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Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
Table A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
Table A-9.  Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry - Continued
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted

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                 THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  NOVEMBER 1994
 
 
     Employment expanded further in November and unemployment continued to
fall, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today.  The unemployment rate, at 5.6 percent, was down 0.2
percentage point over the month and has declined by 1.1 points since
January.  Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 350,000 in November, with
noteworthy gains in the services, construction, and manufacturing
industries.  Average hourly earnings in the private sector decreased
slightly, following a marked rise in October.
 
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
 
     Both the number of unemployed persons and the unemployment rate
declined in November.  At 5.6 percent, the jobless rate has fallen by half
a percentage point since August and by 1.1 points since January.  The
number of persons unemployed has dropped by 1.4 million since January to
7.3 million.  (See table A-1.)
 
     The unemployment rates for adult men (4.9 percent) and teenagers (15.3
percent) declined over the month.  Adult women's jobless rate was unchanged
at 5.0 percent, after falling 0.3 percentage point in the prior month.
 
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    |     Data from the household survey for 1994 are not directly   |
    |comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years because of the  |
    |implementation in January 1994 of a major redesign of the survey|
    |and the introduction of 1990 census-based population controls,  |
    |adjusted for the estimated undercount.  In addition, the 1994   |
    |data may be affected by the transition to the redesigned survey.|
    |For example, seasonal factors, of necessity, have been computed |
    |based on data collected in the survey prior to its revision,    |
    |and these factors may not fully capture the pattern of          |
    |seasonality in the current data.  Hence, over-the-month         |
    |comparisons of labor force estimates should be made with        |
    |caution.  For additional information on the redesign, see       |
    |"Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective January   |
    |1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.    |
    |     In accordance with usual practice, the release of December |
    |data on January 6, 1995, will incorporate annual revisions in   |
    |seasonally adjusted unemployment and other labor force series.  |
    |Because of the survey changes described above, only seasonally  |
    |adjusted data for the most recent year will be recomputed.      |
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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
___________________________________________________________________________
                      |   Quarterly     |      Monthly data        |
                      |   averages      |                          |
                      |_________________|__________________________|Oct.-
      Category        |      1994       |          1994            |Nov.
                      |_________________|__________________________|change
                      |    II  |  III   |  Sept. |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    HOUSEHOLD DATA    |                  Labor force status
                      |____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force..| 130,589| 130,996| 131,343| 131,836| 131,936|    100
  Employment..........| 122,547| 123,082| 123,628| 124,236| 124,608|    372
  Unemployment........|   8,043|   7,914|   7,715|   7,600|   7,328|   -272
Not in labor force....|  65,933|  66,054|  65,905|  65,594|  65,670|     76
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                 Unemployment rates
                      |____________________________________________________
All workers...........|     6.2|     6.0|     5.9|     5.8|     5.6|   -0.2
  Adult men...........|     5.4|     5.4|     5.1|     5.1|     4.9|    -.2
  Adult women.........|     5.4|     5.3|     5.3|     5.0|     5.0|     .0
  Teenagers...........|    18.4|    17.4|    17.0|    17.3|    15.3|   -2.0
  White...............|     5.4|     5.2|     5.1|     5.0|     4.8|    -.2
  Black...............|    11.5|    11.1|    10.7|    11.4|    10.5|    -.9
  Hispanic origin.....|    10.2|    10.2|    10.2|     9.4|     8.6|    -.8
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA  |                     Employment
                      |____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment....| 112,995| 113,908| 114,186|p114,350|p114,700|   p350
  Goods-producing 1/..|  23,534|  23,634|  23,673| p23,716| p23,836|   p120
    Construction......|   4,909|   4,953|   4,972|  p4,976|  p5,047|    p71
    Manufacturing.....|  18,020|  18,079|  18,096| p18,138| p18,189|    p51
  Service-producing 1/|  89,461|  90,274|  90,513| p90,634| p90,864|   p230
    Retail trade......|  20,190|  20,420|  20,470| p20,512| p20,537|    p25
    Services..........|  31,620|  32,031|  32,138| p32,238| p32,385|   p147
    Government........|  19,004|  19,087|  19,151| p19,135| p19,161|    p26
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                  Hours of work 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Total private.........|    34.7|    34.5|    34.6|   p34.9|   p34.6|  p-0.3
  Manufacturing.......|    42.1|    42.0|    42.0|   p42.1|   p42.1|    p.0
    Overtime..........|     4.7|     4.6|     4.7|    p4.7|    p4.7|    p.0
                      |________|________|________|________|________|_______
                      |                     Earnings 2/
                      |____________________________________________________
Avg. hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  $11.07|  $11.14|  $11.17| p$11.24| p$11.22|p-$0.02
Avg. weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |
  total private.......|  384.25|  384.59|  386.48| p392.28| p388.21| p-4.07
______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______
    1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
    p = preliminary.
    NOTE: Household data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for
1993 and earlier years.  For additional information, see "Revisions in the
Current Population Survey Effective January 1994" in the February 1994
issue of Employment and Earnings.
                                  - 3 -
 
Rates for whites (4.8 percent), blacks (10.5 percent), and Hispanics (8.6
percent) were all down from their October levels.  (See tables A-1 and
A-2.)
 
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
     Total employment rose by 372,000 in November to a seasonally adjusted
level of 124.6 million.  Employment has grown sharply since July, and, as a
result, the employment-population ratio--the proportion of the working-age
population with jobs--has risen nearly a full percentage point to 63.1
percent.  (See table A-1.)  About 7.5 million persons (not seasonally
adjusted), or 6.0 percent of all employed persons, held more than one job
in November (table A-8).  The number of persons working part time even
though they would have preferred full-time work was unchanged at 4.4
million (table A-3).
 
     The civilian labor force, at 131.9 million, was little changed in
November, after seasonal adjustment.  The labor force participation rate,
at 66.8 percent, remained at a very high level and has risen half a
percentage point since July.  (See table A-1.)
 
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
 
     The number of persons with a marginal attachment to the labor force--
those who wanted and were available for work but were no longer actively
looking after having searched for work sometime during the past 12 months--
was 1.7 million (not seasonally adjusted) in November.  Of that total, the
number of discouraged workers--persons who were not looking because they
felt there were no jobs available for them--was 447,000.  (See table A-8.)
 
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Total nonfarm payroll employment climbed by 350,000 in November to
114.7 million, seasonally adjusted.  The bulk of this increase occurred in
three industries--services, construction, and manufacturing.  (See table
B-1.)  Since January, the number of payroll jobs has expanded by 3.0
million.
 
     An unusually large amount of the November job gain took place in the
goods-producing industries.  After showing little change in October, the
construction industry added 71,000 jobs, with growth occurring in all three
of its component industries--special trade contractors, general building
contractors, and heavy construction.  The return of some construction
workers in the Southeast who were unable to work during the heavy and
prolonged October rains added to the November total.  Also, the November
survey likely recorded fewer seasonal layoffs than normal, because the
reference week--the week containing the 12th of the month--occurred very
early (November 6-12).  Mining employment continued to edge down in
November, reflecting further job losses in oil and gas extraction.
 
     Manufacturing employment increased by 51,000 in November, following an
advance of nearly this magnitude in October.  November gains were
widespread in the durable goods industries, with the largest in industrial
machinery, electronic equipment, fabricated metals, and lumber and wood
products.  Within nondurables, gains in food processing and in rubber and
plastics were partially offset by losses in apparel, which continued its
slow, long-term employment decline.  The number of factory jobs has risen
by 255,000 since reaching a low in September 1993.
                                  - 4 -
 
     Employment in the services industry rose by 147,000 over the month.
Nearly two-thirds of the advance took place in business services, largely
in personnel supply.  In contrast, health services had a smaller-than-usual
employment increase, while hotels and other lodging places continued a
string of job losses that began in August.
 
     Retail trade employment edged up by 25,000 (on a seasonally adjusted
basis) in November.  This total reflected gains in building materials and
garden supply stores, food stores, and automotive dealers.  These gains
were partially offset by declines in apparel and other specialty retailers
and in general merchandise stores; the early timing of the survey reference
week most likely failed to capture some of the typical November holiday
buildup in these seasonal retail industries.  Wholesale trade employment
rose only slightly (9,000) in November; this industry, however, has added
about 140,000 jobs over the past 12 months.
 
     The transportation industry added 18,000 jobs in November; most of the
increase occurred in trucking and warehousing.  The real estate industry
also added workers, while job losses continued in nondepository financial
institutions (such as mortgage banking) and the insurance industry.  A
small gain in local government employment mostly reflected the hiring of
temporary workers for the November elections.
 
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls declined by 0.3 hour in November, returning to its
September level of 34.6 hours, seasonally adjusted.  The average
manufacturing workweek and factory overtime held steady at 42.1 and 4.7
hours, respectively.  Both remain at extremely high levels.  (See table
B-2.)
 
     As a result of the decrease in hours, the index of aggregate weekly
hours of private production or nonsupervisory workers on nonfarm payrolls
was down 0.5 percent to 130.5 (1982=100) in November, seasonally adjusted.
The manufacturing index rose by 0.3 percent to 106.7.  (See table B-5.)
 
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
 
     Average hourly earnings of private production or nonsupervisory
workers slipped 2 cents in November to $11.22, seasonally adjusted,
following a 7-cent rise in October (as revised).  The 2-month gain of 5
cents was about in line with the trend over the past year.  Average weekly
earnings decreased by 1.0 percent in November to $388.21.  Over the year,
both hourly and weekly earnings increased by 2.6 percent.  (See table B-3.)
 
                         _________________________
 
     The Employment Situation news release for December 1994 will be
released on Friday, January 6, 1995, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).  Release dates for
the balance of 1995 are as follows:
 
