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                  THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  AUGUST 2001


   Employment fell and the unemployment rate rose sharply to 4.9 percent in
August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today.  Nonfarm payroll employment declined by 113,000, due primarily
to another large drop in manufacturing and a decline in transportation and
public utilities.  Most other major industries showed little or no change in
employment over the month.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons increased by more than half a million
to nearly 7 million in August.  The unemployment rate rose by 0.4 percentage
point to 4.9 percent, seasonally adjusted, the highest level since September
1997.  The jobless rate had been about 4.5 percent since April; its most
recent low was 3.9 percent in October 2000.  The rates for most major worker
groups were up over the month.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)

   The number of persons unemployed less than 5 weeks and the number
unemployed 15 weeks or more both increased over the month.  (See table A-6.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment dropped by about 1 million in August to 134.4 million,
seasonally adjusted.  This decline followed an increase of about 450,000 in
July.  Young workers--those ages 16 to 24--accounted for two-thirds of the
over-the-month decline in employment.  The employment-population ratio fell
by one-half percentage point in August to 63.4 percent.  This series had
hit an all-time high of 64.8 percent in April 2000.  (See table A-1.)
   
   The civilian labor force fell by about 400,000 in August to 141.4
million, seasonally adjusted.  The labor force participation rate--the
proportion of the population 16 years of age and older who are either
working or looking for work--declined to 66.6 percent.

Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   In August, the number of persons not in the labor force who reported that
they currently want a job rose to 4.9 million, seasonally adjusted, up from
4.3 million a year earlier.  These individuals are not counted as unemployed
because they had not searched for work in the 4-week period preceding the
survey.  Indeed, most had not searched for over a year.  (See table A-1.)
   
   About 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in August, up from 1.1 million a year earlier.
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.
In August, the number of discouraged workers was 335,000, up from 205,000 a
year earlier.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached,
were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no
jobs were available for them.  (See table A-10.)

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 113,000 in August to 132.3 million,
seasonally adjusted.  This was the third loss in the past 5 months, resulting
in a net decline of 323,000 jobs over the period.  (See table B-1.)

   In the goods-producing sector, manufacturing employment continued to
fall, and August's decline of 141,000 was the largest this year.  Since
July 2000, employment in the industry has fallen by 1 million.  In August,


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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |                          |
                      |    averages     |       Monthly data       |
                      |_________________|__________________________| July-
      Category        |       2001      |          2001            | Aug.
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |   I    |   II   |  June  |  July  |  Aug.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 141,858| 141,461| 141,354| 141,774| 141,350|   -424
  Employment..........| 135,864| 135,130| 134,932| 135,379| 134,393|   -986
  Unemployment........|   5,994|   6,331|   6,422|   6,395|   6,957|    562
Not in labor force....|  69,171|  70,072|  70,370|  70,147|  70,785|    638
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     4.2|     4.5|     4.5|     4.5|     4.9|    0.4
  Adult men...........|     3.7|     4.0|     4.0|     3.9|     4.4|     .5
  Adult women.........|     3.6|     3.8|     3.8|     3.9|     4.2|     .3
  Teenagers...........|    13.7|    14.0|    14.3|    14.8|    16.1|    1.3
  White...............|     3.7|     3.9|     4.0|     4.0|     4.3|     .3
  Black...............|     8.1|     8.2|     8.4|     7.9|     9.1|    1.2
  Hispanic origin.....|     6.2|     6.5|     6.6|     6.0|     6.3|     .3
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 132,559| 132,483| 132,431|p132,444|p132,331|  p-113
  Goods-producing 1/..|  25,621|  25,310|  25,186| p25,125| p24,989|  p-136
    Construction......|   6,878|   6,866|   6,864|  p6,873|  p6,878|     p5
    Manufacturing.....|  18,188|  17,882|  17,757| p17,686| p17,545|  p-141
  Service-producing 1/| 106,938| 107,173| 107,245|p107,319|p107,342|    p23
    Retail trade......|  23,448|  23,546|  23,561| p23,596| p23,570|   p-26
    Services..........|  41,026|  41,052|  41,085| p41,051| p41,123|    p72
    Government........|  20,673|  20,782|  20,828| p20,923| p20,920|    p-3
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.3|    34.2|    34.2|   p34.1|   p34.1|    p.0
  Manufacturing.......|    41.0|    40.8|    40.7|   p40.9|   p40.7|  p-0.2
    Overtime..........|     4.1|     3.9|     3.9|    p4.0|    p4.2|    p.2
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   152.0|   151.4|   151.2|  p150.7|  p150.1|  p-0.6
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $14.10|  $14.25|  $14.31| p$14.34| p$14.38| p$0.04
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  484.21|  487.46|  489.40| p488.99| p490.36|  p1.37
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
   1/  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2/  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.

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virtually every major manufacturing industry lost jobs.  In durable goods
manufacturing, industrial machinery and electrical equipment continued to
post the largest employment declines, 25,000 and 19,000, respectively.
Furniture experienced its largest employment decline this year, shedding
10,000 jobs.  Since July of last year, the industry has lost 46,000 jobs.
In nondurable goods manufacturing, August declines in apparel, chemicals,
and rubber and miscellaneous plastics followed gains in July.
   
   Construction employment was little changed in August.  Employment in the
industry has shown no net growth in recent months, following a strong first
quarter.  Employment in mining was unchanged over the month.  Within mining,
oil and gas extraction has added 22,000 workers thus far in 2001.  Coal
mining has added 5,000 workers over the past 4 months, the first sustained
gains in this industry in over a decade.
   
   In the service-producing sector, employment in the services industry
rose by 72,000.  Employment in health services continued on its upward
trend, adding 32,000 jobs over the month; hospitals accounted for about
half of this increase.  Employment in social services rose by 33,000 in
August after being little changed in July; the average growth over the 2
months was in line with the average monthly gains in the industry over the
last year.  Employment in help supply services--which provides workers to
employers in a wide array of industries--was about unchanged over the month.
The industry has been on a downward trend since last September with job
losses totaling 419,000.  Employment in engineering and management services,
an industry where job growth has slowed this year, was little changed in
August.  The recent downward trend in hotel employment continued in August;
job losses have totaled 42,000 since March.  Following slower job growth in
recent months, computer services experienced its first employment decline
since the late 1980s, losing 5,000 jobs.
   
   Employment in transportation and public utilities fell by 24,000 over
the month.  The decline in August was the fourth in the past 5 months, and
the largest during that period.  Trucking lost 8,000 jobs in August, and
has lost 16,000 since March.  Over the month, employment also fell in other
transportation industries.  Communications lost 8,000 jobs, concentrated in
telephone communications.
   
   Retail trade employment was down in August, as eating and drinking places
lost 30,000 jobs following a large increase in July.  Employment in wholesale
trade and in finance, insurance, and real estate was little changed over the
month.

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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls was unchanged in August at 34.1 hours, seasonally adjusted.
The manufacturing workweek decreased by 0.2 hour to 40.7 hours.  Manufacturing
overtime was up by 0.2 hour to 4.2 hours.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers
on private nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.4 percent in August to 150.1 (1982=100),
seasonally adjusted, and is down by 1.4 percent since January.  The manufac-
turing index fell by 1.3 percent to 96.8 in August and has fallen by
8.2 percent over the past 12 months.  The current level is the lowest since
February 1983.  (See table B-5.)                                  

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls increased by 4 cents in August to $14.38, seasonally ad-
justed.  Over the month, average weekly earnings rose by 0.3 percent to
$490.36.  Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 4.2 percent
and average weekly earnings grew by 3.6 percent.  (See table B-3.)
   
                      ______________________________
   
   The Employment Situation for September 2001 is scheduled to be released
on Friday, October 5, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
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Explanatory Note


 This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about
60,000 households  conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
 
 The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B
tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.  In June 2001,
the sample included about 350,000 establishments employing about 39 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
292,000.  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 -192,000 to 392,000 (100,000 +/- 292,000).
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 +/- 273,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .19 percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2
months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
 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 0.3 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $26.00 per issue or
$50.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through
1-D of its "Explanatory Notes."  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-H of that
publication.
 
