Technical information: Household data: (202) 691-6378 USDL 03-467 http://www.bls.gov/cps/ Establishment data: 691-6555 Transmission of material in this release is http://www.bls.gov/ces/ embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EDT), Media contact: 691-5902 Friday, September 5, 2003. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: AUGUST 2003 Total nonfarm payroll employment declined by 93,000 in August, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 6.1 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Job losses continued in manufacturing, information, and other sectors, while health care and construction added jobs. The widespread electrical power failure in the Northeast and Midwest occurred late in the afternoon of Thursday, August 14, forcing many businesses to shut down for a period of time during the survey reference periods. Because of the way employment is defined in the two surveys, however, it is likely that the blackout had little effect on the August employment counts. Unemployment (Household Survey Data) Both the number of unemployed persons (8.9 million) and the unemployment rate (6.1 percent) were essentially unchanged over the month. Unemployment rates for the major worker groups--adult men (5.8 percent), adult women (5.2 percent), teenagers (16.6 percent), whites (5.4 percent), blacks (10.9 per- cent), and Hispanics or Latinos (7.8 percent)--showed little or no change in August. The unemployment rate for Asians was 5.9 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) In August, 1.9 million persons had been unemployed for 27 weeks or more. They represented 21.8 percent of all unemployed persons, about the same as in July. (See table A-9.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) The number of employed persons (137.6 million) was little changed over the month. Both the employment-population ratio (62.1 percent) and the labor force participation rate (66.2 percent) were unchanged. (See table A-1.) Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) In August, nearly 1.7 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force, 209,000 higher than a year earlier. These individuals wanted and were available to work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed, however, because they did not actively search for work in the 4 weeks pre- ceding the survey. Of the 1.7 million, 503,000 were discouraged workers-- persons who were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them. The number of discouraged workers - 2 - Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) ______________________________________________________________________________ | Quarterly | | | averages | Monthly data | |_________________|__________________________|July- Category | 2003 | 2003 |Aug. |_________________|__________________________|change | I | II | June | July | Aug. | _________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ HOUSEHOLD DATA | Labor force status |____________________________________________________ Civilian labor force.....| 145,829| 146,685| 147,096| 146,540| 146,530| -10 Employment.............| 137,430| 137,638| 137,738| 137,478| 137,625| 147 Unemployment...........| 8,399| 9,047| 9,358| 9,062| 8,905| -157 Not in labor force.......| 74,280| 74,090| 73,918| 74,712| 74,977| 265 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Unemployment rates |____________________________________________________ All workers..............| 5.8| 6.2| 6.4| 6.2| 6.1| -0.1 Adult men..............| 5.4| 5.9| 6.1| 5.9| 5.8| -.1 Adult women............| 4.9| 5.1| 5.2| 5.2| 5.2| .0 Teenagers..............| 17.2| 18.6| 19.3| 18.4| 16.6| -1.8 White..................| 5.1| 5.4| 5.5| 5.5| 5.4| -.1 Black or African | | | | | | American.............| 10.3| 11.2| 11.8| 11.1| 10.9| -.2 Hispanic or Latino | | | | | | ethnicity............| 7.7| 8.0| 8.4| 8.2| 7.8| -.4 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ ESTABLISHMENT DATA | Employment |____________________________________________________ Nonfarm employment.......| 130,225| 129,984| 129,903|p129,854|p129,761| p-93 Goods-producing 1/.....| 22,213| 22,093| 22,061| p22,003| p21,977| p-26 Construction.........| 6,719| 6,782| 6,800| p6,803| p6,822| p19 Manufacturing........| 14,926| 14,744| 14,692| p14,633| p14,589| p-44 Service-providing 1/...| 108,012| 107,891| 107,842|p107,851|p107,784| p-67 Retail trade.........| 14,997| 14,981| 14,964| p14,963| p14,959| p-4 Professional and | | | | | | business services..| 16,013| 15,999| 16,006| p16,052| p16,024| p-28 Education and health | | | | | | services...........| 16,429| 16,498| 16,503| p16,501| p16,525| p24 Leisure and | | | | | | hospitality........| 12,089| 12,036| 12,039| p12,047| p12,052| p5 Government...........| 21,570| 21,495| 21,476| p21,483| p21,457| p-26 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Hours of work 2/ |____________________________________________________ Total private............| 33.8| 33.7| 33.7| p33.6| p33.6| p0.0 Manufacturing..........| 40.4| 40.2| 40.3| p40.1| p40.1| p.0 Overtime.............| 4.3| 4.0| 4.0| p4.0| p4.1| p.1 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 2/ |____________________________________________________ | 99.1| 98.7| 98.7| p98.3| p98.2| p-0.1 Total private............|________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Earnings 2/ |____________________________________________________ Avg. hourly earnings, | | | | | | total private..........| $15.27| $15.34| $15.38| p$15.43| p$15.45| p$0.02 Avg. weekly earnings, | | | | | | total private..........| 515.50| 517.07| 518.31| p518.45| p519.12| p.67 _____________________________________________________________|________|_______ 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately. 2 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers. p=preliminary. - 3 - has risen by 125,000 over the year. The other 1.2 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 declined (-93,000) in August to 129.8 million. Over the month, job losses continued in the manufacturing and information sectors. Health care and construction added jobs. (See table B-1.) The number of factory jobs decreased by 44,000 in August. Since July 2000, manufacturing employment has declined continuously, shedding nearly 16 percent of its jobs. In August, wood products, machinery, apparel, and electrical equipment and appliances each lost 5,000 jobs. Employment declined by 12,000 in the textile industries. Employment in the information sector fell by 16,000 over the month. Since its recent peak in March 2001, the number of jobs in this sector has declined by 459,000, or about 12 percent. Telecommunications employment has declined continuously since March 2001 and fell by 7,000 over the month. Professional and business services employment edged down in August. Within this sector, management of companies and enterprises lost 10,000 jobs. Computer systems design lost 8,000 workers over the month. Since peaking in March 2001, employment in this industry has declined by 232,000. Temporary help employment continued to trend up, although the increases in July and August were notably smaller than the gains in May and June. Employment continued to decline in wholesale trade. Since its most recent peak in March 2000, wholesale trade employment has decreased by 423,000. Retail trade employment was little changed in August. Employ- ment in transportation and warehousing also showed little change over the month. Government employment peaked in February and has decreased by 131,000 since then. A gain of 25,000 jobs in health care and social assistance in August was about in line with its average monthly employment increase over the prior 12 months. Ambulatory services (such as doctors' offices and out- patient clinics) and hospitals each added 11,000 jobs in August. Construction employment edged up over the month. Since February, the industry has added an average of 20,000 jobs per month. In August, gains occurred in heavy construction and in specialty trades, both of which have increased employment recently. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged in August at 33.6 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek also was unchanged at 40.1 hours. Manufacturing overtime ticked up by 0.1 hour to 4.1 hours. (See table B-2.) - 4 - The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls edged down in August to 98.2 (2002=100). The man- ufacturing index decreased by 0.2 percent over the month to 93.8. (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 2 cents in August to $15.45, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings were up by 0.1 percent over the month to $519.12. Over the year, average hourly earnings grew by 2.9 percent and average weekly earnings increased by 2.0 percent. (See table B-3.) ______________________________ The Employment Situation for September 2003 is scheduled to be released on Friday, October 3, 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. 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. - 6 - Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual and methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the surveys. Among these are: --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed. These groups are excluded from the establishment survey. --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed. The establishment survey does not. --The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older. The establishment survey is not limited by age. --The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because individuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job and thus appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each appearance. Seasonal adjustment Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production, harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very large; seasonal fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month changes in unemployment. Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined. However, because the effect of students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted to allow for a comparable change. Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in economic activity. In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted. However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most super- sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating in- dependently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by di- rectly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories. - 7 - The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments for the household survey are recalculated twice a year; the factors are calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December period. For the establishment survey, a concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each month for the three most recent monthly estimates, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the current month. In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year. Reliability of the estimates Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the "true" population values they represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus 290,000. Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000 from one month to the next. The 90-percent confidence interval on the monthly change would range from -190,000 to 390,000 (100,000 +/- 290,000). These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the "true" over-the-month change lies within this interval. Since this range includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that employment had, in fact, increased. If, however, the reported employment rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent confidence interval would be greater than zero. In this case, it is likely (at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, occurred. At an unemployment rate of around 4 percent, the 90-percent con- fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 270,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 percentage point. In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates which are based on a small number of observations. The precision of estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for quarterly and annual averages. The seasonal adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly estimates. The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the data. For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final. - 8 - Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business births. The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of busi- ness, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample. The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was de- rived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five years. The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program. The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over the past decade, the benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.3 percent, ranging from zero to 0.7 percent. Additional statistics and other information More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings, published each month by BLS. It is available for $27.00 per issue or $53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order 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. 2002 2003 2003 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 217,866 221,252 221,507 217,866 220,540 220,768 221,014 221,252 221,507 Civilian labor force............................ 145,565 147,822 146,967 145,123 146,473 146,485 147,096 146,540 146,530 Participation rate........................ 66.8 66.8 66.3 66.6 66.4 66.4 66.6 66.2 66.2 Employed...................................... 137,295 138,503 138,137 136,757 137,687 137,487 137,738 137,478 137,625 Employment-population ratio............... 63.0 62.6 62.4 62.8 62.4 62.3 62.3 62.1 62.1 Unemployed.................................... 8,271 9,319 8,830 8,366 8,786 8,998 9,358 9,062 8,905 Unemployment rate......................... 5.7 6.3 6.0 5.8 6.0 6.1 6.4 6.2 6.1 Not in labor force.............................. 72,300 73,430 74,540 72,743 74,067 74,283 73,918 74,712 74,977 Persons who currently want a job.............. 4,811 4,955 5,030 4,628 4,417 4,744 4,668 4,921 4,840 Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 104,738 106,475 106,604 104,738 106,123 106,238 106,362 106,475 106,604 Civilian labor force............................ 78,169 79,290 78,640 77,677 78,122 78,088 78,372 78,182 78,160 Participation rate........................ 74.6 74.5 73.8 74.2 73.6 73.5 73.7 73.4 73.3 Employed...................................... 73,870 74,269 74,032 73,023 73,182 72,981 73,071 73,043 73,195 Employment-population ratio............... 70.5 69.8 69.4 69.7 69.0 68.7 68.7 68.6 68.7 Unemployed.................................... 4,299 5,021 4,608 4,654 4,940 5,107 5,301 5,139 4,965 Unemployment rate......................... 5.5 6.3 5.9 6.0 6.3 6.5 6.8 6.6 6.4 Not in labor force.............................. 26,569 27,184 27,964 27,062 28,001 28,150 27,990 28,293 28,443 Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 96,552 98,304 98,434 96,552 97,979 98,083 98,196 98,304 98,434 Civilian labor force............................ 73,968 74,852 74,727 73,802 74,571 74,506 74,692 74,581 74,561 Participation rate........................ 76.6 76.1 75.9 76.4 76.1 76.0 76.1 75.9 75.7 Employed...................................... 70,418 70,733 70,733 69,895 70,364 70,144 70,130 70,193 70,203 Employment-population ratio............... 72.9 72.0 71.9 72.4 71.8 71.5 71.4 71.4 71.3 Unemployed.................................... 3,550 4,119 3,994 3,906 4,207 4,362 4,562 4,388 4,357 Unemployment rate......................... 4.8 5.5 5.3 5.3 5.6 5.9 6.1 5.9 5.8 Not in labor force.............................. 22,584 23,453 23,707 22,750 23,408 23,577 23,504 23,724 23,873 Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 113,127 114,778 114,903 113,127 114,417 114,531 114,653 114,778 114,903 Civilian labor force............................ 67,396 68,532 68,327 67,446 68,351 68,397 68,724 68,359 68,370 Participation rate........................ 59.6 59.7 59.5 59.6 59.7 59.7 59.9 59.6 59.5 Employed...................................... 63,425 64,234 64,105 63,734 64,505 64,506 64,667 64,435 64,430 Employment-population ratio............... 56.1 56.0 55.8 56.3 56.4 56.3 56.4 56.1 56.1 Unemployed.................................... 3,971 4,298 4,222 3,712 3,846 3,891 4,057 3,923 3,940 Unemployment rate......................... 5.9 6.3 6.2 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.8 Not in labor force.............................. 45,731 46,246 46,576 45,681 46,066 46,134 45,928 46,419 46,533 Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 105,334 106,839 106,957 105,334 106,510 106,613 106,724 106,839 106,957 Civilian labor force............................ 63,419 64,316 64,521 63,760 64,677 64,733 65,148 64,819 64,831 Participation rate........................ 60.2 60.2 60.3 60.5 60.7 60.7 61.0 60.7 60.6 Employed...................................... 59,962 60,731 60,859 60,581 61,401 61,436 61,753 61,462 61,470 Employment-population ratio............... 56.9 56.8 56.9 57.5 57.6 57.6 57.9 57.5 57.5 Unemployed.................................... 3,457 3,584 3,663 3,180 3,276 3,297 3,395 3,357 3,361 Unemployment rate......................... 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.2 Not in labor force.............................. 41,916 42,523 42,436 41,574 41,834 41,880 41,576 42,020 42,126 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 15,980 16,109 16,116 15,980 16,051 16,072 16,095 16,109 16,116 Civilian labor force............................ 8,179 8,655 7,719 7,561 7,226 7,246 7,256 7,140 7,139 Participation rate........................ 51.2 53.7 47.9 47.3 45.0 45.1 45.1 44.3 44.3 Employed...................................... 6,914 7,039 6,546 6,280 5,923 5,907 5,855 5,823 5,952 Employment-population ratio............... 43.3 43.7 40.6 39.3 36.9 36.8 36.4 36.1 36.9 Unemployed.................................... 1,264 1,615 1,173 1,280 1,303 1,339 1,401 1,317 1,187 Unemployment rate......................... 15.5 18.7 15.2 16.9 18.0 18.5 19.3 18.4 16.6 Not in labor force.............................. 7,801 7,454 8,397 8,419 8,825 8,826 8,839 8,969 8,977 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. 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. 2002 2003 2003 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 WHITE (2) Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 179,979 181,341 181,512 179,979 180,873 181,021 181,184 181,341 181,512 Civilian labor force............................ 120,726 121,519 120,894 120,449 120,575 120,420 120,881 120,623 120,669 Participation rate.......................... 67.1 67.0 66.6 66.9 66.7 66.5 66.7 66.5 66.5 Employed...................................... 114,689 114,884 114,531 114,250 114,286 113,882 114,203 114,044 114,141 Employment-population ratio................. 63.7 63.4 63.1 63.5 63.2 62.9 63.0 62.9 62.9 Unemployed.................................... 6,036 6,635 6,364 6,199 6,289 6,539 6,678 6,580 6,528 Unemployment rate........................... 5.0 5.5 5.3 5.1 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.4 Not in labor force.............................. 59,253 59,822 60,617 59,530 60,298 60,601 60,303 60,717 60,843 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 62,362 62,676 62,587 62,272 62,500 62,305 62,447 62,526 62,532 Participation rate.......................... 77.0 76.5 76.4 76.9 76.5 76.2 76.3 76.4 76.3 Employed...................................... 59,716 59,617 59,608 59,273 59,353 59,064 59,064 59,167 59,190 Employment-population ratio................. 73.7 72.8 72.7 73.1 72.7 72.3 72.2 72.3 72.2 Unemployed.................................... 2,646 3,059 2,979 2,999 3,147 3,241 3,384 3,359 3,342 Unemployment rate........................... 4.2 4.9 4.8 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.4 5.4 5.3 Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 51,507 51,693 51,814 51,837 52,107 52,155 52,400 52,146 52,138 Participation rate.......................... 59.6 59.5 59.6 60.0 60.1 60.1 60.3 60.0 59.9 Employed...................................... 49,008 49,232 49,289 49,576 49,885 49,770 50,104 49,867 49,853 Employment-population ratio................. 56.8 56.6 56.7 57.4 57.5 57.3 57.7 57.4 57.3 Unemployed.................................... 2,499 2,461 2,525 2,261 2,223 2,385 2,297 2,279 2,285 Unemployment rate........................... 4.9 4.8 4.9 4.4 4.3 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.4 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ 6,857 7,150 6,493 6,340 5,968 5,961 6,034 5,952 5,998 Participation rate.......................... 54.5 57.0 51.8 50.4 47.7 47.6 48.2 47.5 47.8 Employed...................................... 5,966 6,035 5,633 5,401 5,049 5,048 5,036 5,010 5,098 Employment-population ratio................. 47.4 48.1 44.9 42.9 40.4 40.3 40.2 40.0 40.7 Unemployed.................................... 891 1,115 860 939 919 913 998 942 901 Unemployment rate........................... 13.0 15.6 13.2 14.8 15.4 15.3 16.5 15.8 15.0 BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN (2) Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 25,633 25,702 25,742 25,633 25,587 25,624 25,664 25,702 25,742 Civilian labor force............................ 16,573 16,792 16,626 16,541 16,521 16,618 16,717 16,540 16,579 Participation rate.......................... 64.7 65.3 64.6 64.5 64.6 64.9 65.1 64.4 64.4 Employed...................................... 14,919 14,784 14,794 14,907 14,723 14,819 14,746 14,697 14,769 Employment-population ratio................. 58.2 57.5 57.5 58.2 57.5 57.8 57.5 57.2 57.4 Unemployed.................................... 1,654 2,008 1,832 1,634 1,797 1,799 1,971 1,842 1,810 Unemployment rate........................... 10.0 12.0 11.0 9.9 10.9 10.8 11.8 11.1 10.9 Not in labor force.............................. 