Employment Situation January 2005
Bureau of Labor Statistics 4jan2005
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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: JANUARY 2005
Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 146,000 in January and the unemployment rate decreased to 5.2 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Job growth continued in several service-providing industries, while manufacturing employment declined over the month.
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
Both the number of unemployed persons, 7.7 million, and the unemployment rate, 5.2 percent, declined in January. The jobless rate was down from 5.7 percent a year earlier. Over the month, the unemployment rates for adult men (4.7 percent), whites (4.4 percent), and Hispanics or Latinos (6.1 percent) edged down, while the rates for adult women (4.6 percent), teenagers (16.3 percent), and blacks or African Americans (10.6 percent) showed little change. The unemployment rate for Asians was 4.2 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)
The number of long-term unemployed--those unemployed 27 weeks and over--was about unchanged over the month. This group accounted for 20.9 percent of the unemployed. (See table A-9.)
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
Total employment, as measured by the household survey, was little changed at 140.2 million, seasonally adjusted, in January. The employment-population ratio--the proportion of the population age 16 and older with jobs--remained at 62.4 percent. The civilian labor force was 148.0 million, after seasonal adjustment. The labor force participation rate edged down over the month to 65.8 percent. (See table A-1.)
The number of persons who work part time for economic reasons was 4.4 million in January, seasonally adjusted. The January level was about unchanged from December, but was down by 308,000 over the year. This category is comprised primarily of persons who indicated that they would like to work full time but were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find full-time jobs. (See table A-5.)
At 7.2 million, not seasonally adjusted, the number of persons who held more than one job was about unchanged in January from a year earlier. These multiple jobholders represented 5.2 percent of total employment, the same proportion as in January 2004. (See table A-13.)
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| The establishment survey data in this release have been |
| revised as a result of the annual benchmarking process and the |
| updating of seasonal adjustment factors. See the note begin- |
| ning on page 5 for more information on the revisions. |
| In addition, household survey data for January 2005 reflect |
| updated population controls. See the note on page 6 for more |
| information. |
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
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| Quarterly | |
| averages | Monthly data |
|_________________|__________________________| Dec.-
Category | 2004 | 2004 | 2005 | Jan.
|_________________|_________________|________|change
| III | IV | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. |
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HOUSEHOLD DATA | Labor force status
|____________________________________________________
Civilian labor force.....| 147,677| 148,136| 148,313| 148,203| 147,979| (1)
Employment.............| 139,608| 140,092| 140,293| 140,156| 140,241| (1)
Unemployment...........| 8,069| 8,044| 8,020| 8,047| 7,737| (1)
Not in labor force.......| 76,003| 76,282| 76,109| 76,437| 76,858| (1)
|________|________|________|________|________|_______
| Unemployment rates
|____________________________________________________
All workers..............| 5.5| 5.4| 5.4| 5.4| 5.2| -0.2
Adult men..............| 5.0| 4.9| 4.9| 4.9| 4.7| -.2
Adult women............| 4.8| 4.7| 4.7| 4.7| 4.6| -.1
Teenagers..............| 17.1| 17.1| 16.5| 17.6| 16.3| -1.3
White..................| 4.7| 4.6| 4.6| 4.6| 4.4| -.2
Black or African | | | | | |
American.............| 10.6| 10.8| 10.8| 10.8| 10.6| -.2
Hispanic or Latino | | | | | |
ethnicity............| 6.9| 6.7| 6.7| 6.6| 6.1| -.5
|________|________|________|________|________|_______
ESTABLISHMENT DATA(2) | Employment
|____________________________________________________
Nonfarm employment.......| 131,731|p132,294| 132,294|p132,427|p132,573| p146
Goods-producing(3).....| 21,932| p21,995| 21,996| p22,006| p21,975| p-31
Construction.........| 6,983| p7,059| 7,060| p7,074| p7,065| p-9
Manufacturing........| 14,353| p14,337| 14,337| p14,330| p14,305| p-25
Service-providing(3)...| 109,799|p110,300| 110,298|p110,421|p110,598| p177
Retail trade(4)......| 15,043| p15,070| 15,081| p15,073| p15,093| p19
Professional and | | | | | |
business services..| 16,479| p16,625| 16,611| p16,650| p16,675| p25
Education and health | | | | | |
services...........| 16,997| p17,115| 17,108| p17,155| p17,190| p35
Leisure and | | | | | |
hospitality........| 12,509| p12,566| 12,571| p12,580| p12,600| p20
Government...........| 21,636| p21,702| 21,706| p21,699| p21,711| p12
|________|________|________|________|________|_______
| Hours of work(5)
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Total private............| 33.7| p33.8| 33.7| p33.8| p33.7| p-0.1
Manufacturing..........| 40.8| p40.6| 40.5| p40.6| p40.7| p.1
Overtime.............| 4.6| p4.5| 4.5| p4.5| p4.6| p.1
|________|________|________|________|________|_______
| Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(5)
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Total private............| 100.6| p101.3| 101.1| p101.5| p101.4| p-0.1
|________|________|________|________|________|_______
| Earnings(5)
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Avg. hourly earnings, | | | | | |
total private..........| $15.74| p$15.83| $15.82| p$15.85| p$15.88| p$0.03
Avg. weekly earnings, | | | | | |
total private..........| 530.85| p534.41| 533.13| p535.73| p535.16| p-.57
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1 Changes in household data levels are not shown due to the introduction of
updated population controls. See the note on page 6 for more information.
2 Establishment data have been revised to reflect March 2004 benchmark
levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. See the note on page 5 for more
information.
3 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
4 Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using
unrounded data.
5 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
P = preliminary.
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
There were 1.8 million persons who were marginally attached to the labor force in January, about unchanged from a year earlier. (Data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals wanted and were available to work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed, however, because they did not actively search for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. The number of discouraged workers, at 515,000 in January, was slightly higher than a year earlier. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them. The other 1.3 million marginally attached had not searched for work for reasons such as school or family responsibilities. (See table A-13.)
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 146,000 in January to 132.6 million, seasonally adjusted. The January increase followed job gains averaging 181,000 per month in 2004. Since reaching a trough in May 2003, payroll employment has risen by 2.7 million. Over the month, there were gains in several service-providing industries including education and health services, transportation and warehousing, and financial activities. Manufacturing lost jobs in January. (See table B-1.)
Education and health services continued to add jobs in January, increasing by 35,000. Within the sector, health care employment rose by 15,000 over the month, and was up by 258,000 over the year. Employment in educational services edged up in January and the industry added 86,000 jobs over the year.
In transportation and warehousing, employment increased by 34,000 in January. Since its most recent low in July 2003, employment in this sector has grown by 166,000, with trucking accounting for about a third of the growth. Within transportation and warehousing, employment in the couriers and messengers industry grew by 17,000 in January after a loss of 9,000 in December.
Employment in financial activities rose by 21,000 in January. Both credit intermediation and securities, commodities, and investments contributed to the gain. Over the year, employment in financial activities increased by 159,000, with most of the gain occurring during the last 6 months.
Although employment was flat in January, wholesale trade has added 99,000 jobs since its most recent low in August 2003. Retail trade employment edged up over the month and has expanded by 200,000 since June 2003.
Employment in professional and business services edged up in January. Over the year, the sector gained 537,000 jobs. Within the sector, employment in temporary help services continued to trend up. Employment in architectural and engineering services and in computer systems design had been showing strength in recent months, but was flat in January.
In January, manufacturing employment declined by 25,000, with widespread, though mostly small, losses among its component industries. Industries registering significant declines included motor vehicles and parts (-10,000), chemicals (-5,000), and semiconductors and electronic components (-2,000). After reaching an employment trough in February 2004, manufacturers added 85,000 workers through August. The trend has since turned downward, and 61,000 jobs have been lost. Construction employment was about unchanged in January, following average monthly gains of 22,000 in 2004.
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Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls decreased by 0.1 hour in January to 33.7 hours, seasonally adjusted. Both the manufacturing workweek and factory overtime increased by 0.1 hour to 40.7 and 4.6 hours, respectively. Over the year, the factory workweek was down by 0.3 hour, and factory overtime was about unchanged. (See table B-2.)
The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls decreased by 0.1 percent in January to 101.4 (2002=100), following a rise of 0.4 percent in December. The manufacturing index edged up over the month to 94.2. (See table B-5.)
Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 3 cents in January to $15.88, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings decreased by 0.1 percent over the month to $535.16. Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 2.6 percent, and average weekly earnings grew by 2.3 percent. (See table B-3.)
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The Employment Situation for February 2005 is scheduled to be released on Friday, March 4, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).
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Revisions to Establishment Survey Data
In accordance with annual practice, the establishment survey data have been revised to reflect comprehensive universe counts of payroll jobs, or benchmarks. These counts are derived principally from unemployment insurance tax records for March 2004. The benchmark process resulted in revisions to all not-seasonally-adjusted data series from April 2003 forward, the time period since the last benchmark was established. In addition, with this release, the seasonally adjusted establishment survey data from January 2000 forward have been revised to incorporate updated seasonal adjustment factors.
Table B presents revised total nonfarm employment data on a seasonally adjusted basis for January through December 2004. The revised data for April 2004 forward incorporate the effect of applying the rate of change measured by the sample to the new benchmark level, as well as updated net business birth/death model adjustments and new seasonal adjustment factors. The November and December 2004 revisions also reflect the routine incorporation of additional sample receipts into the November final and December second preliminary estimates. The total nonfarm employment level for March 2004 was revised upward by 203,000 (156,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis). The previously published level for December 2004 was revised upward by 173,000 (161,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis).
The February 2005 issue of Employment and Earnings will contain an article that discusses the benchmark and post-benchmark revisions. This issue also will provide revised estimates for all regularly published tables containing national establishment survey data on employment, hours, and earnings.
LABSTAT, the BLS public database on the Internet, contains all revised historical Current Employment Statistics (CES) data. The data can be accessed through the CES homepage at http://www.bls.gov/ces/.
Further information on the revisions released today may be obtained by calling 202-691-6555 or via the Internet on the CES homepage.
Also, beginning this month, several changes have been made to facilitate the analysis of labor market trends in selected industries. Separate employment series for motor vehicles and parts manufacturing and health care have been added to table B-1 of this release. In addition, four new employment series within construction have been added to table B-1: residential specialty trade contractors, nonresidential specialty trade contractors, residential building contractors, and nonresidential building contractors. Also, for the motor vehicles and parts manufacturing industry, data on average weekly hours and an index of aggregate weekly hours have been added to tables B-2 and B-5. More information on the addition of these new series is available on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnewseries.htm.
Table B. Revisions in total nonfarm employment, seasonally adjusted, January-December 2004
(In thousands)
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| Levels | Over-the-month changes
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Year and month| As | As | As | As |
|previously| revised |previously| revised | Difference
|published | |published | |
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2004 | | | | |
January........| 130,194 | 130,372 | 159 | 117 | -42
February.......| 130,277 | 130,466 | 83 | 94 | 11
March..........| 130,630 | 130,786 | 353 | 320 | -33
April..........| 130,954 | 131,123 | 324 | 337 | 13
May............| 131,162 | 131,373 | 208 | 250 | 42
June...........| 131,258 | 131,479 | 96 | 106 | 10
July...........| 131,343 | 131,562 | 85 | 83 | -2
August.........| 131,541 | 131,750 | 198 | 188 | -10
September......| 131,660 | 131,880 | 119 | 130 | 11
October........| 131,972 | 132,162 | 312 | 282 | -30
November.......| 132,109 | 132,294 | 137 | 132 | -5
December(p)....| 132,266 | 132,427 | 157 | 133 | -24
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p = preliminary.
Adjustments to Population Estimates for the Household Survey
Effective with the data for January 2005, updated population controls have been used in the household survey. Population controls for the household survey are developed by the U.S. Census Bureau. Each year, the Census Bureau updates the controls to reflect new information and assumptions about the growth of the population. The change in population reflected in the new controls results from adjustments to the estimates of net international migration and updated vital statistics information.
