Technical information: Household data: (202) 691-6378 USDL 04-1728 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. (EDT), Media contact: 691-5902 Friday, September 3, 2004. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: AUGUST 2004 Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 144,000 in August, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 5.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Over the month, job growth occurred in several service-providing industries. Unemployment (Household Survey Data) Both the number of unemployed persons, 8.0 million, and the unemployment rate, 5.4 percent, were little changed from July to August. The jobless rate is down from its recent high of 6.3 percent in June 2003; most of this decline occurred in the second half of last year. In August, the unemployment rates for the major worker groups--adult men (5.0 percent), adult women (4.7 percent), teenagers (17.0 percent), whites (4.7 percent), blacks (10.4 percent), and Hispanics or Latinos (6.9 percent)--showed little change over the month. The unemployment rate for Asians was 3.6 percent in August, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) Total employment held at 139.7 million in August, and the employment-pop- ulation ratio--the proportion of the population age 16 and over with jobs-- was essentially unchanged at 62.4 percent. The civilian labor force was about unchanged over the month at 147.7 million. After rising in July, the labor force participation rate edged down to its June level of 66.0 percent. (See table A-1.) Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) The number of persons who were marginally attached to the labor force was 1.6 million in August, about the same as a year earlier. (Data are not sea- sonally adjusted.) These individuals wanted and were available to work and ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Hurricane Charley | | | | Hurricane Charley struck Florida during the August survey refer- | | ence period. BLS made additional data collection efforts for the | | hurricane-affected counties to ensure that payroll survey response | | rates were at normal levels. Our examination of the survey data | | suggests that there were no discernable weather-related effects on | | national payroll employment as measured by the establishment survey. | | This was likely due to the fact that the storm hit late in the re- | | porting period for most of our survey respondents. For the storm | | to have affected payroll employment, people would have had to have | | been off work for the entire pay period and not paid for the time | | missed. (In the household survey, people who miss work for weath- | | er-related events are counted as employed whether or not they are | | paid for the time off.) | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - 2 - Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) ______________________________________________________________________________ | Quarterly | | | averages | Monthly data | |_________________|__________________________| July- Category | 2004 | 2004 | Aug. |_________________|__________________________|change | I | II | June | July | Aug. | _________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ HOUSEHOLD DATA | Labor force status |____________________________________________________ Civilian labor force.....| 146,661| 146,998| 147,279| 147,856| 147,704| -152 Employment.............| 138,388| 138,793| 139,031| 139,660| 139,681| 21 Unemployment...........| 8,273| 8,205| 8,248| 8,196| 8,022| -174 Not in labor force.......| 75,695| 75,975| 75,916| 75,565| 75,973| 408 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Unemployment rates |____________________________________________________ All workers..............| 5.6| 5.6| 5.6| 5.5| 5.4| -0.1 Adult men..............| 5.1| 5.1| 5.0| 4.9| 5.0| .1 Adult women............| 5.0| 4.9| 5.0| 4.9| 4.7| -.2 Teenagers..............| 16.6| 17.0| 16.8| 17.6| 17.0| -.6 White..................| 5.0| 5.0| 5.0| 4.8| 4.7| -.1 Black or African | | | | | | American.............| 10.1| 9.9| 10.1| 10.9| 10.4| -.5 Hispanic or Latino | | | | | | ethnicity............| 7.4| 7.0| 6.7| 6.8| 6.9| .1 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ ESTABLISHMENT DATA | Employment |____________________________________________________ Nonfarm employment.......| 130,367| 131,125| 131,258|p131,331|p131,475| p144 Goods-producing 1/.....| 21,719| 21,869| 21,891| p21,906| p21,942| p36 Construction.........| 6,819| 6,897| 6,911| p6,915| p6,930| p15 Manufacturing........| 14,326| 14,385| 14,393| p14,399| p14,421| p22 Service-providing 1/...| 108,648| 109,256| 109,367|p109,425|p109,533| p108 Retail trade 2/......| 14,974| 15,047| 15,055| p15,041| p15,030| p-11 Professional and | | | | | | business services..| 16,202| 16,417| 16,457| p16,504| p16,536| p32 Education and health | | | | | | services...........| 16,774| 16,874| 16,897| p16,913| p16,958| p45 Leisure and | | | | | | hospitality........| 12,239| 12,324| 12,339| p12,340| p12,346| p6 Government...........| 21,540| 21,548| 21,528| p21,541| p21,565| p24 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Hours of work 3/ |____________________________________________________ Total private............| 33.8| 33.7| 33.6| p33.8| p33.8| p0.0 Manufacturing..........| 41.0| 40.9| 40.8| p40.9| p40.9| p.0 Overtime.............| 4.6| 4.6| 4.6| p4.6| p4.6| p.0 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 3/ |____________________________________________________ Total private............| 99.3| 99.8| 99.7| p100.4| p100.6| p0.2 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Earnings 3/ |____________________________________________________ Avg. hourly earnings, | | | | | | total private..........| $15.52| $15.63| $15.66| p$15.72| p$15.77| p$0.05 Avg. weekly earnings, | | | | | | total private..........| 524.58| 526.62| 526.18| p531.34| p533.03| p1.69 _________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately. 2 Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated based on unrounded data. 3 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers. p=preliminary. - 3 - had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed, however, because they did not actively search for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. There were 534,000 discouraged workers in August, also about the same as a year earlier. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them. The other 1.1 million marginally attached had not searched for work for reasons such as school or family responsibilities. (See table A-13.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 144,000 in August to 131.5 million, seasonally adjusted. Over the year, payroll employment has risen by 1.7 million, with slightly more than half the gain (885,000) occurring from March through May of this year. Since May, nonfarm employment has risen by 313,000, as revised. In August, there were job gains in health care and so- cial assistance, financial activities, and professional and technical services. (See table B-1.) Within the service-providing sector, health care and social assistance continued to add jobs, with an increase of 42,000 in August. Over the year, employment in this industry has risen by 307,000. In August, employment rose in ambulatory health care services (+11,000), which includes doctors' offices and home health care services, and in hospitals (+8,000). Social assistance added 20,000 jobs, following no net change over the prior 3 months. Employment in financial activities increased by 18,000 in August, more than offsetting an employment decline in July. Rental and leasing services added 7,000 jobs over the month, and securities, commodity contracts, and investments added 4,000. Over the year, securities employment has increased by 32,000. Professional and technical services added 22,000 jobs over the month. Within this industry, employment rose in computer systems design and related services (+9,000); over the year, computer systems design has added 36,000 jobs. Employment in temporary help services was little changed in August for the third consecutive month. Within the information industry, employment continued to trend down in telecommunications. Since its most recent peak in March 2001, the tele- communications industry has lost 293,000 jobs, or 22 percent of its employ- ment. In the goods-producing sector, employment in manufacturing edged up (+22,000) in August. Employment in transportation equipment rebounded (+28,000) from a loss in the previous month, but this increase mostly reflected auto workers re- turning to work from the larger-than-usual annual retooling shutdowns in July. Since January, manufacturing has added 107,000 jobs, due to growth in its dur- able goods component. Construction employment edged up in August, following 2 months of little change. - 4 - Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged in August at 33.8 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek (40.9 hours) and manufacturing overtime (4.6 hours) also were unchanged over the month. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory work- ers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.2 percent in August to 100.6 (2002=100). The manufacturing index rose by 0.3 percent to 95.5. (See table B-5.) Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 5 cents in August to $15.77, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings increased by 0.3 percent over the month to $533.03. Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 2.3 percent, and average weekly earnings grew by 2.9 percent. (See table B-3.) ______________________________ The Employment Situation for September 2004 is scheduled to be released on Friday, October 8, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT). - 5 - Explanatory Note This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics survey (establishment survey). The household survey provides the information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The establishment survey provides the information on the employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation with State agencies. The sample includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering ap- proximately 400,000 individual worksites. The active sample includes about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers. The sample is drawn from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts. For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a particular week or pay period. In the household survey, the reference week is generally the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month. In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week. Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of questions on work and job search activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force. People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours in a family business or farm. People are also counted as employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons. People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following criteria: They had no employment during the reference week; they were available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits. The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force. The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the labor force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the employed as a percent of the population. - 6 - Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as Federal, State, and local government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are counted in each job they hold. Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry Classification System. Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual and methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the surveys. Among these are: --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed. These groups are excluded from the establishment survey. --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed. The establishment survey does not. --The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older. The establishment survey is not limited by age. --The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because individuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job and thus appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each appearance. Seasonal adjustment Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production, harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very large; seasonal fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month changes in unemployment. Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined. However, because the effect of students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted to allow for a comparable change. Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity. - 7 - 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 ad- just only the current month's data. In the establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly estimates. In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year. Reliability of the estimates Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the "true" population values they represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus 350,000. Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000 from one month to the next. The 90-percent confidence interval on the monthly change would range from -250,000 to 450,000 (100,000 +/- 350,000). These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the "true" over-the-month change lies within this interval. Since this range includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that employment had, in fact, increased. If, however, the reported employment rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent confidence interval would be greater than zero. In this case, it is likely (at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, occurred. At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent con- fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 320,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .22 percentage point. In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates which are based on a small number of observations. The precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for quarterly and annual averages. The seasonal adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly estimates. - 8 - 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 0.3 percent, ranging from zero to 0.7 percent. Additional statistics and other information More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings, published each month by BLS. It is available for $27.00 per issue or $53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order payable to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or Visa. Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the household 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 Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. 2003 2004 2004 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 221,507 223,422 223,677 221,507 222,757 222,967 223,196 223,422 223,677 Civilian labor force............................ 146,967 149,217 148,166 146,622 146,741 146,974 147,279 147,856 147,704 Participation rate........................ 66.3 66.8 66.2 66.2 65.9 65.9 66.0 66.2 66.0 Employed...................................... 138,137 140,700 140,226 137,693 138,576 138,772 139,031 139,660 139,681 Employment-population ratio............... 62.4 63.0 62.7 62.2 62.2 62.2 62.3 62.5 62.4 Unemployed.................................... 8,830 8,518 7,940 8,929 8,164 8,203 8,248 8,196 8,022 Unemployment rate......................... 6.0 5.7 5.4 6.1 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.4 Not in labor force.............................. 74,540 74,204 75,511 74,884 76,016 75,993 75,916 75,565 75,973 Persons who currently want a job.............. 5,030 4,767 5,145 4,826 4,744 4,656 4,635 4,630 4,844 Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 106,604 107,746 107,881 106,604 107,392 107,504 107,625 107,746 107,881 Civilian labor force............................ 78,640 80,344 79,832 78,251 78,501 78,600 78,918 79,193 79,283 Participation rate........................ 73.8 74.6 74.0 73.4 73.1 73.1 73.3 73.5 73.5 Employed...................................... 74,032 76,041 75,707 73,263 74,053 74,035 74,476 74,822 74,860 Employment-population ratio............... 69.4 70.6 70.2 68.7 69.0 68.9 69.2 69.4 69.4 Unemployed.................................... 4,608 4,302 4,125 4,988 4,448 4,566 4,442 4,371 4,423 Unemployment rate......................... 5.9 5.4 5.2 6.4 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.6 Not in labor force.............................. 27,964 27,402 28,048 28,353 28,891 28,904 28,707 28,552 28,598 Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 98,434 99,512 99,642 98,434 99,170 99,279 99,396 99,512 99,642 Civilian labor force............................ 74,727 75,876 75,798 74,682 74,871 75,048 75,372 75,577 75,639 Participation rate........................ 75.9 76.2 76.1 75.9 75.5 75.6 75.8 75.9 75.9 Employed...................................... 70,733 72,362 72,328 70,324 71,118 71,162 71,570 71,847 71,870 Employment-population ratio............... 71.9 72.7 72.6 71.4 71.7 71.7 72.0 72.2 72.1 Unemployed.................................... 3,994 3,514 3,470 4,358 3,753 3,886 3,802 3,730 3,768 Unemployment rate......................... 5.3 4.6 4.6 5.8 5.0 5.2 5.0 4.9 5.0 Not in labor force.............................. 23,707 23,636 23,844 23,751 24,299 24,231 24,023 23,935 24,003 Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 114,903 115,676 115,796 114,903 115,365 115,463 115,570 115,676 115,796 Civilian labor force............................ 68,327 68,874 68,333 68,372 68,240 68,374 68,361 68,663 68,421 Participation rate........................ 59.5 59.5 59.0 59.5 59.2 59.2 59.2 59.4 59.1 Employed...................................... 64,105 64,659 64,519 64,431 64,523 64,737 64,555 64,838 64,822 Employment-population ratio............... 55.8 55.9 55.7 56.1 55.9 56.1 55.9 56.1 56.0 Unemployed.................................... 4,222 4,215 3,815 3,941 3,717 3,637 3,806 3,825 3,599 Unemployment rate......................... 6.2 6.1 5.6 5.8 5.4 5.3 5.6 5.6 5.3 Not in labor force.............................. 46,576 46,802 47,463 46,532 47,126 47,089 47,209 47,013 47,375 Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 106,957 107,687 107,801 106,957 107,389 107,483 107,586 107,687 107,801 Civilian labor force............................ 64,521 64,642 64,535 64,836 64,785 64,813 64,893 65,122 64,903 Participation rate........................ 60.3 60.0 59.9 60.6 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.5 60.2 Employed...................................... 60,859 61,224 61,277 61,467 61,571 61,721 61,629 61,918 61,870 Employment-population ratio............... 56.9 56.9 56.8 57.5 57.3 57.4 57.3 57.5 57.4 Unemployed.................................... 3,663 3,418 3,259 3,369 3,215 3,092 3,264 3,204 3,033 Unemployment rate......................... 5.7 5.3 5.0 5.2 5.0 4.8 5.0 4.9 4.7 Not in labor force.............................. 42,436 43,045 43,266 42,121 42,604 42,670 42,693 42,565 42,898 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 16,116 16,222 16,234 16,116 16,198 16,205 16,214 16,222 16,234 Civilian labor force............................ 7,719 8,699 7,832 7,104 7,085 7,113 7,014 7,157 7,162 Participation rate........................ 47.9 53.6 48.2 44.1 43.7 43.9 43.3 44.1 44.1 Employed...................................... 6,546 7,114 6,621 5,902 5,888 5,888 5,832 5,896 5,941 Employment-population ratio............... 40.6 43.9 40.8 36.6 36.3 36.3 36.0 36.3 36.6 Unemployed.................................... 1,173 1,585 1,211 1,202 1,197 1,225 1,181 1,262 1,220 Unemployment rate......................... 15.2 18.2 15.5 16.9 16.9 17.2 16.8 17.6 17.0 Not in labor force.............................. 8,397 7,523 8,402 9,012 9,113 9,092 9,200 9,065 9,072 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 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. 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 Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. 2003 2004 2004 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 WHITE Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 181,512 182,676 182,846 181,512 182,252 182,384 182,531 182,676 182,846 Civilian labor force............................ 120,894 122,413 121,666 120,658 120,675 120,984 121,180 121,428 121,300 Participation rate.......................... 66.6 67.0 66.5 66.5 66.2 66.3 66.4 66.5 66.3 Employed...................................... 114,531 116,487 116,007 114,156 114,712 114,976 115,152 115,623 115,547 Employment-population ratio................. 63.1 63.8 63.4 62.9 62.9 63.0 63.1 63.3 63.2 Unemployed.................................... 6,364 5,926 5,659 6,502 5,963 6,008 6,028 5,805 5,753 Unemployment rate........................... 5.3 4.8 4.7 5.4 4.9 5.0 5.0 4.8 4.7 Not in labor force.............................. 60,617 60,263 61,179 60,854 61,577 61,400 61,351 61,248 61,546 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 62,587 63,389 63,295 62,543 62,660 62,758 62,960 63,163 63,130 Participation rate.......................... 76.4 76.7 76.5 76.3 76.0 76.1 76.3 76.4 76.3 Employed...................................... 59,608 60,913 60,796 59,233 59,831 59,817 60,107 60,466 60,379 Employment-population ratio................. 72.7 73.7 73.5 72.3 72.6 72.5 72.8 73.2 73.0 Unemployed.................................... 2,979 2,476 2,499 3,310 2,829 2,941 2,853 2,697 2,750 Unemployment rate........................... 4.8 3.9 3.9 5.3 4.5 4.7 4.5 4.3 4.4 Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 51,814 51,833 51,866 52,156 52,035 52,245 52,369 52,302 52,224 Participation rate.......................... 59.6 59.3 59.3 59.9 59.6 59.8 59.9 59.8 59.7 Employed...................................... 49,289 49,456 49,586 49,866 49,839 50,116 50,061 50,085 50,132 Employment-population ratio................. 56.7 56.6 56.7 57.3 57.1 57.4 57.3 57.3 57.3 Unemployed.................................... 