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                 THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION:  APRIL 2009


   Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in April (-539,000), and
the unemployment rate rose from 8.5 to 8.9 percent, the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  Since the recession
began in December 2007, 5.7 million jobs have been lost.  In April, job los-
ses were large and widespread across nearly all major private-sector indus-
tries. Overall, private-sector employment fell by 611,000.

Unemployment (Household Survey Data)

   The number of unemployed persons increased by 563,000 to 13.7 million in
April, and the unemployment rate rose to 8.9 percent.  Over the past 12 months,
the number of unemployed persons has risen by 6.0 million, and the unemployment
rate has grown by 3.9 percentage points. (See table A-1.)

   Unemployment rates rose in April for adult men (9.4 percent) and blacks
(15.0 percent).  The jobless rates for adult women (7.1 percent), teenagers
(21.5 percent), whites (8.0 percent), and Hispanics (11.3 percent) were little
changed over the month.  The unemployment rate for Asians was 6.6 percent in
April, not seasonally adjusted, up from 3.2 percent a year earlier.  (See
tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

   Among the unemployed, the number of job losers and persons who completed
temporary jobs rose by 571,000 in April to 8.8 million. This group has more
than doubled in size over the past 12 months.  (See table A-8.)

   The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more)
increased by 498,000 to 3.7 million over the month and has risen by 2.4 mil-
lion since the start of the recession in December 2007.  (See table A-9.)

Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

   The civilian labor force participation rate rose in April to 65.8 percent,
and the employment-population ratio was unchanged at 59.9 percent.  The employ-
ment-population ratios for adult men and women showed little or no change over
the month.  However, since December 2007, the men's ratio was down by 4.4 per-
centage points, while the women's ratio was down by 1.3 percentage points.
(See table A-1.)

   In April, the number of persons working part time for economic reasons
(sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) was essentially un-
changed at 8.9 million; however, the number of such workers has risen by 3.7
million over the past 12 months.  (See table A-5.)


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Table A.  Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted        
(Numbers in thousands)                                                          
_______________________________________________________________________________ 
                         |                 |                          |         
                         |    Quarterly    |                          |         
                         |     averages    |       Monthly data       |  Mar.-  
        Category         |_________________|__________________________|  Apr.   
                         |        |        |        |        |        | change  
                         |   IV   |    I   |  Feb.  |  Mar.  |  Apr.  |         
                         |  2008  |  2009  |  2009  |  2009  |  2009  |         
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________ 
                         |                                                      
     HOUSEHOLD DATA      |                 Labor force status                   
                         |_____________________________________________________ 
                         |        |        |        |        |        |         
Civilian labor force ....| 154,648| 153,993| 154,214| 154,048| 154,731|     683 
  Employment ............| 144,046| 141,578| 141,748| 140,887| 141,007|     120 
  Unemployment ..........|  10,602|  12,415|  12,467|  13,161|  13,724|     563 
Not in labor force ......|  80,177|  80,920|  80,699|  81,038|  80,541|    -497 
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________ 
                         |                                                      
                         |                 Unemployment rates                   
                         |_____________________________________________________ 
                         |        |        |        |        |        |         
All workers .............|     6.9|     8.1|     8.1|     8.5|     8.9|     0.4 
  Adult men .............|     6.8|     8.2|     8.1|     8.8|     9.4|      .6 
  Adult women ...........|     5.6|     6.7|     6.7|     7.0|     7.1|      .1 
  Teenagers .............|    20.7|    21.3|    21.6|    21.7|    21.5|     -.2 
  White .................|     6.3|     7.4|     7.3|     7.9|     8.0|      .1 
  Black or African       |        |        |        |        |        |         
    American ............|    11.5|    13.1|    13.4|    13.3|    15.0|     1.7 
  Hispanic or Latino     |        |        |        |        |        |         
    ethnicity ...........|     8.9|    10.7|    10.9|    11.4|    11.3|     -.1 
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________ 
                         |                                                      
  ESTABLISHMENT DATA     |                     Employment                       
                         |_____________________________________________________ 
                         |        |        |        |        |        |         
Nonfarm employment.......| 135,727|p133,646| 133,652|p132,953|p132,414|   p-539 
  Goods-producing (1)....|  20,803| p19,824|  19,832| p19,514| p19,244|   p-270 
    Construction ........|   6,949|  p6,586|   6,593|  p6,458|  p6,348|   p-110 
    Manufacturing .......|  13,062| p12,470|  12,468| p12,301| p12,152|   p-149 
  Service-providing (1)..| 114,924|p113,822| 113,820|p113,439|p113,170|   p-269 
      Retail trade (2)...|  15,127| p14,932|  14,934| p14,870| p14,824|    p-47 
    Professional and     |        |        |        |        |        |         
      business services .|  17,485| p17,044|  17,029| p16,899| p16,777|   p-122 
    Education and health |        |        |        |        |        |         
      services ..........|  19,035| p19,135|  19,138| p19,148| p19,163|     p15 
    Leisure and          |        |        |        |        |        |         
      hospitality .......|  13,348| p13,233|  13,236| p13,194| p13,150|    p-44 
    Government ..........|  22,538| p22,543|  22,547| p22,541| p22,613|     p72 
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________ 
                         |                                                      
                         |                  Hours of work (3)                   
                         |_____________________________________________________ 
                         |        |        |        |        |        |         
Total private ...........|    33.4|   p33.3|    33.3|   p33.2|   p33.2|    p0.0 
  Manufacturing .........|    40.2|   p39.6|    39.5|   p39.4|   p39.6|     p.2 
    Overtime ............|     3.2|    p2.7|     2.7|    p2.6|    p2.7|     p.1 
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________ 
                         |                                                      
                         |   Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(3)    
                         |_____________________________________________________ 
                         |        |        |        |        |        |         
Total private ...........|   104.1|  p101.8|   101.9|  p100.9|  p100.3|   p-0.6 
                         |________|________|________|________|________|________ 
                         |                                                      
                         |                     Earnings (3)                     
                         |_____________________________________________________ 
Average hourly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |         
  total private .........|  $18.34| p$18.46|  $18.46| p$18.50| p$18.51|  p$0.01 
Average weekly earnings, |        |        |        |        |        |         
  total private .........|  612.55| p614.21|  614.72| p614.20| p614.53|    p.33 
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________ 
                                                                                
   1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.                           
   2 Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using      
unrounded data.                                                                 
   3 Data relate to private production and nonsupervisory workers.              
   p = preliminary.                                                             


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Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)

   About 2.1 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached
to the labor force in April, 675,000 more than a year earlier.  These indivi-
duals wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in
the prior 12 months.  They were not counted as unemployed because they had not
searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey.  Among the marginally
attached, there were 740,000 discouraged workers in April, up by 328,000 from a
year earlier.  Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work
because they believe no jobs are available for them.  The other 1.4 million per-
sons marginally attached to the labor force in April had not searched for work
in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or
family responsibilities.  (See table A-13.)

Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)

   Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 539,000 in April to 132.4 million; pri-
vate-sector employment declined by 611,000.  Since the recession began in
December 2007, payroll employment has fallen by 5.7 million.  In April, job los-
ses continued in most major private-sector industries.  Employment rose in the
federal government mainly due to hiring of temporary workers for Census 2010.
(See table B-1.)

   Employment in manufacturing fell by 149,000 over the month, with widespread
job losses among the component industries.  Three durable goods industries--
transportation equipment (-34,000), fabricated metal products (-29,000), and
machinery (-22,000)--accounted for more than half of the decline.  Since
September 2008, manufacturing has lost 1.2 million jobs.

   Construction employment declined by 110,000 in April, with losses spread
throughout the sector.  Over the past 6 months, job losses have averaged
120,000 per month, compared with 46,000 per month from December 2007 through
October 2008.

   The professional and business services industry lost 122,000 jobs in April.
This industry has shed an average of 139,000 jobs per month since October 2008.
Half of the April decline occurred in temporary help services.

   Employment in retail trade fell by 47,000 in April.  Job losses in department
stores (-14,000), automobile dealers (-9,000), and building material and garden
supply stores (-8,000) accounted for most of the decline.  Wholesale trade em-
ployment was down by 41,000 over the month, with much of the decrease among dur-
able goods wholesalers.

   Employment in transportation and warehousing declined by 38,000 in April,
with losses concentrated in truck transportation (-16,000) and warehousing and
storage (-8,000).  Employment in financial activities declined by 40,000 over
the month.  Job losses occurred throughout the sector, including real estate and
rental and leasing (-15,000) and credit intermediation and related activities
(-14,000).  The leisure and hospitality industry lost 44,000 jobs in April.

   Health care employment grew by 17,000 in April.  Job gains in health care
have averaged 17,000 per month thus far in 2009, down from an average of 30,000
per month during 2008.  Employment in federal government rose by 66,000 over the
month largely due to the hiring of temporary workers for Census 2010 preparatory
work.


                                   - 4 -


   The change in total nonfarm employment for February was revised from -651,000
to -681,000, and the change for March was revised from -663,000 to -699,000.
Monthly revisions result from additional sample reports and the monthly recal-
culation of seasonal factors.

Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)

   In April, the average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on
private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.2 hours, seasonally adjusted.  The
manufacturing workweek increased by 0.2 hour to 39.6 hours, and factory overtime
rose by 0.1 hour to 2.7 hours.  (See table B-2.)

   The index of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers
on private nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.6 percent in April.  The manufacturing in-
dex declined by 0.9 percent over the month.  (See table B-5.)

Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)

   In April, average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers
on private nonfarm payrolls was essentially unchanged.  This followed a gain of
4 cents in March.  Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings increased by
3.2 percent, and average weekly earnings rose by 1.3 percent.  (See table B-3.)


                           _____________________________


   The Employment Situation for May 2009 is scheduled to be released on Friday,
June 5, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).





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    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 estab-
lishment survey employment series has a smaller margin of error on the mea-
surement of month-to-month change than the household survey because of its
much larger sample size.  An over-the-month employment change of 107,000 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 establish-
ment 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?

   Neither the establishment nor household survey is designed to identify the
legal status of workers.  Thus, while it is likely that both surveys include
at least some undocumented immigrants, it is not possible to determine how many
are counted in either survey.  The household survey does include questions about
whether respondents were born outside the United States.  Data from these ques-
tions show that foreign-born workers accounted for 15.6 percent of the labor 
force in 2008. 


