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                 THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  SEPTEMBER 2003
                                     
   The unemployment rate remained at 6.1 percent in September, and total
nonfarm payroll employment was little changed, the Bureau of Labor Statistics 
of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  The number of jobs in manu-
facturing declined at a slower pace than in recent months, while employment 
in temporary help services continued to trend upward.
                                     
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons, 9.0 million, was about unchanged in
September, and the unemployment rate was 6.1 percent, the same as in August.
   
   Unemployment rates for the major worker groups--adult men (5.7 percent),
adult women (5.3 percent), teenagers (17.5 percent), whites (5.3 percent),
blacks (11.2 percent), and Hispanics or Latinos (7.5 percent)--were little
changed in September.  The unemployment rate for Asians was 6.2 percent,
not seasonally adjusted.  (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)
   
   In September, there were 2.1 million unemployed persons who had been
looking for work for 27 weeks or longer, representing 23.2 percent of the
total unemployed.  Since November 2001, the proportion of long-term unem-
ployed has increased by about 9 percentage points.  (See table A-9.)
     
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
     Both total employment (137.6 million) and the employment-population
ratio (62.0 percent) were about unchanged in September.  The employment-
population ratio was down by 1.0 percentage point over the year.  Both the
civilian labor force, 146.5 million, and the labor force participation
rate, 66.1 percent, also were little changed in September.  (See table 
A-1.)
   
   The number of persons who worked part time for economic reasons rose 
in September to 5.0 million, seasonally adjusted.  These persons indicated
that they would like to work full time but worked part time because their
hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time
job.  The total number of persons at work part time, including both the
economic and noneconomic categories, was essentially unchanged at 24.0
million.  (See table A-5.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   In September, 1.5 million persons were marginally attached to the labor
force, about the same as a year earlier.  (Data are not seasonally adjusted.)  
These individuals wanted and were available to work and had looked for a job 
sometime in the prior 12 months.  They were not counted as unemployed, how-
ever, because they did not actively search for work in the 4 weeks preceding 
the survey.  Of the 1.5 million, 388,000 were discouraged workers--persons 
who were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed 
no jobs were available for them.  The number of discouraged workers in 
September was about the same as a year earlier.  The other 1.2 million 
marginally attached had not searched for work because they were in school 
or had family responsibilities.  (See table A-13.)
   
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
______________________________________________________________________________
                         |    Quarterly    |                          |
                         |    averages     |        Monthly data      |
                         |_________________|__________________________| Aug.-
        Category         |       2003      |           2003           | Sept.
                         |_________________|__________________________| change
                         |    II  |  III   |  July  |  Aug.  |  Sept. |
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
     HOUSEHOLD DATA      |                Labor force status
                         |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force.....| 146,685| 146,539| 146,540| 146,530| 146,545|     15
  Employment.............| 137,638| 137,559| 137,478| 137,625| 137,573|    -52
  Unemployment...........|   9,047|   8,980|   9,062|   8,905|   8,973|     68
Not in labor force.......|  74,090|  74,974|  74,712|  74,977|  75,234|    257
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                 Unemployment rates
                         |____________________________________________________
All workers..............|     6.2|     6.1|     6.2|     6.1|     6.1|    0.0
  Adult men..............|     5.9|     5.8|     5.9|     5.8|     5.7|    -.1
  Adult women............|     5.1|     5.2|     5.2|     5.2|     5.3|     .1
  Teenagers..............|    18.6|    17.5|    18.4|    16.6|    17.5|     .9
  White..................|     5.4|     5.4|     5.5|     5.4|     5.3|    -.1
  Black or African       |        |        |        |        |        |
    American.............|    11.2|    11.1|    11.1|    10.9|    11.2|     .3
  Hispanic or Latino     |        |        |        |        |        |
    ethnicity............|     8.0|     7.8|     8.2|     7.8|     7.5|    -.3
                         |________|________|________|________|________________
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA     |                     Employment
                         |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment.......| 129,984|p129,838| 129,846|p129,805|p129,862|    p57
  Goods-producing 1/.....|  22,093| p21,976|  22,001| p21,972| p21,955|   p-17
    Construction.........|   6,782|  p6,821|   6,804|  p6,823|  p6,837|    p14
    Manufacturing........|  14,744| p14,591|  14,631| p14,585| p14,556|   p-29
  Service-providing 1/...| 107,891|p107,862| 107,845|p107,833|p107,907|    p74
    Retail trade.........|  14,981| p14,962|  14,958| p14,959| p14,969|    p10
    Professional and     |        |        |        |        |        |
      business services..|  15,999| p16,082|  16,063| p16,058| p16,124|    p66
    Education and health |        |        |        |        |        |
      services...........|  16,498| p16,507|  16,487| p16,512| p16,521|     p9
    Leisure and          |        |        |        |        |        |
      hospitality........|  12,036| p12,048|  12,051| p12,048| p12,045|    p-3
    Government...........|  21,495| p21,452|  21,458| p21,456| p21,441|   p-15
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                  Hours of work 2/
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|    33.7|   p33.7|    33.6|   p33.7|   p33.7|   p0.0
  Manufacturing..........|    40.2|   p40.2|    40.1|   p40.2|   p40.4|    p.2
    Overtime.............|     4.0|    p4.1|     4.1|    p4.0|    p4.2|    p.2
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |   Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 2/
                         |____________________________________________________
                         |    98.7|   p98.5|    98.3|   p98.6|   p98.6|   p0.0
Total private............|________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                    Earnings 2/
                         |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  $15.34| p$15.45|  $15.43| p$15.46| p$15.45|p-$0.01
Avg. weekly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  517.07| p520.04|  518.45| p521.00| p520.67|  p-.33
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______

   1  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.

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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Total nonfarm payroll employment was little changed (+57,000) in
September at 129.9 million.  Over the month, manufacturing job losses
continued, although at a slower pace.  Professional and business services
added jobs, as temporary help employment increased for the fifth consecu-
tive month.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Manufacturing employment decreased by 29,000 in September.  Although
small declines occurred throughout most of the sector, September's loss was
below the average for the prior 12 months (-54,000). Most of the easing in
September occurred among durable goods industries.
   
   Professional and business services added 66,000 jobs in September; half
of the gain occurred in temporary help services.  Since April, temporary
help has added 147,000 jobs.  Architectural and engineering services
employment increased by 9,000 in September.
   
   Health care and social assistance had a small employment increase over
the month (15,000).  Job gains in this industry averaged 23,000 a month
during the first half of this year, compared with a monthly average of
13,000 since June.
   
   Within transportation and warehousing, air transportation added 3,000
jobs in September.  Employment in retail trade was little changed; however,
employment increased in two of its component industries--motor vehicle and
parts dealers (8,000) and building material and garden supply stores
(7,000).
   
   Construction employment continued to trend up.  Since February, the
industry has added 137,000 jobs, with most of the gains among special trade
contractors.
   
   Employment in financial activities remains on an upward trend, though at
a reduced pace.  For the past 4 months, job gains have averaged about 5,000
per month, compared with 16,000 per month from August 2002 to May 2003.
   
   Employment in government was little changed over the month.  Seasonal
hiring was weak in local education, and, after seasonal adjustment,
employment decreased by 44,000 in September.  However, the decline was
partially offset by a gain of 17,000 jobs in local government, excluding
education.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls was unchanged over the month at 33.7 hours, seasonally
adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek increased by 0.2 hour in September 
to 40.4 hours, seasonally adjusted.  Manufacturing overtime also rose by 
0.2 hour to 4.2 hours.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls held at 98.6 in September (2002=100).
The manufacturing index increased by 0.2 percent over the month to 94.2.
(See table B-5.)
   
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Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private 
nonfarm payrolls were down by 1 cent over the month to $15.45, seasonally 
adjusted.  Average weekly earnings were down by 0.1 percent in September to 
$520.67.  Over the year, average hourly earnings grew by 2.7 percent and 
average weekly earnings increased by 2.1 percent.  (See table B-3.)
   
                      ______________________________
   

   The Employment Situation for October 2003 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, November 7, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).

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 |               Benchmark Revisions to the Payroll Survey                 |
 |                                                                         |
 |   In accordance with annual practice, the Bureau of Labor Statistics    |
 | has completed preliminary tabulations of the universe counts for the    |
 | first quarter of this year.  The tabulations indicate that the estimate | 
 | of total nonfarm payroll employment will require a downward revision of |
 | approximately 145,000, or one-tenth of one percent, for the March 2003  |
 | reference month.  The historical average for benchmark revisions over   |
 | the last 10 years has been plus or minus three-tenths of one percent.   |
 | BLS will publish data revised to the March 2003 benchmark on February 6,| 
 | 2004, with the release of data for January 2004.  Previously, the re-   |
 | vised data were published in June of each year; earlier receipt and     |
 | tabulation of the benchmark source data now make it feasible to accele- |
 | rate the publication date to February, beginning in 2004.               |
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 |    Change in Seasonal Adjustment Procedures for the Household Survey    |
 |                                                                         |
 |    Effective with the release of December 2003 estimates in January     |
 | 2004, BLS will convert to the use of concurrent seasonal adjustment to  |
 | produce seasonally adjusted Current Population Survey (CPS) labor force |
 | estimates.  Concurrent seasonal adjustment uses all available monthly   |
 | estimates, including those for the current month, in developing seasonal|
 | factors.  Currently, seasonal factors for the CPS data are projected    |
 | twice a year.  With the introduction of concurrent seasonal adjustment, |
 | BLS will no longer publish seasonal factors for CPS data.  BLS intro-   |
 | duced the use of concurrent seasonal adjustment for the nonfarm payroll |
 | data in June 2003 with the release of data for May 2003.                |
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Explanatory Note


 This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about
60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
 
 The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the 
B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.  The sample 
includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering ap-
proximately 400,000 individual worksites.  The active sample includes 
about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers.  The sample is drawn 
from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts.

 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-providing sector.  Industries are classified on the
basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of the
North American Industry Classification System.

                                  - 6 -
 
 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most super-
sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating in-
dependently adjusted component series.  For example, total unemployment is 
derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; 
this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by di-
rectly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more 
detailed age categories.
 
                                  - 7 -

   The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments for the
household survey are recalculated twice a year; the factors are calculated
for the January-June period and again for the July-December period.  For
the establishment survey, a concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is
used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each month for the three
most recent monthly estimates, using all relevant data, up to and including
the data for the current month.  In both surveys, revisions to historical 
data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
290,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -190,000 to 390,000 (100,000 +/- 290,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  At an unemployment rate of around 4 percent, the 90-percent con-
fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 270,000, 
and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 
percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 
2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
                                  - 8 -

 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, 
an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business
births.  The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for
business births.  This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative
estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of busi-
ness, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample.  
The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the 
residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation.  
The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was de-
rived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and 
reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five 
years.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $27.00 per issue or
$53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard 
or Visa.
 
   Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for
the household and establishment survey data published in this release.  
For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear 
in tables 1-B through 1-D of its "Explanatory Notes."  For the establish-
ment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of re-
visions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of 
Employment and Earnings.

 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone:  1-800-877-8339.
 
