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(This release was reissued on the afternoon of Friday, May 5, to correct
seasonally adjusted data for April 2005 for some series in tables A-1 to
A-9 which contain data from the household survey.  The corrections were
minor and the affected data are numbers shown in thousands; no rates were
affected.  Household survey data for April 2006 and for other months shown
in this news release were not affected nor were any data from the establish-
ment survey which are presented in tables B-1 to B-7.) 
                                        
                                        
                      THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  APRIL 2006

   Nonfarm employment increased by 138,000 in April, and the unemployment
rate was unchanged at 4.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Industries with notable job gains
over the month included financial activities, health care, and manufacturing.
Average hourly earnings rose by 9 cents in April.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons (7.1 million) was essentially unchanged
in April, and the unemployment rate held at 4.7 percent.  The jobless rates
for the major worker groups--adult men (4.2 percent), adult women (4.3 per-
cent), teenagers (14.6 percent), whites (4.1 percent), blacks (9.4 percent),
and Hispanics (5.4 percent)--showed little or no change over the month.  The
unemployment rate for Asians was 3.6 percent, not seasonally adjusted.  (See
tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment was about unchanged in April at 143.7 million; the em-
ployment-population ratio held at 63.0 percent.  The labor force participa-
tion rate was 66.1 percent in April and has been in a narrow range--66.0 to
66.2 percent--since April 2005.  (See table A-1.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.3 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally at-
tached to the labor force in April, down from 1.5 million a year earlier.
These individuals wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job
sometime in the prior 12 months.  They were not counted as unemployed because
they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  Among
the marginally attached, there were 381,000 discouraged workers in April,
about the same as a year earlier.  Discouraged workers were not currently
looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available
for them.  The other 928,000 marginally attached had not searched for work
for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities.  (See
table A-13.)

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
______________________________________________________________________________
                         |    Quarterly    |                          |
                         |    averages     |       Monthly data       |
                         |_________________|__________________________| Mar.-
        Category         |  2005  |  2006  |          2006            | Apr.
                         |________|________|__________________________|change
                         |   IV   |    I   |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |
 ________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
     HOUSEHOLD DATA      |                 Labor force status
                         |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force.....| 150,126| 150,405| 150,449| 150,652| 150,811|    159
  Employment.............| 142,671| 143,324| 143,257| 143,641| 143,688|     47
  Unemployment...........|   7,455|   7,081|   7,193|   7,011|   7,123|    112
Not in labor force.......|  77,070|  77,359|  77,314|  77,323|  77,388|     65
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                 Unemployment rates
                         |____________________________________________________
All workers..............|     5.0|     4.7|     4.8|     4.7|     4.7|    0.0
  Adult men..............|     4.3|     4.1|     4.2|     4.1|     4.2|     .1
  Adult women............|     4.5|     4.2|     4.3|     4.1|     4.3|     .2
  Teenagers..............|    16.1|    15.5|    15.4|    15.7|    14.6|   -1.1
  White..................|     4.3|     4.1|     4.1|     4.0|     4.1|     .1
  Black or African       |        |        |        |        |        |
    American.............|     9.7|     9.2|     9.3|     9.3|     9.4|     .1
  Hispanic or Latino     |        |        |        |        |        |
    ethnicity............|     6.0|     5.6|     5.5|     5.4|     5.4|     .0
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA     |                     Employment
                         |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment.......| 134,161|p134,730| 134,730|p134,930|p135,068|   p138
  Goods-producing(1).....|  22,242| p22,365|  22,373| p22,388| p22,425|    p37
    Construction.........|   7,391|  p7,485|   7,494|  p7,500|  p7,510|    p10
    Manufacturing........|  14,211| p14,227|  14,226| p14,227| p14,246|    p19
  Service-providing(1)...| 111,920|p112,365| 112,357|p112,542|p112,643|   p101
    Retail trade(2)......|  15,284| p15,301|  15,289| p15,313| p15,277|   p-36
    Professional and     |        |        |        |        |        |
      business services..|  17,058| p17,163|  17,156| p17,205| p17,233|    p28
    Education and health |        |        |        |        |        |
      services...........|  17,476| p17,583|  17,585| p17,621| p17,656|    p35
    Leisure and          |        |        |        |        |        |
      hospitality........|  12,873| p12,958|  12,955| p12,986| p13,006|    p20
    Government...........|  21,870| p21,872|  21,876| p21,897| p21,904|     p7
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                  Hours of work(3)
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|    33.8|   p33.8|    33.8|   p33.8|   p33.9|   p0.1
  Manufacturing..........|    40.9|   p41.0|    41.0|   p41.1|   p41.1|    p.0
    Overtime.............|     4.6|    p4.6|     4.6|    p4.6|    p4.5|   p-.1
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(3)
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|   103.4|  p104.2|   104.2|  p104.4|  p104.9|   p0.5
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                    Earnings(3)
                         |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  $16.30| p$16.46|  $16.47| p$16.52| p$16.61| p$0.09
Avg. weekly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  551.05| p556.46|  556.69| p558.38| p563.08|  p4.70
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
   1  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2  Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using
unrounded data.
   3  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p = preliminary.


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Employment Status of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees (Household Survey Data)
   
   Beginning in October, questions were added to the household survey to
identify persons who evacuated from their homes, even temporarily, due to
Hurricane Katrina.  Data collected through these questions do not account
for all evacuees; persons living outside the scope of the survey--such as
those living in hotels or shelters--are not included.  The questions were
asked of persons in the household survey sample throughout the country,
since some evacuees relocated far from the storm-affected areas.  An ad-
ditional question determined whether evacuees had returned to their homes
and were living there at the time of the survey.  The total number of evac-
uees estimated from the household survey may change from month to month as
people move in and out of the scope of the survey.  In addition, because
the estimates are obtained from a sample survey, they may vary from month
to month due to sampling error.
   
   Information gathered in April represented about 900,000 persons age 16 and
over who had evacuated from where they were living in August due to Hurricane
Katrina.  These evacuees either had returned to their homes or were living in
other residential units covered in the survey.  Just over half of the evac-
uees were living in their August 2005 residences.  Of all evacuees identified,
62.5 percent were in the labor force in April.  The unemployment rate for per-
sons identified as evacuees was 14.9 percent.  The rate was much higher for
evacuees who were not living in their former homes (26.5 percent) than for
those who were again living at their pre-Katrina residences (5.3 percent).
(See table B.)


Table B.  Employment status in April 2006 of persons 16 years and
over who evacuated from their August residence, even temporarily, due
to Hurricane Katrina (1)

(Numbers in thousands, not seasonally adjusted)
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                                     |       |   Residence in April
                                     |       |-------------------------
   Employment status in April 2006   | Total | Same as | Different than
                                     |       |in August|   in August
-------------------------------------------------------|---------------
Civilian noninstitutional population.|   911 |   466   |      445
  Civilian labor force...............|   569 |   312   |      257
        Participation rate...........|  62.5 |  67.0   |     57.8
     Employed........................|   485 |   296   |      189
        Employment-population ratio..|  53.2 |  63.5   |     42.5
     Unemployed......................|    85 |    16   |       68
        Unemployment rate............|  14.9 |   5.3   |     26.5
  Not in labor force.................|   342 |   154   |      188
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   1  Represents persons in the civilian noninstitutional population
age 16 and over who resided in households that were eligible to be
selected for the Current Population Survey (CPS).  These data are not
representative of the total evacuee population because they do not in-
clude children or people residing in shelters, hotels, places of worship,
or other units outside the scope of the CPS.  The total number of evac-
uees estimated from the CPS may change from month to month as people
move in and out of the scope of the survey and because of sampling varia-
bility.
   NOTE:  These data use population controls that have been adjusted to
account for interstate moves by evacuees.


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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 138,000 in April to 135.1
million, seasonally adjusted.  Notable employment gains occurred in financial
activities, health care, and manufacturing.  Retail trade lost jobs over the
month.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Within the service-providing sector, financial activities employment rose
by 26,000 in April, as insurance (10,000) and credit intermediation (9,000)
gained jobs.  Over the year, financial activities employment increased by
213,000.
   
   Health care added 23,000 jobs in April.  Over the month, employment ex-
panded in nursing and residential care facilities (9,000), hospitals (7,000),
and offices of physicians (6,000).
   
   Within professional and business services, employment rose over the month
in computer systems design (6,000) and in management and consulting services
(6,000).  Temporary help services employment was flat over the month and has
shown little change since January.
   
   Retail trade employment declined by 36,000 in April.  General merchandise
stores lost 34,000 jobs over the month, more than offsetting a gain in that
industry in March.  Wholesale trade employment continued to trend upward in
April.  Over the year, this industry added 103,000 jobs.
   
   In the goods-producing sector, manufacturing added 19,000 jobs over the
month; factory employment has risen by 50,000 since October.  In April, em-
ployment increased in motor vehicles and parts (12,000), computer and elec-
tronic products (7,000), and fabricated metals (5,000).  Small employment
declines in primary metals, paper products, and textile mills partly offset
these gains.
   
   Employment in mining rose by 7,000 in April.  This increase was concen-
trated within support activities, particularly those related to oil and gas.
Since its most recent low in April 2003, mining employment has increased by
106,000, or 21 percent.  Construction employment was little changed for the
second straight month following large gains in January and February.  Over
the year, construction added 267,000 jobs.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.1 hour to 33.9 hours in April, seasonally
adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek was unchanged at 41.1 hours, while
factory overtime fell by 0.1 hour to 4.5 hours.  (See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory work-
ers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.5 percent in April to 104.9
(2002=100).  The manufacturing index rose by 0.1 percent to 96.1.  (See
table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls increased by 9 cents in April to $16.61, seasonally adjusted.
This followed gains of 5 cents in March and 7 cents in February.  Average week-
ly earnings increased by 0.8 percent in April to $563.08.  Over the year, aver-
age hourly earnings increased by 3.8 percent and average weekly earnings in-
creased by 4.1 percent.  (See table B-3.)

                         ______________________________


   The Employment Situation for May 2006 is scheduled to be released on Friday,
June 2, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
   
   
   
   
   
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Explanatory Note


   This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the informa-
tion 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 house-
holds conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS).
 
   The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the 
B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with state agencies.  The sample 
includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering ap-
proximately 400,000 individual worksites.  The active sample includes 
about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers.  The sample is drawn 
from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts.

   For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the establish-
ment 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, pro-
fession, 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.
                                  
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   Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from pri-
vate nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well
as federal, state, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-providing sector.  Industries are classified on the
basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of
the North American Industry Classification System.

   Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and method-
ological differences between the household and establishment surveys result
in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the sur-
veys.  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 in-
dividuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
Seasonal adjustment
 
   Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The ef-
fect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal fluctua-
tions 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 ad-
justing the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make non-
seasonal 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 ana-
lyze changes in economic activity.
 
                                  - 7 -
 
   Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the 
household and establishment surveys.  However, the adjusted series for many 
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most super-
sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating in-
dependently adjusted component series.  For example, total unemployment is 
derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; 
this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by di-
rectly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more 
detailed age categories.

   For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal
adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated 
each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the 
current month.  In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to
adjust only the current month's data.  In the establishment survey, however, 
new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent 
monthly estimates.  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 en-
tire 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 stand-
ard 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
430,000.  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 -330,000 to 530,000 (100,000 +/- 430,000).
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, oc-
curred.  At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent con-
fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 280,000, 
and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 
percentage point.
 
   In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of esti-
mates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for
quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can also im-
prove the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
                                  - 8 -
 
   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, 
an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business
births.  The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for
business births.  This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative
estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of busi-
ness, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample.  
The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the 
residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation.  
The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was de-
rived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and 
reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five 
years.
 
   The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent,
ranging from less than 0.05 percent to 0.4 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
   More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $27.00 per issue or
$53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order pay-
able to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
   Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for
the household and establishment survey data published in this release.  
For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear 
in tables 1-B through 1-D of its "Explanatory Notes."  For the establish-
ment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of re-
visions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of 
Employment and Earnings.

   Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone:  1-800-877-8339.
 
