Technical information:
 Household data:   (202) 691-6378  USDL 01-157
   http://www.bls.gov/cpshome.htm

 Establishment data:     691-6555  Transmission of material in this release is
   http://www.bls.gov/ceshome.htm  embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EDT),
Media contact:           691-5902  Friday, June 1, 2001.
                                     
                                     
                    THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  MAY 2001

                                     
   Nonfarm employment and the unemployment rate were little changed in May,
the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported
today.  Manufacturing had another large job loss, which was mostly offset
by employment gains in other industries, including services, construction,
and finance, insurance, and real estate.
                                     
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   Both the number of unemployed persons (6.2 million) and the unemployment
rate (4.4 percent) were little changed in May.  The unemployment rate was
half a percentage point higher than its recent low of 3.9 percent in
October.  The rates for all the major worker groups--adult men (3.9 percent),
adult women (3.8 percent), teenagers (13.6 percent), whites (3.8 percent),
blacks (8.0 percent), and Hispanics (6.2 percent)--showed little or no change
over the month.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment (135.1 million) edged down in May after seasonal
adjustment.  The employment-population ratio decreased to 63.9 percent and
has fallen by 0.6 percentage point since January.  The civilian labor force
dropped by 485,000 over the month to 141.3 million, seasonally adjusted,
and the labor force participation rate--the proportion of the population 16
years of age and older who are either working or looking for work--fell to
66.8 percent.  (See table A-1.)

   In May, 7.5 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one
job.  These multiple jobholders represented 5.5 percent of the employed,
down from 5.7 percent 1 year earlier.  (See table A-10.)


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   |     The establishment data in this release have been revised as a|
   |  result of the annual benchmarking process; the introduction of  |
   |  probability-based sample estimates for mining, construction, and|
   |  manufacturing; and the updating of seasonal adjustment factors. |
   |  More information on the revisions is contained in the note      |
   |  beginning on page 5.                                            |
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |       Monthly data       |
                      |    averages     |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________| Apr.-
      Category        |  2000  |  2001  |          2001            | May
                      |________|________|________ _________________|change
                      |   IV   |   I    |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |  May   |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 141,208| 141,858| 141,868| 141,757| 141,272|   -485
  Employment..........| 135,593| 135,864| 135,780| 135,354| 135,103|   -251
  Unemployment........|   5,616|   5,994|   6,088|   6,402|   6,169|   -233
Not in labor force....|  69,358|  69,171|  69,304|  69,592|  70,254|    662
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     4.0|     4.2|     4.3|     4.5|     4.4|   -0.1
  Adult men...........|     3.4|     3.7|     3.8|     4.0|     3.9|    -.1
  Adult women.........|     3.4|     3.6|     3.6|     3.8|     3.8|     .0
  Teenagers...........|    12.9|    13.7|    13.8|    14.2|    13.6|    -.6
  White...............|     3.5|     3.7|     3.7|     4.0|     3.8|    -.2
  Black...............|     7.5|     8.1|     8.6|     8.2|     8.0|    -.2
  Hispanic origin.....|     5.6|     6.2|     6.3|     6.5|     6.2|    -.3
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA 1/|                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 132,264| 132,559| 132,654|p132,472|p132,453|   p-19
  Goods-producing 2/..|  25,704|  25,621|  25,602| p25,414| p25,325|   p-89
    Construction......|   6,777|   6,878|   6,929|  p6,851|  p6,882|    p31
    Manufacturing.....|  18,378|  18,188|  18,116| p18,003| p17,879|  p-124
  Service-producing 2/| 106,560| 106,938| 107,052|p107,058|p107,128|    p70
    Retail trade......|  23,394|  23,448|  23,457| p23,518| p23,513|    p-5
    Services..........|  40,838|  41,026|  41,073| p40,995| p41,037|    p42
    Government........|  20,595|  20,673|  20,711| p20,746| p20,759|    p13
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.3|    34.3|    34.3|   p34.2|   p34.3|   p0.1
  Manufacturing.......|    41.1|    41.0|    41.0|   p41.0|   p40.8|   p-.2
    Overtime..........|     4.3|     4.1|     4.1|    p3.9|    p3.9|    p.0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   151.6|   152.0|   152.0|  p151.5|  p151.5|    p.0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 3/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $13.97|  $14.10|  $14.17| p$14.22| p$14.26| p$0.04
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  479.05|  484.21|  486.03| p486.32| p489.12|  p2.80
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______

   1/  Establishment data have been revised to reflect March 2000 bench-
marks, the introduction of probability-based sample estimates for mining,
construction, and manufacturing; and recomputed seasonal adjustment
factors.
   2/  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   3/  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.

                                  - 3 -   
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.1 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in May, the same as 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
May, the number of discouraged workers was 325,000.  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 was little changed in May at 132.5  million,
seasonally  adjusted.  This follows a decline of 182,000  (as  revised)  in
April.  In May, manufacturing employment again fell sharply, and there were
continued  job losses in wholesale trade.  At the same time, several  other
industries  added  jobs,  including services,  construction,  and  finance,
insurance, and real estate.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Manufacturing employment dropped by 124,000 in May.  Since last July,
job losses in manufacturing have totaled 675,000, with more than two-thirds
of the decline occurring since December.  Declines in manufacturing were
widespread in May.  The largest were in electronic equipment (26,000),
industrial machinery (18,000), motor vehicles (15,000), and fabricated
metals (15,000).  Since December, employment in these four industries has
fallen by 248,000, a little over half of the total loss for manufacturing
this year.
   
   Construction employment increased by 31,000 in May, after seasonal
adjustment, partially offsetting a decline of 78,000 in April.  The average
monthly job gain in construction so far this year (18,000) has been the
same as the average for all of 2000.
   
   Mining employment grew by 4,000 in May.  Oil and gas extraction continued
on the upward trend that began in the fall of 1999; so far this year, the
industry has added 19,000 jobs and has accounted for all of the growth in
mining.
   
   In the service-producing sector, employment in finance, insurance, and
real estate rose by 22,000 in May.  Following losses in the first half of
2000, this industry has added 112,000 jobs since July.  Over the month,
employment rose in nearly all the component industries.  Mortgage banks and
brokerages continued to add jobs.  Following 2 years of sustained job
losses, employment in commercial banks has risen for 3 consecutive months.
In contrast, employment in security brokerages has weakened in recent
months; the industry lost 3,000 jobs in May.
   
   Services employment rose by only 42,000 in May, following a loss of
78,000 in April.  Gains in educational services (26,000), health services
(23,000), social services (14,000), and agricultural services (13,000) were
largely offset by losses in business services (34,000) and motion pictures
(22,000).  Within business services, employment in help supply services was
virtually unchanged in May.  This follows a sharp downward trend from
October through April that lowered help supply employment by 346,000.  In
May, job growth continued to slow in computer services, and engineering and
management services showed a small employment loss.
   
   Retail trade employment was little changed in May, following a large
increase in April.  Monthly employment gains in this industry so far this
year have averaged 21,000, slightly below the monthly average for all of
2000.  In May, employment increased in building material stores, general
merchandise stores, and auto dealerships, while declines took place in
furniture, apparel, and food stores.

                                  - 4 -

   Employment in transportation and public utilities rose by 12,000 in May,
offsetting a decline in April.  Growth in this industry has been sluggish
so far this year, with monthly job increases averaging 5,000, compared with
14,000 in 2000.  In government, there was a small employment gain in local
education.
   
   Wholesale trade employment continued on the downward trend that started
late last year.  Declines in April (12,000) and May (14,000) were
particularly large.  Most of the weakness in this industry has been in the
distribution of durable goods.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls edged up by 0.1 hour in May to 34.3 hours, seasonally
adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek declined by 0.2 hour to 40.8 hours.
Manufacturing overtime was unchanged at 3.9 hours.  Over the past 12 months,
the factory workweek has fallen by 0.8 hour and factory overtime by 0.7 hour.
(See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 151.5 (1982=100),
seasonally adjusted, and was virtually the same as a year earlier.  The
manufacturing index fell by 1.5 percent in May to 99.1.  (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 May to $14.26, seasonally
adjusted.  Over the month, average weekly earnings increased by 0.6 percent
to $489.12.  Over the year, average hourly earnings rose by 4.3 percent and
average weekly earnings grew by 4.0 percent.  (See table B-3.)
                                        
                      ______________________________
   
   The Employment Situation for June 2001 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, July 6, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).

