|  2,679|  2,711
         Department stores.......................|2,260.9|2,272.4|2,264.6|2,299.6|  2,346|  2,330|  2,354|  2,362|  2,359|  2,393
       Food stores...............................|3,341.0|3,356.7|3,364.4|3,401.5|  3,355|  3,399|  3,401|  3,402|  3,400|  3,410
       Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,188.5|2,222.4|2,243.7|2,262.7|  2,183|  2,227|  2,234|  2,242|  2,252|  2,255
         New and used car dealers................|  991.4|1,016.6|1,022.3|1,028.4|    993|  1,011|  1,015|  1,020|  1,025|  1,028
       Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,104.3|1,068.8|1,070.5|1,071.5|  1,128|  1,100|  1,099|  1,100|  1,098|  1,093
       Furniture and home furnishings stores.....|  931.5|  944.5|  951.3|  955.4|    942|    949|    949|    951|    959|    964
       Eating and drinking places................|7,456.8|7,272.8|7,446.7|7,609.8|  7,312|  7,405|  7,440|  7,413|  7,466|  7,457
       Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,623.2|2,611.6|2,614.9|2,645.4|  2,652|  2,655|  2,663|  2,667|  2,668|  2,670
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     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  6,803|  6,893|  6,912|  6,955|  6,807|  6,894|  6,919|  6,932|  6,940|  6,960
       Finance...................................|  3,221|  3,287|  3,292|  3,307|  3,228|  3,277|  3,288|  3,293|  3,300|  3,314
         Depository institutions.................|2,022.0|2,013.4|2,013.2|2,021.3|  2,028|  2,022|  2,023|  2,020|  2,021|  2,026
           Commercial banks......................|1,463.8|1,458.4|1,457.6|1,462.9|  1,468|  1,467|  1,467|  1,464|  1,465|  1,467
           Savings institutions..................|  275.8|  265.2|  265.5|  266.6|    276|    266|    266|    266|    266|    267
         Nondepository institutions..............|  452.9|  502.4|  504.7|  507.2|    453|    490|    496|    501|    504|    507
           Mortgage bankers and brokers..........|  199.8|  226.3|  227.9|  229.6|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
         Security and commodity brokers..........|  519.6|  530.4|  532.5|  535.5|    521|    529|    531|    532|    534|    538
         Holding and other investment offices....|  226.4|  240.5|  241.5|  242.9|    226|    236|    238|    240|    241|    243
       Insurance.................................|  2,232|  2,257|  2,254|  2,258|  2,233|  2,253|  2,255|  2,258|  2,257|  2,260
         Insurance carriers......................|1,537.6|1,549.0|1,546.9|1,549.0|  1,538|  1,547|  1,547|  1,549|  1,549|  1,551
         Insurance agents, brokers, and service..|  694.8|  708.0|  707.4|  708.5|    695|    706|    708|    709|    708|    709
       Real estate...............................|  1,350|  1,349|  1,366|  1,390|  1,346|  1,364|  1,376|  1,381|  1,383|  1,386
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     Services2/..................................| 33,057| 33,849| 34,128| 34,378| 32,947| 33,694| 33,902| 34,035| 34,100| 34,281
       Agricultural services.....................|  619.7|  540.2|  610.0|  658.6|    571|    593|    602|    603|    603|    605
       Hotels and other lodging places...........|  1,669|  1,598|  1,624|  1,689|  1,658|  1,652|  1,657|  1,662|  1,672|  1,676
       Personal services.........................|  1,145|  1,238|  1,238|  1,161|  1,166|  1,170|  1,174|  1,174|  1,179|  1,178
       Business services.........................|  6,700|  6,944|  6,989|  7,090|  6,728|  6,942|  7,026|  7,058|  7,075|  7,142
         Services to buildings...................|    880|    892|    895|    904|    878|    883|    899|    899|    899|    904
         Personnel supply services...............|  2,426|  2,481|  2,505|  2,571|  2,444|  2,510|  2,552|  2,565|  2,564|  2,611
           Help supply services..................|  2,145|  2,188|  2,214|  2,278|  2,161|  2,216|  2,254|  2,265|  2,269|  2,317
         Computer and data processing services...|  1,066|  1,159|  1,169|  1,179|  1,070|  1,140|  1,148|  1,155|  1,168|  1,183
       Auto repair, services, and parking........|  1,013|  1,065|  1,072|  1,081|  1,011|  1,051|  1,059|  1,066|  1,071|  1,078
       Miscellaneous repair services.............|    355|    359|    362|    367|    356|    358|    359|    361|    363|    365
       Motion pictures...........................|    485|    525|    520|    524|    486|    513|    515|    520|    515|    522
       Amusement and recreation services.........|  1,494|  1,396|  1,497|  1,586|  1,426|  1,490|  1,505|  1,519|  1,516|  1,515
       Health services...........................|  9,194|  9,485|  9,502|  9,538|  9,208|  9,427|  9,463|  9,499|  9,522|  9,561
         Offices and clinics of medical doctors..|  1,595|  1,646|  1,655|  1,665|  1,597|  1,638|  1,644|  1,650|  1,660|  1,670
         Nursing and personal care facilities....|  1,678|  1,724|  1,726|  1,733|  1,685|  1,718|  1,722|  1,728|  1,732|  1,740
         Hospitals...............................|  3,767|  3,838|  3,837|  3,847|  3,774|  3,822|  3,833|  3,842|  3,844|  3,855
         Home health care services...............|    619|    652|    655|    658|    616|    648|    653|    655|    659|    658
       Legal services............................|    916|    924|    922|    923|    922|    925|    927|    927|    926|    928
