Technical information: Household data: (202) 691-6378 USDL 06-1304 http://www.bls.gov/cps/ Establishment data: 691-6555 Transmission of material in this release http://www.bls.gov/ces/ is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EDT), Media contact: 691-5902 Friday, August 4, 2006. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: JULY 2006 Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 113,000 in July, and the unemployment rate rose to 4.8 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Job gains occurred in several service- providing industries, including professional and business services, health care, and food services. Employment also rose in mining. Average hourly earnings rose by 7 cents, or 0.4 percent, in July. Unemployment (Household Survey Data) The number of unemployed persons edged up to 7.2 million in July, and the unemployment rate rose to 4.8 percent. A year earlier, the number of unemployed persons was 7.5 million and the jobless rate was 5.0 percent. Over the month, the unemployment rates for most major worker groups--adult women (4.2 percent), teenagers (15.5 percent), whites (4.1 percent), blacks (9.5 percent), and Hispanics (5.3 percent)--showed little or no change. After declining in June, the jobless rate for adult men increased to 4.2 percent in July. The unemployment rate for Asians was 2.7 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) Following a decline in June, the number of long-term unemployed persons--those unemployed 27 weeks or longer--returned to its May level of 1.3 million. These long-term unemployed accounted for 18.6 percent of total unemployment, about the same as in May. (See table A-9.) After trending down for several months, the number of unemployed persons who were reentrants to the labor force increased to 2.4 million in July. This group accounted for 32.7 percent of total unemployment, up from 30.0 percent in June. (See table A-8.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) Both total employment (144.3 million) and the employment-population ratio (63.0 percent) were essentially unchanged in July. The labor force participa- tion rate held at 66.2 percent. (See table A-1.) Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) About 1.5 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally at- tached to the labor force in July, the same as a year earlier. These indivi- duals wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. Among the marginally attached, there were 428,000 discouraged workers in July, also about the same as a year earlier. Discouraged workers were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them. The other 1.1 million marginally attached had not searched for work for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-13.) - 2 - Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) ______________________________________________________________________________ | Quarterly | | | averages | Monthly data | |_________________|__________________________| June- Category | 2006 | 2006 | July |_________________|__________________________|change | I | II | May | June | July | ________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ HOUSEHOLD DATA | Labor force status |____________________________________________________ Civilian labor force.....| 150,405| 151,041| 150,991| 151,321| 151,534| 213 Employment.............| 143,324| 144,009| 143,976| 144,363| 144,329| -34 Unemployment...........| 7,081| 7,032| 7,015| 6,957| 7,205| 248 Not in labor force.......| 77,359| 77,392| 77,437| 77,350| 77,379| 29 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Unemployment rates |____________________________________________________ All workers..............| 4.7| 4.7| 4.6| 4.6| 4.8| 0.2 Adult men..............| 4.1| 4.1| 4.2| 4.0| 4.2| .2 Adult women............| 4.2| 4.2| 4.1| 4.1| 4.2| .1 Teenagers..............| 15.5| 14.7| 14.0| 15.4| 15.5| .1 White..................| 4.1| 4.1| 4.1| 4.1| 4.1| .0 Black or African | | | | | | American.............| 9.2| 9.1| 8.9| 9.0| 9.5| .5 Hispanic or Latino | | | | | | ethnicity............| 5.6| 5.2| 5.0| 5.3| 5.3| .0 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ ESTABLISHMENT DATA | Employment |____________________________________________________ Nonfarm employment.......| 134,722|p135,125| 135,117|p135,241|p135,354| p113 Goods-producing(1).....| 22,363| p22,419| 22,407| p22,430| p22,428| p-2 Construction.........| 7,483| p7,501| 7,501| p7,497| p7,503| p6 Manufacturing........| 14,226| p14,245| 14,234| p14,256| p14,241| p-15 Service-providing(1)...| 112,359|p112,706| 112,710 p112,811|p112,926| p115 Retail trade(2)......| 15,299| p15,236| 15,226| p15,222| p15,222| p0 Professional and | | | | | | business services..| 17,161| p17,267| 17,276| p17,313| p17,356| p43 Education and health | | | | | | services...........| 17,584| p17,676| 17,676| p17,702| p17,726| p24 Leisure and | | | | | | hospitality........| 12,954| p13,013| 13,014| p13,035| p13,077| p42 Government...........| 21,873| p21,927| 21,924| p21,939| p21,939| p0 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Hours of work(3) |____________________________________________________ Total private............| 33.8| p33.9| 33.8| p33.9| p33.9| p0.0 Manufacturing..........| 41.0| p41.2| 41.2| p41.3| p41.5| p.2 Overtime.............| 4.5| p4.6| 4.6| p4.6| p4.5| p-.1 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(3) |____________________________________________________ Total private............| 104.2| p104.9| 104.7| p105.1| p105.2| p0.1 ________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Earnings(3) |____________________________________________________ Avg. hourly earnings, | | | | | | total private..........| $16.46| p$16.64| $16.62| p$16.69| p$16.76| p$0.07 Avg. weekly earnings, | | | | | | total private..........| 556.35| p563.54| 561.76| p565.79| p568.16| p2.37 _________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately. 2 Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using unrounded data. 3 Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers. p = preliminary. - 3 - Table B. Employment status in July 2006 of persons 16 years and over who evacuated from their August 2005 residence, even temporarily, due to Hurricane Katrina (1) (Numbers in thousands, not seasonally adjusted) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Residence in July 2006 | |--------------------------- Employment status in July 2006 | Total | Same | Different | | as in | than in | | August 2005 | August 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Civilian noninstitutional population.| 1,149 | 673 | 476 Civilian labor force...............| 682 | 403 | 278 Participation rate...........| 59.3 | 59.9 | 58.5 Employed........................| 600 | 386 | 214 Employment-population ratio..| 52.2 | 57.3 | 45.0 Unemployed......................| 81 | 17 | 64 Unemployment rate............| 11.9 | 4.2 | 23.0 Not in labor force.................| 468 | 270 | 198 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Represents persons in the civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over who resided in households that were eligible to be selected for the Current Population Survey (CPS). These data are not representative of the total evacuee population because they do not in- clude children or people residing in shelters, hotels, places of worship, or other units outside the scope of the CPS. The total number of evac- uees estimated from the CPS may change from month to month as people move in and out of the scope of the survey and because of sampling and nonsampling error. NOTE: These data use population controls that have been adjusted to account for interstate moves by evacuees. Employment Status of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees (Household Survey Data) Beginning in October 2005, questions were added to the household survey to identify persons who evacuated from their homes, even temporarily, due to Hurricane Katrina. Data collected through these questions do not account for all evacuees; persons living outside the scope of the survey--such as those living in hotels or shelters--are not included. The questions were asked of persons in the household survey sample throughout the country, since some evacuees relocated far from the storm-affected areas. An additional question determined whether evacuees had returned to their homes and were residing there at the time of the July survey. The total number of evacuees estimated from the household survey may change from month to month as people move in and out of the scope of the survey; also, because the estimates are obtained from a sample sur- vey, they may vary from month to month due to sampling and nonsampling error. Information gathered in July represented 1.1 million persons age 16 and over who had evacuated from where they were living in August 2005 due to Hurricane Katrina. These evacuees either had moved back to their homes or were living in other residential units covered in the survey. About 6 in 10 of the evacuees were living in their August 2005 residences. Of all evacuees identified, 59.3 percent were in the labor force in July. The unemployment rate for persons identified as evacuees was 11.9 percent. The rate was much higher for evacuees who were not living in their former homes (23.0 percent) than for those who were again living in their pre-Katrina residences (4.2 per- cent). (See table B.) - 4 - Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 113,000 in July to 135.4 million. This increase was in line with the average monthly gain for the prior 3 months (112,000) but was well below the average monthly gain for the 12 months ending in March (169,000). In July, job growth continued in professional and business services, health care, food services, and mining. (See table B-1.) Employment in professional and business services continued to grow in July (+43,000). Within the industry, job gains occurred in computer systems design (+12,000), architectural and engineering services (+10,000), and management and technical consulting (+6,000). Temporary help services employment remained flat over the month and has shown little net change since January. Health care employment rose by 23,000 in July. Nursing and residential care facilities, along with hospitals, continued to add jobs. Over the past 12 months, health care employment has grown by 274,000. In leisure and hospitality, food services and drinking places employment grew by 29,000 in July. Over the year, food services has added 229,000 jobs. Elsewhere in the service-providing sector, employment in wholesale trade was flat in July; this industry added an average of 11,000 jobs per month from January through June. Employment in retail trade was unchanged in July. General merchan- dise stores lost 8,000 jobs over the month; employment in the industry has declined by 74,000 since August 2005. Financial activities had little employment growth for the third month in a row. In the goods-producing sector, mining employment grew by 8,000 in July. The industry has added 123,000 jobs since its most recent low in April 2003, largely reflecting gains in support activities for oil and gas. In July, construction employment was little changed for the fifth consecutive month. Manufacturing employment edged down in July (-15,000); the decrease largely offset a gain in June. In July, job losses in transportation equipment (-9,000), computer and electronic products (-8,000), and textile mills (-2,000) more than offset employment increases in machinery (+8,000) and chemicals (+4,000). Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls remained unchanged at 33.9 hours in July, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek rose by 0.2 hour to 41.5 hours, while factory over- time was down by 0.1 hour to 4.5 hours. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.1 percent in July to 105.2 (2002=100). The manufacturing index rose by 0.4 percent to 97.3. (See table B-5.) - 5 - Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 7 cents, or 0.4 percent, in July to $16.76, season- ally adjusted. Average weekly earnings also increased by 0.4 percent in July to $568.16. Over the year, average hourly earnings increased by 3.8 percent, and average weekly earnings increased by 4.1 percent. (See table B-3.) ______________________________ The Employment Situation for August 2006 is scheduled to be released on Friday, September 1, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT). ------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Discontinuation of Hurricane Katrina Evacuee Data | | | | October 2006 will be the last month that questions about Hurri- | | cane Katrina evacuees will be asked in the household survey. At | | that time, the data will have been collected for 1 year. | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------- - 6 - 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 informa- tion on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 60,000 house- holds conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The establishment survey provides the information on the employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This information is collected from payroll records by BLS in cooperation with state agencies. The sample includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering ap- proximately 400,000 individual worksites. The active sample includes about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers. The sample is drawn from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts. For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a particular week or pay period. In the household survey, the reference week is generally the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month. In the establish- ment survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week. Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of questions on work and job search activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force. People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, pro- fession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours in a family business or farm. People are also counted as employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons. People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following criteria: They had no employment during the reference week; they were available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits. The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force. The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the labor force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the employed as a percent of the population. - 7 - Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn from pri- vate nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as federal, state, and local government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are counted in each job they hold. Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry Classification System. Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual and method- ological differences between the household and establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the sur- veys. Among these are: --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed. These groups are excluded from the establishment survey. --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed. The establishment survey does not. --The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older. The establishment survey is not limited by age. --The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because in- dividuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job and thus appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each appearance. Seasonal adjustment Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production, harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The ef- fect of such seasonal variation can be very large; seasonal fluctua- tions may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month changes in unemployment. Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by ad- justing the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make non- seasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined. However, because the effect of students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted to allow for a comparable change. Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to ana- lyze changes in economic activity. - 8 - Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most super- sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating in- dependently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by di- rectly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories. For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the current month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to adjust only the current month's data. In the establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly estimates. In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made once a year. Reliability of the estimates Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample rather than the en- tire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the "true" population values they represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 stand- ard errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus 430,000. Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000 from one month to the next. The 90-percent confidence interval on the monthly change would range from -330,000 to 530,000 (100,000 +/- 430,000). These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the "true" over-the-month change lies within this interval. Since this range includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that employment had, in fact, increased. If, however, the reported employment rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent confidence interval would be greater than zero. In this case, it is likely (at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, oc- curred. At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent con- fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 280,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 percentage point. In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates which are based on a small number of observations. The precision of esti- mates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for quarterly and annual averages. The seasonal adjustment process can also im- prove the stability of the monthly estimates. - 9 - The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the data. For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final. Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business births. The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of busi- ness, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample. The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was de- rived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five years. The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program. The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over the past decade, the benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent, ranging from less than 0.05 percent to 0.4 percent. Additional statistics and other information More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings, published each month by BLS. It is available for $27.00 per issue or $53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order pay- able to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or Visa. Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the household and establishment survey data published in this release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through 1-D of its "Explanatory Notes." For the establish- ment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of re- visions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of Employment and Earnings. Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted (1) Employment status, sex, and age July June July July Mar. Apr. May June July 2005 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 226,153 228,671 228,912 226,153 227,975 228,199 228,428 228,671 228,912 Civilian labor force............................ 151,122 152,557 153,208 149,605 150,652 150,811 150,991 151,321 151,534 Participation rate........................ 66.8 66.7 66.9 66.2 66.1 66.1 66.1 66.2 66.2 Employed...................................... 143,283 145,216 145,606 142,111 143,641 143,688 143,976 144,363 144,329 Employment-population ratio............... 63.4 63.5 63.6 62.8 63.0 63.0 63.0 63.1 63.0 Unemployed.................................... 7,839 7,341 7,602 7,494 7,011 7,123 7,015 6,957 7,205 Unemployment rate......................... 5.2 4.8 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.8 Not in labor force.............................. 75,031 76,114 75,704 76,548 77,323 77,388 77,437 77,350 77,379 Persons who currently want a job.............. 5,081 5,126 5,006 4,997 4,865 4,767 4,655 4,770 4,901 Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 109,190 110,530 110,657 109,190 110,161 110,280 110,401 110,530 110,657 Civilian labor force............................ 81,413 82,062 82,288 80,185 81,031 81,075 81,189 81,085 81,024 Participation rate........................ 74.6 74.2 74.4 73.4 73.6 73.5 73.5 73.4 73.2 Employed...................................... 77,541 78,263 78,469 76,258 77,273 77,237 77,313 77,357 77,162 Employment-population ratio............... 71.0 70.8 70.9 69.8 70.1 70.0 70.0 70.0 69.7 Unemployed.................................... 3,871 3,799 3,819 3,928 3,758 3,838 3,876 3,727 3,862 Unemployment rate......................... 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.8 Not in labor force.............................. 27,778 28,467 28,369 29,005 29,129 29,205 29,212 29,445 29,633 Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 100,874 102,075 102,187 100,874 101,754 101,857 101,963 102,075 102,187 Civilian labor force............................ 77,024 77,608 77,723 76,619 77,335 77,415 77,477 77,296 77,308 Participation rate........................ 76.4 76.0 76.1 76.0 76.0 76.0 76.0 75.7 75.7 Employed...................................... 73,951 74,691 74,682 73,345 74,197 74,169 74,202 74,215 74,082 Employment-population ratio............... 73.3 73.2 73.1 72.7 72.9 72.8 72.8 72.7 72.5 Unemployed.................................... 3,073 2,917 3,041 3,274 3,137 3,246 3,275 3,082 3,226 Unemployment rate......................... 4.0 3.8 3.9 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.2 Not in labor force.............................. 23,849 24,468 24,464 24,255 24,419 24,442 24,486 24,779 24,878 Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 116,963 118,141 118,255 116,963 117,814 117,919 118,027 118,141 118,255 Civilian labor force............................ 69,709 70,494 70,920 69,419 69,621 69,736 69,802 70,236 70,510 Participation rate........................ 59.6 59.7 60.0 59.4 59.1 59.1 59.1 59.5 59.6 Employed...................................... 65,742 66,953 67,137 65,853 66,368 66,451 66,663 67,006 67,168 Employment-population ratio............... 56.2 56.7 56.8 56.3 56.3 56.4 56.5 56.7 56.8 Unemployed.................................... 3,967 3,542 3,783 3,566 3,252 3,285 3,139 3,230 3,342 Unemployment rate......................... 5.7 5.0 5.3 5.1 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.7 Not in labor force.............................. 47,254 47,647 47,335 47,543 48,193 48,183 48,225 47,906 47,745 Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 108,880 109,927 110,026 108,880 109,646 109,736 109,829 109,927 110,026 Civilian labor force............................ 65,411 66,344 66,553 65,813 66,038 66,187 66,280 66,609 66,872 Participation rate........................ 60.1 60.4 60.5 60.4 60.2 60.3 60.3 60.6 60.8 Employed...................................... 62,072 63,502 63,430 62,744 63,305 63,362 63,555 63,878 64,035 Employment-population ratio............... 57.0 57.8 57.7 57.6 57.7 57.7 57.9 58.1 58.2 Unemployed.................................... 