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 http://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 http://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 busi-
ness establishments with fewer than 20 employees.  The establishment survey sam-
ple is designed to maximize the reliability of the total nonfarm employment esti-
mate; firms from all size classes and industries are appropriately sampled to 
achieve that goal.



                                  - 6 -

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 (discouraged workers and other groups not officially
counted as unemployed) are published each month in the Employment Situation news
release.




                                  - 7 - 


Technical Note

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

   The establishment survey provides the information on the employment, hours,
and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the B tables, marked
ESTABLISHMENT DATA.  This information is collected from payroll records by BLS
in cooperation with state agencies.  The sample includes about 160,000 businesses
and government agencies covering approximately 400,000 individual worksites.  
The active sample includes about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers.  The
sample is drawn from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts.

   For both surveys, the data for a given month  relate to a particular week or
pay period.  In the household survey,  the reference week is generally the calen-
dar 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 unemploy-
ment 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.


                                  - 8 -


   Establishment survey.  The sample establishments are drawn from private nonfarm
businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as federal, state, and
local government entities.  Employees on nonfarm payrolls are those who received pay
for any part of the reference pay period, including persons on paid leave.  Persons
are counted in each job they hold.  Hours and earnings data are for private busi-
nesses and relate only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and non-
supervisory workers in the service-providing sector.  Industries are classified on 
the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2007 version of the 
North American Industry Classification System.

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

   --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed, unpaid
family workers, and private household workers among the employed.  These groups are
excluded from the establishment survey.

   --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed.  The
establishment survey does not.

   --The household survey is limited to  workers 16 years of age and older.  The
establishment survey is not limited by age.

   --The  household survey has no duplication of individuals, because individuals
are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In the establishment
survey, employees working at more than one job  and thus appearing on more than
one payroll would be counted separately for each appearance.

Seasonal adjustment

   Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the levels of
employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events as
changes in weather, reduced or expanded production, harvests, major holidays, and the
opening and closing of schools.  The effect of such seasonal  variation can be very
large; seasonal fluctuations may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-
month changes in unemployment.

   Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year,
their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by adjusting the statistics
from month to month.  These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as de-
clines in economic activity or increases in the participation of women in the labor
force, easier to spot.  For example, the large number of youth entering the labor
force each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place rela-
tive to May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has
risen or declined.  However, because the effect of students finishing school in pre-
vious years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted to allow
for a comparable change.  Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the
adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in economic
activity.


                                  - 9 -


   Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the  household
and establishment surveys.  However, the adjusted series for many  major estimates,
such as total payroll employment, employment in most supersectors, 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.  In both surveys, revisions to historical data
are made once a year.

Reliability of the estimates

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

   For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total employment
from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus 430,000.  Suppose the
estimate of total employment increases by 100,000 from one month to the next.  The
90-percent confidence interval on the monthly change would range from -330,000 to
530,000 (100,000 +/- 430,000).  These figures do not mean that the sample results are
off by these magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval.  Since this range includes
values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that employment had, in
fact, increased.  If, however, the reported employment rise was half a million, then
all of the values within the 90-percent confidence interval would be greater than zero.
In this case, it is likely (at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had,
in fact, occurred.  At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent con-
fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 280,000, and for
the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19 percentage point.

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


                                  - 10 -


   The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling error.
Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a seg-
ment 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 pro-
cessing of the data.
 
   For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2 months are
based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled
preliminary in the tables.  It is only after two successive revisions to a monthly esti-
mate, 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 inabil-
ity to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new firms.  To correct for
this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two
components is used to account for business births.  The first component uses business
deaths to impute employment for business births.  This is incorporated into the sample-
based link relative estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out
of business, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample.  The
second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the residual net
birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation.  The historical time series
used to create and test the ARIMA model was derived from the unemployment insurance uni-
verse micro-level database, and reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths
over the past five years.

   The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted once a year
(on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment obtained from administra-
tive 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 0.2 percent, with a range
from 0.1 percent 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; TDD message referral phone:  1-800-877-8339.




  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-1.  Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                      Seasonally adjusted (1)                  
                                                                                                                                         
         Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Apr.      Mar.      Apr.      Apr.      Dec.      Jan.      Feb.      Mar.      Apr.  
                                                   2008      2009      2009      2008      2008      2009      2009      2009      2009  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                      TOTAL                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  233,198   235,086   235,271   233,198   235,035   234,739   234,913   235,086   235,271 
    Civilian labor force.......................  153,208   153,728   153,834   153,932   154,447   153,716   154,214   154,048   154,731 
          Participation rate...................     65.7      65.4      65.4      66.0      65.7      65.5      65.6      65.5      65.8 
      Employed.................................  145,921   139,833   140,586   146,257   143,338   142,099   141,748   140,887   141,007 
          Employment-population ratio..........     62.6      59.5      59.8      62.7      61.0      60.5      60.3      59.9      59.9 
      Unemployed...............................    7,287    13,895    13,248     7,675    11,108    11,616    12,467    13,161    13,724 
          Unemployment rate....................      4.8       9.0       8.6       5.0       7.2       7.6       8.1       8.5       8.9 
    Not in labor force.........................   79,990    81,358    81,437    79,267    80,588    81,023    80,699    81,038    80,541 
      Persons who currently want a job.........    4,677     5,535     5,868     4,782     5,488     5,643     5,645     5,814     5,935 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 16 years and over                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  112,803   113,758   113,857   112,803   113,769   113,573   113,666   113,758   113,857 
    Civilian labor force.......................   81,864    81,839    81,878    82,290    82,338    81,863    81,994    81,804    82,358 
          Participation rate...................     72.6      71.9      71.9      73.0      72.4      72.1      72.1      71.9      72.3 
      Employed.................................   77,745    73,195    73,771    78,029    75,847    75,092    74,777    74,053    74,116 
          Employment-population ratio..........     68.9      64.3      64.8      69.2      66.7      66.1      65.8      65.1      65.1 
      Unemployed...............................    4,119     8,644     8,107     4,262     6,491     6,771     7,217     7,751     8,242 
          Unemployment rate....................      5.0      10.6       9.9       5.2       7.9       8.3       8.8       9.5      10.0 
    Not in labor force.........................   30,939    31,919    31,979    30,512    31,431    31,710    31,672    31,954    31,498 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  104,152   105,095   105,196   104,152   105,083   104,902   104,999   105,095   105,196 
    Civilian labor force.......................   78,632    78,826    78,811    78,820    78,998    78,585    78,687    78,578    79,081 
          Participation rate...................     75.5      75.0      74.9      75.7      75.2      74.9      74.9      74.8      75.2 
      Employed.................................   75,048    70,984    71,468    75,147    73,285    72,613    72,293    71,655    71,678 
          Employment-population ratio..........     72.1      67.5      67.9      72.2      69.7      69.2      68.9      68.2      68.1 
      Unemployed...............................    3,584     7,842     7,343     3,673     5,714     5,972     6,394     6,923     7,403 
          Unemployment rate....................      4.6       9.9       9.3       4.7       7.2       7.6       8.1       8.8       9.4 
    Not in labor force.........................   25,520    26,269    26,386    25,332    26,085    26,318    26,312    26,516    26,115 
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 16 years and over                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  120,396   121,328   121,415   120,396   121,266   121,166   121,247   121,328   121,415 
    Civilian labor force.......................   71,344    71,889    71,956    71,641    72,109    71,853    72,220    72,244    72,372 
          Participation rate...................     59.3      59.3      59.3      59.5      59.5      59.3      59.6      59.5      59.6 
      Employed.................................   68,176    66,638    66,815    68,228    67,491    67,007    66,970    66,834    66,890 
          Employment-population ratio..........     56.6      54.9      55.0      56.7      55.7      55.3      55.2      55.1      55.1 
      Unemployed...............................    3,168     5,251     5,141     3,413     4,618     4,845     5,250     5,410     5,482 
          Unemployment rate....................      4.4       7.3       7.1       4.8       6.4       6.7       7.3       7.5       7.6 
    Not in labor force.........................   49,052    49,438    49,458    48,754    49,157    49,313    49,027    49,084    49,042 
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  111,990   112,908   112,999   111,990   112,825   112,738   112,824   112,908   112,999 
    Civilian labor force.......................   68,053    68,883    68,957    68,118    68,891    68,584    68,917    68,977    69,148 
          Participation rate...................     60.8      61.0      61.0      60.8      61.1      60.8      61.1      61.1      61.2 
      Employed.................................   65,329    64,123    64,318    65,196    64,860    64,298    64,271    64,148    64,226 
          Employment-population ratio..........     58.3      56.8      56.9      58.2      57.5      57.0      57.0      56.8      56.8 
      Unemployed...............................    2,724     4,760     4,639     2,923     4,031     4,286     4,646     4,828     4,922 
          Unemployment rate....................      4.0       6.9       6.7       4.3       5.9       6.2       6.7       7.0       7.1 
    Not in labor force.........................   43,937    44,025    44,041    43,872    43,935    44,154    43,907    43,931    43,850 
                                                                                                                                         
           Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........   17,056    17,083    17,076    17,056    17,126    17,098    17,090    17,083    17,076 
    Civilian labor force.......................    6,523     6,019     6,066     6,993     6,557     6,547     6,610     6,493     6,501 
          Participation rate...................     38.2      35.2      35.5      41.0      38.3      38.3      38.7      38.0      38.1 
      Employed.................................    5,544     4,726     4,799     5,914     5,194     5,188     5,184     5,083     5,103 
          Employment-population ratio..........     32.5      27.7      28.1      34.7      30.3      30.3      30.3      29.8      29.9 
      Unemployed...............................      979     1,293     1,267     1,079     1,363     1,359     1,427     1,410     1,398 
          Unemployment rate....................     15.0      21.5      20.9      15.4      20.8      20.8      21.6      21.7      21.5 
    Not in labor force.........................   10,533    11,064    11,010    10,063    10,568    10,551    10,480    10,590    10,575 
  
    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                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-2.  Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                      Seasonally adjusted (1)                  
                                                                                                                                         
