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                 THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  NOVEMBER 2001


   Employment fell sharply for the second month in a row in November, and
the unemployment rate rose to 5.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Nonfarm payroll employment
dropped by 331,000, following an even larger decline in October.  As was
the case in October, job losses in November were widespread.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons increased by 419,000 to 8.2 million in
November, and the unemployment rate rose by 0.3 percentage point to 
5.7 percent; this followed an increase of half a percentage point in October.  
The jobless rate in November was at its highest level since August 1995.  
Since October 2000, when both measures were at their most recent lows, 
unemployment has risen by 2.6 million and the unemployment rate has increased 
by 1.8 percentage points, of which 1.4 percentage points have come since the 
beginning of the recession in March.  (See table A-1.)
   
   The unemployment rates for adult men (5.3 percent) and whites (5.1 percent) 
rose in November.  The rates for adult women (4.9 percent), blacks 
(10.1 percent), Hispanics (7.6 percent), and teenagers (15.9 percent) were 
little changed over the month, but were up substantially over the year. 
(See tables A-1 and A-2.)

   Among persons age 25 and older, the unemployment rates for high school
graduates with no college (5.1 percent) and college graduates (3.1 percent) 
increased in November.  The jobless rates for all of the educational groups 
have risen over the year.  (See table A-3.)
   
   The number of unemployed persons who had been jobless for 27 weeks or
more rose by 280,000 in November to 1.2 million.  This level has nearly
doubled since July.  (See table A-6.)
   
   The number of unemployed job losers not on temporary layoff rose by 427,000 
in November to 3.4 million and has grown by 1.2 million since July.  These 
job losers accounted for 42.0 percent of the unemployed in November compared 
to 28.8 percent a year earlier.  (See table A-7.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   The total number of employed persons fell by 478,000 in November to
134.1 million (seasonally adjusted).  The employment-population ratio
dropped by 0.3 percentage point to 63.0 percent.  Since its most recent
peak in January, employment has fallen by 1.9 million, and the employment-
population ratio has lost 1.5 percentage points.  (See table A-1.)
   
   The civilian labor force was essentially unchanged at 142.2 million in
November, and the labor force participation rate remained at 66.9 percent.
(See table A-1.)

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |                          |
                      |    averages     |       Monthly data       |
                      |_________________|__________________________| Oct.-
      Category        |       2001      |          2001            | Nov.
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |   II   |  III   |  Sept. |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 141,461| 141,771| 142,190| 142,303| 142,244|    -59
  Employment..........| 135,130| 134,984| 135,181| 134,562| 134,084|   -478
  Unemployment........|   6,331|   6,787|   7,009|   7,741|   8,160|    419
Not in labor force....|  70,072|  70,367|  70,167|  70,279|  70,523|    244
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     4.5|     4.8|     4.9|     5.4|     5.7|    0.3
  Adult men...........|     4.0|     4.2|     4.3|     4.8|     5.3|     .5
  Adult women.........|     3.8|     4.2|     4.4|     4.8|     4.9|     .1
  Teenagers...........|    14.0|    15.2|    14.7|    15.5|    15.9|     .4
  White...............|     3.9|     4.2|     4.3|     4.8|     5.1|     .3
  Black...............|     8.2|     8.6|     8.7|     9.7|    10.1|     .4
  Hispanic origin.....|     6.5|     6.2|     6.4|     7.2|     7.6|     .4
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 132,483| 132,358| 132,230|p131,762|p131,431|  p-331
  Goods-producing 1/..|  25,310|  24,991|  24,888| p24,747| p24,580|  p-167
    Construction......|   6,866|   6,866|   6,871|  p6,854|  p6,852|    p-2
    Manufacturing.....|  17,882|  17,556|  17,448| p17,324| p17,161|  p-163
  Service-producing 1/| 107,173| 107,367| 107,342|p107,015|p106,851|  p-164
    Retail trade......|  23,546|  23,575|  23,536| p23,417| p23,403|   p-14
    Services..........|  41,052|  41,103|  41,134| p40,983| p40,913|   p-70
    Government........|  20,782|  20,973|  20,981| p21,000| p20,994|    p-6
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.2|    34.1|    34.1|   p34.0|   p34.1|   p0.1
  Manufacturing.......|    40.8|    40.7|    40.6|   p40.5|   p40.3|   p-.2
    Overtime..........|     3.9|     4.0|     3.9|    p3.8|    p3.7|   p-.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   151.4|   150.3|   149.9|  p148.8|  p148.7|  p-0.1
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $14.25|  $14.40|  $14.45| p$14.47| p$14.52| p$0.05
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  487.46|  490.93|  492.75| p491.98| p495.13|  p3.15
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
   1/  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2/  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.

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Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.3 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in November, up from 1.1 million a year
earlier.  These persons 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 actively searched for work in the 4 weeks
preceding the survey.  The number of discouraged workers was 322,000 in
November, up from 234,000 a year earlier.  Discouraged workers, a subset of
the marginally attached, were not currently looking for work specifically
because they believed no jobs were available for them.  (See table A-10.)

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 331,000 in November to 131.4 million,
seasonally adjusted, following a decline of 468,000 (as revised) in
October.  Since the recession began in March, payroll employment has fallen
by 1.2 million.  As was the case in October, job losses in November were
broad based.  Manufacturing, help supply services, and transportation
continued to have particularly large employment declines.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Widespread job losses continued in manufacturing.  Factory employment
fell by 163,000 over the month, bringing the decline since July 2000 to 
1.4 million.  In November, large employment cutbacks continued in both
electrical equipment (-29,000) and industrial machinery (-26,000).  These
two industries have accounted for one-third of the factory jobs lost since
July 2000.  Fabricated metals also had a particularly large decline 
(-19,000) in November.  Four additional manufacturing industries lost more
than 10,000 jobs each over the month--primary metals, apparel, printing and
publishing, and rubber and miscellaneous plastics.
   
   Elsewhere in the goods-producing sector, construction employment was
essentially unchanged , after seasonal adjustment.  Unseasonably warm
temperatures across virtually the entire country in November helped to
mitigate some of the seasonal layoffs that typically occur during the
month.  As a result, employment rose, after seasonal adjustment, in outdoor
construction activities such as heavy construction, concrete, and masonry.
These increases were offset by job losses in plumbing and electrical work.
   
   The services industry lost 70,000 jobs in November; over the last 
2 months, employment in the industry has fallen by 221,000.  Much of the
decline occurred in help supply services.  That industry, which provides
workers to other businesses, lost a total of 188,000 jobs in October and
November.  About 1 job in 5 in the industry has been lost since September
2000.  A decline of 7,000 in hotel employment followed a sizable drop in
October.  Employment also fell over the month in amusement and recreation
services (-25,000).  In contrast, employment in health services continued
its steady growth with an increase of 32,000 in November, including 17,000
in hospitals.  The health services industry has added 277,000 jobs thus far
in 2001.  Employment in guard services, a component of business services,
continued to grow in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
   
   Employment declines continued in transportation, with a loss of 54,000
jobs in November and 172,000 since March.  Over-the-month job losses
accelerated in air transportation (-45,000) and continued in transportation
services (-12,000), which includes travel agencies.
   
   Wholesale trade employment fell by 25,000 in November.  Since its peak
in November 2000, the industry has lost 124,000 jobs.  Mirroring the recent
trends in manufacturing, over-the-month declines were concentrated in durable 
goods distribution, particularly in machinery and in professional and
commercial equipment.
   
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   Retail trade employment edged down in November, following a large drop
in October.  This was the fourth consecutive monthly decrease, with total
losses of 203,000 jobs in retail trade since July.  Industries that usually
hire extensively for the holiday shopping season--department stores, apparel 
stores, and miscellaneous retailers (such as toy stores and jewelry stores)--
had large job declines, after seasonal adjustment, for the second consecutive 
month.  Car dealers added 6,000 jobs in November, reflecting the incentives 
offered to boost car sales.
   
   Finance added 14,000 jobs over the month.  Mortgage brokerages, commercial 
banks, and savings institutions have benefited from low interest rates in 
recent months.
   
   Employment in government was little changed in November and has shown no
net growth since August.  A decline in federal government employment was
due primarily to limited holiday hiring by the postal service.  Local
government education employment increased by 22,000 over the month and has
risen by 117,000 since May.

Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls edged up by 0.1 hour in November to 34.1 hours, seasonally
adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek decreased by 0.2 hour to 40.3 hours, 
the same level as in March 1991, its lowest point in the last recession.  
Factory overtime was down by 0.1 hour to 3.7 hours.  Since July 2000, the 
manufacturing workweek has fallen by 1.5 hours and overtime by 1.0 hour.  
(See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 percent in November
to 148.7 (1982=100), seasonally adjusted.  The index has fallen by  
2.3 percent from its recent peak in January.  The manufacturing index fell 
by 1.5 percent to 93.5 in November and has dropped by 12.6 percent since July
2000.  (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 5 cents in November to $14.52,
seasonally adjusted.  This followed a gain of 2 cents in October.  Average
weekly earnings rose by 0.6 percent in November to $495.13.  Over the year,
average hourly earnings increased by 3.9 percent and average weekly
earnings grew by 3.3 percent.  (See table B-3.)
   
