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                   THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  JULY 2001


   Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in July, and the unemploy-
ment rate was unchanged at 4.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Payroll employment was down by
42,000 over the month.  Job losses continued in manufacturing, and employment
in most other major industries showed little significant change.
   
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The number of unemployed persons was essentially unchanged at 6.4 million
in July, and the unemployment rate held at 4.5 percent.  The jobless rate has
been either 4.4 or 4.5 percent since April; its most recent low was 3.9
percent in October 2000.  The rates for all the major worker groups--adult men
(3.9 percent), adult women (3.9 percent), teenagers (14.8 percent), whites
(4.0 percent), blacks (7.9 percent), and Hispanics (6.0 percent)--showed
little or no change over the month.  (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   The civilian labor force grew by 420,000 in July to 141.8 million, and
the labor force participation rate--the proportion of the population 16
years of age and older who are either working or looking for work--edged up
to 66.9 percent.  Total employment increased by 447,000 over the month to
135.4 million, seasonally adjusted.  Despite this rise, total employment in
July was still 620,000 below its January 2001 level.  The employment-
population ratio rose slightly in July to 63.9 percent. (See table A-1.)
   
   About 7.5 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one
job in July.  These multiple jobholders represented 5.5 percent of the
employed, the same as a year earlier.  (See table A-10.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   About 1.2 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally
attached to the labor force in July, about the same as a year earlier.
These were people who wanted and were available for work and had looked for
a job sometime in the prior 12 months but were not counted as unemployed
because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.
In July, the number of discouraged workers was 308,000.  Discouraged
workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were not currently looking
for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for
them.  (See table A-10.)
   
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Nonfarm payroll employment was down by 42,000 in July to a level of
132.4 million, seasonally adjusted.  This was the third decline in the past

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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |    Quarterly    |                          |
                      |    averages     |       Monthly data       |
                      |_________________|__________________________| June-
      Category        |       2001      |          2001            | July
                      |_________________|________ _________________|change
                      |   I    |   II   |  May   |  June  |  July  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                 Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 141,858| 141,461| 141,272| 141,354| 141,774|    420
  Employment..........| 135,864| 135,130| 135,103| 134,932| 135,379|    447
  Unemployment........|   5,994|   6,331|   6,169|   6,422|   6,395|    -27
Not in labor force....|  69,171|  70,072|  70,254|  70,370|  70,147|   -223
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     4.2|     4.5|     4.4|     4.5|     4.5|     .0
  Adult men...........|     3.7|     4.0|     3.9|     4.0|     3.9|   -0.1
  Adult women.........|     3.6|     3.8|     3.8|     3.8|     3.9|     .1
  Teenagers...........|    13.7|    14.0|    13.6|    14.3|    14.8|     .5
  White...............|     3.7|     3.9|     3.8|     4.0|     4.0|     .0
  Black...............|     8.1|     8.2|     8.0|     8.4|     7.9|    -.5
  Hispanic origin.....|     6.2|     6.5|     6.2|     6.6|     6.0|    -.6
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
 ESTABLISHMENT DATA   |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 132,559|p132,485| 132,530|p132,437|p132,395|   p-42
  Goods-producing 1/..|  25,621| p25,314|  25,324| p25,198| p25,151|   p-47
    Construction......|   6,878|  p6,867|   6,881|  p6,867|  p6,868|     p1
    Manufacturing.....|  18,188| p17,885|  17,879| p17,766| p17,717|   p-49
  Service-producing 1/| 106,938|p107,171| 107,206|p107,239|p107,244|     p5
    Retail trade......|  23,448| p23,549|  23,546| p23,570| p23,576|     p6
    Services..........|  41,026| p41,053|  41,078| p41,087| p41,064|   p-23
    Government........|  20,673| p20,777|  20,770| p20,815| p20,846|    p31
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.3|   p34.2|    34.2|   p34.2|   p34.2|    p.0
  Manufacturing.......|    41.0|   p40.8|    40.7|   p40.7|   p40.8|   p0.1
    Overtime..........|     4.1|    p3.9|     3.9|    p3.9|    p3.9|    p.0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |    Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|   152.0|  p151.4|   151.5|  p151.2|  p151.0|  p-0.2
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                      Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $14.10| p$14.25|  $14.24| p$14.31| p$14.35| p$0.04
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  484.21| p487.46|  487.01| p489.40| p490.77|  p1.37
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
   1/  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2/  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.

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4 months, resulting in a net loss of about 260,000 jobs over the period.
Manufacturing employment continued to fall, but July's decline was the
smallest so far this year.  The other major industry groups posted little or
no change in employment over the month.  (See table B-1.)
   
   In the goods-producing sector, manufacturing shed 49,000 jobs in July,
bringing total losses in the industry since July 2000 to 837,000.  The
decline this July was less than half the size of the losses in each of the
prior 3 months.  In July, employment in electrical equipment and in
industrial machinery continued to decline, by 24,000 and 21,000,
respectively.  So far this year, these two industries together have lost a
total of 247,000 jobs, accounting for about 40 percent of the total job
loss in manufacturing.  Employment in primary metals fell in July, the
ninth consecutive monthly decrease.  In automobile manufacturing,
employment has fallen by 45,000 so far this year despite an increase of
11,000 over the month.  Among nondurable manufacturing industries, printing
and publishing experienced another large employment decline in July and has
lost 65,000 jobs in the past 12 months.
   
   Employment in construction was little changed in July, following a
decline in June.  Monthly job growth in the industry has averaged 11,000
thus far in 2001, compared with 18,000 per month in 2000.  In July, job
gains in heavy construction were offset by losses in special trade
contracting.  Job growth continued in mining.  Oil and gas extraction has
added 21,000 jobs so far this year, while metal mining has lost 7,000.
   
   In the service-producing sector, employment in the services industry
was little changed overall in July.  The help supply industry, which
provides temporary workers to businesses on a contractual basis, lost
42,000 jobs in July.  This was the tenth consecutive monthly employment
decline for this industry, and its losses since last September now total
429,000 jobs.  Large employment gains occurred in health services (25,000)
and in engineering and management services (13,000).
   
   Employment in retail trade was little changed in July.  Job gains in
eating and drinking places (40,000) and automobile dealers (5,000) were
partially offset by losses in food stores, apparel stores, and building
materials and garden supply stores.  In July, employment in wholesale trade
was unchanged following three months with large declines.  Job losses in
the distribution of durable goods were exactly offset by gains in the
nondurable-goods component of the industry.
   
   Employment in transportation and public utilities was little changed in
July, following a decline of 16,000 in June.  After gaining an average of
14,000 jobs a month in 2000, employment in the industry has changed little
on balance since December.  Air transportation and transportation services
continued their declining employment trends with small job losses in July.
   
   Finance, insurance, and real estate employment edged down in July,
following a larger decline in June.  Together, the June and July job losses
in this industry totaled 18,000.  Security and commodity brokerages
continued to shed jobs and accounted for most of the 2-month decline.
   
   Employment in government edged up in July, with most of the gains in
state and local government education.  This was the second consecutive
month of large seasonally adjusted job gains for state education
employment, as light hiring for the school year last autumn resulted in
smaller than usual layoffs during the summer months.

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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged in July at 34.2 hours, seasonally
adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek ticked up by 0.1 hour to 40.8 hours.
Manufacturing overtime was flat at 3.9 hours.  Over the past 12 months, the
factory workweek has fallen by 1.0 hour and factory overtime by 0.8 hour.
(See table B-2.)
   
   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.1 percent in July to 151.0
(1982=100), seasonally adjusted.  The manufacturing index was unchanged at
98.1.  The factory index had declined in each of the previous 5 months, and
has fallen by 8.3 percent over the past 12 months.  The current level is
the lowest since March 1983.  (See table B-5.)
   
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
   
   Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls increased by 4 cents in July to $14.35, seasonally
adjusted.  Over the month, average weekly earnings rose by 0.3 percent to
$490.77.  Over the year, average hourly earnings rose by 4.4 percent and
average weekly earnings grew by 3.8 percent.  (See table B-3.)
   
                      ______________________________
   
   The Employment Situation for August 2001 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, September 7, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).

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|    Expansion of the Current Population Survey (Household Survey) Sample     |
|                                                                             |
|  Effective with the release of data for July 2001, the Current Population   |
|Survey (CPS) sample size has increased from about 50,000 to about 60,000     |
|households.  Beginning in September 2000, the Census Bureau began to expand  |
|the monthly sample for the CPS as part of its plan to meet the requirements  |
|of the State Children's Health Insurance Program legislation.  The Bureau    |
|of Labor Statistics (BLS), however, deferred the use of the expanded sample  |
|to allow sufficient time to evaluate the differences between the 50,000-     |
|household sample and the expanded 60,000-household sample.  BLS evaluated    |
|the monthly data for the November 2000-April 2001 period and found no signi- |
|ficant differences in the national labor force estimates derived from the two|
|samples.  Thus, BLS has incorporated the additional sample into the July 2001|
|official national labor force estimates presented in this release.  Since    |
|estimates from the two samples were virtually identical, household data for  |
|the first 6 months of 2001 will not be revised.  Annual average data for 2001|
|from the household survey, however, will be based on expanded-sample data for|
|all of the months of 2001.  The August 2001 issue of Employment and Earnings |
|will contain an article discussing this sample expansion in more detail.     |
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Explanatory Note


 This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey).  The household survey provides the
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA.  It is a sample survey of about
60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS).
 
 The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B
tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies.  In June 2001,
the sample included about 350,000 establishments employing about 39 million
people.
 
