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                     THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  OCTOBER 2003


   Employment rose in October, and the unemployment rate, at 6.0 percent, was
essentially unchanged, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of
Labor reported today.  Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 126,000 in October,
following a similar increase (as revised) in September.  Job gains occurred in
several service industries in October.  Manufacturing employment continued to
decline, but the rate of job loss has moderated in recent months.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
   
   The unemployment rate, 6.0 percent, and the number of unemployed persons, 
8.8 million, were essentially unchanged in October.  Unemployment rates for 
the major worker groups--adult men (5.6 percent), adult women (5.2 percent),
teenagers (17.1 percent), whites (5.1 percent), blacks (11.5 percent), and
Hispanics or Latinos (7.2 percent)--also were little changed.  The unemploy-
ment rate for Asians was 6.1 percent, not seasonally adjusted.  (See tables 
A-1, A-2, and A-3.)
   
   In October, 2.0 million unemployed persons had been looking for work for 27
weeks or longer, about the same level as in September.  They represented 23.0
percent of the total unemployed.  (See table A-9.)
   
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   Total employment increased by 441,000 in October to 138.0 million, season-
ally adjusted.  The employment-population ratio edged up to 62.2 percent.  
The civilian labor force was little changed at 146.8 million, while the labor 
force participation rate remained at 66.1 percent.  (See table A-1.)
   
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
   
   In October, 1.6 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force,
170,000 more than a year earlier.  (Data are not seasonally adjusted.)  These
individuals wanted and were available to work and had looked for a job sometime
in the prior 12 months.  They were not counted as unemployed, however, because
they did not actively search for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  Of
the 1.6 million, 462,000 were discouraged workers--persons who were not current-
ly looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available 
for them.  The number of discouraged workers was up by 103,000 from October 
2002.  (See table A-13.)
   
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
______________________________________________________________________________
                         |    Quarterly    |                          |
                         |    averages     |        Monthly data      |
                         |_________________|__________________________| Sept.-
        Category         |       2003      |           2003           |  Oct.
                         |_________________|__________________________| change
                         |    II  |  III   |  Aug.  |  Sept. |  Oct.  |
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
     HOUSEHOLD DATA      |                Labor force status
                         |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force.....| 146,685| 146,539| 146,530| 146,545| 146,793|    248
  Employment.............| 137,638| 137,559| 137,625| 137,573| 138,014|    441
  Unemployment...........|   9,047|   8,980|   8,905|   8,973|   8,779|   -194
Not in labor force.......|  74,090|  74,974|  74,977|  75,234|  75,246|     12
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                 Unemployment rates
                         |____________________________________________________
All workers..............|     6.2|     6.1|     6.1|     6.1|     6.0|   -0.1
  Adult men..............|     5.9|     5.8|     5.8|     5.7|     5.6|    -.1
  Adult women............|     5.1|     5.2|     5.2|     5.3|     5.2|    -.1
  Teenagers..............|    18.6|    17.5|    16.6|    17.5|    17.1|    -.4
  White..................|     5.4|     5.4|     5.4|     5.3|     5.1|    -.2
  Black or African       |        |        |        |        |        |
    American.............|    11.2|    11.1|    10.9|    11.2|    11.5|     .3
  Hispanic or Latino     |        |        |        |        |        |
    ethnicity............|     8.0|     7.8|     7.8|     7.5|     7.2|    -.3
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA     |                     Employment
                         |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment.......| 129,984|p129,911| 129,881|p130,006|p130,132|   p126
  Goods-producing 1/.....|  22,093| p21,984|  21,982| p21,969| p21,952|   p-17
    Construction.........|   6,782|  p6,823|   6,825|  p6,841|  p6,847|     p6
    Manufacturing........|  14,744| p14,596|  14,592| p14,564| p14,540|   p-24
  Service-providing 1/...| 107,891|p107,927| 107,899|p108,037|p108,180|   p143
    Retail trade.........|  14,981| p14,973|  14,975| p14,985| p15,015|    p30
    Professional and     |        |        |        |        |        |
      business services..|  15,999| p16,080|  16,054| p16,124| p16,167|    p43
    Education and health |        |        |        |        |        |
      services...........|  16,498| p16,532|  16,541| p16,569| p16,625|    p56
    Leisure and          |        |        |        |        |        |
      hospitality........|  12,036| p12,053|  12,051| p12,058| p12,081|    p23
    Government...........|  21,495| p21,469|  21,470| p21,478| p21,488|    p10
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                  Hours of work 2/
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|    33.7|   p33.7|    33.7|   p33.7|   p33.8|   p0.1
  Manufacturing..........|    40.2|   p40.3|    40.2|   p40.5|   p40.5|    p.0
    Overtime.............|     4.0|    p4.1|     4.1|    p4.2|    p4.2|    p.0
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |  Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 2/
                         |____________________________________________________
Total private............|    98.7|   p98.6|    98.7|   p98.7|   p99.1|   p0.4
                         |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                         |                    Earnings 2/
                         |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  $15.34| p$15.44|  $15.45| p$15.45| p$15.46| p$0.01
Avg. weekly earnings,    |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private..........|  517.07| p519.93|  520.67| p520.67| p522.55|  p1.88
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______

   1  Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2  Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
   p=preliminary.

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Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 126,000 in October to 130.1 million, 
seasonally adjusted.  This followed increases totaling 160,000 in August and 
September (as revised).  During the February-July period, payroll employment 
had decreased by an average of 85,000 per month.  (See table B-1.)
   
   Professional and business services added 43,000 jobs in October, following 
an increase of 70,000 in September.  Professional and technical services con-
tributed over half of the job gain (24,000) in October, with its management 
and technical consulting services component adding 7,000 jobs.  Within admini-
strative and support services, employment in temporary help services continued 
to trend up in October.  Since April, temporary help has added 150,000 jobs.
   
   Employment in health care and social assistance rose by 34,000 over the
month and by 255,000 over the year.  In October, ambulatory health care
services added 18,000 jobs, with about half the gain in offices of
physicians.  Social assistance added 8,000 jobs in October, largely in
child day care services.  Employment in private educational services grew
by 23,000, seasonally adjusted.  Job gains over the last 3 months have
more than offset declines that occurred in June and July.  Over the year,
employment in private education grew by 56,000.
   
   Within retail trade, employment in food stores rose by 13,000 in October, 
reflecting the hiring of additional workers in anticipation of strikes.  Since 
April 2000, however, employment in food stores has trended down.
   
   Within the leisure and hospitality sector, food services and drinking
places added 23,000 jobs in October, following a gain of 20,000 in
September.  Restaurant employment has increased by 113,000 over the year.
   
   Employment in construction was little changed in October.  Since February, 
the industry has added 147,000 jobs.  In the financial sector, employment in 
credit intermediation, which includes mortgage banking, fell by 10,000, re-
flecting the decline in mortgage refinancing activity.
   
   Manufacturing employment decreased by 24,000 in October, with small
losses distributed throughout most of the sector.  Factory job losses in
September and October averaged 26,000, well below the 53,000 average for
the prior 12 months.
   
   After a small increase in September, employment in air transportation
was down over the month.  Since reaching its most recent peak in March
2001, the industry has lost 138,000 jobs.
   
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
     
   The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private
nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.1 hour over the month to 33.8 hours, season-
ally adjusted.  The manufacturing workweek and manufacturing overtime were 
unchanged from September, at 40.5 hours and 4.2 hours, respectively.  (See 
table B-2.)
   
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   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 0.4 percent to 99.1 in October
(2002=100).  The manufacturing index fell by 0.2 percent over the month to
94.3.  (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 1 cent over the month to $15.46, seasonally ad-
justed.  Average weekly earnings rose by 0.4 percent in October to $522.55.  
Over the year, both average hourly and weekly earnings increased by 2.4 per-
cent.  (See table B-3.)
                                        
                         ______________________________

   The Employment Situation for November 2003 is scheduled to be released on
Friday, December 5, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).

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 |    Change in Seasonal Adjustment Procedures for the Household Survey    |
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 |    Effective with the release of December 2003 estimates in January     |
 | 2004, BLS will convert to the use of concurrent seasonal adjustment to  |
 | produce seasonally adjusted Current Population Survey (CPS) labor force |
 | estimates.  Concurrent seasonal adjustment uses all available monthly   |
 | estimates, including those for the current month, in developing season- |
 | al factors.  Currently, seasonal factors for the CPS data are projected |
 | twice a year.  With the introduction of concurrent seasonal adjustment, |
 | BLS will no longer publish seasonal factors for CPS data.  BLS intro-   |
 | duced the use of concurrent seasonal adjustment for the nonfarm payroll |
 | data in June 2003 with the release of data for May 2003.                |
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 |    BLS will publish nonfarm payroll data revised to the March 2003      |
 | benchmark on February 6, 2004, with the release of data for January     |
 | 2004.  Previously, the revised data were published in June of each year;|
 | earlier receipt and tabulation of the benchmark source data now make it |
 | feasible to accelerate the publication date to February.                |
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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.  The sample 
includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering ap-
proximately 400,000 individual worksites.  The active sample includes 
about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers.  The sample is drawn 
from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts.

 For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week
or pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month.  In the
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-providing sector.  Industries are classified on the
basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of the
North American Industry Classification System.

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 Differences in employment estimates.  The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys
result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from
the surveys.  Among these are:
 
 --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.

 --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
employed. The establishment survey does not.
 
 --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
 
 --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
individuals  are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
 
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 super-
sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating in-
dependently adjusted component series.  For example, total unemployment is 
derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; 
this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by di-
rectly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more 
detailed age categories.
 
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   The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments for the
household survey are recalculated twice a year; the factors are calculated
for the January-June period and again for the July-December period.  For
the establishment survey, a concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is
used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each month for the three
most recent monthly estimates, using all relevant data, up to and including
the data for the current month.  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
290,000.  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 -190,000 to 390,000 (100,000 +/- 290,000).
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.  At an unemployment rate of around 4 percent, the 90-percent con-
fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 270,000, 
and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 
percentage point.
 
 In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations.  The precision of
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.
 
                                  - 8 -

 Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms.  To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, 
an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business
births.  The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for
business births.  This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative
estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of busi-
ness, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample.  
The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the 
residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation.  
The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was de-
rived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and 
reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five 
years.
 
 The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error.  The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries.  Over the past decade, the
benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 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 $27.00 per issue or
$53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC
20402.  All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order
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or Visa.
 
   Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for
the household and establishment survey data published in this release.  
For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear 
in tables 1-B through 1-D of its "Explanatory Notes."  For the establish-
ment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of re-
visions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of 
Employment and Earnings.

 Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
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  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                                                                                  
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Oct.    Sept.   Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                        TOTAL                                                                                               
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 218,340 221,779 222,039 218,340 221,014 221,252 221,507 221,779 222,039
    Civilian labor force............................ 145,320 146,166 146,787 145,393 147,096 146,540 146,530 146,545 146,793
          Participation rate........................    66.6    65.9    66.1    66.6    66.6    66.2    66.2    66.1    66.1
      Employed...................................... 137,551 137,731 138,619 136,988 137,738 137,478 137,625 137,573 138,014
          Employment-population ratio...............    63.0    62.1    62.4    62.7    62.3    62.1    62.1    62.0    62.2
      Unemployed....................................   7,769   8,436   8,169   8,405   9,358   9,062   8,905   8,973   8,779
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.3     5.8     5.6     5.8     6.4     6.2     6.1     6.1     6.0
    Not in labor force..............................  73,019  75,612  75,252  72,947  73,918  74,712  74,977  75,234  75,246
      Persons who currently want a job..............   4,192   4,637   4,561   4,542   4,668   4,921   4,840   4,837   4,941
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 16 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 104,985 106,744 106,879 104,985 106,362 106,475 106,604 106,744 106,879
    Civilian labor force............................  77,641  78,216  78,392  77,727  78,372  78,182  78,160  78,485  78,431
          Participation rate........................    74.0    73.3    73.3    74.0    73.7    73.4    73.3    73.5    73.4
      Employed......................................  73,513  73,715  73,979  73,151  73,071  73,043  73,195  73,475  73,569
          Employment-population ratio...............    70.0    69.1    69.2    69.7    68.7    68.6    68.7    68.8    68.8
      Unemployed....................................   4,128   4,501   4,413   4,575   5,301   5,139   4,965   5,010   4,863
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.3     5.8     5.6     5.9     6.8     6.6     6.4     6.4     6.2
    Not in labor force..............................  27,344  28,528  28,487  27,258  27,990  28,293  28,443  28,259  28,447
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  96,860  98,568  98,696  96,860  98,196  98,304  98,434  98,568  98,696
    Civilian labor force............................  73,950  74,773  74,955  73,883  74,692  74,581  74,561  74,905  74,860
          Participation rate........................    76.3    75.9    75.9    76.3    76.1    75.9    75.7    76.0    75.8
      Employed......................................  70,372  70,923  71,141  69,921  70,130  70,193  70,203  70,610  70,665
          Employment-population ratio...............    72.7    72.0    72.1    72.2    71.4    71.4    71.3    71.6    71.6
      Unemployed....................................   3,579   3,850   3,815   3,962   4,562   4,388   4,357   4,295   4,195
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.8     5.1     5.1     5.4     6.1     5.9     5.8     5.7     5.6
    Not in labor force..............................  22,910  23,794  23,741  22,977  23,504  23,724  23,873  23,662  23,837
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 16 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 113,355 115,035 115,160 113,355 114,653 114,778 114,903 115,035 115,160
    Civilian labor force............................  67,679  67,951  68,396  67,667  68,724  68,359  68,370  68,060  68,362
          Participation rate........................    59.7    59.1    59.4    59.7    59.9    59.6    59.5    59.2    59.4
      Employed......................................  64,039  64,016  64,640  63,837  64,667  64,435  64,430  64,098  64,446
          Employment-population ratio...............    56.5    55.6    56.1    56.3    56.4    56.1    56.1    55.7    56.0
      Unemployed....................................   3,641   3,935   3,756   3,829   4,057   3,923   3,940   3,962   3,916
          Unemployment rate.........................     5.4     5.8     5.5     5.7     5.9     5.7     5.8     5.8     5.7
    Not in labor force..............................  45,676  47,084  46,765  45,689  45,928  46,419  46,533  46,975  46,798
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 105,509 107,080 107,197 105,509 106,724 106,839 106,957 107,080 107,197
    Civilian labor force............................  64,084  64,627  65,022  63,975  65,148  64,819  64,831  64,554  64,904
          Participation rate........................    60.7    60.4    60.7    60.6    61.0    60.7    60.6    60.3    60.5
      Employed......................................  60,947  61,193  61,777  60,668  61,753  61,462  61,470  61,120  61,519
          Employment-population ratio...............    57.8    57.1    57.6    57.5    57.9    57.5    57.5    57.1    57.4
      Unemployed....................................   3,137   3,434   3,245   3,308   3,395   3,357   3,361   3,434   3,384
          Unemployment rate.........................     4.9     5.3     5.0     5.2     5.2     5.2     5.2     5.3     5.2
    Not in labor force..............................  41,425  42,453  42,176  41,533  41,576  42,020  42,126  42,526  42,294
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
                                                                                                                            
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  15,971  16,131  16,145  15,971  16,095  16,109  16,116  16,131  16,145
    Civilian labor force............................   7,286   6,766   6,810   7,535   7,256   7,140   7,139   7,086   7,030
          Participation rate........................    45.6    41.9    42.2    47.2    45.1    44.3    44.3    43.9    43.5
      Employed......................................   6,232   5,615   5,701   6,400   5,855   5,823   5,952   5,842   5,830
          Employment-population ratio...............    39.0    34.8    35.3    40.1    36.4    36.1    36.9    36.2    36.1
      Unemployed....................................   1,053   1,151   1,109   1,135   1,401   1,317   1,187   1,243   1,200
          Unemployment rate.........................    14.5    17.0    16.3    15.1    19.3    18.4    16.6    17.5    17.1
    Not in labor force..............................   8,685   9,365   9,335   8,436   8,839   8,969   8,977   9,046   9,115

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.


 
 
 

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  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
        Employment status, race, sex, and age                                                                               
                                                       Oct.    Sept.   Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                      WHITE (2)                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 180,306 181,696 181,871 180,306 181,184 181,341 181,512 181,696 181,871
    Civilian labor force............................ 120,364 120,088 120,668 120,479 120,881 120,623 120,669 120,307 120,722
        Participation rate..........................    66.8    66.1    66.3    66.8    66.7    66.5    66.5    66.2    66.4
      Employed...................................... 114,691 114,093 114,996 114,294 114,203 114,044 114,141 113,934 114,567
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.6    62.8    63.2    63.4    63.0    62.9    62.9    62.7    63.0
      Unemployed....................................   5,673   5,994   5,672   6,184   6,678   6,580   6,528   6,373   6,155
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.7     5.0     4.7     5.1     5.5     5.5     5.4     5.3     5.1
    Not in labor force..............................  59,943  61,608  61,203  59,828  60,303  60,717  60,843  61,389  61,149
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  62,240  62,531  62,714  62,243  62,447  62,526  62,532  62,496  62,695
        Participation rate..........................    76.6    76.2    76.3    76.6    76.3    76.4    76.3    76.2    76.3
      Employed......................................  59,576  59,773  59,995  59,246  59,064  59,167  59,190  59,407  59,664
        Employment-population ratio.................    73.4    72.8    73.0    73.0    72.2    72.3    72.2    72.4    72.6
      Unemployed....................................   2,664   2,759   2,719   2,997   3,384   3,359   3,342   3,088   3,031
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.3     4.4     4.3     4.8     5.4     5.4     5.3     4.9     4.8
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................  52,014  51,921  52,288  51,909  52,400  52,146  52,138  51,909  52,175
        Participation rate..........................    60.1    59.6    60.0    60.0    60.3    60.0    59.9    59.6    59.9
      Employed......................................  49,822  49,533  50,095  49,601  50,104  49,867  49,853  49,521  49,879
        Employment-population ratio.................    57.6    56.9    57.5    57.3    57.7    57.4    57.3    56.9    57.2
      Unemployed....................................   2,192   2,388   2,193   2,308   2,297   2,279   2,285   2,388   2,296
        Unemployment rate...........................     4.2     4.6     4.2     4.4     4.4     4.4     4.4     4.6     4.4
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   6,110   5,636   5,667   6,328   6,034   5,952   5,998   5,902   5,852
        Participation rate..........................    48.5    44.9    45.1    50.2    48.2    47.5    47.8    47.0    46.6
      Employed......................................   5,293   4,788   4,906   5,448   5,036   5,010   5,098   5,006   5,024
        Employment-population ratio.................    42.0    38.2    39.1    43.3    40.2    40.0    40.7    39.9    40.0
      Unemployed....................................     816     848     761     880     998     942     901     896     828
        Unemployment rate...........................    13.4    15.0    13.4    13.9    16.5    15.8    15.0    15.2    14.2
                                                                                                                            
            BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN (2)                                                                                   
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  25,717  25,784  25,825  25,717  25,664  25,702  25,742  25,784  25,825
    Civilian labor force............................  16,673  16,616  16,592  16,682  16,717  16,540  16,579  16,724  16,572
        Participation rate..........................    64.8    64.4    64.2    64.9    65.1    64.4    64.4    64.9    64.2
      Employed......................................  15,111  14,855  14,777  15,027  14,746  14,697  14,769  14,853  14,658
        Employment-population ratio.................    58.8    57.6    57.2    58.4    57.5    57.2    57.4    57.6    56.8
      Unemployed....................................   1,562   1,761   1,814   1,656   1,971   1,842   1,810   1,871   1,913
        Unemployment rate...........................     9.4    10.6    10.9     9.9    11.8    11.1    10.9    11.2    11.5
    Not in labor force..............................   9,043   9,168   9,233   9,034   8,947   9,162   9,163   9,060   9,254
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................   7,438   7,399   7,391   7,413   7,447   7,336   7,344   7,454   7,359
        Participation rate..........................    72.5    71.7    71.5    72.2    72.5    71.3    71.3    72.2    71.2
      Employed......................................   6,749   6,648   6,658   6,682   6,604   6,590   6,578   6,620   6,583
        Employment-population ratio.................    65.8    64.4    64.4    65.1    64.3    64.1    63.9    64.1    63.7
      Unemployed....................................     688     751     733     731     843     746     766     834     776
        Unemployment rate...........................     9.3    10.2     9.9     9.9    11.3    10.2    10.4    11.2    10.5
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   8,390   8,443   8,450   8,390   8,500   8,432   8,510   8,445   8,428
        Participation rate..........................    64.4    64.6    64.6    64.4    65.3    64.7    65.2    64.6    64.4
      Employed......................................   7,708   7,682   7,630   7,676   7,675   7,614   7,684   7,678   7,583
        Employment-population ratio.................    59.1    58.8    58.3    58.9    59.0    58.4    58.9    58.7    57.9
      Unemployed....................................     683     761     820     715     826     819     826     767     845
        Unemployment rate...........................     8.1     9.0     9.7     8.5     9.7     9.7     9.7     9.1    10.0
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................     845     774     750     879     770     771     725     826     785
        Participation rate..........................    34.9    32.4    31.3    36.3    32.3    32.3    30.4    34.5    32.8
      Employed......................................     654     526     489     669     467     493     507     555     493
        Employment-population ratio.................    27.0    22.0    20.4    27.6    19.6    20.7    21.2    23.2    20.6
      Unemployed....................................     191     249     261     210     302     278     218     271     292
        Unemployment rate...........................    22.6    32.1    34.8    23.9    39.3    36.0    30.0    32.8    37.2
                                                                                                                            
                      ASIAN (2)                                                                                             
  Civilian noninstutional population................   9,927   9,297   9,336   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
    Civilian labor force............................   6,716   6,125   6,154   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
        Participation rate..........................    67.7    65.9    65.9   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
      Employed......................................   6,337   5,747   5,777   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.8    61.8    61.9   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
      Unemployed....................................     379     378     377   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     5.6     6.2     6.1   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  
    Not in labor force..............................   3,211   3,172   3,183   (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)     (3)  

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Beginning in 2003, persons who selected this race group only; persons who selected more than one race group are not
  included.  Prior to 2003, persons who reported more than one race were included in the group they identified as the main
  race.
    3 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for
  all races.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

 
 
 
 

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  Table A-3.  Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted             Seasonally adjusted (1)            
                                                                                                                            
           Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                  
                                                       Oct.    Sept.   Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
             HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                                   
  Civilian noninstitutional population..............  26,272  27,808  27,913  26,272  27,494  27,597  27,701  27,808  27,913
    Civilian labor force............................  18,119  18,831  18,948  18,049  18,856  18,750  18,829  18,859  18,915
        Participation rate..........................    69.0    67.7    67.9    68.7    68.6    67.9    68.0    67.8    67.8
      Employed......................................  16,742  17,513  17,610  16,637  17,271  17,206  17,370  17,448  17,546
        Employment-population ratio.................    63.7    63.0    63.1    63.3    62.8    62.3    62.7    62.7    62.9
      Unemployed....................................   1,376   1,317   1,337   1,412   1,586   1,544   1,460   1,411   1,369
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.6     7.0     7.1     7.8     8.4     8.2     7.8     7.5     7.2
    Not in labor force..............................   8,154   8,977   8,966   8,223   8,638   8,847   8,872   8,949   8,998
                                                                                                                            
                Men, 20 years and over                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force............................  10,152  10,853  10,867   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    84.0    84.0    83.7   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   9,486  10,262  10,239   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    78.5    79.4    78.9   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     666     591     628   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     6.6     5.4     5.8   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                            
               Women, 20 years and over                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force............................   6,949   7,108   7,170   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    59.5    57.7    58.0   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................   6,432   6,520   6,622   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    55.1    52.9    53.5   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     517     588     548   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................     7.4     8.3     7.6   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
                                                                                                                            
              Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force............................   1,018     870     911   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Participation rate..........................    40.6    34.0    35.6   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Employed......................................     825     732     750   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Employment-population ratio.................    32.9    28.6    29.3   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
      Unemployed....................................     193     138     161   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  
        Unemployment rate...........................    19.0    15.9    17.7   (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)     (2)  

    1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted
  and seasonally adjusted columns.
    2 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.  Beginning in January 2003, data
  reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.