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   |     Following usual practice, the 6-month updates to seasonal     |
   |  adjustment factors for the establishment survey data are         |
   |  introduced with this release.  These factors were used in the    |
   |  revisions to the September and October data as well as in the    |
   |  November estimates, and will be used through the April 2002      |
   |  estimates.  These factors will be published in the December 2001 |
   |  issue of Employment and Earnings and are available on the        |
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   |     Also in accordance with usual practice, the release of        |
   |  December data in January will incorporate annual revisions in    |
   |  seasonally adjusted unemployment and other labor force series    |
   |  from the household survey.  Seasonally adjusted data for the most|
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   The Employment Situation for December 2001 is scheduled to be released
on Friday, January 4, 2002, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).  Release dates for the
balance of 2002 are as follows:
                       
         Feb. 1           May 3          Aug. 2           Nov. 1
         March 8          June 7         Sept. 6          Dec. 6
         April 5          July 5         Oct. 4
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Explanatory Note


 This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about
60,000 households  conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
 
 The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B
tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.  In June 2001,
the sample included about 350,000 establishments employing about 39 million
people.
 
 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-producing sector.

                                  - 7 -
 
 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
 Other differences between the two surveys are described in "Comparing
Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll Surveys," which may be
obtained from BLS upon request.

Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major
industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by
aggregating independently adjusted component series.  For example, total
unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-
sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be
obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration,
reasons, or more detailed age categories.
 
 The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year.  For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

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period.  For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along
with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.  In both
surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
292,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -192,000 to 392,000 (100,000 +/- 292,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  The 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in
unemployment is +/- 273,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .19 percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2
months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth
(and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is
included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number
of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change.  The size of the

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monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the
sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment
described below.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $26.00 per issue or
$50.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
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Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through
1-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                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 210,577 212,581 212,767 210,577 211,921 212,135 212,357 212,581 212,767
    Civilian labor force............................ 141,025 142,004 141,911 141,136 141,774 141,350 142,190 142,303 142,244
          Participation rate........................    67.0    66.8    66.7    67.0    66.9    66.6    67.0    66.9    66.9
      Employed...................................... 135,731 134,898 134,359 135,478 135,379 134,393 135,181 134,562 134,084
          Employment-population ratio...............    64.5    63.5    63.1    64.3    63.9    63.4    63.7    63.3    63.0
        Agriculture.................................   3,030   3,265   2,971   3,176   3,045   3,117   3,220   3,200   3,109
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 132,701 131,633 131,388 132,302 132,334 131,276 131,961 131,362 130,975
      Unemployed....................................   5,295   7,106   7,551   5,658   6,395   6,957   7,009   7,741   8,160
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.8     5.0     5.3     4.0     4.5     4.9     4.9     5.4     5.7
    Not in labor force..............................  69,551  70,577  70,856  69,441  70,147  70,785  70,167  70,279  70,523
      Persons who currently want a job..............   3,971   4,338   4,320   4,351   4,529   4,858   4,539   4,700   4,742
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 101,175 102,229 102,322 101,175 101,885 101,995 102,110 102,229 102,322
    Civilian labor force............................  75,152  75,811  75,594  75,386  75,719  75,518  76,058  76,051  75,943
          Participation rate........................    74.3    74.2    73.9    74.5    74.3    74.0    74.5    74.4    74.2
      Employed......................................  72,371  72,017  71,456  72,354  72,279  71,690  72,333  71,871  71,401
          Employment-population ratio...............    71.5    70.4    69.8    71.5    70.9    70.3    70.8    70.3    69.8
      Unemployed....................................   2,781   3,794   4,138   3,032   3,439   3,828   3,724   4,179   4,542
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.7     5.0     5.5     4.0     4.5     5.1     4.9     5.5     6.0
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  93,061  94,015  94,077  93,061  93,708  93,810  93,917  94,015  94,077
    Civilian labor force............................  71,151  71,901  71,738  71,135  71,555  71,514  71,894  71,953  71,845
          Participation rate........................    76.5    76.5    76.3    76.4    76.4    76.2    76.6    76.5    76.4
      Employed......................................  68,908  68,748  68,292  68,683  68,745  68,402  68,826  68,481  68,042
          Employment-population ratio...............    74.0    73.1    72.6    73.8    73.4    72.9    73.3    72.8    72.3
        Agriculture.................................   2,099   2,184   2,013   2,122   2,028   2,140   2,175   2,117   2,027
        Nonagricultural industries..................  66,809  66,564  66,279  66,561  66,717  66,262  66,651  66,365  66,015
      Unemployed....................................   2,243   3,152   3,446   2,452   2,810   3,112   3,069   3,472   3,803
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.2     4.4     4.8     3.4     3.9     4.4     4.3     4.8     5.3
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 109,402 110,353 110,445 109,402 110,035 110,140 110,247 110,353 110,445
    Civilian labor force............................  65,874  66,194  66,317  65,750  66,055  65,833  66,132  66,252  66,300
          Participation rate........................    60.2    60.0    60.0    60.1    60.0    59.8    60.0    60.0    60.0
      Employed......................................  63,360  62,881  62,904  63,124  63,100  62,703  62,848  62,691  62,683
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.9    57.0    57.0    57.7    57.3    56.9    57.0    56.8    56.8
      Unemployed....................................   2,513   3,312   3,414   2,626   2,956   3,130   3,284   3,562   3,617
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.8     5.0     5.1     4.0     4.5     4.8     5.0     5.4     5.5
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 101,533 102,371 102,438 101,533 102,067 102,165 102,277 102,371 102,438
    Civilian labor force............................  61,881  62,358  62,454  61,625  62,145  62,172  62,242  62,252  62,333
          Participation rate........................    60.9    60.9    61.0    60.7    60.9    60.9    60.9    60.8    60.8
      Employed......................................  59,868  59,587  59,576  59,506  59,752  59,562  59,489  59,237  59,259
          Employment-population ratio...............    59.0    58.2    58.2    58.6    58.5    58.3    58.2    57.9    57.8
        Agriculture.................................     722     853     770     797     773     766     826     853     862
        Nonagricultural industries..................  59,146  58,734  58,806  58,709  58,978  58,796  58,663  58,384  58,397
      Unemployed....................................   2,012   2,771   2,878   2,119   2,394   2,610   2,754   3,016   3,074
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.3     4.4     4.6     3.4     3.9     4.2     4.4     4.8     4.9
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  15,983  16,195  16,252  15,983  16,145  16,161  16,163  16,195  16,252
    Civilian labor force............................   7,994   7,745   7,719   8,376   8,074   7,664   8,054   8,097   8,065
          Participation rate........................    50.0    47.8    47.5    52.4    50.0    47.4    49.8    50.0    49.6
      Employed......................................   6,955   6,563   6,491   7,289   6,883   6,429   6,867   6,844   6,783
          Employment-population ratio...............    43.5    40.5    39.9    45.6    42.6    39.8    42.5    42.3    41.7
        Agriculture.................................     209     227     188     257     244     211     219     231     220
        Nonagricultural industries..................   6,746   6,335   6,303   7,032   6,638   6,218   6,648   6,613   6,563
      Unemployed....................................   1,039   1,182   1,228   1,087   1,191   1,236   1,187   1,253   1,282
          Unemployment rate.........................    13.0    15.3    15.9    13.0    14.8    16.1    14.7    15.5    15.9