 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
establishment survey, the reference  period is the pay period including the
12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
 
 Household survey.  The sample  is selected  to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population.  Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person  16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
 
 People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm.  People are also counted as employed if they
were  temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
 
 People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria:  They had no employment during the  reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week.  Persons laid off from  a job and expecting recall   need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed.  The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for
or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
 
 The civilian labor force  is the sum of  employed and  unemployed
persons.  Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the
labor force.  The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent
of the  labor force.  The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the
employed as a percent of the population.
 
 Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as
Federal, State, and local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons are counted in each job
they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-producing sector.

                                  - 6 -
 
 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
 Other differences between the two surveys are described in "Comparing
Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll Surveys," which may be
obtained from BLS upon request.

Seasonal adjustment
 
 Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools.  The
effect of such seasonal  variation can  be  very large; seasonal
fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month
changes in unemployment.
 
 Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each
year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting
the statistics from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal
developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the
participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot.  For example,
the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to
obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it
difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or
declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be
adjusted to allow for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal
adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful
tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
 
 In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted
series are independently adjusted.  However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major
industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by
aggregating independently adjusted component series.  For example, total
unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-
sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be
obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration,
reasons, or more detailed age categories.
 
 The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year.  For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December

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period.  For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along
with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.  In both
surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates
 
 Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error.  When a sample rather than the
entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent.  The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate.  There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that
an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard
errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.  BLS
analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
 
 For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
292,000.  Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next.  The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -192,000 to 392,000 (100,000 +/- 292,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero.  In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact,
occurred.  The 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in
unemployment is +/- 273,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment
rate it is +/- .19 percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as
for quarterly and annual averages.  The seasonal adjustment process can
also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
 
 The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error.  Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the
failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain
information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness
of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes
made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the
data.
 
 For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2
months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables.  It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
 
 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth
(and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is
included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number
of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change.  The size of the

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monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the
sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment
described below.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent,
ranging from zero to 0.7 percent.

Additional statistics and other information
 
 More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings,
published each month by BLS.  It is available for $26.00 per issue or
$50.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or
Visa.
 
 Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the
household survey data published in this release.  For unemployment and
other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through
1-D of its "Explanatory Notes."  Measures of the reliability of the data
drawn from the establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due
to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-H of that
publication.
 
 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-691-5200; TDD message referral
phone:  1-800-877-8339.
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 209,727 211,725 211,921 209,727 211,171 211,348 211,525 211,725 211,921
    Civilian labor force............................ 142,101 142,684 143,181 140,546 141,868 141,757 141,272 141,354 141,774
          Participation rate........................    67.8    67.4    67.6    67.0    67.2    67.1    66.8    66.8    66.9
      Employed...................................... 136,097 135,923 136,385 134,898 135,780 135,354 135,103 134,932 135,379
          Employment-population ratio...............    64.9    64.2    64.4    64.3    64.3    64.0    63.9    63.7    63.9
        Agriculture.................................   3,736   3,335   3,449   3,295   3,161   3,192   3,193   2,995   3,045
        Nonagricultural industries.................. 132,361 132,588 132,936 131,603 132,618 132,162 131,910 131,937 132,334
      Unemployed....................................   6,004   6,762   6,797   5,648   6,088   6,402   6,169   6,422   6,395
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.2     4.7     4.7     4.0     4.3     4.5     4.4     4.5     4.5
    Not in labor force..............................  67,626  69,040  68,739  69,181  69,304  69,592  70,254  70,370  70,147
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,402   4,959   4,488   4,423   4,174   4,368   4,535   4,600   4,529
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 100,745 101,786 101,885 100,745 101,504 101,593 101,684 101,786 101,885
    Civilian labor force............................  76,344  76,460  76,936  75,026  75,516  75,741  75,344  75,462  75,719
          Participation rate........................    75.8    75.1    75.5    74.5    74.4    74.6    74.1    74.1    74.3
      Employed......................................  73,408  72,885  73,441  72,141  72,201  72,245  71,978  71,926  72,279
          Employment-population ratio...............    72.9    71.6    72.1    71.6    71.1    71.1    70.8    70.7    70.9
      Unemployed....................................   2,936   3,575   3,494   2,885   3,315   3,496   3,366   3,535   3,439
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.8     4.7     4.5     3.8     4.4     4.6     4.5     4.7     4.5
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  92,642  93,616  93,708  92,642  93,285  93,410  93,541  93,616  93,708
    Civilian labor force............................  71,138  71,627  71,818  70,782  71,261  71,575  71,351  71,346  71,555
          Participation rate........................    76.8    76.5    76.6    76.4    76.4    76.6    76.3    76.2    76.4
      Employed......................................  68,927  68,910  69,081  68,495  68,534  68,706  68,595  68,466  68,745
          Employment-population ratio...............    74.4    73.6    73.7    73.9    73.5    73.6    73.3    73.1    73.4
        Agriculture.................................   2,519   2,214   2,231   2,280   2,150   2,117   2,169   2,035   2,028
        Nonagricultural industries..................  66,408  66,696  66,850  66,215  66,383  66,589  66,426  66,430  66,717
      Unemployed....................................   2,211   2,716   2,737   2,287   2,728   2,869   2,756   2,880   2,810
          Unemployment rate.........................     3.1     3.8     3.8     3.2     3.8     4.0     3.9     4.0     3.9
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 108,983 109,939 110,035 108,983 109,667 109,756 109,842 109,939 110,035
    Civilian labor force............................  65,757  66,224  66,246  65,520  66,352  66,016  65,928  65,893  66,055
          Participation rate........................    60.3    60.2    60.2    60.1    60.5    60.1    60.0    59.9    60.0
      Employed......................................  62,689  63,038  62,943  62,757  63,578  63,109  63,125  63,006  63,100
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.5    57.3    57.2    57.6    58.0    57.5    57.5    57.3    57.3
      Unemployed....................................   3,068   3,187   3,302   2,763   2,774   2,907   2,803   2,887   2,956
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.7     4.8     5.0     4.2     4.2     4.4     4.3     4.4     4.5
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 101,111 102,023 102,067 101,111 101,779 101,870 101,938 102,023 102,067
    Civilian labor force............................  61,015  61,707  61,575  61,535  62,412  62,132  62,119  61,890  62,145
          Participation rate........................    60.3    60.5    60.3    60.9    61.3    61.0    60.9    60.7    60.9
      Employed......................................  58,556  59,215  58,940  59,273  60,178  59,741  59,766  59,510  59,752
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.9    58.0    57.7    58.6    59.1    58.6    58.6    58.3    58.5
        Agriculture.................................     885     809     846     797     819     847     822     752     773
        Nonagricultural industries..................  57,670  58,406  58,094  58,476  59,359  58,895  58,943  58,759  58,978
      Unemployed....................................   2,459   2,492   2,636   2,262   2,233   2,390   2,353   2,380   2,394
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.0     4.0     4.3     3.7     3.6     3.8     3.8     3.8     3.9
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian  noninstitutional population.............  15,974  16,086  16,145  15,974  16,108  16,068  16,046  16,086  16,145
    Civilian labor force............................   9,948   9,351   9,788   8,229   8,195   8,050   7,802   8,118   8,074
          Participation rate........................    62.3    58.1    60.6    51.5    50.9    50.1    48.6    50.5    50.0
      Employed......................................   8,614   7,797   8,364   7,130   7,067   6,907   6,742   6,956   6,883
          Employment-population ratio...............    53.9    48.5    51.8    44.6    43.9    43.0    42.0    43.2    42.6
        Agriculture.................................     332     312     373     218     191     229     201     209     244
        Nonagricultural industries..................   8,282   7,486   7,991   6,912   6,876   6,678   6,541   6,748   6,638
      Unemployed....................................   1,334   1,554   1,424   1,099   1,127   1,143   1,060   1,162   1,191
          Unemployment rate.........................    13.4    16.6    14.5    13.4    13.8    14.2    13.6    14.3    14.8

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted(1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, age, and                                                                              
                   Hispanic origin                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                        WHITE                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 174,443 175,789 175,924 174,443 175,416 175,533 175,653 175,789 175,924
    Civilian labor force............................ 118,533 118,859 119,119 117,298 118,243 118,145 117,688 117,733 117,982
        Participation rate..........................    67.9    67.6    67.7    67.2    67.4    67.3    67.0    67.0    67.1
      Employed...................................... 114,294 113,926 114,222 113,201 113,853 113,434 113,185 113,037 113,237
        Employment-population ratio.................    65.5    64.8    64.9    64.9    64.9    64.6    64.4    64.3    64.4
      Unemployed....................................   4,240   4,932   4,897   4,097   4,389   4,711   4,503   4,696   4,745
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.6     4.1     4.1     3.5     3.7     4.0     3.8     4.0     4.0
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  60,325  60,681  60,714  59,982  60,358  60,598  60,512  60,389  60,432
        Participation rate..........................    77.2    77.0    77.0    76.7    76.7    77.0    76.8    76.6    76.6
      Employed......................................  58,769  58,651  58,771  58,317  58,366  58,488  58,493  58,244  58,362
        Employment-population ratio.................    75.2    74.4    74.5    74.6    74.2    74.3    74.3    73.9    74.0
      Unemployed....................................   1,557   2,029   1,943   1,665   1,991   2,110   2,019   2,145   2,069
        Unemployment rate...........................     2.6     3.3     3.2     2.8     3.3     3.5     3.3     3.6     3.4
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  49,830  50,226  50,161  50,328  50,910  50,697  50,611  50,431  50,684
        Participation rate..........................    59.6    59.7    59.6    60.2    60.6    60.3    60.2    59.9    60.2
      Employed......................................  48,067  48,457  48,240  48,700  49,318  48,907  48,902  48,749  48,925
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.5    57.6    57.3    58.3    58.7    58.2    58.1    57.9    58.1
      Unemployed....................................   1,763   1,769   1,921   1,628   1,593   1,790   1,708   1,682   1,759
        Unemployment rate...........................     3.5     3.5     3.8     3.2     3.1     3.5     3.4     3.3     3.5
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   8,378   7,952   8,244   6,988   6,975   6,850   6,566   6,913   6,866
        Participation rate..........................    66.0    62.2    64.4    55.0    54.8    53.7    51.4    54.0    53.6
      Employed......................................   7,458   6,818   7,211   6,184   6,169   6,039   5,790   6,044   5,950
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.7    53.3    56.3    48.7    48.5    47.3    45.3    47.2    46.5
      Unemployed....................................     920   1,134   1,033     804     806     812     776     869     916
        Unemployment rate...........................    11.0    14.3    12.5    11.5    11.6    11.8    11.8    12.6    13.3
          Men.......................................    11.7    15.5    12.7    12.5    11.8    12.8    13.1    14.5    13.7
          Women.....................................    10.2    12.9    12.4    10.4    11.2    10.8    10.5    10.6    13.0
                                                                                                                            
