Technical information: Household data: (202) 691-6378 USDL 02-680 http://www.bls.gov/cps/ (Replaces USDL 02-669, issued December 6, 2002.) Establishment data: 691-6555 http://www.bls.gov/ces/ For release: Immediate Media contact: 691-5902 Monday, December 9, 2002. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: NOVEMBER 2002 Nonfarm payroll employment was little changed in November, while the unemployment rate rose to 6.0 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Job losses continued in manufacturing, but the services industry added workers. Unemployment (Household Survey Data) The number of unemployed persons edged up to 8.5 million in November. The unemployment rate rose to 6.0 percent, a level most recently reached in April. From May through October, the jobless rate remained within a range of 5.6 to 5.9 percent. In November, the unemployment rate for adult men rose by half a percentage point to 5.7 percent; rates for blacks (11.0 percent) and teenagers (16.8 percent) also were up over the month. The jobless rates for adult women (5.0 percent), whites (5.2 percent), and Hispanics (7.8 percent) showed little or no change. (See tables A-1 and A-2.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Corrections to Establishment Survey Data Issued December 6, 2002 | | | | The November Employment Situation release issued on December 6, 2002 | | (USDL 02-669), is being replaced by this release in order to correct | | errors in the establishment survey data. All seasonally adjusted em- | | ployment, hours, and earnings series for the month of September 2002 | | have been recalculated using updated seasonal adjustment factors. The | | original seasonal factors for September 2002 were used rather than up- | | dated factors in the first issuance of the release. This correction | | does not affect levels for any month other than September 2002. Thus, | | all over-the-month employment changes for November were correct in the | | original release, as were the net changes between August and October. | | | | This release also incorporates additional corrections for nonsuper- | | visory worker estimates in the communications industry for October and | | November 2002. These corrections resulted in minor revisions in some | | hours and earnings series for these 2 months. | | | | See footnotes on tables B-1 through B-6 for the affected series. | | Further information is available on the Internet, via the CES homepage | | at http://www.bls.gov/ces/, or by calling 202-691-6555. | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 2 - Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) ___________________________________________________________________________ | Quarterly | | | averages | Monthly data | |_________________|__________________________| Oct.- Category | 2002 | 2002 | Nov. |_________________|__________________________|change | II | III | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | ______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ HOUSEHOLD DATA | Labor force status |____________________________________________________ Civilian labor force..| 142,605| 142,761| 143,277| 143,123| 142,733| -390 Employment..........| 134,149| 134,568| 135,185| 134,914| 134,225| -689 Unemployment........| 8,456| 8,193| 8,092| 8,209| 8,508| 299 Not in labor force....| 71,059| 71,465| 71,152| 71,519| 72,087| 568 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Unemployment rates |____________________________________________________ All workers...........| 5.9| 5.7| 5.6| 5.7| 6.0| 0.3 Adult men...........| 5.3| 5.2| 5.2| 5.2| 5.7| .5 Adult women.........| 5.2| 5.0| 4.9| 5.2| 5.0| -.2 Teenagers...........| 17.1| 16.9| 15.7| 14.6| 16.8| 2.2 White...............| 5.2| 5.1| 5.1| 5.1| 5.2| .1 Black...............| 10.7| 9.7| 9.6| 9.8| 11.0| 1.2 Hispanic origin.....| 7.4| 7.5| 7.4| 7.8| 7.8| .0 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ ESTABLISHMENT DATA | Employment |____________________________________________________ Nonfarm employment....| 130,706|c130,844|c130,829|p130,915|p130,875| p-40 Goods-producing 1/..| 23,879| c23,787| c23,748| p23,694| p23,643| p-51 Construction......| 6,544| c6,544| c6,556| p6,545| p6,541| p-4 Manufacturing.....| 16,776| c16,691| c16,640| p16,596| p16,551| p-45 Service-producing 1/| 106,827|c107,057|c107,081|p107,221|p107,232| p11 Retail trade......| 23,327| c23,308| c23,291| p23,292| p23,253| p-39 Services..........| 41,090| c41,299| c41,336| p41,386| p41,436| p50 Government........| 21,201| 21,270| 21,293| p21,346| p21,354| p8 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Hours of work 2/ |____________________________________________________ Total private.........| 34.2| 34.1| 34.2| p34.2| p34.2| p0.0 Manufacturing.......| 41.0| 40.8| 40.8| p40.7| p40.7| p.0 Overtime..........| 4.2| 4.1| 4.1| p4.1| p4.1| p.0 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100) 2/ |____________________________________________________ Total private.........| c148.1| 147.9| c148.3| cp148.1| cp148.1| cp0.0 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Earnings 2/ |____________________________________________________ Avg. hourly earnings, | | | | | | total private.......| c$14.70| $14.81| $14.85| p$14.89| p$14.93| p$0.04 Avg. weekly earnings, | | | | | | total private.......| c503.12| 505.14| 507.87| p509.24| p510.61| p1.37 ______________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ 1/ Includes other industries, not shown separately. 2/ Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers. p=preliminary. c=corrected. - 3 - Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) Total employment, as measured by the household survey, declined in November to 134.2 million, and the employment-population ratio dropped by 0.4 percentage point to 62.5 percent. Despite some large monthly swings, total employment has shown no net change over the year. (See table A-1.) The civilian labor force, at 142.7 million in November, declined by 390,000 over the month, and has fallen by 544,000 since September. The labor force participation rate decreased by 0.3 percentage point in November to 66.4 percent. (See table A-1.) About 7.2 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one job in November. These multiple jobholders represented 5.3 percent of the total employed. (See table A-10.) Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) About 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in November, about the same as a year earlier. These individuals reported that they wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed, however, because they had not actively searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. The number of discouraged workers was 381,000 in November, also about unchanged from the same month a year earlier. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were not looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available. (See table A-10.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Total nonfarm payroll employment was little changed (-40,000) in November at 130.9 million. This followed a decline of 84,000 in September and an in- crease of 86,000 in October (as revised). Payroll employment had increased by 233,000 from April to August, after falling by 1.8 million from March 2001 to April 2002. (See table B-1.) In November, manufacturing employment fell by 45,000. Factory job losses have averaged about 48,000 in the last 4 months, compared with losses of 20,000 a month from April to July. In November, factory job losses were widespread throughout durable goods manufacturing. Electronic equipment employment declined by 11,000. Over the last 2 years, employment in the industry has fallen by 388,000, or 22 percent. In November, transpor- tation equipment lost 11,000 jobs, mainly in aircraft manufacturing. Employ- ment in fabricated metals fell by 10,000 over the month and has declined by nearly 10 percent since July 2000. Retail trade employment was down by 39,000 in November, after seasonal adjustment. This was due in part to less seasonal hiring than usual in November. Employment continued to decline in the communications industry, which has lost 156,000 jobs since April 2001. Employment in electric, gas, and sanitary services fell by 6,000 in November. Transportation employment held steady over the month, with small offsetting movements within the component industries. - 4 - Construction employment was flat in November. Job gains in general build- ing contractors were offset by losses in heavy construction. Construction industry employment has shown no net growth since spring of this year. Employment in the services industry rose by 50,000 in November. Health services added 27,000 jobs, with hospitals accounting for about half of this increase. Over the past 12 months, employment in the health services industry has risen by 278,000. In November, employment also rose in several other services industries, including engineering and management, agricultural services, and auto repair and parking services. Employment in help supply services decreased by 23,000 in November; this followed declines that totaled 65,000 in the prior 2 months. The industry had added 167,000 jobs from Feb- ruary to August. In finance, employment continued to increase in mortgage brokerages (5,000) as refinancing activity maintained a healthy pace. Employment in mortgage brokerages has grown by 106,000 since its low point in January 2001. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged in November at 34.2 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek and factory overtime also were unchanged at 40.7 hours and 4.1 hours, respectively. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged in November at 148.1 (1982=100), seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing index was down by 0.4 percent over the month to 91.0. (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 4 cents in November to $14.93, seasonally adjusted, following a similar increase (as revised) in October. Average weekly earnings rose by 0.3 percent over the month to $510.61. Over the year, average hourly earnings were up by 2.9 percent and average weekly earnings rose by 3.2 percent. (See table B-3.) ______________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Corrections of Establishment Survey Data | | | | This release incorporates corrections for nonsupervisory worker | | estimates in the communications industry for January 2000 and all | | subsequent months. These corrections resulted in minor revisions | | in the hours and earnings series. See footnotes on tables B-2 | | through B-5 for the affected series. Further information is | | available on the Internet, via the CES homepage at | | http://www.bls.gov/ces/, or by calling 202-691-6555. | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------- - 5 - -------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | New Seasonal Factors for Establishment Survey Data | | | | Following usual practice, the 6-month updates to seasonal adjust-| | ment factors for the establishment survey data are introduced with | | this release. These factors were used in the revisions to the Sep-| | tember and October data as well as in the November estimates, and | | will be used through the April 2003 estimates. These factors will | | be published in the December 2002 issue of Employment and Earnings | | and are available on the Internet (http://www.bls.gov/ces/), or by | | calling 202-691-6555. | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Employment Situation for December 2002 is scheduled to be released on Friday, January 10, 2003, at 8:30 A.M. (EST). Release dates for the balance of 2003 are as follows: Feb. 7 May 2 Aug. 1 Nov. 7 March 7 June 6 Sept. 5 Dec. 5 April 4 July 3 Oct. 3 Upcoming Changes to Household and National Nonfarm Payroll Data Series Household Data Series Effective with the release of January 2003 data, several changes to the Current Population Survey (CPS) will affect estimates contained in the Employment Situation news release: --Population controls that reflect the results of Census 2000 will be used in the monthly CPS estimation process. In addition, CPS data series from January 2000 through December 2002 will be revised to reflect the introduction of the Census 2000-based population controls. --The questions on race and Hispanic origin in the CPS will be modified to comply with the new standards for federal statistical agencies. A major change under those standards is that respondents may select more than one race when answering the survey. Respondents will continue to be asked a separate question to determine if they are Hispanic. The Employment Situation news release will present data for persons who report they are white and no other race, black or African American and no other race, and Asian and no other race. Data will continue to be presented for Hispanics separately. --The CPS will adopt the Census industry and occupation classification systems derived from the 2002 North American Industry Classification System and the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification system. These new classification systems represent complete breaks in the time series for occupation and industry data. As a result, seasonally adjusted oc- cupation and industry estimates from the household survey will not be presented until sufficient time series become available for seasonal ad- justment. - 6 - --The CPS program will begin using the X-12 ARIMA software for seasonal adjustment of time series data. Because of the other revisions being introduced with the January data, the annual revision of 5 years of seasonally adjusted data that typically occurs with the release of data for December will be delayed until the release of data for January. Questions about upcoming changes to the CPS data series can be directed to the Division of Labor Force Statistics at 202-691-6378. National Nonfarm Payroll Data Series NAICS conversion. The nonfarm payroll series, produced from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program, will be converted from the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) basis to the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) basis with the June 6, 2003, release of May 2003 estimates. The NAICS conversion involves major definitional changes to many of the currently published SIC-based series. After the conversion to NAICS, SIC-based series will no longer be produced or published. Historical time series will be reconstructed as part of the NAICS conversion process. All published series will have a NAICS-based history extending back to at least January 1990. For total nonfarm and other high-level aggregates, NAICS history will begin in January 1939, the current starting date for these series. For more detailed series, the starting date will vary depending on the scope of the definitional changes between SIC and NAICS. The NAICS-based reconstruction effort will cover all CES published data types: all employees, women workers, production workers, average weekly hours, average hourly earnings, and derivative series (for example, indexes of aggregate weekly hours). Completion of the CES sample redesign. June 6, 2003, also will mark the completion of the CES sample redesign phase-in. The redesign converts the CES from a quota-based sample to a probability-based sample. In June 2003, the services industries will be converted to the new sample design; all other private sector industries have already been converted. The final stage of sample redesign phase-in may result in level shifts for average weekly hours, average hourly earnings, production worker, and women worker series. New levels for these series are being recomputed from the NAICS- based probability sample. Concurrent seasonal adjustment. Also beginning in June 2003, the CES program will convert to concurrent seasonal adjustment, which uses all available monthly estimates, including those for the current month, in developing seasonal factors. Currently, the CES program projects seasonal factors twice a year. With the introduction of concurrent seasonal adjust- ment, BLS will no longer publish seasonal factors for CES national estimates. Change to federal government series. Beginning in June 2003, the CES series for federal government employment will be revised slightly in scope and definition due to a change in source data and estimation methods. The current national series is an end-of-month federal employee count produced by the Office of Personnel Management, and it excludes some workers, mostly employees who work in Department of Defense-owned establishments such as military base commissaries. The CES national series will include these workers. Also, federal government employment will be estimated from a sample of federal establishments, will be benchmarked annually to counts from unemployment insurance tax records, and will reflect employee counts as of the pay period including the 12th of the month, consistent with other CES industry series. The historical time series for federal government employment will be revised to reflect these changes. Further information on upcoming changes to CES data series is available through the BLS public database on the Internet, via the CES homepage at http://www.bls.gov/ces/, or by calling 202-691-6555. - 7 - 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. In June 2002, the sample included over 300,000 establishments employing about 37 million people. 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-producing sector. - 8 - 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 major industry divisions, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age- sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories. The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are recalculated twice a year. For the household survey, the factors are calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December - 9 - period. For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced along with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period. 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. 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 (and other sources of error), a process known as bias adjustment is included in the survey's estimating procedures, whereby a specified number of jobs is added to the monthly sample-based change. The size of the - 10 - monthly bias adjustment is based largely on past relationships between the sample-based estimates of employment and the total counts of employment described below. 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 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." Measures of the reliability of the data drawn from the establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-H of that publication. 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 Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2001 2002 2002 2001 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 212,767 214,643 214,819 212,767 214,023 214,225 214,429 214,643 214,819 Civilian labor force............................ 141,911 142,878 142,405 142,279 142,390 142,616 143,277 143,123 142,733 Participation rate........................ 66.7 66.6 66.3 66.9 66.5 66.6 66.8 66.7 66.4 Employed...................................... 134,359 135,237 134,358 134,253 134,045 134,474 135,185 134,914 134,225 Employment-population ratio............... 