3,339 2,842 3,123 3,070 2,733 2,825 2,725 2,730 2,837 Unemployment rate......................... 5.1 4.3 4.7 4.7 4.1 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.2 Not in labor force.............................. 43,470 43,583 43,473 43,067 43,608 43,550 43,549 43,319 43,154 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 16,399 16,668 16,700 16,399 16,575 16,606 16,637 16,668 16,700 Civilian labor force............................ 8,686 8,605 8,932 7,172 7,279 7,210 7,234 7,416 7,353 Participation rate........................ 53.0 51.6 53.5 43.7 43.9 43.4 43.5 44.5 44.0 Employed...................................... 7,260 7,023 7,494 6,022 6,139 6,157 6,220 6,270 6,211 Employment-population ratio............... 44.3 42.1 44.9 36.7 37.0 37.1 37.4 37.6 37.2 Unemployed.................................... 1,427 1,582 1,438 1,150 1,140 1,053 1,015 1,145 1,142 Unemployment rate......................... 16.4 18.4 16.1 16.0 15.7 14.6 14.0 15.4 15.5 Not in labor force.............................. 7,712 8,063 7,768 9,226 9,296 9,396 9,402 9,253 9,347 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted (1) Employment status, race, sex, and age July June July July Mar. Apr. May June July 2005 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 WHITE Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 184,490 186,166 186,329 184,490 185,704 185,849 186,002 186,166 186,329 Civilian labor force............................ 123,490 124,723 125,129 122,431 123,103 123,357 123,449 123,747 123,946 Participation rate.......................... 66.9 67.0 67.2 66.4 66.3 66.4 66.4 66.5 66.5 Employed...................................... 118,069 119,488 119,834 117,168 118,193 118,357 118,429 118,720 118,846 Employment-population ratio................. 64.0 64.2 64.3 63.5 63.6 63.7 63.7 63.8 63.8 Unemployed.................................... 5,421 5,235 5,295 5,263 4,910 5,001 5,020 5,027 5,100 Unemployment rate........................... 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 Not in labor force.............................. 61,000 61,443 61,200 62,059 62,601 62,492 62,552 62,418 62,383 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 63,991 64,624 64,612 63,723 64,382 64,421 64,463 64,388 64,351 Participation rate.......................... 76.6 76.6 76.5 76.2 76.5 76.5 76.4 76.3 76.2 Employed...................................... 61,803 62,485 62,459 61,349 62,128 62,109 62,107 62,110 62,028 Employment-population ratio................. 73.9 74.0 73.9 73.4 73.8 73.7 73.6 73.6 73.4 Unemployed.................................... 2,188 2,140 2,154 2,374 2,254 2,312 2,356 2,278 2,323 Unemployment rate........................... 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.6 Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 52,352 53,036 53,197 52,779 52,749 52,974 52,985 53,254 53,542 Participation rate.......................... 59.3 59.7 59.8 59.8 59.5 59.7 59.6 59.9 60.2 Employed...................................... 50,075 51,058 50,992 50,694 50,853 51,022 51,083 51,337 51,547 Employment-population ratio................. 56.8 57.4 57.3 57.5 57.3 57.5 57.5 57.7 57.9 Unemployed.................................... 2,277 1,979 2,205 2,085 1,895 1,952 1,902 1,917 1,994 Unemployment rate........................... 4.3 3.7 4.1 4.0 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.7 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ 7,147 7,063 7,319 5,929 5,973 5,962 6,001 6,106 6,053 Participation rate.......................... 56.3 55.0 56.9 46.7 46.7 46.5 46.8 47.5 47.0 Employed...................................... 6,191 5,946 6,384 5,126 5,212 5,226 5,239 5,273 5,270 Employment-population ratio................. 48.8 46.3 49.6 40.4 40.7 40.8 40.8 41.0 40.9 Unemployed.................................... 956 1,117 936 804 761 736 762 833 783 Unemployment rate........................... 13.4 15.8 12.8 13.6 12.7 12.3 12.7 13.6 12.9 BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 26,526 26,982 27,021 26,526 26,865 26,905 26,943 26,982 27,021 Civilian labor force............................ 17,441 17,450 17,672 17,199 17,334 17,326 17,312 17,231 17,369 Participation rate.......................... 65.8 64.7 65.4 64.8 64.5 64.4 64.3 63.9 64.3 Employed...................................... 15,655 15,816 15,809 15,581 15,726 15,698 15,767 15,685 15,714 Employment-population ratio................. 59.0 58.6 58.5 58.7 58.5 58.3 58.5 58.1 58.2 Unemployed.................................... 1,786 1,634 1,864 1,619 1,608 1,628 1,545 1,547 1,655 Unemployment rate........................... 10.2 9.4 10.5 9.4 9.3 9.4 8.9 9.0 9.5 Not in labor force.............................. 9,085 9,532 9,349 9,327 9,531 9,580 9,631 9,751 9,652 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 7,801 7,699 7,800 7,764 7,703 7,760 7,757 7,670 7,735 Participation rate.......................... 73.2 70.9 71.8 72.8 71.3 71.7 71.6 70.7 71.2 Employed...................................... 7,156 7,098 7,082 7,121 7,062 7,067 7,057 7,018 7,039 Employment-population ratio................. 67.1 65.4 65.2 66.8 65.4 65.3 65.1 64.7 64.8 Unemployed.................................... 646 602 717 643 641 694 700 652 696 Unemployment rate........................... 8.3 7.8 9.2 8.3 8.3 8.9 9.0 8.5 9.0 Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 8,606 8,711 8,766 8,618 8,725 8,677 8,693 8,684 8,757 Participation rate.......................... 64.3 64.2 64.5 64.4 64.5 64.1 64.1 64.0 64.5 Employed...................................... 7,842 8,025 8,024 7,911 8,058 8,004 8,063 8,033 8,076 Employment-population ratio................. 58.6 59.2 59.1 59.1 59.6 59.1 59.5 59.2 59.5 Unemployed.................................... 764 686 743 707 667 673 630 651 681 Unemployment rate........................... 8.9 7.9 8.5 8.2 7.6 7.8 7.2 7.5 7.8 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ 1,034 1,040 1,107 817 905 889 862 877 877 Participation rate.......................... 41.7 40.6 43.1 32.9 35.6 34.9 33.8 34.2 34.1 Employed...................................... 657 693 703 549 606 627 647 634 600 Employment-population ratio................. 26.5 27.0 27.3 22.1 23.9 24.6 25.3 24.7 23.3 Unemployed.................................... 376 347 404 268 299 262 216 244 278 Unemployment rate........................... 36.4 33.4 36.5 32.8 33.1 29.5 25.0 27.8 31.6 ASIAN Civilian noninstutional population................ 9,812 10,176 10,180 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Civilian labor force............................ 6,583 6,746 6,758 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 67.1 66.3 66.4 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 6,244 6,512 6,573 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 63.6 64.0 64.6 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 340 234 185 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 5.2 3.5 2.7 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Not in labor force.............................. 3,229 3,429 3,422 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available. NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted (1) Employment status, sex, and age July June July July Mar. Apr. May June July 2005 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 29,168 30,053 30,140 29,168 29,793 29,880 29,966 30,053 30,140 Civilian labor force............................ 19,921 20,874 20,798 19,792 20,489 20,583 20,574 20,753 20,663 Participation rate.......................... 68.3 69.5 69.0 67.9 68.8 68.9 68.7 69.1 68.6 Employed...................................... 18,816 19,806 19,699 18,700 19,385 19,476 19,541 19,649 19,578 Employment-population ratio................. 64.5 65.9 65.4 64.1 65.1 65.2 65.2 65.4 65.0 Unemployed.................................... 1,105 1,068 1,099 1,092 1,104 1,107 1,033 1,104 1,085 Unemployment rate........................... 5.5 5.1 5.3 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.0 5.3 5.3 Not in labor force.............................. 9,247 9,179 9,342 9,376 9,304 9,297 9,392 9,300 9,477 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 11,385 11,906 11,822 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 83.7 84.9 84.1 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 10,975 11,468 11,351 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 80.7 81.8 80.7 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 410 438 471 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 3.6 3.7 4.0 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 7,381 7,796 7,718 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 57.3 58.9 58.1 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 6,871 7,402 7,317 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 53.4 55.9 55.1 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 510 394 401 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 6.9 5.1 5.2 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ 1,155 1,172 1,258 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 42.9 42.0 44.9 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 970 936 1,030 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 36.0 33.5 36.8 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 185 236 227 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 16.0 20.1 18.1 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available. NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Educational attainment July June July July Mar. Apr. May June July 2005 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 Less than a high school diploma Civilian labor force.............................. 12,861 13,130 12,519 13,140 12,682 12,829 12,937 12,847 12,780 Participation rate............................ 46.4 47.1 46.2 47.4 46.3 45.8 45.8 46.1 47.1 Employed........................................ 11,948 12,279 11,678 12,136 11,795 11,933 12,040 11,942 11,868 Employment-population ratio................... 43.1 44.0 43.1 43.8 43.0 42.6 42.6 42.8 43.8 Unemployed...................................... 913 851 840 1,004 887 897 897 905 912 Unemployment rate............................. 7.1 6.5 6.7 7.6 7.0 7.0 6.9 7.0 7.1 High school graduates, no college (1) Civilian labor force.............................. 37,502 38,541 37,845 37,979 38,310 38,179 38,250 38,597 38,403 Participation rate............................ 62.9 63.2 62.8 63.7 62.9 63.0 63.0 63.3 63.7 Employed........................................ 35,708 37,031 36,161 36,139 36,716 36,515 36,576 37,032 36,694 Employment-population ratio................... 59.8 60.7 60.0 60.6 60.2 60.3 60.3 60.7 60.9 Unemployed...................................... 1,794 1,510 1,684 1,840 1,594 1,664 1,674 1,565 1,709 Unemployment rate............................. 4.8 3.9 4.5 4.8 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.1 4.5 Some college or associate degree Civilian labor force.............................. 35,328 34,614 35,711 34,928 35,508 35,354 35,115 34,972 35,359 Participation rate............................ 72.1 71.7 72.1 71.3 72.3 72.6 72.9 72.5 71.4 Employed........................................ 33,957 33,385 34,355 33,620 34,178 34,013 33,792 33,738 34,068 Employment-population ratio................... 69.3 69.2 69.3 68.7 69.6 69.8 70.1 69.9 68.8 Unemployed...................................... 1,372 1,229 1,356 1,308 1,329 1,341 1,323 1,234 1,290 Unemployment rate............................. 3.9 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.6 Bachelor's degree and higher (2) Civilian labor force.............................. 40,994 42,144 42,469 41,333 41,810 41,959 42,156 42,379 42,735 Participation rate............................ 77.2 77.2 77.2 77.8 77.9 77.6 77.5 77.6 77.7 Employed........................................ 39,921 41,253 41,497 40,343 40,876 41,032 41,273 41,494 41,839 Employment-population ratio................... 75.2 75.6 75.4 76.0 76.1 75.9 75.9 76.0 76.0 Unemployed...................................... 1,073 891 972 991 935 927 883 885 896 Unemployment rate............................. 2.6 2.1 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1 1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. 2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-5. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Category July June July July Mar. Apr. May June July 2005 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries................ 2,560 2,485 2,533 2,332 2,194 2,232 2,184 2,241 2,260 Wage and salary workers......................... 1,447 1,503 1,568 1,305 1,255 1,307 1,286 1,329 1,370 Self-employed workers........................... 1,053 951 943 983 931 937 890 899 877 Unpaid family workers........................... 61 30 22 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Nonagricultural industries........................ 140,723 142,731 143,073 139,772 141,464 141,425 141,786 142,108 142,047 Wage and salary workers......................... 130,949 132,892 133,239 130,186 131,638 131,728 131,965 132,284 132,417 Government.................................... 19,893 19,857 19,835 20,473 20,200 20,149 20,196 20,017 20,336 Private industries............................ 111,056 113,035 113,404 109,780 111,431 111,546 111,799 112,253 112,114 Private households.......................... 911 823 926 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Other industries............................ 110,145 112,213 112,478 108,952 110,625 110,699 110,933 111,458 111,269 Self-employed workers........................... 9,664 9,747 9,733 9,479 9,706 9,659 9,696 9,716 9,572 Unpaid family workers........................... 111 92 100 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2) All industries: Part time for economic reasons.................... 4,578 4,456 4,450 4,411 3,989 3,978 4,137 4,266 4,261 Slack work or business conditions............. 2,716 2,673 2,644 2,716 2,494 2,474 2,703 2,729 2,658 Could only find part-time work................ 1,534 1,350 1,371 1,374 1,191 1,179 1,152 1,190 1,202 Part time for noneconomic reasons............... 17,563 18,411 17,492 19,539 19,373 19,460 19,701 19,684 19,501 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons.................... 4,539 4,365 4,349 4,353 3,884 3,900 4,037 4,158 4,143 Slack work or business conditions............. 2,690 2,621 2,574 2,670 2,382 2,422 2,612 2,656 2,578 Could only find part-time work................ 1,526 1,326 1,355 1,371 1,177 1,169 1,150 1,189 1,197 Part time for noneconomic reasons............... 17,170 18,006 17,152 19,110 19,044 19,112 19,292 19,310 19,170 1 Data not available. 2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Characteristic July June July July Mar. Apr. May June July 2005 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 AGE AND SEX Total, 16 years and over.......................... 143,283 145,216 145,606 142,111 143,641 143,688 143,976 144,363 144,329 16 to 19 years.................................. 7,260 7,023 7,494 6,022 6,139 6,157 6,220 6,270 6,211 16 to 17 years................................ 2,828 2,833 3,039 2,247 2,321 2,384 2,502 2,528 2,431 18 to 19 years................................ 4,432 4,190 4,455 3,771 3,848 3,756 3,731 3,750 3,778 20 years and over............................... 136,023 138,193 138,112 136,088 137,502 137,531 137,757 138,093 138,118 20 to 24 years................................ 14,489 14,244 14,420 13,899 13,820 13,777 13,871 13,842 13,828 25 years and over............................. 121,534 123,948 123,692 122,150 123,575 123,661 123,799 124,237 124,305 25 to 54 years.............................. 98,261 99,430 99,267 98,548 99,315 99,167 99,280 99,541 99,554 25 to 34 years............................ 30,637 31,075 31,110 30,639 30,973 30,816 30,884 30,988 31,086 35 to 44 years............................ 34,555 34,448 34,290 34,699 34,553 34,508 34,486 34,518 34,429 45 to 54 years............................ 33,069 33,907 33,867 33,211 33,790 33,842 33,910 34,035 34,038 55 years and over........................... 23,273 24,518 24,425 23,602 24,260 24,494 24,519 24,696 24,752 Men, 16 years and over............................ 77,541 78,263 78,469 76,258 77,273 77,237 77,313 77,357 77,162 16 to 19 years.................................. 3,590 3,573 3,787 2,913 3,076 3,068 3,111 3,143 3,079 16 to 17 years................................ 1,320 1,495 1,574 1,018 1,132 1,131 1,226 1,292 1,226 18 to 19 years................................ 2,270 2,078 2,213 1,897 1,965 1,936 1,887 1,850 1,842 20 years and over............................... 73,951 74,691 74,682 73,345 74,197 74,169 74,202 74,215 74,082 20 to 24 years................................ 7,803 7,652 7,781 7,396 7,389 7,361 7,384 7,364 7,370 25 years and over............................. 66,149 67,039 66,901 65,927 66,753 66,758 66,757 66,865 66,723 25 to 54 years.............................. 53,498 53,892 53,879 53,214 53,676 53,634 53,632 53,682 53,619 25 to 34 years............................ 17,143 17,130 17,206 17,005 17,200 17,068 17,077 17,043 17,065 35 to 44 years............................ 18,896 18,785 18,779 18,814 18,782 18,818 18,805 18,717 18,702 45 to 54 years............................ 17,459 17,977 17,894 17,395 17,694 17,747 17,750 17,922 17,853 55 years and over........................... 12,651 13,147 13,022 12,713 13,077 13,125 13,125 13,183 13,104 Women, 16 years and over.......................... 65,742 66,953 67,137 65,853 66,368 66,451 66,663 67,006 67,168 16 to 19 years.................................. 3,670 3,450 3,707 3,110 3,063 3,089 3,109 3,128 3,132 16 to 17 years................................ 1,508 1,338 1,465 1,229 1,188 1,253 1,276 1,235 1,205 18 to 19 years................................ 2,162 2,112 2,243 1,874 1,883 1,820 1,843 1,900 1,936 20 years and over............................... 62,072 63,502 63,430 62,744 63,305 63,362 63,555 63,878 64,035 20 to 24 years................................ 6,687 6,593 6,639 6,503 6,431 6,416 6,487 6,478 6,458 25 years and over............................. 55,385 56,910 56,791 56,223 56,822 56,903 57,042 57,372 57,582 25 to 54 years.............................. 44,763 45,538 45,388 45,334 45,639 45,533 45,648 45,858 45,934 25 to 34 years............................ 13,495 13,946 13,904 13,634 13,773 13,748 13,807 13,945 14,021 35 to 44 years............................ 15,659 15,663 15,512 15,885 15,770 15,690 15,681 15,801 15,728 45 to 54 years............................ 15,610 15,929 15,972 15,816 16,096 16,095 16,160 16,112 16,185 55 years and over........................... 10,622 11,371 11,403 10,889 11,183 11,370 11,394 11,513 11,648 MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present....................... 45,506 45,626 45,496 45,489 45,806 45,837 45,843 45,809 45,558 Married women, spouse present..................... 34,232 34,795 34,607 34,956 35,074 35,300 35,171 35,394 35,309 Women who maintain families....................... 8,646 9,204 9,254 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers (2)............................. 119,409 121,070 121,951 117,329 119,053 119,251 118,959 119,452 119,818 Part-time workers (3)............................. 23,874 24,146 23,655 24,840 24,559 24,469 24,955 24,935 24,599 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders......................... 7,595 7,285 7,463 7,581 7,521 7,489 7,718 7,398 7,455 Percent of total employed..................... 5.3 5.0 5.1 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.4 5.1 5.2 1 Data not available. 2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week. 3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed persons Unemployment rates (1) (in thousands) Characteristic July June July July Mar. Apr. May June July 2005 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 AGE AND SEX Total, 16 years and over.......................... 7,494 6,957 7,205 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.8 16 to 19 years.................................. 1,150 1,145 1,142 16.0 15.7 14.6 14.0 15.4 15.5 16 to 17 years................................ 511 517 487 18.5 18.6 15.9 15.1 17.0 16.7 18 to 19 years................................ 633 624 650 14.4 13.7 14.1 13.4 14.3 14.7 20 years and over............................... 6,344 5,812 6,063 4.5 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.2 20 to 24 years................................ 1,252 1,185 1,288 8.3 7.6 8.2 8.1 7.9 8.5 25 years and over............................. 5,110 4,616 4,784 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.7 25 to 54 years.............................. 4,283 3,841 3,998 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.9 25 to 34 years............................ 1,670 1,508 1,566 5.2 4.8 4.9 4.9 4.6 4.8 35 to 44 years............................ 1,357 1,233 1,285 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.6 45 to 54 years............................ 1,256 1,100 1,147 3.6 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.3 55 years and over........................... 851 747 796 3.5 2.7 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.1 Men, 16 years and over............................ 3,928 3,727 3,862 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.6 4.8 16 to 19 years.................................. 654 646 636 18.3 16.8 16.2 16.2 17.0 17.1 16 to 17 years................................ 303 284 249 22.9 20.5 17.9 17.6 18.0 16.9 18 to 19 years................................ 349 367 392 15.5 14.4 15.8 15.3 16.6 17.6 20 years and over............................... 3,274 3,082 3,226 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.2 20 to 24 years................................ 711 658 700 8.8 8.3 8.7 9.1 8.2 8.7 25 years and over............................. 2,574 2,420 2,521 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.6 25 to 54 years.............................. 2,151 1,998 2,092 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.8 25 to 34 years............................ 820 821 859 4.6 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.8 35 to 44 years............................ 659 629 627 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.3 3.2 45 to 54 years............................ 671 547 606 3.7 3.4 3.2 3.5 3.0 3.3 55 years and over........................... 423 422 429 3.2 2.7 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.2 Women, 16 years and over.......................... 3,566 3,230 3,342 5.1 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.7 16 to 19 years.................................. 497 500 505 13.8 14.5 13.0 11.7 13.8 13.9 16 to 17 years................................ 209 233 238 14.5 16.7 14.0 12.5 15.9 16.5 18 to 19 years................................ 284 257 258 13.2 13.0 12.3 11.3 11.9 11.7 20 years and over............................... 3,070 2,730 2,837 4.7 4.1 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.2 20 to 24 years................................ 541 527 588 7.7 6.7 7.5 7.0 7.5 8.3 25 years and over............................. 2,536 2,196 2,263 4.3 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.8 25 to 54 years.............................. 2,132 1,844 1,906 4.5 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.9 4.0 25 to 34 years............................ 850 687 707 5.9 5.3 5.3 5.1 4.7 4.8 35 to 44 years............................ 697 604 658 4.2 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.7 4.0 45 to 54 years............................ 585 553 541 3.6 3.0 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.2 55 years and over (2)....................... 458 352 419 4.1 2.5 2.6 2.6 3.0 3.5 MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present....................... 1,248 1,185 1,164 2.7 2.4 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 Married women, spouse present..................... 1,230 1,052 1,144 3.4 2.7 2.9 3.0 2.9 3.1 Women who maintain families (2)................... 831 717 744 8.8 7.5 7.5 6.3 7.2 7.4 FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers (3)............................. 6,065 5,598 5,823 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.6 Part-time workers (4)............................. 1,459 1,370 1,395 5.5 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.2 5.4 1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 2 Not seasonally adjusted. 