       Educational services......................|  1,993|  2,116|  2,119|  2,050|  1,956|  1,969|  1,985|  1,991|  1,995|  2,012
       Social services...........................|  2,351|  2,390|  2,396|  2,411|  2,330|  2,362|  2,372|  2,377|  2,384|  2,390
         Child day care services.................|    584|    584|    584|    589|    565|    567|    568|    569|    568|    570
         Residential care........................|    638|    655|    659|    661|    639|    651|    654|    656|    661|    661
       Museums and botanical and zoological      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         gardens.................................|     83|     78|     82|     87|     80|     83|     83|     83|     84|     85
       Membership organizations..................|  2,130|  2,122|  2,125|  2,141|  2,133|  2,135|  2,137|  2,136|  2,137|  2,144
       Engineering and management services.......|  2,718|  2,878|  2,878|  2,879|  2,725|  2,833|  2,847|  2,867|  2,865|  2,887
         Engineering and architectural services..|    810|    820|    828|    840|    811|    825|    827|    829|    834|    839
         Management and public relations.........|    801|    891|    893|    901|    799|    873|    881|    894|    894|    901
       Services, nec.............................|   43.7|   44.7|   45.4|   45.6|    (3)|    (3)|    (3)|    (3)|    (3)|    (3)
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     Government..................................| 19,669| 19,809| 19,789| 19,846| 19,289| 19,336| 19,365| 19,394| 19,399| 19,442
       Federal...................................|  2,831|  2,770|  2,767|  2,771|  2,831|  2,783|  2,780|  2,780|  2,776|  2,774
         Federal, except Postal Service..........|1,995.7|1,915.2|1,914.0|1,920.5|  1,990|  1,930|  1,926|  1,922|  1,919|  1,918
       State.....................................|  4,705|  4,773|  4,774|  4,710|  4,644|  4,625|  4,636|  4,640|  4,646|  4,653
         Education...............................|1,989.3|2,098.8|2,098.1|2,024.2|  1,927|  1,933|  1,945|  1,952|  1,958|  1,965
         Other State government..................|2,715.9|2,674.4|2,676.3|2,685.8|  2,717|  2,692|  2,691|  2,688|  2,688|  2,688
       Local.....................................| 12,133| 12,266| 12,248| 12,365| 11,814| 11,928| 11,949| 11,974| 11,977| 12,015
         Education...............................|6,935.5|7,058.6|7,035.7|7,081.9|  6,581|  6,646|  6,659|  6,675|  6,683|  6,689
         Other local government..................|5,197.3|5,207.8|5,212.2|5,282.8|  5,233|  5,282|  5,290|  5,299|  5,294|  5,326
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      1/  This series is not suitable for seasonal adjustment       the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
   because it has very little seasonal and irregular movement.      trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be
   Thus, the not seasonally adjusted series can be used for         separated with sufficient precision.
   analysis of cyclical and long-term trends.                          p = preliminary.
      2/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.              NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect March 1995
      3/ This series is not published seasonally adjusted because   benchmarks, new seasonal adjustment procedures,
                                                                    and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                          1/
 Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
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                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
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                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 |  May  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May  |  May  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May
                                                 | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/
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         Total private...........................|  34.2 |  34.2 |  34.2 |  34.3 |  34.2 |  33.8 |  34.5 |  34.5 |  34.3 |  34.3
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   Goods_producing...............................|  40.8 |  40.6 |  40.7 |  41.0 |  40.7 |  39.7 |  41.1 |  40.8 |  41.0 |  40.9
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     Mining......................................|  44.2 |  45.0 |  44.9 |  45.5 |  44.4 |  44.1 |  45.3 |  45.7 |  45.0 |  45.5
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     Construction................................|  38.5 |  38.1 |  38.6 |  38.8 |  37.7 |  38.2 |  39.7 |  38.7 |  38.9 |  38.1
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     Manufacturing...............................|  41.4 |  41.3 |  41.2 |  41.6 |  41.5 |  40.0 |  41.4 |  41.4 |  41.5 |  41.7
          Overtime hours.........................|   4.2 |   4.1 |   4.2 |   4.3 |   4.3 |   4.1 |   4.3 |   4.3 |   4.6 |   4.6
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       Durable goods.............................|  42.2 |  42.0 |  42.0 |  42.5 |  42.2 |  40.9 |  42.2 |  42.0 |  42.4 |  42.6