63.1 63.0 62.5 63.1 62.6 62.8 63.0 62.9 62.5 Agriculture................................. 2,971 3,611 3,182 3,154 3,282 3,188 3,298 3,525 3,357 Nonagricultural industries.................. 131,388 131,627 131,176 131,099 130,763 131,286 131,887 131,389 130,867 Unemployed.................................... 7,551 7,640 8,047 8,026 8,345 8,142 8,092 8,209 8,508 Unemployment rate......................... 5.3 5.3 5.7 5.6 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.7 6.0 Not in labor force.............................. 70,856 71,765 72,414 70,488 71,633 71,609 71,152 71,519 72,087 Persons who currently want a job.............. 4,320 4,133 4,348 4,698 4,895 4,503 4,674 4,444 4,716 Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 102,322 103,259 103,347 102,322 102,945 103,046 103,148 103,259 103,347 Civilian labor force............................ 75,594 76,111 75,726 76,023 76,041 76,088 76,480 76,262 76,132 Participation rate........................ 73.9 73.7 73.3 74.3 73.9 73.8 74.1 73.9 73.7 Employed...................................... 71,456 72,065 71,261 71,570 71,509 71,552 72,004 71,854 71,348 Employment-population ratio............... 69.8 69.8 69.0 69.9 69.5 69.4 69.8 69.6 69.0 Unemployed.................................... 4,138 4,045 4,465 4,453 4,532 4,536 4,476 4,408 4,784 Unemployment rate......................... 5.5 5.3 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.8 6.3 Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 94,077 95,020 95,158 94,077 94,694 94,756 94,906 95,020 95,158 Civilian labor force............................ 71,738 72,368 72,013 71,935 72,172 72,203 72,473 72,342 72,185 Participation rate........................ 76.3 76.2 75.7 76.5 76.2 76.2 76.4 76.1 75.9 Employed...................................... 68,292 68,875 68,216 68,204 68,405 68,447 68,711 68,545 68,099 Employment-population ratio............... 72.6 72.5 71.7 72.5 72.2 72.2 72.4 72.1 71.6 Agriculture................................. 2,013 2,497 2,258 2,082 2,256 2,221 2,226 2,432 2,337 Nonagricultural industries.................. 66,279 66,378 65,958 66,122 66,149 66,226 66,485 66,114 65,761 Unemployed.................................... 3,446 3,493 3,796 3,731 3,767 3,757 3,762 3,796 4,087 Unemployment rate......................... 4.8 4.8 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.7 Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 110,445 111,383 111,472 110,445 111,078 111,179 111,281 111,383 111,472 Civilian labor force............................ 66,317 66,767 66,679 66,256 66,349 66,527 66,797 66,862 66,601 Participation rate........................ 60.0 59.9 59.8 60.0 59.7 59.8 60.0 60.0 59.7 Employed...................................... 62,904 63,172 63,097 62,683 62,536 62,922 63,181 63,061 62,877 Employment-population ratio............... 57.0 56.7 56.6 56.8 56.3 56.6 56.8 56.6 56.4 Unemployed.................................... 3,414 3,595 3,582 3,573 3,813 3,605 3,616 3,801 3,724 Unemployment rate......................... 5.1 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.7 5.6 Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 102,438 103,416 103,499 102,438 103,127 103,256 103,335 103,416 103,499 Civilian labor force............................ 62,454 63,095 63,054 62,321 62,590 62,783 62,929 63,045 62,906 Participation rate........................ 61.0 61.0 60.9 60.8 60.7 60.8 60.9 61.0 60.8 Employed...................................... 59,576 60,014 60,049 59,288 59,364 59,710 59,835 59,764 59,765 Employment-population ratio............... 58.2 58.0 58.0 57.9 57.6 57.8 57.9 57.8 57.7 Agriculture................................. 770 880 762 852 814 772 845 865 832 Nonagricultural industries.................. 58,806 59,134 59,287 58,436 58,550 58,938 58,991 58,899 58,933 Unemployed.................................... 2,878 3,081 3,005 3,033 3,226 3,073 3,094 3,281 3,140 Unemployment rate......................... 4.6 4.9 4.8 4.9 5.2 4.9 4.9 5.2 5.0 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population............. 16,252 16,206 16,163 16,252 16,202 16,212 16,189 16,206 16,163 Civilian labor force............................ 7,719 7,414 7,338 8,023 7,629 7,630 7,874 7,737 7,642 Participation rate........................ 47.5 45.8 45.4 49.4 47.1 47.1 48.6 47.7 47.3 Employed...................................... 6,491 6,348 6,093 6,761 6,276 6,318 6,639 6,605 6,361 Employment-population ratio............... 39.9 39.2 37.7 41.6 38.7 39.0 41.0 40.8 39.4 Agriculture................................. 188 234 162 220 213 196 227 229 188 Nonagricultural industries.................. 6,303 6,114 5,931 6,541 6,064 6,122 6,411 6,376 6,173 Unemployed.................................... 1,228 1,066 1,246 1,262 1,352 1,312 1,236 1,131 1,282 Unemployment rate......................... 15.9 14.4 17.0 15.7 17.7 17.2 15.7 14.6 16.8 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted(1) Employment status, race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2001 2002 2002 2001 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 WHITE Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 176,500 177,777 177,896 176,500 177,345 177,486 177,628 177,777 177,896 Civilian labor force............................ 118,168 118,706 118,335 118,566 118,678 118,919 119,021 118,969 118,710 Participation rate.......................... 67.0 66.8 66.5 67.2 66.9 67.0 67.0 66.9 66.7 Employed...................................... 112,649 113,120 112,585 112,652 112,446 112,844 113,010 112,882 112,562 Employment-population ratio................. 63.8 63.6 63.3 63.8 63.4 63.6 63.6 63.5 63.3 Unemployed.................................... 5,519 5,586 5,749 5,914 6,233 6,075 6,011 6,087 6,149 Unemployment rate........................... 4.7 4.7 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.2 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 60,686 61,042 60,864 60,900 61,068 61,240 61,212 61,101 61,056 Participation rate.......................... 76.6 76.5 76.2 76.9 76.7 76.9 76.7 76.5 76.4 Employed...................................... 58,080 58,452 58,060 58,044 58,164 58,332 58,331 58,219 58,002 Employment-population ratio................. 73.4 73.2 72.7 73.3 73.1 73.2 73.1 72.9 72.6 Unemployed.................................... 2,606 2,591 2,804 2,856 2,904 2,908 2,881 2,882 3,054 Unemployment rate........................... 4.3 4.2 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.7 5.0 Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 50,974 51,413 51,245 50,850 51,125 51,297 51,212 51,370 51,116 Participation rate.......................... 60.3 60.4 60.2 60.2 60.2 60.4 60.2 60.4 60.0 Employed...................................... 48,956 49,249 49,219 48,712 48,856 49,076 48,994 49,053 48,974 Employment-population ratio................. 58.0 57.9 57.8 57.7 57.6 57.8 57.6 57.6 57.5 Unemployed.................................... 2,018 2,165 2,026 2,138 2,268 2,221 2,218 2,318 2,142 Unemployment rate........................... 4.0 4.2 4.0 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.5 4.2 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ 6,508 6,251 6,226 6,816 6,485 6,382 6,597 6,499 6,538 Participation rate.......................... 50.7 48.6 48.4 53.1 50.5 49.7 51.3 50.6 50.9 Employed...................................... 5,613 5,419 5,307 5,896 5,425 5,437 5,685 5,610 5,586 Employment-population ratio................. 43.7 42.2 41.3 45.9 42.2 42.3 44.2 43.7 43.5 Unemployed.................................... 894 831 920 920 1,060 945 911 888 953 Unemployment rate........................... 13.7 13.3 14.8 13.5 16.4 14.8 13.8 13.7 14.6 Men....................................... 16.2 13.4 16.1 15.8 19.1 17.5 15.3 14.4 15.8 Women..................................... 11.3 13.2 13.4 11.1 13.6 12.1 12.3 13.0 13.3 BLACK Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 25,720 26,081 26,116 25,720 25,961 26,000 26,039 26,081 26,116 Civilian labor force............................ 16,729 16,925 16,843 16,687 16,618 16,753 17,053 16,940 16,820 Participation rate.......................... 65.0 64.9 64.5 64.9 64.0 64.4 65.5 65.0 64.4 Employed...................................... 15,127 15,340 15,056 15,040 14,976 15,142 15,420 15,275 14,974 Employment-population ratio................. 58.8 58.8 57.6 58.5 57.7 58.2 59.2 58.6 57.3 Unemployed.................................... 1,602 1,585 1,787 1,647 1,642 1,611 1,633 1,665 1,846 Unemployment rate........................... 9.6 9.4 10.6 9.9 9.9 9.6 9.6 9.8 11.0 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 7,424 7,600 7,429 7,385 7,472 7,492 7,652 7,566 7,400 Participation rate.......................... 71.9 72.5 70.8 71.6 71.6 71.7 73.1 72.2 70.5 Employed...................................... 6,804 6,897 6,662 6,739 6,800 6,834 6,944 6,829 6,596 Employment-population ratio................. 65.9 65.8 63.5 65.3 65.2 65.4 66.4 65.1 62.8 Unemployed.................................... 620 703 766 646 673 658 708 738 803 Unemployment rate........................... 8.3 9.3 10.3 8.7 9.0 8.8 9.3 9.7 10.9 Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 8,396 8,454 8,546 8,371 8,348 8,414 8,465 8,460 8,522 Participation rate.......................... 65.1 64.6 65.2 64.9 64.1 64.5 64.8 64.6 65.0 Employed...................................... 7,703 7,767 7,786 7,669 7,602 7,719 7,799 7,744 7,755 Employment-population ratio................. 59.7 59.3 59.4 59.4 58.3 59.1 59.7 59.1 59.2 Unemployed.................................... 693 688 760 702 746 695 665 716 768 Unemployment rate........................... 8.3 8.1 8.9 8.4 8.9 8.3 7.9 8.5 9.0 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ 909 871 868 931 798 847 936 914 898 Participation rate.......................... 36.4 34.8 34.6 37.3 31.9 33.9 37.4 36.5 35.8 Employed...................................... 