    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                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 175,034 176,372 176,500 175,034 175,924 176,069 176,220 176,372 176,500
    Civilian labor force............................ 117,428 118,251 118,168 117,640 117,982 117,726 118,290 118,597 118,564
        Participation rate..........................    67.1    67.0    67.0    67.2    67.1    66.9    67.1    67.2    67.2
      Employed...................................... 113,598 113,104 112,649 113,509 113,237 112,703 113,201 112,900 112,535
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.9    64.1    63.8    64.8    64.4    64.0    64.2    64.0    63.8
      Unemployed....................................   3,830   5,147   5,519   4,131   4,745   5,024   5,089   5,696   6,029
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.3     4.4     4.7     3.5     4.0     4.3     4.3     4.8     5.1
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  60,222  60,875  60,686  60,280  60,432  60,575  60,784  61,031  60,896
        Participation rate..........................    76.7    76.9    76.6    76.8    76.6    76.7    76.9    77.1    76.9
      Employed......................................  58,594  58,495  58,080  58,478  58,362  58,297  58,493  58,320  57,964
        Employment-population ratio.................    74.7    73.9    73.4    74.5    74.0    73.8    74.0    73.7    73.2
      Unemployed....................................   1,627   2,380   2,606   1,802   2,069   2,278   2,292   2,711   2,932
        Unemployment rate...........................     2.7     3.9     4.3     3.0     3.4     3.8     3.8     4.4     4.8
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  50,527  50,839  50,974  50,335  50,684  50,656  50,651  50,759  50,834
        Participation rate..........................    60.2    60.2    60.3    60.0    60.2    60.1    60.0    60.1    60.2
      Employed......................................  49,105  48,911  48,956  48,825  48,925  48,839  48,724  48,668  48,664
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.6    57.9    58.0    58.2    58.1    57.9    57.8    57.6    57.6
      Unemployed....................................   1,422   1,928   2,018   1,510   1,759   1,817   1,927   2,091   2,170
        Unemployment rate...........................     2.8     3.8     4.0     3.0     3.5     3.6     3.8     4.1     4.3
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,679   6,537   6,508   7,025   6,866   6,495   6,855   6,807   6,835
        Participation rate..........................    52.6    50.9    50.7    55.3    53.6    50.7    53.5    53.0    53.2
      Employed......................................   5,898   5,698   5,613   6,206   5,950   5,567   5,984   5,912   5,907
        Employment-population ratio.................    46.5    44.4    43.7    48.9    46.5    43.4    46.7    46.1    46.0
      Unemployed....................................     781     839     894     819     916     928     870     895     927
        Unemployment rate...........................    11.7    12.8    13.7    11.7    13.3    14.3    12.7    13.1    13.6
          Men.......................................    12.2    13.9    16.2    12.4    13.7    15.8    13.5    14.8    16.1
          Women.....................................    11.2    11.8    11.3    10.9    13.0    12.7    11.9    11.5    11.0
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,376  25,686  25,720  25,376  25,565  25,604  25,644  25,686  25,720
    Civilian labor force............................  16,798  16,733  16,729  16,732  16,693  16,712  16,792  16,735  16,659
        Participation rate..........................    66.2    65.1    65.0    65.9    65.3    65.3    65.5    65.2    64.8
      Employed......................................  15,604  15,202  15,127  15,485  15,374  15,195  15,327  15,104  14,980
        Employment-population ratio.................    61.5    59.2    58.8    61.0    60.1    59.3    59.8    58.8    58.2
      Unemployed....................................   1,195   1,531   1,602   1,247   1,320   1,517   1,466   1,631   1,679
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.1     9.1     9.6     7.5     7.9     9.1     8.7     9.7    10.1
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,453   7,393   7,424   7,397   7,395   7,424   7,468   7,319   7,366
        Participation rate..........................    73.2    71.7    71.9    72.6    72.1    72.3    72.6    71.0    71.4
      Employed......................................   6,964   6,817   6,804   6,888   6,808   6,752   6,904   6,730   6,717
        Employment-population ratio.................    68.4    66.2    65.9    67.6    66.4    65.8    67.1    65.3    65.1
      Unemployed....................................     490     576     620     509     586     672     564     589     649
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.6     7.8     8.3     6.9     7.9     9.0     7.6     8.0     8.8
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,362   8,441   8,396   8,325   8,409   8,424   8,424   8,461   8,359
        Participation rate..........................    65.7    65.5    65.1    65.4    65.5    65.6    65.4    65.6    64.8
      Employed......................................   7,866   7,752   7,703   7,808   7,903   7,842   7,772   7,706   7,634
        Employment-population ratio.................    61.8    60.1    59.7    61.3    61.6    61.0    60.4    59.8    59.1
      Unemployed....................................     496     689     693     517     506     582     652     755     725
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.9     8.2     8.3     6.2     6.0     6.9     7.7     8.9     8.7
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     983     898     909   1,010     890     864     901     955     935
        Participation rate..........................    39.9    36.1    36.4    41.0    35.8    34.8    36.2    38.4    37.5
      Employed......................................     774     632     620     789     663     601     651     668     629
        Employment-population ratio.................    31.5    25.4    24.9    32.1    26.7    24.2    26.2    26.8    25.2
      Unemployed....................................     209     266     289     221     227     263     250     287     306
        Unemployment rate...........................    21.2    29.7    31.8    21.9    25.5    30.4    27.7    30.1    32.7
          Men.......................................    21.4    30.0    31.1    22.5    26.9    32.5    30.5    31.2    31.6
          Women.....................................    21.1    29.4    32.4    21.3    24.3    28.1    24.8    29.0    33.7
                                                                                                                            
                   HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  22,687  23,351  23,417  22,687  23,157  23,222  23,288  23,351  23,417
    Civilian labor force............................  15,514  16,007  15,830  15,626  15,788  15,772  15,813  16,004  15,944
        Participation rate..........................    68.4    68.5    67.6    68.9    68.2    67.9    67.9    68.5    68.1
      Employed......................................  14,631  14,903  14,698  14,686  14,843  14,778  14,802  14,858  14,728
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.5    63.8    62.8    64.7    64.1    63.6    63.6    63.6    62.9
      Unemployed....................................     883   1,104   1,132     940     945     994   1,010   1,146   1,217
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.7     6.9     7.1     6.0     6.0     6.3     6.4     7.2     7.6

    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                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                                Nov.     Oct.     Nov.     Nov.     July     Aug.     Sept.    Oct.     Nov.  
                                                2000     2001     2001     2000     2001     2001     2001     2001     2001  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   27,851   27,325   27,504   27,851   27,679   27,468   27,478   27,325   27,504
    Civilian labor force....................   12,026   12,037   11,997   11,958   12,188   11,799   11,859   12,073   11,969
        Percent of population...............     43.2     44.1     43.6     42.9     44.0     43.0     43.2     44.2     43.5
      Employed..............................   11,242   11,183   11,044   11,171   11,380   10,943   10,932   11,139   11,000
        Employment-population ratio.........     40.4     40.9     40.2     40.1     41.1     39.8     39.8     40.8     40.0
      Unemployed............................      784      854      954      787      808      856      927      934      969
        Unemployment rate...................      6.5      7.1      7.9      6.6      6.6      7.3      7.8      7.7      8.1
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,562   57,221   57,400   57,562   56,947   57,513   57,400   57,221   57,400
    Civilian labor force....................   37,344   36,782   36,836   37,129   36,970   37,096   36,873   36,855   36,670
        Percent of population...............     64.9     64.3     64.2     64.5     64.9     64.5     64.2     64.4     63.9
      Employed..............................   36,087   35,208   35,069   35,830   35,468   35,460   35,303   35,137   34,790
        Employment-population ratio.........     62.7     61.5     61.1     62.2     62.3     61.7     61.5     61.4     60.6
      Unemployed............................    1,258    1,575    1,767    1,299    1,502    1,636    1,571    1,717    1,880
        Unemployment rate...................      3.4      4.3      4.8      3.5      4.1      4.4      4.3      4.7      5.1
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   44,770   45,471   45,353   44,770   45,444   45,339   45,424   45,471   45,353
    Civilian labor force....................   33,076   33,583   33,529   32,776   33,296   33,481   33,880   33,331   33,311
        Percent of population...............     73.9     73.9     73.9     73.2     73.3     73.8     74.6     73.3     73.4
      Employed..............................   32,270   32,295   32,203   31,897   32,301   32,407   32,696   31,975   31,853
        Employment-population ratio.........     72.1     71.0     71.0     71.2     71.1     71.5     72.0     70.3     70.2
      Unemployed............................      806    1,288    1,326      879      994    1,075    1,184    1,356    1,459
        Unemployment rate...................      2.4      3.8      4.0      2.7      3.0      3.2      3.5      4.1      4.4
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   45,706   47,371   47,225   45,706   46,784   46,734   46,870   47,371   47,225
    Civilian labor force....................   36,184   37,354   37,290   36,237   36,634   36,649   36,896   37,281   37,429
        Percent of population...............     79.2     78.9     79.0     79.3     78.3     78.4     78.7     78.7     79.3
      Employed..............................   35,676   36,404   36,285   35,674   35,859   35,870   36,000   36,259   36,285
        Employment-population ratio.........     78.1     76.8     76.8     78.1     76.6     76.8     76.8     76.5     76.8
      Unemployed............................      507      950    1,005      563      775      779      896    1,023    1,143
        Unemployment rate...................      1.4      2.5      2.7      1.6      2.1      2.1      2.4      2.7      3.1