          Overtime hours.........................|   4.6 |   4.4 |   4.5 |   4.7 |   4.6 |   4.4 |   4.6 |   4.5 |   4.9 |   5.1
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        Lumber and wood products.................|  40.6 |  40.4 |  40.7 |  41.1 |  40.4 |  39.1 |  40.6 |  40.6 |  40.7 |  40.9
        Furniture and fixtures...................|  38.7 |  39.0 |  38.7 |  39.1 |  39.3 |  35.7 |  39.1 |  39.4 |  39.2 |  39.7
        Stone, clay, and glass products..........|  43.1 |  42.7 |  43.2 |  43.7 |  42.6 |  42.1 |  43.5 |  43.2 |  43.4 |  43.3
        Primary metal industries.................|  43.9 |  43.8 |  43.6 |  44.1 |  43.9 |  43.2 |  44.1 |  43.9 |  43.9 |  44.3
          Blast furnaces and basic steel products|  44.0 |  44.3 |  43.9 |  44.3 |  44.2 |  44.3 |  44.9 |  44.5 |  44.0 |  44.4
        Fabricated metal products................|  42.1 |  41.9 |  41.8 |  42.3 |  42.1 |  41.0 |  42.0 |  42.0 |  42.3 |  42.6
        Industrial machinery and equipment.......|  43.4 |  43.3 |  42.7 |  43.0 |  43.4 |  42.1 |  43.0 |  43.0 |  43.1 |  43.2
        Electronic and other electrical equipment|  41.3 |  41.4 |  40.7 |  41.4 |  41.5 |  40.3 |  41.6 |  41.4 |  41.1 |  41.6
        Transportation equipment.................|  43.8 |  42.3 |  44.1 |  44.4 |  43.4 |  42.4 |  43.1 |  42.2 |  44.6 |  44.4
          Motor vehicles and equipment...........|  45.0 |  42.3 |  45.5 |  45.8 |  44.5 |  43.3 |  43.7 |  42.1 |  46.2 |  46.4
        Instruments and related products.........|  41.2 |  41.9 |  41.4 |  41.7 |  41.3 |  40.2 |  41.8 |  41.7 |  41.5 |  41.8
        Miscellaneous manufacturing..............|  39.7 |  39.8 |  39.4 |  39.6 |  39.8 |  37.7 |  39.5 |  39.7 |  39.6 |  39.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Nondurable goods..........................|  40.3 |  40.3 |  40.0 |  40.4 |  40.5 |  38.7 |  40.5 |  40.5 |  40.4 |  40.5
          Overtime hours.........................|   3.8 |   3.8 |   3.8 |   3.8 |   3.9 |   3.8 |   4.0 |   4.0 |   4.2 |   4.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
        Food and kindred products................|  40.8 |  40.5 |  40.2 |  40.6 |  41.2 |  39.9 |  41.2 |  41.2 |  41.0 |  41.0
        Tobacco products.........................|  40.0 |  39.5 |  39.4 |  39.7 |  40.1 |  36.4 |  39.8 |  40.5 |  40.4 |  39.2
        Textile mill products....................|  40.5 |  40.7 |  40.1 |  40.8 |  40.5 |  36.1 |  40.5 |  40.8 |  40.3 |  40.8
        Apparel and other textile products.......|  37.0 |  37.0 |  36.5 |  37.4 |  36.9 |  33.5 |  36.8 |  36.9 |  36.6 |  37.3
        Paper and allied products................|  42.8 |  42.8 |  42.8 |  43.1 |  43.0 |  41.5 |  43.1 |  43.1 |  43.3 |  43.5
        Printing and publishing..................|  38.0 |  38.2 |  37.9 |  37.9 |  38.3 |  37.2 |  38.2 |  38.2 |  38.1 |  38.2
        Chemicals and allied products............|  43.1 |  43.1 |  42.8 |  42.9 |  43.2 |  42.5 |  43.2 |  43.1 |  42.9 |  43.1
        Petroleum and coal products..............|  43.2 |  43.0 |  43.5 |  43.3 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
        Rubber and misc. plastics products.......|  41.6 |  41.3 |  41.1 |  41.5 |  41.5 |  40.3 |  41.3 |  41.3 |  41.5 |  41.3
        Leather and leather products.............|  38.5 |  37.7 |  37.3 |  37.9 |  38.3 |  34.8 |  37.6 |  37.8 |  37.4 |  38.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service_producing.............................|  32.4 |  32.5 |  32.4 |  32.6 |  32.4 |  32.2 |  32.7 |  32.7 |  32.5 |  32.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities.........|  39.2 |  39.5 |  39.3 |  39.4 |  39.1 |  38.8 |  39.8 |  39.9 |  39.5 |  39.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale trade.............................|  38.1 |  38.1 |  38.1 |  38.2 |  37.9 |  37.8 |  38.3 |  38.3 |  38.1 |  38.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Retail trade................................|  28.7 |  28.5 |  28.4 |  28.7 |  28.7 |  28.3 |  28.8 |  28.9 |  28.6 |  28.8
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  35.4 |  35.7 |  35.6 |  35.6 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services....................................|  32.1 |  32.2 |  32.2 |  32.3 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
      1/  Data relate to production workers in mining and             adjusted because the seasonal component, which is
   manufacturing; construction workers in construction;               small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular
   and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public            components, cannot be separated with sufficient
   utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance,         precision.
   and real estate; and services.  These groups account                  p = preliminary.
   for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on               NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect March 1995
   private nonfarm payrolls.                                          benchmarks, new seasonal adjustment procedures, and updated
      2/  These series are not published seasonally                   seasonal adjustment factors.
 