620 676 608 632 575 589 677 702 623 Employment-population ratio................. 24.9 27.0 24.2 25.3 23.0 23.5 27.0 28.1 24.8 Unemployed.................................... 289 194 260 299 223 258 259 211 275 Unemployment rate........................... 31.8 22.3 30.0 32.1 28.0 30.5 27.7 23.1 30.6 Men....................................... 31.1 22.6 28.4 31.6 20.5 30.5 34.7 24.8 29.7 Women..................................... 32.4 22.1 31.5 32.6 34.8 30.4 20.8 21.3 31.6 HISPANIC ORIGIN Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 23,417 24,129 24,194 23,417 23,935 23,999 24,065 24,129 24,194 Civilian labor force............................ 15,830 16,274 16,265 15,932 16,304 16,240 16,294 16,216 16,347 Participation rate.......................... 67.6 67.4 67.2 68.0 68.1 67.7 67.7 67.2 67.6 Employed...................................... 14,698 15,042 15,031 14,751 15,066 15,014 15,095 14,952 15,076 Employment-population ratio................. 62.8 62.3 62.1 63.0 62.9 62.6 62.7 62.0 62.3 Unemployed.................................... 1,132 1,232 1,234 1,181 1,238 1,225 1,198 1,264 1,271 Unemployment rate........................... 7.1 7.6 7.6 7.4 7.6 7.5 7.4 7.8 7.8 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted(1) Educational attainment Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2001 2002 2002 2001 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 Less than a high school diploma Civilian noninstitutional population...... 27,504 26,865 26,983 27,504 27,112 26,900 26,847 26,865 26,983 Civilian labor force.................... 11,997 11,781 11,854 12,035 11,770 11,752 11,808 11,813 11,908 Percent of population............... 43.6 43.9 43.9 43.8 43.4 43.7 44.0 44.0 44.1 Employed.............................. 11,044 10,832 10,775 11,066 10,743 10,762 10,883 10,778 10,819 Employment-population ratio......... 40.2 40.3 39.9 40.2 39.6 40.0 40.5 40.1 40.1 Unemployed............................ 954 948 1,079 969 1,028 991 925 1,034 1,090 Unemployment rate................... 7.9 8.1 9.1 8.1 8.7 8.4 7.8 8.8 9.2 High school graduates, no college(2) Civilian noninstitutional population...... 57,400 57,949 58,454 57,400 57,012 57,778 58,097 57,949 58,454 Civilian labor force.................... 36,836 37,255 37,360 36,719 37,149 37,203 37,533 37,380 37,220 Percent of population............... 64.2 64.3 63.9 64.0 65.2 64.4 64.6 64.5 63.7 Employed.............................. 35,069 35,606 35,487 34,882 35,250 35,323 35,668 35,571 35,276 Employment-population ratio......... 61.1 61.4 60.7 60.8 61.8 61.1 61.4 61.4 60.3 Unemployed............................ 1,767 1,649 1,872 1,837 1,898 1,880 1,865 1,810 1,944 Unemployment rate................... 4.8 4.4 5.0 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.0 4.8 5.2 Less than a bachelor's degree(3) Civilian noninstitutional population...... 45,353 45,898 45,964 45,353 45,695 45,494 45,386 45,898 45,964 Civilian labor force.................... 33,529 33,774 33,602 33,420 33,162 33,184 33,599 33,510 33,454 Percent of population............... 73.9 73.6 73.1 73.7 72.6 72.9 74.0 73.0 72.8 Employed.............................. 32,203 32,309 32,101 32,018 31,693 31,742 32,013 32,021 31,878 Employment-population ratio......... 71.0 70.4 69.8 70.6 69.4 69.8 70.5 69.8 69.4 Unemployed............................ 1,326 1,465 1,501 1,402 1,469 1,443 1,586 1,489 1,576 Unemployment rate................... 4.0 4.3 4.5 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.7 4.4 4.7 College graduates Civilian noninstitutional population...... 47,225 48,334 47,835 47,225 48,755 48,583 48,557 48,334 47,835 Civilian labor force.................... 37,290 38,026 37,582 37,324 37,850 37,996 37,997 37,896 37,665 Percent of population............... 79.0 78.7 78.6 79.0 77.6 78.2 78.3 78.4 78.7 Employed.............................. 36,285 36,914 36,554 36,223 36,750 36,974 36,896 36,731 36,554 Employment-population ratio......... 76.8 76.4 76.4 76.7 75.4 76.1 76.0 76.0 76.4 Unemployed............................ 1,005 1,111 1,028 1,101 1,100 1,021 1,101 1,165 1,111 Unemployment rate................... 2.7 2.9 2.7 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.9 3.1 2.9 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Includes high school diploma or equivalent. 3 Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-4. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Category Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2001 2002 2002 2001 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 CHARACTERISTIC Total employed, 16 years and over................. 134,359 135,237 134,358 134,253 134,045 134,474 135,185 134,914 134,225 Married men, spouse present..................... 43,044 43,680 43,258 42,861 43,273 43,371 43,225 43,376 43,172 Married women, spouse present................... 33,482 34,010 33,804 33,330 33,361 33,723 33,997 33,773 33,669 Women who maintain families..................... 8,386 8,394 8,436 8,331 8,521 8,419 8,357 8,377 8,361 OCCUPATION Managerial and professional specialty........... 42,031 42,546 41,821 41,925 41,978 42,152 42,385 42,351 41,693 Technical, sales, and administrative support.... 38,602 38,127 38,690 38,546 38,458 38,892 38,623 38,241 38,613 Service occupations............................. 18,436 19,025 18,963 18,456 18,752 18,771 18,884 19,393 19,021 Precision production, craft, and repair......... 14,620 14,418 14,361 14,637 14,073 14,242 14,503 14,275 14,361 Operators, fabricators, and laborers............ 17,581 17,437 17,265 17,311 17,327 17,142 17,345 17,093 17,014 Farming, forestry, and fishing.................. 3,090 3,684 3,256 3,267 3,501 3,340 3,361 3,630 3,457 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture: Wage and salary workers....................... 1,753 2,248 1,920 1,865 2,031 1,927 2,054 2,186 2,038 Self-employed workers......................... 1,208 1,328 1,226 1,276 1,227 1,231 1,221 1,322 1,293 Unpaid family workers......................... 11 35 36 12 27 24 25 34 42 Nonagricultural industries: Wage and salary workers....................... 122,859 122,840 122,201 122,507 122,196 122,885 123,327 122,653 121,856 Government.................................. 19,356 19,442 19,578 19,172 19,709 19,596 19,442 19,423 19,384 Private industries.......................... 103,503 103,397 102,623 103,335 102,486 103,289 103,885 103,230 102,472 Private households........................ 772 885 914 790 855 887 934 902 931 Other industries.......................... 102,730 102,513 101,708 102,545 101,631 102,402 102,951 102,328 101,541 Self-employed workers......................... 8,450 8,694 8,874 8,507 8,268 8,368 8,439 8,582 8,910 Unpaid family workers......................... 79 93 101 77 99 87 91 94 98 PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME All industries: Part time for economic reasons................ 4,042 3,891 4,080 4,206 4,177 4,325 4,217 4,262 4,155 Slack work or business conditions........... 2,729 2,652 2,699 2,796 2,723 2,880 2,687 2,908 2,715 Could only find part-time work.............. 1,052 1,069 1,127 1,121 1,096 1,159 1,202 1,130 1,190 Part time for noneconomic reasons............. 19,672 19,297 19,661 18,587 19,138 19,120 18,833 18,484 18,548 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons................ 3,837 3,770 3,931 4,017 3,949 4,060 4,068 4,148 4,032 Slack work or business conditions........... 2,600 2,571 2,604 2,679 2,609 2,715 2,596 2,834 2,631 Could only find part-time work.............. 1,035 1,045 1,103 1,096 1,074 1,131 1,174 1,097 1,158 Part time for noneconomic reasons............. 19,118 18,707 19,123 18,007 18,572 18,609 18,300 17,884 17,990 NOTE: Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed persons Unemployment rates(1) (in thousands) Category Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2001 2002 2002 2001 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 CHARACTERISTIC Total, 16 years and over......................... 8,026 8,209 8,508 5.6 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.7 6.0 Men, 20 years and over......................... 3,731 3,796 4,087 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.7 Women, 20 years and over....................... 3,033 3,281 3,140 4.9 5.2 4.9 4.9 5.2 5.0 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years..................... 1,262 1,131 1,282 15.7 17.7 17.2 15.7 14.6 16.8 Married men, spouse present.................... 1,465 1,546 1,603 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.6 Married women, spouse present.................. 1,237 1,328 1,318 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.8 Women who maintain families.................... 724 733 760 8.0 8.4 7.3 7.2 8.0 8.3 Full-time workers.............................. 6,624 6,915 7,235 5.6 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.8 6.1 Part-time workers.............................. 1,375 1,293 1,270 5.6 5.4 5.6 5.3 5.3 5.1 OCCUPATION(2) Managerial and professional specialty.......... 1,207 1,311 1,342 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1 Technical, sales, and administrative support... 2,053 2,158 2,136 5.1 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.2 Precision production, craft, and repair........ 895 965 984 5.8 6.4 6.2 5.8 6.3 6.4 Operators, fabricators, and laborers........... 1,729 1,591 1,651 9.1 8.6 8.3 8.5 8.5 8.8 Farming, forestry, and fishing................. 237 268 278 6.8 8.8 9.3 8.2 6.9 7.4 INDUSTRY Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers 6,586 6,818 6,858 6.0 6.2 6.0 6.0 6.2 6.3 Goods-producing industries................... 