Technical information: Household data: (202) 691-6378 USDL 07-0003 http://www.bls.gov/cps/ Establishment data: 691-6555 Transmission of material in this release http://www.bls.gov/ces/ is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EST), Media contact: 691-5902 Friday, January 5, 2007. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: DECEMBER 2006 Nonfarm employment increased by 167,000 in December, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Job gains occurred in several service- providing industries, including professional and business services, health care, and food services. Average hourly earnings rose by 8 cents, or 0.5 percent, in December. Unemployment (Household Survey Data) The number of unemployed persons (6.8 million) was about unchanged in December, and the unemployment rate held at 4.5 percent. Over the year, these measures declined from 7.3 million and 4.9 percent, respectively. In December, unemployment rates for the major worker groups--adult men (4.0 percent), adult women (3.9 percent), teenagers (15.2 percent), whites (4.0 percent), blacks (8.4 percent), and Hispanics (4.9 percent)--showed little or no change. The unemployment rate for Asians was 2.4 percent not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Household Survey Data | | | | Seasonally adjusted household survey data have been revised using | | updated seasonal adjustment factors. Seasonally adjusted estimates | | back to January 2002 were subject to revision. The unemployment | | rates for January-November 2006 (as originally published and as re- | | vised) appear on page 5, along with additional information about the | | revisions. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - 2 - Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) _______________________________________________________________________________ | Quarterly | | | averages | Monthly data | |_________________|__________________________| Nov.- Category | 2006 | 2006 | Dec. |_________________|__________________________| change | III | IV | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________ HOUSEHOLD DATA | Labor force status |_____________________________________________________ Civilian labor force.....| 151,703| 152,425| 152,052| 152,449| 152,775| 326 Employment.............| 144,618| 145,629| 145,337| 145,623| 145,926| 303 Unemployment...........| 7,086| 6,797| 6,715| 6,826| 6,849| 23 Not in labor force.......| 77,464| 77,471| 77,623| 77,456| 77,333| -123 |________|________|________|________|________|________ | Unemployment rates |_____________________________________________________ All workers..............| 4.7| 4.5| 4.4| 4.5| 4.5| 0.0 Adult men..............| 4.0| 3.9| 3.9| 3.9| 4.0| .1 Adult women............| 4.2| 3.9| 3.9| 4.0| 3.9| -.1 Teenagers..............| 16.1| 15.1| 15.2| 15.1| 15.2| .1 White..................| 4.1| 3.9| 3.9| 3.9| 4.0| .1 Black or African | | | | | | American.............| 9.1| 8.5| 8.5| 8.6| 8.4| -.2 Hispanic or Latino | | | | | | ethnicity............| 5.3| 4.8| 4.6| 5.0| 4.9| -.1 |________|________|________|________|________|________ ESTABLISHMENT DATA | Employment |_____________________________________________________ Nonfarm employment.......| 135,595|p136,051| 135,893|p136,047|p136,214| p167 Goods-producing (1)....| 22,422| p22,324| 22,355| p22,314| p22,303| p-11 Construction.........| 7,509| p7,465| 7,483| p7,458| p7,455| p-3 Manufacturing........| 14,230| p14,165| 14,182| p14,162| p14,150| p-12 Service-providing (1)..| 113,173|p113,727| 113,538|p113,733|p113,911| p178 Retail trade (2).....| 15,214| p15,236| 15,213| p15,252| p15,243| p-9 Professional and | | | | | | business services..| 17,394| p17,492| 17,444| p17,491| p17,541| p50 Education and health | | | | | | services...........| 17,801| p17,921| 17,883| p17,919| p17,962| p43 Leisure and | | | | | | hospitality........| 13,097| p13,217| 13,181| p13,220| p13,251| p31 Government...........| 22,022| p22,110| 22,098| p22,108| p22,125| p17 |________|________|________|________|________|________ | Hours of work (3) |_____________________________________________________ Total private............| 33.8| p33.9| 33.9| p33.9| p33.9| p0.0 Manufacturing..........| 41.3| p41.0| 41.1| p41.0| p41.0| p.0 Overtime.............| 4.4| p4.3| 4.3| p4.2| p4.3| p.1 |________|________|________|________|________|________ | Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(3) |_____________________________________________________ Total private............| 105.2| p105.7| 105.6| p105.7| p105.9| p0.2 |________|________|________|________|________|________ | Earnings (3) |_____________________________________________________ Avg. hourly earnings, | | | | | | total private..........| $16.81| p$16.97| $16.91| p$16.96| p$17.04| p$0.08 Avg. weekly earnings, | | | | | | total private..........| 568.62| p575.28| 573.25| p574.94| p577.66| p2.72 _________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________ 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately. 2 Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using unrounded data. 3 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers. p = preliminary. NOTE: Seasonally adjusted household data have been revised. See note on page 5. - 3 - Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) In December, both total employment, at 145.9 million, and the employment- population ratio, at 63.4 percent, were little changed. Over the year, total employment grew by 3.1 million and the employment-population ratio rose by 0.6 percentage point. The civilian labor force edged up in December to 152.8 million. The labor force participation rate, at 66.4 percent, was little changed over the month, but the rate was 0.4 percentage point higher than a year earlier. (See table A-1.) Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) About 1.3 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in December, 337,000 fewer than a year earlier. These indi- viduals wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. Among the marginally attached, there were 274,000 discouraged workers in December, down from 451,000 a year earlier. Discouraged workers were not currently looking for work specifi- cally because they believed no jobs were available for them. The other 978,000 persons marginally attached to the labor force in December had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-13.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 167,000 in December to 136.2 million, following increases of 86,000 in October and 154,000 in November (as revised). Over the year, payroll employment rose by 1.8 million. In December, employment growth continued in several service-providing industries. Employment in construction was about unchanged over the month, and the number of manufac- turing jobs continued to trend downward. (See table B-1.) Professional and business services employment continued to expand in December with a gain of 50,000. Job gains occurred in services to buildings and dwellings (13,000) and in management and technical consulting services (7,000). Employment continued to trend up in architectural and engineering services and in computer systems design and related services. Temporary help services employment was little changed over the month and over the year. Health care added 31,000 jobs in December. Employment rose in ambulatory health care services (14,000), hospitals (11,000), and nursing and residential care facilities (7,000). Over the year, health care employment increased by 324,000, with gains spread throughout the component industries. Job growth continued in food services and drinking places (23,000) in December. In the past 12 months, food services added 304,000 jobs, accounting for most of the over-the-year increase in leisure and hospitality employment. - 4 - In financial activities, commercial banking added 5,000 jobs in December. Employment in financial activities was up by 153,000 over the year; job gains occurred in insurance (46,000) and in credit intermediation (62,000), which includes commercial banking. Employment in transportation and warehousing continued to trend up in December. Over the year, the industry added 106,000 jobs. Telecommunications employment was up by 6,000 in December; over the year, however, employment in the industry was es- sentially unchanged. Employment in retail trade was little changed over the month after rising by 39,000 in November. Building and garden supply stores lost 8,000 jobs in December. Over the year, retail trade employment edged down. In the goods-producing sector, employment in mining continued to trend up in December. Job gains in the industry averaged 4,000 per month in 2006. Employment in construction was about unchanged in December following losses in October and November that totaled 53,000. After increasing by 295,000 in 2005, construction employment was little changed in 2006. Over the year, gains in non- residential speciality trades and in heavy construction were largely offset by a decline in residential specialty trades. Manufacturing employment continued to trend down over the month with declines in motor vehicles and parts (-5,000), primary metals (-3,000), and textile mills (-2,000). Over the year, manufacturing employment fell by 72,000 with declines widespread throughout the component industries. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls remained at 33.9 hours in December. Weekly hours for factory workers were unchanged at 41.0 hours while overtime increased by 0.1 hour to 4.3 hours. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers increased by 0.2 percent in December to 105.9 (2002=100). The manufacturing index fell by 0.1 percent to 95.2. (See table B-5.) Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 8 cents, or 0.5 percent, in December to $17.04. Average weekly earnings also rose by 0.5 percent, to $577.66. Over the year, hourly earnings were up 4.2 percent, while weekly earnings were up 4.5 percent. (See table B-3.) ______________________________ The Employment Situation for January 2007 is scheduled to be released on Friday, February 2, at 8:30 A.M. (EST). -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revisions in the Establishment Survey Data | | | | With the release of January data on February 2, BLS is scheduled to | | introduce revisions to the nonfarm payroll employment, hours, and earn- | | ings data to reflect the annual benchmark adjustments for March 2006 | | and updated seasonal adjustment factors. Unadjusted data since April | | 2005 and seasonally adjusted data since January 2002 are subject to | | revision. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Planned Changes in the Household Survey | | | | Effective with the release of data for January 2007, revisions will | | be introduced into the population controls for the household survey. | | These changes reflect the routine annual updating of intercensal pop- | | ulation estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau. | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 5 - Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Household Survey Data At the end of each calendar year, BLS routinely updates the seasonal ad- justment factors for the labor force series derived from the Current Popula- tion Survey (CPS), or household survey. This year, seasonally adjusted data for January 2002-November 2006 were subject to revision. As shown in table B, the revisions to seasonal adjustment did not change the overall civilian unemployment rate for any month of 2006. Revised seasonally ad- justed data for other major labor force series beginning in December 2005 appear in table C. The January 2007 issue of Employment and Earnings will contain an article describing the current seasonal adjustment methodology for the household survey data and revised data for the most recent months or quarters for all regularly published tables containing seasonally adjusted household survey data. A copy of the article is available at http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsrs2007.pdf on the BLS Web site. Historical data for the household series contained in the A tables of this re- lease can be accessed on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsatabs.htm. Revised historical seasonally adjusted monthly and quarterly data for additional series are available on the Internet at ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/lf/. Table B. Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates and changes due to revision, January-November 2006 --------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Year and month | As first | As | Change | published | revised | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------- | | | 2006 | | | | | | January..............