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                   THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  APRIL 1999

   Payroll employment rose in April, and the unemployment rate was
essentially unchanged at 4.3 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Nonfarm payroll employment
grew by 234,000.  Job gains occurred throughout the service-producing
sector, but losses continued in manufacturing and mining.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons, 6.0 million, and the unemployment
rate, 4.3 percent, were about unchanged in April.  The rate has been at or
below 4.5 percent since April 1998.  Over the month, the unemployment rates
for whites and Hispanics increased to 3.8 and 6.9 percent, respectively, at
or near where they had been in February.  The jobless rates for the other
major demographic groups--adult men (3.4 percent), adult women (4.1 percent),
teenagers (14.1 percent), and blacks (7.7 percent)--were little changed
over the month.  Over the year, the unemployment rate for blacks was down
1.3 percentage points, while the rate for whites was little changed.
(See tables A-1 and A-2.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   The civilian labor force, at 139.1 million, and the labor force
participation rate, at 67.1 percent, were little changed from March.  Total
employment, at 133.1 million, was essentially unchanged from March.  In
April, the employment-population ratio--the proportion of the population
age 16 and over with jobs--was 64.2 percent, also little changed from the
previous month.  (See table A-1.)
   
   About 7.6 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one
job in April.  These multiple jobholders represented 5.8 percent of the
total employed, compared with 6.1 percent a year earlier.  (See table A-10.)

Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.3 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in April.  These were people who wanted and
were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior
12 months but were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched
for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  (See table A-10.)
   
   The number of discouraged workers--a subset of the marginally attached
who were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed
no jobs were available for them--was 245,000 in April, down from 344,000 a
year earlier.  (See table A-10.)

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |   Quarterly     |       Monthly data       |
                      |   averages      |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________| Mar.-
      Category        |  1998  | 1999 1/|           1999           | Apr.
                      |________|________|________ _________________|change
                      |   IV   |   I    |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 138,285| 139,144| 139,271| 138,816| 139,091|    275
  Employment..........| 132,166| 133,191| 133,144| 133,033| 133,069|     36
  Unemployment........|   6,120|   5,953|   6,127|   5,783|   6,022|    239
Not in labor force....|  67,813|  67,732|  67,602|  68,220|  68,145|    -75
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     4.4|     4.3|     4.4|     4.2|     4.3|    0.1
  Adult men...........|     3.6|     3.4|     3.7|     3.2|     3.4|     .2
  Adult women.........|     4.0|     3.8|     3.8|     3.9|     4.1|     .2
  Teenagers...........|    14.9|    14.6|    14.1|    14.3|    14.1|    -.2
  White...............|     3.8|     3.7|     3.8|     3.6|     3.8|     .2
  Black...............|     8.4|     8.0|     8.3|     8.1|     7.7|    -.4
  Hispanic origin.....|     7.4|     6.4|     6.7|     5.8|     6.9|    1.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 126,816|p127,561| 127,670|p127,677|p127,911|   p234
  Goods-producing 2/..|  25,221| p25,233|  25,266| p25,182| p25,155|   p-27
    Construction......|   6,072|  p6,205|   6,249|  p6,196|  p6,204|     p8
    Manufacturing.....|  18,588| p18,487|  18,478| p18,449| p18,420|   p-29
  Service-producing 2/| 101,596|p102,238| 102,404|p102,495|p102,756|   p261
    Retail trade......|  22,658| p22,814|  22,855| p22,831| p22,897|    p66
    Services..........|  38,031| p38,356|  38,377| p38,446| p38,577|   p131
    Government........|  19,985| p20,094|  20,107| p20,129| p20,137|     p8
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.6|   p34.5|    34.6|   p34.4|   p34.5|   p0.1
  Manufacturing.......|    41.7|   p41.6|    41.6|   p41.5|   p41.7|    p.2
    Overtime..........|     4.5|    p4.5|     4.5|    p4.5|    p4.4|   p-.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   146.0|  p146.7|   147.2|  p146.4|  p146.8|   p0.4
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $12.94| p$13.05|  $13.05| p$13.08| p$13.11| p$0.03
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  447.29| p450.34|  451.53| p449.95| p452.30|  p2.35
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Beginning in January 1999, household data reflect revised population
controls used in the Current Population Survey.
    2/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    3/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
p=preliminary.

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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 234,000 in April, following virtually
no gain in March.  The April increase was in line with the average monthly
growth for the prior 12 months.  Strong growth occurred in several service-
producing industries, but job losses continued in manufacturing and mining.
Construction employment changed little in April after seasonal adjustment,
following a sharp decline in March.  (See table B-1.)
   
   The services industry added 131,000 jobs in April, somewhat above the
average gain for the prior 12 months.  A large employment increase occurred
in business services (51,000), led by job gains in both help supply
services (18,000) and computer services (16,000).  Employment in health
services increased by 23,000, more than twice the monthly average over the
prior year.  Over-the-month job gains occurred in doctors' offices,
hospitals, and home health care services.  Employment both in motion
pictures and in amusements and recreation grew in April, after changing
little in March.  Job growth continued in engineering and management
services, but the gain of 11,000 in April was about half the average
increase for the prior 12 months.
   
   Finance added 17,000 jobs in April after 2 months of small gains.
Nondepository institutions had a large increase of 8,000, and security
brokerages added 6,000 jobs after showing little net growth the prior
5 months.  Employment in both insurance and real estate increased only
slightly in April.  In the first 4 months of this year, average monthly
job growth in both industries has been below the average for 1998.
   
   Transportation and public utilities employment rose by 22,000 in April.
Transportation accounted for most of the increase (20,000); the largest
gain occurred in local and interurban passenger transit (7,000).
Communications employment rose by 5,000, in line with its average for the
prior 12 months.  Employment in public utilities continued its long-term
decline, losing 3,000 jobs in April.
   
   Retail trade employment rose by 66,000 in April.  Within retail trade,
employment in eating and drinking places increased by 64,000 after seasonal
adjustment; this follows a loss of about the same amount in the previous
month.  In April, employment increased in furniture stores and in
automotive dealers and service stations but declined in general
merchandise stores and building materials stores.
   
   Wholesale trade added 11,000 jobs in April, about equal to the
industry's average monthly growth over the past year.  Government
employment was little changed in April.  A loss in federal employment of
23,000 offset a gain in local government.  The decline at the federal level
largely reflected a temporary reduction in the number of workers preparing
for the decennial census.
   
   In the goods-producing sector, manufacturing employment continued to
decline in April, with a loss of 29,000 jobs.  Part of the loss was due to
a strike of 7,000 workers in shipbuilding, which is within transportation
equipment manufacturing.  (Persons on strike for the entire reference pay
period are not on payrolls and, thus, are not counted as employed in the
establishment survey.)  Aircraft industry employment declined by 6,000 in
April and has fallen by 23,000 since its most recent peak last August.  Job
losses continued in April in industrial machinery, fabricated metals,
instruments, apparel, and textiles.
   
   Mining employment declined by 6,000 in April.  Job losses in the
industry have totaled 26,000 for the year thus far, compared with 35,000
for all of 1998.
   
   After seasonal adjustment, construction employment was little changed in
April, following a decline of 53,000 in March.  Since October, construction
employment growth has averaged 32,000 a month, slightly above the average
for the prior 12-month period.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls edged up 0.1 hour in April to 34.5 hours, seasonally
adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek increased by 0.2 hour to 41.7 hours.
Factory overtime edged down 0.1 hour to 4.4 hours.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 0.3 percent to 146.8
(1982=100), seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing index edged up 0.1
percent to 106.3.  (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 rose by 3 cents in April to $13.11, seasonally
adjusted.  Average weekly earnings rose by 0.5 percent over the month to
$452.30, seasonally adjusted.  Over the year, hourly and weekly earnings
each rose by 3.2 percent.  (See table B-3.)
   
                        ___________________________
   
   The Employment Situation for May 1999 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, June 4, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
   
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    | revisions in the establishment-based series on nonfarm pay- |
    | roll employment, hours, and earnings to reflect the annual  |
    | benchmark adjustments for March 1998 and updated seasonal   |
    | adjustment factors.  Unadjusted data since April 1997 and   |
    | seasonally adjusted data since January 1994 are subject to  |
    | revision. Seasonal adjustment factors for March through     |
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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
50,000 households  conducted by the Bureau of the Census  for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
 
 The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B
tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.  In June 1998,
the sample included about 390,000 establishments employing about 48 million
people.
 
 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-producing sector.

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 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
 Other differences between the two surveys are described in   "Comparing
Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll Surveys," which may be
obtained from BLS upon request.

Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major
industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by
aggregating independently adjusted component series.  For example, total
unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-
sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be
obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration,
reasons, or more detailed age categories.
 
 The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year.  For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

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period.  For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along
with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.  In both
surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
376,000.  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 -276,000 to 476,000 (100,000 +/- 376,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  The 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in
unemployment is +/- 258,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .21 percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2
months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth
(and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is
included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number
of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change.  The size of the

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monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the
sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment
described below.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.6 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $17.00 per issue or
$35.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
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Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through
1-H of its "Explanatory Notes."  Measures of the reliability of the data
drawn from the establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due
to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-G of that
publication.
 