                                  - 5 -

   Expansion of the Current Population Survey (Household Survey) Sample

   Beginning in September 2000, the Census Bureau expanded the monthly
sample for the Current Population Survey (CPS) to meet the requirements of
the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) legislation.  This
legislation requires that the Census Bureau improve state estimates of the
number of children who live in low-income families and lack health insurance.
These estimates are obtained from the Annual Demographic Supplement to the
CPS.  The expansion of the monthly CPS sample was one part of the Census
Bureau's plan for strengthening the SCHIP estimates.  The monthly CPS sample
was increased in 31 states and the District of Columbia, and the total number
of households eligible for the survey rose from about 50,000 to about 60,000.
The additional households were introduced into the survey over a 3-month
period beginning in September 2000.
   
   In the September 2000 Employment Situation news release (USDL 00-284),
the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) stated that it would not use the
additional sample to produce the official national labor force estimates
prior to the release of July 2001 data in August.  This delay would allow
BLS sufficient time to evaluate the differences, if any, between the
estimates obtained from the current 50,000-household sample and the
expanded 60,000-household sample.  BLS evaluated the monthly data for the
November 2000-April 2001 period and found no significant differences in the
national labor force estimates derived from the two samples.  Thus, BLS
plans to incorporate the additional sample into the July 2001 official
national estimates.  Since estimates from the two samples were virtually
identical, household data for the first 6 months of 2001 will not be
revised.
   
   The August 2001 issue of Employment and Earnings will contain an article
discussing this sample expansion in more detail.


                  Revisions to Establishment Survey Data

   In accordance with annual practice, the establishment survey data have
been revised to reflect comprehensive universe counts of payroll jobs
(benchmarks).  These counts are derived principally from unemployment
insurance tax records for March 2000; the benchmark process resulted in
revisions to all unadjusted data series from April 1999 forward, the time
period since the last benchmark was established.  All seasonally adjusted
data beginning with January 1996 also have been revised, in accordance with
the usual practice of revising 5 years of data.
   
   In addition to the routine benchmark revisions, all estimates for the
mining and manufacturing industries from April 1999 forward have been
revised to incorporate a new sample design.  Construction industry
estimates from April 2000 forward incorporate the new sample design.  These
industries are the second group to convert to a probability-based sample
under a 4-year phase-in plan for the Current Employment Statistics (CES)
sample redesign project.
   
   Table B presents revised total nonfarm employment data on a seasonally
adjusted basis for the period January 2000 through April 2001.  The revised
data for April 2000 forward incorporate the effect of applying the rate of
change measured by the sample to the new benchmark level, as well as
updated bias and net business birth/death model adjustments and new seasonal
adjustment factors.  The total nonfarm employment level for March 2000 was
revised upward by 468,000 (432,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis).  The
previously published level for April 2001 was revised upward by 405,000
(445,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis).
   
   The June 2001 issue of Employment and Earnings will contain an article
that discusses the benchmark, the post-benchmark revisions, and the
introduction of probability-based sample estimates for mining,
construction, and manufacturing.  (The article is available on the Internet
at the address shown below.)  This issue also will provide revised seasonal
adjustment factors for March through October 2001 and revised estimates for
all regularly published tables containing national establishment survey
data on employment, hours, and earnings.

                                  - 6 -

   LABSTAT, the BLS public database on the Internet, contains all revised
historical CES data.  The data can be accessed through the CES homepage at
http://www.bls.gov/ceshome.htm.
   
   Further information on the revisions released today may be obtained by
calling 202-691-6555 or via the Internet on the CES homepage.



Table B.  Revisions in total nonfarm employment, seasonally adjusted,
January 2000-April 2001

(In thousands)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                   |                 |                  |
   Year and month  |  As previously  |    As revised    |   Difference
                   |   published     |                  |
-------------------|-----------------|------------------|---------------
2000:              |                 |                  |
    January........|     130,387     |      130,668     |       281
    February.......|     130,482     |      130,843     |       361
    March..........|     131,009     |      131,441     |       432
    April..........|     131,419     |      131,683     |       264
    May............|     131,590     |      131,909     |       319
    June...........|     131,647     |      131,969     |       322
    July...........|     131,607     |      131,899     |       292
    August.........|     131,528     |      131,837     |       309
    September......|     131,723     |      132,046     |       323
    October........|     131,789     |      132,145     |       356
    November.......|     131,842     |      132,279     |       437
    December.......|     131,878     |      132,367     |       489
2001:              |                 |                  |
    January........|     132,167     |      132,428     |       261
    February.......|     132,303     |      132,595     |       292
    March..........|     132,250     |      132,654     |       404
    April(p).......|     132,027     |      132,472     |       445
------------------------------------------------------------------------
    p = preliminary.



                                  - 7 -

Explanatory Note


 This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about
50,000 households  conducted by the 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.

                                  - 8 -
 
 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

                                  - 9 -

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

                                  - 10 -

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                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       May     Apr.    May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 209,371 211,348 211,525 209,371 210,889 211,026 211,171 211,348 211,525
    Civilian labor force............................ 140,395 141,073 141,048 140,573 141,955 141,751 141,868 141,757 141,272
          Participation rate........................    67.1    66.7    66.7    67.1    67.3    67.2    67.2    67.1    66.8
      Employed...................................... 134,961 135,122 135,202 134,843 135,999 135,815 135,780 135,354 135,103
          Employment-population ratio...............    64.5    63.9    63.9    64.4    64.5    64.4    64.3    64.0    63.9
        Agriculture.................................   3,490   3,163   3,381   3,294   3,179   3,135   3,161   3,192   3,193
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 131,471 131,959 131,822 131,549 132,819 132,680 132,618 132,162 131,910
      Unemployed....................................   5,435   5,951   5,846   5,730   5,956   5,936   6,088   6,402   6,169
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.9     4.2     4.1     4.1     4.2     4.2     4.3     4.5     4.4
    Not in labor force..............................  68,975  70,275  70,477  68,798  68,934  69,275  69,304  69,592  70,254
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,989   4,451   5,161   4,386   4,417   4,455   4,174   4,368   4,535
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 100,566 101,593 101,684 100,566 101,357 101,428 101,504 101,593 101,684
    Civilian labor force............................  74,928  75,314  75,274  74,977  75,815  75,547  75,516  75,741  75,344
          Participation rate........................    74.5    74.1    74.0    74.6    74.8    74.5    74.4    74.6    74.1
      Employed......................................  72,199  71,987  72,131  72,049  72,589  72,359  72,201  72,245  71,978
          Employment-population ratio...............    71.8    70.9    70.9    71.6    71.6    71.3    71.1    71.1    70.8
      Unemployed....................................   2,729   3,326   3,143   2,928   3,226   3,187   3,315   3,496   3,366
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.6     4.4     4.2     3.9     4.3     4.2     4.4     4.6     4.5
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  92,408  93,410  93,541  92,408  93,184  93,227  93,285  93,410  93,541
    Civilian labor force............................  70,691  71,409  71,360  70,662  71,492  71,288  71,261  71,575  71,351
          Participation rate........................    76.5    76.4    76.3    76.5    76.7    76.5    76.4    76.6    76.3
      Employed......................................  68,491  68,644  68,772  68,315  68,916  68,761  68,534  68,706  68,595
          Employment-population ratio...............    74.1    73.5    73.5    73.9    74.0    73.8    73.5    73.6    73.3
        Agriculture.................................   2,346   2,121   2,280   2,228   2,122   2,154   2,150   2,117   2,169
        Nonagricultural industries..................  66,145  66,523  66,492  66,087  66,795  66,607  66,383  66,589  66,426
      Unemployed....................................   2,200   2,765   2,588   2,347   2,576   2,527   2,728   2,869   2,756
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.1     3.9     3.6     3.3     3.6     3.5     3.8     4.0     3.9
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 108,805 109,756 109,842 108,805 109,532 109,598 109,667 109,756 109,842
    Civilian labor force............................  65,468  65,759  65,774  65,596  66,140  66,204  66,352  66,016  65,928
          Participation rate........................    60.2    59.9    59.9    60.3    60.4    60.4    60.5    60.1    60.0
      Employed......................................  62,762  63,135  63,071  62,794  63,410  63,456  63,578  63,109  63,125
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.7    57.5    57.4    57.7    57.9    57.9    58.0    57.5    57.5
      Unemployed....................................   2,705   2,624   2,703   2,802   2,730   2,749   2,774   2,907   2,803
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.1     4.0     4.1     4.3     4.1     4.2     4.2     4.4     4.3
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 100,929 101,870 101,938 100,929 101,643 101,686 101,779 101,870 101,938
    Civilian labor force............................  61,530  62,091  62,049  61,582  62,126  62,220  62,412  62,132  62,119
          Participation rate........................    61.0    61.0    60.9    61.0    61.1    61.2    61.3    61.0    60.9
      Employed......................................  59,322  59,915  59,804  59,264  59,894  59,932  60,178  59,741  59,766
          Employment-population ratio...............    58.8    58.8    58.7    58.7    58.9    58.9    59.1    58.6    58.6
        Agriculture.................................     881     844     860     846     852     839     819     847     822
        Nonagricultural industries..................  58,442  59,071  58,943  58,418  59,042  59,093  59,359  58,895  58,943
      Unemployed....................................   2,208   2,175   2,245   2,318   2,232   2,288   2,233   2,390   2,353
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.6     3.5     3.6     3.8     3.6     3.7     3.6     3.8     3.8
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  16,034  16,068  16,046  16,034  16,063  16,113  16,108  16,068  16,046
    Civilian labor force............................   8,175   7,573   7,639   8,329   8,337   8,243   8,195   8,050   7,802
          Participation rate........................    51.0    47.1    47.6    51.9    51.9    51.2    50.9    50.1    48.6
      Employed......................................   7,147   6,563   6,627   7,264   7,188   7,122   7,067   6,907   6,742
          Employment-population ratio...............    44.6    40.8    41.3    45.3    44.7    44.2    43.9    43.0    42.0
        Agriculture.................................     263     198     240     220     205     143     191     229     201
        Nonagricultural industries..................   6,884   6,365   6,386   7,044   6,983   6,980   6,876   6,678   6,541
      Unemployed....................................   1,027   1,010   1,013   1,065   1,149   1,121   1,127   1,143   1,060
          Unemployment rate.........................    12.6    13.3    13.3    12.8    13.8    13.6    13.8    14.2    13.6