 
 
 
     HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                          Seasonally adjusted (1)                     
                                                                                                                                                          
              Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                           Apr.       Mar.       Apr.       Apr.       Dec.       Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.   
                                                           2005       2006       2006       2005       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                           TOTAL                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   225,441    227,975    228,199    225,441    227,425    227,553    227,763    227,975    228,199 
       Civilian labor force............................   148,274    150,027    150,209    148,839    150,153    150,114    150,449    150,652    150,811 
             Participation rate........................      65.8       65.8       65.8       66.0       66.0       66.0       66.1       66.1       66.1 
         Employed......................................   140,939    142,772    143,405    141,196    142,779    143,074    143,257    143,641    143,688 
             Employment-population ratio...............      62.5       62.6       62.8       62.6       62.8       62.9       62.9       63.0       63.0 
         Unemployed....................................     7,335      7,255      6,804      7,644      7,375      7,040      7,193      7,011      7,123 
             Unemployment rate.........................       4.9        4.8        4.5        5.1        4.9        4.7        4.8        4.7        4.7 
       Not in labor force..............................    77,167     77,948     77,990     76,601     77,271     77,439     77,314     77,323     77,388 
         Persons who currently want a job..............     5,022      4,729      4,648      5,103      5,167      4,962      4,949      4,865      4,767 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 16 years and over                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   108,812    110,161    110,280    108,812    109,863    109,936    110,048    110,161    110,280 
       Civilian labor force............................    79,448     80,624     80,669     79,858     80,431     80,525     80,771     81,031     81,075 
             Participation rate........................      73.0       73.2       73.1       73.4       73.2       73.2       73.4       73.6       73.5 
         Employed......................................    75,456     76,488     76,929     75,773     76,529     76,857     76,888     77,273     77,237 
             Employment-population ratio...............      69.3       69.4       69.8       69.6       69.7       69.9       69.9       70.1       70.0 
         Unemployed....................................     3,992      4,136      3,740      4,085      3,902      3,668      3,883      3,758      3,838 
             Unemployment rate.........................       5.0        5.1        4.6        5.1        4.9        4.6        4.8        4.6        4.7 
       Not in labor force..............................    29,363     29,537     29,611     28,954     29,432     29,411     29,278     29,129     29,205 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   100,520    101,754    101,857    100,520    101,489    101,560    101,657    101,754    101,857 
       Civilian labor force............................    76,068     77,125     77,275     76,202     76,786     76,928     77,115     77,335     77,415 
             Participation rate........................      75.7       75.8       75.9       75.8       75.7       75.7       75.9       76.0       76.0 
         Employed......................................    72,770     73,610     74,098     72,855     73,468     73,844     73,857     74,197     74,169 
             Employment-population ratio...............      72.4       72.3       72.7       72.5       72.4       72.7       72.7       72.9       72.8 
         Unemployed....................................     3,297      3,514      3,177      3,347      3,318      3,084      3,258      3,137      3,246 
             Unemployment rate.........................       4.3        4.6        4.1        4.4        4.3        4.0        4.2        4.1        4.2 
       Not in labor force..............................    24,452     24,629     24,582     24,318     24,703     24,631     24,542     24,419     24,442 
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 16 years and over                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   116,629    117,814    117,919    116,629    117,562    117,617    117,715    117,814    117,919 
       Civilian labor force............................    68,826     69,403     69,540     68,982     69,722     69,589     69,679     69,621     69,736 
             Participation rate........................      59.0       58.9       59.0       59.1       59.3       59.2       59.2       59.1       59.1 
         Employed......................................    65,483     66,285     66,476     65,423     66,250     66,217     66,369     66,368     66,451 
             Employment-population ratio...............      56.1       56.3       56.4       56.1       56.4       56.3       56.4       56.3       56.4 
         Unemployed....................................     3,343      3,119      3,064      3,559      3,473      3,372      3,309      3,252      3,285 
             Unemployment rate.........................       4.9        4.5        4.4        5.2        5.0        4.8        4.7        4.7        4.7 
       Not in labor force..............................    47,803     48,411     48,379     47,647     47,840     48,028     48,037     48,193     48,183 
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   108,573    109,646    109,736    108,573    109,425    109,478    109,562    109,646    109,736 
       Civilian labor force............................    65,513     66,068     66,215     65,461     66,215     66,022     66,081     66,038     66,187 
             Participation rate........................      60.3       60.3       60.3       60.3       60.5       60.3       60.3       60.2       60.3 
         Employed......................................    62,644     63,405     63,547     62,426     63,249     63,163     63,262     63,305     63,362 
             Employment-population ratio...............      57.7       57.8       57.9       57.5       57.8       57.7       57.7       57.7       57.7 
         Unemployed....................................     2,869      2,663      2,668      3,036      2,966      2,859      2,819      2,733      2,825 
             Unemployment rate.........................       4.4        4.0        4.0        4.6        4.5        4.3        4.3        4.1        4.3 
       Not in labor force..............................    43,060     43,577     43,521     43,112     43,209     43,456     43,481     43,608     43,550 
                                                                                                                                                          
                 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............    16,347     16,575     16,606     16,347     16,511     16,515     16,545     16,575     16,606 
       Civilian labor force............................     6,693      6,834      6,720      7,176      7,152      7,164      7,253      7,279      7,210 
             Participation rate........................      40.9       41.2       40.5       43.9       43.3       43.4       43.8       43.9       43.4 
         Employed......................................     5,524      5,757      5,760      5,915      6,061      6,067      6,138      6,139      6,157 
             Employment-population ratio...............      33.8       34.7       34.7       36.2       36.7       36.7       37.1       37.0       37.1 
         Unemployed....................................     1,169      1,077        960      1,261      1,091      1,097      1,115      1,140      1,053 
             Unemployment rate.........................      17.5       15.8       14.3       17.6       15.2       15.3       15.4       15.7       14.6 
       Not in labor force..............................     9,654      9,741      9,886      9,171      9,359      9,352      9,292      9,296      9,396 

       1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted
     columns.
       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




  
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     Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                          Seasonally adjusted (1)                     
                                                                                                                                                          
           Employment status, race, sex, and age                                                                                                          
                                                           Apr.       Mar.       Apr.       Apr.       Dec.       Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.   
                                                           2005       2006       2006       2005       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                           WHITE                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............   184,015    185,704    185,849    184,015    185,327    185,436    185,570    185,704    185,849 
       Civilian labor force............................   121,578    122,647    122,944    122,007    122,994    123,168    123,022    123,103    123,357 
           Participation rate..........................      66.1       66.0       66.2       66.3       66.4       66.4       66.3       66.3       66.4 
         Employed......................................   116,395    117,498    118,141    116,624    117,729    118,071    117,926    118,193    118,357 
           Employment-population ratio.................      63.3       63.3       63.6       63.4       63.5       63.7       63.5       63.6       63.7 
         Unemployed....................................     5,184      5,149      4,803      5,383      5,264      5,097      5,096      4,910      5,001 
           Unemployment rate...........................       4.3        4.2        3.9        4.4        4.3        4.1        4.1        4.0        4.1 
       Not in labor force..............................    62,437     63,057     62,904     62,008     62,333     62,268     62,548     62,601     62,492 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                                 
       Civilian labor force............................    63,488     64,208     64,347     63,565     64,028     64,250     64,181     64,382     64,421 
           Participation rate..........................      76.2       76.3       76.4       76.3       76.2       76.4       76.3       76.5       76.5 
         Employed......................................    61,119     61,620     62,074     61,170     61,586     61,924     61,836     62,128     62,109 
           Employment-population ratio.................      73.3       73.2       73.7       73.4       73.3       73.7       73.5       73.8       73.7 
         Unemployed....................................     2,369      2,588      2,273      2,396      2,441      2,326      2,345      2,254      2,312 
           Unemployment rate...........................       3.7        4.0        3.5        3.8        3.8        3.6        3.7        3.5        3.6 
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                                
       Civilian labor force............................    52,528     52,851     53,015     52,497     53,067     52,913     52,890     52,749     52,974 
           Participation rate..........................      59.7       59.6       59.7       59.6       59.9       59.7       59.6       59.5       59.7 
         Employed......................................    50,546     51,005     51,159     50,412     51,034     50,938     50,895     50,853     51,022 
           Employment-population ratio.................      57.4       57.5       57.6       57.3       57.6       57.5       57.4       57.3       57.5 
         Unemployed....................................     1,981      1,846      1,856      2,085      2,034      1,974      1,994      1,895      1,952 
           Unemployment rate...........................       3.8        3.5        3.5        4.0        3.8        3.7        3.8        3.6        3.7 
                                                                                                                                                          
                 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                               
       Civilian labor force............................     5,563      5,588      5,582      5,944      5,899      6,005      5,951      5,973      5,962 
           Participation rate..........................      43.9       43.7       43.6       46.9       46.3       47.1       46.6       46.7       46.5 
         Employed......................................     4,729      4,873      4,909      5,042      5,110      5,209      5,195      5,212      5,226 
           Employment-population ratio.................      37.4       38.1       38.3       39.8       40.1       40.8       40.7       40.7       40.8 
         Unemployed....................................       834        715        674        902        789        797        756        761        736 
           Unemployment rate...........................      15.0       12.8       12.1       15.2       13.4       13.3       12.7       12.7       12.3 
                                                                                                                                                          
                 BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN                                                                                                                
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............    26,413     26,865     26,905     26,413     26,744     26,788     26,826     26,865     26,905 
       Civilian labor force............................    16,783     17,218     17,155     16,952     16,979     16,982     17,273     17,334     17,326 
           Participation rate..........................      63.5       64.1       63.8       64.2       63.5       63.4       64.4       64.5       64.4 
         Employed......................................    15,150     15,596     15,638     15,206     15,397     15,476     15,660     15,726     15,698 
           Employment-population ratio.................      57.4       58.1       58.1       57.6       57.6       57.8       58.4       58.5       58.3 
         Unemployed....................................     1,633      1,623      1,517      1,746      1,582      1,506      1,614      1,608      1,628 
           Unemployment rate...........................       9.7        9.4        8.8       10.3        9.3        8.9        9.3        9.3        9.4 
       Not in labor force..............................     9,631      9,647      9,751      9,461      9,766      9,806      9,553      9,531      9,580 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                                 
       Civilian labor force............................     7,488      7,638      7,690      7,565      7,553      7,520      7,682      7,703      7,760 
           Participation rate..........................      70.5       70.7       71.1       71.3       70.2       69.8       71.2       71.3       71.7 
         Employed......................................     6,829      6,970      7,032      6,866      6,903      6,959      7,030      7,062      7,067 
           Employment-population ratio.................      64.3       64.5       65.0       64.7       64.2       64.6       65.2       65.4       65.3 
         Unemployed....................................       659        668        658        699        651        561        652        641        694 
           Unemployment rate...........................       8.8        8.7        8.6        9.2        8.6        7.5        8.5        8.3        8.9 
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                                
       Civilian labor force............................     8,557      8,707      8,670      8,550      8,633      8,681      8,668      8,725      8,677 
           Participation rate..........................      64.2       64.4       64.1       64.1       64.1       64.4       64.2       64.5       64.1 
         Employed......................................     7,842      8,049      8,036      7,804      7,896      7,981      7,990      8,058      8,004 
           Employment-population ratio.................      58.8       59.5       59.4       58.5       58.6       59.2       59.2       59.6       59.1 
         Unemployed....................................       715        658        635        747        738        700        678        667        673 
           Unemployment rate...........................       8.4        7.6        7.3        8.7        8.5        8.1        7.8        7.6        7.8 
                                                                                                                                                          
                 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                               
       Civilian labor force............................       738        873        794        837        792        781        924        905        889 
           Participation rate..........................      29.9       34.4       31.2       33.9       31.5       30.9       36.5       35.6       34.9 
         Employed......................................       479        577        570        536        598        536        640        606        627 
           Employment-population ratio.................      19.4       22.7       22.4       21.8       23.8       21.2       25.3       23.9       24.6 
         Unemployed....................................       259        296        224        300        194        245        284        299        262 
           Unemployment rate...........................      35.1       33.9       28.2       35.9       24.4       31.4       30.8       33.1       29.5 
                                                                                                                                                          
                           ASIAN                                                                                                                          
     Civilian noninstutional population................     9,763     10,078     10,095      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
       Civilian labor force............................     6,411      6,744      6,690      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Participation rate..........................      65.7       66.9       66.3      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
         Employed......................................     6,160      6,511      6,447      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Employment-population ratio.................      63.1       64.6       63.9      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
         Unemployed....................................       251        232        243      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Unemployment rate...........................       3.9        3.4        3.6      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
       Not in labor force..............................     3,352      3,334      3,405      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   

       1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted
     columns.
       2 Data not available.
       NOTE:  Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races.  Beginning in
     January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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     Table A-3.  Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                          Seasonally adjusted (1)                     
                                                                                                                                                          
              Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                                             
                                                            Apr.       Mar.       Apr.       Apr.       Dec.       Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.   
                                                            2005       2006       2006       2005       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                                                              
     Civilian noninstitutional population..............    28,902     29,793     29,880     28,902     29,645     29,622     29,707     29,793     29,880 
       Civilian labor force............................    19,670     20,416     20,564     19,693     20,292     20,528     20,485     20,489     20,583 
           Participation rate..........................      68.1       68.5       68.8       68.1       68.4       69.3       69.0       68.8       68.9 
         Employed......................................    18,485     19,290     19,528     18,434     19,066     19,344     19,356     19,385     19,476 
           Employment-population ratio.................      64.0       64.7       65.4       63.8       64.3       65.3       65.2       65.1       65.2 
         Unemployed....................................     1,186      1,126      1,035      1,259      1,226      1,184      1,129      1,104      1,107 
           Unemployment rate...........................       6.0        5.5        5.0        6.4        6.0        5.8        5.5        5.4        5.4 
       Not in labor force..............................     9,231      9,376      9,316      9,209      9,353      9,094      9,222      9,304      9,297 
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                                 
       Civilian labor force............................    11,343     11,785     11,833      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Participation rate..........................      84.2       84.8       84.9      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
         Employed......................................    10,794     11,230     11,371      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Employment-population ratio.................      80.1       80.8       81.6      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
         Unemployed....................................       548        554        462      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Unemployment rate...........................       4.8        4.7        3.9      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
                                                                                                                                                          
                  Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                                
       Civilian labor force............................     7,341      7,594      7,734      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Participation rate..........................      57.5       57.8       58.7      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
         Employed......................................     6,888      7,155      7,284      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Employment-population ratio.................      54.0       54.5       55.3      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
         Unemployed....................................       454        440        450      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Unemployment rate...........................       6.2        5.8        5.8      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
                                                                                                                                                          
                 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                               
       Civilian labor force............................       986      1,037        996      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Participation rate..........................      37.0       37.6       36.0      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
         Employed......................................       802        905        873      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Employment-population ratio.................      30.1       32.8       31.5      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
         Unemployed....................................       183        132        123      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   
           Unemployment rate...........................      18.6       12.8       12.4      (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)        (2)   

       1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted
     columns.
       2 Data not available.
       NOTE:  Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population
     controls used in the household survey.