 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-606-STAT; TDD phone:
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  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 204,731 207,036 207,236 204,731 206,270 206,719 206,873 207,036 207,236
    Civilian labor force............................ 136,379 138,418 138,240 137,232 138,547 139,347 139,271 138,816 139,091
          Participation rate........................    66.6    66.9    66.7    67.0    67.2    67.4    67.3    67.0    67.1
      Employed...................................... 130,735 132,299 132,552 131,280 132,526 133,396 133,144 133,033 133,069
          Employment-population ratio...............    63.9    63.9    64.0    64.1    64.2    64.5    64.4    64.3    64.2
        Agriculture.................................   3,315   3,022   3,320   3,381   3,222   3,299   3,328   3,281   3,384
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 127,421 129,277 129,232 127,899 129,304 130,097 129,817 129,752 129,685
      Unemployed....................................   5,643   6,119   5,688   5,952   6,021   5,950   6,127   5,783   6,022
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.1     4.4     4.1     4.3     4.3     4.3     4.4     4.2     4.3
    Not in labor force..............................  68,352  68,618  68,996  67,499  67,723  67,372  67,602  68,220  68,145
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  98,503  99,362  99,465  98,503  99,309  99,198  99,279  99,362  99,465
    Civilian labor force............................  73,336  73,785  73,837  73,723  74,437  74,599  74,504  74,234  74,234
          Participation rate........................    74.5    74.3    74.2    74.8    75.0    75.2    75.0    74.7    74.6
      Employed......................................  70,348  70,544  70,877  70,695  71,204  71,459  71,276  71,352  71,225
          Employment-population ratio...............    71.4    71.0    71.3    71.8    71.7    72.0    71.8    71.8    71.6
      Unemployed....................................   2,988   3,242   2,959   3,028   3,233   3,140   3,228   2,881   3,010
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.1     4.4     4.0     4.1     4.3     4.2     4.3     3.9     4.1
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  90,580  91,215  91,302  90,580  91,220  91,124  91,189  91,215  91,302
    Civilian labor force............................  69,480  69,781  69,848  69,616  70,069  70,295  70,174  69,951  69,991
          Participation rate........................    76.7    76.5    76.5    76.9    76.8    77.1    77.0    76.7    76.7
      Employed......................................  67,027  67,185  67,463  67,173  67,553  67,884  67,577  67,713  67,608
          Employment-population ratio...............    74.0    73.7    73.9    74.2    74.1    74.5    74.1    74.2    74.0
        Agriculture.................................   2,406   2,086   2,339   2,423   2,237   2,312   2,212   2,222   2,353
        Nonagricultural industries..................  64,621  65,099  65,124  64,750  65,316  65,572  65,365  65,492  65,255
      Unemployed....................................   2,453   2,597   2,385   2,443   2,516   2,411   2,598   2,238   2,383
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.5     3.7     3.4     3.5     3.6     3.4     3.7     3.2     3.4
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 106,228 107,674 107,771 106,228 106,960 107,521 107,593 107,674 107,771
    Civilian labor force............................  63,043  64,632  64,403  63,509  64,110  64,748  64,767  64,582  64,857
          Participation rate........................    59.3    60.0    59.8    59.8    59.9    60.2    60.2    60.0    60.2
      Employed......................................  60,387  61,755  61,675  60,585  61,322  61,937  61,869  61,680  61,845
          Employment-population ratio...............    56.8    57.4    57.2    57.0    57.3    57.6    57.5    57.3    57.4
      Unemployed....................................   2,655   2,877   2,729   2,924   2,788   2,810   2,899   2,902   3,012
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.2     4.5     4.2     4.6     4.3     4.3     4.5     4.5     4.6
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  98,583  99,833  99,923  98,583  99,181  99,686  99,746  99,833  99,923
    Civilian labor force............................  59,345  60,780  60,604  59,539  60,078  60,718  60,622  60,533  60,788
          Participation rate........................    60.2    60.9    60.7    60.4    60.6    60.9    60.8    60.6    60.8
      Employed......................................  57,131  58,400  58,354  57,117  57,745  58,466  58,291  58,183  58,320
          Employment-population ratio...............    58.0    58.5    58.4    57.9    58.2    58.7    58.4    58.3    58.4
        Agriculture.................................     705     764     777     726     753     808     839     834     801
        Nonagricultural industries..................  56,426  57,635  57,577  56,391  56,992  57,659  57,452  57,349  57,519
      Unemployed....................................   2,213   2,381   2,250   2,422   2,333   2,251   2,330   2,350   2,468
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.7     3.9     3.7     4.1     3.9     3.7     3.8     3.9     4.1
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  15,569  15,988  16,011  15,569  15,868  15,909  15,939  15,988  16,011
    Civilian labor force............................   7,554   7,856   7,787   8,077   8,400   8,334   8,475   8,331   8,312
          Participation rate........................    48.5    49.1    48.6    51.9    52.9    52.4    53.2    52.1    51.9
      Employed......................................   6,577   6,715   6,735   6,990   7,228   7,046   7,276   7,136   7,141
          Employment-population ratio...............    42.2    42.0    42.1    44.9    45.5    44.3    45.7    44.6    44.6
        Agriculture.................................     204     172     204     232     232     179     277     224     230
        Nonagricultural industries..................   6,373   6,543   6,531   6,758   6,996   6,867   6,999   6,912   6,911
      Unemployed....................................     977   1,142   1,052   1,087   1,172   1,288   1,199   1,195   1,171
          Unemployment rate.........................    12.9    14.5    13.5    13.5    14.0    15.5    14.1    14.3    14.1

    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 1999, 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, age, and Hispanic origin

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, age, and                                                                              
                   Hispanic origin                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 171,141 172,597 172,730 171,141 172,197 172,394 172,491 172,597 172,730
    Civilian labor force............................ 114,380 115,866 115,633 115,121 115,996 116,529 116,610 116,284 116,370
        Participation rate..........................    66.8    67.1    66.9    67.3    67.4    67.6    67.6    67.4    67.4
      Employed...................................... 110,343 111,414 111,439 110,858 111,560 112,135 112,189 112,144 111,917
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.5    64.6    64.5    64.8    64.8    65.0    65.0    65.0    64.8
      Unemployed....................................   4,037   4,451   4,194   4,263   4,436   4,394   4,420   4,140   4,454
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.5     3.8     3.6     3.7     3.8     3.8     3.8     3.6     3.8
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  59,185  59,541  59,548  59,324  59,712  59,751  59,799  59,698  59,664
        Participation rate..........................    77.0    77.1    77.1    77.2    77.2    77.5    77.5    77.3    77.2
      Employed......................................  57,390  57,546  57,758  57,538  57,813  57,920  57,830  58,010  57,874
        Employment-population ratio.................    74.7    74.5    74.8    74.9    74.8    75.1    75.0    75.1    74.9
      Unemployed....................................   1,795   1,995   1,790   1,786   1,899   1,831   1,969   1,688   1,790
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.0     3.4     3.0     3.0     3.2     3.1     3.3     2.8     3.0
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  48,801  49,729  49,486  48,972  49,230  49,759  49,721  49,602  49,672
        Participation rate..........................    59.5    60.1    59.8    59.8    59.8    60.2    60.1    59.9    60.0
      Employed......................................  47,300  48,078  47,862  47,304  47,585  48,110  48,109  47,983  47,862
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.7    58.1    57.8    57.7    57.8    58.2    58.2    58.0    57.8
      Unemployed....................................   1,501   1,650   1,624   1,668   1,645   1,650   1,612   1,620   1,811
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.1     3.3     3.3     3.4     3.3     3.3     3.2     3.3     3.6
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,394   6,596   6,599   6,825   7,054   7,019   7,090   6,984   7,034
        Participation rate..........................    51.7    52.1    52.1    55.2    56.1    55.6    56.1    55.2    55.5
      Employed......................................   5,653   5,790   5,819   6,016   6,162   6,105   6,250   6,151   6,181
        Employment-population ratio.................    45.7    45.8    45.9    48.6    49.0    48.4    49.5    48.6    48.8
      Unemployed....................................     741     806     780     809     892     913     840     833     853
        Unemployment rate...........................    11.6    12.2    11.8    11.9    12.6    13.0    11.8    11.9    12.1
          Men.......................................    12.6    13.7    12.2    12.9    14.5    14.1    12.2    12.7    12.6
          Women.....................................    10.5    10.7    11.4    10.7    10.6    11.9    11.4    11.1    11.6
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  24,289  24,729  24,765  24,289  24,561  24,665  24,697  24,729  24,765
    Civilian labor force............................  15,776  16,125  16,159  15,901  16,157  16,356  16,242  16,212  16,286
        Participation rate..........................    64.9    65.2    65.2    65.5    65.8    66.3    65.8    65.6    65.8
      Employed......................................  14,429  14,798  14,979  14,477  14,884  15,085  14,900  14,904  15,029
        Employment-population ratio.................    59.4    59.8    60.5    59.6    60.6    61.2    60.3    60.3    60.7
      Unemployed....................................   1,347   1,327   1,180   1,424   1,273   1,271   1,342   1,308   1,257
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.5     8.2     7.3     9.0     7.9     7.8     8.3     8.1     7.7
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,050   7,031   7,092   7,077   7,063   7,210   7,160   7,065   7,118
        Participation rate..........................    72.7    71.2    71.7    73.0    72.0    73.3    72.7    71.6    72.0
      Employed......................................   6,527   6,583   6,661   6,548   6,588   6,782   6,682   6,656   6,681
        Employment-population ratio.................    67.4    66.7    67.4    67.6    67.2    68.9    67.8    67.4    67.6
      Unemployed....................................     523     448     431     529     475     428     477     409     437
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.4     6.4     6.1     7.5     6.7     5.9     6.7     5.8     6.1
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   7,814   8,166   8,222   7,830   8,035   8,114   8,082   8,129   8,241
        Participation rate..........................    64.2    65.9    66.3    64.4    65.4    65.7    65.3    65.6    66.4
      Employed......................................   7,196   7,575   7,681   7,192   7,474   7,579   7,509   7,545   7,681
        Employment-population ratio.................    59.2    61.2    61.9    59.1    60.8    61.3    60.7    60.9    61.9
      Unemployed....................................     618     590     541     638     561     535     573     584     560
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.9     7.2     6.6     8.1     7.0     6.6     7.1     7.2     6.8
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     912     928     845     994   1,059   1,032   1,000   1,018     927
        Participation rate..........................    37.4    37.6    34.1    40.8    43.0    41.8    40.5    41.2    37.5
      Employed......................................     705     639     637     737     822     725     708     702     667
        Employment-population ratio.................    29.0    25.9    25.7    30.3    33.4    29.3    28.6    28.4    26.9
      Unemployed....................................     207     289     208     257     237     307     293     316     260
        Unemployment rate...........................    22.7    31.1    24.6    25.9    22.4    29.8    29.2    31.0    28.1
          Men.......................................    22.7    34.7    30.2    26.0    27.3    34.2    31.6    32.9    33.0
          Women.....................................    22.7    27.5    19.7    25.7    17.6    25.0    27.0    29.1    23.5
                   HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  20,915  21,414  21,483  20,915  21,405  21,296  21,355  21,414  21,483
    Civilian labor force............................  14,179  14,523  14,434  14,289  14,488  14,511  14,591  14,570  14,543
        Participation rate..........................    67.8    67.8    67.2    68.3    67.7    68.1    68.3    68.0    67.7
      Employed......................................  13,259  13,595  13,474  13,332  13,383  13,550  13,610  13,732  13,541
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.4    63.5    62.7    63.7    62.5    63.6    63.7    64.1    63.0
      Unemployed....................................     919     929     960     957   1,105     960     980     838   1,002
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.5     6.4     6.7     6.7     7.6     6.6     6.7     5.8     6.9