    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                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       May     Apr.    May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 174,197 175,533 175,653 174,197 175,246 175,326 175,416 175,533 175,653
    Civilian labor force............................ 117,156 117,572 117,491 117,329 118,276 118,287 118,243 118,145 117,688
        Participation rate..........................    67.3    67.0    66.9    67.4    67.5    67.5    67.4    67.3    67.0
      Employed...................................... 113,309 113,162 113,261 113,240 114,015 113,902 113,853 113,434 113,185
        Employment-population ratio.................    65.0    64.5    64.5    65.0    65.1    65.0    64.9    64.6    64.4
      Unemployed....................................   3,847   4,410   4,230   4,089   4,261   4,385   4,389   4,711   4,503
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.3     3.8     3.6     3.5     3.6     3.7     3.7     4.0     3.8
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  60,045  60,476  60,483  60,038  60,494  60,487  60,358  60,598  60,512
        Participation rate..........................    77.0    76.8    76.8    76.9    77.0    76.9    76.7    77.0    76.8
      Employed......................................  58,475  58,430  58,610  58,343  58,571  58,561  58,366  58,488  58,493
        Employment-population ratio.................    74.9    74.2    74.4    74.8    74.5    74.5    74.2    74.3    74.3
      Unemployed....................................   1,571   2,047   1,873   1,695   1,923   1,926   1,991   2,110   2,019
        Unemployment rate...........................     2.6     3.4     3.1     2.8     3.2     3.2     3.3     3.5     3.3
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  50,188  50,623  50,535  50,276  50,794  50,854  50,910  50,697  50,611
        Participation rate..........................    60.1    60.2    60.1    60.2    60.5    60.6    60.6    60.3    60.2
      Employed......................................  48,665  49,005  48,951  48,633  49,270  49,155  49,318  48,907  48,902
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.3    58.3    58.2    58.3    58.7    58.5    58.7    58.2    58.1
      Unemployed....................................   1,523   1,618   1,584   1,643   1,524   1,699   1,593   1,790   1,708
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.0     3.2     3.1     3.3     3.0     3.3     3.1     3.5     3.4
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,924   6,473   6,473   7,015   6,988   6,945   6,975   6,850   6,566
        Participation rate..........................    54.5    50.7    50.7    55.2    55.1    54.6    54.8    53.7    51.4
      Employed......................................   6,170   5,728   5,700   6,264   6,174   6,186   6,169   6,039   5,790
        Employment-population ratio.................    48.6    44.9    44.6    49.3    48.7    48.7    48.5    47.3    45.3
      Unemployed....................................     753     746     773     751     814     760     806     812     776
        Unemployment rate...........................    10.9    11.5    11.9    10.7    11.7    10.9    11.6    11.8    11.8
          Men.......................................    10.6    12.5    12.7    10.9    13.3    12.6    11.8    12.8    13.1
          Women.....................................    11.2    10.4    11.1    10.5     9.8     9.2    11.2    10.8    10.5
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,161  25,472  25,501  25,161  25,382  25,412  25,441  25,472  25,501
    Civilian labor force............................  16,549  16,576  16,608  16,577  16,773  16,691  16,789  16,666  16,639
        Participation rate..........................    65.8    65.1    65.1    65.9    66.1    65.7    66.0    65.4    65.2
      Employed......................................  15,268  15,334  15,314  15,264  15,372  15,440  15,348  15,299  15,311
        Employment-population ratio.................    60.7    60.2    60.1    60.7    60.6    60.8    60.3    60.1    60.0
      Unemployed....................................   1,281   1,242   1,294   1,313   1,401   1,251   1,441   1,367   1,328
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.7     7.5     7.8     7.9     8.4     7.5     8.6     8.2     8.0
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,288   7,346   7,288   7,273   7,430   7,374   7,404   7,369   7,275
        Participation rate..........................    72.3    71.9    71.3    72.2    73.0    72.4    72.6    72.2    71.2
      Employed......................................   6,783   6,775   6,750   6,755   6,918   6,887   6,776   6,761   6,723
        Employment-population ratio.................    67.3    66.3    66.0    67.0    68.0    67.6    66.4    66.2    65.8
      Unemployed....................................     505     572     539     518     512     487     628     608     552
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.9     7.8     7.4     7.1     6.9     6.6     8.5     8.2     7.6
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,350   8,377   8,425   8,348   8,340   8,336   8,418   8,353   8,421
        Participation rate..........................    66.2    65.5    65.8    66.2    65.4    65.3    65.9    65.3    65.8
      Employed......................................   7,786   7,940   7,882   7,786   7,731   7,854   7,885   7,892   7,882
        Employment-population ratio.................    61.7    62.1    61.6    61.7    60.6    61.5    61.7    61.7    61.6
      Unemployed....................................     564     437     542     562     609     482     533     460     539
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.8     5.2     6.4     6.7     7.3     5.8     6.3     5.5     6.4
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     912     853     895     956   1,002     981     968     944     942
        Participation rate..........................    36.9    34.5    36.1    38.7    40.8    39.8    39.2    38.2    38.0
      Employed......................................     699     620     682     723     723     699     688     646     706
        Employment-population ratio.................    28.3    25.1    27.5    29.3    29.4    28.4    27.9    26.1    28.5
      Unemployed....................................     213     234     213     233     280     282     280     299     236
        Unemployment rate...........................    23.4    27.4    23.8    24.4    27.9    28.8    28.9    31.6    25.1
          Men.......................................    24.7    30.8    27.2    27.4    26.9    31.7    27.7    34.9    30.0
          Women.....................................    22.1    24.4    20.6    21.5    28.9    25.7    30.2    28.6    20.3
                                                                                                                            
                   HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  22,292  22,957  23,021  22,292  22,769  22,830  22,889  22,957  23,021
    Civilian labor force............................  15,275  15,712  15,592  15,294  15,540  15,653  15,770  15,775  15,608
        Participation rate..........................    68.5    68.4    67.7    68.6    68.2    68.6    68.9    68.7    67.8
      Employed......................................  14,475  14,761  14,707  14,411  14,612  14,673  14,782  14,747  14,634
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.9    64.3    63.9    64.6    64.2    64.3    64.6    64.2    63.6
      Unemployed....................................     800     951     885     883     927     980     988   1,028     975
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.2     6.1     5.7     5.8     6.0     6.3     6.3     6.5     6.2