1,994 2,032 2,049 7.1 7.4 7.2 7.4 7.4 7.5 Mining..................................... 29 29 45 5.3 3.8 6.0 8.0 5.2 7.6 Construction............................... 745 814 774 8.9 10.3 9.5 9.3 9.9 9.3 Manufacturing.............................. 1,220 1,189 1,230 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.5 6.4 6.6 Durable goods............................ 807 743 795 6.9 6.8 6.5 6.9 6.5 7.0 Nondurable goods......................... 413 446 435 5.5 5.6 5.9 5.9 6.2 6.1 Service-producing industries................. 4,592 4,786 4,809 5.6 5.9 5.6 5.5 5.8 5.9 Transportation and public utilities........ 504 410 439 6.1 5.3 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.6 Wholesale and retail trade................. 1,767 2,030 2,046 6.4 6.8 6.8 6.9 7.3 7.5 Finance, insurance, and real estate........ 293 254 277 3.5 3.7 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.2 Services................................... 2,028 2,092 2,047 5.4 5.8 5.4 5.1 5.4 5.4 Government workers............................. 473 550 504 2.4 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.8 2.5 Agricultural wage and salary workers........... 192 157 195 9.3 9.7 9.8 8.8 6.7 8.7 1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 2 Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Duration Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2001 2002 2002 2001 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Less than 5 weeks................................ 2,883 2,573 2,744 3,090 2,896 2,880 2,708 2,715 2,904 5 to 14 weeks.................................... 2,501 2,254 2,462 2,573 2,464 2,431 2,511 2,471 2,490 15 weeks and over................................ 2,168 2,813 2,841 2,317 2,883 2,783 2,900 2,980 3,022 15 to 26 weeks................................ 1,115 1,237 1,199 1,207 1,349 1,309 1,315 1,324 1,288 27 weeks and over............................. 1,052 1,577 1,642 1,110 1,533 1,474 1,585 1,656 1,734 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................ 14.5 18.1 17.7 14.4 16.4 16.2 17.8 17.5 17.7 Median duration, in weeks........................ 7.5 9.6 9.1 7.6 8.6 8.4 9.5 9.6 9.3 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed................................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Less than 5 weeks.............................. 38.2 33.7 34.1 38.7 35.1 35.6 33.4 33.2 34.5 5 to 14 weeks.................................. 33.1 29.5 30.6 32.2 29.9 30.0 30.9 30.3 29.6 15 weeks and over.............................. 28.7 36.8 35.3 29.0 35.0 34.4 35.7 36.5 35.9 15 to 26 weeks............................... 14.8 16.2 14.9 15.1 16.4 16.2 16.2 16.2 15.3 27 weeks and over............................ 13.9 20.6 20.4 13.9 18.6 18.2 19.5 20.3 20.6 HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Reason Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2001 2002 2002 2001 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........................................... 4,194 4,064 4,451 4,501 4,580 4,560 4,535 4,737 4,651 On temporary layoff............................. 1,017 713 915 1,157 1,224 1,151 999 1,054 1,031 Not on temporary layoff......................... 3,177 3,351 3,536 3,344 3,356 3,410 3,536 3,682 3,619 Permanent job losers.......................... 2,403 2,610 2,769 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Persons who completed temporary jobs.......... 774 741 766 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Job leavers....................................... 799 884 778 848 818 824 781 838 822 Reentrants........................................ 2,096 2,265 2,269 2,197 2,375 2,270 2,263 2,344 2,376 New entrants...................................... 462 427 549 497 571 619 526 469 588 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........................................... 55.5 53.2 55.3 56.0 54.9 55.1 56.0 56.5 55.1 On temporary layoff............................ 13.5 9.3 11.4 14.4 14.7 13.9 12.3 12.6 12.2 Not on temporary layoff........................ 42.1 43.9 43.9 41.6 40.2 41.2 43.6 43.9 42.9 Job leavers...................................... 10.6 11.6 9.7 10.5 9.8 10.0 9.6 10.0 9.7 Reentrants....................................... 27.8 29.6 28.2 27.3 28.5 27.4 27.9 27.9 28.2 New entrants..................................... 6.1 5.6 6.8 6.2 6.8 7.5 6.5 5.6 7.0 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........................................... 3.0 2.8 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.3 Job leavers...................................... .6 .6 .5 .6 .6 .6 .5 .6 .6 Reentrants....................................... 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 New entrants..................................... .3 .3 .4 .3 .4 .4 .4 .3 .4 1 Not available. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) Not seasonally Seasonally adjusted adjusted Measure Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2001 2002 2002 2001 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force................................ 1.5 2.0 2.0 1.6 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force................... 3.0 2.8 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.3 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)...................... 5.3 5.3 5.7 5.6 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.7 6.0 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers.... 5.5 5.6 5.9 (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........................................ 6.2 6.3 6.6 (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............................. 9.0 9.0 9.4 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) 1 Not available. NOTE: This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range published in table A-7 of this release prior to 1994. 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. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed persons Unemployment rates(1) (in thousands) Age and sex Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2001 2002 2002 2001 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 Total, 16 years and over.......................... 8,026 8,209 8,508 5.6 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.7 6.0 16 to 24 years.................................. 2,650 2,642 2,727 11.7 12.3 12.2 11.8 11.8 12.2 16 to 19 years................................ 1,262 1,131 1,282 15.7 17.7 17.2 15.7 14.6 16.8 16 to 17 years.............................. 531 461 552 17.5 20.9 19.7 19.3 16.1 19.4 18 to 19 years.............................. 738 669 729 14.8 16.1 16.0 13.6 13.8 15.3 20 to 24 years................................ 1,388 1,510 1,445 9.5 9.5 9.6 9.7 10.3 9.8 25 years and over............................... 5,307 5,554 5,754 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.8 25 to 54 years................................ 4,648 4,792 5,014 4.6 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.8 5.0 55 years and over............................. 668 791 736 3.5 3.7 4.0 3.7 3.8 3.5 Men, 16 years and over.......................... 4,453 4,408 4,784 5.9 6.0 6.0 5.9 5.8 6.3 16 to 24 years................................ 1,526 1,414 1,486 13.0 13.0 13.7 13.2 12.2 12.7 16 to 19 years.............................. 722 612 697 17.7 19.8 20.1 17.8 15.6 17.7 16 to 17 years............................ 316 248 309 20.4 23.9 24.5 21.5 17.5 21.1 18 to 19 years............................ 411 360 389 16.2 17.4 17.8 15.9 14.5 15.7 20 to 24 years.............................. 804 802 789 10.5 9.6 10.5 10.8 10.4 10.2 25 years and over............................. 2,877 2,988 3,271 4.5 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.6 5.1 25 to 54 years.............................. 2,453 2,580 2,825 4.6 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.8 5.3 55 years and over........................... 430 430 433 4.1 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.9 Women, 16 years and over........................ 3,573 3,801 3,724 5.4 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.7 5.6 16 to 24 years................................ 1,124 1,228 1,241 10.3 11.6 10.6 10.3 11.3 11.6 16 to 19 years.............................. 540 520 584 13.7 15.6 14.2 13.5 13.6 15.8 16 to 17 years............................ 215 213 243 14.5 17.9 15.1 17.2 14.7 17.6 18 to 19 years............................ 327 309 339 13.3 14.8 14.1 11.1 13.2 14.8 20 to 24 years.............................. 584 708 657 8.3 9.4 8.7 8.5 10.1 9.3 25 years and over............................. 2,430 2,566 2,483 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.4 25 to 54 years.............................. 2,195 2,212 2,189 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.8 4.7 55 years and over........................... 238 361 302 2.8 3.4 3.8 3.5 3.8 3.1 1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Total Men Women Category Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. 2001 2002 2001 2002 2001 2002 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force...................................... 70,856 72,414 26,728 27,621 44,127 44,793 Persons who currently want a job................................ 4,320 4,348 1,996 1,915 2,324 2,433 Searched for work and available to work now(1)............... 1,315 1,390 685 696 630 694 Reason not currently looking: Discouragement over job prospects(2).................... 322 381 180 234 141 147 Reasons other than discouragement(3).................... 993 1,009 504 462 488 547 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders(4)...................................... 7,080 7,183 3,593 3,475 3,487 3,708 Percent of total employed..................................... 