Official population and labor force estimates for December 2004 and earlier months will not be revised. To assess the impact of the updated population controls on trend growth, however, December 2004 estimates for selected data series (not seasonally adjusted) were recalculated using the new controls, and the differences from estimates based on the old controls are shown in table C. The adjustments decreased the estimated size of the civilian noninstitutional population by 8,000, of the civilian labor force by 49,000, and of employment by 45,000; the new population controls had a negligible impact on unemployment rates and other percentage estimates. More detailed information on the population adjustments and their effect on national labor force estimates are available at http://www.bls.gov/cps/ cps05adj.pdf on the Internet and also will be published in the February 2005 issue of Employment and Earnings.
Table C. Effect of the revised population controls on December 2004 estimates by sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
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| | | | | Black | | panic
Category | | | | | or | | or
|Total| Men |Women|White|African|Asian| Latino
| | | | | Ameri-| | ethni-
| | | | | can | | city
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Civilian noninstitutional| | | | | | |
population ............| -8 | -13 | 6 | 29 | -2 | -50 | -54
Civilian labor force ..| -49 | -34 | -15 | -28 | 0 | -31 | -40
Employed............ | -45 | -33 | -12 | -26 | 2 | -30 | -36
Unemployed...........| -4 | -2 | -3 | -2 | -2 | -1 | -4
Unemployment rate..| .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0
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NOTE: Detail for men and women may not sum to totals because of
rounding. Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African
American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented
for all races. In addition, persons whose ethnicity is identified as
Hispanic or Latino may be of any race and, therefore, are classified by
ethnicity as well as by race.
Explanatory Note
This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics survey (establishment survey). The household survey provides the information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
The establishment survey provides the information on the employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation with state agencies. The sample includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual worksites. The active sample includes about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers. The sample is drawn from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts.
For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a particular week or pay period. In the household survey, the reference week is generally the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month. In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.
Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of questions on work and job search activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force.
People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours in a family business or farm. People are also counted as employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following criteria: They had no employment during the reference week; they were available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force. The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the labor force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the employed as a percent of the population.
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Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as federal, state, and local government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are counted in each job they hold. Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry Classification System.
Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual and methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the surveys. Among these are:
- The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed. These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.
- The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed. The establishment survey does not.
- The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older. The establishment survey is not limited by age.
- The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because individuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job and thus appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each appearance.
Seasonal adjustment
Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production, harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very large; seasonal fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month changes in unemployment.
Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined. However, because the effect of students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted to allow for a comparable change. Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity.
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Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most supersectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories.
For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the current month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to adjust only the current month's data. In the establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly estimates. In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year.
Reliability of the estimates
Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the "true" population values they represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus 350,000. Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000 from one month to the next. The 90-percent confidence interval on the monthly change would range from -250,000 to 450,000 (100,000 +/- 350,000). These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the "true" over-the-month change lies within this interval. Since this range includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that employment had, in fact, increased. If, however, the reported employment rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent confidence interval would be greater than zero. In this case, it is likely (at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, occurred. At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 320,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .22 percentage point.
In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates which are based on a small number of observations. The precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for quarterly and annual averages. The seasonal adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
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The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the data.
For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business births. The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of business, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample. The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was derived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five years.
The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program. The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over the past decade, the benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent, ranging from less than 0.05 percent to 0.5 percent.
Additional statistics and other information
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Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the household and establishment survey data published in this release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through 1-D of its "Explanatory Notes." For the establishment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of revisions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of Employment and Earnings.
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HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted (1) Employment status, sex, and age Jan. Dec. Jan. Jan. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. 2004 2004 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 222,161 224,640 224,837 222,161 223,941 224,192 224,422 224,640 224,837 Civilian labor force............................ 146,068 147,877 147,125 146,785 147,531 147,893 148,313 148,203 147,979 Participation rate........................ 65.7 65.8 65.4 66.1 65.9 66.0 66.1 66.0 65.8 Employed...................................... 136,924 140,278 138,682 138,481 139,527 139,827 140,293 140,156 140,241 Employment-population ratio............... 61.6 62.4 61.7 62.3 62.3 62.4 62.5 62.4 62.4 Unemployed.................................... 9,144 7,599 8,444 8,303 8,005 8,066 8,020 8,047 7,737 Unemployment rate......................... 6.3 5.1 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.2 Not in labor force.............................. 76,093 76,763 77,712 75,377 76,410 76,299 76,109 76,437 76,858 Persons who currently want a job.............. 4,913 4,607 5,136 4,746 4,903 5,338 5,087 5,021 4,982 Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 107,072 108,392 108,489 107,072 108,020 108,153 108,276 108,392 108,489 Civilian labor force............................ 78,320 79,093 78,574 78,778 79,041 79,290 79,602 79,412 79,146 Participation rate........................ 73.1 73.0 72.4 73.6 73.2 73.3 73.5 73.3 73.0 Employed...................................... 73,096 74,707 73,728 74,284 74,629 74,852 75,188 74,938 74,934 Employment-population ratio............... 68.3 68.9 68.0 69.4 69.1 69.2 69.4 69.1 69.1 Unemployed.................................... 5,224 4,385 4,846 4,494 4,413 4,438 4,414 4,474 4,212 Unemployment rate......................... 6.7 5.5 6.2 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.3 Not in labor force.............................. 28,752 29,300 29,914 28,294 28,979 28,863 28,674 28,981 29,342 Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 98,866 100,126 100,219 98,866 99,776 99,904 100,017 100,126 100,219 Civilian labor force............................ 74,965 75,625 75,322 75,139 75,462 75,632 75,866 75,754 75,594 Participation rate........................ 75.8 75.5 75.2 76.0 75.6 75.7 75.9 75.7 75.4 Employed...................................... 70,371 71,897 71,104 71,283 71,701 71,895 72,134 72,020 72,029 Employment-population ratio............... 71.2 71.8 70.9 72.1 71.9 72.0 72.1 71.9 71.9 Unemployed.................................... 4,594 3,727 4,218 3,856 3,761 3,736 3,733 3,733 3,565 Unemployment rate......................... 6.1 4.9 5.6 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.7 Not in labor force.............................. 23,901 24,501 24,897 23,726 24,314 24,272 24,151 24,372 24,625 Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 115,089 116,247 116,348 115,089 115,921 116,039 116,146 116,247 116,348 Civilian labor force............................ 67,749 68,785 68,551 68,007 68,490 68,603 68,711 68,791 68,832 Participation rate........................ 58.9 59.2 58.9 59.1 59.1 59.1 59.2 59.2 59.2 Employed...................................... 63,828 65,571 64,953 64,197 64,898 64,975 65,104 65,218 65,307 Employment-population ratio............... 55.5 56.4 55.8 55.8 56.0 56.0 56.1 56.1 56.1 Unemployed.................................... 3,920 3,214 3,598 3,809 3,592 3,628 3,606 3,573 3,525 Unemployment rate......................... 5.8 4.7 5.2 5.6 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.1 Not in labor force.............................. 47,340 47,463 47,798 47,083 47,431 47,436 47,436 47,456 47,516 Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 107,131 108,221 108,316 107,131 107,920 108,032 108,129 108,221 108,316 Civilian labor force............................ 64,434 65,383 65,253 64,475 65,008 65,126 65,244 65,260 65,318 Participation rate........................ 60.1 60.4 60.2 60.2 60.2 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.3 Employed...................................... 