 

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     Table A-4.  Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                            Seasonally adjusted                       
                                                                                                                                                          
                   Educational attainment                                                                                                                 
                                                            Apr.       Mar.       Apr.       Apr.       Dec.       Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.   
                                                            2005       2006       2006       2005       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
              Less than a high school diploma                                                                                                             
     Civilian labor force..............................    12,658     12,583     12,959     12,563     12,388     12,628     12,739     12,682     12,829 
         Participation rate............................      45.2       45.9       46.3       44.9       45.3       46.0       47.0       46.3       45.8 
       Employed........................................    11,668     11,591     12,099     11,525     11,465     11,742     11,823     11,795     11,933 
         Employment-population ratio...................      41.7       42.3       43.2       41.2       41.9       42.7       43.6       43.0       42.6 
       Unemployed......................................       991        991        860      1,037        923        886        915        887        897 
         Unemployment rate.............................       7.8        7.9        6.6        8.3        7.5        7.0        7.2        7.0        7.0 
                                                                                                                                                          
           High school graduates, no college (1)                                                                                                          
     Civilian labor force..............................    38,360     38,506     38,347     38,237     38,173     38,001     37,913     38,310     38,179 
         Participation rate............................      63.2       63.2       63.3       63.0       63.1       62.5       62.6       62.9       63.0 
       Employed........................................    36,681     36,750     36,674     36,561     36,417     36,324     36,240     36,716     36,515 
         Employment-population ratio...................      60.4       60.3       60.5       60.2       60.2       59.7       59.8       60.2       60.3 
       Unemployed......................................     1,679      1,756      1,673      1,676      1,756      1,678      1,673      1,594      1,664 
         Unemployment rate.............................       4.4        4.6        4.4        4.4        4.6        4.4        4.4        4.2        4.4 
                                                                                                                                                          
              Some college or associate degree                                                                                                            
     Civilian labor force..............................    34,783     35,593     35,284     34,805     35,498     35,535     35,745     35,508     35,354 
         Participation rate............................      73.0       72.5       72.4       73.1       72.4       72.5       71.6       72.3       72.6 
       Employed........................................    33,459     34,208     33,983     33,445     34,115     34,290     34,442     34,178     34,013 
         Employment-population ratio...................      70.3       69.7       69.8       70.2       69.6       69.9       69.0       69.6       69.8 
       Unemployed......................................     1,324      1,385      1,300      1,361      1,383      1,246      1,302      1,329      1,341 
         Unemployment rate.............................       3.8        3.9        3.7        3.9        3.9        3.5        3.6        3.7        3.8 
                                                                                                                                                          
              Bachelor's degree and higher (2)                                                                                                            
     Civilian labor force..............................    41,004     41,838     42,122     40,832     42,097     41,837     41,731     41,810     41,959 
         Participation rate............................      78.1       77.9       77.9       77.8       78.4       78.3       78.3       77.9       77.6 
       Employed........................................    40,061     40,932     41,243     39,836     41,187     40,955     40,808     40,876     41,032 
         Employment-population ratio...................      76.3       76.2       76.3       75.9       76.7       76.6       76.6       76.1       75.9 
       Unemployed......................................       944        907        879        996        910        882        923        935        927 
         Unemployment rate.............................       2.3        2.2        2.1        2.4        2.2        2.1        2.2        2.2        2.2 

       1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
       2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. 
       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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     Table A-5.  Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

     (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                              Not seasonally adjusted                            Seasonally adjusted                       
                                                                                                                                                          
                          Category                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                            Apr.       Mar.       Apr.       Apr.       Dec.       Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.   
                                                            2005       2006       2006       2005       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                      CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
     Agriculture and related industries................     2,223      2,010      2,219      2,253      2,130      2,198      2,224      2,194      2,232 
       Wage and salary workers.........................     1,175      1,117      1,277      1,212      1,187      1,266      1,281      1,255      1,307 
       Self-employed workers...........................     1,025        880        930      1,033        921        897        919        931        937 
       Unpaid family workers...........................        23         13         12      (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)   
                                                                                                                                                          
     Nonagricultural industries........................   138,716    140,762    141,186    138,926    140,638    140,862    141,000    141,464    141,425 
       Wage and salary workers.........................   128,821    131,178    131,547    128,980    131,170    131,185    131,189    131,638    131,728 
         Government....................................    20,680     20,385     20,406     20,423     20,192     19,952     19,966     20,200     20,149 
         Private industries............................   108,141    110,793    111,142    108,512    111,021    111,266    111,229    111,431    111,546 
           Private households..........................       777        772        819      (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)   
           Other industries............................   107,365    110,021    110,322    107,699    110,261    110,440    110,394    110,625    110,699 
       Self-employed workers...........................     9,808      9,514      9,560      9,878      9,370      9,550      9,730      9,706      9,659 
       Unpaid family workers...........................        87         70         79      (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)   
                                                                                                                                                          
               PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                          
     All industries:                                                                                                                                      
     Part time for economic reasons....................     4,150      4,097      3,787      4,321      4,138      4,133      4,204      3,989      3,978 
         Slack work or business conditions.............     2,534      2,598      2,352      2,631      2,541      2,649      2,655      2,494      2,474 
         Could only find part-time work................     1,351      1,183      1,156      1,367      1,246      1,226      1,238      1,191      1,179 
       Part time for noneconomic reasons...............    20,350     19,747     19,808     19,527     19,582     19,708     19,564     19,373     19,460 
                                                                                                                                                          
     Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                                                          
     Part time for economic reasons....................     4,050      3,983      3,710      4,216      4,051      4,064      4,107      3,884      3,900 
         Slack work or business conditions.............     2,462      2,509      2,299      2,555      2,508      2,606      2,590      2,382      2,422 
         Could only find part-time work................     1,342      1,182      1,153      1,351      1,230      1,198      1,225      1,177      1,169 
       Part time for noneconomic reasons...............    19,971     19,407     19,438     19,152     19,214     19,368     19,199     19,044     19,112 

       1 Data not available.
       2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness,
     or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the
     reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather.
       NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal
     adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





     HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-6.  Selected employment indicators

     (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                            Seasonally adjusted                       
                                                                                                                                                          
                       Characteristic                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                           Apr.       Mar.       Apr.       Apr.       Dec.       Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.   
                                                           2005       2006       2006       2005       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                        AGE AND SEX                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                          
     Total, 16 years and over..........................   140,939    142,772    143,405    141,196    142,779    143,074    143,257    143,641    143,688 
       16 to 19 years..................................     5,524      5,757      5,760      5,915      6,061      6,067      6,138      6,139      6,157 
         16 to 17 years................................     2,040      2,109      2,210      2,224      2,334      2,280      2,348      2,321      2,384 
         18 to 19 years................................     3,485      3,648      3,550      3,667      3,713      3,788      3,791      3,848      3,756 
       20 years and over...............................   135,414    137,015    137,645    135,280    136,717    137,007    137,119    137,502    137,531 
         20 to 24 years................................    13,546     13,534     13,646     13,667     13,840     13,713     13,801     13,820     13,777 
         25 years and over.............................   121,868    123,481    123,999    121,579    122,906    123,302    123,261    123,575    123,661 
           25 to 54 years..............................    98,469     99,109     99,333     98,288     98,934     99,216     99,146     99,315     99,167 
             25 to 34 years............................    30,570     30,815     30,826     30,549     30,866     30,860     30,789     30,973     30,816 
             35 to 44 years............................    34,724     34,494     34,596     34,609     34,581     34,632     34,630     34,553     34,508 
             45 to 54 years............................    33,176     33,800     33,911     33,130     33,486     33,724     33,727     33,790     33,842 
           55 years and over...........................    23,399     24,372     24,666     23,291     23,972     24,086     24,114     24,260     24,494 
                                                                                                                                                          
     Men, 16 years and over............................    75,456     76,488     76,929     75,773     76,529     76,857     76,888     77,273     77,237 
       16 to 19 years..................................     2,686      2,877      2,831      2,918      3,061      3,013      3,031      3,076      3,068 
         16 to 17 years................................     1,007      1,030      1,036      1,108      1,090      1,064      1,078      1,132      1,131 
         18 to 19 years................................     1,679      1,847      1,795      1,802      1,951      1,943      1,968      1,965      1,936 
       20 years and over...............................    72,770     73,610     74,098     72,855     73,468     73,844     73,857     74,197     74,169 
         20 to 24 years................................     7,098      7,212      7,262      7,188      7,356      7,297      7,373      7,389      7,361 
         25 years and over.............................    65,673     66,399     66,836     65,639     66,157     66,534     66,460     66,753     66,758 
           25 to 54 years..............................    53,108     53,330     53,634     53,123     53,375     53,621     53,504     53,676     53,634 
             25 to 34 years............................    16,875     17,000     17,014     16,914     17,080     17,106     17,012     17,200     17,068 
             35 to 44 years............................    18,771     18,660     18,820     18,774     18,739     18,818     18,796     18,782     18,818 
             45 to 54 years............................    17,462     17,670     17,800     17,435     17,556     17,697     17,696     17,694     17,747 
           55 years and over...........................    12,564     13,069     13,202     12,516     12,782     12,913     12,956     13,077     13,125 
                                                                                                                                                          
     Women, 16 years and over..........................    65,483     66,285     66,476     65,423     66,250     66,217     66,369     66,368     66,451 
       16 to 19 years..................................     2,839      2,880      2,929      2,997      3,000      3,054      3,107      3,063      3,089 
         16 to 17 years................................     1,033      1,079      1,174      1,116      1,245      1,216      1,270      1,188      1,253 
         18 to 19 years................................     1,805      1,801      1,755      1,865      1,762      1,845      1,824      1,883      1,820 
       20 years and over...............................    62,644     63,405     63,547     62,426     63,249     63,163     63,262     63,305     63,362 
         20 to 24 years................................     6,449      6,323      6,384      6,479      6,484      6,415      6,428      6,431      6,416 
         25 years and over.............................    56,196     57,082     57,163     55,940     56,749     56,769     56,801     56,822     56,903 
           25 to 54 years..............................    45,361     45,779     45,699     45,166     45,559     45,596     45,643     45,639     45,533 
             25 to 34 years............................    13,695     13,815     13,812     13,635     13,786     13,754     13,777     13,773     13,748 
             35 to 44 years............................    15,953     15,834     15,776     15,835     15,843     15,814     15,834     15,770     15,690 
             45 to 54 years............................    15,714     16,130     16,111     15,695     15,930     16,027     16,031     16,096     16,095 
           55 years and over...........................    10,834     11,303     11,464     10,774     11,190     11,173     11,158     11,183     11,370 
                                                                                                                                                          
                       MARITAL STATUS                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
     Married men, spouse present.......................    45,406     45,624     45,731     45,524     45,469     45,790     45,679     45,806     45,837 
     Married women, spouse present.....................    34,622     35,139     35,326     34,595     34,948     35,167     35,039     35,074     35,300 
     Women who maintain families.......................     8,919      8,987      8,747      (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)   
                                                                                                                                                          
                 FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
     Full-time workers (2).............................   115,888    117,693    118,559    116,592    118,135    118,166    118,402    119,053    119,251 
     Part-time workers (3).............................    25,050     25,079     24,846     24,577     24,743     24,931     24,794     24,559     24,469 
                                                                                                                                                          
                    MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                          
     Total multiple jobholders.........................     7,437      7,589      7,360      7,547      7,473      7,603      7,408      7,521      7,489 
         Percent of total employed.....................       5.3        5.3        5.1        5.3        5.2        5.3        5.2        5.2        5.2 