  
   

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  Table A-4.  Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                                               Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted                 
                                                                                                                             
            Educational attainment                                                                                           
                                                Oct.     Sept.    Oct.     Oct.     June     July     Aug.     Sept.    Oct.  
                                                2002     2003     2003     2002     2003     2003     2003     2003     2003  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
       Less than a high school diploma                                                                                       
  Civilian labor force......................   12,344   12,636   12,551   12,461   12,498   12,537   12,639   12,576   12,692
      Participation rate....................     44.4     45.0     45.2     44.9     44.8     45.5     45.5     44.8     45.7
    Employed................................   11,358   11,638   11,516   11,375   11,286   11,446   11,453   11,488   11,562
      Employment-population ratio...........     40.9     41.4     41.5     40.9     40.4     41.5     41.3     40.9     41.7
    Unemployed..............................      986      998    1,036    1,086    1,211    1,091    1,185    1,088    1,130
      Unemployment rate.....................      8.0      7.9      8.3      8.7      9.7      8.7      9.4      8.6      8.9
                                                                                                                             
    High school graduates, no college (1)                                                                                    
  Civilian labor force......................   38,052   38,044   37,947   37,966   37,977   37,847   37,914   38,068   37,852
      Participation rate....................     64.2     63.7     63.7     64.0     64.1     64.0     63.8     63.7     63.5
    Employed................................   36,361   36,209   36,072   36,090   35,778   35,786   35,883   36,038   35,756
      Employment-population ratio...........     61.3     60.6     60.5     60.9     60.3     60.5     60.4     60.3     60.0
    Unemployed..............................    1,691    1,835    1,875    1,876    2,199    2,061    2,031    2,031    2,096
      Unemployment rate.....................      4.4      4.8      4.9      4.9      5.8      5.4      5.4      5.3      5.5
                                                                                                                             
       Some college or associate degree                                                                                      
  Civilian labor force......................   34,243   34,023   33,993   33,884   34,329   34,310   33,856   33,938   33,640
      Participation rate....................     73.5     72.9     72.7     72.8     73.2     72.2     72.4     72.7     71.9
    Employed................................   32,751   32,423   32,461   32,299   32,648   32,594   32,271   32,304   32,013
      Employment-population ratio...........     70.3     69.5     69.4     69.4     69.6     68.6     69.0     69.2     68.5
    Unemployed..............................    1,492    1,599    1,533    1,585    1,681    1,717    1,585    1,634    1,627
      Unemployment rate.....................      4.4      4.7      4.5      4.7      4.9      5.0      4.7      4.8      4.8
                                                                                                                             
       Bachelor's degree and higher (2)                                                                                      
  Civilian labor force......................   38,670   39,857   40,634   38,622   39,966   39,614   40,012   39,813   40,611
      Participation rate....................     78.6     77.7     78.2     78.5     78.3     77.5     77.5     77.6     78.2
    Employed................................   37,538   38,552   39,431   37,458   38,743   38,387   38,752   38,537   39,374
      Employment-population ratio...........     76.3     75.1     75.9     76.1     75.9     75.1     75.1     75.1     75.8
    Unemployed..............................    1,132    1,305    1,203    1,165    1,224    1,226    1,260    1,276    1,237
      Unemployment rate.....................      2.9      3.3      3.0      3.0      3.1      3.1      3.1      3.2      3.0

    1 Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
    2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. 
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

 
 
 



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  Table A-5.  Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
                                            Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                   
                  Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                   
                                              Oct.    Sept.   Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct. 
                                              2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                   
               CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                     
                                                                                                                   
  Agriculture and related industries.......   2,551   2,494   2,559   2,483   2,213   2,193   2,348   2,362   2,471
    Wage and salary workers................   1,430   1,576   1,546   1,394   1,226   1,216   1,384   1,445   1,496
    Self-employed workers..................   1,092     900     996   1,040   1,005     946     937     878     940
    Unpaid family workers..................      28      18      17   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                   
  Nonagricultural industries............... 135,001 135,237 136,060 134,537 135,357 135,204 135,215 135,329 135,706
    Wage and salary workers................ 125,717 125,580 126,371 125,346 126,034 125,727 125,661 125,754 126,147
      Government...........................  19,691  19,722  19,862  19,692  19,701  19,631  19,651  19,739  19,853
      Private industries................... 106,026 105,858 106,510 105,704 106,275 106,135 105,940 105,967 106,324
        Private households.................     796     784     756   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
        Other industries................... 105,231 105,074 105,753 104,947 105,441 105,240 105,060 105,212 105,613
    Self-employed workers..................   9,188   9,545   9,574   9,080   9,250   9,306   9,538   9,394   9,464
    Unpaid family workers..................      95     111     115   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                   
        PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                              
                                                                                                                   
  All industries:                                                                                                  
    Part time for economic reasons.........   3,965   4,455   4,394   4,343   4,499   4,649   4,449   4,975   4,836
      Slack work or business conditions....   2,710   2,878   2,793   2,888   3,153   3,112   3,017   3,203   2,989
      Could only find part-time work.......   1,084   1,336   1,318   1,133   1,257   1,304   1,188   1,365   1,396
    Part time for noneconomic reasons......  19,441  19,296  19,604  18,685  19,548  19,027  19,564  18,993  18,879
                                                                                                                   
  Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                      
    Part time for economic reasons.........   3,907   4,368   4,297   4,274   4,390   4,566   4,360   4,847   4,717
      Slack work or business conditions....   2,668   2,828   2,727   2,857   3,074   3,079   2,963   3,145   2,925
      Could only find part-time work.......   1,080   1,325   1,311   1,122   1,237   1,276   1,179   1,367   1,374
    Part time for noneconomic reasons......  19,071  18,924  19,265  18,347  19,184  18,610  19,142  18,619  18,608

    1 Data not available.
    2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week
  for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons
  who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays,
  illness, and bad weather.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because
  of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Industries reflect the introduction of the 2002
  Census industry classification system derived from the 2002 North American Industry Classification System into
  the Current Population Survey.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the
  household survey.

 
 



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6.  Selected employment indicators

  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                    Characteristic                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Oct.    Sept.   Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over.......................... 137,551 137,731 138,619 136,988 137,738 137,478 137,625 137,573 138,014
    16 to 19 years..................................   6,232   5,615   5,701   6,400   5,855   5,823   5,952   5,842   5,830
      16 to 17 years................................   2,337   2,262   2,188   2,347   2,291   2,289   2,362   2,254   2,206
      18 to 19 years................................   3,895   3,353   3,513   4,045   3,568   3,538   3,562   3,594   3,626
    20 years and over............................... 131,319 132,116 132,918 130,589 131,883 131,655 131,673 131,730 132,184
      20 to 24 years................................  13,310  13,294  13,438  13,303  13,473  13,379  13,393  13,395  13,444
      25 years and over............................. 118,009 118,822 119,479 117,271 118,414 118,288 118,434 118,319 118,790
        25 to 54 years..............................  97,363  97,432  97,703  96,840  97,357  97,213  97,185  97,078  97,209
          25 to 34 years............................  30,592  30,419  30,518  30,323  30,410  30,437  30,311  30,261  30,282
          35 to 44 years............................  35,142  34,942  34,943  35,005  34,858  34,742  34,843  34,923  34,819
          45 to 54 years............................  31,629  32,071  32,243  31,512  32,089  32,034  32,031  31,894  32,107
        55 years and over...........................  20,646  21,390  21,777  20,430  21,057  21,074  21,249  21,241  21,581
                                                                                                                            
  Men, 16 years and over............................  73,513  73,715  73,979  73,151  73,071  73,043  73,195  73,475  73,569
    16 to 19 years..................................   3,141   2,792   2,839   3,230   2,941   2,850   2,992   2,864   2,904
      16 to 17 years................................   1,120   1,073   1,072   1,142   1,089   1,089   1,162   1,069   1,097
      18 to 19 years................................   2,022   1,718   1,766   2,081   1,850   1,757   1,812   1,801   1,801
    20 years and over...............................  70,372  70,923  71,141  69,921  70,130  70,193  70,203  70,610  70,665
      20 to 24 years................................   7,010   7,015   7,061   6,975   7,012   6,962   6,947   7,029   7,040
      25 years and over.............................  63,362  63,909  64,080  62,938  63,118  63,253  63,328  63,520  63,673
        25 to 54 years..............................  52,181  52,460  52,443  51,873  51,961  51,994  51,977  52,160  52,154
          25 to 34 years............................  16,719  16,767  16,780  16,569  16,668  16,711  16,587  16,646  16,645
          35 to 44 years............................  18,894  18,986  18,915  18,804  18,670  18,724  18,757  18,934  18,835
          45 to 54 years............................  16,567  16,707  16,747  16,500  16,623  16,559  16,632  16,581  16,674
        55 years and over...........................  11,181  11,449  11,637  11,065  11,157  11,259  11,351  11,360  11,520
                                                                                                                            
  Women, 16 years and over..........................  64,039  64,016  64,640  63,837  64,667  64,435  64,430  64,098  64,446
    16 to 19 years..................................   3,091   2,823   2,863   3,169   2,914   2,973   2,960   2,978   2,926
      16 to 17 years................................   1,217   1,188   1,116   1,204   1,203   1,200   1,199   1,185   1,109
      18 to 19 years................................   1,874   1,635   1,747   1,964   1,718   1,781   1,750   1,793   1,825
    20 years and over...............................  60,947  61,193  61,777  60,668  61,753  61,462  61,470  61,120  61,519
      20 to 24 years................................   6,300   6,280   6,377   6,328   6,461   6,416   6,445   6,366   6,403
      25 years and over.............................  54,647  54,913  55,400  54,332  55,295  55,035  55,106  54,799  55,116
        25 to 54 years..............................  45,183  44,972  45,260  44,967  45,396  45,220  45,208  44,918  45,055
          25 to 34 years............................  13,873  13,652  13,737  13,754  13,742  13,726  13,724  13,615  13,637
          35 to 44 years............................  16,248  15,956  16,027  16,201  16,188  16,019  16,086  15,990  15,984
          45 to 54 years............................  15,061  15,364  15,495  15,012  15,466  15,475  15,399  15,313  15,434
        55 years and over...........................   9,465   9,941  10,139   9,365   9,900   9,816   9,898   9,881  10,061
                                                                                                                            
  Married men, spouse present.......................  44,628  44,809  45,006  44,245  44,371  44,739  44,620  44,522  44,674
  Married women, spouse present.....................  34,618  34,635  35,345  34,322  34,600  34,612  34,655  34,562  35,096
  Women who maintain families.......................   8,507   8,396   8,484   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
                                                                                                                            
  Full-time workers (2)............................. 113,570 113,568 113,828 113,458 112,904 113,316 112,954 113,206 113,662
  Part-time workers (3).............................  23,981  24,163  24,791  23,635  24,990  24,458  24,981  24,419  24,451

    1 Data not available.
    2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.
    3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.
    NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the
  independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population
  controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7.  Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                            Number of                                                       
                                                        unemployed persons                Unemployment rates (1)            
                                                          (in thousands)                                                    
                    Characteristic                                                                                          
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Oct.    Sept.   Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
  Total, 16 years and over..........................   8,405   8,973   8,779    5.8     6.4     6.2     6.1     6.1     6.0 
    16 to 19 years..................................   1,135   1,243   1,200   15.1    19.3    18.4    16.6    17.5    17.1 
      16 to 17 years................................     453     542     582   16.2    21.6    20.8    18.7    19.4    20.9 
      18 to 19 years................................     674     687     637   14.3    17.9    17.0    15.9    16.1    14.9 
    20 years and over...............................   7,269   7,729   7,579    5.3     5.7     5.6     5.5     5.5     5.4 
      20 to 24 years................................   1,502   1,636   1,491   10.1    10.7    10.3    10.3    10.9    10.0 
      25 years and over.............................   5,768   6,111   6,120    4.7     5.1     5.0     5.0     4.9     4.9 
        25 to 54 years..............................   4,942   5,217   5,272    4.9     5.3     5.1     5.1     5.1     5.1 
          25 to 34 years............................   1,859   2,042   2,048    5.8     6.5     6.1     6.3     6.3     6.3 
          35 to 44 years............................   1,787   1,766   1,851    4.9     5.4     5.2     5.0     4.8     5.0 
          45 to 54 years............................   1,296   1,409   1,374    4.0     4.0     4.0     4.1     4.2     4.1 
        55 years and over...........................     823     869     833    3.9     4.6     4.3     4.1     3.9     3.7 
                                                                                                                            
  Men, 16 years and over............................   4,575   5,010   4,863    5.9     6.8     6.6     6.4     6.4     6.2 
    16 to 19 years..................................     613     715     668   16.0    20.1    20.9    16.9    20.0    18.7 
      16 to 17 years................................     237     312     279   17.2    23.8    22.8    20.7    22.6    20.3 
      18 to 19 years................................     372     403     389   15.2    17.7    19.5    15.3    18.3    17.8 
    20 years and over...............................   3,962   4,295   4,195    5.4     6.1     5.9     5.8     5.7     5.6 
      20 to 24 years................................     813     954     839   10.4    11.7    11.7    10.8    11.9    10.7 
      25 years and over.............................   3,153   3,371   3,385    4.8     5.5     5.2     5.3     5.0     5.0 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,695   2,878   2,918    4.9     5.5     5.3     5.5     5.2     5.3 
          25 to 34 years............................   1,023   1,167   1,168    5.8     6.7     6.4     6.9     6.6     6.6 
          35 to 44 years............................     966     967     957    4.9     5.6     5.2     5.2     4.9     4.8 
          45 to 54 years............................     706     745     792    4.1     4.2     4.4     4.4     4.3     4.5 
        55 years and over...........................     459     493     467    4.0     5.5     4.6     4.4     4.2     3.9 
                                                                                                                            