                        BLACK                                                                                               
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,221  25,533  25,565  25,221  25,441  25,472  25,501  25,533  25,565
    Civilian labor force............................  16,808  16,897  16,990  16,501  16,789  16,666  16,639  16,756  16,693
        Participation rate..........................    66.6    66.2    66.5    65.4    66.0    65.4    65.2    65.6    65.3
      Employed......................................  15,356  15,434  15,481  15,232  15,348  15,299  15,311  15,343  15,374
        Employment-population ratio.................    60.9    60.4    60.6    60.4    60.3    60.1    60.0    60.1    60.1
      Unemployed....................................   1,452   1,463   1,509   1,269   1,441   1,367   1,328   1,413   1,320
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.6     8.7     8.9     7.7     8.6     8.2     8.0     8.4     7.9
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,357   7,329   7,439   7,306   7,404   7,369   7,275   7,317   7,395
        Participation rate..........................    72.8    71.6    72.6    72.3    72.6    72.2    71.2    71.5    72.1
      Employed......................................   6,831   6,805   6,815   6,811   6,776   6,761   6,723   6,744   6,808
        Employment-population ratio.................    67.6    66.5    66.5    67.4    66.4    66.2    65.8    65.9    66.4
      Unemployed....................................     527     524     624     495     628     608     552     573     586
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.2     7.2     8.4     6.8     8.5     8.2     7.6     7.8     7.9
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,198   8,467   8,371   8,234   8,418   8,353   8,421   8,491   8,409
        Participation rate..........................    64.8    66.1    65.2    65.1    65.9    65.3    65.8    66.3    65.5
      Employed......................................   7,622   7,886   7,808   7,714   7,885   7,892   7,882   7,917   7,903
        Employment-population ratio.................    60.3    61.5    60.8    61.0    61.7    61.7    61.6    61.8    61.6
      Unemployed....................................     576     581     564     520     533     460     539     573     506
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.0     6.9     6.7     6.3     6.3     5.5     6.4     6.8     6.0
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   1,252   1,101   1,179     961     968     944     942     948     890
        Participation rate..........................    50.8    44.4    47.5    39.0    39.2    38.2    38.0    38.2    35.8
      Employed......................................     904     743     858     707     688     646     706     681     663
        Employment-population ratio.................    36.7    30.0    34.5    28.7    27.9    26.1    28.5    27.5    26.7
      Unemployed....................................     349     358     321     254     280     299     236     267     227
        Unemployment rate...........................    27.8    32.5    27.3    26.4    28.9    31.6    25.1    28.2    25.5
          Men.......................................    28.5    36.4    29.7    25.7    27.7    34.9    30.0    30.7    26.9
          Women.....................................    27.2    29.1    24.9    27.1    30.2    28.6    20.3    26.0    24.3
                                                                                                                            
                   HISPANIC ORIGIN                                                                                          
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  22,422  23,090  23,157  22,422  22,889  22,957  23,021  23,090  23,157
    Civilian labor force............................  15,291  15,669  15,792  15,243  15,770  15,775  15,608  15,570  15,788
        Participation rate..........................    68.2    67.9    68.2    68.0    68.9    68.7    67.8    67.4    68.2
      Employed......................................  14,397  14,640  14,814  14,384  14,782  14,747  14,634  14,538  14,843
        Employment-population ratio.................    64.2    63.4    64.0    64.2    64.6    64.2    63.6    63.0    64.1
      Unemployed....................................     894   1,029     979     859     988   1,028     975   1,032     945
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.8     6.6     6.2     5.6     6.3     6.5     6.2     6.6     6.0

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
      NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races"
  group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups. 




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted(1)               
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                                                                                             
                                                July     June     July     July     Mar.     Apr.     May      June     July  
                                                2000     2001     2001     2000     2001     2001     2001     2001     2001  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   27,888   28,504   27,679   27,888   27,564   28,326   28,350   28,504   27,679
    Civilian labor force....................   12,015   12,321   11,986   12,249   12,103   12,371   12,319   12,170   12,188
        Percent of population...............     43.1     43.2     43.3     43.9     43.9     43.7     43.5     42.7     44.0
      Employed..............................   11,279   11,543   11,221   11,470   11,267   11,558   11,523   11,338   11,380
        Employment-population ratio.........     40.4     40.5     40.5     41.1     40.9     40.8     40.6     39.8     41.1
      Unemployed............................      736      778      765      779      836      813      797      831      808
        Unemployment rate...................      6.1      6.3      6.4      6.4      6.9      6.6      6.5      6.8      6.6
                                                                                                                             
     High school graduates, no college(2)                                                                                    
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   57,144   57,099   56,947   57,144   57,660   57,456   57,456   57,099   56,947
    Civilian labor force....................   36,380   36,672   36,286   37,003   37,189   37,053   36,952   36,821   36,970
        Percent of population...............     63.7     64.2     63.7     64.8     64.5     64.5     64.3     64.5     64.9
      Employed..............................   35,138   35,320   34,795   35,753   35,746   35,650   35,507   35,391   35,468
        Employment-population ratio.........     61.5     61.9     61.1     62.6     62.0     62.0     61.8     62.0     62.3
      Unemployed............................    1,242    1,352    1,491    1,250    1,443    1,403    1,446    1,431    1,502
        Unemployment rate...................      3.4      3.7      4.1      3.4      3.9      3.8      3.9      3.9      4.1
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a bachelor's degree(3)                                                                                      
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   44,724   44,812   45,444   44,724   45,182   44,653   44,576   44,812   45,444
    Civilian labor force....................   33,052   33,111   33,432   32,916   33,241   33,044   33,192   33,314   33,296
        Percent of population...............     73.9     73.9     73.6     73.6     73.6     74.0     74.5     74.3     73.3
      Employed..............................   32,093   32,102   32,366   32,014   32,360   32,065   32,188   32,263   32,301
        Employment-population ratio.........     71.8     71.6     71.2     71.6     71.6     71.8     72.2     72.0     71.1
      Unemployed............................      959    1,009    1,066      902      881      978    1,004    1,051      994
        Unemployment rate...................      2.9      3.0      3.2      2.7      2.7      3.0      3.0      3.2      3.0
                                                                                                                             
              College graduates                                                                                              
                                                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population......   45,549   46,348   46,784   45,549   45,979   46,045   46,271   46,348   46,784
    Civilian labor force....................   35,907   36,372   36,635   35,910   36,642   36,646   36,687   36,592   36,634
        Percent of population...............     78.8     78.5     78.3     78.8     79.7     79.6     79.3     78.9     78.3
      Employed..............................   35,219   35,545   35,752   35,298   35,916   35,802   35,915   35,796   35,859
        Employment-population ratio.........     77.3     76.7     76.4     77.5     78.1     77.8     77.6     77.2     76.6
      Unemployed............................      688      826      883      612      726      845      771      796      775
        Unemployment rate...................      1.9      2.3      2.4      1.7      2.0      2.3      2.1      2.2      2.1

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
    3 Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4. Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
  Total employed, 16 years and over................. 136,097 135,923 136,385 134,898 135,780 135,354 135,103 134,932 135,379
    Married men, spouse present.....................  43,241  43,342  43,251  43,308  43,385  43,516  43,733  43,428  43,294
    Married women, spouse present...................  33,047  33,113  32,931  33,621  34,080  33,662  33,686  33,380  33,603
    Women who maintain families.....................   8,372   8,453   8,507   8,460   8,049   8,160   8,319   8,529   8,567
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
    Managerial and professional specialty...........  40,517  41,849  41,629  40,804  42,023  41,841  41,996  41,987  41,917
    Technical, sales, and administrative support....  39,474  38,920  39,145  39,317  39,433  39,014  38,743  38,998  39,067
    Service occupations.............................  18,288  18,855  18,996  17,968  18,289  18,258  18,224  18,576  18,642
    Precision production, craft, and repair.........  15,419  14,957  15,222  15,191  14,895  14,834  14,962  14,794  14,997
    Operators, fabricators, and laborers............  18,558  17,797  17,762  18,313  17,999  18,127  17,904  17,564  17,571
    Farming, forestry, and fishing..................   3,842   3,544   3,631   3,332   3,321   3,238   3,251   3,136   3,166
                                                                                                                            