    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                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                                May      Apr.     May      May      Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.     May   
                                                2000     2001     2001     2000     2001     2001     2001     2001     2001  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   28,096   28,326   28,350   28,096   27,957   27,191   27,564   28,326   28,350
    Civilian labor force....................   11,966   12,379   12,297   11,966   12,008   12,074   12,103   12,371   12,319
        Percent of population...............     42.6     43.7     43.4     42.6     43.0     44.4     43.9     43.7     43.5
      Employed..............................   11,225   11,581   11,580   11,144   11,193   11,140   11,267   11,558   11,523
        Employment-population ratio.........     40.0     40.9     40.8     39.7     40.0     41.0     40.9     40.8     40.6
      Unemployed............................      740      798      716      822      816      934      836      813      797
        Unemployment rate...................      6.2      6.4      5.8      6.9      6.8      7.7      6.9      6.6      6.5
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,746   57,456   57,456   57,746   58,092   57,617   57,660   57,456   57,456
    Civilian labor force....................   37,406   37,186   37,146   37,187   37,415   37,309   37,189   37,053   36,952
        Percent of population...............     64.8     64.7     64.7     64.4     64.4     64.8     64.5     64.5     64.3
      Employed..............................   36,218   35,828   35,826   35,881   35,986   35,895   35,746   35,650   35,507
        Employment-population ratio.........     62.7     62.4     62.4     62.1     61.9     62.3     62.0     62.0     61.8
      Unemployed............................    1,188    1,358    1,320    1,306    1,429    1,414    1,443    1,403    1,446
        Unemployment rate...................      3.2      3.7      3.6      3.5      3.8      3.8      3.9      3.8      3.9
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   44,153   44,653   44,576   44,153   44,313   45,263   45,182   44,653   44,576
    Civilian labor force....................   32,760   32,891   32,980   32,964   33,102   33,079   33,241   33,044   33,192
        Percent of population...............     74.2     73.7     74.0     74.7     74.7     73.1     73.6     74.0     74.5
      Employed..............................   31,970   31,937   32,059   32,105   32,121   32,197   32,360   32,065   32,188
        Employment-population ratio.........     72.4     71.5     71.9     72.7     72.5     71.1     71.6     71.8     72.2
      Unemployed............................      790      954      921      859      981      882      881      978    1,004
        Unemployment rate...................      2.4      2.9      2.8      2.6      3.0      2.7      2.7      3.0      3.0
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   45,029   46,045   46,271   45,029   45,790   46,167   45,979   46,045   46,271
    Civilian labor force....................   36,005   36,633   36,692   35,994   36,476   36,602   36,642   36,646   36,687
        Percent of population...............     80.0     79.6     79.3     79.9     79.7     79.3     79.7     79.6     79.3
      Employed..............................   35,469   35,909   35,987   35,409   35,909   36,032   35,916   35,802   35,915
        Employment-population ratio.........     78.8     78.0     77.8     78.6     78.4     78.0     78.1     77.8     77.6
      Unemployed............................      536      724      704      585      567      570      726      845      771
        Unemployment rate...................      1.5      2.0      1.9      1.6      1.6      1.6      2.0      2.3      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                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       May     Apr.    May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 134,961 135,122 135,202 134,843 135,999 135,815 135,780 135,354 135,103
    Married men, spouse present.....................  43,043  43,386  43,471  43,306  43,134  43,340  43,385  43,516  43,733
    Married women, spouse present...................  33,820  33,830  33,787  33,723  34,249  34,059  34,080  33,662  33,686
    Women who maintain families.....................   8,343   8,200   8,319   8,335   8,426   8,373   8,049   8,160   8,319
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  40,833  41,836  41,984  40,854  41,430  41,770  42,023  41,841  41,996
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  39,458  39,053  38,743  39,470  40,086  39,781  39,433  39,014  38,743
    Service occupations.............................  18,199  18,331  18,260  18,175  18,158  18,283  18,289  18,258  18,224
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  14,941  14,760  15,007  14,886  14,889  14,970  14,895  14,834  14,962
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  17,885  17,917  17,736  18,047  18,092  17,889  17,999  18,127  17,904
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   3,645   3,225   3,472   3,410   3,372   3,252   3,321   3,238   3,251
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   2,142   1,906   2,080   2,013   1,983   1,839   1,910   1,902   1,958
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,310   1,218   1,264   1,246   1,182   1,291   1,231   1,223   1,201
      Unpaid family workers.........................      37      39      36      38      25      29      36      47      38
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 122,644 123,186 123,166 122,871 124,035 124,069 123,814 123,395 123,416
        Government..................................  19,130  19,118  19,106  19,084  18,843  19,103  19,134  18,854  19,067
        Private industries.......................... 103,514 104,068 104,061 103,787 105,192 104,966 104,680 104,541 104,349
          Private households........................     938     820     792     934     859     823     881     812     789
          Other industries.......................... 102,576 103,249 103,268 102,853 104,333 104,143 103,800 103,729 103,559
      Self-employed workers.........................   8,740   8,677   8,555   8,708   8,698   8,617   8,784   8,608   8,530
      Unpaid family workers.........................      87      96     100      89     110     142     138      93     103
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,140   3,108   3,270   3,240   3,327   3,273   3,164   3,201   3,371
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,846   2,049   2,094   1,953   2,035   2,043   1,914   2,097   2,215
        Could only find part-time work..............     986     863     917     972     954     933     907     873     900
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,851  19,143  18,897  18,513  18,568  19,021  18,647  18,713  18,581
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,003   2,972   3,124   3,077   3,227   3,143   3,007   3,061   3,197
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,743   1,953   1,989   1,831   1,971   1,970   1,828   1,985   2,089
        Could only find part-time work..............     965     850     891     952     945     910     877     864     876
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  18,281  18,576  18,368  17,957  18,040  18,509  18,132  18,176  18,061

      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                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       May     Apr.    May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   5,730   6,402   6,169    4.1     4.2     4.2     4.3     4.5     4.4 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,347   2,869   2,756    3.3     3.6     3.5     3.8     4.0     3.9 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,318   2,390   2,353    3.8     3.6     3.7     3.6     3.8     3.8 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,065   1,143   1,060   12.8    13.8    13.6    13.8    14.2    13.6 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................     841   1,094   1,162    1.9     2.3     2.3     2.5     2.5     2.6 
     Married women, spouse present..................     978   1,004   1,015    2.8     2.5     2.6     2.7     2.9     2.9 
     Women who maintain families....................     557     548     547    6.3     6.4     6.1     6.2     6.3     6.2 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   4,537   5,048   5,059    3.9     4.1     4.0     4.2     4.3     4.3 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,210   1,338   1,104    5.1     4.9     4.8     4.8     5.5     4.6 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     736     908     826    1.8     1.8     1.8     2.0     2.1     1.9 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,492   1,661   1,504    3.6     3.4     3.5     3.7     4.1     3.7 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     532     703     702    3.5     3.7     3.7     3.5     4.5     4.5 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,212   1,328   1,413    6.3     7.1     7.3     7.4     6.8     7.3 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     200     262     247    5.5     6.5     7.2     9.1     7.5     7.1 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   4,491   5,090   4,916    4.1     4.3     4.5     4.5     4.6     4.5 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,221   1,533   1,522    4.3     4.9     5.2     5.3     5.3     5.3 
         Mining.....................................      22      32      34    4.1     2.2     4.6     3.5     5.1     5.5 
         Construction...............................     452     577     525    5.9     6.8     7.0     6.2     7.1     6.6 
         Manufacturing..............................     747     924     963    3.7     4.2     4.5     5.0     4.6     4.8 
           Durable goods............................     447     522     604    3.6     4.2     4.2     5.0     4.3     4.9 
           Nondurable goods.........................     300     402     359    3.8     4.3     5.0     5.0     5.1     4.7 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,270   3,557   3,394    4.1     4.0     4.2     4.3     4.4     4.2 
         Transportation and public utilities........     250     333     315    3.2     2.8     2.9     3.1     4.1     3.8 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,404   1,467   1,448    5.1     5.0     5.1     5.3     5.3     5.3 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     197     222     188    2.4     2.3     2.5     2.6     2.7     2.3 
         Services...................................   1,419   1,534   1,443    3.9     4.0     4.2     4.1     4.1     3.9 
     Government workers.............................     390     437     383    2.0     2.2     1.5     2.1     2.3     2.0 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     161     193     175    7.4     9.0     9.2    11.3     9.2     8.2 

    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                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       May     Apr.    May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,516   2,532   2,652   2,536   2,613   2,797   2,674   2,958   2,679
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   1,563   1,799   1,673   1,901   1,977   1,669   1,992   1,977   2,028
   15 weeks and over................................   1,356   1,620   1,521   1,325   1,371   1,490   1,517   1,499   1,484
      15 to 26 weeks................................     731     897     917     670     731     793     814     759     852
      27 weeks and over.............................     625     723     604     655     640     697     703     740     632
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    12.8    13.1    12.4    12.6    12.6    12.9    13.0    12.6    12.2
   Median duration, in weeks........................     5.7     7.0     6.2     5.9     5.9     6.0     6.5     5.8     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..............................    46.3    42.5    45.4    44.0    43.8    47.0    43.2    46.0    43.3
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    28.8    30.2    28.6    33.0    33.2    28.0    32.2    30.7    32.8
     15 weeks and over..............................    25.0    27.2    26.0    23.0    23.0    25.0    24.5    23.3    24.0
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    13.5    15.1    15.7    11.6    12.3    13.3    13.2    11.8    13.8
       27 weeks and over............................    11.5    12.2    10.3    11.4    10.7    11.7    11.4    11.5    10.2