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
  group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.  Beginning in January
  1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment, seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted(1)               
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                               Apr.     Mar.     Apr.     Apr.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.  
                                               1998     1999     1999     1998     1998     1999     1999     1999     1999  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   29,638   28,442   27,991   29,638   29,094   28,901   28,112   28,442   27,991
    Civilian labor force....................   12,857   12,119   11,971   12,624   12,500   12,379   12,164   12,094   11,753
        Percent of population...............     43.4     42.6     42.8     42.6     43.0     42.8     43.3     42.5     42.0
      Employed..............................   11,938   11,265   11,170   11,729   11,626   11,459   11,257   11,356   10,972
        Employment-population ratio.........     40.3     39.6     39.9     39.6     40.0     39.7     40.0     39.9     39.2
      Unemployed............................      920      854      802      895      874      920      907      739      781
        Unemployment rate...................      7.2      7.0      6.7      7.1      7.0      7.4      7.5      6.1      6.6
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,484   57,805   57,945   57,484   57,115   57,477   57,062   57,805   57,945
    Civilian labor force....................   37,374   37,734   37,551   37,412   37,296   37,590   37,261   37,740   37,577
        Percent of population...............     65.0     65.3     64.8     65.1     65.3     65.4     65.3     65.3     64.8
      Employed..............................   35,921   36,302   36,253   35,935   35,873   36,291   35,979   36,448   36,253
        Employment-population ratio.........     62.5     62.8     62.6     62.5     62.8     63.1     63.1     63.1     62.6
      Unemployed............................    1,453    1,432    1,297    1,477    1,423    1,299    1,282    1,292    1,324
        Unemployment rate...................      3.9      3.8      3.5      3.9      3.8      3.5      3.4      3.4      3.5
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   42,303   43,028   43,059   42,303   43,022   43,154   43,911   43,028   43,059
    Civilian labor force....................   31,177   31,826   31,889   31,435   31,800   32,399   32,465   31,892   32,160
        Percent of population...............     73.7     74.0     74.1     74.3     73.9     75.1     73.9     74.1     74.7
      Employed..............................   30,331   30,835   30,953   30,572   30,911   31,470   31,462   30,989   31,202
        Employment-population ratio.........     71.7     71.7     71.9     72.3     71.8     72.9     71.6     72.0     72.5
      Unemployed............................      846      991      936      863      889      929    1,003      903      958
        Unemployment rate...................      2.7      3.1      2.9      2.7      2.8      2.9      3.1      2.8      3.0
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   42,197   43,859   44,289   42,197   43,484   43,516   43,949   43,859   44,289
    Civilian labor force....................   33,986   35,124   35,418   34,039   34,838   34,950   35,040   34,997   35,493
        Percent of population...............     80.5     80.1     80.0     80.7     80.1     80.3     79.7     79.8     80.1
      Employed..............................   33,485   34,483   34,776   33,456   34,205   34,325   34,368   34,345   34,742
        Employment-population ratio.........     79.4     78.6     78.5     79.3     78.7     78.9     78.2     78.3     78.4
      Unemployed............................      501      641      642      583      633      624      673      652      752
        Unemployment rate...................      1.5      1.8      1.8      1.7      1.8      1.8      1.9      1.9      2.1

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
    3 Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 130,735 132,299 132,552 131,280 132,526 133,396 133,144 133,033 133,069
    Married men, spouse present.....................  42,780  42,941  43,104  42,860  43,227  43,542  43,016  43,114  43,190
    Married women, spouse present...................  33,006  33,300  33,351  32,919  33,093  33,652  33,092  33,134  33,285
    Women who maintain families.....................   7,938   8,254   8,163   7,829   8,087   8,076   8,113   8,148   8,050
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  38,631  40,138  40,526  38,617  39,729  39,836  39,531  39,900  40,504
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  38,431  38,854  38,711  38,568  38,307  38,846  39,254  38,893  38,866
    Service occupations.............................  17,460  17,965  17,779  17,527  17,976  18,070  18,163  18,074  17,868
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  14,556  14,543  14,533  14,566  14,685  14,751  14,742  14,661  14,518
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  18,253  17,763  17,550  18,374  18,480  18,476  18,021  18,177  17,656
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   3,404   3,035   3,454   3,494   3,396   3,422   3,490   3,417   3,539
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   2,003   1,721   1,925   1,990   1,912   1,987   1,895   1,893   1,908
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,281   1,267   1,367   1,345   1,304   1,298   1,381   1,376   1,439
      Unpaid family workers.........................      31      34      28      33      34      30      44      39      31
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 118,217 120,509 120,331 118,705 120,380 121,115 121,066 121,005 120,785
        Government..................................  18,475  18,867  18,952  18,231  18,686  18,913  18,782  18,699  18,709
        Private industries..........................  99,742 101,642 101,379 100,474 101,694 102,202 102,283 102,306 102,076
          Private households........................     952     929     899     996     943     881     849     917     941
          Other industries..........................  98,790 100,713 100,479  99,478 100,751 101,321 101,434 101,389 101,135
      Self-employed workers.........................   9,087   8,642   8,839   9,064   8,814   8,830   8,658   8,650   8,813
      Unpaid family workers.........................     117     126      62     119     122     121     114     125      63
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,649   3,703   3,316   3,755   3,417   3,562   3,426   3,564   3,408
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,099   2,160   1,926   2,095   1,927   2,093   1,984   2,045   1,920
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,256   1,269   1,082   1,308   1,148   1,115   1,141   1,208   1,124
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,808  19,398  19,788  18,296  18,674  18,485  18,642  18,545  18,882
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,496   3,499   3,130   3,606   3,257   3,413   3,298   3,374   3,224
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,010   2,055   1,835   2,010   1,841   1,989   1,906   1,955   1,831
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,232   1,225   1,051   1,282   1,116   1,094   1,108   1,159   1,092
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,204  18,841  19,181  17,653  18,155  17,921  18,061  17,944  18,320