    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                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 135,731 134,898 134,359 135,478 135,379 134,393 135,181 134,562 134,084
    Married men, spouse present.....................  43,512  43,319  43,044  43,251  43,294  43,172  43,091  42,932  42,787
    Married women, spouse present...................  33,890  33,492  33,482  33,633  33,603  33,805  33,664  33,160  33,283
    Women who maintain families.....................   8,535   8,264   8,386   8,495   8,567   8,323   8,240   8,215   8,319
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  41,296  42,148  42,031  41,083  41,917  41,750  41,775  41,974  41,891
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  39,677  38,489  38,602  39,616  39,067  38,664  39,114  38,566  38,487
    Service occupations.............................  18,429  18,071  18,436  18,471  18,642  18,052  18,357  18,421  18,436
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  14,767  14,914  14,620  14,748  14,997  15,050  14,941  14,840  14,562
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  18,466  17,951  17,581  18,184  17,571  17,655  17,679  17,583  17,282
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   3,095   3,326   3,090   3,238   3,166   3,154   3,306   3,251   3,236
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   1,877   1,945   1,753   2,005   1,786   1,850   1,884   1,909   1,853
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,126   1,292   1,208   1,180   1,256   1,239   1,290   1,299   1,275
      Unpaid family workers.........................      26      27      11      25      22      29      23      25      11
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 124,065 122,943 122,859 123,632 123,432 122,686 123,278 122,658 122,318
        Government..................................  19,264  19,235  19,356  19,146  18,919  19,219  19,397  19,274  19,184
        Private industries.......................... 104,801 103,708 103,503 104,486 104,513 103,467 103,881 103,384 103,134
          Private households........................     800     848     772     827     790     827     809     875     793
          Other industries.......................... 104,001 102,860 102,730 103,659 103,723 102,640 103,072 102,509 102,341
      Self-employed workers.........................   8,505   8,598   8,450   8,533   8,574   8,481   8,563   8,487   8,492
      Unpaid family workers.........................     131      93      79     128      88     113     102     105      74
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,241   3,954   4,042   3,416   3,466   3,326   4,188   4,462   4,241
        Slack work or business conditions...........   2,083   2,706   2,729   2,183   2,120   2,086   2,861   3,023   2,864
        Could only find part-time work..............     829   1,032   1,052     886     999     935   1,081   1,134   1,133
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  20,015  19,451  19,672  18,896  18,845  19,153  18,825  18,595  18,524
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,089   3,825   3,837   3,285   3,336   3,196   4,045   4,342   4,060
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,979   2,623   2,600   2,082   2,059   2,004   2,759   2,953   2,740
        Could only find part-time work..............     821   1,017   1,035     871     985     911   1,070   1,108   1,110
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  19,454  18,878  19,118  18,323  18,309  18,580  18,278  18,031  17,969

      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                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   5,658   7,741   8,160    4.0     4.5     4.9     4.9     5.4     5.7 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,452   3,472   3,803    3.4     3.9     4.4     4.3     4.8     5.3 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,119   3,016   3,074    3.4     3.9     4.2     4.4     4.8     4.9 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,087   1,253   1,282   13.0    14.8    16.1    14.7    15.5    15.9 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................     974   1,384   1,493    2.2     2.6     2.7     2.7     3.1     3.4 
     Married women, spouse present..................     859   1,275   1,248    2.5     2.8     3.0     3.3     3.7     3.6 
     Women who maintain families....................     467     607     750    5.2     6.2     6.7     7.0     6.9     8.3 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   4,560   6,353   6,778    3.9     4.4     4.8     5.0     5.4     5.8 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,096   1,393   1,379    4.5     5.1     5.6     4.5     5.6     5.6 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     699   1,183   1,232    1.7     2.2     2.5     2.4     2.7     2.9 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,464   1,909   2,124    3.6     4.0     4.3     4.3     4.7     5.2 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     559     926     931    3.7     4.2     4.8     4.8     5.9     6.0 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,230   1,685   1,757    6.3     7.2     7.7     7.5     8.7     9.2 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     246     210     232    7.1     7.5     8.7     7.1     6.1     6.7 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   4,313   6,494   6,754    4.0     4.7     5.1     5.2     5.9     6.1 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,289   1,928   2,042    4.5     5.6     6.2     6.2     6.9     7.3 
         Mining.....................................      20      39      28    3.5     3.7     4.3     4.8     7.0     5.3 
         Construction...............................     544     702     781    6.9     6.8     7.5     7.6     8.4     9.4 
         Manufacturing..............................     725   1,186   1,233    3.6     5.1     5.7     5.6     6.2     6.5 
           Durable goods............................     423     813     832    3.5     4.7     5.8     5.6     6.9     7.1 
           Nondurable goods.........................     302     373     401    3.9     5.7     5.5     5.4     5.2     5.4 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,024   4,566   4,713    3.8     4.4     4.8     4.9     5.6     5.7 
         Transportation and public utilities........     202     491     536    2.6     3.3     3.5     3.9     6.0     6.5 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,284   1,673   1,809    4.7     5.2     5.6     5.9     6.1     6.5 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     153     221     302    1.9     3.2     2.7     2.8     2.7     3.6 
         Services...................................   1,385   2,181   2,066    3.7     4.3     4.9     4.8     5.7     5.5 
     Government workers.............................     445     468     492    2.3     2.1     2.1     2.1     2.4     2.5 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     207     186     195    9.4    10.9    10.2     7.1     8.9     9.5 

    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                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,343   2,896   2,883   2,531   2,612   3,004   2,764   3,165   3,157
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   1,744   2,267   2,501   1,796   2,150   2,100   2,361   2,570   2,600
   15 weeks and over................................   1,207   1,943   2,168   1,317   1,587   1,817   1,884   2,062   2,398
      15 to 26 weeks................................     653   1,081   1,115     713     935     982   1,089   1,174   1,230
      27 weeks and over.............................     555     862   1,052     604     652     835     795     888   1,168
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    12.4    13.5    14.5    12.4    12.5    13.3    13.1    13.0    14.5
   Median duration, in weeks........................     5.9     7.3     7.5     6.1     6.7     6.5     7.4     7.4     7.7
                                                                                                                            
                 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..............................    44.3    40.8    38.2    44.8    41.1    43.4    39.4    40.6    38.7
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    32.9    31.9    33.1    31.8    33.9    30.3    33.7    33.0    31.9
     15 weeks and over..............................    22.8    27.3    28.7    23.3    25.0    26.3    26.9    26.4    29.4
       15 to 26 weeks...............................    12.3    15.2    14.8    12.6    14.7    14.2    15.5    15.1    15.1
       27 weeks and over............................    10.5    12.1    13.9    10.7    10.3    12.1    11.3    11.4    14.3





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   2,327   3,701   4,194   2,501   3,252   3,409   3,600   4,360   4,598
    On temporary layoff.............................     775     864   1,017     877   1,003   1,079   1,118   1,360   1,172
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   1,552   2,838   3,177   1,624   2,249   2,330   2,482   3,000   3,427
      Permanent job losers..........................     978   2,062   2,403   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     574     775     774   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     735     923     799     768     774     894     800     893     842
  Reentrants........................................   1,853   2,051   2,096   1,936   1,912   2,166   2,108   2,098   2,202
  New entrants......................................     380     430     462     429     436     495     476     462     509
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    44.0    52.1    55.5    44.4    51.0    49.0    51.5    55.8    56.4
     On temporary layoff............................    14.6    12.2    13.5    15.6    15.7    15.5    16.0    17.4    14.4
     Not on temporary layoff........................    29.3    39.9    42.1    28.8    35.3    33.5    35.5    38.4    42.0
   Job leavers......................................    13.9    13.0    10.6    13.6    12.1    12.8    11.5    11.4    10.3
   Reentrants.......................................    35.0    28.9    27.8    34.4    30.0    31.1    30.2    26.8    27.0
   New entrants.....................................     7.2     6.1     6.1     7.6     6.8     7.1     6.8     5.9     6.2
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     1.7     2.6     3.0     1.8     2.3     2.4     2.5     3.1     3.2
   Job leavers......................................      .5      .6      .6      .5      .5      .6      .6      .6      .6
   Reentrants.......................................     1.3     1.4     1.5     1.4     1.3     1.5     1.5     1.5     1.5
   New entrants.....................................      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3      .4      .3      .3      .4

