Transmission of material in this release is embargoed                      USDL-12-0402
until 8:30 a.m. (EST) Friday, March 9, 2012

Technical information:
 Household data:       (202) 691-6378  *  cpsinfo@bls.gov  *  www.bls.gov/cps
 Establishment data:   (202) 691-6555  *  cesinfo@bls.gov  *  www.bls.gov/ces

Media contact:         (202) 691-5902  *  PressOffice@bls.gov


                       THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- FEBRUARY 2012


       (NOTE: Data published in this release for women employees in the
       Government and Total nonfarm industries are erroneous. Errors are
       found in Summary table B and table B-5. Additional information is
       available at www.bls.gov/bls/ceswomen_usps.htm.)


Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 227,000 in February, and the unemployment rate
was unchanged at 8.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Employment rose in professional and businesses services, health care and social
assistance, leisure and hospitality, manufacturing, and mining.

Household Survey Data

The number of unemployed persons, at 12.8 million, was essentially unchanged in
February. The unemployment rate held at 8.3 percent, 0.8 percentage point below
the August 2011 rate. (See table A-1.)

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (7.7 percent),
adult women (7.7 percent), teenagers (23.8 percent), whites (7.3 percent), blacks
(14.1 percent), and Hispanics (10.7 percent) showed little or no change in February.
The jobless rate for Asians was 6.3 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables 
A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks and over) was little
changed at 5.4 million in February. These individuals accounted for 42.6 percent of
the unemployed. (See table A-12.)

Both the labor force and employment rose in February. The civilian labor force
participation rate, at 63.9 percent, and the employment-population ratio, at 58.6
percent, edged up over the month. (See table A-1.)

The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred
to as involuntary part-time workers) was essentially unchanged at 8.1 million in
February. These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut
back or because they were unable to find a full-time job. (See table A-8.)

In February, 2.6 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force,
essentially unchanged from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.)
These individuals were not in the labor force, 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. (See table A-16.)

Among the marginally attached, there were 1.0 million discouraged workers in
February, about the same as a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.)
Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe
no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.6 million persons marginally attached
to the labor force in February had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding
the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See
table A-16.)

Establishment Survey Data

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 227,000 in February. Private-sector employment
grew by 233,000, with job gains in professional and business services, health care and
social assistance, leisure and hospitality, manufacturing, and mining. (See table B-1.)

Professional and business services added 82,000 jobs in February. Just over half of 
the increase occurred in temporary help services (+45,000). Job gains also occurred in
computer systems design (+10,000) and in management and technical consulting services
(+7,000). Employment in professional and business services has grown by 1.4 million
since a recent low point in September 2009.

Health care and social assistance employment rose by 61,000 over the month. Within
health care, ambulatory care services added 28,000 jobs, and hospital employment
increased by 15,000. Over the past 12 months, health care employment has risen by
360,000. In February, social assistance employment edged up (+12,000).

In February, employment in leisure and hospitality increased by 44,000, with nearly all
of the increase in food services and drinking places (+41,000). Since a recent low in
February 2010, food services has added 531,000 jobs.

Manufacturing employment rose by 31,000 in February. All of the increase occurred in
durable goods manufacturing, with job gains in fabricated metal products (+11,000),
transportation equipment (+8,000), machinery (+5,000), and furniture and related
products (+3,000). Durable goods manufacturing has added 444,000 jobs since a recent
trough in January 2010.

In February, mining added 7,000 jobs, with most of the gain in support activities for
mining (+5,000). Since a recent low in October 2009, mining employment has increased
by 180,000.

Construction employment changed little in February, after 2 consecutive months of job
gains. Over the month, employment fell by 14,000 in nonresidential specialty trade
contractors.

Overall, employment in retail trade changed little in February. A large job loss in
general merchandise stores (-35,000) more than offset an increase in January (+23,000).
Employment in motor vehicle and parts dealers continued to trend up in February.

Government employment was essentially unchanged in January and February. In 2011,
government lost an average of 22,000 jobs per month.

The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at
34.5 hours in February. The manufacturing workweek edged up by 0.1 hour to 41.0 hours,
and factory overtime was unchanged at 3.4 hours. The average workweek for production
and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged up by 0.1 hour to 33.8
hours. (See tables B-2 and B-7.)

In February, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls rose
by 3 cents, or 0.1 percent, to $23.31. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings
have increased by 1.9 percent. In February, average hourly earnings of private-sector
production and nonsupervisory employees rose by 3 cents, or 0.2 percent, to $19.64.
(See tables B-3 and B-8.)

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for December was revised from +203,000
to +223,000, and the change for January was revised from +243,000 to +284,000.

______________
The Employment Situation for March is scheduled to be released on Friday, April 6, 2012,
at 8:30 a.m. (EDT).

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Category	Feb. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012	Feb. 2012	Change from: Jan. 2012- Feb. 2012
Employment status
Civilian noninstitutional population	238,851	240,584	242,269	242,435	166
Civilian labor force	153,302	153,887	154,395	154,871	476
Participation rate	64.2	64.0	63.7	63.9	0.2
Employed	139,551	140,790	141,637	142,065	428
Employment-population ratio	58.4	58.5	58.5	58.6	0.1
Unemployed	13,751	13,097	12,758	12,806	48
Unemployment rate	9.0	8.5	8.3	8.3	0.0
Not in labor force	85,550	86,697	87,874	87,564	-310
Unemployment rates
Total, 16 years and over	9.0	8.5	8.3	8.3	0.0
Adult men (20 years and over)	8.8	8.0	7.7	7.7	0.0
Adult women (20 years and over)	7.9	7.9	7.7	7.7	0.0
Teenagers (16 to 19 years)	23.9	23.1	23.2	23.8	0.6
White	8.0	7.5	7.4	7.3	-0.1
Black or African American	15.4	15.8	13.6	14.1	0.5
Asian (not seasonally adjusted)	6.8	6.8	6.7	6.3	-
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	11.6	11.0	10.5	10.7	0.2
Total, 25 years and over	7.6	7.2	7.0	7.0	0.0
Less than a high school diploma	13.7	13.8	13.1	12.9	-0.2
High school graduates, no college	9.5	8.7	8.4	8.3	-0.1
Some college or associate degree	7.8	7.7	7.2	7.3	0.1
Bachelor's degree and higher	4.3	4.1	4.2	4.2	0.0
Reason for unemployment
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	8,337	7,602	7,321	7,209	-112
Job leavers	904	953	939	1,031	92
Reentrants	3,354	3,399	3,325	3,361	36
New entrants	1,315	1,280	1,253	1,392	139
Duration of unemployment
Less than 5 weeks	2,408	2,669	2,486	2,541	55
5 to 14 weeks	3,080	2,858	2,884	2,807	-77
15 to 26 weeks	2,195	2,039	1,980	1,971	-9
27 weeks and over	6,014	5,588	5,518	5,426	-92
Employed persons at work part time
Part time for economic reasons	8,383	8,098	8,230	8,119	-111
Slack work or business conditions	5,661	5,305	5,372	5,446	74
Could only find part-time work	2,410	2,419	2,551	2,404	-147
Part time for noneconomic reasons	18,280	18,372	18,636	18,827	191
Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)
Marginally attached to the labor force	2,730	2,540	2,809	2,608	-
Discouraged workers	1,020	945	1,059	1,006	-
- Over-the-month changes are not displayed for not seasonally adjusted data. NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

Category	Feb. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012(p)	Feb. 2012(p)
EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY (Over-the-month change, in thousands)
Total nonfarm	220	223	284	227
Total private	257	234	285	233
Goods-producing	73	62	83	24
Mining and logging	3	8	10	6
Construction	33	26	21	-13
Manufacturing	37	28	52	31
Durable goods(1)	29	30	42	31
Motor vehicles and parts	2.6	7.4	7.7	5.6
Nondurable goods	8	-2	10	0
Private service-providing(1)	184	172	202	209
Wholesale trade	12.8	14.7	14.5	8.4
Retail trade	5.4	6.8	26.1	-7.4
Transportation and warehousing	25.1	5.1	16.1	10.6
Information	-4	1	-20	-1
Financial activities	3	5	-1	6
Professional and business services(1)	49	72	76	82
Temporary help services	13.8	18.7	32.1	45.2
Education and health services(1)	29	33	37	71
Health care and social assistance	16.1	29.5	43.0	61.1
Leisure and hospitality	57	28	46	44
Other services	5	6	7	-6
Government	-37	-11	-1	-6
WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES(2) AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES
Total nonfarm women employees	49.5	49.3	49.3	49.3
Total private women employees	48.1	47.8	47.8	47.8
Total private production and nonsupervisory employees	82.4	82.5	82.6	82.7
HOURS AND EARNINGS ALL EMPLOYEES
Total private
Average weekly hours	34.3	34.5	34.5	34.5
Average hourly earnings	$22.88	$23.25	$23.28	$23.31
Average weekly earnings	$784.78	$802.13	$803.16	$804.20
Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)(3)	93.2	95.3	95.5	95.7
Over-the-month percent change	0.2	0.5	0.2	0.2
Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)(4)	101.7	105.6	106.0	106.4
Over-the-month percent change	0.3	0.6	0.4	0.4
HOURS AND EARNINGS PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES
Total private
Average weekly hours	33.6	33.7	33.7	33.8
Average hourly earnings	$19.33	$19.59	$19.61	$19.64
Average weekly earnings	$649.49	$660.18	$660.86	$663.83
Index of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(3)	100.4	102.4	102.7	103.3
Over-the-month percent change	0.9	0.2	0.3	0.6
Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2002=100)(4)	129.6	134.1	134.6	135.6
Over-the-month percent change	0.9	0.3	0.4	0.7
DIFFUSION INDEX(5) (Over 1-month span)
Total private (266 industries)	68.8	63.7	70.3	57.9
Manufacturing (81 industries)	67.9	64.8	73.5	56.8
Footnotes (1) Includes other industries, not shown separately. (2) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. (3) The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding annual average aggregate hours. (4) The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. (5) 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. (p) Preliminary

Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates

Why are there two monthly measures of employment?

The household survey and establishment survey both produce sample-based estimates
of employment and both have strengths and limitations. The establishment survey
employment series has a smaller margin of error on the measurement of month-to-
month change than the household survey because of its much larger sample size. An
over-the-month employment change of about 100,000 is statistically significant in
the establishment survey, while the threshold for a statistically significant
change in the household survey is about 400,000. However, the household survey has
a more expansive scope than the establishment survey because it includes the self-
employed, unpaid family workers, agricultural workers, and private household workers,
who are excluded by the establishment survey. The household survey also provides
estimates of employment for demographic groups.

Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys?

It is likely that both surveys include at least some undocumented immigrants. However,
neither the establishment nor the household survey is designed to identify the legal
status of workers. Therefore, it is not possible to determine how many are counted in
either survey. The establishment survey does not collect data on the legal status of
workers. The household survey does include questions which identify the foreign and
native born, but it does not include questions about the legal status of the foreign
born.

Why does the establishment survey have revisions?

The establishment survey revises published estimates to improve its data series by
incorporating additional information that was not available at the time of the
initial publication of the estimates. The establishment survey revises its initial
monthly estimates twice, in the immediately succeeding 2 months, to incorporate
additional sample receipts from respondents in the survey and recalculated seasonal
adjustment factors. For more information on the monthly revisions, please visit
www.bls.gov/ces/cesrevinfo.htm.

On an annual basis, the establishment survey incorporates a benchmark revision that
re-anchors estimates to nearly complete employment counts available from unemployment
insurance tax records. The benchmark helps to control for sampling and modeling errors
in the estimates. For more information on the annual benchmark revision, please visit
www.bls.gov/web/cesbmart.htm.

Does the establishment survey sample include small firms?

Yes; about 40 percent of the establishment survey sample is comprised of business
establishments with fewer than 20 employees. The establishment survey sample is
designed to maximize the reliability of the total nonfarm employment estimate; firms
from all size classes and industries are appropriately sampled to achieve that goal.

Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses?