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       May     Apr.    May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   2,182   2,982   2,802   2,460   2,742   2,853   2,963   3,199   3,159
    On temporary layoff.............................     646   1,000     801     875   1,032     945     991   1,053   1,084
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   1,536   1,981   2,001   1,585   1,711   1,908   1,972   2,146   2,075
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,060   1,455   1,502   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     476     526     499   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     694     722     733     776     838     820     814     749     820
  Reentrants........................................   2,108   1,836   1,856   2,052   1,956   1,927   1,908   2,005   1,801
  New entrants......................................     451     411     455     477     446     372     386     462     482
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    40.2    50.1    47.9    42.7    45.8    47.8    48.8    49.9    50.4
     On temporary layoff............................    11.9    16.8    13.7    15.2    17.2    15.8    16.3    16.4    17.3
     Not on temporary layoff........................    28.3    33.3    34.2    27.5    28.6    32.0    32.5    33.5    33.1
   Job leavers......................................    12.8    12.1    12.5    13.5    14.0    13.7    13.4    11.7    13.1
   Reentrants.......................................    38.8    30.9    31.7    35.6    32.7    32.3    31.4    31.3    28.8
   New entrants.....................................     8.3     6.9     7.8     8.3     7.4     6.2     6.4     7.2     7.7
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     1.6     2.1     2.0     1.7     1.9     2.0     2.1     2.3     2.2
   Job leavers......................................      .5      .5      .5      .6      .6      .6      .6      .5      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.5     1.3     1.3     1.5     1.4     1.4     1.3     1.4     1.3
   New entrants.....................................      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3

    1 Not available.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                     adjusted                                                
                            Measure                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                 May    Apr.   May    May    Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.   May  
                                                                 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................................    1.0    1.1    1.1     .9    1.0    1.1    1.1    1.1    1.1
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    1.6    2.1    2.0    1.7    1.9    2.0    2.1    2.3    2.2
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    3.9    4.2    4.1    4.1    4.2    4.2    4.3    4.5    4.4
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    4.1    4.5    4.4   (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........................................    4.6    5.0    4.9   (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.............................    6.8    7.2    7.2   (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                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       May     Apr.    May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   5,730   6,402   6,169    4.1     4.2     4.2     4.3     4.5     4.4 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,189   2,349   2,198    9.7     9.6     9.5    10.0    10.4     9.9 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,065   1,143   1,060   12.8    13.8    13.6    13.8    14.2    13.6 
        16 to 17 years..............................     517     518     486   15.8    17.4    17.2    16.0    16.7    15.5 
        18 to 19 years..............................     549     626     569   10.8    11.5    11.0    12.3    12.6    12.2 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,124   1,206   1,138    7.9     7.2     7.2     7.8     8.3     7.9 
    25 years and over...............................   3,540   4,043   3,981    3.0     3.2     3.2     3.2     3.4     3.3 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,112   3,472   3,545    3.1     3.2     3.2     3.4     3.5     3.5 
      55 years and over.............................     450     517     483    2.5     2.7     2.8     2.6     2.8     2.6 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   2,928   3,496   3,366    3.9     4.3     4.2     4.4     4.6     4.5 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,182   1,293   1,264   10.0    10.3    10.8    10.9    10.9    11.0 
        16 to 19 years..............................     581     627     610   13.5    15.0    15.5    13.8    15.1    15.3 
          16 to 17 years............................     284     305     273   16.8    20.5    18.5    15.6    18.7    17.4 
          18 to 19 years............................     300     326     336   11.4    11.8    13.1    12.7    12.8    13.9 
        20 to 24 years..............................     601     666     654    8.1     7.6     8.2     9.3     8.7     8.7 
      25 years and over.............................   1,762   2,208   2,125    2.8     3.1     3.0     3.2     3.5     3.3 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,510   1,900   1,850    2.8     3.1     3.0     3.3     3.5     3.5 
        55 years and over...........................     257     298     296    2.6     3.0     2.9     2.9     2.9     2.9 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   2,802   2,907   2,803    4.3     4.1     4.2     4.2     4.4     4.3 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,007   1,055     934    9.4     8.8     8.1     8.9     9.8     8.8 
        16 to 19 years..............................     484     516     450   12.1    12.4    11.6    13.7    13.3    11.8 
          16 to 17 years............................     233     213     213   14.8    14.1    15.7    16.4    14.5    13.6 
          18 to 19 years............................     249     300     234   10.2    11.3     8.7    11.9    12.4    10.4 
        20 to 24 years..............................     523     539     485    7.8     6.7     6.1     6.3     7.8     7.1 
      25 years and over.............................   1,778   1,834   1,856    3.2     3.2     3.4     3.2     3.3     3.4 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,602   1,572   1,695    3.4     3.4     3.5     3.5     3.4     3.6 
        55 years and over...........................     193     219     186    2.4     2.5     2.7     2.2     2.6     2.2 

    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                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        May       May       May       May       May       May   
                                                                        2000      2001      2000      2001      2000      2001  
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   68,975    70,477    25,638    26,410    43,337    44,067 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,989     5,161     2,222     2,352     2,767     2,810 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,116     1,149       538       639       578       510 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      282       325       163       236       119        89 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................      834       824       375       403       459       421 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,710     7,482     4,059     3,880     3,650     3,602 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.7       5.5       5.6       5.4       5.8       5.7 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,319     3,942     2,531     2,270     1,788     1,672 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,590     1,640       517       540     1,072     1,100 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      278       274       206       184        72        91 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,460     1,585       777       879       683       705 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation
  problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
    4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