 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone:  1-800-877-8339.
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 209,935 211,921 212,135 209,935 211,348 211,525 211,725 211,921 212,135
    Civilian labor force............................ 141,425 143,181 141,862 140,724 141,757 141,272 141,354 141,774 141,350
          Participation rate........................    67.4    67.6    66.9    67.0    67.1    66.8    66.8    66.9    66.6
      Employed...................................... 135,601 136,385 134,905 134,939 135,354 135,103 134,932 135,379 134,393
          Employment-population ratio...............    64.6    64.4    63.6    64.3    64.0    63.9    63.7    63.9    63.4
        Agriculture.................................   3,656   3,449   3,419   3,317   3,192   3,193   2,995   3,045   3,117
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 131,945 132,936 131,487 131,622 132,162 131,910 131,937 132,334 131,276
      Unemployed....................................   5,824   6,797   6,956   5,785   6,402   6,169   6,422   6,395   6,957
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.1     4.7     4.9     4.1     4.5     4.4     4.5     4.5     4.9
    Not in labor force..............................  68,510  68,739  70,274  69,211  69,592  70,254  70,370  70,147  70,785
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,441   4,488   5,062   4,256   4,368   4,535   4,600   4,529   4,858
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 100,847 101,885 101,995 100,847 101,593 101,684 101,786 101,885 101,995
    Civilian labor force............................  76,086  76,936  76,102  75,388  75,741  75,344  75,462  75,719  75,518
          Participation rate........................    75.4    75.5    74.6    74.8    74.6    74.1    74.1    74.3    74.0
      Employed......................................  73,299  73,441  72,554  72,379  72,245  71,978  71,926  72,279  71,690
          Employment-population ratio...............    72.7    72.1    71.1    71.8    71.1    70.8    70.7    70.9    70.3
      Unemployed....................................   2,787   3,494   3,548   3,009   3,496   3,366   3,535   3,439   3,828
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.7     4.5     4.7     4.0     4.6     4.5     4.7     4.5     5.1
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  92,754  93,708  93,810  92,754  93,410  93,541  93,616  93,708  93,810
    Civilian labor force............................  71,324  71,818  71,713  71,029  71,575  71,351  71,346  71,555  71,514
          Participation rate........................    76.9    76.6    76.4    76.6    76.6    76.3    76.2    76.4    76.2
      Employed......................................  69,176  69,081  68,828  68,710  68,706  68,595  68,466  68,745  68,402
          Employment-population ratio...............    74.6    73.7    73.4    74.1    73.6    73.3    73.1    73.4    72.9
        Agriculture.................................   2,441   2,231   2,301   2,276   2,117   2,169   2,035   2,028   2,140
        Nonagricultural industries..................  66,735  66,850  66,527  66,434  66,589  66,426  66,430  66,717  66,262
      Unemployed....................................   2,148   2,737   2,885   2,319   2,869   2,756   2,880   2,810   3,112
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.0     3.8     4.0     3.3     4.0     3.9     4.0     3.9     4.4
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 109,088 110,035 110,140 109,088 109,756 109,842 109,939 110,035 110,140
    Civilian labor force............................  65,339  66,246  65,759  65,336  66,016  65,928  65,893  66,055  65,833
          Participation rate........................    59.9    60.2    59.7    59.9    60.1    60.0    59.9    60.0    59.8
      Employed......................................  62,302  62,943  62,352  62,560  63,109  63,125  63,006  63,100  62,703
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.1    57.2    56.6    57.3    57.5    57.5    57.3    57.3    56.9
      Unemployed....................................   3,037   3,302   3,408   2,776   2,907   2,803   2,887   2,956   3,130
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.6     5.0     5.2     4.2     4.4     4.3     4.4     4.5     4.8
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 101,209 102,067 102,165 101,209 101,870 101,938 102,023 102,067 102,165
    Civilian labor force............................  60,909  61,575  61,743  61,265  62,132  62,119  61,890  62,145  62,172
          Participation rate........................    60.2    60.3    60.4    60.5    61.0    60.9    60.7    60.9    60.9
      Employed......................................  58,369  58,940  58,851  58,992  59,741  59,766  59,510  59,752  59,562
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.7    57.7    57.6    58.3    58.6    58.6    58.3    58.5    58.3
        Agriculture.................................     883     846     820     808     847     822     752     773     766
        Nonagricultural industries..................  57,486  58,094  58,032  58,184  58,895  58,943  58,759  58,978  58,796
      Unemployed....................................   2,539   2,636   2,892   2,273   2,390   2,353   2,380   2,394   2,610
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.2     4.3     4.7     3.7     3.8     3.8     3.8     3.9     4.2
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  15,972  16,145  16,161  15,972  16,068  16,046  16,086  16,145  16,161
    Civilian labor force............................   9,192   9,788   8,406   8,430   8,050   7,802   8,118   8,074   7,664
          Participation rate........................    57.6    60.6    52.0    52.8    50.1    48.6    50.5    50.0    47.4
      Employed......................................   8,055   8,364   7,226   7,237   6,907   6,742   6,956   6,883   6,429
          Employment-population ratio...............    50.4    51.8    44.7    45.3    43.0    42.0    43.2    42.6    39.8
        Agriculture.................................     331     373     299     233     229     201     209     244     211
        Nonagricultural industries..................   7,724   7,991   6,928   7,004   6,678   6,541   6,748   6,638   6,218
      Unemployed....................................   1,137   1,424   1,180   1,193   1,143   1,060   1,162   1,191   1,236
          Unemployment rate.........................    12.4    14.5    14.0    14.2    14.2    13.6    14.3    14.8    16.1

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.






  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                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 174,587 175,924 176,069 174,587 175,533 175,653 175,789 175,924 176,069
    Civilian labor force............................ 118,018 119,119 118,065 117,554 118,145 117,688 117,733 117,982 117,726
        Participation rate..........................    67.6    67.7    67.1    67.3    67.3    67.0    67.0    67.1    66.9
      Employed...................................... 113,845 114,222 113,084 113,378 113,434 113,185 113,037 113,237 112,703
        Employment-population ratio.................    65.2    64.9    64.2    64.9    64.6    64.4    64.3    64.4    64.0
      Unemployed....................................   4,173   4,897   4,981   4,176   4,711   4,503   4,696   4,745   5,024
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.5     4.1     4.2     3.6     4.0     3.8     4.0     4.0     4.3
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  60,512  60,714  60,648  60,363  60,598  60,512  60,389  60,432  60,575
        Participation rate..........................    77.3    77.0    76.8    77.2    77.0    76.8    76.6    76.6    76.7
      Employed......................................  58,994  58,771  58,589  58,681  58,488  58,493  58,244  58,362  58,297
        Employment-population ratio.................    75.4    74.5    74.2    75.0    74.3    74.3    73.9    74.0    73.8
      Unemployed....................................   1,518   1,943   2,059   1,682   2,110   2,019   2,145   2,069   2,278
        Unemployment rate...........................     2.5     3.2     3.4     2.8     3.5     3.3     3.6     3.4     3.8
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  49,727  50,161  50,268  50,083  50,697  50,611  50,431  50,684  50,656
        Participation rate..........................    59.4    59.6    59.6    59.9    60.3    60.2    59.9    60.2    60.1
      Employed......................................  47,855  48,240  48,204  48,442  48,907  48,902  48,749  48,925  48,839
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.2    57.3    57.2    57.9    58.2    58.1    57.9    58.1    57.9
      Unemployed....................................   1,872   1,921   2,065   1,641   1,790   1,708   1,682   1,759   1,817
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.8     3.8     4.1     3.3     3.5     3.4     3.3     3.5     3.6
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   7,779   8,244   7,149   7,108   6,850   6,566   6,913   6,866   6,495
        Participation rate..........................    61.3    64.4    55.8    56.0    53.7    51.4    54.0    53.6    50.7
      Employed......................................   6,996   7,211   6,292   6,255   6,039   5,790   6,044   5,950   5,567
        Employment-population ratio.................    55.1    56.3    49.1    49.3    47.3    45.3    47.2    46.5    43.4
      Unemployed....................................     783   1,033     857     853     812     776     869     916     928
        Unemployment rate...........................    10.1    12.5    12.0    12.0    11.8    11.8    12.6    13.3    14.3
          Men.......................................    10.6    12.7    12.8    13.1    12.8    13.1    14.5    13.7    15.8
          Women.....................................     9.4    12.4    11.0    10.8    10.8    10.5    10.6    13.0    12.7
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,258  25,565  25,604  25,258  25,472  25,501  25,533  25,565  25,604
    Civilian labor force............................  16,630  16,990  16,788  16,540  16,666  16,639  16,756  16,693  16,712
        Participation rate..........................    65.8    66.5    65.6    65.5    65.4    65.2    65.6    65.3    65.3
      Employed......................................  15,269  15,481  15,215  15,239  15,299  15,311  15,343  15,374  15,195
        Employment-population ratio.................    60.5    60.6    59.4    60.3    60.1    60.0    60.1    60.1    59.3
      Unemployed....................................   1,361   1,509   1,572   1,301   1,367   1,328   1,413   1,320   1,517
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.2     8.9     9.4     7.9     8.2     8.0     8.4     7.9     9.1
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,337   7,439   7,418   7,331   7,369   7,275   7,317   7,395   7,424
        Participation rate..........................    72.4    72.6    72.3    72.4    72.2    71.2    71.5    72.1    72.3
      Employed......................................   6,824   6,815   6,772   6,802   6,761   6,723   6,744   6,808   6,752
        Employment-population ratio.................    67.4    66.5    66.0    67.2    66.2    65.8    65.9    66.4    65.8
      Unemployed....................................     513     624     646     529     608     552     573     586     672
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.0     8.4     8.7     7.2     8.2     7.6     7.8     7.9     9.0
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,215   8,371   8,387   8,249   8,353   8,421   8,491   8,409   8,424
        Participation rate..........................    64.9    65.2    65.3    65.1    65.3    65.8    66.3    65.5    65.6
      Employed......................................   7,656   7,808   7,756   7,734   7,892   7,882   7,917   7,903   7,842
        Employment-population ratio.................    60.4    60.8    60.4    61.1    61.7    61.6    61.8    61.6    61.0
      Unemployed....................................     559     564     631     515     460     539     573     506     582
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.8     6.7     7.5     6.2     5.5     6.4     6.8     6.0     6.9
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   1,078   1,179     982     960     944     942     948     890     864
        Participation rate..........................    43.8    47.5    39.5    39.0    38.2    38.0    38.2    35.8    34.8
      Employed......................................     788     858     687     703     646     706     681     663     601
        Employment-population ratio.................    32.0    34.5    27.7    28.5    26.1    28.5    27.5    26.7    24.2
      Unemployed....................................     289     321     295     257     299     236     267     227     263
        Unemployment rate...........................    26.8    27.3    30.0    26.8    31.6    25.1    28.2    25.5    30.4
          Men.......................................    31.8    29.7    32.7    31.7    34.9    30.0    30.7    26.9    32.5
          Women.....................................    22.4    24.9    27.2    22.3    28.6    20.3    26.0    24.3    28.1
                                                                                                                            