2,525 2,377 2,280 2,290 2,196 2,130 2,308 2,217 2,093 Unemployment rate........................... 4.9 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.1 4.4 4.2 4.0 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ 6,493 7,191 6,505 5,959 5,981 5,981 5,851 5,963 5,946 Participation rate.......................... 51.8 57.1 51.6 47.5 47.5 47.5 46.5 47.3 47.2 Employed...................................... 5,633 6,118 5,626 5,057 5,042 5,043 4,984 5,073 5,036 Employment-population ratio................. 44.9 48.6 44.6 40.3 40.0 40.0 39.6 40.3 40.0 Unemployed.................................... 860 1,074 880 903 939 938 867 891 909 Unemployment rate........................... 13.2 14.9 13.5 15.1 15.7 15.7 14.8 14.9 15.3 BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 25,742 26,078 26,120 25,742 25,967 26,002 26,040 26,078 26,120 Civilian labor force............................ 16,626 17,011 16,789 16,585 16,485 16,442 16,506 16,755 16,724 Participation rate.......................... 64.6 65.2 64.3 64.4 63.5 63.2 63.4 64.3 64.0 Employed...................................... 14,794 14,964 15,023 14,771 14,878 14,818 14,833 14,926 14,983 Employment-population ratio................. 57.5 57.4 57.5 57.4 57.3 57.0 57.0 57.2 57.4 Unemployed.................................... 1,832 2,047 1,766 1,813 1,607 1,624 1,673 1,829 1,741 Unemployment rate........................... 11.0 12.0 10.5 10.9 9.7 9.9 10.1 10.9 10.4 Not in labor force.............................. 9,116 9,067 9,331 9,157 9,482 9,560 9,534 9,323 9,396 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 7,339 7,424 7,422 7,362 7,302 7,356 7,394 7,384 7,432 Participation rate.......................... 71.2 70.9 70.8 71.5 70.1 70.5 70.8 70.5 70.9 Employed...................................... 6,607 6,634 6,685 6,585 6,626 6,674 6,709 6,624 6,660 Employment-population ratio................. 64.1 63.4 63.8 63.9 63.6 64.0 64.2 63.3 63.5 Unemployed.................................... 733 791 737 776 676 683 685 760 772 Unemployment rate........................... 10.0 10.6 9.9 10.5 9.3 9.3 9.3 10.3 10.4 Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 8,497 8,573 8,492 8,494 8,502 8,342 8,374 8,598 8,488 Participation rate.......................... 65.1 65.0 64.3 65.1 64.7 63.4 63.6 65.2 64.3 Employed...................................... 7,637 7,727 7,721 7,674 7,763 7,642 7,626 7,815 7,752 Employment-population ratio................. 58.5 58.6 58.5 58.8 59.1 58.1 57.9 59.3 58.7 Unemployed.................................... 860 846 771 820 739 700 748 783 737 Unemployment rate........................... 10.1 9.9 9.1 9.7 8.7 8.4 8.9 9.1 8.7 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ 789 1,013 875 729 681 744 738 773 804 Participation rate.......................... 33.0 41.8 36.0 30.5 28.2 30.8 30.5 31.9 33.1 Employed...................................... 550 603 617 512 489 502 497 487 572 Employment-population ratio................. 23.0 24.9 25.4 21.4 20.3 20.8 20.6 20.1 23.5 Unemployed.................................... 239 411 258 217 193 242 241 286 232 Unemployment rate........................... 30.3 40.5 29.5 29.8 28.3 32.5 32.6 37.0 28.9 ASIAN Civilian noninstutional population................ 9,351 9,559 9,598 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Civilian labor force............................ 6,195 6,275 6,245 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 66.2 65.6 65.1 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 5,828 6,008 6,018 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 62.3 62.9 62.7 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 367 267 226 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 5.9 4.3 3.6 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Not in labor force.............................. 3,156 3,284 3,353 (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 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. 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 Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. 2003 2004 2004 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 27,701 28,150 28,243 27,701 27,879 27,968 28,059 28,150 28,243 Civilian labor force............................ 18,825 19,552 19,500 18,843 19,064 19,313 19,304 19,450 19,482 Participation rate.......................... 68.0 69.5 69.0 68.0 68.4 69.1 68.8 69.1 69.0 Employed...................................... 17,386 18,203 18,185 17,383 17,693 17,958 18,019 18,118 18,144 Employment-population ratio................. 62.8 64.7 64.4 62.8 63.5 64.2 64.2 64.4 64.2 Unemployed.................................... 1,439 1,349 1,314 1,460 1,371 1,355 1,285 1,332 1,338 Unemployment rate........................... 7.6 6.9 6.7 7.8 7.2 7.0 6.7 6.8 6.9 Not in labor force.............................. 8,876 8,598 8,743 8,858 8,815 8,654 8,755 8,700 8,761 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 10,761 11,124 11,107 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 83.6 84.9 84.5 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 10,098 10,572 10,501 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 78.4 80.7 79.9 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 664 553 605 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 6.2 5.0 5.5 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 7,067 7,253 7,343 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 57.6 58.3 58.9 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 6,495 6,736 6,834 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 52.9 54.2 54.8 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 573 517 509 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 8.1 7.1 6.9 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ 996 1,175 1,050 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 39.0 45.0 40.1 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 794 896 850 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 31.1 34.3 32.5 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 203 280 200 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 20.3 23.8 19.1 (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 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Educational attainment Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. 2003 2004 2004 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 Less than a high school diploma Civilian labor force...................... 12,553 12,090 12,483 12,618 12,019 12,212 12,326 12,389 12,521 Participation rate.................... 45.2 44.8 45.4 45.5 44.2 44.5 44.9 45.9 45.5 Employed................................ 11,484 11,161 11,552 11,449 10,977 11,140 11,242 11,358 11,503 Employment-population ratio........... 41.4 41.3 42.0 41.3 40.4 40.6 40.9 42.1 41.8 Unemployed.............................. 1,069 929 931 1,169 1,042 1,072 1,083 1,031 1,018 Unemployment rate..................... 8.5 7.7 7.5 9.3 8.7 8.8 8.8 8.3 8.1 High school graduates, no college (1) Civilian labor force...................... 37,741 37,810 37,987 37,916 37,724 37,870 38,088 38,233 38,050 Participation rate.................... 63.5 63.0 63.2 63.8 62.8 63.0 63.3 63.7 63.3 Employed................................ 35,775 35,940 36,184 35,872 35,745 35,964 36,137 36,297 36,170 Employment-population ratio........... 60.2 59.9 60.2 60.4 59.5 59.9 60.1 60.5 60.2 Unemployed.............................. 1,966 1,871 1,803 2,044 1,979 1,906 1,951 1,936 1,880 Unemployment rate..................... 5.2 4.9 4.7 5.4 5.2 5.0 5.1 5.1 4.9 Some college or associate degree Civilian labor force...................... 33,972 34,999 34,547 33,979 34,580 34,575 34,516 34,629 34,499 Participation rate.................... 72.7 72.4 72.2 72.7 73.0 73.1 72.6 71.6 72.1 Employed................................ 32,326 33,468 33,141 32,365 33,152 33,183 33,083 33,176 33,105 Employment-population ratio........... 69.1 69.2 69.2 69.2 70.0 70.2 69.6 68.6 69.2 Unemployed.............................. 1,646 1,531 1,406 1,613 1,428 1,392 1,433 1,453 1,394 Unemployment rate..................... 4.8 4.4 4.1 4.7 4.1 4.0 4.2 4.2 4.0 Bachelor's degree and higher (2) Civilian labor force...................... 39,795 39,853 39,903 39,997 40,185 40,104 40,175 40,127 40,192 Participation rate.................... 77.1 77.2 77.2 77.5 77.6 77.5 77.8 77.8 77.7 Employed................................ 38,371 38,684 38,689 38,752 39,006 38,927 39,088 39,039 39,114 Employment-population ratio........... 74.3 75.0 74.8 75.1 75.3 75.2 75.7 75.7 75.6 Unemployed.............................. 1,425 1,169 1,214 1,245 1,179 1,177 1,086 1,087 1,078 Unemployment rate..................... 3.6 2.9 3.0 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.7 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 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. 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 Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. 2003 2004 2004 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries....... 2,546 2,454 2,561 2,327 2,245 2,298 2,289 2,271 2,318 Wage and salary workers................ 1,541 1,358 1,462 1,410 1,268 1,277 1,242 1,200 1,274 Self-employed workers.................. 972 1,063 1,056 942 934 976 1,018 1,016 1,020 Unpaid family workers.................. 32 33 42 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Nonagricultural industries............... 135,591 138,246 137,665 135,282 136,384 136,488 136,675 137,274 137,307 Wage and salary workers................ 125,861 128,458 127,731 125,746 127,094 126,999 127,248 127,655 127,595 Government........................... 19,148 19,263 19,638 19,662 19,917 19,759 19,984 19,816 20,089 Private industries................... 106,713 109,195 108,093 106,047 107,142 107,256 107,234 107,850 107,479 Private households................. 865 818 864 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Other industries................... 105,848 108,377 107,229 105,184 106,377 106,514 106,457 107,098 106,643 Self-employed workers.................. 9,621 9,717 9,836 9,526 9,228 9,365 9,338 9,513 9,641 Unpaid family workers.................. 110 70 98 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2) All industries: Part time for economic reasons......... 4,377 4,648 4,395 4,498 4,574 4,665 4,513 4,490 4,504 Slack work or business conditions.... 2,835 2,629 2,636 3,063 2,819 2,853 2,803 2,660 2,812 Could only find part-time work....... 1,149 1,659 1,316 1,201 1,439 1,467 1,404 1,500 1,461 Part time for noneconomic reasons...... 17,186 17,645 17,451 19,482 19,000 19,621 19,531 19,741 19,680 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons......... 4,279 4,564 4,256 4,404 4,471 4,605 4,442 4,400 4,391 Slack work or business conditions.... 2,772 2,583 2,523 2,989 2,756 2,812 2,762 2,605 2,714 Could only find part-time work....... 1,131 1,639 1,308 1,191 1,431 1,476 1,387 1,496 1,442 Part time for noneconomic reasons...... 16,821 17,281 17,079 19,016 18,664 19,220 19,072 19,290 19,213 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 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Characteristic Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. 2003 2004 2004 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 Total, 16 years and over.......................... 138,137 140,700 140,226 137,693 138,576 138,772 139,031 139,660 139,681 16 to 19 years.................................. 