                   CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
    Agriculture:                                                                                                            
      Wage and salary workers.......................   2,360   2,039   2,028   2,065   1,910   1,902   1,958   1,775   1,786
      Self-employed workers.........................   1,326   1,251   1,392   1,189   1,231   1,223   1,201   1,166   1,256
      Unpaid family workers.........................      50      44      29      39      36      47      38      36      22
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Wage and salary workers....................... 123,543 123,625 124,162 122,744 123,814 123,395 123,416 123,009 123,432
        Government..................................  18,072  18,624  18,371  18,592  19,134  18,854  19,067  18,812  18,919
        Private industries.......................... 105,471 105,001 105,792 104,152 104,680 104,541 104,349 104,197 104,513
          Private households........................     857     793     811     821     881     812     789     744     790
          Other industries.......................... 104,614 104,208 104,981 103,331 103,800 103,729 103,559 103,453 103,723
      Self-employed workers.........................   8,739   8,864   8,694   8,619   8,784   8,608   8,530   8,741   8,574
      Unpaid family workers.........................      79      99      79      86     138      93     103      94      88
                                                                                                                            
              PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
    All industries:                                                                                                         
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,283   3,924   3,681   3,110   3,164   3,201   3,371   3,637   3,466
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,905   2,288   2,167   1,871   1,914   2,097   2,215   2,299   2,120
        Could only find part-time work..............   1,018   1,180   1,113     918     907     873     900   1,025     999
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  16,238  16,884  16,452  18,579  18,647  18,713  18,581  18,472  18,845
                                                                                                                            
    Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                             
      Part time for economic reasons................   3,146   3,801   3,559   2,972   3,007   3,061   3,197   3,532   3,336
        Slack work or business conditions...........   1,802   2,225   2,094   1,773   1,828   1,985   2,089   2,234   2,059
        Could only find part-time work..............     990   1,141   1,088     896     877     864     876   1,024     985
      Part time for noneconomic reasons.............  15,696  16,379  15,929  18,052  18,132  18,176  18,061  18,039  18,309

      NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for
  reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually
  work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad
  weather.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                       Category                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                    CHARACTERISTIC                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
   Total, 16 years and over.........................   5,648   6,422   6,395    4.0     4.3     4.5     4.4     4.5     4.5 
     Men, 20 years and over.........................   2,287   2,880   2,810    3.2     3.8     4.0     3.9     4.0     3.9 
     Women, 20 years and over.......................   2,262   2,380   2,394    3.7     3.6     3.8     3.8     3.8     3.9 
     Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................   1,099   1,162   1,191   13.4    13.8    14.2    13.6    14.3    14.8 
                                                                                                                            
     Married men, spouse present....................     876   1,171   1,170    2.0     2.5     2.5     2.6     2.6     2.6 
     Married women, spouse present..................     948   1,034     981    2.7     2.7     2.9     2.9     3.0     2.8 
     Women who maintain families....................     508     577     569    5.7     6.2     6.3     6.2     6.3     6.2 
                                                                                                                            
     Full-time workers..............................   4,422   5,162   5,173    3.8     4.2     4.3     4.3     4.4     4.4 
     Part-time workers..............................   1,223   1,282   1,242    5.1     4.8     5.5     4.6     5.3     5.1 
                                                                                                                            
                    OCCUPATION(2)                                                                                           
                                                                                                                            
     Managerial and professional specialty..........     766     865     955    1.8     2.0     2.1     1.9     2.0     2.2 
     Technical, sales, and administrative support...   1,464   1,638   1,608    3.6     3.7     4.1     3.7     4.0     4.0 
     Precision production, craft, and repair........     545     690     663    3.5     3.5     4.5     4.5     4.5     4.2 
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........   1,216   1,513   1,369    6.2     7.4     6.8     7.3     7.9     7.2 
     Farming, forestry, and fishing.................     206     207     258    5.8     9.1     7.5     7.1     6.2     7.5 
                                                                                                                            
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
     Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers   4,428   5,238   5,158    4.1     4.5     4.6     4.5     4.8     4.7 
       Goods-producing industries...................   1,230   1,568   1,584    4.3     5.3     5.3     5.3     5.5     5.6 
         Mining.....................................      22      39      21    4.5     3.5     5.1     5.5     6.8     3.7 
         Construction...............................     490     550     570    6.0     6.2     7.1     6.6     6.7     6.8 
         Manufacturing..............................     718     979     994    3.6     5.0     4.6     4.8     5.0     5.1 
           Durable goods............................     404     611     567    3.3     5.0     4.3     4.9     5.0     4.7 
           Nondurable goods.........................     314     368     427    4.0     5.0     5.1     4.7     4.9     5.7 
       Service-producing industries.................   3,198   3,670   3,574    4.0     4.3     4.4     4.2     4.5     4.4 
         Transportation and public utilities........     250     356     265    3.1     3.1     4.1     3.8     4.4     3.3 
         Wholesale and retail trade.................   1,367   1,482   1,447    5.0     5.3     5.3     5.3     5.3     5.2 
         Finance, insurance, and real estate........     175     213     259    2.2     2.6     2.7     2.3     2.6     3.2 
         Services...................................   1,406   1,619   1,603    3.9     4.1     4.1     3.9     4.4     4.3 
     Government workers.............................     407     394     402    2.1     2.1     2.3     2.0     2.0     2.1 
     Agricultural wage and salary workers...........     161     188     219    7.2    11.3     9.2     8.2     9.6    10.9 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which
  is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6. Duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Less than 5 weeks................................   2,734   3,486   2,873   2,493   2,674   2,958   2,679   2,809   2,612
   5 to 14 weeks....................................   1,970   1,803   2,347   1,811   1,992   1,977   2,028   2,084   2,150
   15 weeks and over................................   1,300   1,473   1,576   1,319   1,517   1,499   1,484   1,540   1,587
      15 to 26 weeks................................     590     780     876     650     814     759     852     804     935
      27 weeks and over.............................     711     692     700     669     703     740     632     737     652
                                                                                                                            
   Average (mean) duration, in weeks................    12.9    11.8    12.3    13.2    13.0    12.6    12.2    13.0    12.5
   Median duration, in weeks........................     5.5     4.4     6.2     5.9     6.5     5.8     6.5     6.2     6.7
                                                                                                                            
                 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
   Total unemployed.................................   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0   100.0
     Less than 5 weeks..............................    45.5    51.6    42.3    44.3    43.2    46.0    43.3    43.7    41.1
     5 to 14 weeks..................................    32.8    26.7    34.5    32.2    32.2    30.7    32.8    32.4    33.9
     15 weeks and over..............................    21.7    21.8    23.2    23.5    24.5    23.3    24.0    23.9    25.0
       15 to 26 weeks...............................     9.8    11.5    12.9    11.6    13.2    11.8    13.8    12.5    14.7
       27 weeks and over............................    11.8    10.2    10.3    11.9    11.4    11.5    10.2    11.4    10.3





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7. Reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   2,489   3,090   3,327   2,450   2,963   3,199   3,159   3,291   3,252
    On temporary layoff.............................     887     843   1,033     857     991   1,053   1,084     940   1,003
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   1,603   2,247   2,294   1,593   1,972   2,146   2,075   2,351   2,249
      Permanent job losers..........................   1,105   1,656   1,721   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     498     591     573   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     843     781     825     788     814     749     820     810     774
  Reentrants........................................   2,049   2,186   2,000   1,960   1,908   2,005   1,801   1,906   1,912
  New entrants......................................     623     705     644     412     386     462     482     477     436
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    41.5    45.7    49.0    43.7    48.8    49.9    50.4    50.8    51.0
     On temporary layoff............................    14.8    12.5    15.2    15.3    16.3    16.4    17.3    14.5    15.7
     Not on temporary layoff........................    26.7    33.2    33.8    28.4    32.5    33.5    33.1    36.3    35.3
   Job leavers......................................    14.0    11.5    12.1    14.0    13.4    11.7    13.1    12.5    12.1
   Reentrants.......................................    34.1    32.3    29.4    34.9    31.4    31.3    28.8    29.4    30.0
   New entrants.....................................    10.4    10.4     9.5     7.3     6.4     7.2     7.7     7.4     6.8
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     1.8     2.2     2.3     1.7     2.1     2.3     2.2     2.3     2.3
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .5      .6      .6      .6      .5      .6      .6      .5
   Reentrants.......................................     1.4     1.5     1.4     1.4     1.3     1.4     1.3     1.3     1.3
   New entrants.....................................      .4      .5      .4      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3      .3

    1 Not available.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                               HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                    Not seasonally              Seasonally adjusted           
                                                                       adjusted                                                
                            Measure                                                                                          
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                                                  July   June   July   July   Mar.   Apr.   May    June   July 
                                                                  2000   2001   2001   2000   2001   2001   2001   2001   2001 
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                 
      the civilian labor force................................     .9    1.0    1.1     .9    1.1    1.1    1.1    1.1    1.1
                                                                                                                             
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                
      a percent of the civilian labor force...................    1.8    2.2    2.3    1.7    2.1    2.3    2.2    2.3    2.3
                                                                                                                             
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                   
      force (official unemployment rate)......................    4.2    4.7    4.7    4.0    4.3    4.5    4.4    4.5    4.5
                                                                                                                             
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                
      of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers....    4.4    4.9    5.0   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all                                                                   
      other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the                                                                 
      civilian labor force plus all marginally                                                                               
      attached workers........................................    5.0    5.5    5.6   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 
                                                                                                                             
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers,                                                                
      plus total employed part time for economic reasons,                                                                    
      as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all                                                                      
      marginally attached workers.............................    7.3    8.2    8.1   (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1)    (1) 