                   HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  22,488  23,157  23,222  22,488  22,957  23,021  23,090  23,157  23,222
    Civilian labor force............................  15,357  15,792  15,798  15,312  15,775  15,608  15,570  15,788  15,772
        Participation rate..........................    68.3    68.2    68.0    68.1    68.7    67.8    67.4    68.2    67.9
      Employed......................................  14,458  14,814  14,778  14,439  14,747  14,634  14,538  14,843  14,778
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.3    64.0    63.6    64.2    64.2    63.6    63.0    64.1    63.6
      Unemployed....................................     899     979   1,020     873   1,028     975   1,032     945     994
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.9     6.2     6.5     5.7     6.5     6.2     6.6     6.0     6.3

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
      NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
  group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups. 






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted(1)               
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                                Aug.    July      Aug.     Aug.     Apr.     May      June     July     Aug.  
                                                2000    2001      2001     2000     2001     2001     2001     2001     2001  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   28,306   27,679   27,468   28,306   28,326   28,350   28,504   27,679   27,468
    Civilian labor force....................   12,456   11,986   12,034   12,264   12,371   12,319   12,170   12,188   11,799
        Percent of population...............     44.0     43.3     43.8     43.3     43.7     43.5     42.7     44.0     43.0
      Employed..............................   11,747   11,221   11,239   11,491   11,558   11,523   11,338   11,380   10,943
        Employment-population ratio.........     41.5     40.5     40.9     40.6     40.8     40.6     39.8     41.1     39.8
      Unemployed............................      709      765      795      773      813      797      831      808      856
        Unemployment rate...................      5.7      6.4      6.6      6.3      6.6      6.5      6.8      6.6      7.3
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   56,882   56,947   57,513   56,882   57,456   57,456   57,099   56,947   57,513
    Civilian labor force....................   36,395   36,286   36,674   36,743   37,053   36,952   36,821   36,970   37,096
        Percent of population...............     64.0     63.7     63.8     64.6     64.5     64.3     64.5     64.9     64.5
      Employed..............................   35,097   34,795   35,105   35,397   35,650   35,507   35,391   35,468   35,460
        Employment-population ratio.........     61.7     61.1     61.0     62.2     62.0     61.8     62.0     62.3     61.7
      Unemployed............................    1,298    1,491    1,569    1,346    1,403    1,446    1,431    1,502    1,636
        Unemployment rate...................      3.6      4.1      4.3      3.7      3.8      3.9      3.9      4.1      4.4
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   44,616   45,444   45,339   44,616   44,653   44,576   44,812   45,444   45,339
    Civilian labor force....................   32,980   33,432   33,440   33,039   33,044   33,192   33,314   33,296   33,481
        Percent of population...............     73.9     73.6     73.8     74.1     74.0     74.5     74.3     73.3     73.8
      Employed..............................   32,036   32,366   32,310   32,137   32,065   32,188   32,263   32,301   32,407
        Employment-population ratio.........     71.8     71.2     71.3     72.0     71.8     72.2     72.0     71.1     71.5
      Unemployed............................      944    1,066    1,130      902      978    1,004    1,051      994    1,075
        Unemployment rate...................      2.9      3.2      3.4      2.7      3.0      3.0      3.2      3.0      3.2
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   45,718   46,784   46,734   45,718   46,045   46,271   46,348   46,784   46,734
    Civilian labor force....................   35,827   36,635   36,528   35,953   36,646   36,687   36,592   36,634   36,649
        Percent of population...............     78.4     78.3     78.2     78.6     79.6     79.3     78.9     78.3     78.4
      Employed..............................   35,038   35,752   35,547   35,324   35,802   35,915   35,796   35,859   35,870
        Employment-population ratio.........     76.6     76.4     76.1     77.3     77.8     77.6     77.2     76.6     76.8
      Unemployed............................      788      883      980      629      845      771      796      775      779
        Unemployment rate...................      2.2      2.4      2.7      1.7      2.3      2.1      2.2      2.1      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.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 135,601 136,385 134,905 134,939 135,354 135,103 134,932 135,379 134,393
    Married men, spouse present.....................  43,416  43,251  43,215  43,375  43,516  43,733  43,428  43,294  43,172
    Married women, spouse present...................  32,912  32,931  33,129  33,507  33,662  33,686  33,380  33,603  33,805
    Women who maintain families.....................   8,536   8,507   8,389   8,492   8,160   8,319   8,529   8,567   8,323
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  40,663  41,629  41,465  40,917  41,841  41,996  41,987  41,917  41,750
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  39,104  39,145  38,625  39,100  39,014  38,743  38,998  39,067  38,664
    Service occupations.............................  17,976  18,996  18,287  17,749  18,258  18,224  18,576  18,642  18,052
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  15,324  15,222  15,200  15,189  14,834  14,962  14,794  14,997  15,050
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  18,722  17,762  17,780  18,561  18,127  17,904  17,564  17,571  17,655
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   3,812   3,631   3,548   3,390   3,238   3,251   3,136   3,166   3,154
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   2,253   2,028   2,032   2,048   1,902   1,958   1,775   1,786   1,850
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,356   1,392   1,349   1,241   1,223   1,201   1,166   1,256   1,239
      Unpaid family workers.........................      46      29      38      36      47      38      36      22      29
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 123,181 124,162 122,866 122,931 123,395 123,416 123,009 123,432 122,686
        Government..................................  18,015  18,371  18,566  18,644  18,854  19,067  18,812  18,919  19,219
        Private industries.......................... 105,166 105,792 104,301 104,287 104,541 104,349 104,197 104,513 103,467
          Private households........................     753     811     792     781     812     789     744     790     827
          Other industries.......................... 104,413 104,981 103,509 103,506 103,729 103,559 103,453 103,723 102,640
      Self-employed workers.........................   8,658   8,694   8,515   8,618   8,608   8,530   8,741   8,574   8,481
      Unpaid family workers.........................     105      79     106     114      93     103      94      88     113
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,120   3,681   3,289   3,170   3,201   3,371   3,637   3,466   3,326
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,844   2,167   1,946   1,980   2,097   2,215   2,299   2,120   2,086
        Could only find part-time work..............     863   1,113     913     880     873     900   1,025     999     935
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  16,052  16,452  16,434  18,704  18,713  18,581  18,472  18,845  19,153
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,005   3,559   3,177   3,038   3,061   3,197   3,532   3,336   3,196
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,774   2,094   1,874   1,901   1,985   2,089   2,234   2,059   2,004
        Could only find part-time work..............     843   1,088     888     861     864     876   1,024     985     911
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  15,480  15,929  15,886  18,142  18,176  18,061  18,039  18,309  18,580