      Employment status, race, sex, and age                                                                                              
                                                   Apr.      Mar.      Apr.      Apr.      Dec.      Jan.      Feb.      Mar.      Apr.  
                                                   2008      2009      2009      2008      2008      2009      2009      2009      2009  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                     WHITE                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........  189,147   190,436   190,552   189,147   190,351   190,225   190,331   190,436   190,552 
    Civilian labor force.......................  124,599   125,433   125,316   125,198   125,634   125,312   125,703   125,599   126,110 
        Participation rate.....................     65.9      65.9      65.8      66.2      66.0      65.9      66.0      66.0      66.2 
      Employed.................................  119,341   114,831   115,587   119,644   117,357   116,692   116,481   115,693   115,977 
        Employment-population ratio............     63.1      60.3      60.7      63.3      61.7      61.3      61.2      60.8      60.9 
      Unemployed...............................    5,258    10,602     9,729     5,554     8,277     8,621     9,222     9,906    10,133 
        Unemployment rate......................      4.2       8.5       7.8       4.4       6.6       6.9       7.3       7.9       8.0 
    Not in labor force.........................   64,548    65,003    65,235    63,949    64,718    64,913    64,628    64,837    64,441 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force.......................   65,110    65,363    65,298    65,220    65,331    65,126    65,180    65,032    65,509 
        Participation rate.....................     75.8      75.5      75.4      76.0      75.5      75.4      75.4      75.2      75.7 
      Employed.................................   62,483    59,307    59,847    62,510    61,101    60,683    60,361    59,811    59,967 
        Employment-population ratio............     72.8      68.5      69.1      72.8      70.7      70.2      69.8      69.1      69.3 
      Unemployed...............................    2,627     6,056     5,451     2,710     4,230     4,443     4,819     5,221     5,543 
        Unemployment rate......................      4.0       9.3       8.3       4.2       6.5       6.8       7.4       8.0       8.5 
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force.......................   54,102    54,997    55,033    54,206    54,878    54,786    54,967    55,115    55,227 
        Participation rate.....................     60.0      60.5      60.5      60.1      60.5      60.4      60.5      60.7      60.8 
      Employed.................................   52,195    51,462    51,692    52,180    51,846    51,601    51,624    51,519    51,695 
        Employment-population ratio............     57.9      56.6      56.9      57.8      57.1      56.9      56.9      56.7      56.9 
      Unemployed...............................    1,907     3,535     3,341     2,026     3,031     3,185     3,344     3,596     3,533 
        Unemployment rate......................      3.5       6.4       6.1       3.7       5.5       5.8       6.1       6.5       6.4 
                                                                                                                                         
           Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force.......................    5,386     5,073     4,986     5,772     5,425     5,400     5,556     5,452     5,374 
        Participation rate.....................     41.2      38.8      38.2      44.1      41.4      41.3      42.5      41.7      41.1 
      Employed.................................    4,663     4,062     4,049     4,955     4,409     4,408     4,497     4,363     4,316 
        Employment-population ratio............     35.7      31.1      31.0      37.9      33.6      33.7      34.4      33.4      33.0 
      Unemployed...............................      723     1,010       937       817     1,016       993     1,059     1,089     1,058 
        Unemployment rate......................     13.4      19.9      18.8      14.2      18.7      18.4      19.1      20.0      19.7 
                                                                                                                                         
           BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........   27,746    28,118    28,153    27,746    28,059    28,052    28,085    28,118    28,153 
    Civilian labor force.......................   17,654    17,429    17,670    17,755    17,796    17,791    17,703    17,542    17,816 
        Participation rate.....................     63.6      62.0      62.8      64.0      63.4      63.4      63.0      62.4      63.3 
      Employed.................................   16,207    15,074    15,119    16,200    15,674    15,546    15,336    15,212    15,142 
        Employment-population ratio............     58.4      53.6      53.7      58.4      55.9      55.4      54.6      54.1      53.8 
      Unemployed...............................    1,447     2,355     2,551     1,555     2,122     2,245     2,368     2,330     2,673 
        Unemployment rate......................      8.2      13.5      14.4       8.8      11.9      12.6      13.4      13.3      15.0 
    Not in labor force.........................   10,092    10,689    10,483     9,991    10,263    10,261    10,382    10,576    10,337 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force.......................    7,905     7,850     7,932     7,943     7,999     7,979     7,949     7,917     7,990 
        Participation rate.....................     70.9      69.4      70.0      71.2      70.8      70.7      70.4      70.0      70.5 
      Employed.................................    7,243     6,566     6,567     7,262     6,930     6,850     6,762     6,700     6,620 
        Employment-population ratio............     65.0      58.0      58.0      65.1      61.4      60.7      59.9      59.2      58.4 
      Unemployed...............................      662     1,284     1,365       681     1,069     1,129     1,187     1,218     1,370 
        Unemployment rate......................      8.4      16.4      17.2       8.6      13.4      14.1      14.9      15.4      17.2 
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force.......................    9,039     8,935     9,023     9,044     9,060     9,022     9,006     8,932     9,064 
        Participation rate.....................     64.9      63.3      63.9      64.9      64.4      64.1      63.9      63.3      64.1 
      Employed.................................    8,419     8,071     8,076     8,359     8,256     8,194     8,115     8,045     8,025 
        Employment-population ratio............     60.4      57.2      57.2      60.0      58.7      58.2      57.6      57.0      56.8 
      Unemployed...............................      620       864       947       685       804       828       890       887     1,038 
        Unemployment rate......................      6.9       9.7      10.5       7.6       8.9       9.2       9.9       9.9      11.5 
                                                                                                                                         
           Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force.......................      710       644       714       768       736       790       749       692       762 
        Participation rate.....................     26.6      23.9      26.5      28.8      27.4      29.4      27.8      25.7      28.3 
      Employed.................................      545       437       475       579       488       502       459       467       497 
        Employment-population ratio............     20.4      16.2      17.7      21.7      18.1      18.6      17.0      17.4      18.5 
      Unemployed...............................      165       207       239       189       248       288       290       225       265 
        Unemployment rate......................     23.3      32.2      33.5      24.6      33.7      36.5      38.8      32.5      34.7 
                                                                                                                                         
                     ASIAN                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........   10,658    10,778    10,788      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
    Civilian labor force.......................    7,220     7,111     7,128      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Participation rate.....................     67.7      66.0      66.1      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Employed.................................    6,985     6,656     6,659      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Employment-population ratio............     65.5      61.8      61.7      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Unemployed...............................      234       455       469      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Unemployment rate......................      3.2       6.4       6.6      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
    Not in labor force.........................    3,438     3,667     3,660      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
  
     1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and
  seasonally adjusted columns.
     2 Data not available.
     NOTE:  Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races.
  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
  
  
  

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-3.  Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                      Seasonally adjusted (1)                  
                                                                                                                                         
         Employment status, sex, and age                                                                                                 
                                                   Apr.      Mar.      Apr.      Apr.      Dec.      Jan.      Feb.      Mar.      Apr.  
                                                   2008      2009      2009      2008      2008      2009      2009      2009      2009  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
          HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                         
  Civilian noninstitutional population.........   31,911    32,585    32,671    31,911    32,649    32,417    32,501    32,585    32,671 
    Civilian labor force.......................   21,901    22,188    22,317    21,920    22,134    21,931    22,100    22,175    22,376 
        Participation rate.....................     68.6      68.1      68.3      68.7      67.8      67.7      68.0      68.1      68.5 
      Employed.................................   20,456    19,485    19,895    20,392    20,096    19,800    19,684    19,640    19,854 
        Employment-population ratio............     64.1      59.8      60.9      63.9      61.6      61.1      60.6      60.3      60.8 
      Unemployed...............................    1,445     2,703     2,422     1,528     2,038     2,132     2,416     2,536     2,521 
        Unemployment rate......................      6.6      12.2      10.9       7.0       9.2       9.7      10.9      11.4      11.3 
    Not in labor force.........................   10,010    10,397    10,354     9,990    10,515    10,486    10,401    10,410    10,295 
                                                                                                                                         
             Men, 20 years and over                                                                                                      
    Civilian labor force.......................   12,495    12,648    12,698      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Participation rate.....................     84.1      83.4      83.6      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Employed.................................   11,769    11,110    11,407      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Employment-population ratio............     79.2      73.3      75.1      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Unemployed...............................      726     1,538     1,291      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Unemployment rate......................      5.8      12.2      10.2      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
                                                                                                                                         
            Women, 20 years and over                                                                                                     
    Civilian labor force.......................    8,272     8,567     8,601      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Participation rate.....................     59.0      59.8      59.9      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Employed.................................    7,774     7,645     7,740      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Employment-population ratio............     55.4      53.3      53.9      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Unemployed...............................      497       922       860      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Unemployment rate......................      6.0      10.8      10.0      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
                                                                                                                                         
           Both sexes, 16 to 19 years                                                                                                    
    Civilian labor force.......................    1,134       974     1,018      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Participation rate.....................     37.6      31.4      32.8      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Employed.................................      913       731       748      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Employment-population ratio............     30.3      23.6      24.1      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
      Unemployed...............................      222       243       270      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
        Unemployment rate......................     19.5      24.9      26.5      (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)       (2)  
    
       1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and
    seasonally adjusted columns.
       2 Data not available.
       NOTE:  Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.  Updated population controls are introduced
    annually with the release of January data.
    