      NOTE: Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for
  reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually
  work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad
  weather.  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   5,952   5,783   6,022    4.3     4.3     4.3     4.4     4.2     4.3 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,443   2,238   2,383    3.5     3.6     3.4     3.7     3.2     3.4 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,422   2,350   2,468    4.1     3.9     3.7     3.8     3.9     4.1 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,087   1,195   1,171   13.5    14.0    15.5    14.1    14.3    14.1 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................     988     907   1,010    2.3     2.3     2.3     2.4     2.1     2.3 
     Married women, spouse present..................     961     913   1,006    2.8     2.8     2.8     2.8     2.7     2.9 
     Women who maintain families....................     637     585     623    7.5     6.3     6.1     6.5     6.7     7.2 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   4,763   4,617   4,805    4.2     4.2     4.1     4.3     4.0     4.2 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,192   1,191   1,214    4.9     5.2     5.2     4.9     4.9     4.9 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     728     765     796    1.9     1.8     1.8     1.9     1.9     1.9 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,487   1,516   1,584    3.7     3.7     3.8     3.9     3.8     3.9 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     580     550     580    3.8     3.2     3.5     4.4     3.6     3.8 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,256   1,147   1,220    6.4     6.7     5.9     6.0     5.9     6.5 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     228     254     278    6.1     7.5     7.7     7.8     6.9     7.3 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   4,632   4,534   4,645    4.4     4.4     4.3     4.3     4.2     4.4 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,286   1,218   1,257    4.5     4.6     4.6     4.7     4.3     4.5 
         Mining.....................................      18      32      56    2.9     4.3     7.4     7.7     5.3     9.3 
         Construction...............................     462     490     520    6.6     6.4     7.3     7.5     6.7     7.4 
         Manufacturing..............................     806     697     682    3.9     4.0     3.5     3.7     3.4     3.3 
           Durable goods............................     432     369     390    3.4     3.4     3.4     3.3     2.9     3.1 
           Nondurable goods.........................     374     328     292    4.5     4.9     3.8     4.3     4.1     3.7 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,346   3,316   3,387    4.4     4.4     4.2     4.2     4.2     4.3 
         Transportation and public utilities........     242     219     211    3.2     3.2     2.5     3.2     2.9     2.8 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,440   1,469   1,455    5.4     5.5     5.2     5.2     5.4     5.4 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     181     157     264    2.3     2.8     2.4     2.4     1.9     3.2 
         Services...................................   1,483   1,471   1,458    4.3     4.1     4.1     4.0     4.2     4.1 
     Government workers.............................     380     397     473    2.0     2.0     2.2     2.3     2.1     2.5 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     174     200     205    8.0     8.3     9.6    11.3     9.5     9.7 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which
  is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
    NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,250   2,253   2,378   2,626   2,614   2,353   2,601   2,478   2,788
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   1,734   2,190   1,671   1,929   1,839   2,071   1,944   1,891   1,867
   15 weeks and over................................   1,660   1,676   1,638   1,461   1,578   1,469   1,550   1,434   1,446
      15 to 26 weeks................................     754     929     928     605     754     753     766     736     773
      27 weeks and over.............................     906     747     711     856     824     716     784     697     673
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    15.6    14.1    14.0    14.5    14.1    13.4    13.8    13.5    13.1
   Median duration, in weeks........................     8.1     8.0     7.4     6.6     6.7     6.9     7.0     6.9     6.1
                                                                                                                            
                 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..............................    39.9    36.8    41.8    43.7    43.3    39.9    42.7    42.7    45.7
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    30.7    35.8    29.4    32.1    30.5    35.1    31.9    32.6    30.6
     15 weeks and over..............................    29.4    27.4    28.8    24.3    26.2    24.9    25.4    24.7    23.7
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    13.4    15.2    16.3    10.1    12.5    12.8    12.6    12.7    12.7
       27 weeks and over............................    16.1    12.2    12.5    14.2    13.7    12.1    12.9    12.0    11.0

     NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   2,647   2,888   2,633   2,706   2,754   2,696   2,738   2,563   2,700
    On temporary layoff.............................     723   1,047     835     723     841     864     849     812     838
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   1,923   1,841   1,797   1,983   1,913   1,832   1,889   1,751   1,862
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,381   1,295   1,263   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     542     547     534   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     579     788     754     641     709     699     751     780     841
  Reentrants........................................   1,939   2,048   1,874   2,115   2,031   1,993   2,110   1,988   2,044
  New entrants......................................     479     395     427     518     504     537     509     431     469
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    46.9    47.2    46.3    45.3    45.9    45.5    44.8    44.5    44.6
     On temporary layoff............................    12.8    17.1    14.7    12.1    14.0    14.6    13.9    14.1    13.9
     Not on temporary layoff........................    34.1    30.1    31.6    33.2    31.9    30.9    30.9    30.4    30.8
   Job leavers......................................    10.3    12.9    13.3    10.7    11.8    11.8    12.3    13.5    13.9
   Reentrants.......................................    34.4    33.5    33.0    35.4    33.9    33.6    34.5    34.5    33.8
   New entrants.....................................     8.5     6.5     7.5     8.7     8.4     9.1     8.3     7.5     7.7
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     1.9     2.1     1.9     2.0     2.0     1.9     2.0     1.8     1.9
   Job leavers......................................      .4      .6      .5      .5      .5      .5      .5      .6      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.4     1.5     1.4     1.5     1.5     1.4     1.5     1.4     1.5
   New entrants.....................................      .4      .3      .3      .4      .4      .4      .4      .3      .3

    1 Not available.
    NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                     adjusted                                                
                            Measure                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                Apr.   Mar.   Apr.   Apr.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr. 
                                                                1998   1999   1999   1998   1998   1999   1999   1999   1999 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
     the civilian                                                                                                            
     labor force..............................................    1.2    1.2    1.2    1.1    1.1    1.1    1.1    1.0    1.0
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
     a percent of the                                                                                                        
     civilian labor force.....................................    1.9    2.1    1.9    2.0    2.0    1.9    2.0    1.8    1.9
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
     force                                                                                                                   
     (official unemployment rate).............................    4.1    4.4    4.1    4.3    4.3    4.3    4.4    4.2    4.3
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
     of the civilian                                                                                                         
      labor force plus discouraged workers....................    4.4    4.6    4.3   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                   
     other marginally                                                                                                        
      attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
     force plus all marginally                                                                                               
      attached workers........................................    5.0    5.3    5.0   (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.........................    7.7    7.9    7.4   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 

    1 Not available.
    NOTE: This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of
  this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work
  but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged
  workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. 
  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to
  settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment
  measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised
  population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                     Age and sex                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Apr.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                       1998    1999    1999    1998    1998    1999    1999    1999    1999 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   5,952   5,783   6,022    4.3     4.3     4.3     4.4     4.2     4.3 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,122   2,223   2,217    9.8     9.8    10.1    10.2    10.0    10.0 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,087   1,195   1,171   13.5    14.0    15.5    14.1    14.3    14.1 
        16 to 17 years..............................     521     554     572   15.7    16.9    18.4    15.5    16.6    16.9 
        18 to 19 years..............................     576     640     608   12.1    12.1    13.1    13.1    12.8    12.3 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,035   1,028   1,046    7.6     7.2     6.9     7.7     7.4     7.6 
    25 years and over...............................   3,815   3,573   3,792    3.3     3.3     3.2     3.3     3.1     3.2 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,365   3,087   3,271    3.4     3.4     3.3     3.4     3.1     3.3 
      55 years and over.............................     434     504     513    2.6     3.0     2.9     2.9     2.9     2.9 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   3,028   2,881   3,010    4.1     4.3     4.2     4.3     3.9     4.1 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,135   1,151   1,192   10.0    10.8    10.7    10.1     9.9    10.5 
        16 to 19 years..............................     585     643     627   14.2    16.4    16.9    14.6    15.0    14.8 
          16 to 17 years............................     269     286     332   15.9    19.9    19.7    15.3    16.9    19.2 
          18 to 19 years............................     329     354     310   13.5    14.0    14.7    14.1    13.6    12.2 
        20 to 24 years..............................     550     508     565    7.6     7.3     7.1     7.5     7.0     8.0 
      25 years and over.............................   1,898   1,721   1,827    3.0     3.2     3.0     3.2     2.7     2.9 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,640   1,481   1,562    3.1     3.2     3.1     3.3     2.8     2.9 
        55 years and over...........................     250     252     258    2.7     3.1     2.8     3.0     2.6     2.6 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   2,924   2,902   3,012    4.6     4.3     4.3     4.5     4.5     4.6 
      16 to 24 years................................     987   1,071   1,025    9.5     8.7     9.5    10.2    10.0     9.5 
        16 to 19 years..............................     502     551     544   12.6    11.3    13.9    13.7    13.6    13.4 
          16 to 17 years............................     252     267     240   15.5    13.8    16.9    15.7    16.2    14.5 
          18 to 19 years............................     247     286     298   10.6    10.2    11.5    12.1    11.9    12.5 
        20 to 24 years..............................     485     520     481    7.6     7.1     6.7     8.0     7.8     7.1 
      25 years and over.............................   1,917   1,852   1,965    3.6     3.5     3.4     3.3     3.4     3.6 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,725   1,606   1,709    3.8     3.6     3.5     3.5     3.5     3.7 
        55 years and over...........................     184     251     256    2.4     2.8     3.1     2.7     3.2     3.3 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    NOTE: Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Apr.      Apr.      Apr.      Apr.      Apr.      Apr.  
                                                                        1998      1999      1998      1999      1998      1999  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   68,352    68,996    25,167    25,628    43,185    43,368 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,901     4,797     2,111     2,052     2,790     2,745 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,278     1,257       588       625       690       632 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      344       245       198       156       146        88 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................      934     1,012       390       468       544       544 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,930     7,648     4,204     4,012     3,726     3,635 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      6.1       5.8       6.0       5.7       6.2       5.9 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,523     4,269     2,631     2,442     1,892     1,827 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,610     1,615       519       496     1,091     1,119 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      266       282       181       214        85        67 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,480     1,446       839       841       641       605 