 
 
           ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                       ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                                1/
 Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
           payrolls by industry
 
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |                               |
                                                         |    Average hourly earnings    |    Average weekly earnings
                                                         |                               |
                                                          _______________________________ _______________________________
                              Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                         |  May  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May  |  May  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May
                                                         | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/ | 1995  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private...........................|$11.36 |$11.69 |$11.75 |$11.74 |$388.51|$399.80|$401.85|$402.68
                  Seasonally adjusted....................| 11.36 | 11.68 | 11.72 | 11.75 | 388.51| 402.96| 402.00| 403.03
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Goods_producing...............................| 12.97 | 13.17 | 13.36 | 13.38 | 529.18| 534.70| 543.75| 548.58
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Mining......................................| 15.19 | 15.51 | 15.58 | 15.51 | 671.40| 697.95| 699.54| 705.71
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Construction................................| 15.00 | 15.13 | 15.19 | 15.28 | 577.50| 576.45| 586.33| 592.86
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Manufacturing...............................| 12.30 | 12.54 | 12.73 | 12.71 | 509.22| 517.90| 524.48| 528.74
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
               Durable goods.............................| 12.87 | 13.04 | 13.28 | 13.26 | 543.11| 547.68| 557.76| 563.55
                Lumber and wood products.................| 10.01 | 10.29 | 10.34 | 10.37 | 406.41| 415.72| 420.84| 426.21
                Furniture and fixtures...................|  9.71 | 10.00 | 10.07 | 10.08 | 375.78| 390.00| 389.71| 394.13
                Stone, clay, and glass products..........| 12.32 | 12.59 | 12.77 | 12.75 | 530.99| 537.59| 551.66| 557.18
                Primary metal industries.................| 14.53 | 14.74 | 14.96 | 14.71 | 637.87| 645.61| 652.26| 648.71
                  Blast furnaces and basic steel products| 17.22 | 17.61 | 17.85 | 17.33 | 757.68| 780.12| 783.62| 767.72
                Fabricated metal products................| 12.07 | 12.28 | 12.43 | 12.43 | 508.15| 514.53| 519.57| 525.79
                Industrial machinery and equipment.......| 13.17 | 13.36 | 13.45 | 13.46 | 571.58| 578.49| 574.32| 578.78
                Electronic and other electrical equipment| 11.55 | 11.89 | 11.98 | 12.02 | 477.02| 492.25| 487.59| 497.63
                Transportation equipment.................| 16.66 | 16.68 | 17.25 | 17.25 | 729.71| 705.56| 760.73| 765.90
                  Motor vehicles and equipment...........| 17.24 | 17.11 | 17.95 | 17.94 | 775.80| 723.75| 816.73| 821.65
                Instruments and related products.........| 12.65 | 12.97 | 13.02 | 12.98 | 521.18| 543.44| 539.03| 541.27
                Miscellaneous manufacturing..............| 10.02 | 10.25 | 10.35 | 10.38 | 397.79| 407.95| 407.79| 411.05
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
               Nondurable goods..........................| 11.50 | 11.83 | 11.94 | 11.90 | 463.45| 476.75| 477.60| 480.76
                Food and kindred products................| 10.90 | 11.11 | 11.21 | 11.22 | 444.72| 449.96| 450.64| 455.53
                Tobacco products.........................| 21.01 | 19.55 | 20.55 | 21.19 | 840.40| 772.23| 809.67| 841.24
                Textile mill products....................|  9.34 |  9.55 |  9.65 |  9.60 | 378.27| 388.69| 386.97| 391.68
                Apparel and other textile products.......|  7.57 |  7.85 |  7.93 |  7.94 | 280.09| 290.45| 289.45| 296.96
                Paper and allied products................| 14.16 | 14.45 | 14.63 | 14.63 | 606.05| 618.46| 626.16| 630.55
                Printing and publishing..................| 12.23 | 12.52 | 12.54 | 12.55 | 464.74| 478.26| 475.27| 475.65
                Chemicals and allied products............| 15.49 | 16.03 | 16.21 | 16.09 | 667.62| 690.89| 693.79| 690.26
                Petroleum and coal products..............| 19.17 | 19.20 | 19.33 | 18.87 | 828.14| 825.60| 840.86| 817.07
                Rubber and misc. plastics products.......| 10.85 | 11.14 | 11.20 | 11.18 | 451.36| 460.08| 460.32| 463.97
                Leather and leather products.............|  8.15 |  8.46 |  8.45 |  8.50 | 313.78| 318.94| 315.19| 322.15
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Service_producing.............................| 10.80 | 11.21 | 11.22 | 11.18 | 349.92| 364.33| 363.53| 364.47
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Transportation and public utilities.........| 14.07 | 14.44 | 14.50 | 14.42 | 551.54| 570.38| 569.85| 568.15
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Wholesale trade.............................| 12.34 | 12.67 | 12.76 | 12.74 | 470.15| 482.73| 486.16| 486.67
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Retail trade................................|  7.64 |  7.90 |  7.92 |  7.93 | 219.27| 225.15| 224.93| 227.59
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Finance, insurance, and real estate.........| 12.24 | 12.74 | 12.77 | 12.79 | 433.30| 454.82| 454.61| 455.32
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Services....................................| 11.31 | 11.72 | 11.72 | 11.69 | 363.05| 377.38| 377.38| 377.59
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
              1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                      1995 benchmarks, new seasonal adjustment procedures,
              p = preliminary.                                    and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
                 NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect March
 