            Feb. 3          May 5          Aug. 4         Nov. 3
            March 10        June 2         Sept. 1        Dec. 8
            April 7         July 7         Oct. 6
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |                                  1/
                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
         Employment status, sex, and age          |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Nov.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Nov.  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.
                                                  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                      TOTAL
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 194,321| 197,430| 197,607| 194,321| 196,859| 197,043| 197,248| 197,430| 197,607
  Civilian labor force............................| 128,521| 131,879| 131,869| 128,662| 130,457| 131,189| 131,343| 131,836| 131,937
        Participation rate........................|    66.1|    66.8|    66.7|    66.2|    66.3|    66.6|    66.6|    66.8|    66.8
    Employed......................................| 120,632| 124,724| 124,896| 120,332| 122,452| 123,166| 123,628| 124,236| 124,608
        Employment-population ratio...............|    62.1|    63.2|    63.2|    61.9|    62.2|    62.5|    62.7|    62.9|    63.1
      Agriculture.................................|   3,060|   3,523|   3,480|   3,114|   3,278|   3,444|   3,409|   3,495|   3,561
      Nonagricultural industries..................| 117,572| 121,202| 121,416| 117,218| 119,173| 119,722| 120,219| 120,741| 121,048
    Unemployed....................................|   7,890|   7,155|   6,973|   8,330|   8,005|   8,023|   7,715|   7,600|   7,328
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.1|     5.4|     5.3|     6.5|     6.1|     6.1|     5.9|     5.8|     5.6
  Not in labor force..............................|  65,800|  65,550|  65,738|  65,659|  66,403|  65,854|  65,905|  65,594|  65,670
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  93,033|  94,671|  94,768|  93,033|  94,377|  94,469|  94,576|  94,671|  94,768
  Civilian labor force............................|  69,440|  71,168|  71,013|  69,730|  70,513|  70,833|  70,695|  71,241|  71,265
        Participation rate........................|    74.6|    75.2|    74.9|    75.0|    74.7|    75.0|    74.7|    75.3|    75.2
    Employed......................................|  65,147|  67,424|  67,313|  65,144|  66,036|  66,452|  66,572|  67,086|  67,339
        Employment-population ratio...............|    70.0|    71.2|    71.0|    70.0|    70.0|    70.3|    70.4|    70.9|    71.1
    Unemployed....................................|   4,293|   3,745|   3,700|   4,586|   4,478|   4,381|   4,123|   4,155|   3,926
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.2|     5.3|     5.2|     6.6|     6.3|     6.2|     5.8|     5.8|     5.5
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
              Men, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  86,245|  87,439|  87,529|  86,245|  87,123|  87,248|  87,321|  87,439|  87,529
  Civilian labor force............................|  66,053|  67,392|  67,364|  66,198|  66,596|  66,856|  66,839|  67,277|  67,444
        Participation rate........................|    76.6|    77.1|    77.0|    76.8|    76.4|    76.6|    76.5|    76.9|    77.1
    Employed......................................|  62,430|  64,294|  64,239|  62,315|  62,889|  63,216|  63,421|  63,831|  64,123
        Employment-population ratio...............|    72.4|    73.5|    73.4|    72.3|    72.2|    72.5|    72.6|    73.0|    73.3
      Agriculture.................................|   2,323|   2,377|   2,402|   2,334|   2,285|   2,395|   2,255|   2,284|   2,409
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  60,107|  61,917|  61,837|  59,981|  60,605|  60,820|  61,167|  61,548|  61,714
    Unemployed....................................|   3,622|   3,098|   3,125|   3,883|   3,706|   3,640|   3,418|   3,446|   3,321
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.5|     4.6|     4.6|     5.9|     5.6|     5.4|     5.1|     5.1|     4.9
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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             Women, 16 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 101,288| 102,758| 102,839| 101,288| 102,482| 102,575| 102,672| 102,758| 102,839
  Civilian labor force............................|  59,081|  60,711|  60,856|  58,932|  59,943|  60,356|  60,647|  60,595|  60,672
        Participation rate........................|    58.3|    59.1|    59.2|    58.2|    58.5|    58.8|    59.1|    59.0|    59.0
    Employed......................................|  55,485|  57,301|  57,584|  55,188|  56,416|  56,714|  57,056|  57,150|  57,270
        Employment-population ratio...............|    54.8|    55.8|    56.0|    54.5|    55.0|    55.3|    55.6|    55.6|    55.7
    Unemployed....................................|   3,596|   3,410|   3,272|   3,744|   3,528|   3,642|   3,592|   3,445|   3,402
        Unemployment rate.........................|     6.1|     5.6|     5.4|     6.4|     5.9|     6.0|     5.9|     5.7|     5.6
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
             Women, 20 years and over
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  94,709|  95,729|  95,821|  94,709|  95,469|  95,544|  95,658|  95,729|  95,821
  Civilian labor force............................|  55,908|  57,302|  57,444|  55,621|  56,367|  56,774|  57,217|  57,055|  57,119
        Participation rate........................|    59.0|    59.9|    59.9|    58.7|    59.0|    59.4|    59.8|    59.6|    59.6
    Employed......................................|  52,830|  54,473|  54,667|  52,423|  53,394|  53,711|  54,161|  54,198|  54,240
        Employment-population ratio...............|    55.8|    56.9|    57.1|    55.4|    55.9|    56.2|    56.6|    56.6|    56.6
      Agriculture.................................|     595|     888|     844|     597|     781|     817|     855|     879|     843
      Nonagricultural industries..................|  52,236|  53,585|  53,823|  51,826|  52,613|  52,894|  53,306|  53,318|  53,396
    Unemployed....................................|   3,078|   2,829|   2,776|   3,198|   2,972|   3,063|   3,056|   2,858|   2,880
        Unemployment rate.........................|     5.5|     4.9|     4.8|     5.7|     5.3|     5.4|     5.3|     5.0|     5.0
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian  noninstitutional population.............|  13,367|  14,261|  14,257|  13,367|  14,267|  14,251|  14,269|  14,261|  14,257
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,560|   7,185|   7,061|   6,843|   7,495|   7,560|   7,286|   7,503|   7,373
        Participation rate........................|    49.1|    50.4|    49.5|    51.2|    52.5|    53.0|    51.1|    52.6|    51.7
    Employed......................................|   5,371|   5,957|   5,990|   5,594|   6,168|   6,239|   6,046|   6,207|   6,246
        Employment-population ratio...............|    40.2|    41.8|    42.0|    41.8|    43.2|    43.8|    42.4|    43.5|    43.8
      Agriculture.................................|     141|     257|     234|     183|     212|     231|     300|     332|     308
      Nonagricultural industries..................|   5,230|   5,700|   5,756|   5,411|   5,956|   6,008|   5,746|   5,875|   5,938
    Unemployed....................................|   1,189|   1,228|   1,071|   1,249|   1,327|   1,320|   1,240|   1,296|   1,127
        Unemployment rate.........................|    18.1|    17.1|    15.2|    18.3|    17.7|    17.5|    17.0|    17.3|    15.3
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                  |                          |                                  1/
                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                  Seasonally adjusted
      Employment status, race, sex, age, and      |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                 Hispanic origin                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Nov.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Nov.  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.
                                                  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                      WHITE
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Civilian noninstitutional population..............| 164,421| 165,954| 166,072| 164,421| 165,576| 165,696| 165,832| 165,954| 166,072
  Civilian labor force............................| 109,670| 111,577| 111,703| 109,804| 110,768| 111,242| 111,417| 111,584| 111,750
      Participation rate..........................|    66.7|    67.2|    67.3|    66.8|    66.9|    67.1|    67.2|    67.2|    67.3
    Employed......................................| 103,854| 106,435| 106,655| 103,662| 104,831| 105,400| 105,756| 106,012| 106,426
      Employment-population ratio.................|    63.2|    64.1|    64.2|    63.0|    63.3|    63.6|    63.8|    63.9|    64.1
    Unemployed....................................|   5,816|   5,141|   5,048|   6,142|   5,936|   5,842|   5,661|   5,573|   5,324
      Unemployment rate...........................|     5.3|     4.6|     4.5|     5.6|     5.4|     5.3|     5.1|     5.0|     4.8
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              Men, 20 years and over
 
  Civilian labor force............................|  57,045|  57,703|  57,744|  57,123|  57,254|  57,363|  57,445|  57,677|  57,772
      Participation rate..........................|    77.1|    77.5|    77.4|    77.2|    77.1|    77.1|    77.2|    77.4|    77.5
    Employed......................................|  54,366|  55,410|  55,441|  54,279|  54,466|  54,677|  54,919|  55,079|  55,330
      Employment-population ratio.................|    73.5|    74.4|    74.3|    73.4|    73.3|    73.5|    73.8|    73.9|    74.2
    Unemployed....................................|   2,678|   2,294|   2,303|   2,844|   2,788|   2,686|   2,526|   2,598|   2,443
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.7|     4.0|     4.0|     5.0|     4.9|     4.7|     4.4|     4.5|     4.2
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             Women, 20 years and over
 
  Civilian labor force............................|  46,965|  47,822|  47,975|  46,768|  47,183|  47,451|  47,851|  47,617|  47,751
      Participation rate..........................|    58.8|    59.7|    59.8|    58.6|    59.0|    59.3|    59.7|    59.4|    59.5
    Employed......................................|  44,700|  45,817|  45,992|  44,392|  44,949|  45,228|  45,628|  45,544|  45,672
      Employment-population ratio.................|    56.0|    57.2|    57.4|    55.6|    56.2|    56.5|    57.0|    56.8|    57.0
    Unemployed....................................|   2,265|   2,005|   1,983|   2,376|   2,234|   2,223|   2,223|   2,073|   2,079
      Unemployment rate...........................|     4.8|     4.2|     4.1|     5.1|     4.7|     4.7|     4.6|     4.4|     4.4
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
 
  Civilian labor force............................|   5,660|   6,052|   5,984|   5,913|   6,330|   6,427|   6,121|   6,291|   6,226
      Participation rate..........................|    53.2|    53.5|    52.9|    55.6|    56.1|    56.9|    54.2|    55.6|    55.0
    Employed......................................|   4,787|   5,209|   5,222|   4,991|   5,416|   5,495|   5,210|   5,389|   5,423
      Employment-population ratio.................|    45.0|    46.1|    46.2|    46.9|    48.0|    48.7|    46.1|    47.7|    47.9
    Unemployed....................................|     873|     843|     762|     922|     914|     933|     911|     902|     803
      Unemployment rate...........................|    15.4|    13.9|    12.7|    15.6|    14.4|    14.5|    14.9|    14.3|    12.9
        Men.......................................|    17.8|    13.9|    13.6|    17.7|    16.1|    15.1|    16.4|    14.8|    13.8
        Women.....................................|    12.9|    14.0|    11.8|    13.3|    12.6|    13.8|    13.1|    13.9|    12.0
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                      BLACK
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  22,475|  22,990|  23,023|  22,475|  22,883|  22,917|  22,955|  22,990|  23,023
  Civilian labor force............................|  14,049|  14,716|  14,566|  14,057|  14,351|  14,401|  14,461|  14,733|  14,565
      Participation rate..........................|    62.5|    64.0|    63.3|    62.5|    62.7|    62.8|    63.0|    64.1|    63.3
    Employed......................................|  12,350|  13,146|  13,080|  12,297|  12,739|  12,746|  12,912|  13,060|  13,033
      Employment-population ratio.................|    54.9|    57.2|    56.8|    54.7|    55.7|    55.6|    56.2|    56.8|    56.6
    Unemployed....................................|   1,699|   1,570|   1,486|   1,760|   1,612|   1,655|   1,549|   1,673|   1,532
      Unemployment rate...........................|    12.1|    10.7|    10.2|    12.5|    11.2|    11.5|    10.7|    11.4|    10.5
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              Men, 20 years and over
 
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,520|   6,760|   6,703|   6,529|   6,537|   6,544|   6,623|   6,747|   6,703
      Participation rate..........................|    71.7|    73.3|    72.6|    71.8|    71.4|    71.2|    71.9|    73.2|    72.6
    Employed......................................|   5,763|   6,161|   6,097|   5,725|   5,854|   5,860|   5,960|   6,088|   6,067
      Employment-population ratio.................|    63.4|    66.8|    66.0|    63.0|    64.0|    63.8|    64.7|    66.0|    65.7
    Unemployed....................................|     757|     599|     605|     804|     683|     684|     662|     659|     636
      Unemployment rate...........................|    11.6|     8.9|     9.0|    12.3|    10.5|    10.5|    10.0|     9.8|     9.5
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             Women, 20 years and over
 
  Civilian labor force............................|   6,823|   7,096|   7,041|   6,766|   6,939|   7,015|   6,994|   7,049|   6,984
      Participation rate..........................|    60.6|    61.5|    60.9|    60.1|    60.4|    60.9|    60.7|    61.0|    60.4
    Employed......................................|   6,162|   6,450|   6,417|   6,111|   6,343|   6,354|   6,368|   6,386|   6,366
      Employment-population ratio.................|    54.7|    55.9|    55.5|    54.2|    55.2|    55.2|    55.2|    55.3|    55.1
    Unemployed....................................|     661|     646|     625|     655|     596|     661|     626|     663|     618
      Unemployment rate...........................|     9.7|     9.1|     8.9|     9.7|     8.6|     9.4|     8.9|     9.4|     8.8
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            Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
 
