<table class="regular" id="BLS_table" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" xborder="1" style=" width: 618px;">
<caption><span class="tableTitle">Figure 1. Employment in wired telecommunications carriers, seasonally adjusted, January 1990–May 2015 (in thousands)</span></caption>

<thead>
<tr>
<th id="columnHead0" rowspan="1" style=" vertical-align: middle;">Year</th>
<th id="columnHead1">January</th>
<th id="columnHead2">February</th>
<th id="columnHead3">March</th>
<th id="columnHead4">April</th>
<th id="columnHead5">May</th>
<th id="columnHead6">June</th>
<th id="columnHead7">July</th>
<th id="columnHead8">August</th>
<th id="columnHead9">September</th>
<th id="columnHead10">October</th>
<th id="columnHead11">November</th>
<th id="columnHead12">December</th>
</tr>

</thead><tbody>
<tr>
<th id="rowHead0">
<p>1990</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead0 columnHead1">765.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead0 columnHead2">764.7</td>
<td headers="rowHead0 columnHead3">762.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead0 columnHead4">761.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead0 columnHead5">762.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead0 columnHead6">760.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead0 columnHead7">759.1<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead0 columnHead8">757.8<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead0 columnHead9">755.6<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead0 columnHead10">755.1<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead0 columnHead11">752.5<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead0 columnHead12">756.4<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
</tr>

<tr class="greenbar">
<th id="rowHead1">
<p>1991</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead1 columnHead1">757.1<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead1 columnHead2">755.5<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead1 columnHead3">755.3<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead1 columnHead4">755.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead1 columnHead5">751.7</td>
<td headers="rowHead1 columnHead6">750.3</td>
<td headers="rowHead1 columnHead7">749.4</td>
<td headers="rowHead1 columnHead8">746.6</td>
<td headers="rowHead1 columnHead9">746.3</td>
<td headers="rowHead1 columnHead10">746.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead1 columnHead11">740.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead1 columnHead12">744.0</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<th id="rowHead2">
<p>1992</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead2 columnHead1">731.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead2 columnHead2">732.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead2 columnHead3">730.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead2 columnHead4">727.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead2 columnHead5">726.3</td>
<td headers="rowHead2 columnHead6">725.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead2 columnHead7">724.5</td>
<td headers="rowHead2 columnHead8">723.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead2 columnHead9">723.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead2 columnHead10">722.4</td>
<td headers="rowHead2 columnHead11">721.7</td>
<td headers="rowHead2 columnHead12">722.7</td>
</tr>

<tr class="greenbar">
<th id="rowHead3">
<p>1993</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead3 columnHead1">719.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead3 columnHead2">717.4</td>
<td headers="rowHead3 columnHead3">717.4</td>
<td headers="rowHead3 columnHead4">717.3</td>
<td headers="rowHead3 columnHead5">716.5</td>
<td headers="rowHead3 columnHead6">716.4</td>
<td headers="rowHead3 columnHead7">714.7</td>
<td headers="rowHead3 columnHead8">715.1</td>
<td headers="rowHead3 columnHead9">715.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead3 columnHead10">715.6</td>
<td headers="rowHead3 columnHead11">716.4</td>
<td headers="rowHead3 columnHead12">717.4</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<th id="rowHead4">
<p>1994</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead4 columnHead1">717.3</td>
<td headers="rowHead4 columnHead2">718.5</td>
<td headers="rowHead4 columnHead3">718.4</td>
<td headers="rowHead4 columnHead4">719.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead4 columnHead5">720.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead4 columnHead6">718.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead4 columnHead7">718.6</td>
<td headers="rowHead4 columnHead8">721.5</td>
<td headers="rowHead4 columnHead9">718.1</td>
<td headers="rowHead4 columnHead10">719.1</td>
<td headers="rowHead4 columnHead11">719.5</td>
<td headers="rowHead4 columnHead12">721.6</td>
</tr>