      NOTE: Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for
  reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually
  work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad
  weather.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   5,785   6,395   6,957    4.1     4.5     4.4     4.5     4.5     4.9 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,319   2,810   3,112    3.3     4.0     3.9     4.0     3.9     4.4 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,273   2,394   2,610    3.7     3.8     3.8     3.8     3.9     4.2 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,193   1,191   1,236   14.2    14.2    13.6    14.3    14.8    16.1 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................     894   1,170   1,220    2.0     2.5     2.6     2.6     2.6     2.7 
     Married women, spouse present..................     964     981   1,034    2.8     2.9     2.9     3.0     2.8     3.0 
     Women who maintain families....................     542     569     600    6.0     6.3     6.2     6.3     6.2     6.7 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   4,601   5,173   5,583    3.9     4.3     4.3     4.4     4.4     4.8 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,194   1,242   1,370    5.0     5.5     4.6     5.3     5.1     5.6 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     770     955   1,071    1.8     2.1     1.9     2.0     2.2     2.5 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,616   1,608   1,732    4.0     4.1     3.7     4.0     4.0     4.3 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     512     663     753    3.3     4.5     4.5     4.5     4.2     4.8 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,253   1,369   1,478    6.3     6.8     7.3     7.9     7.2     7.7 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     230     258     299    6.4     7.5     7.1     6.2     7.5     8.7 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   4,469   5,158   5,617    4.1     4.6     4.5     4.8     4.7     5.1 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,249   1,584   1,744    4.3     5.3     5.3     5.5     5.6     6.2 
         Mining.....................................      21      21      25    4.3     5.1     5.5     6.8     3.7     4.3 
         Construction...............................     520     570     626    6.4     7.1     6.6     6.7     6.8     7.5 
         Manufacturing..............................     708     994   1,092    3.5     4.6     4.8     5.0     5.1     5.7 
           Durable goods............................     380     567     689    3.1     4.3     4.9     5.0     4.7     5.8 
           Nondurable goods.........................     328     427     403    4.1     5.1     4.7     4.9     5.7     5.5 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,220   3,574   3,873    4.0     4.4     4.2     4.5     4.4     4.8 
         Transportation and public utilities........     250     265     286    3.1     4.1     3.8     4.4     3.3     3.5 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,411   1,447   1,537    5.1     5.3     5.3     5.3     5.2     5.6 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     189     259     222    2.4     2.7     2.3     2.6     3.2     2.7 
         Services...................................   1,370   1,603   1,828    3.8     4.1     3.9     4.4     4.3     4.9 
     Government workers.............................     437     402     410    2.3     2.3     2.0     2.0     2.1     2.1 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     179     219     210    8.0     9.2     8.2     9.6    10.9    10.2 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which
  is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,513   2,873   2,926   2,567   2,958   2,679   2,809   2,612   3,004
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   2,031   2,347   2,333   1,832   1,977   2,028   2,084   2,150   2,100
   15 weeks and over................................   1,280   1,576   1,697   1,373   1,499   1,484   1,540   1,587   1,817
      15 to 26 weeks................................     567     876     843     673     759     852     804     935     982
      27 weeks and over.............................     713     700     854     700     740     632     737     652     835
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    12.9    12.3    13.2    13.0    12.6    12.2    13.0    12.5    13.3
   Median duration, in weeks........................     6.5     6.2     6.9     6.1     5.8     6.5     6.2     6.7     6.5
                                                                                                                            
                 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..............................    43.2    42.3    42.1    44.5    46.0    43.3    43.7    41.1    43.4
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    34.9    34.5    33.5    31.7    30.7    32.8    32.4    33.9    30.3
     15 weeks and over..............................    22.0    23.2    24.4    23.8    23.3    24.0    23.9    25.0    26.3
       15 to 26 weeks...............................     9.7    12.9    12.1    11.7    11.8    13.8    12.5    14.7    14.2
       27 weeks and over............................    12.2    10.3    12.3    12.1    11.5    10.2    11.4    10.3    12.1






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   2,544   3,327   3,334   2,585   3,199   3,159   3,291   3,252   3,409
    On temporary layoff.............................     843   1,033   1,000     907   1,053   1,084     940   1,003   1,079
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   1,701   2,294   2,334   1,678   2,146   2,075   2,351   2,249   2,330
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,154   1,721   1,704   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     546     573     630   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     856     825     977     780     749     820     810     774     894
  Reentrants........................................   1,902   2,000   2,129   1,930   2,005   1,801   1,906   1,912   2,166
  New entrants......................................     522     644     516     503     462     482     477     436     495
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    43.7    49.0    47.9    44.6    49.9    50.4    50.8    51.0    49.0
     On temporary layoff............................    14.5    15.2    14.4    15.6    16.4    17.3    14.5    15.7    15.5
     Not on temporary layoff........................    29.2    33.8    33.5    28.9    33.5    33.1    36.3    35.3    33.5
   Job leavers......................................    14.7    12.1    14.0    13.5    11.7    13.1    12.5    12.1    12.8
   Reentrants.......................................    32.7    29.4    30.6    33.3    31.3    28.8    29.4    30.0    31.1
   New entrants.....................................     9.0     9.5     7.4     8.7     7.2     7.7     7.4     6.8     7.1
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     1.8     2.3     2.4     1.8     2.3     2.2     2.3     2.3     2.4
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .6      .7      .6      .5      .6      .6      .5      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.3     1.4     1.5     1.4     1.4     1.3     1.3     1.3     1.5
   New entrants.....................................      .4      .4      .4      .4      .3      .3      .3      .3      .4

    1 Not available.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                     adjusted                                                
                            Measure                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                 Aug.   July   Aug.   Aug.   Apr.   May    June   July   Aug. 
                                                                 2000   2001   2001   2000   2001   2001   2001   2001   2001 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
      the civilian labor force................................     .9    1.1    1.2    1.0    1.1    1.1    1.1    1.1    1.3
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    1.8    2.3    2.4    1.8    2.3    2.2    2.3    2.3    2.4
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    4.1    4.7    4.9    4.1    4.5    4.4    4.5    4.5    4.9
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    4.3    5.0    5.1   (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........................................    4.9    5.6    5.8   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                
      plus total employed part time for economic reasons,                                                                    
      as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all                                                                      
      marginally attached workers.............................    7.0    8.1    8.1   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 

    1 Not available.
    NOTE:  This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of
  this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work
  but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged
  workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. 
  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to
  settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment
  measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              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                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Aug.    July    Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   5,785   6,395   6,957    4.1     4.5     4.4     4.5     4.5     4.9 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,143   2,281   2,544    9.4    10.4     9.9    10.4    10.1    11.5 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,193   1,191   1,236   14.2    14.2    13.6    14.3    14.8    16.1 
        16 to 17 years..............................     560     609     559   16.9    16.7    15.5    16.0    19.3    19.1 
        18 to 19 years..............................     646     582     701   12.6    12.6    12.2    13.1    11.8    14.7 
      20 to 24 years................................     950   1,090   1,308    6.6     8.3     7.9     8.2     7.5     9.0 
    25 years and over...............................   3,669   4,104   4,423    3.1     3.4     3.3     3.5     3.4     3.7 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,198   3,604   3,884    3.2     3.5     3.5     3.6     3.6     3.9 
      55 years and over.............................     488     521     573    2.7     2.8     2.6     2.8     2.8     3.0 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   3,009   3,439   3,828    4.0     4.6     4.5     4.7     4.5     5.1 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,213   1,228   1,435   10.2    10.9    11.0    11.8    10.4    12.4 
        16 to 19 years..............................     690     629     716   15.8    15.1    15.3    15.9    15.1    17.9 
          16 to 17 years............................     285     304     335   17.1    18.7    17.4    18.0    19.0    22.7 
          18 to 19 years............................     407     331     391   15.2    12.8    13.9    14.5    13.0    15.4 
        20 to 24 years..............................     523     599     720    6.9     8.7     8.7     9.5     7.9     9.5 
      25 years and over.............................   1,798   2,220   2,384    2.8     3.5     3.3     3.4     3.5     3.7 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,553   1,910   2,086    2.9     3.5     3.5     3.5     3.6     3.9 
        55 years and over...........................     278     307     345    2.7     2.9     2.9     3.0     3.0     3.3 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   2,776   2,956   3,130    4.2     4.4     4.3     4.4     4.5     4.8 
      16 to 24 years................................     930   1,053   1,108    8.6     9.8     8.8     8.9     9.7    10.4 
        16 to 19 years..............................     503     562     520   12.4    13.3    11.8    12.7    14.4    14.2 
          16 to 17 years............................     275     305     224   16.8    14.5    13.6    14.0    19.6    15.5 
          18 to 19 years............................     239     251     310    9.8    12.4    10.4    11.6    10.6    13.9 
        20 to 24 years..............................     427     491     588    6.3     7.8     7.1     6.7     7.1     8.4 
      25 years and over.............................   1,871   1,884   2,039    3.4     3.3     3.4     3.5     3.4     3.7 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,645   1,694   1,798    3.5     3.4     3.6     3.8     3.6     3.8 
        55 years and over...........................     210     214     229    2.6     2.6     2.2     2.5     2.5     2.7 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.