  Women, 16 years and over..........................   3,829   3,962   3,916    5.7     5.9     5.7     5.8     5.8     5.7 
    16 to 19 years..................................     522     528     532   14.1    18.5    16.0    16.4    15.1    15.4 
      16 to 17 years................................     216     230     303   15.2    19.5    18.9    16.7    16.3    21.5 
      18 to 19 years................................     302     285     248   13.3    18.0    14.5    16.6    13.7    12.0 
    20 years and over...............................   3,308   3,434   3,384    5.2     5.2     5.2     5.2     5.3     5.2 
      20 to 24 years................................     689     682     651    9.8     9.5     8.9     9.8     9.7     9.2 
      25 years and over.............................   2,614   2,740   2,734    4.6     4.7     4.7     4.6     4.8     4.7 
        25 to 54 years..............................   2,247   2,339   2,354    4.8     5.0     4.9     4.7     5.0     5.0 
          25 to 34 years............................     836     875     880    5.7     6.2     5.8     5.6     6.0     6.1 
          35 to 44 years............................     821     800     893    4.8     5.2     5.2     4.8     4.8     5.3 
          45 to 54 years............................     590     664     581    3.8     3.7     3.7     3.8     4.2     3.6 
        55 years and over (2).......................     344     391     354    3.5     3.7     4.2     4.5     3.8     3.4 
                                                                                                                            
  Married men, spouse present.......................   1,630   1,716   1,760    3.6     4.4     3.9     3.8     3.7     3.8 
  Married women, spouse present.....................   1,342   1,427   1,366    3.8     3.9     3.9     3.8     4.0     3.7 
  Women who maintain families (2)...................     706     775     781    7.7     8.7     9.0     8.4     8.5     8.4 
                                                                                                                            
  Full-time workers (3).............................   7,099   7,484   7,367    5.9     6.5     6.3     6.2     6.2     6.1 
  Part-time workers (4).............................   1,305   1,512   1,413    5.2     5.9     5.5     5.3     5.8     5.5 

    1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
    2 Not seasonally adjusted.
    3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or
  are on layoff from full-time jobs.
    4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week)
  or are on layoff from part-time jobs.
    NOTE:  Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of
  the various series.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.



  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                        Reason                                                                                              
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Oct.    Sept.   Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                            
     jobs...........................................   4,151   4,500   4,319   4,828   5,010   4,951   4,942   5,014   4,936
    On temporary layoff.............................     735     763     739   1,098   1,199   1,198   1,080   1,108   1,097
    Not on temporary layoff.........................   3,416   3,737   3,580   3,729   3,811   3,753   3,862   3,905   3,838
      Permanent job losers..........................   2,663   2,956   2,793   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs..........     753     781     787   (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  
  Job leavers.......................................     895     895     832     850     893     792     782     847     783
  Reentrants........................................   2,291   2,404   2,443   2,386   2,687   2,529   2,540   2,408   2,544
  New entrants......................................     432     637     575     494     648     670     628     700     655
                                                                                                                            
                 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...........................................    53.4    53.3    52.9    56.4    54.2    55.4    55.6    55.9    55.3
     On temporary layoff............................     9.5     9.0     9.0    12.8    13.0    13.4    12.1    12.4    12.3
     Not on temporary layoff........................    44.0    44.3    43.8    43.6    41.3    42.0    43.4    43.5    43.0
   Job leavers......................................    11.5    10.6    10.2     9.9     9.7     8.9     8.8     9.4     8.8
   Reentrants.......................................    29.5    28.5    29.9    27.9    29.1    28.3    28.6    26.9    28.5
   New entrants.....................................     5.6     7.5     7.0     5.8     7.0     7.5     7.1     7.8     7.3
                                                                                                                            
            UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                  
                   CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                     
                                                                                                                            
   Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                           
     jobs...........................................     2.9     3.1     2.9     3.3     3.4     3.4     3.4     3.4     3.4
   Job leavers......................................      .6      .6      .6      .6      .6      .5      .5      .6      .5
   Reentrants.......................................     1.6     1.6     1.7     1.6     1.8     1.7     1.7     1.6     1.7
   New entrants.....................................      .3      .4      .4      .3      .4      .5      .4      .5      .4

    1 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.






  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                              HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9.  Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                     Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                            
                       Duration                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
                                                       Oct.    Sept.   Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct. 
                                                       2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                       
                                                                                                                            
  Less than 5 weeks.................................   2,618   2,682   2,579   2,797   3,009   2,730   2,727   2,739   2,731
  5 to 14 weeks.....................................   2,281   2,514   2,346   2,515   2,936   2,699   2,595   2,783   2,577
  15 weeks and over.................................   2,870   3,240   3,243   3,099   3,572   3,592   3,572   3,524   3,463
     15 to 26 weeks.................................   1,272   1,268   1,354   1,374   1,536   1,633   1,637   1,421   1,444
     27 weeks and over..............................   1,598   1,973   1,890   1,724   2,036   1,959   1,935   2,102   2,020
                                                                                                                            
  Average (mean) duration, in weeks.................    18.0    19.5    19.6    17.6    19.8    19.3    19.0    19.7    19.1
  Median duration, in weeks.........................     9.6    10.2    10.3     9.6    12.3    10.0     9.6    10.1    10.3
                                                                                                                            
                 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...............................    33.7    31.8    31.6    33.2    31.6    30.3    30.7    30.3    31.1
    5 to 14 weeks...................................    29.4    29.8    28.7    29.9    30.9    29.9    29.2    30.8    29.4
    15 weeks and over...............................    36.9    38.4    39.7    36.8    37.5    39.8    40.2    39.0    39.5
      15 to 26 weeks................................    16.4    15.0    16.6    16.3    16.1    18.1    18.4    15.7    16.5
      27 weeks and over.............................    20.6    23.4    23.1    20.5    21.4    21.7    21.8    23.2    23.0

   NOTE:  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                       HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10.  Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                      Unemployment    
                                                                           Employed             Unemployed               rates        
                                                                                                                                     
                             Occupation                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                        Oct.       Oct.       Oct.       Oct.        Oct.       Oct.   
                                                                        2002       2003       2002       2003        2002       2003   
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
       Total, 16 years and over (1)................................   137,551    138,619      7,769      8,169        5.3        5.6 
  Management, professional, and related occupations................    47,640     48,200      1,379      1,464        2.8        2.9 
    Management, business, and financial operations occupations.....    19,875     19,568        608        614        3.0        3.0 
    Professional and related occupations...........................    27,765     28,632        771        849        2.7        2.9 
  Service occupations..............................................    22,060     21,872      1,486      1,700        6.3        7.2 
  Sales and office occupations.....................................    34,999     35,446      2,095      2,005        5.6        5.4 
    Sales and related occupations..................................    15,921     16,010      1,022      1,011        6.0        5.9 
    Office and administrative support occupations..................    19,078     19,436      1,072        995        5.3        4.9 
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.....    14,198     14,952        996      1,075        6.6        6.7 
    Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.....................     1,169      1,261         94        115        7.5        8.4 
    Construction and extraction occupations........................     8,252      8,367        738        651        8.2        7.2 
    Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations..............     4,777      5,323        163        309        3.3        5.5 
  Production, transportation, and material moving occupations......    18,655     18,149      1,348      1,321        6.7        6.8 
    Production occupations.........................................    10,101      9,727        719        683        6.6        6.6 
    Transportation and material moving occupations.................     8,554      8,422        629        638        6.8        7.0 

    1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed
  total.
    NOTE:  Occupations reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census occupational classification system derived from the 2000 Standard
  Occupational Classification system into the Current Population Survey.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population
  controls used in the household survey.





  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                      HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-11.  Unemployed persons by industry, not seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                    Number of                                                       
                                                                    unemployed                             Unemployment             
                                                                     persons                                  rates                 
                       Industry                                   (in thousands)                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                             Oct.                Oct.                 Oct.                Oct.       
                                                             2002                2003                 2002                2003       
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
         Total, 16 years and over (1)...............         7,769               8,169                 5.3                 5.6      
  Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers...         6,466               6,620                 5.7                 5.9      
    Mining..........................................            36                  31                 6.4                 5.6      
    Construction....................................           680                 651                 7.7                 7.4      
    Manufacturing...................................         1,046               1,041                 5.9                 6.0      
      Durable goods.................................           666                 683                 5.9                 6.3      
      Nondurable goods..............................           380                 358                 6.0                 5.4      
    Wholesale and retail trade......................         1,212               1,189                 6.1                 5.7      
    Transportation and utilities....................           262                 260                 4.7                 4.8      
    Information.....................................           211                 182                 6.0                 5.4      
    Financial activities............................           312                 303                 3.5                 3.3      
    Professional and business services..............           962               1,014                 7.5                 8.1      
    Education and health services...................           517                 639                 3.0                 3.6      
    Leisure and hospitality.........................           956                 933                 8.5                 8.3      
    Other services..................................           272                 378                 4.6                 6.1      
  Agriculture and related private wage and salary                                                                                   
     workers........................................            97                 136                 6.6                 8.5      
  Government workers................................           499                 500                 2.5                 2.4      
  Self employed and unpaid family workers...........           275                 338                 2.6                 3.1      

    1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.
    NOTE:  Industries reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census industry classification system derived from the 2002 North
  American Industry Classification System into the Current Population Survey.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised
  population controls used in the household survey.
 
 
 
 
 
  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                        HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-12.  Alternative measures of labor underutilization

  (Percent)
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
                                                               Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted              
                                                                                                                                      
                            Measure                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                 Oct.    Sept.   Oct.    Oct.    June    July    Aug.    Sept.   Oct. 
                                                                 2002    2003    2003    2002    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003 
                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                      
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of                                                                          
     the civilian labor force.................................    2.0     2.2     2.2     2.1     2.4     2.5     2.4     2.4     2.4 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as                                                                         
     a percent of the civilian labor force....................    2.9     3.1     2.9     3.3     3.4     3.4     3.4     3.4     3.4 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor                                                                            
     force (official unemployment rate).......................    5.3     5.8     5.6     5.8     6.4     6.2     6.1     6.1     6.0 
                                                                                                                                      
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent                                                                         
     of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers.....    5.6     6.0     5.9    (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..................................................    6.3     6.8     6.6    (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.........................................    9.0     9.8     9.5    (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)     (1)  

    1 Data not available.
    NOTE:  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want
  and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally
  attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job.  Persons employed part time for economic
  reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule.  For further
  information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor
  Review.  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                  HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-13.  Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Total                Men                Women       
                                                                                                                                
                               Category                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
                                                                        Oct.      Oct.      Oct.      Oct.      Oct.      Oct.  
                                                                        2002      2003      2002      2003      2002      2003  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                        NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
  Total not in the labor force......................................   73,019    75,252    27,344    28,487    45,676    46,765 
    Persons who currently want a job................................    4,192     4,561     1,896     2,086     2,296     2,475 
     Searched for work and available to work now (1)................    1,416     1,586       708       737       708       849 
          Reason not currently looking:                                                                                         
            Discouragement over job prospects (2)...................      359       462       206       223       153       239 
               Reasons other than discouragement (3)................    1,057     1,125       502       514       555       610 
                                                                                                                                
                         MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
  Total multiple jobholders (4).....................................    7,320     7,515     3,722     3,776     3,597     3,738 
      Percent of total employed.....................................      5.3       5.4       5.1       5.1       5.6       5.8 
                                                                                                                                
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time................    3,893     3,849     2,284     2,203     1,610     1,646 
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time.....................    1,738     1,840       507       578     1,232     1,261 
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time.....................      264       235       160       138       103        97 
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................    1,374     1,554       744       837       629       717 

    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.
    NOTE:  Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                                ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

(In thousands)


                                         Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                           Change
           Industry                Oct.     Aug.    Sept.    Oct.      Oct.     June     July     Aug.    Sept.    Oct.     from:
                                   2002     2003    2003p    2003p     2002     2003     2003     2003    2003p    2003p  Sept. 2003-
                                                                                                                          Oct. 2003

          Total nonfarm......... 131,297  129,633  130,249  131,071  130,408  129,903  129,846  129,881  130,006  130,132      126