 
 
 
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 218,107 221,507 221,779 218,107 220,768 221,014 221,252 221,507 221,779
    Civilian labor force............................ 145,167 146,967 146,166 145,634 146,485 147,096 146,540 146,530 146,545
          Participation rate........................    66.6    66.3    65.9    66.8    66.4    66.6    66.2    66.2    66.1
      Employed...................................... 137,377 138,137 137,731 137,312 137,487 137,738 137,478 137,625 137,573
          Employment-population ratio...............    63.0    62.4    62.1    63.0    62.3    62.3    62.1    62.1    62.0
      Unemployed....................................   7,790   8,830   8,436   8,321   8,998   9,358   9,062   8,905   8,973
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.4     6.0     5.8     5.7     6.1     6.4     6.2     6.1     6.1
    Not in labor force..............................  72,940  74,540  75,612  72,473  74,283  73,918  74,712  74,977  75,234
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,500   5,030   4,637   4,702   4,744   4,668   4,921   4,840   4,837
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 104,863 106,604 106,744 104,863 106,238 106,362 106,475 106,604 106,744
    Civilian labor force............................  77,710  78,640  78,216  78,013  78,088  78,372  78,182  78,160  78,485
          Participation rate........................    74.1    73.8    73.3    74.4    73.5    73.7    73.4    73.3    73.5
      Employed......................................  73,596  74,032  73,715  73,402  72,981  73,071  73,043  73,195  73,475
          Employment-population ratio...............    70.2    69.4    69.1    70.0    68.7    68.7    68.6    68.7    68.8
      Unemployed....................................   4,114   4,608   4,501   4,610   5,107   5,301   5,139   4,965   5,010
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.3     5.9     5.8     5.9     6.5     6.8     6.6     6.4     6.4
    Not in labor force..............................  27,154  27,964  28,528  26,851  28,150  27,990  28,293  28,443  28,259
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  96,732  98,434  98,568  96,732  98,083  98,196  98,304  98,434  98,568
    Civilian labor force............................  73,976  74,727  74,773  74,108  74,506  74,692  74,581  74,561  74,905
          Participation rate........................    76.5    75.9    75.9    76.6    76.0    76.1    75.9    75.7    76.0
      Employed......................................  70,514  70,733  70,923  70,213  70,144  70,130  70,193  70,203  70,610
          Employment-population ratio...............    72.9    71.9    72.0    72.6    71.5    71.4    71.4    71.3    71.6
      Unemployed....................................   3,462   3,994   3,850   3,895   4,362   4,562   4,388   4,357   4,295
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.7     5.3     5.1     5.3     5.9     6.1     5.9     5.8     5.7
    Not in labor force..............................  22,756  23,707  23,794  22,623  23,577  23,504  23,724  23,873  23,662
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 113,243 114,903 115,035 113,243 114,531 114,653 114,778 114,903 115,035
    Civilian labor force............................  67,457  68,327  67,951  67,621  68,397  68,724  68,359  68,370  68,060
          Participation rate........................    59.6    59.5    59.1    59.7    59.7    59.9    59.6    59.5    59.2
      Employed......................................  63,781  64,105  64,016  63,910  64,506  64,667  64,435  64,430  64,098
          Employment-population ratio...............    56.3    55.8    55.6    56.4    56.3    56.4    56.1    56.1    55.7
      Unemployed....................................   3,676   4,222   3,935   3,711   3,891   4,057   3,923   3,940   3,962
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.4     6.2     5.8     5.5     5.7     5.9     5.7     5.8     5.8
    Not in labor force..............................  45,786  46,576  47,084  45,622  46,134  45,928  46,419  46,533  46,975
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 105,421 106,957 107,080 105,421 106,613 106,724 106,839 106,957 107,080
    Civilian labor force............................  63,908  64,521  64,627  63,858  64,733  65,148  64,819  64,831  64,554
          Participation rate........................    60.6    60.3    60.4    60.6    60.7    61.0    60.7    60.6    60.3
      Employed......................................  60,732  60,859  61,193  60,675  61,436  61,753  61,462  61,470  61,120
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.6    56.9    57.1    57.6    57.6    57.9    57.5    57.5    57.1
      Unemployed....................................   3,176   3,663   3,434   3,184   3,297   3,395   3,357   3,361   3,434
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.0     5.7     5.3     5.0     5.1     5.2     5.2     5.2     5.3
    Not in labor force..............................  41,513  42,436  42,453  41,563  41,880  41,576  42,020  42,126  42,526
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  15,954  16,116  16,131  15,954  16,072  16,095  16,109  16,116  16,131
    Civilian labor force............................   7,283   7,719   6,766   7,667   7,246   7,256   7,140   7,139   7,086
          Participation rate........................    45.6    47.9    41.9    48.1    45.1    45.1    44.3    44.3    43.9
      Employed......................................   6,131   6,546   5,615   6,425   5,907   5,855   5,823   5,952   5,842
          Employment-population ratio...............    38.4    40.6    34.8    40.3    36.8    36.4    36.1    36.9    36.2
      Unemployed....................................   1,152   1,173   1,151   1,243   1,339   1,401   1,317   1,187   1,243
          Unemployment rate.........................    15.8    15.2    17.0    16.2    18.5    19.3    18.4    16.6    17.5
    Not in labor force..............................   8,671   8,397   9,365   8,287   8,826   8,839   8,969   8,977   9,046

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
   NOTE:  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, and age                                                                               
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                      WHITE (2)                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 180,146 181,512 181,696 180,146 181,021 181,184 181,341 181,512 181,696
    Civilian labor force............................ 120,218 120,894 120,088 120,502 120,420 120,881 120,623 120,669 120,307
        Participation rate..........................    66.7    66.6    66.1    66.9    66.5    66.7    66.5    66.5    66.2
      Employed...................................... 114,476 114,531 114,093 114,373 113,882 114,203 114,044 114,141 113,934
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.5    63.1    62.8    63.5    62.9    63.0    62.9    62.9    62.7
      Unemployed....................................   5,743   6,364   5,994   6,129   6,539   6,678   6,580   6,528   6,373
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.8     5.3     5.0     5.1     5.4     5.5     5.5     5.4     5.3
    Not in labor force..............................  59,927  60,617  61,608  59,644  60,601  60,303  60,717  60,843  61,389
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  62,304  62,587  62,531  62,298  62,305  62,447  62,526  62,532  62,496
        Participation rate..........................    76.8    76.4    76.2    76.8    76.2    76.3    76.4    76.3    76.2
      Employed......................................  59,675  59,608  59,773  59,328  59,064  59,064  59,167  59,190  59,407
        Employment-population ratio.................    73.6    72.7    72.8    73.1    72.3    72.2    72.3    72.2    72.4
      Unemployed....................................   2,629   2,979   2,759   2,970   3,241   3,384   3,359   3,342   3,088
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.2     4.8     4.4     4.8     5.2     5.4     5.4     5.3     4.9
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  51,830  51,814  51,921  51,817  52,155  52,400  52,146  52,138  51,909
        Participation rate..........................    60.0    59.6    59.6    60.0    60.1    60.3    60.0    59.9    59.6
      Employed......................................  49,579  49,289  49,533  49,563  49,770  50,104  49,867  49,853  49,521
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.4    56.7    56.9    57.3    57.3    57.7    57.4    57.3    56.9
      Unemployed....................................   2,251   2,525   2,388   2,255   2,385   2,297   2,279   2,285   2,388
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.3     4.9     4.6     4.4     4.6     4.4     4.4     4.4     4.6
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,084   6,493   5,636   6,387   5,961   6,034   5,952   5,998   5,902
        Participation rate..........................    48.3    51.8    44.9    50.7    47.6    48.2    47.5    47.8    47.0
      Employed......................................   5,222   5,633   4,788   5,482   5,048   5,036   5,010   5,098   5,006
        Employment-population ratio.................    41.5    44.9    38.2    43.5    40.3    40.2    40.0    40.7    39.9
      Unemployed....................................     863     860     848     905     913     998     942     901     896
        Unemployment rate...........................    14.2    13.2    15.0    14.2    15.3    16.5    15.8    15.0    15.2
                                                                                                                            
            BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN (2)                                                                                   
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,675  25,742  25,784  25,675  25,624  25,664  25,702  25,742  25,784
    Civilian labor force............................  16,660  16,626  16,616  16,789  16,618  16,717  16,540  16,579  16,724
        Participation rate..........................    64.9    64.6    64.4    65.4    64.9    65.1    64.4    64.4    64.9
      Employed......................................  15,113  14,794  14,855  15,148  14,819  14,746  14,697  14,769  14,853
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.9    57.5    57.6    59.0    57.8    57.5    57.2    57.4    57.6
      Unemployed....................................   1,546   1,832   1,761   1,641   1,799   1,971   1,842   1,810   1,871
        Unemployment rate...........................     9.3    11.0    10.6     9.8    10.8    11.8    11.1    10.9    11.2
    Not in labor force..............................   9,016   9,116   9,168   8,886   9,007   8,947   9,162   9,163   9,060
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,406   7,339   7,399   7,466   7,346   7,447   7,336   7,344   7,454
        Participation rate..........................    72.3    71.2    71.7    72.9    71.7    72.5    71.3    71.3    72.2
      Employed......................................   6,775   6,607   6,648   6,762   6,524   6,604   6,590   6,578   6,620
        Employment-population ratio.................    66.1    64.1    64.4    66.0    63.6    64.3    64.1    63.9    64.1
      Unemployed....................................     631     733     751     704     821     843     746     766     834
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.5    10.0    10.2     9.4    11.2    11.3    10.2    10.4    11.2
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,408   8,497   8,443   8,422   8,461   8,500   8,432   8,510   8,445
        Participation rate..........................    64.6    65.1    64.6    64.7    65.1    65.3    64.7    65.2    64.6
      Employed......................................   7,728   7,637   7,682   7,737   7,784   7,675   7,614   7,684   7,678
        Employment-population ratio.................    59.4    58.5    58.8    59.5    59.9    59.0    58.4    58.9    58.7
      Unemployed....................................     680     860     761     685     677     826     819     826     767
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.1    10.1     9.0     8.1     8.0     9.7     9.7     9.7     9.1
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     845     789     774     901     811     770     771     725     826
        Participation rate..........................    34.9    33.0    32.4    37.2    34.1    32.3    32.3    30.4    34.5
      Employed......................................     610     550     526     649     511     467     493     507     555
        Employment-population ratio.................    25.2    23.0    22.0    26.8    21.5    19.6    20.7    21.2    23.2
      Unemployed....................................     234     239     249     252     300     302     278     218     271
        Unemployment rate...........................    27.7    30.3    32.1    28.0    37.0    39.3    36.0    30.0    32.8
                                                                                                                            
                      ASIAN (2)                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstutional population................   9,933   9,351   9,297   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
    Civilian labor force............................   6,763   6,195   6,125   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
        Participation rate..........................    68.1    66.2    65.9   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
      Employed......................................   6,398   5,828   5,747   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.4    62.3    61.8   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
      Unemployed....................................     365     367     378   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.4     5.9     6.2   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
    Not in labor force..............................   3,170   3,156   3,172   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Beginning in 2003, persons who selected this race group only; persons who selected more than one race group are not
  included.  Prior to 2003, persons who reported more than one race were included in the group they identified as the main
  race.
    3 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for
  all races.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3.  Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
             HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                                   
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  26,184  27,701  27,808  26,184  27,391  27,494  27,597  27,701  27,808
    Civilian labor force............................  18,104  18,825  18,831  18,103  18,811  18,856  18,750  18,829  18,859
        Participation rate..........................    69.1    68.0    67.7    69.1    68.7    68.6    67.9    68.0    67.8
      Employed......................................  16,831  17,386  17,513  16,739  17,264  17,271  17,206  17,370  17,448
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.3    62.8    63.0    63.9    63.0    62.8    62.3    62.7    62.7
      Unemployed....................................   1,273   1,439   1,317   1,363   1,548   1,586   1,544   1,460   1,411
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.0     7.6     7.0     7.5     8.2     8.4     8.2     7.8     7.5
    Not in labor force..............................   8,080   8,876   8,977   8,082   8,580   8,638   8,847   8,872   8,949
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  10,044  10,761  10,853   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    83.4    83.6    84.0   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   9,466  10,098  10,262   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    78.6    78.4    79.4   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     578     664     591   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.8     6.2     5.4   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   6,941   7,067   7,108   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    59.7    57.6    57.7   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   6,486   6,495   6,520   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    55.8    52.9    52.9   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     455     573     588   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.6     8.1     8.3   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   1,119     996     870   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    44.6    39.0    34.0   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................     878     794     732   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    35.0    31.1    28.6   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     241     203     138   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................    21.5    20.3    15.9   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.  Beginning in January 2003, data
  reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.