 
 
                 ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                           1/
 Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
                 payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
 
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  Percent
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  change
                               Industry               |  May  | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  |  May  |   from:
                                                      | 1995  | 1996  | 1996  | 1996  |1996p/ |1996p/ |Apr. 1996-
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       | May 1996
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private:                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                    Current dollars...................| $11.36| $11.62| $11.65| $11.68| $11.72| $11.75|     0.3
                    Constant (1982) dollars2/.........|   7.36|   7.41|   7.42|   7.40|   7.40|  N.A. |    (3)
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Goods_producing......................|  12.96|  13.30|  13.26|  13.25|  13.40|  13.38|     -.1
                   Mining.............................|  15.21|  15.48|  15.49|  15.46|  15.47|  15.53|      .4
                   Construction.......................|  15.04|  15.25|  15.23|  15.24|  15.28|  15.32|      .3
                   Manufacturing......................|  12.30|  12.63|  12.56|  12.55|  12.74|  12.72|     -.2
                     Excluding overtime4/.............|  11.68|  12.00|  11.93|  11.92|  12.09|  12.06|     -.2
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Service_producing....................|  10.81|  11.06|  11.11|  11.16|  11.16|  11.20|      .4
                   Transportation and public utilities|  14.14|  14.39|  14.43|  14.48|  14.50|  14.49|     -.1
                   Wholesale trade....................|  12.34|  12.58|  12.63|  12.70|  12.71|  12.73|      .2
                   Retail trade.......................|   7.65|   7.83|   7.85|   7.88|   7.90|   7.94|      .5
                   Finance, insurance, and real estate|  12.21|  12.55|  12.60|  12.68|  12.65|  12.80|     1.2
                   Services...........................|  11.33|  11.59|  11.62|  11.67|  11.65|  11.70|      .4
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                    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 .0 percent from March 1996
                 to April 1996, 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.
                    NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect
                 March 1995 benchmarks, new seasonal
                 adjustment procedures, and updated seasonal
                 adjustment factors.
 