        Total private........... 109,463  109,314  108,998  109,292  108,864  108,427  108,388  108,411  108,528  108,644      116

    Goods-producing.............  22,692   22,392   22,282   22,217   22,435   22,061   22,001   21,982   21,969   21,952      -17

Natural resources and mining....     583      577      573      577      572      569      566      565      564      565        1
   Logging......................    70.5     66.9     66.8     68.2     66.7     65.7     64.0     63.6     63.5     64.1       .6
 Mining.........................   512.6    510.5    506.3    508.4    505.7    502.8    502.1    501.1    500.1    500.5       .4
  Oil and gas extraction........   121.2    126.4    125.7    126.5    121.5    125.7    125.3    125.0    125.5    126.0       .5
  Mining, except oil and gas(1).   213.4    214.1    211.3    211.7    209.7    208.9    209.6    209.1    207.4    207.5       .1
   Coal mining..................    73.9     73.0     71.4     71.8     73.6     73.2     73.7     72.9     71.4     71.5       .1
  Support activities for mining.   178.0    170.0    169.3    170.2    174.5    168.2    167.2    167.0    167.2    167.0      -.2

Construction....................   6,922    7,134    7,082    7,058    6,720    6,800    6,804    6,825    6,841    6,847        6
  Construction of buildings..... 1,621.3  1,665.1  1,658.5  1,656.5  1,588.0  1,609.7  1,606.7  1,610.9  1,620.3  1,621.5      1.2
  Heavy and civil engineering
   construction.................   979.5    987.6    986.4    978.6    918.1    905.8    910.8    913.9    915.8    912.8     -3.0
  Specialty trade contractors... 4,321.3  4,480.9  4,437.3  4,422.7  4,214.2  4,284.1  4,286.3  4,300.3  4,305.3  4,312.3      7.0

Manufacturing...................  15,187   14,681   14,627   14,582   15,143   14,692   14,631   14,592   14,564   14,540      -24
   Production workers...........  10,727   10,296   10,262   10,227   10,685   10,299   10,257   10,229   10,198   10,176      -22

 Durable goods..................   9,413    9,052    9,017    9,006    9,400    9,081    9,034    9,018    9,000    8,990      -10
   Production workers...........   6,486    6,206    6,180    6,172    6,474    6,221    6,188    6,182    6,161    6,149      -12

  Wood products.................   557.1    549.5    547.7    547.0    554.2    541.0    540.8    538.2    541.1    542.7      1.6
  Nonmetallic mineral products..   524.5    512.5    508.6    504.2    516.1    505.0    501.1    501.4    498.1    496.7     -1.4
  Primary metals................   504.9    477.9    474.3    469.8    504.4    482.0    478.5    475.9    471.9    469.0     -2.9
  Fabricated metal products..... 1,536.6  1,471.5  1,464.9  1,470.0  1,532.0  1,476.4  1,470.7  1,469.2  1,464.4  1,466.2      1.8
  Machinery..................... 1,215.7  1,165.6  1,162.1  1,161.0  1,219.6  1,175.8  1,171.9  1,168.0  1,166.6  1,165.1     -1.5
  Computer and electronic
   products(1).................. 1,482.7  1,392.3  1,381.5  1,379.1  1,483.9  1,407.7  1,398.1  1,392.5  1,385.9  1,379.3     -6.6
   Computer and peripheral
    equipment...................   241.3    221.1    220.2    219.4    242.0    226.5    223.6    221.9    221.5    219.2     -2.3
   Communications equipment.....   186.6    169.6    168.9    169.1    185.5    173.3    171.9    170.9    170.0    169.3      -.7
   Semiconductors and electronic
    components..................   512.7    480.1    472.6    469.9    513.9    485.1    480.9    479.5    474.2    470.1     -4.1
   Electronic instruments.......   442.6    430.8    428.7    428.5    444.1    429.9    429.0    429.0    429.0    428.8      -.2
  Electrical equipment and
   appliances...................   488.8    462.6    462.0    459.8    489.1    467.7    465.9    462.1    461.1    460.3      -.8
  Transportation equipment...... 1,815.0  1,773.8  1,772.7  1,769.7  1,815.5  1,774.3  1,760.2  1,767.6  1,769.1  1,769.1       .0
  Furniture and related products   596.5    574.9    574.2    576.3    596.9    574.1    574.2    572.7    573.6    574.6      1.0
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...   690.8    671.1    668.6    668.7    688.3    676.6    673.0    670.4    667.9    666.6     -1.3

 Nondurable goods...............   5,774    5,629    5,610    5,576    5,743    5,611    5,597    5,574    5,564    5,550      -14
   Production workers...........   4,241    4,090    4,082    4,055    4,211    4,078    4,069    4,047    4,037    4,027      -10

  Food manufacturing............ 1,541.4  1,558.6  1,560.4  1,541.3  1,520.0  1,517.5  1,520.9  1,521.7  1,524.8  1,524.1      -.7
  Beverages and tobacco products   205.2    199.7    198.8    196.8    203.1    194.5    194.4    194.8    194.4    194.5       .1
  Textile mills.................   287.8    260.2    259.0    254.0    287.5    270.1    264.7    259.6    257.7    254.8     -2.9
  Textile product mills.........   196.1    178.9    179.3    179.7    195.4    186.4    184.2    178.4    179.6    179.6       .0
  Apparel.......................   349.4    299.5    298.5    298.0    346.7    307.8    301.2    299.0    295.3    294.6      -.7
  Leather and allied products...    48.6     43.2     42.9     42.8     48.6     43.3     43.5     43.1     43.0     42.5      -.5
  Paper and paper products......   546.4    528.3    526.9    524.5    545.6    530.6    527.3    526.4    525.0    523.9     -1.1
  Printing and related support
   activities...................   703.0    691.4    687.2    686.6    701.3    694.1    692.2    690.0    687.0    684.2     -2.8
  Petroleum and coal products...   120.2    119.4    117.9    116.5    118.7    118.4    118.0    116.9    116.0    115.5      -.5
  Chemicals.....................   922.6    916.5    908.2    906.0    925.1    916.5    917.7    914.8    912.1    909.3     -2.8
  Plastics and rubber products..   853.5    832.9    831.1    829.3    851.0    831.7    833.3    829.3    829.1    827.3     -1.8

    Service-providing........... 108,605  107,241  107,967  108,854  107,973  107,842  107,845  107,899  108,037  108,180      143

     Private service-providing..  86,771   86,922   86,716   87,075   86,429   86,366   86,387   86,429   86,559   86,692      133

Trade, transportation, and
 utilities......................  25,539   25,200   25,200   25,380   25,439   25,238   25,211   25,217   25,241   25,269       28

 Wholesale trade................ 5,635.7  5,571.7  5,554.0  5,564.6  5,618.9  5,570.6  5,560.1  5,550.0  5,548.8  5,547.6     -1.2
  Durable goods................. 2,996.1  2,946.8  2,929.6  2,940.6  2,990.8  2,947.5  2,940.4  2,934.5  2,930.9  2,932.4      1.5
  Nondurable goods.............. 2,019.7  2,006.5  2,004.5  2,002.2  2,010.1  2,004.1  2,001.4  1,997.7  1,996.4  1,994.0     -2.4
  Electronic markets and agents
   and brokers..................   619.9    618.4    619.9    621.8    618.0    619.0    618.3    617.8    621.5    621.2      -.3

 Retail trade...................15,070.9 14,950.8 14,906.1 15,063.2 15,025.2 14,964.2 14,958.0 14,975.1 14,984.9 15,015.2     30.3
  Motor vehicle and parts
   dealers(1)................... 1,896.8  1,896.5  1,896.7  1,896.4  1,886.8  1,877.9  1,883.2  1,880.5  1,884.3  1,884.9       .6
   Automobile dealers........... 1,259.2  1,253.6  1,255.2  1,255.3  1,254.9  1,246.0  1,249.0  1,248.1  1,250.1  1,250.2       .1
  Furniture and home furnishings
   stores.......................   549.5    536.9    538.2    546.1    546.8    546.5    543.9    541.6    542.8    543.2       .4
  Electronics and appliance
   stores.......................   527.0    513.0    513.2    522.4    526.4    522.9    519.6    519.9    519.9    520.6       .7
  Building material and garden
   supply stores................ 1,180.3  1,222.1  1,209.7  1,214.4  1,184.2  1,194.2  1,196.5  1,203.3  1,210.8  1,215.8      5.0
  Food and beverage stores...... 2,859.5  2,808.2  2,790.5  2,809.7  2,852.5  2,812.8  2,801.7  2,798.0  2,791.9  2,804.9     13.0
  Health and personal care
   stores.......................   950.0    966.8    965.8    973.4    949.2    967.9    965.8    965.9    968.3    972.1      3.8
  Gasoline stations.............   904.2    918.6    907.1    901.4    903.6    908.6    904.0    907.1    903.5    901.0     -2.5
  Clothing and clothing
   accessories stores........... 1,302.2  1,281.7  1,257.1  1,276.7  1,307.4  1,277.5  1,277.6  1,278.9  1,278.4  1,283.5      5.1
  Sporting goods, hobby, book,
   and music stores.............   659.0    629.9    636.0    643.3    655.3    642.0    640.8    640.6    640.6    641.2       .6
  General merchandise stores(1). 2,824.4  2,807.4  2,818.7  2,885.1  2,809.1  2,831.5  2,838.9  2,857.7  2,863.8  2,867.6      3.8
   Department stores............ 1,707.1  1,663.2  1,671.9  1,723.9  1,696.6  1,689.9  1,690.3  1,703.6  1,705.6  1,706.3       .7
  Miscellaneous store retailers.   964.6    939.3    938.2    944.8    960.8    941.8    942.5    941.0    942.0    942.7       .7
  Nonstore retailers............   453.4    430.4    434.9    449.5    443.1    440.6    443.5    440.6    438.6    437.7      -.9

 Transportation and warehousing. 4,232.8  4,083.4  4,148.7  4,161.6  4,194.6  4,113.9  4,103.7  4,101.2  4,115.8  4,114.3     -1.5
  Air transportation............   560.5    505.5    507.4    502.0    556.3    510.0    502.4    500.0    502.5    497.4     -5.1
  Rail transportation...........   215.3    215.8    217.0    217.1    215.1    217.2    217.1    214.8    216.6    216.1      -.5
  Water transportation..........    50.4     52.5     49.8     49.4     50.4     50.1     50.0     49.9     48.6     49.2       .6
  Truck transportation.......... 1,354.7  1,352.6  1,347.3  1,351.2  1,336.2  1,326.9  1,324.0  1,331.0  1,329.9  1,332.0      2.1
  Transit and ground passenger
   transportation...............   372.2    293.7    363.0    370.8    365.1    345.4    347.4    348.3    355.7    358.0      2.3
  Pipeline transportation.......    40.5     39.1     38.6     38.6     40.4     39.7     39.5     38.9     38.9     38.8      -.1
  Scenic and sightseeing
   transportation...............    26.5     37.3     33.8     30.4     26.2     29.9     29.5     30.0     29.9     30.2       .3
  Support activities for
   transportation...............   531.2    522.7    524.0    525.8    528.1    523.2    520.2    519.1    522.7    522.7       .0
  Couriers and messengers.......   557.4    551.9    552.6    555.1    557.5    560.9    560.6    557.8    557.3    555.3     -2.0
  Warehousing and storage.......   524.1    512.3    515.2    521.2    519.3    510.6    513.0    511.4    513.7    514.6       .9

 Utilities......................   599.8    593.9    590.9    590.3    600.6    589.5    589.6    590.8    591.1    591.4       .3

Information.....................   3,388    3,283    3,252    3,250    3,392    3,285    3,278    3,267    3,265    3,257       -8
  Publishing industries, except
   Internet.....................   964.8    942.0    938.0    937.5    964.7    945.1    941.4    941.5    939.7    937.8     -1.9
  Motion picture and sound
   recording industries.........   387.9    379.8    362.5    359.7    394.7    371.7    373.7    367.2    369.3    367.5     -1.8
  Broadcasting, except Internet.   330.7    323.1    325.6    324.7    330.3    324.2    324.1    322.9    325.4    324.1     -1.3
  Internet publishing and
   broadcasting.................    34.1     34.6     34.4     33.7     34.2     34.0     34.5     34.2     34.1     33.7      -.4
  Telecommunications............ 1,181.7  1,129.1  1,123.6  1,122.6  1,177.7  1,132.5  1,127.8  1,125.7  1,124.3  1,120.9     -3.4
  ISPs, search portals, and data
   processing...................   442.1    428.6    423.1    425.5    444.0    432.1    430.9    429.7    426.8    426.6      -.2
  Other information services....    46.3     45.6     45.2     46.0     46.5     45.1     45.1     45.5     45.7     46.0       .3