    
    

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-4.  Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
             Educational attainment                                                                                                      
                                                   Apr.      Mar.      Apr.      Apr.      Dec.      Jan.      Feb.      Mar.      Apr.  
                                                   2008      2009      2009      2008      2008      2009      2009      2009      2009  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
         Less than a high school diploma                                                                                                 
  Civilian labor force.........................   12,280    12,102    12,180    12,102    12,108    12,024    11,955    11,997    12,027 
      Participation rate.......................     46.2      46.1      46.2      45.6      46.4      45.9      46.4      45.7      45.7 
    Employed...................................   11,353    10,220    10,399    11,148    10,793    10,577    10,445    10,399    10,251 
      Employment-population ratio..............     42.7      38.9      39.5      42.0      41.4      40.4      40.5      39.6      38.9 
    Unemployed.................................      927     1,882     1,781       954     1,315     1,446     1,510     1,598     1,776 
      Unemployment rate........................      7.6      15.5      14.6       7.9      10.9      12.0      12.6      13.3      14.8 
                                                                                                                                         
      High school graduates, no college (1)                                                                                              
  Civilian labor force.........................   37,703    38,516    38,300    37,809    38,656    38,675    38,463    38,434    38,687 
      Participation rate.......................     62.2      62.4      62.4      62.4      62.5      62.4      62.2      62.3      63.0 
    Employed...................................   35,837    34,661    34,733    35,907    35,683    35,599    35,270    34,981    35,086 
      Employment-population ratio..............     59.1      56.2      56.6      59.3      57.6      57.4      57.1      56.7      57.1 
    Unemployed.................................    1,865     3,854     3,568     1,902     2,972     3,075     3,193     3,454     3,601 
      Unemployment rate........................      4.9      10.0       9.3       5.0       7.7       8.0       8.3       9.0       9.3 
                                                                                                                                         
        Some college or associate degree                                                                                                 
  Civilian labor force.........................   36,635    36,872    36,917    36,637    37,049    36,693    37,362    36,921    36,959 
      Participation rate.......................     72.1      71.7      71.6      72.1      72.0      72.0      72.1      71.8      71.7 
    Employed...................................   35,219    34,011    34,169    35,189    34,969    34,433    34,738    34,267    34,207 
      Employment-population ratio..............     69.3      66.1      66.3      69.3      68.0      67.6      67.1      66.6      66.4 
    Unemployed.................................    1,415     2,861     2,748     1,447     2,080     2,260     2,624     2,653     2,752 
      Unemployment rate........................      3.9       7.8       7.4       4.0       5.6       6.2       7.0       7.2       7.4 
                                                                                                                                         
        Bachelor's degree and higher (2)                                                                                                 
  Civilian labor force.........................   45,234    45,304    45,377    45,136    45,182    45,208    45,027    45,401    45,442 
      Participation rate.......................     78.3      77.9      77.6      78.1      77.9      77.8      77.6      78.1      77.7 
    Employed...................................   44,351    43,377    43,547    44,181    43,517    43,474    43,177    43,431    43,466 
      Employment-population ratio..............     76.7      74.6      74.5      76.4      75.0      74.8      74.4      74.7      74.4 
    Unemployed.................................      883     1,927     1,831       955     1,665     1,735     1,850     1,970     1,977 
      Unemployment rate........................      2.0       4.3       4.0       2.1       3.7       3.8       4.1       4.3       4.4 
  
     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                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-5.  Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status
  
  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
                    Category                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Apr.      Mar.      Apr.      Apr.      Dec.      Jan.      Feb.      Mar.      Apr.  
                                                   2008      2009      2009      2008      2008      2009      2009      2009      2009  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                 CLASS OF WORKER                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
  Agriculture and related industries...........    2,074     1,930     2,087     2,111     2,191     2,149     2,148     2,050     2,134 
    Wage and salary workers....................    1,203     1,061     1,164     1,247     1,264     1,233     1,244     1,167     1,209 
    Self-employed workers......................      840       847       894       841       925       903       875       875       887 
    Unpaid family workers......................       31        22        29      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
                                                                                                                                         
  Nonagricultural industries...................  143,847   137,903   138,498   144,219   141,047   139,952   139,579   138,842   138,828 
    Wage and salary workers....................  134,369   128,782   129,381   134,698   132,082   131,110   130,465   129,478   129,724 
      Government...............................   21,657    21,072    21,548    21,309    21,395    21,237    21,192    20,904    21,211 
      Private industries.......................  112,712   107,711   107,832   113,341   110,684   109,997   109,311   108,674   108,555 
        Private households.....................      780       738       716      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
        Other industries.......................  111,932   106,972   107,116   112,585   109,863   109,217   108,574   107,898   107,813 
    Self-employed workers......................    9,353     9,063     9,063     9,371     8,940     8,816     8,962     9,184     9,052 
    Unpaid family workers......................      125        57        54      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
                                                                                                                                         
          PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                         
  All industries:                                                                                                                        
    Part time for economic reasons.............    5,071     9,305     8,648     5,240     8,038     7,839     8,626     9,049     8,910 
      Slack work or business conditions........    3,456     7,103     6,533     3,580     6,020     5,766     6,443     6,857     6,699 
      Could only find part-time work...........    1,348     1,969     1,852     1,325     1,617     1,667     1,764     1,839     1,810 
    Part time for noneconomic reasons..........   20,607    19,228    19,644    19,792    18,922    18,864    18,855    18,833    19,065 
                                                                                                                                         
  Nonagricultural industries:                                                                                                            
    Part time for economic reasons.............    4,978     9,168     8,556     5,152     7,932     7,705     8,543     8,942     8,826 
      Slack work or business conditions........    3,389     7,005     6,462     3,537     5,938     5,660     6,390     6,773     6,650 
      Could only find part-time work...........    1,345     1,957     1,842     1,328     1,619     1,658     1,760     1,850     1,802 
    Part time for noneconomic reasons..........   20,289    18,892    19,282    19,436    18,642    18,567    18,562    18,493    18,661 
  
     1 Data not available.
     2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as
  vacation, illness, or industrial dispute.  Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked
  only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather.
     NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent
  seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
  
  
  

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-6.  Selected employment indicators
  
  (In thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
                 Characteristic                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Apr.      Mar.      Apr.      Apr.      Dec.      Jan.      Feb.      Mar.      Apr.  
                                                   2008      2009      2009      2008      2008      2009      2009      2009      2009  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                   AGE AND SEX                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                         
  Total, 16 years and over.....................  145,921   139,833   140,586   146,257   143,338   142,099   141,748   140,887   141,007 
    16 to 19 years.............................    5,544     4,726     4,799     5,914     5,194     5,188     5,184     5,083     5,103 
      16 to 17 years...........................    1,898     1,569     1,585     2,068     1,779     1,741     1,854     1,755     1,737 
      18 to 19 years...........................    3,646     3,157     3,214     3,827     3,413     3,441     3,348     3,300     3,353 
    20 years and over..........................  140,377   135,107   135,786   140,342   138,144   136,911   136,564   135,804   135,904 
      20 to 24 years...........................   13,617    12,838    12,939    13,759    13,374    13,050    13,157    13,090    13,090 
      25 years and over........................  126,760   122,269   122,847   126,566   124,748   123,911   123,302   122,662   122,838 
        25 to 54 years.........................  100,035    95,268    95,761    99,957    97,651    96,693    96,255    95,720    95,805 
          25 to 34 years.......................   31,615    29,942    30,092    31,615    30,864    30,449    30,369    30,211    30,140 
          35 to 44 years.......................   33,835    31,654    31,811    33,760    32,691    32,308    31,999    31,746    31,770 
          45 to 54 years.......................   34,584    33,672    33,859    34,582    34,097    33,936    33,888    33,763    33,896 
        55 years and over......................   26,725    27,000    27,086    26,609    27,096    27,218    27,047    26,942    27,032 
                                                                                                                                         
  Men, 16 years and over.......................   77,745    73,195    73,771    78,029    75,847    75,092    74,777    74,053    74,116 
    16 to 19 years.............................    2,697     2,211     2,303     2,882     2,562     2,479     2,484     2,398     2,438 
      16 to 17 years...........................      863       709       747       944       847       818       837       803       817 
      18 to 19 years...........................    1,833     1,502     1,555     1,941     1,712     1,654     1,640     1,579     1,635 
    20 years and over..........................   75,048    70,984    71,468    75,147    73,285    72,613    72,293    71,655    71,678 
      20 to 24 years...........................    7,186     6,478     6,612     7,284     6,863     6,723     6,784     6,656     6,701 
      25 years and over........................   67,862    64,506    64,856    67,837    66,456    65,879    65,479    65,031    64,960 
        25 to 54 years.........................   53,684    50,369    50,700    53,702    52,128    51,480    51,125    50,865    50,802 
          25 to 34 years.......................   17,285    16,010    16,122    17,320    16,789    16,461    16,449    16,288    16,199 
          35 to 44 years.......................   18,213    16,909    17,024    18,199    17,663    17,452    17,144    17,027    17,027 
          45 to 54 years.......................   18,186    17,450    17,555    18,183    17,676    17,567    17,532    17,550    17,576 
        55 years and over......................   14,179    14,137    14,156    14,135    14,328    14,399    14,354    14,166    14,157 
                                                                                                                                         
  Women, 16 years and over.....................   68,176    66,638    66,815    68,228    67,491    67,007    66,970    66,834    66,890 
    16 to 19 years.............................    2,847     2,515     2,497     3,032     2,632     2,709     2,699     2,685     2,664 
      16 to 17 years...........................    1,034       860       838     1,124       932       923     1,017       952       920 
      18 to 19 years...........................    1,812     1,655     1,659     1,886     1,701     1,787     1,708     1,721     1,718 
    20 years and over..........................   65,329    64,123    64,318    65,196    64,860    64,298    64,271    64,148    64,226 
      20 to 24 years...........................    6,431     6,360     6,327     6,474     6,510     6,327     6,372     6,434     6,389 
      25 years and over........................   58,898    57,763    57,991    58,728    58,292    58,032    57,823    57,631    57,878 
        25 to 54 years.........................   46,351    44,899    45,061    46,254    45,523    45,213    45,131    44,855    45,003 
          25 to 34 years.......................   14,330    13,932    13,970    14,294    14,075    13,988    13,920    13,922    13,941 
          35 to 44 years.......................   15,622    14,745    14,787    15,560    15,027    14,856    14,855    14,719    14,742 
          45 to 54 years.......................   16,399    16,223    16,304    16,399    16,421    16,369    16,356    16,214    16,320 
        55 years and over......................   12,547    12,864    12,930    12,474    12,769    12,819    12,693    12,776    12,875 
                                                                                                                                         
                 MARITAL STATUS                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                         
  Married men, spouse present..................   46,002    44,356    44,470    45,968    45,182    44,712    44,502    44,470    44,469 
  Married women, spouse present................   36,331    35,507    35,668    36,144    35,632    35,375    35,563    35,481    35,444 
  Women who maintain families..................    9,111     8,749     8,951      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
                                                                                                                                         
            FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                         
  Full-time workers (2)........................  120,027   112,215   112,746   120,899   116,865   115,794   114,853   113,665   113,725 
  Part-time workers (3)........................   25,894    27,617    27,840    25,339    26,250    26,200    26,590    26,963    27,066 
                                                                                                                                         
               MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                         
  Total multiple jobholders....................    7,630     7,723     7,781     7,671     7,352     7,441     7,626     7,656     7,748 
      Percent of total employed................      5.2       5.5       5.5       5.2       5.1       5.2       5.4       5.4       5.5 
  
     1 Data not available.
     2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.
     3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.
     NOTE:  Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent
  seasonal adjustment of the various series.  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
  
  
  

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-7.  Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                           Number of                                                                     
                                                      unemployed persons                         Unemployment rates (1)                  
                                                        (in thousands)                                                                   
                 Characteristic                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Apr.      Mar.      Apr.      Apr.      Dec.      Jan.      Feb.      Mar.      Apr.  
                                                   2008      2009      2009      2008      2008      2009      2009      2009      2009  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                   AGE AND SEX                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                         
  Total, 16 years and over.....................    7,675    13,161    13,724      5.0       7.2       7.6       8.1       8.5       8.9  
    16 to 19 years.............................    1,079     1,410     1,398     15.4      20.8      20.8      21.6      21.7      21.5  
      16 to 17 years...........................      522       544       520     20.2      24.1      21.4      22.9      23.7      23.0  
      18 to 19 years...........................      590       870       908     13.4      19.1      20.2      21.0      20.9      21.3  
    20 years and over..........................    6,596    11,751    12,326      4.5       6.6       7.0       7.5       8.0       8.3  
      20 to 24 years...........................    1,353     2,128     2,258      9.0      12.1      12.1      12.9      14.0      14.7  
      25 years and over........................    5,229     9,572     9,999      4.0       6.0       6.4       6.9       7.2       7.5  
        25 to 54 years.........................    4,387     7,832     8,139      4.2       6.3       6.7       7.2       7.6       7.8  
          25 to 34 years.......................    1,712     2,984     3,229      5.1       7.5       7.9       8.7       9.0       9.7  
          35 to 44 years.......................    1,374     2,447     2,580      3.9       5.9       6.5       6.8       7.2       7.5  
          45 to 54 years.......................    1,301     2,401     2,330      3.6       5.5       5.9       6.2       6.6       6.4  
        55 years and over......................      839     1,784     1,849      3.1       4.9       5.2       5.6       6.2       6.4  
                                                                                                                                         
  Men, 16 years and over.......................    4,262     7,751     8,242      5.2       7.9       8.3       8.8       9.5      10.0  
    16 to 19 years.............................      588       828       839     17.0      23.3      24.4      24.9      25.7      25.6  
      16 to 17 years...........................      274       315       291     22.5      27.0      26.5      26.5      28.2      26.3  
      18 to 19 years...........................      328       514       555     14.5      21.5      22.8      24.7      24.6      25.3  
    20 years and over..........................    3,673     6,923     7,403      4.7       7.2       7.6       8.1       8.8       9.4  
      20 to 24 years...........................      813     1,335     1,424     10.0      14.2      14.1      14.6      16.7      17.5  
      25 years and over........................    2,846     5,566     5,911      4.0       6.4       6.9       7.5       7.9       8.3  
        25 to 54 years.........................    2,415     4,607     4,889      4.3       6.7       7.3       7.9       8.3       8.8  
          25 to 34 years.......................      932     1,833     2,026      5.1       8.3       8.8       9.5      10.1      11.1  
          35 to 44 years.......................      767     1,426     1,516      4.0       5.9       6.6       7.2       7.7       8.2  
          45 to 54 years.......................      717     1,348     1,347      3.8       6.1       6.7       7.0       7.1       7.1  
        55 years and over......................      430       959     1,022      3.0       5.1       5.3       6.0       6.3       6.7  
                                                                                                                                         
  Women, 16 years and over.....................    3,413     5,410     5,482      4.8       6.4       6.7       7.3       7.5       7.6  
    16 to 19 years.............................      491       582       560     13.9      18.2      17.1      18.3      17.8      17.4  
      16 to 17 years...........................      248       229       229     18.1      21.2      16.2      19.8      19.4      19.9  
      18 to 19 years...........................      262       357       353     12.2      16.6      17.5      17.0      17.2      17.1  
    20 years and over..........................    2,923     4,828     4,922      4.3       5.9       6.2       6.7       7.0       7.1  
      20 to 24 years...........................      540       793       834      7.7       9.8      10.0      10.9      11.0      11.5  
      25 years and over........................    2,384     4,006     4,088      3.9       5.4       5.8       6.2       6.5       6.6  
        25 to 54 years.........................    1,972     3,225     3,250      4.1       5.7       6.0       6.4       6.7       6.7  
          25 to 34 years.......................      780     1,151     1,203      5.2       6.5       6.8       7.7       7.6       7.9  
          35 to 44 years.......................      607     1,021     1,064      3.8       5.8       6.4       6.4       6.5       6.7  
          45 to 54 years.......................      584     1,054       983      3.4       4.9       5.0       5.3       6.1       5.7  
        55 years and over (2)..................      366       789       745      2.8       4.3       5.4       5.3       5.8       5.4  
                                                                                                                                         
                 MARITAL STATUS                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                         
  Married men, spouse present..................    1,342     2,718     2,986      2.8       4.4       5.0       5.5       5.8       6.3  
  Married women, spouse present................    1,115     2,022     2,077      3.0       4.5       4.7       5.1       5.4       5.5  
  Women who maintain families (2)..............      661     1,058       999      6.8       9.5      10.3      10.3      10.8      10.0  
                                                                                                                                         
            FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                         
  Full-time workers (3)........................    6,360    11,535    12,037      5.0       7.5       8.0       8.6       9.2       9.6  
  Part-time workers (4)........................    1,322     1,676     1,744      5.0       5.9       5.9       5.8       5.9       6.1  
  
     1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
     2 Not seasonally adjusted.
     3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on lay-
  off from full-time jobs.
     4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on
  layoff from part-time jobs.
     NOTE:  Detail 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                                                                                                           HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-8.  Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                         
                     Reason                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                         
                                                   Apr.      Mar.      Apr.      Apr.      Dec.      Jan.      Feb.      Mar.      Apr.  
                                                   2008      2009      2009      2008      2008      2009      2009      2009      2009  
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
              NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                         
  Job losers and persons who completed                                                                                                   
   temporary jobs..............................    3,931     9,315     8,687     4,043     6,471     6,980     7,696     8,243     8,814 
    On temporary layoff........................    1,053     1,990     1,586     1,103     1,524     1,441     1,488     1,557     1,625 
    Not on temporary layoff....................    2,878     7,325     7,101     2,939     4,946     5,539     6,208     6,686     7,189 
      Permanent job losers.....................    2,114     5,880     5,853      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
      Persons who completed temporary jobs.....      764     1,445     1,248      (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)       (1)  
  Job leavers..................................      816       850       842       860     1,007       917       820       887       890 
  Reentrants...................................    1,995     2,984     2,932     2,145     2,777     2,751     2,834     2,974     3,087 
  New entrants.................................      545       747       788       625       829       780     1,005       868       900 
                                                                                                                                         
              PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                         
  Total unemployed.............................    100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0 
   Job losers and persons who completed                                                                                                  
    temporary jobs.............................     53.9      67.0      65.6      52.7      58.4      61.1      62.3      63.5      64.4 
     On temporary layoff.......................     14.4      14.3      12.0      14.4      13.8      12.6      12.0      12.0      11.9 
     Not on temporary layoff...................     39.5      52.7      53.6      38.3      44.6      48.5      50.2      51.5      52.5 
   Job leavers.................................     11.2       6.1       6.4      11.2       9.1       8.0       6.6       6.8       6.5 
   Reentrants..................................     27.4      21.5      22.1      28.0      25.1      24.1      22.9      22.9      22.5 
   New entrants................................      7.5       5.4       5.9       8.1       7.5       6.8       8.1       6.7       6.6 
                                                                                                                                         
         UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE                                                                                                  
                 CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                         
   Job losers and persons who completed                                                                                                  
    temporary jobs.............................      2.6       6.1       5.6       2.6       4.2       4.5       5.0       5.4       5.7 
   Job leavers.................................       .5        .6        .5        .6        .7        .6        .5        .6        .6 
   Reentrants..................................      1.3       1.9       1.9       1.4       1.8       1.8       1.8       1.9       2.0 
   New entrants................................       .4        .5        .5        .4        .5        .5        .7        .6        .6 
   
      1 Data not available.
      NOTE:  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
   
   
   

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                     HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-9.  Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                             Not seasonally adjusted                        Seasonally adjusted                    
                                                                                                                                                   
                         Duration                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                             Apr.      Mar.      Apr.      Apr.      Dec.      Jan.      Feb.      Mar.      Apr.  
                                                             2008      2009      2009      2008      2008      2009      2009      2009      2009  
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                   NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                   
  Less than 5 weeks......................................    2,151     3,067     2,855     2,496     3,267     3,658     3,404     3,371     3,346 
  5 to 14 weeks..........................................    2,225     4,523     3,526     2,529     3,398     3,519     3,969     4,041     3,982 
  15 weeks and over......................................    2,911     6,305     6,867     2,652     4,517     4,634     5,264     5,715     6,211 
     15 to 26 weeks......................................    1,473     2,971     2,966     1,277     1,927     1,987     2,347     2,534     2,531 
     27 weeks and over...................................    1,439     3,334     3,901     1,375     2,591     2,647     2,917     3,182     3,680 
                                                                                                                                                   
  Average (mean) duration, in weeks......................     18.3      21.2      23.4      17.0      19.7      19.8      19.8      20.1      21.4 
  Median duration, in weeks..............................     11.0      13.1      15.4       9.3      10.6      10.3      11.0      11.2      12.5 
                                                                                                                                                   
                   PERCENT DISTRIBUTION                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                   
  Total unemployed.......................................    100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0 
    Less than 5 weeks....................................     29.5      22.1      21.5      32.5      29.2      31.0      26.9      25.7      24.7 
    5 to 14 weeks........................................     30.5      32.5      26.6      32.9      30.4      29.8      31.4      30.8      29.4 
    15 weeks and over....................................     40.0      45.4      51.8      34.6      40.4      39.2      41.7      43.5      45.9 
      15 to 26 weeks.....................................     20.2      21.4      22.4      16.6      17.2      16.8      18.6      19.3      18.7 
      27 weeks and over..................................     19.7      24.0      29.4      17.9      23.2      22.4      23.1      24.2      27.2 
  