  
  
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4.  Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted                 
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                Sept.    Aug.     Sept.    Sept.    May      June     July     Aug.     Sept. 
                                                2002     2003     2003     2002     2003     2003     2003     2003     2003  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
  Civilian labor force......................   12,492   12,553   12,636   12,381   12,703   12,498   12,537   12,639   12,576
      Participation rate....................     45.0     45.2     45.0     44.6     44.7     44.8     45.5     45.5     44.8
    Employed................................   11,602   11,484   11,638   11,404   11,536   11,286   11,446   11,453   11,488
      Employment-population ratio...........     41.8     41.4     41.4     41.1     40.6     40.4     41.5     41.3     40.9
    Unemployed..............................      890    1,069      998      977    1,167    1,211    1,091    1,185    1,088
      Unemployment rate.....................      7.1      8.5      7.9      7.9      9.2      9.7      8.7      9.4      8.6
                                                                                                                             
    High school graduates, no college (1)                                                                                    
  Civilian labor force......................   38,137   37,741   38,044   38,198   37,823   37,977   37,847   37,914   38,068
      Participation rate....................     64.2     63.5     63.7     64.3     63.9     64.1     64.0     63.8     63.7
    Employed................................   36,404   35,775   36,209   36,286   35,729   35,778   35,786   35,883   36,038
      Employment-population ratio...........     61.2     60.2     60.6     61.0     60.4     60.3     60.5     60.4     60.3
    Unemployed..............................    1,733    1,966    1,835    1,912    2,094    2,199    2,061    2,031    2,031
      Unemployment rate.....................      4.5      5.2      4.8      5.0      5.5      5.8      5.4      5.4      5.3
                                                                                                                             
       Some college or associate degree                                                                                      
  Civilian labor force......................   33,847   33,972   34,023   33,818   34,191   34,329   34,310   33,856   33,938
      Participation rate....................     73.5     72.7     72.9     73.5     73.6     73.2     72.2     72.4     72.7
    Employed................................   32,339   32,326   32,423   32,266   32,542   32,648   32,594   32,271   32,304
      Employment-population ratio...........     70.3     69.1     69.5     70.1     70.1     69.6     68.6     69.0     69.2
    Unemployed..............................    1,509    1,646    1,599    1,552    1,649    1,681    1,717    1,585    1,634
      Unemployment rate.....................      4.5      4.8      4.7      4.6      4.8      4.9      5.0      4.7      4.8
                                                                                                                             
       Bachelor's degree and higher (2)                                                                                      
  Civilian labor force......................   38,718   39,795   39,857   38,664   39,576   39,966   39,614   40,012   39,813
      Participation rate....................     78.3     77.1     77.7     78.2     77.8     78.3     77.5     77.5     77.6
    Employed................................   37,565   38,371   38,552   37,536   38,351   38,743   38,387   38,752   38,537
      Employment-population ratio...........     75.9     74.3     75.1     75.9     75.4     75.9     75.1     75.1     75.1
    Unemployed..............................    1,153    1,425    1,305    1,128    1,224    1,224    1,226    1,260    1,276
      Unemployment rate.....................      3.0      3.6      3.3      2.9      3.1      3.1      3.1      3.1      3.2

    1 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
    2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. 
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                     HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5.  Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                            Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                   
                  Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                   
                                              Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                              2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
               CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
  Agriculture and related industries.......   2,432   2,546   2,494   2,315   2,157   2,213   2,193   2,348   2,362
    Wage and salary workers................   1,418   1,541   1,576   1,310   1,198   1,226   1,216   1,384   1,445
    Self-employed workers..................     997     972     900     974     948   1,005     946     937     878
    Unpaid family workers..................      17      32      18   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                   
  Nonagricultural industries............... 134,945 135,591 135,237 134,979 135,424 135,357 135,204 135,215 135,329
    Wage and salary workers................ 125,665 125,861 125,580 125,766 126,202 126,034 125,727 125,661 125,754
      Government...........................  19,715  19,148  19,722  19,746  19,552  19,701  19,631  19,651  19,739
      Private industries................... 105,950 106,713 105,858 106,022 106,683 106,275 106,135 105,940 105,967
        Private households.................     751     865     784   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
        Other industries................... 105,199 105,848 105,074 105,259 105,907 105,441 105,240 105,060 105,212
    Self-employed workers..................   9,190   9,621   9,545   9,048   9,065   9,250   9,306   9,538   9,394
    Unpaid family workers..................      90     110     111   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                   
        PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                              
                                                                                                                   
  All industries:                                                                                                  
    Part time for economic reasons.........   3,929   4,377   4,455   4,356   4,592   4,499   4,649   4,449   4,975
      Slack work or business conditions....   2,541   2,835   2,878   2,814   3,058   3,153   3,112   3,017   3,203
      Could only find part-time work.......   1,153   1,149   1,336   1,177   1,265   1,257   1,304   1,188   1,365
    Part time for noneconomic reasons......  19,219  17,186  19,296  18,928  19,083  19,548  19,027  19,564  18,993
                                                                                                                   
  Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                      
    Part time for economic reasons.........   3,848   4,279   4,368   4,266   4,478   4,390   4,566   4,360   4,847
      Slack work or business conditions....   2,488   2,772   2,828   2,755   3,003   3,074   3,079   2,963   3,145
      Could only find part-time work.......   1,141   1,131   1,325   1,172   1,234   1,237   1,276   1,179   1,367
    Part time for noneconomic reasons......  18,858  16,821  18,924  18,555  18,664  19,184  18,610  19,142  18,619

    1 Data not available.
    2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week
  for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons
  who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays,
  illness, and bad weather.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because
  of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Industries reflect the introduction of the 2002
  Census industry classification system derived from the 2002 North American Industry Classification System into
  the Current Population Survey.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the
  household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6.  Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                    Characteristic                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
  Total, 16 years and over.......................... 137,377 138,137 137,731 137,312 137,487 137,738 137,478 137,625 137,573
    16 to 19 years..................................   6,131   6,546   5,615   6,425   5,907   5,855   5,823   5,952   5,842
      16 to 17 years................................   2,368   2,710   2,262   2,358   2,333   2,291   2,289   2,362   2,254
      18 to 19 years................................   3,763   3,836   3,353   4,060   3,547   3,568   3,538   3,562   3,594
    20 years and over............................... 131,246 131,591 132,116 130,888 131,580 131,883 131,655 131,673 131,730
      20 to 24 years................................  13,335  13,636  13,294  13,432  13,455  13,473  13,379  13,393  13,395
      25 years and over............................. 117,911 117,956 118,822 117,406 118,139 118,414 118,288 118,434 118,319
        25 to 54 years..............................  97,360  96,882  97,432  97,025  97,111  97,357  97,213  97,185  97,078
          25 to 34 years............................  30,533  30,239  30,419  30,365  30,392  30,410  30,437  30,311  30,261
          35 to 44 years............................  35,193  34,747  34,942  35,160  34,849  34,858  34,742  34,843  34,923
          45 to 54 years............................  31,635  31,896  32,071  31,500  31,871  32,089  32,034  32,031  31,894
        55 years and over...........................  20,550  21,073  21,390  20,381  21,028  21,057  21,074  21,249  21,241
                                                                                                                            
  Men, 16 years and over............................  73,596  74,032  73,715  73,402  72,981  73,071  73,043  73,195  73,475
    16 to 19 years..................................   3,082   3,299   2,792   3,189   2,837   2,941   2,850   2,992   2,864
      16 to 17 years................................   1,139   1,345   1,073   1,134   1,073   1,089   1,089   1,162   1,069
      18 to 19 years................................   1,943   1,954   1,718   2,055   1,760   1,850   1,757   1,812   1,801
    20 years and over...............................  70,514  70,733  70,923  70,213  70,144  70,130  70,193  70,203  70,610
      20 to 24 years................................   7,049   7,161   7,015   7,050   7,076   7,012   6,962   6,947   7,029
      25 years and over.............................  63,465  63,572  63,909  63,077  63,077  63,118  63,253  63,328  63,520
        25 to 54 years..............................  52,356  52,218  52,460  52,066  51,911  51,961  51,994  51,977  52,160
          25 to 34 years............................  16,737  16,661  16,767  16,614  16,660  16,668  16,711  16,587  16,646
          35 to 44 years............................  19,014  18,864  18,986  18,953  18,685  18,670  18,724  18,757  18,934
          45 to 54 years............................  16,605  16,693  16,707  16,499  16,566  16,623  16,559  16,632  16,581
        55 years and over...........................  11,109  11,354  11,449  11,012  11,166  11,157  11,259  11,351  11,360
                                                                                                                            
  Women, 16 years and over..........................  63,781  64,105  64,016  63,910  64,506  64,667  64,435  64,430  64,098
    16 to 19 years..................................   3,049   3,247   2,823   3,235   3,070   2,914   2,973   2,960   2,978
      16 to 17 years................................   1,229   1,365   1,188   1,224   1,259   1,203   1,200   1,199   1,185
      18 to 19 years................................   1,820   1,882   1,635   2,005   1,787   1,718   1,781   1,750   1,793
    20 years and over...............................  60,732  60,859  61,193  60,675  61,436  61,753  61,462  61,470  61,120
      20 to 24 years................................   6,286   6,475   6,280   6,382   6,378   6,461   6,416   6,445   6,366
      25 years and over.............................  54,446  54,384  54,913  54,328  55,062  55,295  55,035  55,106  54,799
        25 to 54 years..............................  45,004  44,665  44,972  44,959  45,200  45,396  45,220  45,208  44,918
          25 to 34 years............................  13,795  13,579  13,652  13,751  13,731  13,742  13,726  13,724  13,615
          35 to 44 years............................  16,179  15,883  15,956  16,207  16,164  16,188  16,019  16,086  15,990
          45 to 54 years............................  15,029  15,202  15,364  15,001  15,305  15,466  15,475  15,399  15,313
        55 years and over...........................   9,442   9,719   9,941   9,369   9,862   9,900   9,816   9,898   9,881
                                                                                                                            
  Married men, spouse present.......................  44,464  44,753  44,809  44,129  44,542  44,371  44,739  44,620  44,522
  Married women, spouse present.....................  34,572  34,168  34,635  34,479  34,443  34,600  34,612  34,655  34,562
  Women who maintain families.......................   8,578   8,483   8,396   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                            
  Full-time workers (2)............................. 113,733 114,894 113,568 113,375 112,821 112,904 113,316 112,954 113,206
  Part-time workers (3).............................  23,644  23,243  24,163  23,901  24,676  24,990  24,458  24,981  24,419

    1 Data not available.
    2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.
    3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the
  independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population
  controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7.  Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates (1)            
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                    Characteristic                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   8,321   8,905   8,973    5.7     6.1     6.4     6.2     6.1     6.1 
    16 to 19 years..................................   1,243   1,187   1,243   16.2    18.5    19.3    18.4    16.6    17.5 
      16 to 17 years................................     568     544     542   19.4    18.5    21.6    20.8    18.7    19.4 
      18 to 19 years................................     663     676     687   14.0    19.0    17.9    17.0    15.9    16.1 
    20 years and over...............................   7,079   7,718   7,729    5.1     5.5     5.7     5.6     5.5     5.5 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,433   1,537   1,636    9.6    10.5    10.7    10.3    10.3    10.9 
      25 years and over.............................   5,632   6,210   6,111    4.6     4.9     5.1     5.0     5.0     4.9 
        25 to 54 years..............................   4,797   5,252   5,217    4.7     5.0     5.3     5.1     5.1     5.1 
          25 to 34 years............................   1,853   2,040   2,042    5.8     6.0     6.5     6.1     6.3     6.3 
          35 to 44 years............................   1,677   1,836   1,766    4.6     5.0     5.4     5.2     5.0     4.8 
          45 to 54 years............................   1,267   1,375   1,409    3.9     4.1     4.0     4.0     4.1     4.2 
        55 years and over...........................     819     915     869    3.9     4.5     4.6     4.3     4.1     3.9 
                                                                                                                            
  Men, 16 years and over............................   4,610   4,965   5,010    5.9     6.5     6.8     6.6     6.4     6.4 
    16 to 19 years..................................     716     608     715   18.3    20.8    20.1    20.9    16.9    20.0 
      16 to 17 years................................     310     303     312   21.5    21.5    23.8    22.8    20.7    22.6 
      18 to 19 years................................     401     328     403   16.3    20.9    17.7    19.5    15.3    18.3 
    20 years and over...............................   3,895   4,357   4,295    5.3     5.9     6.1     5.9     5.8     5.7 
      20 to 24 years................................     827     838     954   10.5    11.4    11.7    11.7    10.8    11.9 
      25 years and over.............................   3,062   3,530   3,371    4.6     5.2     5.5     5.2     5.3     5.0 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,592   3,010   2,878    4.7     5.3     5.5     5.3     5.5     5.2 
          25 to 34 years............................   1,000   1,224   1,167    5.7     6.0     6.7     6.4     6.9     6.6 
          35 to 44 years............................     887   1,023     967    4.5     5.3     5.6     5.2     5.2     4.9 
          45 to 54 years............................     705     762     745    4.1     4.7     4.2     4.4     4.4     4.3 
        55 years and over...........................     470     520     493    4.1     4.8     5.5     4.6     4.4     4.2 
                                                                                                                            