    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 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

     ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     
     
     Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

     (In thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                  Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                             
                     Industry                                                                                                
                                                Apr.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                1998    1999   1999p   1999p    1998    1998    1999    1999   1999p   1999p 
                                                                                                                             
               Total......................... 125,088 126,092 126,690 127,775 125,234 127,118 127,335 127,670 127,677 127,911
                                                                                                                             
            Total private.................... 104,958 105,690 106,168 107,266 105,470 107,096 107,290 107,563 107,548 107,774
                                                                                                                             
     Goods-producing.........................  25,084  24,638  24,680  24,929  25,339  25,269  25,251  25,266  25,182  25,155
                                                                                                                             
       Mining................................     577     527     528     526     582     557     547     539     537     531
         Metal mining........................    50.2    49.6    49.4    49.0      51      50      51      51      50      50
         Coal mining.........................    92.1    87.4    86.4    85.2      92      90      89      88      87      85
         Oil and gas extraction..............   327.4   289.4   289.5   284.3     332     308     299     292     293     288
         Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   107.2   100.4   102.7   107.9     107     109     108     108     107     108
                                                                                                                             
       Construction..........................   5,758   5,725   5,778   6,045   5,930   6,153   6,170   6,249   6,196   6,204
         General building contractors........ 1,346.8 1,376.3 1,382.1 1,413.4   1,385   1,433   1,448   1,460   1,458   1,446
         Heavy construction, except building.   791.3   726.5   746.7   829.0     819     861     862     864     846     855
         Special trade contractors........... 3,620.2 3,622.0 3,649.2 3,802.6   3,726   3,859   3,860   3,925   3,892   3,903
                                                                                                                             
       Manufacturing.........................  18,749  18,386  18,374  18,358  18,827  18,559  18,534  18,478  18,449  18,420
           Production workers................  12,946  12,631  12,635  12,613  13,007  12,763  12,740  12,700  12,684  12,658
                                                                                                                             
        Durable goods........................  11,153  10,912  10,915  10,909  11,170  10,996  10,974  10,948  10,935  10,917
           Production workers................   7,661   7,459   7,475   7,466   7,666   7,519   7,494   7,478   7,480   7,464
         Lumber and wood products............   790.9   803.3   804.6   806.7     802     813     818     819     819     817
         Furniture and fixtures..............   523.3   528.0   528.8   529.2     524     527     527     528     529     529
         Stone, clay, and glass products.....   559.0   552.1   556.1   567.6     561     571     568     571     568     569
         Primary metal industries............   717.2   694.2   693.3   692.1     718     698     694     694     693     693
           Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
              products.......................   234.2   224.1   224.0   223.4   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
         Fabricated metal products........... 1,494.2 1,478.1 1,476.3 1,473.1   1,498   1,480   1,484   1,480   1,478   1,475
         Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,206.8 2,134.9 2,129.8 2,124.6   2,201   2,152   2,133   2,131   2,123   2,119
           Computer and office equipment.....   376.4   356.8   355.3   356.9     377     367     359     358     356     358
         Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
            equipment........................ 1,714.5 1,652.0 1,652.4 1,648.8   1,720   1,664   1,657   1,653   1,654   1,653
           Electronic components and                                                                                         
              accessories....................   676.7   642.1   643.3   641.4     678     646     642     642     643     642
         Transportation equipment............ 1,891.6 1,856.7 1,862.0 1,854.0   1,890   1,871   1,874   1,856   1,858   1,850
           Motor vehicles and equipment...... 1,004.9   984.9   991.2   995.0   1,004     990     996     985     988     993
           Aircraft and parts................   523.7   508.9   508.2   501.8     525     518     516     509     509     503
         Instruments and related products....   866.3   838.2   835.6   832.5     867     842     841     839     836     833
         Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   389.2   374.7   376.4   379.9     389     378     378     377     377     379
                                                                                                                             
        Nondurable goods.....................   7,596   7,474   7,459   7,449   7,657   7,563   7,560   7,530   7,514   7,503
           Production workers................   5,285   5,172   5,160   5,147   5,341   5,244   5,246   5,222   5,204   5,194
         Food and kindred products........... 1,663.2 1,680.3 1,676.2 1,671.9   1,708   1,718   1,723   1,718   1,715   1,714
         Tobacco products....................    39.5    40.5    38.0    35.9      42      39      40      39      39      37
         Textile mill products...............   603.9   570.7   568.0   565.1     605     581     578     573     570     565
         Apparel and other textile products..   784.7   710.7   708.3   702.5     787     734     727     714     711     705
         Paper and allied products...........   682.2   669.6   667.5   666.5     686     673     672     672     670     670
         Printing and publishing............. 1,564.0 1,556.9 1,554.6 1,555.5   1,565   1,561   1,563   1,560   1,559   1,557
         Chemicals and allied products....... 1,032.1 1,029.2 1,028.4 1,027.8   1,035   1,035   1,032   1,033   1,030   1,031
         Petroleum and coal products.........   135.6   130.0   130.5   133.0     137     136     134     134     134     134
         Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 1,006.4 1,011.3 1,012.4 1,016.6   1,008   1,008   1,014   1,012   1,012   1,017
         Leather and leather products........    84.5    75.0    74.7    73.9      84      78      77      75      74      73
                                                                                                                             
     Service-producing....................... 100,004 101,454 102,010 102,846  99,895 101,849 102,084 102,404 102,495 102,756
                                                                                                                             
       Transportation and public utilities...   6,484   6,593   6,614   6,653   6,513   6,627   6,644   6,653   6,665   6,687
         Transportation......................   4,153   4,228   4,245   4,281   4,173   4,262   4,273   4,276   4,287   4,307
           Railroad transportation...........   230.9   230.9   230.8   232.1     231     233     236     234     234     232
           Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
              transit........................   467.0   480.8   484.4   486.9     453     468     467     469     470     477
           Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,674.8 1,701.8 1,710.0 1,726.0   1,702   1,730   1,741   1,740   1,746   1,751
           Water transportation..............   180.2   180.6   178.8   185.5     181     191     190     189     185     188
           Transportation by air............. 1,139.8 1,166.7 1,172.4 1,178.7   1,147   1,169   1,168   1,176   1,183   1,187
           Pipelines, except natural gas.....    14.0    14.0    14.0    14.0      14      14      14      14      14      14
           Transportation services...........   446.2   453.0   454.6   458.0     445     457     457     454     455     458
         Communications and public utilities.   2,331   2,365   2,369   2,372   2,340   2,365   2,371   2,377   2,378   2,380
           Communications.................... 1,477.3 1,520.2 1,522.2 1,528.2   1,484   1,512   1,522   1,528   1,528   1,533
           Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
              services.......................   853.5   844.4   846.3   844.2     856     853     849     849     850     847
                                                                                                                             
       Wholesale trade.......................   6,781   6,862   6,884   6,917   6,798   6,882   6,907   6,917   6,923   6,934
         Durable goods.......................   4,047   4,108   4,118   4,134   4,050   4,104   4,116   4,129   4,131   4,137
         Nondurable goods....................   2,734   2,754   2,766   2,783   2,748   2,778   2,791   2,788   2,792   2,797
       Retail trade..........................  22,085  22,298  22,363  22,643  22,335  22,712  22,755  22,855  22,831  22,897
         Building materials and garden                                                                                       
            supplies.........................   979.7   952.3   978.1 1,019.8     971     997   1,003   1,012   1,014   1,008
         General merchandise stores.......... 2,674.6 2,738.2 2,747.6 2,739.6   2,784   2,823   2,847   2,842   2,860   2,838
           Department stores................. 2,355.9 2,417.6 2,428.7 2,423.3   2,447   2,490   2,514   2,510   2,527   2,515
         Food stores......................... 3,489.0 3,526.5 3,516.8 3,524.8   3,533   3,561   3,548   3,561   3,565   3,572
         Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
            stations......................... 2,327.9 2,365.9 2,374.0 2,393.3   2,337   2,377   2,384   2,398   2,397   2,403
           New and used car dealers.......... 1,056.5 1,073.4 1,078.3 1,084.7   1,058   1,073   1,074   1,078   1,081   1,087
         Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,076.3 1,088.8 1,088.7 1,091.6   1,105   1,101   1,108   1,125   1,123   1,120
         Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
            stores........................... 1,035.3 1,098.1 1,097.1 1,103.1   1,045   1,084   1,094   1,103   1,108   1,117
         Eating and drinking places.......... 7,677.0 7,599.4 7,661.1 7,853.8   7,681   7,854   7,838   7,860   7,800   7,864
         Miscellaneous retail establishments. 2,825.3 2,929.1 2,899.9 2,916.6   2,879   2,915   2,933   2,954   2,964   2,975
                                                                                                                             
       Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,261   7,431   7,454   7,496   7,289   7,458   7,488   7,495   7,501   7,524
         Finance.............................   3,514   3,620   3,630   3,646   3,521   3,615   3,628   3,632   3,638   3,655
           Depository institutions........... 2,035.0 2,043.9 2,047.2 2,049.5   2,041   2,046   2,051   2,052   2,053   2,056
             Commercial banks................ 1,457.2 1,455.0 1,455.2 1,456.2   1,463   1,457   1,460   1,461   1,460   1,461
             Savings institutions............   263.0   264.4   265.7   264.8     263     264     266     266     266     265
           Nondepository institutions........   605.4   660.1   664.4   671.8     605     652     659     661     664     672
             Mortgage bankers and brokers....   278.8   314.6   320.1   323.2     278     313     314     316     320     322
           Security and commodity brokers....   634.3   662.5   664.4   669.9     636     666     667     665     667     673
           Holding and other investment                                                                                      
              offices........................   239.2   253.9   254.3   255.2     239     251     251     254     254     254
         Insurance...........................   2,309   2,358   2,365   2,369   2,312   2,360   2,363   2,365   2,369   2,372
           Insurance carriers................ 1,572.1 1,606.3 1,609.6 1,611.1   1,574   1,610   1,613   1,612   1,614   1,613
           Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
              service........................   737.1   751.8   755.2   758.1     738     750     750     753     755     759
         Real estate.........................   1,438   1,453   1,459   1,481   1,456   1,483   1,497   1,498   1,494   1,497
                                                                                                                             
       Services2.............................  37,263  37,868  38,173  38,628  37,196  38,148  38,245  38,377  38,446  38,577
         Agricultural services...............   709.6   640.0   667.9   762.5     706     751     758     763     754     755
         Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,720.5 1,689.8 1,706.2 1,731.0   1,767   1,776   1,780   1,778   1,779   1,776
         Personal services................... 1,242.9 1,242.2 1,234.4 1,242.8   1,186   1,186   1,186   1,176   1,175   1,183
         Business services................... 8,356.9 8,648.9 8,740.4 8,839.7   8,422   8,756   8,792   8,846   8,874   8,925
           Services to buildings.............   966.3   985.4   991.1 1,002.9     965     991   1,000     999     998   1,003
           Personnel supply services......... 3,080.6 3,077.5 3,141.2 3,201.6   3,140   3,202   3,218   3,245   3,250   3,269
             Help supply services............ 2,746.7 2,733.3 2,793.7 2,849.4   2,806   2,857   2,866   2,890   2,897   2,915
           Computer and data processing                                                                                      
              services....................... 1,560.6 1,725.1 1,738.5 1,752.3   1,561   1,691   1,709   1,725   1,734   1,750
         Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,144.1 1,181.5 1,185.9 1,185.5   1,146   1,177   1,183   1,189   1,188   1,188
         Miscellaneous repair services.......   383.1   389.2   391.2   395.2     383     393     396     395     395     396
         Motion pictures.....................   561.7   571.1   569.2   576.3     563     564     559     569     567     579
         Amusement and recreation services... 1,637.1 1,534.0 1,590.5 1,734.3   1,660   1,742   1,748   1,746   1,746   1,759
         Health services..................... 9,859.7 9,950.4 9,975.0 9,998.9   9,873   9,955   9,959   9,976   9,990  10,013
           Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
              doctors........................ 1,797.4 1,853.7 1,859.5 1,865.6   1,801   1,845   1,856   1,859   1,864   1,869
           Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
              facilities..................... 1,756.0 1,744.5 1,745.0 1,744.5   1,760   1,751   1,753   1,751   1,749   1,748
           Hospitals......................... 3,932.2 3,979.7 3,985.8 3,989.6   3,938   3,980   3,978   3,985   3,988   3,995
           Home health care services.........   687.8   655.5   660.2   665.1     687     661     652     660     662     665
         Legal services......................   968.0   994.1   996.8 1,000.1     972     997     997   1,000   1,001   1,005
         Educational services................ 2,329.7 2,396.1 2,413.6 2,416.3   2,192   2,252   2,240   2,262   2,270   2,271
         Social services..................... 2,612.7 2,703.6 2,726.1 2,742.1   2,595   2,686   2,697   2,711   2,718   2,727
           Child day care services...........   594.1   606.8   611.8   615.0     577     589     592     597     598     598
           Residential care..................   745.2   769.6   774.4   777.9     746     766     770     774     776     778
         Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
           gardens...........................    90.4    85.7    88.3    92.4      92      94      94      94      94      94
         Membership organizations............ 2,252.6 2,270.6 2,283.9 2,286.6   2,265   2,283   2,290   2,293   2,298   2,298
         Engineering and management services. 3,199.1 3,373.4 3,406.0 3,426.2   3,178   3,338   3,367   3,380   3,399   3,410
           Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
              services.......................   901.6   928.8   933.3   938.0     910     934     937     942     943     946
           Management and public relations... 1,015.2 1,111.3 1,125.7 1,137.8   1,011   1,098   1,113   1,119   1,132   1,136
         Services, nec.......................    51.7    53.9    53.7    54.2   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                             
       Government............................  20,130  20,402  20,522  20,509  19,764  20,022  20,045  20,107  20,129  20,137
         Federal.............................   2,668   2,697   2,697   2,681   2,674   2,706   2,702   2,712   2,709   2,686
           Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,814.4 1,824.0 1,824.5 1,810.0   1,814   1,818   1,825   1,836   1,832   1,810
         State...............................   4,747   4,804   4,839   4,850   4,620   4,690   4,685   4,711   4,716   4,725
           Education......................... 2,059.5 2,082.4 2,110.7 2,110.8   1,925   1,957   1,947   1,969   1,971   1,977
           Other State government............ 2,687.6 2,721.8 2,727.8 2,739.0   2,695   2,733   2,738   2,742   2,745   2,748
         Local...............................  12,715  12,901  12,986  12,978  12,470  12,626  12,658  12,684  12,704  12,726
           Education......................... 7,364.7 7,514.6 7,576.2 7,544.3   7,023   7,133   7,155   7,171   7,189   7,198
           Other local government............ 5,350.3 5,386.6 5,409.3 5,433.6   5,447   5,493   5,503   5,513   5,515   5,528

       1 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
     trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
       2 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
       p = preliminary.




     ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     
     
     Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                  Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                             
                     Industry                                                                                                
                                                Apr.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                1998    1999   1999p   1999p    1998    1998    1999    1999   1999p   1999p 
                                                                                                                             
            Total private....................   34.2    34.3    34.2    34.3    34.5    34.6    34.5    34.6    34.4    34.5 
                                                                                                                             
     Goods-producing.........................   40.1    40.5    40.5    40.9    40.8    41.2    41.1    41.0    40.7    40.9 
                                                                                                                             
       Mining................................   43.4    42.7    42.3    43.5    44.1    43.4    42.7    43.0    42.9    43.8 
                                                                                                                             
       Construction..........................   38.0    37.9    37.6    38.6    38.7    39.5    39.7    39.3    38.3    38.6 
                                                                                                                             
       Manufacturing.........................   40.8    41.3    41.4    41.6    41.4    41.7    41.6    41.6    41.5    41.7 
           Overtime hours....................    4.0     4.2     4.4     4.5     4.5     4.5     4.6     4.5     4.5     4.4 
                                                                                                                             
        Durable goods........................   41.3    41.9    42.0    42.3    41.9    42.3    42.1    42.2    42.0    42.2 
           Overtime hours....................    4.1     4.4     4.5     4.7     4.6     4.6     4.7     4.6     4.6     4.5 
                                                                                                                             
         Lumber and wood products............   40.8    40.3    40.9    41.3    41.2    41.6    41.8    41.0    41.3    41.2 
         Furniture and fixtures..............   39.7    39.8    40.0    40.3    40.7    40.2    40.5    40.3    40.3    40.6 
         Stone, clay, and glass products.....   42.9    42.2    42.2    43.2    43.3    43.8    44.0    43.4    42.8    43.2 
         Primary metal industries............   43.4    43.7    43.8    43.9    43.9    43.7    43.7    43.7    43.8    43.8 
           Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
              products.......................   44.8    43.7    44.0    44.2    44.9    43.2    43.9    43.8    44.0    44.1 
         Fabricated metal products...........   40.9    41.8    41.8    42.1    41.8    42.2    41.9    42.1    42.0    42.1 
         Industrial machinery and equipment..   41.9    42.1    42.1    42.2    42.6    42.1    42.1    42.1    41.9    42.0 
         Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
            equipment........................   40.4    41.1    40.8    41.1    41.1    41.1    41.1    41.3    40.9    41.2 
         Transportation equipment............   41.4    43.9    44.0    44.4    42.1    44.6    43.3    44.1    43.8    44.0 
           Motor vehicles and equipment......   41.2    45.0    45.1    45.9    42.0    45.2    44.1    45.3    44.8    45.4 
         Instruments and related products....   40.6    41.5    41.4    41.4    41.3    41.0    41.2    41.4    41.3    41.6 
         Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   39.4    39.5    39.9    39.8    40.1    39.4    39.5    39.7    39.8    39.6 
                                                                                                                             
        Nondurable goods.....................   40.0    40.5    40.6    40.7    40.7    40.9    40.8    40.8    40.8    40.9 
           Overtime hours....................    3.8     4.0     4.2     4.2     4.2     4.3     4.4     4.4     4.4     4.3 
                                                                                                                             