<tr class="greenbar">
<th id="rowHead5">
<p>1995</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead5 columnHead1">714.1</td>
<td headers="rowHead5 columnHead2">722.3</td>
<td headers="rowHead5 columnHead3">721.7</td>
<td headers="rowHead5 columnHead4">719.6</td>
<td headers="rowHead5 columnHead5">717.5</td>
<td headers="rowHead5 columnHead6">716.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead5 columnHead7">717.1</td>
<td headers="rowHead5 columnHead8">715.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead5 columnHead9">717.7</td>
<td headers="rowHead5 columnHead10">718.6</td>
<td headers="rowHead5 columnHead11">716.6</td>
<td headers="rowHead5 columnHead12">714.3</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<th id="rowHead6">
<p>1996</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead6 columnHead1">713.1</td>
<td headers="rowHead6 columnHead2">711.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead6 columnHead3">711.1</td>
<td headers="rowHead6 columnHead4">712.3</td>
<td headers="rowHead6 columnHead5">715.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead6 columnHead6">720.4</td>
<td headers="rowHead6 columnHead7">724.7</td>
<td headers="rowHead6 columnHead8">729.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead6 columnHead9">732.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead6 columnHead10">729.7</td>
<td headers="rowHead6 columnHead11">733.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead6 columnHead12">734.7</td>
</tr>

<tr class="greenbar">
<th id="rowHead7">
<p>1997</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead7 columnHead1">737.4</td>
<td headers="rowHead7 columnHead2">742.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead7 columnHead3">749.1</td>
<td headers="rowHead7 columnHead4">751.3</td>
<td headers="rowHead7 columnHead5">754.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead7 columnHead6">755.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead7 columnHead7">757.5</td>
<td headers="rowHead7 columnHead8">760.7</td>
<td headers="rowHead7 columnHead9">761.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead7 columnHead10">765.3</td>
<td headers="rowHead7 columnHead11">765.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead7 columnHead12">769.4</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<th id="rowHead8">
<p>1998</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead8 columnHead1">772.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead8 columnHead2">775.1</td>
<td headers="rowHead8 columnHead3">777.7</td>
<td headers="rowHead8 columnHead4">783.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead8 columnHead5">785.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead8 columnHead6">789.4</td>
<td headers="rowHead8 columnHead7">791.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead8 columnHead8">788.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead8 columnHead9">793.4</td>
<td headers="rowHead8 columnHead10">801.3</td>
<td headers="rowHead8 columnHead11">806.1</td>
<td headers="rowHead8 columnHead12">812.6</td>
</tr>

<tr class="greenbar">
<th id="rowHead9">
<p>1999</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead9 columnHead1">820.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead9 columnHead2">824.7</td>
<td headers="rowHead9 columnHead3">826.6</td>
<td headers="rowHead9 columnHead4">832.7</td>
<td headers="rowHead9 columnHead5">839.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead9 columnHead6">845.4</td>
<td headers="rowHead9 columnHead7">854.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead9 columnHead8">861.3</td>
<td headers="rowHead9 columnHead9">870.6</td>
<td headers="rowHead9 columnHead10">879.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead9 columnHead11">888.5</td>
<td headers="rowHead9 columnHead12">895.4</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<th id="rowHead10">
<p>2000</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead10 columnHead1">900.1</td>
<td headers="rowHead10 columnHead2">905.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead10 columnHead3">911.1</td>
<td headers="rowHead10 columnHead4">915.4</td>
<td headers="rowHead10 columnHead5">917.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead10 columnHead6">928.6</td>
<td headers="rowHead10 columnHead7">934.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead10 columnHead8">851.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead10 columnHead9">943.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead10 columnHead10">944.6</td>
<td headers="rowHead10 columnHead11">948.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead10 columnHead12">960.5</td>
</tr>

<tr class="greenbar">
<th id="rowHead11">
<p>2001</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead11 columnHead1">956.5</td>
<td headers="rowHead11 columnHead2">959.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead11 columnHead3">959.8<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead11 columnHead4">958.5<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead11 columnHead5">950.2<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead11 columnHead6">941.3<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead11 columnHead7">933.0<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead11 columnHead8">922.8<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead11 columnHead9">916.6<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead11 columnHead10">909.9<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead11 columnHead11">901.8<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead11 columnHead12">894.7</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<th id="rowHead12">
<p>2002</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead12 columnHead1">880.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead12 columnHead2">871.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead12 columnHead3">863.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead12 columnHead4">853.4</td>
<td headers="rowHead12 columnHead5">847.6</td>
<td headers="rowHead12 columnHead6">840.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead12 columnHead7">831.6</td>
<td headers="rowHead12 columnHead8">825.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead12 columnHead9">816.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead12 columnHead10">813.5</td>
<td headers="rowHead12 columnHead11">808.4</td>
<td headers="rowHead12 columnHead12">793.7</td>
</tr>