6,546 7,114 6,621 5,902 5,888 5,888 5,832 5,896 5,941 16 to 17 years................................ 2,710 2,735 2,421 2,346 2,256 2,152 2,080 2,144 2,100 18 to 19 years................................ 3,836 4,379 4,200 3,580 3,634 3,713 3,748 3,769 3,891 20 years and over............................... 131,591 133,586 133,604 131,791 132,689 132,883 133,199 133,765 133,740 20 to 24 years................................ 13,636 14,333 14,039 13,398 13,767 13,669 13,676 13,783 13,776 25 years and over............................. 117,956 119,253 119,566 118,483 118,886 119,198 119,554 119,925 119,979 25 to 54 years.............................. 96,882 97,381 97,400 97,212 97,124 97,343 97,550 97,749 97,626 25 to 34 years............................ 30,239 30,499 30,455 30,318 30,316 30,396 30,542 30,490 30,491 35 to 44 years............................ 34,747 34,472 34,452 34,839 34,421 34,611 34,653 34,678 34,525 45 to 54 years............................ 31,896 32,411 32,494 32,055 32,388 32,336 32,355 32,581 32,611 55 years and over........................... 21,073 21,871 22,165 21,271 21,762 21,856 22,003 22,177 22,353 Men, 16 years and over............................ 74,032 76,041 75,707 73,263 74,053 74,035 74,476 74,822 74,860 16 to 19 years.................................. 3,299 3,679 3,380 2,939 2,935 2,873 2,906 2,975 2,989 16 to 17 years................................ 1,345 1,330 1,181 1,147 1,044 967 956 991 997 18 to 19 years................................ 1,954 2,349 2,199 1,813 1,886 1,897 1,957 2,000 2,018 20 years and over............................... 70,733 72,362 72,328 70,324 71,118 71,162 71,570 71,847 71,870 20 to 24 years................................ 7,161 7,693 7,472 6,973 7,235 7,165 7,244 7,340 7,287 25 years and over............................. 63,572 64,668 64,856 63,372 63,839 63,969 64,306 64,477 64,578 25 to 54 years.............................. 52,218 52,897 52,835 52,016 52,283 52,377 52,543 52,637 52,576 25 to 34 years............................ 16,661 17,018 17,057 16,623 16,685 16,758 16,856 16,879 16,968 35 to 44 years............................ 18,864 18,802 18,726 18,761 18,656 18,728 18,787 18,761 18,624 45 to 54 years............................ 16,693 17,077 17,052 16,632 16,942 16,890 16,900 16,997 16,984 55 years and over........................... 11,354 11,772 12,021 11,357 11,556 11,593 11,763 11,840 12,002 Women, 16 years and over.......................... 64,105 64,659 64,519 64,431 64,523 64,737 64,555 64,838 64,822 16 to 19 years.................................. 3,247 3,435 3,242 2,963 2,952 3,016 2,926 2,921 2,952 16 to 17 years................................ 1,365 1,405 1,241 1,199 1,212 1,185 1,124 1,153 1,103 18 to 19 years................................ 1,882 2,030 2,001 1,767 1,747 1,816 1,791 1,769 1,873 20 years and over............................... 60,859 61,224 61,277 61,467 61,571 61,721 61,629 61,918 61,870 20 to 24 years................................ 6,475 6,640 6,567 6,425 6,532 6,504 6,432 6,442 6,489 25 years and over............................. 54,384 54,584 54,709 55,111 55,047 55,229 55,248 55,449 55,401 25 to 54 years.............................. 44,665 44,485 44,565 45,197 44,841 44,966 45,007 45,112 45,050 25 to 34 years............................ 13,579 13,481 13,398 13,695 13,631 13,637 13,686 13,611 13,523 35 to 44 years............................ 15,883 15,670 15,726 16,078 15,765 15,883 15,866 15,918 15,901 45 to 54 years............................ 15,202 15,334 15,442 15,424 15,446 15,446 15,455 15,583 15,627 55 years and over........................... 9,719 10,099 10,144 9,914 10,205 10,263 10,240 10,337 10,351 Married men, spouse present....................... 44,753 44,986 45,206 44,659 44,735 44,723 44,938 44,935 45,106 Married women, spouse present..................... 34,168 33,841 33,933 34,684 34,339 34,522 34,461 34,599 34,448 Women who maintain families....................... 8,483 8,700 8,718 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Full-time workers (2)............................. 114,894 116,349 116,656 113,121 114,094 113,894 114,269 114,297 114,737 Part-time workers (3)............................. 23,243 24,351 23,570 24,853 24,397 24,820 24,878 25,455 25,110 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 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed persons Unemployment rates (1) (in thousands) Characteristic Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. 2003 2004 2004 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 Total, 16 years and over.......................... 8,929 8,196 8,022 6.1 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.4 16 to 19 years.................................. 1,202 1,262 1,220 16.9 16.9 17.2 16.8 17.6 17.0 16 to 17 years................................ 542 544 550 18.8 20.2 21.6 20.6 20.2 20.8 18 to 19 years................................ 666 724 681 15.7 14.7 14.7 14.3 16.1 14.9 20 years and over............................... 7,727 6,935 6,802 5.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.8 20 to 24 years................................ 1,522 1,411 1,364 10.2 9.2 9.7 9.8 9.3 9.0 25 years and over............................. 6,187 5,540 5,428 5.0 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.3 25 to 54 years.............................. 5,231 4,681 4,549 5.1 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.5 25 to 34 years............................ 2,028 1,821 1,724 6.3 5.5 5.6 5.1 5.6 5.4 35 to 44 years............................ 1,839 1,581 1,595 5.0 4.4 4.2 4.6 4.4 4.4 45 to 54 years............................ 1,364 1,279 1,230 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.6 55 years and over........................... 916 848 856 4.1 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.7 Men, 16 years and over............................ 4,988 4,371 4,423 6.4 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.6 16 to 19 years.................................. 630 641 655 17.6 19.1 19.1 18.1 17.7 18.0 16 to 17 years................................ 297 267 280 20.6 23.4 23.3 22.8 21.2 21.9 18 to 19 years................................ 334 373 385 15.6 16.5 16.6 15.8 15.7 16.0 20 years and over............................... 4,358 3,730 3,768 5.8 5.0 5.2 5.0 4.9 5.0 20 to 24 years................................ 833 789 799 10.7 10.0 10.3 10.4 9.7 9.9 25 years and over............................. 3,493 2,948 2,953 5.2 4.4 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.4 25 to 54 years.............................. 2,970 2,477 2,456 5.4 4.5 4.7 4.4 4.5 4.5 25 to 34 years............................ 1,196 958 933 6.7 5.5 6.0 4.8 5.4 5.2 35 to 44 years............................ 1,018 828 843 5.1 4.2 4.1 4.5 4.2 4.3 45 to 54 years............................ 756 691 680 4.3 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 55 years and over........................... 523 471 497 4.4 3.9 4.1 4.3 3.8 4.0 Women, 16 years and over.......................... 3,941 3,825 3,599 5.8 5.4 5.3 5.6 5.6 5.3 16 to 19 years.................................. 572 621 566 16.2 14.5 15.3 15.6 17.5 16.1 16 to 17 years................................ 245 277 270 17.0 17.3 20.1 18.7 19.4 19.7 18 to 19 years................................ 331 350 295 15.8 12.6 12.7 12.6 16.5 13.6 20 years and over............................... 3,369 3,204 3,033 5.2 5.0 4.8 5.0 4.9 4.7 20 to 24 years................................ 689 622 565 9.7 8.3 9.0 9.0 8.8 8.0 25 years and over............................. 2,694 2,592 2,476 4.7 4.6 4.2 4.5 4.5 4.3 25 to 54 years.............................. 2,261 2,204 2,093 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.7 4.7 4.4 25 to 34 years............................ 832 863 791 5.7 5.4 5.1 5.5 6.0 5.5 35 to 44 years............................ 821 753 753 4.9 4.7 4.3 4.7 4.5 4.5 45 to 54 years............................ 608 588 549 3.8 4.0 3.8 4.0 3.6 3.4 55 years and over (2)....................... 453 398 411 4.5 3.3 3.3 3.8 3.8 3.9 Married men, spouse present....................... 1,798 1,489 1,420 3.9 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.1 Married women, spouse present..................... 1,391 1,256 1,239 3.9 3.7 3.3 3.7 3.5 3.5 Women who maintain families (2)................... 778 863 792 8.4 7.5 7.4 8.2 9.0 8.3 Full-time workers (3)............................. 7,524 6,803 6,646 6.2 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.5 Part-time workers (4)............................. 1,396 1,398 1,378 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.5 5.2 5.2 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 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Reason Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. 2003 2004 2004 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........................................... 4,789 4,233 3,809 4,939 4,399 4,211 4,099 4,181 3,936 On temporary layoff............................. 1,030 1,152 914 1,092 994 926 1,011 1,065 982 Not on temporary layoff......................... 3,760 3,081 2,895 3,847 3,405 3,286 3,088 3,116 2,955 Permanent job losers.......................... 2,928 2,265 2,009 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Persons who completed temporary jobs.......... 832 817 886 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Job leavers....................................... 869 922 972 790 822 846 902 895 884 Reentrants........................................ 2,465 2,375 2,395 2,530 2,314 2,438 2,435 2,330 2,447 New entrants...................................... 706 988 764 650 645 713 636 680 694 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........................................... 54.2 49.7 48.0 55.4 53.8 51.3 50.8 51.7 49.4 On temporary layoff............................ 11.7 13.5 11.5 12.3 12.1 11.3 12.5 13.2 12.3 Not on temporary layoff........................ 42.6 36.2 36.5 43.2 41.6 40.0 38.3 38.5 37.1 Job leavers...................................... 9.8 10.8 12.2 8.9 10.1 10.3 11.2 11.1 11.1 Reentrants....................................... 27.9 27.9 30.2 28.4 28.3 29.7 30.2 28.8 30.7 New entrants..................................... 8.0 11.6 9.6 7.3 7.9 8.7 7.9 8.4 8.7 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........................................... 3.3 2.8 2.6 3.4 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 Job leavers...................................... .6 .6 .7 .5 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 Reentrants....................................... 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.7 New entrants..................................... .5 .7 .5 .4 .4 .5 .4 .5 .5 1 Data not available. NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Duration Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. 2003 2004 2004 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Less than 5 weeks................................. 2,740 3,087 2,571 2,735 2,792 2,707 2,688 2,805 2,604 5 to 14 weeks..................................... 