5.3 5.3 5.0 4.9 5.5 5.9 Primary job full time, secondary job part time................ 3,870 3,830 2,188 2,098 1,682 1,732 Primary and secondary jobs both part time..................... 1,514 1,597 491 478 1,022 1,120 Primary and secondary jobs both full time..................... 241 248 136 167 105 82 Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................ 1,414 1,477 746 723 668 754 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. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Industry Nov. Sept. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2001 2002 2002p 2002p 2001 2002 2002 2002c 2002p 2002p Total......................... 132,089 131,207 131,808 131,908 131,087 130,790 130,913 130,829 130,915 130,875 Total private.................... 110,575 110,105 110,163 110,094 109,987 109,562 109,624 109,536 109,569 109,521 Goods-producing......................... 24,481 24,079 23,964 23,774 24,353 23,812 23,801 23,748 23,694 23,643 Mining................................ 570 559 560 554 566 551 555 552 553 551 Metal mining........................ 34.3 32.2 32.2 32.2 34 33 32 32 32 32 Coal mining......................... 82.4 78.8 78.3 78.5 82 79 79 79 78 78 Oil and gas extraction.............. 340.7 332.6 335.2 332.1 340 329 333 330 332 332 Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels.. 112.5 115.4 114.4 111.2 110 110 111 111 111 109 Construction.......................... 6,730 6,800 6,756 6,645 6,629 6,519 6,556 6,556 6,545 6,541 General building contractors........ 1,466.1 1,504.9 1,505.2 1,494.9 1,454 1,445 1,460 1,469 1,475 1,482 Heavy construction, except building. 954.4 967.7 957.7 912.8 925 899 898 898 893 885 Special trade contractors........... 4,309.6 4,327.8 4,293.1 4,237.3 4,250 4,175 4,198 4,189 4,177 4,174 Manufacturing......................... 17,181 16,720 16,648 16,575 17,158 16,742 16,690 16,640 16,596 16,551 Production workers................ 11,538 11,249 11,190 11,123 11,513 11,247 11,212 11,164 11,132 11,094 Durable goods........................ 10,245 9,856 9,811 9,768 10,237 9,922 9,889 9,832 9,801 9,765 Production workers................ 6,820 6,565 6,534 6,502 6,809 6,609 6,591 6,539 6,520 6,492 Lumber and wood products............ 776.4 776.3 771.2 764.4 772 766 768 764 764 762 Furniture and fixtures.............. 492.5 488.1 485.1 482.9 495 495 495 488 488 486 Stone, clay, and glass products..... 564.3 567.2 564.2 561.4 561 554 557 558 557 557 Primary metal industries............ 625.8 588.7 584.4 582.5 625 589 589 586 582 581 Blast furnaces and basic steel products....................... 203.2 188.2 187.9 187.5 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Fabricated metal products........... 1,443.0 1,417.3 1,413.0 1,401.1 1,438 1,428 1,418 1,412 1,409 1,399 Industrial machinery and equipment.. 1,902.4 1,794.4 1,791.0 1,789.4 1,909 1,826 1,810 1,801 1,798 1,796 Computer and office equipment..... 323.5 294.7 294.5 295.1 325 301 296 296 295 296 Electronic and other electrical equipment........................ 1,518.8 1,390.9 1,379.3 1,367.6 1,520 1,426 1,408 1,392 1,380 1,369 Electronic components and accessories.................... 604.0 546.8 541.2 536.1 605 563 555 550 544 537 Transportation equipment............ 1,723.6 1,664.1 1,656.2 1,652.9 1,720 1,661 1,675 1,661 1,660 1,649 Motor vehicles and equipment...... 924.1 915.3 908.6 913.0 921 905 918 912 913 910 Aircraft and parts................ 454.8 401.9 398.4 393.1 452 409 407 400 396 390 Instruments and related products.... 822.3 796.7 791.9 789.0 825 803 799 798 793 792 Miscellaneous manufacturing......... 375.7 372.5 374.3 376.7 372 374 370 372 370 374 Nondurable goods..................... 6,936 6,864 6,837 6,807 6,921 6,820 6,801 6,808 6,795 6,786 Production workers................ 4,718 4,684 4,656 4,621 4,704 4,638 4,621 4,625 4,612 4,602 Food and kindred products........... 1,697.7 1,740.2 1,725.6 1,699.0 1,690 1,687 1,683 1,694 1,693 1,689 Tobacco products.................... 35.4 37.9 37.9 38.2 34 35 38 37 37 37 Textile mill products............... 451.0 429.4 426.7 424.7 451 429 427 426 426 424 Apparel and other textile products.. 539.7 519.5 513.1 512.4 537 525 524 516 511 510 Paper and allied products........... 626.0 613.8 613.1 611.5 626 612 613 612 613 611 Printing and publishing............. 1,457.2 1,402.0 1,404.2 1,406.9 1,453 1,406 1,401 1,403 1,401 1,401 Chemicals and allied products....... 1,015.1 1,007.5 1,006.0 1,007.3 1,015 1,008 1,006 1,010 1,006 1,007 Petroleum and coal products......... 126.6 128.2 127.6 126.7 127 126 125 126 125 126 Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 930.7 929.0 926.6 924.2 932 936 929 927 926 926 Leather and leather products........ 57.0 56.5 56.5 56.1 56 56 55 57 57 55 Service-producing....................... 107,608 107,128 107,844 108,134 106,734 106,978 107,112 107,081 107,221 107,232 Transportation and public utilities... 6,951 6,776 6,770 6,754 6,907 6,780 6,765 6,725 6,726 6,716 Transportation...................... 4,408 4,339 4,344 4,334 4,367 4,328 4,323 4,293 4,300 4,300 Railroad transportation........... 231.8 226.3 225.7 225.0 232 227 228 226 225 224 Local and interurban passenger transit........................ 494.8 476.9 484.3 481.4 480 471 466 469 471 467 Trucking and warehousing.......... 1,843.0 1,842.5 1,846.7 1,841.7 1,831 1,834 1,827 1,816 1,827 1,830 Water transportation.............. 183.1 195.0 192.3 184.3 189 192 190 189 188 191 Transportation by air............. 1,207.0 1,162.3 1,160.6 1,167.6 1,187 1,167 1,176 1,160 1,156 1,152 Pipelines, except natural gas..... 15.3 14.9 14.8 14.9 15 15 15 15 15 15 Transportation services........... 433.1 420.7 419.5 419.2 433 422 421 418 418 421 Communications and public utilities. 2,543 2,437 2,426 2,420 2,540 2,452 2,442 2,432 2,426 2,416 Communications.................... 1,693.1 1,592.8 1,583.8 1,584.1 1,689 1,608 1,597 1,588 1,584 1,580 Electric, gas, and sanitary services....................... 850.0 844.3 842.4 836.3 851 844 845 844 842 836 Wholesale trade....................... 6,705 6,673 6,673 6,662 6,693 6,679 6,671 6,663 6,657 6,652 Durable goods....................... 3,956 3,898 3,897 3,894 3,952 3,914 3,905 3,897 3,893 3,891 Nondurable goods.................... 2,749 2,775 2,776 2,768 2,741 2,765 2,766 2,766 2,764 2,761 Retail trade.......................... 23,841 23,323 23,332 23,630 23,449 23,339 23,295 23,291 23,292 23,253 Building materials and garden supplies......................... 1,040.0 1,068.0 1,069.2 1,071.0 1,049 1,067 1,066 1,067 1,071 1,081 General merchandise stores.......... 3,111.1 2,813.9 2,869.9 3,051.4 2,877 2,885 2,850 2,856 2,851 2,831 Department stores................. 2,750.2 2,479.1 2,523.9 2,683.3 2,540 2,544 2,513 2,515 2,505 2,488 Food stores......................... 3,492.2 3,388.3 3,400.1 3,426.9 3,448 3,388 3,392 3,392 3,387 3,386 Automotive dealers and service stations......................... 2,432.8 2,451.1 2,445.0 2,432.5 2,434 2,437 2,443 2,438 2,438 2,433 New and used car dealers.......... 1,126.1 1,134.3 1,133.3 1,128.3 1,126 1,127 1,130 1,131 1,131 1,128 Apparel and accessory stores........ 1,229.4 1,157.9 1,167.1 1,231.1 1,173 1,178 1,177 1,171 1,173 1,177 Furniture and home furnishings stores........................... 1,187.6 1,140.7 1,158.6 1,188.4 1,156 1,153 1,154 1,153 1,158 1,160 Eating and drinking places.......... 8,157.3 8,233.3 8,126.6 8,065.2 8,224 8,144 8,125 8,129 8,141 8,127 Miscellaneous retail establishments. 3,190.7 3,069.3 3,095.5 3,163.2 3,088 3,087 3,088 3,085 3,073 3,058 Finance, insurance, and real estate... 7,734 7,766 7,798 7,810 7,751 7,737 7,745 7,773 7,814 7,821 Finance............................. 3,819 3,825 3,847 3,862 3,821 3,819 3,822 3,837 3,860 3,861 Depository institutions........... 2,063.9 2,071.0 2,073.1 2,079.9 2,068 2,073 2,075 2,078 2,082 2,083 Commercial banks................ 1,439.2 1,444.7 1,445.7 1,450.2 1,442 1,445 1,448 1,450 1,453 1,453 Savings institutions............ 259.5 262.1 261.0 260.8 260 263 263 264 264 261 Nondepository institutions........ 747.8 777.8 799.2 810.4 747 767 773 783 802 807 Mortgage bankers and brokers.... 348.5 379.6 398.5 406.8 349 372 374 382 401 406 Security and commodity brokers.... 744.4 715.0 711.2 708.3 745 718 714 714 713 709 Holding and other investment offices........................ 262.4 261.0 263.1 263.3 261 261 260 262 263 262 Insurance........................... 2,374 2,363 2,370 2,374 2,377 2,365 2,366 2,366 2,372 2,376 Insurance carriers................ 1,593.7 1,573.8 1,574.6 1,574.9 1,597 1,576 1,574 1,577 1,578 1,578 Insurance agents, brokers, and service........................ 780.6 789.1 795.4 799.2 780 789 792 789 794 798 Real estate......................... 1,541 1,578 1,581 1,574 1,553 1,553 1,557 1,570 1,582 1,584 Services2............................. 40,863 41,488 41,626 41,464 40,834 41,215 41,347 41,336 41,386 41,436 Agricultural services............... 859.6 917.6 904.1 880.6 860 862 863 874 873 880 Hotels and other lodging places..... 1,733.1 1,833.9 1,787.6 1,715.3 1,810 1,795 1,788 1,782 1,791 1,790 Personal services................... 1,233.4 1,250.0 1,253.2 1,257.0 1,266 1,282 1,285 1,287 1,289 1,287 Business services................... 9,408.3 9,481.2 9,486.0 9,418.1 9,277 9,325 9,395 9,330 9,320 9,310 Services to buildings............. 1,024.5 1,047.1 1,043.2 1,047.1 1,025 1,034 1,041 1,042 1,041 1,047 Personnel supply services......... 3,240.1 3,342.3 3,322.4 3,254.0 3,126 3,196 3,257 3,188 3,174 3,156 Help supply services............ 2,901.9 3,018.8 2,996.2 2,925.3 2,799 2,875 2,925 2,869 2,860 2,837 Computer and data processing services....................... 2,217.2 2,181.2 2,183.4 2,191.0 2,221 2,193 2,191 2,190 2,193 2,194 Auto repair, services, and parking.. 