Financial activities............   7,858    8,043    7,981    7,969    7,872    7,972    7,981    7,980    7,989    7,980       -9
 Finance and insurance.......... 5,828.8  5,943.9  5,918.2  5,911.3  5,841.1  5,923.3  5,928.6  5,924.4  5,935.1  5,923.5    -11.6
  Monetary authorities - central
   bank.........................    22.8     22.1     21.9     21.8     22.9     22.1     22.1     22.0     22.0     21.8      -.2
  Credit intermediation and
   related activities(1)........ 2,705.1  2,802.0  2,781.8  2,771.7  2,714.0  2,783.5  2,789.4  2,788.8  2,791.5  2,781.8     -9.7
   Depository credit
    intermediation(1)........... 1,738.0  1,782.9  1,766.2  1,766.3  1,745.6  1,768.5  1,771.5  1,772.4  1,772.8  1,774.4      1.6
    Commercial banking.......... 1,283.6  1,313.7  1,298.0  1,297.5  1,288.8  1,302.3  1,304.1  1,304.8  1,303.2  1,303.6       .4
  Securities, commodity
   contracts, investments.......   795.1    800.5    799.1    802.5    796.9    796.7    796.6    794.9    799.3    800.8      1.5
  Insurance carriers and related
   activities................... 2,220.7  2,237.7  2,233.7  2,234.8  2,222.2  2,238.9  2,238.1  2,237.1  2,240.4  2,238.4     -2.0
  Funds, trusts, and other
   financial vehicles...........    85.1     81.6     81.7     80.5     85.1     82.1     82.4     81.6     81.9     80.7     -1.2
 Real estate and rental and
  leasing....................... 2,028.9  2,099.3  2,063.0  2,057.9  2,031.1  2,048.6  2,052.7  2,055.2  2,053.7  2,056.0      2.3
  Real estate................... 1,354.9  1,399.7  1,378.7  1,378.8  1,354.4  1,365.2  1,368.9  1,371.5  1,373.5  1,375.5      2.0
  Rental and leasing services...   646.3    669.8    654.2    648.5    648.9    654.2    654.6    654.2    650.2    650.1      -.1
  Lessors of nonfinancial
   intangible assets............    27.7     29.8     30.1     30.6     27.8     29.2     29.2     29.5     30.0     30.4       .4

Professional and business
 services.......................  16,197   16,235   16,265   16,353   16,036   16,006   16,063   16,054   16,124   16,167       43
 Professional and technical
  services(1)................... 6,697.0  6,640.5  6,621.7  6,671.8  6,738.3  6,674.9  6,661.6  6,657.3  6,696.1  6,719.6     23.5
   Legal services............... 1,120.3  1,126.2  1,118.5  1,127.3  1,121.7  1,125.2  1,122.8  1,121.9  1,125.1  1,128.2      3.1
   Accounting and bookkeeping
    services....................   823.3    790.1    790.7    798.6    882.7    848.9    847.9    854.3    859.8    863.1      3.3
   Architectural and engineering
    services.................... 1,256.7  1,258.7  1,252.6  1,251.7  1,251.3  1,236.0  1,240.9  1,238.1  1,247.1  1,246.6      -.5
   Computer systems design and
    related services............ 1,153.2  1,124.6  1,127.6  1,137.5  1,153.4  1,142.0  1,130.6  1,125.4  1,134.8  1,140.1      5.3
   Management and technical
    consulting services.........   737.1    742.1    741.2    752.2    734.0    731.8    735.0    736.1    742.0    748.9      6.9
 Management of companies and
  enterprises................... 1,709.8  1,698.8  1,697.5  1,695.3  1,703.9  1,690.8  1,698.5  1,690.8  1,691.1  1,689.2     -1.9
 Administrative and waste
  services...................... 7,789.8  7,895.5  7,946.0  7,986.3  7,594.0  7,639.8  7,702.5  7,706.1  7,737.2  7,758.2     21.0
  Administrative and support
   services(1).................. 7,471.9  7,573.7  7,625.7  7,669.8  7,279.2  7,323.0  7,380.3  7,389.2  7,420.3  7,443.1     22.8
   Employment services(1)....... 3,406.1  3,489.4  3,561.7  3,605.5  3,260.8  3,318.3  3,374.8  3,373.7  3,399.0  3,427.7     28.7
    Temporary help services..... 2,294.7  2,322.7  2,387.7  2,405.1  2,192.6  2,207.9  2,226.6  2,236.6  2,264.3  2,281.2     16.9
   Business support services....   751.5    743.0    745.8    757.0    749.1    747.8    745.0    750.4    753.7    753.9       .2
   Services to buildings and
    dwellings................... 1,642.9  1,687.1  1,664.9  1,647.3  1,606.7  1,601.8  1,609.9  1,613.5  1,610.6  1,605.8     -4.8
  Waste management and
   remediation services.........   317.9    321.8    320.3    316.5    314.8    316.8    322.2    316.9    316.9    315.1     -1.8

Education and health services...  16,471   16,178   16,475   16,801   16,315   16,503   16,487   16,541   16,569   16,625       56
 Educational services........... 2,830.4  2,361.3  2,650.0  2,900.6  2,681.3  2,689.7  2,676.7  2,699.8  2,714.8  2,737.3     22.5
 Health care and social
  assistance....................13,640.5 13,816.8 13,824.7 13,900.6 13,633.3 13,813.2 13,810.0 13,840.8 13,854.1 13,887.9     33.8
  Ambulatory health care
   services(1).................. 4,693.6  4,800.0  4,787.3  4,816.8  4,692.0  4,777.4  4,781.6  4,791.7  4,792.0  4,809.7     17.7
   Offices of physicians........ 2,009.0  2,062.1  2,056.1  2,068.5  2,009.0  2,050.2  2,052.7  2,056.6  2,058.0  2,067.2      9.2
   Outpatient care centers......   412.0    413.9    411.6    412.3    412.2    414.7    412.9    413.7    413.3    413.3       .0
   Home health care services....   689.6    710.5    712.1    717.0    687.9    709.0    711.1    711.8    711.1    713.1      2.0
  Hospitals..................... 4,180.5  4,241.7  4,236.2  4,240.8  4,179.0  4,227.0  4,226.8  4,235.2  4,237.6  4,240.3      2.7
  Nursing and residential care
   facilities(1)................ 2,757.4  2,797.0  2,788.4  2,798.9  2,757.1  2,790.7  2,787.2  2,789.7  2,794.0  2,799.0      5.0
   Nursing care facilities...... 1,581.2  1,586.4  1,585.5  1,588.7  1,580.8  1,589.6  1,586.0  1,583.8  1,586.4  1,588.6      2.2
  Social assistance(1).......... 2,009.0  1,978.1  2,012.8  2,044.1  2,005.2  2,018.1  2,014.4  2,024.2  2,030.5  2,038.9      8.4
   Child day care services......   735.3    688.2    728.8    749.1    726.2    722.7    729.3    732.4    733.4    739.2      5.8

Leisure and hospitality.........  11,982   12,632   12,247   12,017   12,032   12,039   12,051   12,051   12,058   12,081       23
 Arts, entertainment, and
  recreation.................... 1,742.9  2,008.0  1,815.7  1,719.6  1,790.1  1,758.4  1,763.8  1,759.8  1,765.2  1,772.9      7.7
  Performing arts and spectator
   sports.......................   358.2    372.4    360.5    350.3    360.9    346.5    347.4    347.3    354.1    357.5      3.4
  Museums, historical sites,
   zoos, and parks..............   111.3    117.7    109.4    109.9    111.2    109.8    110.0    109.8    108.9    109.5       .6
  Amusements, gambling, and
   recreation................... 1,273.4  1,517.9  1,345.8  1,259.4  1,318.0  1,302.1  1,306.4  1,302.7  1,302.2  1,305.9      3.7
 Accommodations and food
  services......................10,239.1 10,624.1 10,431.2 10,297.2 10,241.6 10,280.4 10,286.9 10,290.8 10,293.0 10,307.8     14.8
  Accommodations................ 1,782.7  1,916.9  1,797.9  1,741.6  1,789.1  1,769.1  1,778.6  1,769.1  1,751.0  1,742.4     -8.6
  Food services and drinking
   places....................... 8,456.4  8,707.2  8,633.3  8,555.6  8,452.5  8,511.3  8,508.3  8,521.7  8,542.0  8,565.4     23.4

Other services..................   5,336    5,351    5,296    5,305    5,343    5,323    5,316    5,319    5,313    5,313        0
  Repair and maintenance........ 1,230.2  1,226.7  1,220.6  1,217.7  1,230.4  1,218.6  1,219.5  1,222.3  1,220.0  1,218.1     -1.9
  Personal and laundry services. 1,239.5  1,227.4  1,221.2  1,224.3  1,237.5  1,225.0  1,224.6  1,223.5  1,218.8  1,221.2      2.4
  Membership associations and
   organizations................ 2,866.1  2,897.2  2,854.6  2,863.1  2,875.3  2,879.5  2,872.1  2,872.7  2,873.8  2,873.5      -.3

Government......................  21,834   20,319   21,251   21,779   21,544   21,476   21,458   21,470   21,478   21,488       10
 Federal........................   2,780    2,758    2,760    2,728    2,781    2,749    2,747    2,745    2,765    2,740      -25
  Federal, except U.S. Postal
   Service...................... 1,951.6  1,946.8  1,950.9  1,920.3  1,947.5  1,928.2  1,928.9  1,929.5  1,952.4  1,928.4    -24.0
  U.S. Postal Service...........   828.7    811.4    808.9    808.0    833.6    821.1    817.7    815.8    812.6    811.4     -1.2
 State government...............   5,098    4,681    4,912    5,069    4,984    4,925    4,920    4,928    4,944    4,951        7
  State government education.... 2,322.3  1,917.7  2,167.5  2,335.5  2,203.0  2,174.3  2,175.5  2,186.6  2,199.8  2,207.2      7.4
  State government, excluding
   education.................... 2,775.2  2,763.3  2,744.2  2,733.9  2,780.8  2,751.1  2,744.7  2,741.6  2,744.0  2,743.6      -.4
 Local government...............  13,956   12,880   13,579   13,982   13,779   13,802   13,791   13,797   13,769   13,797       28
  Local government education.... 7,925.5  6,653.9  7,512.5  7,943.0  7,691.5  7,718.7  7,723.5  7,735.1  7,687.0  7,707.7     20.7
  Local government, excluding
   education.................... 6,030.0  6,226.4  6,066.5  6,039.1  6,087.7  6,083.5  6,067.2  6,061.9  6,081.7  6,089.5      7.8


  1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  p = preliminary.
   