 
 
         ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                            ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                             1/
 Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
 
         by industry
 
         (1982=100)
 
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |                           |
                                                       |  Not seasonally adjusted  |          Seasonally adjusted
                                                       |                           |
                                                        ___________________________ _______________________________________
                            Industry                   |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
                                                       | May |Mar. | Apr.  |  May  | May |Jan. |Feb. |Mar. | Apr.  |  May
                                                       |1995 |1996 |1996p/ |1996p/ |1995 |1996 |1996 |1996 |1996p/ |1996p/
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
               Total private...........................|132.4|132.5| 133.6 | 135.9 |131.9|131.7|135.5|135.5| 135.2 | 135.4
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Goods_producing...............................|109.7|106.0| 107.7 | 110.3 |109.1|106.0|110.8|109.4| 109.9 | 109.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Mining.......................................| 53.5| 53.4|  53.7 |  54.9 | 54.0| 52.7| 54.9| 55.7|  54.6 |  55.4
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Construction.................................|140.0|129.9| 140.1 | 148.9 |135.2|140.7|150.5|145.6| 146.6 | 144.1
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Manufacturing................................|107.0|104.4| 104.4 | 105.7 |107.3|102.0|105.9|105.2| 105.7 | 106.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Durable goods...............................|107.9|106.1| 106.9 | 108.4 |107.6|104.1|107.4|106.3| 107.8 | 108.4
            Lumber and wood products...................|133.9|129.7| 132.3 | 134.9 |134.1|127.1|133.1|133.1| 134.5 | 135.4
            Furniture and fixtures.....................|122.6|121.0| 119.5 | 121.3 |124.8|111.4|121.7|122.0| 121.1 | 123.6
            Stone, clay, and glass products............|109.9|104.5| 108.5 | 111.9 |107.4|104.9|109.7|108.9| 109.1 | 109.2
            Primary metal industries...................| 92.2| 91.3|  90.4 |  91.8 | 92.2| 90.4| 91.9| 91.5|  91.0 |  92.0
              Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 72.9| 72.6|  71.5 |  72.7 | 73.4| 72.8| 73.8| 73.1|  71.9 |  73.3
            Fabricated metal products..................|113.4|112.5| 112.0 | 114.1 |113.2|110.2|112.9|112.9| 113.5 | 114.6
            Industrial machinery and equipment.........|103.4|104.4| 102.7 | 103.3 |103.0|101.2|103.2|103.2| 103.3 | 103.5
            Electronic and other electrical equipment..|106.8|108.2| 106.0 | 107.7 |107.3|105.0|108.7|108.0| 107.1 | 108.4
            Transportation equipment...................|123.2|113.9| 122.8 | 124.1 |121.1|116.6|118.6|113.1| 123.1 | 122.6
              Motor vehicles and equipment.............|167.0|148.9| 168.0 | 170.3 |163.2|158.2|159.9|147.5| 169.0 | 172.4
            Instruments and related products...........| 72.7| 73.9|  73.0 |  73.9 | 73.1| 70.8| 73.6| 73.6|  73.3 |  74.0
            Miscellaneous manufacturing................|102.7|102.0| 100.6 | 100.7 |103.4| 97.2|102.2|102.4| 101.4 | 101.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Nondurable goods............................|105.6|102.1| 100.8 | 102.0 |106.7| 99.3|103.9|103.7| 102.8 | 103.1
            Food and kindred products..................|110.3|109.0| 107.1 | 109.0 |115.0|111.0|114.8|114.9| 113.6 | 113.6
            Tobacco products...........................| 55.7| 59.4|  57.2 |  54.6 | 63.5| 55.9| 63.1| 64.2|  64.0 |  60.2
            Textile mill products......................| 95.9| 91.5|  89.7 |  91.9 | 95.7| 80.8| 91.7| 92.0|  89.9 |  91.4
            Apparel and other textile products.........| 85.8| 76.7|  75.4 |  77.2 | 85.2| 70.1| 77.5| 76.7|  75.6 |  76.5
            Paper and allied products..................|109.8|106.8| 106.4 | 107.5 |110.5|105.0|108.6|108.4| 108.3 | 108.6
            Printing and publishing....................|124.0|123.6| 122.3 | 121.5 |125.1|120.5|123.4|123.6| 122.8 | 122.7
            Chemicals and allied products..............|101.6|100.7|  99.6 |  99.2 |101.9|100.2|101.3|100.9| 100.1 | 100.2
            Petroleum and coal products................| 78.6| 71.2|  73.2 |  74.7 | 77.2| 73.9| 73.6| 74.3|  72.9 |  74.1
            Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|144.0|139.3| 138.4 | 140.3 |143.4|136.5|139.6|139.2| 139.8 | 139.4
            Leather and leather products...............| 49.6| 44.0|  43.2 |  43.5 | 49.4| 41.2| 44.5| 44.1|  43.7 |  43.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Service_producing.............................|142.6|144.4| 145.3 | 147.4 |142.1|143.2|146.6|147.2| 146.6 | 146.9
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Transportation and public utilities..........|123.1|126.4| 126.3 | 128.0 |122.9|124.5|128.4|129.1| 127.8 | 127.5
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Wholesale trade..............................|120.8|122.6| 123.1 | 124.1 |120.1|122.0|124.0|124.3| 123.6 | 123.6
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Retail trade.................................|131.2|128.8| 129.9 | 133.7 |131.2|129.9|133.1|133.7| 132.7 | 133.8
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|121.3|123.7| 123.9 | 124.7 |120.5|122.2|124.4|125.0| 124.5 | 124.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Services.....................................|168.9|173.3| 174.4 | 176.1 |168.1|170.3|174.5|175.2| 175.0 | 175.3
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
            1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                      1995 benchmarks, new seasonal adjustment procedures,
            p = preliminary.                                    and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
            NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect March
 