1,252.6 1,267.1 1,259.2 1,260.7 1,259 1,266 1,266 1,266 1,261 1,268 Miscellaneous repair services....... 375.6 378.8 379.8 378.7 375 379 377 378 378 378 Motion pictures..................... 568.0 585.7 575.5 579.1 577 584 588 595 591 588 Amusement and recreation services... 1,518.5 1,706.3 1,594.9 1,483.6 1,685 1,649 1,662 1,638 1,640 1,635 Health services..................... 10515.6 10719.2 10753.4 10793.8 10,502 10,687 10,711 10,729 10,753 10,780 Offices and clinics of medical doctors........................ 2,025.8 2,077.5 2,082.9 2,089.2 2,025 2,067 2,075 2,079 2,085 2,088 Nursing and personal care facilities..................... 1,869.7 1,896.4 1,900.8 1,909.1 1,866 1,888 1,893 1,896 1,900 1,906 Hospitals......................... 4,156.6 4,244.1 4,256.7 4,272.1 4,153 4,233 4,244 4,247 4,255 4,269 Home health care services......... 644.6 651.2 656.6 659.9 640 646 646 651 655 655 Legal services...................... 1,049.4 1,064.8 1,074.2 1,080.9 1,049 1,065 1,065 1,072 1,077 1,080 Educational services................ 2,641.6 2,503.8 2,727.3 2,769.4 2,458 2,529 2,538 2,550 2,566 2,581 Social services..................... 3,138.9 3,177.7 3,211.9 3,226.4 3,121 3,181 3,203 3,199 3,204 3,211 Child day care services........... 737.1 730.4 744.9 745.9 721 726 736 731 731 730 Residential care.................. 887.4 902.3 907.0 910.7 888 904 906 906 909 912 Museums and botanical and zoological gardens........................... 107.2 109.2 107.4 104.3 109 109 108 108 107 107 Membership organizations............ 2,457.4 2,459.4 2,467.9 2,464.3 2,473 2,476 2,472 2,478 2,481 2,479 Engineering and management services. 3,610.9 3,642.3 3,653.4 3,663.4 3,620 3,634 3,634 3,659 3,665 3,673 Engineering and architectural services....................... 1,049.3 1,032.9 1,029.3 1,027.2 1,051 1,032 1,030 1,029 1,028 1,029 Management and public relations... 1,185.5 1,221.9 1,224.5 1,232.6 1,182 1,214 1,211 1,224 1,224 1,229 Services, nec....................... 49.1 47.0 46.0 44.4 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Government............................ 21,514 21,102 21,645 21,814 21,100 21,228 21,289 21,293 21,346 21,354 Federal............................. 2,608 2,623 2,637 2,644 2,616 2,607 2,611 2,621 2,645 2,648 Federal, except Postal Service.... 1,763.9 1,815.3 1,830.5 1,835.5 1,776 1,790 1,792 1,810 1,836 1,846 State............................... 5,069 4,945 5,086 5,103 4,925 4,950 4,948 4,958 4,958 4,959 Education......................... 2,283.4 2,138.4 2,299.1 2,326.4 2,121 2,155 2,145 2,163 2,163 2,163 Other State government............ 2,785.8 2,806.2 2,786.9 2,776.7 2,804 2,795 2,803 2,795 2,795 2,796 Local............................... 13,837 13,534 13,922 14,067 13,559 13,671 13,730 13,714 13,743 13,747 Education......................... 8,079.2 7,640.1 8,074.9 8,205.8 7,710 7,788 7,837 7,808 7,829 7,826 Other local government............ 5,757.9 5,893.5 5,847.2 5,861.3 5,849 5,883 5,893 5,906 5,914 5,921 1 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. 2 Includes other industries, not shown separately. c = corrected. For additional information, see note at http://www.bls.gov/ces/. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Industry Nov. Sept. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2001 2002 2002p 2002p 2001 2002 2002 2002c 2002p 2002p Total private c.................. 34.0 34.5 34.1 34.0 34.1 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.2 34.2 Goods-producing......................... 40.3 40.8 40.3 40.1 40.2 40.0 40.3 40.3 40.1 40.0 Mining................................ 43.4 43.2 43.1 42.9 43.5 42.7 43.3 42.8 42.8 43.1 Construction.......................... 39.1 39.5 39.0 38.0 39.3 38.2 38.6 38.8 38.4 38.2 Manufacturing......................... 40.7 41.3 40.9 41.0 40.4 40.7 40.9 40.8 40.7 40.7 Overtime hours.................... 4.0 4.5 4.2 4.2 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 Durable goods........................ 40.9 41.7 41.3 41.2 40.6 41.0 41.2 41.3 41.2 41.0 Overtime hours.................... 3.8 4.5 4.2 4.2 3.7 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.1 Lumber and wood products............ 40.9 41.7 41.3 40.7 40.7 41.2 41.0 41.1 41.0 40.6 Furniture and fixtures.............. 39.0 40.8 39.7 39.6 38.8 40.1 40.3 40.2 39.7 39.6 Stone, clay, and glass products..... 43.8 44.6 43.9 43.2 43.6 43.2 43.3 43.4 43.4 43.0 Primary metal industries............ 43.4 44.5 44.5 44.9 43.0 44.1 44.3 44.2 44.6 44.5 Blast furnaces and basic steel products....................... 44.3 46.4 46.0 46.7 43.9 45.5 45.8 46.0 46.3 46.3 Fabricated metal products........... 41.4 41.9 41.8 41.5 41.0 41.7 41.7 41.6 41.6 41.1 Industrial machinery and equipment.. 40.1 40.8 40.4 40.6 39.9 40.3 40.8 40.7 40.5 40.4 Electronic and other electrical equipment........................ 39.5 39.2 38.5 39.2 39.0 38.7 38.7 38.8 38.3 38.7 Transportation equipment............ 41.9 43.1 42.7 42.4 41.6 41.7 42.2 42.6 42.5 42.1 Motor vehicles and equipment...... 42.9 45.0 44.5 44.1 42.5 42.9 43.8 44.3 44.4 43.9 Instruments and related products.... 40.8 40.8 40.7 41.0 40.6 40.4 40.7 40.8 40.7 40.7 Miscellaneous manufacturing......... 37.4 38.6 38.9 38.6 37.4 38.4 38.5 38.6 38.9 38.5 Nondurable goods..................... 40.4 40.7 40.3 40.6 40.1 40.2 40.5 40.2 40.1 40.3 Overtime hours.................... 4.2 4.5 4.2 4.3 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.0 4.1 Food and kindred products........... 41.6 41.8 41.4 41.9 41.0 41.0 41.3 40.8 40.8 41.3 Tobacco products.................... 40.2 40.2 40.9 40.4 39.9 42.1 40.3 39.9 40.7 40.3 Textile mill products............... 39.5 41.5 40.8 41.1 39.3 41.6 41.8 41.2 41.0 41.0 Apparel and other textile products.. 37.0 36.7 36.4 37.1 36.9 36.8 36.8 36.9 36.6 37.0 Paper and allied products........... 41.8 42.1 41.5 41.9 41.3 41.2 41.7 41.4 41.3 41.4 Printing and publishing............. 38.4 38.0 37.7 37.9 37.8 37.3 37.7 37.5 37.5 37.3 Chemicals and allied products....... 42.1 42.7 41.9 42.2 41.9 42.1 42.6 42.4 41.9 42.1 Petroleum and coal products......... 42.0 43.1 42.2 42.1 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 40.8 41.1 40.9 40.8 40.7 41.0 41.2 40.8 40.9 40.7 Leather and leather products........ 36.9 35.7 36.5 37.3 36.6 36.7 35.7 35.6 36.3 37.0 Service-producing c..................... 32.5 33.0 32.7 32.7 32.6 32.6 32.7 32.8 32.8 32.9 Transportation and public utilities c. 37.9 38.9 38.3 38.4 38.0 38.3 38.4 38.5 38.4 38.5 Wholesale trade....................... 38.3 38.9 38.4 38.5 38.2 38.4 38.5 38.5 38.6 38.5 Retail trade.......................... 28.5 29.1 28.9 28.9 28.8 28.8 28.9 29.0 29.1 29.3 Finance, insurance, and real estate... 35.9 36.7 35.8 35.9 36.0 36.0 36.2 36.1 36.0 36.1 Services.............................. 32.5 32.9 32.6 32.6 32.6 32.5 32.6 32.8 32.7 32.7 1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing; construction workers in construction; and nonsupervisory workers in transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm payrolls. 2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision. c = corrected. For additional information, see note at http://www.bls.gov/ces/. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings Industry Nov. Sept. Oct. Nov. Nov. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2001 2002 2002p 2002p 2001 2002 2002p 2002p Total private c.................. $14.54 $14.92 $14.91 $14.96 $494.36 $514.74 $508.43 $508.64 Seasonally adjusted c........... 14.51 14.85 14.89 14.93 494.79 507.87 509.24 510.61 Goods-producing......................... 16.16 16.58 16.60 16.60 651.25 676.46 668.98 665.66 Mining................................ 17.61 17.80 17.79 17.89 764.27 768.96 766.75 767.48 Construction.......................... 18.54 19.10 19.12 19.09 724.91 754.45 745.68 725.42 Manufacturing......................... 15.07 15.40 15.42 15.48 613.35 636.02 630.68 634.68 Durable goods........................ 15.55 15.89 15.95 16.03 636.00 662.61 658.74 660.44 Lumber and wood products............ 12.40 12.63 12.60 12.59 507.16 526.67 520.38 512.41 Furniture and fixtures.............. 12.45 12.74 12.67 12.74 485.55 519.79 503.00 504.50 Stone, clay, and glass products..... 15.13 15.69 15.79 15.65 662.69 699.77 693.18 676.08 Primary metal industries............ 17.24 17.54 17.61 17.69 748.22 780.53 783.65 794.28 Blast furnaces and basic steel products....................... 20.66 20.96 21.02 21.23 915.24 972.54 966.92 991.44 Fabricated metal products........... 14.42 14.80 14.84 14.96 596.99 620.12 620.31 620.84 Industrial machinery and equipment.. 16.16 16.58 16.53 16.58 648.02 676.46 667.81 673.15 Electronic and other electrical equipment........................ 14.88 15.05 15.07 15.11 587.76 589.96 580.20 592.31 Transportation equipment............ 19.54 20.04 20.31 20.54 818.73 863.72 867.24 870.90 Motor vehicles and equipment...... 19.96 20.71 21.11 21.45 856.28 931.95 939.40 945.95 Instruments and related products.... 14.98 15.40 15.45 15.36 611.18 628.32 628.82 629.76 Miscellaneous manufacturing......... 12.35 12.44 12.43 12.51 461.89 480.18 483.53 482.89 Nondurable goods..................... 14.36 14.69 14.66 14.71 580.14 597.88 590.80 597.23 Food and kindred products........... 13.10 13.26 13.23 13.24 544.96 554.27 547.72 554.76 Tobacco products.................... 21.46 20.61 20.29 20.40 862.69 828.52 829.86 824.16 Textile mill products............... 11.40 11.80 11.74 11.82 450.30 489.70 478.99 485.80 Apparel and other textile products.. 9.49 9.94 9.98 9.96 351.13 364.80 363.27 369.52 Paper and allied products........... 17.19 17.66 17.60 17.65 718.54 743.49 730.40 739.54 Printing and publishing............. 14.91 15.32 15.32 15.34 572.54 582.16 577.56 581.39 Chemicals and allied products....... 