9,060 8,910 9,116 9,092 9,066 9,007 8,947 9,162 9,163 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 7,331 7,392 7,339 7,344 7,295 7,346 7,447 7,336 7,344 Participation rate.......................... 71.7 71.9 71.2 71.8 71.3 71.7 72.5 71.3 71.3 Employed...................................... 6,694 6,619 6,607 6,672 6,537 6,524 6,604 6,590 6,578 Employment-population ratio................. 65.5 64.4 64.1 65.3 63.9 63.6 64.3 64.1 63.9 Unemployed.................................... 637 774 733 671 758 821 843 746 766 Unemployment rate........................... 8.7 10.5 10.0 9.1 10.4 11.2 11.3 10.2 10.4 Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 8,317 8,402 8,497 8,348 8,443 8,461 8,500 8,432 8,510 Participation rate.......................... 64.0 64.5 65.1 64.3 65.0 65.1 65.3 64.7 65.2 Employed...................................... 7,582 7,540 7,637 7,641 7,663 7,784 7,675 7,614 7,684 Employment-population ratio................. 58.4 57.9 58.5 58.8 59.0 59.9 59.0 58.4 58.9 Unemployed.................................... 736 862 860 707 780 677 826 819 826 Unemployment rate........................... 8.8 10.3 10.1 8.5 9.2 8.0 9.7 9.7 9.7 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ 925 997 789 849 782 811 770 771 725 Participation rate.......................... 38.2 41.8 33.0 35.1 33.0 34.1 32.3 32.3 30.4 Employed...................................... 643 624 550 593 523 511 467 493 507 Employment-population ratio................. 26.6 26.2 23.0 24.5 22.1 21.5 19.6 20.7 21.2 Unemployed.................................... 282 372 239 256 259 300 302 278 218 Unemployment rate........................... 30.5 37.4 30.3 30.1 33.1 37.0 39.3 36.0 30.0 ASIAN (2) Civilian noninstutional population................ 9,948 9,291 9,351 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) Civilian labor force............................ 6,756 6,184 6,195 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) Participation rate.......................... 67.9 66.6 66.2 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) Employed...................................... 6,316 5,800 5,828 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) Employment-population ratio................. 63.5 62.4 62.3 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) Unemployed.................................... 439 384 367 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) Unemployment rate........................... 6.5 6.2 5.9 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) Not in labor force.............................. 3,192 3,107 3,156 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Beginning in 2003, persons who selected this race group only; persons who selected more than one race group are not included. Prior to 2003, persons who reported more than one race were included in the group they identified as the main race. 3 Data not available. NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. 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. 2002 2003 2003 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 26,096 27,597 27,701 26,096 27,291 27,391 27,494 27,597 27,701 Civilian labor force............................ 18,055 18,838 18,825 18,030 18,836 18,811 18,856 18,750 18,829 Participation rate.......................... 69.2 68.3 68.0 69.1 69.0 68.7 68.6 67.9 68.0 Employed...................................... 16,711 17,300 17,386 16,664 17,428 17,264 17,271 17,206 17,370 Employment-population ratio................. 64.0 62.7 62.8 63.9 63.9 63.0 62.8 62.3 62.7 Unemployed.................................... 1,344 1,537 1,439 1,366 1,408 1,548 1,586 1,544 1,460 Unemployment rate........................... 7.4 8.2 7.6 7.6 7.5 8.2 8.4 8.2 7.8 Not in labor force.............................. 8,041 8,760 8,876 8,066 8,455 8,580 8,638 8,847 8,872 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 10,079 10,707 10,761 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 84.0 83.5 83.6 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 9,431 9,996 10,098 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 78.6 78.0 78.4 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 648 711 664 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 6.4 6.6 6.2 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 6,852 7,027 7,067 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 59.1 57.5 57.6 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 6,399 6,447 6,495 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 55.2 52.7 52.9 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 453 580 573 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 6.6 8.3 8.1 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ 1,125 1,104 996 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 44.8 43.3 39.0 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 882 858 794 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 35.2 33.7 31.1 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 243 246 203 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 21.6 22.3 20.3 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available. NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. 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. 2002 2003 2003 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 Less than a high school diploma Civilian labor force...................... 12,375 12,224 12,553 12,392 12,710 12,703 12,498 12,537 12,639 Participation rate.................... 44.5 44.3 45.2 44.6 44.4 44.7 44.8 45.5 45.5 Employed................................ 11,428 11,222 11,484 11,335 11,664 11,536 11,286 11,446 11,453 Employment-population ratio........... 41.1 40.7 41.4 40.8 40.8 40.6 40.4 41.5 41.3 Unemployed.............................. 947 1,002 1,069 1,057 1,046 1,167 1,211 1,091 1,185 Unemployment rate..................... 7.6 8.2 8.5 8.5 8.2 9.2 9.7 8.7 9.4 High school graduates, no college (1) Civilian labor force...................... 37,725 37,359 37,741 37,949 37,950 37,823 37,977 37,847 37,914 Participation rate.................... 63.8 63.2 63.5 64.2 64.1 63.9 64.1 64.0 63.8 Employed................................ 35,833 35,355 35,775 35,987 35,774 35,729 35,778 35,786 35,883 Employment-population ratio........... 60.6 59.8 60.2 60.9 60.4 60.4 60.3 60.5 60.4 Unemployed.............................. 1,892 2,004 1,966 1,962 2,176 2,094 2,199 2,061 2,031 Unemployment rate..................... 5.0 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.7 5.5 5.8 5.4 5.4 Some college or associate degree Civilian labor force...................... 33,687 34,482 33,972 33,594 34,375 34,191 34,329 34,310 33,856 Participation rate.................... 73.1 72.6 72.7 72.9 74.1 73.6 73.2 72.2 72.4 Employed................................ 32,176 32,704 32,326 32,135 32,760 32,542 32,648 32,594 32,271 Employment-population ratio........... 69.8 68.8 69.1 69.7 70.6 70.1 69.6 68.6 69.0 Unemployed.............................. 1,510 1,778 1,646 1,459 1,615 1,649 1,681 1,717 1,585 Unemployment rate..................... 4.5 5.2 4.8 4.3 4.7 4.8 4.9 5.0 4.7 Bachelor's degree and higher (2) Civilian labor force...................... 38,437 39,606 39,795 38,664 39,465 39,576 39,966 39,614 40,012 Participation rate.................... 77.7 77.5 77.1 78.1 78.1 77.8 78.3 77.5 77.5 Employed................................ 37,204 38,272 38,371 37,578 38,233 38,351 38,743 38,387 38,752 Employment-population ratio........... 75.2 74.9 74.3 75.9 75.6 75.4 75.9 75.1 75.1 Unemployed.............................. 1,233 1,334 1,425 1,086 1,232 1,224 1,224 1,226 1,260 Unemployment rate..................... 3.2 3.4 3.6 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 1 Includes high school diploma or equivalent. 2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. NOTE: Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. 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. 2002 2003 2003 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries....... 2,349 2,407 2,546 2,169 2,128 2,157 2,213 2,193 2,348 Wage and salary workers................ 1,328 1,378 1,541 1,201 1,192 1,198 1,226 1,216 1,384 Self-employed workers.................. 997 982 972 959 912 948 1,005 946 937 Unpaid family workers.................. 24 47 32 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Nonagricultural industries............... 134,945 136,096 135,591 134,552 135,682 135,424 135,357 135,204 135,215 Wage and salary workers................ 125,799 126,496 125,861 125,521 126,425 126,202 126,034 125,727 125,661 Government........................... 19,275 19,106 19,148 19,778 19,556 19,552 19,701 19,631 19,651 Private industries................... 106,524 107,390 106,713 105,690 106,838 106,683 106,275 106,135 105,940 Private households................. 761 912 865 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Other industries................... 105,763 106,478 105,848 104,910 106,104 105,907 105,441 105,240 105,060 Self-employed workers.................. 9,063 9,493 9,621 8,980 9,139 9,065 9,250 9,306 9,538 Unpaid family workers.................. 84 107 110 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2) All industries: Part time for economic reasons......... 4,249 4,870 4,377 4,308 4,840 4,592 4,499 4,649 4,449 Slack work or business conditions.... 2,708 3,119 2,835 2,881 3,221 3,058 3,153 3,112 3,017 Could only find part-time work....... 1,113 1,411 1,149 1,153 1,266 1,265 1,257 1,304 1,188 Part time for noneconomic reasons...... 16,660 16,893 17,186 19,047 18,886 19,083 19,548 19,027 19,564 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons......... 4,124 4,792 4,279 4,185 4,728 4,478 4,390 4,566 4,360 Slack work or business conditions.... 2,626 3,086 2,772 2,806 3,140 3,003 3,074 3,079 2,963 Could only find part-time work....... 1,100 1,382 1,131 1,143 1,258 1,234 1,237 1,276 1,179 Part time for noneconomic reasons...... 16,364 16,535 16,821 18,668 18,503 18,664 19,184 18,610 19,142 1 Data not available. 2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Industries reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census industry classification system derived from the 2002 North American Industry Classification System into the Current Population Survey. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Characteristic Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. 2002 2003 2003 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 Total, 16 years and over.......................... 137,295 138,503 138,137 136,757 137,687 137,487 137,738 137,478 137,625 16 to 19 years.................................. 6,914 7,039 6,546 6,280 5,923 5,907 5,855 5,823 5,952 16 to 17 years................................ 2,659 2,931 2,710 2,321 2,311 2,333 2,291 2,289 2,362 18 to 19 years................................ 4,255 4,108 3,836 3,959 3,616 3,547 3,568 3,538 3,562 20 years and over............................... 130,380 131,464 131,591 130,476 131,765 131,580 131,883 131,655 131,673 20 to 24 years................................ 13,739 13,911 13,636 13,484 13,420 13,455 13,473 13,379 13,393 25 years and over............................. 116,641 117,553 117,956 117,099 118,332 118,139 118,414 118,288 118,434 25 to 54 years.............................. 