Yes; monthly establishment survey estimates include an adjustment to account for
the net employment change generated by business births and deaths. The adjustment
comes from an econometric model that forecasts the monthly net jobs impact of
business births and deaths based on the actual past values of the net impact that
can be observed with a lag from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. The
establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this purpose because the
survey is not immediately able to bring new businesses into the sample. There is an
unavoidable lag between the birth of a new firm and its appearance on the sampling
frame and availability for selection. BLS adds new businesses to the survey twice a
year.

Is the count of unemployed persons limited to just those people receiving
unemployment insurance benefits?

No; the estimate of unemployment is based on a monthly sample survey of households.
All persons who are without jobs and are actively seeking and available to work
are included among the unemployed. (People on temporary layoff are included even if
they do not actively seek work.) There is no requirement or question relating to
unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey.

Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who have stopped
looking for work?

Yes; however, there are separate estimates of persons outside the labor force who
want a job, including those who have stopped looking because they believe no jobs
are available (discouraged workers). In addition, alternative measures of labor
underutilization (some of which include discouraged workers and other groups not
officially counted as unemployed) are published each month in The Employment
Situation news release.

How can unusually severe weather affect employment and hours estimates?

In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period that includes
the 12th of the month. Unusually severe weather is more likely to have an impact
on average weekly hours than on employment. Average weekly hours are estimated for
paid time during the pay period, including pay for holidays, sick leave, or other
time off. The impact of severe weather on hours estimates typically, but not always,
results in a reduction in average weekly hours. For example, some employees may be
off work for part of the pay period and not receive pay for the time missed, while
some workers, such as those dealing with cleanup or repair, may work extra hours.

In order for severe weather conditions to reduce the estimate of payroll employment,
employees have to be off work without pay for the entire pay period. About half of
all employees in the payroll survey have a 2-week, semi-monthly, or monthly pay
period. Employees who receive pay for any part of the pay period, even 1 hour, are
counted in the payroll employment figures. It is not possible to quantify the effect
of extreme weather on estimates of employment from the establishment survey.


In the household survey, the reference period is generally the calendar week that
includes the 12th of the month. Persons who miss the entire week’s work for weather-
related events are counted as employed whether or not they are paid for the time off.
The household survey collects data on the number of persons who usually work full
time but had reduced hours, or had a job but were not at work due to bad weather.
Current and historical data are available on the household survey’s most requested
statistics page at http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln.

Technical Note


   This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the
Current Population Survey (CPS; household survey) and the Current Employment
Statistics survey (CES; establishment survey). The household survey provides
information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears
in the "A" tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about
60,000 eligible households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). 

   The establishment survey provides information on employment, hours, 
and earnings of employees on nonfarm payrolls; the data appear in the 
"B" tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. BLS collects these data each 
month from the payroll records of a sample of nonagricultural business
establishments. Each month the CES program surveys about 141,000 businesses
and government agencies, representing approximately 486,000 individual worksites,
in order to provide detailed industry data on employment, hours, and earnings of
workers on nonfarm payrolls. The active sample includes approximately one-third
of all nonfarm payroll employees. 

   For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a particular week
or pay period. In the household survey, the reference period is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month. In the establishment
survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 12th, which 
may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.

Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys

   Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series
of questions on work and job search activities, each person 16 years
and over in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed,
or not in the labor force.

   People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, 
profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 
hours in a family business or farm. People are also counted as employed
if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad
weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.

   People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria: they had no employment during the reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting recall need not be 
looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility
for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.

   The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons.
Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor 
force. The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of
the labor force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force
as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is
the employed as a percent of the population. Additional information about
the household survey can be found at www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm.

   Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn from private
nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as 
from 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 produced for the private sector
for all employees and for production and nonsupervisory employees. 
Production and nonsupervisory employees are defined as production and 
related employees in manufacturing and mining and logging, construction
workers in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in private service-
providing industries. 

   Industries are classified on the basis of an establishment’s principal
activity in accordance with the 2012 version of the North American Industry
Classification System. Additional information about the establishment survey
can be found at www.bls.gov/ces/#technical.

   Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual and
methodological differences between the household and establishment
surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates
derived from the surveys. Among these are:

   --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-
     employed, unpaid family workers, and private household workers
     among the employed. These groups are excluded from the
     establishment survey.
  
   --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the
     employed. The establishment survey does not.
  
   --The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and
     older. The establishment survey is not limited by age.
  
   --The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because
     individuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one
     job. In the establishment survey, employees working at more than
     one job and thus appearing on more than one payroll are 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 regularly occurring
fluctuations. These events may result from seasonal changes in weather, 
major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of 
such seasonal variation can be very large.

   Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern
each year, their influence on the level of a series can be tempered by
adjusting for regular seasonal variation. These adjustments make 
nonseasonal developments, such as declines in employment or increases
in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For
example, in the household survey, 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. Similarly, in
the establishment survey, payroll employment in education declines by
about 20 percent at the end of the spring term and later rises with
the start of the fall term, obscuring the underlying employment trends
in the industry. Because seasonal employment changes at the end and
beginning of the school year can be estimated, the statistics can be
adjusted to make underlying employment patterns more discernable.  The
seasonally adjusted figures provide a more useful tool with which to
analyze changes in month-to-month economic activity.

   Many 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 major sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed
by aggregating independently adjusted component series. For example,
total unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four
major age-sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate
that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining
the duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories.

   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. The prior 2 months 
are routinely revised to incorporate additional sample reports and 
recalculated seasonal adjustment factors. In both surveys, 5-year revisions
to historical data are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates

   Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are
subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample rather
than the entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the
sample estimates may differ from the "true" population values they
represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending
on the particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by
the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, 
or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ 
by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the "true" population value 
because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 
90-percent level of confidence.

   For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in
total nonfarm employment from the establishment survey is on the order
of plus or minus 100,000. Suppose the estimate of nonfarm employment
increases by 50,000 from one month to the next. The 90-percent confidence
interval on the monthly change would range from -50,000 to +150,000 
(50,000 +/- 100,000). 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 nonfarm employment had, in fact, increased that month.
If, however, the reported nonfarm employment rise was 250,000, 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
nonfarm employment had, in fact, risen that month. At an unemployment rate
of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly
change in unemployment as measured by the household survey is about 
+/- 280,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is
about +/-0.19 percentage point.

   In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments
have lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than
estimates which are based on a small number of observations. The precision
of estimates also is improved when the data are cumulated over time, such
as for quarterly and annual averages.

   The household and establishment surveys are also affected by
nonsampling error, which 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 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 excludes employment losses from
business deaths from sample-based estimation in order to offset the 
missing employment gains from business births. This is incorporated into
the sample-based estimation procedure by simply not reflecting sample
units going out of business, but imputing to them the same employment
trend as the other firms in the sample. This procedure accounts for most
of the net birth/death employment.

   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 derived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level
database, and reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over
the past 5 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, absolute
benchmark revisions  for total nonfarm employment have averaged 0.3 percent,
with a range from -0.7 to 0.6 percent.