  Women, 16 years and over..........................   3,711   3,940   3,962    5.5     5.7     5.9     5.7     5.8     5.8 
    16 to 19 years..................................     527     579     528   14.0    16.2    18.5    16.0    16.4    15.1 
      16 to 17 years................................     258     241     230   17.4    15.8    19.5    18.9    16.7    16.3 
      18 to 19 years................................     262     348     285   11.5    17.1    18.0    14.5    16.6    13.7 
    20 years and over...............................   3,184   3,361   3,434    5.0     5.1     5.2     5.2     5.2     5.3 
      20 to 24 years................................     606     699     682    8.7     9.4     9.5     8.9     9.8     9.7 
      25 years and over.............................   2,570   2,680   2,740    4.5     4.6     4.7     4.7     4.6     4.8 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,205   2,242   2,339    4.7     4.7     5.0     4.9     4.7     5.0 
          25 to 34 years............................     853     816     875    5.8     5.9     6.2     5.8     5.6     6.0 
          35 to 44 years............................     790     813     800    4.6     4.7     5.2     5.2     4.8     4.8 
          45 to 54 years............................     562     613     664    3.6     3.4     3.7     3.7     3.8     4.2 
        55 years and over (2).......................     350     453     391    3.6     3.6     3.7     4.2     4.5     3.8 
                                                                                                                            
  Married men, spouse present.......................   1,652   1,785   1,716    3.6     3.9     4.4     3.9     3.8     3.7 
  Married women, spouse present.....................   1,300   1,383   1,427    3.6     3.7     3.9     3.9     3.8     4.0 
  Women who maintain families (2)...................     648     778     775    7.0     8.3     8.7     9.0     8.4     8.5 
                                                                                                                            
  Full-time workers (3).............................   6,990   7,530   7,484    5.8     6.3     6.5     6.3     6.2     6.2 
  Part-time workers (4).............................   1,336   1,395   1,512    5.3     5.6     5.9     5.5     5.3     5.8 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Not seasonally adjusted.
    3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or
  are on layoff from full-time jobs.
    4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week)
  or are on layoff from part-time jobs.
    NOTE:  Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of
  the various series.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   4,123   4,789   4,500   4,608   5,074   5,010   4,951   4,942   5,014
    On temporary layoff.............................     721   1,030     763   1,044   1,226   1,199   1,198   1,080   1,108
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   3,402   3,760   3,737   3,565   3,848   3,811   3,753   3,862   3,905
      Permanent job losers..........................   2,606   2,928   2,956   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     796     832     781   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     853     869     895     808     772     893     792     782     847
  Reentrants........................................   2,316   2,465   2,404   2,321   2,499   2,687   2,529   2,540   2,408
  New entrants......................................     498     706     637     542     634     648     670     628     700
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    52.9    54.2    53.3    55.7    56.5    54.2    55.4    55.6    55.9
     On temporary layoff............................     9.3    11.7     9.0    12.6    13.7    13.0    13.4    12.1    12.4
     Not on temporary layoff........................    43.7    42.6    44.3    43.1    42.9    41.3    42.0    43.4    43.5
   Job leavers......................................    11.0     9.8    10.6     9.8     8.6     9.7     8.9     8.8     9.4
   Reentrants.......................................    29.7    27.9    28.5    28.0    27.8    29.1    28.3    28.6    26.9
   New entrants.....................................     6.4     8.0     7.5     6.5     7.1     7.0     7.5     7.1     7.8
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     2.8     3.3     3.1     3.2     3.5     3.4     3.4     3.4     3.4
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .6      .6      .6      .5      .6      .5      .5      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.6     1.7     1.6     1.6     1.7     1.8     1.7     1.7     1.6
   New entrants.....................................      .3      .5      .4      .4      .4      .4      .5      .4      .5

    1 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9.  Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Less than 5 weeks.................................   2,736   2,740   2,682   2,782   3,056   3,009   2,730   2,727   2,739
  5 to 14 weeks.....................................   2,302   2,780   2,514   2,558   2,605   2,936   2,699   2,595   2,783
  15 weeks and over.................................   2,752   3,310   3,240   3,019   3,250   3,572   3,592   3,572   3,524
     15 to 26 weeks.................................   1,203   1,307   1,268   1,359   1,321   1,536   1,633   1,637   1,421
     27 weeks and over..............................   1,549   2,003   1,973   1,660   1,930   2,036   1,959   1,935   2,102
                                                                                                                            
  Average (mean) duration, in weeks.................    17.5    19.1    19.5    17.8    19.2    19.8    19.3    19.0    19.7
  Median duration, in weeks.........................     9.5    10.0    10.2     9.5    10.1    12.3    10.0     9.6    10.1
                                                                                                                            
                 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Total unemployed..................................   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
    Less than 5 weeks...............................    35.1    31.0    31.8    33.3    34.3    31.6    30.3    30.7    30.3
    5 to 14 weeks...................................    29.5    31.5    29.8    30.6    29.2    30.9    29.9    29.2    30.8
    15 weeks and over...............................    35.3    37.5    38.4    36.1    36.5    37.5    39.8    40.2    39.0
      15 to 26 weeks................................    15.4    14.8    15.0    16.3    14.8    16.1    18.1    18.4    15.7
      27 weeks and over.............................    19.9    22.7    23.4    19.9    21.7    21.4    21.7    21.8    23.2

   NOTE:  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                       HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10.  Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                     Unemployment    
                                                                           Employed             Unemployed              rates        
                                                                                                                                     
                             Occupation                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                       Sept.      Sept.       Sept.      Sept.       Sept.      Sept.  
                                                                       2002       2003        2002       2003        2002       2003   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
       Total, 16 years and over (1)................................   137,377    137,731      7,790      8,436        5.4        5.8 
  Management, professional, and related occupations................    47,735     47,835      1,617      1,602        3.3        3.2 
    Management, business, and financial operations occupations.....    19,807     19,706        705        616        3.4        3.0 
    Professional and related occupations...........................    27,928     28,129        913        986        3.2        3.4 
  Service occupations..............................................    21,601     21,667      1,436      1,567        6.2        6.7 
  Sales and office occupations.....................................    35,325     35,153      2,020      2,206        5.4        5.9 
    Sales and related occupations..................................    15,838     15,825        960      1,079        5.7        6.4 
    Office and administrative support occupations..................    19,487     19,328      1,059      1,126        5.2        5.5 
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.....    14,176     15,099        982      1,061        6.5        6.6 
    Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.....................     1,133      1,286         95        103        7.7        7.4 
    Construction and extraction occupations........................     8,286      8,620        657        651        7.3        7.0 
    Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations..............     4,758      5,194        230        307        4.6        5.6 
  Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......    18,540     17,977      1,226      1,333        6.2        6.9 
    Production occupations.........................................     9,923      9,526        659        755        6.2        7.3 
    Transportation and material moving occupations.................     8,617      8,451        567        578        6.2        6.4 

    1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed
  total.
    NOTE:  Occupations reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census occupational classification system derived from the 2000 Standard
  Occupational Classification system into the Current Population Survey.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population
  controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-11.  Unemployed persons by industry, not seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                    Number of                                                       
                                                                    unemployed                             Unemployment             
                                                                     persons                                  rates                 
                       Industry                                   (in thousands)                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                             Sept.               Sept.                Sept.               Sept.       
                                                             2002                2003                 2002                2003       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
         Total, 16 years and over (1)...............         7,790               8,436                 5.4                 5.8      
  Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers...         6,404               6,857                 5.7                 6.1      
    Mining..........................................            42                  25                 7.9                 4.6      
    Construction....................................           615                 681                 7.0                 7.6      
    Manufacturing...................................         1,076               1,175                 6.1                 6.8      
      Durable goods.................................           681                 788                 6.2                 7.3      
      Nondurable goods..............................           395                 386                 6.1                 5.9      
    Wholesale and retail trade......................         1,171               1,229                 5.9                 5.9      
    Transportation and utilities....................           235                 255                 4.2                 4.7      
    Information.....................................           231                 248                 6.3                 7.0      
    Financial activities............................           299                 305                 3.3                 3.3      
    Professional and business services..............         1,007                 975                 7.8                 8.0      
    Education and health services...................           562                 649                 3.2                 3.7      
    Leisure and hospitality.........................           885                 978                 7.9                 8.8      
    Other services..................................           281                 338                 4.8                 5.5      
  Agriculture and related private wage and salary                                                                                   
     workers........................................            92                  98                 6.3                 6.2      
  Government workers................................           530                 556                 2.6                 2.7      
  Self employed and unpaid family workers...........           266                 287                 2.5                 2.6      

    1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.
    NOTE:  Industries reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census industry classification system derived from the 2002 North
  American Industry Classification System into the Current Population Survey.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised
  population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                        HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-12.  Alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                               Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                                      
                            Measure                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                 Sept.   Aug.    Sept.   Sept.   May     June    July    Aug.    Sept. 
                                                                 2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                          
     the civilian labor force.................................    1.9     2.3     2.2     2.1     2.2     2.4     2.5     2.4     2.4 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                         
     a percent of the civilian labor force....................    2.8     3.3     3.1     3.2     3.5     3.4     3.4     3.4     3.4 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                            
     force (official unemployment rate).......................    5.4     6.0     5.8     5.7     6.1     6.4     6.2     6.1     6.1 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                         
     of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers.....    5.6     6.3     6.0    (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........................................    6.3     7.1     6.8    (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.........................    9.0    10.0     9.8    (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  

    1 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want
  and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally
  attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job.  Persons employed part time for economic
  reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule.  For further
  information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor
  Review.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised populationcontrols used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-13.  Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Sept.     Sept.     Sept.     Sept.     Sept.     Sept.  
                                                                        2002      2003      2002      2003      2002      2003  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   72,940    75,612    27,154    28,528    45,786    47,084 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,500     4,637     2,007     2,019     2,493     2,619 
     Searched for work and available to work now (1)................    1,501     1,544       743       738       758       805 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects (2)...................      392       388       243       234       149       154 
               Reasons other than discouragement (3)................    1,109     1,156       500       504       609       651 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders (4).....................................    7,305     7,160     3,774     3,598     3,532     3,562 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.3       5.2       5.1       4.9       5.5       5.6 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    3,883     3,673     2,206     2,066     1,676     1,607 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,590     1,651       502       482     1,088     1,169 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      303       268       222       189        81        79 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,510     1,539       835       839       675       700 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as 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.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                                ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

(In thousands)


                                         Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                           Change
           Industry                Sept.    July    Aug.     Sept.     Sept.    May      June     July    Aug.     Sept.    from:
                                   2002     2003    2003p    2003p     2002     2003     2003     2003    2003p    2003p  Aug. 2003-
                                                                                                                          Sept. 2003

          Total nonfarm......... 130,603  129,601  129,606  130,096  130,289  129,986  129,903  129,846  129,805  129,862       57

        Total private........... 109,277  109,240  109,301  108,894  108,763  108,502  108,427  108,388  108,349  108,421       72

    Goods-producing.............  22,811   22,322   22,391   22,269   22,497   22,098   22,061   22,001   21,972   21,955      -17

Natural resources and mining....     584      576      577      571      573      566      569      566      564      562       -2
   Logging......................    71.4     66.4     66.9     66.1     67.5     64.8     65.7     64.0     63.3     62.7      -.6
 Mining.........................   512.1    509.9    510.5    505.3    505.7    501.4    502.8    502.1    500.7    498.8     -1.9
  Oil and gas extraction........   121.7    126.7    126.3    125.4    121.4    125.2    125.7    125.3    124.8    125.0       .2
  Mining, except oil and gas(1).   214.9    214.4    214.2    210.8    210.7    208.2    208.9    209.6    209.0    206.8     -2.2
   Coal mining..................    74.4     74.0     73.0     71.1     74.3     72.6     73.2     73.7     72.8     71.0     -1.8
  Support activities for mining.   175.5    168.8    170.0    169.1    173.6    168.0    168.2    167.2    166.9    167.0       .1