18.83 19.45 19.30 19.51 792.74 830.52 808.67 823.32 Petroleum and coal products......... 22.38 22.46 22.48 22.54 939.96 968.03 948.66 948.93 Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 13.57 13.74 13.77 13.76 553.66 564.71 563.19 561.41 Leather and leather products........ 10.20 10.04 10.08 10.24 376.38 358.43 367.92 381.95 Service-producing c..................... 14.06 14.45 14.44 14.50 456.95 476.85 472.19 474.15 Transportation and public utilities c. 17.01 17.40 17.38 17.46 644.68 676.86 665.65 670.46 Wholesale trade....................... 15.96 16.36 16.25 16.35 611.27 636.40 624.00 629.48 Retail trade.......................... 9.91 10.15 10.13 10.13 282.44 295.37 292.76 292.76 Finance, insurance, and real estate... 15.97 16.57 16.52 16.70 573.32 608.12 591.42 599.53 Services.............................. 14.99 15.36 15.39 15.49 487.18 505.34 501.71 504.97 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. c = corrected. For additional information, see note at http://www.bls.gov/ces/. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry, seasonally adjusted Percent Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. change Industry 2001 2002 2002 2002 c 2002p 2002p from: Oct. 2002- Nov. 2002 Total private: Current dollars c............. $14.51 $14.76 $14.83 $14.85 $14.89 $14.93 0.3 Constant (1982) dollars2 c.... 8.09 8.13 8.14 8.14 8.14 N.A. (3) Goods-producing................ 16.11 16.38 16.44 16.48 16.53 16.55 .1 Mining....................... 17.68 17.78 17.87 17.82 17.81 17.97 .9 Construction................. 18.47 18.87 18.90 18.98 18.98 19.03 .3 Manufacturing................ 15.03 15.28 15.34 15.35 15.44 15.44 .0 Excluding overtime4........ 14.36 14.57 14.59 14.62 14.70 14.72 .1 Service-producing c............ 14.05 14.31 14.37 14.40 14.43 14.48 .3 Transportation and public utilities c............... 16.99 17.27 17.28 17.36 17.38 17.45 .4 Wholesale trade.............. 15.98 16.14 16.28 16.29 16.29 16.34 .3 Retail trade................. 9.90 10.05 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 .1 Finance, insurance, and real estate.................... 16.00 16.38 16.43 16.53 16.56 16.73 1.0 Services..................... 14.94 15.26 15.30 15.34 15.39 15.43 .3 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. 3 Change was .0 percent from September 2002 to October 2002, 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. c = corrected. For additional information, see note at http://www.bls.gov/ces/. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry (1982=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Industry Nov. Sept. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2001 2002 2002p 2002p 2001 2002 2002 2002c 2002p 2002p Total private c.................. 148.7 150.3 148.8 148.4 148.1 147.4 147.9 148.3 148.1 148.1 Goods-producing......................... 108.1 107.8 106.0 104.3 106.9 104.1 104.8 104.4 103.7 103.2 Mining................................ 55.1 54.2 53.4 52.5 54.7 52.5 53.7 52.7 52.4 52.4 Construction.......................... 185.1 188.8 184.7 176.6 182.6 173.8 176.4 177.2 175.2 174.5 Manufacturing......................... 94.7 93.7 92.3 91.9 93.8 92.3 92.5 91.9 91.4 91.0 Durable goods........................ 97.4 95.5 94.1 93.5 96.6 94.5 94.8 94.2 93.6 92.8 Lumber and wood products............ 134.9 138.8 136.2 132.7 133.6 134.8 134.2 134.1 133.5 131.8 Furniture and fixtures.............. 118.4 122.8 118.7 118.1 118.6 123.2 123.5 121.0 119.5 119.2 Stone, clay, and glass products..... 116.7 119.6 116.9 113.9 115.2 112.3 114.1 113.9 113.9 112.6 Primary metal industries............ 79.0 76.2 75.9 76.0 78.1 75.4 75.9 75.1 75.6 75.2 Blast furnaces and basic steel products....................... 62.1 60.2 60.0 60.2 61.1 58.4 59.6 59.0 59.8 59.0 Fabricated metal products........... 109.7 109.6 109.1 107.3 108.4 109.9 108.9 108.2 108.3 105.9 Industrial machinery and equipment.. 85.0 81.5 80.4 80.6 85.1 81.9 82.3 81.7 81.0 80.8 Electronic and other electrical equipment........................ 88.3 78.7 76.8 77.5 87.1 80.4 79.1 78.2 76.4 76.4 Transportation equipment............ 108.0 107.1 105.6 104.9 106.9 103.7 106.4 105.6 105.3 103.6 Motor vehicles and equipment...... 142.1 147.0 144.2 143.7 140.1 139.6 145.7 144.5 144.6 142.2 Instruments and related products.... 70.2 67.4 66.7 67.2 70.1 67.9 67.3 67.7 67.0 67.0 Miscellaneous manufacturing......... 88.6 91.3 92.4 91.9 87.3 90.4 89.9 90.8 90.8 90.6 Nondurable goods..................... 91.1 91.2 89.7 89.7 90.0 89.1 89.4 88.9 88.4 88.5 Food and kindred products........... 117.7 121.9 119.2 118.6 115.2 114.9 115.8 114.9 114.5 116.1 Tobacco products.................... 52.7 57.4 57.9 57.9 49.4 54.2 57.9 53.3 54.4 53.9 Textile mill products............... 61.9 61.3 59.9 59.9 61.6 61.4 61.3 60.1 59.8 59.6 Apparel and other textile products.. 44.8 43.4 42.2 42.3 44.6 43.5 43.4 43.1 42.2 42.1 Paper and allied products........... 97.0 95.6 94.1 94.5 95.8 93.4 94.5 93.7 93.4 93.5 Printing and publishing............. 113.1 107.6 106.7 107.3 110.9 105.7 106.2 106.0 105.8 105.0 Chemicals and allied products....... 95.7 95.7 94.2 95.1 95.2 94.8 95.6 95.3 94.2 94.6 Petroleum and coal products......... 72.1 75.4 73.6 72.6 71.9 71.6 69.4 72.9 72.2 71.9 Rubber and misc. plastics products.. 132.7 134.2 132.9 132.0 132.5 135.0 134.4 132.9 132.8 131.8 Leather and leather products........ 24.1 24.1 24.7 25.1 23.6 23.7 21.9 24.1 24.5 24.4 Service-producing c..................... 166.9 169.4 167.9 168.2 166.5 166.8 167.1 168.0 168.1 168.2 Transportation and public utilities c. 134.1 133.9 131.6 131.6 133.4 131.5 131.5 131.4 130.9 130.9 Wholesale trade....................... 125.4 127.5 125.9 126.0 124.7 125.9 126.2 126.1 126.3 125.6 Retail trade.......................... 147.5 147.3 146.1 148.1 146.2 145.7 146.0 146.6 147.1 147.4 Finance, insurance, and real estate... 139.1 143.3 140.8 141.5 140.2 139.9 141.0 141.4 141.9 142.6 Services.............................. 210.5 215.6 214.5 213.6 210.6 211.8 212.7 214.2 213.9 213.9 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. c = corrected. For additional information, see note at http://www.bls.gov/ces/. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted (Percent) Time span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Private nonfarm payrolls, 347 industries1 Over 1-month span: 1998.............. 62.4 57.5 59.1 60.2 57.5 56.8 54.6 59.1 57.2 53.0 57.9 56.8 1999.............. 55.3 58.6 53.6 58.4 55.5 57.8 57.1 54.8 57.1 57.2 60.4 58.1 2000.............. 55.9 57.5 57.9 51.2 50.1 55.8 57.8 51.4 52.4 52.4 53.2 52.7 2001.............. 49.4 45.7 50.3 42.4 47.3 43.2 44.5 42.5 42.4 40.5 39.3 44.1 2002.............. 47.3 41.4 49.7 47.8 50.9 49.4 48.6 48.8 c49.3 p49.9 p47.7 Over 3-month span: 1998.............. 65.3 66.3 65.3 65.9 62.7 58.2 58.9 59.1 59.8 57.9 57.1 58.8 1999.............. 59.2 57.6 59.5 55.2 60.2 57.2 59.4 59.2 59.7 58.9 61.2 60.7 2000.............. 60.4 61.4 58.4 53.2 52.4 55.5 56.6 56.2 51.2 51.0 53.2 51.6 2001.............. 45.5 46.1 40.8 43.4 37.8 43.2 39.3 38.0 35.3 33.7 36.3 38.9 2002.............. 40.1 43.2 42.5 46.5 48.0 50.1 47.1 c45.1 p48.1 p45.5 Over 6-month span: 1998.............. 70.2 67.4 64.7 61.5 64.1 62.1 59.1 58.8 57.5 60.2 59.2 58.4 1999.............. 60.2 58.9 58.5 59.7 57.2 60.8 61.2 62.5 62.7 61.8 61.2 62.8 2000.............. 61.1 59.4 58.1 57.9 54.2 52.4 52.9 54.2 52.4 48.7 45.7 46.5 2001.............. 44.7 42.7 39.5 40.1 40.8 35.6 37.0 32.4 34.3 33.1 34.1 35.6 2002.............. 37.0 41.6 43.4 44.4 46.5 c46.0 p46.8 p44.7 Over 12-month span: 1998.............. 69.9 67.9 67.6 65.6 64.1 62.7 61.7 62.2 60.8 59.4 60.8 58.9 1999.............. 61.2 60.1 58.2 61.0 60.7 61.5 62.2 61.1 63.8 62.2 59.7 60.5 2000.............. 61.4 59.9 58.8 56.2 55.3 53.6 53.0 51.0 47.7 45.2 44.5 42.9 2001.............. 41.5 41.5 38.9 37.5 37.3 36.2 34.1 33.6 34.4 33.9 33.3 34.0 2002.............. 35.2 36.0 37.3 p38.5 p40.6 Manufacturing payrolls, 136 industries1 Over 1-month span: 1998.............. 57.0 52.6 52.2 52.9 44.9 47.4 38.2 52.9 44.9 38.6 42.3 41.5 1999.............. 47.4 41.2 42.6 46.0 46.3 43.4 50.0 42.6 46.0 45.6 51.5 49.3 2000.............. 44.9 52.2 49.3 46.0 49.3 50.7 57.4 36.8 39.0 42.3 47.1 40.8 2001.............. 34.9 26.8 38.2 29.0 28.3 30.5 34.9 25.7 31.6 31.3 25.0 30.9 2002.............. 35.3 37.9 40.4 47.4 47.1 40.4 48.9 41.9 c40.1 p42.3 p41.5 Over 3-month span: 1998.............. 59.2 57.0 54.8 51.8 48.2 38.2 41.9 43.0 43.0 38.2 32.7 40.4 1999.............. 39.3 39.3 39.7 40.1 41.2 43.8 44.1 46.3 42.3 44.1 47.8 45.2 2000.............. 48.2 48.9 48.9 44.5 46.7 52.2 46.0 38.6 29.0 34.2 39.0 36.0 2001.............. 21.3 21.3 18.4 23.5 19.9 23.2 17.3 19.1 16.2 18.0 18.4 18.0 2002.............. 24.6 30.1 37.1 38.6 40.1 41.2 38.6 c34.6 p34.6 p32.0 Over 6-month span: 1998.............. 60.7 54.4 49.3 40.1 45.2 42.6 39.0 38.2 34.6 41.2 35.7 33.1 1999.............. 36.4 36.0 37.5 40.4 37.5 42.3 43.0 44.5 48.2 43.0 44.5 47.4 2000.............. 47.8 45.2 44.5 50.0 41.9 37.9 36.0 35.3 32.4 26.1 21.3 21.7 2001.............. 20.2 16.9 14.0 16.2 16.5 13.2 14.7 11.8 14.0 13.2 17.6 16.5 2002.............. 19.9 26.8 29.8 38.2 36.4 c34.2 p32.4 p28.3 Over 12-month span: 1998.............. 54.8 52.2 51.8 46.7 40.4 40.1 38.2 37.5 36.4 34.6 35.7 34.2 1999.............. 38.6 34.6 32.4 36.0 37.9 39.0 40.1 40.4 44.5 44.5 43.4 44.5 2000.............. 49.3 44.1 39.3 36.8 35.3 34.2 33.8 28.7 22.1 19.1 17.6 14.0 2001.............. 13.6 13.6 13.6 15.4 12.1 11.0 11.0 11.0 12.9 12.9 14.0 13.6 2002.............. 18.0 18.0 20.2 p19.9 p24.3 1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are centered within the span. c = corrected. For additional information, see note at http://www.bls.gov/ces/. 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.