96,647 96,729 96,882 96,959 97,341 97,111 97,357 97,213 97,185 25 to 34 years............................ 30,292 30,380 30,239 30,365 30,554 30,392 30,410 30,437 30,311 35 to 44 years............................ 35,071 34,541 34,747 35,168 34,986 34,849 34,858 34,742 34,843 45 to 54 years............................ 31,283 31,808 31,896 31,425 31,800 31,871 32,089 32,034 32,031 55 years and over........................... 19,995 20,825 21,073 20,140 20,992 21,028 21,057 21,074 21,249 Men, 16 years and over............................ 73,870 74,269 74,032 73,023 73,182 72,981 73,071 73,043 73,195 16 to 19 years.................................. 3,452 3,537 3,299 3,127 2,818 2,837 2,941 2,850 2,992 16 to 17 years................................ 1,279 1,467 1,345 1,101 1,052 1,073 1,089 1,089 1,162 18 to 19 years................................ 2,172 2,069 1,954 2,025 1,770 1,760 1,850 1,757 1,812 20 years and over............................... 70,418 70,733 70,733 69,895 70,364 70,144 70,130 70,193 70,203 20 to 24 years................................ 7,218 7,302 7,161 6,987 7,116 7,076 7,012 6,962 6,947 25 years and over............................. 63,200 63,431 63,572 62,957 63,266 63,077 63,118 63,253 63,328 25 to 54 years.............................. 52,255 52,229 52,218 52,019 52,057 51,911 51,961 51,994 51,977 25 to 34 years............................ 16,709 16,805 16,661 16,641 16,750 16,660 16,668 16,711 16,587 35 to 44 years............................ 19,008 18,779 18,864 18,892 18,735 18,685 18,670 18,724 18,757 45 to 54 years............................ 16,538 16,646 16,693 16,486 16,572 16,566 16,623 16,559 16,632 55 years and over........................... 10,945 11,202 11,354 10,937 11,209 11,166 11,157 11,259 11,351 Women, 16 years and over.......................... 63,425 64,234 64,105 63,734 64,505 64,506 64,667 64,435 64,430 16 to 19 years.................................. 3,463 3,503 3,247 3,153 3,104 3,070 2,914 2,973 2,960 16 to 17 years................................ 1,380 1,464 1,365 1,220 1,259 1,259 1,203 1,200 1,199 18 to 19 years................................ 2,083 2,039 1,882 1,933 1,845 1,787 1,718 1,781 1,750 20 years and over............................... 59,962 60,731 60,859 60,581 61,401 61,436 61,753 61,462 61,470 20 to 24 years................................ 6,521 6,609 6,475 6,497 6,304 6,378 6,461 6,416 6,445 25 years and over............................. 53,442 54,123 54,384 54,142 55,066 55,062 55,295 55,035 55,106 25 to 54 years.............................. 44,392 44,499 44,665 44,940 45,283 45,200 45,396 45,220 45,208 25 to 34 years............................ 13,583 13,575 13,579 13,725 13,804 13,731 13,742 13,726 13,724 35 to 44 years............................ 16,063 15,762 15,883 16,276 16,251 16,164 16,188 16,019 16,086 45 to 54 years............................ 14,746 15,163 15,202 14,939 15,228 15,305 15,466 15,475 15,399 55 years and over........................... 9,050 9,623 9,719 9,202 9,783 9,862 9,900 9,816 9,898 Married men, spouse present....................... 44,401 44,770 44,753 44,235 44,552 44,542 44,371 44,739 44,620 Married women, spouse present..................... 33,799 33,889 34,168 34,278 34,685 34,443 34,600 34,612 34,655 Women who maintain families....................... 8,595 8,498 8,483 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Full-time workers (2)............................. 114,886 115,288 114,894 112,740 113,241 112,821 112,904 113,316 112,954 Part-time workers (3)............................. 22,409 23,215 23,243 24,133 24,355 24,676 24,990 24,458 24,981 1 Data not available. 2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week. 3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed persons Unemployment rates (1) (in thousands) Characteristic Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. 2002 2003 2003 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 Total, 16 years and over.......................... 8,366 9,062 8,905 5.8 6.0 6.1 6.4 6.2 6.1 16 to 19 years.................................. 1,280 1,317 1,187 16.9 18.0 18.5 19.3 18.4 16.6 16 to 17 years................................ 555 602 544 19.3 18.7 18.5 21.6 20.8 18.7 18 to 19 years................................ 764 726 676 16.2 17.8 19.0 17.9 17.0 15.9 20 years and over............................... 7,086 7,745 7,718 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.7 5.6 5.5 20 to 24 years................................ 1,428 1,544 1,537 9.6 10.1 10.5 10.7 10.3 10.3 25 years and over............................. 5,676 6,177 6,210 4.6 4.9 4.9 5.1 5.0 5.0 25 to 54 years.............................. 4,803 5,236 5,252 4.7 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.1 5.1 25 to 34 years............................ 1,908 1,986 2,040 5.9 5.8 6.0 6.5 6.1 6.3 35 to 44 years............................ 1,612 1,901 1,836 4.4 4.8 5.0 5.4 5.2 5.0 45 to 54 years............................ 1,283 1,349 1,375 3.9 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.1 55 years and over........................... 828 938 915 4.0 4.2 4.5 4.6 4.3 4.1 Men, 16 years and over............................ 4,654 5,139 4,965 6.0 6.3 6.5 6.8 6.6 6.4 16 to 19 years.................................. 748 751 608 19.3 20.6 20.8 20.1 20.9 16.9 16 to 17 years................................ 331 322 303 23.1 21.4 21.5 23.8 22.8 20.7 18 to 19 years................................ 446 425 328 18.1 20.1 20.9 17.7 19.5 15.3 20 years and over............................... 3,906 4,388 4,357 5.3 5.6 5.9 6.1 5.9 5.8 20 to 24 years................................ 802 919 838 10.3 10.7 11.4 11.7 11.7 10.8 25 years and over............................. 3,097 3,452 3,530 4.7 5.1 5.2 5.5 5.2 5.3 25 to 54 years.............................. 2,628 2,910 3,010 4.8 5.2 5.3 5.5 5.3 5.5 25 to 34 years............................ 1,019 1,138 1,224 5.8 5.8 6.0 6.7 6.4 6.9 35 to 44 years............................ 878 1,017 1,023 4.4 5.1 5.3 5.6 5.2 5.2 45 to 54 years............................ 730 755 762 4.2 4.5 4.7 4.2 4.4 4.4 55 years and over........................... 469 541 520 4.1 4.6 4.8 5.5 4.6 4.4 Women, 16 years and over.......................... 3,712 3,923 3,940 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.9 5.7 5.8 16 to 19 years.................................. 532 566 579 14.4 15.5 16.2 18.5 16.0 16.4 16 to 17 years................................ 223 280 241 15.5 16.2 15.8 19.5 18.9 16.7 18 to 19 years................................ 318 301 348 14.1 15.5 17.1 18.0 14.5 16.6 20 years and over............................... 3,180 3,357 3,361 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.2 5.2 20 to 24 years................................ 626 625 699 8.8 9.3 9.4 9.5 8.9 9.8 25 years and over............................. 2,579 2,726 2,680 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.6 25 to 54 years.............................. 2,175 2,325 2,242 4.6 4.7 4.7 5.0 4.9 4.7 25 to 34 years............................ 889 848 816 6.1 5.8 5.9 6.2 5.8 5.6 35 to 44 years............................ 734 883 813 4.3 4.4 4.7 5.2 5.2 4.8 45 to 54 years............................ 552 594 613 3.6 3.9 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.8 55 years and over (2)....................... 404 422 453 4.3 3.4 3.6 3.7 4.2 4.5 Married men, spouse present....................... 1,618 1,833 1,785 3.5 3.7 3.9 4.4 3.9 3.8 Married women, spouse present..................... 1,291 1,392 1,383 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.8 Women who maintain families (2)................... 710 843 778 7.6 8.5 8.3 8.7 9.0 8.4 Full-time workers (3)............................. 6,986 7,655 7,530 5.8 6.1 6.3 6.5 6.3 6.2 Part-time workers (4)............................. 1,389 1,417 1,395 5.4 5.4 5.6 5.9 5.5 5.3 1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 2 Not seasonally adjusted. 3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs. 4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs. NOTE: Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Reason Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. 2002 2003 2003 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........................................... 4,427 4,958 4,789 4,607 4,765 5,074 5,010 4,951 4,942 On temporary layoff............................. 1,101 1,216 1,030 1,158 1,101 1,226 1,199 1,198 1,080 Not on temporary layoff......................... 3,326 3,743 3,760 3,449 3,664 3,848 3,811 3,753 3,862 Permanent job losers.......................... 2,514 2,891 2,928 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Persons who completed temporary jobs.......... 812 852 832 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Job leavers....................................... 932 814 869 844 829 772 893 792 782 Reentrants........................................ 2,253 2,599 2,465 2,326 2,558 2,499 2,687 2,529 2,540 New entrants...................................... 658 948 706 587 642 634 648 670 628 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed.................................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........................................... 53.5 53.2 54.2 55.1 54.2 56.5 54.2 55.4 55.6 On temporary layoff............................ 13.3 13.0 11.7 13.8 12.5 13.7 13.0 13.4 12.1 Not on temporary layoff........................ 40.2 40.2 42.6 41.2 41.7 42.9 41.3 42.0 43.4 Job leavers...................................... 11.3 8.7 9.8 10.1 9.4 8.6 9.7 8.9 8.8 Reentrants....................................... 27.2 27.9 27.9 27.8 29.1 27.8 29.1 28.3 28.6 New entrants..................................... 8.0 10.2 8.0 7.0 7.3 7.1 7.0 7.5 7.1 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........................................... 3.0 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 Job leavers...................................... .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 .5 .6 .5 .5 Reentrants....................................... 1.5 1.8 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7 New entrants..................................... .5 .6 .5 .4 .4 .4 .4 .5 .4 1 Data not available. NOTE: Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Duration Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. 2002 2003 2003 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Less than 5 weeks................................. 2,897 2,984 2,740 2,895 2,814 3,056 3,009 2,730 2,727 5 to 14 weeks..................................... 2,700 2,899 2,780 2,505 2,630 2,605 2,936 2,699 2,595 15 weeks and over................................. 2,673 3,436 3,310 2,891 3,294 3,250 3,572 3,592 3,572 15 to 26 weeks................................. 1,095 1,480 1,307 1,361 1,392 1,321 1,536 1,633 1,637 27 weeks and over.............................. 1,578 1,956 2,003 1,530 1,903 1,930 2,036 1,959 1,935 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................. 16.3 18.4 19.1 16.3 19.6 19.2 19.8 19.3 19.0 Median duration, in weeks......................... 8.9 9.2 10.0 8.7 10.2 10.1 12.3 10.0 9.6 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed.................................