| 4.7 | 4.7 | 0.0 February.............| 4.8 | 4.8 | .0 March................| 4.7 | 4.7 | .0 April................| 4.7 | 4.7 | .0 May..................| 4.6 | 4.6 | .0 June.................| 4.6 | 4.6 | .0 July.................| 4.8 | 4.8 | .0 August...............| 4.7 | 4.7 | .0 September............| 4.6 | 4.6 | .0 October..............| 4.4 | 4.4 | .0 November.............| 4.5 | 4.5 | .0 --------------------------------------------------------------- - 6 - HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table C. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) 2005 2006 Employment status, sex, and age Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population (1).. 227,425 227,553 227,763 227,975 228,199 228,428 228,671 228,912 229,167 229,420 229,675 229,905 230,108 Civilian labor force.................... 150,113 150,122 150,477 150,689 150,862 151,051 151,370 151,558 151,734 151,818 152,052 152,449 152,775 Participation rate................ 66.0 66.0 66.1 66.1 66.1 66.1 66.2 66.2 66.2 66.2 66.2 66.3 66.4 Employed.............................. 142,782 143,099 143,319 143,680 143,763 144,045 144,386 144,330 144,618 144,906 145,337 145,623 145,926 Employment-population ratio....... 62.8 62.9 62.9 63.0 63.0 63.1 63.1 63.1 63.1 63.2 63.3 63.3 63.4 Unemployed............................ 7,331 7,023 7,158 7,009 7,098 7,006 6,984 7,228 7,116 6,912 6,715 6,826 6,849 Unemployment rate................. 4.9 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.5 Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population (1).. 101,489 101,560 101,657 101,754 101,857 101,963 102,075 102,187 102,308 102,428 102,549 102,656 102,751 Civilian labor force.................... 76,799 76,927 77,115 77,310 77,390 77,457 77,319 77,339 77,616 77,823 77,936 78,123 78,334 Participation rate................ 75.7 75.7 75.9 76.0 76.0 76.0 75.7 75.7 75.9 76.0 76.0 76.1 76.2 Employed.............................. 73,503 73,837 73,880 74,180 74,163 74,208 74,233 74,105 74,421 74,868 74,924 75,088 75,235 Employment-population ratio....... 72.4 72.7 72.7 72.9 72.8 72.8 72.7 72.5 72.7 73.1 73.1 73.1 73.2 Unemployed............................ 3,296 3,090 3,235 3,130 3,228 3,249 3,087 3,234 3,195 2,954 3,012 3,036 3,100 Unemployment rate................. 4.3 4.0 4.2 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.0 Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population (1).. 109,425 109,478 109,562 109,646 109,736 109,829 109,927 110,026 110,134 110,241 110,349 110,445 110,528 Civilian labor force.................... 66,141 66,016 66,098 66,089 66,249 66,356 66,644 66,872 66,856 66,754 66,851 67,024 67,132 Participation rate................ 60.4 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.4 60.4 60.6 60.8 60.7 60.6 60.6 60.7 60.7 Employed.............................. 63,198 63,172 63,286 63,349 63,432 63,622 63,901 64,029 64,118 63,978 64,252 64,333 64,491 Employment-population ratio....... 57.8 57.7 57.8 57.8 57.8 57.9 58.1 58.2 58.2 58.0 58.2 58.2 58.3 Unemployed............................ 2,944 2,844 2,811 2,739 2,818 2,735 2,743 2,843 2,738 2,776 2,599 2,691 2,641 Unemployment rate................. 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.1 4.2 3.9 4.0 3.9 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population (1).. 16,511 16,515 16,545 16,575 16,606 16,637 16,668 16,700 16,725 16,751 16,776 16,804 16,829 Civilian labor force.................... 7,173 7,178 7,264 7,290 7,222 7,237 7,407 7,347 7,262 7,242 7,264 7,301 7,309 Participation rate................ 43.4 43.5 43.9 44.0 43.5 43.5 44.4 44.0 43.4 43.2 43.3 43.5 43.4 Employed.............................. 6,081 6,090 6,153 6,150 6,169 6,215 6,253 6,197 6,079 6,060 6,161 6,202 6,200 Employment-population ratio....... 36.8 36.9 37.2 37.1 37.1 37.4 37.5 37.1 36.3 36.2 36.7 36.9 36.8 Unemployed............................ 1,091 1,089 1,111 1,140 1,053 1,022 1,154 1,151 1,183 1,182 1,104 1,099 1,108 Unemployment rate................. 15.2 15.2 15.3 15.6 14.6 14.1 15.6 15.7 16.3 16.3 15.2 15.1 15.2 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation. NOTE: Seasonally adjusted data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. - 7 - Technical Note This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics survey (establishment survey). The household survey provides the informa- tion on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 60,000 house- holds conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The establishment survey provides the information on the employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation with state agencies. The sample includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering ap- proximately 400,000 individual worksites. The active sample includes about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers. The sample is drawn from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts. For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a particular week or pay period. In the household survey, the reference week is generally the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month. In the establish- ment survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week. Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of questions on work and job search activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force. People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, pro- fession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours in a family business or farm. People are also counted as employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons. People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following criteria: They had no employment during the reference week; they were available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits. The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force. The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the labor force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the employed as a percent of the population. - 8 - Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn from pri- vate nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as federal, state, and local government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are counted in each job they hold. Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry Classification System. Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual and method- ological differences between the household and establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the sur- veys. Among these are: --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed. These groups are excluded from the establishment survey. --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed. The establishment survey does not. --The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older. The establishment survey is not limited by age. --The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because in- dividuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job and thus appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each appearance. Seasonal adjustment Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production, harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The ef- fect of such seasonal variation can be very large; seasonal fluctua- tions may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month changes in unemployment. Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by ad- justing the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make non- seasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined. However, because the effect of students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted to allow for a comparable change. Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to ana- lyze changes in economic activity. - 9 - Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most super- sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating in- dependently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by di- rectly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories. For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the current month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to adjust only the current month's data. In the establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly estimates. In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year. Reliability of the estimates Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample rather than the en- tire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the "true" population values they represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 stand- ard errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus 430,000. Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000 from one month to the next. The 90-percent confidence interval on the monthly change would range from -330,000 to 530,000 (100,000 +/- 430,000). These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the "true" over-the-month change lies within this interval. Since this range includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that employment had, in fact, increased. If, however, the reported employment rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent confidence interval would be greater than zero. In this case, it is likely (at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, oc- curred. At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent con- fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 280,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 percentage point. In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates which are based on a small number of observations. The precision of esti- mates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for quarterly and annual averages. The seasonal adjustment process can also im- prove the stability of the monthly estimates. - 10 - The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the data. For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final. Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business births. The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of busi- ness, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample. The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was de- rived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five years. The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program. The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over the past decade, the benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent, ranging from less than 0.05 percent to 0.4 percent. Additional statistics and other information More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings, published each month by BLS. It is available for $27.00 per issue or $53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order pay- able to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or Visa. Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the household and establishment survey data published in this release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through 1-D of its "Explanatory Notes." For the establish- ment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of re- visions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of Employment and Earnings. Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339. HOUSEHOLD DATA 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 Dec. Nov. Dec. Dec. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 2005 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 227,425 229,905 230,108 227,425 229,167 229,420 229,675 229,905 230,108 Civilian labor force............................ 149,874 152,590 152,571 150,113 151,734 151,818 152,052 152,449 152,775 Participation rate........................ 65.9 66.4 66.3 66.0 66.2 66.2 66.2 66.3 66.4 Employed...................................... 142,918 146,014 146,081 142,782 144,618 144,906 145,337 145,623 145,926 Employment-population ratio............... 62.8 63.5 63.5 62.8 63.1 63.2 63.3 63.3 63.4 Unemployed.................................... 6,956 6,576 6,491 7,331 7,116 6,912 6,715 6,826 6,849 Unemployment rate......................... 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.5 Not in labor force.............................. 77,550 77,315 77,537 77,312 77,433 77,602 77,623 77,456 77,333 Persons who currently want a job.............. 4,808 4,476 4,121 5,258 4,887 4,643 4,759 4,778 4,506 Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 109,863 111,180 111,288 109,863 110,792 110,925 111,059 111,180 111,288 Civilian labor force............................ 