(In thousands)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           May     Mar.    Apr.    May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                           2000    2001   2001p   2001p    2000    2001    2001    2001   2001p   2001p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total......................... 132,527 131,703 132,357 133,067 131,909 132,428 132,595 132,654 132,472 132,453
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 110,996 110,569 111,194 111,885 110,795 111,799 111,915 111,943 111,726 111,694
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  25,713  25,099  25,190  25,348  25,683  25,633  25,627  25,602  25,414  25,325
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     542     548     554     563     542     550     555     557     560     564
    Metal mining........................    40.7    37.0    36.7    36.6      41      39      39      38      37      37
    Coal mining.........................    78.4    75.8    75.6    76.0      78      75      75      75      75      76
    Oil and gas extraction..............   307.1   326.8   330.2   336.4     310     325     328     331     336     339
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   115.3   108.0   111.4   114.1     113     111     113     113     112     112
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   6,706   6,526   6,708   6,938   6,648   6,826   6,880   6,929   6,851   6,882
    General building contractors........ 1,514.5 1,484.3 1,511.3 1,550.6   1,520   1,538   1,555   1,552   1,548   1,557
    Heavy construction, except building.   926.1   837.6   897.4   952.3     894     921     930     938     913     920
    Special trade contractors........... 4,265.3 4,204.2 4,299.1 4,434.9   4,234   4,367   4,395   4,439   4,390   4,405
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  18,465  18,025  17,928  17,847  18,493  18,257  18,192  18,116  18,003  17,879
      Production workers................  12,655  12,186  12,111  12,033  12,678  12,394  12,323  12,254  12,162  12,056
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  11,134  10,902  10,842  10,770  11,136  11,031  10,997  10,941  10,870  10,775
      Production workers................   7,608   7,333   7,296   7,229   7,606   7,462   7,415   7,358   7,308   7,229
    Lumber and wood products............   834.0   783.1   789.8   793.1     838     806     799     799     801     797
    Furniture and fixtures..............   556.5   547.2   543.5   537.2     558     552     549     548     543     539
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   583.0   567.0   573.8   577.5     579     579     578     578     577     574
    Primary metal industries............   697.6   670.1   664.1   655.3     699     681     679     671     666     657
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   224.5   214.6   213.0   211.3   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,536.1 1,504.0 1,496.4 1,485.1   1,537   1,526   1,514   1,509   1,502   1,487
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,114.0 2,086.6 2,070.7 2,055.2   2,113   2,117   2,105   2,084   2,072   2,054
      Computer and office equipment.....   353.2   367.1   363.2   362.0     355     369     370     369     367     364
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,701.8 1,708.7 1,678.3 1,652.4   1,707   1,735   1,726   1,715   1,684   1,658
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   667.1   700.0   683.9   670.1     669     714     711     702     686     672
    Transportation equipment............ 1,872.9 1,777.2 1,772.4 1,763.5   1,866   1,772   1,786   1,775   1,769   1,757
      Motor vehicles and equipment...... 1,029.9   953.9   951.4   940.6   1,025     952     967     956     951     936
      Aircraft and parts................   466.6   465.3   463.4   464.8     467     462     464     465     464     465
    Instruments and related products....   845.8   868.7   865.2   866.8     847     870     871     871     867     868
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   392.0   389.2   387.9   384.2     392     393     390     391     389     384
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   7,331   7,123   7,086   7,077   7,357   7,226   7,195   7,175   7,133   7,104
      Production workers................   5,047   4,853   4,815   4,804   5,072   4,932   4,908   4,896   4,854   4,827
    Food and kindred products........... 1,664.1 1,653.4 1,651.0 1,660.5   1,688   1,684   1,686   1,687   1,686   1,684
    Tobacco products....................    33.0    31.4    31.2    31.1      35      32      31      32      32      33
    Textile mill products...............   534.2   490.3   485.9   478.1     534     505     496     494     487     478
    Apparel and other textile products..   644.0   589.2   581.8   582.7     641     599     595     590     581     580
    Paper and allied products...........   655.5   639.5   636.7   636.3     658     651     645     642     640     639
    Printing and publishing............. 1,543.0 1,519.2 1,507.6 1,499.9   1,546   1,534   1,529   1,524   1,512   1,504
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,039.0 1,038.3 1,034.3 1,031.5   1,038   1,039   1,039   1,039   1,036   1,030
    Petroleum and coal products.........   129.0   123.3   126.6   127.0     128     127     127     126     127     127
    Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 1,016.8   970.7   965.0   963.3   1,017     987     979     973     966     963
    Leather and leather products........    72.6    68.1    65.7    66.2      72      68      68      68      66      66
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing....................... 106,814 106,604 107,167 107,719 106,226 106,795 106,968 107,052 107,058 107,128
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   6,998   7,069   7,085   7,131   6,997   7,106   7,123   7,127   7,119   7,131
    Transportation......................   4,514   4,542   4,551   4,592   4,511   4,580   4,591   4,591   4,577   4,589
      Railroad transportation...........   235.6   228.4   229.7   230.5     235     229     231     230     230     230
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   493.8   493.6   491.3   500.8     476     479     480     480     477     482
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,843.9 1,836.6 1,841.2 1,859.1   1,852   1,868   1,870   1,872   1,864   1,868
      Water transportation..............   197.1   193.2   199.4   205.9     195     201     200     201     202     204
      Transportation by air............. 1,261.1 1,301.0 1,300.1 1,306.7   1,270   1,312   1,318   1,316   1,313   1,316
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    13.7    13.2    13.6    13.8      14      14      14      13      14      14
      Transportation services...........   468.9   475.5   475.6   475.5     469     477     478     479     477     475
    Communications and public utilities.   2,484   2,527   2,534   2,539   2,486   2,526   2,532   2,536   2,542   2,542
      Communications.................... 1,634.9 1,685.0 1,691.5 1,695.2   1,635   1,679   1,685   1,690   1,695   1,696
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   849.3   842.0   842.5   843.9     851     847     847     846     847     846
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   7,009   7,030   7,035   7,042   7,006   7,067   7,064   7,066   7,054   7,040
    Durable goods.......................   4,192   4,181   4,179   4,175   4,193   4,198   4,198   4,196   4,189   4,177
    Nondurable goods....................   2,817   2,849   2,856   2,867   2,813   2,869   2,866   2,870   2,865   2,863
  Retail trade..........................  23,271  23,021  23,276  23,536  23,247  23,415  23,472  23,457  23,518  23,513
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies......................... 1,065.8   977.6 1,019.2 1,057.4   1,019   1,007   1,007   1,006   1,000   1,011
    General merchandise stores.......... 2,749.9 2,700.3 2,704.9 2,723.1   2,837   2,789   2,807   2,797   2,800   2,808
      Department stores................. 2,412.1 2,368.8 2,370.8 2,385.4   2,488   2,448   2,462   2,451   2,455   2,461
    Food stores......................... 3,503.9 3,502.8 3,517.2 3,525.3   3,521   3,538   3,548   3,550   3,555   3,542
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,413.7 2,402.1 2,415.3 2,434.4   2,407   2,424   2,424   2,420   2,419   2,428
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,111.2 1,121.0 1,120.7 1,126.3   1,111   1,124   1,124   1,124   1,121   1,127
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,159.6 1,188.0 1,194.5 1,195.2   1,187   1,221   1,227   1,228   1,226   1,223
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,118.3 1,136.1 1,129.9 1,121.9   1,130   1,147   1,146   1,147   1,141   1,134
    Eating and drinking places.......... 8,229.5 8,031.9 8,201.4 8,357.1   8,080   8,157   8,171   8,158   8,214   8,209
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 3,030.2 3,082.1 3,093.7 3,121.3   3,066   3,132   3,142   3,151   3,163   3,158
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,546   7,579   7,598   7,644   7,550   7,594   7,609   7,618   7,626   7,648
    Finance.............................   3,689   3,749   3,749   3,760   3,697   3,738   3,748   3,755   3,760   3,769
      Depository institutions........... 2,024.4 2,023.5 2,026.9 2,031.6   2,029   2,024   2,025   2,028   2,032   2,036
        Commercial banks................ 1,427.4 1,415.4 1,417.6 1,420.8   1,432   1,418   1,417   1,418   1,421   1,425
        Savings institutions............   253.0   253.4   253.9   254.7     253     253     254     254     254     255
      Nondepository institutions........   679.0   687.7   689.2   695.8     679     678     683     686     690     696
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   309.0   305.7   307.4   313.6     307     301     304     306     307     312
      Security and commodity brokers....   736.2   776.3   773.5   772.4     740     777     781     781     780     777
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   249.0   261.0   259.7   260.4     249     259     259     260     258     260
    Insurance...........................   2,345   2,351   2,352   2,359   2,348   2,346   2,351   2,353   2,357   2,360
      Insurance carriers................ 1,590.4 1,592.5 1,592.8 1,598.1   1,592   1,588   1,592   1,593   1,597   1,599
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   755.0   758.8   759.5   760.7     756     758     759     760     760     761
    Real estate.........................   1,512   1,479   1,497   1,525   1,505   1,510   1,510   1,510   1,509   1,519
                                                                                                                        