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Less than 5 weeks............................... 35.0 32.0 31.0 34.9 32.2 34.3 31.6 30.3 30.7 5 to 14 weeks................................... 32.6 31.1 31.5 30.2 30.1 29.2 30.9 29.9 29.2 15 weeks and over............................... 32.3 36.9 37.5 34.9 37.7 36.5 37.5 39.8 40.2 15 to 26 weeks................................ 13.2 15.9 14.8 16.4 15.9 14.8 16.1 18.1 18.4 27 weeks and over............................. 19.1 21.0 22.7 18.5 21.8 21.7 21.4 21.7 21.8 NOTE: Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-10. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Unemployment Employed Unemployed rates Occupation Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 Total, 16 years and over (1)................................ 137,295 138,137 8,271 8,830 5.7 6.0 Management, professional, and related occupations................ 47,178 47,192 1,673 1,780 3.4 3.6 Management, business, and financial operations occupations..... 20,077 19,837 659 653 3.2 3.2 Professional and related occupations........................... 27,101 27,355 1,014 1,127 3.6 4.0 Service occupations.............................................. 22,032 22,611 1,399 1,666 6.0 6.9 Sales and office occupations..................................... 35,570 35,374 2,124 2,112 5.6 5.6 Sales and related occupations.................................. 16,032 15,917 1,007 977 5.9 5.8 Office and administrative support occupations.................. 19,538 19,457 1,118 1,135 5.4 5.5 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations..... 13,846 14,926 1,009 1,084 6.8 6.8 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..................... 1,077 1,229 130 154 10.8 11.1 Construction and extraction occupations........................ 8,096 8,648 647 687 7.4 7.4 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.............. 4,673 5,048 231 243 4.7 4.6 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations...... 18,668 18,034 1,387 1,461 6.9 7.5 Production occupations......................................... 10,192 9,781 773 797 7.0 7.5 Transportation and material moving occupations................. 8,476 8,253 614 664 6.8 7.4 1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Occupations reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census occupational classification system derived from the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification system into the Current Population Survey. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry, not seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed Unemployment persons rates Industry (in thousands) Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. 2002 2003 2002 2003 Total, 16 years and over (1)............... 8,271 8,830 5.7 6.0 Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers... 6,620 6,903 5.9 6.1 Mining.......................................... 32 20 6.3 3.8 Construction.................................... 654 650 7.4 7.1 Manufacturing................................... 1,108 1,186 6.2 6.7 Durable goods................................. 722 752 6.5 6.9 Nondurable goods.............................. 386 434 5.8 6.4 Wholesale and retail trade...................... 1,170 1,161 5.8 5.6 Transportation and utilities.................... 221 255 3.9 4.8 Information..................................... 270 224 7.1 6.1 Financial activities............................ 343 342 3.8 3.7 Professional and business services.............. 926 881 7.2 7.2 Education and health services................... 660 760 3.9 4.3 Leisure and hospitality......................... 884 1,050 7.5 9.0 Other services.................................. 353 373 6.0 6.1 Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers........................................ 125 173 9.0 10.7 Government workers................................ 596 745 3.0 3.7 Self employed and unpaid family workers........... 271 302 2.6 2.7 1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Industries reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census industry classification system derived from the 2002 North American Industry Classification System into the Current Population Survey. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Measure Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. 2002 2003 2003 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force................................. 1.8 2.3 2.3 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.4 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force.................... 3.0 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)....................... 5.7 6.3 6.0 5.8 6.0 6.1 6.4 6.2 6.1 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers..... 5.9 6.6 6.3 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers 6.6 7.3 7.1 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers......................................... 9.5 10.5 10.0 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) 1 Data not available. NOTE: Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-13. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Total Men Women Category Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. 2002 2003 2002 2003 2002 2003 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force...................................... 72,300 74,540 26,569 27,964 45,731 46,576 Persons who currently want a job................................ 4,811 5,030 2,021 2,191 2,790 2,838 Searched for work and available to work now (1)................ 1,456 1,665 692 867 764 798 Reason not currently looking: Discouragement over job prospects (2)................... 378 503 214 320 164 183 Reasons other than discouragement (3)................ 1,078 1,162 478 547 601 615 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders (4)..................................... 6,879 7,221 3,533 3,737 3,346 3,484 Percent of total employed..................................... 5.0 5.2 4.8 5.0 5.3 5.4 Primary job full time, secondary job part time................ 3,733 3,749 2,111 2,133 1,622 1,615 Primary and secondary jobs both part time..................... 1,398 1,528 413 484 984 1,043 Primary and secondary jobs both full time..................... 319 293 204 225 115 69 Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................ 1,386 1,609 784 876 602 733 1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week. 2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as child-care and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately. NOTE: Beginning in January 2003, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Change Industry Aug. June July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. from: 2002 2003 2003p 2003p 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003p 2003p July 2003- Aug. 2003 Total nonfarm......... 130,091 130,944 129,607 129,531 130,224 130,062 129,986 129,903 129,854 129,761 -93 Total private........... 109,728 109,436 109,239 109,249 108,745 108,536 108,502 108,427 108,371 108,304 -67 Goods-producing............. 22,948 22,384 22,320 22,398 22,527 22,119 22,098 22,061 22,003 21,977 -26 Natural resources and mining.... 589 576 577 579 575 564 566 569 567 566 -1 Logging...................... 71.4 66.8 67.1 67.9 67.3 64.3 64.8 65.7 64.6 64.2 -.4 Mining......................... 517.2 509.2 510.1 511.4 508.1 499.8 501.4 502.8 502.4 501.5 -.9 Oil and gas extraction........ 123.4 127.6 126.7 126.8 122.0 124.4 125.2 125.7 125.2 125.1 -.1 Mining, except oil and gas(1). 215.0 212.6 214.5 214.7 210.6 207.5 208.2 208.9 210.1 209.7 -.4 Coal mining.................. 74.0 73.0 74.0 73.5 74.4 72.7 72.6 73.2 74.1 73.6 -.5 Support activities for mining. 178.8 169.0 168.9 169.9 175.5 167.9 168.0 168.2 167.1 166.7 -.4 Construction.................... 7,023 7,021 7,103 7,133 6,719 6,760 6,786 6,800 6,803 6,822 19 Construction of buildings..... 1,642.4 1,654.8 1,660.1 1,661.3 1,585.3 1,615.8 1,615.0 1,609.7 1,605.4 1,605.3 -.1 Heavy and civil engineering construction................. 993.1 963.2 975.8 988.3 921.0 898.4 902.8 905.8 909.7 914.2 4.5 Specialty trade contractors... 4,387.2 4,403.4 4,466.7 4,483.6 4,212.9 4,245.5 4,267.8 4,284.1 4,287.6 4,302.4 14.8 Manufacturing................... 15,336 14,787 14,640 14,686 15,233 14,795 14,746 14,692 14,633 14,589 -44 Production workers........... 10,816 10,373 10,233 10,290 10,740 10,379 10,342 10,299 10,251 10,219 -32 Durable goods.................. 9,516 9,141 9,024 9,054 9,472 9,147 9,114 9,081 9,033 9,014 -19 Production workers........... 6,543 6,267 6,158 6,202 6,517 6,267 6,244 6,221 6,183 6,176 -7 Wood products................. 568.7 549.8 549.2 548.1 556.0 546.0 544.9 541.0 540.3 535.3 -5.0 Nonmetallic mineral products.. 528.2 513.7 510.3 513.7 518.1 504.8 505.1 505.0 500.9 502.7 1.8 Primary metals................ 511.1 482.3 474.3 478.1 509.1 491.1 486.4 482.0 478.1 476.9 -1.2 Fabricated metal products..... 1,545.6 1,483.5 1,468.9 1,471.3 1,542.3 1,489.4 1,482.3 1,476.4 1,470.5 1,468.7 -1.8 Machinery..................... 1,228.1 1,183.1 1,169.2 1,165.1 1,228.7 1,187.4 1,181.2 1,175.8 1,170.9 1,166.2 -4.7 Computer and electronic products(1).................. 1,503.5 1,411.3 1,400.3 1,397.3 1,503.5 1,423.6 1,413.0 1,407.7 1,398.8 1,398.0 -.8 Computer and peripheral equipment................... 243.8 228.2 224.5 222.6 243.9 230.5 226.7 226.5 223.5 222.6 -.9 Communications equipment..... 186.2 173.4 171.9 171.1 187.1 175.5 174.4 173.3 172.3 172.2 -.1 Semiconductors and electronic components.................. 525.5 486.3 482.0 481.5 525.5 492.0 487.7 485.1 481.9 481.9 .0 Electronic instruments....... 449.6 431.2 429.6 431.1 447.2 433.5 431.5 429.9 428.6 428.8 .2 Electrical equipment and appliances................... 496.9 470.1 466.6 463.0 494.9 474.8 469.3 467.7 466.3 461.3 -5.0 Transportation equipment...... 1,833.2 1,785.8 1,737.7 1,771.4 1,824.0 1,771.9 1,777.6 1,774.3 1,759.9 1,763.5 3.6 Furniture and related products 607.5 579.4 575.6 574.7 604.3 576.4 576.4 574.1 574.3 571.0 -3.3 Miscellaneous manufacturing... 693.2 681.9 671.7 671.5 691.4 682.0 677.8 676.6 672.6 670.5 -2.1 Nondurable goods............... 5,820 5,646 5,616 5,632 5,761 5,648 5,632 5,611 5,600 5,575 -25 Production workers........... 4,273 4,106 4,075 4,088 4,223 4,112 4,098 4,078 4,068 4,043 -25 Food manufacturing............ 1,548.8 1,513.5 1,533.4 1,561.4 1,514.5 1,512.3 1,512.4 1,517.5 1,522.1 1,523.6 1.5 Beverages and tobacco products 210.4 197.7 198.4 199.7 205.0 194.6 195.4 194.5 194.6 194.8 .2 Textile mills................. 293.4 273.7 263.4 260.9 291.3 277.8 272.7 270.1 264.3 259.6 -4.7 Textile product mills......... 198.7 189.4 185.7 179.2 195.6 190.6 188.7 186.4 184.0 177.0 -7.0 Apparel....................... 356.1 316.5 298.0 295.5 354.2 318.4 313.2 307.8 299.5 294.3 -5.2 Leather and allied products... 49.2 43.8 42.8 43.2 48.9 44.8 44.4 43.3 43.4 43.0 -.4 Paper and paper products...... 551.7 534.3 529.4 529.9 548.9 534.1 531.9 530.6 527.9 527.5 -.4 Printing and related support activities................... 704.7 696.9 694.2 692.4 704.2 694.8 695.3 694.1 693.1 691.7 -1.4 Petroleum and coal products... 