Construction....................   6,959    7,103    7,133    7,075    6,728    6,786    6,800    6,804    6,823    6,837       14
  Construction of buildings..... 1,624.6  1,658.6  1,662.8  1,651.8  1,587.9  1,615.0  1,609.7  1,606.7  1,608.9  1,615.9      7.0
  Heavy and civil engineering
   construction.................   986.2    976.7    988.3    987.7    919.3    902.8    905.8    910.8    915.1    917.3      2.2
  Specialty trade contractors... 4,348.4  4,467.9  4,481.4  4,435.1  4,220.7  4,267.8  4,284.1  4,286.3  4,299.0  4,303.3      4.3

Manufacturing...................  15,268   14,643   14,681   14,623   15,196   14,746   14,692   14,631   14,585   14,556      -29
   Production workers...........  10,783   10,242   10,294   10,260   10,715   10,342   10,299   10,257   10,224   10,191      -33

 Durable goods..................   9,458    9,026    9,051    9,017    9,435    9,114    9,081    9,034    9,014    8,997      -17
   Production workers...........   6,512    6,164    6,204    6,181    6,492    6,244    6,221    6,188    6,180    6,159      -21

  Wood products.................   562.0    549.2    548.8    545.6    554.5    544.9    541.0    540.8    536.9    538.3      1.4
  Nonmetallic mineral products..   527.4    510.8    512.3    508.2    517.9    505.1    505.0    501.1    501.1    498.2     -2.9
  Primary metals................   509.9    474.7    477.5    476.6    507.5    486.4    482.0    478.5    476.6    474.9     -1.7
  Fabricated metal products..... 1,541.0  1,469.0  1,471.9  1,468.4  1,537.8  1,482.3  1,476.4  1,470.7  1,468.7  1,465.2     -3.5
  Machinery..................... 1,220.2  1,169.6  1,165.7  1,161.9  1,223.8  1,181.2  1,175.8  1,171.9  1,167.6  1,166.0     -1.6
  Computer and electronic
   products(1).................. 1,488.4  1,400.1  1,393.0  1,385.0  1,492.9  1,413.0  1,407.7  1,398.1  1,394.0  1,390.2     -3.8
   Computer and peripheral
    equipment...................   242.0    224.5    221.5    220.6    243.3    226.7    226.5    223.6    222.4    222.3      -.1
   Communications equipment.....   185.1    171.9    169.8    169.0    186.0    174.4    173.3    171.9    171.0    170.1      -.9
   Semiconductors and electronic
    components..................   517.1    481.8    480.1    475.3    519.2    487.7    485.1    480.9    479.7    477.0     -2.7
   Electronic instruments.......   445.6    429.9    430.8    428.8    445.8    431.5    429.9    429.0    429.0    429.2       .2
  Electrical equipment and
   appliances...................   493.8    466.1    462.7    461.1    492.0    469.3    467.7    465.9    461.6    459.8     -1.8
  Transportation equipment...... 1,822.1  1,739.0  1,772.4  1,766.5  1,818.0  1,777.6  1,774.3  1,760.2  1,764.8  1,762.6     -2.2
  Furniture and related products   600.2    575.0    574.9    574.3    599.8    576.4    574.1    574.2    572.3    573.1       .8
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...   693.1    672.1    671.7    669.8    690.9    677.8    676.6    673.0    670.8    668.7     -2.1

 Nondurable goods...............   5,810    5,617    5,630    5,606    5,761    5,632    5,611    5,597    5,571    5,559      -12
   Production workers...........   4,271    4,078    4,090    4,079    4,223    4,098    4,078    4,069    4,044    4,032      -12

  Food manufacturing............ 1,550.4  1,533.9  1,559.2  1,557.5  1,518.0  1,512.4  1,517.5  1,520.9  1,520.9  1,522.7      1.8
  Beverages and tobacco products   210.3    198.5    199.7    198.8    205.3    195.4    194.5    194.4    194.5    193.7      -.8
  Textile mills.................   292.1    263.5    260.3    259.0    289.6    272.7    270.1    264.7    259.5    257.3     -2.2
  Textile product mills.........   196.4    185.3    179.1    179.9    195.2    188.7    186.4    184.2    178.5    179.8      1.3
  Apparel.......................   356.8    299.5    299.0    298.6    352.0    313.2    307.8    301.2    297.7    294.1     -3.6
  Leather and allied products...    48.5     42.8     43.0     42.7     48.7     44.4     43.3     43.5     43.0     42.9      -.1
  Paper and paper products......   549.9    528.8    528.4    526.4    547.7    531.9    530.6    527.3    526.2    524.5     -1.7
  Printing and related support
   activities...................   702.3    694.2    691.3    686.2    702.4    695.3    694.1    692.2    689.8    686.4     -3.4
  Petroleum and coal products...   121.3    120.6    119.4    118.9    119.2    119.3    118.4    118.0    117.1    117.0      -.1
  Chemicals.....................   926.8    921.2    917.3    908.2    930.5    920.6    916.5    917.7    915.5    912.6     -2.9
  Plastics and rubber products..   854.9    828.8    832.8    829.8    852.2    837.7    831.7    833.3    828.6    827.6     -1.0

    Service-providing........... 107,792  107,279  107,215  107,827  107,792  107,888  107,842  107,845  107,833  107,907       74

     Private service-providing..  86,466   86,918   86,910   86,625   86,266   86,404   86,366   86,387   86,377   86,466       89

Trade, transportation, and
 utilities......................  25,394   25,177   25,188   25,176   25,430   25,282   25,238   25,211   25,201   25,218       17

 Wholesale trade................ 5,634.7  5,588.2  5,575.1  5,552.6  5,625.2  5,582.0  5,570.6  5,560.1  5,550.8  5,545.5     -5.3
  Durable goods................. 2,997.7  2,954.8  2,948.9  2,932.2  2,995.7  2,952.2  2,947.5  2,940.4  2,934.7  2,930.6     -4.1
  Nondurable goods.............. 2,022.0  2,013.9  2,007.9  2,002.1  2,013.3  2,009.9  2,004.1  2,001.4  1,998.4  1,994.9     -3.5
  Electronic markets and agents
   and brokers..................   615.0    619.5    618.3    618.3    616.2    619.9    619.0    618.3    617.7    620.0      2.3

 Retail trade...................14,937.9 14,920.1 14,934.2 14,889.2 15,016.0 14,979.0 14,964.2 14,958.0 14,959.1 14,969.1     10.0
  Motor vehicle and parts
   dealers(1)................... 1,893.6  1,898.1  1,895.6  1,899.5  1,882.6  1,879.2  1,877.9  1,883.2  1,881.7  1,889.3      7.6
   Automobile dealers........... 1,256.8  1,253.0  1,253.6  1,257.6  1,253.0  1,244.3  1,246.0  1,249.0  1,248.8  1,252.9      4.1
  Furniture and home furnishings
   stores.......................   540.1    539.2    537.6    538.8    543.5    545.4    546.5    543.9    542.2    543.2      1.0
  Electronics and appliance
   stores.......................   519.0    511.7    513.1    514.2    524.6    523.8    522.9    519.6    519.8    520.3       .5
  Building material and garden
   supply stores................ 1,178.9  1,231.1  1,222.6  1,209.0  1,182.2  1,188.5  1,194.2  1,196.5  1,203.1  1,209.7      6.6
  Food and beverage stores...... 2,850.4  2,815.8  2,807.7  2,789.2  2,851.7  2,822.5  2,812.8  2,801.7  2,797.3  2,790.6     -6.7
  Health and personal care
   stores.......................   948.1    966.1    966.5    964.1    949.7    965.7    967.9    965.8    965.0    966.1      1.1
  Gasoline stations.............   907.2    915.1    918.5    908.7    903.6    908.8    908.6    904.0    907.3    905.5     -1.8
  Clothing and clothing
   accessories stores........... 1,284.9  1,270.4  1,280.5  1,256.3  1,304.4  1,280.7  1,277.5  1,277.6  1,276.9  1,276.6      -.3
  Sporting goods, hobby, book,
   and music stores.............   653.3    624.6    629.6    632.0    657.8    645.2    642.0    640.8    638.6    636.4     -2.2
  General merchandise stores(1). 2,763.3  2,777.9  2,793.1  2,804.2  2,809.2  2,833.1  2,831.5  2,838.9  2,846.3  2,851.4      5.1
   Department stores............ 1,658.3  1,639.2  1,650.1  1,657.8  1,694.5  1,690.3  1,689.9  1,690.3  1,692.7  1,693.6       .9
  Miscellaneous store retailers.   957.5    941.7    939.1    938.0    960.8    944.1    941.8    942.5    940.3    941.1       .8
  Nonstore retailers............   441.6    428.4    430.3    435.2    445.9    442.0    440.6    443.5    440.6    438.9     -1.7

 Transportation and warehousing. 4,221.8  4,074.2  4,084.7  4,144.0  4,188.4  4,128.5  4,113.9  4,103.7  4,101.0  4,112.9     11.9
  Air transportation............   565.1    504.1    506.7    510.1    559.0    516.4    510.0    502.4    503.0    506.2      3.2
  Rail transportation...........   215.3    217.7    215.8    217.0    215.5    216.1    217.2    217.1    214.8    216.6      1.8
  Water transportation..........    51.8     52.2     52.5     50.5     50.4     50.3     50.1     50.0     49.8     49.2      -.6
  Truck transportation.......... 1,349.6  1,338.7  1,352.2  1,346.7  1,330.4  1,324.4  1,326.9  1,324.0  1,330.3  1,328.9     -1.4
  Transit and ground passenger
   transportation...............   368.5    297.3    294.8    355.5    364.7    350.4    345.4    347.4    346.6    348.9      2.3
  Pipeline transportation.......    40.4     39.8     39.1     38.3     40.5     40.3     39.7     39.5     38.9     38.6      -.3
  Scenic and sightseeing
   transportation...............    30.3     37.8     37.3     33.1     26.7     29.1     29.9     29.5     29.3     29.1      -.2
  Support activities for
   transportation...............   528.0    522.4    521.3    522.1    525.1    527.8    523.2    520.2    517.5    521.1      3.6
  Couriers and messengers.......   554.2    555.4    552.3    553.7    558.6    560.8    560.9    560.6    558.7    558.8       .1
  Warehousing and storage.......   518.6    508.8    512.7    517.0    517.5    512.9    510.6    513.0    512.1    515.5      3.4

 Utilities......................   599.9    594.8    593.5    589.8    600.1    592.3    589.5    589.6    590.4    590.0      -.4

Information.....................   3,370    3,294    3,280    3,245    3,383    3,294    3,285    3,278    3,264    3,260       -4
  Publishing industries, except
   Internet.....................   963.9    943.7    942.8    939.2    965.1    947.2    945.1    941.4    942.2    940.9     -1.3
  Motion picture and sound
   recording industries.........   376.0    385.3    380.0    362.0    384.0    373.4    371.7    373.7    367.8    370.1      2.3
  Broadcasting, except Internet.   330.6    323.7    323.3    324.7    330.5    324.4    324.2    324.1    322.9    324.3      1.4
  Internet publishing and
   broadcasting.................    34.0     34.9     34.6     34.3     33.9     33.5     34.0     34.5     34.3     34.1      -.2
  Telecommunications............ 1,179.2  1,130.5  1,126.1  1,118.0  1,180.2  1,138.1  1,132.5  1,127.8  1,122.5  1,119.6     -2.9
  ISPs, search portals, and data
   processing...................   440.2    431.0    428.2    422.1    443.1    431.4    432.1    430.9    429.0    425.4     -3.6
  Other information services....    46.0     45.2     45.3     45.1     46.3     45.5     45.1     45.1     45.3     45.5       .2