     NOTE:  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
  
  
  

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                     HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-10.  Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                               Unemployment        
                                                                     Employed                     Unemployed                      rates            
                                                                                                                                                   
                        Occupation                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                               Apr.           Apr.            Apr.           Apr.            Apr.           Apr.   
                                                               2008           2009            2008           2009            2008           2009   
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
       Total, 16 years and over (1)......................     145,921        140,586          7,287         13,248            4.8            8.6   
  Management, professional, and related occupations......      52,819         52,597          1,088          2,164            2.0            4.0   
    Management, business, and financial operations                                                                                                 
     occupations.........................................      21,621         21,455            467            995            2.1            4.4   
    Professional and related occupations.................      31,198         31,142            621          1,170            2.0            3.6   
  Service occupations....................................      24,064         24,548          1,406          2,354            5.5            8.7   
  Sales and office occupations...........................      36,222         34,053          1,605          2,966            4.2            8.0   
    Sales and related occupations........................      16,381         15,555            741          1,463            4.3            8.6   
    Office and administrative support occupations........      19,841         18,498            865          1,503            4.2            7.5   
  Natural resources, construction, and maintenance                                                                                                 
   occupations...........................................      14,673         13,453          1,381          2,438            8.6           15.3   
    Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations...........         954            924            111            166           10.5           15.2   
    Construction and extraction occupations..............       8,628          7,423          1,097          1,816           11.3           19.7   
    Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations....       5,091          5,107            173            456            3.3            8.2   
  Production, transportation, and material moving                                                                                                  
   occupations...........................................      18,144         15,934          1,239          2,501            6.4           13.6   
    Production occupations...............................       9,196          7,563            679          1,306            6.9           14.7   
    Transportation and material moving occupations.......       8,948          8,371            560          1,196            5.9           12.5   
  
     1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.
     NOTE:  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
  
  
  

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                   HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-11.  Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                           Number of                                                             
                                                                           unemployed                                 Unemployment               
                                                                            persons                                      rates                   
               Industry and class of worker                              (in thousands)                                                          
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                   Apr.                  Apr.                   Apr.                  Apr.       
                                                                   2008                  2009                   2008                  2009       
                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                 
         Total, 16 years and over (1)....................          7,287                13,248                   4.8                   8.6       
  Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers........          5,923                11,222                   5.0                   9.4       
    Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction........             28                   125                   3.6                  16.1       
    Construction.........................................          1,057                 1,737                  11.1                  18.7       
    Manufacturing........................................            796                 1,968                   4.8                  12.4       
      Durable goods......................................            505                 1,278                   4.8                  12.8       
      Nondurable goods...................................            291                   690                   5.0                  11.8       
    Wholesale and retail trade...........................            919                 1,833                   4.5                   9.0       
    Transportation and utilities.........................            245                   541                   4.0                   9.0       
    Information..........................................            143                   320                   4.4                  10.1       
    Financial activities.................................            324                   561                   3.4                   6.0       
    Professional and business services...................            736                 1,448                   5.3                  10.4       
    Education and health services........................            551                   964                   2.8                   4.6       
    Leisure and hospitality..............................            874                 1,322                   6.9                  10.2       
    Other services.......................................            251                   403                   4.0                   6.4       
  Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers            108                   176                   8.6                  13.5       
  Government workers.....................................            373                   575                   1.7                   2.6       
  Self employed and unpaid family workers................            338                   488                   3.2                   4.6       
  
     1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.
     NOTE:  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.  Effective with January 2009 data, industries
  reflect the introduction of the 2007 Census industry classification system into the Current Population Survey.  This industry classification
  system is derived from the 2007 North American Industry Classification System.  No historical data have been revised.
  
  
  

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                            HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-12.  Alternative measures of labor underutilization
  
  (Percent)
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                          
                                                            Not seasonally adjusted                   Seasonally adjusted                 
                                                                                                                                          
                          Measure                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                          
                                                            Apr.     Mar.     Apr.     Apr.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.  
                                                            2008     2009     2009     2008     2008     2009     2009     2009     2009  
                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                          
  U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent                                                                                 
       of the civilian labor force.......................    1.9      4.1      4.5      1.7      2.9      3.0      3.4      3.7      4.0  
                                                                                                                                          
  U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary                                                                                      
       jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force....    2.6      6.1      5.6      2.6      4.2      4.5      5.0      5.4      5.7  
                                                                                                                                          
  U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian                                                                                      
       labor force (official unemployment rate)..........    4.8      9.0      8.6      5.0      7.2      7.6      8.1      8.5      8.9  
                                                                                                                                          
  U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a                                                                                     
       percent of the civilian labor force plus                                                                                           
       discouraged workers...............................    5.0      9.4      9.0      5.2      7.6      8.0      8.5      8.9      9.3  
                                                                                                                                          
  U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus                                                                                    
       all other marginally attached workers, as a                                                                                        
       percent of the civilian labor force plus all                                                                                       
       marginally attached workers.......................    5.6     10.3      9.8      5.9      8.3      8.8      9.3      9.8     10.1  
                                                                                                                                          
  U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached                                                                                      
       workers, plus total employed part time for                                                                                         
       economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian                                                                                     
       labor force plus all marginally attached workers..    8.9     16.2     15.4      9.2     13.5     13.9     14.8     15.6     15.8  
  
     NOTE:  Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and
  are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past.  Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached,
  have given a job-market related reason for not looking currently for a job.  Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those
  who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule.  For more information, see "BLS intro-
  duces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review.  Updated population con-
  trols are introduced annually with the release of January data.
  
  
  

  HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                                     HOUSEHOLD DATA
  
  Table A-13.  Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
  
  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                      Total                          Men                          Women            
                                                                                                                                                   
                         Category                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                               Apr.           Apr.           Apr.           Apr.           Apr.           Apr.     
                                                               2008           2009           2008           2009           2008           2009     
                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                                   
                  NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                   
  Total not in the labor force...........................     79,990         81,437         30,939         31,979         49,052         49,458    
   Persons who currently want a job......................      4,677          5,868          2,152          2,805          2,525          3,063    
     Marginally attached to the labor force (1)..........      1,414          2,089            726          1,105            688            984    
       Reason not currently looking:                                                                                                               
         Discouragement over job prospects (2)...........        412            740            250            470            162            270    
         Reasons other than discouragement (3)...........      1,002          1,350            476            635            526            714    
                                                                                                                                                   
                    MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                   
  Total multiple jobholders (4)..........................      7,630          7,781          3,852          3,775          3,779          4,006    
      Percent of total employed..........................        5.2            5.5            5.0            5.1            5.5            6.0    
                                                                                                                                                   
      Primary job full time, secondary job part time.....      4,197          4,119          2,336          2,226          1,861          1,894    
      Primary and secondary jobs both part time..........      1,811          2,025            586            659          1,225          1,366    
      Primary and secondary jobs both full time..........        248            231            165            137             82             94    
      Hours vary on primary or secondary job.............      1,333          1,347            741            715            592            633    
  
     1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week.
     2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of
  discrimination.
     3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health,
  and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
     4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
     NOTE:  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
  
  
  

ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                                ESTABLISHMENT DATA

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

(In thousands)

                                         Not seasonally adjusted                    Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                           Change
           Industry                Apr.     Feb.    Mar.     Apr.      Apr.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.    Mar.     Apr.     from:
                                   2008     2009    2009p    2009p     2008     2008     2009     2009    2009p    2009p  Mar. 2009-
                                                                                                                          Apr. 2009p

          Total nonfarm......... 137,543  132,138  132,054  132,295  137,654  135,074  134,333  133,652  132,953  132,414     -539

        Total private........... 114,697  109,295  109,124  109,300  115,203  112,542  111,793  111,105  110,412  109,801     -611

    Goods-producing.............  21,441   19,253   19,049   18,994   21,679   20,532   20,127   19,832   19,514   19,244     -270

Mining and logging..............     746      754      738      729      756      789      781      771      755      744      -11
   Logging......................    54.6     54.3     48.4     45.8     58.6     55.7     55.2     54.5     51.0     49.6     -1.4
 Mining.........................   691.7    700.1    689.1    682.7    697.8    733.3    725.3    716.4    703.9    694.2     -9.7
  Oil and gas extraction........   153.1    166.7    165.1    165.0    155.1    169.4    167.7    167.8    167.1    167.9       .8
  Mining, except oil and
   gas (1)......................   219.4    213.6    213.4    216.6    222.9    229.2    227.9    225.7    222.8    220.6     -2.2
   Coal mining..................    77.8     83.9     83.2     80.6     78.1     84.5     84.9     84.1     83.3     81.5     -1.8
  Support activities for mining.   319.2    319.8    310.6    301.1    319.8    334.7    329.7    322.9    314.0    305.7     -8.3

Construction....................   7,174    6,156    6,114    6,196    7,337    6,841    6,706    6,593    6,458    6,348     -110
  Construction of buildings..... 1,654.8  1,439.8  1,421.1  1,423.1  1,693.8  1,572.9  1,536.9  1,509.5  1,481.4  1,459.7    -21.7
   Residential building.........   834.3    700.0    689.4    691.6    857.5    769.4    755.2    741.2    723.7    711.1    -12.6
   Nonresidential building......   820.5    739.8    731.7    731.5    836.3    803.5    781.7    768.3    757.7    748.6     -9.1
  Heavy and civil engineering
   construction.................   949.4    816.5    826.2    867.0    980.5    933.2    926.6    919.0    906.6    889.4    -17.2
  Specialty trade contractors... 4,570.0  3,899.2  3,866.5  3,905.6  4,662.3  4,335.2  4,242.2  4,164.4  4,069.9  3,998.9    -71.0
   Residential specialty trade
    contractors................. 2,028.4  1,684.3  1,673.6  1,691.9  2,076.1  1,883.6  1,838.3  1,801.2  1,757.2  1,717.7    -39.5
   Nonresidential specialty
    trade contractors........... 2,541.6  2,214.9  2,192.9  2,213.7  2,586.2  2,451.6  2,403.9  2,363.2  2,312.7  2,281.2    -31.5