2,780 2,684 2,694 2,630 2,369 2,376 2,405 2,476 2,521 15 weeks and over................................. 3,310 2,747 2,675 3,561 2,969 3,077 3,065 2,878 2,903 15 to 26 weeks................................. 1,307 1,100 1,032 1,561 1,170 1,288 1,306 1,211 1,239 27 weeks and over.............................. 2,003 1,647 1,643 2,001 1,800 1,789 1,759 1,667 1,664 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................. 19.1 17.5 18.7 19.2 19.7 20.0 19.9 18.6 19.0 Median duration, in weeks......................... 10.0 8.0 9.2 10.0 9.5 10.0 10.8 8.9 9.4 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed.................................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Less than 5 weeks............................... 31.0 36.2 32.4 30.6 34.3 33.2 33.0 34.4 32.4 5 to 14 weeks................................... 31.5 31.5 33.9 29.5 29.1 29.1 29.5 30.3 31.4 15 weeks and over............................... 37.5 32.2 33.7 39.9 36.5 37.7 37.6 35.3 36.2 15 to 26 weeks................................ 14.8 12.9 13.0 17.5 14.4 15.8 16.0 14.8 15.4 27 weeks and over............................. 22.7 19.3 20.7 22.4 22.1 21.9 21.6 20.4 20.7 NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-10. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Unemployment Employed Unemployed rates Occupation Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 Total, 16 years and over (1)................................ 138,137 140,226 8,830 7,940 6.0 5.4 Management, professional, and related occupations................ 47,192 47,856 1,780 1,405 3.6 2.9 Management, business, and financial operations occupations..... 19,837 20,420 653 478 3.2 2.3 Professional and related occupations........................... 27,355 27,436 1,127 927 4.0 3.3 Service occupations.............................................. 22,611 23,212 1,666 1,660 6.9 6.7 Sales and office occupations..................................... 35,374 35,939 2,112 1,874 5.6 5.0 Sales and related occupations.................................. 15,917 16,114 977 894 5.8 5.3 Office and administrative support occupations.................. 19,457 19,826 1,135 980 5.5 4.7 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations..... 14,926 15,178 1,084 906 6.8 5.6 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..................... 1,229 1,172 154 88 11.1 7.0 Construction and extraction occupations........................ 8,648 8,986 687 600 7.4 6.3 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.............. 5,048 5,020 243 219 4.6 4.2 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations...... 18,034 18,041 1,461 1,312 7.5 6.8 Production occupations......................................... 9,781 9,580 797 675 7.5 6.6 Transportation and material moving occupations................. 8,253 8,461 664 637 7.4 7.0 1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry, not seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed Unemployment persons rates Industry (in thousands) Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. 2003 2004 2003 2004 Total, 16 years and over (1)............... 8,830 7,940 6.0 5.4 Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers... 6,903 6,074 6.1 5.3 Mining.......................................... 20 10 3.8 1.9 Construction.................................... 650 563 7.1 6.0 Manufacturing................................... 1,186 840 6.7 4.9 Durable goods................................. 752 541 6.9 5.0 Nondurable goods.............................. 434 300 6.4 4.8 Wholesale and retail trade...................... 1,161 1,079 5.6 5.1 Transportation and utilities.................... 255 236 4.8 4.4 Information..................................... 224 191 6.1 5.7 Financial activities............................ 342 312 3.7 3.4 Professional and business services.............. 881 845 7.2 6.7 Education and health services................... 760 647 4.3 3.7 Leisure and hospitality......................... 1,050 1,010 9.0 8.4 Other services.................................. 373 341 6.1 5.6 Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers........................................ 173 103 10.7 7.0 Government workers................................ 745 676 3.7 3.3 Self employed and unpaid family workers........... 302 324 2.7 2.9 1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, 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 Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. 2003 2004 2004 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2004 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force................................. 2.3 1.8 1.8 2.4 2.0 2.1 2.1 1.9 2.0 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force.................... 3.3 2.8 2.6 3.4 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)....................... 6.0 5.7 5.4 6.1 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.4 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers..... 6.3 6.0 5.7 6.4 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.8 U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers.................................................. 7.1 6.7 6.4 7.1 6.5 6.6 6.5 6.5 6.4 U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers......................................... 10.0 9.8 9.3 10.2 9.6 9.7 9.6 9.5 9.5 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 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-13. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Total Men Women Category Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force...................................... 74,540 75,511 27,964 28,048 46,576 47,463 Persons who currently want a job................................ 5,030 5,145 2,191 2,168 2,838 2,977 Searched for work and available to work now (1)................ 1,665 1,587 867 823 798 763 Reason not currently looking: Discouragement over job prospects (2)................... 503 534 320 313 183 222 Reasons other than discouragement (3)................ 1,162 1,052 547 511 615 542 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders (4)..................................... 7,221 7,368 3,737 3,889 3,484 3,479 Percent of total employed..................................... 5.2 5.3 5.0 5.1 5.4 5.4 Primary job full time, secondary job part time................ 3,749 3,875 2,133 2,260 1,615 1,615 Primary and secondary jobs both part time..................... 1,528 1,580 484 546 1,043 1,034 Primary and secondary jobs both full time..................... 293 289 225 198 69 91 Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................ 1,609 1,594 876 870 733 724 1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week. 2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibili- ties, ill health, and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately. NOTE: Beginning in January 2004, 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 Aug. June July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. from: 2003 2004 2004p 2004p 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004p 2004p July 2004- Aug. 2004p Total nonfarm......... 129,512 132,325 131,190 131,202 129,789 130,954 131,162 131,258 131,331 131,475 144 Total private........... 109,120 110,812 110,760 110,805 108,209 109,382 109,618 109,730 109,790 109,910 120 Goods-producing............. 22,115 22,230 22,265 22,357 21,712 21,822 21,894 21,891 21,906 21,942 36 Natural resources and mining.... 582 596 602 604 569 585 589 587 592 591 -1 Logging...................... 71.0 65.2 66.9 67.8 67.5 66.7 65.6 64.5 64.5 64.7 .2 Mining......................... 511.4 530.9 535.0 536.2 501.8 518.5 523.2 522.7 527.2 526.7 -.5 Oil and gas extraction........ 124.5 134.3 134.0 133.9 123.2 131.0 132.3 132.0 132.0 132.6 .6 Mining, except oil and gas(1). 208.7 213.1 216.3 214.6 203.6 205.2 207.8 207.9 210.9 208.5 -2.4 Coal mining.................. 70.7 73.9 75.2 75.4 70.7 71.8 72.9 73.5 75.0 74.5 -.5 Support activities for mining. 178.2 183.5 184.7 187.7 175.0 182.3 183.1 182.8 184.3 185.6 1.3 Construction.................... 7,045 7,141 7,232 7,246 6,739 6,872 6,909 6,911 6,915 6,930 15 Construction of buildings..... 1,622.6 1,668.4 1,690.0 1,692.4 1,570.0 1,609.8 1,622.9 1,625.9 1,630.3 1,637.6 7.3 Heavy and civil engineering construction................. 987.9 975.4 987.8 995.7 913.9 924.7 924.3 920.9 921.6 922.4 .8 Specialty trade contractors... 4,434.5 4,496.8 4,554.3 4,557.5 4,255.5 4,337.3 4,362.2 4,364.6 4,363.0 4,369.8 6.8 Manufacturing................... 14,488 14,493 14,431 14,507 14,404 14,365 14,396 14,393 14,399 14,421 22 Production workers........... 10,166 10,203 10,154 10,234 10,104 10,085 10,123 10,128 10,143 10,169 26 Durable goods.................. 8,917 9,019 8,957 9,024 8,886 8,924 8,946 8,955 8,959 8,995 36 Production workers........... 6,117 6,213 6,157 6,219 6,099 6,126 6,152 6,164 6,171 6,202 31 Wood products................. 539.8 551.8 552.4 554.0 528.9 540.0 543.0 543.8 544.2 545.1 .9 Nonmetallic mineral products.. 501.5 513.1 512.0 513.3 490.2 497.8 501.4 501.7 502.4 502.1 -.3 Primary metals................ 472.5 467.3 464.6 465.6 470.6 462.5 464.0 465.4 466.4 465.3 -1.1 Fabricated metal products..... 1,467.4 1,505.4 1,503.7 1,508.9 1,465.6 1,486.7 1,494.5 1,497.6 1,503.1 1,507.8 4.7 Machinery..................... 1,138.0 1,162.9 1,159.6 1,162.3 1,140.8 1,152.0 1,153.3 1,156.7 1,161.9 1,165.4 3.5 Computer and electronic products(1).................. 1,344.2 1,350.8 1,355.7 1,356.8 1,343.8 1,339.7 1,345.8 1,346.2 1,352.4 1,355.7 3.3 Computer and peripheral equipment................... 221.7 219.1 218.4 220.0 222.5 218.1 218.8 217.7 218.4 220.4 2.0 Communications equipment..... 153.9 157.2 158.8 159.5 155.0 155.1 155.9 157.1 158.6 159.3 .7 Semiconductors and electronic components.................. 456.8 460.0 461.6 461.4 456.2 453.4 455.8 458.0 460.2 461.0 .8 Electronic instruments....... 427.0 431.6 433.7 432.6 425.2 427.5 430.1 429.8 431.8 431.5 -.3 Electrical equipment and appliances................... 454.4 450.3 451.3 449.6 453.8 446.5 447.3 448.6 449.9 450.3 .4 Transportation equipment...... 1,770.0 1,776.4 1,718.9 1,779.9 1,766.5 1,768.8 1,764.4 1,765.1 1,747.6 1,775.5 27.9 Furniture and related products 570.6 581.0 581.3 578.5 568.1 576.5 577.6 575.0 576.2 572.9 -3.3 Miscellaneous manufacturing... 658.4 659.6 657.3 654.6 657.9 653.0 654.4 654.6 655.2 654.4 -.8 Nondurable goods............... 5,571 5,474 5,474 5,483 5,518 5,441 5,450 5,438 5,440 5,426 -14 Production workers........... 4,049 3,990 3,997 4,015 4,005 3,959 3,971 3,964 3,972 3,967 -5 Food manufacturing............ 1,558.4 1,499.3 1,525.9 1,537.2 1,523.8 1,502.7 1,507.0 1,502.8 1,506.0 1,499.8 -6.2 Beverages and tobacco products 206.1 201.4 203.4 201.7 201.0 197.8 197.5 197.6 197.3 196.1 -1.2 Textile mills................. 252.5 238.0 235.0 236.2 251.8 235.8 236.1 235.0 236.0 235.7 -.3 Textile product mills......... 173.5 183.4 181.1 179.8 170.7 180.1 181.4 179.7 179.0 178.4 -.6 Apparel....................... 303.7 294.0 281.4 282.3 304.0 292.7 290.8 286.8 284.3 282.4 -1.9 Leather and allied products... 44.5 45.7 45.3 44.2 44.3 44.6 45.1 44.7 45.0 44.1 -.9 Paper and paper products...... 516.7 509.0 511.0 512.7 515.1 507.0 508.1 506.7 509.8 511.3 1.5 Printing and related support activities................... 