    1 Not available.
      NOTE:  This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of
  this release prior to 1994.  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work
  but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged
  workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. 
  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to
  settle for a part-time schedule.  For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment
  measures,"  in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates(1)             
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                     Age and sex                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       July    June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                                       2000    2001    2001    2000    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   5,648   6,422   6,395    4.0     4.3     4.5     4.4     4.5     4.5 
    16 to 24 years..................................   2,077   2,340   2,281    9.2    10.0    10.4     9.9    10.4    10.1 
      16 to 19 years................................   1,099   1,162   1,191   13.4    13.8    14.2    13.6    14.3    14.8 
        16 to 17 years..............................     514     505     609   16.3    16.0    16.7    15.5    16.0    19.3 
        18 to 19 years..............................     578     652     582   11.5    12.3    12.6    12.2    13.1    11.8 
      20 to 24 years................................     978   1,177   1,090    6.9     7.8     8.3     7.9     8.2     7.5 
    25 years and over...............................   3,550   4,110   4,104    3.0     3.2     3.4     3.3     3.5     3.4 
      25 to 54 years................................   3,107   3,621   3,604    3.1     3.4     3.5     3.5     3.6     3.6 
      55 years and over.............................     436     521     521    2.4     2.6     2.8     2.6     2.8     2.8 
                                                                                                                            
    Men, 16 years and over..........................   2,885   3,535   3,439    3.8     4.4     4.6     4.5     4.7     4.5 
      16 to 24 years................................   1,127   1,371   1,228    9.6    10.9    10.9    11.0    11.8    10.4 
        16 to 19 years..............................     598     655     629   14.1    13.8    15.1    15.3    15.9    15.1 
          16 to 17 years............................     281     288     304   17.5    15.6    18.7    17.4    18.0    19.0 
          18 to 19 years............................     313     369     331   12.0    12.7    12.8    13.9    14.5    13.0 
        20 to 24 years..............................     529     716     599    7.1     9.3     8.7     8.7     9.5     7.9 
      25 years and over.............................   1,767   2,167   2,220    2.8     3.2     3.5     3.3     3.4     3.5 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,506   1,866   1,910    2.8     3.3     3.5     3.5     3.5     3.6 
        55 years and over...........................     243     311     307    2.4     2.9     2.9     2.9     3.0     3.0 
                                                                                                                            
    Women, 16 years and over........................   2,763   2,887   2,956    4.2     4.2     4.4     4.3     4.4     4.5 
      16 to 24 years................................     950     968   1,053    8.9     8.9     9.8     8.8     8.9     9.7 
        16 to 19 years..............................     501     507     562   12.6    13.7    13.3    11.8    12.7    14.4 
          16 to 17 years............................     233     216     305   15.0    16.4    14.5    13.6    14.0    19.6 
          18 to 19 years............................     265     283     251   10.9    11.9    12.4    10.4    11.6    10.6 
        20 to 24 years..............................     449     461     491    6.7     6.3     7.8     7.1     6.7     7.1 
      25 years and over.............................   1,783   1,942   1,884    3.3     3.2     3.3     3.4     3.5     3.4 
        25 to 54 years..............................   1,601   1,755   1,694    3.4     3.5     3.4     3.6     3.8     3.6 
        55 years and over...........................     193     209     214    2.4     2.2     2.6     2.2     2.5     2.5 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        July      July      July      July      July      July  
                                                                        2000      2001      2000      2001      2000      2001  
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   67,626    68,739    24,400    24,950    43,226    43,790 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,402     4,488     1,922     1,812     2,480     2,676 
       Searched for work and available to work now(1)...............    1,170     1,225       617       549       553       676 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects(2)....................      265       308       176       171        89       137 
            Reasons other than discouragement(3)....................      906       917       441       377       465       540 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders(4)......................................    7,553     7,452     4,024     3,920     3,529     3,532 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.5       5.5       5.5       5.3       5.6       5.6 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    4,043     4,017     2,337     2,382     1,706     1,635 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,593     1,573       592       512     1,001     1,061 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      416       324       258       196       158       127 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,441     1,493       802       804       639       689 

    1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the
  reference week.
    2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and
  other types of discrimination.
    3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation
  problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
    4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry

(In thousands)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           July    May    June    July     July    Mar.    Apr.    May    June    July 
                                           2000    2001   2001p   2001p    2000    2001    2001    2001   2001p   2001p 
                                                                                                                        
          Total......................... 131,739 133,147 133,625 132,246 131,899 132,654 132,489 132,530 132,437 132,395
                                                                                                                        
       Total private.................... 112,129 111,954 112,747 112,520 111,180 111,943 111,742 111,760 111,622 111,549
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  26,105  25,349  25,555  25,490  25,774  25,602  25,421  25,324  25,198  25,151
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................     551     563     572     574     542     557     560     564     565     566
    Metal mining........................    41.1    36.5    35.5    34.9      40      38      37      37      35      34
    Coal mining.........................    75.9    76.1    77.4    77.9      76      75      75      76      78      78
    Oil and gas extraction..............   316.3   335.8   343.3   344.4     313     331     335     339     340     341
    Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels..   117.5   114.2   115.7   117.0     113     113     113     112     112     113
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   7,019   6,938   7,122   7,213   6,678   6,929   6,852   6,881   6,867   6,868
    General building contractors........ 1,592.5 1,550.2 1,594.5 1,619.7   1,525   1,552   1,548   1,556   1,549   1,553
    Heavy construction, except building.   966.6   955.7   988.2 1,003.8     897     938     915     923     926     932
    Special trade contractors........... 4,460.3 4,431.9 4,538.8 4,589.8   4,256   4,439   4,389   4,402   4,392   4,383
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  18,535  17,848  17,861  17,703  18,554  18,116  18,009  17,879  17,766  17,717
      Production workers................  12,649  12,041  12,032  11,893  12,688  12,254  12,166  12,066  11,963  11,924
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  11,179  10,772  10,758  10,622  11,207  10,941  10,870  10,778  10,695  10,646
      Production workers................   7,596   7,235   7,211   7,086   7,635   7,358   7,308   7,235   7,160   7,120
    Lumber and wood products............   847.3   793.6   808.1   806.8     836     799     800     797     798     795
    Furniture and fixtures..............   557.6   537.8   533.3   524.9     565     548     543     540     532     532
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   591.5   577.2   580.3   580.4     581     578     577     574     571     570
    Primary metal industries............   696.9   657.8   654.9   645.1     700     671     667     660     654     648
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   225.7   211.1   211.3   209.2   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
    Fabricated metal products........... 1,533.1 1,486.6 1,487.1 1,465.4   1,546   1,509   1,503   1,488   1,479   1,478
    Industrial machinery and equipment.. 2,133.4 2,054.9 2,039.9 2,007.6   2,137   2,084   2,072   2,054   2,031   2,010
      Computer and office equipment.....   363.8   363.3   358.5   353.4     362     369     367     366     357     351
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................ 1,734.3 1,650.2 1,628.5 1,599.7   1,735   1,715   1,684   1,656   1,624   1,600
      Electronic components and                                                                                         
         accessories....................   691.5   668.3   652.1   639.2     689     702     686     670     649     637
    Transportation equipment............ 1,835.7 1,763.0 1,767.7 1,741.1   1,855   1,775   1,768   1,757   1,752   1,759
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   993.9   943.3   945.8   925.4   1,015     956     950     939     934     945
      Aircraft and parts................   465.0   464.1   465.9   464.2     465     465     464     465     465     465
    Instruments and related products....   857.3   864.1   867.7   866.4     856     871     866     865     865     865
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   392.2   387.2   390.1   384.9     396     391     390     387     389     389
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   7,356   7,076   7,103   7,081   7,347   7,175   7,139   7,101   7,071   7,071
      Production workers................   5,053   4,806   4,821   4,807   5,053   4,896   4,858   4,831   4,803   4,804
    Food and kindred products........... 1,710.3 1,660.4 1,684.4 1,708.9   1,686   1,687   1,687   1,684   1,686   1,685
    Tobacco products....................    32.0    30.7    31.2    30.8      34      32      32      33      33      33
    Textile mill products...............   528.0   480.6   475.6   468.9     530     494     489     480     472     470
    Apparel and other textile products..   627.7   581.1   576.8   564.5     637     590     581     579     569     573
    Paper and allied products...........   659.0   636.9   638.9   634.4     656     642     641     639     635     632
    Printing and publishing............. 1,554.1 1,498.7 1,498.8 1,489.8   1,553   1,524   1,512   1,502   1,496   1,488
    Chemicals and allied products....... 1,037.6 1,034.5 1,040.0 1,042.3   1,036   1,039   1,036   1,033   1,034   1,041
    Petroleum and coal products.........   130.5   127.6   130.1   131.6     128     126     128     127     128     129
    Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 1,004.9   959.6   961.3   948.2   1,013     973     967     959     954     956
    Leather and leather products........    71.4    66.1    65.6    61.7      74      68      66      65      64      64
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing....................... 105,634 107,798 108,070 106,756 106,125 107,052 107,068 107,206 107,239 107,244
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   7,019   7,130   7,148   7,095   7,034   7,127   7,119   7,130   7,114   7,110
    Transportation......................   4,512   4,586   4,589   4,542   4,536   4,591   4,576   4,584   4,568   4,566
      Railroad transportation...........   235.9   230.5   228.7   227.9     235     230     230     230     227     227
      Local and interurban passenger                                                                                    
         transit........................   415.3   501.5   480.5   418.6     477     480     477     483     482     481
      Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,882.4 1,858.5 1,880.3 1,887.9   1,860   1,872   1,864   1,867   1,865   1,865
      Water transportation..............   206.3   204.5   207.9   215.2     195     201     202     203     201     204
      Transportation by air............. 1,281.7 1,305.3 1,307.1 1,308.0   1,282   1,316   1,313   1,315   1,310   1,308
      Pipelines, except natural gas.....    14.0    13.7    14.1    14.2      14      13      14      14      14      14
      Transportation services...........   476.4   471.9   470.5   470.0     473     479     476     472     469     467
    Communications and public utilities.   2,507   2,544   2,559   2,553   2,498   2,536   2,543   2,546   2,546   2,544
      Communications.................... 1,649.6 1,698.7 1,706.6 1,698.9   1,647   1,690   1,696   1,699   1,700   1,697
      Electric, gas, and sanitary                                                                                       
         services.......................   857.8   845.0   852.4   853.7     851     846     847     847     846     847
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   7,065   7,040   7,069   7,057   7,030   7,066   7,053   7,038   7,022   7,022
    Durable goods.......................   4,221   4,172   4,184   4,173   4,201   4,196   4,187   4,174   4,165   4,153
    Nondurable goods....................   2,844   2,868   2,885   2,884   2,829   2,870   2,866   2,864   2,857   2,869
  Retail trade..........................  23,418  23,568  23,780  23,683  23,311  23,457  23,530  23,546  23,570  23,576
    Building materials and garden                                                                                       
       supplies......................... 1,049.3 1,051.6 1,065.6 1,042.4   1,014   1,006     999   1,006   1,015   1,008
    General merchandise stores.......... 2,752.4 2,735.0 2,758.2 2,743.9   2,820   2,797   2,804   2,821   2,822   2,814
      Department stores................. 2,409.6 2,396.8 2,417.4 2,404.3   2,470   2,451   2,459   2,473   2,476   2,465
    Food stores......................... 3,547.8 3,536.5 3,561.2 3,562.1   3,523   3,550   3,562   3,553   3,547   3,537
    Automotive dealers and service                                                                                      
       stations......................... 2,437.7 2,435.0 2,452.6 2,459.5   2,412   2,420   2,421   2,428   2,430   2,435
      New and used car dealers.......... 1,121.0 1,126.0 1,131.9 1,135.9   1,116   1,124   1,122   1,126   1,127   1,131
    Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,190.5 1,203.0 1,215.6 1,213.5   1,196   1,228   1,226   1,231   1,228   1,218
    Furniture and home furnishings                                                                                      
       stores........................... 1,125.5 1,124.5 1,125.4 1,126.4   1,135   1,147   1,140   1,136   1,136   1,136
    Eating and drinking places.......... 8,278.9 8,363.5 8,494.4 8,439.6   8,123   8,158   8,213   8,216   8,241   8,281
    Miscellaneous retail establishments. 3,036.1 3,118.4 3,107.4 3,095.4   3,088   3,151   3,165   3,155   3,151   3,147
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   7,626   7,640   7,698   7,715   7,536   7,618   7,626   7,644   7,631   7,626
    Finance.............................   3,726   3,761   3,784   3,788   3,701   3,755   3,761   3,770   3,768   3,763
      Depository institutions........... 2,038.0 2,032.7 2,050.8 2,053.7   2,024   2,028   2,032   2,037   2,040   2,040
        Commercial banks................ 1,435.7 1,421.6 1,434.4 1,435.3   1,425   1,418   1,421   1,426   1,428   1,425
        Savings institutions............   254.2   254.9   257.6   258.2     252     254     255     255     256     256
      Nondepository institutions........   677.5   697.0   703.4   702.8     675     686     691     697     701     700
        Mortgage bankers and brokers....   304.8   314.7   319.5   319.6     304     306     308     313     318     318
      Security and commodity brokers....   758.9   770.8   769.1   769.8     751     781     780     776     766     762
      Holding and other investment                                                                                      
         offices........................   252.0   260.1   260.9   261.5     251     260     258     260     261     261
    Insurance...........................   2,350   2,357   2,365   2,368   2,340   2,353   2,356   2,358   2,356   2,358
      Insurance carriers................ 1,592.1 1,597.2 1,604.5 1,606.4   1,585   1,593   1,596   1,598   1,598   1,599
      Insurance agents, brokers, and                                                                                    
         service........................   758.2   759.8   760.2   761.6     755     760     760     760     758     759
    Real estate.........................   1,550   1,522   1,549   1,559   1,495   1,510   1,509   1,516   1,507   1,505
                                                                                                                        