Other information

   Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired
individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay
Service: (800) 877-8339.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted(1)
	Feb. 2011	Jan. 2012	Feb. 2012	Feb. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012	Feb. 2012
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population	238,851	242,269	242,435	238,851	240,269	240,441	240,584	242,269	242,435
Civilian labor force	152,635	153,485	154,114	153,302	154,057	153,937	153,887	154,395	154,871
Participation rate	63.9	63.4	63.6	64.2	64.1	64.0	64.0	63.7	63.9
Employed	138,093	139,944	140,684	139,551	140,297	140,614	140,790	141,637	142,065
Employment-population ratio	57.8	57.8	58.0	58.4	58.4	58.5	58.5	58.5	58.6
Unemployed	14,542	13,541	13,430	13,751	13,759	13,323	13,097	12,758	12,806
Unemployment rate	9.5	8.8	8.7	9.0	8.9	8.7	8.5	8.3	8.3
Not in labor force	86,216	88,784	88,322	85,550	86,213	86,503	86,697	87,874	87,564
Persons who currently want a job	6,405	6,495	6,376	6,416	6,407	6,595	6,385	6,319	6,378
Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	115,907	116,808	116,896	115,907	116,664	116,755	116,832	116,808	116,896
Civilian labor force	81,360	81,298	81,609	81,737	82,199	82,341	82,373	82,070	82,165
Participation rate	70.2	69.6	69.8	70.5	70.5	70.5	70.5	70.3	70.3
Employed	72,796	73,772	74,035	74,053	74,492	74,975	75,235	75,288	75,318
Employment-population ratio	62.8	63.2	63.3	63.9	63.9	64.2	64.4	64.5	64.4
Unemployed	8,564	7,526	7,573	7,683	7,707	7,366	7,138	6,781	6,846
Unemployment rate	10.5	9.3	9.3	9.4	9.4	8.9	8.7	8.3	8.3
Not in labor force	34,548	35,510	35,288	34,171	34,465	34,414	34,459	34,739	34,732
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	107,292	108,087	108,188	107,292	108,104	108,203	108,290	108,087	108,188
Civilian labor force	78,672	78,710	78,986	78,832	79,291	79,440	79,436	79,234	79,317
Participation rate	73.3	72.8	73.0	73.5	73.3	73.4	73.4	73.3	73.3
Employed	70,842	71,892	72,152	71,901	72,379	72,846	73,080	73,170	73,240
Employment-population ratio	66.0	66.5	66.7	67.0	67.0	67.3	67.5	67.7	67.7
Unemployed	7,829	6,818	6,834	6,931	6,912	6,594	6,356	6,064	6,077
Unemployment rate	10.0	8.7	8.7	8.8	8.7	8.3	8.0	7.7	7.7
Not in labor force	28,620	29,377	29,201	28,460	28,813	28,763	28,854	28,853	28,870
Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	122,944	125,461	125,539	122,944	123,605	123,686	123,753	125,461	125,539
Civilian labor force	71,275	72,187	72,505	71,565	71,858	71,596	71,514	72,326	72,706
Participation rate	58.0	57.5	57.8	58.2	58.1	57.9	57.8	57.6	57.9
Employed	65,297	66,172	66,648	65,498	65,805	65,639	65,555	66,349	66,747
Employment-population ratio	53.1	52.7	53.1	53.3	53.2	53.1	53.0	52.9	53.2
Unemployed	5,978	6,015	5,857	6,067	6,052	5,957	5,959	5,977	5,960
Unemployment rate	8.4	8.3	8.1	8.5	8.4	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.2
Not in labor force	51,668	53,274	53,034	51,379	51,748	52,090	52,238	53,135	52,833
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	114,714	117,082	117,170	114,714	115,437	115,526	115,602	117,082	117,170
Civilian labor force	68,728	69,513	69,823	68,818	68,981	68,711	68,748	69,449	69,815
Participation rate	59.9	59.4	59.6	60.0	59.8	59.5	59.5	59.3	59.6
Employed	63,277	64,062	64,486	63,351	63,520	63,352	63,323	64,078	64,454
Employment-population ratio	55.2	54.7	55.0	55.2	55.0	54.8	54.8	54.7	55.0
Unemployed	5,451	5,451	5,337	5,467	5,461	5,359	5,425	5,370	5,361
Unemployment rate	7.9	7.8	7.6	7.9	7.9	7.8	7.9	7.7	7.7
Not in labor force	45,986	47,569	47,348	45,896	46,457	46,815	46,854	47,634	47,355
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population	16,845	17,100	17,078	16,845	16,728	16,711	16,693	17,100	17,078
Civilian labor force	5,235	5,262	5,305	5,651	5,785	5,786	5,704	5,713	5,739
Participation rate	31.1	30.8	31.1	33.5	34.6	34.6	34.2	33.4	33.6
Employed	3,974	3,990	4,046	4,299	4,398	4,416	4,387	4,389	4,371
Employment-population ratio	23.6	23.3	23.7	25.5	26.3	26.4	26.3	25.7	25.6
Unemployed	1,262	1,272	1,259	1,352	1,386	1,370	1,316	1,324	1,367
Unemployment rate	24.1	24.2	23.7	23.9	24.0	23.7	23.1	23.2	23.8
Not in labor force	11,610	11,837	11,773	11,194	10,943	10,925	10,989	11,387	11,339
Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, race, sex, and age	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted(1)
	Feb. 2011	Jan. 2012	Feb. 2012	Feb. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012	Feb. 2012
WHITE
Civilian noninstitutional population	192,601	192,600	192,691	192,601	193,493	193,598	193,682	192,600	192,691
Civilian labor force	123,848	122,750	123,223	124,273	124,804	124,652	124,543	123,579	123,848
Participation rate	64.3	63.7	63.9	64.5	64.5	64.4	64.3	64.2	64.3
Employed	113,066	112,876	113,467	114,294	114,837	115,130	115,254	114,458	114,754
Employment-population ratio	58.7	58.6	58.9	59.3	59.3	59.5	59.5	59.4	59.6
Unemployed	10,782	9,874	9,755	9,979	9,967	9,522	9,288	9,121	9,094
Unemployment rate	8.7	8.0	7.9	8.0	8.0	7.6	7.5	7.4	7.3
Not in labor force	68,752	69,850	69,469	68,328	68,689	68,945	69,139	69,021	68,843
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	64,866	64,081	64,327	64,976	65,318	65,366	65,373	64,495	64,642
Participation rate	73.8	73.3	73.5	73.9	73.9	73.9	73.8	73.8	73.9
Employed	58,939	58,966	59,266	59,849	60,195	60,605	60,751	60,059	60,245
Employment-population ratio	67.1	67.5	67.8	68.1	68.1	68.5	68.6	68.7	68.9
Unemployed	5,926	5,115	5,061	5,127	5,123	4,761	4,623	4,436	4,397
Unemployment rate	9.1	8.0	7.9	7.9	7.8	7.3	7.1	6.9	6.8
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	54,685	54,422	54,660	54,661	54,685	54,520	54,481	54,434	54,609
Participation rate	59.6	58.9	59.1	59.5	59.3	59.1	59.0	58.9	59.0
Employed	50,772	50,602	50,889	50,800	50,880	50,774	50,768	50,729	50,890
Employment-population ratio	55.3	54.7	55.0	55.3	55.1	55.0	55.0	54.9	55.0
Unemployed	3,913	3,820	3,772	3,860	3,805	3,746	3,713	3,705	3,719
Unemployment rate	7.2	7.0	6.9	7.1	7.0	6.9	6.8	6.8	6.8
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	4,297	4,247	4,235	4,636	4,801	4,766	4,688	4,650	4,596
Participation rate	33.4	33.3	33.3	36.0	37.6	37.3	36.8	36.5	36.1
Employed	3,354	3,308	3,312	3,644	3,761	3,751	3,736	3,670	3,619
Employment-population ratio	26.1	26.0	26.0	28.3	29.4	29.4	29.3	28.8	28.4
Unemployed	943	938	923	992	1,040	1,015	952	980	977
Unemployment rate	21.9	22.1	21.8	21.4	21.7	21.3	20.3	21.1	21.3
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
Civilian noninstitutional population	28,976	29,727	29,760	28,976	29,228	29,259	29,286	29,727	29,760
Civilian labor force	17,680	18,074	18,219	17,823	18,067	17,934	18,110	18,206	18,363
Participation rate	61.0	60.8	61.2	61.5	61.8	61.3	61.8	61.2	61.7
Employed	14,922	15,512	15,651	15,078	15,351	15,151	15,248	15,725	15,769
Employment-population ratio	51.5	52.2	52.6	52.0	52.5	51.8	52.1	52.9	53.0
Unemployed	2,758	2,561	2,568	2,745	2,716	2,783	2,862	2,482	2,593
Unemployment rate	15.6	14.2	14.1	15.4	15.0	15.5	15.8	13.6	14.1
Not in labor force	11,296	11,653	11,541	11,153	11,161	11,325	11,176	11,521	11,398
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	8,014	8,238	8,187	8,050	8,180	8,195	8,272	8,256	8,239
Participation rate	67.9	68.2	67.7	68.2	68.5	68.5	69.0	68.4	68.1
Employed	6,608	7,083	6,942	6,734	6,867	6,851	6,969	7,205	7,064
Employment-population ratio	56.0	58.7	57.4	57.1	57.5	57.3	58.2	59.7	58.4
Unemployed	1,406	1,155	1,245	1,316	1,313	1,344	1,302	1,052	1,175
Unemployment rate	17.5	14.0	15.2	16.4	16.0	16.4	15.7	12.7	14.3
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	9,095	9,230	9,380	9,146	9,262	9,095	9,160	9,287	9,410
Participation rate	62.5	61.7	62.6	62.8	63.0	61.8	62.2	62.0	62.8
Employed	7,956	8,068	8,272	7,958	8,093	7,911	7,885	8,113	8,240
Employment-population ratio	54.6	53.9	55.2	54.7	55.0	53.7	53.5	54.2	55.0
Unemployed	1,140	1,162	1,108	1,188	1,169	1,184	1,275	1,174	1,171
Unemployment rate	12.5	12.6	11.8	13.0	12.6	13.0	13.9	12.6	12.4
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	571	605	651	627	625	643	679	663	713
Participation rate	21.8	22.5	24.3	24.0	24.3	25.0	26.5	24.7	26.6
Employed	358	361	436	386	390	388	393	407	466
Employment-population ratio	13.7	13.4	16.3	14.8	15.2	15.1	15.3	15.2	17.4
Unemployed	212	244	215	241	234	255	286	255	247
Unemployment rate	37.2	40.3	33.1	38.4	37.5	39.6	42.1	38.5	34.7
ASIAN
Civilian noninstitutional population	11,345	12,735	12,713	-	-	-	-	-	-
Civilian labor force	7,351	8,158	8,016	-	-	-	-	-	-
Participation rate	64.8	64.1	63.1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Employed	6,850	7,608	7,508	-	-	-	-	-	-
Employment-population ratio	60.4	59.7	59.1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Unemployed	502	549	508	-	-	-	-	-	-
Unemployment rate	6.8	6.7	6.3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Not in labor force	3,994	4,577	4,696	-	-	-	-	-	-
Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
- 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted(1)
	Feb. 2011	Jan. 2012	Feb. 2012	Feb. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012	Feb. 2012
HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
Civilian noninstitutional population	34,079	36,301	36,384	34,079	34,724	34,808	34,885	36,301	36,384
Civilian labor force	22,373	23,949	24,167	22,487	23,253	23,222	23,270	24,045	24,206
Participation rate	65.7	66.0	66.4	66.0	67.0	66.7	66.7	66.2	66.5
Employed	19,580	21,187	21,407	19,877	20,601	20,574	20,699	21,513	21,628
Employment-population ratio	57.5	58.4	58.8	58.3	59.3	59.1	59.3	59.3	59.4
Unemployed	2,793	2,762	2,760	2,611	2,652	2,648	2,571	2,532	2,579
Unemployment rate	12.5	11.5	11.4	11.6	11.4	11.4	11.0	10.5	10.7
Not in labor force	11,706	12,352	12,218	11,592	11,471	11,586	11,615	12,256	12,178
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	12,844	13,252	13,262	-	-	-	-	-	-
Participation rate	81.5	81.2	81.1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Employed	11,282	11,832	11,881	-	-	-	-	-	-
Employment-population ratio	71.6	72.5	72.6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Unemployed	1,562	1,421	1,381	-	-	-	-	-	-
Unemployment rate	12.2	10.7	10.4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force	8,645	9,703	9,836	-	-	-	-	-	-
Participation rate	57.9	59.4	60.1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Employed	7,685	8,609	8,752	-	-	-	-	-	-
Employment-population ratio	51.5	52.7	53.4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Unemployed	960	1,094	1,085	-	-	-	-	-	-
Unemployment rate	11.1	11.3	11.0	-	-	-	-	-	-
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force	884	994	1,068	-	-	-	-	-	-
Participation rate	26.1	27.2	29.2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Employed	613	746	774	-	-	-	-	-	-
Employment-population ratio	18.1	20.4	21.2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Unemployed	271	248	294	-	-	-	-	-	-
Unemployment rate	30.6	24.9	27.5	-	-	-	-	-	-
Footnotes (1) The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
- Data not available. NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment

[Numbers in thousands]