       1 Data not available.
       2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.
       3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.
       NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal
     adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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     Table A-7.  Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                    Number of                                                                             
                                                               unemployed persons                              Unemployment rates (1)                     
                                                                 (in thousands)                                                                           
                       Characteristic                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                           Apr.       Mar.       Apr.       Apr.       Dec.       Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.   
                                                           2005       2006       2006       2005       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                        AGE AND SEX                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                          
     Total, 16 years and over..........................    7,644      7,011      7,123       5.1        4.9        4.7        4.8        4.7        4.7   
       16 to 19 years..................................    1,261      1,140      1,053      17.6       15.2       15.3       15.4       15.7       14.6   
         16 to 17 years................................      544        529        451      19.7       17.8       16.5       17.9       18.6       15.9   
         18 to 19 years................................      745        612        618      16.9       13.5       14.4       13.9       13.7       14.1   
       20 years and over...............................    6,383      5,870      6,071       4.5        4.4        4.2        4.2        4.1        4.2   
         20 to 24 years................................    1,324      1,134      1,228       8.8        8.5        8.2        8.5        7.6        8.2   
         25 years and over.............................    5,044      4,740      4,817       4.0        3.9        3.7        3.8        3.7        3.7   
           25 to 54 years..............................    4,182      4,057      4,061       4.1        4.1        3.8        4.0        3.9        3.9   
             25 to 34 years............................    1,686      1,577      1,601       5.2        5.0        4.6        5.2        4.8        4.9   
             35 to 44 years............................    1,388      1,363      1,351       3.9        3.8        3.7        3.6        3.8        3.8   
             45 to 54 years............................    1,109      1,117      1,109       3.2        3.5        3.2        3.3        3.2        3.2   
           55 years and over...........................      839        673        753       3.5        3.3        3.2        2.9        2.7        3.0   
                                                                                                                                                          
     Men, 16 years and over............................    4,085      3,758      3,838       5.1        4.9        4.6        4.8        4.6        4.7   
       16 to 19 years..................................      738        621        592      20.2       16.0       16.2       17.1       16.8       16.2   
         16 to 17 years................................      311        291        247      21.9       19.8       17.0       21.3       20.5       17.9   
         18 to 19 years................................      445        330        363      19.8       13.8       15.4       14.6       14.4       15.8   
       20 years and over...............................    3,347      3,137      3,246       4.4        4.3        4.0        4.2        4.1        4.2   
         20 to 24 years................................      753        671        705       9.5        9.2        8.9        9.1        8.3        8.7   
         25 years and over.............................    2,572      2,487      2,514       3.8        3.8        3.5        3.7        3.6        3.6   
           25 to 54 years..............................    2,119      2,125      2,091       3.8        3.9        3.5        3.9        3.8        3.8   
             25 to 34 years............................      885        804        833       5.0        4.4        4.2        5.2        4.5        4.7   
             35 to 44 years............................      684        698        678       3.5        3.7        3.2        3.2        3.6        3.5   
             45 to 54 years............................      549        623        579       3.1        3.5        3.2        3.4        3.4        3.2   
           55 years and over...........................      453        362        423       3.5        3.3        3.2        2.8        2.7        3.1   
                                                                                                                                                          
     Women, 16 years and over..........................    3,559      3,252      3,285       5.2        5.0        4.8        4.7        4.7        4.7   
       16 to 19 years..................................      523        520        460      14.9       14.4       14.4       13.6       14.5       13.0   
         16 to 17 years................................      233        238        205      17.3       16.1       16.1       14.7       16.7       14.0   
         18 to 19 years................................      300        282        255      13.8       13.2       13.2       13.1       13.0       12.3   
       20 years and over...............................    3,036      2,733      2,825       4.6        4.5        4.3        4.3        4.1        4.3   
         20 to 24 years................................      571        463        523       8.1        7.7        7.4        7.7        6.7        7.5   
         25 years and over.............................    2,472      2,253      2,303       4.2        4.1        4.0        3.9        3.8        3.9   
           25 to 54 years..............................    2,064      1,932      1,970       4.4        4.4        4.1        4.1        4.1        4.1   
             25 to 34 years............................      800        773        768       5.5        5.7        5.1        5.3        5.3        5.3   
             35 to 44 years............................      704        665        672       4.3        4.0        4.2        4.0        4.0        4.1   
             45 to 54 years............................      560        494        530       3.4        3.5        3.2        3.1        3.0        3.2   
           55 years and over (2).......................      359        289        302       3.2        2.9        3.3        3.1        2.5        2.6   
                                                                                                                                                          
                       MARITAL STATUS                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                          
     Married men, spouse present.......................    1,228      1,146      1,200       2.6        2.6        2.4        2.4        2.4        2.6   
     Married women, spouse present.....................    1,177        956      1,037       3.3        3.2        3.0        2.9        2.7        2.9   
     Women who maintain families (2)...................      748        729        708       7.7        6.9        8.2        7.5        7.5        7.5   
                                                                                                                                                          
                 FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
     Full-time workers (3).............................    6,297      5,684      5,834       5.1        4.8        4.7        4.7        4.6        4.7   
     Part-time workers (4).............................    1,375      1,310      1,326       5.3        5.5        4.8        5.2        5.1        5.1   

       1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
       2 Not seasonally adjusted.
       3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from
     full-time jobs.
       4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from
     part-time jobs.
       NOTE:  Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. 
     Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




       


     HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                         HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-8.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                            Seasonally adjusted                       
                                                                                                                                                          
                           Reason                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                           Apr.       Mar.       Apr.       Apr.       Dec.       Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.   
                                                           2005       2006       2006       2005       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                    NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                          
     Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                                       
      jobs.............................................    3,559      3,707      3,426      3,677      3,486      3,336      3,361      3,412      3,531  
       On temporary layoff.............................      781      1,151        841        841        935        873        885        918        907  
       Not on temporary layoff.........................    2,779      2,555      2,585      2,836      2,552      2,462      2,477      2,494      2,624  
         Permanent job losers..........................    2,020      1,855      1,840       (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)   
         Persons who completed temporary jobs..........      758        700        745       (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)        (1)   
     Job leavers.......................................      864        819        817        894        841        839        849        817        846  
     Reentrants........................................    2,232      2,182      2,041      2,348      2,430      2,314      2,313      2,158      2,180  
     New entrants......................................      680        548        520        735        644        622        680        634        579  
                                                                                                                                                          
                    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............................................     48.5       51.1       50.4       48.0       47.1       46.9       46.7       48.6       49.5  
        On temporary layoff............................     10.6       15.9       12.4       11.0       12.6       12.3       12.3       13.1       12.7  
        Not on temporary layoff........................     37.9       35.2       38.0       37.1       34.5       34.6       34.4       35.5       36.8  
      Job leavers......................................     11.8       11.3       12.0       11.7       11.4       11.8       11.8       11.6       11.9  
      Reentrants.......................................     30.4       30.1       30.0       30.7       32.8       32.5       32.1       30.7       30.5  
      New entrants.....................................      9.3        7.5        7.6        9.6        8.7        8.7        9.4        9.0        8.1  
                                                                                                                                                          
               UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                                             
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                          
      Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                                      
       jobs............................................      2.4        2.5        2.3        2.5        2.3        2.2        2.2        2.3        2.3  
      Job leavers......................................       .6         .5         .5         .6         .6         .6         .6         .5         .6  
      Reentrants.......................................      1.5        1.5        1.4        1.6        1.6        1.5        1.5        1.4        1.4  
      New entrants.....................................       .5         .4         .3         .5         .4         .4         .5         .4         .4  

       1 Data not available.
       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





     HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                         HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-9.  Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                            Seasonally adjusted                       
                                                                                                                                                          
                          Duration                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                          
                                                           Apr.       Mar.       Apr.       Apr.       Dec.       Jan.       Feb.       Mar.       Apr.   
                                                           2005       2006       2006       2005       2005       2006       2006       2006       2006   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                    NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                          
     Less than 5 weeks.................................    2,365      2,434      2,339      2,670      2,764      2,556      2,595      2,676      2,635  
     5 to 14 weeks.....................................    2,050      2,186      1,900      2,271      2,240      2,263      2,074      2,011      2,115  
     15 weeks and over.................................    2,920      2,634      2,566      2,688      2,417      2,241      2,482      2,333      2,373  
        15 to 26 weeks.................................    1,242      1,282      1,169      1,091      1,068      1,090      1,126      1,044      1,046  
        27 weeks and over..............................    1,677      1,352      1,396      1,597      1,350      1,151      1,356      1,288      1,327  
                                                                                                                                                          
     Average (mean) duration, in weeks.................     21.1       17.8       18.0       19.6       17.3       16.8       17.6       16.9       16.8  
     Median duration, in weeks.........................     10.4        9.9        9.8        8.9        8.5        8.4        8.9        8.5        8.5  
                                                                                                                                                          
                    PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                          
     Total unemployed..................................    100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0      100.0 
       Less than 5 weeks...............................     32.2       33.6       34.4       35.0       37.2       36.2       36.3       38.1       37.0  
       5 to 14 weeks...................................     27.9       30.1       27.9       29.8       30.2       32.1       29.0       28.6       29.7  
       15 weeks and over...............................     39.8       36.3       37.7       35.2       32.6       31.7       34.7       33.2       33.3  
         15 to 26 weeks................................     16.9       17.7       17.2       14.3       14.4       15.4       15.7       14.9       14.7  
         27 weeks and over.............................     22.9       18.6       20.5       20.9       18.2       16.3       19.0       18.4       18.6  

       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





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     Table A-10.  Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                             Unemployment        
                                                                                 Employed                      Unemployed                       rates            
                                                                                                                                                                
                                Occupation                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                             Apr.           Apr.            Apr.           Apr.           Apr.           Apr.     
                                                                             2005           2006            2005           2006           2005           2006     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
          Total, 16 years and over (1)................................     140,939        143,405          7,335          6,804            4.9            4.5   
     Management, professional, and related occupations................      49,132         50,105          1,101            983            2.2            1.9   
       Management, business, and financial operations occupations.....      20,288         21,076            454            446            2.2            2.1   
       Professional and related occupations...........................      28,844         29,029            647            538            2.2            1.8   
     Service occupations..............................................      22,609         23,577          1,524          1,501            6.3            6.0   
     Sales and office occupations.....................................      35,962         36,108          1,813          1,580            4.8            4.2   
       Sales and related occupations..................................      16,723         16,778            885            744            5.0            4.2   
       Office and administrative support occupations..................      19,238         19,330            928            836            4.6            4.1   
     Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.....      15,099         15,564          1,006          1,030            6.2            6.2   
       Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.....................         935            968             90             92            8.8            8.7   
       Construction and extraction occupations........................       8,927          9,320            682            719            7.1            7.2   
       Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations..............       5,236          5,276            234            219            4.3            4.0   
     Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......      18,137         18,051          1,200          1,161            6.2            6.0   
       Production occupations.........................................       9,545          9,360            629            536            6.2            5.4   
       Transportation and material moving occupations.................       8,592          8,691            571            625            6.2            6.7   

       1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.
       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





     HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                         HOUSEHOLD DATA

     Table A-11.  Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                        Number of                                                             
                                                                                        unemployed                                 Unemployment               
                                                                                         persons                                      rates                   
                       Industry and class of worker                                   (in thousands)                                                          
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                Apr.                  Apr.                   Apr.                  Apr.        
                                                                                2005                  2006                   2005                  2006        
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
            Total, 16 years and over (1)..............................          7,335                 6,804                   4.9                   4.5       
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers..................          5,821                 5,454                   5.1                   4.7       
       Mining.........................................................             19                    17                   2.9                   2.5       
       Construction...................................................            693                   674                   7.4                   6.9       
       Manufacturing..................................................            793                   745                   4.8                   4.5       
         Durable goods................................................            450                   414                   4.3                   3.9       
         Nondurable goods.............................................            343                   331                   5.6                   5.6       
       Wholesale and retail trade.....................................          1,131                   972                   5.4                   4.6       
       Transportation and utilities...................................            257                   272                   4.7                   4.8       
       Information....................................................            178                   132                   5.9                   4.2       
       Financial activities...........................................            255                   293                   2.7                   3.1       
       Professional and business services.............................            714                   644                   5.7                   4.9       
       Education and health services..................................            591                   558                   3.3                   3.0       
       Leisure and hospitality........................................            882                   882                   7.7                   7.6       
       Other services.................................................            306                   266                   4.9                   4.1       
     Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers..........             84                    81                   6.9                   6.2       
     Government workers...............................................            478                   414                   2.3                   2.0       
     Self employed and unpaid family workers..........................            273                   334                   2.4                   3.1       

       1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.
       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  
 
     HOUSEHOLD DATA
     
     Table A-12.  Alternative measures of labor underutilization

     (Percent)
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted                 
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                       Measure                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                   Apr.     Mar.     Apr.     Apr.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.  
                                                                                   2005     2006     2006     2005     2005     2006     2006     2006     2006  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
     U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian                                                                                     
          labor force...........................................................    2.0      1.8      1.7      1.8      1.6      1.5      1.6      1.5      1.6  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of                                                                                    
          the civilian labor force..............................................    2.4      2.5      2.3      2.5      2.3      2.2      2.2      2.3      2.3  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official                                                                                    
          unemployment rate)....................................................    4.9      4.8      4.5      5.1      4.9      4.7      4.8      4.7      4.7  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian                                                                                 
          labor force plus discouraged workers..................................    5.2      5.1      4.8      5.4      5.2      4.9      5.0      4.9      5.0  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other marginally                                                                                   
          attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all                                                                                    
          marginally attached workers...........................................    5.9      5.8      5.4      6.1      5.9      5.7      5.7      5.6      5.5  
                                                                                                                                                                 
     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......................    8.7      8.5      7.9      9.0      8.6      8.4      8.5      8.2      8.2  

        NOTE:  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a
     job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason
     for not currently looking for a job.  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had
     to settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995
     issue of the Monthly Labor Review.  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