    1 Not available.





HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  Not seasonally               Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                     adjusted                                                
                            Measure                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                 Nov.   Oct.   Nov.   Nov.   July   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.   Nov. 
                                                                 2000   2001   2001   2000   2001   2001   2001   2001   2001 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
      the civilian labor force................................     .9    1.4    1.5     .9    1.1    1.3    1.3    1.4    1.7
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    1.7    2.6    3.0    1.8    2.3    2.4    2.5    3.1    3.2
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    3.8    5.0    5.3    4.0    4.5    4.9    4.9    5.4    5.7
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    3.9    5.2    5.5   (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........................................    4.5    5.9    6.2   (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    8.7    9.0   (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                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Nov.    Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   5,658   7,741   8,160    4.0     4.5     4.9     4.9     5.4     5.7 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,081   2,639   2,703    9.1    10.1    11.5    10.7    11.6    11.9 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,087   1,253   1,282   13.0    14.8    16.1    14.7    15.5    15.9 
        16 to 17 years..............................     507     538     530   15.4    19.3    19.1    16.2    17.2    17.4 
        18 to 19 years..............................     579     715     754   11.4    11.8    14.7    13.9    14.4    15.0 
      20 to 24 years................................     994   1,385   1,420    6.8     7.5     9.0     8.5     9.5     9.7 
    25 years and over...............................   3,554   5,086   5,426    3.0     3.4     3.7     3.8     4.3     4.5 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,043   4,400   4,786    3.0     3.6     3.9     3.9     4.4     4.8 
      55 years and over.............................     520     677     668    2.9     2.8     3.0     3.3     3.5     3.5 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   3,032   4,179   4,542    4.0     4.5     5.1     4.9     5.5     6.0 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,139   1,458   1,565    9.5    10.4    12.4    11.3    12.4    13.3 
        16 to 19 years..............................     580     707     739   13.6    15.1    17.9    15.8    17.3    18.0 
          16 to 17 years............................     287     322     321   17.5    19.0    22.7    18.3    20.4    20.7 
          18 to 19 years............................     293     383     420   11.3    13.0    15.4    14.3    15.2    16.5 
        20 to 24 years..............................     559     750     825    7.3     7.9     9.5     8.9     9.8    10.7 
      25 years and over.............................   1,873   2,714   2,956    3.0     3.5     3.7     3.7     4.2     4.6 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,572   2,335   2,527    2.9     3.6     3.9     3.8     4.3     4.7 
        55 years and over...........................     296     391     429    2.9     3.0     3.3     3.3     3.7     4.1 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   2,626   3,562   3,617    4.0     4.5     4.8     5.0     5.4     5.5 
      16 to 24 years................................     942   1,181   1,138    8.6     9.7    10.4    10.1    10.8    10.4 
        16 to 19 years..............................     507     546     543   12.3    14.4    14.2    13.6    13.6    13.7 
          16 to 17 years............................     220     216     209   13.4    19.6    15.5    13.9    14.0    13.9 
          18 to 19 years............................     286     331     333   11.5    10.6    13.9    13.5    13.5    13.5 
        20 to 24 years..............................     435     635     595    6.3     7.1     8.4     8.2     9.1     8.5 
      25 years and over.............................   1,681   2,372   2,470    3.1     3.4     3.7     3.9     4.3     4.5 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,471   2,065   2,259    3.2     3.6     3.8     4.0     4.4     4.8 
        55 years and over...........................     224     287     239    2.7     2.5     2.7     3.3     3.3     2.8 

    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                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Nov.      Nov.      Nov.      Nov.      Nov.      Nov.  
                                                                        2000      2001      2000      2001      2000      2001  
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   69,551    70,856    26,023    26,728    43,528    44,127 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    3,971     4,320     1,706     1,996     2,266     2,324 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,097     1,315       560       685       538       630 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      234       322       165       180        70       141 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................      863       993       395       504       468       488 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,455     7,080     3,812     3,593     3,643     3,487 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.5       5.3       5.3       5.0       5.8       5.5 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,082     3,870     2,271     2,188     1,811     1,682 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,555     1,514       519       491     1,036     1,022 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      321       241       211       136       110       105 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,466     1,414       800       746       666       668 

    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                                                                                                
                                           Nov.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                           2000    2001   2001p   2001p    2000    2001    2001    2001   2001p   2001p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total......................... 133,351 132,528 132,574 132,441 132,279 132,449 132,395 132,230 131,762 131,431
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 112,328 111,738 111,262 111,006 111,689 111,517 111,390 111,249 110,762 110,437
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  25,853  25,203  24,993  24,701  25,711  25,122  24,963  24,888  24,747  24,580
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     553     575     576     571     548     567     569     569     569     567
    Metal mining........................    40.1    35.2    34.7    34.4      40      34      35      35      35      34
    Coal mining.........................    75.6    79.7    81.2    81.8      75      79      80      80      81      81
    Oil and gas extraction..............   320.5   344.6   343.9   340.1     319     341     342     342     340     339
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   116.3   115.8   116.5   115.0     114     113     112     112     113     113
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   6,877   7,114   7,063   6,940   6,781   6,867   6,861   6,871   6,854   6,852
    General building contractors........ 1,558.4 1,599.6 1,590.4 1,570.7   1,548   1,554   1,557   1,562   1,561   1,561
    Heavy construction, except building.   933.0 1,005.0   999.5   966.1     909     935     932     932     933     942
    Special trade contractors........... 4,385.2 4,509.3 4,473.3 4,402.9   4,324   4,378   4,372   4,377   4,360   4,349
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  18,423  17,514  17,354  17,190  18,382  17,688  17,533  17,448  17,324  17,161
      Production workers................  12,551  11,784  11,657  11,533  12,511  11,900  11,782  11,706  11,627  11,501
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  11,141  10,471  10,361  10,259  11,120  10,624  10,523  10,460  10,363  10,247
      Production workers................   7,568   6,988   6,900   6,830   7,544   7,102   7,022   6,970   6,898   6,813
    Lumber and wood products............   822.3   805.6   796.6   789.1     817     797     793     794     789     786
    Furniture and fixtures..............   558.0   513.6   504.8   497.8     557     531     519     513     505     498
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   580.7   574.1   570.4   562.3     577     569     568     567     566     560
    Primary metal industries............   693.1   639.0   631.8   622.7     691     648     643     638     632     621
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   221.6   207.1   206.5   204.0   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,542.3 1,467.0 1,455.2 1,438.2   1,537   1,478   1,468   1,464   1,453   1,434
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,117.6 1,956.6 1,934.6 1,913.3   2,122   2,007   1,980   1,965   1,944   1,918
      Computer and office equipment.....   364.9   343.5   342.2   338.6     365     353     348     344     343     340
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,739.4 1,546.7 1,526.6 1,501.1   1,737   1,589   1,565   1,551   1,529   1,500
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   708.1   608.9   598.7   590.7     708     634     618     613     601     592
    Transportation equipment............ 1,824.6 1,735.1 1,708.5 1,709.8   1,822   1,752   1,750   1,735   1,715   1,707
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   996.3   921.1   899.2   906.6     992     936     931     919     903     903
      Aircraft and parts................   463.8   465.3   463.1   457.3     462     466     465     465     463     456
    Instruments and related products....   863.2   850.6   847.6   844.9     865     865     858     851     849     847
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   399.3   382.7   384.8   379.6     395     388     379     382     381     376
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   7,282   7,043   6,993   6,931   7,262   7,064   7,010   6,988   6,961   6,914
      Production workers................   4,983   4,796   4,757   4,703   4,967   4,798   4,760   4,736   4,729   4,688
    Food and kindred products........... 1,685.2 1,726.7 1,713.9 1,696.2   1,679   1,680   1,674   1,682   1,689   1,690
    Tobacco products....................    33.6    33.7    33.8    33.5      33      33      35      33      33      33
    Textile mill products...............   516.1   462.8   454.5   448.7     514     471     465     459     453     447
    Apparel and other textile products..   616.3   555.2   546.1   535.4     611     571     554     551     543     532
    Paper and allied products...........   653.0   630.7   627.5   627.1     654     632     628     629     628     627
    Printing and publishing............. 1,546.2 1,470.2 1,466.3 1,457.4   1,540   1,489   1,483   1,473   1,465   1,452
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,037.2 1,028.7 1,026.0 1,021.8   1,038   1,039   1,035   1,031   1,028   1,023
    Petroleum and coal products.........   126.9   131.0   128.9   126.7     127     128     127     128     127     127
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   997.5   943.1   935.4   924.4     997     957     947     941     935     924
    Leather and leather products........    70.2    60.9    60.5    59.3      69      64      62      61      60      59
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing....................... 107,498 107,325 107,581 107,740 106,568 107,327 107,432 107,342 107,015 106,851
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   7,141   7,112   7,055   7,006   7,093   7,108   7,082   7,070   7,017   6,959
    Transportation......................   4,620   4,571   4,514   4,465   4,573   4,561   4,539   4,528   4,473   4,419
      Railroad transportation...........   236.6   226.4   225.7   225.7     235     226     226     226     225     224
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   494.2   496.3   495.2   496.2     478     485     486     482     479     480
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,877.1 1,865.7 1,856.6 1,850.3   1,864   1,863   1,844   1,838   1,832   1,837
      Water transportation..............   196.6   210.8   210.0   202.4     200     203     203     205     207     205
      Transportation by air............. 1,325.6 1,293.5 1,259.8 1,236.2   1,306   1,304   1,303   1,300   1,264   1,219
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    13.7    14.0    14.1    14.2      14      14      14      14      14      14
      Transportation services...........   476.1   464.2   452.3   440.0     476     466     463     463     452     440
    Communications and public utilities.   2,521   2,541   2,541   2,541   2,520   2,547   2,543   2,542   2,544   2,540
      Communications.................... 1,674.6 1,694.1 1,694.1 1,693.7   1,672   1,700   1,695   1,695   1,695   1,692
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   846.7   846.8   847.1   847.5     848     847     848     847     849     848
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   7,084   6,993   6,985   6,958   7,070   7,017   7,010   6,988   6,971   6,946
    Durable goods.......................   4,209   4,122   4,112   4,091   4,206   4,149   4,134   4,123   4,114   4,091
    Nondurable goods....................   2,875   2,871   2,873   2,867   2,864   2,868   2,876   2,865   2,857   2,855
  Retail trade..........................  23,787  23,548  23,400  23,761  23,395  23,606  23,583  23,536  23,417  23,403
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies......................... 1,001.6 1,013.0 1,008.5 1,002.1   1,011   1,008   1,014   1,013   1,013   1,011
    General merchandise stores.......... 3,068.6 2,746.8 2,789.9 2,973.6   2,835   2,810   2,800   2,793   2,763   2,761
      Department stores................. 2,702.4 2,406.4 2,444.8 2,610.8   2,492   2,458   2,449   2,450   2,420   2,405
    Food stores......................... 3,562.7 3,531.1 3,542.1 3,571.2   3,526   3,536   3,531   3,538   3,542   3,537
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,422.9 2,446.2 2,437.0 2,432.9   2,426   2,435   2,441   2,435   2,429   2,435
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,122.8 1,138.3 1,137.0 1,139.9   1,123   1,131   1,133   1,133   1,133   1,139
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,266.8 1,205.4 1,205.8 1,257.2   1,208   1,219   1,224   1,224   1,210   1,200
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,171.3 1,125.6 1,136.4 1,165.0   1,144   1,137   1,137   1,138   1,136   1,138
    Eating and drinking places.......... 8,072.5 8,353.6 8,124.4 8,122.4   8,142   8,310   8,280   8,242   8,185   8,196
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 3,220.5 3,126.0 3,156.1 3,236.3   3,103   3,151   3,156   3,153   3,139   3,125
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,554   7,628   7,604   7,614   7,575   7,618   7,623   7,633   7,627   7,636
    Finance.............................   3,725   3,750   3,742   3,763   3,729   3,755   3,758   3,758   3,755   3,769
      Depository institutions........... 2,019.0 2,033.2 2,027.1 2,036.8   2,023   2,039   2,037   2,039   2,035   2,041
        Commercial banks................ 1,417.0 1,420.4 1,420.5 1,425.9   1,420   1,426   1,423   1,423   1,426   1,428
        Savings institutions............   252.1   254.9   255.5   258.9     253     255     255     256     256     259
      Nondepository institutions........   677.5   705.5   708.6   718.3     678     703     709     706     712     719
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   301.8   322.0   325.1   333.4     302     321     324     323     327     334
      Security and commodity brokers....   769.7   755.6   748.3   749.6     770     755     755     755     750     751
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   258.3   255.5   257.7   258.2     258     258     257     258     258     258
    Insurance...........................   2,338   2,356   2,354   2,354   2,340   2,357   2,357   2,362   2,360   2,356
      Insurance carriers................ 1,581.1 1,596.1 1,595.8 1,595.2   1,583   1,599   1,598   1,601   1,602   1,598
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   757.0   759.6   757.7   758.4     757     758     759     761     758     758
    Real estate.........................   1,491   1,522   1,508   1,497   1,506   1,506   1,508   1,513   1,512   1,511
                                                                                                                        