Educational attainment	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
	Feb. 2011	Jan. 2012	Feb. 2012	Feb. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012	Feb. 2012
Less than a high school diploma
Civilian labor force	11,045	11,374	11,119	11,334	11,760	11,713	11,688	11,469	11,488
Participation rate	44.4	45.3	45.1	45.6	47.4	47.0	46.7	45.6	46.6
Employed	9,293	9,669	9,469	9,782	10,141	10,161	10,080	9,968	10,006
Employment-population ratio	37.4	38.5	38.4	39.4	40.8	40.8	40.3	39.7	40.6
Unemployed	1,752	1,705	1,650	1,552	1,619	1,552	1,608	1,501	1,483
Unemployment rate	15.9	15.0	14.8	13.7	13.8	13.3	13.8	13.1	12.9
High school graduates, no college(1)
Civilian labor force	37,806	37,002	37,011	37,549	37,368	37,089	36,902	36,850	36,799
Participation rate	60.7	59.8	59.3	60.3	60.5	60.3	59.8	59.6	59.0
Employed	33,750	33,494	33,589	33,971	33,828	33,807	33,684	33,737	33,761
Employment-population ratio	54.2	54.2	53.9	54.6	54.8	54.9	54.5	54.6	54.1
Unemployed	4,056	3,508	3,422	3,578	3,540	3,282	3,218	3,113	3,039
Unemployment rate	10.7	9.5	9.2	9.5	9.5	8.8	8.7	8.4	8.3
Some college or associate degree
Civilian labor force	36,928	37,240	37,485	36,691	36,984	36,816	37,024	37,214	37,282
Participation rate	69.7	69.3	69.5	69.3	69.2	68.5	69.1	69.2	69.1
Employed	33,916	34,435	34,669	33,847	33,941	34,009	34,167	34,525	34,571
Employment-population ratio	64.0	64.0	64.3	63.9	63.5	63.3	63.7	64.2	64.1
Unemployed	3,012	2,804	2,817	2,844	3,043	2,807	2,857	2,689	2,711
Unemployment rate	8.2	7.5	7.5	7.8	8.2	7.6	7.7	7.2	7.3
Bachelor's degree and higher(2)
Civilian labor force	46,520	47,510	47,841	46,624	47,006	47,117	47,131	47,481	47,890
Participation rate	76.8	75.7	76.3	76.9	75.8	75.9	76.0	75.6	76.4
Employed	44,495	45,402	45,808	44,613	44,960	45,058	45,201	45,492	45,875
Employment-population ratio	73.4	72.3	73.0	73.6	72.5	72.6	72.9	72.4	73.1
Unemployed	2,025	2,108	2,034	2,012	2,046	2,059	1,930	1,989	2,015
Unemployment rate	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.1	4.2	4.2
Footnotes (1) Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. (2) Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-5. Employment status of the civilian population 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, and sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, veteran status, and period of service	Total		Men		Women
	Feb. 2011	Feb. 2012	Feb. 2011	Feb. 2012	Feb. 2011	Feb. 2012
VETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	21,763	21,315	19,967	19,506	1,796	1,809
Civilian labor force	11,427	11,101	10,250	9,961	1,177	1,140
Participation rate	52.5	52.1	51.3	51.1	65.5	63.0
Employed	10,376	10,324	9,301	9,246	1,075	1,078
Employment-population ratio	47.7	48.4	46.6	47.4	59.8	59.6
Unemployed	1,051	777	949	715	102	61
Unemployment rate	9.2	7.0	9.3	7.2	8.7	5.4
Not in labor force	10,336	10,214	9,717	9,545	619	669
Gulf War-era II veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	2,337	2,524	1,920	2,092	417	432
Civilian labor force	1,906	2,025	1,607	1,726	300	299
Participation rate	81.6	80.2	83.7	82.5	71.9	69.2
Employed	1,667	1,870	1,394	1,594	274	277
Employment-population ratio	71.3	74.1	72.6	76.2	65.6	64.0
Unemployed	239	154	213	132	26	22
Unemployment rate	12.5	7.6	13.3	7.6	8.7	7.4
Not in labor force	431	499	313	366	117	133
Gulf War-era I veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	2,939	3,077	2,485	2,572	454	505
Civilian labor force	2,477	2,581	2,126	2,198	351	383
Participation rate	84.3	83.9	85.6	85.5	77.2	75.9
Employed	2,280	2,432	1,954	2,072	326	360
Employment-population ratio	77.6	79.0	78.6	80.6	71.6	71.2
Unemployed	197	149	172	126	25	23
Unemployment rate	8.0	5.8	8.1	5.7	7.2	6.1
Not in labor force	462	496	359	374	103	122
World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam-era veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population	10,626	10,010	10,295	9,687	331	323
Civilian labor force	3,701	3,242	3,578	3,122	123	120
Participation rate	34.8	32.4	34.8	32.2	37.0	37.1
Employed	3,385	3,027	3,273	2,908	112	119
Employment-population ratio	31.9	30.2	31.8	30.0	33.8	37.0
Unemployed	316	215	305	214	11	0
Unemployment rate	8.5	6.6	8.5	6.9	8.7	0.4
Not in labor force	6,925	6,768	6,717	6,565	209	203
Veterans of other service periods
Civilian noninstitutional population	5,861	5,704	5,267	5,156	594	549
Civilian labor force	3,344	3,253	2,940	2,916	404	338
Participation rate	57.0	57.0	55.8	56.5	68.0	61.5
Employed	3,044	2,995	2,680	2,673	364	322
Employment-population ratio	51.9	52.5	50.9	51.8	61.3	58.8
Unemployed	299	258	259	243	40	15
Unemployment rate	9.0	7.9	8.8	8.3	9.9	4.5
Not in labor force	2,517	2,451	2,328	2,240	190	211
NONVETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	208,204	212,182	91,410	92,771	116,794	119,411
Civilian labor force	139,606	141,354	70,315	70,803	69,292	70,551
Participation rate	67.1	66.6	76.9	76.3	59.3	59.1
Employed	126,562	129,189	62,932	64,235	63,630	64,953
Employment-population ratio	60.8	60.9	68.8	69.2	54.5	54.4
Unemployed	13,044	12,165	7,382	6,568	5,662	5,597
Unemployment rate	9.3	8.6	10.5	9.3	8.2	7.9
Not in labor force	68,598	70,828	21,096	21,968	47,502	48,860
NOTE: Veterans served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and were not on active duty at the time of the survey. Nonveterans never served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. Veterans could have served anywhere in the world during these periods of service: Gulf War era II (September 2001-present), Gulf War era I (August 1990-August 2001), Vietnam era (August 1964-April 1975), Korean War (July 1950-January 1955), World War II (December 1941-December 1946), and other service periods (all other time periods). Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are classified only in the most recent one. Veterans who served during one of the selected wartime periods and another period are classified only in the wartime period. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-6. Employment status of the civilian population by sex, age, and disability status, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status, sex, and age	Persons with a disability		Persons with no disability
	Feb. 2011	Feb. 2012	Feb. 2011	Feb. 2012
TOTAL, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	27,179	27,822	211,672	214,613
Civilian labor force	5,592	5,542	147,043	148,572
Participation rate	20.6	19.9	69.5	69.2
Employed	4,730	4,665	133,363	136,019
Employment-population ratio	17.4	16.8	63.0	63.4
Unemployed	862	878	13,680	12,552
Unemployment rate	15.4	15.8	9.3	8.4
Not in labor force	21,587	22,280	64,629	66,042
Men, 16 to 64 years
Civilian labor force	2,510	2,458	74,988	74,926
Participation rate	34.2	32.9	82.2	82.1
Employed	2,085	2,006	67,091	68,058
Employment-population ratio	28.4	26.8	73.5	74.5
Unemployed	425	452	7,897	6,868
Unemployment rate	16.9	18.4	10.5	9.2
Not in labor force	4,839	5,013	16,280	16,378
Women, 16 to 64 years
Civilian labor force	2,203	2,194	65,944	66,900
Participation rate	29.3	28.1	70.7	70.7
Employed	1,834	1,843	60,526	61,625
Employment-population ratio	24.3	23.6	64.9	65.1
Unemployed	370	352	5,418	5,276
Unemployment rate	16.8	16.0	8.2	7.9
Not in labor force	5,328	5,617	27,357	27,719
Both sexes, 65 years and over
Civilian labor force	879	890	6,110	6,746
Participation rate	7.1	7.1	22.5	23.5
Employed	811	816	5,746	6,337
Employment-population ratio	6.6	6.5	21.2	22.1
Unemployed	67	74	365	409
Unemployment rate	7.7	8.3	6.0	6.1
Not in labor force	11,421	11,650	20,992	21,945
NOTE: A person with a disability has at least one of the following conditions: is deaf or has serious difficulty hearing; is blind or has serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses; has serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition; has serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs; has difficulty dressing or bathing; or has difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor's office or shopping because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-7. Employment status of the civilian population by nativity and sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Employment status and nativity	Total		Men		Women
	Feb. 2011	Feb. 2012	Feb. 2011	Feb. 2012	Feb. 2011	Feb. 2012
Foreign born, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	36,026	37,463	17,781	18,237	18,245	19,226
Civilian labor force	23,958	24,826	14,061	14,310	9,897	10,516
Participation rate	66.5	66.3	79.1	78.5	54.2	54.7
Employed	21,614	22,470	12,673	13,001	8,942	9,469
Employment-population ratio	60.0	60.0	71.3	71.3	49.0	49.3
Unemployed	2,344	2,356	1,388	1,309	956	1,047
Unemployment rate	9.8	9.5	9.9	9.1	9.7	10.0
Not in labor force	12,068	12,636	3,720	3,927	8,348	8,710
Native born, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population	202,825	204,973	98,126	98,660	104,698	106,313
Civilian labor force	128,676	129,288	67,299	67,299	61,378	61,989
Participation rate	63.4	63.1	68.6	68.2	58.6	58.3
Employed	116,478	118,214	60,123	61,035	56,355	57,179
Employment-population ratio	57.4	57.7	61.3	61.9	53.8	53.8
Unemployed	12,198	11,074	7,176	6,264	5,023	4,810
Unemployment rate	9.5	8.6	10.7	9.3	8.2	7.8
Not in labor force	74,148	75,685	30,828	31,361	43,321	44,324
NOTE: The foreign born are those residing in the United States who were not U.S. citizens at birth. That is, they were born outside the United States or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam, to parents neither of whom was a U.S. citizen. The native born are persons who were born in the United States or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam or who were born abroad of at least one parent who was a U.S. citizen. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-8. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status

[In thousands]

Category	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
	Feb. 2011	Jan. 2012	Feb. 2012	Feb. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012	Feb. 2012
CLASS OF WORKER
Agriculture and related industries	2,097	2,042	2,030	2,247	2,257	2,262	2,349	2,208	2,185
Wage and salary workers(1)	1,233	1,259	1,238	1,337	1,317	1,359	1,429	1,376	1,353
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	849	765	767	901	864	849	874	800	814
Unpaid family workers	15	18	26	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nonagricultural industries	135,996	137,902	138,654	137,388	138,167	138,304	138,411	139,491	139,945
Wage and salary workers(1)	127,336	129,299	130,204	128,610	129,531	129,604	129,662	130,569	131,365
Government	20,985	20,519	20,772	20,874	20,516	20,434	20,616	20,583	20,617
Private industries	106,351	108,780	109,432	107,731	108,977	109,159	109,064	109,966	110,778
Private households	688	569	621	-	-	-	-	-	-
Other industries	105,663	108,211	108,811	107,003	108,177	108,485	108,407	109,353	110,138
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	8,573	8,491	8,343	8,666	8,553	8,628	8,587	8,769	8,477
Unpaid family workers	87	112	106	-	-	-	-	-	-
PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME(2)
All industries
Part time for economic reasons(3)	8,749	8,918	8,455	8,383	8,790	8,469	8,098	8,230	8,119
Slack work or business conditions	6,051	6,025	5,790	5,661	5,839	5,578	5,305	5,372	5,446
Could only find part-time work	2,402	2,479	2,338	2,410	2,538	2,496	2,419	2,551	2,404
Part time for noneconomic reasons(4)	18,669	18,958	19,358	18,280	18,401	18,363	18,372	18,636	18,827
Nonagricultural industries
Part time for economic reasons(3)	8,633	8,747	8,302	8,293	8,664	8,358	7,952	8,083	7,988
Slack work or business conditions	5,974	5,922	5,694	5,595	5,762	5,502	5,199	5,278	5,356
Could only find part-time work	2,388	2,464	2,313	2,376	2,566	2,518	2,423	2,563	2,365
Part time for noneconomic reasons(4)	18,321	18,596	18,980	17,930	18,003	17,941	17,969	18,298	18,399
Footnotes (1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated. (2) Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the survey reference week and excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs for the entire week. (3) Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for an economic reason such as slack work or unfavorable business conditions, inability to find full-time work, or seasonal declines in demand. (4) Refers to persons who usually work part time for noneconomic reasons such as childcare problems, family or personal obligations, school or training, retirement or Social Security limits on earnings, and other reasons. This excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as vacations, holidays, illness, and bad weather.
- Data not available. 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-9. Selected employment indicators

[Numbers in thousands]

Characteristic	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
	Feb. 2011	Jan. 2012	Feb. 2012	Feb. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012	Feb. 2012
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	138,093	139,944	140,684	139,551	140,297	140,614	140,790	141,637	142,065
16 to 19 years	3,974	3,990	4,046	4,299	4,398	4,416	4,387	4,389	4,371
16 to 17 years	1,155	1,160	1,171	1,312	1,436	1,413	1,304	1,333	1,337
18 to 19 years	2,819	2,830	2,875	2,990	2,970	2,995	3,060	3,064	3,050
20 years and over	134,119	135,954	136,638	135,252	135,899	136,198	136,403	137,248	137,694
20 to 24 years	12,664	12,953	13,104	12,949	13,346	13,200	13,195	13,335	13,395
25 years and over	121,455	123,000	123,534	122,228	122,521	122,973	123,234	123,901	124,243
25 to 54 years	93,017	93,271	93,346	93,734	93,356	93,708	93,882	93,991	94,056
25 to 34 years	30,110	29,995	30,190	30,398	30,562	30,743	30,771	30,367	30,483
35 to 44 years	30,156	30,394	30,421	30,402	30,094	30,222	30,271	30,614	30,638
45 to 54 years	32,751	32,883	32,734	32,935	32,700	32,743	32,841	33,009	32,935
55 years and over	28,437	29,729	30,188	28,494	29,165	29,264	29,352	29,910	30,187
Men, 16 years and over	72,796	73,772	74,035	74,053	74,492	74,975	75,235	75,288	75,318
16 to 19 years	1,953	1,880	1,883	2,153	2,113	2,129	2,155	2,118	2,079
16 to 17 years	562	524	554	664	662	654	635	620	650
18 to 19 years	1,391	1,357	1,329	1,485	1,449	1,465	1,501	1,487	1,424
20 years and over	70,842	71,892	72,152	71,901	72,379	72,846	73,080	73,170	73,240
20 to 24 years	6,513	6,685	6,622	6,712	7,081	6,980	6,998	7,003	6,851
25 years and over	64,329	65,207	65,530	65,162	65,331	65,853	66,084	66,169	66,376
25 to 54 years	49,491	49,592	49,622	50,218	49,901	50,368	50,528	50,358	50,382
25 to 34 years	16,347	16,120	16,195	16,620	16,668	16,895	16,885	16,440	16,498
35 to 44 years	16,240	16,357	16,342	16,465	16,240	16,370	16,422	16,573	16,564
45 to 54 years	16,904	17,116	17,084	17,132	16,992	17,102	17,221	17,346	17,319
55 years and over	14,839	15,615	15,909	14,944	15,430	15,485	15,556	15,811	15,994
Women, 16 years and over	65,297	66,172	66,648	65,498	65,805	65,639	65,555	66,349	66,747
16 to 19 years	2,021	2,110	2,163	2,147	2,286	2,287	2,232	2,270	2,293
16 to 17 years	593	636	616	647	773	759	669	713	687
18 to 19 years	1,428	1,474	1,546	1,505	1,521	1,530	1,559	1,577	1,625
20 years and over	63,277	64,062	64,486	63,351	63,520	63,352	63,323	64,078	64,454
20 to 24 years	6,151	6,268	6,482	6,237	6,265	6,220	6,198	6,332	6,544
25 years and over	57,125	57,794	58,003	57,066	57,190	57,119	57,150	57,732	57,867
25 to 54 years	43,527	43,679	43,724	43,517	43,455	43,340	43,354	43,633	43,674
25 to 34 years	13,764	13,875	13,995	13,777	13,894	13,848	13,886	13,928	13,985
35 to 44 years	13,916	14,037	14,079	13,936	13,854	13,852	13,849	14,041	14,074
45 to 54 years	15,847	15,767	15,650	15,803	15,708	15,641	15,620	15,664	15,615
55 years and over	13,598	14,115	14,279	13,549	13,735	13,779	13,796	14,099	14,193
MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present	42,658	43,191	43,201	42,959	43,661	43,933	43,709	43,658	43,556
Married women, spouse present	34,579	34,672	34,603	34,384	34,225	34,442	34,177	34,445	34,341
Women who maintain families	8,499	9,075	9,181	-	-	-	-	-	-
FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers(1)	110,731	111,879	112,587	112,538	112,841	113,212	113,765	113,845	114,408
Part-time workers(2)	27,361	28,065	28,096	26,881	27,463	27,378	27,040	27,739	27,576
MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
Total multiple jobholders	6,882	6,830	7,116	6,770	6,903	7,004	7,013	7,038	6,999
Percent of total employed	5.0	4.9	5.1	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
Self-employed workers, incorporated	5,221	5,191	5,226	-	-	-	-	-	-
Self-employed workers, unincorporated	9,421	9,256	9,110	9,567	9,417	9,478	9,461	9,569	9,291
Footnotes (1) Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week. (2) Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.
- Data not available. 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted

Characteristic	Number of unemployed persons (in thousands)			Unemployment rates
	Feb. 2011	Jan. 2012	Feb. 2012	Feb. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012	Feb. 2012
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	13,751	12,758	12,806	9.0	8.9	8.7	8.5	8.3	8.3
16 to 19 years	1,352	1,324	1,367	23.9	24.0	23.7	23.1	23.2	23.8
16 to 17 years	532	539	570	28.8	25.2	23.3	27.8	28.8	29.9
18 to 19 years	826	788	800	21.6	23.2	23.4	21.3	20.5	20.8
20 years and over	12,398	11,434	11,439	8.4	8.3	8.1	8.0	7.7	7.7
20 to 24 years	2,333	2,050	2,140	15.3	13.9	14.2	14.4	13.3	13.8
25 years and over	10,033	9,353	9,293	7.6	7.7	7.3	7.2	7.0	7.0
25 to 54 years	8,055	7,492	7,391	7.9	8.0	7.6	7.6	7.4	7.3
25 to 34 years	3,156	3,001	2,899	9.4	9.7	9.2	9.4	9.0	8.7
35 to 44 years	2,428	2,250	2,236	7.4	7.2	7.0	6.8	6.8	6.8
45 to 54 years	2,471	2,241	2,256	7.0	7.1	6.7	6.5	6.4	6.4
55 years and over	1,970	1,867	1,888	6.5	7.0	6.4	6.2	5.9	5.9
Men, 16 years and over	7,683	6,781	6,846	9.4	9.4	8.9	8.7	8.3	8.3
16 to 19 years	752	717	769	25.9	27.3	26.6	26.6	25.3	27.0
16 to 17 years	265	291	327	28.6	27.4	26.7	30.5	32.0	33.5
18 to 19 years	492	427	448	24.9	27.4	26.7	25.1	22.3	23.9
20 years and over	6,931	6,064	6,077	8.8	8.7	8.3	8.0	7.7	7.7
20 to 24 years	1,309	1,159	1,270	16.3	14.6	15.6	15.3	14.2	15.6
25 years and over	5,584	4,886	4,796	7.9	8.1	7.4	7.2	6.9	6.7
25 to 54 years	4,442	3,887	3,822	8.1	8.4	7.7	7.5	7.2	7.1
25 to 34 years	1,759	1,617	1,546	9.6	10.1	9.2	9.5	9.0	8.6
35 to 44 years	1,319	1,129	1,125	7.4	7.4	7.0	6.7	6.4	6.4
45 to 54 years	1,364	1,141	1,151	7.4	7.5	6.8	6.3	6.2	6.2
55 years and over	1,142	999	974	7.1	7.2	6.7	6.1	5.9	5.7
Women, 16 years and over	6,067	5,977	5,960	8.5	8.4	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.2
16 to 19 years	600	607	598	21.8	20.6	20.7	19.3	21.1	20.7
16 to 17 years	266	249	243	29.2	23.2	20.0	25.0	25.8	26.1
18 to 19 years	333	361	352	18.1	18.6	20.1	17.1	18.6	17.8
20 years and over	5,467	5,370	5,361	7.9	7.9	7.8	7.9	7.7	7.7
20 to 24 years	1,025	891	870	14.1	13.1	12.6	13.4	12.3	11.7
25 years and over	4,448	4,467	4,497	7.2	7.3	7.2	7.3	7.2	7.2
25 to 54 years	3,613	3,604	3,569	7.7	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.6
25 to 34 years	1,397	1,383	1,354	9.2	9.2	9.2	9.3	9.0	8.8
35 to 44 years	1,109	1,121	1,110	7.4	6.8	6.9	7.0	7.4	7.3
45 to 54 years	1,107	1,100	1,105	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.6	6.6
55 years and over(1)	825	890	920	5.7	6.5	5.8	5.7	5.9	6.1
MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present	2,665	2,347	2,292	5.8	5.8	5.3	5.1	5.1	5.0
Married women, spouse present	1,972	2,033	2,012	5.4	5.7	5.3	5.4	5.6	5.5
Women who maintain families(1)	1,273	1,236	1,222	13.0	12.3	12.4	12.9	12.0	11.7
FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers(2)	11,870	10,982	10,992	9.5	9.5	9.2	9.0	8.8	8.8
Part-time workers(3)	1,867	1,746	1,768	6.5	6.4	6.0	6.3	5.9	6.0
Footnotes (1) Not seasonally adjusted. (2) 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. (3) 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 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Reason	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
	Feb. 2011	Jan. 2012	Feb. 2012	Feb. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012	Feb. 2012
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	9,212	8,234	7,866	8,337	7,924	7,599	7,602	7,321	7,209
On temporary layoff	1,718	1,892	1,526	1,261	1,226	1,181	1,216	1,284	1,135
Not on temporary layoff	7,495	6,342	6,340	7,076	6,699	6,418	6,386	6,037	6,075
Permanent job losers	6,005	4,948	4,923	5,687	5,308	5,033	5,089	4,807	4,755
Persons who completed temporary jobs	1,489	1,395	1,416	1,389	1,391	1,385	1,296	1,230	1,320
Job leavers	888	957	1,032	904	1,068	1,005	953	939	1,031
Reentrants	3,338	3,276	3,337	3,354	3,387	3,355	3,399	3,325	3,361
New entrants	1,103	1,074	1,196	1,315	1,291	1,276	1,280	1,253	1,392
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	63.4	60.8	58.6	59.9	58.0	57.4	57.4	57.0	55.5
On temporary layoff	11.8	14.0	11.4	9.1	9.0	8.9	9.2	10.0	8.7
Not on temporary layoff	51.5	46.8	47.2	50.9	49.0	48.5	48.3	47.0	46.7
Job leavers	6.1	7.1	7.7	6.5	7.8	7.6	7.2	7.3	7.9
Reentrants	23.0	24.2	24.8	24.1	24.8	25.3	25.7	25.9	25.9
New entrants	7.6	7.9	8.9	9.5	9.4	9.6	9.7	9.8	10.7
UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs	6.0	5.4	5.1	5.4	5.1	4.9	4.9	4.7	4.7
Job leavers	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7
Reentrants	2.2	2.1	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2
New entrants	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.9
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment

[Numbers in thousands]

Duration	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
	Feb. 2011	Jan. 2012	Feb. 2012	Feb. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012	Feb. 2012
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Less than 5 weeks	2,263	2,923	2,366	2,408	2,676	2,510	2,669	2,486	2,541
5 to 14 weeks	3,801	3,106	3,454	3,080	3,285	2,896	2,858	2,884	2,807
15 weeks and over	8,478	7,512	7,609	8,208	7,869	7,766	7,628	7,498	7,397
15 to 26 weeks	2,420	1,915	2,199	2,195	2,029	2,087	2,039	1,980	1,971
27 weeks and over	6,058	5,597	5,411	6,014	5,839	5,680	5,588	5,518	5,426
Average (mean) duration, in weeks(1)	36.7	38.2	39.1	37.4	39.2	40.9	40.8	40.1	40.0
Median duration, in weeks	20.6	19.2	19.3	21.1	20.8	21.5	21.0	21.1	20.3
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Less than 5 weeks	15.6	21.6	17.6	17.6	19.4	19.1	20.3	19.3	19.9
5 to 14 weeks	26.1	22.9	25.7	22.5	23.8	22.0	21.7	22.4	22.0
15 weeks and over	58.3	55.5	56.7	59.9	56.9	59.0	58.0	58.3	58.0
15 to 26 weeks	16.6	14.1	16.4	16.0	14.7	15.8	15.5	15.4	15.5
27 weeks and over	41.7	41.3	40.3	43.9	42.2	43.1	42.5	42.9	42.6
Footnotes (1) Beginning in January 2011, this series reflects a change to the collection of data on unemployment duration. For more information, see www.bls.gov/cps/duration.htm.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-13. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Occupation	Employed		Unemployed		Unemployment rates
	Feb. 2011	Feb. 2012	Feb. 2011	Feb. 2012	Feb. 2011	Feb. 2012
Total, 16 years and over(1)	138,093	140,684	14,542	13,430	9.5	8.7
Management, professional, and related occupations	52,557	53,208	2,435	2,336	4.4	4.2
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	21,256	22,151	1,089	1,015	4.9	4.4
Professional and related occupations	31,301	31,058	1,346	1,320	4.1	4.1
Service occupations	23,758	24,751	2,846	2,810	10.7	10.2
Sales and office occupations	33,220	33,766	3,180	2,907	8.7	7.9
Sales and related occupations	15,367	15,553	1,523	1,331	9.0	7.9
Office and administrative support occupations	17,853	18,212	1,657	1,576	8.5	8.0
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	12,676	12,461	2,568	2,033	16.8	14.0
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	911	890	255	221	21.9	19.9
Construction and extraction occupations	6,868	6,878	1,938	1,495	22.0	17.9
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	4,897	4,693	374	317	7.1	6.3
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	15,882	16,498	2,356	2,096	12.9	11.3
Production occupations	7,908	8,272	1,105	971	12.3	10.5
Transportation and material moving occupations	7,973	8,226	1,251	1,125	13.6	12.0
Footnotes (1) Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-14. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted

Industry and class of worker	Number of unemployed persons (in thousands)		Unemployment rates
	Feb. 2011	Feb. 2012	Feb. 2011	Feb. 2012
Total, 16 years and over(1)	14,542	13,430	9.5	8.7
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers	11,641	10,517	9.9	8.8
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	41	66	5.6	7.2
Construction	1,883	1,404	21.8	17.1
Manufacturing	1,492	1,294	9.9	8.4
Durable goods	989	787	10.5	8.1
Nondurable goods	503	506	8.9	9.0
Wholesale and retail trade	1,889	1,824	9.2	8.9
Transportation and utilities	499	440	9.0	7.6
Information	205	247	6.7	8.4
Financial activities	636	498	6.9	5.3
Professional and business services	1,469	1,590	10.1	10.3
Education and health services	1,198	1,197	5.6	5.4
Leisure and hospitality	1,783	1,496	13.8	11.6
Other services	546	461	8.9	7.1
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers	270	290	18.4	19.5
Government workers	927	848	4.2	3.9
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers	601	579	5.9	5.9
Footnotes (1) Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

[Percent]