Manufacturing...................  13,521   12,343   12,197   12,069   13,586   12,902   12,640   12,468   12,301   12,152     -149
   Production workers...........   9,745    8,702    8,570    8,473    9,795    9,174    8,946    8,804    8,656    8,537     -119

 Durable goods..................   8,567    7,686    7,576    7,472    8,587    8,085    7,881    7,753    7,626    7,499     -127
   Production workers...........   6,087    5,300    5,203    5,121    6,099    5,633    5,458    5,352    5,241    5,135     -106

  Wood products.................   472.0    373.7    377.2    382.7    477.3    416.2    403.9    390.4    389.9    388.6     -1.3
  Nonmetallic mineral products..   472.8    406.1    402.3    413.8    477.2    441.2    434.3    425.8    416.0    415.0     -1.0
  Primary metals................   450.6    393.8    385.6    372.5    449.7    419.6    409.3    395.2    386.2    374.4    -11.8
  Fabricated metal products..... 1,539.5  1,392.4  1,364.3  1,334.9  1,546.0  1,461.5  1,425.3  1,399.0  1,369.9  1,341.2    -28.7
  Machinery..................... 1,190.3  1,097.0  1,069.8  1,045.8  1,193.1  1,150.2  1,126.0  1,100.8  1,072.7  1,051.2    -21.5
  Computer and electronic
   products (1)................. 1,251.7  1,193.3  1,184.6  1,171.8  1,255.7  1,223.7  1,212.9  1,196.9  1,188.6  1,176.9    -11.7
   Computer and peripheral
    equipment...................   183.4    174.1    173.2    170.2    184.0    180.0    180.3    175.5    173.8    170.9     -2.9
   Communications equipment.....   128.7    130.1    128.0    128.4    129.1    129.1    129.6    129.0    128.5    128.7       .2
   Semiconductors and electronic
    components..................   436.0    401.5    396.5    388.8    437.0    417.4    410.5    403.3    397.8    390.9     -6.9
   Electronic instruments.......   441.6    430.5    430.7    429.9    442.9    437.5    433.8    431.9    431.9    431.3      -.6
  Electrical equipment and
   appliances...................   427.2    398.3    388.6    379.1    428.5    412.0    406.1    399.1    389.8    380.5     -9.3
  Transportation equipment (1).. 1,638.6  1,418.4  1,402.6  1,373.0  1,632.1  1,501.8  1,423.5  1,423.7  1,403.3  1,369.5    -33.8
   Motor vehicles and parts (2).   905.9    715.6    708.1    682.8    898.0    781.5    711.2    718.7    705.7    676.6    -29.1
  Furniture and related products   494.3    412.2    404.6    401.2    495.2    440.6    428.6    417.4    408.3    400.7     -7.6
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...   630.3    600.3    596.8    597.1    632.5    618.4    611.0    604.5    601.1    600.5      -.6

 Nondurable goods...............   4,954    4,657    4,621    4,597    4,999    4,817    4,759    4,715    4,675    4,653      -22
   Production workers...........   3,658    3,402    3,367    3,352    3,696    3,541    3,488    3,452    3,415    3,402      -13

  Food manufacturing............ 1,449.9  1,438.3  1,436.6  1,439.2  1,483.2  1,477.6  1,470.7  1,467.2  1,465.2  1,475.2     10.0
  Beverages and tobacco products   197.4    185.5    185.7    185.7    201.6    195.8    194.2    191.3    191.7    190.5     -1.2
  Textile mills.................   155.5    128.9    127.5    126.8    155.9    136.8    133.6    130.0    128.2    127.6      -.6
  Textile product mills.........   151.5    133.4    128.6    126.1    150.1    141.2    137.4    134.2    129.4    127.2     -2.2
  Apparel.......................   202.5    174.3    171.9    168.2    202.5    183.5    178.9    176.3    173.0    169.1     -3.9
  Leather and allied products...    33.4     31.4     31.5     32.2     33.6     32.6     32.4     31.9     31.8     32.0       .2
  Paper and paper products......   448.8    419.1    415.6    412.9    450.6    433.4    427.3    422.5    419.1    415.6     -3.5
  Printing and related support
   activities...................   603.8    546.0    537.8    529.2    605.6    567.0    558.1    549.2    539.9    532.2     -7.7
  Petroleum and coal products...   115.0    110.4    111.3    113.3    115.9    116.9    114.2    114.6    114.5    114.6       .1
  Chemicals.....................   853.2    825.9    820.9    815.4    854.1    837.1    832.7    828.2    823.1    818.7     -4.4
  Plastics and rubber products..   742.9    663.9    653.6    648.4    745.5    694.9    679.7    669.3    659.2    650.6     -8.6

    Service-providing........... 116,102  112,885  113,005  113,301  115,975  114,542  114,206  113,820  113,439  113,170     -269

     Private service-providing..  93,256   90,042   90,075   90,306   93,524   92,010   91,666   91,273   90,898   90,557     -341

Trade, transportation, and
 utilities......................  26,331   25,217   25,171   25,106   26,562   25,843   25,735   25,605   25,471   25,345     -126

 Wholesale trade................ 5,979.2  5,723.7  5,704.9  5,679.8  5,995.9  5,850.7  5,819.3  5,773.7  5,736.9  5,696.2    -40.7
  Durable goods................. 3,079.1  2,906.9  2,884.8  2,860.4  3,087.2  2,978.6  2,959.6  2,926.2  2,897.3  2,868.5    -28.8
  Nondurable goods.............. 2,054.8  1,980.2  1,984.0  1,985.3  2,060.9  2,025.1  2,013.9  2,006.6  2,000.4  1,992.7     -7.7
  Electronic markets and agents
   and brokers..................   845.3    836.6    836.1    834.1    847.8    847.0    845.8    840.9    839.2    835.0     -4.2

 Retail trade...................15,261.2 14,649.2 14,641.9 14,627.5 15,457.6 15,037.9 14,991.5 14,934.3 14,870.4 14,823.7    -46.7
  Motor vehicle and parts
   dealers(1)................... 1,882.3  1,688.9  1,684.4  1,687.0  1,885.1  1,745.6  1,730.1  1,716.8  1,701.7  1,690.1    -11.6
   Automobile dealers........... 1,218.5  1,066.0  1,059.1  1,055.8  1,220.9  1,099.9  1,088.6  1,078.7  1,067.3  1,058.0     -9.3
  Furniture and home furnishings
   stores.......................   542.5    493.4    489.7    486.5    549.5    514.2    508.3    499.7    497.9    492.5     -5.4
  Electronics and appliance
   stores.......................   548.5    532.2    513.3    510.4    554.5    538.6    535.5    533.7    518.7    517.1     -1.6
  Building material and garden
   supply stores................ 1,281.7  1,157.2  1,168.7  1,207.1  1,254.5  1,227.8  1,214.9  1,207.1  1,193.3  1,185.8     -7.5
  Food and beverage stores...... 2,841.8  2,802.2  2,801.7  2,788.3  2,866.7  2,835.1  2,835.3  2,826.0  2,824.8  2,820.0     -4.8
  Health and personal care
   stores.......................   999.9    981.3    980.3    980.7  1,006.9    991.2    985.7    986.9    985.8    985.7      -.1
  Gasoline stations.............   842.5    820.9    820.5    825.0    848.5    834.4    833.0    832.1    830.3    831.2       .9
  Clothing and clothing
   accessories stores........... 1,445.0  1,389.4  1,380.1  1,374.8  1,495.0  1,448.5  1,445.0  1,443.8  1,435.3  1,434.1     -1.2
  Sporting goods, hobby, book,
   and music stores.............   624.4    600.4    591.1    586.6    646.2    624.3    620.8    613.6    610.2    609.6      -.6
  General merchandise
   stores (1)................... 2,982.5  2,964.3  3,016.4  2,986.7  3,052.9  3,029.2  3,040.7  3,040.7  3,047.4  3,039.3     -8.1
   Department stores............ 1,522.7  1,489.5  1,502.2  1,477.4  1,576.4  1,521.2  1,529.1  1,532.6  1,531.9  1,518.3    -13.6
  Miscellaneous store retailers.   839.4    805.0    786.6    788.7    855.0    825.0    819.5    815.1    807.6    802.5     -5.1
  Nonstore retailers............   430.7    414.0    409.1    405.7    442.8    424.0    422.7    418.8    417.4    415.8     -1.6

 Transportation and warehousing. 4,534.3  4,276.0  4,255.4  4,231.8  4,551.7  4,389.9  4,354.4  4,327.0  4,293.6  4,255.5    -38.1
  Air transportation............   500.2    471.8    471.9    470.6    501.9    477.8    476.8    474.8    472.7    469.5     -3.2
  Rail transportation...........   231.2    222.3    222.3    222.3    231.1    226.8    227.1    224.1    223.4    221.9     -1.5
  Water transportation..........    65.0     57.6     57.2     57.4     66.2     60.3     59.7     60.9     60.0     58.6     -1.4
  Truck transportation.......... 1,394.5  1,280.6  1,274.9  1,268.0  1,410.4  1,340.8  1,323.3  1,313.9  1,299.6  1,283.4    -16.2
  Transit and ground passenger
   transportation...............   439.5    419.9    419.4    414.9    423.0    410.1    408.1    406.4    405.4    399.2     -6.2
  Pipeline transportation.......    40.5     42.8     42.4     42.7     40.9     43.3     43.1     43.1     42.9     43.2       .3
  Scenic and sightseeing
   transportation...............    25.2     20.3     20.8     24.6     28.4     27.2     26.9     27.0     26.8     27.3       .5
  Support activities for
   transportation...............   593.3    557.8    547.3    545.3    593.0    579.5    569.3    561.0    552.7    550.9     -1.8
  Couriers and messengers.......   572.3    558.3    551.9    549.4    577.8    564.6    563.2    563.7    558.4    557.4     -1.0
  Warehousing and storage.......   672.6    644.6    647.3    636.6    679.0    659.5    656.9    652.1    651.7    644.1     -7.6

 Utilities......................   556.0    568.2    568.7    566.8    557.1    564.6    569.3    570.0    570.3    569.8      -.5