  
     HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                          HOUSEHOLD DATA
     

     Table A-13.  Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                              Total                          Men                          Women            
                                                                                                                                                           
                               Category                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                       Apr.           Apr.           Apr.           Apr.           Apr.           Apr.     
                                                                       2005           2006           2005           2006           2005           2006     
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                           
     Total not in the labor force................................     77,167         77,990         29,363         29,611         47,803         48,379    
       Persons who currently want a job..........................      5,022          4,648          2,235          2,027          2,787          2,622    
        Searched for work and available to work now (1)..........      1,511          1,310            784            658            728            651    
             Reason not currently looking:                                                                                                                 
                 Discouragement over job prospects (2)...........        393            381            270            230            122            151    
                  Reasons other than discouragement (3)..........      1,119            928            513            428            605            500    
                                                                                                                                                           
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                                           
     Total multiple jobholders (4)...............................      7,437          7,360          3,758          3,795          3,680          3,565    
         Percent of total employed...............................        5.3            5.1            5.0            4.9            5.6            5.4    
                                                                                                                                                           
         Primary job full time, secondary job part time..........      3,849          3,894          2,119          2,265          1,731          1,629    
         Primary and secondary jobs both part time...............      1,708          1,716            578            496          1,130          1,219    
         Primary and secondary jobs both full time...............        301            259            176            190            125             69    
         Hours vary on primary or secondary job..................      1,551          1,439            872            815            679            624    

       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 school or family responsibilities, ill health, and
     transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
       4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
       NOTE:  Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                                ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

(In thousands)


                                         Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                            Change
           Industry                Apr.     Feb.    Mar.     Apr.      Apr.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.    Mar.     Apr.      from:
                                   2005     2006    2006p    2006p     2005     2005     2006     2006    2006p    2006p   Mar. 2006-
                                                                                                                           Apr. 2006p

          Total nonfarm......... 133,181  133,196  134,117  135,039  133,104  134,376  134,530  134,730  134,930  135,068      138

        Total private........... 111,021  111,004  111,817  112,730  111,336  112,498  112,686  112,854  113,033  113,164      131

    Goods-producing.............  21,924   21,803   21,959   22,211   22,119   22,282   22,335   22,373   22,388   22,425       37

Natural resources and mining....     609      636      646      659      620      644      648      653      661      669        8
   Logging......................    58.5     59.9     58.9     58.2     65.3     62.0     62.1     62.3     63.2     64.2      1.0
 Mining.........................   550.9    576.5    587.5    600.4    554.5    582.1    585.6    590.8    597.7    604.8      7.1
  Oil and gas extraction........   123.5    129.5    131.1    132.3    124.4    128.7    129.9    130.9    132.0    132.8       .8
  Mining, except oil and gas(1).   209.8    206.8    211.0    215.4    211.1    214.3    214.4    216.0    217.6    217.8       .2
   Coal mining..................    72.4     76.6     78.1     78.3     72.9     75.4     76.0     77.2     78.5     78.8       .3
  Support activities for mining.   217.6    240.2    245.4    252.7    219.0    239.1    241.3    243.9    248.1    254.2      6.1

Construction....................   7,112    7,044    7,148    7,347    7,243    7,416    7,460    7,494    7,500    7,510       10
  Construction of buildings..... 1,652.8  1,677.8  1,697.6  1,727.5  1,686.5  1,727.2  1,742.5  1,745.1  1,752.8  1,760.1      7.3
   Residential building.........   924.2    941.7    951.1    967.0    943.2    966.8    976.4    978.8    982.4    985.7      3.3
   Nonresidential building......   728.6    736.1    746.5    760.5    743.3    760.4    766.1    766.3    770.4    774.4      4.0
  Heavy and civil engineering
   construction.................   915.7    880.6    904.6    959.0    940.5    974.8    987.0    992.4    992.8    992.6      -.2
  Specialty trade contractors... 4,543.5  4,485.7  4,545.6  4,660.5  4,615.7  4,714.3  4,730.8  4,756.3  4,753.9  4,756.9      3.0
   Residential specialty trade
    contractors................. 2,223.6  2,231.6  2,249.2  2,295.2  2,252.6  2,347.3  2,358.8  2,368.6  2,352.3  2,350.5     -1.8
   Nonresidential specialty
    trade contractors........... 2,319.9  2,254.1  2,296.4  2,365.3  2,363.1  2,367.0  2,372.0  2,387.7  2,401.6  2,406.4      4.8

Manufacturing...................  14,203   14,123   14,165   14,205   14,256   14,222   14,227   14,226   14,227   14,246       19
   Production workers...........  10,012   10,080   10,123   10,160   10,053   10,123   10,155   10,164   10,175   10,187       12

 Durable goods..................   8,949    8,932    8,967    9,008    8,959    8,970    8,977    8,981    8,992    9,016       24
   Production workers...........   6,192    6,293    6,331    6,366    6,195    6,299    6,323    6,331    6,348    6,363       15

  Wood products.................   550.1    548.3    549.7    549.6    555.6    558.9    560.7    557.5    556.6    553.5     -3.1
  Nonmetallic mineral products..   505.7    487.0    496.1    506.1    507.1    500.7    505.1    506.5    508.6    509.0       .4
  Primary metals................   467.7    471.3    473.8    471.1    468.7    469.4    472.9    470.9    473.6    471.0     -2.6
  Fabricated metal products..... 1,513.9  1,524.0  1,531.2  1,538.5  1,516.1  1,526.7  1,527.7  1,531.8  1,535.3  1,540.7      5.4
  Machinery..................... 1,160.5  1,168.0  1,172.1  1,177.7  1,159.0  1,166.9  1,163.4  1,168.7  1,171.0  1,174.1      3.1
  Computer and electronic
   products(1).................. 1,313.6  1,318.8  1,318.9  1,326.3  1,317.7  1,322.2  1,317.3  1,321.9  1,323.7  1,330.2      6.5
   Computer and peripheral
    equipment...................   205.3    201.3    202.4    202.0    205.4    205.7    201.7    201.8    203.0    202.9      -.1
   Communications equipment.....   146.9    149.0    148.7    149.6    147.5    149.2    147.3    148.8    149.2    149.8       .6
   Semiconductors and electronic
    components..................   449.4    451.0    452.4    457.9    451.0    451.0    451.2    453.1    454.8    459.3      4.5
   Electronic instruments.......   434.2    444.5    443.2    444.9    435.9    441.7    443.1    445.0    444.2    446.2      2.0
  Electrical equipment and
   appliances...................   436.4    437.9    439.9    439.7    437.1    434.4    436.5    437.6    439.3    440.4      1.1
  Transportation equipment(1)... 1,785.8  1,769.4  1,773.1  1,789.0  1,781.5  1,776.7  1,781.6  1,771.7  1,769.5  1,783.4     13.9
   Motor vehicles and parts(2).. 1,111.1  1,083.3  1,088.6  1,101.5  1,107.5  1,092.1  1,095.8  1,082.8  1,084.5  1,096.7     12.2
  Furniture and related products   565.4    553.2    557.6    556.7    565.0    558.0    557.4    557.5    557.9    557.7      -.2
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...   650.2    653.8    654.1    653.7    650.8    655.8    654.1    656.5    656.9    656.3      -.6

 Nondurable goods...............   5,254    5,191    5,198    5,197    5,297    5,252    5,250    5,245    5,235    5,230       -5
   Production workers...........   3,820    3,787    3,792    3,794    3,858    3,824    3,832    3,833    3,827    3,824       -3

  Food manufacturing............ 1,442.9  1,434.1  1,434.1  1,436.7  1,476.8  1,466.0  1,463.4  1,462.6  1,461.0  1,463.7      2.7
  Beverages and tobacco products   187.2    189.7    189.6    190.7    191.6    192.3    194.4    194.3    194.7    195.1       .4
  Textile mills.................   220.7    205.1    204.2    202.1    219.6    209.0    208.6    206.3    203.8    201.6     -2.2
  Textile product mills.........   173.4    172.4    173.1    173.3    171.6    173.9    175.4    173.9    172.6    171.6     -1.0
  Apparel.......................   264.8    252.0    252.7    251.1    265.0    253.5    253.7    253.1    252.3    251.0     -1.3
  Leather and allied products...    39.8     38.1     37.4     37.8     39.5     39.7     38.9     38.4     37.5     37.7       .2
  Paper and paper products......   485.1    475.5    474.4    470.2    488.0    478.1    477.7    477.3    475.1    472.6     -2.5
  Printing and related support
   activities...................   648.3    638.8    642.9    641.4    650.9    644.0    643.4    644.1    644.5    643.1     -1.4
  Petroleum and coal products...   112.3    109.6    111.0    113.9    113.0    112.3    111.5    112.9    113.2    114.3      1.1
  Chemicals.....................   877.7    883.3    887.4    887.0    878.5    884.0    886.4    885.8    886.6    885.9      -.7
  Plastics and rubber products..   802.2    792.1    791.3    792.3    802.1    798.9    796.2    796.4    793.2    793.0      -.2

    Service-providing........... 111,257  111,393  112,158  112,828  110,985  112,094  112,195  112,357  112,542  112,643      101

     Private service-providing..  89,097   89,201   89,858   90,519   89,217   90,216   90,351   90,481   90,645   90,739       94

Trade, transportation, and
 utilities......................  25,665   25,649   25,768   25,836   25,861   26,015   26,042   26,048   26,077   26,063      -14

 Wholesale trade................ 5,726.8  5,762.6  5,796.1  5,823.3  5,730.8  5,783.8  5,801.8  5,810.6  5,822.6  5,833.8     11.2
  Durable goods................. 2,976.9  3,014.5  3,030.2  3,044.4  2,981.6  3,017.6  3,028.5  3,032.2  3,040.7  3,049.0      8.3
  Nondurable goods.............. 2,020.2  2,006.5  2,018.2  2,027.9  2,020.8  2,023.9  2,025.6  2,030.4  2,031.3  2,031.5       .2
  Electronic markets and agents
   and brokers..................   729.7    741.6    747.7    751.0    728.4    742.3    747.7    748.0    750.6    753.3      2.7

 Retail trade...................15,057.1 14,990.1 15,066.7 15,077.4 15,233.5 15,300.3 15,300.4 15,289.4 15,312.7 15,276.6    -36.1
  Motor vehicle and parts
   dealers(1)................... 1,914.9  1,888.0  1,898.6  1,902.1  1,918.1  1,914.7  1,910.2  1,911.6  1,911.0  1,906.7     -4.3
   Automobile dealers........... 1,260.3  1,238.6  1,240.4  1,241.4  1,262.0  1,252.4  1,248.0  1,247.6  1,244.6  1,244.1      -.5
  Furniture and home furnishings
   stores.......................   570.0    585.4    583.1    589.9    575.8    583.0    589.6    590.7    589.1    595.7      6.6
  Electronics and appliance
   stores.......................   518.7    532.8    532.6    522.3    523.6    540.5    534.2    536.5    536.9    534.0     -2.9
  Building material and garden
   supply stores................ 1,292.5  1,248.6  1,290.2  1,348.3  1,268.0  1,290.9  1,300.1  1,309.1  1,313.4  1,318.4      5.0
  Food and beverage stores...... 2,788.9  2,776.9  2,773.0  2,783.4  2,819.6  2,805.9  2,805.9  2,807.4  2,807.9  2,807.3      -.6
  Health and personal care
   stores.......................   946.8    952.6    955.4    950.8    952.7    966.1    959.4    955.9    960.6    958.3     -2.3
  Gasoline stations.............   864.6    857.9    855.2    863.3    871.6    869.6    869.4    870.2    866.7    869.2      2.5
  Clothing and clothing
   accessories stores........... 1,354.3  1,384.4  1,384.4  1,384.0  1,396.4  1,448.1  1,434.3  1,432.2  1,427.6  1,426.6     -1.0
  Sporting goods, hobby, book,
   and music stores.............   626.0    627.0    618.5    607.9    645.6    640.0    641.3    637.8    633.4    629.5     -3.9
  General merchandise stores(1). 2,865.9  2,822.9  2,870.5  2,822.0  2,925.9  2,906.9  2,919.1  2,907.0  2,932.9  2,898.7    -34.2
   Department stores............ 1,553.3  1,543.4  1,555.7  1,534.7  1,604.6  1,595.6  1,597.5  1,596.7  1,606.9  1,591.7    -15.2
  Miscellaneous store retailers.   890.8    887.7    883.2    885.7    903.8    899.0    901.5    900.7    903.7    903.6      -.1
  Nonstore retailers............   423.7    425.9    422.0    417.7    432.4    435.6    435.4    430.3    429.5    428.6      -.9