Measure	Not seasonally adjusted			Seasonally adjusted
	Feb. 2011	Jan. 2012	Feb. 2012	Feb. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012	Feb. 2012
U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force	5.6	4.9	4.9	5.4	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.8
U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force	6.0	5.4	5.1	5.4	5.1	4.9	4.9	4.7	4.7
U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)	9.5	8.8	8.7	9.0	8.9	8.7	8.5	8.3	8.3
U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers	10.1	9.4	9.3	9.6	9.5	9.3	9.1	8.9	8.9
U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other persons marginally attached to the labor force, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force	11.1	10.5	10.2	10.6	10.4	10.2	10.0	9.9	9.8
U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force	16.7	16.2	15.6	15.9	16.0	15.6	15.2	15.1	14.9
NOTE: Persons marginally attached to the labor force are those 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 past 12 months. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for work. 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-16. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted

[Numbers in thousands]

Category	Total		Men		Women
	Feb. 2011	Feb. 2012	Feb. 2011	Feb. 2012	Feb. 2011	Feb. 2012
NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE
Total not in the labor force	86,216	88,322	34,548	35,288	51,668	53,034
Persons who currently want a job	6,405	6,376	3,036	2,944	3,369	3,432
Marginally attached to the labor force(1)	2,730	2,608	1,447	1,358	1,283	1,250
Discouraged workers(2)	1,020	1,006	592	612	427	394
Other persons marginally attached to the labor force(3)	1,710	1,603	854	746	855	856
MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
Total multiple jobholders(4)	6,882	7,116	3,364	3,422	3,518	3,695
Percent of total employed	5.0	5.1	4.6	4.6	5.4	5.5
Primary job full time, secondary job part time	3,573	3,624	1,964	1,953	1,609	1,671
Primary and secondary jobs both part time	1,855	1,934	618	600	1,236	1,334
Primary and secondary jobs both full time	222	264	142	152	80	112
Hours vary on primary or secondary job	1,197	1,254	628	696	569	558
Footnotes (1) Data refer to persons who want a job, have searched for work during the prior 12 months, and were available to take a job during the reference week, but had not looked for work in the past 4 weeks. (2) Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for reasons such as 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 number for whom reason for nonparticipation was not determined. (4) Includes a small number of persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

[In thousands]