80,140 81,689 81,715 80,446 81,309 81,532 81,612 81,798 82,030 Participation rate........................ 72.9 73.5 73.4 73.2 73.4 73.5 73.5 73.6 73.7 Employed...................................... 76,287 78,210 78,030 76,564 77,482 77,920 77,985 78,148 78,311 Employment-population ratio............... 69.4 70.3 70.1 69.7 69.9 70.2 70.2 70.3 70.4 Unemployed.................................... 3,854 3,479 3,684 3,882 3,827 3,612 3,626 3,650 3,718 Unemployment rate......................... 4.8 4.3 4.5 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.5 Not in labor force.............................. 29,722 29,491 29,573 29,417 29,482 29,393 29,448 29,382 29,259 Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 101,489 102,656 102,751 101,489 102,308 102,428 102,549 102,656 102,751 Civilian labor force............................ 76,670 78,161 78,198 76,799 77,616 77,823 77,936 78,123 78,334 Participation rate........................ 75.5 76.1 76.1 75.7 75.9 76.0 76.0 76.1 76.2 Employed...................................... 73,315 75,247 75,040 73,503 74,421 74,868 74,924 75,088 75,235 Employment-population ratio............... 72.2 73.3 73.0 72.4 72.7 73.1 73.1 73.1 73.2 Unemployed.................................... 3,355 2,914 3,158 3,296 3,195 2,954 3,012 3,036 3,100 Unemployment rate......................... 4.4 3.7 4.0 4.3 4.1 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.0 Not in labor force.............................. 24,819 24,495 24,553 24,690 24,692 24,606 24,613 24,533 24,417 Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 117,562 118,724 118,820 117,562 118,376 118,495 118,616 118,724 118,820 Civilian labor force............................ 69,734 70,900 70,856 69,667 70,425 70,286 70,440 70,651 70,745 Participation rate........................ 59.3 59.7 59.6 59.3 59.5 59.3 59.4 59.5 59.5 Employed...................................... 66,631 67,804 68,050 66,218 67,136 66,986 67,352 67,475 67,615 Employment-population ratio............... 56.7 57.1 57.3 56.3 56.7 56.5 56.8 56.8 56.9 Unemployed.................................... 3,102 3,097 2,806 3,449 3,289 3,300 3,089 3,176 3,130 Unemployment rate......................... 4.4 4.4 4.0 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.5 4.4 Not in labor force.............................. 47,828 47,824 47,963 47,895 47,951 48,209 48,175 48,073 48,074 Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 109,425 110,445 110,528 109,425 110,134 110,241 110,349 110,445 110,528 Civilian labor force............................ 66,376 67,408 67,412 66,141 66,856 66,754 66,851 67,024 67,132 Participation rate........................ 60.7 61.0 61.0 60.4 60.7 60.6 60.6 60.7 60.7 Employed...................................... 63,669 64,778 64,988 63,198 64,118 63,978 64,252 64,333 64,491 Employment-population ratio............... 58.2 58.7 58.8 57.8 58.2 58.0 58.2 58.2 58.3 Unemployed.................................... 2,707 2,630 2,424 2,944 2,738 2,776 2,599 2,691 2,641 Unemployment rate......................... 4.1 3.9 3.6 4.5 4.1 4.2 3.9 4.0 3.9 Not in labor force.............................. 43,048 43,036 43,116 43,283 43,277 43,487 43,498 43,420 43,396 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 16,511 16,804 16,829 16,511 16,725 16,751 16,776 16,804 16,829 Civilian labor force............................ 6,828 7,021 6,961 7,173 7,262 7,242 7,264 7,301 7,309 Participation rate........................ 41.4 41.8 41.4 43.4 43.4 43.2 43.3 43.5 43.4 Employed...................................... 5,934 5,989 6,052 6,081 6,079 6,060 6,161 6,202 6,200 Employment-population ratio............... 35.9 35.6 36.0 36.8 36.3 36.2 36.7 36.9 36.8 Unemployed.................................... 894 1,031 909 1,091 1,183 1,182 1,104 1,099 1,108 Unemployment rate......................... 13.1 14.7 13.1 15.2 16.3 16.3 15.2 15.1 15.2 Not in labor force.............................. 9,683 9,783 9,868 9,338 9,464 9,509 9,512 9,502 9,520 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. HOUSEHOLD DATA 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 Dec. Nov. Dec. Dec. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 2005 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 WHITE Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 185,327 186,988 187,115 185,327 186,500 186,669 186,840 186,988 187,115 Civilian labor force............................ 122,752 124,635 124,640 122,931 124,149 124,062 124,364 124,536 124,783 Participation rate.......................... 66.2 66.7 66.6 66.3 66.6 66.5 66.6 66.6 66.7 Employed...................................... 117,803 119,995 119,923 117,710 119,023 119,164 119,511 119,636 119,813 Employment-population ratio................. 63.6 64.2 64.1 63.5 63.8 63.8 64.0 64.0 64.0 Unemployed.................................... 4,949 4,640 4,717 5,220 5,127 4,898 4,853 4,900 4,970 Unemployment rate........................... 4.0 3.7 3.8 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.0 Not in labor force.............................. 62,575 62,353 62,475 62,396 62,350 62,607 62,476 62,452 62,333 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 63,925 64,972 64,994 64,020 64,613 64,594 64,792 64,935 65,084 Participation rate.......................... 76.1 76.6 76.6 76.2 76.4 76.3 76.5 76.6 76.7 Employed...................................... 61,455 62,895 62,615 61,609 62,260 62,465 62,613 62,712 62,766 Employment-population ratio................. 73.2 74.2 73.8 73.3 73.6 73.8 73.9 73.9 73.9 Unemployed.................................... 2,470 2,077 2,379 2,411 2,353 2,129 2,179 2,223 2,318 Unemployment rate........................... 3.9 3.2 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.6 Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 53,175 53,879 53,836 53,011 53,517 53,497 53,614 53,594 53,633 Participation rate.......................... 60.0 60.4 60.3 59.9 60.1 60.0 60.1 60.1 60.1 Employed...................................... 51,365 52,066 52,201 50,981 51,596 51,552 51,740 51,700 51,795 Employment-population ratio................. 58.0 58.3 58.5 57.6 58.0 57.9 58.0 57.9 58.0 Unemployed.................................... 1,810 1,813 1,635 2,029 1,922 1,945 1,874 1,893 1,838 Unemployment rate........................... 3.4 3.4 3.0 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.4 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ 5,651 5,785 5,810 5,900 6,019 5,970 5,958 6,008 6,066 Participation rate.......................... 44.3 44.7 44.9 46.3 46.7 46.3 46.1 46.4 46.8 Employed...................................... 4,983 5,034 5,106 5,120 5,166 5,147 5,158 5,223 5,252 Employment-population ratio................. 39.1 38.9 39.4 40.2 40.1 39.9 39.9 40.4 40.5 Unemployed.................................... 669 751 704 780 853 824 800 784 814 Unemployment rate........................... 11.8 13.0 12.1 13.2 14.2 13.8 13.4 13.1 13.4 BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 26,744 27,193 27,231 26,744 27,065 27,109 27,153 27,193 27,231 Civilian labor force............................ 17,001 17,489 17,531 16,970 17,361 17,225 17,378 17,444 17,512 Participation rate.......................... 63.6 64.3 64.4 63.5 64.1 63.5 64.0 64.2 64.3 Employed...................................... 15,487 16,021 16,138 15,394 15,839 15,659 15,902 15,950 16,045 Employment-population ratio................. 57.9 58.9 59.3 57.6 58.5 57.8 58.6 58.7 58.9 Unemployed.................................... 1,514 1,469 1,393 1,576 1,522 1,565 1,476 1,494 1,466 Unemployment rate........................... 8.9 8.4 7.9 9.3 8.8 9.1 8.5 8.6 8.4 Not in labor force.............................. 9,743 9,704 9,700 9,775 9,705 9,884 9,774 9,749 9,719 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 7,560 7,831 7,824 7,546 7,729 7,731 7,747 7,778 7,812 Participation rate.......................... 70.3 71.6 71.4 70.2 71.0 70.9 70.9 71.1 71.3 Employed...................................... 6,897 7,220 7,253 6,885 7,086 7,098 7,109 7,170 7,240 Employment-population ratio................. 64.1 66.0 66.2 64.0 65.1 65.1 65.1 65.5 66.1 Unemployed.................................... 663 611 571 661 643 632 639 608 572 Unemployment rate........................... 8.8 7.8 7.3 8.8 8.3 8.2 8.2 7.8 7.3 Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 8,667 8,814 8,875 8,626 8,790 8,657 8,721 8,798 8,840 Participation rate.......................... 64.3 64.6 64.9 64.0 64.6 63.6 63.9 64.4 64.7 Employed...................................... 7,965 8,177 8,221 7,908 8,154 7,988 8,122 8,152 8,171 Employment-population ratio................. 59.1 59.9 60.1 58.7 60.0 58.7 59.6 59.7 59.8 Unemployed.................................... 702 637 653 719 636 669 599 647 669 Unemployment rate........................... 8.1 7.2 7.4 8.3 7.2 7.7 6.9 7.4 7.6 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ 774 844 832 798 842 837 910 868 860 Participation rate.......................... 30.7 32.5 32.0 31.7 32.7 32.4 35.1 33.4 33.0 Employed...................................... 624 624 664 601 598 573 671 629 634 Employment-population ratio................. 24.8 24.0 25.5 23.9 23.2 22.2 25.9 24.2 24.4 Unemployed.................................... 150 220 168 197 243 264 239 239 226 Unemployment rate........................... 19.3 26.1 20.2 24.7 28.9 31.6 26.3 27.6 26.2 ASIAN Civilian noninstutional population................ 10,036 10,214 10,257 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Civilian labor force............................ 6,652 6,779 6,824 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 66.3 66.4 66.5 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 6,400 6,565 6,657 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 63.8 64.3 64.9 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 252 214 167 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 3.8 3.2 2.4 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Not in labor force.............................. 3,384 3,435 3,433 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available. NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA 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 Dec. Nov. Dec. Dec. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 2005 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 29,645 30,508 30,596 29,645 30,232 30,324 30,416 30,508 30,596 Civilian labor force............................ 20,316 21,048 21,213 20,283 20,652 20,738 20,825 20,994 21,176 Participation rate.......................... 68.5 69.0 69.3 68.4 68.3 68.4 68.5 68.8 69.2 Employed...................................... 19,084 20,006 20,151 19,068 19,551 19,611 19,860 19,953 20,131 Employment-population ratio................. 64.4 65.6 65.9 64.3 64.7 64.7 65.3 65.4 65.8 Unemployed.................................... 1,232 1,042 1,061 1,215 1,101 1,127 965 1,042 1,045 Unemployment rate........................... 6.1 5.0 5.0 6.0 5.3 5.4 4.6 5.0 4.9 Not in labor force.............................. 9,329 9,460 9,383 9,362 9,581 9,586 9,591 9,513 9,419 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 11,664 12,127 12,162 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 84.3 85.2 85.2 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 11,071 11,664 11,618 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 80.0 82.0 81.4 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 593 463 544 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 5.1 3.8 4.5 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 7,590 7,839 7,916 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 58.1 58.4 58.8 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 7,135 7,437 7,588 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 54.6 55.4 56.4 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 455 402 328 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 6.0 5.1 4.1 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ 1,061 1,081 1,134 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 38.7 38.0 39.7 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 878 904 946 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 32.0 31.8 33.1 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 184 177 189 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 17.3 16.4 16.6 (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 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. 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 Dec. Nov. Dec. Dec. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 2005 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 Less than a high school diploma Civilian labor force.............................. 