  Civilian labor force............................|     706|     860|     822|     762|     876|     842|     844|     938|     879
      Participation rate..........................|    33.3|    38.7|    36.9|    35.9|    39.2|    38.1|    38.1|    42.2|    39.5
    Employed......................................|     425|     535|     566|     461|     542|     532|     584|     586|     600
      Employment-population ratio.................|    20.0|    24.1|    25.4|    21.7|    24.3|    24.1|    26.3|    26.4|    26.9
    Unemployed....................................|     281|     325|     256|     301|     333|     310|     261|     352|     279
      Unemployment rate...........................|    39.8|    37.8|    31.1|    39.5|    38.1|    36.8|    30.9|    37.5|    31.7
        Men.......................................|    39.4|    35.9|    28.6|    39.2|    43.0|    42.3|    29.1|    35.9|    29.2
        Women.....................................|    40.2|    39.7|    33.8|    39.7|    32.3|    30.4|    32.8|    39.2|    34.4
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                 HISPANIC ORIGIN
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Civilian noninstitutional population..............|  15,967|  18,291|  18,339|  15,967|  18,143|  18,193|  18,244|  18,291|  18,339
  Civilian labor force............................|  10,505|  12,194|  12,215|  10,575|  11,949|  11,958|  12,022|  12,245|  12,303
      Participation rate..........................|    65.8|    66.7|    66.6|    66.2|    65.9|    65.7|    65.9|    66.9|    67.1
    Employed......................................|   9,411|  11,094|  11,160|   9,476|  10,736|  10,734|  10,796|  11,094|  11,250
      Employment-population ratio.................|    58.9|    60.7|    60.9|    59.3|    59.2|    59.0|    59.2|    60.7|    61.3
    Unemployed....................................|   1,094|   1,100|   1,055|   1,099|   1,212|   1,224|   1,226|   1,151|   1,053
      Unemployment rate...........................|    10.4|     9.0|     8.6|    10.4|    10.1|    10.2|    10.2|     9.4|     8.6
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
   NOTE:  Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals
because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in
both the white and black population groups.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table A-3. Selected employment indicators
 
(In thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
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                     Category                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Nov.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Nov.  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.
                                                  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
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Total employed, 16 years and over.................|120,632 |124,724 |124,896 |120,332 |122,452 |123,166 |123,628 |124,236 |124,608
  Married men, spouse present.....................| 41,048 | 41,772 | 41,672 | 40,842 | 41,224 | 41,475 | 41,577 | 41,441 | 41,465
  Married women, spouse present...................| 31,180 | 31,968 | 32,161 | 30,872 | 31,379 | 31,567 | 31,967 | 31,746 | 31,811
  Women who maintain families.....................|  6,681 |  7,169 |  7,159 |  6,704 |  7,013 |  6,932 |  7,016 |  7,126 |  7,217
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                    OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Managerial and professional specialty...........| 32,988 | 34,462 | 34,646 | 32,739 | 33,859 | 33,931 | 34,303 | 34,284 | 34,397
  Technical, sales, and administrative support....| 36,864 | 37,508 | 37,779 | 36,974 | 37,194 | 37,358 | 37,711 | 37,697 | 37,854
  Service occupations.............................| 16,585 | 16,848 | 16,754 | 16,688 | 16,899 | 16,794 | 16,685 | 17,053 | 16,855
  Precision production, craft, and repair.........| 13,774 | 13,692 | 13,868 | 13,597 | 13,330 | 13,468 | 13,438 | 13,398 | 13,676
  Operators, fabricators, and laborers............| 17,209 | 18,503 | 18,245 | 16,958 | 17,762 | 17,964 | 18,019 | 18,167 | 18,029
  Farming, forestry, and fishing..................|  3,212 |  3,711 |  3,605 |  3,389 |  3,487 |  3,660 |  3,647 |  3,663 |  3,819
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                 CLASS OF WORKER
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  Agriculture:                                    |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|  1,665 |  1,813 |  1,768 |  1,719 |  1,637 |  1,737 |  1,702 |  1,793 |  1,817
    Self-employed workers.........................|  1,309 |  1,668 |  1,664 |  1,311 |  1,606 |  1,667 |  1,616 |  1,636 |  1,671
    Unpaid family workers.........................|     85 |     41 |     48 |     89 |     50 |     47 |     64 |     41 |     50
  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Wage and salary workers.......................|108,215 |112,154 |112,315 |107,975 |110,082 |110,393 |111,159 |111,786 |112,045
      Government..................................| 18,707 | 18,480 | 18,528 | 18,493 | 18,256 | 18,188 | 18,325 | 18,136 | 18,344
      Private industries..........................| 89,509 | 93,674 | 93,788 | 89,482 | 91,825 | 92,205 | 92,834 | 93,650 | 93,700
        Private households........................|  1,048 |    930 |    964 |  1,103 |    934 |    843 |    871 |    910 |  1,022
        Other industries..........................| 88,461 | 92,744 | 92,824 | 88,379 | 90,891 | 91,362 | 91,963 | 92,740 | 92,679
    Self-employed workers.........................|  9,137 |  8,915 |  8,986 |  9,011 |  8,970 |  9,055 |  8,971 |  8,792 |  8,879
    Unpaid family workers.........................|    219 |    133 |    115 |    223 |    138 |    141 |    134 |    133 |    117
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            PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  All industries:                                 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  6,039 |  4,132 |  4,368 |  6,126 |  4,425 |  4,284 |  4,260 |  4,405 |  4,426
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  3,056 |  2,217 |  2,374 |  3,037 |  2,430 |  2,393 |  2,403 |  2,363 |  2,365
      Could only find part-time work..............|  2,749 |  1,660 |  1,688 |  2,810 |  1,664 |  1,569 |  1,643 |  1,780 |  1,728
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 16,433 | 18,684 | 19,284 | 15,290 | 18,059 | 18,171 | 17,599 | 17,660 | 17,922
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  Nonagricultural industries:                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
    Part time for economic reasons................|  5,784 |  3,919 |  4,156 |  5,904 |  4,224 |  4,092 |  4,075 |  4,186 |  4,236
      Slack work or business conditions...........|  2,893 |  2,060 |  2,250 |  2,905 |  2,315 |  2,271 |  2,290 |  2,212 |  2,263
      Could only find part-time work..............|  2,661 |  1,624 |  1,641 |  2,719 |  1,627 |  1,539 |  1,592 |  1,744 |  1,678
    Part time for noneconomic reasons.............| 16,040 | 17,988 | 18,634 | 14,858 | 17,443 | 17,559 | 16,946 | 16,969 | 17,238
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___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
   NOTE:  Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs
during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial
dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time
but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays,
illness, and bad weather.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-4. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                     Category                     |                          |
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                                                  |  Nov.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Nov.  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.
                                                  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
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                  CHARACTERISTIC
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 Total, 16 years and over.........................|  8,330 |  7,600 |   7,328|   6.5  |   6.1  |   6.1  |   5.9  |   5.8  |   5.6
   Men, 20 years and over.........................|  3,883 |  3,446 |   3,321|   5.9  |   5.6  |   5.4  |   5.1  |   5.1  |   4.9
   Women, 20 years and over.......................|  3,198 |  2,858 |   2,880|   5.7  |   5.3  |   5.4  |   5.3  |   5.0  |   5.0
   Both sexes, 16 to 19 years.....................|  1,249 |  1,296 |   1,127|  18.3  |  17.7  |  17.5  |  17.0  |  17.3  |  15.3
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   Married men, spouse present....................|  1,703 |  1,432 |   1,393|   4.0  |   3.7  |   3.5  |   3.4  |   3.3  |   3.2
   Married women, spouse present..................|  1,423 |  1,333 |   1,279|   4.4  |   4.0  |   4.2  |   4.1  |   4.0  |   3.9
   Women who maintain families....................|    667 |    695 |     645|   9.0  |   7.8  |   8.9  |   9.0  |   8.9  |   8.2
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   Full-time workers..............................|  6,707 |  6,309 |   6,008|   6.3  |   6.2  |   6.1  |   5.9  |   5.9  |   5.6
   Part-time workers..............................|  1,565 |  1,376 |   1,325|   6.9  |   6.0  |   6.4  |   5.7  |   5.6  |   5.3
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                             3/                   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                   OCCUPATION
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Managerial and professional specialty..........|    982 |    892 |     867|   2.9  |   2.6  |   2.5  |   2.5  |   2.5  |   2.5
   Technical, sales, and administrative support...|  2,029 |  1,766 |   1,831|   5.2  |   4.7  |   5.0  |   4.7  |   4.5  |   4.6
   Precision production, craft, and repair........|    969 |    816 |     764|   6.7  |   5.7  |   6.2  |   6.1  |   5.7  |   5.3
   Operators, fabricators, and laborers...........|  1,719 |  1,723 |   1,601|   9.2  |   9.6  |   8.9  |   8.5  |   8.7  |   8.2
   Farming, forestry, and fishing.................|    286 |    344 |     289|   7.8  |   9.7  |   8.6  |   8.1  |   8.6  |   7.0
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                     INDUSTRY
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
   Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers|  6,455 |  5,896 |   5,845|   6.7  |   6.4  |   6.2  |   6.0  |   5.9  |   5.9
     Goods-producing industries...................|  2,165 |  1,767 |   1,706|   8.0  |   6.9  |   6.5  |   6.6  |   6.3  |   6.1
       Mining.....................................|     52 |     30 |      33|   7.2  |   6.1  |   5.1  |   5.5  |   4.4  |   4.8
       Construction...............................|    744 |    675 |     653|  12.2  |  10.9  |  10.5  |  10.7  |  10.5  |  10.3
       Manufacturing..............................|  1,369 |  1,062 |   1,019|   6.7  |   5.8  |   5.4  |   5.4  |   5.1  |   4.9
         Durable goods............................|    772 |    570 |     481|   6.5  |   5.7  |   5.5  |   5.4  |   4.7  |   4.0
         Nondurable goods.........................|    597 |    492 |     539|   7.0  |   5.9  |   5.2  |   5.4  |   5.6  |   6.1
     Service-producing industries.................|  4,290 |  4,129 |   4,139|   6.2  |   6.2  |   6.1  |   5.8  |   5.8  |   5.8
       Transportation and public utilities........|    354 |    301 |     337|   5.2  |   5.3  |   4.9  |   4.5  |   4.3  |   4.8
       Wholesale and retail trade.................|  1,886 |  1,907 |   1,840|   7.7  |   7.5  |   7.5  |   6.9  |   7.4  |   7.1
       Finance, insurance, and real estate........|    277 |    252 |     280|   3.7  |   3.7  |   3.8  |   4.5  |   3.4  |   3.7
       Services...................................|  1,773 |  1,668 |   1,682|   5.9  |   5.9  |   5.8  |   5.5  |   5.3  |   5.4
   Government workers.............................|    581 |    577 |     482|   3.0  |   3.4  |   3.7  |   3.1  |   3.1  |   2.6
   Agricultural wage and salary workers...........|    197 |    195 |     192|  10.3  |  12.6  |  11.1  |  10.9  |   9.8  |   9.5
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   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
   3/  Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available
because the seasonal components are small relative to the trend-cycle and/or irregular
components and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Table A-5. Duration of unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                    Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted
                                                  |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                     Duration                     |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Nov.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Nov.  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.
                                                  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1993  |19941/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
               NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Less than 5 weeks................................|  2,855 |  2,274 |  2,467 |  2,946 |  2,871 |  2,618 |  2,668 |  2,378 |  2,546
 5 to 14 weeks....................................|  2,327 |  2,179 |  2,063 |  2,401 |  2,361 |  2,632 |  2,306 |  2,306 |  2,149
 15 weeks and over................................|  2,707 |  2,703 |  2,443 |  2,971 |  2,855 |  2,793 |  2,841 |  3,026 |  2,702
    15 to 26 weeks................................|  1,048 |  1,225 |  1,068 |  1,216 |  1,269 |  1,219 |  1,249 |  1,403 |  1,224
    27 weeks and over.............................|  1,659 |  1,477 |  1,374 |  1,755 |  1,586 |  1,575 |  1,593 |  1,623 |  1,478
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................|   18.8 |   19.3 |   17.9 |   18.9 |   19.2 |   19.2 |   19.2 |   19.6 |   17.9
 Median duration, in weeks........................|    8.2 |    9.6 |    8.7 |    8.5 |    9.3 |    9.0 |   10.0 |   10.4 |    9.1
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
               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..............................|   36.2 |   31.8 |   35.4 |   35.4 |   35.5 |   32.5 |   34.1 |   30.8 |   34.4
   5 to 14 weeks..................................|   29.5 |   30.5 |   29.6 |   28.9 |   29.2 |   32.7 |   29.5 |   29.9 |   29.1
   15 weeks and over..............................|   34.3 |   37.8 |   35.0 |   35.7 |   35.3 |   34.7 |   36.4 |   39.3 |   36.5
     15 to 26 weeks...............................|   13.3 |   17.1 |   15.3 |   14.6 |   15.7 |   15.2 |   16.0 |   18.2 |   16.5
     27 weeks and over............................|   21.0 |   20.6 |   19.7 |   21.1 |   19.6 |   19.6 |   20.4 |   21.1 |   20.0
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-6. Reason for unemployment
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                           |                       |
                                                            Not seasonally adjusted               Seasonally adjusted
                                                           |                       |
                                                            _______________________ _______________________________________________
                          Reason                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           | Nov.  | Oct.  | Nov.  | Nov.  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.
                                                           | 1993  |19941/ | 1994  | 1993  |19941/ | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........|  4,196|  3,168|  3,366|  4,444|  3,904|  3,813|  3,570|  3,528|  3,532
  On temporary layoff......................................|    882|    637|    803|    963|  1,053|  1,022|    791|    808|    863
  Not on temporary layoff..................................|  3,314|  2,531|  2,563|  3,481|  2,851|  2,791|  2,779|  2,720|  2,668
    Permanent job losers...................................|  (2)  |  1,820|  1,801|  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
    Persons who completed temporary jobs...................|  (2)  |    712|    762|  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
Job leavers................................................|    989|    811|    714|    960|    755|    751|    892|    767|    692
Reentrants.................................................|  1,963|  2,611|  2,407|  2,084|  2,781|  2,779|  2,579|  2,614|  2,550
New entrants...............................................|    741|    565|    486|    833|    587|    650|    611|    616|    577
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                   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.......|   53.2|   44.3|   48.3|   53.4|   48.6|   47.7|   46.7|   46.9|   48.0
   On temporary layoff.....................................|   11.2|    8.9|   11.5|   11.6|   13.1|   12.8|   10.3|   10.7|   11.7
   Not on temporary layoff.................................|   42.0|   35.4|   36.8|   41.8|   35.5|   34.9|   36.3|   36.1|   36.3
 Job leavers...............................................|   12.5|   11.3|   10.2|   11.5|    9.4|    9.4|   11.7|   10.2|    9.4
 Reentrants................................................|   24.9|   36.5|   34.5|   25.0|   34.7|   34.8|   33.7|   34.7|   34.7
 New entrants..............................................|    9.4|    7.9|    7.0|   10.0|    7.3|    8.1|    8.0|    8.2|    7.9
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                      CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.......|    3.3|    2.4|    2.6|    3.5|    3.0|    2.9|    2.7|    2.7|    2.7
 Job leavers...............................................|     .8|     .6|     .5|     .7|     .6|     .6|     .7|     .6|     .5
 Reentrants................................................|    1.5|    2.0|    1.8|    1.6|    2.1|    2.1|    2.0|    2.0|    1.9
 New entrants..............................................|     .6|     .4|     .4|     .6|     .4|     .5|     .5|     .5|     .4
                                                           |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
   2/  Not available.
 