61,050 62,581 62,117 61,237 61,939 62,024 62,145 62,208 62,295 Employment-population ratio............... 57.0 57.8 57.3 57.2 57.4 57.4 57.5 57.5 57.5 Unemployed.................................... 3,385 2,802 3,136 3,238 3,069 3,102 3,099 3,051 3,023 Unemployment rate......................... 5.3 4.3 4.8 5.0 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6 Not in labor force.............................. 42,697 42,838 43,063 42,657 42,912 42,906 42,885 42,961 42,998 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 16,164 16,293 16,302 16,164 16,246 16,257 16,275 16,293 16,302 Civilian labor force............................ 6,669 6,870 6,550 7,171 7,062 7,135 7,202 7,189 7,066 Participation rate........................ 41.3 42.2 40.2 44.4 43.5 43.9 44.2 44.1 43.3 Employed...................................... 5,503 5,800 5,460 5,962 5,887 5,908 6,014 5,927 5,917 Employment-population ratio............... 34.0 35.6 33.5 36.9 36.2 36.3 36.9 36.4 36.3 Unemployed.................................... 1,166 1,070 1,090 1,209 1,175 1,227 1,188 1,262 1,150 Unemployment rate......................... 17.5 15.6 16.6 16.9 16.6 17.2 16.5 17.6 16.3 Not in labor force.............................. 9,495 9,423 9,752 8,993 9,184 9,122 9,074 9,104 9,235 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted (1) Employment status, race, sex, and age Jan. Dec. Jan. Jan. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. 2004 2004 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 WHITE Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 181,879 183,483 183,640 181,879 183,022 183,188 183,340 183,483 183,640 Civilian labor force............................ 120,099 121,257 120,778 120,743 120,995 121,273 121,606 121,509 121,553 Participation rate.......................... 66.0 66.1 65.8 66.4 66.1 66.2 66.3 66.2 66.2 Employed...................................... 113,348 115,978 114,756 114,771 115,318 115,618 115,966 115,910 116,158 Employment-population ratio................. 62.3 63.2 62.5 63.1 63.0 63.1 63.3 63.2 63.3 Unemployed.................................... 6,751 5,279 6,023 5,972 5,677 5,655 5,640 5,600 5,395 Unemployment rate........................... 5.6 4.4 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.4 Not in labor force.............................. 61,780 62,226 62,862 61,136 62,027 61,915 61,735 61,973 62,088 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 62,549 63,110 62,929 62,821 62,859 63,092 63,225 63,199 63,259 Participation rate.......................... 76.1 76.0 75.7 76.4 75.9 76.1 76.2 76.1 76.1 Employed...................................... 59,066 60,466 59,849 59,968 60,149 60,415 60,565 60,570 60,712 Employment-population ratio................. 71.9 72.8 72.0 73.0 72.6 72.9 73.0 72.9 73.0 Unemployed.................................... 3,483 2,645 3,080 2,852 2,710 2,678 2,660 2,629 2,547 Unemployment rate........................... 5.6 4.2 4.9 4.5 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.0 Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 52,005 52,459 52,399 51,960 52,243 52,270 52,443 52,385 52,414 Participation rate.......................... 59.7 59.8 59.6 59.7 59.6 59.6 59.8 59.7 59.7 Employed...................................... 49,599 50,625 50,272 49,681 50,141 50,186 50,318 50,344 50,392 Employment-population ratio................. 56.9 57.7 57.2 57.0 57.2 57.2 57.4 57.3 57.4 Unemployed.................................... 2,406 1,834 2,128 2,279 2,102 2,084 2,125 2,040 2,022 Unemployment rate........................... 4.6 3.5 4.1 4.4 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.9 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ 5,545 5,688 5,450 5,962 5,893 5,911 5,938 5,926 5,879 Participation rate.......................... 44.1 45.0 43.1 47.4 46.7 46.9 47.0 46.9 46.5 Employed...................................... 4,683 4,887 4,636 5,121 5,028 5,017 5,083 4,995 5,054 Employment-population ratio................. 37.3 38.7 36.7 40.7 39.9 39.8 40.3 39.5 40.0 Unemployed.................................... 862 801 815 841 865 894 855 931 825 Unemployment rate........................... 15.5 14.1 14.9 14.1 14.7 15.1 14.4 15.7 14.0 BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 25,867 26,273 26,306 25,867 26,163 26,204 26,239 26,273 26,306 Civilian labor force............................ 16,420 16,773 16,538 16,603 16,711 16,820 16,728 16,713 16,721 Participation rate.......................... 63.5 63.8 62.9 64.2 63.9 64.2 63.8 63.6 63.6 Employed...................................... 14,655 15,033 14,720 14,875 14,981 15,012 14,913 14,907 14,946 Employment-population ratio................. 56.7 57.2 56.0 57.5 57.3 57.3 56.8 56.7 56.8 Unemployed.................................... 1,765 1,739 1,818 1,728 1,730 1,808 1,814 1,806 1,775 Unemployment rate........................... 10.7 10.4 11.0 10.4 10.4 10.7 10.8 10.8 10.6 Not in labor force.............................. 9,447 9,500 9,768 9,264 9,452 9,384 9,512 9,559 9,585 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 7,453 7,507 7,383 7,443 7,470 7,490 7,485 7,473 7,380 Participation rate.......................... 71.9 71.1 69.9 71.8 71.1 71.2 71.0 70.8 69.8 Employed...................................... 6,662 6,696 6,526 6,734 6,707 6,722 6,697 6,677 6,612 Employment-population ratio................. 64.2 63.4 61.7 64.9 63.8 63.9 63.5 63.3 62.6 Unemployed.................................... 791 811 858 709 763 768 788 796 768 Unemployment rate........................... 10.6 10.8 11.6 9.5 10.2 10.2 10.5 10.7 10.4 Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 8,275 8,532 8,439 8,369 8,504 8,513 8,438 8,477 8,532 Participation rate.......................... 63.2 64.3 63.5 63.9 64.3 64.3 63.6 63.9 64.2 Employed...................................... 7,522 7,804 7,683 7,612 7,747 7,756 7,675 7,702 7,770 Employment-population ratio................. 57.5 58.8 57.8 58.1 58.6 58.6 57.9 58.0 58.5 Unemployed.................................... 752 727 756 757 757 757 763 775 763 Unemployment rate........................... 9.1 8.5 9.0 9.0 8.9 8.9 9.0 9.1 8.9 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ 692 734 716 790 737 818 804 763 808 Participation rate.......................... 28.8 30.0 29.2 32.9 30.3 33.6 33.0 31.2 33.0 Employed...................................... 471 533 512 529 526 534 542 528 564 Employment-population ratio................. 19.6 21.8 20.9 22.0 21.6 21.9 22.2 21.6 23.0 Unemployed.................................... 221 201 204 262 211 283 263 235 244 Unemployment rate........................... 32.0 27.4 28.6 33.1 28.6 34.7 32.7 30.8 30.2 ASIAN Civilian noninstutional population................ 9,337 9,658 9,661 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Civilian labor force............................ 6,213 6,394 6,386 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 66.5 66.2 66.1 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 5,892 6,130 6,115 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 63.1 63.5 63.3 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 321 264 271 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 5.2 4.1 4.2 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Not in labor force.............................. 3,124 3,264 3,274 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available. NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted (1) Employment status, sex, and age Jan. Dec. Jan. Jan. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. 2004 2004 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 27,619 28,608 28,642 27,619 28,338 28,431 28,520 28,608 28,642 Civilian labor force............................ 18,715 19,514 19,170 18,849 19,444 19,524 19,552 19,544 19,379 Participation rate.......................... 67.8 68.2 66.9 68.2 68.6 68.7 68.6 68.3 67.7 Employed...................................... 17,169 18,236 17,839 17,476 18,079 18,213 18,238 18,252 18,198 Employment-population ratio................. 62.2 63.7 62.3 63.3 63.8 64.1 63.9 63.8 63.5 Unemployed.................................... 1,546 1,279 1,331 1,373 1,366 1,311 1,313 1,292 1,181 Unemployment rate........................... 8.3 6.6 6.9 7.3 7.0 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.1 Not in labor force.............................. 8,904 9,094 9,472 8,770 8,894 8,907 8,968 9,064 9,263 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 10,782 11,175 11,089 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 84.0 83.8 83.1 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 10,001 10,541 10,404 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 77.9 79.1 78.0 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 782 634 685 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 7.2 5.7 6.2 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 7,033 7,312 7,188 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 57.6 57.9 56.8 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 6,468 6,827 6,717 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 53.0 54.0 53.1 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 565 485 471 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 8.0 6.6 6.5 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ 899 1,028 893 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 34.9 38.9 33.7 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 699 868 718 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 27.2 32.8 27.1 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 200 160 175 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 22.2 15.6 19.6 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available. NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Educational attainment Jan. Dec. Jan. Jan. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. 2004 2004 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 Less than a high school diploma Civilian labor force...................... 12,376 12,895 12,562 12,315 12,742 12,502 12,722 12,814 12,575 Participation rate.................... 44.4 45.3 44.7 44.2 45.3 45.0 45.3 45.0 44.7 Employed................................ 11,050 11,762 11,417 11,229 11,608 11,471 11,703 11,746 11,637 Employment-population ratio........... 39.7 41.3 40.6 40.3 41.3 41.3 41.6 41.3 41.4 Unemployed.............................. 1,326 1,133 1,144 1,086 1,133 1,031 1,019 1,068 938 Unemployment rate..................... 10.7 8.8 9.1 8.8 8.9 8.2 8.0 8.3 7.5 High school graduates, no college (1) Civilian labor force...................... 38,013 37,842 38,002 37,704 37,700 37,712 37,630 37,695 37,729 Participation rate.................... 63.5 63.3 62.6 63.0 63.2 63.5 63.1 63.1 62.2 Employed................................ 35,837 36,035 35,907 35,865 35,894 35,874 35,788 35,846 35,943 Employment-population ratio........... 59.9 60.3 59.2 60.0 60.2 60.4 60.0 60.0 59.2 Unemployed.............................. 2,176 1,808 2,096 1,839 1,806 1,838 1,842 1,849 1,786 Unemployment rate..................... 5.7 4.8 5.5 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.7 Some college or associate degree Civilian labor force...................... 33,770 34,391 34,254 34,008 34,431 34,548 34,549 34,483 34,524 Participation rate.................... 72.4 72.1 72.4 73.0 72.2 71.8 72.4 72.3 73.0 Employed................................ 32,130 32,968 32,740 32,492 33,037 33,112 33,051 32,995 33,117 Employment-population ratio........... 68.9 69.1 69.2 69.7 69.3 68.8 69.3 69.2 70.0 Unemployed.............................. 1,640 1,423 1,514 1,517 1,394 1,435 1,498 1,487 1,407 Unemployment rate..................... 4.9 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.1 Bachelor's degree and higher (2) Civilian labor force...................... 40,290 40,835 40,789 40,366 40,471 40,772 41,131 41,026 40,907 Participation rate.................... 78.1 78.3 78.2 78.3 77.8 77.8 78.5 78.7 78.4 Employed................................ 39,055 39,894 39,760 39,195 39,438 39,744 40,090 40,009 39,925 Employment-population ratio........... 75.7 76.5 76.2 76.0 75.8 75.8 76.5 76.7 76.5 Unemployed.............................. 1,235 941 1,029 1,172 1,033 1,027 1,041 1,018 982 Unemployment rate..................... 3.1 2.3 2.5 2.9 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. 