121.3 120.9 120.7 118.7 118.6 119.2 119.3 118.4 117.9 116.4 -1.5 Chemicals..................... 927.6 921.2 920.7 914.3 926.7 921.7 920.6 916.5 917.8 914.1 -3.7 Plastics and rubber products.. 858.4 838.2 829.6 836.6 853.3 839.2 837.7 831.7 835.1 832.6 -2.5 Service-providing........... 107,143 108,560 107,287 107,133 107,697 107,943 107,888 107,842 107,851 107,784 -67 Private service-providing.. 86,780 87,052 86,919 86,851 86,218 86,417 86,404 86,366 86,368 86,327 -41 Trade, transportation, and utilities...................... 25,460 25,277 25,185 25,179 25,458 25,321 25,282 25,238 25,204 25,183 -21 Wholesale trade................ 5,651.2 5,598.9 5,587.0 5,572.3 5,624.4 5,590.8 5,582.0 5,570.6 5,558.5 5,548.2 -10.3 Durable goods................. 3,006.4 2,960.0 2,956.3 2,952.3 2,991.1 2,957.7 2,952.2 2,947.5 2,941.8 2,937.3 -4.5 Nondurable goods.............. 2,025.8 2,017.1 2,011.8 2,003.1 2,015.7 2,013.3 2,009.9 2,004.1 1,999.6 1,995.1 -4.5 Electronic markets and agents and brokers.................. 619.0 621.8 618.9 616.9 617.6 619.8 619.9 619.0 617.1 615.8 -1.3 Retail trade...................15,007.3 14,944.4 14,931.5 14,939.1 15,033.3 14,999.6 14,979.0 14,964.2 14,962.5 14,958.7 -3.8 Motor vehicle and parts dealers(1)................... 1,898.8 1,891.8 1,898.5 1,893.2 1,883.2 1,875.4 1,879.2 1,877.9 1,880.2 1,875.2 -5.0 Automobile dealers........... 1,257.0 1,248.9 1,253.0 1,252.9 1,252.4 1,242.0 1,244.3 1,246.0 1,248.0 1,247.1 -.9 Furniture and home furnishings stores....................... 538.9 543.6 539.1 538.2 541.8 549.2 545.4 546.5 543.7 542.7 -1.0 Electronics and appliance stores....................... 519.2 514.9 513.2 514.4 525.0 525.2 523.8 522.9 520.4 520.4 .0 Building material and garden supply stores................ 1,203.7 1,245.2 1,231.4 1,222.7 1,185.2 1,189.0 1,188.5 1,194.2 1,195.9 1,202.2 6.3 Food and beverage stores...... 2,867.5 2,825.2 2,815.4 2,810.2 2,857.1 2,822.0 2,822.5 2,812.8 2,801.1 2,799.4 -1.7 Health and personal care stores....................... 949.9 970.6 967.0 967.7 947.7 966.2 965.7 967.9 966.5 966.1 -.4 Gasoline stations............. 912.9 917.5 914.8 917.7 902.2 910.9 908.8 908.6 904.1 907.2 3.1 Clothing and clothing accessories stores........... 1,315.1 1,262.2 1,276.7 1,278.9 1,311.7 1,288.3 1,280.7 1,277.5 1,282.0 1,275.8 -6.2 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores............. 652.0 623.6 626.2 630.4 662.7 646.3 645.2 642.0 641.9 639.4 -2.5 General merchandise stores(1). 2,753.2 2,779.0 2,777.8 2,793.6 2,809.0 2,835.8 2,833.1 2,831.5 2,839.5 2,847.1 7.6 Department stores............ 1,650.3 1,647.8 1,639.1 1,651.2 1,695.0 1,695.5 1,690.3 1,689.9 1,690.7 1,693.9 3.2 Miscellaneous store retailers. 960.5 943.8 942.0 940.3 961.0 948.6 944.1 941.8 942.3 940.6 -1.7 Nonstore retailers............ 435.6 427.0 429.4 431.8 446.7 442.7 442.0 440.6 444.9 442.6 -2.3 Transportation and warehousing. 4,197.6 4,140.0 4,071.5 4,075.4 4,200.4 4,136.3 4,128.5 4,113.9 4,093.3 4,086.3 -7.0 Air transportation............ 569.0 511.5 503.0 506.5 561.1 525.6 516.4 510.0 501.5 503.4 1.9 Rail transportation........... 217.3 217.6 217.7 215.8 216.3 216.5 216.1 217.2 216.8 214.9 -1.9 Water transportation.......... 53.1 51.7 52.1 52.4 50.8 49.9 50.3 50.1 50.2 50.0 -.2 Truck transportation.......... 1,353.2 1,343.6 1,338.0 1,347.4 1,332.9 1,324.4 1,324.4 1,326.9 1,323.8 1,326.8 3.0 Transit and ground passenger transportation............... 327.8 351.3 296.8 292.4 372.7 353.0 350.4 345.4 342.1 338.6 -3.5 Pipeline transportation....... 41.0 40.0 39.8 39.0 40.7 40.3 40.3 39.7 39.4 38.8 -.6 Scenic and sightseeing transportation............... 33.5 35.5 37.9 37.5 26.9 28.5 29.1 29.9 29.8 29.6 -.2 Support activities for transportation............... 533.0 526.0 522.0 521.6 527.6 522.7 527.8 523.2 519.1 517.5 -1.6 Couriers and messengers....... 551.4 556.8 555.8 552.1 556.8 561.6 560.8 560.9 560.6 558.4 -2.2 Warehousing and storage....... 518.3 506.0 508.4 510.7 514.6 513.8 512.9 510.6 510.0 508.3 -1.7 Utilities...................... 603.6 594.1 595.0 592.6 600.0 594.6 592.3 589.5 589.5 589.5 .0 Information..................... 3,420 3,302 3,294 3,275 3,401 3,303 3,294 3,285 3,275 3,259 -16 Publishing industries, except Internet..................... 967.6 945.6 943.9 941.4 966.9 950.8 947.2 945.1 941.6 941.0 -.6 Motion picture and sound recording industries......... 401.9 382.7 385.0 377.1 387.1 371.1 373.4 371.7 372.2 364.9 -7.3 Broadcasting, except Internet. 332.6 324.6 323.4 323.7 332.0 325.0 324.4 324.2 323.5 322.9 -.6 Internet publishing and broadcasting................. 35.2 34.2 35.2 34.7 34.9 33.8 33.5 34.0 34.7 34.3 -.4 Telecommunications............ 1,192.5 1,136.4 1,130.2 1,124.0 1,188.8 1,145.0 1,138.1 1,132.5 1,126.7 1,119.8 -6.9 ISPs, search portals, and data processing................... 442.4 432.8 431.1 429.2 444.5 431.3 431.4 432.1 431.7 430.8 -.9 Other information services.... 47.3 45.4 45.2 45.2 47.2 46.0 45.5 45.1 45.0 45.1 .1 Financial activities............ 7,892 8,033 8,046 8,036 7,830 7,956 7,971 7,972 7,975 7,974 -1 Finance and insurance.......... 5,824.6 5,947.8 5,952.8 5,940.3 5,804.0 5,912.0 5,923.2 5,923.3 5,924.1 5,921.5 -2.6 Monetary authorities - central bank......................... 23.2 22.2 22.2 22.1 23.1 22.2 22.2 22.1 22.1 22.0 -.1 Credit intermediation and related activities(1)........ 2,693.4 2,796.3 2,799.7 2,796.9 2,682.3 2,765.8 2,781.8 2,783.5 2,786.4 2,786.6 .2 Depository credit intermediation(1)........... 1,750.5 1,777.9 1,784.0 1,781.6 1,739.6 1,764.4 1,767.9 1,768.5 1,771.1 1,771.6 .5 Commercial banking.......... 1,294.1 1,308.9 1,314.1 1,312.8 1,285.3 1,300.6 1,302.4 1,302.3 1,304.4 1,305.1 .7 Securities, commodity contracts, investments....... 802.2 800.4 802.6 800.6 795.7 798.8 796.9 796.7 795.8 794.1 -1.7 Insurance carriers and related activities................... 2,221.1 2,246.5 2,245.9 2,239.4 2,218.5 2,241.8 2,239.4 2,238.9 2,237.8 2,237.6 -.2 Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles........... 84.7 82.4 82.4 81.3 84.4 83.4 82.9 82.1 82.0 81.2 -.8 Real estate and rental and leasing....................... 2,067.6 2,085.1 2,093.2 2,095.3 2,026.0 2,044.2 2,047.8 2,048.6 2,050.9 2,052.5 1.6 Real estate................... 1,370.3 1,385.9 1,394.5 1,398.1 1,342.3 1,366.4 1,367.3 1,365.2 1,368.8 1,370.7 1.9 Rental and leasing services... 669.1 669.3 669.1 667.4 655.7 649.4 651.4 654.2 653.0 652.6 -.4 Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets............ 28.2 29.9 29.6 29.8 28.0 28.4 29.1 29.2 29.1 29.2 .1 Professional and business services....................... 16,206 16,151 16,159 16,215 16,008 15,989 16,002 16,006 16,052 16,024 -28 Professional and technical services(1)................... 6,716.0 6,678.9 6,649.1 6,637.6 6,704.8 6,742.2 6,698.1 6,674.9 6,652.9 6,643.0 -9.9 Legal services............... 1,117.7 1,141.0 1,136.9 1,127.2 1,111.0 1,127.5 1,125.6 1,125.2 1,122.3 1,121.9 -.4 Accounting and bookkeeping services.................... 822.5 798.5 786.6 788.5 873.1 899.3 866.0 848.9 849.3 852.6 3.3 Architectural and engineering services.................... 1,272.0 1,252.9 1,263.2 1,261.5 1,248.5 1,242.9 1,241.4 1,236.0 1,240.0 1,238.9 -1.1 Computer systems design and related services............ 1,158.5 1,145.8 1,129.4 1,123.4 1,154.5 1,151.9 1,146.6 1,142.0 1,127.6 1,119.6 -8.0 Management and technical consulting services......... 743.4 734.6 739.2 742.3 735.8 732.9 734.0 731.8 733.9 734.0 .1 Management of companies and enterprises................... 1,713.7 1,697.8 1,704.3 1,696.2 1,704.6 1,697.0 1,696.0 1,690.8 1,697.4 1,687.7 -9.7 Administrative and waste services...................... 7,776.1 7,773.9 7,805.7 7,881.4 7,598.2 7,549.4 7,608.3 7,639.8 7,701.8 7,693.5 -8.3 Administrative and support services(1).................. 7,454.1 7,453.1 7,478.0 7,559.1 7,281.6 7,230.5 7,288.6 7,323.0 7,379.9 7,375.7 -4.2 Employment services(1)....... 3,377.8 3,358.8 3,390.1 3,471.8 3,268.8 3,242.2 3,291.7 3,318.3 3,371.8 3,353.5 -18.3 Temporary help services..... 2,300.5 2,232.5 2,255.1 2,313.6 2,219.1 2,131.2 2,177.6 2,207.9 2,219.7 2,226.5 6.8 Business support services.... 736.9 743.2 738.8 740.6 743.0 748.1 747.9 747.8 745.1 747.9 2.8 Services to buildings and dwellings................... 1,673.4 1,687.7 1,692.6 1,690.0 1,604.6 1,587.4 1,596.3 1,601.8 1,610.1 1,616.3 6.2 Waste management and remediation services......... 322.0 320.8 327.7 322.3 316.6 318.9 319.7 316.8 321.9 317.8 -4.1 Education and health services... 15,912 16,339 16,209 16,179 16,241 16,483 16,509 16,503 16,501 16,525 24 Educational services........... 2,354.8 2,495.9 2,398.3 2,361.4 2,665.5 2,708.8 2,718.1 2,689.7 2,687.1 2,685.6 -1.5 Health care and social assistance....................13,557.6 13,842.6 13,810.3 13,817.5 13,575.4 13,774.2 13,790.7 13,813.2 13,814.3 13,839.7 25.4 Ambulatory health care services(1).................. 4,656.2 4,790.3 4,790.0 4,802.0 4,649.4 4,753.7 4,764.8 4,777.4 4,784.6 4,795.2 10.6 Offices of physicians........ 1,999.3 2,052.6 2,058.6 2,063.5 1,993.0 2,041.7 2,045.9 2,050.2 2,054.9 2,058.2 3.3 Outpatient care centers...... 409.4 415.2 413.9 415.5 409.5 412.8 413.1 414.7 413.7 415.5 1.8 Home health care services.... 671.9 712.2 709.4 711.0 674.5 702.9 705.3 709.0 711.4 713.2 1.8 Hospitals..................... 4,171.1 4,232.2 4,240.9 4,244.5 4,165.4 4,214.0 4,218.1 4,227.0 4,228.1 4,238.9 10.8 Nursing and residential care facilities(1)................ 2,756.1 2,799.3 2,794.2 2,797.7 2,746.1 2,784.4 2,787.9 2,790.7 2,787.1 2,789.6 2.5 Nursing care facilities...... 1,580.2 1,593.1 1,587.6 1,587.0 1,575.0 1,586.2 1,587.0 1,589.6 1,586.0 1,583.8 -2.2 Social assistance(1).......... 1,974.2 2,020.8 1,985.2 1,973.3 2,014.5 2,022.1 2,019.9 2,018.1 2,014.5 2,016.0 1.5 Child day care services...... 703.9 717.5 681.1 683.6 740.8 724.9 724.9 722.7 726.1 722.4 -3.7 Leisure and hospitality......... 12,516 12,574 12,652 12,627 11,940 12,043 12,026 12,039 12,047 12,052 5 Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................... 1,999.4 1,986.4 2,044.7 2,006.2 1,751.2 1,764.8 1,759.2 1,758.4 1,761.0 1,762.9 1.9 Performing arts and spectator sports....................... 373.4 366.9 373.8 372.6 342.9 356.7 348.8 346.5 343.7 343.3 -.4 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks.............. 118.6 117.8 120.2 117.8 110.7 108.4 109.8 109.8 110.2 110.2 .0 Amusements, gambling, and recreation................... 1,507.4 1,501.7 1,550.7 1,515.8 1,297.6 1,299.7 1,300.6 1,302.1 1,307.1 1,309.4 2.3 Accommodations and food services......................10,516.5 10,587.2 10,607.2 10,621.2 10,189.2 10,278.6 10,266.7 10,280.4 10,286.2 10,288.8 2.6 Accommodations................ 1,902.4 1,860.0 1,923.0 1,910.5 1,762.4 1,769.0 1,763.6 1,769.1 1,776.4 1,771.5 -4.9 Food services and drinking places....................... 8,614.1 8,727.2 8,684.2 8,710.7 8,426.8 8,509.6 8,503.1 8,511.3 8,509.8 8,517.3 7.5 Other services.................. 5,374 5,376 5,374 5,340 5,340 5,322 5,320 5,323 5,314 5,310 -4 Repair and maintenance........ 1,239.7 1,226.3 1,225.4 1,224.8 1,237.5 1,215.6 1,215.1 1,218.6 1,219.3 1,221.3 2.0 Personal and laundry services. 