Industry	Not seasonally adjusted				Seasonally adjusted
	Feb. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012(p)	Feb. 2012(p)	Feb. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012(p)	Feb. 2012(p)	Change from: Jan.2012 - Feb.2012(p)
Total nonfarm	129,148	132,965	130,313	131,164	130,676	132,186	132,470	132,697	227
Total private	106,643	110,632	108,436	108,854	108,464	110,193	110,478	110,711	233
Goods-producing	17,314	18,076	17,728	17,713	17,894	18,176	18,259	18,283	24
Mining and logging	723	818	813	817	741	822	832	838	6
Logging	48.1	48.5	48.3	47.4	49.2	48.7	49.0	48.3	-0.7
Mining	675.3	769.9	764.2	770.0	692.1	773.3	782.9	789.9	7.0
Oil and gas extraction	163.1	186.3	186.7	187.4	164.4	186.3	187.9	189.2	1.3
Mining, except oil and gas(1)	200.0	216.4	209.2	209.8	211.1	220.5	220.8	221.6	0.8
Coal mining	83.2	86.9	86.6	86.6	83.5	86.6	86.9	87.2	0.3
Support activities for mining	312.2	367.2	368.3	372.8	316.6	366.5	374.2	379.1	4.9
Construction	5,049	5,441	5,160	5,119	5,489	5,546	5,567	5,554	-13
Construction of buildings	1,141.1	1,222.6	1,172.2	1,163.4	1,214.3	1,226.7	1,232.5	1,236.3	3.8
Residential building	528.0	570.6	538.7	536.1	565.8	571.4	571.4	573.1	1.7
Nonresidential building	613.1	652.0	633.5	627.3	648.5	655.3	661.1	663.2	2.1
Heavy and civil engineering construction	714.7	798.8	730.5	730.1	823.4	840.0	837.8	836.5	-1.3
Specialty trade contractors	3,192.8	3,419.3	3,256.8	3,225.8	3,451.7	3,479.6	3,496.2	3,480.8	-15.4
Residential specialty trade contractors	1,328.3	1,425.1	1,354.6	1,343.8	1,435.0	1,455.0	1,459.4	1,457.6	-1.8
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors	1,864.5	1,994.2	1,902.2	1,882.0	2,016.7	2,024.6	2,036.8	2,023.2	-13.6
Manufacturing	11,542	11,817	11,755	11,777	11,664	11,808	11,860	11,891	31
Durable goods	7,141	7,366	7,352	7,378	7,203	7,361	7,403	7,434	31
Wood products	333.0	329.4	327.0	325.2	342.6	332.0	334.6	335.7	1.1
Nonmetallic mineral products	348.7	361.2	352.2	353.0	368.1	367.0	370.2	372.1	1.9
Primary metals	377.0	400.8	402.2	402.9	378.8	400.7	403.0	404.2	1.2
Fabricated metal products	1,309.3	1,366.6	1,371.1	1,379.4	1,322.6	1,367.8	1,379.4	1,390.8	11.4
Machinery	1,032.8	1,086.0	1,085.7	1,089.8	1,034.9	1,082.0	1,087.7	1,092.2	4.5
Computer and electronic products(1)	1,098.3	1,110.2	1,104.3	1,104.4	1,101.4	1,107.4	1,105.7	1,105.1	-0.6
Computer and peripheral equipment	157.8	162.7	162.2	162.8	158.0	162.2	162.3	162.6	0.3
Communications equipment	115.4	112.5	111.1	110.6	115.5	112.2	111.0	110.9	-0.1
Semiconductors and electronic components	377.8	387.0	385.9	386.7	378.9	386.5	386.9	387.7	0.8
Electronic instruments	404.8	402.6	399.9	399.7	406.1	401.4	400.3	399.0	-1.3
Electrical equipment and appliances	364.1	369.2	370.0	370.9	365.3	369.1	370.7	372.7	2.0
Transportation equipment(1)	1,358.5	1,421.1	1,421.7	1,430.3	1,361.2	1,414.2	1,423.6	1,431.9	8.3
Motor vehicles and parts(2)	704.9	742.8	743.6	751.6	705.0	737.6	745.3	750.9	5.6
Furniture and related products	347.8	346.1	343.7	347.3	353.4	348.6	350.4	353.5	3.1
Miscellaneous manufacturing	571.9	575.4	573.8	574.3	574.5	572.6	577.7	576.1	-1.6
Nondurable goods	4,401	4,451	4,403	4,399	4,461	4,447	4,457	4,457	0
Food manufacturing	1,430.0	1,448.0	1,423.0	1,419.2	1,461.6	1,442.2	1,446.9	1,448.1	1.2
Beverages and tobacco products	176.8	189.1	187.2	189.2	184.0	191.9	193.8	196.1	2.3
Textile mills	119.3	119.1	119.5	119.7	120.2	119.6	120.6	120.5	-0.1
Textile product mills	116.2	114.4	111.4	111.7	118.0	114.3	112.7	113.2	0.5
Apparel	152.3	148.7	146.7	149.2	152.6	150.1	150.2	149.9	-0.3
Leather and allied products	28.6	30.4	30.5	30.5	29.0	30.3	30.7	30.6	-0.1
Paper and paper products	389.1	393.6	391.7	388.5	390.9	392.2	391.7	390.4	-1.3
Printing and related support activities	472.7	460.9	456.4	453.4	475.9	459.6	460.3	457.8	-2.5
Petroleum and coal products	106.7	111.8	109.5	109.2	112.2	113.9	115.0	114.4	-0.6
Chemicals	780.2	796.6	794.1	793.3	782.3	793.8	796.5	795.6	-0.9
Plastics and rubber products	628.8	638.2	632.8	635.3	634.6	639.5	638.6	640.3	1.7
Private service-providing	89,329	92,556	90,708	91,141	90,570	92,017	92,219	92,428	209
Trade, transportation, and utilities	24,473	25,803	25,043	24,840	24,866	25,181	25,238	25,251	13
Wholesale trade	5,443.0	5,580.1	5,530.5	5,537.4	5,496.2	5,568.8	5,583.3	5,591.7	8.4
Durable goods	2,718.6	2,773.8	2,758.0	2,758.6	2,738.2	2,770.5	2,777.1	2,779.9	2.8
Nondurable goods	1,903.8	1,957.8	1,930.3	1,933.9	1,931.5	1,952.8	1,957.7	1,960.8	3.1
Electronic markets and agents and brokers	820.6	848.5	842.2	844.9	826.5	845.5	848.5	851.0	2.5
Retail trade	14,276.6	15,231.1	14,660.1	14,450.7	14,555.5	14,731.5	14,757.6	14,750.2	-7.4
Motor vehicle and parts dealers(1)	1,643.2	1,699.0	1,682.7	1,692.0	1,669.5	1,709.3	1,713.9	1,718.4	4.5
Automobile dealers	1,030.8	1,067.9	1,065.2	1,070.7	1,041.2	1,071.4	1,077.8	1,081.2	3.4
Furniture and home furnishings stores	432.7	467.4	453.1	442.5	439.0	446.5	448.3	449.2	0.9
Electronics and appliance stores	524.5	541.8	516.2	509.5	530.6	514.8	513.4	513.9	0.5
Building material and garden supply stores	1,084.3	1,108.2	1,086.7	1,099.2	1,131.6	1,141.8	1,143.0	1,143.4	0.4
Food and beverage stores	2,781.0	2,874.5	2,838.4	2,822.7	2,811.2	2,848.5	2,854.1	2,856.8	2.7
Health and personal care stores	970.6	999.9	988.9	988.1	975.9	984.2	989.5	993.8	4.3
Gasoline stations	808.8	827.2	817.1	815.0	822.2	830.5	828.4	828.0	-0.4
Clothing and clothing accessories stores	1,295.5	1,527.9	1,366.0	1,309.5	1,345.0	1,384.5	1,369.3	1,367.7	-1.6
Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores	568.0	603.2	560.5	561.1	579.2	558.2	553.6	566.0	12.4
General merchandise stores(1)	2,997.2	3,337.1	3,158.8	3,023.1	3,061.2	3,116.0	3,138.8	3,103.4	-35.4
Department stores	1,505.0	1,734.6	1,626.9	1,523.0	1,538.0	1,567.1	1,593.0	1,568.0	-25.0
Miscellaneous store retailers	751.9	778.0	750.0	757.6	762.1	761.5	766.1	770.1	4.0
Nonstore retailers	418.9	466.9	441.7	430.4	428.0	435.7	439.2	439.5	0.3
Transportation and warehousing	4,202.5	4,435.0	4,294.6	4,293.8	4,261.4	4,321.8	4,337.9	4,348.5	10.6
Air transportation	452.2	455.1	455.8	454.7	454.0	456.1	457.8	456.0	-1.8
Rail transportation	223.4	231.4	230.8	231.0	225.0	231.7	232.2	232.3	0.1
Water transportation	61.2	63.0	64.1	64.6	64.3	63.3	65.6	66.3	0.7
Truck transportation	1,248.3	1,315.6	1,292.2	1,295.5	1,284.2	1,318.1	1,321.3	1,331.5	10.2
Transit and ground passenger transportation	446.2	449.3	447.1	445.5	435.3	433.5	436.5	435.1	-1.4
Pipeline transportation	42.2	43.5	43.8	43.7	42.3	43.4	43.5	43.7	0.2
Scenic and sightseeing transportation	20.3	24.4	22.1	23.0	27.3	29.6	30.3	31.0	0.7
Support activities for transportation	554.8	575.7	573.4	572.1	557.6	574.1	577.2	575.4	-1.8
Couriers and messengers	517.6	618.2	521.0	517.7	526.8	521.9	522.6	524.3	1.7
Warehousing and storage	636.3	658.8	644.3	646.0	644.6	650.1	650.9	652.9	2.0
Utilities	551.2	557.1	558.0	558.1	552.9	559.1	559.6	560.4	0.8
Information	2,663	2,660	2,600	2,617	2,674	2,645	2,625	2,624	-1
Publishing industries, except Internet	749.2	749.9	739.1	740.3	751.6	746.1	742.0	740.9	-1.1
Motion picture and sound recording industries	352.1	367.2	330.8	349.0	359.7	363.8	350.3	356.0	5.7
Broadcasting, except Internet	283.7	281.0	279.5	278.7	284.5	279.6	279.8	278.4	-1.4
Telecommunications	888.2	851.9	846.9	842.5	885.6	846.9	846.6	840.2	-6.4
Data processing, hosting and related services	241.2	243.7	237.9	241.7	242.7	242.5	240.3	242.2	1.9
Other information services	148.7	166.5	165.3	165.1	149.5	166.5	166.2	166.5	0.3
Financial activities	7,624	7,707	7,647	7,656	7,669	7,696	7,695	7,701	6
Finance and insurance	5,741.6	5,771.2	5,744.7	5,751.0	5,749.1	5,756.8	5,754.7	5,755.6	0.9
Monetary authorities - central bank	18.5	18.8	18.8	18.8	18.7	18.9	18.9	18.8	-0.1
Credit intermediation and related activities(1)	2,554.9	2,578.3	2,568.8	2,573.0	2,556.2	2,570.1	2,569.7	2,570.6	0.9
Depository credit intermediation(1)	1,728.6	1,748.1	1,743.7	1,746.2	1,731.6	1,745.9	1,746.0	1,748.9	2.9
Commercial banking	1,307.7	1,321.1	1,318.2	1,320.3	1,309.1	1,319.7	1,319.5	1,322.3	2.8
Securities, commodity contracts, investments	804.3	804.5	798.9	800.3	805.7	803.7	801.7	801.8	0.1
Insurance carriers and related activities	2,277.2	2,285.0	2,273.9	2,274.8	2,282.0	2,279.6	2,280.1	2,280.2	0.1
Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles	86.7	84.6	84.3	84.1	86.5	84.5	84.3	84.2	-0.1
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,881.9	1,935.6	1,902.7	1,904.9	1,920.0	1,939.0	1,939.8	1,945.2	5.4
Real estate	1,373.5	1,409.1	1,386.9	1,388.5	1,395.1	1,408.5	1,410.4	1,413.2	2.8
Rental and leasing services	484.6	502.1	492.0	492.7	500.9	506.3	505.5	508.1	2.6
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets	23.8	24.4	23.8	23.7	24.0	24.2	23.9	23.9	0.0
Professional and business services	16,842	17,698	17,313	17,461	17,104	17,593	17,669	17,751	82
Professional and technical services(1)	7,635.0	7,859.3	7,857.9	7,951.1	7,558.2	7,815.5	7,837.9	7,872.1	34.2
Legal services	1,107.6	1,118.8	1,111.4	1,113.0	1,114.7	1,115.6	1,118.8	1,119.6	0.8
Accounting and bookkeeping services	1,014.1	966.3	1,055.6	1,105.8	876.2	957.8	961.1	968.4	7.3
Architectural and engineering services	1,265.7	1,303.1	1,288.7	1,293.1	1,284.2	1,303.1	1,309.3	1,313.6	4.3
Computer systems design and related services	1,495.2	1,564.3	1,549.5	1,563.5	1,500.0	1,557.8	1,556.3	1,566.5	10.2
Management and technical consulting services	1,033.7	1,112.9	1,092.0	1,104.6	1,043.3	1,099.6	1,106.1	1,113.5	7.4
Management of companies and enterprises	1,887.0	1,939.2	1,930.8	1,925.0	1,898.7	1,932.5	1,936.1	1,934.7	-1.4
Administrative and waste services	7,320.4	7,899.2	7,524.3	7,584.6	7,647.2	7,844.9	7,894.5	7,944.4	49.9
Administrative and support services(1)	6,966.6	7,533.7	7,159.7	7,220.3	7,284.4	7,477.0	7,523.1	7,571.5	48.4
Employment services(1)	2,762.8	3,163.4	2,910.7	2,981.2	2,897.9	3,047.9	3,089.5	3,150.6	61.1
Temporary help services	2,147.1	2,505.8	2,280.5	2,334.8	2,259.3	2,396.3	2,428.4	2,473.6	45.2
Business support services	814.6	838.8	823.4	822.1	811.5	819.9	822.2	818.7	-3.5
Services to buildings and dwellings	1,606.0	1,702.1	1,621.7	1,617.9	1,770.9	1,780.5	1,784.4	1,781.6	-2.8
Waste management and remediation services	353.8	365.5	364.6	364.3	362.8	367.9	371.4	372.9	1.5
Education and health services	19,829	20,236	19,985	20,304	19,725	20,079	20,116	20,187	71
Educational services	3,365.0	3,396.8	3,189.6	3,436.8	3,219.9	3,278.9	3,273.1	3,282.2	9.1
Health care and social assistance	16,463.7	16,839.2	16,795.2	16,867.3	16,505.0	16,800.3	16,843.3	16,904.4	61.1
Health care(3)	13,872.5	14,204.4	14,183.2	14,235.1	13,917.9	14,185.4	14,228.7	14,277.7	49.0
Ambulatory health care services(1)	6,048.7	6,249.3	6,227.6	6,264.3	6,066.5	6,237.0	6,255.5	6,283.7	28.2
Offices of physicians	2,320.0	2,402.3	2,388.6	2,398.4	2,324.8	2,389.9	2,394.2	2,403.7	9.5
Outpatient care centers	614.7	639.8	640.9	647.0	615.2	637.9	642.3	646.6	4.3
Home health care services	1,119.2	1,160.0	1,159.7	1,168.8	1,124.1	1,160.0	1,166.7	1,171.7	5.0
Hospitals	4,686.1	4,775.7	4,784.3	4,797.6	4,697.0	4,774.3	4,791.2	4,806.6	15.4
Nursing and residential care facilities(1)	3,137.7	3,179.4	3,171.3	3,173.2	3,154.4	3,174.1	3,182.0	3,187.4	5.4
Nursing care facilities	1,656.9	1,664.7	1,661.1	1,654.0	1,666.8	1,661.4	1,664.9	1,662.5	-2.4
Social assistance(1)	2,591.2	2,634.8	2,612.0	2,632.2	2,587.1	2,614.9	2,614.6	2,626.7	12.1
Child day care services	859.0	854.6	843.7	852.4	846.4	841.5	837.2	841.0	3.8
Leisure and hospitality	12,614	13,116	12,826	12,954	13,195	13,464	13,510	13,554	44
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	1,704.8	1,746.7	1,698.7	1,719.9	1,903.7	1,911.0	1,926.1	1,925.9	-0.2
Performing arts and spectator sports	369.3	373.3	357.3	364.1	399.9	392.9	400.2	395.4	-4.8
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions	118.7	128.1	122.3	122.5	130.6	135.4	135.0	134.7	-0.3
Amusements, gambling, and recreation	1,216.8	1,245.3	1,219.1	1,233.3	1,373.2	1,382.7	1,390.9	1,395.8	4.9
Accommodation and food services	10,909.5	11,369.2	11,127.3	11,233.7	11,291.1	11,552.5	11,583.5	11,628.0	44.5
Accommodation	1,690.9	1,734.9	1,706.4	1,716.8	1,774.5	1,802.0	1,802.5	1,806.2	3.7
Food services and drinking places	9,218.6	9,634.3	9,420.9	9,516.9	9,516.6	9,750.5	9,781.0	9,821.8	40.8
Other services	5,284	5,336	5,294	5,309	5,337	5,359	5,366	5,360	-6
Repair and maintenance	1,145.1	1,156.9	1,149.6	1,150.9	1,156.1	1,165.3	1,166.8	1,161.5	-5.3
Personal and laundry services	1,262.5	1,289.9	1,271.3	1,275.7	1,277.8	1,292.3	1,291.5	1,291.4	-0.1
Membership associations and organizations	2,876.2	2,889.0	2,872.6	2,882.6	2,903.4	2,901.1	2,907.5	2,907.5	0.0
Government	22,505	22,333	21,877	22,310	22,212	21,993	21,992	21,986	-6
Federal	2,853.0	2,834.0	2,807.0	2,798.0	2,877.0	2,836.0	2,828.0	2,821.0	-7.0
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service	2,214.5	2,211.6	2,188.7	2,182.9	2,233.5	2,216.2	2,208.4	2,202.0	-6.4
U.S. Postal Service	638.5	622.1	618.6	614.9	643.2	619.5	619.2	619.1	-0.1
State government	5,222.0	5,156.0	4,975.0	5,180.0	5,107.0	5,048.0	5,059.0	5,058.0	-1.0
State government education	2,505.9	2,491.8	2,323.0	2,527.5	2,379.2	2,377.9	2,395.9	2,397.4	1.5
State government, excluding education	2,715.9	2,663.7	2,652.1	2,652.5	2,728.2	2,670.3	2,662.8	2,660.1	-2.7
Local government	14,430.0	14,343.0	14,095.0	14,332.0	14,228.0	14,109.0	14,105.0	14,107.0	2.0
Local government education	8,243.6	8,173.3	7,961.9	8,196.5	7,931.2	7,859.5	7,856.4	7,861.6	5.2
Local government, excluding education	6,186.2	6,170.1	6,132.8	6,135.0	6,297.0	6,249.5	6,249.0	6,245.1	-3.9
Footnotes (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
Table B-2. Average weekly hours and overtime of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry	Feb. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012(p)	Feb. 2012(p)
AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS
Total private	34.3	34.5	34.5	34.5
Goods-producing	39.8	40.2	40.4	40.5
Mining and logging	44.1	44.7	45.3	45.1
Construction	37.7	38.4	38.6	38.9
Manufacturing	40.5	40.7	40.9	41.0
Durable goods	40.8	41.1	41.3	41.4
Nondurable goods	39.9	40.0	40.3	40.3
Private service-providing	33.2	33.3	33.3	33.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities	34.5	34.7	34.7	34.8
Wholesale trade	38.5	38.8	38.8	38.8
Retail trade	31.5	31.9	31.9	32.0
Transportation and warehousing	38.8	38.3	38.3	38.1
Utilities	41.3	41.1	41.5	41.3
Information	36.6	36.6	36.7	36.7
Financial activities	37.1	37.3	37.4	37.3
Professional and business services	35.7	35.8	35.8	35.8
Education and health services	32.7	32.8	32.8	32.8
Leisure and hospitality	25.9	26.1	26.1	26.1
Other services	31.7	31.6	31.6	31.6
AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS
Manufacturing	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.4
Durable goods	3.2	3.3	3.4	3.4
Nondurable goods	3.3	3.2	3.4	3.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry	Average hourly earnings				Average weekly earnings
	Feb. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012(p)	Feb. 2012(p)	Feb. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012(p)	Feb. 2012(p)
Total private	$22.88	$23.25	$23.28	$23.31	$784.78	$802.13	$803.16	$804.20
Goods-producing	24.23	24.55	24.56	24.59	964.35	986.91	992.22	995.90
Mining and logging	28.04	28.39	28.14	28.49	1,236.56	1,269.03	1,274.74	1,284.90
Construction	25.38	25.44	25.44	25.46	956.83	976.90	981.98	990.39
Manufacturing	23.47	23.86	23.90	23.90	950.54	971.10	977.51	979.90
Durable goods	24.95	25.33	25.36	25.32	1,017.96	1,041.06	1,047.37	1,048.25
Nondurable goods	21.02	21.37	21.41	21.48	838.70	854.80	862.82	865.64
Private service-providing	22.56	22.94	22.97	23.00	748.99	763.90	764.90	765.90
Trade, transportation, and utilities	19.87	20.21	20.19	20.19	685.52	701.29	700.59	702.61
Wholesale trade	26.25	26.49	26.46	26.47	1,010.63	1,027.81	1,026.65	1,027.04
Retail trade	15.74	16.03	16.03	16.07	495.81	511.36	511.36	514.24
Transportation and warehousing	21.31	22.00	21.93	21.87	826.83	842.60	839.92	833.25
Utilities	33.16	33.68	33.68	33.41	1,369.51	1,384.25	1,397.72	1,379.83
Information	31.52	31.73	31.60	31.67	1,153.63	1,161.32	1,159.72	1,162.29
Financial activities	27.63	28.30	28.49	28.60	1,025.07	1,055.59	1,065.53	1,066.78
Professional and business services	27.52	27.90	27.83	27.83	982.46	998.82	996.31	996.31
Education and health services	23.38	23.90	24.09	24.20	764.53	783.92	790.15	793.76
Leisure and hospitality	13.17	13.33	13.30	13.28	341.10	347.91	347.13	346.61
Other services	20.37	20.67	20.66	20.69	645.73	653.17	652.86	653.80
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-4. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted

[2007=100]

Industry	Index of aggregate weekly hours(1)					Index of aggregate weekly payrolls(2)
	Feb. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012(p)	Feb. 2012(p)	Percent change from: Jan. 2012 - Feb. 2012(p)	Feb. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012(p)	Feb. 2012(p)	Percent change from: Jan. 2012 - Feb. 2012(p)
Total private	93.2	95.3	95.5	95.7	0.2	101.7	105.6	106.0	106.4	0.4
Goods-producing	81.1	83.2	84.0	84.4	0.5	88.9	92.4	93.3	93.8	0.5
Mining and logging	102.7	115.5	118.4	118.8	0.3	115.6	131.6	133.8	135.8	1.5
Construction	71.3	73.4	74.1	74.5	0.5	78.7	81.1	81.9	82.4	0.6
Manufacturing	85.0	86.5	87.3	87.7	0.5	92.8	95.9	97.0	97.5	0.5
Durable goods	82.7	85.2	86.1	86.7	0.7	91.7	95.8	97.0	97.4	0.4
Nondurable goods	88.8	88.8	89.7	89.7	0.0	94.8	96.3	97.4	97.7	0.3
Private service-providing	96.6	98.4	98.6	98.9	0.3	105.6	109.4	109.8	110.2	0.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities	93.3	95.0	95.2	95.6	0.4	99.8	103.4	103.5	103.9	0.4
Wholesale trade	92.3	94.3	94.5	94.7	0.2	101.1	104.2	104.4	104.6	0.2
Retail trade	93.1	95.5	95.6	95.9	0.3	96.9	101.2	101.3	101.9	0.6
Transportation and warehousing	94.6	94.7	95.1	94.8	-0.3	102.3	105.8	105.8	105.2	-0.6
Utilities	98.8	99.4	100.5	100.1	-0.4	108.2	110.6	111.8	110.5	-1.2
Information	89.4	88.4	88.0	87.9	-0.1	100.3	99.9	99.0	99.2	0.2
Financial activities	93.8	94.6	94.8	94.7	-0.1	101.1	104.5	105.5	105.7	0.2
Professional and business services	96.0	99.1	99.5	99.9	0.4	107.1	112.0	112.2	112.7	0.4
Education and health services	105.0	107.2	107.4	107.8	0.4	115.0	120.0	121.2	122.2	0.8
Leisure and hospitality	97.5	100.3	100.6	100.9	0.3	103.6	107.8	108.0	108.1	0.1
Other services	93.7	93.8	93.9	93.8	-0.1	108.4	110.1	110.2	110.2	0.0
Footnotes (1) The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2007 annual average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment. (2) The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding 2007 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and employment. (p) Preliminary

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-5. Employment of women on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted

Industry	Women employees (in thousands)				Percent of all employees
	Feb. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012(p)	Feb. 2012(p)	Feb. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012(p)	Feb. 2012(p)
Total nonfarm	64,734	65,211	65,322	65,408	49.5	49.3	49.3	49.3
Total private	52,121	52,705	52,812	52,898	48.1	47.8	47.8	47.8
Goods-producing	4,067	4,044	4,058	4,058	22.7	22.2	22.2	22.2
Mining and logging	102	109	110	110	13.8	13.3	13.2	13.1
Construction	711	709	708	706	13.0	12.8	12.7	12.7
Manufacturing	3,254	3,226	3,240	3,242	27.9	27.3	27.3	27.3
Durable goods	1,721	1,714	1,721	1,723	23.9	23.3	23.2	23.2
Nondurable goods	1,533	1,512	1,519	1,519	34.4	34.0	34.1	34.1
Private service-providing	48,054	48,661	48,754	48,840	53.1	52.9	52.9	52.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities	10,019	10,041	10,067	10,059	40.3	39.9	39.9	39.8
Wholesale trade	1,652.1	1,678.0	1,681.0	1,682.8	30.1	30.1	30.1	30.1
Retail trade	7,227.4	7,219.8	7,237.9	7,225.9	49.7	49.0	49.0	49.0
Transportation and warehousing	1,004.0	1,006.0	1,009.5	1,010.6	23.6	23.3	23.3	23.2
Utilities	135.1	137.3	138.6	139.6	24.4	24.6	24.8	24.9
Information	1,086	1,069	1,063	1,064	40.6	40.4	40.5	40.5
Financial activities	4,482	4,480	4,477	4,478	58.4	58.2	58.2	58.1
Professional and business services	7,590	7,805	7,824	7,841	44.4	44.4	44.3	44.2
Education and health services	15,178	15,417	15,440	15,496	76.9	76.8	76.8	76.8
Leisure and hospitality	6,884	7,025	7,056	7,075	52.2	52.2	52.2	52.2
Other services	2,815	2,824	2,827	2,827	52.7	52.7	52.7	52.7
Government	12,613	12,506	12,510	12,510	56.8	56.9	56.9	56.9
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-6. Employment of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)

[In thousands]

Industry	Feb. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012(p)	Feb. 2012(p)
Total private	89,401	90,960	91,248	91,508
Goods-producing	12,881	13,111	13,181	13,209
Mining and logging	554	621	631	640
Construction	4,157	4,193	4,216	4,199
Manufacturing	8,170	8,297	8,334	8,370
Durable goods	4,927	5,059	5,091	5,122
Nondurable goods	3,243	3,238	3,243	3,248
Private service-providing	76,520	77,849	78,067	78,299
Trade, transportation, and utilities	21,047	21,365	21,410	21,437
Wholesale trade	4,401.2	4,473.6	4,490.0	4,501.3
Retail trade	12,538.4	12,721.0	12,734.4	12,738.4
Transportation and warehousing	3,666.3	3,724.7	3,740.3	3,750.0
Utilities	440.7	445.4	445.7	446.9
Information	2,151	2,128	2,114	2,111
Financial activities	5,885	5,900	5,907	5,915
Professional and business services	14,051	14,480	14,557	14,645
Education and health services	17,285	17,607	17,643	17,725
Leisure and hospitality	11,629	11,878	11,933	11,978
Other services	4,472	4,491	4,503	4,488
Footnotes (1) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. (p) Preliminary

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-7. Average weekly hours and overtime of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)

Industry	Feb. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012(p)	Feb. 2012(p)
AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS
Total private	33.6	33.7	33.7	33.8
Goods-producing	40.7	41.1	41.3	41.3
Mining and logging	45.7	47.6	48.0	47.6
Construction	38.7	39.2	39.1	39.3
Manufacturing	41.4	41.6	41.8	41.9
Durable goods	41.8	42.1	42.3	42.4
Nondurable goods	40.8	40.9	41.1	41.1
Private service-providing	32.4	32.5	32.5	32.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	33.6	33.8	33.9	33.9
Wholesale trade	38.4	38.7	38.6	38.7
Retail trade	30.4	30.7	30.8	30.8
Transportation and warehousing	38.0	37.7	37.7	37.8
Utilities	42.3	40.5	41.3	41.1
Information	36.4	36.0	36.2	36.0
Financial activities	36.4	36.6	36.6	36.6
Professional and business services	35.2	35.2	35.2	35.2
Education and health services	32.2	32.3	32.3	32.4
Leisure and hospitality	24.8	24.9	24.9	24.9
Other services	30.8	30.8	30.7	30.7
AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS
Manufacturing	4.2	4.1	4.2	4.3
Durable goods	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.5
Nondurable goods	4.0	3.9	4.0	4.0
Footnotes (1) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. (p) Preliminary

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)

Industry	Average hourly earnings				Average weekly earnings
	Feb. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012(p)	Feb. 2012(p)	Feb. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012(p)	Feb. 2012(p)
Total private	$19.33	$19.59	$19.61	$19.64	$649.49	$660.18	$660.86	$663.83
Goods-producing	20.56	20.78	20.78	20.83	836.79	854.06	858.21	860.28
Mining and logging	24.22	24.89	24.80	25.45	1,106.85	1,184.76	1,190.40	1,211.42
Construction	23.52	23.75	23.72	23.79	910.22	931.00	927.45	934.95
Manufacturing	18.88	19.02	19.04	19.04	781.63	791.23	795.87	797.78
Durable goods	20.09	20.15	20.17	20.17	839.76	848.32	853.19	855.21
Nondurable goods	17.00	17.19	17.21	17.20	693.60	703.07	707.33	706.92
Private service-providing	19.07	19.34	19.36	19.38	617.87	628.55	629.20	629.85
Trade, transportation, and utilities	17.06	17.25	17.28	17.29	573.22	583.05	585.79	586.13
Wholesale trade	21.90	21.97	22.05	22.03	840.96	850.24	851.13	852.56
Retail trade	13.41	13.67	13.67	13.70	407.66	419.67	421.04	421.96
Transportation and warehousing	19.43	19.60	19.64	19.63	738.34	738.92	740.43	742.01
Utilities	30.19	30.99	31.06	30.96	1,277.04	1,255.10	1,282.78	1,272.46
Information	26.40	26.80	26.76	26.74	960.96	964.80	968.71	962.64
Financial activities	21.69	22.26	22.28	22.30	789.52	814.72	815.45	816.18
Professional and business services	23.02	23.12	23.13	23.11	810.30	813.82	814.18	813.47
Education and health services	20.53	21.01	21.07	21.13	661.07	678.62	680.56	684.61
Leisure and hospitality	11.37	11.53	11.54	11.59	281.98	287.10	287.35	288.59
Other services	17.22	17.42	17.42	17.45	530.38	536.54	534.79	535.72
Footnotes (1) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. (p) Preliminary

ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-9. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted(1)

[2002=100]

Industry	Index of aggregate weekly hours(2)					Index of aggregate weekly payrolls(3)
	Feb. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012(p)	Feb. 2012(p)	Percent change from: Jan. 2012 - Feb. 2012(p)	Feb. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012(p)	Feb. 2012(p)	Percent change from: Jan. 2012 - Feb. 2012(p)
Total private	100.4	102.4	102.7	103.3	0.6	129.6	134.1	134.6	135.6	0.7
Goods-producing	80.1	82.3	83.2	83.4	0.2	100.9	104.8	105.9	106.3	0.4
Mining and logging	134.5	157.1	161.0	161.9	0.6	189.5	227.4	232.1	239.6	3.2
Construction	80.6	82.3	82.5	82.6	0.1	102.3	105.5	105.7	106.1	0.4
Manufacturing	77.6	79.2	80.0	80.5	0.6	95.9	98.6	99.6	100.2	0.6
Durable goods	77.4	80.0	80.9	81.6	0.9	97.1	100.7	101.9	102.8	0.9
Nondurable goods	78.0	78.0	78.5	78.7	0.3	93.6	94.8	95.5	95.6	0.1
Private service-providing	106.0	108.2	108.5	108.8	0.3	138.6	143.5	144.0	144.6	0.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities	98.6	100.7	101.2	101.3	0.1	120.0	123.9	124.7	125.0	0.2
Wholesale trade	99.5	102.0	102.1	102.6	0.5	128.4	132.0	132.6	133.1	0.4
Retail trade	96.5	98.9	99.3	99.3	0.0	110.9	115.8	116.3	116.6	0.3
Transportation and warehousing	104.9	105.7	106.1	106.7	0.6	129.3	131.4	132.2	132.9	0.5
Utilities	95.3	92.3	94.1	93.9	-0.2	120.1	119.3	122.0	121.4	-0.5
Information	89.4	87.4	87.3	86.7	-0.7	116.8	116.0	115.7	114.8	-0.8
Financial activities	102.5	103.3	103.5	103.6	0.1	137.5	142.2	142.5	142.8	0.2
Professional and business services	110.8	114.2	114.8	115.5	0.6	151.8	157.2	158.1	158.9	0.5
Education and health services	120.1	122.7	122.9	123.9	0.8	162.0	169.4	170.3	172.1	1.1
Leisure and hospitality	105.6	108.3	108.8	109.2	0.4	136.4	141.9	142.6	143.8	0.8
Other services	96.6	97.0	97.0	96.6	-0.4	121.2	123.1	123.1	122.9	-0.2
Footnotes (1) Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. (2) The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002 annual average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment. (3) The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and employment. (p) Preliminary