Table A-7. Unemployed persons by age and sex, seasonally adjusted
 
 
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                                                  |                          |
                                                  |        Number of         |
                                                  |    unemployed persons    |                Unemployment rates1/
                                                  |      (in thousands)      |
                   Age and sex                    |                          |
                                                   __________________________ _____________________________________________________
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                                  |  Nov.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.  |  Nov.  |  July  |  Aug.  | Sept.  |  Oct.  |  Nov.
                                                  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1993  |19942/  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994  |  1994
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Total, 16 years and over..........................|  8,330 |  7,600 |  7,328 |   6.5  |   6.1  |   6.1  |   5.9  |   5.8  |   5.6
  16 to 24 years..................................|  2,568 |  2,557 |  2,413 |  12.7  |  12.6  |  12.7  |  12.1  |  11.8  |  11.2
    16 to 19 years................................|  1,249 |  1,296 |  1,127 |  18.3  |  17.7  |  17.5  |  17.0  |  17.3  |  15.3
      16 to 17 years..............................|    566 |    553 |    532 |  20.5  |  20.6  |  20.0  |  18.7  |  17.2  |  16.9
      18 to 19 years..............................|    687 |    747 |    597 |  16.8  |  15.4  |  15.5  |  15.8  |  17.5  |  14.2
    20 to 24 years................................|  1,319 |  1,261 |  1,286 |   9.9  |   9.9  |  10.2  |   9.5  |   8.9  |   9.1
  25 years and over...............................|  5,747 |  5,079 |  4,947 |   5.3  |   4.9  |   4.8  |   4.7  |   4.6  |   4.5
    25 to 54 years................................|  5,124 |  4,463 |  4,328 |   5.5  |   5.0  |   4.9  |   4.8  |   4.7  |   4.6
    55 years and over.............................|    649 |    622 |    624 |   4.2  |   4.2  |   4.3  |   3.7  |   4.0  |   3.9
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Men, 16 years and over..........................|  4,586 |  4,155 |  3,926 |   6.6  |   6.3  |   6.2  |   5.8  |   5.8  |   5.5
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,438 |  1,423 |  1,328 |  13.6  |  13.7  |  13.5  |  12.5  |  12.3  |  11.7
      16 to 19 years..............................|    703 |    709 |    605 |  19.9  |  19.7  |  18.6  |  18.3  |  17.9  |  15.8
        16 to 17 years............................|    314 |    297 |    266 |  21.7  |  20.9  |  21.0  |  19.3  |  17.4  |  16.1
        18 to 19 years............................|    388 |    419 |    340 |  18.5  |  18.5  |  16.9  |  17.4  |  18.7  |  15.8
      20 to 24 years..............................|    735 |    714 |    723 |  10.4  |  10.6  |  10.8  |   9.5  |   9.4  |   9.5
    25 years and over.............................|  3,141 |  2,762 |  2,629 |   5.3  |   4.9  |   4.8  |   4.6  |   4.6  |   4.4
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,755 |  2,362 |  2,250 |   5.5  |   5.0  |   4.8  |   4.7  |   4.6  |   4.4
      55 years and over...........................|    391 |    371 |    355 |   4.5  |   4.6  |   4.3  |   4.0  |   4.3  |   4.0
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Women, 16 years and over........................|  3,744 |  3,445 |  3,402 |   6.4  |   5.9  |   6.0  |   5.9  |   5.7  |   5.6
    16 to 24 years................................|  1,130 |  1,134 |  1,085 |  11.7  |  11.3  |  11.8  |  11.6  |  11.2  |  10.8
      16 to 19 years..............................|    546 |    587 |    522 |  16.5  |  15.5  |  16.2  |  15.6  |  16.6  |  14.7
        16 to 17 years............................|    252 |    256 |    266 |  19.2  |  20.3  |  19.0  |  18.0  |  17.0  |  17.9
        18 to 19 years............................|    299 |    327 |    257 |  14.9  |  12.0  |  13.8  |  14.0  |  16.1  |  12.5
      20 to 24 years..............................|    584 |    547 |    563 |   9.3  |   9.1  |   9.4  |   9.5  |   8.3  |   8.6
    25 years and over.............................|  2,606 |  2,316 |  2,318 |   5.3  |   4.8  |   4.9  |   4.8  |   4.6  |   4.6
      25 to 54 years..............................|  2,369 |  2,102 |  2,078 |   5.6  |   5.0  |   4.9  |   5.0  |   4.8  |   4.8
      55 years and over...........................|    258 |    250 |    269 |   3.8  |   3.6  |   4.2  |   3.4  |   3.6  |   3.8
                                                  |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   1/  Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
   2/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
 
HOUSEHOLD DATA
 
 
Table A-8. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                                                      |
                                                                                      |               November 1994
                                       Category                                       |
                                                                                       ____________________________________________
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |    Total     |     Men      |    Women
                                                                                      |              |              |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |              |              |
Total not in the labor force..........................................................|    65,738    |    23,755    |    41,983
 Persons who currently want a job.....................................................|     5,411    |     2,151    |     3,260
  Searched for work and available to work now1/.......................................|     1,674    |       818    |       855
   Reason not currently looking:                                                      |              |              |
     Discouragement over job prospects2/..............................................|       447    |       277    |       171
     Reasons other than discouragement3/..............................................|     1,226    |       542    |       685
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                                                                      |              |              |
                                 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
                                                                                      |              |              |
Total multiple jobholders4/...........................................................|     7,475    |     4,068    |     3,407
    Percent of total employed.........................................................|       6.0    |       6.0    |       5.9
                                                                                      |              |              |
 Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......................................|     4,384    |     2,685    |     1,700
 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............................................|     1,702    |       537    |     1,165
 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............................................|       241    |       174    |        67
 Hours vary on primary or secondary job...............................................|     1,103    |       649    |       454
                                                                                      |              |              |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
   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.
 
 
 
Table A-9.  Employment status of the civilian population for eleven large States
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                          |                             |
                                          |                        1/   |                                     2/
                                            Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted
                                          |                             |
                                           ____________________________ ___________________________________________________________
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
       State and employment status
                                          |  Nov.   |  Oct.   |  Nov.   |  Nov.   |  July   |  Aug.   |  Sept.  |  Oct.   |  Nov.
                                          |  1993   | 19943/  |  1994   |  1993   | 19943/  |  1994   |  1994   |  1994   |  1994
                                          |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 
                California
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   23,354    23,500    23,515    23,354    23,451    23,467    23,484    23,500    23,515
  Civilian labor force....................   15,198    15,585    15,454    15,209    15,334    15,390    15,463    15,608    15,497
    Employed..............................   13,890    14,429    14,292    13,861    13,950    14,023    14,172    14,411    14,299
    Unemployed............................    1,308     1,156     1,162     1,348     1,383     1,367     1,290     1,197     1,198
    Unemployment rate.....................      8.6       7.4       7.5       8.9       9.0       8.9       8.3       7.7       7.7
 
 
                 Florida
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   10,744    10,873    10,886    10,744    10,834    10,847    10,861    10,873    10,886
  Civilian labor force....................    6,673     6,844     6,903     6,689     6,709     6,718     6,843     6,829     6,928
    Employed..............................    6,269     6,429     6,475     6,245     6,296     6,344     6,386     6,384     6,455
    Unemployed............................      404       415       427       445       413       374       457       445       473
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.1       6.1       6.2       6.6       6.2       5.6       6.7       6.5       6.8
 
 
                 Illinois
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,852     8,901     8,906     8,852     8,884     8,889     8,895     8,901     8,906
  Civilian labor force....................    5,993     6,028     6,007     5,999     5,976     5,986     5,952     6,050     6,011
    Employed..............................    5,659     5,683     5,738     5,640     5,601     5,646     5,612     5,672     5,713
    Unemployed............................      334       346       270       359       374       340       340       378       298
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.6       5.7       4.5       6.0       6.3       5.7       5.7       6.3       5.0
 