12,490 12,684 12,778 12,416 12,771 12,692 12,725 12,681 12,719 Participation rate............................ 45.6 46.4 47.0 45.4 46.2 45.7 46.5 46.4 46.8 Employed........................................ 11,499 11,869 11,862 11,509 11,896 11,873 11,993 11,855 11,877 Employment-population ratio................... 42.0 43.4 43.7 42.0 43.0 42.8 43.8 43.4 43.7 Unemployed...................................... 991 815 915 908 875 819 732 826 842 Unemployment rate............................. 7.9 6.4 7.2 7.3 6.9 6.5 5.8 6.5 6.6 High school graduates, no college (1) Civilian labor force.............................. 38,167 38,828 38,387 38,149 38,395 38,427 38,360 38,489 38,373 Participation rate............................ 63.1 63.6 63.0 63.1 63.3 63.2 63.2 63.0 63.0 Employed........................................ 36,445 37,212 36,744 36,414 36,639 36,800 36,780 36,837 36,722 Employment-population ratio................... 60.3 60.9 60.3 60.2 60.4 60.6 60.6 60.3 60.3 Unemployed...................................... 1,722 1,617 1,643 1,735 1,756 1,627 1,581 1,652 1,651 Unemployment rate............................. 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.2 4.1 4.3 4.3 Some college or associate degree Civilian labor force.............................. 35,329 35,382 35,514 35,429 35,358 35,472 35,702 35,469 35,593 Participation rate............................ 72.0 72.2 72.3 72.2 72.2 72.5 72.4 72.4 72.5 Employed........................................ 33,978 34,232 34,344 34,043 34,080 34,201 34,486 34,293 34,393 Employment-population ratio................... 69.3 69.9 70.0 69.4 69.5 69.9 69.9 70.0 70.1 Unemployed...................................... 1,350 1,150 1,170 1,386 1,278 1,270 1,216 1,176 1,200 Unemployment rate............................. 3.8 3.3 3.3 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.4 Bachelor's degree and higher (2) Civilian labor force.............................. 42,100 43,550 43,756 41,980 42,712 42,866 42,900 43,225 43,565 Participation rate............................ 78.4 78.6 78.4 78.2 77.9 78.0 77.7 78.0 78.1 Employed........................................ 41,262 42,799 43,001 41,066 41,947 41,994 42,088 42,423 42,742 Employment-population ratio................... 76.8 77.2 77.0 76.5 76.5 76.4 76.2 76.5 76.6 Unemployed...................................... 838 752 754 913 765 872 812 802 823 Unemployment rate............................. 2.0 1.7 1.7 2.2 1.8 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. 2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-5. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Category Dec. Nov. Dec. Dec. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 2005 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries................ 1,942 2,104 2,079 2,135 2,193 2,150 2,150 2,173 2,291 Wage and salary workers......................... 1,058 1,226 1,240 1,205 1,251 1,199 1,249 1,283 1,415 Self-employed workers........................... 868 856 825 928 911 946 882 869 879 Unpaid family workers........................... 15 23 13 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Nonagricultural industries........................ 140,976 143,910 144,001 140,634 142,509 142,836 143,260 143,423 143,646 Wage and salary workers......................... 131,616 134,084 134,151 131,129 132,832 133,030 133,421 133,583 133,636 Government.................................... 20,252 20,952 20,871 20,127 20,365 20,525 20,658 20,753 20,734 Private industries............................ 111,364 113,132 113,280 111,006 112,441 112,515 112,759 112,811 112,888 Private households.......................... 782 732 722 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Other industries............................ 110,582 112,400 112,558 110,213 111,661 111,757 111,990 112,057 112,147 Self-employed workers........................... 9,294 9,725 9,751 9,402 9,636 9,694 9,700 9,709 9,865 Unpaid family workers........................... 66 101 99 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2) All industries: Part time for economic reasons.................... 4,183 4,054 4,281 4,133 4,157 4,099 4,305 4,183 4,232 Slack work or business conditions............. 2,654 2,687 2,808 2,556 2,683 2,630 2,770 2,711 2,706 Could only find part-time work................ 1,132 1,100 1,156 1,215 1,163 1,151 1,203 1,168 1,234 Part time for noneconomic reasons............... 20,420 20,995 20,808 19,515 19,625 19,631 19,467 19,780 19,885 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons.................... 4,069 3,947 4,189 4,041 4,083 3,981 4,233 4,091 4,159 Slack work or business conditions............. 2,591 2,620 2,737 2,510 2,638 2,563 2,717 2,661 2,653 Could only find part-time work................ 1,129 1,085 1,149 1,204 1,155 1,142 1,196 1,140 1,221 Part time for noneconomic reasons............... 20,040 20,667 20,456 19,163 19,235 19,289 19,170 19,423 19,512 1 Data not available. 2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Characteristic Dec. Nov. Dec. Dec. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 2005 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 AGE AND SEX Total, 16 years and over.......................... 142,918 146,014 146,081 142,782 144,618 144,906 145,337 145,623 145,926 16 to 19 years.................................. 5,934 5,989 6,052 6,081 6,079 6,060 6,161 6,202 6,200 16 to 17 years................................ 2,270 2,470 2,449 2,337 2,390 2,449 2,560 2,520 2,513 18 to 19 years................................ 3,664 3,519 3,603 3,713 3,688 3,608 3,598 3,665 3,655 20 years and over............................... 136,984 140,025 140,028 136,700 138,539 138,846 139,176 139,421 139,726 20 to 24 years................................ 13,799 13,913 14,076 13,804 14,054 13,928 13,849 13,905 14,073 25 years and over............................. 123,185 126,111 125,952 122,932 124,660 124,964 125,351 125,548 125,677 25 to 54 years.............................. 99,104 100,735 100,528 98,965 99,818 99,925 100,276 100,312 100,385 25 to 34 years............................ 30,876 31,498 31,324 30,845 31,136 31,126 31,236 31,237 31,283 35 to 44 years............................ 34,681 34,778 34,673 34,599 34,599 34,582 34,652 34,660 34,589 45 to 54 years............................ 33,547 34,459 34,530 33,521 34,083 34,217 34,388 34,415 34,513 55 years and over........................... 24,081 25,377 25,424 23,967 24,843 25,038 25,075 25,235 25,293 Men, 16 years and over............................ 76,287 78,210 78,030 76,564 77,482 77,920 77,985 78,148 78,311 16 to 19 years.................................. 2,972 2,964 2,991 3,061 3,062 3,051 3,061 3,060 3,077 16 to 17 years................................ 1,041 1,185 1,136 1,098 1,189 1,173 1,179 1,190 1,193 18 to 19 years................................ 1,931 1,779 1,855 1,949 1,871 1,865 1,878 1,855 1,872 20 years and over............................... 73,315 75,247 75,040 73,503 74,421 74,868 74,924 75,088 75,235 20 to 24 years................................ 7,280 7,400 7,420 7,336 7,499 7,485 7,428 7,429 7,468 25 years and over............................. 66,034 67,847 67,620 66,193 67,005 67,375 67,485 67,668 67,776 25 to 54 years.............................. 53,239 54,383 54,174 53,383 53,798 53,957 54,119 54,236 54,318 25 to 34 years............................ 17,032 17,315 17,328 17,050 17,074 17,201 17,179 17,213 17,338 35 to 44 years............................ 18,710 18,828 18,702 18,754 18,754 18,706 18,777 18,787 18,750 45 to 54 years............................ 17,497 18,240 18,145 17,579 17,970 18,050 18,162 18,237 18,231 55 years and over........................... 12,795 13,464 13,446 12,810 13,206 13,419 13,366 13,432 13,458 Women, 16 years and over.......................... 66,631 67,804 68,050 66,218 67,136 66,986 67,352 67,475 67,615 16 to 19 years.................................. 2,962 3,026 3,062 3,020 3,017 3,008 3,099 3,142 3,124 16 to 17 years................................ 1,229 1,285 1,313 1,239 1,201 1,276 1,382 1,330 1,319 18 to 19 years................................ 1,733 1,741 1,749 1,764 1,817 1,743 1,720 1,809 1,783 20 years and over............................... 63,669 64,778 64,988 63,198 64,118 63,978 64,252 64,333 64,491 20 to 24 years................................ 6,519 6,513 6,657 6,468 6,555 6,442 6,421 6,476 6,605 25 years and over............................. 57,150 58,265 58,332 56,739 57,656 57,589 57,866 57,880 57,902 25 to 54 years.............................. 45,865 46,352 46,354 45,582 46,019 45,969 46,157 46,076 46,066 25 to 34 years............................ 13,844 14,183 13,997 13,795 14,061 13,925 14,056 14,024 13,945 35 to 44 years............................ 15,971 15,950 15,971 15,844 15,845 15,877 15,874 15,874 15,839 45 to 54 years............................ 16,050 16,219 16,385 15,943 16,113 16,167 16,226 16,178 16,282 55 years and over........................... 11,285 11,913 11,978 11,158 11,636 11,620 11,709 11,804 11,835 MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present....................... 45,708 45,956 46,055 45,511 45,514 45,645 45,548 45,802 45,864 Married women, spouse present..................... 35,438 35,824 35,864 34,968 35,304 35,421 35,277 35,363 35,383 Women who maintain families....................... 9,028 9,008 9,138 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers (2)............................. 117,791 120,507 120,371 118,153 119,953 120,447 120,889 120,812 120,716 Part-time workers (3)............................. 25,127 25,507 25,710 24,646 24,725 24,526 24,554 24,779 25,209 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders......................... 7,665 7,863 7,950 7,459 7,529 7,667 7,603 7,765 7,743 Percent of total employed..................... 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.3 1 Data not available. 2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week. 3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed persons Unemployment rates (1) (in thousands) Characteristic Dec. Nov. Dec. Dec. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 2005 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 AGE AND SEX Total, 16 years and over.......................... 7,331 6,826 6,849 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.5 16 to 19 years.................................. 1,091 1,099 1,108 15.2 16.3 16.3 15.2 15.1 15.2 16 to 17 years................................ 503 529 511 17.7 19.4 18.0 17.6 17.3 16.9 18 to 19 years................................ 575 568 581 13.4 14.5 15.1 13.3 13.4 13.7 20 years and over............................... 6,240 5,727 5,740 4.4 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 20 to 24 years................................ 1,279 1,271 1,213 8.5 8.2 8.0 8.4 8.4 7.9 25 years and over............................. 4,955 4,452 4,524 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.5 25 to 54 years.............................. 4,184 3,668 3,779 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.6 25 to 34 years............................ 1,634 1,420 1,406 5.0 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.3 35 to 44 years............................ 1,363 1,257 1,336 3.8 3.8 3.5 2.9 3.5 3.7 45 to 54 years............................ 1,188 991 1,037 3.4 3.3 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.9 55 years and over........................... 792 767 774 3.2 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.9 3.0 Men, 16 years and over............................ 3,882 3,650 3,718 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.5 16 to 19 years.................................. 586 614 619 16.1 17.1 17.7 16.7 16.7 16.7 16 to 17 years................................ 265 281 279 19.5 18.6 19.4 19.8 19.1 19.0 18 to 19 years................................ 309 313 324 13.7 16.5 16.8 14.0 14.4 14.8 20 years and over............................... 3,296 3,036 3,100 4.3 4.1 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.0 20 to 24 years................................ 743 702 675 9.2 8.9 8.3 8.9 8.6 8.3 25 years and over............................. 2,553 2,309 2,425 3.7 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.5 25 to 54 years.............................. 2,133 1,900 1,977 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.5 25 to 34 years............................ 795 791 768 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.6 4.4 4.2 35 to 44 years............................ 716 642 677 3.7 3.6 3.4 2.8 3.3 3.5 45 to 54 years............................ 622 467 532 3.4 3.3 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.8 55 years and over........................... 420 409 448 3.2 3.0 2.6 3.0 3.0 3.2 Women, 16 years and over.......................... 3,449 3,176 3,130 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.5 4.4 16 to 19 years.................................. 