 Transportation and warehousing. 4,327.5  4,338.9  4,347.7  4,373.5  4,340.2  4,371.6  4,380.0  4,387.4  4,381.8  4,390.4      8.6
  Air transportation............   507.4    483.6    485.1    485.3    507.6    486.9    489.0    489.1    488.4    488.7       .3
  Rail transportation...........   228.6    225.1    225.5    227.2    228.8    227.3    227.4    227.4    227.4    227.3      -.1
  Water transportation..........    59.4     59.8     60.4     62.4     59.3     63.7     63.4     63.0     62.9     63.0       .1
  Truck transportation.......... 1,375.7  1,374.1  1,380.6  1,399.4  1,389.0  1,404.0  1,406.0  1,407.5  1,407.7  1,415.7      8.0
  Transit and ground passenger
   transportation...............   406.3    409.2    409.7    405.2    387.6    392.2    394.1    394.6    393.5    388.1     -5.4
  Pipeline transportation.......    37.7     37.3     37.5     37.7     37.8     37.0     37.4     37.5     37.7     37.8       .1
  Scenic and sightseeing
   transportation...............    25.6     22.9     24.8     27.9     28.8     31.1     30.3     31.5     32.0     32.3       .3
  Support activities for
   transportation...............   546.2    561.9    559.6    561.1    550.1    556.2    560.7    564.7    561.3    561.6       .3
  Couriers and messengers.......   566.1    572.2    570.3    572.1    571.0    579.7    576.8    576.5    573.5    575.5      2.0
  Warehousing and storage.......   574.5    592.8    594.2    595.2    580.2    593.5    594.9    595.6    597.4    600.4      3.0

 Utilities......................   553.4    557.5    557.4    561.5    556.0    559.7    559.3    560.4    559.4    562.1      2.7

Information.....................   3,062    3,056    3,063    3,059    3,072    3,066    3,065    3,073    3,073    3,071       -2
  Publishing industries, except
   Internet.....................   898.8    901.5    903.2    900.7    902.1    902.5    901.5    903.9    904.3    904.1      -.2
  Motion picture and sound
   recording industries.........   377.7    378.6    382.3    375.4    384.0    387.7    391.2    389.7    390.5    385.5     -5.0
  Broadcasting, except Internet.   324.0    324.0    323.9    325.9    325.7    325.1    323.4    325.3    325.2    326.8      1.6
  Internet publishing and
   broadcasting.................    30.8     30.7     30.1     30.4     30.6     30.4     29.6     30.7     30.2     30.3       .1
  Telecommunications............ 1,003.0    994.3    991.8    992.4  1,002.5    993.3    991.3    994.6    992.7    992.9       .2
  ISPs, search portals, and data
   processing...................   378.2    377.2    382.1    384.9    377.3    377.8    377.4    378.7    381.0    382.4      1.4
  Other information services....    49.9     49.3     49.2     49.6     50.0     49.6     50.4     49.6     49.3     49.4       .1

Financial activities............   8,077    8,218    8,249    8,286    8,100    8,223    8,244    8,268    8,287    8,313       26
 Finance and insurance.......... 5,977.9  6,094.9  6,118.6  6,136.5  5,982.9  6,068.2  6,081.8  6,103.8  6,123.0  6,143.6     20.6
  Monetary authorities - central
   bank.........................    20.7     21.2     21.2     21.3     20.8     21.0     21.2     21.2     21.3     21.4       .1
  Credit intermediation and
   related activities(1)........ 2,846.7  2,901.6  2,911.2  2,920.3  2,849.7  2,894.2  2,896.7  2,906.7  2,915.4  2,923.9      8.5
   Depository credit
    intermediation(1)........... 1,761.7  1,800.9  1,808.6  1,813.6  1,763.5  1,793.2  1,793.0  1,803.3  1,811.1  1,815.8      4.7
    Commercial banking.......... 1,291.2  1,309.6  1,317.3  1,319.3  1,292.3  1,306.0  1,303.3  1,311.4  1,318.4  1,319.6      1.2
  Securities, commodity
   contracts, investments.......   779.5    796.2    798.7    798.4    781.7    790.4    792.9    795.9    798.0    799.6      1.6
  Insurance carriers and related
   activities................... 2,246.1  2,287.8  2,298.8  2,308.0  2,246.4  2,274.8  2,283.5  2,292.2  2,300.4  2,310.5     10.1
  Funds, trusts, and other
   financial vehicles...........    84.9     88.1     88.7     88.5     84.3     87.8     87.5     87.8     87.9     88.2       .3
 Real estate and rental and
  leasing....................... 2,098.7  2,123.2  2,130.2  2,149.1  2,117.0  2,154.5  2,161.7  2,164.2  2,163.5  2,169.5      6.0
  Real estate................... 1,429.5  1,466.7  1,468.8  1,483.7  1,441.9  1,481.6  1,490.5  1,492.3  1,491.4  1,498.4      7.0
  Rental and leasing services...   642.3    629.1    633.7    637.2    648.2    645.0    643.3    643.9    643.8    642.7     -1.1
  Lessors of nonfinancial
   intangible assets............    26.9     27.4     27.7     28.2     26.9     27.9     27.9     28.0     28.3     28.4       .1

Professional and business
 services.......................  16,777   16,823   16,996   17,201   16,780   17,121   17,127   17,156   17,205   17,233       28
 Professional and technical
  services(1)................... 7,037.1  7,212.6  7,241.8  7,255.7  6,966.9  7,118.9  7,133.8  7,147.1  7,167.9  7,188.7     20.8
   Legal services............... 1,157.4  1,151.2  1,156.1  1,154.0  1,165.0  1,160.8  1,161.8  1,161.0  1,163.8  1,163.4      -.4
   Accounting and bookkeeping
    services....................   936.2    978.3    966.6    950.5    833.3    859.0    847.0    846.2    845.3    847.1      1.8
   Architectural and engineering
    services.................... 1,281.8  1,322.5  1,336.0  1,349.5  1,291.5  1,335.6  1,340.5  1,348.3  1,356.1  1,361.0      4.9
   Computer systems design and
    related services............ 1,177.8  1,229.6  1,234.3  1,240.3  1,180.3  1,212.1  1,226.0  1,230.5  1,234.4  1,240.8      6.4
   Management and technical
    consulting services.........   828.4    862.6    870.0    878.0    833.9    865.4    867.8    871.7    876.6    882.5      5.9
 Management of companies and
  enterprises................... 1,746.3  1,759.1  1,762.6  1,774.0  1,752.5  1,756.7  1,772.6  1,771.0  1,772.8  1,775.4      2.6
 Administrative and waste
  services...................... 7,993.1  7,851.3  7,991.2  8,171.1  8,060.8  8,245.1  8,220.1  8,237.5  8,264.1  8,268.8      4.7
  Administrative and support
   services(1).................. 7,661.0  7,523.7  7,661.2  7,838.9  7,727.2  7,911.0  7,884.9  7,903.1  7,928.5  7,934.6      6.1
   Employment services(1)....... 3,468.5  3,430.3  3,505.3  3,558.1  3,532.6  3,671.0  3,638.3  3,636.8  3,651.7  3,652.9      1.2
    Temporary help services..... 2,449.5  2,438.1  2,486.8  2,533.4  2,504.6  2,628.1  2,605.6  2,602.0  2,612.1  2,611.4      -.7
   Business support services....   766.0    760.0    766.7    767.5    765.6    751.8    760.7    760.6    762.9    763.1       .2
   Services to buildings and
    dwellings................... 1,717.5  1,598.4  1,648.2  1,772.8  1,715.9  1,751.1  1,750.0  1,761.6  1,766.9  1,774.3      7.4
  Waste management and
   remediation services.........   332.1    327.6    330.0    332.2    333.6    334.1    335.2    334.4    335.6    334.2     -1.4

Education and health services...  17,418   17,700   17,766   17,815   17,241   17,507   17,544   17,585   17,621   17,656       35
 Educational services........... 2,970.5  2,989.3  3,001.7  3,013.3  2,805.8  2,827.5  2,828.5  2,840.1  2,844.3  2,854.0      9.7
 Health care and social
  assistance....................14,447.4 14,710.4 14,764.0 14,801.6 14,435.5 14,679.6 14,715.6 14,744.9 14,776.7 14,802.0     25.3
 Health care(3).................12,226.0 12,446.6 12,488.1 12,515.0 12,243.8 12,435.8 12,465.9 12,490.3 12,516.2 12,539.4     23.2
   Ambulatory health care
    services(1)................. 5,068.8  5,196.4  5,221.9  5,231.6  5,074.4  5,181.4  5,202.1  5,216.1  5,231.9  5,239.8      7.9
    Offices of physicians....... 2,079.0  2,143.1  2,149.5  2,152.5  2,084.3  2,135.8  2,143.3  2,148.2  2,153.7  2,159.2      5.5
    Outpatient care centers.....   468.0    485.8    488.3    489.2    467.8    484.1    485.9    486.9    488.0    489.2      1.2
    Home health care services...   808.6    825.0    834.6    836.0    809.0    822.1    829.1    831.9    836.2    835.7      -.5
   Hospitals.................... 4,319.2  4,383.5  4,394.7  4,399.3  4,325.5  4,382.5  4,387.3  4,393.0  4,402.2  4,408.7      6.5
   Nursing and residential care
    facilities(1)............... 2,838.0  2,866.7  2,871.5  2,884.1  2,843.9  2,871.9  2,876.5  2,881.2  2,882.1  2,890.9      8.8
    Nursing care facilities..... 1,571.9  1,572.9  1,577.1  1,582.1  1,576.6  1,582.5  1,583.5  1,583.4  1,582.3  1,586.1      3.8
  Social assistance(1).......... 2,221.4  2,263.8  2,275.9  2,286.6  2,191.7  2,243.8  2,249.7  2,254.6  2,260.5  2,262.6      2.1
   Child day care services......   796.7    806.0    808.6    814.0    777.7    793.3    795.1    795.8    796.0    799.3      3.3

Leisure and hospitality.........  12,708   12,399   12,631   12,924   12,770   12,898   12,932   12,955   12,986   13,006       20
 Arts, entertainment, and
  recreation.................... 1,847.8  1,694.3  1,739.1  1,857.7  1,879.9  1,905.9  1,903.5  1,906.5  1,906.7  1,912.7      6.0
  Performing arts and spectator
   sports.......................   378.4    337.5    343.3    381.8    371.7    362.1    356.3    364.9    364.6    371.9      7.3
  Museums, historical sites,
   zoos, and parks..............   119.2    110.6    113.6    121.9    120.5    121.6    121.4    121.9    121.8    123.2      1.4
  Amusements, gambling, and
   recreation................... 1,350.2  1,246.2  1,282.2  1,354.0  1,387.7  1,422.2  1,425.8  1,419.7  1,420.3  1,417.6     -2.7
 Accommodations and food
  services......................10,859.8 10,704.6 10,891.5 11,066.7 10,889.9 10,992.3 11,028.0 11,048.9 11,079.2 11,093.2     14.0
  Accommodations................ 1,773.3  1,724.2  1,744.1  1,755.4  1,814.2  1,809.2  1,808.0  1,804.2  1,803.2  1,798.4     -4.8
  Food services and drinking
   places....................... 9,086.5  8,980.4  9,147.4  9,311.3  9,075.7  9,183.1  9,220.0  9,244.7  9,276.0  9,294.8     18.8

Other services..................   5,390    5,356    5,385    5,398    5,393    5,386    5,397    5,396    5,396    5,397        1
  Repair and maintenance........ 1,241.1  1,236.4  1,246.5  1,254.9  1,237.5  1,241.4  1,240.7  1,242.8  1,244.6  1,248.8      4.2
  Personal and laundry services. 1,283.1  1,261.0  1,264.3  1,272.3  1,278.7  1,270.3  1,278.4  1,275.5  1,270.1  1,268.6     -1.5
  Membership associations and
   organizations................ 2,866.2  2,858.2  2,873.8  2,871.0  2,876.6  2,874.5  2,877.7  2,877.6  2,881.3  2,880.0     -1.3

Government......................  22,160   22,192   22,300   22,309   21,768   21,878   21,844   21,876   21,897   21,904        7
 Federal........................   2,722    2,690    2,692    2,697    2,729    2,713    2,705    2,707    2,705    2,701       -4
  Federal, except U.S. Postal
   Service...................... 1,951.8  1,924.3  1,926.8  1,932.7  1,955.3  1,941.2  1,935.6  1,938.8  1,937.4  1,937.9       .5
  U.S. Postal Service...........   769.8    765.5    765.0    763.9    773.5    772.1    769.1    767.9    767.7    763.5     -4.2
 State government...............   5,163    5,134    5,169    5,172    5,018    5,036    5,007    5,024    5,026    5,027        1
  State government education.... 2,395.5  2,372.4  2,400.5  2,400.6  2,247.0  2,258.1  2,232.4  2,248.1  2,250.3  2,251.8      1.5
  State government, excluding
   education.................... 2,767.8  2,761.4  2,768.9  2,771.0  2,770.6  2,777.4  2,774.9  2,775.7  2,775.7  2,774.7     -1.0
 Local government...............  14,275   14,368   14,439   14,440   14,021   14,129   14,132   14,145   14,166   14,176       10
  Local government education.... 8,160.6  8,236.0  8,277.6  8,259.1  7,838.6  7,906.9  7,902.6  7,911.9  7,922.1  7,928.4      6.3
  Local government, excluding
   education.................... 6,114.1  6,131.6  6,161.2  6,180.7  6,182.1  6,222.2  6,228.9  6,233.2  6,243.5  6,247.1      3.6


  1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
  3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.
  p = preliminary.