3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs. 4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs. NOTE: Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Reason July June July July Mar. Apr. May June July 2005 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs............................................. 3,618 3,222 3,374 3,626 3,412 3,531 3,524 3,409 3,370 On temporary layoff............................. 1,046 884 1,020 954 918 907 949 981 933 Not on temporary layoff......................... 2,573 2,338 2,355 2,673 2,494 2,624 2,575 2,428 2,437 Permanent job losers.......................... 1,884 1,597 1,621 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Persons who completed temporary jobs.......... 688 741 734 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Job leavers....................................... 843 794 879 825 817 846 878 818 857 Reentrants........................................ 2,494 2,378 2,464 2,411 2,158 2,180 2,119 2,091 2,358 New entrants...................................... 883 947 885 627 634 579 525 650 629 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............................................ 46.2 43.9 44.4 48.4 48.6 49.5 50.0 48.9 46.7 On temporary layoff............................ 13.3 12.0 13.4 12.7 13.1 12.7 13.5 14.1 12.9 Not on temporary layoff........................ 32.8 31.8 31.0 35.7 35.5 36.8 36.5 34.8 33.8 Job leavers...................................... 10.8 10.8 11.6 11.0 11.6 11.9 12.5 11.7 11.9 Reentrants....................................... 31.8 32.4 32.4 32.2 30.7 30.5 30.1 30.0 32.7 New entrants..................................... 11.3 12.9 11.6 8.4 9.0 8.1 7.4 9.3 8.7 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs............................................ 2.4 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 Job leavers...................................... .6 .5 .6 .6 .5 .6 .6 .5 .6 Reentrants....................................... 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.6 New entrants..................................... .6 .6 .6 .4 .4 .4 .3 .4 .4 1 Data not available. NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Duration July June July July Mar. Apr. May June July 2005 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Less than 5 weeks................................. 2,809 3,410 2,964 2,616 2,676 2,635 2,516 2,673 2,704 5 to 14 weeks..................................... 2,716 1,897 2,462 2,452 2,011 2,115 2,242 2,052 2,175 15 weeks and over................................. 2,314 2,034 2,176 2,483 2,333 2,373 2,297 2,133 2,338 15 to 26 weeks................................. 955 922 890 1,069 1,044 1,046 968 1,020 998 27 weeks and over.............................. 1,359 1,112 1,286 1,414 1,288 1,327 1,329 1,112 1,340 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................. 16.5 15.1 16.1 17.7 16.9 16.8 17.1 16.2 17.3 Median duration, in weeks......................... 8.0 5.7 7.3 8.9 8.5 8.5 8.5 7.5 8.2 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed.................................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Less than 5 weeks............................... 35.8 46.4 39.0 34.6 38.1 37.0 35.7 39.0 37.5 5 to 14 weeks................................... 34.6 25.8 32.4 32.5 28.6 29.7 31.8 29.9 30.1 15 weeks and over............................... 29.5 27.7 28.6 32.9 33.2 33.3 32.6 31.1 32.4 15 to 26 weeks................................ 12.2 12.6 11.7 14.2 14.9 14.7 13.7 14.9 13.8 27 weeks and over............................. 17.3 15.2 16.9 18.7 18.4 18.6 18.8 16.2 18.6 NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-10. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Unemployment Employed Unemployed rates Occupation July July July July July July 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 Total, 16 years and over (1)................................ 143,283 145,606 7,839 7,602 5.2 5.0 Management, professional, and related occupations................ 48,771 49,721 1,328 1,255 2.7 2.5 Management, business, and financial operations occupations..... 20,371 20,938 488 471 2.3 2.2 Professional and related occupations........................... 28,400 28,783 840 784 2.9 2.7 Service occupations.............................................. 24,182 25,063 1,511 1,439 5.9 5.4 Sales and office occupations..................................... 36,421 36,191 1,953 1,857 5.1 4.9 Sales and related occupations.................................. 16,728 16,606 932 914 5.3 5.2 Office and administrative support occupations.................. 19,694 19,586 1,021 943 4.9 4.6 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations..... 15,773 16,287 844 956 5.1 5.5 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..................... 1,185 1,173 59 69 4.8 5.5 Construction and extraction occupations........................ 9,478 9,722 576 668 5.7 6.4 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.............. 5,111 5,392 208 220 3.9 3.9 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations...... 18,136 18,343 1,304 1,168 6.7 6.0 Production occupations......................................... 9,236 9,536 703 518 7.1 5.1 Transportation and material moving occupations................. 8,901 8,807 601 650 6.3 6.9 1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed Unemployment persons rates Industry and class of worker (in thousands) July July July July 2005 2006 2005 2006 Total, 16 years and over (1).............................. 7,839 7,602 5.2 5.0 Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers.................. 5,922 5,712 5.1 4.8 Mining......................................................... 22 25 3.7 3.5 Construction................................................... 509 633 5.2 6.1 Manufacturing.................................................. 883 736 5.3 4.4 Durable goods................................................ 580 444 5.5 4.2 Nondurable goods............................................. 303 292 4.9 4.9 Wholesale and retail trade..................................... 1,194 1,083 5.6 5.1 Transportation and utilities................................... 222 237 3.9 4.2 Information.................................................... 142 103 4.2 3.0 Financial activities........................................... 309 329 3.3 3.4 Professional and business services............................. 804 735 6.3 5.5 Education and health services.................................. 635 659 3.5 3.5 Leisure and hospitality........................................ 929 867 7.4 6.8 Other services................................................. 274 305 4.2 4.7 Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers.......... 69 55 4.7 3.6 Government workers............................................... 683 659 3.3 3.2 Self employed and unpaid family workers.......................... 282 291 2.5 2.6 1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Measure July June July July Mar. Apr. May June July 2005 2006 2006 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force........................................................... 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.5 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force.............................................. 2.4 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.2 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate).................................................... 5.2 4.8 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.8 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers.................................. 5.5 5.1 5.2 5.3 4.9 5.0 4.8 4.9 5.0 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........................................... 6.1 5.8 5.9 6.0 5.6 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.7 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...................... 9.1 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.2 8.2 8.2 8.4 8.5 NOTE: Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-13. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Total Men Women Category July July July July July July 2005 2006 2005 2006 2005 2006 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force................................ 75,031 75,704 27,778 28,369 47,254 47,335 Persons who currently want a job.......................... 5,081 5,006 2,063 2,101 3,017 2,905 Searched for work and available to work now (1).......... 1,516 1,522 735 762 781 761 Reason not currently looking: Discouragement over job prospects (2)........... 499 428 284 263 215 166 Reasons other than discouragement (3).......... 1,016 1,094 450 499 566 595 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders (4)............................... 7,595 7,463 3,956 3,819 3,639 3,645 Percent of total employed............................... 5.3 5.1 5.1 4.9 5.5 5.4 Primary job full time, secondary job part time.......... 3,964 3,859 2,303 2,175 1,661 1,685 Primary and secondary jobs both part time............... 1,662 1,619 584 507 1,078 1,112 Primary and secondary jobs both full time............... 329 313 224 192 105 121 Hours vary on primary or secondary job.................. 1,594 1,629 827 923 767 706 1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week. 2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health, and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately. NOTE: Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Change Industry July May June July July Mar. Apr. May June July from: 2005 2006 2006p 2006p 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006p 2006p June 2006- July 2006p Total nonfarm......... 133,413 135,865 136,407 135,141 133,617 134,905 135,017 135,117 135,241 135,354 113 Total private........... 112,764 113,551 114,525 114,380 111,795 113,006 113,099 113,193 113,302 113,415 113 Goods-producing............. 22,481 22,480 22,785 22,771 22,131 22,381 22,419 22,407 22,430 22,428 -2 Natural resources and mining.... 635 673 687 697 624 661 670 672 677 684 7 Logging...................... 66.2 61.6 63.3 64.7 63.8 63.0 63.8 63.7 62.9 62.4 -.5 Mining......................... 568.4 610.9 624.1 631.9 559.9 597.7 606.2 608.5 614.0 621.9 7.9 Oil and gas extraction........ 127.8 134.6 138.6 141.3 126.1 131.9 133.5 134.6 136.5 138.9 2.4 Mining, except oil and gas(1). 218.2 221.4 225.4 225.8 212.7 217.6 218.2 218.5 219.1 219.6 .5 Coal mining.................. 74.7 78.4 79.0 79.3 74.1 78.3 78.7 78.4 78.4 78.7 .3 Support activities for mining. 222.4 254.9 260.1 264.8 221.1 248.2 254.5 255.4 258.4 263.4 5.0 Construction.................... 7,589 7,578 7,742 7,797 7,283 7,495 7,505 7,501 7,497 7,503 6 Construction of buildings..... 1,737.7 1,758.8 1,788.4 1,803.5 1,691.8 1,749.2 1,756.0 1,756.1 1,752.6 1,759.8 7.2 Residential building......... 980.5 983.9 1,001.2 1,005.1 950.0 979.6 980.7 979.6 976.8 977.1 .3 Nonresidential building...... 757.2 774.9 787.2 798.4 741.8 769.6 775.3 776.5 775.8 782.7 6.9 Heavy and civil engineering construction................. 1,030.2 1,013.0 1,039.1 1,045.7 961.0 990.5 987.5 985.4 981.2 980.2 -1.0 Specialty trade contractors... 4,820.8 4,805.8 4,914.0 4,948.2 4,629.8 4,755.7 4,761.5 4,759.7 4,763.0 4,762.6 -.4 Residential specialty trade contractors................. 2,371.0 2,366.4 2,414.9 2,416.3 2,277.2 2,350.9 2,351.0 2,345.6 2,342.7 2,333.4 -9.3 Nonresidential specialty trade contractors........... 2,449.8 2,439.4 2,499.1 2,531.9 2,352.6 2,404.8 2,410.5 2,414.1 2,420.3 2,429.2 8.9 Manufacturing................... 14,257 14,229 14,356 14,277 14,224 14,225 14,244 14,234 14,256 14,241 -15 Production workers........... 10,053 10,192 10,294 10,224 10,050 10,170 10,192 10,198 10,218 10,219 1 Durable goods.................. 8,939 9,025 9,098 9,020 8,946 8,992 9,017 9,014 9,034 9,024 -10 Production workers........... 6,178 6,391 6,448 6,378 6,204 6,347 6,370 6,380 6,399 6,401 2 Wood products................. 559.9 556.4 560.5 556.9 553.6 558.3 554.5 555.5 552.0 551.8 -.2 Nonmetallic mineral products.. 512.9 506.4 510.2 511.4 501.8 507.2 506.6 502.7 500.6 500.9 .3 Primary metals................ 465.0 473.5 477.4 472.0 468.1 473.1 472.9 473.7 475.4 475.2 -.2 Fabricated metal products..... 