1,250.9 1,237.5 1,228.2 1,228.2 1,247.5 1,227.0 1,226.3 1,225.0 1,224.7 1,224.8 .1 Membership associations and organizations................ 2,883.7 2,912.6 2,920.1 2,887.4 2,854.8 2,879.1 2,878.7 2,879.5 2,870.1 2,863.6 -6.5 Government...................... 20,363 21,508 20,368 20,282 21,479 21,526 21,484 21,476 21,483 21,457 -26 Federal........................ 2,777 2,770 2,768 2,751 2,765 2,769 2,761 2,749 2,745 2,740 -5 Federal, except U.S. Postal Service...................... 1,944.1 1,953.0 1,954.7 1,939.4 1,926.9 1,946.0 1,937.0 1,928.2 1,926.8 1,924.2 -2.6 U.S. Postal Service........... 833.2 816.5 813.7 811.7 838.4 823.0 823.6 821.1 818.2 816.2 -2.0 State government............... 4,787 4,768 4,681 4,688 5,013 4,952 4,941 4,925 4,925 4,924 -1 State government education.... 1,976.7 1,990.7 1,906.0 1,913.0 2,232.5 2,186.5 2,180.8 2,174.3 2,175.8 2,174.6 -1.2 State government, excluding education.................... 2,810.5 2,777.3 2,775.3 2,774.5 2,780.3 2,765.3 2,759.9 2,751.1 2,749.4 2,749.6 .2 Local government............... 12,799 13,970 12,919 12,843 13,701 13,805 13,782 13,802 13,813 13,793 -20 Local government education.... 6,587.8 7,719.6 6,607.8 6,614.9 7,673.7 7,703.5 7,689.1 7,718.7 7,743.4 7,735.4 -8.0 Local government, excluding education.................... 6,211.3 6,250.1 6,310.9 6,227.6 6,027.3 6,101.1 6,092.6 6,083.5 6,069.1 6,057.8 -11.3 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: 2002 2003 2003p 2003p 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003p 2003p July 2003- Aug. 2003 Total private......................... 34.2 34.1 33.8 33.9 33.9 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.6 33.6 0.0 Goods-producing........................... 40.2 40.1 39.5 40.1 39.9 39.5 39.7 39.8 39.6 39.7 .1 Natural resources and mining.................. 43.7 44.3 43.3 44.0 43.3 43.4 43.8 43.7 43.2 43.6 .4 Construction.................................. 39.3 39.0 39.0 39.5 38.5 37.9 38.5 38.4 38.2 38.5 .3 Manufacturing................................. 40.6 40.5 39.6 40.2 40.5 40.1 40.2 40.3 40.1 40.1 .0 Overtime hours............................. 4.4 4.1 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.1 .1 Durable goods................................ 40.7 41.0 39.9 40.6 40.7 40.3 40.5 40.7 40.5 40.5 .0 Overtime hours............................. 4.4 4.3 3.8 4.3 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 .0 Wood products............................... 40.2 41.0 40.7 41.2 39.8 40.0 39.9 40.3 40.8 40.7 -.1 Nonmetallic mineral products................ 42.6 42.9 42.1 42.8 42.1 42.0 42.4 42.2 41.7 42.2 .5 Primary metals.............................. 42.2 42.2 41.0 41.4 42.3 42.2 42.2 42.0 41.6 41.6 .0 Fabricated metal products................... 40.7 40.8 40.0 40.4 40.7 40.3 40.6 40.5 40.5 40.4 -.1 Machinery................................... 40.5 41.1 39.8 40.4 40.6 40.6 40.6 40.9 40.3 40.5 .2 Computer and electronic products............ 39.4 40.6 40.0 40.8 39.6 40.1 40.5 40.5 40.6 40.9 .3 Electrical equipment and appliances......... 39.9 41.2 39.7 40.0 40.2 40.0 40.3 41.0 40.4 40.3 -.1 Transportation equipment.................... 42.5 41.9 39.7 40.9 42.4 41.2 41.2 41.4 41.3 40.7 -.6 Furniture and related products.............. 39.1 39.0 39.0 39.4 38.8 37.9 38.4 38.9 38.9 39.1 .2 Miscellaneous manufacturing................. 38.4 38.6 37.8 38.0 38.4 38.0 38.1 38.6 38.4 38.1 -.3 Nondurable goods............................. 40.3 39.8 39.2 39.7 40.1 39.8 39.7 39.7 39.5 39.6 .1 Overtime hours............................. 4.5 3.9 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.0 .1 Food manufacturing.......................... 40.0 39.4 38.9 39.4 39.6 39.4 39.3 39.4 39.0 39.1 .1 Beverages and tobacco products.............. 39.7 39.6 39.5 40.3 39.4 39.6 39.0 39.0 39.1 39.8 .7 Textile mills............................... 40.7 38.9 37.0 38.7 40.5 39.1 38.4 38.6 37.9 38.6 .7 Textile product mills....................... 39.3 39.5 39.9 40.7 39.2 38.5 39.0 39.1 39.9 40.4 .5 Apparel..................................... 37.1 35.6 34.3 34.8 36.9 35.6 35.4 35.0 34.6 34.7 .1 Leather and allied products................. 37.5 39.2 37.9 37.9 37.3 39.3 39.3 38.8 38.8 38.1 -.7 Paper and paper products.................... 41.8 41.4 40.9 40.9 41.9 41.6 41.4 41.4 41.2 41.1 -.1 Printing and related support activities..... 38.7 37.9 37.7 38.0 38.5 38.0 37.9 38.1 38.0 37.9 -.1 Petroleum and coal products................. 42.3 44.5 44.3 43.8 42.7 44.3 44.1 44.1 43.9 44.2 .3 Chemicals................................... 42.4 42.4 41.6 41.8 42.5 42.4 42.2 42.2 42.0 42.0 .0 Plastics and rubber products................ 40.6 40.4 39.3 40.3 40.7 40.0 40.3 40.1 40.0 40.3 .3 Private service-providing................ 32.8 32.8 32.5 32.6 32.5 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.3 32.3 .0 Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 34.0 34.0 33.8 33.9 33.5 33.4 33.4 33.4 33.3 33.5 .2 Wholesale trade.............................. 38.1 38.3 37.6 37.9 38.0 37.8 37.8 37.8 37.7 37.8 .1 Retail trade................................. 31.4 31.4 31.3 31.4 30.8 30.8 30.8 30.8 30.6 30.8 .2 Transportation and warehousing............... 36.9 37.1 36.9 37.1 36.6 36.5 36.6 36.6 36.9 36.8 -.1 Utilities.................................... 40.9 41.1 40.8 41.0 40.9 41.0 40.9 41.0 40.9 41.0 .1 Information................................... 36.5 36.8 36.4 36.5 36.4 36.2 36.4 36.4 36.4 36.4 .0 Financial activities.......................... 35.5 36.2 35.3 35.4 35.6 35.5 35.6 35.5 35.5 35.5 .0 Professional and business services............ 34.4 34.7 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.0 34.1 34.1 34.1 33.9 -.2 Education and health services................. 32.6 32.7 32.5 32.5 32.6 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 32.5 .0 Leisure and hospitality....................... 26.6 26.1 26.1 26.2 25.7 25.6 25.6 25.5 25.3 25.3 .0 Other services................................ 32.2 32.0 31.8 31.9 32.0 31.8 31.8 31.8 31.7 31.7 .0 1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings Industry Aug. June July Aug. Aug. June July Aug. 2002 2003 2003p 2003p 2002 2003 2003p 2003p Total private........................... $14.92 $15.34 $15.32 $15.34 $510.26 $523.09 $517.82 $520.03 Seasonally adjusted.................... 15.02 15.38 15.43 15.45 509.18 518.31 518.45 519.12 Goods-producing............................. 16.42 16.78 16.84 16.90 660.08 672.88 665.18 677.69 Natural resources and mining.................... 17.18 17.52 17.63 17.64 750.77 776.14 763.38 776.16 Construction.................................... 18.64 18.90 18.98 19.05 732.55 737.10 740.22 752.48 Manufacturing................................... 15.30 15.69 15.68 15.75 621.18 635.45 620.93 633.15 Durable goods.................................. 16.04 16.40 16.30 16.45 652.83 672.40 650.37 667.87 Wood products................................. 12.42 12.70 12.81 12.65 499.28 520.70 521.37 521.18 Nonmetallic mineral products.................. 15.44 15.70 15.82 15.80 657.74 673.53 666.02 676.24 Primary metals................................ 17.69 18.02 18.25 18.09 746.52 760.44 748.25 748.93 Fabricated metal products..................... 14.70 14.92 14.99 15.05 598.29 608.74 599.60 608.02 Machinery..................................... 15.92 16.33 16.39 16.32 644.76 671.16 652.32 659.33 Computer and electronic products.............. 16.31 16.75 16.77 16.76 642.61 680.05 670.80 683.81 Electrical equipment and appliances........... 13.96 14.28 14.29 14.46 557.00 588.34 567.31 578.40 Transportation equipment...................... 20.61 21.20 20.74 21.30 875.93 888.28 823.38 871.17 Furniture and related products................ 12.75 12.96 12.96 12.96 498.53 505.44 505.44 510.62 Miscellaneous manufacturing................... 12.99 13.13 13.27 13.31 498.82 506.82 501.61 505.78 Nondurable goods............................... 14.15 14.58 14.72 14.65 570.25 580.28 577.02 581.61 Food manufacturing............................ 12.58 12.70 12.82 12.82 503.20 500.38 498.70 505.11 Beverages and tobacco products................ 17.40 17.56 17.74 17.61 690.78 695.38 700.73 709.68 Textile mills................................. 11.80 11.92 11.96 11.97 480.26 463.69 442.52 463.24 Textile product mills......................... 11.09 11.18 11.29 11.57 435.84 441.61 450.47 470.90 Apparel....................................... 9.13 9.47 9.67 9.72 338.72 337.13 331.68 338.26 Leather and allied products................... 11.00 11.59 11.42 11.58 412.50 454.33 432.82 438.88 Paper and paper products...................... 16.92 17.33 17.59 17.43 707.26 717.46 719.43 712.89 Printing and related support activities....... 15.01 15.26 15.41 15.44 580.89 578.35 580.96 586.72 Petroleum and coal products................... 22.97 23.53 23.20 23.02 971.63 1047.09 1027.76 1008.28 Chemicals..................................... 17.94 18.55 18.47 18.37 760.66 786.52 768.35 767.87 Plastics and rubber products.................. 13.52 14.18 14.36 14.23 548.91 572.87 564.35 573.47 Private service-providing.................. 14.49 14.94 14.90 14.90 475.27 490.03 484.25 485.74 Trade, transportation, and utilities............ 13.98 14.33 14.31 14.29 475.32 487.22 483.68 484.43 Wholesale trade................................ 16.94 17.33 17.31 17.31 645.41 663.74 650.86 656.05 Retail trade................................... 11.64 11.91 11.88 11.88 365.50 373.97 371.84 373.03 Transportation and warehousing................. 15.79 16.29 16.37 16.31 582.65 604.36 604.05 605.10 Utilities...................................... 23.84 24.58 24.61 24.59 975.06 1010.24 1004.09 1008.19 Information..................................... 20.00 21.03 21.09 21.20 730.00 773.90 767.68 773.80 Financial activities............................ 16.25 17.16 17.23 17.33 576.88 621.19 608.22 613.48 Professional and business services.............. 16.68 17.25 17.10 17.05 573.79 598.58 581.40 581.41 Education and health services................... 15.31 15.61 15.69 15.68 499.11 510.45 509.93 509.60 Leisure and hospitality......................... 8.52 8.69 8.66 8.67 226.63 226.81 226.03 227.15 Other services.................................. 13.74 13.97 13.91 13.91 442.43 447.04 442.34 443.73 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: 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003p 2003p July 2003- Aug. 2003 Total private: Current dollars........................ $15.02 $15.30 $15.35 $15.38 $15.43 $15.45 0.1 Constant (1982) dollars(2)............. 8.24 8.27 8.31 8.30 8.32 N.A. (3) Goods-producing............................. 16.38 16.71 16.76 16.79 16.80 16.86 .4 Natural resources and mining.................... 17.27 17.67 17.55 17.60 17.65 17.72 .4 Construction.................................... 18.57 18.90 18.95 18.96 18.96 18.99 .2 Manufacturing................................... 15.34 15.63 15.68 15.72 15.73 15.78 .3 Excluding overtime(4)........................ 14.58 14.89 14.92 14.98 14.98 15.01 .2 Durable goods.................................. 16.08 16.33 16.37 16.42 16.41 16.48 .4 Nondurable goods............................... 14.19 14.56 14.61 14.63 14.66 14.69 .2 Private service-providing.................. 