 
              Massachusetts
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    4,665     4,667     4,668     4,665     4,665     4,665     4,667     4,667     4,668
  Civilian labor force....................    3,166     3,170     3,159     3,175     3,219     3,172     3,181     3,183     3,164
    Employed..............................    2,972     2,983     2,994     2,972     3,028     2,984     3,014     2,979     2,990
    Unemployed............................      194       187       165       204       191       188       167       205       174
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.1       5.9       5.2       6.4       5.9       5.9       5.2       6.4       5.5
 
 
                 Michigan
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    7,147     7,180     7,183     7,147     7,168     7,172     7,176     7,180     7,183
  Civilian labor force....................    4,715     4,816     4,760     4,714     4,745     4,744     4,810     4,817     4,760
    Employed..............................    4,408     4,589     4,561     4,383     4,462     4,447     4,545     4,570     4,540
    Unemployed............................      308       227       200       331       283       297       265       247       220
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.5       4.7       4.2       7.0       6.0       6.3       5.5       5.1       4.6
 
 
                New Jersey
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    6,119     6,144     6,147     6,119     6,135     6,138     6,142     6,144     6,147
  Civilian labor force....................    4,030     4,098     4,052     4,043     4,061     4,099     4,098     4,107     4,055
    Employed..............................    3,790     3,841     3,801     3,786     3,799     3,852     3,824     3,830     3,789
    Unemployed............................      240       257       251       257       261       246       274       277       266
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.9       6.3       6.2       6.3       6.4       6.0       6.7       6.7       6.6
 
 
                 New York
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   14,049    14,077    14,080    14,049    14,064    14,067    14,073    14,077    14,080
  Civilian labor force....................    8,576     8,583     8,545     8,606     8,730     8,633     8,591     8,609     8,581
    Employed..............................    7,956     8,051     8,040     7,955     8,110     8,035     8,058     8,048     8,043
    Unemployed............................      621       533       505       651       620       598       533       561       538
    Unemployment rate.....................      7.2       6.2       5.9       7.6       7.1       6.9       6.2       6.5       6.3
 
 
              North Carolina
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    5,321     5,394     5,401     5,321     5,372     5,379     5,387     5,394     5,401
  Civilian labor force....................    3,575     3,655     3,667     3,554     3,567     3,613     3,638     3,624     3,645
    Employed..............................    3,436     3,486     3,524     3,410     3,401     3,424     3,452     3,443     3,497
    Unemployed............................      139       169       143       144       166       189       186       180       148
    Unemployment rate.....................      3.9       4.6       3.9       4.1       4.7       5.2       5.1       5.0       4.1
 
 
                   Ohio
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    8,413     8,446     8,450     8,413     8,434     8,438     8,443     8,446     8,450
  Civilian labor force....................    5,491     5,537     5,572     5,512     5,472     5,437     5,520     5,557     5,598
    Employed..............................    5,165     5,290     5,338     5,153     5,153     5,143     5,217     5,282     5,336
    Unemployed............................      325       248       234       359       319       294       303       274       262
    Unemployment rate.....................      5.9       4.5       4.2       6.5       5.8       5.4       5.5       4.9       4.7
 
 
               Pennsylvania
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......    9,295     9,316     9,318     9,295     9,306     9,309     9,313     9,316     9,318
  Civilian labor force....................    5,935     5,822     5,753     5,899     5,912     5,867     5,797     5,772     5,699
    Employed..............................    5,538     5,491     5,429     5,484     5,528     5,499     5,408     5,428     5,360
    Unemployed............................      398       330       324       415       385       369       389       344       339
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.7       5.7       5.6       7.0       6.5       6.3       6.7       6.0       5.9
 
 
                  Texas
 
Civilian noninstitutional population......   13,400    13,631    13,652    13,400    13,562    13,585    13,608    13,631    13,652
  Civilian labor force....................    9,372     9,405     9,498     9,359     9,500     9,416     9,334     9,398     9,476
    Employed..............................    8,722     8,875     8,967     8,718     8,854     8,791     8,751     8,842     8,956
    Unemployed............................      650       529       531       641       646       626       583       555       520
    Unemployment rate.....................      6.9       5.6       5.6       6.8       6.8       6.6       6.2       5.9       5.5
 
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
 
   1/ These are the official Bureau of Labor Statistics' estimates used in the
administration of Federal fund allocation programs.
 
   2/ The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore,
identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and the seasonally adjusted columns.
   3/  Data for 1994 are not directly comparable with data for 1993 and earlier years.
For additional information, see "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective
January 1994" in the February 1994 issue of Employment and Earnings.
 
 
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
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                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Nov.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Nov.  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.
                                                 | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
              Total..............................|112,279|114,691|115,262|115,680|111,366|113,624|113,914|114,186|114,350|114,700
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Total private.........................| 92,997| 95,811| 95,863| 96,090| 92,479| 94,601| 94,827| 95,035| 95,215| 95,539
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Goods-producing industries....................| 23,465| 24,125| 24,085| 24,029| 23,281| 23,590| 23,640| 23,673| 23,716| 23,836
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Mining......................................|    611|    612|    608|    606|    604|    601|    603|    605|    602|    600
       Metal mining..............................|   50.1|   51.6|   51.3|   51.5|     50|     51|     52|     51|     51|     52
       Coal mining...............................|   98.3|  112.8|  112.9|  113.1|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
       Oil and gas extraction....................|  359.5|  343.0|  340.2|  338.4|    355|    335|    336|    341|    337|    334
       Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels........|  102.6|  104.6|  104.0|  103.0|    101|    101|    101|    101|    101|    101
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Construction................................|  4,848|  5,264|  5,239|  5,170|  4,733|  4,944|  4,942|  4,972|  4,976|  5,047
       General building contractors..............|1,151.4|1,222.8|1,224.0|1,219.3|  1,133|  1,161|  1,166|  1,172|  1,181|  1,199
       Heavy construction, except building.......|  747.2|  802.6|  793.2|  758.6|    712|    733|    725|    727|    715|    725
       Special trade contractors.................|2,949.7|3,238.7|3,222.2|3,192.2|  2,888|  3,050|  3,051|  3,073|  3,080|  3,123
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Manufacturing...............................| 18,006| 18,249| 18,238| 18,253| 17,944| 18,045| 18,095| 18,096| 18,138| 18,189
         Production workers......................| 12,334| 12,628| 12,617| 12,613| 12,285| 12,431| 12,478| 12,485| 12,524| 12,558
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Durable goods..............................| 10,176| 10,356| 10,373| 10,414| 10,142| 10,249| 10,290| 10,306| 10,336| 10,376
         Production workers......................|  6,849|  7,068|  7,085|  7,108|  6,822|  6,969|  7,007|  7,021|  7,053|  7,075
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Lumber and wood products..................|  713.4|  747.5|  745.2|  744.1|    712|    732|    734|    735|    737|    742
       Furniture and fixtures....................|  491.1|  500.2|  502.6|  503.1|    487|    500|    496|    496|    497|    500
       Stone, clay, and glass products...........|  522.1|  543.0|  542.6|  541.1|    517|    530|    531|    531|    534|    536
       Primary metal industries..................|  678.4|  694.6|  696.6|  699.2|    678|    686|    686|    690|    695|    699
         Blast furnaces and basic steel products.|  237.7|  234.3|  234.3|  234.2|    238|    234|    232|    233|    235|    234
       Fabricated metal products.................|1,342.3|1,382.5|1,388.9|1,395.5|  1,335|  1,368|  1,373|  1,373|  1,381|  1,387
       Industrial machinery and equipment........|1,914.0|1,951.8|1,952.6|1,962.6|  1,916|  1,942|  1,952|  1,956|  1,958|  1,965
       Electronic and other electrical equipment.|1,526.9|1,568.2|1,570.0|1,580.5|  1,521|  1,551|  1,561|  1,567|  1,567|  1,574
       Transportation equipment..................|1,730.5|1,734.5|1,738.7|1,752.6|  1,725|  1,712|  1,727|  1,731|  1,740|  1,744
         Motor vehicles and equipment............|  846.4|  903.0|  906.7|  916.1|    843|    875|    893|    898|    908|    912
         Aircraft and parts......................|  517.1|  468.4|  467.5|  466.7|    515|    475|    472|    468|    467|    464
       Instruments and related products..........|  877.5|  849.0|  846.2|  847.6|    877|    849|    850|    848|    845|    847
       Miscellaneous manufacturing...............|  379.5|  384.2|  389.4|  387.3|    374|    379|    380|    379|    382|    382
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Nondurable goods...........................|  7,830|  7,893|  7,865|  7,839|  7,802|  7,796|  7,805|  7,790|  7,802|  7,813
         Production workers......................|  5,485|  5,560|  5,532|  5,505|  5,463|  5,462|  5,471|  5,464|  5,471|  5,483
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Food and kindred products.................|1,684.1|1,739.2|1,704.7|1,678.2|  1,675|  1,668|  1,666|  1,661|  1,660|  1,670
       Tobacco products..........................|   43.6|   40.6|   40.9|   40.1|     42|     38|     40|     38|     39|     39
       Textile mill products.....................|  672.9|  674.0|  674.1|  674.9|    671|    672|    672|    669|    671|    674
       Apparel and other textile products........|  974.2|  963.8|  963.5|  954.4|    966|    954|    958|    957|    955|    947
       Paper and allied products.................|  685.5|  683.7|  684.5|  685.7|    685|    684|    683|    680|    684|    685
       Printing and publishing...................|1,520.5|1,530.0|1,535.2|1,541.6|  1,515|  1,531|  1,535|  1,533|  1,537|  1,537
       Chemicals and allied products.............|1,068.9|1,050.7|1,046.9|1,046.6|  1,071|  1,053|  1,050|  1,049|  1,048|  1,048
       Petroleum and coal products...............|  151.7|  151.3|  150.4|  149.1|    151|    147|    149|    149|    149|    148
       Rubber and misc. plastics products........|  910.3|  944.0|  950.6|  953.5|    909|    935|    938|    941|    946|    952
       Leather and leather products..............|  118.0|  115.4|  114.3|  114.7|    117|    114|    114|    113|    113|    113
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Service-producing industries..................| 88,814| 90,566| 91,177| 91,651| 88,085| 90,034| 90,274| 90,513| 90,634| 90,864
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Transportation and public utilities.........|  5,845|  5,915|  5,921|  5,923|  5,800|  5,857|  5,866|  5,865|  5,864|  5,879
       Transportation............................|  3,658|  3,741|  3,747|  3,753|  3,613|  3,687|  3,691|  3,694|  3,691|  3,709
         Railroad transportation.................|  247.4|  248.0|  248.0|  244.6|    247|    245|    241|    245|    246|    245
         Local and interurban passenger transit..|  390.8|  402.4|  408.5|  408.8|    374|    391|    397|    390|    389|    392
         Trucking and warehousing................|1,743.8|1,799.7|1,802.6|1,813.0|  1,715|  1,768|  1,772|  1,775|  1,771|  1,784
         Water transportation....................|  163.7|  170.6|  167.9|  164.4|    166|    169|    165|    167|    167|    167
         Transportation by air...................|  736.0|  732.0|  730.0|  730.9|    735|    728|    729|    729|    729|    730
         Pipelines, except natural gas...........|   18.1|   17.7|   17.8|   17.8|     18|     17|     18|     18|     18|     18
         Transportation services.................|  358.0|  370.1|  372.6|  373.5|    358|    369|    369|    370|    371|    373
       Communications and public utilities.......|  2,187|  2,174|  2,174|  2,170|  2,187|  2,170|  2,175|  2,171|  2,173|  2,170
         Communications..........................|1,253.4|1,259.3|1,262.4|1,262.9|  1,250|  1,254|  1,261|  1,257|  1,260|  1,259
         Electric, gas, and sanitary services....|  933.3|  914.7|  911.9|  907.4|    937|    916|    914|    914|    913|    911
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Wholesale trade.............................|  5,987|  6,111|  6,123|  6,130|  5,971|  6,053|  6,079|  6,095|  6,102|  6,111
       Durable goods.............................|  3,415|  3,476|  3,484|  3,493|  3,413|  3,461|  3,471|  3,476|  3,484|  3,490
       Nondurable goods..........................|  2,572|  2,635|  2,639|  2,637|  2,558|  2,592|  2,608|  2,619|  2,618|  2,621
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Retail trade................................| 20,132| 20,569| 20,543| 20,825| 19,848| 20,386| 20,405| 20,470| 20,512| 20,537
       Building materials and garden supplies....|  793.3|  854.5|  855.3|  854.5|    798|    842|    844|    848|    852|    861
       General merchandise stores................|2,613.6|2,467.0|2,526.6|2,664.8|  2,451|  2,457|  2,476|  2,484|  2,499|  2,495
       Food stores...............................|3,240.8|3,248.1|3,259.2|3,290.4|  3,210|  3,247|  3,254|  3,248|  3,249|  3,261
       Automotive dealers and service stations...|2,059.3|2,188.0|2,189.0|2,191.6|  2,060|  2,145|  2,159|  2,171|  2,180|  2,194
       Apparel and accessory stores..............|1,187.7|1,136.9|1,149.1|1,189.5|  1,144|  1,149|  1,148|  1,154|  1,157|  1,146
       Furniture and home furnishings stores.....|  864.8|  904.7|  922.2|  947.3|    849|    897|    905|    914|    924|    929
       Eating and drinking places................|6,824.2|7,259.9|7,095.4|7,080.1|  6,869|  7,129|  7,105|  7,111|  7,117|  7,130
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                  _______________________________________________________________________________
 