 
 
      ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                  ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
 Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
 
      (Percent)
 
      _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             TIME SPAN       | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | May   | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |
                             |                          Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1/
                             |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  43.7 |  43.7 |  50.0 |  57.3 |  55.5 |  50.1 |  52.2 |  49.0 |  52.1 |  56.3 |  53.2 |  57.4
           1993..............|  60.0 |  60.8 |  51.3 |  58.6 |  61.7 |  55.2 |  57.7 |  57.0 |  61.8 |  59.7 |  61.8 |  59.6
           1994..............|  58.8 |  62.1 |  66.0 |  64.2 |  60.3 |  63.5 |  61.5 |  62.1 |  60.8 |  61.5 |  63.1 |  63.9
           1995..............|  63.2 |  59.3 |  54.9 |  54.6 |  51.4 |  55.1 |  54.1 |  57.4 |  51.8 |  54.8 |  56.3 |  59.4
           1996..............|  52.4 |  63.2 |  60.0 |p/51.5 |p/59.4 |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  39.7 |  41.9 |  49.7 |  57.0 |  58.4 |  55.8 |  50.6 |  50.1 |  52.8 |  54.4 |  57.6 |  61.2
           1993..............|  63.8 |  61.2 |  61.1 |  59.8 |  63.1 |  62.9 |  59.7 |  63.1 |  64.5 |  67.1 |  64.6 |  63.5
           1994..............|  67.1 |  69.5 |  70.4 |  68.7 |  66.4 |  66.0 |  68.5 |  69.5 |  65.3 |  65.6 |  68.0 |  67.8
           1995..............|  66.6 |  63.2 |  56.9 |  53.4 |  54.2 |  52.9 |  56.6 |  53.8 |  54.2 |  54.6 |  58.3 |  57.0
           1996..............|  60.7 |  61.8 |p/61.0 |p/59.1 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  43.3 |  46.8 |  47.5 |  52.5 |  54.9 |  56.7 |  53.8 |  52.2 |  55.5 |  57.6 |  63.9 |  61.9
           1993..............|  63.3 |  65.2 |  63.8 |  64.2 |  62.4 |  65.9 |  65.7 |  63.9 |  66.3 |  67.3 |  70.6 |  69.5
           1994..............|  70.8 |  71.6 |  69.0 |  69.8 |  69.5 |  69.5 |  69.2 |  69.0 |  69.2 |  68.5 |  69.1 |  66.6
           1995..............|  66.3 |  60.8 |  58.7 |  54.4 |  53.5 |  54.1 |  53.1 |  56.3 |  55.9 |  54.1 |  56.2 |  61.8
           1996..............|p/59.7 |p/60.3 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  47.2 |  42.3 |  42.7 |  44.1 |  48.0 |  52.5 |  55.8 |  60.7 |  59.7 |  61.4 |  62.9 |  62.9
           1993..............|  64.9 |  63.9 |  64.0 |  65.4 |  67.0 |  67.6 |  67.6 |  67.0 |  70.2 |  69.5 |  69.2 |  70.1
           1994..............|  70.2 |  71.6 |  71.8 |  71.8 |  72.1 |  71.8 |  71.5 |  72.1 |  70.1 |  69.4 |  65.7 |  65.0
           1995..............|  62.6 |  60.8 |  60.1 |  61.2 |  58.1 |  57.7 |  54.5 |  58.7 |  58.6 |p/57.3 |p/58.7 |
           1996..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  37.4 |  39.9 |  43.9 |  56.8 |  50.0 |  48.9 |  52.2 |  44.6 |  47.5 |  47.8 |  51.4 |  54.7