14.63 14.91 14.97 15.00 15.06 15.06 .0 Trade, transportation, and utilities............ 14.06 14.24 14.31 14.34 14.39 14.38 -.1 Wholesale trade................................ 17.02 17.25 17.29 17.34 17.38 17.40 .1 Retail trade................................... 11.71 11.83 11.90 11.92 11.95 11.96 .1 Transportation and warehousing................. 15.80 16.18 16.25 16.30 16.39 16.33 -.4 Utilities...................................... 24.08 24.33 24.48 24.62 24.73 24.78 .2 Information..................................... 20.13 20.97 21.09 21.13 21.28 21.34 .3 Financial activities............................ 16.34 16.93 17.02 17.17 17.35 17.39 .2 Professional and business services.............. 16.86 17.23 17.24 17.22 17.24 17.26 .1 Education and health services................... 15.33 15.57 15.64 15.67 15.70 15.72 .1 Leisure and hospitality......................... 8.60 8.71 8.73 8.75 8.76 8.76 .0 Other services.................................. 13.80 13.98 13.97 13.98 14.00 14.00 .0 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. 3 Change was .2 percent from June 2003 to July 2003, the latest month available. 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half. N.A. = not available. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Percent Industry Aug. June July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. change from: 2002 2003 2003p 2003p 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003p 2003p July 2003- Aug. 2003 Total private......................... 101.7 100.9 99.8 100.1 99.9 98.8 98.7 98.7 98.3 98.2 -0.1 Goods-producing........................... 102.4 98.8 96.9 98.9 99.4 96.0 96.3 96.3 95.5 95.6 .1 Natural resources and mining.................. 102.0 99.2 97.9 99.5 98.6 95.8 96.9 96.7 95.6 96.0 .4 Construction.................................. 107.3 104.8 106.0 107.9 99.7 97.5 99.2 99.1 98.5 99.4 .9 Manufacturing................................. 100.5 96.1 92.7 94.6 99.5 95.2 95.1 95.0 94.0 93.8 -.2 Durable goods................................ 99.7 96.2 92.0 94.3 99.3 94.6 94.7 94.8 93.8 93.7 -.1 Wood products............................... 102.7 100.9 100.0 101.1 99.3 97.9 97.3 97.5 98.4 97.5 -.9 Nonmetallic mineral products................ 103.5 99.2 97.0 99.6 99.9 95.5 96.2 95.7 93.9 95.6 1.8 Primary metals.............................. 99.7 93.9 89.2 91.0 99.6 95.6 94.6 93.4 91.5 91.3 -.2 Fabricated metal products................... 99.9 95.9 92.8 94.1 99.8 95.1 95.3 94.7 94.3 93.9 -.4 Machinery................................... 98.4 96.2 91.7 92.8 99.1 95.4 94.8 95.0 93.4 93.6 .2 Computer and electronic products............ 98.0 95.8 93.2 95.3 98.8 95.4 95.8 95.3 94.9 95.8 .9 Electrical equipment and appliances......... 98.7 94.7 90.0 90.1 99.3 93.5 92.6 93.7 91.9 90.7 -1.3 Transportation equipment.................... 99.9 96.2 88.0 93.2 99.4 93.4 94.0 94.4 93.4 92.5 -1.0 Furniture and related products.............. 100.2 94.0 93.2 94.2 98.9 90.7 92.1 92.9 92.7 92.8 .1 Miscellaneous manufacturing................. 99.5 96.5 92.0 92.5 99.1 95.2 94.6 95.6 94.0 92.6 -1.5 Nondurable goods............................. 101.2 96.0 93.8 95.3 99.5 96.1 95.6 95.1 94.4 94.1 -.3 Food manufacturing.......................... 102.9 98.2 98.3 101.4 99.2 98.4 98.1 98.6 97.9 98.1 .2 Beverages and tobacco products.............. 105.3 88.3 89.7 90.8 100.5 88.4 87.4 85.7 86.6 85.8 -.9 Textile mills............................... 100.4 89.3 81.0 84.2 99.1 91.2 87.7 87.4 83.5 83.4 -.1 Textile product mills....................... 101.9 96.5 95.5 93.4 100.2 94.5 95.0 93.5 94.6 92.2 -2.5 Apparel..................................... 101.0 84.0 75.1 74.8 99.8 84.1 82.3 79.2 76.6 74.3 -3.0 Leather and allied products................. 97.1 90.1 84.6 85.9 96.0 92.0 91.2 87.1 88.7 85.8 -3.3 Paper and paper products.................... 100.3 94.6 92.5 93.0 99.9 95.3 94.4 94.0 93.0 92.9 -.1 Printing and related support activities..... 99.9 96.5 95.4 96.0 99.2 96.3 96.3 96.5 96.0 95.7 -.3 Petroleum and coal products................. 99.8 102.7 102.6 100.2 97.8 99.8 100.2 99.6 98.8 98.9 .1 Chemicals................................... 99.1 99.8 98.2 97.8 99.9 100.1 99.3 99.0 99.1 98.8 -.3 Plastics and rubber products................ 100.5 97.6 93.4 96.7 100.2 96.7 97.2 96.1 95.7 96.3 .6 Private service-providing................ 101.5 101.6 100.5 100.6 99.9 99.5 99.4 99.5 99.1 99.1 .0 Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 100.9 99.8 98.9 99.1 99.5 98.3 98.1 97.9 97.5 98.0 .5 Wholesale trade.............................. 100.4 99.2 97.2 97.5 99.7 97.9 97.7 97.3 96.8 96.8 .0 Retail trade................................. 101.3 100.7 100.3 100.5 99.6 99.1 99.0 98.9 98.2 98.9 .7 Transportation and warehousing............... 100.1 98.7 96.4 97.0 99.5 97.1 97.1 96.8 97.0 96.5 -.5 Utilities.................................... 100.9 99.7 99.3 99.7 100.1 99.1 98.7 98.6 98.5 98.9 .4 Information................................... 99.5 101.3 100.1 99.9 98.7 98.8 99.4 99.6 99.5 99.3 -.2 Financial activities.......................... 100.4 104.2 101.8 101.9 99.9 101.0 101.5 101.3 101.3 101.4 .1 Professional and business services............ 101.8 101.4 99.3 99.9 99.8 98.3 98.6 98.6 98.8 98.0 -.8 Education and health services................. 98.8 101.3 99.9 99.6 101.0 101.7 101.8 101.8 101.8 101.9 .1 Leisure and hospitality....................... 107.8 105.9 106.6 106.8 99.1 99.1 98.9 98.8 98.1 98.2 .1 Other services................................ 100.9 100.0 99.5 98.9 99.6 98.2 98.1 98.3 97.9 97.7 -.2 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. 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: 2002 2003 2003p 2003p 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003p 2003p July 2003- Aug. 2003 Total private......................... 101.5 103.5 102.2 102.7 100.3 101.1 101.3 101.5 101.5 101.5 0.0 Goods-producing........................... 103.0 101.6 100.0 102.4 99.7 98.2 98.8 99.0 98.3 98.7 .4 Natural resources and mining.................. 101.8 100.9 100.2 101.9 98.9 98.3 98.8 98.8 98.0 98.8 .8 Construction.................................. 108.0 106.9 108.7 111.0 100.0 99.5 101.6 101.5 100.9 102.0 1.1 Manufacturing................................. 100.5 98.6 95.1 97.5 99.8 97.3 97.5 97.6 96.7 96.8 .1 Durable goods................................ 99.9 98.5 93.7 96.9 99.7 96.4 96.8 97.2 96.1 96.4 .3 Nondurable goods............................. 101.1 98.9 97.6 98.7 99.7 98.9 98.6 98.3 97.8 97.6 -.2 Private service-providing................ 101.0 104.2 102.8 103.0 100.3 101.8 102.2 102.4 102.5 102.5 .0 Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 100.7 102.1 101.0 101.0 99.8 99.9 100.2 100.2 100.1 100.5 .4 Wholesale trade.............................. 100.2 101.3 99.2 99.5 100.0 99.6 99.6 99.5 99.2 99.3 .1 Retail trade................................. 101.0 102.7 102.1 102.3 99.9 100.5 100.9 101.0 100.6 101.3 .7 Transportation and warehousing............... 100.2 101.9 100.0 100.3 99.7 99.6 100.0 100.0 100.8 99.9 -.9 Utilities.................................... 100.5 102.4 102.1 102.4 100.7 100.7 100.9 101.4 101.7 102.4 .7 Information................................... 98.3 105.3 104.3 104.7 98.2 102.5 103.6 104.0 104.7 104.7 .0 Financial activities.......................... 100.9 110.6 108.5 109.2 100.9 105.8 106.8 107.5 108.7 109.0 .3 Professional and business services............ 101.0 104.0 101.0 101.3 100.1 100.7 101.1 101.0 101.3 100.7 -.6 Education and health services................. 99.4 104.0 103.0 102.7 101.7 104.0 104.6 104.8 105.0 105.3 .3 Leisure and hospitality....................... 107.2 107.4 107.7 108.0 99.4 100.7 100.8 100.9 100.3 100.3 .0 Other services................................ 101.0 101.8 100.8 100.2 100.1 100.1 99.9 100.1 99.9 99.6 -.3 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted (Percent) Time span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries(1) Over 1-month span: 1999 .............. 56.3 64.7 56.7 65.8 64.2 61.9 63.3 59.9 57.6 64.4 69.1 64.4 2000 .............. 65.5 60.3 65.5 58.8 47.7 61.7 65.5 52.9 52.3 54.1 57.7 53.2 2001 .............. 52.3 49.6 48.6 36.5 41.4 38.1 35.6 38.5 39.0 35.6 37.8 36.0 2002 .............. 40.5 37.4 37.6 41.0 41.7 43.7 39.0 41.7 43.3 43.9 42.4 37.2 2003 .............. 44.2 36.7 44.1 46.9 43.3 37.2 p41.5 p38.5 Over 3-month span: 1999 .............. 61.5 64.9 61.0 65.8 66.4 69.1 66.9 64.4 62.2 62.9 66.7 69.6 2000 .............. 70.1 66.0 68.3 68.3 58.5 56.3 58.1 62.2 55.9 53.1 54.0 58.3 2001 .............. 54.9 50.7 50.5 43.5 37.2 36.0 36.2 35.8 34.5 32.2 31.7 30.9 2002 .............. 34.4 38.3 36.5 35.4 36.7 38.8 39.7 41.4 38.1 39.0 37.8 34.9 2003 .............. 36.0 35.6 36.0 41.2 43.0 40.6 p37.6 p33.5 Over 6-month span: 1999 .............. 66.9 64.9 63.7 64.0 65.6 65.8 66.7 66.2 69.4 68.7 66.4 66.5 2000 .............. 67.6 68.7 71.4 71.9 68.5 66.2 67.3 60.4 58.3 55.0 61.0 55.2 2001 .............. 53.2 51.4 50.7 47.1 42.8 38.8 37.6 34.5 31.1 32.9 31.3 31.7 2002 .............. 30.6 29.9 31.1 31.3 33.3 35.8 36.9 37.4 37.8 39.9 38.3 35.8 2003 .............. 37.4 36.5 35.1 34.7 37.4 36.5 p37.9 p35.1 Over 12-month span: 1999 .............. 70.5 68.7 68.2 68.0 68.3 68.3 68.0 68.0 67.8 69.1 68.3 69.1 2000 .............. 70.9 69.2 73.2 71.0 69.8 71.0 70.0 70.3 70.3 65.6 63.8 62.1 2001 .............. 59.5 59.5 53.4 49.3 48.6 45.0 43.3 43.9 39.9 37.8 37.1 34.9 2002 .............. 33.6 31.7 30.2 30.2 30.4 30.6 30.8 31.8 31.5 30.0 33.5 33.3 2003 .............. 33.8 33.3 34.5 35.4 36.5 35.4 p34.9 p33.5 Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries(1) Over 1-month span: 1999 .............. 42.3 38.7 33.3 39.3 52.4 34.5 50.0 40.5 41.7 50.6 56.0 51.8 2000 .............. 50.6 53.6 54.8 42.9 39.9 53.6 62.5 28.6 24.4 35.1 41.1 38.7 2001 .............. 24.4 22.0 24.4 14.3 14.3 19.6 14.3 13.7 17.9 16.7 16.7 9.5 2002 .............. 19.0 22.6 20.8 33.9 30.4 32.1 34.5 25.0 31.0 19.6 21.4 25.0 2003 .............. 36.3 19.0 27.4 20.2 30.4 25.6 p30.4 p24.4 Over 3-month span: 1999 .............. 33.9 40.5 37.5 35.7 41.7 43.5 42.3 38.1 41.1 44.6 49.4 56.5 2000 .............. 54.2 54.8 58.3 51.8 41.7 41.1 54.8 48.2 29.2 25.6 25.0 42.3 2001 .............. 34.5 24.4 17.9 14.3 11.9 14.3 10.7 7.7 8.3 9.5 8.9 8.3 2002 .............. 11.9 11.9 16.7 20.2 21.4 20.2 28.6 25.6 25.6 17.9 14.9 10.7 2003 .............. 14.9 15.5 19.6 16.7 17.9 14.3 p20.2 p23.8 Over 6-month span: 1999 .............. 37.5 32.7 30.4 33.3 36.9 38.1 38.1 34.5 40.5 46.4 41.1 48.2 2000 .............. 47.0 51.2 56.5 57.1 49.4 47.6 56.0 44.0 36.9 35.1 34.5 31.0 2001 .............. 23.8 24.4 20.8 17.9 14.9 11.9 13.7 9.5 8.3 6.5 6.5 6.0 2002 .............. 7.7 8.9 7.7 8.9 12.5 16.7 19.6 19.6 23.8 17.9 16.7 13.7 2003 .............. 13.7 14.3 12.5 11.9 12.5 15.5 p14.3 p14.9 Over 12-month span: 1999 .............. 35.7 32.1 29.8 32.1 32.7 32.1 34.5 32.1 33.3 39.3 41.1 42.9 2000 .............. 41.7 39.3 47.0 50.0 46.4 52.4 51.8 49.4 46.4 40.5 35.1 33.3 2001 .............. 29.8 32.1 20.8 19.0 13.1 12.5 10.7 11.9 11.9 10.1 8.3 6.0 2002 .............. 7.1 6.0 6.0 7.1 7.7 5.4 6.0 8.9 7.7 9.5 13.1 13.1 2003 .............. 13.7 15.5 16.7 13.1 15.5 16.1 p11.3 p13.1 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.