   See footnotes at end of table.
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry - Continued
 
   (In thousands)
 
 
 
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                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
                                                  _______________________________ _______________________________________________
                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Nov.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Nov.  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.
                                                 | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
       Miscellaneous retail establishments.......|2,548.6|2,510.0|2,546.4|2,606.7|  2,467|  2,520|  2,514|  2,540|  2,534|  2,521
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Finance, insurance, and real estate.........|  6,739|  6,804|  6,768|  6,766|  6,763|  6,797|  6,801|  6,794|  6,783|  6,791
       Finance...................................|  3,237|  3,247|  3,234|  3,239|  3,245|  3,261|  3,259|  3,251|  3,244|  3,247
         Depository institutions.................|2,061.5|2,033.7|2,028.2|2,029.3|  2,068|  2,042|  2,040|  2,036|  2,036|  2,035
         Nondepository institutions..............|  466.6|  470.1|  464.0|  461.5|    467|    480|    476|    472|    466|    463
         Security and commodity brokers..........|  482.3|  508.1|  506.7|  510.0|    483|    506|    508|    508|    507|    511
         Holding and other investment offices....|  226.6|  234.9|  235.1|  238.5|    227|    233|    235|    235|    235|    238
       Insurance.................................|  2,188|  2,172|  2,171|  2,168|  2,192|  2,182|  2,180|  2,178|  2,176|  2,172
         Insurance carriers......................|1,527.5|1,507.5|1,504.7|1,501.3|  1,530|  1,517|  1,515|  1,512|  1,509|  1,504
         Insurance agents, brokers, and service..|  660.6|  664.8|  665.9|  666.9|    662|    665|    665|    666|    667|    668
       Real estate...............................|  1,314|  1,385|  1,363|  1,359|  1,326|  1,354|  1,362|  1,365|  1,363|  1,372
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Services2/..................................| 30,829| 32,287| 32,423| 32,417| 30,816| 31,918| 32,036| 32,138| 32,238| 32,385
       Agricultural services.....................|  527.2|  592.4|  584.6|  563.3|    533|    554|    559|    561|    565|    568
       Hotels and other lodging places...........|1,552.6|1,662.6|1,589.4|1,534.2|  1,599|  1,627|  1,619|  1,609|  1,593|  1,582
       Personal services.........................|1,114.6|1,113.2|1,113.6|1,112.6|  1,137|  1,134|  1,139|  1,138|  1,137|  1,135
       Business services.........................|6,097.1|6,678.3|6,780.4|6,815.5|  6,016|  6,488|  6,538|  6,593|  6,628|  6,721
         Personnel supply services...............|2,131.2|2,499.7|2,568.0|2,570.9|  2,066|  2,375|  2,388|  2,418|  2,427|  2,496
       Auto repair, services, and parking........|  974.6|1,070.3|1,076.1|1,081.2|    975|  1,045|  1,058|  1,065|  1,074|  1,082
       Miscellaneous repair services.............|  369.1|  384.9|  387.0|  386.9|    368|    381|    382|    382|    383|    386
       Motion pictures...........................|  424.0|  492.9|  506.1|  518.7|    425|    482|    493|    502|    515|    520
       Amusement and recreation services.........|1,128.4|1,331.3|1,203.8|1,142.1|  1,250|  1,278|  1,266|  1,254|  1,271|  1,268
       Health services...........................|8,876.9|9,084.1|9,109.7|9,130.0|  8,873|  9,043|  9,076|  9,084|  9,110|  9,121
         Hospitals...............................|3,788.1|3,787.4|3,787.5|3,790.4|  3,789|  3,787|  3,790|  3,791|  3,791|  3,790
       Legal services............................|  933.5|  939.0|  943.2|  947.2|    935|    941|    942|    946|    946|    949
       Educational services......................|1,843.5|1,727.7|1,882.5|1,910.5|  1,707|  1,747|  1,747|  1,761|  1,763|  1,769
       Social services...........................|2,150.5|2,284.5|2,308.1|2,333.8|  2,139|  2,267|  2,285|  2,296|  2,301|  2,320
       Museums and botanical and zoological      |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         gardens.................................|   74.8|   81.7|   80.9|   76.3|     77|     80|     80|     79|     79|     79
       Membership organizations..................|2,027.9|2,045.5|2,052.4|2,050.2|  2,040|  2,056|  2,056|  2,062|  2,063|  2,063
       Engineering and management services.......|2,559.9|2,624.0|2,630.2|2,638.9|  2,567|  2,620|  2,621|  2,632|  2,635|  2,647
       Services, nec.............................|   40.6|   40.7|   41.0|   41.4|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)|    (1)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Government..................................| 19,282| 18,880| 19,399| 19,590| 18,887| 19,023| 19,087| 19,151| 19,135| 19,161
       Federal...................................|  2,882|  2,863|  2,850|  2,849|  2,900|  2,859|  2,858|  2,863|  2,864|  2,866
       State.....................................|  4,635|  4,529|  4,703|  4,729|  4,505|  4,568|  4,585|  4,593|  4,589|  4,595
         Education...............................|1,995.4|1,818.3|2,012.1|2,044.1|  1,841|  1,876|  1,886|  1,890|  1,884|  1,886
         Other State government..................|2,639.9|2,711.0|2,691.1|2,685.1|  2,664|  2,692|  2,699|  2,703|  2,705|  2,709
       Local.....................................| 11,765| 11,488| 11,846| 12,012| 11,482| 11,596| 11,644| 11,695| 11,682| 11,700
         Education...............................|6,727.9|6,344.5|6,775.3|6,888.4|  6,382|  6,478|  6,536|  6,547|  6,534|  6,535
         Other local government..................|5,036.9|5,143.2|5,070.7|5,123.5|  5,100|  5,118|  5,108|  5,148|  5,148|  5,165
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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     1/  These series are not published seasonally adjusted since the          precision.
    seasonal component is small relative to the trend-cycle and/or irregular    2/  Includes other industries, not shown separately
    components and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient             p = preliminary
 
 
 
 
   ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                        ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                          1/
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
 
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                                                 |                               |
                                                 |    Not seasonally adjusted    |              Seasonally adjusted
                                                 |                               |
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                      Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                 | Nov.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Nov.  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.
                                                 | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
         Total private...........................|  34.5 |  34.7 |  34.9 |  34.6 |  34.6 |  34.6 |  34.4 |  34.6 |  34.9 |  34.6
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Mining........................................|  44.7 |  45.4 |  45.2 |  44.9 |  44.3 |  45.4 |  44.7 |  45.0 |  44.8 |  44.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Construction..................................|  38.6 |  39.9 |  39.5 |  38.5 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Manufacturing.................................|  42.0 |  42.4 |  42.3 |  42.5 |  41.7 |  42.0 |  42.0 |  42.0 |  42.1 |  42.1
        Overtime hours...........................|   4.6 |   5.1 |   5.0 |   5.0 |   4.4 |   4.6 |   4.6 |   4.7 |   4.7 |   4.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Durable goods...............................|  42.8 |  43.1 |  43.1 |  43.3 |  42.5 |  42.6 |  42.8 |  42.8 |  42.9 |  43.0
        Overtime hours...........................|   4.9 |   5.4 |   5.2 |   5.3 |   4.7 |   4.9 |   5.0 |   5.0 |   5.0 |   5.0
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Lumber and wood products...................|  41.4 |  41.5 |  41.6 |  41.3 |  41.4 |  41.1 |  41.2 |  40.9 |  41.4 |  41.2
      Furniture and fixtures.....................|  40.9 |  41.2 |  41.1 |  40.7 |  40.7 |  40.5 |  40.4 |  40.7 |  40.7 |  40.4
      Stone, clay, and glass products............|  43.6 |  44.2 |  44.2 |  43.9 |  43.3 |  43.5 |  43.4 |  43.6 |  43.5 |  43.6
      Primary metal industries...................|  44.2 |  45.0 |  44.7 |  45.3 |  44.1 |  44.4 |  44.7 |  44.9 |  44.9 |  45.2
        Blast furnaces and basic steel products..|  44.0 |  45.8 |  45.1 |  45.5 |  44.0 |  44.8 |  45.0 |  45.3 |  45.3 |  45.5
      Fabricated metal products..................|  42.9 |  43.2 |  43.2 |  43.6 |  42.5 |  42.6 |  42.8 |  43.0 |  42.9 |  43.2
      Industrial machinery and equipment.........|  43.4 |  43.7 |  43.7 |  44.0 |  43.2 |  43.6 |  43.4 |  43.7 |  43.7 |  43.9
      Electronic and other electrical equipment..|  42.5 |  42.2 |  42.3 |  42.6 |  42.0 |  42.2 |  42.3 |  42.0 |  42.3 |  42.1
      Transportation equipment...................|  44.0 |  44.8 |  44.5 |  44.7 |  43.8 |  43.3 |  44.4 |  44.2 |  44.2 |  44.5
        Motor vehicles and equipment.............|  45.8 |  46.5 |  46.0 |  46.3 |  45.9 |  44.1 |  45.9 |  45.8 |  45.7 |  46.4
      Instruments and related products...........|  41.4 |  41.8 |  41.7 |  42.1 |  41.0 |  42.1 |  41.8 |  41.7 |  41.8 |  41.8
      Miscellaneous manufacturing................|  40.6 |  40.1 |  40.5 |  40.9 |  39.8 |  40.3 |  39.9 |  39.9 |  39.9 |  40.1
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
     Nondurable goods............................|  41.1 |  41.4 |  41.3 |  41.4 |  40.6 |  41.1 |  40.9 |  41.0 |  41.1 |  41.0
        Overtime hours...........................|   4.2 |   4.8 |   4.6 |   4.5 |   4.0 |   4.3 |   4.2 |   4.3 |   4.3 |   4.3
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Food and kindred products..................|  41.4 |  42.3 |  41.8 |  42.0 |  40.7 |  41.7 |  41.3 |  41.3 |  41.3 |  41.3
      Tobacco products...........................|  37.7 |  41.2 |  41.8 |  39.6 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
      Textile mill products......................|  42.2 |  42.1 |  41.9 |  41.9 |  41.8 |  41.6 |  41.5 |  41.5 |  41.8 |  41.5
      Apparel and other textile products.........|  37.6 |  37.8 |  37.9 |  38.0 |  37.1 |  37.6 |  37.7 |  37.6 |  37.6 |  37.6
      Paper and allied products..................|  44.1 |  44.4 |  44.4 |  44.3 |  43.7 |  44.3 |  44.1 |  43.9 |  44.2 |  43.9
      Printing and publishing....................|  38.8 |  39.1 |  39.0 |  39.1 |  38.4 |  38.6 |  38.5 |  38.7 |  38.8 |  38.7
      Chemicals and allied products..............|  43.4 |  43.1 |  43.4 |  43.7 |  43.0 |  43.5 |  43.2 |  43.1 |  43.5 |  43.4
      Petroleum and coal products................|  43.9 |  46.3 |  45.0 |  44.6 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
      Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|  42.3 |  42.3 |  42.5 |  42.7 |  42.0 |  42.2 |  42.2 |  42.4 |  42.5 |  42.4
      Leather and leather products...............|  38.8 |  38.9 |  39.2 |  38.8 |  38.5 |  37.9 |  38.6 |  38.8 |  39.2 |  38.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Transportation and public utilities...........|  39.7 |  40.1 |  40.2 |  39.7 |  39.7 |  39.9 |  39.6 |  39.9 |  40.1 |  39.7
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Wholesale trade...............................|  38.2 |  38.4 |  38.7 |  38.4 |  38.2 |  38.3 |  38.1 |  38.2 |  38.6 |  38.4
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Retail trade..................................|  28.6 |  28.9 |  29.1 |  28.7 |  28.8 |  29.0 |  28.9 |  28.8 |  29.2 |  28.9
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Finance, insurance, and real estate...........|  35.7 |  35.4 |  36.2 |  35.4 |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)  |  (2)
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   Services......................................|  32.4 |  32.4 |  32.8 |  32.5 |  32.5 |  32.5 |  32.2 |  32.5 |  32.8 |  32.5
                                                 |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
   ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
      1/  Data relate to production workers in mining and             2/  These series are not published seasonally
   manufacturing; construction workers in construction;            adjusted since the seasonal component is small relative
   and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and                to the trend-cycle and/or irregular components
   public utilities; wholesale and retail trade;                   and consequently cannot be separated with sufficient
   finance,insurance, and real estate; and services.               precision.
   These groups account for approximately four-fifths                 p = preliminary.
   of the total employees on private nonfarm payrolls.
 