2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-5. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Category Jan. Dec. Jan. Jan. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. 2004 2004 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries....... 1,999 1,996 1,920 2,172 2,221 2,155 2,212 2,179 2,120 Wage and salary workers................ 1,087 1,061 1,042 1,221 1,213 1,194 1,204 1,185 1,181 Self-employed workers.................. 900 918 865 928 970 921 952 963 904 Unpaid family workers.................. 13 16 13 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Nonagricultural industries............... 134,925 138,282 136,761 136,234 137,460 137,764 138,068 137,973 138,112 Wage and salary workers................ 125,433 128,783 127,208 126,668 127,829 128,035 128,431 128,459 128,501 Government........................... 19,800 20,381 20,363 19,722 20,166 20,213 20,309 20,270 20,296 Private industries................... 105,633 108,401 106,846 106,970 107,692 107,823 108,120 108,257 108,219 Private households................. 811 789 800 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Other industries................... 104,822 107,612 106,045 106,153 106,910 107,090 107,360 107,492 107,414 Self-employed workers.................. 9,396 9,420 9,449 9,475 9,481 9,702 9,505 9,473 9,514 Unpaid family workers.................. 96 80 104 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2) All industries: Part time for economic reasons......... 5,270 4,516 4,903 4,703 4,476 4,762 4,533 4,474 4,395 Slack work or business conditions.... 3,459 2,851 3,214 2,972 2,805 3,052 2,761 2,735 2,768 Could only find part-time work....... 1,420 1,304 1,314 1,400 1,312 1,385 1,420 1,440 1,329 Part time for noneconomic reasons...... 19,229 20,361 19,207 18,986 19,410 19,704 19,499 19,502 19,089 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons......... 5,152 4,399 4,793 4,604 4,400 4,656 4,404 4,382 4,303 Slack work or business conditions.... 3,382 2,774 3,145 2,894 2,750 2,971 2,685 2,682 2,702 Could only find part-time work....... 1,416 1,288 1,304 1,405 1,320 1,363 1,396 1,397 1,309 Part time for noneconomic reasons...... 18,910 19,962 18,866 18,711 19,061 19,288 19,141 19,176 18,765 1 Data not available. 2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Characteristic Jan. Dec. Jan. Jan. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. 2004 2004 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 Total, 16 years and over.......................... 136,924 140,278 138,682 138,481 139,527 139,827 140,293 140,156 140,241 16 to 19 years.................................. 5,503 5,800 5,460 5,962 5,887 5,908 6,014 5,927 5,917 16 to 17 years................................ 2,117 2,168 2,089 2,337 2,149 2,189 2,240 2,261 2,267 18 to 19 years................................ 3,386 3,632 3,371 3,627 3,730 3,711 3,739 3,691 3,634 20 years and over............................... 131,421 134,478 133,221 132,520 133,640 133,920 134,279 134,229 134,325 20 to 24 years................................ 13,349 13,819 13,398 13,621 13,641 13,842 13,818 13,851 13,702 25 years and over............................. 118,072 120,659 119,824 118,920 119,993 120,066 120,455 120,421 120,669 25 to 54 years.............................. 96,455 97,836 97,330 97,191 97,667 97,700 97,885 97,701 98,049 25 to 34 years............................ 29,976 30,509 30,345 30,351 30,508 30,432 30,495 30,504 30,683 35 to 44 years............................ 34,310 34,707 34,353 34,511 34,556 34,599 34,739 34,632 34,589 45 to 54 years............................ 32,168 32,620 32,632 32,328 32,604 32,669 32,651 32,566 32,776 55 years and over........................... 21,617 22,823 22,493 21,729 22,326 22,366 22,571 22,719 22,620 Men, 16 years and over............................ 73,096 74,707 73,728 74,284 74,629 74,852 75,188 74,938 74,934 16 to 19 years.................................. 2,724 2,810 2,624 3,001 2,927 2,957 3,055 2,917 2,905 16 to 17 years................................ 975 992 942 1,122 1,040 1,072 1,117 1,049 1,068 18 to 19 years................................ 1,750 1,818 1,682 1,881 1,874 1,879 1,914 1,862 1,825 20 years and over............................... 70,371 71,897 71,104 71,283 71,701 71,895 72,134 72,020 72,029 20 to 24 years................................ 7,018 7,274 6,966 7,199 7,151 7,307 7,295 7,354 7,181 25 years and over............................. 63,353 64,623 64,139 64,138 64,497 64,592 64,823 64,704 64,900 25 to 54 years.............................. 51,716 52,464 52,184 52,408 52,553 52,582 52,695 52,563 52,840 25 to 34 years............................ 16,515 16,785 16,646 16,781 16,917 16,900 16,851 16,818 16,902 35 to 44 years............................ 18,493 18,697 18,556 18,710 18,639 18,649 18,799 18,719 18,769 45 to 54 years............................ 16,709 16,983 16,982 16,918 16,998 17,033 17,045 17,026 17,169 55 years and over........................... 11,637 12,159 11,954 11,729 11,943 12,010 12,128 12,141 12,061 Women, 16 years and over.......................... 63,828 65,571 64,953 64,197 64,898 64,975 65,104 65,218 65,307 16 to 19 years.................................. 2,779 2,990 2,836 2,960 2,959 2,951 2,959 3,010 3,012 16 to 17 years................................ 1,142 1,176 1,146 1,215 1,109 1,118 1,123 1,212 1,199 18 to 19 years................................ 1,637 1,814 1,689 1,745 1,856 1,831 1,826 1,830 1,809 20 years and over............................... 61,050 62,581 62,117 61,237 61,939 62,024 62,145 62,208 62,295 20 to 24 years................................ 6,331 6,545 6,432 6,422 6,490 6,535 6,523 6,497 6,521 25 years and over............................. 54,719 56,036 55,685 54,782 55,497 55,474 55,633 55,716 55,769 25 to 54 years.............................. 44,738 45,372 45,146 44,782 45,114 45,118 45,190 45,138 45,209 25 to 34 years............................ 13,462 13,724 13,699 13,570 13,591 13,532 13,644 13,686 13,782 35 to 44 years............................ 15,817 16,011 15,797 15,801 15,917 15,950 15,940 15,912 15,820 45 to 54 years............................ 15,460 15,637 15,650 15,411 15,606 15,636 15,606 15,540 15,608 55 years and over........................... 9,981 10,664 10,539 10,000 10,383 10,356 10,443 10,578 10,560 Married men, spouse present....................... 45,122 45,499 44,853 45,443 45,093 45,127 45,462 45,315 45,171 Married women, spouse present..................... 34,729 35,213 34,880 34,546 34,704 34,808 34,961 34,878 34,739 Women who maintain families....................... 8,479 8,884 8,854 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Full-time workers (2)............................. 112,171 115,117 114,181 113,844 114,831 114,954 115,415 115,585 115,858 Part-time workers (3)............................. 24,753 25,161 24,501 24,320 24,729 24,931 24,940 24,728 24,220 1 Data not available. 2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week. 3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed persons Unemployment rates (1) (in thousands) Characteristic Jan. Dec. Jan. Jan. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. 2004 2004 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 Total, 16 years and over.......................... 8,303 8,047 7,737 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.2 16 to 19 years.................................. 1,209 1,262 1,150 16.9 16.6 17.2 16.5 17.6 16.3 16 to 17 years................................ 530 587 543 18.5 19.6 20.6 21.2 20.6 19.3 18 to 19 years................................ 683 674 612 15.9 14.9 15.2 13.5 15.4 14.4 20 years and over............................... 7,094 6,785 6,588 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.7 20 to 24 years................................ 1,480 1,360 1,440 9.8 9.5 9.8 9.2 8.9 9.5 25 years and over............................. 5,613 5,391 5,141 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.1 25 to 54 years.............................. 4,796 4,597 4,326 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.2 25 to 34 years............................ 1,827 1,813 1,629 5.7 5.2 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.0 35 to 44 years............................ 1,631 1,456 1,479 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.1 45 to 54 years............................ 1,338 1,328 1,217 4.0 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.6 55 years and over........................... 838 825 832 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.5 Men, 16 years and over............................ 4,494 4,474 4,212 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.3 16 to 19 years.................................. 638 741 647 17.5 18.2 19.2 18.2 20.3 18.2 16 to 17 years................................ 279 336 302 19.9 20.6 22.1 23.0 24.3 22.0 18 to 19 years................................ 360 403 349 16.1 16.8 17.7 14.8 17.8 16.1 20 years and over............................... 3,856 3,733 3,565 5.1 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.7 20 to 24 years................................ 851 728 819 10.6 10.5 10.2 9.8 9.0 10.2 25 years and over............................. 2,998 2,969 2,734 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.0 25 to 54 years.............................. 2,550 2,531 2,247 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.1 25 to 34 years............................ 987 1,024 829 5.6 5.2 5.2 5.4 5.7 4.7 35 to 44 years............................ 865 792 752 4.4 4.4 4.0 4.1 4.1 3.9 45 to 54 years............................ 699 716 666 4.0 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.7 55 years and over........................... 448 438 487 3.7 3.9 4.1 3.7 3.5 3.9 Women, 16 years and over.......................... 3,809 3,573 3,525 5.6 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.1 16 to 19 years.................................. 572 522 502 16.2 15.0 15.1 14.6 14.8 14.3 16 to 17 years................................ 251 251 241 17.1 18.6 19.0 19.3 17.2 16.8 18 to 19 years................................ 323 271 263 15.6 12.8 12.5 12.1 12.9 12.7 20 years and over............................... 3,238 3,051 3,023 5.0 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6 20 to 24 years................................ 629 632 621 8.9 8.4 9.4 8.5 8.9 8.7 25 years and over............................. 2,615 2,422 2,407 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.1 25 to 54 years.............................. 2,246 2,066 2,078 4.8 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 25 to 34 years............................ 840 789 800 5.8 5.2 5.8 5.9 5.5 5.5 35 to 44 years............................ 766 664 727 4.6 4.5 4.1 3.9 4.0 4.4 45 to 54 years............................ 640 613 552 4.0 3.5 3.3 3.6 3.8 3.4 55 years and over (2)....................... 423 350 360 4.1 3.5 3.3 3.6 3.2 3.3 Married men, spouse present....................... 1,562 1,434 1,430 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 Married women, spouse present..................... 1,319 1,227 1,157 3.7 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.2 Women who maintain families (2)................... 764 675 788 8.3 8.2 7.8 7.7 7.1 8.2 Full-time workers (3)............................. 6,876 6,637 6,400 5.7 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.2 Part-time workers (4)............................. 1,402 1,417 1,343 5.4 5.0 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.3 1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 2 Not seasonally adjusted. 3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs. 4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs. NOTE: Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Reason Jan. Dec. Jan. Jan. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. 2004 2004 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........................................... 5,195 4,166 4,771 4,380 4,014 4,074 4,066 4,108 4,048 On temporary layoff............................. 1,580 1,040 1,473 1,030 919 947 941 965 966 Not on temporary layoff......................... 