680.1 671.7 666.7 664.8 678.8 663.6 665.9 667.0 664.0 662.3 -1.7 Petroleum and coal products... 116.3 116.3 116.8 117.2 113.8 112.6 113.1 113.8 113.5 114.1 .6 Chemicals..................... 907.0 901.2 899.2 896.0 905.4 896.4 895.0 895.2 894.4 893.4 -1.0 Plastics and rubber products.. 812.6 814.3 808.5 810.7 808.8 807.5 810.2 808.6 811.1 808.7 -2.4 Service-providing........... 107,397 110,095 108,925 108,845 108,077 109,132 109,268 109,367 109,425 109,533 108 Private service-providing.. 87,005 88,582 88,495 88,448 86,497 87,560 87,724 87,839 87,884 87,968 84 Trade, transportation, and utilities...................... 25,205 25,559 25,498 25,464 25,225 25,448 25,477 25,497 25,499 25,487 -12 Wholesale trade................ 5,609.3 5,668.8 5,679.9 5,675.0 5,586.0 5,632.5 5,636.7 5,639.5 5,649.3 5,651.9 2.6 Durable goods................. 2,949.0 2,989.0 3,002.5 3,002.7 2,936.2 2,967.5 2,969.7 2,975.6 2,988.1 2,991.7 3.6 Nondurable goods.............. 2,007.0 2,008.0 2,003.9 1,999.7 1,997.9 1,996.3 1,997.2 1,994.3 1,990.2 1,989.2 -1.0 Electronic markets and agents and brokers.................. 653.3 671.8 673.5 672.6 651.9 668.7 669.8 669.6 671.0 671.0 .0 Retail trade...................14,886.1 15,058.4 15,023.8 14,998.3 14,911.6 15,037.1 15,047.6 15,054.9 15,040.8 15,029.5 -11.3 Motor vehicle and parts dealers(1)................... 1,898.8 1,924.0 1,927.3 1,916.5 1,883.5 1,910.9 1,911.4 1,908.5 1,907.8 1,901.7 -6.1 Automobile dealers........... 1,262.5 1,266.4 1,267.4 1,261.4 1,257.0 1,264.7 1,263.6 1,262.3 1,260.3 1,256.5 -3.8 Furniture and home furnishings stores....................... 533.0 541.6 541.0 545.2 538.0 544.5 545.7 546.3 547.8 549.4 1.6 Electronics and appliance stores....................... 500.7 504.5 502.3 498.1 507.4 514.1 512.6 511.5 509.6 506.8 -2.8 Building material and garden supply stores................ 1,214.0 1,299.4 1,279.4 1,266.9 1,194.7 1,247.3 1,248.7 1,245.8 1,245.7 1,248.3 2.6 Food and beverage stores...... 2,844.2 2,855.5 2,848.8 2,841.0 2,833.6 2,839.9 2,845.3 2,839.7 2,834.8 2,831.7 -3.1 Health and personal care stores....................... 941.8 960.0 955.4 954.8 941.0 957.9 957.1 957.2 956.7 957.0 .3 Gasoline stations............. 892.8 879.8 881.8 879.7 881.4 872.4 871.6 870.3 868.2 868.0 -.2 Clothing and clothing accessories stores........... 1,296.8 1,333.5 1,348.8 1,353.1 1,294.8 1,328.0 1,335.5 1,346.5 1,349.4 1,350.2 .8 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores............. 632.5 618.6 614.0 619.4 642.5 635.8 636.1 635.7 634.6 633.9 -.7 General merchandise stores(1). 2,783.3 2,792.2 2,776.0 2,776.4 2,834.9 2,831.0 2,830.5 2,837.4 2,831.2 2,828.9 -2.3 Department stores............ 1,581.2 1,573.8 1,568.7 1,573.1 1,622.3 1,607.3 1,610.9 1,614.9 1,613.5 1,610.3 -3.2 Miscellaneous store retailers. 929.4 932.7 931.3 928.1 931.9 927.9 925.7 928.4 927.5 926.9 -.6 Nonstore retailers............ 418.8 416.6 417.7 419.1 427.9 427.4 427.4 427.6 427.5 426.7 -.8 Transportation and warehousing. 4,127.7 4,245.2 4,206.3 4,207.1 4,148.4 4,196.5 4,209.9 4,220.9 4,226.8 4,225.4 -1.4 Air transportation............ 518.3 516.1 516.5 514.6 512.4 513.3 514.7 513.8 512.3 510.2 -2.1 Rail transportation........... 214.8 218.3 219.1 217.6 213.8 216.3 216.4 217.3 217.7 217.3 -.4 Water transportation.......... 55.7 53.7 54.7 53.6 52.9 50.6 51.1 51.7 51.8 50.8 -1.0 Truck transportation.......... 1,352.8 1,377.3 1,380.0 1,386.1 1,329.6 1,352.2 1,353.9 1,359.5 1,360.2 1,359.5 -.7 Transit and ground passenger transportation............... 313.0 374.0 314.9 316.7 371.2 372.3 381.5 374.6 373.7 375.5 1.8 Pipeline transportation....... 39.6 38.7 39.2 38.9 39.5 38.1 38.3 38.4 38.5 38.5 .0 Scenic and sightseeing transportation............... 36.4 39.4 40.8 42.0 28.9 31.1 30.6 32.6 33.0 33.3 .3 Support activities for transportation............... 515.6 524.1 528.4 525.5 512.2 519.1 519.5 520.8 522.6 521.3 -1.3 Couriers and messengers....... 560.8 576.0 577.4 574.7 566.7 570.9 572.8 578.2 579.7 580.9 1.2 Warehousing and storage....... 520.7 527.6 535.3 537.4 521.2 532.6 531.1 534.0 537.3 538.1 .8 Utilities...................... 581.8 586.3 587.6 583.4 578.8 582.1 582.3 581.7 581.9 580.2 -1.7 Information..................... 3,189 3,203 3,202 3,179 3,174 3,173 3,177 3,182 3,176 3,166 -10 Publishing industries, except Internet..................... 922.4 918.3 917.6 914.7 922.0 916.3 916.2 916.6 914.3 913.0 -1.3 Motion picture and sound recording industries......... 382.3 408.0 411.2 398.1 369.9 385.7 390.8 394.9 393.5 389.3 -4.2 Broadcasting, except Internet. 325.9 336.3 335.6 335.6 325.5 333.3 335.4 335.5 336.0 336.0 .0 Internet publishing and broadcasting................. 30.3 34.3 34.2 34.5 30.0 32.5 32.9 33.6 33.6 34.0 .4 Telecommunications............ 1,073.9 1,047.5 1,045.5 1,040.2 1,071.3 1,051.9 1,047.3 1,044.8 1,042.6 1,038.1 -4.5 ISPs, search portals, and data processing................... 406.8 408.1 408.0 405.8 407.6 404.0 405.1 406.5 405.7 405.1 -.6 Other information services.... 47.8 50.4 49.8 50.4 47.8 49.6 49.6 50.0 49.8 50.3 .5 Financial activities............ 8,059 8,121 8,111 8,128 7,996 8,015 8,029 8,049 8,039 8,057 18 Finance and insurance.......... 5,953.7 5,991.1 5,981.2 5,983.1 5,936.8 5,943.7 5,946.0 5,960.4 5,948.8 5,957.3 8.5 Monetary authorities - central bank......................... 22.7 21.9 21.9 21.9 22.6 22.3 21.8 21.9 21.7 21.8 .1 Credit intermediation and related activities(1)........ 2,816.1 2,827.1 2,820.5 2,820.5 2,806.0 2,802.1 2,800.8 2,809.9 2,802.3 2,803.6 1.3 Depository credit intermediation(1)........... 1,766.1 1,778.9 1,780.2 1,776.4 1,756.0 1,765.0 1,765.2 1,768.8 1,766.3 1,766.0 -.3 Commercial banking.......... 1,292.4 1,293.5 1,294.0 1,290.5 1,283.9 1,285.0 1,284.2 1,285.9 1,283.4 1,281.7 -1.7 Securities, commodity contracts, investments....... 763.9 791.4 794.4 795.4 758.7 781.0 782.8 787.2 787.2 791.1 3.9 Insurance carriers and related activities................... 2,270.0 2,273.2 2,265.7 2,266.9 2,268.7 2,259.5 2,262.7 2,263.8 2,259.5 2,262.6 3.1 Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles........... 81.0 77.5 78.7 78.4 80.8 78.8 77.9 77.6 78.1 78.2 .1 Real estate and rental and leasing....................... 2,104.8 2,129.8 2,130.1 2,145.0 2,058.8 2,071.6 2,083.1 2,088.1 2,090.6 2,100.1 9.5 Real estate................... 1,416.6 1,444.6 1,448.6 1,450.5 1,386.6 1,409.2 1,418.7 1,418.8 1,420.9 1,423.5 2.6 Rental and leasing services... 659.1 655.6 652.8 666.2 643.4 633.2 635.4 640.5 641.3 648.6 7.3 Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets............ 29.1 29.6 28.7 28.3 28.8 29.2 29.0 28.8 28.4 28.0 -.4 Professional and business services....................... 16,187 16,615 16,648 16,738 15,998 16,363 16,432 16,457 16,504 16,536 32 Professional and technical services(1)................... 6,564.5 6,731.5 6,742.7 6,745.2 6,578.1 6,701.4 6,708.1 6,732.6 6,742.3 6,764.1 21.8 Legal services............... 1,137.8 1,162.3 1,164.3 1,151.6 1,133.8 1,141.9 1,143.3 1,146.3 1,147.8 1,147.1 -.7 Accounting and bookkeeping services.................... 744.7 760.2 755.3 755.4 800.7 818.5 806.3 811.6 813.7 817.0 3.3 Architectural and engineering services.................... 1,242.2 1,280.2 1,286.8 1,289.5 1,222.0 1,254.1 1,258.3 1,261.9 1,263.7 1,267.2 3.5 Computer systems design and related services............ 1,093.9 1,119.8 1,119.9 1,132.6 1,094.5 1,103.5 1,110.1 1,117.7 1,121.5 1,130.9 9.4 Management and technical consulting services......... 750.1 794.5 798.7 801.2 744.2 780.9 785.9 791.4 792.3 796.1 3.8 Management of companies and enterprises................... 1,680.3 1,692.3 1,700.5 1,684.5 1,671.4 1,679.7 1,683.3 1,684.5 1,686.3 1,678.6 -7.7 Administrative and waste services...................... 7,942.3 8,190.9 8,204.8 8,308.1 7,748.1 7,982.3 8,040.1 8,040.0 8,075.0 8,093.7 18.7 Administrative and support services(1).................. 7,615.9 7,859.1 7,871.6 7,974.7 7,427.0 7,657.0 7,715.6 7,713.0 7,747.9 7,766.0 18.1 Employment services(1)....... 3,482.4 3,606.9 3,628.8 3,738.0 3,366.2 3,553.7 3,591.5 3,573.4 3,607.4 3,616.4 9.0 Temporary help services..... 2,351.1 2,477.8 2,479.3 2,561.8 2,262.3 2,423.8 2,451.7 2,449.4 2,453.9 2,463.7 9.8 Business support services.... 741.0 752.5 747.6 742.7 748.7 748.6 751.2 754.0 751.1 750.2 -.9 Services to buildings and dwellings................... 1,724.0 1,796.0 1,796.5 1,785.3 1,648.4 1,674.5 1,686.0 1,694.1 1,694.3 1,696.6 2.3 Waste management and remediation services......... 326.4 331.8 333.2 333.4 321.1 325.3 324.5 327.0 327.1 327.7 .6 Education and health services... 16,232 16,715 16,620 16,595 16,591 16,854 16,871 16,897 16,913 16,958 45 Educational services........... 2,344.5 2,516.0 2,430.9 2,395.7 2,673.9 2,740.8 2,731.1 2,727.4 2,731.8 2,734.4 2.6 Health care and social assistance....................13,887.9 14,199.3 14,189.4 14,199.5 13,916.8 14,113.1 14,140.1 14,169.8 14,181.0 14,223.4 42.4 Ambulatory health care services(1).................. 4,800.2 4,926.2 4,932.1 4,940.4 4,791.9 4,883.6 4,896.8 4,909.6 4,922.8 4,934.2 11.4 Offices of physicians........ 2,012.6 2,057.0 2,060.1 2,064.1 2,007.1 2,046.1 2,049.6 2,053.9 2,056.4 2,059.1 2.7 Outpatient care centers...... 423.5 436.3 439.0 439.3 423.5 432.2 435.1 436.0 438.2 439.2 1.0 Home health care services.... 732.1 759.7 758.4 759.6 733.7 748.4 751.7 754.2 757.9 760.0 2.1 Hospitals..................... 4,264.3 4,324.9 4,337.5 4,338.5 4,260.2 4,305.1 4,315.4 4,318.3 4,323.4 4,331.4 8.0 Nursing and residential care facilities(1)................ 2,792.1 2,816.0 2,819.7 2,821.5 2,784.7 2,802.8 2,806.3 2,809.0 2,812.8 2,816.2 3.4 Nursing care facilities...... 1,583.0 1,589.1 1,590.5 1,591.9 1,580.6 1,584.0 1,585.3 1,586.5 1,587.6 1,588.8 1.2 Social assistance(1).......... 2,031.3 2,132.2 2,100.1 2,099.1 2,080.0 2,121.6 2,121.6 2,132.9 2,122.0 2,141.6 19.6 Child day care services...... 721.5 776.5 742.1 748.2 764.5 777.6 777.1 786.0 790.3 794.9 4.6 Leisure and hospitality......... 12,705 12,892 12,944 12,893 12,117 12,303 12,331 12,339 12,340 12,346 6 Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................... 2,053.7 2,031.3 2,073.1 2,032.6 1,795.0 1,791.1 1,793.1 1,792.0 1,786.1 1,787.3 1.2 Performing arts and spectator sports....................... 394.3 380.5 378.2 378.3 366.7 361.4 358.8 359.3 353.8 353.6 -.2 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks.............. 122.4 124.6 128.2 127.0 114.5 114.6 115.6 116.1 117.0 117.6 .6 Amusements, gambling, and recreation................... 1,537.0 1,526.2 1,566.7 1,527.3 1,313.8 1,315.1 1,318.7 1,316.6 1,315.3 1,316.1 .8 Accommodations and food services......................10,651.4 10,860.6 10,871.1 10,860.5 10,321.8 10,511.8 10,537.9 10,546.7 10,554.3 10,558.8 4.5 Accommodations................ 1,897.5 1,854.2 1,905.3 1,897.0 1,755.0 1,758.5 1,758.5 1,764.7 1,762.3 1,763.4 1.1 Food services and drinking places....................... 8,753.9 9,006.4 8,965.8 8,963.5 8,566.8 8,753.3 8,779.4 8,782.0 8,792.0 8,795.4 3.4 Other services.................. 5,428 5,477 5,472 5,451 5,396 5,404 5,407 5,418 5,413 5,418 5 Repair and maintenance........ 1,246.7 1,243.7 1,242.6 1,236.7 1,242.4 1,238.2 1,237.7 1,235.1 1,234.8 1,232.7 -2.1 Personal and laundry services. 