Financial activities............   7,841    8,053    8,041    7,978    7,851    7,971    7,972    7,981    7,979    7,989       10
 Finance and insurance.......... 5,802.8  5,955.7  5,942.5  5,914.4  5,820.8  5,923.2  5,923.3  5,928.6  5,925.7  5,935.8     10.1
  Monetary authorities - central
   bank.........................    22.9     22.2     22.1     22.0     23.0     22.2     22.1     22.1     22.0     22.0       .0
  Credit intermediation and
   related activities(1)........ 2,685.0  2,803.2  2,800.5  2,779.3  2,696.5  2,781.8  2,783.5  2,789.4  2,789.8  2,791.9      2.1
   Depository credit
    intermediation(1)........... 1,736.3  1,784.9  1,782.5  1,765.0  1,741.4  1,767.9  1,768.5  1,771.5  1,771.7  1,771.4      -.3
    Commercial banking.......... 1,282.0  1,314.7  1,313.3  1,296.7  1,285.7  1,302.4  1,302.3  1,304.1  1,304.1  1,301.9     -2.2
  Securities, commodity
   contracts, investments.......   798.1    802.4    800.4    798.1    797.6    796.9    796.7    796.6    794.8    798.3      3.5
  Insurance carriers and related
   activities................... 2,212.3  2,245.4  2,236.6  2,231.6  2,219.0  2,239.4  2,238.9  2,238.1  2,236.2  2,240.0      3.8
  Funds, trusts, and other
   financial vehicles...........    84.5     82.5     82.9     83.4     84.7     82.9     82.1     82.4     82.9     83.6       .7
 Real estate and rental and
  leasing....................... 2,038.6  2,097.3  2,098.5  2,063.1  2,030.4  2,047.8  2,048.6  2,052.7  2,053.6  2,053.4      -.2
  Real estate................... 1,355.3  1,396.2  1,399.2  1,377.1  1,350.7  1,367.3  1,365.2  1,368.9  1,370.5  1,372.1      1.6
  Rental and leasing services...   655.7    671.5    669.5    655.7    652.1    651.4    654.2    654.6    653.6    651.3     -2.3
  Lessors of nonfinancial
   intangible assets............    27.6     29.6     29.8     30.3     27.6     29.1     29.2     29.2     29.5     30.0       .5

Professional and business
 services.......................  16,156   16,161   16,239   16,262   16,008   16,002   16,006   16,063   16,058   16,124       66
 Professional and technical
  services(1)................... 6,658.3  6,650.6  6,638.7  6,609.6  6,714.8  6,698.1  6,674.9  6,661.6  6,652.1  6,680.2     28.1
   Legal services............... 1,110.7  1,136.9  1,126.1  1,117.4  1,116.2  1,125.6  1,125.2  1,122.8  1,121.2  1,123.6      2.4
   Accounting and bookkeeping
    services....................   815.2    785.9    789.4    790.0    876.4    866.0    848.9    847.9    850.3    854.4      4.1
   Architectural and engineering
    services.................... 1,254.1  1,262.6  1,258.9  1,252.1  1,248.8  1,241.4  1,236.0  1,240.9  1,238.5  1,247.1      8.6
   Computer systems design and
    related services............ 1,148.0  1,130.9  1,125.0  1,120.8  1,150.7  1,146.6  1,142.0  1,130.6  1,123.6  1,126.0      2.4
   Management and technical
    consulting services.........   736.3    739.1    742.7    742.7    736.1    734.0    731.8    735.0    735.9    740.7      4.8
 Management of companies and
  enterprises................... 1,711.8  1,704.2  1,698.7  1,699.1  1,706.0  1,696.0  1,690.8  1,698.5  1,691.1  1,693.5      2.4
 Administrative and waste
  services...................... 7,785.6  7,805.7  7,901.8  7,953.6  7,587.3  7,608.3  7,639.8  7,702.5  7,714.9  7,750.2     35.3
  Administrative and support
   services(1).................. 7,468.3  7,477.4  7,579.0  7,632.6  7,273.6  7,288.6  7,323.0  7,380.3  7,396.8  7,432.1     35.3
   Employment services(1)....... 3,408.5  3,392.1  3,494.8  3,574.9  3,255.2  3,291.7  3,318.3  3,374.8  3,379.0  3,409.5     30.5
    Temporary help services..... 2,314.5  2,254.9  2,325.6  2,396.4  2,202.1  2,177.6  2,207.9  2,226.6  2,244.5  2,277.7     33.2
   Business support services....   733.7    737.8    741.6    742.1    742.8    747.9    747.8    745.0    749.6    751.8      2.2
   Services to buildings and
    dwellings................... 1,660.2  1,693.8  1,688.1  1,663.7  1,611.0  1,596.3  1,601.8  1,609.9  1,615.0  1,612.4     -2.6
  Waste management and
   remediation services.........   317.3    328.3    322.8    321.0    313.7    319.7    316.8    322.2    318.1    318.1       .0

Education and health services...  16,204   16,201   16,179   16,433   16,273   16,509   16,503   16,487   16,512   16,521        9
 Educational services........... 2,627.3  2,396.3  2,362.4  2,607.9  2,671.3  2,718.1  2,689.7  2,676.7  2,674.1  2,668.8     -5.3
 Health care and social
  assistance....................13,576.6 13,805.1 13,816.3 13,824.9 13,601.4 13,790.7 13,813.2 13,810.0 13,837.4 13,852.2     14.8
  Ambulatory health care
   services(1).................. 4,672.0  4,788.6  4,800.0  4,788.7  4,675.0  4,764.8  4,777.4  4,781.6  4,790.0  4,792.5      2.5
   Offices of physicians........ 2,000.8  2,057.1  2,061.8  2,054.1  2,001.3  2,045.9  2,050.2  2,052.7  2,055.2  2,055.7       .5
   Outpatient care centers......   409.5    413.3    414.0    411.3    411.1    413.1    414.7    412.9    413.9    413.3      -.6
   Home health care services....   682.3    709.7    710.7    713.9    681.9    705.3    709.0    711.1    712.2    712.7       .5
  Hospitals..................... 4,172.2  4,240.1  4,242.5  4,238.2  4,173.7  4,218.1  4,227.0  4,226.8  4,236.6  4,240.2      3.6
  Nursing and residential care
   facilities(1)................ 2,748.0  2,793.8  2,797.3  2,789.4  2,751.7  2,787.9  2,790.7  2,787.2  2,789.4  2,794.1      4.7
   Nursing care facilities...... 1,579.2  1,586.9  1,586.6  1,586.2  1,579.6  1,587.0  1,589.6  1,586.0  1,584.0  1,586.8      2.8
  Social assistance(1).......... 1,984.4  1,982.6  1,976.5  2,008.6  2,001.0  2,019.9  2,018.1  2,014.4  2,021.4  2,025.4      4.0
   Child day care services......   723.8    679.3    688.1    728.3    725.7    724.9    722.7    729.3    731.2    731.6       .4

Leisure and hospitality.........  12,171   12,656   12,634   12,240   11,975   12,026   12,039   12,051   12,048   12,045       -3
 Arts, entertainment, and
  recreation.................... 1,833.4  2,047.5  2,009.5  1,824.5  1,772.9  1,759.2  1,758.4  1,763.8  1,763.0  1,771.0      8.0
  Performing arts and spectator
   sports.......................   360.1    373.8    371.9    361.1    353.6    348.8    346.5    347.4    347.0    354.5      7.5
  Museums, historical sites,
   zoos, and parks..............   112.3    120.1    117.8    110.5    111.4    109.8    109.8    110.0    109.9    109.7      -.2
  Amusements, gambling, and
   recreation................... 1,361.0  1,553.6  1,519.8  1,352.9  1,307.9  1,300.6  1,302.1  1,306.4  1,306.1  1,306.8       .7
 Accommodations and food
  services......................10,337.2 10,608.7 10,624.3 10,415.8 10,201.7 10,266.7 10,280.4 10,286.9 10,284.6 10,274.4    -10.2
  Accommodations................ 1,827.0  1,928.8  1,917.6  1,796.7  1,778.2  1,763.6  1,769.1  1,778.6  1,769.3  1,749.2    -20.1
  Food services and drinking
   places....................... 8,510.2  8,679.9  8,706.7  8,619.1  8,423.5  8,503.1  8,511.3  8,508.3  8,515.3  8,525.2      9.9

Other services..................   5,330    5,376    5,349    5,291    5,346    5,320    5,323    5,316    5,315    5,309       -6
  Repair and maintenance........ 1,232.9  1,225.4  1,226.7  1,221.8  1,233.7  1,215.1  1,218.6  1,219.5  1,222.7  1,222.2      -.5
  Personal and laundry services. 1,244.1  1,229.6  1,228.0  1,222.8  1,240.0  1,226.3  1,225.0  1,224.6  1,223.3  1,219.8     -3.5
  Membership associations and
   organizations................ 2,852.7  2,920.9  2,894.7  2,846.7  2,871.9  2,878.7  2,879.5  2,872.1  2,869.3  2,867.0     -2.3

Government......................  21,326   20,361   20,305   21,202   21,526   21,484   21,476   21,458   21,456   21,441      -15
 Federal........................   2,773    2,767    2,755    2,739    2,774    2,761    2,749    2,747    2,746    2,750        4
  Federal, except U.S. Postal
   Service...................... 1,940.6  1,952.8  1,943.3  1,929.6  1,937.7  1,937.0  1,928.2  1,928.9  1,930.6  1,937.9      7.3
  U.S. Postal Service...........   832.4    813.7    811.7    809.1    836.1    823.6    821.1    817.7    815.6    812.1     -3.5
 State government...............   4,964    4,668    4,677    4,893    4,993    4,941    4,925    4,920    4,919    4,927        8
  State government education.... 2,178.6  1,900.3  1,914.2  2,145.1  2,212.5  2,180.8  2,174.3  2,175.5  2,177.0  2,179.4      2.4
  State government, excluding
   education.................... 2,785.5  2,768.0  2,763.2  2,748.2  2,780.5  2,759.9  2,751.1  2,744.7  2,742.0  2,747.3      5.3
 Local government...............  13,589   12,926   12,873   13,570   13,759   13,782   13,802   13,791   13,791   13,764      -27
  Local government education.... 7,529.7  6,621.1  6,647.5  7,511.3  7,683.9  7,689.1  7,718.7  7,723.5  7,728.6  7,685.0    -43.6
  Local government, excluding
   education.................... 6,059.0  6,304.9  6,225.9  6,058.5  6,075.1  6,092.6  6,083.5  6,067.2  6,062.6  6,079.3     16.7


  1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  p = preliminary.



ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector 
and selected industry detail


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Change
                  Industry                       Sept.  July   Aug.   Sept.   Sept.  May    June   July   Aug.   Sept.    from:
                                                 2002   2003   2003p  2003p   2002   2003   2003   2003   2003p  2003p  Aug. 2003-
                                                                                                                        Sept. 2003


        Total private.........................   34.2   33.8   34.0   33.8    33.9   33.7   33.7   33.6   33.7   33.7       0.0

    Goods-producing...........................   40.4   39.5   40.1   40.4    40.0   39.7   39.8   39.6   39.7   39.9        .2

Natural resources and mining..................   43.5   43.2   44.1   44.5    43.0   43.8   43.7   43.2   43.7   44.0        .3

Construction..................................   39.3   39.0   39.6   39.1    38.7   38.5   38.4   38.3   38.6   38.4       -.2

Manufacturing.................................   40.8   39.6   40.2   40.9    40.5   40.2   40.3   40.1   40.2   40.4        .2
   Overtime hours.............................    4.5    3.9    4.2    4.6     4.2    4.1    4.0    4.1    4.0    4.2        .2

 Durable goods................................   41.1   39.9   40.6   41.2    40.8   40.5   40.7   40.5   40.5   40.8        .3
   Overtime hours.............................    4.5    3.8    4.3    4.6     4.2    4.1    4.1    4.1    4.1    4.3        .2

  Wood products...............................   40.6   40.7   40.8   41.1    39.9   39.9   40.3   40.7   40.4   40.4        .0
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   42.9   42.0   42.7   42.7    42.0   42.4   42.2   41.6   42.1   41.9       -.2
  Primary metals..............................   42.5   41.1   41.6   42.5    42.1   42.2   42.0   41.7   41.8   42.1        .3
  Fabricated metal products...................   40.9   39.9   40.5   40.9    40.7   40.6   40.5   40.5   40.5   40.7        .2
  Machinery...................................   40.5   39.8   40.5   41.0    40.5   40.6   40.9   40.3   40.6   41.0        .4
  Computer and electronic products............   40.5   39.9   41.0   41.0    40.3   40.5   40.5   40.5   41.2   40.7       -.5
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   40.1   39.7   40.1   40.3    40.0   40.3   41.0   40.4   40.4   40.3       -.1
  Transportation equipment....................   43.0   39.7   40.9   42.5    42.6   41.2   41.4   41.3   40.7   41.9       1.2
  Furniture and related products..............   39.1   38.9   39.5   39.6    38.8   38.4   38.9   38.9   39.1   39.2        .1
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   38.6   37.9   38.2   38.5    38.5   38.1   38.6   38.4   38.3   38.5        .2