  Services2.............................  40,896  41,227  41,497  41,480  40,495  41,073  40,993  41,078  41,087  41,064
    Agricultural services...............   880.4   891.7   919.0   920.1     798     828     824     834     834     835
    Hotels and other lodging places..... 2,088.2 1,946.4 2,042.9 2,093.7   1,923   1,960   1,944   1,935   1,922   1,926
    Personal services................... 1,201.8 1,256.4 1,246.7 1,234.5   1,250   1,265   1,267   1,277   1,280   1,284
    Business services................... 9,922.7 9,658.9 9,708.6 9,640.8   9,884   9,822   9,729   9,702   9,668   9,603
      Services to buildings............. 1,001.5 1,016.6 1,020.0 1,009.6     994   1,007   1,009   1,013   1,009   1,002
      Personnel supply services......... 3,920.5 3,556.2 3,579.0 3,524.6   3,909   3,694   3,600   3,590   3,558   3,516
        Help supply services............ 3,521.2 3,163.1 3,186.0 3,131.5   3,505   3,293   3,202   3,198   3,160   3,118
      Computer and data processing                                                                                      
         services....................... 2,108.0 2,194.8 2,205.6 2,210.6   2,106   2,195   2,199   2,200   2,205   2,208
    Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,254.7 1,309.6 1,312.7 1,321.2   1,248   1,298   1,300   1,309   1,302   1,314
    Miscellaneous repair services.......   368.9   363.9   363.8   363.9     365     364     364     363     361     360
    Motion pictures.....................   608.0   588.7   601.1   606.0     596     605     601     587     596     593
    Amusement and recreation services... 2,053.5 1,873.9 2,046.8 2,109.3   1,735   1,775   1,764   1,787   1,776   1,782
    Health services..................... 10121.6 10285.0 10356.1 10380.2  10,097  10,259  10,280  10,296  10,329  10,354
      Offices and clinics of medical                                                                                    
         doctors........................ 1,926.4 1,970.7 1,986.2 1,988.5   1,923   1,962   1,967   1,973   1,981   1,985
      Nursing and personal care                                                                                         
         facilities..................... 1,797.6 1,810.6 1,824.9 1,825.8   1,793   1,811   1,816   1,814   1,820   1,822
      Hospitals......................... 4,001.5 4,063.4 4,092.1 4,111.0   3,988   4,055   4,062   4,071   4,086   4,097
      Home health care services.........   645.1   647.1   649.8   649.3     645     648     646     645     648     649
    Legal services...................... 1,026.8 1,020.9 1,043.8 1,042.6   1,010   1,022   1,021   1,027   1,027   1,026
    Educational services................ 2,048.8 2,475.8 2,225.0 2,130.0   2,337   2,384   2,388   2,431   2,429   2,428
    Social services..................... 2,846.9 3,069.2 3,045.4 3,014.1   2,883   3,009   3,023   3,039   3,052   3,042
      Child day care services...........   650.1   771.1   733.8   692.8     715     739     743     745     752     762
      Residential care..................   813.4   841.1   851.1   855.1     807     831     835     842     845     848
    Museums and botanical and zoological                                                                                
      gardens...........................   116.4   113.4   119.6   121.7     107     110     109     110     111     112
    Membership organizations............ 2,534.7 2,492.4 2,536.5 2,558.1   2,466   2,489   2,489   2,496   2,497   2,489
    Engineering and management services. 3,449.1 3,507.7 3,554.4 3,569.0   3,423   3,510   3,517   3,512   3,529   3,542
      Engineering and architectural                                                                                     
         services....................... 1,039.9 1,054.3 1,076.0 1,083.2   1,022   1,052   1,053   1,057   1,060   1,064
      Management and public relations... 1,099.1 1,121.8 1,135.3 1,137.3   1,090   1,125   1,124   1,121   1,125   1,128
    Services, nec.......................    51.7    51.6    52.7    52.7   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                        
  Government............................  19,610  21,193  20,878  19,726  20,719  20,711  20,747  20,770  20,815  20,846
    Federal.............................   2,837   2,615   2,621   2,609   2,820   2,613   2,615   2,612   2,601   2,592
      Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,980.0 1,762.5 1,776.9 1,771.6   1,957   1,754   1,756   1,754   1,752   1,749
    State...............................   4,530   4,913   4,700   4,640   4,782   4,836   4,847   4,854   4,880   4,902
      Education......................... 1,738.0 2,125.5 1,875.6 1,797.9   2,033   2,055   2,065   2,066   2,087   2,103
      Other State government............ 2,791.5 2,787.9 2,824.4 2,841.6   2,749   2,781   2,782   2,788   2,793   2,799
    Local...............................  12,243  13,665  13,557  12,477  13,117  13,262  13,285  13,304  13,334  13,352
      Education......................... 6,255.7 7,902.8 7,550.3 6,342.0   7,438   7,492   7,495   7,512   7,521   7,533
      Other local government............ 5,987.2 5,761.8 6,006.9 6,134.5   5,679   5,770   5,790   5,792   5,813   5,819

  1 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  2 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                           July    May     June    July    July    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July 
                                           2000    2001    2001p   2001p   2000    2001    2001    2001    2001p   2001p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................   34.9    34.1    34.4    34.6    34.4    34.3    34.2    34.2    34.2    34.2 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   41.0    40.6    40.6    40.4    41.1    40.5    40.6    40.5    40.3    40.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   43.5    44.0    43.7    43.5    43.2    43.8    44.0    43.9    43.3    43.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   40.0    40.1    39.9    40.3    39.0    39.1    39.3    39.7    39.3    39.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   41.3    40.7    40.8    40.3    41.8    41.0    41.0    40.7    40.7    40.8 
      Overtime hours....................    4.5     3.8     4.0     3.9     4.7     4.1     3.9     3.9     3.9     3.9 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   41.7    41.1    41.1    40.5    42.4    41.3    41.3    41.0    40.9    41.2 
      Overtime hours....................    4.6     3.9     4.0     3.7     4.8     4.0     3.9     3.9     3.9     3.9 
                                                                                                                        