3,614 3,126 3,299 3,350 3,094 3,127 3,124 3,144 3,082 Permanent job losers.......................... 2,727 2,272 2,360 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Persons who completed temporary jobs.......... 887 854 938 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Job leavers....................................... 822 845 820 807 830 829 880 898 819 Reentrants........................................ 2,536 2,040 2,310 2,514 2,417 2,411 2,388 2,361 2,324 New entrants...................................... 591 548 542 677 697 747 723 709 624 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........................................... 56.8 54.8 56.5 52.3 50.4 50.5 50.5 50.9 51.8 On temporary layoff............................ 17.3 13.7 17.4 12.3 11.6 11.8 11.7 11.9 12.4 Not on temporary layoff........................ 39.5 41.1 39.1 40.0 38.9 38.8 38.8 38.9 39.4 Job leavers...................................... 9.0 11.1 9.7 9.6 10.4 10.3 10.9 11.1 10.5 Reentrants....................................... 27.7 26.8 27.4 30.0 30.4 29.9 29.6 29.2 29.7 New entrants..................................... 6.5 7.2 6.4 8.1 8.8 9.3 9.0 8.8 8.0 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........................................... 3.6 2.8 3.2 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.7 Job leavers...................................... .6 .6 .6 .5 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 Reentrants....................................... 1.7 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 New entrants..................................... .4 .4 .4 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .4 1 Data not available. NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Duration Jan. Dec. Jan. Jan. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. 2004 2004 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Less than 5 weeks................................. 3,031 2,546 2,948 2,623 2,796 2,753 2,611 2,865 2,599 5 to 14 weeks..................................... 2,591 2,244 2,527 2,402 2,251 2,290 2,361 2,264 2,343 15 weeks and over................................. 3,522 2,809 2,969 3,339 2,971 3,032 3,012 2,961 2,824 15 to 26 weeks................................. 1,535 1,202 1,269 1,447 1,227 1,261 1,294 1,325 1,201 27 weeks and over.............................. 1,988 1,608 1,700 1,892 1,744 1,771 1,718 1,636 1,623 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................. 19.0 19.5 18.5 19.8 19.6 19.7 19.8 19.3 19.3 Median duration, in weeks......................... 10.4 9.6 9.2 10.6 9.5 9.5 9.8 9.5 9.4 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed.................................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Less than 5 weeks............................... 33.2 33.5 34.9 31.4 34.9 34.1 32.7 35.4 33.5 5 to 14 weeks................................... 28.3 29.5 29.9 28.7 28.1 28.4 29.6 28.0 30.2 15 weeks and over............................... 38.5 37.0 35.2 39.9 37.1 37.5 37.7 36.6 36.4 15 to 26 weeks................................ 16.8 15.8 15.0 17.3 15.3 15.6 16.2 16.4 15.5 27 weeks and over............................. 21.7 21.2 20.1 22.6 21.7 21.9 21.5 20.2 20.9 NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-10. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Unemployment Employed Unemployed rates Occupation Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 Total, 16 years and over (1)................................ 136,924 138,682 9,144 8,444 6.3 5.7 Management, professional, and related occupations................ 48,216 48,878 1,473 1,215 3.0 2.4 Management, business, and financial operations occupations..... 19,883 20,063 553 482 2.7 2.3 Professional and related occupations........................... 28,333 28,815 920 733 3.1 2.5 Service occupations.............................................. 21,314 22,276 1,842 1,763 8.0 7.3 Sales and office occupations..................................... 35,254 35,284 2,174 1,982 5.8 5.3 Sales and related occupations.................................. 16,233 15,936 1,099 950 6.3 5.6 Office and administrative support occupations.................. 19,021 19,348 1,075 1,031 5.4 5.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations..... 13,975 14,327 1,383 1,487 9.0 9.4 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..................... 888 798 182 166 17.0 17.2 Construction and extraction occupations........................ 8,019 8,376 935 1,082 10.4 11.4 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.............. 5,068 5,154 267 240 5.0 4.4 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations...... 18,165 17,916 1,637 1,414 8.3 7.3 Production occupations......................................... 9,723 9,372 807 721 7.7 7.1 Transportation and material moving occupations................. 8,442 8,544 830 693 8.9 7.5 1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry, not seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed Unemployment persons rates Industry (in thousands) Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 2004 2005 2004 2005 Total, 16 years and over (1)............... 9,144 8,444 6.3 5.7 Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers... 7,556 6,849 6.7 6.0 Mining.......................................... 31 29 5.8 4.9 Construction.................................... 994 1,079 11.3 11.8 Manufacturing................................... 1,110 889 6.4 5.3 Durable goods................................. 695 547 6.4 5.1 Nondurable goods.............................. 414 341 6.3 5.7 Wholesale and retail trade...................... 1,389 1,302 6.5 6.3 Transportation and utilities.................... 243 276 4.6 5.0 Information..................................... 236 168 7.0 5.4 Financial activities............................ 403 252 4.3 2.7 Professional and business services.............. 1,070 958 8.7 7.6 Education and health services................... 662 613 3.7 3.4 Leisure and hospitality......................... 1,097 993 10.0 8.7 Other services.................................. 322 290 5.3 4.7 Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers........................................ 184 153 15.1 13.2 Government workers................................ 511 555 2.5 2.6 Self employed and unpaid family workers........... 302 346 2.8 3.2 1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Measure Jan. Dec. Jan. Jan. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. 2004 2004 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force................................. 2.4 1.9 2.0 2.3 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.9 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force.................... 3.6 2.8 3.2 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.7 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)....................... 6.3 5.1 5.7 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.2 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers..... 6.5 5.4 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.6 U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers.................................................. 7.3 6.1 6.9 6.7 6.4 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.4 U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers......................................... 10.9 9.1 10.2 9.9 9.4 9.7 9.4 9.3 9.3 NOTE: Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-13. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Total Men Women Category Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. Jan. 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force...................................... 76,093 77,712 28,752 29,914 47,340 47,798 Persons who currently want a job................................ 4,913 5,136 2,108 2,433 2,805 2,703 Searched for work and available to work now (1)................ 1,670 1,804 786 981 884 823 Reason not currently looking: Discouragement over job prospects (2)................... 432 515 248 338 184 177 Reasons other than discouragement (3)................ 1,238 1,289 537 643 701 645 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders (4)..................................... 7,123 7,225 3,632 3,674 3,491 3,551 Percent of total employed..................................... 5.2 5.2 5.0 5.0 5.5 5.5 Primary job full time, secondary job part time................ 3,722 3,782 2,073 2,117 1,649 1,665 Primary and secondary jobs both part time..................... 1,681 1,612 563 548 1,117 1,064 Primary and secondary jobs both full time..................... 227 284 144 179 83 104 Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................ 1,447 1,497 823 809 624 688 1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week. 2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibili- ties, ill health, and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately. NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Change Industry Jan. Nov. Dec. Jan. Jan. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. from: 2004 2004 2004p 2005p 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004p 2005p Dec. 2004- Jan. 2005p Total nonfarm......... 128,365 133,406 133,200 130,538 130,372 131,880 132,162 132,294 132,427 132,573 146 Total private........... 106,922 111,239 111,149 108,909 108,839 110,203 110,462 110,588 110,728 110,862 134 Goods-producing............. 21,161 22,147 21,930 21,419 21,703 21,947 21,982 21,996 22,006 21,975 -31 Natural resources and mining.... 559 604 603 592 575 597 595 599 602 605 3 Logging...................... 65.4 69.2 68.7 65.9 67.4 68.0 67.0 66.9 68.0 67.7 -.3 Mining......................... 493.8 535.1 533.8 525.9 507.3 528.5 527.7 532.5 534.1 536.8 2.7 Oil and gas extraction........ 119.6 123.6 123.6 122.0 120.0 124.0 123.6 124.4 123.9 123.2 -.7 Mining, except oil and gas(1). 191.6 212.9 208.8 204.6 200.9 208.5 208.4 210.7 211.0 212.7 1.7 Coal mining.................. 68.0 73.9 74.6 75.3 68.7 72.9 72.7 73.7 73.9 75.5 1.6 Support activities for mining. 182.6 198.6 201.4 199.3 186.4 196.0 195.7 197.4 199.2 200.9 1.7 Construction.................... 6,431 7,181 6,985 6,643 6,845 6,998 7,043 7,060 7,074 7,065 -9 Construction of buildings..... 1,535.0 1,686.9 1,675.0 1,621.3 1,595.4 1,647.8 1,663.0 1,668.3 1,679.5 1,678.3 -1.2 Residential building......... 834.3 927.6 923.4 894.5 866.8 905.5 915.6 918.4 927.5 925.7 -1.8 Nonresidential building...... 700.7 759.3 751.6 726.8 728.6 742.3 747.4 749.9 752.0 752.6 .6 Heavy and civil engineering construction................. 796.3 935.1 867.4 790.6 903.2 902.1 904.1 906.4 901.9 897.8 -4.1 Specialty trade contractors... 4,100.0 4,559.3 4,442.6 4,231.0 4,346.6 4,447.8 4,476.1 4,484.8 4,492.4 4,488.9 -3.5 Residential specialty trade contractors................. 1,938.6 2,159.7 2,107.2 2,001.3 2,056.0 2,113.9 2,120.9 2,121.5 2,121.1 2,116.9 -4.2 Nonresidential specialty trade contractors........... 2,161.4 2,401.9 2,335.4 2,229.7 2,290.6 2,333.9 2,355.2 2,363.3 2,371.3 2,372.0 .7 Manufacturing................... 14,171 14,362 14,342 14,184 14,283 14,352 14,344 14,337 14,330 14,305 -25 Production workers........... 9,925 10,131 10,110 9,980 10,021 10,117 10,111 10,104 10,098 10,084 -14 Durable goods.................. 8,797 8,967 8,963 8,880 8,855 8,957 8,960 8,954 8,952 8,940 -12 Production workers........... 6,025 6,179 6,177 6,108 6,075 6,172 6,172 6,166 6,167 6,160 -7 Wood products................. 530.0 554.3 550.6 544.2 540.2 550.1 554.5 553.3 554.9 555.6 .7 Nonmetallic mineral products.. 479.8 512.4 503.9 486.4 499.9 508.8 509.1 507.9 507.2 505.9 -1.3 Primary metals................ 464.1 465.0 467.2 465.4 464.4 466.4 466.0 465.8 465.3 465.6 .3 Fabricated metal products..... 1,470.3 1,512.4 1,513.3 1,510.0 1,474.1 1,508.5 1,511.5 1,510.9 1,513.2 1,516.6 3.4 Machinery..................... 1,126.3 1,147.1 1,150.2 1,145.4 1,128.4 1,148.7 1,147.3 1,147.4 1,145.5 1,144.6 -.9 Computer and electronic products(1).................. 1,315.9 1,326.2 1,325.5 1,322.4 1,318.6 1,332.5 1,329.8 1,327.1 1,324.7 1,324.5 -.2 Computer and peripheral equipment................... 213.7 208.9 209.6 209.3 214.8 211.9 209.7 209.3 209.3 208.1 -1.2 Communications equipment..... 