     
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector
and selected industry detail


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                          Change
                  Industry                       Apr.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    Apr.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.      from:
                                                 2005   2006   2006p  2006p   2005   2005   2006   2006   2006p  2006p   Mar. 2006-
                                                                                                                         Apr. 2006p


        Total private.........................   33.6   33.5   33.6   33.9    33.8   33.8   33.8   33.8   33.8   33.9       0.1

    Goods-producing...........................   39.9   40.0   40.2   39.8    40.2   40.2   40.4   40.4   40.5   40.6        .1

Natural resources and mining..................   45.4   44.8   44.6   45.3    45.6   45.6   46.1   45.2   44.9   45.4        .5

Construction..................................   38.7   38.2   38.5   38.5    39.1   38.7   39.1   38.9   39.0   39.2        .2

Manufacturing.................................   40.3   40.7   41.0   40.3    40.5   40.8   40.9   41.0   41.1   41.1        .0
   Overtime hours.............................    4.3    4.3    4.4    3.8     4.4    4.5    4.5    4.6    4.6    4.5       -.1

 Durable goods................................   40.7   41.1   41.4   40.6    40.9   41.2   41.3   41.4   41.4   41.6        .2
   Overtime hours.............................    4.3    4.4    4.5    3.7     4.5    4.5    4.5    4.6    4.6    4.5       -.1

  Wood products...............................   39.3   39.3   40.0   40.2    39.5   40.1   40.1   40.3   40.4   40.6        .2
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   41.8   42.0   42.6   43.0    41.9   42.7   43.1   42.9   43.1   43.3        .2
  Primary metals..............................   42.5   43.7   43.6   42.9    42.6   43.5   43.7   43.6   43.6   43.6        .0
  Fabricated metal products...................   40.6   41.1   41.4   40.1    40.8   41.1   41.2   41.3   41.5   41.5        .0
  Machinery...................................   41.9   41.9   42.2   41.6    42.0   41.9   41.8   42.1   42.1   42.7        .6
  Computer and electronic products............   39.4   40.2   40.5   40.1    39.8   40.3   40.5   40.4   40.5   40.6        .1
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   39.8   40.8   41.2   40.5    40.2   40.9   41.2   41.4   41.4   41.8        .4
  Transportation equipment....................   42.0   42.6   42.9   41.2    42.2   42.6   42.6   42.7   42.7   42.7        .0
   Motor vehicles and parts(2)................   41.6   42.3   42.5   40.5    41.9   42.2   42.1   42.2   42.4   42.1       -.3
  Furniture and related products..............   39.1   38.3   38.4   37.9    39.3   38.3   38.2   38.5   38.5   38.4       -.1
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   38.8   38.7   38.7   37.7    38.9   38.5   38.5   38.6   38.5   38.5        .0

 Nondurable goods.............................   39.5   40.1   40.3   39.9    39.9   40.2   40.3   40.4   40.5   40.4       -.1
   Overtime hours.............................    4.1    4.2    4.3    3.9     4.3    4.6    4.4    4.5    4.5    4.4       -.1

  Food manufacturing..........................   38.3   39.0   39.5   39.0    39.0   39.3   39.6   39.7   40.0   39.8       -.2
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   41.0   39.5   40.0   40.0    40.3   40.0   39.9   39.9   40.1   39.8       -.3
  Textile mills...............................   40.1   40.3   40.7   39.6    40.2   41.0   40.6   40.5   40.3   40.0       -.3
  Textile product mills.......................   38.6   40.3   39.8   39.5    39.0   40.0   40.1   40.4   39.6   40.1        .5
  Apparel.....................................   36.0   35.9   36.3   35.4    36.0   35.6   36.0   35.8   35.9   36.1        .2
  Leather and allied products.................   38.2   39.1   39.9   38.6    37.8   39.4   39.4   39.3   39.4   39.0       -.4
  Paper and paper products....................   41.9   42.0   42.0   42.0    42.2   42.6   42.4   42.5   42.4   42.6        .2
  Printing and related support activities.....   38.0   39.0   39.1   38.5    38.3   38.4   38.8   39.0   39.0   39.0        .0
  Petroleum and coal products.................   45.1   43.9   44.3   44.6    46.1   44.5   45.0   44.6   44.9   44.6       -.3
  Chemicals...................................   42.2   42.9   42.7   42.5    42.4   42.5   42.6   42.8   42.6   42.5       -.1
  Plastics and rubber products................   39.7   40.4   40.8   40.0    39.8   40.5   40.5   40.5   40.8   40.8        .0

     Private service-providing................   32.3   32.2   32.1   32.6    32.5   32.4   32.4   32.4   32.4   32.5        .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   33.3   32.9   33.0   33.6    33.5   33.4   33.3   33.3   33.3   33.4        .1

 Wholesale trade..............................   37.6   37.6   37.6   38.4    37.8   37.9   37.8   37.9   37.9   38.1        .2

 Retail trade.................................   30.4   29.9   30.0   30.6    30.7   30.5   30.5   30.4   30.4   30.5        .1

 Transportation and warehousing...............   36.9   36.1   36.4   36.8    37.3   36.7   36.6   36.7   36.7   36.7        .0

 Utilities....................................   41.0   40.9   40.8   41.5    41.1   41.4   41.0   41.1   41.1   41.3        .2

Information...................................   36.2   36.4   36.4   36.7    36.5   36.6   36.6   36.5   36.7   36.5       -.2

Financial activities..........................   35.8   35.5   35.3   36.3    36.0   35.9   36.0   35.7   35.7   35.7        .0

Professional and business services............   34.1   34.4   34.3   34.8    34.2   34.3   34.6   34.5   34.4   34.8        .4

Education and health services.................   32.4   32.4   32.4   32.7    32.6   32.5   32.5   32.5   32.6   32.6        .0

Leisure and hospitality.......................   25.5   25.3   25.3   25.7    25.8   25.6   25.7   25.6   25.6   25.6        .0

Other services................................   30.9   30.8   30.8   31.1    31.1   30.9   30.9   30.9   31.0   31.1        .1


  1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction,
and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries.  These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the
total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
  2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
  p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                          ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3.  Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail


                                                       Average hourly earnings                  Average weekly earnings

                  Industry                         Apr.      Feb.     Mar.      Apr.       Apr.      Feb.     Mar.      Apr.
                                                   2005      2006     2006p     2006p      2005      2006     2006p     2006p

        Total private........................... $16.01    $16.51    $16.52    $16.68    $537.94   $553.09   $555.07   $565.45
         Seasonally adjusted....................  16.00     16.47     16.52     16.61     540.80    556.69    558.38    563.08

    Goods-producing.............................  17.48     17.72     17.73     17.83     697.45    708.80    712.75    709.63

Natural resources and mining....................  18.65     19.41     19.60     19.77     846.71    869.57    874.16    895.58

Construction....................................  19.33     19.57     19.54     19.62     748.07    747.57    752.29    755.37

Manufacturing...................................  16.46     16.71     16.72     16.77     663.34    680.10    685.52    675.83

 Durable goods..................................  17.20     17.54     17.56     17.59     700.04    720.89    726.98    714.15
  Wood products.................................  13.16     13.16     13.17     13.29     517.19    517.19    526.80    534.26
  Nonmetallic mineral products..................  16.69     16.55     16.62     16.71     697.64    695.10    708.01    718.53
  Primary metals................................  18.80     19.22     19.17     19.22     799.00    839.91    835.81    824.54
  Fabricated metal products.....................  15.62     16.06     16.06     16.08     634.17    660.07    664.88    644.81
  Machinery.....................................  16.98     17.01     17.00     16.94     711.46    712.72    717.40    704.70
  Computer and electronic products..............  18.22     18.75     18.81     19.03     717.87    753.75    761.81    763.10
  Electrical equipment and appliances...........  15.08     15.48     15.40     15.47     600.18    631.58    634.48    626.54
  Transportation equipment......................  21.77     22.30     22.33     22.25     914.34    949.98    957.96    916.70
  Furniture and related products................  13.45     13.48     13.49     13.71     525.90    516.28    518.02    519.61
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...................  14.01     14.08     14.29     14.35     543.59    544.90    553.02    541.00

 Nondurable goods...............................  15.23     15.31     15.27     15.38     601.59    613.93    615.38    613.66
  Food manufacturing............................  12.98     13.01     13.00     13.07     497.13    507.39    513.50    509.73
  Beverages and tobacco products................  19.38     18.24     18.14     18.44     794.58    720.48    725.60    737.60
  Textile mills.................................  12.35     12.38     12.41     12.46     495.24    498.91    505.09    493.42
  Textile product mills.........................  11.71     11.74     11.65     11.76     452.01    473.12    463.67    464.52
  Apparel.......................................  10.10     10.59     10.63     10.70     363.60    380.18    385.87    378.78
  Leather and allied products...................  11.44     11.00     11.10     10.96     437.01    430.10    442.89    423.06
  Paper and paper products......................  17.93     17.74     17.78     17.98     751.27    745.08    746.76    755.16
  Printing and related support activities.......  15.60     15.69     15.77     15.75     592.80    611.91    616.61    606.38
  Petroleum and coal products...................  24.09     24.78     24.85     25.29    1086.46   1087.84   1100.86   1127.93
  Chemicals.....................................  19.62     19.92     19.65     19.86     827.96    854.57    839.06    844.05
  Plastics and rubber products..................  14.76     14.89     14.87     14.81     585.97    601.56    606.70    592.40

     Private service-providing..................  15.62     16.19     16.20     16.37     504.53    521.32    520.02    533.66

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.91     15.23     15.25     15.46     496.50    501.07    503.25    519.46

 Wholesale trade................................  18.03     18.65     18.61     18.89     677.93    701.24    699.74    725.38

 Retail trade...................................  12.42     12.47     12.52     12.71     377.57    372.85    375.60    388.93

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.58     16.95     17.00     17.18     611.80    611.90    618.80    632.22

 Utilities......................................  26.49     27.60     27.68     27.63    1086.09   1128.84   1129.34   1146.65

Information.....................................  21.86     22.84     22.82     23.12     791.33    831.38    830.65    848.50

Financial activities............................  17.85     18.45     18.45     18.72     639.03    654.98    651.29    679.54

Professional and business services..............  17.91     18.77     18.82     19.15     610.73    645.69    645.53    666.42

Education and health services...................  16.57     17.14     17.18     17.24     536.87    555.34    556.63    563.75

Leisure and hospitality.........................   9.08      9.41      9.44      9.47     231.54    238.07    238.83    243.38

Other services..................................  14.29     14.54     14.50     14.61     441.56    447.83    446.60    454.37


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.




     
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted


                                                                                                       Percent
                  Industry                         Apr.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.    Mar.     Apr.  change from:
                                                   2005     2005     2006     2006    2006p    2006p  Mar. 2006-
                                                                                                      Apr. 2006p
        Total private:
         Current dollars........................ $16.00   $16.35   $16.40   $16.47   $16.52   $16.61      0.5
         Constant (1982) dollars(2).............   8.17     8.20     8.17     8.20     8.19     N.A.      (3)

    Goods-producing.............................  17.52    17.77    17.79    17.80    17.82    17.86       .2

Natural resources and mining....................  18.55    19.12    19.33    19.40    19.51    19.64       .7

Construction....................................  19.38    19.65    19.63    19.66    19.65    19.66       .1

Manufacturing...................................  16.48    16.70    16.71    16.72    16.74    16.79       .3
   Excluding overtime(4)........................  15.63    15.83    15.84    15.83    15.85    15.92       .4

 Durable goods..................................  17.24    17.52    17.53    17.54    17.58    17.62       .2

 Nondurable goods...............................  15.22    15.31    15.33    15.33    15.31    15.37       .4

     Private service-providing..................  15.60    15.97    16.03    16.11    16.17    16.27       .6

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.86    15.10    15.13    15.19    15.23    15.32       .6

 Wholesale trade................................  18.03    18.56    18.53    18.61    18.68    18.71       .2

 Retail trade...................................  12.35    12.39    12.44    12.46    12.49    12.59       .8

 Transportation and warehousing.................  16.60    16.87    16.91    16.99    17.02    17.16       .8

 Utilities......................................  26.42    27.34    27.48    27.54    27.62    27.50      -.4

Information.....................................  21.92    22.60    22.98    22.82    22.94    23.07       .6

Financial activities............................  17.85    18.27    18.33    18.45    18.49    18.62       .7

Professional and business services..............  17.94    18.42    18.54    18.66    18.81    18.98       .9

Education and health services...................  16.58    17.00    17.04    17.13    17.18    17.23       .3

Leisure and hospitality.........................   9.09     9.27     9.27     9.36     9.41     9.47       .6

Other services..................................  14.26    14.47    14.48    14.50    14.49    14.50       .1


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series.
  3 Change was -.1 percent from Feb. 2006 to Mar. 2006, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
  N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5.  Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Apr.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    Apr.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.   change from:
                                                2005   2006   2006p  2006p   2005   2005   2006   2006   2006p  2006p   Mar. 2006-
                                                                                                                        Apr. 2006p

        Total private.........................  101.4  101.3  102.5  104.4   102.4  103.7  104.0  104.2  104.4  104.9       0.5