1,520.7 1,539.7 1,552.9 1,549.2 1,521.1 1,534.1 1,538.0 1,540.5 1,544.6 1,549.1 4.5 Machinery..................... 1,164.8 1,180.9 1,190.3 1,195.4 1,165.0 1,171.5 1,174.9 1,179.6 1,184.0 1,191.6 7.6 Computer and electronic products(1).................. 1,329.6 1,327.1 1,342.1 1,333.5 1,322.8 1,322.0 1,329.0 1,327.5 1,333.4 1,325.2 -8.2 Computer and peripheral equipment................... 208.8 203.0 204.5 204.7 207.6 202.7 203.1 202.7 203.1 203.2 .1 Communications equipment..... 148.5 150.1 150.9 147.2 147.6 149.3 149.6 149.6 149.4 146.2 -3.2 Semiconductors and electronic components.................. 453.8 458.1 465.8 465.8 451.4 453.1 457.8 458.5 461.6 462.6 1.0 Electronic instruments....... 441.4 444.7 449.2 446.7 439.1 444.3 446.4 445.6 448.0 444.2 -3.8 Electrical equipment and appliances................... 435.0 442.2 448.4 444.6 434.3 439.3 441.4 442.4 445.6 443.9 -1.7 Transportation equipment(1)... 1,731.7 1,785.0 1,800.2 1,749.8 1,761.3 1,772.6 1,785.2 1,779.8 1,789.1 1,780.5 -8.6 Motor vehicles and parts(2).. 1,048.8 1,094.4 1,102.3 1,052.7 1,080.2 1,086.8 1,098.2 1,088.3 1,092.0 1,084.1 -7.9 Furniture and related products 560.9 559.0 558.9 552.7 561.3 557.6 558.5 556.8 555.5 552.8 -2.7 Miscellaneous manufacturing... 658.4 654.3 657.5 654.6 656.9 656.7 655.5 655.0 653.7 653.4 -.3 Nondurable goods............... 5,318 5,204 5,258 5,257 5,278 5,233 5,227 5,220 5,222 5,217 -5 Production workers........... 3,875 3,801 3,846 3,846 3,846 3,823 3,822 3,818 3,819 3,818 -1 Food manufacturing............ 1,497.6 1,443.1 1,468.6 1,483.8 1,474.7 1,460.7 1,462.4 1,461.7 1,463.8 1,460.1 -3.7 Beverages and tobacco products 196.3 193.4 198.5 201.7 190.8 194.4 195.0 194.9 195.5 196.5 1.0 Textile mills................. 217.1 201.2 199.3 194.4 217.5 203.7 201.7 199.9 197.3 194.9 -2.4 Textile product mills......... 172.9 169.6 170.3 169.5 172.0 170.5 168.1 168.2 168.6 168.8 .2 Apparel....................... 258.3 252.1 254.6 248.0 259.4 252.8 252.3 250.8 250.5 249.5 -1.0 Leather and allied products... 39.2 37.9 37.5 36.4 39.5 37.5 37.7 37.5 37.2 36.8 -.4 Paper and paper products...... 486.5 471.7 473.2 472.6 484.6 475.2 472.8 472.9 471.3 470.5 -.8 Printing and related support activities................... 649.5 641.6 645.1 640.5 646.4 644.1 643.0 640.9 640.2 637.8 -2.4 Petroleum and coal products... 116.2 115.0 118.4 119.6 113.3 113.3 114.0 114.6 115.5 116.2 .7 Chemicals..................... 885.1 887.2 895.0 900.6 879.4 887.0 887.1 887.7 890.3 894.0 3.7 Plastics and rubber products.. 799.1 791.4 797.6 790.3 800.1 793.6 792.5 791.1 792.2 791.4 -.8 Service-providing........... 110,932 113,385 113,622 112,370 111,486 112,524 112,598 112,710 112,811 112,926 115 Private service-providing.. 90,283 91,071 91,740 91,609 89,664 90,625 90,680 90,786 90,872 90,987 115 Trade, transportation, and utilities...................... 25,970 25,990 26,120 26,042 25,976 26,075 26,053 26,039 26,050 26,062 12 Wholesale trade................ 5,787.4 5,858.9 5,892.6 5,883.4 5,755.3 5,824.0 5,833.5 5,842.1 5,849.7 5,850.6 .9 Durable goods................. 3,010.6 3,050.3 3,069.6 3,069.5 2,993.4 3,039.7 3,044.7 3,047.0 3,051.5 3,052.0 .5 Nondurable goods.............. 2,036.8 2,049.5 2,061.4 2,056.2 2,023.6 2,032.9 2,034.4 2,039.8 2,040.8 2,042.7 1.9 Electronic markets and agents and brokers.................. 740.0 759.1 761.6 757.7 738.3 751.4 754.4 755.3 757.4 755.9 -1.5 Retail trade...................15,296.6 15,151.2 15,223.1 15,194.6 15,309.8 15,306.6 15,260.4 15,225.7 15,221.5 15,221.5 .0 Motor vehicle and parts dealers(1)................... 1,944.8 1,912.4 1,928.9 1,926.9 1,925.9 1,911.8 1,911.0 1,909.6 1,910.7 1,908.1 -2.6 Automobile dealers........... 1,272.6 1,243.2 1,252.9 1,254.6 1,266.5 1,244.6 1,245.6 1,245.3 1,247.2 1,247.4 .2 Furniture and home furnishings stores....................... 570.9 590.7 591.1 588.3 578.5 591.3 595.3 595.2 595.5 596.2 .7 Electronics and appliance stores....................... 521.9 521.3 525.3 520.8 534.0 535.1 534.8 533.1 533.8 533.2 -.6 Building material and garden supply stores................ 1,318.0 1,375.8 1,376.2 1,361.0 1,279.3 1,312.4 1,313.9 1,317.2 1,316.5 1,321.4 4.9 Food and beverage stores...... 2,841.3 2,802.3 2,823.8 2,822.4 2,822.6 2,809.6 2,808.8 2,803.4 2,802.5 2,802.8 .3 Health and personal care stores....................... 953.2 957.5 960.8 957.0 954.1 960.3 956.8 959.8 958.6 959.6 1.0 Gasoline stations............. 886.1 860.7 872.2 878.1 874.6 866.0 867.0 859.5 864.8 865.9 1.1 Clothing and clothing accessories stores........... 1,432.8 1,374.4 1,406.6 1,432.6 1,430.7 1,423.1 1,418.6 1,412.3 1,422.5 1,431.4 8.9 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores............. 625.7 612.4 611.4 604.3 642.7 634.5 632.8 628.7 627.6 623.5 -4.1 General merchandise stores(1). 2,879.0 2,827.7 2,814.0 2,795.8 2,931.1 2,929.4 2,892.0 2,880.0 2,865.5 2,857.3 -8.2 Department stores............ 1,569.1 1,535.7 1,535.9 1,526.1 1,613.5 1,607.4 1,591.4 1,584.1 1,576.5 1,573.4 -3.1 Miscellaneous store retailers. 903.5 899.7 896.7 891.1 903.1 902.5 899.5 896.3 892.7 891.8 -.9 Nonstore retailers............ 419.4 416.3 416.1 416.3 433.2 430.6 429.9 430.6 430.8 430.3 -.5 Transportation and warehousing. 4,324.1 4,420.2 4,442.0 4,398.7 4,353.0 4,384.4 4,398.1 4,410.8 4,419.5 4,429.3 9.8 Air transportation............ 506.7 487.7 488.9 490.5 503.6 487.6 489.0 486.7 486.5 487.5 1.0 Rail transportation........... 230.0 228.1 228.3 228.5 228.9 227.5 227.4 227.8 227.6 227.4 -.2 Water transportation.......... 62.9 63.8 65.6 67.0 60.2 62.5 62.8 62.9 63.3 64.2 .9 Truck transportation.......... 1,413.5 1,412.8 1,438.2 1,446.2 1,396.3 1,409.2 1,417.4 1,417.5 1,421.6 1,428.5 6.9 Transit and ground passenger transportation............... 327.6 415.5 393.3 328.6 387.3 394.5 391.0 394.8 395.4 391.7 -3.7 Pipeline transportation....... 37.6 37.9 38.3 38.9 37.4 37.7 37.8 38.1 38.2 38.5 .3 Scenic and sightseeing transportation............... 41.7 33.1 38.5 42.1 31.4 32.4 31.8 31.9 31.5 31.5 .0 Support activities for transportation............... 551.6 564.7 571.2 566.6 549.5 562.2 564.2 566.4 568.8 565.8 -3.0 Couriers and messengers....... 568.2 581.0 579.5 582.7 571.3 575.2 577.6 581.2 581.4 584.8 3.4 Warehousing and storage....... 584.3 595.6 600.2 607.6 587.1 595.6 599.1 603.5 605.2 609.4 4.2 Utilities...................... 562.1 560.1 562.4 565.3 557.7 559.5 560.5 560.3 559.7 560.5 .8 Information..................... 3,080 3,066 3,080 3,067 3,061 3,072 3,070 3,061 3,060 3,051 -9 Publishing industries, except Internet..................... 908.6 899.4 905.1 903.7 905.9 903.5 904.4 902.9 901.4 900.8 -.6 Motion picture and sound recording industries......... 388.9 381.9 388.9 386.1 375.9 389.5 384.4 377.3 379.3 375.8 -3.5 Broadcasting, except Internet. 329.0 326.4 327.8 325.8 328.3 325.5 327.1 327.0 326.6 325.3 -1.3 Internet publishing and broadcasting................. 30.1 30.8 30.9 30.2 29.9 30.3 30.4 30.5 30.3 30.0 -.3 Telecommunications............ 998.9 995.6 991.7 990.5 996.8 993.2 993.5 993.1 989.5 988.6 -.9 ISPs, search portals, and data processing................... 373.5 381.7 385.3 380.2 373.6 380.7 380.0 380.4 383.4 380.5 -2.9 Other information services.... 51.0 50.5 50.5 50.7 50.7 49.4 49.7 50.1 49.9 50.0 .1 Financial activities............ 8,205 8,317 8,382 8,384 8,136 8,282 8,308 8,315 8,310 8,316 6 Finance and insurance.......... 6,025.7 6,139.1 6,159.5 6,161.8 6,002.5 6,120.1 6,134.5 6,139.0 6,130.0 6,138.9 8.9 Monetary authorities - central bank......................... 20.9 21.3 21.8 21.9 20.7 21.3 21.4 21.5 21.7 21.8 .1 Credit intermediation and related activities(1)........ 2,879.3 2,924.6 2,938.6 2,938.4 2,866.1 2,914.7 2,921.3 2,924.3 2,920.5 2,925.0 4.5 Depository credit intermediation(1)........... 1,784.6 1,817.5 1,827.8 1,830.1 1,773.5 1,810.6 1,813.6 1,816.8 1,816.4 1,818.1 1.7 Commercial banking.......... 1,305.6 1,322.1 1,330.8 1,332.4 1,296.9 1,318.3 1,320.1 1,321.7 1,322.8 1,322.9 .1 Securities, commodity contracts, investments....... 781.9 799.0 797.6 799.0 779.6 798.8 800.7 800.8 796.6 796.9 .3 Insurance carriers and related activities................... 2,256.5 2,304.6 2,310.7 2,311.2 2,249.3 2,297.1 2,302.5 2,302.9 2,301.1 2,304.4 3.3 Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles........... 87.1 89.6 90.8 91.3 86.8 88.2 88.6 89.5 90.1 90.8 .7 Real estate and rental and leasing....................... 2,179.1 2,177.9 2,222.4 2,222.5 2,133.3 2,162.3 2,173.8 2,176.4 2,180.4 2,177.5 -2.9 Real estate................... 1,486.7 1,495.4 1,522.0 1,525.1 1,458.8 1,489.2 1,499.3 1,498.0 1,499.7 1,499.2 -.5 Rental and leasing services... 665.2 654.3 671.6 667.9 647.4 644.9 646.1 650.2 652.0 649.1 -2.9 Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets............ 27.2 28.2 28.8 29.5 27.1 28.2 28.4 28.2 28.7 29.2 .5 Professional and business services....................... 17,027 17,275 17,525 17,496 16,898 17,199 17,211 17,276 17,313 17,356 43 Professional and technical services(1)................... 7,006.4 7,154.8 7,241.0 7,269.8 7,024.7 7,170.3 7,192.0 7,220.6 7,239.4 7,282.5 43.1 Legal services............... 1,184.4 1,154.0 1,175.3 1,175.0 1,167.5 1,162.5 1,162.5 1,159.6 1,157.2 1,158.5 1.3 Accounting and bookkeeping services.................... 774.9 814.6 814.1 802.8 841.3 849.9 852.7 860.4 867.3 868.5 1.2 Architectural and engineering services.................... 1,329.6 1,368.0 1,390.2 1,404.3 1,307.8 1,356.5 1,360.6 1,369.3 1,371.0 1,381.0 10.0 Computer systems design and related services............ 1,185.4 1,251.6 1,262.2 1,270.3 1,189.2 1,235.2 1,243.1 1,255.5 1,260.2 1,272.0 11.8 Management and technical consulting services......... 855.2 877.1 885.2 892.9 847.6 875.4 878.0 879.4 879.4 885.6 6.2 Management of companies and enterprises................... 1,774.3 1,782.6 1,797.7 1,805.5 1,757.1 1,774.9 1,775.4 1,779.7 1,781.1 1,784.4 3.3 Administrative and waste services...................... 8,246.4 8,337.4 8,485.9 8,420.2 8,116.0 8,253.7 8,244.0 8,276.1 8,292.1 8,288.6 -3.5 Administrative and support services(1).................. 7,901.6 8,002.0 8,144.8 8,078.0 7,778.4 7,917.9 7,908.5 7,941.1 7,956.7 7,953.2 -3.5 Employment services(1)....... 3,577.2 3,634.9 3,712.6 3,668.2 3,561.5 3,644.0 3,633.9 3,653.8 3,660.0 3,652.7 -7.3 Temporary help services..... 2,529.9 2,606.3 2,643.7 2,603.6 2,523.9 2,604.6 2,596.8 2,613.4 2,603.7 2,601.3 -2.4 Business support services.... 753.5 766.3 766.3 763.3 759.5 761.3 761.6 765.8 766.4 768.6 2.2 Services to buildings and dwellings................... 1,847.0 1,840.4 1,889.2 1,879.2 1,738.5 1,765.8 1,766.0 1,767.4 1,770.1 1,769.2 -.9 Waste management and remediation services......... 344.8 335.4 341.1 342.2 337.6 335.8 335.5 335.0 335.4 335.4 .0 Education and health services... 17,043 17,762 17,532 17,395 17,368 17,622 17,650 17,676 17,702 17,726 24 Educational services........... 2,500.2 2,916.5 2,632.7 2,533.1 2,820.4 2,845.4 2,849.2 2,853.1 2,849.2 2,857.3 8.1 Health care and social assistance....................14,543.1 14,845.5 14,899.3 14,861.7 14,547.4 14,776.5 14,800.4 14,823.3 14,852.3 14,868.6 16.3 Health care(3).................12,367.4 12,549.2 12,624.7 12,641.6 12,334.3 12,516.3 12,538.1 12,561.5 12,585.3 12,608.3 23.0 Ambulatory health care services(1)................. 5,129.3 5,250.2 5,271.7 5,267.6 5,121.8 5,232.5 5,240.1 5,249.1 5,254.6 5,262.5 7.9 Offices of physicians....... 2,106.5 2,165.9 2,181.1 2,181.0 2,104.2 2,154.8 2,162.1 2,168.6 2,173.6 2,178.3 4.7 Outpatient care centers..... 476.5 489.4 491.4 490.7 474.7 488.6 488.8 488.8 490.0 489.8 -.2 Home health care services... 817.0 842.3 842.0 839.3 817.1 835.8 835.5 839.9 838.5 839.7 1.2 Hospitals.................... 4,371.9 4,408.5 4,441.0 4,453.6 4,353.5 4,402.5 4,409.6 4,417.6 4,428.1 4,433.9 5.8 Nursing and residential care facilities(1)............... 2,866.2 2,890.5 2,912.0 2,920.4 2,859.0 2,881.3 2,888.4 2,894.8 2,902.6 2,911.9 9.3 Nursing care facilities..... 1,582.2 1,587.4 1,593.8 1,597.5 1,579.9 1,582.6 1,585.4 1,590.1 1,590.6 1,594.7 4.1 Social assistance(1).......... 2,175.7 2,296.3 2,274.6 2,220.1 2,213.1 2,260.2 2,262.3 2,261.8 2,267.0 2,260.3 -6.7 Child day care services...... 