    Lumber and wood products............   40.8    40.9    40.8    40.8    41.0    40.3    40.1    40.6    40.3    41.1 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   39.7    38.2    38.5    39.0    40.1    39.1    39.3    38.6    38.3    39.4 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   43.5    44.3    44.4    44.3    43.2    43.7    43.2    43.9    44.1    44.0 
    Primary metal industries............   44.5    43.5    43.8    43.2    45.2    43.4    44.3    43.5    43.8    43.9 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   46.4    44.4    45.1    44.5    46.2    44.4    45.4    44.6    45.1    44.3 
    Fabricated metal products...........   42.2    41.4    41.3    40.7    43.0    41.9    42.0    41.4    41.1    41.5 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   42.0    40.8    40.5    40.1    42.5    41.2    41.3    40.7    40.4    40.6 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   40.8    38.9    39.3    38.5    41.5    40.1    39.8    39.1    39.3    39.1 
    Transportation equipment............   42.1    42.7    42.3    40.8    43.7    42.0    42.4    42.4    41.9    42.3 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   42.4    43.8    43.5    41.3    44.5    42.3    43.3    43.6    42.9    43.3 
    Instruments and related products....   41.2    40.9    40.7    40.3    41.6    41.0    41.0    41.0    40.8    40.7 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   38.6    37.9    38.4    37.7    39.3    38.2    38.2    37.9    38.4    38.3 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   40.7    40.1    40.3    40.0    41.0    40.5    40.5    40.3    40.3    40.3 
      Overtime hours....................    4.5     3.8     3.9     4.1     4.5     4.1     3.9     4.0     3.9     4.0 
                                                                                                                        
    Food and kindred products...........   41.8    40.7    41.1    41.0    41.8    41.2    41.3    41.1    41.2    41.0 
    Tobacco products....................   42.1    39.4    41.2    40.3    42.4    40.0    41.1    39.1    40.3    40.5 
    Textile mill products...............   41.0    40.3    40.6    39.1    41.6    40.5    40.3    40.3    40.5    39.7 
    Apparel and other textile products..   37.6    37.9    37.8    37.3    38.1    37.5    38.0    37.8    37.5    37.8 
    Paper and allied products...........   42.4    41.3    41.5    41.5    42.6    41.8    42.0    41.6    41.7    41.7 
    Printing and publishing.............   38.2    37.7    37.8    37.8    38.4    38.6    38.2    38.0    38.0    38.0 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   42.3    42.3    42.1    42.1    42.7    42.3    42.6    42.4    42.1    42.5 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   42.2    41.7    42.8    42.6    (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   40.8    40.6    40.9    40.2    41.5    41.0    40.8    40.6    40.7    40.8 
    Leather and leather products........   37.1    36.1    36.7    34.6    37.6    36.1    36.6    35.9    36.2    35.1 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   33.4    32.6    32.8    33.2    32.8    32.8    32.7    32.7    32.8    32.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   39.2    37.9    38.2    38.7    38.5    38.3    38.1    38.1    38.1    38.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   38.8    38.2    38.2    38.6    38.5    38.3    38.2    38.2    38.2    38.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................   29.8    28.7    29.1    29.6    28.9    28.8    28.8    28.8    28.7    28.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   36.7    35.9    36.2    36.9    36.2    36.3    36.3    36.2    36.5    36.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   33.1    32.5    32.8    33.1    32.6    32.8    32.6    32.7    32.8    32.7 

  1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and
nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real
estate; and services.  These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm
payrolls.
  2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the
trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Average hourly earnings                 Average weekly earnings        
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                            July      May      June      July       July      May      June      July  
                                            2000      2001     2001p     2001p      2000      2001     2001p     2001p  
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  $13.69    $14.22    $14.22    $14.27    $477.78   $484.90   $489.17   $493.74 
        Seasonally adjusted.............   13.75     14.24     14.31     14.35     473.00    487.01    489.40    490.77 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................   15.45     15.84     15.91     16.02     633.45    643.10    645.95    647.21 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   17.21     17.49     17.62     17.69     748.64    769.56    769.99    769.52 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................   17.92     18.17     18.22     18.35     716.80    728.62    726.98    739.51 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................   14.35     14.75     14.79     14.85     592.66    600.33    603.43    598.46 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................   14.74     15.19     15.24     15.27     614.66    624.31    626.36    618.44 
    Lumber and wood products............   11.99     12.16     12.19     12.29     489.19    497.34    497.35    501.43 
    Furniture and fixtures..............   11.76     12.10     12.15     12.24     466.87    462.22    467.78    477.36 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....   14.58     15.03     15.14     15.13     634.23    665.83    672.22    670.26 
    Primary metal industries............   16.67     16.82     16.96     17.17     741.82    731.67    742.85    741.74 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   20.35     20.26     20.42     20.70     944.24    899.54    920.94    921.15 
    Fabricated metal products...........   13.83     14.23     14.26     14.24     583.63    589.12    588.94    579.57 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..   15.57     15.79     15.81     15.91     653.94    644.23    640.31    637.99 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................   13.77     14.38     14.49     14.58     561.82    559.38    569.46    561.33 
    Transportation equipment............   18.02     18.83     18.90     18.87     758.64    804.04    799.47    769.90 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......   18.22     19.18     19.25     19.17     772.53    840.08    837.38    791.72 
    Instruments and related products....   14.46     14.73     14.81     14.98     595.75    602.46    602.77    603.69 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   11.57     12.10     12.05     12.10     446.60    458.59    462.72    456.17 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   13.75     14.07     14.12     14.23     559.63    564.21    569.04    569.20 
    Food and kindred products...........   12.54     12.83     12.87     12.98     524.17    522.18    528.96    532.18 
    Tobacco products....................   22.90     23.01     23.21     23.67     964.09    906.59    956.25    953.90 
    Textile mill products...............   11.18     11.29     11.32     11.37     458.38    454.99    459.59    444.57 
    Apparel and other textile products..    9.29      9.39      9.44      9.41     349.30    355.88    356.83    350.99 
    Paper and allied products...........   16.36     16.72     16.90     16.96     693.66    690.54    701.35    703.84 
    Printing and publishing.............   14.41     14.75     14.76     14.86     550.46    556.08    557.93    561.71 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   18.33     18.52     18.55     18.73     775.36    783.40    780.96    788.53 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   21.93     21.83     21.79     21.90     925.45    910.31    932.61    932.94 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..   12.88     13.30     13.30     13.37     525.50    539.98    543.97    537.47 
    Leather and leather products........   10.13     10.26     10.35     10.28     375.82    370.39    379.85    355.69 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................   13.14     13.73     13.71     13.76     438.88    447.60    449.69    456.83 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...   16.19     16.70     16.81     16.82     634.65    632.93    642.14    650.93 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................   15.27     15.67     15.75     15.86     592.48    598.59    601.65    612.20 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................    9.40      9.78      9.78      9.77     280.12    280.69    284.60    289.19 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...   15.01     15.76     15.73     15.87     550.87    565.78    569.43    585.60 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................   13.78     14.46     14.40     14.47     456.12    469.95    472.32    478.96 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm
payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                          Percent  
                                    July     Mar.     Apr.     May      June     July      change  
            Industry                2000     2001     2001     2001     2001p    2001p     from:   
                                                                                         June 2001-
                                                                                         July 2001 
                                                                                                  
Total private:                                                                                    
   Current dollars..............   $13.75   $14.17   $14.21   $14.24   $14.31   $14.35      0.3   
   Constant (1982) dollars2.....     7.87     7.95     7.94     7.93     7.95     N.A.     (3)    
                                                                                                  
  Goods-producing...............    15.38    15.79    15.78    15.86    15.91    15.95       .3   
    Mining......................    17.29    17.55    17.53    17.54    17.76    17.76       .0   
    Construction................    17.86    18.33    18.15    18.22    18.29    18.29       .0   
    Manufacturing...............    14.37    14.66    14.72    14.78    14.81    14.87       .4   
      Excluding overtime4.......    13.62    13.96    14.04    14.09    14.13    14.19       .4   
                                                                                                  
  Service-producing.............    13.24    13.68    13.73    13.76    13.84    13.87       .2   
    Transportation and public                                                                     
       utilities................    16.18    16.68    16.74    16.76    16.89    16.81      -.5   
    Wholesale trade.............    15.24    15.68    15.74    15.70    15.84    15.82      -.1   
    Retail trade................     9.47     9.72     9.74     9.79     9.84     9.84       .0   
    Finance, insurance, and real                                                                  
       estate...................    15.07    15.61    15.64    15.74    15.84    15.93       .6   
    Services....................    13.92    14.40    14.48    14.49    14.55    14.62       .5   

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to
deflate this series. 
  3 Change was .3 percent from May 2001 to June 2001, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
    N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                    ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry

(1982=100)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                             Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                        
                Industry                                                                                                
                                          July   May     June     July    July   Mar.    Apr.    May     June     July  
                                          2000   2001    2001p    2001p   2000   2001    2001    2001    2001p    2001p 
                                                                                                                        
       Total private....................  155.2  151.3   153.5    154.3   151.6  152.0   151.5   151.5   151.2    151.0 
                                                                                                                        