  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                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Aug.      Aug.      Aug.      Aug.      Aug.      Aug.  
                                                                        2000      2001      2000      2001      2000      2001  
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   68,510    70,274    24,762    25,893    43,748    44,380 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,441     5,062     1,759     2,081     2,682     2,980 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,095     1,357       511       711       584       646 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      205       335       122       176        83       159 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................      890     1,022       389       535       502       487 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,084     6,963     3,845     3,690     3,238     3,273 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.2       5.2       5.2       5.1       5.2       5.2 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    3,991     3,787     2,386     2,213     1,606     1,574 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,398     1,405       423       504       975       901 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      315       292       227       190        88       102 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,336     1,442       791       767       546       675 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation
  problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
    4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

(In thousands)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Aug.    June   July    Aug.     Aug.    Apr.    May     June   July    Aug. 
                                           2000    2001   2001p   2001p    2000    2001    2001    2001   2001p   2001p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total......................... 131,637 133,618 132,291 132,168 131,837 132,489 132,530 132,431 132,444 132,331
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 112,234 112,727 112,495 112,454 111,237 111,742 111,760 111,603 111,521 111,411
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  26,164  25,544  25,466  25,450  25,727  25,421  25,324  25,186  25,125  24,989
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     553     573     574     576     543     560     564     565     566     566
    Metal mining........................    41.0    35.6    34.4    33.6      40      37      37      35      34      33
    Coal mining.........................    76.0    77.6    78.8    79.3      76      75      76      78      79      80
    Oil and gas extraction..............   317.2   343.3   343.8   346.5     313     335     339     340     340     342
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   118.4   116.0   117.1   116.1     114     113     112     112     113     111
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   7,037   7,120   7,218   7,216   6,699   6,852   6,881   6,864   6,873   6,878
    General building contractors........ 1,590.7 1,597.1 1,623.6 1,623.1   1,525   1,548   1,556   1,551   1,557   1,557
    Heavy construction, except building.   975.5   987.9 1,007.8 1,010.9     900     915     923     925     936     935
    Special trade contractors........... 4,470.6 4,534.5 4,586.9 4,581.8   4,274   4,389   4,402   4,388   4,380   4,386
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  18,574  17,851  17,674  17,658  18,485  18,009  17,879  17,757  17,686  17,545
      Production workers................  12,687  12,025  11,866  11,876  12,631  12,166  12,066  11,956  11,897  11,790
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  11,194  10,754  10,596  10,570  11,172  10,870  10,778  10,692  10,620  10,532
      Production workers................   7,609   7,207   7,063   7,049   7,608   7,308   7,235   7,157   7,096   7,026
    Lumber and wood products............   846.2   807.6   808.3   810.3     831     800     797     798     797     794
    Furniture and fixtures..............   562.1   533.0   521.8   520.2     559     543     540     532     529     519
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   589.4   580.8   581.4   579.4     580     577     574     572     571     569
    Primary metal industries............   698.8   655.5   645.2   646.5     700     667     660     654     648     645
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   225.7   211.3   208.6   208.0   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,542.3 1,486.2 1,463.1 1,471.0   1,541   1,503   1,488   1,478   1,475   1,467
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,126.7 2,039.9 2,003.5 1,979.1   2,133   2,072   2,054   2,031   2,006   1,981
      Computer and office equipment.....   366.1   358.6   355.2   351.3     365     367     366     357     353     349
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,739.1 1,628.6 1,590.2 1,574.1   1,740   1,684   1,656   1,624   1,591   1,572
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   695.9   652.6   636.5   624.0     695     686     670     650     634     622
    Transportation equipment............ 1,833.6 1,764.7 1,732.3 1,744.6   1,836   1,768   1,757   1,749   1,750   1,747
      Motor vehicles and equipment...... 1,003.9   942.8   915.0   928.2   1,005     950     939     931     934     929
      Aircraft and parts................   462.2   466.0   465.5   464.9     464     464     465     465     466     465
    Instruments and related products....   858.6   867.3   866.8   862.3     856     866     865     865     865     859
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   396.8   390.0   383.8   382.5     396     390     387     389     388     379
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   7,380   7,097   7,078   7,088   7,313   7,139   7,101   7,065   7,066   7,013
      Production workers................   5,078   4,818   4,803   4,827   5,023   4,858   4,831   4,799   4,801   4,764
    Food and kindred products........... 1,727.7 1,683.4 1,704.4 1,732.3   1,679   1,687   1,684   1,685   1,680   1,675
    Tobacco products....................    33.0    31.1    31.1    32.6      33      32      33      33      33      34
    Textile mill products...............   530.5   475.0   469.8   468.7     528     489     480     472     471     465
    Apparel and other textile products..   630.4   575.5   562.7   552.7     625     581     579     567     571     551
    Paper and allied products...........   656.6   638.9   634.3   630.8     655     641     639     635     632     627
    Printing and publishing............. 1,549.0 1,497.8 1,491.3 1,484.5   1,549   1,512   1,502   1,495   1,490   1,484
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,038.9 1,039.1 1,039.4 1,036.4   1,036   1,036   1,033   1,033   1,038   1,034
    Petroleum and coal products.........   130.5   130.1   131.1   130.5     128     128     127     128     128     127
    Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 1,011.2   960.5   951.9   955.7   1,009     967     959     953     959     953
    Leather and leather products........    72.2    65.5    61.6    63.4      71      66      65      64      64      63
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing....................... 105,473 108,074 106,825 106,718 106,110 107,068 107,206 107,245 107,319 107,342
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   6,948   7,151   7,099   7,086   6,963   7,119   7,130   7,118   7,113   7,089
    Transportation......................   4,527   4,591   4,541   4,535   4,548   4,576   4,584   4,571   4,564   4,547
      Railroad transportation...........   236.5   228.7   228.9   228.7     236     230     230     227     228     227
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   416.0   480.9   420.5   420.1     478     477     483     483     483     482
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,891.8 1,882.2 1,887.3 1,888.4   1,860   1,864   1,867   1,867   1,864   1,856
      Water transportation..............   207.9   208.0   214.6   212.6     198     202     203     201     203     201
      Transportation by air............. 1,283.8 1,307.4 1,304.8 1,302.8   1,288   1,313   1,315   1,310   1,305   1,302
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    13.8    14.1    14.2    14.3      14      14      14      14      14      14
      Transportation services...........   477.4   470.1   470.4   468.5     474     476     472     469     467     465
    Communications and public utilities.   2,421   2,560   2,558   2,551   2,415   2,543   2,546   2,547   2,549   2,542
      Communications.................... 1,566.2 1,707.0 1,702.6 1,697.5   1,565   1,696   1,699   1,700   1,701   1,693
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   855.0   853.2   854.9   853.5     850     847     847     847     848     849
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   7,067   7,069   7,054   7,040   7,037   7,053   7,038   7,022   7,019   7,017
    Durable goods.......................   4,218   4,185   4,171   4,162   4,201   4,187   4,174   4,166   4,151   4,142
    Nondurable goods....................   2,849   2,884   2,883   2,878   2,836   2,866   2,864   2,856   2,868   2,875
  Retail trade..........................  23,490  23,772  23,704  23,719  23,348  23,530  23,546  23,561  23,596  23,570
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies......................... 1,033.1 1,064.3 1,042.4 1,031.5   1,015     999   1,006   1,014   1,008   1,014
    General merchandise stores.......... 2,777.0 2,754.1 2,741.7 2,761.3   2,830   2,804   2,821   2,818   2,812   2,814
      Department stores................. 2,434.7 2,412.6 2,398.7 2,419.8   2,483   2,459   2,473   2,471   2,459   2,461
    Food stores......................... 3,542.3 3,558.0 3,562.5 3,550.1   3,526   3,562   3,553   3,544   3,537   3,530
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,442.6 2,454.2 2,459.7 2,462.7   2,418   2,421   2,428   2,431   2,435   2,442
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,123.6 1,132.4 1,135.3 1,140.0   1,118   1,122   1,126   1,128   1,130   1,134
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,201.1 1,214.8 1,213.3 1,228.8   1,195   1,226   1,231   1,227   1,218   1,224
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,128.6 1,125.6 1,127.7 1,127.9   1,138   1,140   1,136   1,136   1,138   1,136
    Eating and drinking places.......... 8,314.0 8,494.3 8,456.7 8,454.2   8,132   8,213   8,216   8,241   8,297   8,267
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 3,051.1 3,107.1 3,099.6 3,102.3   3,094   3,165   3,155   3,150   3,151   3,143
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,620   7,698   7,709   7,702   7,549   7,626   7,644   7,631   7,617   7,623
    Finance.............................   3,724   3,784   3,780   3,780   3,707   3,761   3,770   3,767   3,754   3,757
      Depository institutions........... 2,034.4 2,051.8 2,053.8 2,052.7   2,024   2,032   2,037   2,041   2,040   2,039
        Commercial banks................ 1,433.8 1,435.3 1,435.9 1,434.0   1,425   1,421   1,426   1,428   1,426   1,424
        Savings institutions............   253.8   257.6   257.2   257.6     253     255     255     256     255     256
      Nondepository institutions........   675.3   702.0   704.8   711.2     674     691     697     699     702     709
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   302.5   318.2   321.8   324.6     301     308     313     317     321     324
      Security and commodity brokers....   763.1   769.2   763.1   759.9     756     780     776     766     755     752
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   251.5   260.6   258.2   256.4     253     258     260     261     257     257
    Insurance...........................   2,348   2,365   2,368   2,364   2,341   2,356   2,358   2,356   2,357   2,357
      Insurance carriers................ 1,590.0 1,604.7 1,606.5 1,603.5   1,585   1,596   1,598   1,598   1,599   1,598
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   757.5   760.6   761.4   760.0     756     760     760     758     758     759
    Real estate.........................   1,548   1,549   1,561   1,558   1,501   1,509   1,516   1,508   1,506   1,509
                                                                                                                        