<tr class="greenbar">
<th id="rowHead13">
<p>2003</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead13 columnHead1">787.3</td>
<td headers="rowHead13 columnHead2">781.6</td>
<td headers="rowHead13 columnHead3">774.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead13 columnHead4">769.3</td>
<td headers="rowHead13 columnHead5">764.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead13 columnHead6">760.5</td>
<td headers="rowHead13 columnHead7">756.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead13 columnHead8">755.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead13 columnHead9">753.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead13 columnHead10">750.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead13 columnHead11">745.1</td>
<td headers="rowHead13 columnHead12">741.1</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<th id="rowHead14">
<p>2004</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead14 columnHead1">741.3</td>
<td headers="rowHead14 columnHead2">739.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead14 columnHead3">736.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead14 columnHead4">731.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead14 columnHead5">725.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead14 columnHead6">723.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead14 columnHead7">720.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead14 columnHead8">715.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead14 columnHead9">708.7</td>
<td headers="rowHead14 columnHead10">702.5</td>
<td headers="rowHead14 columnHead11">700.5</td>
<td headers="rowHead14 columnHead12">699.4</td>
</tr>

<tr class="greenbar">
<th id="rowHead15">
<p>2005</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead15 columnHead1">698.6</td>
<td headers="rowHead15 columnHead2">697.4</td>
<td headers="rowHead15 columnHead3">697.1</td>
<td headers="rowHead15 columnHead4">696.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead15 columnHead5">695.1</td>
<td headers="rowHead15 columnHead6">692.6</td>
<td headers="rowHead15 columnHead7">689.5</td>
<td headers="rowHead15 columnHead8">685.7</td>
<td headers="rowHead15 columnHead9">684.4</td>
<td headers="rowHead15 columnHead10">683.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead15 columnHead11">681.6</td>
<td headers="rowHead15 columnHead12">678.0</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<th id="rowHead16">
<p>2006</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead16 columnHead1">673.7</td>
<td headers="rowHead16 columnHead2">672.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead16 columnHead3">672.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead16 columnHead4">673.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead16 columnHead5">675.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead16 columnHead6">669.4</td>
<td headers="rowHead16 columnHead7">665.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead16 columnHead8">666.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead16 columnHead9">667.3</td>
<td headers="rowHead16 columnHead10">665.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead16 columnHead11">665.3</td>
<td headers="rowHead16 columnHead12">666.4</td>
</tr>

<tr class="greenbar">
<th id="rowHead17">
<p>2007</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead17 columnHead1">664.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead17 columnHead2">663.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead17 columnHead3">659.4</td>
<td headers="rowHead17 columnHead4">660.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead17 columnHead5">662.3</td>
<td headers="rowHead17 columnHead6">663.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead17 columnHead7">664.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead17 columnHead8">665.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead17 columnHead9">665.7</td>
<td headers="rowHead17 columnHead10">667.7</td>
<td headers="rowHead17 columnHead11">669.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead17 columnHead12">671.0<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<th id="rowHead18">
<p>2008</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead18 columnHead1">672.4<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead18 columnHead2">671.5<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead18 columnHead3">671.3<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead18 columnHead4">671.2<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead18 columnHead5">670.8<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead18 columnHead6">669.3<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead18 columnHead7">669.2<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead18 columnHead8">667.3<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead18 columnHead9">663.8<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead18 columnHead10">659.6<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead18 columnHead11">654.8<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead18 columnHead12">652.4<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
</tr>