 
 
           ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                       ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                                1/
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
           payrolls by industry
 
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |                               |
                                                         |    Average hourly earnings    |    Average weekly earnings
                                                         |                               |
                                                          _______________________________ _______________________________
                              Industry                   |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                         | Nov.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Nov.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.
                                                         | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ | 1993  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private...........................|$10.96 |$11.21 |$11.26 |$11.24 |$378.12|$388.99|$392.97|$388.90
                  Seasonally adjusted....................| 10.94 | 11.17 | 11.24 | 11.22 | 378.52| 386.48| 392.28| 388.21
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Mining........................................| 14.43 | 14.93 | 14.86 | 14.91 | 645.02| 677.82| 671.67| 669.46
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Construction..................................| 14.47 | 14.94 | 15.02 | 14.84 | 558.54| 596.11| 593.29| 571.34
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Manufacturing.................................| 11.87 | 12.14 | 12.10 | 12.17 | 498.54| 514.74| 511.83| 517.23
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Durable goods...............................| 12.49 | 12.76 | 12.71 | 12.78 | 534.57| 549.96| 547.80| 553.37
              Lumber and wood products...................|  9.67 |  9.93 |  9.95 |  9.95 | 400.34| 412.10| 413.92| 410.94
              Furniture and fixtures.....................|  9.44 |  9.70 |  9.70 |  9.73 | 386.10| 399.64| 398.67| 396.01
              Stone, clay, and glass products............| 11.99 | 12.25 | 12.21 | 12.16 | 522.76| 541.45| 539.68| 533.82
              Primary metal industries...................| 14.09 | 14.39 | 14.38 | 14.45 | 622.78| 647.55| 642.79| 654.59
                Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 16.51 | 17.06 | 17.17 | 17.15 | 726.44| 781.35| 774.37| 780.33
              Fabricated metal products..................| 11.82 | 11.99 | 11.92 | 12.02 | 507.08| 517.97| 514.94| 524.07
              Industrial machinery and equipment.........| 12.87 | 13.03 | 13.02 | 13.11 | 558.56| 569.41| 568.97| 576.84
              Electronic and other electrical equipment..| 11.37 | 11.58 | 11.53 | 11.58 | 483.23| 488.68| 487.72| 493.31
              Transportation equipment...................| 16.19 | 16.72 | 16.54 | 16.59 | 712.36| 749.06| 736.03| 741.57
                Motor vehicles and equipment.............| 16.56 | 17.26 | 16.99 | 17.04 | 758.45| 802.59| 781.54| 788.95
              Instruments and related products...........| 12.36 | 12.54 | 12.55 | 12.57 | 511.70| 524.17| 523.34| 529.20
              Miscellaneous manufacturing................|  9.47 |  9.70 |  9.71 |  9.74 | 384.48| 388.97| 393.26| 398.37
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             Nondurable goods............................| 11.07 | 11.31 | 11.30 | 11.35 | 454.98| 468.23| 466.69| 469.89
              Food and kindred products..................| 10.55 | 10.66 | 10.66 | 10.82 | 436.77| 450.92| 445.59| 454.44
              Tobacco products...........................| 16.20 | 18.49 | 18.36 | 18.73 | 610.74| 761.79| 767.45| 741.71
              Textile mill products......................|  8.98 |  9.21 |  9.20 |  9.27 | 378.96| 387.74| 385.48| 388.41
              Apparel and other textile products.........|  7.18 |  7.44 |  7.41 |  7.43 | 269.97| 281.23| 280.84| 282.34
              Paper and allied products..................| 13.54 | 13.95 | 13.88 | 13.93 | 597.11| 619.38| 616.27| 617.10
              Printing and publishing....................| 12.01 | 12.26 | 12.22 | 12.17 | 465.99| 479.37| 476.58| 475.85
              Chemicals and allied products..............| 14.95 | 15.32 | 15.31 | 15.31 | 648.83| 660.29| 664.45| 669.05
              Petroleum and coal products................| 18.67 | 19.38 | 19.43 | 19.31 | 819.61| 897.29| 874.35| 861.23
              Rubber and misc. plastics products.........| 10.61 | 10.65 | 10.63 | 10.67 | 448.80| 450.50| 451.78| 455.61
              Leather and leather products...............|  7.80 |  7.97 |  8.03 |  8.06 | 302.64| 310.03| 314.78| 312.73
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Transportation and public utilities...........| 13.69 | 13.93 | 14.04 | 14.05 | 543.49| 558.59| 564.41| 557.79
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Wholesale trade...............................| 11.80 | 12.05 | 12.15 | 12.10 | 450.76| 462.72| 470.21| 464.64
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Retail trade..................................|  7.36 |  7.54 |  7.57 |  7.56 | 210.50| 217.91| 220.29| 216.97
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Finance, insurance, and real estate...........| 11.57 | 11.85 | 12.00 | 11.93 | 413.05| 419.49| 434.40| 422.32
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           Services......................................| 10.93 | 11.13 | 11.22 | 11.22 | 354.13| 360.61| 368.02| 364.65
                                                         |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
              1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                                     p = preliminary.
 
 
 
                 ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
                                                                                           1/
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm
 
                 payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted
 
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  Percent
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |  change
                               Industry               | Nov.  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  |   from:
                                                      | 1993  | 1994  | 1994  | 1994  |1994p/ |1994p/ |Oct. 1994-
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       | Nov. 1994
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 Total private:                       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                    Current dollars...................| $10.94| $11.11| $11.13| $11.17| $11.24| $11.22|    -0.2
                    Constant (1982) dollars2/.........|   7.39|   7.38|   7.36|   7.38|   7.42|  N.A. |    (3)
                   Mining.............................|  14.51|  14.80|  14.82|  14.94|  15.01|  14.98|     -.2
                   Construction.......................|  14.46|  14.75|  14.72|  14.82|  14.90|  14.81|     -.6
                   Manufacturing......................|  11.87|  12.05|  12.08|  12.12|  12.14|  12.17|      .2
                     Excluding overtime4/.............|  11.28|  11.42|  11.43|  11.46|  11.50|  11.47|     -.3
                   Transportation and public utilities|  13.70|  13.84|  13.87|  13.89|  14.04|  14.05|      .1
                   Wholesale trade....................|  11.80|  12.02|  12.01|  12.04|  12.19|  12.10|     -.7
                   Retail trade.......................|   7.35|   7.48|   7.50|   7.52|   7.56|   7.55|     -.1
                   Finance, insurance, and real estate|  11.58|  11.80|  11.80|  11.89|  12.04|  11.94|     -.8
                   Services...........................|  10.88|  11.06|  11.08|  11.12|  11.22|  11.16|     -.5
                                                      |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                 _________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
                    1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.
                    2/  The Consumer Price Index for Urban
                 Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is
                 used to deflate this series.
                    3/  Change was .5 percent from September
                 1994 to October 1994, 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
 
                                                                                             1/
Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers   on private nonfarm payrolls
 
         by industry
 
         (1982=100)
 