    Goods-producing...........................   96.9   97.2   98.6   99.1    98.6  100.1  101.1  101.3  101.8  102.2        .4

Natural resources and mining..................  110.3  113.8  115.4  119.6   112.7  118.0  120.0  118.4  119.1  121.6       2.1

Construction..................................  105.0  102.3  104.9  108.6   108.3  110.0  112.2  112.1  112.7  113.5        .7

Manufacturing.................................   92.6   94.2   95.3   94.0    93.4   94.8   95.3   95.6   96.0   96.1        .1

 Durable goods................................   94.7   97.2   98.5   97.1    95.2   97.5   98.1   98.5   98.7   99.5        .8
  Wood products...............................   97.7   97.8   99.7   99.9    99.2  102.0  102.3  102.0  102.0  101.7       -.3
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   96.1   93.9   97.0   99.7    97.0   97.5  100.0  100.0  100.8  101.3        .5
  Primary metals..............................   92.1   96.2   96.7   94.3    92.5   95.1   96.4   95.8   96.5   95.7       -.8
  Fabricated metal products...................   98.0  100.3  101.8   99.0    98.5  100.4  100.8  101.4  102.1  102.5        .4
  Machinery...................................   98.1   99.5  100.5  100.0    98.0   99.3   98.9  100.0  100.1  102.1       2.0
  Computer and electronic products............   91.0  101.5  103.1  102.4    92.2  101.1  101.8  102.3  103.2  103.9        .7
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   84.7   88.4   89.6   88.1    85.6   87.7   89.1   89.5   90.1   91.2       1.2
  Transportation equipment....................   96.9   99.5  100.5   97.9    96.9   99.2   99.8   99.7   99.9  100.6        .7
   Motor vehicles and parts(2)................   95.1   94.7   95.5   92.2    95.3   95.2   95.3   94.3   95.0   95.1        .1
  Furniture and related products..............   91.3   88.3   89.5   88.6    91.7   88.9   88.7   89.7   90.0   90.0        .0
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   90.4   91.0   91.0   88.5    90.7   90.5   90.5   91.2   90.9   90.8       -.1

 Nondurable goods.............................   88.9   89.4   90.0   89.2    90.7   90.5   90.9   91.2   91.3   91.0       -.3
  Food manufacturing..........................   91.5   92.9   93.7   93.0    95.8   95.8   96.4   96.7   97.1   97.0       -.1
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   91.5   96.5   96.3   97.2    93.3   98.0   99.7  100.3  100.8  100.2       -.6
  Textile mills...............................   72.3   67.2   68.0   65.6    72.0   69.2   68.7   68.0   67.1   65.9      -1.8
  Textile product mills.......................   89.7   95.1   93.5   92.1    89.7   94.3   96.2   95.5   92.6   92.7        .1
  Apparel.....................................   68.5   64.4   65.6   63.4    68.2   63.9   65.3   64.5   64.6   64.5       -.2
  Leather and allied products.................   78.0   76.7   77.0   76.0    77.0   81.2   80.0   77.9   76.5   76.8        .4
  Paper and paper products....................   86.6   85.7   85.8   84.5    87.8   87.2   86.8   87.2   86.9   86.4       -.6
  Printing and related support activities.....   89.9   91.6   92.6   91.5    91.2   90.9   91.6   92.6   92.9   93.0        .1
  Petroleum and coal products.................  102.3   94.4   96.5   98.4   105.8   97.6   98.4   99.3  100.0   98.7      -1.3
  Chemicals...................................   96.5   99.3   99.8   99.1    97.0   97.6   98.8   99.2   99.3   98.9       -.4
  Plastics and rubber products................   91.9   92.0   93.0   91.4    92.0   92.9   92.8   92.9   93.2   93.2        .0

     Private service-providing................  102.7  102.8  103.3  105.8   103.6  104.6  104.9  105.1  105.3  105.8        .5

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  100.0   98.9   99.8  101.8   101.5  102.0  101.9  101.9  102.1  102.3        .2

 Wholesale trade..............................  100.5  101.8  102.4  105.2   101.2  103.1  103.1  103.7  103.8  104.6        .8

 Retail trade.................................   98.6   96.6   97.5   99.5   100.9  100.7  100.9  100.5  100.7  100.7        .0

 Transportation and warehousing...............  103.9  102.2  103.4  105.1   105.5  104.8  104.7  105.1  105.1  105.2        .1

 Utilities....................................   92.6   94.2   93.6   95.8    93.2   95.2   94.5   94.9   94.7   95.5        .8

Information...................................   98.3   99.9  100.3  100.9    99.5  100.6  100.7  100.5  101.1  100.5       -.6

Financial activities..........................  103.2  104.6  104.6  108.3   104.2  105.8  106.4  105.9  106.4  107.0        .6

Professional and business services............  104.5  106.4  107.2  110.3   105.0  108.0  109.1  109.0  109.0  110.6       1.5

Education and health services.................  106.1  107.7  108.1  109.4   105.7  106.7  107.0  107.3  107.9  108.1        .2

Leisure and hospitality.......................  104.4  101.0  103.1  107.3   106.3  106.5  107.4  107.1  107.4  107.7        .3

Other services................................   96.2   95.2   95.9   97.0    96.9   96.0   96.2   96.3   96.8   97.0        .2


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours
by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average
weekly hours and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6.  Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Apr.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    Apr.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.   change from:
                                                2005   2006   2006p  2006p   2005   2005   2006   2006   2006p  2006p   Mar. 2006-
                                                                                                                        Apr. 2006p

        Total private.........................  108.6  111.9  113.3  116.5   109.6  113.4  114.1  114.8  115.4  116.6       1.0

    Goods-producing...........................  103.7  105.5  107.1  108.2   105.8  108.9  110.1  110.4  111.1  111.8        .6

Natural resources and mining..................  119.6  128.5  131.6  137.6   121.6  131.2  134.9  133.6  135.1  138.9       2.8

Construction..................................  109.6  108.2  110.7  115.0   113.4  116.7  118.9  119.0  119.6  120.5        .8

Manufacturing.................................   99.7  102.9  104.2  103.1   100.7  103.5  104.2  104.6  105.1  105.5        .4

 Durable goods................................  101.7  106.4  108.0  106.6   102.5  106.7  107.4  107.8  108.4  109.4        .9

 Nondurable goods.............................   95.6   96.8   97.1   96.9    97.5   98.0   98.5   98.8   98.8   98.8        .0

     Private service-providing................  110.3  114.3  114.9  118.9   111.1  114.8  115.5  116.3  117.0  118.2       1.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  106.3  107.5  108.5  112.3   107.6  109.9  110.0  110.4  110.9  111.8        .8

 Wholesale trade..............................  106.8  111.9  112.2  117.0   107.5  112.8  112.6  113.7  114.3  115.3        .9

 Retail trade.................................  105.0  103.2  104.6  108.4   106.8  106.9  107.6  107.3  107.8  108.7        .8

 Transportation and warehousing...............  109.3  109.9  111.5  114.5   111.1  112.1  112.3  113.3  113.4  114.5       1.0

 Utilities....................................  102.4  108.5  108.1  110.5   102.8  108.6  108.3  109.1  109.1  109.6        .5

Information...................................  106.3  112.9  113.3  115.5   107.9  112.5  114.5  113.6  114.8  114.8        .0

Financial activities..........................  113.9  119.3  119.3  125.4   115.0  119.5  120.6  120.9  121.7  123.1       1.2

Professional and business services............  111.4  118.8  120.0  125.7   112.1  118.3  120.3  121.0  122.0  124.9       2.4

Education and health services.................  115.5  121.3  122.1  123.9   115.2  119.3  119.9  120.9  121.9  122.5        .5

Leisure and hospitality.......................  110.5  110.8  113.5  118.5   112.7  115.1  116.0  116.9  117.9  118.9        .8

Other services................................  100.1  100.8  101.3  103.3   100.6  101.2  101.4  101.7  102.2  102.5        .3


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate
payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of
average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.





ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7.  Diffusion indexes of employment change

(Percent)
                                                                                                    

       Time span           Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.      May     June     July     Aug.     Sept.    Oct.     Nov.     Dec.

                                                        Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     2002 ..............   40.8     36.5     38.3     38.7     40.1     46.0     43.7     43.3     41.7     41.9     41.5     36.0
     2003 ..............   44.1     37.9     34.9     38.3     42.8     38.8     37.6     39.7     50.7     49.8     52.0     51.3
     2004 ..............   51.6     49.5     62.4     65.5     62.4     57.7     52.7     52.0     57.0     54.3     55.0     54.1
     2005 ..............   50.7     57.7     56.7     54.7     54.5     56.7     59.2     54.1     51.4     53.4     61.7     58.6
     2006 ..............   61.0     59.9    p60.6    p59.2


Over 3-month span:
     2002 ..............   34.5     36.2     35.6     35.8     34.9     38.8     38.5     44.8     37.6     39.7     37.2     39.6
     2003 ..............   40.6     34.2     34.7     32.7     35.3     41.7     38.5     33.8     42.6     47.8     49.8     50.5
     2004 ..............   54.3     53.4     57.6     63.1     69.4     68.3     58.8     55.6     57.4     56.5     59.9     55.2
     2005 ..............   52.9     56.7     59.2     60.4     56.8     60.8     60.4     59.7     57.9     52.2     57.0     63.7
     2006 ..............   66.2     65.5    p61.9    p60.1


Over 6-month span:
     2002 ..............   30.2     30.6     31.5     30.9     32.0     36.3     35.8     37.6     34.5     36.0     36.7     35.3
     2003 ..............   34.4     31.8     31.8     34.0     32.7     36.2     33.3     32.4     40.5     45.3     46.4     47.7
     2004 ..............   49.8     52.3     54.7     60.8     63.3     63.8     63.1     63.5     59.0     61.3     55.9     55.6
     2005 ..............   55.4     57.7     57.4     58.8     55.2     58.6     60.8     59.5     60.6     57.7     58.5     60.6
     2006 ..............   61.2     61.5    p62.8    p64.9


Over 12-month span:
     2002 ..............   33.6     31.7     30.2     30.4     30.2     29.1     32.0     31.3     30.0     29.5     32.9     34.7
     2003 ..............   34.5     31.5     32.9     33.5     34.2     35.1     32.7     33.1     37.1     36.7     37.2     39.2
     2004 ..............   40.3     42.1     44.8     48.4     50.7     57.7     57.0     55.2     56.7     58.3     60.1     60.3
     2005 ..............   60.1     61.0     59.5     58.6     58.6     59.4     60.8     61.0     60.8     58.3     58.8     62.1
     2006 ..............   61.3     61.0    p62.4    p64.4

                                                        Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     2002 ..............   19.6     21.4     18.5     29.2     25.0     30.4     36.9     25.6     28.6     17.9     17.9     19.6
     2003 ..............   32.7     19.6     19.6     10.7     23.2     19.0     19.6     29.2     28.6     36.3     42.3     40.5
     2004 ..............   44.0     47.6     44.6     64.9     53.6     45.8     56.5     52.4     41.7     42.3     39.9     39.3
     2005 ..............   39.3     38.7     38.7     42.3     44.6     34.5     47.6     35.7     45.2     43.5     50.0     52.4
     2006 ..............   59.5     48.8    p52.4    p53.0


Over 3-month span:
     2002 ..............    9.5      9.5     11.3     17.9     14.9     17.9     22.6     25.6     22.6     17.3      9.5     11.9
     2003 ..............   18.5     11.3     12.5      8.3      7.7     11.3     14.9     15.5     16.7     27.4     32.1     35.7
     2004 ..............   43.5     42.3     43.5     53.6     57.7     58.9     53.6     48.8     48.2     40.5     38.1     31.0
     2005 ..............   35.7     39.9     42.9     39.9     37.5     41.1     39.3     35.7     39.9     36.3     36.9     50.0
     2006 ..............   56.0     51.8    p50.0    p45.2


Over 6-month span:
     2002 ..............    7.1      8.3      7.7      8.3      8.3     11.9     12.5     11.9     13.7      8.9      7.1      7.7
     2003 ..............   11.3     11.3      8.3      9.5     10.7      9.5      6.0      8.9     13.7     18.5     24.4     23.8
     2004 ..............   28.6     33.3     33.3     45.8     47.6     51.2     56.0     51.8     48.2     49.4     39.3     35.7
     2005 ..............   36.9     36.9     35.1     33.3     33.3     32.7     36.9     36.9     41.1     41.7     39.3     42.3
     2006 ..............   37.5     45.8    p47.6    p51.2


Over 12-month span:
     2002 ..............    7.1      6.0      6.0      6.5      7.1      3.6      4.8      6.0      4.8      7.1      4.8      8.3
     2003 ..............   10.7      6.0      6.5      6.0      8.3      7.1      7.1      8.3     10.7     10.7      9.5     10.7
     2004 ..............   13.1     14.3     13.1     20.2     23.2     35.7     36.9     38.1     36.3     44.0     44.6     44.6
     2005 ..............   44.6     44.6     41.7     40.5     39.9     33.3     32.7     31.0     32.1     39.3     35.7     40.5
     2006 ..............   41.1     39.9    p41.1    p45.2


  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.