149.2 152.1 152.6 155.9 149.3 151.0 150.7 152.7 154.4 156.7 2.3 Semiconductors and electronic components.................. 447.0 451.8 448.1 443.8 448.4 457.0 454.9 451.9 447.3 445.1 -2.2 Electronic instruments....... 425.6 435.3 437.3 436.0 425.3 434.6 437.0 435.6 436.1 437.0 .9 Electrical equipment and appliances................... 448.0 446.7 446.7 445.2 448.7 447.0 445.1 447.4 446.1 445.9 -.2 Transportation equipment(1)... 1,749.3 1,774.4 1,778.2 1,747.4 1,757.2 1,768.5 1,771.0 1,767.2 1,768.9 1,757.1 -11.8 Motor vehicles and parts(2).. 1,106.0 1,108.4 1,109.9 1,084.4 1,111.9 1,109.9 1,111.8 1,104.1 1,101.6 1,092.1 -9.5 Furniture and related products 565.3 571.4 571.3 567.2 569.7 572.1 571.3 572.2 572.1 571.9 -.2 Miscellaneous manufacturing... 648.2 657.3 656.0 646.5 653.5 654.5 654.1 654.7 653.9 651.8 -2.1 Nondurable goods............... 5,374 5,395 5,379 5,304 5,428 5,395 5,384 5,383 5,378 5,365 -13 Production workers........... 3,900 3,952 3,933 3,872 3,946 3,945 3,939 3,938 3,931 3,924 -7 Food manufacturing............ 1,476.6 1,505.3 1,498.8 1,467.3 1,498.3 1,494.3 1,493.5 1,493.6 1,494.5 1,491.9 -2.6 Beverages and tobacco products 190.7 196.3 192.5 185.9 195.5 194.9 192.9 195.1 192.8 191.3 -1.5 Textile mills................. 240.4 234.5 232.9 229.7 242.0 237.3 236.5 235.0 234.3 233.0 -1.3 Textile product mills......... 172.9 177.0 177.2 176.1 174.9 177.8 178.1 178.4 178.8 179.1 .3 Apparel....................... 288.8 273.1 270.9 263.6 295.3 281.0 276.1 273.4 273.2 271.3 -1.9 Leather and allied products... 41.9 43.3 42.7 42.2 42.6 42.7 42.8 43.4 43.0 42.9 -.1 Paper and paper products...... 500.7 499.9 500.1 498.0 502.3 499.3 499.4 498.1 497.7 498.9 1.2 Printing and related support activities................... 666.3 662.1 665.5 657.0 669.9 661.6 661.0 661.3 662.2 661.5 -.7 Petroleum and coal products... 109.9 113.7 110.9 110.7 113.9 113.2 113.3 113.6 113.2 113.8 .6 Chemicals..................... 885.4 881.0 880.7 872.9 889.0 885.5 884.5 882.4 880.9 876.1 -4.8 Plastics and rubber products.. 799.9 809.1 806.3 800.3 803.9 807.1 806.3 808.6 807.3 805.3 -2.0 Service-providing........... 107,204 111,259 111,270 109,119 108,669 109,933 110,180 110,298 110,421 110,598 177 Private service-providing.. 85,761 89,092 89,219 87,490 87,136 88,256 88,480 88,592 88,722 88,887 165 Trade, transportation, and utilities...................... 25,165 26,056 26,259 25,507 25,348 25,555 25,581 25,621 25,628 25,682 54 Wholesale trade................ 5,573.7 5,689.1 5,701.6 5,644.6 5,617.5 5,672.4 5,674.7 5,680.0 5,688.5 5,688.1 -.4 Durable goods................. 2,917.1 2,961.4 2,971.2 2,957.0 2,933.7 2,960.2 2,962.3 2,960.4 2,967.1 2,971.9 4.8 Nondurable goods.............. 1,976.7 2,018.8 2,014.9 1,981.1 2,000.0 2,008.1 2,009.1 2,012.6 2,010.8 2,006.2 -4.6 Electronic markets and agents and brokers.................. 679.9 708.9 715.5 706.5 683.8 704.1 703.3 707.0 710.6 710.0 -.6 Retail trade...................14,857.1 15,472.0 15,642.3 15,011.2 14,961.5 15,037.7 15,056.5 15,081.4 15,073.3 15,092.5 19.2 Motor vehicle and parts dealers(1)................... 1,868.6 1,903.4 1,892.0 1,879.3 1,894.5 1,898.4 1,896.4 1,901.2 1,903.0 1,903.9 .9 Automobile dealers........... 1,249.8 1,248.6 1,244.2 1,235.9 1,258.7 1,247.3 1,245.0 1,247.6 1,247.5 1,245.5 -2.0 Furniture and home furnishings stores....................... 559.8 579.8 588.9 576.3 557.9 561.9 562.3 565.6 567.3 572.1 4.8 Electronics and appliance stores....................... 518.3 539.4 542.5 522.9 509.7 513.6 520.2 520.3 516.8 515.8 -1.0 Building material and garden supply stores................ 1,151.4 1,230.8 1,222.4 1,188.5 1,206.0 1,232.5 1,236.3 1,240.4 1,243.6 1,245.9 2.3 Food and beverage stores...... 2,806.9 2,853.0 2,858.7 2,807.8 2,818.4 2,827.1 2,830.2 2,822.7 2,818.8 2,819.4 .6 Health and personal care stores....................... 943.0 951.4 957.1 952.9 941.0 942.1 941.6 944.5 947.5 950.8 3.3 Gasoline stations............. 873.7 872.4 870.6 866.1 880.6 878.0 877.0 873.7 872.8 873.3 .5 Clothing and clothing accessories stores........... 1,333.1 1,437.5 1,493.7 1,385.9 1,326.3 1,371.9 1,376.0 1,377.9 1,380.9 1,378.6 -2.3 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores............. 648.3 673.9 700.3 644.7 641.7 638.7 638.0 639.0 634.5 637.9 3.4 General merchandise stores(1). 2,823.5 3,046.4 3,115.5 2,857.9 2,840.8 2,832.9 2,835.2 2,854.9 2,847.6 2,854.4 6.8 Department stores............ 1,609.6 1,768.7 1,819.0 1,623.9 1,610.1 1,603.3 1,604.2 1,619.1 1,613.9 1,608.8 -5.1 Miscellaneous store retailers. 906.1 935.1 947.0 904.5 920.2 917.0 920.5 917.4 917.8 918.3 .5 Nonstore retailers............ 424.4 448.9 453.6 424.4 424.4 423.6 422.8 423.8 422.7 422.1 -.6 Transportation and warehousing. 4,166.2 4,325.9 4,346.9 4,280.7 4,198.2 4,274.1 4,279.6 4,289.6 4,295.9 4,329.5 33.6 Air transportation............ 508.7 513.8 516.5 514.7 513.0 513.8 514.2 514.6 516.0 518.7 2.7 Rail transportation........... 220.1 225.4 224.5 221.7 221.6 225.5 225.4 224.6 224.1 224.6 .5 Water transportation.......... 54.0 56.2 55.8 56.7 56.5 57.2 57.7 57.8 57.8 59.4 1.6 Truck transportation.......... 1,309.1 1,367.2 1,369.8 1,348.7 1,339.1 1,358.5 1,356.0 1,358.9 1,368.2 1,375.6 7.4 Transit and ground passenger transportation............... 394.8 403.9 408.7 402.5 385.0 388.3 389.3 389.4 391.9 392.4 .5 Pipeline transportation....... 38.7 38.9 38.8 39.2 38.8 39.0 38.9 39.0 38.7 39.2 .5 Scenic and sightseeing transportation............... 20.1 23.5 22.4 17.9 23.8 27.8 25.6 26.1 24.9 23.7 -1.2 Support activities for transportation............... 519.9 544.1 553.6 551.5 524.6 537.7 539.9 544.6 550.9 554.7 3.8 Couriers and messengers....... 558.9 574.6 584.6 564.7 552.7 563.8 564.4 568.7 559.5 576.2 16.7 Warehousing and storage....... 541.9 578.3 572.2 563.1 543.1 562.5 568.2 565.9 563.9 565.0 1.1 Utilities...................... 568.1 568.6 567.9 570.3 570.3 571.1 570.3 570.2 570.2 572.3 2.1 Information..................... 3,125 3,137 3,141 3,126 3,139 3,127 3,131 3,133 3,135 3,139 4 Publishing industries, except Internet..................... 907.9 912.0 910.6 905.8 910.9 909.2 908.1 908.9 907.4 907.7 .3 Motion picture and sound recording industries......... 377.1 391.5 394.6 384.5 380.7 389.7 395.3 390.6 390.8 391.6 .8 Broadcasting, except Internet. 321.1 330.4 331.9 331.7 322.4 328.1 329.5 329.4 330.5 332.0 1.5 Internet publishing and broadcasting................. 28.4 33.6 33.5 35.2 28.6 32.0 33.0 33.6 34.2 35.6 1.4 Telecommunications............ 1,058.4 1,028.0 1,029.2 1,029.2 1,060.9 1,028.4 1,024.8 1,030.0 1,031.1 1,032.3 1.2 ISPs, search portals, and data processing................... 383.1 391.1 390.6 388.7 386.0 387.6 389.2 389.5 389.8 388.7 -1.1 Other information services.... 48.8 50.2 50.8 50.8 49.6 51.5 50.9 50.7 50.9 51.2 .3 Financial activities............ 7,932 8,092 8,122 8,085 7,989 8,083 8,093 8,107 8,127 8,148 21 Finance and insurance.......... 5,905.5 5,993.7 6,018.0 6,009.4 5,922.7 5,982.1 5,994.1 6,001.3 6,016.3 6,032.9 16.6 Monetary authorities - central bank......................... 22.2 20.8 20.6 20.4 22.3 21.5 21.3 20.9 20.6 20.5 -.1 Credit intermediation and related activities(1)........ 2,795.7 2,854.0 2,868.3 2,872.5 2,803.2 2,841.0 2,847.9 2,859.2 2,870.7 2,883.0 12.3 Depository credit intermediation(1)........... 1,748.7 1,768.0 1,775.8 1,782.4 1,749.5 1,765.1 1,768.1 1,773.3 1,778.3 1,784.2 5.9 Commercial banking.......... 1,276.8 1,287.9 1,294.0 1,300.5 1,277.9 1,286.4 1,288.3 1,293.1 1,296.8 1,301.3 4.5 Securities, commodity contracts, investments....... 754.1 776.0 781.0 782.0 754.9 772.3 777.3 776.9 781.0 785.2 4.2 Insurance carriers and related activities................... 2,248.2 2,259.9 2,264.3 2,248.1 2,256.8 2,263.3 2,264.1 2,260.4 2,259.3 2,257.6 -1.7 Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles........... 85.3 83.0 83.8 86.4 85.5 84.0 83.5 83.9 84.7 86.6 1.9 Real estate and rental and leasing....................... 2,026.5 2,098.0 2,104.4 2,076.0 2,066.1 2,101.3 2,099.2 2,105.5 2,111.1 2,115.4 4.3 Real estate................... 1,369.9 1,432.6 1,432.3 1,409.6 1,397.0 1,429.1 1,428.6 1,434.7 1,436.3 1,437.7 1.4 Rental and leasing services... 630.4 640.6 647.1 642.3 642.3 647.6 646.3 646.0 650.0 652.9 2.9 Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets............ 26.2 24.8 25.0 24.1 26.8 24.6 24.3 24.8 24.8 24.8 .0 Professional and business services....................... 15,773 16,732 16,645 16,295 16,138 16,514 16,614 16,611 16,650 16,675 25 Professional and technical services(1)................... 6,696.5 6,811.1 6,856.2 6,875.4 6,665.7 6,805.4 6,835.3 6,834.4 6,854.6 6,856.6 2.0 Legal services............... 1,145.2 1,166.3 1,168.0 1,151.9 1,153.7 1,166.8 1,167.4 1,163.1 1,164.2 1,161.1 -3.1 Accounting and bookkeeping services.................... 899.4 760.3 796.4 902.0 810.1 816.1 821.5 816.6 818.3 816.3 -2.0 Architectural and engineering services.................... 1,213.5 1,287.8 1,287.5 1,269.6 1,232.7 1,270.5 1,280.5 1,284.9 1,291.1 1,291.3 .2 Computer systems design and related services............ 1,124.0 1,179.2 1,187.4 1,175.2 1,123.4 1,161.1 1,167.3 1,174.1 1,178.7 1,178.4 -.3 Management and technical consulting services......... 748.2 790.8 797.6 780.4 758.8 787.9 790.5 787.8 789.7 789.7 .0 Management of companies and enterprises................... 1,692.4 1,730.6 1,733.8 1,710.4 1,708.9 1,715.0 1,715.3 1,722.5 1,724.9 1,727.7 2.8 Administrative and waste services...................... 7,384.1 8,190.5 8,054.5 7,709.1 7,763.3 7,993.2 8,063.1 8,054.3 8,070.3 8,090.8 20.5 Administrative and support services(1).................. 7,070.7 7,864.5 7,732.5 7,391.6 7,441.5 7,667.3 7,736.4 7,728.2 7,745.0 7,765.2 20.2 Employment services(1)....... 3,160.0 3,685.2 3,637.9 3,402.2 3,364.6 3,513.5 3,572.9 3,570.5 3,582.8 3,604.0 21.2 Temporary help services..... 2,135.0 2,563.4 2,512.0 2,346.9 2,288.3 2,438.7 2,486.5 2,484.7 2,487.3 2,504.8 17.5 Business support services.... 737.9 763.3 765.9 746.6 745.2 752.6 755.9 754.6 754.8 752.7 -2.1 Services to buildings and dwellings................... 1,514.1 1,717.2 1,632.3 1,558.2 1,657.9 1,706.4 1,708.6 1,707.2 1,707.3 1,708.6 1.3 Waste management and remediation services......... 313.4 326.0 322.0 317.5 321.8 325.9 326.7 326.1 325.3 325.6 .3 Education and health services... 16,665 17,327 17,321 17,074 16,766 17,019 17,081 17,108 17,155 17,190 35 Educational services........... 2,670.7 2,988.2 2,950.5 2,756.3 2,741.6 2,773.2 2,794.0 2,797.2 2,811.3 2,827.5 16.2 Health care and social assistance....................13,993.8 14,339.0 14,370.5 14,317.8 14,024.8 14,246.1 14,287.2 14,310.7 14,343.7 14,362.6 18.9 Health care(3).................11,902.5 12,174.0 12,195.4 12,151.2 11,931.7 12,106.0 12,135.3 12,153.6 12,174.1 12,189.2 15.1 Ambulatory health care services(1)................. 4,852.0 5,017.4 5,035.2 5,010.0 4,867.1 4,975.0 4,996.9 5,006.7 5,023.8 5,035.0 11.2 Offices of physicians....... 2,025.3 2,083.7 2,093.6 2,081.5 2,027.8 2,064.5 2,074.2 2,077.7 2,084.4 2,084.7 .3 Outpatient care centers..... 436.6 449.9 449.5 449.8 437.6 448.7 449.5 449.8 450.1 451.7 1.6 Home health care services... 752.0 792.5 797.7 788.5 755.0 779.5 782.7 789.2 793.5 797.4 3.9 Hospitals.................... 4,260.4 4,323.7 4,325.5 4,324.1 4,267.9 4,306.0 4,311.2 4,319.7 4,323.1 4,327.6 4.5 Nursing and residential care facilities(1)............... 2,790.1 2,832.9 2,834.7 2,817.1 2,796.7 2,825.0 2,827.2 2,827.2 2,827.2 2,826.6 -.6 Nursing care facilities..... 1,569.1 1,580.8 1,579.9 1,567.4 1,572.5 1,576.6 1,576.8 1,576.4 1,575.5 1,572.8 -2.7 Social assistance(1).......... 2,091.3 2,165.0 2,175.1 2,166.6 2,093.1 2,140.1 2,151.9 2,157.1 2,169.6 2,173.4 3.8 Child day care services...... 756.8 786.6 790.6 782.8 750.3 767.9 772.8 775.3 780.6 779.8 -.8 Leisure and hospitality......... 11,760 12,319 12,298 12,016 12,351 12,522 12,546 12,571 12,580 12,600 20 Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................... 1,628.0 1,681.9 1,661.9 1,600.6 1,834.5 1,836.2 1,834.4 1,826.4 1,814.9 1,813.8 -1.1 Performing arts and spectator sports....................... 339.5 352.2 347.2 328.2 370.5 363.6 364.4 362.5 359.9 359.2 -.7 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks.............. 106.6 114.0 111.5 107.0 115.4 118.3 118.2 116.9 116.4 116.3 -.1 Amusements, gambling, and recreation................... 