  Services2.............................  40,909  41,254  41,225  40,966  40,845  41,046  41,129  41,134  40,983  40,913
    Agricultural services...............   811.5   878.7   867.9   836.4     811     834     837     838     840     837
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,864.2 1,961.5 1,858.6 1,781.9   1,939   1,922   1,912   1,913   1,862   1,855
    Personal services................... 1,232.7 1,246.9 1,246.5 1,241.4   1,261   1,281   1,284   1,284   1,280   1,270
    Business services................... 10094.9 9,696.1 9,650.2 9,533.0   9,933   9,592   9,588   9,581   9,467   9,387
      Services to buildings.............   996.1   997.4   994.3   993.4     998     998     997     997     995     997
      Personnel supply services......... 4,023.1 3,622.2 3,552.0 3,415.1   3,869   3,517   3,521   3,488   3,376   3,294
        Help supply services............ 3,596.6 3,229.3 3,163.8 3,035.7   3,461   3,127   3,113   3,106   3,005   2,918
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 2,150.8 2,188.8 2,190.2 2,192.5   2,152   2,202   2,194   2,200   2,202   2,196
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,264.4 1,306.9 1,297.1 1,299.6   1,270   1,312   1,307   1,306   1,298   1,308
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   365.7   363.9   364.0   359.6     366     360     362     363     362     359
    Motion pictures.....................   585.4   578.0   565.5   570.4     593     595     589     586     581     579
    Amusement and recreation services... 1,590.5 1,844.7 1,716.8 1,584.8   1,755   1,772   1,777   1,766   1,775   1,750
    Health services..................... 10173.8 10399.0 10428.0 10471.6  10,164  10,354  10,384  10,408  10,429  10,461
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 1,941.8 1,989.8 1,990.9 2,000.4   1,941   1,983   1,990   1,992   1,993   2,001
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,802.7 1,829.9 1,834.3 1,841.6   1,800   1,823   1,825   1,830   1,833   1,838
      Hospitals......................... 4,017.1 4,120.9 4,134.3 4,152.0   4,016   4,098   4,114   4,124   4,133   4,150
      Home health care services.........   648.9   656.0   656.5   661.0     644     647     653     655     655     656
    Legal services...................... 1,013.2 1,023.0 1,025.3 1,029.7   1,013   1,026   1,028   1,030   1,029   1,030
    Educational services................ 2,522.4 2,398.7 2,603.4 2,643.1   2,338   2,432   2,452   2,446   2,439   2,447
    Social services..................... 2,974.9 3,066.5 3,100.6 3,109.3   2,958   3,048   3,076   3,085   3,094   3,095
      Child day care services...........   743.0   755.2   768.7   771.1     727     760     765     756     756     755
      Residential care..................   818.4   847.6   850.9   851.7     820     847     848     851     853     853
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................   106.0   112.5   112.2   107.6     108     111     111     112     112     110
    Membership organizations............ 2,470.8 2,487.7 2,491.4 2,494.3   2,486   2,493   2,503   2,509   2,505   2,509
    Engineering and management services. 3,467.5 3,516.2 3,524.4 3,530.6   3,478   3,540   3,544   3,533   3,536   3,542
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services....................... 1,033.4 1,069.6 1,068.4 1,065.5   1,035   1,064   1,067   1,067   1,069   1,067
      Management and public relations... 1,115.5 1,120.1 1,122.1 1,122.1   1,113   1,119   1,123   1,122   1,122   1,121
    Services, nec.......................    49.9    51.6    51.2    51.2   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government............................  21,023  20,790  21,312  21,435  20,590  20,932  21,005  20,981  21,000  20,994
    Federal.............................   2,613   2,620   2,609   2,604   2,620   2,626   2,622   2,627   2,623   2,604
      Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,746.8 1,776.4 1,767.4 1,761.1   1,761   1,772   1,774   1,776   1,777   1,775
    State...............................   4,941   4,908   5,057   5,062   4,798   4,909   4,913   4,931   4,923   4,913
      Education......................... 2,193.1 2,092.8 2,256.6 2,281.9   2,033   2,117   2,122   2,129   2,116   2,115
      Other State government............ 2,747.8 2,815.0 2,800.1 2,780.4   2,765   2,792   2,791   2,802   2,807   2,798
    Local...............................  13,469  13,262  13,646  13,769  13,172  13,397  13,470  13,423  13,454  13,477
      Education......................... 7,803.5 7,443.5 7,863.6 7,992.2   7,449   7,575   7,650   7,595   7,607   7,629
      Other local government............ 5,665.3 5,818.2 5,782.4 5,776.3   5,723   5,822   5,820   5,828   5,847   5,848