743.5 816.3 788.0 738.3 786.6 795.6 797.0 793.7 790.2 783.5 -6.7 Leisure and hospitality......... 13,500 13,234 13,628 13,760 12,833 12,976 12,989 13,014 13,035 13,077 42 Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................... 2,201.2 1,988.0 2,162.4 2,221.7 1,894.9 1,903.1 1,911.5 1,910.2 1,911.0 1,914.6 3.6 Performing arts and spectator sports....................... 397.6 389.2 394.1 403.6 372.2 364.4 369.2 374.3 374.9 375.6 .7 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks.............. 133.7 128.3 134.2 137.2 121.3 121.5 122.8 124.1 123.4 123.9 .5 Amusements, gambling, and recreation................... 1,669.9 1,470.5 1,634.1 1,680.9 1,401.4 1,417.2 1,419.5 1,411.8 1,412.7 1,415.1 2.4 Accommodations and food services......................11,298.4 11,245.6 11,465.4 11,538.6 10,937.9 11,072.8 11,077.7 11,104.0 11,124.2 11,162.5 38.3 Accommodations................ 1,961.1 1,795.7 1,888.9 1,953.4 1,813.2 1,803.1 1,795.4 1,799.3 1,799.6 1,808.5 8.9 Food services and drinking places....................... 9,337.3 9,449.9 9,576.5 9,585.2 9,124.7 9,269.7 9,282.3 9,304.7 9,324.6 9,354.0 29.4 Other services.................. 5,458 5,427 5,473 5,465 5,392 5,399 5,399 5,405 5,402 5,399 -3 Repair and maintenance........ 1,251.3 1,258.8 1,262.4 1,251.4 1,240.9 1,245.8 1,249.8 1,251.5 1,249.8 1,242.5 -7.3 Personal and laundry services. 1,278.4 1,285.8 1,287.1 1,280.1 1,271.3 1,270.7 1,269.7 1,269.8 1,269.2 1,273.0 3.8 Membership associations and organizations................ 2,928.5 2,882.5 2,923.5 2,933.1 2,879.6 2,882.4 2,879.3 2,883.8 2,883.4 2,883.0 -.4 Government...................... 20,649 22,314 21,882 20,761 21,822 21,899 21,918 21,924 21,939 21,939 0 Federal........................ 2,743 2,704 2,728 2,738 2,726 2,706 2,704 2,708 2,713 2,719 6 Federal, except U.S. Postal Service...................... 1,970.8 1,940.4 1,962.0 1,965.3 1,950.7 1,937.0 1,937.9 1,938.1 1,941.8 1,944.1 2.3 U.S. Postal Service........... 772.5 764.0 765.7 772.3 775.5 769.3 766.2 769.7 770.8 774.6 3.8 State government............... 4,750 5,086 4,834 4,741 5,023 5,024 5,032 5,032 5,028 5,018 -10 State government education.... 1,947.7 2,302.3 2,032.3 1,942.7 2,249.0 2,248.0 2,255.0 2,254.7 2,251.7 2,245.3 -6.4 State government, excluding education.................... 2,802.3 2,783.2 2,801.8 2,798.4 2,773.8 2,776.2 2,777.3 2,776.9 2,776.2 2,772.9 -3.3 Local government............... 13,156 14,524 14,320 13,282 14,073 14,169 14,182 14,184 14,198 14,202 4 Local government education.... 6,744.0 8,271.6 7,882.3 6,783.0 7,878.0 7,922.1 7,927.3 7,922.9 7,924.7 7,924.5 -.2 Local government, excluding education.................... 6,411.6 6,251.9 6,437.6 6,498.5 6,195.0 6,246.7 6,254.3 6,260.9 6,273.6 6,277.8 4.2 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately. 2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. 3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Change Industry July May June July July Mar. Apr. May June July from: 2005 2006 2006p 2006p 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006p 2006p June 2006- July 2006p Total private......................... 33.8 33.7 33.9 34.2 33.8 33.8 33.9 33.8 33.9 33.9 0.0 Goods-producing........................... 39.7 40.5 40.9 40.5 39.9 40.4 40.6 40.4 40.6 40.7 .1 Natural resources and mining.................. 45.5 45.1 46.2 45.6 45.9 45.2 45.5 44.9 45.9 45.8 -.1 Construction.................................. 38.8 38.9 39.6 39.3 38.2 38.9 39.1 38.5 39.0 38.8 -.2 Manufacturing................................. 39.9 41.2 41.3 40.9 40.5 41.1 41.2 41.2 41.3 41.5 .2 Overtime hours............................. 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.5 -.1 Durable goods................................ 40.3 41.5 41.7 41.2 41.0 41.4 41.6 41.5 41.6 41.9 .3 Overtime hours............................. 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6 .0 Wood products............................... 39.6 40.4 40.1 40.0 39.6 40.4 40.4 40.1 39.6 40.1 .5 Nonmetallic mineral products................ 41.6 43.3 43.8 43.0 41.7 43.0 43.3 43.1 43.4 43.3 -.1 Primary metals.............................. 42.4 43.6 43.6 43.5 43.1 43.4 43.4 43.7 43.8 44.1 .3 Fabricated metal products................... 40.3 41.4 41.5 41.1 40.9 41.5 41.7 41.4 41.5 41.6 .1 Machinery................................... 41.6 42.5 42.5 42.6 42.0 42.1 42.6 42.5 42.6 42.9 .3 Computer and electronic products............ 39.7 40.4 40.7 40.0 40.1 40.5 40.7 40.5 40.8 40.4 -.4 Electrical equipment and appliances......... 40.2 40.9 41.0 40.9 40.8 41.3 41.4 41.2 41.3 41.5 .2 Transportation equipment.................... 40.5 43.1 43.1 42.1 42.3 42.8 43.0 43.0 43.0 43.9 .9 Motor vehicles and parts(2)................ 39.8 42.8 43.0 41.5 42.1 42.5 42.6 42.7 42.9 43.7 .8 Furniture and related products.............. 39.2 38.4 38.9 38.6 39.2 38.5 38.5 38.7 38.5 38.6 .1 Miscellaneous manufacturing................. 37.6 38.7 39.1 38.7 38.3 38.5 38.7 38.7 39.0 39.2 .2 Nondurable goods............................. 39.3 40.5 40.8 40.4 39.7 40.4 40.5 40.6 40.7 40.8 .1 Overtime hours............................. 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.4 -.1 Food manufacturing.......................... 38.8 39.8 40.1 39.7 39.0 39.8 39.7 39.9 40.0 39.9 -.1 Beverages and tobacco products.............. 39.9 41.4 41.8 41.0 40.0 40.2 40.1 40.9 41.1 41.0 -.1 Textile mills............................... 39.6 40.4 40.6 40.1 40.2 40.3 40.3 40.4 40.7 40.7 .0 Textile product mills....................... 37.8 40.0 40.4 39.6 38.2 39.6 40.2 40.2 40.2 40.2 .0 Apparel..................................... 34.9 36.7 37.1 36.8 35.5 36.0 36.5 36.7 37.1 37.3 .2 Leather and allied products................. 38.3 39.4 39.2 38.3 39.0 39.5 38.8 39.3 39.1 39.0 -.1 Paper and paper products.................... 42.0 43.1 43.2 42.9 42.3 42.4 42.9 43.1 43.2 43.2 .0 Printing and related support activities..... 38.1 38.9 39.0 38.6 38.4 39.0 39.3 39.2 39.2 39.0 -.2 Petroleum and coal products................. 45.5 45.3 44.9 46.0 45.4 45.0 45.1 45.4 45.1 45.7 .6 Chemicals................................... 41.6 42.2 42.6 42.7 42.1 42.7 42.7 42.4 42.7 43.2 .5 Plastics and rubber products................ 38.8 40.7 41.0 40.1 39.6 40.8 40.8 40.7 40.9 40.9 .0 Private service-providing................ 32.5 32.2 32.4 32.9 32.4 32.3 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 .0 Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 33.6 33.3 33.5 34.0 33.3 33.3 33.4 33.3 33.4 33.4 .0 Wholesale trade.............................. 37.5 37.8 38.0 38.3 37.6 37.8 38.1 37.9 38.0 37.9 -.1 Retail trade................................. 31.0 30.4 30.6 31.0 30.5 30.4 30.5 30.4 30.4 30.4 .0 Transportation and warehousing............... 37.1 36.5 36.9 37.6 37.0 36.7 36.6 36.7 36.9 37.0 .1 Utilities.................................... 41.0 41.4 41.3 41.6 41.2 41.0 41.2 41.3 41.2 41.6 .4 Information................................... 36.5 36.2 36.5 37.1 36.6 36.6 36.6 36.5 36.5 36.6 .1 Financial activities.......................... 35.9 35.2 35.4 36.4 36.1 35.6 35.7 35.5 35.6 35.8 .2 Professional and business services............ 34.2 34.3 34.6 34.8 34.3 34.4 34.7 34.4 34.5 34.6 .1 Education and health services................. 32.7 32.4 32.5 32.9 32.7 32.5 32.5 32.6 32.6 32.6 .0 Leisure and hospitality....................... 26.5 25.4 25.9 26.6 25.8 25.6 25.6 25.6 25.6 25.6 .0 Other services................................ 31.1 30.8 31.0 31.2 31.0 30.9 31.0 30.9 30.9 30.9 .0 1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. 2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings Industry July May June July July May June July 2005 2006 2006p 2006p 2005 2006 2006p 2006p Total private........................... $16.05 $16.58 $16.59 $16.71 $542.49 $558.75 $562.40 $571.48 Seasonally adjusted.................... 16.14 16.62 16.69 16.76 545.53 561.76 565.79 568.16 Goods-producing............................. 17.64 17.89 18.00 18.04 700.31 724.55 736.20 730.62 Natural resources and mining.................... 18.70 19.79 19.78 19.86 850.85 892.53 913.84 905.62 Construction.................................... 19.56 19.78 19.99 20.13 758.93 769.44 791.60 791.11 Manufacturing................................... 16.50 16.76 16.78 16.75 658.35 690.51 693.01 685.08 Durable goods.................................. 17.21 17.60 17.65 17.59 693.56 730.40 736.01 724.71 Wood products................................. 13.21 13.35 13.49 13.42 523.12 539.34 540.95 536.80 Nonmetallic mineral products.................. 16.93 16.60 16.67 16.68 704.29 718.78 730.15 717.24 Primary metals................................ 18.93 19.10 19.10 19.05 802.63 832.76 832.76 828.68 Fabricated metal products..................... 15.84 16.09 16.12 16.17 638.35 666.13 668.98 664.59 Machinery..................................... 17.12 17.03 17.06 17.19 712.19 723.78 725.05 732.29 Computer and electronic products.............. 18.59 18.71 18.83 19.12 738.02 755.88 766.38 764.80 Electrical equipment and appliances........... 15.29 15.42 15.45 15.61 614.66 630.68 633.45 638.45 Transportation equipment...................... 21.46 22.40 22.49 22.03 869.13 965.44 969.32 927.46 Furniture and related products................ 13.44 13.66 13.70 13.82 526.85 524.54 532.93 533.45 Miscellaneous manufacturing................... 14.22 14.40 14.28 14.46 534.67 557.28 558.35 559.60 Nondurable goods............................... 15.33 15.31 15.29 15.32 602.47 620.06 623.83 618.93 Food manufacturing............................ 13.01 13.11 13.14 13.12 504.79 521.78 526.91 520.86 Beverages and tobacco products................ 19.05 18.24 17.92 18.30 760.10 755.14 749.06 750.30 Textile mills................................. 12.44 12.42 12.56 12.53 492.62 501.77 509.94 502.45 Textile product mills......................... 11.75 11.97 11.98 12.08 444.15 478.80 483.99 478.37 Apparel....................................... 10.29 10.58 10.63 10.65 359.12 388.29 394.37 391.92 Leather and allied products................... 11.54 11.45 11.74 11.65 441.98 451.13 460.21 446.20 Paper and paper products...................... 18.22 17.88 17.90 18.12 765.24 770.63 773.28 777.35 Printing and related support activities....... 15.71 15.77 15.63 15.76 598.55 613.45 609.57 608.34 Petroleum and coal products................... 24.59 24.32 23.91 23.63 1118.85 1101.70 1073.56 1086.98 Chemicals..................................... 19.72 19.51 19.36 19.23 820.35 823.32 824.74 821.12 Plastics and rubber products.................. 14.92 14.93 15.02 14.99 578.90 607.65 615.82 601.10 Private service-providing.................. 15.62 16.23 16.21 16.36 507.65 522.61 525.20 538.24 Trade, transportation, and utilities............ 14.97 15.29 15.34 15.50 502.99 509.16 513.89 527.00 Wholesale trade................................ 18.17 18.71 18.74 19.12 681.38 707.24 712.12 732.30 Retail trade................................... 12.43 12.57 12.59 12.70 385.33 382.13 385.25 393.70 Transportation and warehousing................. 16.79 16.97 17.17 17.21 622.91 619.41 633.57 647.10 Utilities...................................... 26.83 27.33 27.20 27.54 1100.03 1131.46 1123.36 1145.66 Information..................................... 21.98 23.10 23.02 23.26 802.27 836.22 840.23 862.95 Financial activities............................ 17.90 18.59 18.57 18.84 642.61 654.37 657.38 685.78 Professional and business services.............. 17.98 18.86 18.84 19.20 614.92 646.90 651.86 668.16 Education and health services................... 16.80 17.21 17.26 17.39 549.36 557.60 560.95 572.13 Leisure and hospitality......................... 9.01 9.55 9.50 9.50 238.77 242.57 246.05 252.70 Other services.................................. 14.24 14.55 14.49 14.45 442.86 448.14 449.19 450.84 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted Percent Industry July Mar. Apr. May June July change from: 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006p 2006p June 2006- July 2006p Total private: Current dollars........................ $16.14 $16.51 $16.61 $16.62 $16.69 $16.76 0.4 Constant (1982) dollars(2)............. 8.20 8.19 8.18 8.15 8.17 N.A. (3) Goods-producing............................. 