1,181.9 1,215.7 1,203.2 1,165.4 1,348.6 1,354.3 1,351.8 1,347.0 1,338.6 1,338.3 -.3 Accommodations and food services......................10,131.7 10,637.4 10,636.4 10,415.2 10,516.4 10,685.3 10,712.0 10,744.1 10,764.7 10,786.2 21.5 Accommodations................ 1,686.6 1,756.4 1,752.8 1,726.2 1,778.0 1,801.5 1,800.6 1,814.7 1,820.1 1,816.6 -3.5 Food services and drinking places....................... 8,445.1 8,881.0 8,883.6 8,689.0 8,738.4 8,883.8 8,911.4 8,929.4 8,944.6 8,969.6 25.0 Other services.................. 5,341 5,429 5,433 5,387 5,405 5,436 5,434 5,441 5,447 5,453 6 Repair and maintenance........ 1,216.3 1,224.4 1,221.9 1,216.9 1,227.0 1,226.9 1,227.9 1,227.1 1,227.4 1,227.2 -.2 Personal and laundry services. 1,248.6 1,271.6 1,273.8 1,257.9 1,266.6 1,271.5 1,267.8 1,271.6 1,275.7 1,278.1 2.4 Membership associations and organizations................ 2,876.2 2,932.5 2,937.4 2,912.5 2,911.5 2,937.9 2,938.1 2,942.3 2,943.9 2,947.6 3.7 Government...................... 21,443 22,167 22,051 21,629 21,533 21,677 21,700 21,706 21,699 21,711 12 Federal........................ 2,707 2,720 2,722 2,711 2,729 2,730 2,723 2,728 2,713 2,724 11 Federal, except U.S. Postal Service...................... 1,916.3 1,936.4 1,928.6 1,931.7 1,937.6 1,946.8 1,940.1 1,946.4 1,941.7 1,945.2 3.5 U.S. Postal Service........... 790.6 783.8 793.7 779.1 791.3 783.4 782.5 781.4 770.9 778.6 7.7 State government............... 4,885 5,167 5,113 4,928 4,961 5,000 5,007 5,015 5,017 5,019 2 State government education.... 2,170.2 2,437.3 2,383.7 2,199.1 2,230.1 2,263.7 2,268.4 2,271.3 2,271.1 2,270.6 -.5 State government, excluding education.................... 2,715.2 2,729.6 2,729.6 2,729.2 2,731.1 2,736.4 2,738.2 2,743.4 2,745.6 2,748.2 2.6 Local government............... 13,851 14,280 14,216 13,990 13,843 13,947 13,970 13,963 13,969 13,968 -1 Local government education.... 7,828.2 8,152.6 8,122.9 7,935.5 7,712.8 7,793.2 7,810.8 7,806.3 7,808.2 7,811.1 2.9 Local government, excluding education.................... 6,022.9 6,127.5 6,092.7 6,054.7 6,130.6 6,153.4 6,159.3 6,156.7 6,161.0 6,156.4 -4.6 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately. 2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. 3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities. p = preliminary. NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2004 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Change Industry Jan. Nov. Dec. Jan. Jan. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. from: 2004 2004 2004p 2005p 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004p 2005p Dec. 2004- Jan. 2005p Total private......................... 33.3 33.6 33.8 33.7 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.7 33.8 33.7 -0.1 Goods-producing........................... 39.8 40.0 40.3 39.5 40.2 40.1 39.9 39.9 40.0 39.8 -.2 Natural resources and mining.................. 43.7 45.3 45.0 44.8 44.4 44.5 44.8 45.0 45.2 45.3 .1 Construction.................................. 37.5 38.2 38.2 36.8 38.4 38.3 38.2 38.3 38.4 37.6 -.8 Manufacturing................................. 40.7 40.8 41.2 40.6 41.0 40.8 40.7 40.5 40.6 40.7 .1 Overtime hours............................. 4.4 4.6 4.9 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 .1 Durable goods................................ 41.3 41.2 41.7 41.0 41.5 41.2 41.2 40.9 41.1 41.1 .0 Overtime hours............................. 4.6 4.7 5.1 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.6 .0 Wood products............................... 40.1 40.1 40.4 40.5 41.0 40.4 40.3 40.0 40.4 41.0 .6 Nonmetallic mineral products................ 41.4 42.2 42.2 40.7 42.4 42.4 42.4 42.1 42.3 41.8 -.5 Primary metals.............................. 43.3 43.0 43.6 43.6 43.2 43.1 43.0 42.9 43.0 43.4 .4 Fabricated metal products................... 41.2 41.1 41.6 40.9 41.2 41.2 41.1 40.9 40.9 40.8 -.1 Machinery................................... 41.7 42.2 42.6 42.2 41.7 42.3 42.2 42.0 41.9 41.9 .0 Computer and electronic products............ 40.5 40.0 40.4 39.4 40.9 40.3 40.1 39.6 39.7 39.8 .1 Electrical equipment and appliances......... 41.0 40.6 40.8 40.3 41.2 40.6 40.6 40.1 40.1 40.2 .1 Transportation equipment.................... 42.8 42.3 43.3 42.3 42.8 42.4 42.3 42.2 42.4 42.4 .0 Motor vehicles and parts(2)................ 43.1 42.2 43.5 42.3 43.1 42.4 42.2 42.2 42.5 42.4 -.1 Furniture and related products.............. 39.4 39.4 40.6 39.3 39.8 39.3 39.2 39.2 39.5 39.3 -.2 Miscellaneous manufacturing................. 38.9 38.4 39.1 39.1 39.1 38.4 38.4 38.2 38.5 38.9 .4 Nondurable goods............................. 39.9 40.1 40.3 40.0 40.2 40.1 39.9 39.8 39.8 40.0 .2 Overtime hours............................. 4.1 4.5 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.5 .1 Food manufacturing.......................... 39.1 39.7 39.5 39.0 39.5 39.3 39.0 39.1 39.0 39.1 .1 Beverages and tobacco products.............. 38.6 38.9 39.5 40.7 39.5 39.2 38.6 39.0 39.8 41.1 1.3 Textile mills............................... 40.1 40.0 40.5 40.6 40.0 40.2 40.1 40.0 40.1 40.4 .3 Textile product mills....................... 39.1 39.2 39.7 40.0 39.4 39.1 39.1 39.1 39.2 40.1 .9 Apparel..................................... 35.3 36.0 36.4 35.3 35.7 36.2 36.0 35.7 35.8 35.7 -.1 Leather and allied products................. 39.5 38.3 37.8 37.7 39.5 38.2 38.4 38.2 37.7 37.6 -.1 Paper and paper products.................... 41.9 42.5 42.9 43.0 42.0 42.2 42.1 42.1 42.1 42.8 .7 Printing and related support activities..... 38.2 38.8 39.0 38.2 38.6 38.3 38.3 38.3 38.4 38.4 .0 Petroleum and coal products................. 44.3 45.8 45.8 45.5 44.2 46.0 45.0 45.5 45.3 45.5 .2 Chemicals................................... 42.7 42.7 42.6 42.6 42.8 42.8 42.7 42.4 42.4 42.6 .2 Plastics and rubber products................ 40.6 39.7 40.4 39.6 40.8 40.3 40.1 39.4 39.7 39.7 .0 Private service-providing................ 31.9 32.2 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.5 32.4 32.3 32.4 32.4 .0 Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 32.9 33.3 33.6 33.2 33.6 33.6 33.6 33.5 33.6 33.6 .0 Wholesale trade.............................. 37.5 37.7 37.6 37.8 37.9 37.8 37.7 37.7 37.7 37.7 .0 Retail trade................................. 30.2 30.3 31.0 30.2 30.9 30.8 30.8 30.6 30.8 30.7 -.1 Transportation and warehousing............... 36.3 37.6 37.6 37.5 36.9 37.5 37.5 37.5 37.5 37.6 .1 Utilities.................................... 40.7 40.8 40.6 41.0 40.8 41.4 40.8 40.4 41.0 41.2 .2 Information................................... 36.0 36.3 36.3 36.4 36.3 36.3 36.3 36.2 36.3 36.1 -.2 Financial activities.......................... 35.3 35.5 35.6 36.4 35.7 35.5 35.7 35.6 35.7 35.9 .2 Professional and business services............ 33.6 34.2 34.1 34.3 34.1 34.7 34.3 34.2 34.2 34.3 .1 Education and health services................. 32.3 32.4 32.6 32.9 32.4 32.5 32.5 32.4 32.6 32.6 .0 Leisure and hospitality....................... 24.9 25.3 25.5 25.2 25.7 25.6 25.7 25.6 25.8 25.6 -.2 Other services................................ 30.9 30.8 30.8 31.0 31.1 31.0 30.9 30.9 30.8 30.9 .1 1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four- fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. 2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. p = preliminary. NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2004 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings Industry Jan. Nov. Dec. Jan. Jan. Nov. Dec. Jan. 2004 2004 2004p 2005p 2004 2004 2004p 2005p Total private........................... $15.55 $15.84 $15.88 $15.99 $517.82 $532.22 $536.74 $538.86 Seasonally adjusted.................... 15.48 15.82 15.85 15.88 523.22 533.13 535.73 535.16 Goods-producing............................. 16.94 17.37 17.42 17.26 674.21 694.80 702.03 681.77 Natural resources and mining.................... 17.94 18.21 18.30 18.33 783.98 824.91 823.50 821.18 Construction.................................... 19.01 19.35 19.31 19.09 712.88 739.17 737.64 702.51 Manufacturing................................... 15.97 16.32 16.45 16.38 649.98 665.86 677.74 665.03 Durable goods.................................. 16.65 17.04 17.22 17.09 687.65 702.05 718.07 700.69 Wood products................................. 12.90 13.13 13.23 13.16 517.29 526.51 534.49 532.98 Nonmetallic mineral products.................. 16.01 16.45 16.38 16.23 662.81 694.19 691.24 660.56 Primary metals................................ 18.39 18.66 18.73 18.77 796.29 802.38 816.63 818.37 Fabricated metal products..................... 15.21 15.43 15.59 15.55 626.65 634.17 648.54 636.00 Machinery..................................... 16.54 16.85 16.97 17.02 689.72 711.07 722.92 718.24 Computer and electronic products.............. 16.82 17.65 17.95 17.92 681.21 706.00 725.18 706.05 Electrical equipment and appliances........... 14.53 15.10 15.14 15.06 595.73 613.06 617.71 606.92 Transportation equipment...................... 21.34 21.91 22.16 21.78 913.35 926.79 959.53 921.29 Furniture and related products................ 12.96 13.29 13.48 13.39 510.62 523.63 547.29 526.23 Miscellaneous manufacturing................... 13.69 13.96 14.08 14.08 532.54 536.06 550.53 550.53 Nondurable goods............................... 14.89 15.16 15.21 15.24 594.11 607.92 612.96 609.60 Food manufacturing............................ 12.92 12.99 13.03 13.06 505.17 515.70 514.69 509.34 Beverages and tobacco products................ 18.86 18.80 18.66 18.54 728.00 731.32 737.07 754.58 Textile mills................................. 12.11 12.09 12.19 12.33 485.61 483.60 493.70 500.60 Textile product mills......................... 11.43 11.44 11.53 11.45 446.91 448.45 457.74 458.00 Apparel....................................... 9.73 10.00 10.00 10.26 343.47 360.00 364.00 362.18 Leather and allied products................... 11.92 11.62 11.61 11.60 470.84 445.05 438.86 437.32 Paper and paper products...................... 17.67 18.09 18.04 17.97 740.37 768.83 773.92 772.71 Printing and related support activities....... 15.54 15.93 15.84 15.74 593.63 618.08 617.76 601.27 Petroleum and coal products................... 24.11 24.71 24.55 24.57 1068.07 1131.72 1124.39 1117.94 Chemicals..................................... 18.79 19.44 19.67 19.51 802.33 830.09 837.94 831.13 Plastics and rubber products.................. 14.43 14.58 14.71 14.75 585.86 578.83 594.28 584.10 Private service-providing.................. 15.18 15.43 15.47 15.66 484.24 496.85 501.23 507.38 Trade, transportation, and utilities............ 14.49 14.67 14.62 14.84 476.72 488.51 491.23 492.69 Wholesale trade................................ 17.55 17.82 17.82 17.94 658.13 671.81 670.03 678.13 Retail trade................................... 11.97 12.16 12.12 12.32 361.49 368.45 375.72 372.06 Transportation and warehousing................. 16.47 16.56 16.62 16.60 597.86 622.66 624.91 622.50 Utilities...................................... 25.39 26.01 26.02 26.11 1033.37 1061.21 1056.41 1070.51 Information..................................... 21.21 21.70 21.71 21.89 763.56 787.71 788.07 796.80 Financial activities............................ 17.35 17.61 17.67 17.80 612.46 625.16 629.05 647.92 Professional and business services.............. 17.41 17.62 17.73 18.02 584.98 602.60 604.59 618.09 Education and health services................... 15.93 16.33 16.43 16.49 514.54 529.09 535.62 542.52 Leisure and hospitality......................... 8.89 9.06 9.15 9.14 221.36 229.22 233.33 230.33 Other services.................................. 13.88 14.12 14.17 14.21 428.89 434.90 436.44 440.51 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2004 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted Percent Industry Jan. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. change from: 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004p 2005p Dec. 2004- Jan. 2005p Total private: Current dollars........................ $15.48 $15.77 $15.81 $15.82 $15.85 $15.88 0.2 Constant (1982) dollars(2)............. 8.27 8.25 8.21 8.21 8.23 N.A. (3) Goods-producing............................. 16.99 17.30 17.32 17.33 17.35 17.33 -.1 Natural resources and mining.................... 