 
 
 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector 
and selected industry detail


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Change
                  Industry                       Oct.   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.    Oct.   June   July   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.     from:
                                                 2002   2003   2003p  2003p   2002   2003   2003   2003   2003p  2003p  Sept. 2003-
                                                                                                                        Oct. 2003


        Total private.........................   33.8   34.0   33.8   33.7    33.8   33.7   33.6   33.7   33.7   33.8       0.1

    Goods-producing...........................   40.0   40.1   40.3   40.2    39.7   39.8   39.6   39.8   39.9   39.9        .0

Natural resources and mining..................   43.4   44.1   44.1   43.9    43.0   43.7   43.2   43.7   43.7   43.6       -.1

Construction..................................   38.7   39.5   39.1   38.9    38.2   38.4   38.3   38.6   38.4   38.4        .0

Manufacturing.................................   40.5   40.2   40.8   40.7    40.3   40.3   40.1   40.2   40.5   40.5        .0
   Overtime hours.............................    4.3    4.2    4.5    4.4     4.2    4.0    4.1    4.1    4.2    4.2        .0

 Durable goods................................   40.7   40.6   41.2   41.1    40.6   40.7   40.5   40.5   40.8   40.9        .1
   Overtime hours.............................    4.3    4.3    4.6    4.4     4.3    4.1    4.1    4.2    4.3    4.3        .0

  Wood products...............................   40.2   40.7   41.0   41.1    39.9   40.3   40.7   40.4   40.4   40.7        .3
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   42.3   42.6   42.7   42.3    41.9   42.2   41.6   42.1   41.9   42.0        .1
  Primary metals..............................   42.3   41.6   42.5   42.4    42.4   42.0   41.7   41.9   42.2   42.4        .2
  Fabricated metal products...................   40.7   40.5   40.9   40.9    40.6   40.5   40.5   40.5   40.7   40.8        .1
  Machinery...................................   40.4   40.5   41.1   40.8    40.5   40.9   40.3   40.7   41.1   40.9       -.2
  Computer and electronic products............   39.4   40.9   40.7   40.7    39.3   40.5   40.5   41.1   40.5   40.6        .1
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   40.1   40.3   40.7   41.1    39.9   41.0   40.4   40.6   40.6   40.8        .2
  Transportation equipment....................   42.5   40.9   42.6   42.4    42.4   41.4   41.3   40.7   42.0   41.9       -.1
  Furniture and related products..............   38.6   39.4   39.6   39.1    38.7   38.9   38.9   39.1   39.2   39.1       -.1
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   38.9   38.1   38.4   38.3    38.8   38.6   38.4   38.2   38.3   38.2       -.1

 Nondurable goods.............................   40.1   39.7   40.3   40.1    39.9   39.7   39.4   39.7   39.8   40.0        .2
   Overtime hours.............................    4.3    4.1    4.5    4.3     4.1    3.9    4.0    3.9    4.1    4.1        .0

  Food manufacturing..........................   39.9   39.7   40.1   39.7    39.4   39.4   39.0   39.3   39.4   39.4        .0
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   39.5   39.1   39.5   38.8    39.4   39.0   38.5   38.8   38.8   38.6       -.2
  Textile mills...............................   39.9   38.7   39.4   39.1    40.0   38.6   37.7   38.7   39.0   39.0        .0
  Textile product mills.......................   38.7   40.1   41.0   40.6    38.9   39.1   39.8   39.9   40.8   40.5       -.3
  Apparel.....................................   35.8   34.7   35.1   36.1    35.8   35.0   34.6   34.7   35.2   35.9        .7
  Leather and allied products.................   38.7   38.8   38.4   39.3    38.5   38.8   39.8   39.0   38.5   39.1        .6
  Paper and paper products....................   41.7   41.0   41.7   41.7    41.5   41.4   41.2   41.2   41.2   41.5        .3
  Printing and related support activities.....   38.7   38.1   38.8   38.8    38.5   38.1   38.0   38.0   38.2   38.5        .3
  Petroleum and coal products.................   43.6   43.9   44.9   45.5    43.5   44.1   43.9   44.4   44.5   45.2        .7
  Chemicals...................................   42.5   42.2   42.5   42.0    42.5   42.2   42.1   42.3   42.2   42.0       -.2
  Plastics and rubber products................   40.6   40.1   40.8   41.0    40.5   40.1   40.0   40.2   40.5   40.8        .3

     Private service-providing................   32.4   32.6   32.3   32.3    32.5   32.4   32.3   32.4   32.4   32.4        .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   33.5   33.9   33.7   33.6    33.6   33.4   33.4   33.5   33.6   33.6        .0

 Wholesale trade..............................   37.7   38.0   37.9   38.0    37.8   37.8   37.8   37.9   37.8   38.0        .2

 Retail trade.................................   30.7   31.4   31.0   30.8    30.9   30.8   30.6   30.8   30.9   30.9        .0

 Transportation and warehousing...............   36.8   37.1   37.2   37.1    36.9   36.6   36.9   36.9   37.0   37.1        .1

 Utilities....................................   41.2   40.9   40.8   41.5    41.0   41.0   40.9   40.9   40.5   41.3        .8

Information...................................   36.6   36.5   36.2   36.2    36.5   36.4   36.4   36.3   36.2   36.2        .0

Financial activities..........................   35.3   35.4   35.2   35.2    35.5   35.5   35.5   35.5   35.4   35.4        .0

Professional and business services............   34.2   34.1   33.8   33.8    34.2   34.1   34.0   33.9   33.9   33.9        .0

Education and health services.................   32.4   32.7   32.5   32.5    32.5   32.5   32.5   32.7   32.5   32.6        .1

Leisure and hospitality.......................   25.7   26.3   25.3   25.5    25.9   25.5   25.3   25.4   25.5   25.6        .1

Other services................................   32.0   31.9   31.7   31.7    32.0   31.8   31.7   31.7   31.7   31.7        .0


  1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction,
and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries.  These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the 
total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
  p = preliminary.
 
 
 
 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                          ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3.  Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail


                                                       Average hourly earnings                  Average weekly earnings

                  Industry                         Oct.      Aug.     Sept.     Oct.       Oct.      Aug.     Sept.     Oct.
                                                   2002      2003     2003p     2003p      2002      2003     2003p     2003p

        Total private........................... $15.12    $15.35    $15.48    $15.45    $511.06   $521.90   $523.22   $520.67
         Seasonally adjusted....................  15.10     15.45     15.45     15.46     510.38    520.67    520.67    522.55

    Goods-producing.............................  16.55     16.92     17.01     16.93     662.00    678.49    685.50    680.59

Natural resources and mining....................  17.25     17.61     17.74     17.67     748.65    776.60    782.33    775.71

Construction....................................  18.79     19.06     19.19     19.11     727.17    752.87    750.33    743.38

Manufacturing...................................  15.45     15.76     15.87     15.79     625.73    633.55    647.50    642.65

 Durable goods..................................  16.20     16.47     16.61     16.52     659.34    668.68    684.33    678.97
  Wood products.................................  12.37     12.76     12.83     12.78     497.27    519.33    526.03    525.26
  Nonmetallic mineral products..................  15.59     15.81     15.81     15.90     659.46    673.51    675.09    672.57
  Primary metals................................  17.93     18.10     18.25     18.22     758.44    752.96    775.63    772.53
  Fabricated metal products.....................  14.78     15.04     15.09     15.03     601.55    609.12    617.18    614.73
  Machinery.....................................  15.97     16.35     16.43     16.35     645.19    662.18    675.27    667.08
  Computer and electronic products..............  16.24     16.78     16.76     16.74     639.86    686.30    682.13    681.32
  Electrical equipment and appliances...........  14.02     14.43     14.49     14.38     562.20    581.53    589.74    591.02
  Transportation equipment......................  21.13     21.30     21.55     21.27     898.03    871.17    918.03    901.85
  Furniture and related products................  12.74     13.05     13.11     13.02     491.76    514.17    519.16    509.08
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...................  13.01     13.26     13.41     13.50     506.09    505.21    514.94    517.05

 Nondurable goods...............................  14.27     14.67     14.74     14.66     572.23    582.40    594.02    587.87
  Food manufacturing............................  12.66     12.78     12.88     12.71     505.13    507.37    516.49    504.59
  Beverages and tobacco products................  17.62     17.60     17.33     17.70     695.99    688.16    684.54    686.76
  Textile mills.................................  11.70     11.94     12.08     12.03     466.83    462.08    475.95    470.37
  Textile product mills.........................  11.02     11.47     11.44     11.32     426.47    459.95    469.04    459.59
  Apparel.......................................   9.15      9.75      9.77      9.70     327.57    338.33    342.93    350.17
  Leather and allied products...................  11.01     11.73     11.70     11.93     426.09    455.12    449.28    468.85
  Paper and paper products......................  17.09     17.46     17.54     17.55     712.65    715.86    731.42    731.84
  Printing and related support activities.......  15.15     15.37     15.50     15.45     586.31    585.60    601.40    599.46
  Petroleum and coal products...................  23.46     23.01     23.53     23.75    1022.86   1010.14   1056.50   1080.63
  Chemicals.....................................  18.00     18.61     18.66     18.68     765.00    785.34    793.05    784.56
  Plastics and rubber products..................  13.66     14.26     14.29     14.13     554.60    571.83    583.03    579.33

     Private service-providing..................  14.72     14.92     15.05     15.05     476.93    486.39    486.12    486.12

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.13     14.32     14.43     14.36     473.36    485.45    486.29    482.50

 Wholesale trade................................  17.05     17.32     17.37     17.36     642.79    658.16    658.32    659.68

 Retail trade...................................  11.78     11.90     12.01     11.89     361.65    373.66    372.31    366.21

 Transportation and warehousing.................  15.94     16.36     16.36     16.38     586.59    606.96    608.59    607.70

 Utilities......................................  23.93     24.78     25.11     25.02     985.92   1013.50   1024.49   1038.33

Information.....................................  20.59     21.21     21.43     21.37     753.59    774.17    775.77    773.59

Financial activities............................  16.48     17.30     17.29     17.29     581.74    612.42    608.61    608.61

Professional and business services..............  16.89     17.04     17.14     17.14     577.64    581.06    579.33    579.33

Education and health services...................  15.42     15.75     15.78     15.80     499.61    515.03    512.85    513.50

Leisure and hospitality.........................   8.65      8.66      8.78      8.81     222.31    227.76    222.13    224.66

Other services..................................  13.86     13.91     13.99     13.93     443.52    443.73    443.48    441.58


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
   
 
 
 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls 
by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted


                                                                                                       Percent
                  Industry                         Oct.     June     July     Aug.    Sept.    Oct.  change from:
                                                   2002     2003     2003     2003    2003p    2003p  Sept.2003-
                                                                                                      Oct. 2003
        Total private:
         Current dollars........................ $15.10   $15.38   $15.43   $15.45   $15.45   $15.46      0.1
         Constant (1982) dollars(2).............   8.26     8.30     8.32     8.30     8.28     N.A.     (3)

    Goods-producing.............................  16.48    16.79    16.81    16.86    16.91    16.88      -.2

Natural resources and mining....................  17.21    17.60    17.62    17.69    17.71    17.74       .2

Construction....................................  18.66    18.96    18.96    18.99    19.04    19.04       .0

Manufacturing...................................  15.45    15.72    15.73    15.79    15.84    15.81      -.2
   Excluding overtime(4)........................  14.68    14.98    14.96    15.02    15.06    15.03      -.2

 Durable goods..................................  16.19    16.42    16.42    16.49    16.56    16.51      -.3

 Nondurable goods...............................  14.29    14.63    14.66    14.70    14.71    14.71       .0

     Private service-providing..................  14.72    15.00    15.06    15.06    15.05    15.07       .1

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  14.13    14.34    14.40    14.39    14.38    14.39       .1

 Wholesale trade................................  17.09    17.34    17.36    17.40    17.40    17.41       .1

 Retail trade...................................  11.77    11.92    11.96    11.96    11.95    11.94      -.1

 Transportation and warehousing.................  15.92    16.30    16.40    16.36    16.35    16.38       .2

 Utilities......................................  23.96    24.62    24.73    24.95    24.91    25.06       .6

Information.....................................  20.49    21.13    21.26    21.32    21.30    21.31       .0

Financial activities............................  16.51    17.17    17.33    17.33    17.31    17.33       .1

Professional and business services..............  16.99    17.22    17.23    17.24    17.22    17.26       .2

Education and health services...................  15.42    15.67    15.72    15.76    15.77    15.81       .3

Leisure and hospitality.........................   8.62     8.75     8.76     8.75     8.78     8.79       .1

Other services..................................  13.86    13.98    13.98    13.98    13.98    13.97      -.1


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series.
  3 Change was -.2 percent from Aug. 2003 to Sept. 2003, the latest month available.
  4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
  N.A. = not available.
  p = preliminary.
   