1,261.4 1,283.6 1,269.8 1,272.0 1,257.3 1,260.5 1,265.5 1,268.4 1,264.5 1,267.0 2.5 Membership associations and organizations................ 2,919.8 2,949.6 2,959.2 2,942.4 2,895.9 2,904.8 2,903.7 2,914.9 2,913.6 2,918.0 4.4 Government...................... 20,392 21,513 20,430 20,397 21,580 21,572 21,544 21,528 21,541 21,565 24 Federal........................ 2,762 2,726 2,735 2,733 2,750 2,727 2,712 2,716 2,712 2,718 6 Federal, except U.S. Postal Service...................... 1,958.0 1,943.9 1,951.5 1,950.6 1,942.2 1,939.5 1,925.7 1,930.5 1,925.6 1,933.6 8.0 U.S. Postal Service........... 804.0 781.8 783.2 782.0 808.0 787.3 786.5 785.4 786.8 784.0 -2.8 State government............... 4,740 4,817 4,756 4,762 4,997 5,019 5,004 5,004 5,021 5,030 9 State government education.... 1,980.4 2,048.3 1,973.4 1,986.7 2,258.7 2,278.3 2,261.4 2,257.8 2,271.2 2,275.3 4.1 State government, excluding education.................... 2,759.7 2,768.7 2,782.7 2,775.1 2,738.2 2,740.6 2,742.8 2,746.1 2,749.5 2,754.2 4.7 Local government............... 12,890 13,970 12,939 12,902 13,833 13,826 13,828 13,808 13,808 13,817 9 Local government education.... 6,647.8 7,698.1 6,602.3 6,626.8 7,742.4 7,710.9 7,710.2 7,695.1 7,693.0 7,697.1 4.1 Local government, excluding education.................... 6,241.7 6,271.8 6,336.4 6,275.3 6,090.1 6,115.4 6,117.9 6,113.3 6,115.1 6,119.4 4.3 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Change Industry Aug. June July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. from: 2003 2004 2004p 2004p 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004p 2004p July 2004- Aug. 2004p Total private......................... 33.9 33.7 33.9 34.2 33.6 33.7 33.8 33.6 33.8 33.8 0.0 Goods-producing........................... 40.1 40.2 40.0 40.4 39.7 40.0 40.3 40.0 40.2 40.1 -.1 Natural resources and mining.................. 44.1 44.5 44.4 44.6 43.6 44.3 44.2 43.9 44.1 44.2 .1 Construction.................................. 39.5 38.6 39.2 39.1 38.5 38.2 38.3 38.1 38.4 38.1 -.3 Manufacturing................................. 40.2 41.0 40.3 40.8 40.2 40.7 41.1 40.8 40.9 40.9 .0 Overtime hours............................. 4.2 4.6 4.4 4.6 4.1 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 .0 Durable goods................................ 40.6 41.5 40.6 41.3 40.5 41.2 41.6 41.2 41.4 41.4 .0 Overtime hours............................. 4.3 4.8 4.4 4.7 4.2 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.7 .0 Wood products............................... 40.7 41.1 40.8 41.3 40.4 41.0 41.4 40.5 40.8 40.9 .1 Nonmetallic mineral products................ 42.7 42.5 42.5 42.8 42.1 42.3 42.0 41.8 42.1 42.2 .1 Primary metals.............................. 41.6 43.7 42.5 43.3 41.9 43.1 43.4 43.5 43.5 43.6 .1 Fabricated metal products................... 40.5 41.2 40.7 41.0 40.5 41.0 41.3 41.0 41.2 41.1 -.1 Machinery................................... 40.5 42.2 41.5 41.5 40.7 41.6 42.3 42.0 42.2 42.0 -.2 Computer and electronic products............ 40.8 40.6 40.3 40.8 41.0 40.5 40.8 40.5 40.9 40.9 .0 Electrical equipment and appliances......... 40.3 41.1 40.3 40.6 40.6 40.8 41.6 40.8 40.9 40.8 -.1 Transportation equipment.................... 40.9 42.7 40.4 42.1 40.7 42.4 42.8 42.3 42.4 42.4 .0 Furniture and related products.............. 39.4 39.8 39.3 40.0 39.1 39.5 40.0 39.7 39.5 39.7 .2 Miscellaneous manufacturing................. 38.1 38.4 38.1 38.4 38.1 38.3 38.9 38.4 38.7 38.5 -.2 Nondurable goods............................. 39.7 40.2 39.8 40.2 39.6 40.0 40.3 40.1 40.1 40.2 .1 Overtime hours............................. 4.1 4.4 4.4 4.5 3.9 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 .0 Food manufacturing.......................... 39.6 39.4 39.3 39.5 39.2 39.1 39.6 39.4 39.3 39.2 -.1 Beverages and tobacco products.............. 39.1 39.2 39.3 39.8 38.8 39.6 39.2 38.7 39.1 39.5 .4 Textile mills............................... 38.7 40.4 39.9 40.5 38.7 39.5 40.3 40.3 40.6 40.6 .0 Textile product mills....................... 40.1 39.4 38.0 39.0 40.0 38.3 38.8 38.9 38.6 38.9 .3 Apparel..................................... 34.8 36.3 35.8 36.4 34.8 35.9 36.1 35.9 36.1 36.4 .3 Leather and allied products................. 38.7 38.2 36.1 37.5 38.9 39.1 38.4 38.0 37.2 37.6 .4 Paper and paper products.................... 41.0 41.9 41.9 42.7 41.2 41.9 42.6 42.0 42.5 43.0 .5 Printing and related support activities..... 38.1 38.2 38.3 38.5 38.0 38.4 38.6 38.5 38.7 38.5 -.2 Petroleum and coal products................. 43.9 45.2 46.0 46.5 44.4 43.9 45.0 45.0 45.0 47.1 2.1 Chemicals................................... 42.2 42.7 42.2 42.7 42.3 43.0 42.9 42.6 42.8 42.9 .1 Plastics and rubber products................ 40.1 41.1 39.7 40.1 40.3 40.7 40.9 40.8 40.5 40.4 -.1 Private service-providing................ 32.6 32.3 32.5 32.9 32.3 32.3 32.4 32.3 32.4 32.4 .0 Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 33.9 33.5 33.8 34.1 33.5 33.5 33.5 33.3 33.4 33.5 .1 Wholesale trade.............................. 38.0 37.6 37.7 38.1 37.9 38.0 37.8 37.6 37.8 37.7 -.1 Retail trade................................. 31.4 30.8 31.2 31.4 30.9 30.7 30.7 30.5 30.6 30.7 .1 Transportation and warehousing............... 37.0 37.0 37.1 37.7 36.9 36.9 37.3 36.9 37.0 37.0 .0 Utilities.................................... 41.0 41.3 40.4 40.6 41.0 41.2 41.3 41.1 40.8 40.9 .1 Information................................... 36.4 36.6 36.3 36.8 36.2 36.3 36.4 36.5 36.3 36.5 .2 Financial activities.......................... 35.4 35.3 35.4 36.1 35.5 35.6 35.8 35.5 35.6 35.5 -.1 Professional and business services............ 34.1 34.0 34.1 34.7 33.9 34.1 34.2 33.9 34.2 34.2 .0 Education and health services................. 32.4 32.4 32.6 33.0 32.4 32.4 32.5 32.5 32.6 32.7 .1 Leisure and hospitality....................... 26.3 25.9 26.3 26.5 25.5 25.7 25.7 25.7 25.6 25.5 -.1 Other services................................ 31.5 31.0 31.2 31.3 31.3 31.1 31.2 31.0 31.1 31.1 .0 1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings Industry Aug. June July Aug. Aug. June July Aug. 2003 2004 2004p 2004p 2003 2004 2004p 2004p Total private........................... $15.31 $15.57 $15.60 $15.70 $519.01 $524.71 $528.84 $536.94 Seasonally adjusted.................... 15.41 15.66 15.72 15.77 517.78 526.18 531.34 533.03 Goods-producing............................. 16.92 17.14 17.18 17.27 678.49 689.03 687.20 697.71 Natural resources and mining.................... 17.52 18.18 18.08 18.09 772.63 809.01 802.75 806.81 Construction.................................... 19.08 19.12 19.26 19.32 753.66 738.03 754.99 755.41 Manufacturing................................... 15.76 16.09 16.04 16.16 633.55 659.69 646.41 659.33 Durable goods.................................. 16.48 16.75 16.61 16.83 669.09 695.13 674.37 695.08 Wood products................................. 12.77 12.98 13.03 13.00 519.74 533.48 531.62 536.90 Nonmetallic mineral products.................. 15.81 16.24 16.36 16.19 675.09 690.20 695.30 692.93 Primary metals................................ 18.13 18.51 18.63 18.52 754.21 808.89 791.78 801.92 Fabricated metal products..................... 15.04 15.23 15.26 15.25 609.12 627.48 621.08 625.25 Machinery..................................... 16.32 16.56 16.68 16.72 660.96 698.83 692.22 693.88 Computer and electronic products.............. 16.81 17.21 17.35 17.44 685.85 698.73 699.21 711.55 Electrical equipment and appliances........... 14.45 14.88 14.88 15.03 582.34 611.57 599.66 610.22 Transportation equipment...................... 21.29 21.36 20.76 21.44 870.76 912.07 838.70 902.62 Furniture and related products................ 13.04 13.10 13.11 13.25 513.78 521.38 515.22 530.00 Miscellaneous manufacturing................... 13.27 13.81 13.89 13.87 505.59 530.30 529.21 532.61 Nondurable goods............................... 14.65 15.03 15.14 15.10 581.61 604.21 602.57 607.02 Food manufacturing............................ 12.80 13.00 13.04 12.95 506.88 512.20 512.47 511.53 Beverages and tobacco products................ 17.75 19.39 19.30 19.05 694.03 760.09 758.49 758.19 Textile mills................................. 11.95 12.15 12.06 12.09 462.47 490.86 481.19 489.65 Textile product mills......................... 11.46 11.29 11.49 11.44 459.55 444.83 436.62 446.16 Apparel....................................... 9.75 9.60 9.76 9.71 339.30 348.48 349.41 353.44 Leather and allied products................... 11.67 11.59 11.68 11.71 451.63 442.74 421.65 439.13 Paper and paper products...................... 17.33 17.86 17.91 17.79 710.53 748.33 750.43 759.63 Printing and related support activities....... 15.36 15.54 15.68 15.85 585.22 593.63 600.54 610.23 Petroleum and coal products................... 22.96 24.24 24.35 24.42 1007.94 1095.65 1120.10 1135.53 Chemicals..................................... 18.60 19.20 19.37 19.31 784.92 819.84 817.41 824.54 Plastics and rubber products.................. 14.27 14.59 14.69 14.70 572.23 599.65 583.19 589.47 Private service-providing.................. 14.88 15.14 15.18 15.27 485.09 489.02 493.35 502.38 Trade, transportation, and utilities............ 14.32 14.61 14.64 14.68 485.45 489.44 494.83 500.59 Wholesale trade................................ 17.35 17.58 17.67 17.70 659.30 661.01 666.16 674.37 Retail trade................................... 11.89 12.09 12.08 12.10 373.35 372.37 376.90 379.94 Transportation and warehousing................. 16.33 16.80 16.88 17.02 604.21 621.60 626.25 641.65 Utilities...................................... 24.81 25.33 25.61 25.28 1017.21 1046.13 1034.64 1026.37 Information..................................... 21.11 21.18 21.29 21.44 768.40 775.19 772.83 788.99 Financial activities............................ 17.34 17.38 17.46 17.65 613.84 613.51 618.08 637.17 Professional and business services.............. 17.00 17.28 17.33 17.51 579.70 587.52 590.95 607.60 Education and health services................... 15.68 16.06 16.19 16.18 508.03 520.34 527.79 533.94 Leisure and hospitality......................... 8.68 8.78 8.79 8.82 228.28 227.40 231.18 233.73 Other services.................................. 13.75 13.82 13.80 13.88 433.13 428.42 430.56 434.44 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 Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. change from: 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004p 2004p July 2004- Aug. 2004p Total private: Current dollars........................ $15.41 $15.59 $15.63 $15.66 $15.72 $15.77 0.3 Constant (1982) dollars(2)............. 8.28 8.25 8.21 8.20 8.24 N.A. (3) Goods-producing............................. 16.86 17.13 17.13 17.16 17.19 17.24 .3 Natural resources and mining.................... 17.62 18.08 18.10 18.24 18.16 18.18 .1 Construction.................................... 19.01 19.20 19.20 19.19 19.22 19.24 .1 Manufacturing................................... 15.79 16.08 16.08 16.13 16.15 16.22 .4 Excluding overtime(4)........................ 15.02 15.24 15.23 15.27 15.29 15.36 .5 Durable goods.................................. 16.50 16.75 16.75 16.78 16.80 16.88 .5 Nondurable goods............................... 14.68 15.00 15.02 15.08 15.11 15.17 .4 Private service-providing.................. 15.02 15.17 15.23 15.26 15.32 15.38 .4 Trade, transportation, and utilities............ 