17.87 18.06 18.10 18.22 18.24 18.26 .1 Construction.................................... 19.07 19.27 19.34 19.31 19.27 19.21 -.3 Manufacturing................................... 15.94 16.29 16.27 16.29 16.34 16.35 .1 Excluding overtime(4)........................ 15.11 15.42 15.42 15.43 15.48 15.48 .0 Durable goods.................................. 16.62 16.98 16.97 16.99 17.06 17.06 .0 Nondurable goods............................... 14.86 15.18 15.15 15.16 15.18 15.21 .2 Private service-providing.................. 15.08 15.36 15.40 15.42 15.45 15.50 .3 Trade, transportation, and utilities............ 14.44 14.66 14.69 14.70 14.73 14.80 .5 Wholesale trade................................ 17.52 17.73 17.78 17.80 17.82 17.83 .1 Retail trade................................... 11.94 12.16 12.16 12.20 12.23 12.31 .7 Transportation and warehousing................. 16.45 16.53 16.61 16.54 16.58 16.60 .1 Utilities...................................... 25.27 25.82 26.00 25.77 26.02 26.19 .7 Information..................................... 21.17 21.62 21.59 21.58 21.73 21.88 .7 Financial activities............................ 17.36 17.64 17.71 17.65 17.71 17.70 -.1 Professional and business services.............. 17.28 17.54 17.63 17.66 17.69 17.76 .4 Education and health services................... 15.87 16.28 16.31 16.34 16.38 16.41 .2 Leisure and hospitality......................... 8.83 8.95 8.99 9.02 9.04 9.06 .2 Other services.................................. 13.84 14.05 14.08 14.12 14.12 14.14 .1 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. 3 Change was .2 percent from Nov. 2004 to Dec. 2004, 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. NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2004 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Percent Industry Jan. Nov. Dec. Jan. Jan. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. change from: 2004 2004 2004p 2005p 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004p 2005p Dec. 2004- Jan. 2005p Total private......................... 95.8 101.5 102.0 99.3 99.3 100.9 101.2 101.1 101.5 101.4 -0.1 Goods-producing........................... 92.1 98.3 97.8 93.0 96.1 97.4 97.2 97.1 97.5 96.8 -.7 Natural resources and mining.................. 95.0 109.5 108.3 105.5 100.3 105.9 105.9 107.6 108.8 109.5 .6 Construction.................................. 90.2 105.2 101.6 91.9 99.9 102.1 103.0 103.2 103.7 101.2 -2.4 Manufacturing................................. 92.7 94.9 95.6 93.0 94.3 94.7 94.4 93.9 94.1 94.2 .1 Durable goods................................ 93.5 95.7 96.8 94.1 94.7 95.5 95.5 94.8 95.2 95.1 -.1 Wood products............................... 95.5 100.4 100.4 99.1 99.6 100.6 101.0 100.0 101.2 102.7 1.5 Nonmetallic mineral products................ 89.8 99.6 97.8 90.7 97.0 99.2 99.1 98.2 98.8 97.5 -1.3 Primary metals.............................. 93.0 93.1 94.6 94.0 92.8 93.3 93.3 93.0 92.9 93.6 .8 Fabricated metal products................... 96.0 98.9 100.3 98.4 96.2 98.8 98.8 98.4 98.7 98.8 .1 Machinery................................... 93.6 96.9 97.9 96.8 93.7 97.5 97.2 96.6 96.2 96.2 .0 Computer and electronic products............ 88.3 89.8 90.7 88.3 89.4 91.0 90.3 88.9 89.0 89.3 .3 Electrical equipment and appliances......... 90.0 89.3 89.9 88.4 90.5 89.0 88.5 88.1 87.9 88.0 .1 Transportation equipment.................... 96.3 96.2 98.9 94.8 96.9 96.3 96.1 95.6 96.1 95.7 -.4 Motor vehicles and parts(2)................ 97.1 95.7 99.1 94.0 97.9 96.6 96.1 95.3 95.9 95.2 -.7 Furniture and related products.............. 92.8 93.6 96.4 92.0 94.4 93.6 93.2 93.1 93.6 92.8 -.9 Miscellaneous manufacturing................. 91.5 91.9 93.4 91.5 93.0 91.3 91.1 90.9 91.4 92.1 .8 Nondurable goods............................. 91.6 93.3 93.3 91.2 93.4 93.2 92.6 92.3 92.1 92.4 .3 Food manufacturing.......................... 95.1 99.6 98.4 94.8 97.7 97.4 96.6 97.0 96.7 96.9 .2 Beverages and tobacco products.............. 83.1 91.6 89.6 91.1 87.6 89.7 88.1 90.5 91.3 94.4 3.4 Textile mills............................... 81.1 77.2 77.5 76.4 81.3 78.8 78.1 77.3 77.1 77.1 .0 Textile product mills....................... 90.1 92.9 93.8 93.8 91.3 92.7 92.8 93.3 93.2 95.9 2.9 Apparel..................................... 74.2 71.6 72.0 67.2 77.0 74.6 72.4 70.8 71.1 70.2 -1.3 Leather and allied products................. 85.2 87.9 84.8 82.5 86.8 84.4 86.4 87.7 85.3 84.3 -1.2 Paper and paper products.................... 89.6 90.6 91.6 91.3 90.1 90.0 89.7 89.5 89.4 91.2 2.0 Printing and related support activities..... 92.8 94.6 95.3 92.3 94.5 93.1 93.2 93.3 93.6 93.7 .1 Petroleum and coal products................. 95.5 108.8 106.6 105.5 99.1 108.6 106.3 107.8 107.4 108.4 .9 Chemicals................................... 97.9 98.3 98.4 97.5 98.7 99.5 99.3 98.0 97.7 97.8 .1 Plastics and rubber products................ 93.6 93.1 94.2 91.4 94.6 94.2 93.8 92.4 92.7 92.4 -.3 Private service-providing................ 96.8 102.3 103.1 100.8 100.1 102.1 102.1 102.0 102.4 102.7 .3 Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 96.0 101.6 103.4 98.8 98.9 100.1 100.2 100.2 100.5 100.8 .3 Wholesale trade.............................. 96.0 99.7 99.7 99.1 97.8 99.4 99.3 99.5 99.7 99.7 .0 Retail trade................................. 96.2 101.3 105.0 97.6 99.2 99.6 99.8 99.3 99.9 99.8 -.1 Transportation and warehousing............... 96.9 105.5 106.0 103.9 99.6 103.5 103.9 104.2 104.3 105.4 1.1 Utilities.................................... 95.1 94.4 93.9 95.4 95.7 96.0 94.5 93.8 95.2 96.2 1.1 Information................................... 95.6 100.1 100.6 100.1 96.6 99.9 100.3 100.0 100.3 99.8 -.5 Financial activities.......................... 99.9 102.5 103.2 105.0 101.8 102.4 103.2 103.1 103.6 104.4 .8 Professional and business services............ 95.5 104.5 103.6 101.5 99.4 104.5 103.9 103.7 103.8 104.3 .5 Education and health services................. 101.3 105.5 106.1 105.6 102.3 103.9 104.3 104.1 105.1 105.3 .2 Leisure and hospitality....................... 93.6 100.1 100.8 97.0 101.8 103.0 103.7 103.6 104.6 104.1 -.5 Other services................................ 94.4 96.2 96.3 95.9 96.3 96.8 96.5 96.7 96.5 96.9 .4 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. p = preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production or nonsupervisory worker employment. Data have been revised to reflect March 2004 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Percent Industry Jan. Nov. Dec. Jan. Jan. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. change from: 2004 2004 2004p 2005p 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004p 2005p Dec. 2004- Jan. 2005p Total private......................... 99.7 107.6 108.4 106.2 102.8 106.5 107.1 107.0 107.6 107.7 0.1 Goods-producing........................... 95.5 104.6 104.3 98.3 100.0 103.1 103.1 103.1 103.5 102.7 -.8 Natural resources and mining.................. 99.1 116.0 115.3 112.4 104.2 111.3 111.5 114.0 115.4 116.3 .8 Construction.................................. 92.6 109.9 106.0 94.8 102.9 106.2 107.5 107.6 107.9 105.0 -2.7 Manufacturing................................. 96.8 101.3 102.8 99.6 98.3 100.9 100.5 100.1 100.5 100.7 .2 Durable goods................................ 97.2 101.8 104.0 100.4 98.3 101.3 101.2 100.5 101.4 101.3 -.1 Nondurable goods............................. 96.4 100.0 100.3 98.2 98.1 99.9 99.1 98.9 98.8 99.4 .6 Private service-providing................ 101.0 108.5 109.6 108.5 103.7 107.8 108.0 108.0 108.7 109.3 .6 Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 99.2 106.3 107.9 104.6 101.9 104.7 105.1 105.1 105.6 106.4 .8 Wholesale trade.............................. 99.2 104.7 104.7 104.7 101.0 103.8 104.0 104.4 104.7 104.8 .1 Retail trade................................. 98.7 105.6 109.1 103.1 101.6 103.9 104.0 103.9 104.7 105.3 .6 Transportation and warehousing............... 101.2 110.9 111.8 109.4 103.9 108.5 109.5 109.3 109.7 111.0 1.2 Utilities.................................... 100.8 102.5 102.0 103.9 100.9 103.5 102.5 100.9 103.4 105.1 1.6 Information................................... 100.4 107.5 108.1 108.5 101.2 106.9 107.2 106.8 107.9 108.1 .2 Financial activities.......................... 107.1 111.6 112.7 115.5 109.2 111.7 113.0 112.5 113.4 114.2 .7 Professional and business services............ 98.9 109.6 109.3 108.8 102.3 109.0 109.0 108.9 109.3 110.2 .8 Education and health services................. 106.1 113.2 114.6 114.4 106.7 111.2 111.8 111.8 113.1 113.6 .4 Leisure and hospitality....................... 97.0 105.8 107.5 103.4 104.8 107.5 108.7 109.0 110.2 110.0 -.2 Other services................................ 95.5 99.0 99.4 99.3 97.1 99.1 99.0 99.5 99.3 99.8 .5 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment. Data have been revised to reflect March 2004 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted (Percent) Time span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries(1) Over 1-month span: 2001 .............. 49.5 47.7 48.6 32.7 42.4 40.8 36.7 39.0 37.6 33.6 36.9 37.1 2002 .............. 41.0 35.6 39.7 39.2 40.5 47.7 42.8 43.0 42.1 39.0 41.5 35.1 2003 .............. 44.4 38.7 35.3 41.4 39.4 39.9 42.1 39.4 50.4 48.9 50.0 50.5 2004 .............. 50.9 53.4 66.0 67.3 64.6 59.7 55.4 53.8 57.6 58.6 54.7 p53.8 2005 .............. p57.6 Over 3-month span: 2001 .............. 53.2 49.8 49.8 42.3 38.1 34.2 37.8 37.6 34.7 35.4 30.8 32.0 2002 .............. 35.3 37.9 36.5 34.2 34.4 39.4 40.6 44.1 37.8 37.1 35.8 36.7 2003 .............. 38.3 35.4 33.3 33.5 36.5 41.7 37.8 37.4 43.2 46.4 48.6 50.2 2004 .............. 52.5 53.8 56.7 69.4 75.4 71.2 63.5 56.8 57.4 59.9 59.7 p59.5 2005 .............. p57.2 Over 6-month span: 2001 .............. 53.1 50.9 52.0 45.5 43.0 39.7 38.5 33.6 33.5 34.2 33.6 30.9 2002 .............. 29.5 29.9 32.0 31.7 30.9 37.4 37.1 38.7 35.3 36.0 37.9 35.1 2003 .............. 32.7 32.2 31.3 31.3 33.1 37.6 33.6 32.2 40.3 43.7 46.4 49.3 2004 .............. 47.3 50.4 54.9 62.6 64.4 69.6 67.3 68.9 64.6 62.2 59.7 p56.8 2005 .............. p58.8 Over 12-month span: 2001 .............. 59.5 59.5 53.4 49.3 48.6 45.0 43.3 43.9 39.9 37.8 37.1 34.9 2002 .............. 33.6 31.7 30.2 30.4 30.2 29.1 32.0 31.3 30.0 29.5 32.9 34.7 2003 .............. 34.5 31.5 32.9 33.5 34.2 35.1 32.7 33.1 37.1 36.7 37.2 39.2 2004 .............. 40.3 42.1 44.8 48.7 52.0 56.7 57.4 57.6 60.3 62.1 64.6 p63.8 2005 .............. p61.9 Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries(1) Over 1-month span: 2001 .............. 22.0 17.3 22.0 17.9 16.1 22.6 13.1 15.5 18.5 17.3 14.9 11.9 2002 .............. 19.0 19.6 22.0 32.1 26.2 31.0 35.7 23.2 28.6 15.5 18.5 16.7 2003 .............. 35.1 19.0 19.0 11.9 19.6 20.8 22.6 24.4 32.7 35.1 39.9 42.9 2004 .............. 39.3 49.4 50.0 65.5 60.1 51.8 60.7 48.8 42.9 42.3 46.4 p37.5 2005 .............. p47.0 Over 3-month span: 2001 .............. 32.7 20.8 16.7 14.3 14.3 11.9 11.9 9.5 7.7 12.5 11.3 9.5 2002 .............. 10.7 11.9 11.3 17.9 14.9 20.2 25.6 23.8 20.2 13.7 8.9 9.5 2003 .............. 16.1 14.3 12.5 8.9 10.7 10.7 14.3 15.5 18.5 27.4 31.5 35.1 2004 .............. 42.3 43.5 42.9 58.3 69.0 69.6 62.5 53.6 52.4 44.6 45.2 p42.3 2005 .............. p39.9 Over 6-month span: 2001 .............. 22.6 24.4 21.4 19.6 14.3 11.9 13.1 11.3 10.7 7.1 7.7 5.4 2002 .............. 6.0 8.3 8.3 9.5 7.1 13.1 12.5 11.3 14.3 8.3 8.3 7.7 2003 .............. 12.5 10.1 7.1 8.3 11.3 10.7 4.8 10.1 13.1 16.7 19.6 26.8 2004 .............. 27.4 29.8 33.3 47.0 52.4 57.1 60.1 58.9 58.9 50.6 45.2 p45.8 2005 .............. p43.5 Over 12-month span: 2001 .............. 29.8 32.1 20.8 19.0 13.1 12.5 10.7 11.9 11.9 10.1 8.3 6.0 2002 .............. 7.1 6.0 6.0 6.5 7.1 3.6 4.8 6.0 4.8 7.1 4.8 8.3 2003 .............. 10.7 6.0 6.5 6.0 8.3 7.1 7.1 8.3 10.7 10.7 9.5 10.7 2004 .............. 13.1 14.3 13.1 19.0 25.6 34.5 43.5 40.5 45.8 48.2 49.4 p45.8 2005 .............. p44.0 1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. p = preliminary. NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment. Data have been revised to reflect March 2004 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.source: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.toc.htm 4feb2005
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