  Services2.............................  40,945  41,493  41,463  41,457  40,613  40,993  41,078  41,085  41,051  41,123
    Agricultural services...............   871.2   918.3   918.2   905.5     801     824     834     833     833     836
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 2,076.7 2,039.9 2,090.5 2,083.8   1,923   1,944   1,935   1,920   1,923   1,918
    Personal services................... 1,212.6 1,246.4 1,231.5 1,238.9   1,256   1,267   1,277   1,279   1,281   1,285
    Business services................... 10041.9 9,706.2 9,636.3 9,712.1   9,921   9,729   9,702   9,666   9,599   9,601
      Services to buildings............. 1,002.9 1,019.3 1,007.3 1,006.9     994   1,009   1,013   1,008   1,000   1,000
      Personnel supply services......... 4,018.0 3,577.3 3,528.2 3,622.7   3,917   3,600   3,590   3,556   3,519   3,535
        Help supply services............ 3,606.6 3,187.0 3,143.5 3,227.7   3,506   3,202   3,198   3,161   3,130   3,128
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 2,116.2 2,205.2 2,207.9 2,202.2   2,114   2,199   2,200   2,205   2,205   2,200
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,259.7 1,313.9 1,319.5 1,315.6   1,254   1,300   1,309   1,303   1,313   1,309
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   368.2   363.5   363.1   364.3     366     364     363     361     360     362
    Motion pictures.....................   610.0   607.4   605.3   603.2     596     601     587     602     593     585
    Amusement and recreation services... 2,019.8 2,037.5 2,102.1 2,062.8   1,741   1,764   1,787   1,768   1,776   1,773
    Health services..................... 10131.7 10355.6 10378.3 10403.4  10,114  10,280  10,296  10,329  10,352  10,384
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 1,931.8 1,985.4 1,986.0 1,994.9   1,926   1,967   1,973   1,981   1,982   1,990
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,803.5 1,825.4 1,826.9 1,831.0   1,798   1,816   1,814   1,821   1,823   1,824
      Hospitals......................... 3,998.6 4,092.6 4,110.5 4,117.8   3,993   4,062   4,071   4,086   4,097   4,114
      Home health care services.........   644.8   649.5   648.0   651.7     645     646     645     648     648     653
    Legal services...................... 1,018.0 1,043.9 1,042.7 1,035.8   1,011   1,021   1,027   1,027   1,026   1,029
    Educational services................ 2,031.7 2,222.2 2,131.0 2,100.0   2,352   2,388   2,431   2,426   2,429   2,429
    Social services..................... 2,854.4 3,049.5 3,026.6 3,042.5   2,889   3,023   3,039   3,056   3,055   3,088
      Child day care services...........   658.2   737.5   694.9   704.8     719     743     745     756     764     767
      Residential care..................   811.8   850.8   854.0   856.5     809     835     842     845     847     850
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................   114.7   119.4   121.3   119.2     107     109     110     111     111     111
    Membership organizations............ 2,506.9 2,540.7 2,557.4 2,533.6   2,470   2,489   2,496   2,501   2,488   2,496
    Engineering and management services. 3,455.6 3,554.0 3,564.5 3,561.5   3,440   3,517   3,512   3,529   3,538   3,542
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services....................... 1,042.4 1,075.9 1,083.0 1,083.8   1,026   1,053   1,057   1,059   1,064   1,067
      Management and public relations... 1,104.7 1,134.0 1,130.6 1,130.4   1,098   1,124   1,121   1,124   1,121   1,125
    Services, nec.......................    50.3    52.6    52.8    53.0   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government............................  19,403  20,891  19,796  19,714  20,600  20,747  20,770  20,828  20,923  20,920
    Federal.............................   2,659   2,641   2,644   2,629   2,653   2,615   2,612   2,621   2,626   2,619
      Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,802.1 1,796.5 1,795.0 1,782.7   1,790   1,756   1,754   1,772   1,772   1,771
    State...............................   4,538   4,701   4,643   4,649   4,794   4,847   4,854   4,881   4,906   4,902
      Education......................... 1,745.7 1,877.3 1,806.7 1,814.9   2,037   2,065   2,066   2,089   2,113   2,108
      Other State government............ 2,792.2 2,823.7 2,836.3 2,834.4   2,757   2,782   2,788   2,792   2,793   2,794
    Local...............................  12,206  13,549  12,509  12,436  13,153  13,285  13,304  13,326  13,391  13,399
      Education......................... 6,277.6 7,544.2 6,375.3 6,388.0   7,456   7,495   7,512   7,515   7,573   7,579
      Other local government............ 5,928.7 6,004.9 6,133.6 6,048.0   5,697   5,790   5,792   5,811   5,818   5,820