14.40 14.57 14.61 14.65 14.71 14.74 .2 Wholesale trade................................ 17.43 17.60 17.63 17.67 17.73 17.71 -.1 Retail trade................................... 11.95 12.01 12.06 12.10 12.14 12.17 .2 Transportation and warehousing................. 16.33 16.71 16.75 16.82 16.90 17.03 .8 Utilities...................................... 24.99 25.67 25.46 25.44 25.66 25.48 -.7 Information..................................... 21.22 21.29 21.42 21.30 21.43 21.54 .5 Financial activities............................ 17.39 17.46 17.49 17.50 17.58 17.62 .2 Professional and business services.............. 17.20 17.29 17.36 17.42 17.46 17.60 .8 Education and health services................... 15.69 15.99 16.06 16.12 16.19 16.21 .1 Leisure and hospitality......................... 8.77 8.86 8.86 8.85 8.88 8.90 .2 Other services.................................. 13.82 13.84 13.85 13.88 13.90 13.92 .1 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. 3 Change was 0.5 percent from June 2004 to July 2004, the latest month available. 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half. N.A. = not available. p = preliminary. 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 Aug. June July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. change from: 2003 2004 2004p 2004p 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004p 2004p July 2004- Aug. 2004p Total private......................... 100.0 101.2 101.8 102.8 98.2 99.5 100.2 99.7 100.4 100.6 0.2 Goods-producing........................... 98.0 99.0 98.8 100.4 94.9 96.2 97.4 96.7 97.4 97.4 .0 Natural resources and mining.................. 100.1 104.3 105.9 107.1 96.6 102.2 102.9 101.7 102.9 103.6 .7 Construction.................................. 106.9 105.6 109.1 109.2 98.6 99.8 100.6 100.2 101.3 100.7 -.6 Manufacturing................................. 93.8 96.0 93.9 95.8 93.2 94.2 95.5 94.8 95.2 95.5 .3 Durable goods................................ 93.3 96.9 93.9 96.5 92.8 94.8 96.2 95.4 96.0 96.5 .5 Wood products............................... 98.9 102.7 102.1 103.6 96.3 99.7 101.5 99.7 100.4 100.7 .3 Nonmetallic mineral products................ 97.4 100.1 100.2 101.2 93.3 96.3 96.5 96.1 97.0 97.2 .2 Primary metals.............................. 90.7 94.9 91.4 93.4 90.9 92.4 93.4 94.1 94.0 94.0 .0 Fabricated metal products................... 94.0 98.7 97.2 98.1 93.9 96.9 98.3 97.5 98.4 98.3 -.1 Machinery................................... 91.7 98.6 96.6 96.7 92.8 95.8 97.9 97.5 99.0 98.7 -.3 Computer and electronic products............ 91.9 92.2 92.2 93.6 92.7 90.0 91.7 91.4 93.3 93.6 .3 Electrical equipment and appliances......... 89.9 90.2 89.1 89.4 90.5 88.5 90.7 89.4 90.4 90.2 -.2 Transportation equipment.................... 93.2 97.9 88.7 97.2 92.6 96.8 97.5 96.5 95.5 97.6 2.2 Furniture and related products.............. 93.6 96.3 95.2 96.2 92.5 95.0 96.2 95.2 94.8 95.1 .3 Miscellaneous manufacturing................. 91.8 92.3 91.2 91.3 91.7 90.9 92.6 91.4 92.3 91.6 -.8 Nondurable goods............................. 94.7 94.5 93.7 95.1 93.4 93.3 94.2 93.6 93.8 93.9 .1 Food manufacturing.......................... 102.0 97.6 99.5 101.2 98.4 97.1 98.7 98.1 98.2 97.8 -.4 Beverages and tobacco products.............. 90.7 92.1 94.8 95.3 87.1 89.1 89.3 89.4 90.4 90.1 -.3 Textile mills............................... 81.9 80.1 77.7 79.3 81.6 77.7 79.2 78.9 79.7 79.6 -.1 Textile product mills....................... 90.2 95.8 91.5 93.2 88.5 92.3 94.3 92.9 92.1 92.5 .4 Apparel..................................... 77.2 78.0 73.2 75.5 77.3 76.7 76.5 74.9 74.7 75.3 .8 Leather and allied products................. 89.9 91.2 85.3 85.1 90.6 90.3 90.2 87.8 86.9 85.0 -2.2 Paper and paper products.................... 91.5 91.2 91.5 93.6 91.3 91.2 92.8 90.9 92.6 93.8 1.3 Printing and related support activities..... 94.9 94.2 94.0 94.2 94.4 93.4 94.1 94.2 94.2 93.6 -.6 Petroleum and coal products................. 99.2 108.5 111.6 113.8 97.8 99.6 103.7 105.3 106.0 111.6 5.3 Chemicals................................... 98.5 100.0 98.7 99.6 98.9 99.6 99.6 99.0 99.7 100.1 .4 Plastics and rubber products................ 94.1 97.0 92.8 94.1 94.2 94.7 95.6 95.4 95.0 94.5 -.5 Private service-providing................ 100.8 101.8 102.5 103.7 99.3 100.4 101.0 100.9 101.3 101.4 .1 Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 99.2 99.6 100.3 101.0 98.2 99.0 99.2 98.8 99.1 99.3 .2 Wholesale trade.............................. 98.3 98.4 99.1 100.2 97.7 98.4 98.3 97.9 98.7 98.5 -.2 Retail trade................................. 100.4 99.6 100.7 101.2 99.0 99.0 99.1 98.7 98.8 99.1 .3 Transportation and warehousing............... 97.7 101.2 100.3 101.9 98.1 99.7 101.1 100.4 100.7 100.8 .1 Utilities.................................... 98.3 99.0 97.0 96.5 97.6 98.3 98.5 97.7 96.9 96.5 -.4 Information................................... 97.9 101.6 101.3 102.5 97.0 98.7 99.9 100.6 100.3 101.2 .9 Financial activities.......................... 102.3 102.4 102.7 105.0 101.6 101.6 102.3 101.9 102.0 102.1 .1 Professional and business services............ 100.0 102.7 103.4 106.0 98.2 101.1 102.1 101.4 102.7 103.0 .3 Education and health services................. 99.3 101.9 102.1 103.1 101.6 102.7 103.2 103.3 103.8 104.3 .5 Leisure and hospitality....................... 107.8 107.7 110.0 110.2 99.4 101.6 101.8 101.9 101.5 101.1 -.4 Other services................................ 98.2 97.7 98.3 98.3 97.0 96.4 96.8 96.6 96.6 96.9 .3 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production or nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Percent Industry Aug. June July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. change from: 2003 2004 2004p 2004p 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004p 2004p July 2004- Aug. 2004p Total private......................... 102.5 105.4 106.3 108.0 101.3 103.8 104.7 104.5 105.6 106.2 0.6 Goods-producing........................... 101.6 103.9 103.9 106.2 97.9 100.9 102.1 101.6 102.5 102.8 .3 Natural resources and mining.................. 102.0 110.3 111.4 112.7 99.0 107.4 108.3 107.9 108.7 109.5 .7 Construction.................................. 110.2 109.1 113.5 113.9 101.2 103.5 104.3 103.9 105.1 104.7 -.4 Manufacturing................................. 96.7 101.0 98.5 101.3 96.3 99.1 100.4 100.0 100.6 101.3 .7 Durable goods................................ 96.0 101.3 97.4 101.4 95.6 99.2 100.6 100.0 100.7 101.7 1.0 Nondurable goods............................. 98.0 100.3 100.2 101.4 96.9 98.9 100.0 99.8 100.2 100.7 .5 Private service-providing................ 103.0 105.9 106.8 108.8 102.4 104.6 105.6 105.7 106.6 107.1 .5 Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 101.4 103.8 104.7 105.8 100.9 102.9 103.4 103.2 104.0 104.5 .5 Wholesale trade.............................. 100.5 101.9 103.2 104.4 100.3 102.0 102.1 101.9 103.1 102.8 -.3 Retail trade................................. 102.3 103.2 104.3 104.9 101.4 101.9 102.5 102.3 102.9 103.4 .5 Transportation and warehousing............... 101.2 107.9 107.5 110.0 101.7 105.6 107.4 107.1 108.0 108.9 .8 Utilities.................................... 101.8 104.6 103.7 101.9 101.8 105.4 104.7 103.7 103.8 102.7 -1.1 Information................................... 102.3 106.5 106.7 108.8 101.9 104.0 105.9 106.1 106.4 107.9 1.4 Financial activities.......................... 109.7 110.0 110.8 114.6 109.3 109.6 110.6 110.3 110.9 111.3 .4 Professional and business services............ 101.2 105.6 106.6 110.4 100.5 104.0 105.4 105.1 106.7 107.9 1.1 Education and health services................. 102.4 107.6 108.6 109.6 104.8 108.0 109.0 109.5 110.5 111.2 .6 Leisure and hospitality....................... 109.1 110.3 112.7 113.3 101.7 105.0 105.1 105.1 105.1 104.9 -.2 Other services................................ 98.4 98.4 98.9 99.5 97.6 97.2 97.7 97.7 97.9 98.3 .4 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted (Percent) Time span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries(1) Over 1-month span: 2000 .............. 61.9 62.9 63.3 59.5 46.9 61.7 63.1 52.5 51.1 53.4 56.8 53.8 2001 .............. 52.2 47.8 50.4 34.4 41.4 39.2 37.1 38.8 38.3 32.4 36.7 34.9 2002 .............. 40.1 35.1 41.0 41.5 41.7 47.8 44.1 44.1 42.8 39.0 38.7 34.5 2003 .............. 41.2 35.1 38.1 41.4 42.8 40.1 40.5 39.7 49.3 46.0 51.1 49.1 2004 .............. 52.3 56.1 68.7 67.6 63.8 60.6 p54.9 p54.5 Over 3-month span: 2000 .............. 69.2 66.2 67.8 68.3 60.1 58.1 56.3 61.5 56.5 53.2 52.9 56.8 2001 .............. 52.7 50.4 50.4 43.5 38.8 34.9 36.2 37.9 34.7 35.3 30.8 32.0 2002 .............. 34.0 37.4 35.1 36.2 36.7 39.4 39.9 40.8 38.7 37.1 34.4 34.7 2003 .............. 36.5 32.6 36.3 35.1 40.5 42.6 37.4 35.4 40.1 45.5 50.5 51.1 2004 .............. 54.0 55.2 62.8 70.0 74.5 68.7 p64.4 p57.9 Over 6-month span: 2000 .............. 67.3 69.1 72.5 72.5 67.4 67.8 66.7 60.8 59.0 55.0 59.7 54.0 2001 .............. 51.8 50.0 51.8 47.3 43.5 41.5 38.1 35.4 32.2 33.1 31.5 31.1 2002 .............. 29.5 30.0 31.1 31.1 31.7 37.1 37.2 39.0 34.7 36.5 35.3 33.3 2003 .............. 33.6 31.1 31.7 31.7 33.5 37.8 36.2 36.5 40.5 39.4 42.6 41.7 2004 .............. 48.9 54.1 59.5 64.7 67.8 71.2 p68.2 p71.9 Over 12-month span: 2000 .............. 70.9 69.2 73.2 71.0 69.8 71.0 70.0 70.3 70.3 65.6 63.8 62.1 2001 .............. 59.5 59.5 53.4 49.3 48.6 45.0 43.3 43.9 39.9 37.8 37.1 34.9 2002 .............. 33.6 31.7 30.2 30.4 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 36.2 34.4 34.7 33.1 37.6 37.4 33.1 35.4 2004 .............. 37.8 43.2 47.3 50.7 54.9 60.3 p64.4 p62.2 Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries(1) Over 1-month span: 2000 .............. 48.2 58.3 50.0 50.0 41.1 57.1 60.7 28.6 25.0 35.1 39.9 41.1 2001 .............. 22.6 22.0 21.4 16.1 15.5 23.2 13.7 14.3 19.0 17.9 14.9 10.1 2002 .............. 21.4 18.5 23.8 35.1 29.8 32.7 40.5 28.0 31.0 11.9 15.5 17.9 2003 .............. 26.2 15.5 22.6 13.7 26.2 25.0 28.0 26.2 27.4 28.6 51.2 45.8 2004 .............. 42.9 55.4 60.1 66.1 64.9 52.4 p60.1 p51.8 Over 3-month span: 2000 .............. 53.6 53.6 56.0 54.8 44.0 44.0 51.2 47.6 32.7 25.0 23.2 38.7 2001 .............. 35.7 21.4 16.1 14.3 13.1 13.7 11.9 8.9 8.3 13.1 8.9 10.1 2002 .............. 9.5 10.1 11.3 17.9 17.3 19.0 28.0 22.0 23.8 15.5 6.5 4.8 2003 .............. 13.7 13.1 16.7 10.1 13.1 14.9 16.1 16.1 16.1 24.4 27.4 41.7 2004 .............. 48.8 51.8 59.5 66.1 71.4 65.5 p67.3 p57.1 Over 6-month span: 2000 .............. 44.0 52.4 55.4 57.7 47.6 51.8 56.0 45.2 39.3 34.5 32.1 27.4 2001 .............. 22.0 23.8 22.0 20.8 14.3 13.7 14.3 10.1 10.7 5.4 7.1 4.8 2002 .............. 6.5 8.9 7.7 8.3 7.7 14.3 14.9 10.7 12.5 10.1 8.9 8.9 2003 .............. 11.3 9.5 6.0 7.1 8.9 13.1 8.9 13.1 13.1 16.7 19.0 19.6 2004 .............. 28.6 36.9 46.4 56.5 61.3 64.9 p67.3 p68.5 Over 12-month span: 2000 .............. 41.7 39.3 47.0 50.0 46.4 52.4 51.8 49.4 46.4 40.5 35.1 33.3 2001 .............. 29.8 32.1 20.8 19.0 13.1 12.5 10.7 11.9 11.9 10.1 8.3 6.0 2002 .............. 7.1 6.0 6.0 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 5.4 8.3 9.5 9.5 9.5 10.7 11.9 9.5 11.3 2004 .............. 9.5 19.0 16.7 26.2 29.8 40.5 p49.4 p50.0 1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. p = preliminary. NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.