17.63 17.82 17.87 17.92 18.00 18.01 .1 Natural resources and mining.................... 18.74 19.52 19.71 19.79 19.85 19.90 .3 Construction.................................... 19.52 19.65 19.70 19.86 20.02 20.04 .1 Manufacturing................................... 16.58 16.74 16.78 16.79 16.82 16.83 .1 Excluding overtime(4)........................ 15.71 15.87 15.89 15.90 15.93 15.96 .2 Durable goods.................................. 17.36 17.57 17.60 17.65 17.70 17.73 .2 Nondurable goods............................... 15.27 15.33 15.37 15.33 15.30 15.28 -.1 Private service-providing.................. 15.75 16.16 16.27 16.27 16.33 16.42 .6 Trade, transportation, and utilities............ 15.00 15.20 15.30 15.30 15.38 15.46 .5 Wholesale trade................................ 18.22 18.66 18.69 18.79 18.86 18.98 .6 Retail trade................................... 12.45 12.47 12.58 12.54 12.59 12.68 .7 Transportation and warehousing................. 16.75 16.98 17.10 17.04 17.17 17.17 .0 Utilities...................................... 26.98 27.53 27.44 27.34 27.48 27.67 .7 Information..................................... 22.17 23.00 23.13 23.16 23.26 23.39 .6 Financial activities............................ 17.95 18.49 18.64 18.64 18.69 18.80 .6 Professional and business services.............. 18.11 18.80 18.98 18.93 18.99 19.15 .8 Education and health services................... 16.76 17.16 17.22 17.26 17.32 17.35 .2 Leisure and hospitality......................... 9.13 9.42 9.49 9.54 9.57 9.61 .4 Other services.................................. 14.35 14.48 14.49 14.52 14.54 14.55 .1 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. 3 Change was .2 percent from May 2006 to June 2006, the latest month available. 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half. N.A. = not available. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Percent Industry July May June July July Mar. Apr. May June July change from: 2005 2006 2006p 2006p 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006p 2006p June 2006- July 2006p Total private......................... 103.9 104.7 106.4 107.2 102.9 104.4 104.8 104.7 105.1 105.2 0.1 Goods-producing........................... 99.3 102.4 105.0 103.8 98.1 101.5 102.2 101.7 102.4 102.6 .2 Natural resources and mining.................. 116.1 122.0 127.9 128.4 114.9 120.1 122.1 121.4 125.1 126.1 .8 Construction.................................. 113.5 113.8 118.6 118.6 106.5 112.4 113.1 111.3 112.7 112.0 -.6 Manufacturing................................. 92.1 96.4 97.6 96.0 93.4 95.9 96.4 96.4 96.9 97.3 .4 Durable goods................................ 93.5 99.7 101.0 98.7 95.6 98.7 99.6 99.5 100.0 100.8 .8 Wood products............................... 100.3 101.7 101.5 100.5 99.0 102.3 101.6 100.8 98.6 99.6 1.0 Nonmetallic mineral products................ 98.0 100.9 102.7 101.6 95.6 100.5 100.8 99.7 99.6 99.8 .2 Primary metals.............................. 91.3 96.4 97.0 95.1 93.6 96.0 95.8 96.6 97.1 97.3 .2 Fabricated metal products................... 97.4 102.0 103.5 102.1 98.9 102.0 102.7 102.2 102.9 103.5 .6 Machinery................................... 97.8 102.6 103.3 103.8 99.1 100.3 101.8 102.2 102.9 104.4 1.5 Computer and electronic products............ 94.5 104.7 106.9 104.3 95.3 103.3 105.0 104.8 106.6 105.1 -1.4 Electrical equipment and appliances......... 85.6 90.0 91.3 90.3 87.0 89.9 90.5 90.8 91.6 91.8 .2 Transportation equipment.................... 89.3 102.1 103.2 97.5 96.0 100.1 101.5 101.5 102.2 104.6 2.3 Motor vehicles and parts(2)................ 84.3 96.6 97.9 89.3 92.5 95.3 96.5 95.8 96.9 97.7 .8 Furniture and related products.............. 91.3 90.3 91.4 89.4 91.3 89.9 90.2 90.4 89.7 89.3 -.4 Miscellaneous manufacturing................. 88.3 91.1 92.3 90.7 90.0 90.9 91.4 91.3 91.7 92.0 .3 Nondurable goods............................. 89.7 90.7 92.4 91.5 89.9 91.0 91.2 91.3 91.5 91.7 .2 Food manufacturing.......................... 96.9 95.1 97.5 98.0 95.6 96.6 96.5 96.9 97.1 96.8 -.3 Beverages and tobacco products.............. 98.7 99.1 102.3 104.6 95.3 100.7 100.1 100.1 99.7 101.3 1.6 Textile mills............................... 69.7 66.6 66.5 63.8 71.0 67.1 66.3 66.1 65.9 65.1 -1.2 Textile product mills....................... 88.2 91.4 92.6 90.1 88.9 91.7 91.8 91.8 91.8 91.6 -.2 Apparel..................................... 64.5 66.5 68.4 66.7 66.3 65.0 65.9 66.2 67.0 67.9 1.3 Leather and allied products................. 77.0 77.6 75.4 72.1 79.6 76.4 75.9 76.6 75.4 75.0 -.5 Paper and paper products.................... 87.2 87.4 88.4 86.9 87.5 86.8 87.3 87.5 87.8 87.4 -.5 Printing and related support activities..... 90.7 93.0 93.8 92.6 90.9 92.9 93.9 93.5 93.6 93.1 -.5 Petroleum and coal products................. 105.8 101.3 102.8 106.0 102.5 100.4 100.3 101.0 100.4 102.1 1.7 Chemicals................................... 95.8 98.9 101.1 101.0 96.5 99.2 99.5 99.2 100.3 101.6 1.3 Plastics and rubber products................ 88.7 93.1 94.5 91.4 90.9 93.3 93.3 93.0 93.6 93.6 .0 Private service-providing................ 105.1 105.3 106.9 108.4 103.9 105.0 105.4 105.6 105.7 105.8 .1 Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 102.4 101.7 102.9 104.1 101.5 102.1 102.3 102.0 102.3 102.3 .0 Wholesale trade.............................. 101.8 104.5 105.8 106.4 101.4 103.6 104.8 104.4 104.8 104.6 -.2 Retail trade................................. 102.4 99.4 100.5 101.7 101.0 100.6 100.6 100.1 99.9 99.9 .0 Transportation and warehousing............... 104.4 105.6 107.5 108.3 105.0 105.1 105.3 105.9 106.9 107.4 .5 Utilities.................................... 94.5 95.9 95.9 97.5 94.1 94.6 95.3 95.7 95.1 96.4 1.4 Information................................... 100.1 100.1 101.5 102.9 99.7 100.9 100.9 100.8 100.8 100.9 .1 Financial activities.......................... 105.6 105.7 107.6 110.6 105.1 106.1 107.0 106.6 107.0 107.7 .7 Professional and business services............ 106.9 109.2 112.0 112.4 106.2 109.0 110.0 109.6 110.3 110.8 .5 Education and health services................. 104.8 108.2 107.1 107.6 106.8 107.6 107.8 108.3 108.4 108.6 .2 Leisure and hospitality....................... 115.7 108.9 114.5 118.8 106.6 107.4 107.5 107.7 107.9 108.2 .3 Other services................................ 98.3 96.9 98.5 99.1 96.5 96.5 96.8 96.8 96.7 96.7 .0 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. p = preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production or nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Percent Industry July May June July July Mar. Apr. May June July change from: 2005 2006 2006p 2006p 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006p 2006p June 2006- July 2006p Total private......................... 111.6 116.2 118.1 119.8 111.1 115.3 116.5 116.4 117.4 118.0 0.5 Goods-producing........................... 107.3 112.2 115.7 114.7 105.9 110.8 111.9 111.7 112.8 113.2 .4 Natural resources and mining.................. 126.2 140.4 147.1 148.3 125.2 136.3 140.0 139.8 144.5 145.9 1.0 Construction.................................. 119.9 121.5 128.1 128.9 112.3 119.3 120.3 119.4 121.8 121.2 -.5 Manufacturing................................. 99.3 105.6 107.1 105.1 101.3 105.0 105.8 105.9 106.5 107.1 .6 Durable goods................................ 100.5 109.5 111.3 108.4 103.6 108.3 109.4 109.6 110.5 111.5 .9 Nondurable goods............................. 97.2 98.1 99.9 99.1 97.0 98.5 99.0 98.9 99.0 99.1 .1 Private service-providing................ 112.8 117.4 119.0 121.8 112.4 116.5 117.8 118.0 118.6 119.4 .7 Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 109.3 110.9 112.6 115.1 108.7 110.7 111.7 111.3 112.2 112.8 .5 Wholesale trade.............................. 108.9 115.2 116.8 119.8 108.8 113.9 115.3 115.6 116.5 116.9 .3 Retail trade................................. 109.1 107.1 108.5 110.7 107.8 107.5 108.5 107.5 107.8 108.5 .6 Transportation and warehousing............... 111.2 113.7 117.1 118.2 111.5 113.2 114.2 114.5 116.4 117.0 .5 Utilities.................................... 105.9 109.5 108.9 112.1 105.9 108.7 109.1 109.2 109.1 111.4 2.1 Information................................... 108.9 114.5 115.7 118.4 109.4 114.9 115.5 115.6 116.1 116.8 .6 Financial activities.......................... 116.8 121.5 123.5 128.8 116.6 121.3 123.3 122.8 123.7 125.2 1.2 Professional and business services............ 114.3 122.6 125.6 128.5 114.5 121.9 124.2 123.5 124.6 126.2 1.3 Education and health services................. 115.7 122.4 121.6 123.0 117.7 121.4 122.0 122.8 123.4 123.9 .4 Leisure and hospitality....................... 121.6 121.2 126.8 131.6 113.5 118.0 118.9 119.8 120.4 121.2 .7 Other services................................ 102.0 102.7 104.0 104.3 100.9 101.8 102.2 102.4 102.4 102.5 .1 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change (Percent) Time span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries(1) Over 1-month span: 2002 .............. 40.8 36.5 38.3 38.7 40.1 46.0 43.7 43.3 41.7 41.9 41.5 36.0 2003 .............. 44.1 37.9 34.9 38.3 42.8 38.8 37.6 39.7 50.7 49.8 52.0 51.3 2004 .............. 51.6 49.5 62.4 65.5 62.4 57.7 52.7 52.0 57.0 54.3 55.0 54.1 2005 .............. 50.7 57.7 56.7 54.7 54.5 56.7 59.2 54.1 51.4 53.4 61.7 58.6 2006 .............. 61.0 59.9 58.5 64.4 55.8 p56.7 p53.2 Over 3-month span: 2002 .............. 34.5 36.2 35.6 35.8 34.9 38.8 38.5 44.8 37.6 39.7 37.2 39.6 2003 .............. 40.6 34.2 34.7 32.7 35.3 41.7 38.5 33.8 42.6 47.8 49.8 50.5 2004 .............. 54.3 53.4 57.6 63.1 69.4 68.3 58.8 55.6 57.4 56.5 59.9 55.2 2005 .............. 52.9 56.7 59.2 60.4 56.8 60.8 60.4 59.7 57.9 52.2 57.0 63.7 2006 .............. 66.2 65.5 63.3 63.7 63.8 p61.7 p58.1 Over 6-month span: 2002 .............. 30.2 30.6 31.5 30.9 32.0 36.3 35.8 37.6 34.5 36.0 36.7 35.3 2003 .............. 34.4 31.8 31.8 34.0 32.7 36.2 33.3 32.4 40.5 45.3 46.4 47.7 2004 .............. 49.8 52.3 54.7 60.8 63.3 63.8 63.1 63.5 59.0 61.3 55.9 55.6 2005 .............. 55.4 57.7 57.4 58.8 55.2 58.6 60.8 59.5 60.6 57.7 58.5 60.6 2006 .............. 61.2 61.5 63.1 67.6 65.5 p65.1 p65.3 Over 12-month span: 2002 .............. 33.6 31.7 30.2 30.4 30.2 29.1 32.0 31.3 30.0 29.5 32.9 34.7 2003 .............. 34.5 31.5 32.9 33.5 34.2 35.1 32.7 33.1 37.1 36.7 37.2 39.2 2004 .............. 40.3 42.1 44.8 48.4 50.7 57.7 57.0 55.2 56.7 58.3 60.1 60.3 2005 .............. 60.1 61.0 59.5 58.6 58.6 59.4 60.8 61.0 60.8 58.3 58.8 62.1 2006 .............. 61.3 61.0 62.2 62.6 64.0 p65.1 p61.2 Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries(1) Over 1-month span: 2002 .............. 19.6 21.4 18.5 29.2 25.0 30.4 36.9 25.6 28.6 17.9 17.9 19.6 2003 .............. 32.7 19.6 19.6 10.7 23.2 19.0 19.6 29.2 28.6 36.3 42.3 40.5 2004 .............. 44.0 47.6 44.6 64.9 53.6 45.8 56.5 52.4 41.7 42.3 39.9 39.3 2005 .............. 39.3 38.7 38.7 42.3 44.6 34.5 47.6 35.7 45.2 43.5 50.0 52.4 2006 .............. 59.5 48.8 49.4 57.7 50.0 p60.7 p45.2 Over 3-month span: 2002 .............. 9.5 9.5 11.3 17.9 14.9 17.9 22.6 25.6 22.6 17.3 9.5 11.9 2003 .............. 18.5 11.3 12.5 8.3 7.7 11.3 14.9 15.5 16.7 27.4 32.1 35.7 2004 .............. 43.5 42.3 43.5 53.6 57.7 58.9 53.6 48.8 48.2 40.5 38.1 31.0 2005 .............. 35.7 39.9 42.9 39.9 37.5 41.1 39.3 35.7 39.9 36.3 36.9 50.0 2006 .............. 56.0 51.8 48.8 50.6 48.8 p54.2 p50.6 Over 6-month span: 2002 .............. 7.1 8.3 7.7 8.3 8.3 11.9 12.5 11.9 13.7 8.9 7.1 7.7 2003 .............. 11.3 11.3 8.3 9.5 10.7 9.5 6.0 8.9 13.7 18.5 24.4 23.8 2004 .............. 28.6 33.3 33.3 45.8 47.6 51.2 56.0 51.8 48.2 49.4 39.3 35.7 2005 .............. 36.9 36.9 35.1 33.3 33.3 32.7 36.9 36.9 41.1 41.7 39.3 42.3 2006 .............. 37.5 45.8 45.2 51.2 48.2 p51.2 p49.4 Over 12-month span: 2002 .............. 7.1 6.0 6.0 6.5 7.1 3.6 4.8 6.0 4.8 7.1 4.8 8.3 2003 .............. 10.7 6.0 6.5 6.0 8.3 7.1 7.1 8.3 10.7 10.7 9.5 10.7 2004 .............. 13.1 14.3 13.1 20.2 23.2 35.7 36.9 38.1 36.3 44.0 44.6 44.6 2005 .............. 44.6 44.6 41.7 40.5 39.9 33.3 32.7 31.0 32.1 39.3 35.7 40.5 2006 .............. 41.1 39.9 39.9 42.9 41.7 p46.4 p44.0 1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. p = preliminary. NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.