  1 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  2 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           Nov.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Nov.    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov. 
                                           2000    2001   2001p   2001p    2000    2001    2001    2001   2001p   2001p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................   34.3    34.3    34.0    34.0    34.3    34.2    34.0    34.1    34.0    34.1 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   40.8    40.7    40.4    40.3    40.6    40.5    40.3    40.2    40.0    40.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   42.9    44.0    43.6    42.9    43.0    43.3    43.4    43.5    43.0    43.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   38.7    39.8    39.4    39.1    38.9    39.4    39.2    39.1    38.6    39.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   41.6    41.0    40.7    40.7    41.2    40.8    40.7    40.6    40.5    40.3 
      Overtime hours....................    4.6     4.3     4.0     3.9     4.3     4.0     4.1     3.9     3.8     3.7 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   42.1    41.3    40.9    40.9    41.6    41.2    41.1    40.9    40.7    40.5 
      Overtime hours....................    4.6     4.1     3.8     3.8     4.4     4.0     4.1     3.8     3.7     3.6 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   41.0    41.6    40.8    40.6    40.8    41.1    40.9    41.1    40.5    40.5 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   39.9    39.6    38.7    38.7    39.4    39.7    39.7    38.8    38.4    38.4 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   43.2    45.1    44.3    44.3    43.0    44.0    43.9    44.0    43.8    44.0 
    Primary metal industries............   45.0    44.4    43.1    42.8    44.4    44.1    43.7    43.7    43.2    42.2 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   45.8    45.9    43.7    43.2    45.2    44.7    44.6    45.5    43.9    42.8 
    Fabricated metal products...........   42.6    41.5    41.2    41.3    42.1    41.6    41.5    41.2    41.0    40.8 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   42.0    40.4    40.4    40.4    41.7    40.8    40.2    40.3    40.5    40.1 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   41.0    39.4    39.3    39.4    40.5    38.9    39.1    39.1    39.0    38.9 
    Transportation equipment............   43.1    41.9    41.7    41.8    42.5    42.2    42.8    41.5    41.3    41.3 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   43.9    42.9    42.5    42.6    43.2    43.0    44.6    42.3    42.0    42.1 
    Instruments and related products....   41.5    41.1    40.6    41.0    41.2    40.8    40.4    41.1    40.7    40.7 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   38.7    37.8    37.6    37.4    38.4    38.4    38.2    37.6    37.4    37.2 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   41.0    40.7    40.4    40.5    40.5    40.3    40.1    40.2    40.2    40.0 
      Overtime hours....................    4.5     4.6     4.3     4.2     4.2     4.0     4.1     4.1     4.1     3.9 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   42.1    42.0    41.7    41.3    41.4    40.9    41.1    41.0    41.1    40.6 
    Tobacco products....................   41.0    40.8    40.6    40.4    40.4    40.5    39.9    40.0    40.2    39.9 
    Textile mill products...............   40.9    40.2    39.7    40.0    40.5    39.7    39.8    39.8    39.7    39.7 
    Apparel and other textile products..   37.8    36.7    36.6    36.7    37.6    37.7    36.9    36.9    36.7    36.6 
    Paper and allied products...........   42.8    42.2    41.8    41.8    42.2    41.9    41.2    41.6    41.5    41.2 
    Printing and publishing.............   38.8    38.5    38.2    38.4    38.2    38.2    38.0    38.1    38.0    37.8 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   42.4    42.3    42.3    42.6    42.1    42.7    42.1    42.2    42.3    42.2 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   43.0    42.9    42.0    41.8    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   41.2    41.2    40.7    41.0    41.0    40.6    40.5    40.8    40.5    40.8 
    Leather and leather products........   37.8    36.8    36.2    36.2    37.3    35.7    36.4    36.3    36.0    35.8 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   32.6    32.8    32.5    32.5    32.8    32.6    32.6    32.6    32.5    32.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   38.5    38.0    37.6    37.6    38.6    37.8    37.8    37.6    37.6    37.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   38.4    38.7    38.1    38.2    38.4    38.2    38.3    38.3    38.1    38.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   28.6    28.8    28.5    28.5    28.9    28.6    28.6    28.7    28.7    28.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   36.0    36.7    35.9    36.1    36.2    36.2    36.2    36.2    36.1    36.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   32.6    32.7    32.4    32.5    32.6    32.7    32.5    32.6    32.5    32.6 

  1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and
nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm
payrolls.
  2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Average hourly earnings                 Average weekly earnings        
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                            Nov.      Sept.     Oct.      Nov.      Nov.      Sept.     Oct.      Nov.  
                                            2000      2001     2001p     2001p      2000      2001     2001p     2001p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  $13.99    $14.51    $14.50    $14.54    $479.86   $497.69   $493.00   $494.36 
        Seasonally adjusted.............   13.97     14.45     14.47     14.52     479.17    492.75    491.98    495.13 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   15.66     16.14     16.14     16.18     638.93    656.90    652.06    652.05 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   17.32     17.67     17.70     17.78     743.03    777.48    771.72    762.76 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   18.20     18.50     18.55     18.56     704.34    736.30    730.87    725.70 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   14.60     15.01     14.97     15.06     607.36    615.41    609.28    612.94 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   15.05     15.49     15.45     15.53     633.61    639.74    631.91    635.18 
    Lumber and wood products............   12.07     12.45     12.35     12.41     494.87    517.92    503.88    503.85 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   11.90     12.35     12.38     12.36     474.81    489.06    479.11    478.33 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   14.76     15.22     15.13     15.11     637.63    686.42    670.26    669.37 
    Primary metal industries............   16.58     17.27     17.11     17.23     746.10    766.79    737.44    737.44 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   19.71     20.91     20.56     20.83     902.72    959.77    898.47    899.86 
    Fabricated metal products...........   14.03     14.42     14.34     14.43     597.68    598.43    590.81    595.96 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   15.67     16.05     16.09     16.11     658.14    648.42    650.04    650.84 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   14.04     14.84     14.77     14.87     575.64    584.70    580.46    585.88 
    Transportation equipment............   19.05     19.31     19.38     19.50     821.06    809.09    808.15    815.10 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   19.43     19.68     19.82     19.95     852.98    844.27    842.35    849.87 
    Instruments and related products....   14.64     15.06     15.00     15.06     607.56    618.97    609.00    617.46 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   11.82     12.37     12.27     12.40     457.43    467.59    461.35    463.76 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   13.89     14.31     14.27     14.37     569.49    582.42    576.51    581.99 
    Food and kindred products...........   12.69     12.95     12.93     13.14     534.25    543.90    539.18    542.68 
    Tobacco products....................   21.85     21.70     21.70     22.47     895.85    885.36    881.02    907.79 
    Textile mill products...............   11.27     11.40     11.36     11.45     460.94    458.28    450.99    458.00 
    Apparel and other textile products..    9.33      9.56      9.48      9.58     352.67    350.85    346.97    351.59 
    Paper and allied products...........   16.50     17.12     17.12     17.16     706.20    722.46    715.62    717.29 
    Printing and publishing.............   14.56     15.01     14.96     14.93     564.93    577.89    571.47    573.31 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   18.35     18.86     18.62     18.63     778.04    797.78    787.63    793.64 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   22.23     22.27     22.35     22.29     955.89    955.38    938.70    931.72 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   13.10     13.51     13.48     13.53     539.72    556.61    548.64    554.73 
    Leather and leather products........   10.32     10.25     10.17     10.28     390.10    377.20    368.15    372.14 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   13.47     14.02     14.01     14.06     439.12    459.86    455.33    456.95 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   16.43     17.07     17.10     17.14     632.56    648.66    642.96    644.46 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   15.45     16.03     15.86     15.91     593.28    620.36    604.27    607.76 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    9.61      9.92      9.94      9.99     274.85    285.70    283.29    284.72 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   15.25     16.05     15.97     16.04     549.00    589.04    573.32    579.04 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   14.20     14.78     14.79     14.88     462.92    483.31    479.20    483.60 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                         Percent  
                                    Nov.     July     Aug.     Sept.    Oct.     Nov.     change  
            Industry                2000     2001     2001     2001     2001p    2001p    from:   
                                                                                        Oct. 2001-
                                                                                        Nov. 2001 
                                                                                                  
Total private:                                                                                    
   Current dollars..............   $13.97   $14.34   $14.40   $14.45   $14.47   $14.52      0.3   
   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.92     8.00     8.03     8.02     8.06     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                  
  Goods-producing...............    15.63    15.93    16.01    16.04    16.05    16.16       .7   
    Mining......................    17.38    17.74    17.69    17.67    17.73    17.84       .6   
    Construction................    18.16    18.26    18.35    18.36    18.38    18.51       .7   
    Manufacturing...............    14.57    14.86    14.93    14.96    14.97    15.04       .5   
      Excluding overtime4.......    13.84    14.18    14.24    14.28    14.30    14.37       .5   
                                                                                                  
  Service-producing.............    13.46    13.87    13.93    13.98    14.01    14.05       .3   
    Transportation and public                                                                     
       utilities................    16.42    16.88    16.95    17.02    17.10    17.14       .2   
    Wholesale trade.............    15.44    15.84    15.81    15.95    15.90    15.91       .1   
    Retail trade................     9.61     9.84     9.87     9.87     9.92     9.99       .7   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
       estate...................    15.28    15.91    15.99    16.01    16.06    16.07       .1   
    Services....................    14.16    14.61    14.71    14.76    14.80    14.83       .2   

  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 .5 percent from September 2001 to October 2001, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
  N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry

(1982=100)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                          Nov.   Sept.   Oct.     Nov.    Nov.   July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.     Nov.  
                                          2000   2001    2001p    2001p   2000   2001    2001    2001    2001p    2001p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  152.6  151.9   149.7    149.1   151.8  150.8   150.1   149.9   148.8    148.7 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  116.6  112.8   110.7    108.9   114.9  111.5   110.3   109.5   108.2    107.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   52.5   56.5    56.3     55.2    52.0   55.1    55.3    55.1    54.7     54.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  187.8  199.7   196.2    190.0   184.7  190.3   188.5   188.0   185.1    188.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  105.4   97.5    95.6     94.7   103.9   98.0    96.8    95.9    94.9     93.5 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  111.1  100.6    98.4     97.5   109.6  102.1   100.8    99.4    97.9     96.3 
    Lumber and wood products............  144.6  142.7   138.4    136.7   143.0  139.5   138.0   138.6   135.8    135.6 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  139.2  125.9   120.6    119.0   137.2  130.1   127.6   123.2   119.8    118.0 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  119.6  122.7   119.4    117.7   118.0  118.9   117.0   117.8   116.8    116.2 
    Primary metal industries............   92.7   83.1    79.6     77.5    91.1   83.4    82.3    81.7    79.9     76.1 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   71.0   66.0    62.5     60.8    70.2   64.2    64.1    65.3    63.0     59.9 
    Fabricated metal products...........  123.0  112.3   110.5    109.5   120.8  113.7   112.6   111.1   109.7    107.5 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..  101.5   88.0    86.9     85.9   101.0   91.5    88.9    88.2    87.7     85.6 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................  109.4   90.0    88.5     87.1   107.7   92.4    90.9    89.6    88.0     85.9 
    Transportation equipment............  120.1  109.2   106.6    107.2   117.9  111.2   112.6   108.0   105.9    105.5 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  159.2  142.1   136.9    139.0   155.8  145.1   149.6   139.9   135.6    136.3 
    Instruments and related products....   76.2   72.8    71.2     71.8    75.9   73.8    72.4    72.9    72.0     71.7 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........  100.3   91.3    91.2     89.4    97.9   94.3    90.6    90.2    89.4     87.5 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   97.6   93.3    91.8     90.9    96.2   92.4    91.3    91.0    90.8     89.6 
    Food and kindred products...........  118.6  121.1   119.2    116.4   116.0  114.0   114.5   113.7   115.4    113.7 
    Tobacco products....................   50.2   50.5    50.4     49.7    48.0   48.1    51.4    47.5    47.8     47.4 
    Textile mill products...............   73.3   64.9    63.0     62.4    72.4   65.3    64.7    63.7    62.8     61.7 
    Apparel and other textile products..   53.1   46.0    45.0     44.2    52.4   48.6    45.9    45.7    44.9     43.8 
    Paper and allied products...........  103.3   98.7    97.2     97.4   102.0   97.8    95.8    96.7    96.5     96.0 
    Printing and publishing.............  122.0  114.4   112.8    112.7   119.4  114.7   113.7   113.4   112.4    110.3 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   99.5   96.8    96.8     97.1    98.6   99.1    97.0    96.9    97.0     96.2 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   70.5   75.3    72.7     71.5    70.1   71.8    73.3    73.4    71.7     71.7 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  144.9  136.2   133.5    132.5   144.5  136.4   134.3   134.5   132.6    131.9 
    Leather and leather products........   30.6   25.7    24.9     24.4    29.8   25.8    26.3    25.7    24.9     23.6 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................  168.7  169.4   167.1    167.2   168.3  168.4   168.0   168.1   167.0    167.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  140.8  139.2   136.6    135.1   139.8  138.3   137.8   136.7   135.6    134.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  133.1  131.9   130.0    129.9   132.5  130.6   131.0   130.6   129.6    129.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  147.5  146.1   144.0    146.3   146.4  145.7   145.6   145.7   144.8    145.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  137.4  141.6   138.2    139.2   138.9  139.6   139.6   140.0   139.6    140.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  211.5  213.9   211.9    210.5   211.2  212.8   212.0   212.4   211.0    211.1 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
       Time span          Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug.   Sept.    Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                   Private nonfarm payrolls, 353 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   57.2    58.6    62.5    63.2    59.8    57.2    59.8    59.2    62.7    65.2    61.6    62.2 
     1998..............   63.2    56.2    59.3    60.2    58.9    57.1    55.4    58.4    54.8    55.0    58.2    56.4 
     1999..............   55.1    59.6    52.8    57.2    58.2    54.2    57.1    54.4    55.2    57.9    59.9    56.8 
     2000..............   55.7    59.3    61.0    54.2    47.7    60.5    57.8    55.1    52.0    54.8    55.1    54.2 
     2001..............   53.7    50.4    55.8    45.0    46.6    44.3    45.5    43.9    44.1   p39.4   p39.2         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   63.5    64.0    66.0    67.0    63.2    63.3    59.8    65.6    67.3    71.1    70.0    69.5 
     1998..............   65.3    66.1    64.6    65.7    62.2    57.9    57.5    58.4    59.1    59.2    59.3    59.2 
     1999..............   60.8    57.8    58.5    55.8    58.1    57.9    57.2    59.2    59.8    59.1    61.0    60.6 
     2000..............   61.6    63.3    61.9    56.2    55.1    57.9    61.5    56.4    54.1    53.3    55.7    53.3 
     2001..............   51.7    54.1    48.6    49.2    42.5    42.4    40.5    39.9   p39.0   p36.4                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   66.7    68.6    66.1    66.0    65.3    65.9    66.0    69.1    69.4    70.3    71.1    70.7 
     1998..............   70.4    67.4    65.0    62.5    63.6    60.5    59.2    58.6    57.9    59.6    60.6    59.9 
     1999..............   59.8    59.8    58.2    60.3    56.7    59.2    61.8    60.8    62.2    61.2    62.3    64.9 
     2000..............   63.5    60.6    62.6    63.7    61.5    55.5    56.1    58.6    54.2    54.8    51.8    54.2 
     2001..............   52.0    50.6    48.6    45.3    44.1    38.5   p37.4   p36.1                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1997..............   69.3    67.4    68.4    70.0    69.7    70.3    70.1    70.8    71.0    70.5    69.7    70.7 
     1998..............   69.7    67.6    67.4    66.0    64.0    62.7    61.9    62.0    60.9    59.3    60.8    58.8 
     1999..............   61.2    60.2    58.2    60.8    60.8    61.6    62.2    61.3    63.9    63.0    61.3    60.9 
     2000..............   62.5    63.0    61.8    59.5    58.4    56.8    55.7    56.5    54.2    53.4    53.0    51.7 
     2001..............   49.6    47.7    45.0   p42.4   p39.7                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                    Manufacturing payrolls, 136 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   48.2    52.6    55.5    54.8    52.9    53.7    49.3    51.1    57.7    61.8    61.4    54.8 
     1998..............   57.4    51.5    53.7    53.3    43.8    48.2    38.2    51.5    41.9    41.5    41.2    43.4 
     1999..............   46.0    44.5    43.0    42.3    50.4    39.3    51.5    39.3    45.2    46.3    53.3    46.7 
     2000..............   44.9    56.6    55.5    46.7    41.2    54.8    53.7    38.6    34.6    41.5    43.8    44.1 
     2001..............   37.9    32.4    41.5    31.3    29.4    33.1    39.0    27.6    36.0   p30.9   p25.4         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
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    24.6    26.5    22.4    24.6    21.0    19.9   p21.0   p22.4                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   53.7    53.7    51.1    52.9    50.7    50.7    54.8    62.1    61.8    64.3    67.3    65.8 
     1998..............   63.2    54.4    50.4    40.4    44.5    40.1    37.5    36.4    34.9    40.1    37.1    34.2 
     1999..............   36.0    38.2    37.5    41.2    36.8    39.7    43.0    41.5    46.0    40.4    46.3    51.5 
     2000..............   51.5    44.5    48.5    55.1    43.8    34.9    33.5    34.6    30.1    29.4    25.0    27.9 
     2001..............   26.8    25.4    19.9    20.6    20.2    15.1   p15.1   p14.7                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1997..............   55.1    52.6    54.0    54.4    55.5    57.0    57.0    58.8    59.2    57.7    57.4    57.7 
     1998..............   54.8    52.2    51.8    46.7    40.4    40.1    38.2    37.5    36.4    34.6    35.7    34.2 
     1999..............   38.6    34.6    32.4    36.0    37.9    39.0    40.1    40.4    44.5    46.0    44.9    44.5 
     2000..............   46.3    45.2    41.2    37.9    33.8    31.3    31.3    31.3    27.6    25.4    24.3    21.0 
     2001..............   19.1    16.5    14.7   p16.9   p14.0                                                         

  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.