  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                                                                                                
                                           Aug.    June   July    Aug.     Aug.    Apr.    May     June   July    Aug. 
                                           2000    2001   2001p   2001p    2000    2001    2001    2001   2001p   2001p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................   34.7    34.4    34.6    34.4    34.3    34.2    34.2    34.2    34.1    34.1 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   41.1    40.6    40.5    40.7    40.8    40.6    40.5    40.4    40.5    40.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   43.6    43.7    43.7    43.6    43.1    44.0    43.9    43.3    43.3    43.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   40.2    40.0    40.4    40.1    39.2    39.3    39.7    39.4    39.4    39.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   41.4    40.8    40.4    40.8    41.4    41.0    40.7    40.7    40.9    40.7 
      Overtime hours....................    4.7     4.0     3.9     4.3     4.5     3.9     3.9     3.9     4.0     4.2 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   41.9    41.1    40.6    41.1    41.9    41.3    41.0    40.9    41.2    41.1 
      Overtime hours....................    4.7     4.0     3.8     4.3     4.6     3.9     3.9     3.9     4.0     4.1 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   41.1    40.9    40.8    40.9    40.7    40.1    40.6    40.4    41.1    40.6 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   40.0    38.6    39.3    40.0    39.6    39.3    38.6    38.4    39.7    39.7 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   43.8    44.3    44.3    44.3    43.0    43.2    43.9    44.0    44.0    43.6 
    Primary metal industries............   44.5    43.9    43.2    43.6    44.7    44.3    43.5    43.9    43.9    43.7 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   45.9    45.1    44.6    44.8    45.9    45.4    44.6    45.1    44.4    44.8 
    Fabricated metal products...........   42.3    41.4    40.7    41.6    42.3    42.0    41.4    41.2    41.5    41.6 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   41.8    40.5    40.3    40.0    42.1    41.3    40.7    40.4    40.8    40.1 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   40.6    39.3    38.4    38.9    40.5    39.8    39.1    39.3    39.0    38.8 
    Transportation equipment............   43.0    42.3    40.9    43.0    43.2    42.4    42.4    41.9    42.4    43.1 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   44.1    43.6    41.4    44.9    44.3    43.3    43.6    43.0    43.4    45.2 
    Instruments and related products....   40.7    40.7    40.4    40.2    40.9    41.0    41.0    40.8    40.8    40.2 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   38.8    38.4    37.9    38.5    38.7    38.2    37.9    38.4    38.5    38.4 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   40.7    40.3    40.1    40.4    40.7    40.5    40.3    40.4    40.4    40.2 
      Overtime hours....................    4.5     3.9     4.1     4.5     4.4     3.9     4.0     3.9     4.0     4.2 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   42.1    41.1    40.9    41.5    41.8    41.3    41.1    41.2    40.9    41.0 
    Tobacco products....................   41.7    41.3    40.3    41.2    41.0    41.1    39.1    40.4    40.5    41.0 
    Textile mill products...............   40.9    40.5    39.3    40.4    40.8    40.3    40.3    40.4    39.9    40.1 
    Apparel and other textile products..   37.8    37.8    37.3    37.5    37.7    38.0    37.8    37.5    37.8    37.3 
    Paper and allied products...........   42.3    41.5    41.5    41.2    42.5    42.0    41.6    41.7    41.7    41.2 
    Printing and publishing.............   38.2    37.8    38.2    38.3    38.1    38.2    38.0    38.0    38.4    38.1 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   42.1    42.2    42.3    42.1    42.3    42.6    42.4    42.2    42.7    42.2 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   40.7    42.9    43.2    42.3    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   41.1    40.9    40.1    40.5    41.3    40.8    40.6    40.7    40.7    40.5 
    Leather and leather products........   38.0    36.7    35.0    36.1    37.4    36.6    35.9    36.2    35.5    35.8 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   33.1    32.9    33.2    32.9    32.7    32.7    32.7    32.8    32.6    32.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   38.7    38.2    38.7    38.4    38.4    38.1    38.1    38.1    38.0    38.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   38.3    38.3    38.6    38.3    38.3    38.2    38.2    38.3    38.3    38.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   29.5    29.0    29.5    29.3    28.9    28.8    28.8    28.7    28.6    28.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   36.0    36.2    36.7    36.1    36.2    36.3    36.2    36.5    36.2    36.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   32.9    32.8    33.0    32.8    32.6    32.6    32.7    32.8    32.6    32.5 

  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 This series is 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                                                                                                
                                            Aug.      June     July      Aug.       Aug.      June     July      Aug.  
                                            2000      2001     2001p     2001p      2000      2001     2001p     2001p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  $13.68    $14.22    $14.27    $14.26    $474.70   $489.17   $493.74   $490.54 
        Seasonally adjusted.............   13.80     14.31     14.34     14.38     473.34    489.40    488.99    490.36 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   15.49     15.90     16.01     16.06     636.64    645.54    648.41    653.64 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   17.13     17.59     17.69     17.51     746.87    768.68    773.05    763.44 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   18.05     18.21     18.31     18.44     725.61    728.40    739.72    739.44 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   14.36     14.79     14.85     14.90     594.50    603.43    599.94    607.92 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   14.81     15.24     15.27     15.39     620.54    626.36    619.96    632.53 
    Lumber and wood products............   12.02     12.19     12.32     12.39     494.02    498.57    502.66    506.75 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   11.83     12.15     12.27     12.45     473.20    468.99    482.21    498.00 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   14.65     15.13     15.14     15.26     641.67    670.26    670.70    676.02 
    Primary metal industries............   16.49     16.96     17.13     17.04     733.81    744.54    740.02    742.94 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   19.97     20.39     20.60     20.51     916.62    919.59    918.76    918.85 
    Fabricated metal products...........   13.85     14.25     14.24     14.36     585.86    589.95    579.57    597.38 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   15.61     15.82     15.91     15.95     652.50    640.71    641.17    638.00 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   13.76     14.51     14.61     14.72     558.66    570.24    561.02    572.61 
    Transportation equipment............   18.37     18.90     18.83     19.09     789.91    799.47    770.15    820.87 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   18.68     19.25     19.09     19.39     823.79    839.30    790.33    870.61 
    Instruments and related products....   14.44     14.81     14.99     14.95     587.71    602.77    605.60    600.99 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   11.56     12.07     12.12     12.19     448.53    463.49    459.35    469.32 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   13.68     14.11     14.22     14.17     556.78    568.63    570.22    572.47 
    Food and kindred products...........   12.49     12.86     12.95     12.89     525.83    528.55    529.66    534.94 
    Tobacco products....................   22.60     23.17     23.63     22.56     942.42    956.92    952.29    929.47 
    Textile mill products...............   11.21     11.32     11.38     11.39     458.49    458.46    447.23    460.16 
    Apparel and other textile products..    9.29      9.45      9.42      9.47     351.16    357.21    351.37    355.13 
    Paper and allied products...........   16.27     16.90     16.95     16.86     688.22    701.35    703.43    694.63 
    Printing and publishing.............   14.39     14.74     14.82     14.81     549.70    557.17    566.12    567.22 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   18.21     18.55     18.70     18.55     766.64    782.81    791.01    780.96 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   21.78     21.78     21.95     22.06     886.45    934.36    948.24    933.14 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   12.87     13.30     13.40     13.48     528.96    543.97    537.34    545.94 
    Leather and leather products........   10.24     10.30     10.23     10.45     389.12    378.01    358.05    377.25 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   13.11     13.71     13.76     13.72     433.94    451.06    456.83    451.39 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   16.22     16.83     16.88     16.90     627.71    642.91    653.26    648.96 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   15.19     15.77     15.86     15.69     581.78    603.99    612.20    600.93 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    9.41      9.77      9.77      9.77     277.60    283.33    288.22    286.26 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   14.99     15.75     15.85     15.81     539.64    570.15    581.70    570.74 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   13.74     14.39     14.45     14.43     452.05    471.99    476.85    473.30 

  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  
                                    Aug.     Apr.     May      June     July     Aug.     change  
            Industry                2000     2001     2001     2001     2001p    2001p    from:   
                                                                                        July 2001-
                                                                                        Aug. 2001 
                                                                                                  
Total private:                                                                                    
   Current dollars..............   $13.80   $14.21   $14.24   $14.31   $14.34   $14.38      0.3   
   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.90     7.94     7.93     7.95     8.00     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                  
  Goods-producing...............    15.45    15.78    15.86    15.90    15.94    16.02       .5   
    Mining......................    17.25    17.53    17.54    17.73    17.76    17.67      -.5   
    Construction................    17.93    18.15    18.22    18.28    18.25    18.36       .6   
    Manufacturing...............    14.43    14.72    14.78    14.81    14.87    14.94       .5   
      Excluding overtime4.......    13.69    14.04    14.09    14.13    14.18    14.23       .4   
                                                                                                  
  Service-producing.............    13.29    13.73    13.76    13.84    13.86    13.90       .3   
    Transportation and public                                                                     
       utilities................    16.27    16.74    16.76    16.91    16.87    16.88       .1   
    Wholesale trade.............    15.25    15.74    15.70    15.86    15.82    15.75      -.4   
    Retail trade................     9.50     9.74     9.79     9.83     9.84     9.85       .1   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
       estate...................    15.13    15.64    15.74    15.86    15.91    15.96       .3   
    Services....................    13.97    14.48    14.49    14.54    14.60    14.68       .5   