506 485 490 14.3 15.4 14.8 13.6 13.4 13.6 16 to 17 years................................ 238 248 232 16.1 20.1 16.7 15.6 15.7 14.9 18 to 19 years................................ 266 255 256 13.1 12.3 13.3 12.5 12.4 12.6 20 years and over............................... 2,944 2,691 2,641 4.5 4.1 4.2 3.9 4.0 3.9 20 to 24 years................................ 535 570 538 7.6 7.4 7.6 7.9 8.1 7.5 25 years and over............................. 2,402 2,143 2,099 4.1 3.7 3.8 3.4 3.6 3.5 25 to 54 years.............................. 2,052 1,768 1,802 4.3 4.0 4.0 3.5 3.7 3.8 25 to 34 years............................ 838 629 638 5.7 4.6 5.2 4.6 4.3 4.4 35 to 44 years............................ 647 615 659 3.9 4.2 3.6 3.1 3.7 4.0 45 to 54 years............................ 566 524 505 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.0 55 years and over (2)....................... 340 361 291 2.9 3.2 3.3 2.9 2.9 2.4 MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present....................... 1,201 1,092 1,153 2.6 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.5 Married women, spouse present..................... 1,127 972 975 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.7 Women who maintain families (2)................... 671 671 602 6.9 6.7 6.8 6.5 6.9 6.2 FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers (3)............................. 5,901 5,508 5,562 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.4 4.4 Part-time workers (4)............................. 1,423 1,312 1,282 5.5 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.8 1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 2 Not seasonally adjusted. 3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs. 4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs. NOTE: Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Reason Dec. Nov. Dec. Dec. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 2005 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs............................................. 3,622 3,025 3,374 3,482 3,289 3,195 3,088 3,179 3,236 On temporary layoff............................. 1,013 808 1,054 923 892 872 958 965 958 Not on temporary layoff......................... 2,609 2,217 2,320 2,560 2,398 2,323 2,130 2,214 2,278 Permanent job losers.......................... 1,866 1,530 1,654 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Persons who completed temporary jobs.......... 743 686 666 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Job leavers....................................... 752 772 730 829 851 804 783 793 807 Reentrants........................................ 2,083 2,232 1,916 2,389 2,276 2,292 2,249 2,279 2,199 New entrants...................................... 499 547 471 640 646 635 593 591 601 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............................................ 52.1 46.0 52.0 47.4 46.6 46.1 46.0 46.5 47.3 On temporary layoff............................ 14.6 12.3 16.2 12.6 12.6 12.6 14.3 14.1 14.0 Not on temporary layoff........................ 37.5 33.7 35.7 34.9 34.0 33.5 31.7 32.4 33.3 Job leavers...................................... 10.8 11.7 11.3 11.3 12.1 11.6 11.7 11.6 11.8 Reentrants....................................... 30.0 33.9 29.5 32.5 32.2 33.1 33.5 33.3 32.1 New entrants..................................... 7.2 8.3 7.3 8.7 9.1 9.2 8.8 8.6 8.8 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs............................................ 2.4 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.1 Job leavers...................................... .5 .5 .5 .6 .6 .5 .5 .5 .5 Reentrants....................................... 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 New entrants..................................... .3 .4 .3 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 1 Data not available. NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Duration Dec. Nov. Dec. Dec. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 2005 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Less than 5 weeks................................. 2,443 2,323 2,507 2,655 2,615 2,582 2,588 2,517 2,707 5 to 14 weeks..................................... 2,189 2,171 1,986 2,239 2,198 2,077 2,064 2,135 2,037 15 weeks and over................................. 2,324 2,082 1,997 2,422 2,345 2,264 2,062 2,152 2,081 15 to 26 weeks................................. 1,014 965 945 1,069 1,036 1,010 974 1,006 991 27 weeks and over.............................. 1,310 1,116 1,052 1,353 1,309 1,254 1,088 1,145 1,090 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................. 17.5 16.6 15.9 17.4 17.3 17.2 16.4 16.3 15.9 Median duration, in weeks......................... 8.6 8.2 7.4 8.5 8.4 8.1 8.0 8.2 7.3 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed.................................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Less than 5 weeks............................... 35.1 35.3 38.6 36.3 36.5 37.3 38.5 37.0 39.7 5 to 14 weeks................................... 31.5 33.0 30.6 30.6 30.7 30.0 30.7 31.4 29.8 15 weeks and over............................... 33.4 31.7 30.8 33.1 32.8 32.7 30.7 31.6 30.5 15 to 26 weeks................................ 14.6 14.7 14.6 14.6 14.5 14.6 14.5 14.8 14.5 27 weeks and over............................. 18.8 17.0 16.2 18.5 18.3 18.1 16.2 16.8 16.0 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-10. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Unemployment Employed Unemployed rates Occupation Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 Total, 16 years and over (1)................................ 142,918 146,081 6,956 6,491 4.6 4.3 Management, professional, and related occupations................ 50,524 51,834 1,010 918 2.0 1.7 Management, business, and financial operations occupations..... 21,100 21,901 385 357 1.8 1.6 Professional and related occupations........................... 29,424 29,932 625 561 2.1 1.8 Service occupations.............................................. 22,936 23,413 1,469 1,346 6.0 5.4 Sales and office occupations..................................... 36,296 36,970 1,572 1,502 4.2 3.9 Sales and related occupations.................................. 16,467 17,446 773 727 4.5 4.0 Office and administrative support occupations.................. 19,829 19,525 799 775 3.9 3.8 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations..... 15,264 15,802 1,156 1,075 7.0 6.4 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..................... 843 866 129 137 13.3 13.6 Construction and extraction occupations........................ 9,303 9,710 827 736 8.2 7.0 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.............. 5,117 5,225 199 202 3.7 3.7 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations...... 17,899 18,062 1,213 1,149 6.3 6.0 Production occupations......................................... 9,353 8,981 657 580 6.6 6.1 Transportation and material moving occupations................. 8,546 9,080 556 569 6.1 5.9 1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed Unemployment persons rates Industry and class of worker (in thousands) Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. 2005 2006 2005 2006 Total, 16 years and over (1).............................. 6,956 6,491 4.6 4.3 Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers.................. 5,611 5,199 4.8 4.4 Mining......................................................... 23 25 3.5 3.4 Construction................................................... 813 725 8.2 6.9 Manufacturing.................................................. 757 660 4.5 4.0 Durable goods................................................ 461 395 4.2 3.8 Nondurable goods............................................. 296 265 5.0 4.6 Wholesale and retail trade..................................... 968 965 4.5 4.5 Transportation and utilities................................... 202 190 3.6 3.2 Information.................................................... 128 108 3.7 2.9 Financial activities........................................... 204 227 2.1 2.3 Professional and business services............................. 788 791 6.1 5.9 Education and health services.................................. 529 502 2.8 2.6 Leisure and hospitality........................................ 930 701 7.9 5.9 Other services................................................. 269 306 4.3 5.2 Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers.......... 127 139 11.1 10.4 Government workers............................................... 393 395 1.9 1.9 Self employed and unpaid family workers.......................... 327 287 3.1 2.6 1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Measure Dec. Nov. Dec. Dec. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. 2005 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force........................................................... 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force.............................................. 2.4 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.1 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate).................................................... 4.6 4.3 4.3 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.5 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers.................................. 4.9 4.5 4.4 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.7 4.7 U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers........................................... 5.6 5.2 5.0 5.9 5.7 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.3 U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers...................... 8.4 7.8 7.8 8.6 8.4 8.0 8.1 8.0 8.0 NOTE: Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data have been revised to reflect updated seasonal adjustment factors. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-13. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Total Men Women Category Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force................................ 77,550 77,537 29,722 29,573 47,828 47,963 Persons who currently want a job.......................... 4,808 4,121 2,146 1,934 2,662 2,187 Searched for work and available to work now (1).......... 1,589 1,252 833 699 756 553 Reason not currently looking: Discouragement over job prospects (2)........... 451 274 266 194 185 81 Reasons other than discouragement (3).......... 1,139 978 568 506 571 472 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders (4)............................... 7,665 7,950 3,794 3,966 3,871 3,984 Percent of total employed............................... 5.4 5.4 5.0 5.1 5.8 5.9 Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......... 4,045 4,252 2,173 2,399 1,872 1,853 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............... 1,818 1,728 641 535 1,177 1,193 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............... 295 300 175 187 120 113 Hours vary on primary or secondary job.................. 1,455 1,606 784 811 671 795 1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week. 2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health, and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately. NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Change Industry Dec. Oct. Nov. Dec. Dec. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. from: 2005 2006 2006p 2006p 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006p 2006p Nov. 2006- Dec. 2006p Total nonfarm......... 135,041 136,787 137,141 136,935 134,376 135,604 135,807 135,893 136,047 136,214 167 Total private........... 112,819 114,337 114,542 114,426 112,498 113,584 113,731 113,795 113,939 114,089 150 Goods-producing............. 22,160 22,601 22,425 22,195 22,282 22,427 22,419 22,355 22,314 22,303 -11 Natural resources and mining.... 643 700 699 695 644 683 685 690 694 698 4 Logging...................... 62.5 64.1 63.5 62.9 62.0 61.6 60.7 60.8 61.1 62.1 1.0 Mining......................... 580.8 635.5 635.1 631.6 582.1 621.0 624.5 629.6 632.9 636.0 3.1 Oil and gas extraction........ 128.6 140.6 141.6 142.6 128.7 139.1 139.5 141.3 142.3 143.3 1.0 Mining, except oil and gas(1). 211.7 224.6 221.5 216.5 214.3 218.9 219.9 220.4 219.7 220.0 .3 Coal mining.................. 76.0 79.0 78.1 79.1 75.4 78.5 78.4 79.1 78.6 79.1 .5 Support activities for mining. 240.5 270.3 272.0 272.5 239.1 263.0 265.1 267.9 270.9 272.7 1.8 Construction.................... 7,282 7,690 7,555 7,347 7,416 7,512 7,511 7,483 7,458 7,455 -3 Construction of buildings..... 1,721.4 1,778.1 1,752.4 1,734.1 1,727.2 1,755.8 1,757.2 1,748.5 1,739.7 1,738.5 -1.2 Residential building......... 