 
 
 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5.  Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls 
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Oct.   Aug.    Sept.  Oct.    Oct.   June   July   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.  change from:
                                                2002   2003    2003p  2003p   2002   2003   2003   2003   2003p  2003p  Sept. 2003-
                                                                                                                        Oct. 2003

        Total private.........................  100.3  100.5   99.5   99.4    99.7   98.7   98.3   98.7   98.7   99.1       0.4

    Goods-producing...........................  100.8   99.0   98.9   98.3    98.5   96.3   95.6   96.0   96.1   95.9       -.2

Natural resources and mining..................  100.7   99.5   98.3   99.0    97.7   96.7   95.4   96.2   95.5   96.0        .5

Construction..................................  103.8  107.9  106.0  104.9    98.7   99.1   98.9   99.9   99.6   99.5       -.1

Manufacturing.................................   99.4   94.7   95.8   95.2    98.5   95.0   94.1   94.1   94.5   94.3       -.2

 Durable goods................................   98.9   94.4   95.3   95.0    98.4   94.8   93.8   93.8   94.1   94.2        .1
  Wood products...............................  100.8  100.3  100.4  100.6    99.4   97.5   98.3   97.5   97.6   98.8       1.2
  Nonmetallic mineral products................  101.5   98.7   98.0   96.3    98.6   95.7   93.6   94.9   93.7   93.7        .0
  Primary metals..............................   98.9   91.4   92.6   91.6    98.9   93.4   91.8   91.7   91.5   91.3       -.2
  Fabricated metal products...................   99.5   94.3   94.9   95.2    98.9   94.7   94.3   94.2   94.3   94.6        .3
  Machinery...................................   97.5   93.3   94.6   93.9    98.2   95.0   93.6   94.3   95.1   94.5       -.6
  Computer and electronic products............   97.2   94.7   93.3   93.2    97.2   95.3   94.6   95.4   93.4   93.0       -.4
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   97.9   90.8   91.8   92.0    97.3   93.7   91.9   91.6   91.2   91.3        .1
  Transportation equipment....................   99.5   93.6   97.4   96.7    99.3   94.4   93.4   92.8   95.5   95.1       -.4
  Furniture and related products..............   96.5   94.2   94.7   93.6    96.9   92.9   93.0   93.2   93.6   93.4       -.2
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................  100.2   93.1   93.2   93.0    99.5   95.6   94.4   93.2   92.8   92.3       -.5

 Nondurable goods.............................   99.9   95.4   96.6   95.5    98.7   95.1   94.2   94.4   94.4   94.6        .2
  Food manufacturing..........................  102.4  102.2  103.4  101.1    99.3   98.6   97.9   98.5   98.9   98.8       -.1
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   99.1   88.7   90.4   88.0    97.2   85.7   85.3   85.1   84.9   85.4        .6
  Textile mills...............................   96.6   83.8   85.3   83.0    96.5   87.4   83.2   83.6   83.8   82.7      -1.3
  Textile product mills.......................   98.4   92.1   95.9   95.5    98.8   93.5   94.6   91.8   95.5   95.0       -.5
  Apparel.....................................   95.8   76.3   77.1   78.9    94.8   79.2   77.4   76.2   76.0   76.8       1.1
  Leather and allied products.................  100.4   87.9   86.5   88.0    99.9   87.1   91.0   88.1   86.7   86.7        .0
  Paper and paper products....................   98.9   92.9   94.2   93.2    98.2   94.0   93.0   92.8   92.4   92.7        .3
  Printing and related support activities.....   99.7   96.0   96.8   97.1    98.7   96.5   95.8   95.5   95.4   95.8        .4
  Petroleum and coal products.................  101.9  100.8  102.3  102.9   100.0   99.6   98.8   99.5   99.3  100.6       1.3
  Chemicals...................................   99.4   99.2   99.0   97.5   100.0   99.0   99.3   99.6   98.9   98.2       -.7
  Plastics and rubber products................   99.9   95.8   97.3   97.7    99.4   96.1   95.5   95.7   96.3   97.0        .7

     Private service-providing................  100.2  100.8   99.5   99.9   100.1   99.5   99.2   99.5   99.6   99.8        .2

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   99.7   99.2   98.6   99.1    99.6   97.9   97.8   98.2   98.6   98.6        .0

 Wholesale trade..............................   98.9   97.9   97.3   97.5    98.9   97.3   97.1   97.2   97.0   97.2        .2

 Retail trade.................................   99.4  100.7   99.0   99.5    99.7   98.9   98.2   99.0   99.4   99.6        .2

 Transportation and warehousing...............  100.7   97.3   99.4   99.4    99.9   96.8   97.3   97.1   98.0   98.2        .2

 Utilities....................................  100.7   99.4   98.7  100.2   100.4   98.6   98.5   98.8   98.1  100.1       2.0

Information...................................   99.1  100.1   98.2   98.0    99.4   99.6   99.5   99.2   98.8   98.8        .0

Financial activities..........................   99.4  102.0  100.4  100.2   100.3  101.3  101.4  101.4  101.3  101.0       -.3

Professional and business services............  101.0  100.1   99.3   99.9    99.9   98.6   98.6   98.3   98.6   98.9        .3

Education and health services.................  101.6  100.2  101.4  103.3   101.0  101.8  101.7  102.5  102.0  102.6        .6

Leisure and hospitality.......................   99.3  107.3   99.7   98.5   100.6   98.8   98.1   98.6   98.9   99.4        .5

Other services................................   99.4   99.1   97.3   97.5    99.5   98.3   97.9   97.8   97.7   97.7        .0


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours
by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average
weekly hours and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.
 
 
 
 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6.  Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls 
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)


                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Oct.   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.    Oct.   June   July   Aug.   Sept.  Oct.   change from:
                                                2002   2003   2003p  2003p   2002   2003   2003   2003   2003p  2003p   Sept. 2003-
                                                                                                                        Oct. 2003

        Total private.........................  101.4  103.1  103.0  102.8   100.7  101.5  101.5  102.0  102.0  102.5       0.5

    Goods-producing...........................  102.2  102.5  103.1  102.0    99.4   99.0   98.4   99.1   99.5   99.2       -.3

Natural resources and mining..................  100.8  101.7  101.2  101.6    97.6   98.8   97.6   98.8   98.2   98.9        .7

Construction..................................  105.4  111.1  109.8  108.3    99.5  101.5  101.2  102.4  102.4  102.3       -.1

Manufacturing.................................  100.4   97.6   99.4   98.3    99.5   97.6   96.8   97.2   97.9   97.5       -.4

 Durable goods................................  100.0   97.0   98.9   98.0    99.5   97.2   96.2   96.5   97.3   97.1       -.2

 Nondurable goods.............................  100.7   98.9  100.6   98.9    99.6   98.3   97.5   98.0   98.1   98.3        .2

     Private service-providing................  101.2  103.2  102.8  103.2   101.1  102.4  102.5  102.9  103.0  103.2        .2

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  100.5  101.4  101.5  101.5   100.4  100.2  100.5  100.8  101.1  101.3        .2

 Wholesale trade..............................   99.4   99.9   99.7   99.8    99.7   99.5   99.4   99.7   99.5   99.8        .3

 Retail trade.................................  100.3  102.7  101.9  101.4   100.6  101.0  100.6  101.5  101.8  101.9        .1

 Transportation and warehousing...............  101.8  100.9  103.0  103.3   100.8  100.0  101.1  100.7  101.6  102.0        .4

 Utilities....................................  100.7  102.9  103.5  104.8   100.5  101.4  101.8  102.9  102.1  104.7       2.5

Information...................................  100.8  105.0  104.0  103.5   100.7  104.0  104.6  104.5  104.1  104.1        .0

Financial activities..........................  101.3  109.2  107.4  107.2   102.4  107.5  108.7  108.7  108.4  108.3       -.1

Professional and business services............  101.5  101.4  101.2  101.8   100.9  101.0  101.0  100.8  101.0  101.5        .5

Education and health services.................  103.0  103.7  105.1  107.3   102.3  104.8  105.1  106.2  105.7  106.6        .9

Leisure and hospitality.......................  100.2  108.4  102.1  101.2   101.2  100.9  100.3  100.6  101.3  102.0        .7

Other services................................  100.4  100.5   99.2   98.9   100.5  100.1   99.7   99.7   99.6   99.4       -.2


  1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate
payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of
average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment.
 
 
 
 

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

(Percent)


       Time span           Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.     May      June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.

                                                        Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     1999 ..............   56.3     64.7     56.7     65.8     64.2     61.9     63.3     59.9     57.6     64.4     69.1     64.4
     2000 ..............   65.5     60.3     65.5     58.8     47.7     61.7     65.5     52.9     52.3     54.1     57.7     53.2
     2001 ..............   52.3     49.6     48.6     36.5     41.4     38.1     35.6     38.5     39.0     35.6     37.8     36.0
     2002 ..............   40.5     37.4     37.6     41.0     41.7     43.7     39.0     41.7     43.3     43.9     42.4     37.2
     2003 ..............   44.2     36.7     44.1     46.9     43.3     37.2     43.2     40.8    p50.4    p48.2                  


Over 3-month span:
     1999 ..............   61.5     64.9     61.0     65.8     66.4     69.1     66.9     64.4     62.2     62.9     66.7     69.6
     2000 ..............   70.1     66.0     68.3     68.3     58.5     56.3     58.1     62.2     55.9     53.1     54.0     58.3
     2001 ..............   54.9     50.7     50.5     43.5     37.2     36.0     36.2     35.8     34.5     32.2     31.7     30.9
     2002 ..............   34.4     38.3     36.5     35.4     36.7     38.8     39.7     41.4     38.1     39.0     37.8     34.9
     2003 ..............   36.0     35.6     36.0     41.2     43.0     40.6     37.6     34.5    p41.7    p48.2                  


Over 6-month span:
     1999 ..............   66.9     64.9     63.7     64.0     65.6     65.8     66.7     66.2     69.4     68.7     66.4     66.5
     2000 ..............   67.6     68.7     71.4     71.9     68.5     66.2     67.3     60.4     58.3     55.0     61.0     55.2
     2001 ..............   53.2     51.4     50.7     47.1     42.8     38.8     37.6     34.5     31.1     32.9     31.3     31.7
     2002 ..............   30.6     29.9     31.1     31.3     33.3     35.8     36.9     37.4     37.8     39.9     38.3     35.8
     2003 ..............   37.4     36.5     35.1     34.7     37.4     36.5     38.7     35.1    p39.9    p40.3                  


Over 12-month span:
     1999 ..............   70.5     68.7     68.2     68.0     68.3     68.3     68.0     68.0     67.8     69.1     68.3     69.1
     2000 ..............   70.9     69.2     73.2     71.0     69.8     71.0     70.0     70.3     70.3     65.6     63.8     62.1
     2001 ..............   59.5     59.5     53.4     49.3     48.6     45.0     43.3     43.9     39.9     37.8     37.1     34.9
     2002 ..............   33.6     31.7     30.2     30.2     30.4     30.6     30.8     31.8     31.5     30.0     33.5     33.3
     2003 ..............   33.8     33.3     34.5     35.4     36.5     35.4     35.8     33.6    p38.3    p36.0                  

                                                        Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries(1)


Over 1-month span:
     1999 ..............   42.3     38.7     33.3     39.3     52.4     34.5     50.0     40.5     41.7     50.6     56.0     51.8
     2000 ..............   50.6     53.6     54.8     42.9     39.9     53.6     62.5     28.6     24.4     35.1     41.1     38.7
     2001 ..............   24.4     22.0     24.4     14.3     14.3     19.6     14.3     13.7     17.9     16.7     16.7      9.5
     2002 ..............   19.0     22.6     20.8     33.9     30.4     32.1     34.5     25.0     31.0     19.6     21.4     25.0
     2003 ..............   36.3     19.0     27.4     20.2     30.4     25.6     31.5     25.6    p29.8    p29.8                  


Over 3-month span:
     1999 ..............   33.9     40.5     37.5     35.7     41.7     43.5     42.3     38.1     41.1     44.6     49.4     56.5
     2000 ..............   54.2     54.8     58.3     51.8     41.7     41.1     54.8     48.2     29.2     25.6     25.0     42.3
     2001 ..............   34.5     24.4     17.9     14.3     11.9     14.3     10.7      7.7      8.3      9.5      8.9      8.3
     2002 ..............   11.9     11.9     16.7     20.2     21.4     20.2     28.6     25.6     25.6     17.9     14.9     10.7
     2003 ..............   14.9     15.5     19.6     16.7     17.9     14.3     20.2     18.5    p22.6    p26.8                  


Over 6-month span:
     1999 ..............   37.5     32.7     30.4     33.3     36.9     38.1     38.1     34.5     40.5     46.4     41.1     48.2
     2000 ..............   47.0     51.2     56.5     57.1     49.4     47.6     56.0     44.0     36.9     35.1     34.5     31.0
     2001 ..............   23.8     24.4     20.8     17.9     14.9     11.9     13.7      9.5      8.3      6.5      6.5      6.0
     2002 ..............    7.7      8.9      7.7      8.9     12.5     16.7     19.6     19.6     23.8     17.9     16.7     13.7
     2003 ..............   13.7     14.3     12.5     11.9     12.5     15.5     13.1     13.7    p14.3    p17.9                  


Over 12-month span:
     1999 ..............   35.7     32.1     29.8     32.1     32.7     32.1     34.5     32.1     33.3     39.3     41.1     42.9
     2000 ..............   41.7     39.3     47.0     50.0     46.4     52.4     51.8     49.4     46.4     40.5     35.1     33.3
     2001 ..............   29.8     32.1     20.8     19.0     13.1     12.5     10.7     11.9     11.9     10.1      8.3      6.0
     2002 ..............    7.1      6.0      6.0      7.1      7.7      5.4      6.0      8.9      7.7      9.5     13.1     13.1
     2003 ..............   13.7     15.5     16.7     13.1     15.5     16.1     13.1     14.3    p12.5    p11.9                  


  1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.
  p = preliminary.
  NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.