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |                           |
                                                       |  Not seasonally adjusted  |          Seasonally adjusted
                                                       |                           |
                                                        ___________________________ _______________________________________
                            Industry                   |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
                                                       |Nov. |Sept.| Oct.  | Nov.  |Nov. |July |Aug. |Sept.| Oct.  | Nov.
                                                       |1993 |1994 |1994p/ |1994p/ |1993 |1994 |1994 |1994 |1994p/ |1994p/
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
               Total private...........................|126.5|131.5| 132.4 | 131.3 |125.8|129.3|128.9|129.7| 131.1 | 130.5
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Goods-producing industries....................|106.6|112.3| 111.6 | 110.9 |104.9|107.6|107.8|108.3| 108.5 | 109.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Mining.......................................| 55.0| 57.0|  56.6 |  56.1 | 53.8| 55.7| 55.2| 55.7|  55.6 |  54.7
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Construction.................................|132.0|149.6| 147.1 | 140.9 |128.8|135.2|134.2|136.0| 134.8 | 137.6
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Manufacturing................................|104.6|107.9| 107.7 | 108.1 |103.3|105.2|105.7|105.8| 106.4 | 106.7
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Durable goods...............................|102.3|106.3| 106.5 | 107.4 |101.2|103.7|104.7|104.9| 105.6 | 106.2
            Lumber and wood products...................|128.8|135.8| 135.6 | 134.1 |128.7|131.3|132.0|131.0| 133.1 | 133.3
            Furniture and fixtures.....................|125.0|128.2| 128.8 | 127.8 |123.5|125.7|125.1|126.0| 126.0 | 125.7
            Stone, clay, and glass products............|106.4|112.4| 111.9 | 110.9 |104.4|107.8|107.6|107.8| 108.1 | 108.9
            Primary metal industries...................| 86.8| 91.4|  91.3 |  93.0 | 86.6| 88.9| 89.6| 90.7|  91.6 |  92.5
              Blast furnaces and basic steel products..| 71.5| 73.4|  72.5 |  73.1 | 71.6| 71.6| 71.5| 72.4|  72.8 |  73.1
            Fabricated metal products..................|106.2|111.1| 111.8 | 112.2 |104.4|108.0|109.1|109.6| 110.3 | 110.5
            Industrial machinery and equipment.........| 93.4| 98.2|  98.2 |  99.6 | 93.1| 97.2| 97.3| 98.4|  98.8 |  99.6
            Electronic and other electrical equipment..|103.1|105.9| 106.3 | 108.1 |101.4|104.2|105.5|105.3| 106.0 | 106.2
            Transportation equipment...................|112.8|118.0| 117.8 | 119.8 |111.9|111.9|116.3|116.2| 117.2 | 118.7
              Motor vehicles and equipment.............|143.0|157.0| 156.4 | 158.7 |142.9|143.7|153.5|154.1| 155.7 | 158.3
            Instruments and related products...........| 75.9| 74.1|  73.8 |  74.6 | 75.0| 75.1| 74.2| 74.0|  73.8 |  73.8
            Miscellaneous manufacturing................|103.9|103.5| 106.1 | 106.2 |100.0|102.8|102.1|101.0| 101.8 | 102.3
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
           Nondurable goods............................|107.6|110.1| 109.3 | 109.0 |106.0|107.2|107.0|107.0| 107.5 | 107.4
            Food and kindred products..................|115.4|123.2| 118.4 | 116.7 |112.5|114.7|113.6|113.3| 113.0 | 113.9
            Tobacco products...........................| 62.4| 65.5|  66.9 |  62.2 | 59.6| 55.7| 60.0| 59.9|  60.0 |  58.7
            Textile mill products......................|100.3|100.0|  99.7 |  99.5 | 99.2| 98.3| 98.3| 97.8|  98.8 |  98.5
            Apparel and other textile products.........| 90.1| 89.5|  89.9 |  89.2 | 88.2| 88.0| 88.5| 88.3|  88.3 |  87.5
            Paper and allied products..................|111.3|112.3| 112.4 | 112.6 |110.2|111.9|111.4|110.4| 111.8 | 111.5
            Printing and publishing....................|125.3|126.5| 126.5 | 127.5 |123.8|125.3|125.3|125.8| 126.3 | 125.6
            Chemicals and allied products..............|101.8|101.0| 101.5 | 102.4 |101.4|101.9|100.6|100.9| 102.0 | 102.1
            Petroleum and coal products................| 82.0| 86.5|  83.6 |  81.2 | 80.9| 80.5| 81.0| 84.0|  81.4 |  79.8
            Rubber and misc. plastics products.........|135.0|140.9| 142.6 | 143.9 |133.7|139.2|139.5|140.8| 141.9 | 142.5
            Leather and leather products...............| 56.0| 54.6|  54.7 |  54.1 | 55.0| 52.4| 54.0| 53.6|  53.6 |  53.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         Service-producing industries..................|135.5|140.2| 141.7 | 140.5 |135.2|139.0|138.3|139.4| 141.2 | 140.1
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Transportation and public utilities..........|119.2|121.6| 121.9 | 120.6 |117.9|119.6|118.8|119.8| 120.4 | 119.5
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Wholesale trade..............................|113.3|116.2| 117.5 | 116.4 |112.8|114.6|114.7|115.2| 116.5 | 116.1
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Retail trade.................................|124.8|128.8| 129.4 | 129.3 |123.7|128.0|127.6|127.5| 129.6 | 128.2
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Finance, insurance, and real estate..........|120.9|121.2| 123.1 | 120.2 |121.8|122.4|120.4|120.9| 123.7 | 121.1
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
          Services.....................................|158.7|166.1| 168.6 | 167.0 |158.9|164.6|163.8|165.9| 167.9 | 167.0
                                                       |     |     |       |       |     |     |     |     |       |
         __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 
            1/  See footnote 1, table B-2.                                     p = preliminary.
 
 
 
      ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                  ESTABLISHMENT DATA
 
 
Table B-6.  Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
 
      (Percent)
 
      _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
             TIME SPAN       | Jan.  | Feb.  | Mar.  | Apr.  | May   | June  | July  | Aug.  | Sept. | Oct.  | Nov.  | Dec.
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |
                             |                          Private nonfarm payrolls, 356 industries1/
                             |
                              _______________________________________________________________________________________________
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  58.8 |  57.3 |  50.8 |  47.9 |  49.7 |  51.8 |  43.8 |  46.2 |  42.7 |  41.6 |  41.3 |  41.3
           1991..............|  39.6 |  39.6 |  38.5 |  38.2 |  48.5 |  45.4 |  48.3 |  52.0 |  48.9 |  46.8 |  46.5 |  46.1
           1992..............|  42.1 |  46.1 |  48.3 |  57.7 |  53.1 |  50.4 |  52.8 |  46.5 |  53.4 |  56.9 |  52.5 |  57.3
           1993..............|  57.9 |  61.7 |  49.0 |  56.0 |  57.0 |  51.1 |  58.8 |  50.0 |  56.7 |  57.4 |  61.0 |  57.4
           1994..............|  56.6 |  58.3 |  62.9 |  62.5 |  56.3 |  63.2 |  59.3 |  59.8 |  56.9 |p/58.0 |p/60.7 |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  59.0 |  59.1 |  52.5 |  48.9 |  49.0 |  47.3 |  45.9 |  40.6 |  38.3 |  36.2 |  35.7 |  35.4
           1991..............|  34.3 |  32.0 |  31.6 |  38.2 |  39.3 |  44.2 |  49.4 |  50.7 |  50.8 |  44.9 |  43.7 |  40.9
           1992..............|  39.7 |  42.3 |  51.0 |  56.2 |  57.6 |  54.1 |  50.4 |  49.9 |  51.7 |  56.2 |  58.6 |  59.8
           1993..............|  64.0 |  61.4 |  59.7 |  55.8 |  54.9 |  57.7 |  54.6 |  55.9 |  55.8 |  62.4 |  61.5 |  60.8
           1994..............|  62.1 |  64.5 |  65.2 |  65.0 |  65.4 |  64.6 |  66.7 |  64.0 |p/63.8 |p/63.9 |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
                             |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  57.2 |  54.9 |  55.8 |  50.4 |  46.8 |  44.0 |  41.3 |  38.9 |  35.8 |  33.6 |  32.0 |  30.2
           1991..............|  30.2 |  32.4 |  31.2 |  33.7 |  39.2 |  44.7 |  46.5 |  45.6 |  47.8 |  44.5 |  41.4 |  39.9
           1992..............|  43.5 |  46.3 |  47.2 |  52.0 |  54.2 |  56.6 |  52.8 |  53.1 |  55.8 |  56.3 |  64.2 |  62.2
           1993..............|  61.4 |  60.8 |  59.0 |  59.8 |  54.4 |  54.5 |  57.9 |  58.8 |  59.7 |  60.8 |  62.8 |  63.6
           1994..............|  67.0 |  65.9 |  68.8 |  66.0 |  67.8 |  66.3 |p/68.0 |p/69.0 |       |       |       |
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      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  55.5 |  52.7 |  51.7 |  48.5 |  45.4 |  42.6 |  39.3 |  36.1 |  35.8 |  33.0 |  33.0 |  30.6
           1991..............|  31.0 |  31.0 |  31.7 |  31.9 |  31.7 |  33.8 |  35.8 |  37.5 |  40.0 |  45.2 |  45.6 |  45.4
           1992..............|  47.2 |  42.3 |  42.7 |  44.1 |  48.0 |  52.5 |  55.8 |  60.7 |  59.7 |  60.4 |  60.1 |  60.7
           1993..............|  60.0 |  61.1 |  60.7 |  62.2 |  63.2 |  62.1 |  62.4 |  60.8 |  63.5 |  62.8 |  63.1 |  63.5
           1994..............|  64.2 |  65.7 |  66.0 |p/66.2 |p/66.7 |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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                             |                           Manufacturing payrolls, 139 industries1/
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      Over 1-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  48.9 |  47.5 |  43.9 |  46.8 |  40.3 |  46.8 |  38.8 |  42.4 |  35.6 |  38.5 |  29.1 |  34.2
           1991..............|  32.7 |  35.6 |  31.3 |  37.4 |  45.7 |  43.5 |  46.4 |  49.3 |  42.8 |  47.8 |  41.4 |  39.6
           1992..............|  38.1 |  40.6 |  45.0 |  57.9 |  47.8 |  50.0 |  53.2 |  41.7 |  49.3 |  47.8 |  52.5 |  51.8
           1993..............|  52.5 |  57.6 |  47.8 |  41.7 |  46.0 |  40.3 |  49.3 |  42.8 |  46.8 |  50.0 |  55.4 |  51.1
           1994..............|  54.3 |  53.6 |  51.1 |  56.1 |  50.0 |  58.6 |  52.9 |  56.8 |  48.9 |p/59.7 |p/61.5 |
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      Over 3-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  44.6 |  45.3 |  45.0 |  38.8 |  41.7 |  38.8 |  38.1 |  28.8 |  30.9 |  23.0 |  23.0 |  21.6
           1991..............|  24.5 |  21.9 |  20.5 |  32.7 |  36.3 |  39.6 |  47.1 |  46.0 |  48.2 |  39.9 |  36.7 |  33.5
           1992..............|  30.9 |  36.3 |  45.3 |  50.7 |  55.4 |  53.6 |  47.1 |  47.1 |  42.4 |  50.0 |  51.1 |  55.0
           1993..............|  60.1 |  58.3 |  51.4 |  40.6 |  37.1 |  43.5 |  40.3 |  41.0 |  43.2 |  52.9 |  54.7 |  56.1
           1994..............|  56.1 |  57.6 |  56.5 |  53.2 |  57.2 |  55.8 |  61.5 |  55.0 |p/59.4 |p/61.9 |       |
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      Over 6-month span:     |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  43.5 |  39.9 |  42.8 |  41.0 |  36.3 |  34.2 |  29.1 |  25.2 |  22.3 |  21.2 |  18.0 |  16.9
           1991..............|  15.8 |  20.9 |  21.2 |  26.3 |  34.9 |  39.2 |  42.1 |  40.3 |  40.3 |  37.1 |  32.4 |  32.7
           1992..............|  34.2 |  37.1 |  41.0 |  48.6 |  52.2 |  54.7 |  46.4 |  49.3 |  50.4 |  48.9 |  57.9 |  56.8
           1993..............|  54.0 |  51.8 |  48.6 |  47.1 |  37.1 |  34.2 |  39.6 |  45.7 |  47.8 |  50.4 |  54.3 |  55.8
           1994..............|  58.3 |  56.1 |  59.4 |  54.3 |  58.3 |  56.8 |p/60.4 |p/64.0 |       |       |       |
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      Over 12-month span:    |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |       |
           1990..............|  37.8 |  35.3 |  33.5 |  33.1 |  28.1 |  26.3 |  23.7 |  20.5 |  19.4 |  16.5 |  16.2 |  15.8
           1991..............|  16.5 |  16.2 |  17.3 |  18.0 |  20.9 |  24.1 |  26.3 |  30.6 |  32.7 |  38.1 |  38.8 |  37.4
           1992..............|  42.4 |  36.7 |  36.3 |  36.0 |  39.6 |  45.7 |  50.0 |  55.8 |  57.9 |  55.4 |  52.9 |  52.9
           1993..............|  50.0 |  52.5 |  48.6 |  49.3 |  50.7 |  48.9 |  50.0 |  48.9 |  50.0 |  50.7 |  51.4 |  51.4
           1994..............|  50.7 |  54.3 |  54.0 |p/57.2 |p/59.4 |       |       |       |       |       |       |
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         1/  Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-,             employment increasing plus one-half of the industries
       and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month          with unchanged employment, where 50 percent
       span. Data are centered within the span.                        indicates an equal balance between industries with
         p = preliminary.                                              increasing and decreasing employment.
         NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with