  Services2.............................  40,459  40,771  41,010  41,184  40,312  40,984  41,020  41,073  40,995  41,037
    Agricultural services...............   850.2   741.8   840.4   894.8     795     818     821     828     824     837
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,917.2 1,874.7 1,897.1 1,949.8   1,905   1,952   1,957   1,960   1,946   1,938
    Personal services................... 1,220.0 1,333.2 1,333.9 1,253.2   1,240   1,261   1,261   1,265   1,265   1,274
    Business services................... 9,792.4 9,651.5 9,607.7 9,655.3   9,830   9,888   9,851   9,822   9,732   9,698
      Services to buildings.............   994.2   999.4 1,006.4 1,014.9     991   1,007   1,007   1,007   1,008   1,012
      Personnel supply services......... 3,870.4 3,556.4 3,504.7 3,557.5   3,902   3,779   3,731   3,694   3,600   3,591
        Help supply services............ 3,478.0 3,163.3 3,111.3 3,167.3   3,514   3,372   3,339   3,293   3,201   3,202
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 2,076.0 2,199.4 2,202.7 2,200.1   2,080   2,176   2,186   2,195   2,202   2,205
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,238.7 1,297.2 1,299.0 1,308.8   1,238   1,291   1,291   1,298   1,298   1,308
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   366.1   361.2   364.4   363.6     365     365     365     364     365     363
    Motion pictures.....................   596.1   604.0   610.8   593.4     595     600     600     605     614     592
    Amusement and recreation services... 1,805.1 1,613.6 1,727.9 1,845.2   1,720   1,769   1,772   1,775   1,755   1,759
    Health services..................... 10052.5 10247.4 10262.6 10289.2  10,063  10,211  10,236  10,259  10,278  10,301
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 1,917.3 1,958.5 1,964.3 1,972.6   1,919   1,953   1,958   1,962   1,967   1,974
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,789.6 1,809.7 1,811.2 1,810.6   1,793   1,806   1,808   1,811   1,816   1,814
      Hospitals......................... 3,969.6 4,052.8 4,055.1 4,064.7   3,977   4,035   4,045   4,055   4,061   4,072
      Home health care services.........   644.5   646.7   646.5   647.3     642     646     645     648     646     645
    Legal services......................   998.9 1,016.7 1,015.1 1,019.3   1,005   1,017   1,020   1,022   1,022   1,026
    Educational services................ 2,362.7 2,531.1 2,535.2 2,459.5   2,322   2,363   2,375   2,384   2,389   2,415
    Social services..................... 2,915.9 3,026.5 3,043.7 3,067.1   2,888   2,985   2,997   3,009   3,023   3,037
      Child day care services...........   732.0   759.0   763.6   770.0     707     732     734     739     742     744
      Residential care..................   799.6   829.5   832.5   839.7     800     827     829     831     835     841
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................   108.9   103.4   107.8   114.3     105     109     110     110     109     111
    Membership organizations............ 2,470.0 2,477.6 2,476.5 2,490.9   2,473   2,487   2,487   2,489   2,488   2,494
    Engineering and management services. 3,390.6 3,519.1 3,515.2 3,506.8   3,395   3,496   3,504   3,510   3,514   3,511
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services....................... 1,007.4 1,040.6 1,044.0 1,054.1   1,010   1,046   1,050   1,052   1,052   1,057
      Management and public relations... 1,081.9 1,120.6 1,119.6 1,121.0   1,081   1,119   1,123   1,125   1,123   1,120
    Services, nec.......................    51.6    50.7    51.0    51.3   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government............................  21,531  21,134  21,163  21,182  21,114  20,629  20,680  20,711  20,746  20,759
    Federal.............................   3,243   2,608   2,610   2,614   3,240   2,613   2,615   2,613   2,614   2,611
      Federal, except Postal Service.... 2,385.2 1,751.6 1,754.7 1,760.0   2,377   1,755   1,756   1,754   1,754   1,752
    State...............................   4,834   4,973   4,983   4,908   4,775   4,800   4,825   4,836   4,846   4,848
      Education......................... 2,085.4 2,208.7 2,212.1 2,129.2   2,026   2,028   2,048   2,055   2,064   2,069
      Other State government............ 2,748.9 2,764.3 2,770.8 2,779.2   2,749   2,772   2,777   2,781   2,782   2,779
    Local...............................  13,454  13,553  13,570  13,660  13,099  13,216  13,240  13,262  13,286  13,300
      Education......................... 7,820.6 7,891.3 7,874.5 7,900.3   7,436   7,468   7,479   7,492   7,495   7,510
      Other local government............ 5,633.3 5,661.4 5,695.2 5,759.5   5,663   5,748   5,761   5,770   5,791   5,790

  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.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect March 2000 benchmarks; the introduction of probability-based sample
estimates for mining, construction, and manufacturing; and recomputed seasonal adjustment factors. 
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                                                                                                
                                           May     Mar.   Apr.     May     May     Jan.    Feb.    Mar.   Apr.     May  
                                           2000    2001   2001p   2001p    2000    2001    2001    2001   2001p   2001p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................   34.3    34.0    34.1    34.2    34.4    34.4    34.3    34.3    34.2    34.3 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   41.0    40.2    39.6    40.7    41.0    40.5    40.3    40.5    40.6    40.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   42.9    43.1    43.5    44.0    42.8    43.1    43.2    43.8    44.0    43.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   39.6    38.6    38.5    40.3    39.2    39.1    38.7    39.1    39.3    39.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   41.6    40.8    39.9    40.7    41.6    41.0    40.9    41.0    41.0    40.8 
      Overtime hours....................    4.5     3.9     3.3     3.9     4.6     4.2     3.9     4.1     3.9     3.9 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   42.2    41.1    40.1    41.1    42.1    41.3    41.1    41.3    41.3    41.1 
      Overtime hours....................    4.7     3.9     3.2     3.9     4.8     4.1     3.9     4.0     3.9     3.9 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   41.3    40.0    39.8    40.8    41.0    39.8    40.1    40.3    40.0    40.5 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   39.9    38.8    37.7    38.1    40.4    39.2    39.1    39.1    39.1    38.5 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   43.5    42.7    42.7    44.4    43.1    43.0    42.8    43.7    43.2    44.0 
    Primary metal industries............   44.7    43.2    43.2    43.4    44.7    43.8    43.2    43.4    44.3    43.4 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   46.2    44.2    45.2    44.3    46.4    44.7    44.4    44.4    45.4    44.5 
    Fabricated metal products...........   42.7    41.6    40.3    41.7    42.7    41.7    41.7    41.9    42.1    41.7 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   42.2    41.3    39.9    40.9    42.1    41.5    41.0    41.2    41.3    40.8 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   41.0    39.9    38.5    38.9    41.2    40.3    40.3    40.1    39.8    39.1 
    Transportation equipment............   43.3    42.1    40.7    42.6    43.1    42.0    42.0    42.0    42.3    42.3 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   44.5    42.5    41.3    43.7    44.3    42.1    42.0    42.3    43.2    43.5 
    Instruments and related products....   41.4    41.1    40.2    40.8    41.5    41.0    41.1    41.0    41.0    40.9 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   39.2    38.3    37.4    38.1    39.1    38.3    38.2    38.2    38.2    38.1 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   40.7    40.2    39.6    40.1    40.8    40.6    40.4    40.5    40.6    40.3 
      Overtime hours....................    4.2     3.9     3.4     3.8     4.4     4.3     4.0     4.1     3.9     4.0 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   41.4    40.5    40.0    40.6    41.7    41.3    41.1    41.2    41.4    41.0 
    Tobacco products....................   41.2    39.5    39.2    40.1    41.0    40.4    39.8    40.0    41.1    39.8 
    Textile mill products...............   41.2    40.5    39.3    40.8    41.3    40.7    40.4    40.5    40.3    40.8 
    Apparel and other textile products..   37.9    37.6    36.7    37.9    37.8    37.6    37.6    37.5    38.0    37.8 
    Paper and allied products...........   42.3    41.5    41.2    41.3    42.6    41.9    41.7    41.8    42.1    41.6 
    Printing and publishing.............   38.0    38.5    37.5    37.7    38.3    38.4    38.4    38.6    38.1    38.0 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   42.4    42.2    42.4    41.8    42.5    42.6    42.3    42.3    42.6    41.9 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   41.9    42.9    43.9    42.2    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   41.5    40.8    39.6    40.8    41.5    41.0    40.9    41.0    40.7    40.8 
    Leather and leather products........   37.8    35.9    35.7    37.0    37.6    36.9    36.4    36.1    36.7    36.8 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   32.6    32.5    32.8    32.6    32.8    32.9    32.8    32.8    32.7    32.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   38.3    38.0    38.3    38.1    38.5    38.7    38.5    38.3    38.2    38.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   38.3    38.0    38.3    38.2    38.3    38.3    38.1    38.3    38.2    38.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   28.8    28.4    28.8    28.7    28.9    29.1    28.9    28.8    28.8    28.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   35.9    36.0    36.7    36.0    36.2    36.2    36.3    36.3    36.3    36.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   32.5    32.6    32.7    32.5    32.7    32.7    32.7    32.8    32.6    32.7 