 Nondurable goods.............................   40.4   39.2   39.7   40.3    39.9   39.7   39.7   39.4   39.6   39.8        .2
   Overtime hours.............................    4.5    4.0    4.1    4.5     4.1    4.0    3.9    4.0    3.9    4.1        .2

  Food manufacturing..........................   40.2   38.9   39.5   40.1    39.4   39.3   39.4   39.0   39.2   39.3        .1
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   38.6   38.9   39.2   39.4    37.9   39.0   39.0   38.5   38.9   38.8       -.1
  Textile mills...............................   40.5   36.8   38.7   39.5    40.2   38.4   38.6   37.7   38.7   39.2        .5
  Textile product mills.......................   38.8   39.7   40.1   40.9    38.9   39.0   39.1   39.8   39.9   40.7        .8
  Apparel.....................................   36.9   34.3   34.8   35.3    36.9   35.4   35.0   34.6   34.7   35.3        .6
  Leather and allied products.................   38.0   39.1   38.9   38.5    37.9   39.3   38.8   39.8   39.0   38.6       -.4
  Paper and paper products....................   42.4   40.9   41.0   41.8    41.8   41.4   41.4   41.2   41.2   41.2        .0
  Printing and related support activities.....   39.0   37.7   38.1   38.8    38.4   37.9   38.1   38.0   38.0   38.1        .1
  Petroleum and coal products.................   43.5   44.2   43.8   44.9    42.9   44.1   44.1   43.9   44.2   44.4        .2
  Chemicals...................................   42.7   41.7   42.2   42.8    42.5   42.2   42.2   42.1   42.3   42.6        .3
  Plastics and rubber products................   40.7   39.3   40.0   40.6    40.4   40.3   40.1   40.0   40.1   40.3        .2

     Private service-providing................   32.8   32.5   32.6   32.3    32.6   32.4   32.4   32.3   32.4   32.4        .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   34.0   33.8   33.9   33.7    33.7   33.4   33.4   33.4   33.5   33.5        .0

 Wholesale trade..............................   38.4   37.7   38.0   37.9    38.0   37.8   37.8   37.8   37.8   37.8        .0

 Retail trade.................................   31.2   31.3   31.4   31.0    30.9   30.8   30.8   30.6   30.8   30.9        .1

 Transportation and warehousing...............   37.3   36.9   37.1   37.2    37.1   36.6   36.6   36.9   36.8   36.9        .1

 Utilities....................................   41.4   40.9   40.9   40.5    41.0   40.9   41.0   40.9   40.8   40.2       -.6

Information...................................   36.7   36.4   36.5   36.3    36.3   36.4   36.4   36.4   36.4   36.2       -.2

Financial activities..........................   36.2   35.2   35.4   35.2    35.6   35.6   35.5   35.5   35.5   35.4       -.1

Professional and business services............   34.6   34.0   34.1   33.8    34.4   34.1   34.1   34.0   33.9   34.0        .1

Education and health services.................   32.7   32.5   32.7   32.7    32.5   32.5   32.5   32.5   32.7   32.7        .0

Leisure and hospitality.......................   26.0   26.1   26.3   25.3    25.9   25.6   25.5   25.3   25.4   25.5        .1

Other services................................   32.2   31.8   31.9   31.7    32.1   31.8   31.8   31.7   31.7   31.7        .0


  1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction,
and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries.  These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the 
total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
  p = preliminary.



ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                          ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3.  Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail


                                                       Average hourly earnings                  Average weekly earnings

                  Industry                         Sept.     July     Aug.      Sept.      Sept.     July     Aug.      Sept.
                                                   2002      2003     2003p     2003p      2002      2003     2003p     2003p

        Total private........................... $15.11    $15.32    $15.36    $15.48    $516.76   $517.82   $522.24   $523.22
         Seasonally adjusted....................  15.05     15.43     15.46     15.45     510.20    518.45    521.00    520.67

    Goods-producing.............................  16.53     16.84     16.91     16.99     667.81    665.18    678.09    686.40

Natural resources and mining....................  17.32     17.61     17.60     17.68     753.42    760.75    776.16    786.76

Construction....................................  18.79     18.99     19.05     19.15     738.45    740.61    754.38    748.77

Manufacturing...................................  15.41     15.69     15.77     15.87     628.73    621.32    633.95    649.08

 Durable goods..................................  16.16     16.31     16.48     16.61     664.18    650.77    669.09    684.33
  Wood products.................................  12.42     12.81     12.78     12.84     504.25    521.37    521.42    527.72
  Nonmetallic mineral products..................  15.54     15.83     15.81     15.82     666.67    664.86    675.09    675.51
  Primary metals................................  17.84     18.23     18.11     18.25     758.20    749.25    753.38    775.63
  Fabricated metal products.....................  14.79     15.00     15.04     15.08     604.91    598.50    609.12    616.77
  Machinery.....................................  16.05     16.39     16.35     16.36     650.03    652.32    662.18    670.76
  Computer and electronic products..............  16.34     16.76     16.79     16.78     661.77    668.72    688.39    687.98
  Electrical equipment and appliances...........  14.01     14.29     14.45     14.58     561.80    567.31    579.45    587.57
  Transportation equipment......................  20.83     20.77     21.32     21.60     895.69    824.57    871.99    918.00
  Furniture and related products................  12.77     12.98     13.05     13.13     499.31    504.92    515.48    519.95
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...................  13.05     13.25     13.24     13.44     503.73    502.18    505.77    517.44

 Nondurable goods...............................  14.25     14.72     14.67     14.72     575.70    577.02    582.40    593.22
  Food manufacturing............................  12.61     12.81     12.77     12.88     506.92    498.31    504.42    516.49
  Beverages and tobacco products................  17.61     17.74     17.57     17.10     679.75    690.09    688.74    673.74
  Textile mills.................................  11.76     11.97     11.94     12.09     476.28    440.50    462.08    477.56
  Textile product mills.........................  11.11     11.29     11.47     11.46     431.07    448.21    459.95    468.71
  Apparel.......................................   9.16      9.68      9.75      9.81     338.00    332.02    339.30    346.29
  Leather and allied products...................  10.87     11.57     11.70     11.69     413.06    452.39    455.13    450.07
  Paper and paper products......................  17.09     17.59     17.45     17.53     724.62    719.43    715.45    732.75
  Printing and related support activities.......  15.15     15.41     15.40     15.52     590.85    580.96    586.74    602.18
  Petroleum and coal products...................  23.33     23.21     23.02     23.51    1014.86   1025.88   1008.28   1055.60
  Chemicals.....................................  18.11     18.53     18.60     18.56     773.30    772.70    784.92    794.37
  Plastics and rubber products..................  13.62     14.37     14.25     14.30     554.33    564.74    570.00    580.58

     Private service-providing..................  14.71     14.91     14.93     15.05     482.49    484.58    486.72    486.12

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.17     14.31     14.33     14.43     481.78    483.68    485.79    486.29

 Wholesale trade................................  17.12     17.29     17.32     17.38     657.41    651.83    658.16    658.70

 Retail trade...................................  11.81     11.90     11.90     12.03     368.47    372.47    373.66    372.93

 Transportation and warehousing.................  15.86     16.38     16.36     16.35     591.58    604.42    606.96    608.22

 Utilities......................................  24.28     24.60     24.77     25.11    1005.19   1006.14   1013.09   1016.96

Information.....................................  20.56     21.10     21.21     21.26     754.55    768.04    774.17    771.74

Financial activities............................  16.47     17.24     17.31     17.24     596.21    606.85    612.77    606.85

Professional and business services..............  16.91     17.11     17.06     17.13     585.09    581.74    581.75    578.99

Education and health services...................  15.39     15.69     15.77     15.84     503.25    509.93    515.68    517.97

Leisure and hospitality.........................   8.62      8.66      8.67      8.77     224.12    226.03    228.02    221.88

Other services..................................  13.84     13.89     13.90     13.97     445.65    441.70    443.41    442.85


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.



ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls 
by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted


                                                                                                       Percent
                  Industry                         Sept.    May      June     July    Aug.     Sept. change from:
                                                   2002     2003     2003     2003    2003p    2003p  Aug. 2003-
                                                                                                      Sept.2003
        Total private:
         Current dollars........................ $15.05   $15.35   $15.38   $15.43   $15.46   $15.45     -0.1
         Constant (1982) dollars(2).............   8.24     8.31     8.30     8.32     8.30     N.A.     (3)

    Goods-producing.............................  16.44    16.76    16.79    16.81    16.87    16.89       .1

Natural resources and mining....................  17.29    17.55    17.60    17.62    17.66    17.65      -.1

Construction....................................  18.65    18.95    18.96    18.96    18.99    19.02       .2

Manufacturing...................................  15.38    15.68    15.72    15.73    15.80    15.84       .3
   Excluding overtime(4)........................  14.62    14.92    14.98    14.96    15.05    15.06       .1

 Durable goods..................................  16.12    16.37    16.42    16.42    16.51    16.56       .3

 Nondurable goods...............................  14.22    14.61    14.63    14.66    14.70    14.70       .0

     Private service-providing..................  14.67    14.97    15.00    15.06    15.08    15.06      -.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.10    14.31    14.34    14.40    14.40    14.40       .0

 Wholesale trade................................  17.05    17.29    17.34    17.36    17.40    17.41       .1

 Retail trade...................................  11.75    11.90    11.92    11.96    11.98    11.98       .0

 Transportation and warehousing.................  15.83    16.25    16.30    16.40    16.36    16.35      -.1

 Utilities......................................  24.09    24.48    24.62    24.73    24.93    24.89      -.2

Information.....................................  20.43    21.09    21.13    21.26    21.32    21.16      -.8

Financial activities............................  16.40    17.02    17.17    17.33    17.34    17.27      -.4

Professional and business services..............  16.89    17.24    17.22    17.23    17.25    17.22      -.2

Education and health services...................  15.36    15.64    15.67    15.72    15.78    15.82       .3

Leisure and hospitality.........................   8.61     8.73     8.75     8.76     8.76     8.77       .1

Other services..................................  13.81    13.97    13.98    13.98    13.99    14.00       .1


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series.
  3 Change was -.2 percent from July 2003 to Aug. 2003, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
  N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.



ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5.  Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls 
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Sept.  July   Aug.   Sept.   Sept.  May    June   July   Aug.   Sept.  change from:
                                                2002   2003   2003p  2003p   2002   2003   2003   2003   2003p  2003p   Aug. 2003-
                                                                                                                        Sept. 2003

        Total private.........................  101.2   99.8  100.4   99.3    99.9   98.7   98.7   98.3   98.6   98.6       0.0

    Goods-producing...........................  102.3   97.0   98.9   99.1    99.5   96.3   96.3   95.6   95.7   96.0        .3

Natural resources and mining..................  100.7   97.7   99.5   98.7    97.4   96.9   96.7   95.4   95.8   95.5       -.3

Construction..................................  106.1  106.0  108.2  105.8   100.2   99.2   99.1   98.9   99.8   99.4       -.4

Manufacturing.................................  100.7   92.8   94.7   96.0    99.3   95.1   95.0   94.1   94.0   94.2        .2

 Durable goods................................  100.2   92.1   94.3   95.4    99.2   94.7   94.8   93.8   93.7   94.1        .4
  Wood products...............................  102.8  100.0  100.4  100.2    99.5   97.3   97.5   98.3   97.1   96.9       -.2
  Nonmetallic mineral products................  103.9   96.8   98.9   97.8    99.3   96.2   95.7   93.6   94.9   93.5      -1.5
  Primary metals..............................  100.2   89.6   91.3   93.1    98.7   94.6   93.4   91.8   91.6   91.9        .3
  Fabricated metal products...................  100.1   92.6   94.3   95.2    99.5   95.3   94.7   94.3   94.2   94.5        .3
  Machinery...................................   98.2   91.8   93.3   94.4    98.7   94.8   95.0   93.6   94.1   94.9        .9
  Computer and electronic products............   99.8   92.9   95.1   94.6    99.8   95.8   95.3   94.6   95.9   94.4      -1.6
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   98.8   90.0   90.4   90.5    98.1   92.6   93.7   91.9   91.1   90.2      -1.0
  Transportation equipment....................  100.7   88.1   93.4   96.6    99.5   94.0   94.4   93.4   92.5   94.8       2.5
  Furniture and related products..............   98.5   92.9   94.5   94.7    97.8   92.1   92.9   93.0   93.1   93.6        .5
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................  100.0   92.8   93.4   94.2    99.3   94.6   95.6   94.4   93.6   93.8        .2

 Nondurable goods.............................  101.4   93.9   95.4   96.6    99.0   95.6   95.1   94.2   94.1   94.3        .2
  Food manufacturing..........................  103.7   98.5  101.7  103.2    99.1   98.1   98.6   97.9   98.2   98.6        .4
  Beverages and tobacco products..............  101.4   88.2   89.0   89.3    95.3   87.4   85.7   85.3   84.5   83.6      -1.1
  Textile mills...............................   99.6   80.6   83.9   85.5    97.8   87.7   87.4   83.2   83.6   84.1        .6
  Textile product mills.......................   99.2   94.8   92.1   95.8    98.8   95.0   93.5   94.6   91.6   94.9       3.6
  Apparel.....................................  100.7   75.6   76.3   77.6    99.0   82.3   79.2   77.4   75.8   75.8        .0
  Leather and allied products.................   98.3   87.3   87.6   86.2    98.3   91.2   87.1   91.0   87.8   86.9      -1.0
  Paper and paper products....................  101.3   92.5   92.9   94.4    99.3   94.4   94.0   93.0   92.9   92.5       -.4
  Printing and related support activities.....  100.2   95.4   95.9   96.7    98.7   96.3   96.5   95.8   95.4   95.1       -.3
  Petroleum and coal products.................  102.7  102.3  100.6  102.2    99.1  100.2   99.6   98.8   99.0   99.1        .1
  Chemicals...................................  100.1   98.5   99.3   99.9   100.2   99.3   99.0   99.3   99.7  100.0        .3
  Plastics and rubber products................  100.7   93.3   95.6   96.6    99.5   97.2   96.1   95.5   95.4   95.6        .2

     Private service-providing................  101.0  100.5  100.7   99.3   100.2   99.4   99.5   99.2   99.5   99.5        .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  100.6   98.9   99.1   98.4   100.0   98.1   97.9   97.8   98.1   98.1        .0

 Wholesale trade..............................  100.9   97.5   97.9   97.1    99.8   97.7   97.3   97.1   97.0   96.8       -.2

 Retail trade.................................  100.0  100.2  100.6   98.8    99.7   99.0   98.9   98.2   98.9   99.2        .3

 Transportation and warehousing...............  101.8   96.5   97.2   99.1   100.4   97.1   96.8   97.3   96.7   97.5        .8

 Utilities....................................  101.2   99.5   99.5   97.8   100.4   98.7   98.6   98.5   98.5   97.2      -1.3

Information...................................   98.6  100.1  100.0   98.1    98.1   99.4   99.6   99.5   99.4   98.7       -.7

Financial activities..........................  101.6  101.7  102.1  100.4   100.3  101.5  101.3  101.4  101.5  101.3       -.2

Professional and business services............  101.9   99.3  100.1   99.2   100.2   98.6   98.6   98.6   98.3   98.9        .6

Education and health services.................  100.9   99.9  100.2  101.7   100.8  101.8  101.8  101.7  102.4  102.3       -.1

Leisure and hospitality.......................  102.2  106.7  107.3   99.6   100.2   98.9   98.8   98.1   98.5   98.8        .3

Other services................................   99.8   99.5   99.1   97.2    99.9   98.1   98.3   97.9   97.8   97.6       -.2


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.



ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6.  Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls 
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Sept.  July   Aug.   Sept.   Sept.  May    June   July   Aug.   Sept.  change from:
                                                2002   2003   2003p  2003p   2002   2003   2003   2003   2003p  2003p   Aug. 2003-
                                                                                                                        Sept. 2003

        Total private.........................  102.3  102.3  103.2  102.8   100.5  101.3  101.5  101.5  102.0  101.9      -0.1

    Goods-producing...........................  103.6  100.0  102.4  103.1   100.2   98.8   99.0   98.4   98.8   99.3        .5

Natural resources and mining..................  101.2   99.9  101.6  101.3    97.8   98.8   98.8   97.6   98.2   97.9       -.3

Construction..................................  107.7  108.8  111.3  109.4   101.0  101.6  101.5  101.2  102.4  102.1       -.3

Manufacturing.................................  101.4   95.2   97.6   99.6    99.9   97.5   97.6   96.8   97.2   97.6        .4

 Durable goods................................  101.1   93.8   97.1   98.9    99.8   96.8   97.2   96.2   96.6   97.3        .7

 Nondurable goods.............................  102.0   97.7   98.9  100.4    99.4   98.6   98.3   97.5   97.7   97.9        .2

     Private service-providing................  102.0  102.9  103.3  102.6   101.0  102.2  102.4  102.5  103.0  102.9       -.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  101.7  101.0  101.4  101.3   100.6  100.2  100.2  100.5  100.7  100.8        .1

 Wholesale trade..............................  101.8   99.4  100.0   99.5   100.3   99.6   99.5   99.4   99.4   99.3       -.1

 Retail trade.................................  101.2  102.2  102.5  101.9   100.4  100.9  101.0  100.6  101.5  101.8        .3

 Transportation and warehousing...............  102.4  100.2  100.8  102.7   100.8  100.0  100.0  101.1  100.3  101.0        .7

 Utilities....................................  102.6  102.3  102.9  102.5   101.0  100.9  101.4  101.8  102.6  101.0      -1.6

Information...................................  100.2  104.4  104.9  103.1    99.1  103.6  104.0  104.6  104.7  103.2      -1.4

Financial activities..........................  103.5  108.4  109.3  107.0   101.7  106.8  107.5  108.7  108.9  108.2       -.6

Professional and business services............  102.5  101.1  101.6  101.1   100.7  101.1  101.0  101.0  100.9  101.3        .4

Education and health services.................  102.1  103.0  103.9  105.9   101.7  104.6  104.8  105.1  106.2  106.4        .2

Leisure and hospitality.......................  102.8  107.8  108.6  101.9   100.6  100.8  100.9  100.3  100.7  101.1        .4

Other services................................  100.7  100.7  100.4   98.9   100.5   99.9  100.1   99.7   99.7   99.6       -.1


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.



ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7.  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, 278 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     1999 ..............   56.3     64.7     56.7     65.8     64.2     61.9     63.3     59.9     57.6     64.4     69.1     64.4
     2000 ..............   65.5     60.3     65.5     58.8     47.7     61.7     65.5     52.9     52.3     54.1     57.7     53.2
     2001 ..............   52.3     49.6     48.6     36.5     41.4     38.1     35.6     38.5     39.0     35.6     37.8     36.0
     2002 ..............   40.5     37.4     37.6     41.0     41.7     43.7     39.0     41.7     43.3     43.9     42.4     37.2
     2003 ..............   44.2     36.7     44.1     46.9     43.3     37.2     43.2    p39.6    p47.1                           


Over 3-month span:
     1999 ..............   61.5     64.9     61.0     65.8     66.4     69.1     66.9     64.4     62.2     62.9     66.7     69.6
     2000 ..............   70.1     66.0     68.3     68.3     58.5     56.3     58.1     62.2     55.9     53.1     54.0     58.3
     2001 ..............   54.9     50.7     50.5     43.5     37.2     36.0     36.2     35.8     34.5     32.2     31.7     30.9
     2002 ..............   34.4     38.3     36.5     35.4     36.7     38.8     39.7     41.4     38.1     39.0     37.8     34.9
     2003 ..............   36.0     35.6     36.0     41.2     43.0     40.6     37.6    p33.8    p40.1                           


Over 6-month span:
     1999 ..............   66.9     64.9     63.7     64.0     65.6     65.8     66.7     66.2     69.4     68.7     66.4     66.5
     2000 ..............   67.6     68.7     71.4     71.9     68.5     66.2     67.3     60.4     58.3     55.0     61.0     55.2
     2001 ..............   53.2     51.4     50.7     47.1     42.8     38.8     37.6     34.5     31.1     32.9     31.3     31.7
     2002 ..............   30.6     29.9     31.1     31.3     33.3     35.8     36.9     37.4     37.8     39.9     38.3     35.8
     2003 ..............   37.4     36.5     35.1     34.7     37.4     36.5     38.7    p34.4    p40.6                           


Over 12-month span:
     1999 ..............   70.5     68.7     68.2     68.0     68.3     68.3     68.0     68.0     67.8     69.1     68.3     69.1
     2000 ..............   70.9     69.2     73.2     71.0     69.8     71.0     70.0     70.3     70.3     65.6     63.8     62.1
     2001 ..............   59.5     59.5     53.4     49.3     48.6     45.0     43.3     43.9     39.9     37.8     37.1     34.9
     2002 ..............   33.6     31.7     30.2     30.2     30.4     30.6     30.8     31.8     31.5     30.0     33.5     33.3
     2003 ..............   33.8     33.3     34.5     35.4     36.5     35.4     35.8    p34.5    p37.9                           

                                                        Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     1999 ..............   42.3     38.7     33.3     39.3     52.4     34.5     50.0     40.5     41.7     50.6     56.0     51.8
     2000 ..............   50.6     53.6     54.8     42.9     39.9     53.6     62.5     28.6     24.4     35.1     41.1     38.7
     2001 ..............   24.4     22.0     24.4     14.3     14.3     19.6     14.3     13.7     17.9     16.7     16.7      9.5
     2002 ..............   19.0     22.6     20.8     33.9     30.4     32.1     34.5     25.0     31.0     19.6     21.4     25.0
     2003 ..............   36.3     19.0     27.4     20.2     30.4     25.6     31.5    p22.0    p28.6                           


Over 3-month span:
     1999 ..............   33.9     40.5     37.5     35.7     41.7     43.5     42.3     38.1     41.1     44.6     49.4     56.5
     2000 ..............   54.2     54.8     58.3     51.8     41.7     41.1     54.8     48.2     29.2     25.6     25.0     42.3
     2001 ..............   34.5     24.4     17.9     14.3     11.9     14.3     10.7      7.7      8.3      9.5      8.9      8.3
     2002 ..............   11.9     11.9     16.7     20.2     21.4     20.2     28.6     25.6     25.6     17.9     14.9     10.7
     2003 ..............   14.9     15.5     19.6     16.7     17.9     14.3     20.2    p16.1    p19.6                           


Over 6-month span:
     1999 ..............   37.5     32.7     30.4     33.3     36.9     38.1     38.1     34.5     40.5     46.4     41.1     48.2
     2000 ..............   47.0     51.2     56.5     57.1     49.4     47.6     56.0     44.0     36.9     35.1     34.5     31.0
     2001 ..............   23.8     24.4     20.8     17.9     14.9     11.9     13.7      9.5      8.3      6.5      6.5      6.0
     2002 ..............    7.7      8.9      7.7      8.9     12.5     16.7     19.6     19.6     23.8     17.9     16.7     13.7
     2003 ..............   13.7     14.3     12.5     11.9     12.5     15.5     13.1    p14.9    p13.7                           


Over 12-month span:
     1999 ..............   35.7     32.1     29.8     32.1     32.7     32.1     34.5     32.1     33.3     39.3     41.1     42.9
     2000 ..............   41.7     39.3     47.0     50.0     46.4     52.4     51.8     49.4     46.4     40.5     35.1     33.3
     2001 ..............   29.8     32.1     20.8     19.0     13.1     12.5     10.7     11.9     11.9     10.1      8.3      6.0
     2002 ..............    7.1      6.0      6.0      7.1      7.7      5.4      6.0      8.9      7.7      9.5     13.1     13.1
     2003 ..............   13.7     15.5     16.7     13.1     15.5     16.1     13.1    p13.1    p12.5                           


  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.