963.7 997.7 981.7 965.2 966.8 982.4 986.3 982.0 975.3 969.5 -5.8 Nonresidential building...... 757.7 780.4 770.7 768.9 760.4 773.4 770.9 766.5 764.4 769.0 4.6 Heavy and civil engineering construction................. 931.2 1,057.0 1,018.0 964.9 974.8 985.0 990.9 996.8 994.4 1,000.1 5.7 Specialty trade contractors... 4,629.2 4,854.5 4,784.8 4,648.2 4,714.3 4,771.4 4,762.6 4,737.3 4,723.8 4,716.4 -7.4 Residential specialty trade contractors................. 2,314.4 2,316.7 2,278.5 2,203.9 2,347.3 2,317.6 2,297.2 2,264.0 2,254.7 2,244.3 -10.4 Nonresidential specialty trade contractors........... 2,314.8 2,537.8 2,506.3 2,444.3 2,367.0 2,453.8 2,465.4 2,473.3 2,469.1 2,472.1 3.0 Manufacturing................... 14,235 14,211 14,171 14,153 14,222 14,232 14,223 14,182 14,162 14,150 -12 Production workers........... 10,138 10,177 10,139 10,122 10,123 10,212 10,187 10,146 10,126 10,118 -8 Durable goods.................. 8,987 8,991 8,968 8,967 8,970 9,014 9,011 8,987 8,970 8,964 -6 Production workers........... 6,319 6,362 6,343 6,342 6,299 6,397 6,381 6,357 6,343 6,335 -8 Wood products................. 556.5 535.6 525.2 519.6 558.9 546.0 541.0 533.6 526.5 523.5 -3.0 Nonmetallic mineral products.. 497.1 504.6 499.5 494.0 500.7 500.7 496.5 498.4 497.7 499.5 1.8 Primary metals................ 471.4 467.5 464.8 463.3 469.4 473.4 469.8 468.0 465.4 462.6 -2.8 Fabricated metal products..... 1,528.3 1,553.6 1,551.7 1,557.2 1,526.7 1,551.8 1,555.2 1,551.5 1,552.7 1,555.6 2.9 Machinery..................... 1,171.5 1,200.3 1,199.7 1,201.0 1,166.9 1,194.8 1,197.0 1,199.8 1,200.0 1,201.0 1.0 Computer and electronic products(1).................. 1,323.1 1,325.1 1,328.4 1,331.3 1,322.2 1,329.4 1,329.0 1,327.1 1,331.3 1,330.7 -.6 Computer and peripheral equipment................... 206.0 202.9 203.2 205.0 205.7 203.2 202.8 203.6 204.1 204.9 .8 Communications equipment..... 149.0 146.5 147.6 148.0 149.2 147.4 147.7 146.6 148.1 147.7 -.4 Semiconductors and electronic components.................. 450.9 461.7 462.4 462.0 451.0 463.0 462.9 462.3 463.6 462.3 -1.3 Electronic instruments....... 442.2 445.3 446.1 447.3 441.7 446.4 446.8 446.1 447.1 447.4 .3 Electrical equipment and appliances................... 435.4 443.0 442.8 446.7 434.4 445.1 445.5 445.7 444.7 446.4 1.7 Transportation equipment(1)... 1,787.0 1,756.1 1,755.6 1,755.9 1,776.7 1,766.9 1,770.6 1,759.1 1,751.9 1,746.9 -5.0 Motor vehicles and parts(2).. 1,100.9 1,054.9 1,053.6 1,053.5 1,092.1 1,070.6 1,070.1 1,057.7 1,051.7 1,047.1 -4.6 Furniture and related products 558.6 541.3 534.5 534.2 558.0 547.3 545.4 542.0 537.1 534.7 -2.4 Miscellaneous manufacturing... 658.0 663.4 665.8 663.7 655.8 658.5 660.6 661.9 662.7 663.2 .5 Nondurable goods............... 5,248 5,220 5,203 5,186 5,252 5,218 5,212 5,195 5,192 5,186 -6 Production workers........... 3,819 3,815 3,796 3,780 3,824 3,815 3,806 3,789 3,783 3,783 0 Food manufacturing............ 1,471.0 1,495.4 1,485.9 1,474.7 1,466.0 1,468.0 1,474.0 1,471.2 1,472.6 1,470.2 -2.4 Beverages and tobacco products 191.6 201.9 197.4 196.0 192.3 197.1 197.7 198.6 197.5 197.5 .0 Textile mills................. 207.1 188.1 187.1 184.0 209.0 193.4 190.0 188.4 187.5 185.6 -1.9 Textile product mills......... 172.0 167.0 165.8 166.2 173.9 168.4 167.9 167.3 166.6 166.5 -.1 Apparel....................... 251.4 240.6 240.1 238.9 253.5 243.6 243.2 242.0 241.0 240.7 -.3 Leather and allied products... 39.7 37.4 37.3 37.7 39.7 36.8 37.2 37.2 37.0 37.2 .2 Paper and paper products...... 477.6 463.3 462.9 463.4 478.1 467.2 465.4 464.3 463.4 463.5 .1 Printing and related support activities................... 646.5 639.6 640.9 641.9 644.0 640.3 638.1 639.3 640.5 639.9 -.6 Petroleum and coal products... 109.5 119.2 116.8 114.2 112.3 116.8 117.2 117.6 116.9 116.6 -.3 Chemicals..................... 883.1 894.7 895.8 895.6 884.0 897.5 895.8 896.7 896.7 895.3 -1.4 Plastics and rubber products.. 798.0 772.7 772.9 773.5 798.9 788.9 785.5 772.4 772.2 773.1 .9 Service-providing........... 112,881 114,186 114,716 114,740 112,094 113,177 113,388 113,538 113,733 113,911 178 Private service-providing.. 90,659 91,736 92,117 92,231 90,216 91,157 91,312 91,440 91,625 91,786 161 Trade, transportation, and utilities...................... 26,631 26,163 26,610 26,796 26,015 26,052 26,073 26,092 26,153 26,167 14 Wholesale trade................ 5,794.6 5,871.5 5,880.5 5,887.9 5,783.8 5,854.6 5,868.0 5,866.9 5,878.3 5,885.3 7.0 Durable goods................. 3,024.2 3,068.0 3,066.9 3,071.4 3,017.6 3,058.0 3,069.0 3,068.2 3,069.4 3,070.7 1.3 Nondurable goods.............. 2,025.2 2,043.4 2,052.9 2,051.5 2,023.9 2,039.5 2,040.6 2,039.2 2,047.3 2,050.5 3.2 Electronic markets and agents and brokers.................. 745.2 760.1 760.7 765.0 742.3 757.1 758.4 759.5 761.6 764.1 2.5 Retail trade...................15,873.9 15,242.5 15,667.6 15,829.1 15,300.3 15,212.3 15,207.3 15,213.2 15,251.7 15,242.5 -9.2 Motor vehicle and parts dealers(1)................... 1,904.7 1,914.0 1,905.9 1,897.2 1,914.7 1,906.7 1,907.3 1,906.7 1,906.6 1,908.2 1.6 Automobile dealers........... 1,248.7 1,245.7 1,242.1 1,237.8 1,252.4 1,243.6 1,242.6 1,241.7 1,242.0 1,243.4 1.4 Furniture and home furnishings stores....................... 606.0 595.9 609.4 614.5 583.0 594.3 592.2 594.0 592.3 593.0 .7 Electronics and appliance stores....................... 569.5 527.9 547.9 548.2 540.5 527.1 525.8 523.6 522.9 521.1 -1.8 Building material and garden supply stores................ 1,261.5 1,304.7 1,289.7 1,270.7 1,290.9 1,313.2 1,313.9 1,312.1 1,307.9 1,300.2 -7.7 Food and beverage stores...... 2,843.1 2,825.0 2,853.8 2,874.3 2,805.9 2,813.5 2,818.2 2,823.9 2,827.4 2,834.8 7.4 Health and personal care stores....................... 981.8 959.4 976.4 981.0 966.1 960.0 962.4 960.0 968.2 965.0 -3.2 Gasoline stations............. 865.5 855.6 857.5 857.2 869.6 858.5 859.1 855.0 857.9 858.0 .1 Clothing and clothing accessories stores........... 1,574.2 1,436.2 1,542.2 1,594.6 1,448.1 1,437.5 1,436.9 1,443.6 1,464.3 1,460.7 -3.6 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores............. 705.3 624.1 675.4 697.9 640.0 628.1 622.6 623.3 633.5 629.5 -4.0 General merchandise stores(1). 3,162.0 2,849.6 3,029.3 3,098.1 2,906.9 2,850.8 2,841.6 2,840.9 2,837.3 2,840.3 3.0 Department stores............ 1,789.6 1,565.8 1,707.7 1,747.7 1,595.6 1,565.0 1,560.2 1,556.0 1,558.0 1,556.9 -1.1 Miscellaneous store retailers. 927.7 896.6 901.9 913.2 899.0 889.9 889.7 889.4 886.1 883.4 -2.7 Nonstore retailers............ 472.6 453.5 478.2 482.2 435.6 432.7 437.6 440.7 447.3 448.3 1.0 Transportation and warehousing. 4,406.1 4,489.9 4,502.7 4,519.1 4,371.6 4,425.3 4,437.4 4,452.1 4,462.7 4,477.9 15.2 Air transportation............ 487.3 491.3 484.9 489.7 486.9 488.1 488.8 490.8 487.7 492.6 4.9 Rail transportation........... 227.7 227.0 227.2 226.4 227.3 226.7 226.1 226.3 226.1 226.3 .2 Water transportation.......... 62.7 66.3 66.2 68.3 63.7 64.6 66.0 66.4 68.0 69.3 1.3 Truck transportation.......... 1,403.4 1,450.3 1,443.9 1,439.3 1,404.0 1,427.4 1,430.8 1,433.0 1,433.7 1,436.9 3.2 Transit and ground passenger transportation............... 409.5 402.7 404.5 404.9 392.2 388.7 391.3 389.4 389.1 388.3 -.8 Pipeline transportation....... 37.0 38.9 38.1 38.3 37.0 38.6 38.2 38.9 38.4 38.3 -.1 Scenic and sightseeing transportation............... 25.6 31.9 28.1 25.5 31.1 31.5 31.2 31.0 31.1 30.9 -.2 Support activities for transportation............... 558.9 569.2 569.5 571.6 556.2 565.4 566.9 568.7 570.5 569.9 -.6 Couriers and messengers....... 591.9 592.0 615.2 624.6 579.7 584.4 587.4 593.7 602.1 604.5 2.4 Warehousing and storage....... 602.1 620.3 625.1 630.5 593.5 609.9 610.7 613.9 616.0 620.9 4.9 Utilities...................... 556.7 558.7 559.2 560.3 559.7 559.8 560.1 559.8 560.4 561.3 .9 Information..................... 3,077 3,052 3,066 3,083 3,066 3,062 3,060 3,062 3,059 3,071 12 Publishing industries, except Internet..................... 905.9 900.7 905.9 907.3 902.5 901.2 898.9 901.1 903.3 903.2 -.1 Motion picture and sound recording industries......... 392.3 368.8 369.3 377.5 387.7 379.8 375.7 375.0 368.2 371.6 3.4 Broadcasting, except Internet. 327.3 329.6 332.2 333.2 325.1 328.2 329.1 328.9 330.2 330.7 .5 Internet publishing and broadcasting................. 30.2 31.2 31.4 32.1 30.4 30.6 31.0 31.4 31.6 32.2 .6 Telecommunications............ 993.3 992.2 994.5 997.5 993.3 990.1 991.9 994.5 993.0 999.0 6.0 ISPs, search portals, and data processing................... 378.3 380.1 383.2 384.6 377.8 382.8 383.2 381.0 382.9 383.6 .7 Other information services.... 49.3 49.8 49.4 50.8 49.6 49.4 49.9 50.2 50.0 50.9 .9 Financial activities............ 8,213 8,349 8,355 8,366 8,223 8,333 8,360 8,359 8,367 8,376 9 Finance and insurance.......... 6,068.3 6,169.9 6,180.5 6,194.5 6,068.2 6,150.9 6,172.7 6,177.3 6,184.9 6,194.6 9.7 Monetary authorities - central bank......................... 21.0 21.8 21.8 21.8 21.0 21.7 21.8 21.8 21.8 21.9 .1 Credit intermediation and related activities(1)........ 2,890.3 2,943.3 2,949.8 2,955.0 2,894.2 2,927.2 2,942.9 2,946.9 2,950.6 2,955.8 5.2 Depository credit intermediation(1)........... 1,790.0 1,828.9 1,833.7 1,839.4 1,793.2 1,821.4 1,828.2 1,835.2 1,838.1 1,842.8 4.7 Commercial banking.......... 1,303.4 1,335.0 1,336.7 1,343.2 1,306.0 1,325.7 1,332.3 1,340.0 1,341.1 1,345.6 4.5 Securities, commodity contracts, investments....... 790.6 803.0 803.2 803.7 790.4 799.4 802.1 803.1 803.1 803.1 .0 Insurance carriers and related activities................... 2,278.7 2,310.4 2,313.4 2,320.5 2,274.8 2,310.9 2,313.7 2,313.4 2,316.8 2,320.3 3.5 Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles........... 87.7 91.4 92.3 93.5 87.8 91.7 92.2 92.1 92.6 93.5 .9 Real estate and rental and leasing....................... 2,144.9 2,179.4 2,174.4 2,171.0 2,154.5 2,182.0 2,187.2 2,181.5 2,182.5 2,181.8 -.7 Real estate................... 1,476.8 1,497.0 1,498.1 1,495.4 1,481.6 1,500.3 1,501.1 1,497.4 1,500.8 1,501.5 .7 Rental and leasing services... 640.1 652.2 645.8 644.7 645.0 651.9 656.0 654.0 651.2 649.7 -1.5 Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets............ 28.0 30.2 30.5 30.9 27.9 29.8 30.1 30.1 30.5 30.6 .1 Professional and business services....................... 17,128 17,617 17,595 17,514 17,121 17,402 17,415 17,444 17,491 17,541 50 Professional and technical services(1)................... 7,122.1 7,284.9 7,319.7 7,376.7 7,118.9 7,295.5 7,306.0 7,322.9 7,345.8 7,369.2 23.4 Legal services............... 1,164.4 1,159.9 1,163.6 1,162.5 1,160.8 1,160.5 1,159.3 1,160.6 1,162.2 1,161.4 -.8 Accounting and bookkeeping services.................... 841.9 814.1 827.6 883.4 859.0 869.4 880.7 881.4 885.3 890.0 4.7 Architectural and engineering services.................... 1,333.0 1,398.9 1,403.4 1,396.5 1,335.6 1,386.6 1,388.2 1,390.1 1,396.4 1,401.0 4.6 Computer systems design and related services............ 1,218.4 1,283.6 1,283.4 1,290.1 1,212.1 1,274.6 1,278.2 1,280.0 1,280.5 1,285.5 5.0 Management and technical consulting services......... 871.8 917.5 922.9 930.2 865.4 892.0 896.4 912.7 918.3 925.2 6.9 Management of companies and enterprises................... 1,758.9 1,788.7 1,794.7 1,797.5 1,756.7 1,790.7 1,795.9 1,795.5 1,796.5 1,797.7 1.2 Administrative and waste services...................... 8,247.3 8,543.1 8,480.3 8,339.8 8,245.1 8,315.4 8,313.0 8,325.6 8,348.5 8,374.0 25.5 Administrative and support services(1).................. 7,915.5 8,202.5 8,140.5 7,997.8 7,911.0 7,983.4 7,977.7 7,986.4 8,007.5 8,031.8 24.3 Employment services(1)....... 3,754.2 3,799.8 3,775.0 3,711.2 3,671.0 3,663.8 3,649.6 3,641.3 3,654.2 3,665.5 11.3 Temporary help services..... 2,687.3 2,720.0 2,691.1 2,653.4 2,628.1 2,600.5 2,589.4 2,592.2 2,597.6 2,612.2 14.6 Business support services.... 760.0 784.8 788.9 788.5 751.8 770.5 772.3 778.9 780.7 779.7 -1.0 Services to buildings and dwellings................... 1,670.1 1,822.2 1,784.7 1,716.5 1,751.1 1,775.9 1,773.6 1,781.6 1,783.8 1,796.8 13.0 Waste management and remediation services......... 331.8 340.6 339.8 342.0 334.1 332.0 335.3 339.2 341.0 342.2 1.2 Education and health services... 17,665 18,056 18,153 18,137 17,507 17,805 17,863 17,883 17,919 17,962 43 Educational services........... 2,962.8 3,055.2 3,099.2 3,049.7 2,827.5 2,889.1 2,907.6 2,894.4 2,901.8 2,906.3 4.5 Health care and social assistance....................14,702.0 15,000.5 15,053.4 15,087.5 14,679.6 14,915.7 14,955.3 14,988.7 15,017.4 15,055.5 38.1 Health care(3).................12,453.7 12,711.5 12,754.7 12,782.7 12,435.8 12,642.7 12,678.2 12,704.4 12,728.5 12,759.8 31.3 Ambulatory health care services(1)................. 