<tr class="greenbar">
<th id="rowHead19">
<p>2009</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead19 columnHead1">651.1<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead19 columnHead2">651.9<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead19 columnHead3">647.5<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead19 columnHead4">642.6<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead19 columnHead5">638.5<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead19 columnHead6">635.2<a href="#BLS_table_footnotes"><sup>(1)</sup></a></td>
<td headers="rowHead19 columnHead7">632.5</td>
<td headers="rowHead19 columnHead8">629.3</td>
<td headers="rowHead19 columnHead9">627.7</td>
<td headers="rowHead19 columnHead10">625.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead19 columnHead11">621.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead19 columnHead12">617.8</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<th id="rowHead20">
<p>2010</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead20 columnHead1">615.1</td>
<td headers="rowHead20 columnHead2">610.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead20 columnHead3">606.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead20 columnHead4">604.3</td>
<td headers="rowHead20 columnHead5">602.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead20 columnHead6">601.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead20 columnHead7">599.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead20 columnHead8">600.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead20 columnHead9">599.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead20 columnHead10">598.5</td>
<td headers="rowHead20 columnHead11">598.5</td>
<td headers="rowHead20 columnHead12">597.5</td>
</tr>

<tr class="greenbar">
<th id="rowHead21">
<p>2011</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead21 columnHead1">588.3</td>
<td headers="rowHead21 columnHead2">591.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead21 columnHead3">589.1</td>
<td headers="rowHead21 columnHead4">591.6</td>
<td headers="rowHead21 columnHead5">593.4</td>
<td headers="rowHead21 columnHead6">593.3</td>
<td headers="rowHead21 columnHead7">587.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead21 columnHead8">541.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead21 columnHead9">587.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead21 columnHead10">585.5</td>
<td headers="rowHead21 columnHead11">585.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead21 columnHead12">585.9</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<th id="rowHead22">
<p>2012</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead22 columnHead1">587.1</td>
<td headers="rowHead22 columnHead2">588.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead22 columnHead3">587.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead22 columnHead4">587.5</td>
<td headers="rowHead22 columnHead5">586.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead22 columnHead6">585.5</td>
<td headers="rowHead22 columnHead7">588.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead22 columnHead8">590.1</td>
<td headers="rowHead22 columnHead9">590.5</td>
<td headers="rowHead22 columnHead10">593.6</td>
<td headers="rowHead22 columnHead11">593.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead22 columnHead12">595.5</td>
</tr>

<tr class="greenbar">
<th id="rowHead23">
<p>2013</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead23 columnHead1">599.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead23 columnHead2">601.4</td>
<td headers="rowHead23 columnHead3">603.1</td>
<td headers="rowHead23 columnHead4">603.7</td>
<td headers="rowHead23 columnHead5">603.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead23 columnHead6">603.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead23 columnHead7">606.1</td>
<td headers="rowHead23 columnHead8">608.4</td>
<td headers="rowHead23 columnHead9">606.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead23 columnHead10">607.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead23 columnHead11">608.5</td>
<td headers="rowHead23 columnHead12">608.9</td>
</tr>

<tr>
<th id="rowHead24">
<p>2014</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead24 columnHead1">604.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead24 columnHead2">604.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead24 columnHead3">605.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead24 columnHead4">605.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead24 columnHead5">606.3</td>
<td headers="rowHead24 columnHead6">607.6</td>
<td headers="rowHead24 columnHead7">607.3</td>
<td headers="rowHead24 columnHead8">607.7</td>
<td headers="rowHead24 columnHead9">610.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead24 columnHead10">608.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead24 columnHead11">607.7</td>
<td headers="rowHead24 columnHead12">607.5</td>
</tr>

<tr class="greenbar">
<th id="rowHead25">
<p>2015</p>
</th>
<td headers="rowHead25 columnHead1">607.1</td>
<td headers="rowHead25 columnHead2">606.8</td>
<td headers="rowHead25 columnHead3">608.2</td>
<td headers="rowHead25 columnHead4">614.7</td>
<td headers="rowHead25 columnHead5">614.0</td>
<td headers="rowHead25 columnHead6">607.4</td>
<td headers="rowHead25 columnHead7">609.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead25 columnHead8">609.9</td>
<td headers="rowHead25 columnHead9">—</td>
<td headers="rowHead25 columnHead10">—</td>
<td headers="rowHead25 columnHead11">—</td>
<td headers="rowHead25 columnHead12">—</td>
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<tfoot>
<tr class="footnotes" id="BLS_table_footnotes">
<td class="footnotes" colspan="13">
<p><span class="footnotesTitle">Notes:</span><br />
 </p>

<p><a href="#BLS_table"><sup>(1)</sup></a> Economic recession, as designated by the National Bureau of Economic Research.</p>

<p>Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey, July 2, 2015.</p>
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