  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 .6 percent from June 2001 to July 2001, 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                                                                                                
                                          Aug.   June    July     Aug.    Aug.    Apr.    May    June    July     Aug.  
                                          2000   2001    2001p    2001p   2000    2001    2001   2001    2001p    2001p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  154.4  153.5   154.2    153.4   151.3  151.5   151.5   151.2   150.7    150.1 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  119.3  114.2   113.3    113.9   116.0  113.5   112.8   111.5   111.6    110.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   52.8   56.1    56.4     56.4    51.1   55.0    55.4    55.0    55.0     55.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  200.6  201.7   206.7    204.7   184.3  190.0   192.5   190.1   190.5    188.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  106.0   98.9    96.6     97.8   105.5  100.7    99.1    98.1    98.1     96.8 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  111.2  103.3   100.0    101.1   111.1  105.4   103.6   102.2   102.0    100.7 
    Lumber and wood products............  150.3  141.3   140.8    142.0   145.7  137.2   138.2   137.6   139.5    137.6 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  141.2  127.7   126.7    129.4   139.1  133.1   129.5   127.1   129.8    127.9 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  123.2  122.2   122.5    121.3   118.8  118.3   119.4   118.9   119.2    116.8 
    Primary metal industries............   92.2   84.3    81.4     82.3    92.9   87.0    84.4    84.4    83.2     82.5 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   72.5   66.2    64.4     64.5    72.1   67.6    65.6    65.6    63.8     63.9 
    Fabricated metal products...........  122.0  113.7   109.6    112.7   121.9  116.9   114.0   112.5   113.2    112.5 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..  101.9   92.9    90.1     88.1   103.4   96.3    94.0    92.0    91.4     88.7 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................  108.2   95.8    90.9     90.8   108.4  100.9    97.4    95.9    92.8     90.6 
    Transportation equipment............  119.5  112.7   105.6    111.9   120.6  113.8   112.8   110.0   111.4    112.9 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  159.9  147.8   134.8    148.7   161.9  149.0   147.7   143.2   145.8    150.5 
    Instruments and related products....   74.6   73.9    73.0     72.0    75.0   74.7    74.2    73.6    73.6     72.0 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   99.7   94.9    91.7     92.7    99.1   95.3    93.8    95.0    94.2     91.4 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   98.8   92.9    92.0     93.2    97.7   94.1    93.0    92.5    92.6     91.5 
    Food and kindred products...........  122.3  114.4   116.0    120.2   117.2  116.0   114.8   115.3   114.1    114.2 
    Tobacco products....................   49.8   45.2    44.1     48.2    50.8   46.8    46.5    48.0    48.1     50.8 
    Textile mill products...............   75.5   66.9    64.4     66.1    75.1   68.5    67.1    66.3    65.6     65.3 
    Apparel and other textile products..   54.8   49.3    47.3     46.7    54.2   50.1    49.5    48.0    48.7     46.2 
    Paper and allied products...........  102.7   98.2    97.3     96.2   103.0   99.7    98.4    97.8    97.4     95.6 
    Printing and publishing.............  120.6  114.0   114.8    115.2   120.3  116.5   115.4   114.6   115.3    114.3 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   98.8   97.8    97.8     97.0    99.2   98.7    98.1    97.4    98.9     97.3 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   70.1   73.0    74.4     73.4    70.1   72.9    70.1    71.6    71.6     72.1 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  147.2  138.1   133.6    135.9   147.8  138.4   137.0   136.4   137.3    135.2 
    Leather and leather products........   31.8   27.8    24.2     26.5    31.0   28.1    27.0    26.7    25.6     25.9 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................  170.2  171.2   172.6    171.1   167.2  168.5   168.9   169.0   168.2    168.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  136.9  140.3   141.1    139.8   136.1  139.4   139.4   139.2   139.1    138.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  132.6  132.0   132.8    131.6   131.7  131.4   131.0   131.2   131.0    130.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  150.4  149.2   151.1    150.1   146.1  146.7   146.5   146.0   145.6    145.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  139.3  141.6   143.6    140.8   138.1  140.2   140.2   140.9   139.5    139.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  213.8  215.9   217.3    215.5   210.2  211.8   212.9   213.4   212.2    211.9 

  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, 353 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   57.2    58.6    62.5    63.2    59.8    57.2    59.8    59.2    62.7    65.2    61.6    62.2 
     1998..............   63.2    56.2    59.3    60.2    58.9    57.1    55.4    58.4    54.8    55.0    58.2    56.4 
     1999..............   55.1    59.6    52.8    57.2    58.2    54.2    57.1    54.4    55.2    57.9    59.9    56.8 
     2000..............   55.7    59.3    61.0    54.2    47.7    60.5    57.8    55.1    52.0    54.8    55.1    54.2 
     2001..............   53.7    50.4    55.8    45.0    46.6    44.3   p45.3   p43.6                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   63.5    64.0    66.0    67.0    63.2    63.3    59.8    65.6    67.3    71.1    70.0    69.5 
     1998..............   65.3    66.1    64.6    65.7    62.2    57.9    57.5    58.4    59.1    59.2    59.3    59.2 
     1999..............   60.8    57.8    58.5    55.8    58.1    57.9    57.2    59.2    59.8    59.1    61.0    60.6 
     2000..............   61.6    63.3    61.9    56.2    55.1    57.9    61.5    56.4    54.1    53.3    55.7    53.3 
     2001..............   51.7    54.1    48.6    49.2    42.5   p42.2   p39.7                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   66.7    68.6    66.1    66.0    65.3    65.9    66.0    69.1    69.4    70.3    71.1    70.7 
     1998..............   70.4    67.4    65.0    62.5    63.6    60.5    59.2    58.6    57.9    59.6    60.6    59.9 
     1999..............   59.8    59.8    58.2    60.3    56.7    59.2    61.8    60.8    62.2    61.2    62.3    64.9 
     2000..............   63.5    60.6    62.6    63.7    61.5    55.5    56.1    58.6    54.2    54.8    51.8    54.2 
     2001..............   52.0    50.6    48.6   p45.2   p43.2                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1997..............   69.3    67.4    68.4    70.0    69.7    70.3    70.1    70.8    71.0    70.5    69.7    70.7 
     1998..............   69.7    67.6    67.4    66.0    64.0    62.7    61.9    62.0    60.9    59.3    60.8    58.8 
     1999..............   61.2    60.2    58.2    60.8    60.8    61.6    62.2    61.3    63.9    63.0    61.3    60.9 
     2000..............   62.5    63.0    61.8    59.5    58.4    56.8    55.7    56.5    54.2    53.4    53.0    51.7 
     2001..............  p49.9   p47.5                                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                    Manufacturing payrolls, 136 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   48.2    52.6    55.5    54.8    52.9    53.7    49.3    51.1    57.7    61.8    61.4    54.8 
     1998..............   57.4    51.5    53.7    53.3    43.8    48.2    38.2    51.5    41.9    41.5    41.2    43.4 
     1999..............   46.0    44.5    43.0    42.3    50.4    39.3    51.5    39.3    45.2    46.3    53.3    46.7 
     2000..............   44.9    56.6    55.5    46.7    41.2    54.8    53.7    38.6    34.6    41.5    43.8    44.1 
     2001..............   37.9    32.4    41.5    31.3    29.4    33.1   p38.6   p27.2                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   50.0    51.5    55.9    55.5    52.9    52.9    50.4    54.8    59.6    70.6    66.5    64.3 
     1998..............   59.6    59.6    55.9    50.4    46.7    37.9    41.5    41.5    41.9    38.2    36.8    40.8 
     1999..............   41.2    39.0    38.2    41.5    40.8    45.2    39.0    45.2    40.8    44.9    46.3    46.0 
     2000..............   50.0    54.0    52.9    42.3    43.0    48.5    48.2    33.8    28.7    30.5    39.0    35.7 
     2001..............   28.3    29.4    24.6    26.5    22.4   p25.7   p19.1                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   53.7    53.7    51.1    52.9    50.7    50.7    54.8    62.1    61.8    64.3    67.3    65.8 
     1998..............   63.2    54.4    50.4    40.4    44.5    40.1    37.5    36.4    34.9    40.1    37.1    34.2 
     1999..............   36.0    38.2    37.5    41.2    36.8    39.7    43.0    41.5    46.0    40.4    46.3    51.5 
     2000..............   51.5    44.5    48.5    55.1    43.8    34.9    33.5    34.6    30.1    29.4    25.0    27.9 
     2001..............   26.8    25.4    19.9   p21.0   p19.9                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1997..............   55.1    52.6    54.0    54.4    55.5    57.0    57.0    58.8    59.2    57.7    57.4    57.7 
     1998..............   54.8    52.2    51.8    46.7    40.4    40.1    38.2    37.5    36.4    34.6    35.7    34.2 
     1999..............   38.6    34.6    32.4    36.0    37.9    39.0    40.1    40.4    44.5    46.0    44.9    44.5 
     2000..............   46.3    45.2    41.2    37.9    33.8    31.3    31.3    31.3    27.6    25.4    24.3    21.0 
     2001..............  p20.2   p17.3                                                                                 

  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.