         Food and kindred products...........   40.4    41.2    41.1    41.1    41.3    42.0    42.0    41.8    41.7    41.8 
         Tobacco products....................   37.0    37.1    38.1    37.4    38.2    36.3    38.0    38.2    39.0    38.1 
         Textile mill products...............   40.1    40.2    40.4    40.8    41.0    40.9    40.9    40.6    40.4    40.9 
         Apparel and other textile products..   36.5    37.3    37.4    37.5    37.7    37.3    36.9    37.6    37.4    37.5 
         Paper and allied products...........   42.5    42.9    43.4    43.5    43.0    43.4    43.4    43.4    43.7    43.6 
         Printing and publishing.............   37.8    37.7    37.9    38.0    38.2    38.1    38.3    38.0    37.9    38.1 
         Chemicals and allied products.......   42.9    42.7    42.9    42.6    43.1    42.6    42.8    42.8    42.9    42.9 
         Petroleum and coal products.........   42.8    43.4    44.2    43.4    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
         Rubber and misc. plastics products..   41.0    41.4    41.7    41.8    41.7    41.7    41.3    41.6    41.8    41.6 
         Leather and leather products........   36.5    37.2    37.4    37.4    37.3    37.5    37.1    37.9    37.5    37.8 
                                                                                                                             
     Service-producing.......................   32.6    32.7    32.6    32.7    32.9    32.9    32.9    33.0    32.8    32.9 
                                                                                                                             
       Transportation and public utilities...   39.1    39.0    38.9    38.7    39.6    39.1    39.5    39.2    39.2    39.0 
                                                                                                                             
       Wholesale trade.......................   38.1    38.3    38.3    38.4    38.3    38.4    38.4    38.5    38.5    38.5 
                                                                                                                             
       Retail trade..........................   28.7    28.6    28.6    28.8    29.0    29.0    29.0    29.2    29.0    29.1 
                                                                                                                             
       Finance, insurance, and real estate...   36.1    36.3    36.1    36.0    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                             
       Services..............................   32.4    32.5    32.4    32.5    32.6    32.7    32.6    32.7    32.6    32.6 

       1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and
     nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
     estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm
     payrolls.
       2 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
     trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
       p = preliminary.




     ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     
     
     Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
     industry
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                      Average hourly earnings                 Average weekly earnings        
                                                                                                                             
                     Industry                                                                                                
                                                 Apr.      Feb.      Mar.      Apr.      Apr.      Feb.      Mar.      Apr.  
                                                 1998      1999     1999p     1999p      1998      1999     1999p     1999p  
                                                                                                                             
            Total private....................  $12.69    $13.09    $13.09    $13.12    $434.00   $448.99   $447.68   $450.02 
             Seasonally adjusted.............   12.70     13.05     13.08     13.11     438.15    451.53    449.95    452.30 
                                                                                                                             
     Goods-producing.........................   14.23     14.44     14.51     14.63     570.62    584.82    587.66    598.37 
                                                                                                                             
       Mining................................   16.84     17.13     17.09     17.01     730.86    731.45    722.91    739.94 
                                                                                                                             
       Construction..........................   16.34     16.63     16.76     16.83     620.92    630.28    630.18    649.64 
                                                                                                                             
       Manufacturing.........................   13.46     13.66     13.72     13.80     549.17    564.16    568.01    574.08 
                                                                                                                             
        Durable goods........................   13.96     14.13     14.20     14.26     576.55    592.05    596.40    603.20 
         Lumber and wood products............   10.99     11.27     11.32     11.38     448.39    454.18    462.99    469.99 
         Furniture and fixtures..............   10.85     11.05     11.09     11.13     430.75    439.79    443.60    448.54 
         Stone, clay, and glass products.....   13.63     13.65     13.70     13.77     584.73    576.03    578.14    594.86 
         Primary metal industries............   15.66     15.40     15.50     15.58     679.64    672.98    678.90    683.96 
           Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
              products.......................   18.66     18.49     18.51     18.60     835.97    808.01    814.44    822.12 
         Fabricated metal products...........   12.89     13.31     13.36     13.40     527.20    556.36    558.45    564.14 
         Industrial machinery and equipment..   14.32     14.71     14.79     14.80     600.01    619.29    622.66    624.56 
         Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
            equipment........................   13.09     13.26     13.30     13.38     528.84    544.99    542.64    549.92 
         Transportation equipment............   17.71     17.54     17.63     17.82     733.19    770.01    775.72    791.21 
           Motor vehicles and equipment......   18.35     17.78     18.03     18.24     756.02    800.10    813.15    837.22 
         Instruments and related products....   13.75     13.90     13.95     13.94     558.25    576.85    577.53    577.12 
         Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   10.76     11.16     11.18     11.19     423.94    440.82    446.08    445.36 
                                                                                                                             
        Nondurable goods.....................   12.71     12.96     13.02     13.10     508.40    524.88    528.61    533.17 
         Food and kindred products...........   11.75     11.91     11.94     12.06     474.70    490.69    490.73    495.67 
         Tobacco products....................   18.94     17.94     19.27     20.36     700.78    665.57    734.19    761.46 
         Textile mill products...............   10.39     10.60     10.61     10.65     416.64    426.12    428.64    434.52 
         Apparel and other textile products..    8.47      8.65      8.78      8.85     309.16    322.65    328.37    331.88 
         Paper and allied products...........   15.44     15.68     15.77     15.83     656.20    672.67    684.42    688.61 
         Printing and publishing.............   13.32     13.65     13.71     13.72     503.50    514.61    519.61    521.36 
         Chemicals and allied products.......   17.15     17.21     17.20     17.37     735.74    734.87    737.88    739.96 
         Petroleum and coal products.........   20.99     21.42     21.79     21.92     898.37    929.63    963.12    951.33 
         Rubber and misc. plastics products..   11.84     12.16     12.20     12.24     485.44    503.42    508.74    511.63 
         Leather and leather products........    9.28      9.57      9.54      9.57     338.72    356.00    356.80    357.92 
                                                                                                                             
     Service-producing.......................   12.20     12.66     12.65     12.65     397.72    413.98    412.39    413.66 
                                                                                                                             
       Transportation and public utilities...  $15.27    $15.59    $15.54    $15.63    $597.06   $608.01   $604.51   $604.88 
                                                                                                                             
       Wholesale trade.......................   13.90     14.33     14.23     14.18     529.59    548.84    545.01    544.51 
                                                                                                                             
       Retail trade..........................    8.70      9.00      8.98      8.96     249.69    257.40    256.83    258.05 
                                                                                                                             
       Finance, insurance, and real estate...   13.98     14.55     14.53     14.62     504.68    528.17    524.53    526.32 
                                                                                                                             
       Services..............................   12.77     13.32     13.33     13.34     413.75    432.90    431.89    433.55 

       1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
       p = preliminary.




                ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA
                
                
                Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm
                payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                         Percent  
                                                   Apr.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.      change  
                            Industry               1998     1998     1999     1999     1999p    1999p     from:   
                                                                                                        Mar. 1999-
                                                                                                        Apr. 1999 
                                                                                                                  
                Total private:                                                                                    
                   Current dollars..............   $12.70   $12.98   $13.03   $13.05   $13.08   $13.11      0.2   
                   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.73     7.81     7.83     7.84     7.85     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                                  
                  Goods-producing...............    14.25    14.50    14.51    14.54    14.59    14.66       .5   
                    Mining......................    16.72    17.26    17.09    16.98    17.04    16.93      -.6   
                    Construction................    16.45    16.82    16.74    16.76    16.89    16.94       .3   
                    Manufacturing...............    13.44    13.58    13.63    13.66    13.71    13.78       .5   
                      Excluding overtime4.......    12.76    12.89    12.93    12.97    12.99    13.03       .3   
                                                                                                                  
                  Service-producing.............    12.19    12.49    12.56    12.57    12.60    12.62       .2   
                    Transportation and public                                                                     
                       utilities................    15.32    15.53    15.55    15.55    15.56    15.66       .6   
                    Wholesale trade.............    13.88    14.26    14.35    14.30    14.30    14.17      -.9   
                    Retail trade................     8.70     8.91     8.96     8.97     8.95     8.95       .0   
                    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
                       estate...................    14.00    14.43    14.49    14.50    14.52    14.61       .6   
                    Services....................    12.76    13.09    13.18    13.22    13.27    13.32       .4   

                  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
                  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to
                deflate this series.
                  3 Change was .1 percent from February 1999 to March 1999, the latest month available.
                  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
                    N.A. = not available.
                  p = preliminary.




     ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA
     
     
     Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
     industry
     
     (1982=100)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                  Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                             
                     Industry                                                                                                
                                               Apr.   Feb.    Mar.     Apr.    Apr.    Dec.    Jan.   Feb.    Mar.     Apr.  
                                               1998   1999    1999p    1999p   1998    1998    1999   1999    1999p    1999p 
                                                                                                                             
            Total private....................  141.8  142.9   143.2    145.4   144.0  146.4   146.4   147.2   146.4    146.8 
                                                                                                                             
     Goods-producing.........................  111.6  109.7   110.0    112.4   114.9  115.3   114.8   115.1   113.4    113.7 
                                                                                                                             
       Mining................................   54.1   47.9    47.5     48.6    55.4   52.4    50.1    49.4    49.1     49.6 
                                                                                                                             
       Construction..........................  153.3  149.5   149.9    162.3   161.5  171.1   171.3   174.3   166.3    167.6 
                                                                                                                             
       Manufacturing.........................  106.4  105.3   105.6    105.9   108.7  107.4   106.8   106.6   106.2    106.3 
                                                                                                                             
        Durable goods........................  110.3  109.1   109.5    110.1   112.2  111.0   110.1   110.1   109.7    109.8 
         Lumber and wood products............  140.2  140.5   142.6    144.6   143.8  146.9   148.3   145.9   147.0    146.2 
         Furniture and fixtures..............  130.3  131.9   132.9    133.8   133.7  133.0   134.0   133.3   133.7    134.7 
         Stone, clay, and glass products.....  113.3  109.7   110.6    116.0   114.1  118.4   118.1   117.3   114.9    116.5 
         Primary metal industries............   92.7   89.8    89.9     89.9    93.7   90.4    89.8    89.8    89.8     89.7 
           Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
              products.......................   72.9   68.0    68.5     68.8    73.4   68.2    68.6    68.4    68.7     68.9 
         Fabricated metal products...........  114.8  115.3   115.4    115.9   117.5  116.8   116.2   116.2   115.9    116.0 
         Industrial machinery and equipment..  108.0  105.2   104.9    104.6   109.1  105.7   104.6   104.5   103.5    103.5 
         Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
            equipment........................  107.9  104.9   104.8    105.1   110.1  105.5   105.1   105.1   104.8    105.5 
         Transportation equipment............  123.0  124.8   126.0    126.3   124.6  128.0   123.8   125.1   124.7    124.3 
           Motor vehicles and equipment......  156.2  161.9   164.2    167.8   158.9  164.1   159.6   162.4   162.2    164.8 
         Instruments and related products....   75.2   75.2    75.0     74.7    76.6   74.2    74.7    74.9    74.7     74.9 
         Miscellaneous manufacturing.........  101.4   96.4    98.2     99.1   103.4   97.5    97.0    97.9    98.1     98.4 
                                                                                                                             
        Nondurable goods.....................  101.1  100.0   100.2    100.0   104.0  102.4   102.3   101.9   101.5    101.5 
         Food and kindred products...........  111.8  115.8   115.4    114.3   118.3  121.0   121.5   120.8   120.3    120.0 
         Tobacco products....................   55.8   57.2    54.3     49.3    62.5   53.9    58.3    56.8    56.0     52.8 
         Textile mill products...............   85.5   80.6    80.8     81.3    87.4   83.4    83.1    81.6    81.1     81.4 
         Apparel and other textile products..   67.8   62.1    62.1     61.9    70.0   64.2    62.9    63.0    62.2     62.1 
         Paper and allied products...........  107.6  106.1   106.8    107.0   109.9  108.1   107.9   107.7   108.0    108.0 
         Printing and publishing.............  123.5  121.2   121.5    121.5   124.7  123.0   123.9   122.5   121.7    121.9 
         Chemicals and allied products.......  101.8  101.0   101.1    100.8   102.7  101.3   101.6   101.4   101.3    101.7 
         Petroleum and coal products.........   72.5   70.1    72.1     72.6    73.1   77.5    72.4    74.3    75.3     72.9 
         Rubber and misc. plastics products..  145.1  147.3   148.3    149.4   148.1  147.5   147.0   148.1   148.4    148.9 
         Leather and leather products........   35.8   31.8    31.8     31.3    36.7   33.4    32.5    32.6    31.7     31.4 
                                                                                                                             
     Service-producing.......................  155.3  157.7   158.1    160.2   157.0  160.3   160.6   161.6   161.2    161.7 
                                                                                                                             
       Transportation and public utilities...  127.8  130.7   130.5    130.5   130.2  131.6   133.5   132.8   132.6    132.3 
                                                                                                                             
       Wholesale trade.......................  126.6  129.0   129.2    130.1   127.9  129.9   130.3   130.9   131.0    131.1 
                                                                                                                             
       Retail trade..........................  136.9  137.7   138.0    140.7   139.8  142.1   142.5   144.2   143.2    144.0 
                                                                                                                             
       Finance, insurance, and real estate...  132.8  136.5   136.1    136.6   134.2  137.3   137.5   137.9   138.0    137.7 
                                                                                                                             
       Services..............................  191.4  194.7   195.5    198.5   192.3  197.4   197.0   198.3   198.1    198.8 

       1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
       p = preliminary.




      ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA
      
      
      Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
      
      (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
             Time span          Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                                                                                             
                              
                                                         Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1
                              
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   62.5    60.0    54.9    55.6    47.8    55.6    54.8    59.0    58.0    55.8    54.5    58.8 
           1996..............   50.8    64.6    59.6    56.6    62.8    61.0    57.3    61.5    56.0    62.5    62.2    60.7 
           1997..............   58.0    61.4    59.8    63.6    60.1    54.6    61.1    59.1    60.0    64.3    62.4    64.9 
           1998..............   63.8    58.7    59.6    56.9    56.6    59.0    55.1    53.9    53.5    52.4    54.8    56.6 
           1999..............   54.5    54.1   p46.5   p55.2                                                                 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   63.6    61.4    59.4    53.1    55.2    53.2    59.7    60.1    59.1    58.0    56.6    54.6 
           1996..............   61.9    62.8    64.0    63.8    63.5    64.9    64.2    61.5    63.9    64.2    67.0    66.6 
           1997..............   64.9    63.3    65.6    66.2    63.9    61.2    60.1    65.9    67.4    68.1    70.8    71.9 
           1998..............   68.4    67.3    64.2    61.7    60.4    58.4    57.2    56.7    56.0    53.7    57.6    58.1 
           1999..............   59.0   p52.5   p53.2                                                                         
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   66.4    60.1    59.1    57.3    59.0    60.1    57.6    60.4    59.7    59.3    61.1    63.2 
           1996..............   62.8    65.4    64.7    65.7    66.2    65.0    66.4    66.0    66.2    67.6    66.9    66.3 
           1997..............   67.6    67.0    65.3    64.9    65.6    67.3    68.0    67.3    70.6    72.3    73.3    72.6 
           1998..............   72.1    70.9    69.4    63.5    64.5    61.8    59.0    58.1    58.1    60.8    58.3   p56.7 
           1999..............  p57.2                                                                                         
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
           1995..............   63.6    62.4    62.6    63.3    61.7    61.9    58.7    62.2    62.2    61.5    63.5    65.4 
           1996..............   64.5    66.7    64.5    65.6    68.5    67.3    67.7    66.4    68.0    69.9    69.1    68.3 
           1997..............   69.8    67.6    69.2    70.1    69.8    69.8    71.2    71.2    71.1    73.0    72.9    72.3 
           1998..............   71.2    69.5    69.5    66.6    65.2    64.0    62.8    64.2   p61.9   p59.6                 
           1999..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                             
                              
                                                          Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1
                              
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   54.7    54.3    46.4    53.2    42.4    44.2    46.4    49.6    48.6    52.2    45.3    48.2 
           1996..............   42.8    54.7    48.2    42.1    55.4    50.7    47.1    55.4    47.8    52.9    54.3    55.4 
           1997..............   49.3    54.3    50.0    56.8    51.4    52.2    50.4    48.9    56.5    57.2    56.1    60.8 
           1998..............   55.8    51.8    52.5    48.6    45.0    47.8    39.6    47.5    43.2    38.8    37.1    45.7 
           1999..............   43.9    41.4   p36.7   p43.9                                                                 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   56.8    50.0    47.8    42.1    43.2    38.8    40.6    43.5    48.2    47.1    45.3    39.9 
           1996..............   43.9    46.8    46.0    47.5    46.4    49.3    51.4    50.0    53.6    51.1    57.6    54.7 
           1997..............   54.3    49.3    54.3    54.0    55.4    50.4    47.5    52.2    57.9    62.6    64.7    65.5 
           1998..............   60.1    59.0    50.7    46.4    43.2    38.8    36.7    34.2    41.4    30.9    35.6    38.1 
           1999..............   39.9   p32.0   p33.5                                                                         
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
           1995..............   55.4    46.4    42.8    40.3    41.4    42.4    41.0    41.0    43.9    43.2    43.2    45.3 
           1996..............   42.1    45.3    46.4    47.1    48.2    48.6    51.1    50.4    52.9    52.9    53.2    52.2 
           1997..............   54.3    54.3    51.4    52.9    51.4    55.0    56.8    57.6    60.4    64.4    67.6    65.8 
           1998..............   61.5    56.8    52.2    39.2    40.6    34.5    30.9    28.1    31.7    38.5    33.1   p30.2 
           1999..............  p29.5                                                                                         
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
      Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
           1995..............   46.0    44.2    46.0    47.8    41.0    41.7    38.5    38.8    36.3    38.5    39.9    44.6 
           1996..............   43.5    47.5    45.3    45.3    50.4    49.6    50.4    48.6    51.1    55.0    54.0    51.8 
           1997..............   57.2    52.5    54.7    56.5    57.9    57.6    58.6    58.6    60.4    60.4    59.4    58.3 
           1998..............   50.7    51.1    50.4    41.7    38.5    36.7    32.7    32.0   p28.8   p27.3                 
           1999..............                                                                                                

        1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are
      centered within the span. 
        p = preliminary.
        NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
      unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
      employment.