           1993..............|  52.5 |  56.5 |  50.7 |  45.7 |  54.0 |  45.7 |  49.3 |  49.3 |  59.4 |  53.2 |  53.6 |  55.0
           1994..............|  56.5 |  60.1 |  59.7 |  58.6 |  53.2 |  57.9 |  57.6 |  53.6 |  55.8 |  54.7 |  57.2 |  59.4
           1995..............|  56.8 |  55.0 |  46.0 |  45.3 |  39.2 |  40.3 |  45.0 |  45.0 |  42.4 |  45.3 |  46.4 |  47.5
           1996..............|  42.1 |  48.2 |  48.2 |p/39.9 |p/51.4 |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  29.9 |  33.5 |  43.9 |  49.6 |  55.4 |  53.2 |  46.8 |  47.8 |  45.7 |  47.5 |  51.1 |  54.7
           1993..............|  60.8 |  58.3 |  53.2 |  47.8 |  48.9 |  54.0 |  50.4 |  58.3 |  57.6 |  59.7 |  54.7 |  57.6
           1994..............|  63.7 |  64.4 |  66.2 |  60.8 |  56.1 |  56.8 |  60.8 |  58.6 |  54.0 |  56.1 |  60.1 |  60.8
           1995..............|  60.4 |  51.8 |  43.5 |  34.9 |  33.1 |  32.0 |  33.1 |  35.6 |  38.8 |  39.6 |  40.6 |  38.8
           1996..............|  38.8 |  39.9 |p/37.1 |p/39.9 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  32.4 |  34.9 |  39.9 |  46.8 |  52.2 |  54.3 |  48.2 |  47.8 |  51.1 |  51.1 |  56.8 |  56.5
           1993..............|  56.5 |  59.0 |  56.8 |  55.4 |  50.7 |  57.9 |  59.4 |  56.5 |  57.6 |  58.6 |  64.4 |  60.8
           1994..............|  62.2 |  64.4 |  60.4 |  61.5 |  59.0 |  56.8 |  56.5 |  57.2 |  60.1 |  55.8 |  59.7 |  55.8
           1995..............|  55.4 |  45.0 |  38.5 |  33.5 |  27.7 |  28.8 |  28.8 |  30.6 |  33.5 |  33.1 |  34.2 |  38.8
           1996..............|p/31.3 |p/33.8 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1992..............|  42.4 |  36.7 |  36.3 |  36.0 |  39.6 |  45.7 |  50.0 |  55.8 |  57.9 |  56.8 |  58.3 |  56.5
           1993..............|  56.8 |  57.9 |  55.8 |  58.6 |  57.2 |  57.6 |  58.6 |  59.0 |  61.2 |  59.7 |  60.1 |  57.6
           1994..............|  57.9 |  58.6 |  60.8 |  60.8 |  60.8 |  63.3 |  59.4 |  60.1 |  57.2 |  55.8 |  49.6 |  47.5
           1995..............|  42.1 |  40.3 |  39.9 |  40.6 |  34.5 |  31.7 |  25.9 |  28.8 |  28.1 |p/24.5 |p/26.3 |
           1996..............|       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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         1/  Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and         with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates
      6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month               an equal balance between industries with increasing
      span.  Data are centered within the span.                        and decreasing employment.  Data have been revised
         p = preliminary.                                              to reflect March 1995 benchmarks, new seasonal
         NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with             adjustment procedures, and new seasonal adjustment
      employment increasing plus one-half of the industries            factors.