5,192.0 5,323.2 5,349.5 5,362.6 5,181.4 5,287.0 5,311.0 5,320.7 5,334.7 5,348.6 13.9 Offices of physicians....... 2,146.3 2,199.7 2,211.2 2,220.6 2,135.8 2,182.8 2,197.5 2,199.3 2,205.2 2,210.0 4.8 Outpatient care centers..... 484.3 494.0 496.1 498.2 484.1 491.5 492.9 495.0 495.8 497.7 1.9 Home health care services... 825.0 859.4 865.6 862.2 822.1 850.9 856.1 857.3 859.3 859.2 -.1 Hospitals.................... 4,384.6 4,463.2 4,470.8 4,480.2 4,382.5 4,445.1 4,456.1 4,463.0 4,467.0 4,477.5 10.5 Nursing and residential care facilities(1)............... 2,877.1 2,925.1 2,934.4 2,939.9 2,871.9 2,910.6 2,911.1 2,920.7 2,926.8 2,933.7 6.9 Nursing care facilities..... 1,586.6 1,597.7 1,600.9 1,603.3 1,582.5 1,590.3 1,590.7 1,594.9 1,596.3 1,599.4 3.1 Social assistance(1).......... 2,248.3 2,289.0 2,298.7 2,304.8 2,243.8 2,273.0 2,277.1 2,284.3 2,288.9 2,295.7 6.8 Child day care services...... 801.6 798.2 798.1 798.6 793.3 789.7 787.1 787.5 787.5 788.6 1.1 Leisure and hospitality......... 12,577 13,095 12,948 12,937 12,898 13,099 13,129 13,181 13,220 13,251 31 Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................... 1,746.0 1,887.2 1,783.8 1,774.5 1,905.9 1,916.1 1,911.3 1,926.8 1,925.2 1,928.8 3.6 Performing arts and spectator sports....................... 348.4 380.1 362.9 356.4 362.1 375.1 372.2 375.6 373.6 373.0 -.6 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks.............. 115.4 127.3 122.1 121.4 121.6 124.4 125.2 125.9 126.0 126.9 .9 Amusements, gambling, and recreation................... 1,282.2 1,379.8 1,298.8 1,296.7 1,422.2 1,416.6 1,413.9 1,425.3 1,425.6 1,428.9 3.3 Accommodations and food services......................10,831.1 11,208.2 11,164.4 11,162.7 10,992.3 11,182.6 11,217.3 11,254.2 11,294.8 11,322.0 27.2 Accommodations................ 1,741.8 1,807.6 1,770.7 1,772.9 1,809.2 1,809.9 1,821.6 1,825.4 1,830.7 1,835.3 4.6 Food services and drinking places....................... 9,089.3 9,400.6 9,393.7 9,389.8 9,183.1 9,372.7 9,395.7 9,428.8 9,464.1 9,486.7 22.6 Other services.................. 5,368 5,404 5,390 5,398 5,386 5,404 5,412 5,419 5,416 5,418 2 Repair and maintenance........ 1,236.1 1,251.5 1,246.4 1,243.2 1,241.4 1,252.5 1,254.3 1,253.5 1,253.1 1,252.4 -.7 Personal and laundry services. 1,265.4 1,270.8 1,264.5 1,267.1 1,270.3 1,268.2 1,273.3 1,273.8 1,271.8 1,271.1 -.7 Membership associations and organizations................ 2,866.1 2,881.2 2,879.3 2,887.2 2,874.5 2,883.0 2,884.8 2,891.6 2,890.9 2,894.9 4.0 Government...................... 22,222 22,450 22,599 22,509 21,878 22,020 22,076 22,098 22,108 22,125 17 Federal........................ 2,714 2,700 2,696 2,705 2,713 2,708 2,707 2,700 2,696 2,691 -5 Federal, except U.S. Postal Service...................... 1,929.3 1,934.2 1,926.9 1,921.8 1,941.2 1,940.3 1,940.0 1,934.3 1,930.3 1,929.8 -.5 U.S. Postal Service........... 784.7 766.1 768.8 783.1 772.1 767.5 767.4 765.6 765.2 761.1 -4.1 State government............... 5,134 5,213 5,242 5,199 5,036 5,055 5,079 5,075 5,081 5,088 7 State government education.... 2,374.1 2,428.2 2,455.3 2,413.0 2,258.1 2,268.6 2,291.1 2,282.0 2,284.5 2,289.8 5.3 State government, excluding education.................... 2,760.2 2,784.6 2,786.5 2,785.9 2,777.4 2,786.1 2,788.0 2,792.8 2,796.2 2,798.3 2.1 Local government............... 14,374 14,537 14,661 14,605 14,129 14,257 14,290 14,323 14,331 14,346 15 Local government education.... 8,222.6 8,276.6 8,392.6 8,363.8 7,906.9 7,973.2 7,995.5 8,021.9 8,027.6 8,036.3 8.7 Local government, excluding education.................... 6,151.1 6,260.7 6,268.5 6,241.3 6,222.2 6,284.0 6,294.6 6,300.7 6,303.0 6,309.8 6.8 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately. 2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. 3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Change Industry Dec. Oct. Nov. Dec. Dec. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. from: 2005 2006 2006p 2006p 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006p 2006p Nov. 2006- Dec. 2006p Total private......................... 33.7 34.2 33.8 33.9 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.9 33.9 33.9 0.0 Goods-producing........................... 40.4 40.9 40.5 41.0 40.2 40.6 40.3 40.6 40.5 40.8 .3 Natural resources and mining.................. 45.6 46.4 45.8 45.4 45.6 45.3 45.1 45.8 45.8 45.4 -.4 Construction.................................. 38.1 39.8 38.9 39.5 38.7 39.0 38.5 39.3 39.1 39.9 .8 Manufacturing................................. 41.4 41.3 41.2 41.6 40.8 41.3 41.1 41.1 41.0 41.0 .0 Overtime hours............................. 4.9 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.3 .1 Durable goods................................ 41.8 41.6 41.4 41.9 41.2 41.6 41.3 41.4 41.3 41.3 .0 Overtime hours............................. 5.0 4.4 4.3 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.3 .1 Wood products............................... 40.3 39.9 39.1 39.3 40.1 39.9 39.4 39.6 39.4 39.2 -.2 Nonmetallic mineral products................ 42.3 43.1 42.1 41.9 42.7 43.3 43.0 42.5 42.3 42.3 .0 Primary metals.............................. 44.0 43.5 43.7 44.5 43.5 43.7 43.6 43.6 43.7 43.7 .0 Fabricated metal products................... 41.7 41.8 41.5 41.6 41.1 41.7 41.4 41.4 41.2 41.0 -.2 Machinery................................... 42.7 42.7 42.5 42.9 41.9 42.7 42.3 42.7 42.5 42.3 -.2 Computer and electronic products............ 40.8 40.6 40.5 41.1 40.3 40.5 40.4 40.4 40.2 40.3 .1 Electrical equipment and appliances......... 41.5 41.3 41.2 42.5 40.9 41.0 40.9 40.9 40.8 41.2 .4 Transportation equipment.................... 43.6 42.7 42.7 43.7 42.6 42.9 42.6 42.5 42.6 42.6 .0 Motor vehicles and parts(2)................ 43.4 42.0 41.9 43.1 42.2 42.5 42.1 41.8 41.8 41.9 .1 Furniture and related products.............. 39.2 39.1 39.1 39.6 38.3 39.0 38.8 39.1 39.1 39.0 -.1 Miscellaneous manufacturing................. 38.9 38.8 39.1 39.7 38.5 38.7 38.6 38.8 39.0 39.0 .0 Nondurable goods............................. 40.7 40.9 40.9 41.0 40.2 40.7 40.7 40.7 40.6 40.5 -.1 Overtime hours............................. 4.8 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.3 .1 Food manufacturing.......................... 39.8 40.8 41.0 40.9 39.3 39.8 40.2 40.4 40.4 40.4 .0 Beverages and tobacco products.............. 39.7 40.4 40.5 39.2 40.0 41.1 40.8 40.7 40.4 39.9 -.5 Textile mills............................... 41.4 40.3 41.0 41.5 41.0 41.1 40.7 40.7 40.9 41.0 .1 Textile product mills....................... 40.7 39.1 40.7 39.9 40.0 40.4 39.8 39.2 40.3 39.1 -1.2 Apparel..................................... 36.0 37.2 37.2 37.6 35.6 36.6 36.6 37.0 37.0 37.4 .4 Leather and allied products................. 39.7 38.9 39.1 41.0 39.4 39.6 38.8 39.0 38.7 40.0 1.3 Paper and paper products.................... 43.5 43.0 43.0 43.3 42.6 43.4 42.9 42.8 42.6 42.6 .0 Printing and related support activities..... 38.8 39.8 39.3 39.7 38.4 39.1 39.2 39.5 39.2 39.3 .1 Petroleum and coal products................. 44.5 45.5 46.3 45.2 44.5 45.4 45.1 45.2 45.5 45.5 .0 Chemicals................................... 43.0 42.2 41.8 42.2 42.5 42.7 43.0 42.4 41.8 41.8 .0 Plastics and rubber products................ 41.2 40.7 40.6 40.9 40.5 40.9 40.7 40.6 40.6 40.2 -.4 Private service-providing................ 32.3 32.7 32.3 32.5 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.5 32.4 32.5 .1 Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 33.4 33.6 33.4 33.6 33.4 33.4 33.4 33.4 33.5 33.4 -.1 Wholesale trade.............................. 37.8 38.4 37.9 37.8 37.9 38.0 37.9 38.0 37.9 37.9 .0 Retail trade................................. 30.7 30.4 30.3 30.7 30.5 30.3 30.4 30.4 30.5 30.4 -.1 Transportation and warehousing............... 37.0 37.3 37.4 37.5 36.7 37.0 36.8 36.9 37.1 37.2 .1 Utilities.................................... 41.3 42.2 42.3 42.0 41.4 41.7 41.3 41.9 42.1 42.1 .0 Information................................... 36.6 37.2 36.6 36.5 36.6 36.8 36.8 36.8 36.6 36.6 .0 Financial activities.......................... 35.7 36.3 35.5 35.8 35.9 35.5 35.7 35.7 35.7 36.0 .3 Professional and business services............ 34.3 35.0 34.6 34.7 34.3 34.7 34.7 34.7 34.6 34.8 .2 Education and health services................. 32.5 32.7 32.4 32.4 32.5 32.4 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 .0 Leisure and hospitality....................... 25.2 26.0 25.4 25.5 25.6 25.6 25.8 25.8 25.7 25.8 .1 Other services................................ 30.8 31.0 30.7 30.8 30.9 30.9 30.8 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. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings Industry Dec. Oct. Nov. Dec. Dec. Oct. Nov. Dec. 2005 2006 2006p 2006p 2005 2006 2006p 2006p Total private........................... $16.37 $16.99 $16.96 $17.05 $551.67 $581.06 $573.25 $578.00 Seasonally adjusted.................... 16.35 16.91 16.96 17.04 552.63 573.25 574.94 577.66 Goods-producing............................. 17.82 18.26 18.26 18.37 719.93 746.83 739.53 753.17 Natural resources and mining.................... 19.23 20.30 20.30 20.42 876.89 941.92 929.74 927.07 Construction.................................... 19.68 20.45 20.47 20.55 749.81 813.91 796.28 811.73 Manufacturing................................... 16.81 16.91 16.95 17.10 695.93 698.38 698.34 711.36 Durable goods.................................. 17.67 17.83 17.89 18.05 738.61 741.73 740.65 756.30 Wood products................................. 13.23 13.64 13.62 13.56 533.17 544.24 532.54 532.91 Nonmetallic mineral products.................. 16.53 16.60 16.58 16.73 699.22 715.46 698.02 700.99 Primary metals................................ 19.16 19.37 19.85 19.85 843.04 842.60 867.45 883.33 Fabricated metal products..................... 16.18 16.26 16.26 16.49 674.71 679.67 674.79 685.98 Machinery..................................... 17.07 17.46 17.58 17.64 728.89 745.54 747.15 756.76 Computer and electronic products.............. 18.72 19.29 19.27 19.52 763.78 783.17 780.44 802.27 Electrical equipment and appliances........... 15.56 15.63 15.56 15.61 645.74 645.52 641.07 663.43 Transportation equipment...................... 22.71 22.51 22.57 22.74 990.16 961.18 963.74 993.74 Furniture and related products................ 13.52 14.02 14.02 14.15 529.98 548.18 548.18 560.34 Miscellaneous manufacturing................... 14.20 14.48 14.36 14.52 552.38 561.82 561.48 576.44 Nondurable goods............................... 15.35 15.34 15.37 15.47 624.75 627.41 628.63 634.27 Food manufacturing............................ 13.13 13.10 13.20 13.31 522.57 534.48 541.20 544.38 Beverages and tobacco products................ 18.59 18.46 18.54 18.30 738.02 745.78 750.87 717.36 Textile mills................................. 12.45 12.82 12.74 12.59 515.43 516.65 522.34 522.49 Textile product mills......................... 11.89 11.80 11.93 11.94 483.92 461.38 485.55 476.41 Apparel....................................... 10.47 10.59 10.49 10.44 376.92 393.95 390.23 392.54 Leather and allied products................... 11.33 11.64 11.58 11.79 449.80 452.80 452.78 483.39 Paper and paper products...................... 17.91 18.07 18.06 18.16 779.09 777.01 776.58 786.33 Printing and related support activities....... 15.92 15.88 15.99 16.02 617.70 632.02 628.41 635.99 Petroleum and coal products................... 24.62 24.41 24.51 24.70 1095.59 1110.66 1134.81 1116.44 Chemicals..................................... 19.85 19.56 19.58 19.76 853.55 825.43 818.44 833.87 Plastics and rubber products.................. 14.84 15.02 15.05 15.26 611.41 611.31 611.03 624.13 Private service-providing.................. 15.98 16.64 16.61 16.71 516.15 544.13 536.50 543.08 Trade, transportation, and utilities............ 14.96 15.58 15.41 15.39 499.66 523.49 514.69 517.10 Wholesale trade................................ 18.58 19.13 19.14 19.25 702.32 734.59 725.41 727.65 Retail trade................................... 12.25 12.71 12.53 12.52 376.08 386.38 379.66 384.36 Transportation and warehousing................. 16.86 17.40 17.31 17.28 623.82 649.02 647.39 648.00 Utilities...................................... 27.44 27.56 27.46 27.43 1133.27 1163.03 1161.56 1152.06 Information..................................... 22.61 23.72 23.69 23.89 827.53 882.38 867.05 871.99 Financial activities............................ 18.23 19.21 19.16 19.22 650.81 697.32 680.18 688.08 Professional and business services.............. 18.44 19.48 19.41 19.69 632.49 681.80 671.59 683.24 Education and health services................... 17.04 17.50 17.57 17.68 553.80 572.25 569.27 572.83 Leisure and hospitality......................... 9.39 9.81 9.89 10.03 236.63 255.06 251.21 255.77 Other services.................................. 14.52 14.71 14.74 14.85 447.22 456.01 452.52 457.38 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted Percent Industry Dec. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. change from: 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006p 2006p Nov. 2006- Dec. 2006p Total private: Current dollars........................ $16.35 $16.81 $16.85 $16.91 $16.96 $17.04 0.5 Constant (1982) dollars(2)............. 8.20 8.16 8.24 8.32 8.35 N.A. (3) Goods-producing............................. 17.77 18.06 18.07 18.16 18.21 18.29 .4 Natural resources and mining.................... 19.12 20.06 20.16 20.31 20.31 20.36 .2 Construction.................................... 19.65 20.11 20.18 20.27 20.39 20.48 .4 Manufacturing................................... 16.70 16.85 16.84 16.90 16.92 16.97 .3 Excluding overtime(4)........................ 15.83 16.00 16.00 16.06 16.10 16.12 .1 Durable goods.................................. 17.52 17.74 17.75 17.80 17.83 17.88 .3 Nondurable goods............................... 15.31 15.32 15.29 15.36 15.38 15.41 .2 Private service-providing.................. 15.97 16.47 16.53 16.58 16.62 16.71 .5 Trade, transportation, and utilities............ 15.10 15.49 15.51 15.53 15.51 15.56 .3 Wholesale trade................................ 18.56 19.00 19.10 19.07 19.12 19.20 .4 Retail trade................................... 12.39 12.65 12.66 12.68 12.65 12.68 .2 Transportation and warehousing................. 16.87 17.34 17.37 17.37 17.33 17.35 .1 Utilities...................................... 27.34 27.47 27.37 27.46 27.40 27.44 .1 Information..................................... 22.60 23.40 23.49 23.57 23.62 23.76 .6 Financial activities............................ 18.27 18.86 19.02 19.09 19.18 19.25 .4 Professional and business services.............. 18.42 19.17 19.29 19.42 19.50 19.66 .8 Education and health services................... 17.00 17.44 17.46 17.51 17.58 17.65 .4 Leisure and hospitality......................... 9.27 9.67 9.72 9.78 9.84 9.90 .6 Other services.................................. 14.47 14.61 14.68 14.70 14.73 14.78 .3 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 .4 percent from Oct. 2006 to Nov. 2006, the latest month available. 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half. N.A. = not available. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Percent Industry Dec. Oct. Nov. Dec. Dec. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. change from: 2005 2006 2006p 2006p 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006p 2006p Nov. 2006- Dec. 2006p Total private......................... 103.8 107.1 106.1 106.3 103.7 105.1 105.2 105.6 105.7 105.9 0.2 Goods-producing........................... 100.0 103.9 101.9 101.7 100.1 102.4 101.4 101.6 101.1 101.7 .6 Natural resources and mining.................. 118.0 130.9 128.7 126.7 118.0 124.7 124.6 127.0 127.5 127.1 -.3 Construction.................................. 106.2 117.8 112.8 110.5 110.0 112.7 110.9 112.5 111.5 113.4 1.7 Manufacturing................................. 96.3 96.5 95.9 96.6 94.8 96.8 96.1 95.7 95.3 95.2 -.1 Durable goods................................ 99.2 99.4 98.7 99.8 97.5 100.0 99.0 98.9 98.4 98.3 -.1 Wood products............................... 102.1 95.2 91.4 90.1 102.0 98.1 95.5 94.0 92.2 90.3 -2.1 Nonmetallic mineral products................ 95.6 99.2 95.9 94.6 97.5 99.1 97.4 96.6 96.1 96.9 .8 Primary metals.............................. 96.8 94.5 94.4 96.0 95.1 96.3 95.4 94.8 94.5 94.1 -.4 Fabricated metal products................... 101.8 104.3 103.4 103.8 100.4 104.1 103.5 103.2 102.7 102.1 -.6 Machinery................................... 101.6 105.4 105.0 105.9 99.3 104.7 104.1 105.4 105.1 104.5 -.6 Computer and electronic products............ 102.8 106.4 106.0 107.9 101.1 106.3 106.1 105.8 105.3 105.6 .3 Electrical equipment and appliances......... 89.5 91.3 90.5 94.8 87.7 91.1 90.6 90.8 90.1 91.6 1.7 Transportation equipment.................... 102.4 99.2 99.3 101.7 99.2 101.0 99.8 99.0 99.0 98.5 -.5 Motor vehicles and parts(2)................ 98.9 90.3 89.9 92.4 95.2 93.9 92.2 90.2 89.6 89.2 -.4 Furniture and related products.............. 91.1 87.9 87.2 88.6 88.9 89.4 88.5 88.3 87.8 87.4 -.5 Miscellaneous manufacturing................. 91.9 93.0 94.0 95.6 90.5 92.0 92.0 92.7 93.1 93.7 .6 Nondurable goods............................. 91.5 91.9 91.4 91.3 90.5 91.4 91.2 90.8 90.5 90.2 -.3 Food manufacturing.......................... 97.3 102.3 102.0 100.9 95.8 97.2 98.8 99.2 99.2 99.2 .0 Beverages and tobacco products.............. 96.9 101.1 98.2 93.8 98.0 100.3 99.7 99.1 97.9 96.5 -1.4 Textile mills............................... 69.1 62.4 63.7 63.6 69.2 65.6 63.8 63.2 63.7 63.3 -.6 Textile product mills....................... 95.1 87.5 89.9 88.2 94.3 91.0 89.7 87.9 89.8 86.9 -3.2 Apparel..................................... 63.8 65.9 66.0 66.5 63.9 65.7 65.4 66.0 65.9 67.0 1.7 Leather and allied products................. 82.2 73.8 74.1 79.1 81.2 74.9 73.6 73.7 73.1 75.8 3.7 Paper and paper products.................... 89.0 85.8 85.5 85.7 87.2 87.4 85.9 85.4 84.6 84.4 -.2 Printing and related support activities..... 92.2 95.6 94.2 95.6 90.9 93.5 93.6 94.7 93.9 94.2 .3 Petroleum and coal products................. 94.5 99.0 98.0 93.8 97.6 99.0 97.9 97.3 96.7 97.0 .3 Chemicals................................... 98.8 97.9 96.3 97.5 97.6 100.7 100.3 98.9 96.8 97.0 .2 Plastics and rubber products................ 94.2 90.3 90.3 90.6 92.9 93.1 91.9 89.9 90.0 89.1 -1.0 Private service-providing................ 104.9 107.8 107.0 107.8 104.6 106.1 106.2 106.8 106.7 107.2 .5 Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 104.9 103.4 104.9 106.3 102.0 102.3 102.3 102.5 103.1 102.8 -.3 Wholesale trade.............................. 103.1 106.3 105.3 105.0 103.1 104.8 104.8 105.1 105.2 105.3 .1 Retail trade................................. 105.9 100.1 103.1 105.7 100.7 99.5 99.7 99.9 100.5 100.2 -.3 Transportation and warehousing............... 106.7 110.0 110.4 110.9 104.8 107.5 107.0 107.7 108.4 109.0 .6 Utilities.................................... 94.5 97.5 97.8 97.4 95.2 96.5 95.6 97.0 97.7 97.7 .0 Information................................... 101.0 102.4 101.2 101.3 100.6 101.8 101.8 101.7 101.1 101.2 .1 Financial activities.......................... 105.1 109.8 107.7 108.8 105.8 107.1 108.0 108.2 108.4 109.6 1.1 Professional and business services............ 108.1 113.9 112.5 112.3 108.0 111.3 111.5 111.7 111.7 112.8 1.0 Education and health services................. 107.7 111.0 110.6 110.4 106.7 108.5 109.2 109.2 109.5 109.7 .2 Leisure and hospitality....................... 102.0 110.2 106.3 106.6 106.5 108.5 109.6 110.0 110.0 110.7 .6 Other services................................ 95.3 97.2 96.1 96.5 96.0 96.8 96.7 97.2 96.9 97.2 .3 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. p = preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production or nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Percent Industry Dec. Oct. Nov. Dec. Dec. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. change from: 2005 2006 2006p 2006p 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006p 2006p Nov. 2006- Dec. 2006p Total private......................... 113.7 121.7 120.4 121.2 113.4 118.2 118.6 119.4 120.0 120.7 0.6 Goods-producing........................... 109.1 116.1 113.9 114.4 108.9 113.2 112.2 113.0 112.8 114.0 1.1 Natural resources and mining.................. 132.0 154.6 152.0 150.4 131.2 145.5 146.1 150.1 150.6 150.6 .0 Construction.................................. 112.9 130.1 124.7 122.6 116.7 122.4 120.9 123.1 122.7 125.4 2.2 Manufacturing................................. 105.9 106.7 106.3 108.1 103.5 106.7 105.8 105.8 105.4 105.7 .3 Durable goods................................ 109.5 110.7 110.2 112.5 106.7 110.7 109.7 109.9 109.6 109.7 .1 Nondurable goods............................. 99.3 99.6 99.3 99.8 98.0 99.0 98.6 98.6 98.3 98.3 .0 Private service-providing................ 115.2 123.2 122.1 123.8 114.8 120.0 120.6 121.6 121.8 123.1 1.1 Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 112.0 114.9 115.3 116.7 109.9 113.0 113.2 113.5 114.0 114.1 .1 Wholesale trade.............................. 112.8 119.8 118.8 119.1 112.8 117.3 117.9 118.1 118.5 119.1 .5 Retail trade................................. 111.2 109.0 110.7 113.4 106.9 107.9 108.2 108.6 109.0 108.9 -.1 Transportation and warehousing............... 114.1 121.4 121.3 121.5 112.1 118.2 117.9 118.7 119.2 120.0 .7 Utilities.................................... 108.2 112.1 112.1 111.5 108.6 110.7 109.2 111.2 111.7 111.9 .2 Information................................... 113.0 120.2 118.7 119.8 112.5 117.9 118.4 118.7 118.2 119.0 .7 Financial activities.......................... 118.5 130.5 127.6 129.2 119.5 124.8 127.0 127.7 128.6 130.4 1.4 Professional and business services............ 118.6 132.0 129.9 131.5 118.3 127.0 127.9 129.1 129.6 131.9 1.8 Education and health services................. 120.6 127.7 127.7 128.3 119.3 124.3 125.3 125.7 126.5 127.3 .6 Leisure and hospitality....................... 111.7 126.0 122.6 124.7 115.1 122.3 124.2 125.5 126.2 127.8 1.3 Other services................................ 100.9 104.2 103.2 104.4 101.2 103.1 103.4 104.2 104.0 104.7 .7 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change (Percent) Time span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries(1) Over 1-month span: 2002 .............. 40.8 36.5 38.3 38.7 40.1 46.0 43.7 43.3 41.7 41.9 41.5 36.0 2003 .............. 44.1 37.9 34.9 38.3 42.8 38.8 37.6 39.7 50.7 49.8 52.0 51.3 2004 .............. 51.6 49.5 62.4 65.5 62.4 57.7 52.7 52.0 57.0 54.3 55.0 54.1 2005 .............. 50.7 57.7 56.7 54.7 54.5 56.7 59.2 54.1 51.4 53.4 61.7 58.6 2006 .............. 61.0 59.9 58.5 64.4 55.8 56.8 53.8 53.1 55.2 56.8 p58.8 p58.6 Over 3-month span: 2002 .............. 34.5 36.2 35.6 35.8 34.9 38.8 38.5 44.8 37.6 39.7 37.2 39.6 2003 .............. 40.6 34.2 34.7 32.7 35.3 41.7 38.5 33.8 42.6 47.8 49.8 50.5 2004 .............. 54.3 53.4 57.6 63.1 69.4 68.3 58.8 55.6 57.4 56.5 59.9 55.2 2005 .............. 52.9 56.7 59.2 60.4 56.8 60.8 60.4 59.7 57.9 52.2 57.0 63.7 2006 .............. 66.2 65.5 63.3 63.7 63.8 59.7 56.7 58.8 55.0 57.7 p57.7 p59.9 Over 6-month span: 2002 .............. 30.2 30.6 31.5 30.9 32.0 36.3 35.8 37.6 34.5 36.0 36.7 35.3 2003 .............. 34.4 31.8 31.8 34.0 32.7 36.2 33.3 32.4 40.5 45.3 46.4 47.7 2004 .............. 49.8 52.3 54.7 60.8 63.3 63.8 63.1 63.5 59.0 61.3 55.9 55.6 2005 .............. 55.4 57.7 57.4 58.8 55.2 58.6 60.8 59.5 60.6 57.7 58.5 60.6 2006 .............. 61.2 61.5 63.1 67.6 65.5 65.8 62.9 59.9 60.3 59.2 p59.2 p59.4 Over 12-month span: 2002 .............. 33.6 31.7 30.2 30.4 30.2 29.1 32.0 31.3 30.0 29.5 32.9 34.7 2003 .............. 34.5 31.5 32.9 33.5 34.2 35.1 32.7 33.1 37.1 36.7 37.2 39.2 2004 .............. 40.3 42.1 44.8 48.4 50.7 57.7 57.0 55.2 56.7 58.3 60.1 60.3 2005 .............. 60.1 61.0 59.5 58.6 58.6 59.4 60.8 61.0 60.8 58.3 58.8 62.1 2006 .............. 61.3 61.0 62.2 62.6 64.0 65.3 60.8 62.6 64.0 66.0 p63.3 p64.0 Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries(1) Over 1-month span: 2002 .............. 19.6 21.4 18.5 29.2 25.0 30.4 36.9 25.6 28.6 17.9 17.9 19.6 2003 .............. 32.7 19.6 19.6 10.7 23.2 19.0 19.6 29.2 28.6 36.3 42.3 40.5 2004 .............. 44.0 47.6 44.6 64.9 53.6 45.8 56.5 52.4 41.7 42.3 39.9 39.3 2005 .............. 39.3 38.7 38.7 42.3 44.6 34.5 47.6 35.7 45.2 43.5 50.0 52.4 2006 .............. 59.5 48.8 49.4 57.7 50.0 60.7 45.2 39.9 44.6 46.4 p48.2 p44.6 Over 3-month span: 2002 .............. 9.5 9.5 11.3 17.9 14.9 17.9 22.6 25.6 22.6 17.3 9.5 11.9 2003 .............. 18.5 11.3 12.5 8.3 7.7 11.3 14.9 15.5 16.7 27.4 32.1 35.7 2004 .............. 43.5 42.3 43.5 53.6 57.7 58.9 53.6 48.8 48.2 40.5 38.1 31.0 2005 .............. 35.7 39.9 42.9 39.9 37.5 41.1 39.3 35.7 39.9 36.3 36.9 50.0 2006 .............. 56.0 51.8 48.8 50.6 48.8 51.2 48.8 49.4 39.9 38.7 p40.5 p41.7 Over 6-month span: 2002 .............. 7.1 8.3 7.7 8.3 8.3 11.9 12.5 11.9 13.7 8.9 7.1 7.7 2003 .............. 11.3 11.3 8.3 9.5 10.7 9.5 6.0 8.9 13.7 18.5 24.4 23.8 2004 .............. 28.6 33.3 33.3 45.8 47.6 51.2 56.0 51.8 48.2 49.4 39.3 35.7 2005 .............. 36.9 36.9 35.1 33.3 33.3 32.7 36.9 36.9 41.1 41.7 39.3 42.3 2006 .............. 37.5 45.8 45.2 51.2 48.2 51.8 45.2 45.2 49.4 44.6 p48.2 p41.7 Over 12-month span: 2002 .............. 7.1 6.0 6.0 6.5 7.1 3.6 4.8 6.0 4.8 7.1 4.8 8.3 2003 .............. 10.7 6.0 6.5 6.0 8.3 7.1 7.1 8.3 10.7 10.7 9.5 10.7 2004 .............. 13.1 14.3 13.1 20.2 23.2 35.7 36.9 38.1 36.3 44.0 44.6 44.6 2005 .............. 44.6 44.6 41.7 40.5 39.9 33.3 32.7 31.0 32.1 39.3 35.7 40.5 2006 .............. 41.1 39.9 39.9 42.9 41.7 46.4 42.9 42.9 45.8 47.6 p44.6 p40.5 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.