  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.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect March 2000 benchmarks; the introduction of probability-based sample
estimates for mining, construction, and manufacturing; and recomputed seasonal adjustment factors. 
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                                                                                                
                                            May       Mar.     Apr.       May       May       Mar.     Apr.       May   
                                            2000      2001     2001p     2001p      2000      2001     2001p     2001p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  $13.65    $14.19    $14.27    $14.23    $468.20   $482.46   $486.61   $486.67 
        Seasonally adjusted.............   13.67     14.17     14.22     14.26     470.25    486.03    486.32    489.12 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   15.27     15.69     15.77     15.86     626.07    630.74    624.49    645.50 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   17.22     17.57     17.62     17.54     738.74    757.27    766.47    771.76 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   17.70     18.20     18.08     18.20     700.92    702.52    696.08    733.46 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   14.26     14.65     14.75     14.75     593.22    597.72    588.53    600.33 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   14.69     15.09     15.14     15.19     619.92    620.20    607.11    624.31 
    Lumber and wood products............   11.85     12.08     12.13     12.21     489.41    483.20    482.77    498.17 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   11.64     12.04     12.07     12.02     464.44    467.15    455.04    457.96 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   14.40     14.79     14.98     15.16     626.40    631.53    639.65    673.10 
    Primary metal industries............   16.30     16.63     16.93     16.81     728.61    718.42    731.38    729.55 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   19.72     20.00     20.43     20.21     911.06    884.00    923.44    895.30 
    Fabricated metal products...........   13.78     14.08     14.10     14.17     588.41    585.73    568.23    590.89 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   15.45     15.77     15.75     15.79     651.99    651.30    628.43    645.81 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   13.64     14.26     14.38     14.33     559.24    568.97    553.63    557.44 
    Transportation equipment............   18.23     18.76     18.77     18.85     789.36    789.80    763.94    803.01 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   18.62     19.02     19.14     19.21     828.59    808.35    790.48    839.48 
    Instruments and related products....   14.25     14.73     14.80     14.85     589.95    605.40    594.96    605.88 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   11.51     12.05     12.06     12.12     451.19    461.52    451.04    461.77 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   13.59     13.97     14.13     14.07     553.11    561.59    559.55    564.21 
    Food and kindred products...........   12.42     12.68     12.81     12.80     514.19    513.54    512.40    519.68 
    Tobacco products....................   21.67     22.63     22.50     22.34     892.80    893.89    882.00    895.83 
    Textile mill products...............   11.09     11.31     11.31     11.37     456.91    458.06    444.48    463.90 
    Apparel and other textile products..    9.26      9.46      9.44      9.46     350.95    355.70    346.45    358.53 
    Paper and allied products...........   16.16     16.56     16.76     16.70     683.57    687.24    690.51    689.71 
    Printing and publishing.............   14.30     14.69     14.76     14.79     543.40    565.57    553.50    557.58 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   17.99     18.33     18.60     18.64     762.78    773.53    788.64    779.15 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   21.79     21.83     22.21     21.75     913.00    936.51    975.02    917.85 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   12.75     13.19     13.34     13.26     529.13    538.15    528.26    541.01 
    Leather and leather products........   10.03     10.46     10.36     10.18     379.13    375.51    369.85    376.66 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   13.13     13.74     13.84     13.74     428.04    446.55    453.95    447.92 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  $16.13    $16.65    $16.81    $16.68    $617.78   $632.70   $643.82   $635.51 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   15.05     15.58     15.88     15.75     576.42    592.04    608.20    601.65 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    9.40      9.74      9.78      9.79     270.72    276.62    281.66    280.97 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   15.02     15.67     15.81     15.72     539.22    564.12    580.23    565.92 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   13.79     14.48     14.58     14.47     448.18    472.05    476.77    470.28 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
   NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect March 2000 benchmarks; the introduction of probability-based sample
estimates for mining, construction, and manufacturing; and recomputed seasonal adjustment factors. 
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                         Percent  
                                    May      Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.      May     change  
            Industry                2000     2001     2001     2001     2001p    2001p    from:   
                                                                                        Apr. 2001-
                                                                                         May 2001 
                                                                                                  
Total private:                                                                                    
   Current dollars..............   $13.67   $14.03   $14.11   $14.17   $14.22   $14.26      0.3   
   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.89     7.90     7.92     7.95     7.94     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                  
  Goods-producing...............    15.29    15.67    15.74    15.79    15.79    15.88       .6   
    Mining......................    17.27    17.49    17.52    17.55    17.55    17.59       .2   
    Construction................    17.76    18.28    18.30    18.33    18.16    18.25       .5   
    Manufacturing...............    14.28    14.54    14.63    14.66    14.73    14.78       .3   
      Excluding overtime4.......    13.53    13.83    13.94    13.96    14.05    14.09       .3   
                                                                                                  
  Service-producing.............    13.16    13.54    13.62    13.68    13.74    13.77       .2   
    Transportation and public                                                                     
       utilities................    16.20    16.51    16.64    16.68    16.77    16.74      -.2   
    Wholesale trade.............    15.08    15.53    15.60    15.68    15.76    15.78       .1   
    Retail trade................     9.41     9.64     9.69     9.72     9.74     9.80       .6   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
       estate...................    15.00    15.44    15.55    15.61    15.64    15.70       .4   
    Services....................    13.82    14.25    14.34    14.40    14.48    14.50       .1   

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to
deflate this series. 
  3 Change was -.1 percent from March 2001 to April 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.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect March 2000 benchmarks; the introduction of
probability-based sample estimates for mining, construction, and manufacturing; and recomputed
seasonal adjustment factors. 
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                                                                                                
                                          May    Mar.    Apr.      May    May     Jan.    Feb.   Mar.    Apr.      May  
                                          2000   2001    2001p    2001p   2000    2001    2001   2001    2001p    2001p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  150.9  148.7   150.1    151.3   151.1  152.2   151.7   152.0   151.5    151.5 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  116.9  110.5   109.4    113.3   116.5  114.4   113.6   114.1   113.4    112.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   50.7   52.5    53.7     55.3    50.7   52.5    53.2    54.5    55.0     55.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  186.6  175.5   180.8    197.2   183.0  187.6   186.9   191.0   189.9    193.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  106.1  100.2    97.4     98.8   106.4  102.5   101.5   101.2   100.6     99.1 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  111.9  105.2   102.1    103.7   111.8  107.4   106.4   105.9   105.4    103.6 
    Lumber and wood products............  148.4  133.7   134.2    138.1   148.3  137.4   137.4   137.7   137.0    137.7 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  139.7  132.5   127.7    127.2   141.6  135.2   133.7   133.7   132.4    128.9 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  121.0  114.4   116.3    121.3   119.1  117.8   117.2   119.7   118.0    119.4 
    Primary metal industries............   92.7   85.6    84.6     83.8    92.9   88.3    87.0    86.2    86.8     84.1 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   72.7   66.1    67.0     65.1    72.9   68.2    67.0    66.6    67.6     65.5 
    Fabricated metal products...........  122.7  116.0   111.5    114.4   123.0  118.3   117.1   117.1   117.0    114.8 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..  102.9   97.5    93.4     94.6   102.3  100.6    98.3    97.0    96.3     94.2 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................  108.1  102.9    97.5     96.6   108.8  106.1   105.2   103.4   101.0     97.6 
    Transportation equipment............  123.9  113.7   110.0    113.8   122.8  113.3   113.5   113.1   113.7    112.4 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  168.0  146.8   142.9    148.8   165.7  146.5   146.4   146.0   148.7    147.0 
    Instruments and related products....   75.4   75.4    73.2     74.2    75.4   75.7    75.7    75.2    74.9     74.3 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   99.4   94.9    92.8     92.8    99.7   96.6    94.9    95.3    95.3     93.2 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   98.1   93.3    91.1     92.1    99.0   95.7    94.8    94.7    94.1     93.0 
    Food and kindred products...........  114.9  111.3   109.1    111.5   118.0  116.0   115.4   115.9   116.1    114.8 
    Tobacco products....................   49.8   44.4    43.5     44.1    54.8   46.0    43.4    45.6    46.8     47.3 
    Textile mill products...............   76.6   69.1    66.3     67.7    76.7   71.2    69.7    69.5    68.3     67.5 
    Apparel and other textile products..   56.2   50.4    48.5     49.9    55.7   51.4    50.9    50.4    50.1     49.5 
    Paper and allied products...........  102.5   98.2    97.0     97.0   103.6  100.9    99.8    99.4   100.0     98.0 
    Printing and publishing.............  120.0  118.1   114.1    113.8   121.4  119.3   119.0   119.2   116.2    115.1 
    Chemicals and allied products.......  100.7   98.9    98.5     96.8   100.7   99.7    99.0    98.9    98.7     96.9 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   70.9   68.5    72.9     70.2    70.4   73.1    70.0    69.5    73.3     70.1 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  150.1  139.2   134.3    138.2   150.0  142.3   140.6   140.4   137.9    138.0 
    Leather and leather products........   31.6   28.8    27.3     28.5    31.2   28.9    29.1    28.8    28.2     27.7 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................  166.2  165.9   168.4    168.3   166.6  169.2   168.9   169.1   168.5    168.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  136.2  137.6   139.0    139.4   137.1  140.8   140.3   139.9   139.6    140.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  131.3  130.0   131.2    131.0   131.2  132.3   131.4   132.0   131.4    130.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  145.5  141.2   144.6    145.7   145.6  147.5   146.8   146.0   146.6    146.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  136.9  138.0   141.2    139.5   137.9  139.2   139.8   140.0   140.2    140.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  208.4  210.5   212.8    212.3   209.0  212.4   212.5   213.4   211.7    212.7 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Data have been revised to reflect March 2000 benchmarks; the introduction of probability-based sample
estimates for mining, construction, and manufacturing; and recomputed seasonal adjustment factors. 
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   p44.6   p46.0                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
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   p48.6   p47.9                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
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..............  p51.7   p49.0                                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
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   p53.1   p52.0         
     2001..............                                                                                                
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                    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   p30.9   p29.4                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
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   p25.7   p25.7                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
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..............  p27.6   p22.4                                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
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   p23.9   p23.9         
     2001..............                                                                                                

  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. Data have been revised to reflect March 2000 benchmarks; the introduction of probability-based sample
estimates for mining, construction, and manufacturing; and recomputed seasonal adjustment factors.