Goods-producing.........................  118.5  113.2   114.2    113.3   117.0  114.1   113.5   112.8   111.5    111.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Mining................................   52.8   55.3    56.1     56.1    51.5   54.5    55.0    55.4    55.0     54.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Construction..........................  198.9  196.5   201.4    206.2   182.8  191.0   190.0   192.5   189.6    190.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Manufacturing.........................  105.3   98.8    98.9     96.7   107.0  101.2   100.7    99.1    98.1     98.1 
                                                                                                                        
   Durable goods........................  110.6  103.7   103.4    100.1   113.0  105.9   105.4   103.6   102.1    102.2 
    Lumber and wood products............  149.4  138.5   141.0    140.8   148.1  137.7   137.2   138.2   137.2    139.5 
    Furniture and fixtures..............  138.5  127.7   127.8    126.4   141.8  133.7   133.1   129.5   126.7    129.4 
    Stone, clay, and glass products.....  122.8  121.3   122.3    122.2   119.6  119.7   118.3   119.4   119.2    118.9 
    Primary metal industries............   91.7   84.3    84.1     81.1    93.7   86.2    87.0    84.4    84.0     83.0 
      Blast furnaces and basic steel                                                                                    
         products.......................   73.2   65.1    66.2     64.4    72.6   66.6    67.6    65.6    65.6     64.0 
    Fabricated metal products...........  120.5  113.8   113.6    109.6   124.4  117.1   116.9   114.0   112.3    113.3 
    Industrial machinery and equipment..  102.9   94.5    92.9     90.1   104.4   97.0    96.3    94.0    92.0     91.3 
    Electronic and other electrical                                                                                     
       equipment........................  108.6   96.6    95.9     91.7   111.0  103.4   100.9    97.4    95.9     93.5 
    Transportation equipment............  116.7  114.1   112.8    106.4   123.4  113.1   113.8   112.8   110.4    112.3 
      Motor vehicles and equipment......  151.7  149.7   148.3    137.0   164.3  146.0   149.0   147.7   143.5    148.2 
    Instruments and related products....   75.3   74.2    73.8     72.4    76.1   75.2    74.7    74.2    73.4     73.3 
    Miscellaneous manufacturing.........   97.5   93.3    95.0     91.8   100.6   95.3    95.3    93.8    95.0     94.4 
                                                                                                                        
   Nondurable goods.....................   98.2   92.1    92.9     91.9    98.9   94.7    94.1    93.0    92.6     92.5 
    Food and kindred products...........  119.8  111.6   114.4    116.7   117.8  115.9   116.0   114.8   115.4    114.8 
    Tobacco products....................   47.7   42.4    45.1     43.7    52.5   45.6    46.8    46.5    47.9     48.1 
    Textile mill products...............   75.4   67.1    67.0     63.8    76.9   69.5    68.5    67.1    66.5     65.0 
    Apparel and other textile products..   54.2   50.0    49.4     47.5    55.8   50.4    50.1    49.5    48.1     48.9 
    Paper and allied products...........  103.4   97.2    98.1     97.2   103.4   99.4    99.7    98.4    97.8     97.4 
    Printing and publishing.............  120.7  114.1   114.2    113.5   121.4  119.2   116.5   115.4   114.7    114.0 
    Chemicals and allied products.......   99.4   97.9    97.7     97.7   100.5   98.9    98.7    98.1    97.2     98.8 
    Petroleum and coal products.........   72.9   69.9    73.3     74.3    69.9   69.5    72.9    70.1    72.3     71.4 
    Rubber and misc. plastics products..  145.4  137.0   138.1    133.5   149.6  140.4   138.4   137.0   136.4    137.1 
    Leather and leather products........   30.5   27.8    27.8     24.2    32.4   28.8    28.1    27.0    26.7     25.3 
                                                                                                                        
Service-producing.......................  171.6  168.4   171.2    172.7   167.1  169.1   168.5   168.9   169.0    168.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation and public utilities...  140.1  138.7   140.4    141.0   138.0  139.9   139.4   139.4   139.2    138.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Wholesale trade.......................  134.2  131.2   132.0    132.9   132.2  132.0   131.4   131.0   130.8    131.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Retail trade..........................  151.5  146.1   149.3    151.2   146.0  146.0   146.7   146.5   146.0    146.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Finance, insurance, and real estate...  142.1  139.0   141.6    144.4   137.9  140.0   140.2   140.2   140.9    140.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Services..............................  214.6  212.5   215.8    217.3   209.5  213.4   211.8   212.9   213.4    212.8 

  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                   ESTABLISHMENT DATA


Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
       Time span          Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May     June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct.    Nov.    Dec. 
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                   Private nonfarm payrolls, 353 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   57.2    58.6    62.5    63.2    59.8    57.2    59.8    59.2    62.7    65.2    61.6    62.2 
     1998..............   63.2    56.2    59.3    60.2    58.9    57.1    55.4    58.4    54.8    55.0    58.2    56.4 
     1999..............   55.1    59.6    52.8    57.2    58.2    54.2    57.1    54.4    55.2    57.9    59.9    56.8 
     2000..............   55.7    59.3    61.0    54.2    47.7    60.5    57.8    55.1    52.0    54.8    55.1    54.2 
     2001..............   53.7    50.4    55.8    45.0    46.6   p44.9   p47.0                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   63.5    64.0    66.0    67.0    63.2    63.3    59.8    65.6    67.3    71.1    70.0    69.5 
     1998..............   65.3    66.1    64.6    65.7    62.2    57.9    57.5    58.4    59.1    59.2    59.3    59.2 
     1999..............   60.8    57.8    58.5    55.8    58.1    57.9    57.2    59.2    59.8    59.1    61.0    60.6 
     2000..............   61.6    63.3    61.9    56.2    55.1    57.9    61.5    56.4    54.1    53.3    55.7    53.3 
     2001..............   51.7    54.1    48.6    49.2   p43.1   p44.6                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   66.7    68.6    66.1    66.0    65.3    65.9    66.0    69.1    69.4    70.3    71.1    70.7 
     1998..............   70.4    67.4    65.0    62.5    63.6    60.5    59.2    58.6    57.9    59.6    60.6    59.9 
     1999..............   59.8    59.8    58.2    60.3    56.7    59.2    61.8    60.8    62.2    61.2    62.3    64.9 
     2000..............   63.5    60.6    62.6    63.7    61.5    55.5    56.1    58.6    54.2    54.8    51.8    54.2 
     2001..............   52.0    50.6   p48.0   p46.6                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1997..............   69.3    67.4    68.4    70.0    69.7    70.3    70.1    70.8    71.0    70.5    69.7    70.7 
     1998..............   69.7    67.6    67.4    66.0    64.0    62.7    61.9    62.0    60.9    59.3    60.8    58.8 
     1999..............   61.2    60.2    58.2    60.8    60.8    61.6    62.2    61.3    63.9    63.0    61.3    60.9 
     2000..............   62.5    63.0    61.8    59.5    58.4    56.8    55.7    56.5    54.2    53.4    53.0   p51.8 
     2001..............  p50.0                                                                                         
                                                                                                                       
                        
                                                    Manufacturing payrolls, 136 industries1
                        
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 1-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   48.2    52.6    55.5    54.8    52.9    53.7    49.3    51.1    57.7    61.8    61.4    54.8 
     1998..............   57.4    51.5    53.7    53.3    43.8    48.2    38.2    51.5    41.9    41.5    41.2    43.4 
     1999..............   46.0    44.5    43.0    42.3    50.4    39.3    51.5    39.3    45.2    46.3    53.3    46.7 
     2000..............   44.9    56.6    55.5    46.7    41.2    54.8    53.7    38.6    34.6    41.5    43.8    44.1 
     2001..............   37.9    32.4    41.5    31.3    29.4   p33.1   p39.7                                         
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 3-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   50.0    51.5    55.9    55.5    52.9    52.9    50.4    54.8    59.6    70.6    66.5    64.3 
     1998..............   59.6    59.6    55.9    50.4    46.7    37.9    41.5    41.5    41.9    38.2    36.8    40.8 
     1999..............   41.2    39.0    38.2    41.5    40.8    45.2    39.0    45.2    40.8    44.9    46.3    46.0 
     2000..............   50.0    54.0    52.9    42.3    43.0    48.5    48.2    33.8    28.7    30.5    39.0    35.7 
     2001..............   28.3    29.4    24.6    26.5   p22.1   p26.1                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 6-month span:                                                                                                     
     1997..............   53.7    53.7    51.1    52.9    50.7    50.7    54.8    62.1    61.8    64.3    67.3    65.8 
     1998..............   63.2    54.4    50.4    40.4    44.5    40.1    37.5    36.4    34.9    40.1    37.1    34.2 
     1999..............   36.0    38.2    37.5    41.2    36.8    39.7    43.0    41.5    46.0    40.4    46.3    51.5 
     2000..............   51.5    44.5    48.5    55.1    43.8    34.9    33.5    34.6    30.1    29.4    25.0    27.9 
     2001..............   26.8    25.4   p19.9   p21.0                                                                 
                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                       
Over 12-month span:                                                                                                    
     1997..............   55.1    52.6    54.0    54.4    55.5    57.0    57.0    58.8    59.2    57.7    57.4    57.7 
     1998..............   54.8    52.2    51.8    46.7    40.4    40.1    38.2    37.5    36.4    34.6    35.7    34.2 
     1999..............   38.6    34.6    32.4    36.0    37.9    39.0    40.1    40.4    44.5    46.0    44.9    44.5 
     2000..............   46.3    45.2    41.2    37.9    33.8    31.3    31.3    31.3    27.6    25.4    24.3   p21.3 
     2001..............  p20.6                                                                                         

  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.  Data are
centered within the span. 
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.