Information.....................   3,012    2,905    2,902    2,884    3,017    2,940    2,924    2,918    2,904    2,887      -17
  Publishing industries, except
   Internet.....................   890.6    833.7    826.0    818.9    893.2    857.8    846.3    836.3    828.1    822.6     -5.5
  Motion picture and sound
   recording industries.........   381.6    381.3    392.8    396.6    384.5    377.2    376.7    389.8    394.0    394.5       .5
  Broadcasting, except Internet.   316.7    300.4    298.1    294.9    317.3    308.1    306.5    302.5    299.4    297.0     -2.4
  Telecommunications............ 1,024.5  1,002.1    996.1    986.3  1,025.5  1,004.0  1,001.6    999.5    995.2    987.6     -7.6
  Data processing, hosting and
   related services.............   265.4    252.4    255.3    254.8    263.2    256.4    257.0    254.6    253.9    253.0      -.9
  Other information services....   133.1    134.8    133.2    132.8    132.9    136.5    135.7    134.8    133.4    132.6      -.8

Financial activities............   8,167    7,853    7,814    7,779    8,190    8,010    7,954    7,898    7,855    7,815      -40
 Finance and insurance.......... 6,044.9  5,848.1  5,825.7  5,794.0  6,050.8  5,924.0  5,890.4  5,853.9  5,828.7  5,803.4    -25.3
  Monetary authorities - central
   bank.........................    22.7     20.8     20.8     20.5     22.7     21.3     21.0     20.9     20.8     20.5      -.3
  Credit intermediation and
   related activities (1)....... 2,756.3  2,648.7  2,634.1  2,616.0  2,756.6  2,680.8  2,665.3  2,648.8  2,633.7  2,619.7    -14.0
   Depository credit
    intermediation (1).......... 1,825.4  1,789.0  1,779.7  1,775.0  1,827.9  1,804.9  1,798.1  1,790.9  1,783.5  1,779.7     -3.8
    Commercial banking.......... 1,363.4  1,338.3  1,331.6  1,327.6  1,363.4  1,351.8  1,346.6  1,340.5  1,334.3  1,330.2     -4.1
  Securities, commodity
   contracts, investments.......   867.0    814.0    807.1    797.9    867.4    839.9    826.5    814.9    807.5    800.5     -7.0
  Insurance carriers and related
   activities................... 2,308.6  2,276.2  2,275.8  2,272.1  2,313.4  2,292.0  2,287.4  2,281.1  2,278.9  2,274.9     -4.0
  Funds, trusts, and other
   financial vehicles...........    90.3     88.4     87.9     87.5     90.7     90.0     90.2     88.2     87.8     87.8       .0
 Real estate and rental and
  leasing....................... 2,122.2  2,004.6  1,988.5  1,984.8  2,139.6  2,085.8  2,063.2  2,043.8  2,026.4  2,011.8    -14.6
  Real estate................... 1,477.0  1,407.1  1,397.5  1,394.5  1,486.9  1,458.2  1,444.9  1,432.4  1,421.7  1,411.9     -9.8
  Rental and leasing services...   617.0    569.5    562.9    562.1    624.3    599.3    589.9    583.2    576.2    571.6     -4.6
  Lessors of nonfinancial
   intangible assets............    28.2     28.0     28.1     28.2     28.4     28.3     28.4     28.2     28.5     28.3      -.2

Professional and business
 services.......................  17,897   16,750   16,691   16,756   17,950   17,356   17,205   17,029   16,899   16,777     -122
 Professional and technical
  services (1).................. 7,893.6  7,797.9  7,754.9  7,739.8  7,833.7  7,797.2  7,765.5  7,729.2  7,700.5  7,683.4    -17.1
   Legal services............... 1,161.1  1,139.6  1,140.4  1,136.7  1,166.6  1,156.8  1,154.1  1,148.7  1,146.5  1,142.8     -3.7
   Accounting and bookkeeping
    services.................... 1,053.9  1,061.2  1,038.8  1,028.2    954.1    933.7    927.5    924.4    925.3    927.9      2.6
   Architectural and engineering
    services.................... 1,438.0  1,371.8  1,357.9  1,353.4  1,451.7  1,419.4  1,411.1  1,394.2  1,379.5  1,366.0    -13.5
   Computer systems design and
    related services............ 1,436.9  1,459.5  1,451.8  1,451.1  1,441.7  1,466.8  1,462.4  1,463.7  1,459.0  1,457.6     -1.4
   Management and technical
    consulting services.........   993.0  1,010.2  1,006.4  1,010.1    999.2  1,020.5  1,025.7  1,021.6  1,017.3  1,018.9      1.6
 Management of companies and
  enterprises................... 1,892.7  1,854.8  1,850.2  1,828.2  1,903.8  1,872.1  1,871.7  1,862.1  1,854.8  1,839.6    -15.2
 Administrative and waste
  services...................... 8,110.8  7,097.6  7,085.4  7,187.6  8,212.0  7,686.3  7,567.5  7,437.8  7,343.4  7,253.5    -89.9
  Administrative and support
   services (1)................. 7,754.9  6,743.8  6,731.6  6,829.2  7,853.6  7,324.4  7,203.1  7,076.5  6,982.6  6,892.2    -90.4
   Employment services (1)...... 3,194.5  2,494.1  2,440.2  2,436.1  3,285.6  2,829.5  2,720.5  2,638.7  2,551.7  2,482.8    -68.9
    Temporary help services..... 2,387.9  1,772.4  1,729.1  1,720.3  2,464.0  2,055.6  1,965.7  1,892.7  1,821.1  1,758.6    -62.5
   Business support services....   830.2    806.6    807.7    791.4    828.4    816.0    817.6    805.0    801.6    793.8     -7.8
   Services to buildings and
    dwellings................... 1,848.8  1,628.4  1,655.0  1,777.1  1,853.8  1,818.1  1,812.5  1,796.8  1,787.9  1,780.7     -7.2
  Waste management and
   remediation services.........   355.9    353.8    353.8    358.4    358.4    361.9    364.4    361.3    360.8    361.3       .5

Education and health services...  18,906   19,237   19,277   19,322   18,752   19,080   19,119   19,138   19,148   19,163       15
 Educational services........... 3,166.8  3,218.0  3,221.5  3,227.1  3,017.4  3,063.1  3,088.4  3,083.1  3,077.2  3,075.1     -2.1
 Health care and social
  assistance....................15,739.2 16,019.4 16,055.4 16,094.8 15,734.1 16,017.0 16,030.3 16,054.7 16,071.1 16,087.9     16.8
  Health care (3)...............13,213.5 13,472.8 13,496.0 13,523.6 13,239.1 13,475.9 13,490.2 13,515.0 13,528.9 13,545.6     16.7
   Ambulatory health care
    services (1)................ 5,615.7  5,750.0  5,761.8  5,792.2  5,622.6  5,742.6  5,753.3  5,770.1  5,777.5  5,795.2     17.7
    Offices of physicians....... 2,246.4  2,297.7  2,302.0  2,305.1  2,251.8  2,294.5  2,300.4  2,304.4  2,307.9  2,310.1      2.2
    Outpatient care centers.....   531.2    537.6    536.9    540.7    530.4    536.7    538.0    538.5    537.5    540.5      3.0
    Home health care services...   946.5    985.1    991.4  1,006.0    948.7    980.7    981.4    991.0    994.8  1,003.6      8.8
   Hospitals.................... 4,594.8  4,700.1  4,700.1  4,697.8  4,610.4  4,703.7  4,707.5  4,711.3  4,711.4  4,712.0       .6
   Nursing and residential care
    facilities (1).............. 3,003.0  3,022.7  3,034.1  3,033.6  3,006.1  3,029.6  3,029.4  3,033.6  3,040.0  3,038.4     -1.6
    Nursing care facilities..... 1,612.9  1,611.7  1,617.4  1,619.1  1,615.0  1,617.3  1,616.6  1,617.9  1,620.8  1,621.9      1.1
  Social assistance (1)......... 2,525.7  2,546.6  2,559.4  2,571.2  2,495.0  2,541.1  2,540.1  2,539.7  2,542.2  2,542.3       .1
   Child day care services......   882.0    873.0    873.5    873.6    859.9    864.3    862.7    860.4    856.4    853.5     -2.9

Leisure and hospitality.........  13,401   12,682   12,816   13,043   13,512   13,304   13,268   13,236   13,194   13,150      -44
 Arts, entertainment, and
  recreation.................... 1,936.7  1,744.0  1,773.8  1,854.5  1,984.9  1,947.1  1,943.8  1,936.2  1,925.9  1,896.9    -29.0
  Performing arts and spectator
   sports.......................   415.1    370.2    376.9    394.6    409.5    401.4    405.7    398.6    397.7    390.9     -6.8
  Museums, historical sites,
   zoos, and parks..............   130.1    119.1    120.8    128.3    132.9    130.8    130.3    130.9    129.9    130.0       .1
  Amusements, gambling, and
   recreation................... 1,391.5  1,254.7  1,276.1  1,331.6  1,442.5  1,414.9  1,407.8  1,406.7  1,398.3  1,376.0    -22.3
 Accommodation and food services11,464.7 10,937.9 11,042.4 11,188.7 11,527.5 11,356.5 11,323.7 11,299.7 11,267.6 11,253.3    -14.3
  Accommodation................. 1,835.7  1,681.3  1,672.5  1,680.9  1,881.1  1,794.3  1,768.4  1,754.7  1,732.8  1,724.8     -8.0
  Food services and drinking
   places....................... 9,629.0  9,256.6  9,369.9  9,507.8  9,646.4  9,562.2  9,555.3  9,545.0  9,534.8  9,528.5     -6.3

Other services..................   5,542    5,398    5,404    5,416    5,541    5,477    5,461    5,449    5,427    5,420       -7
  Repair and maintenance........ 1,249.4  1,165.3  1,164.8  1,168.7  1,242.2  1,189.9  1,184.7  1,177.3  1,167.6  1,165.1     -2.5
  Personal and laundry services. 1,331.4  1,295.0  1,295.4  1,301.3  1,324.9  1,320.9  1,313.6  1,312.5  1,303.9  1,298.6     -5.3
  Membership associations and
   organizations................ 2,960.9  2,937.7  2,943.9  2,945.5  2,973.5  2,965.7  2,963.1  2,958.7  2,955.2  2,956.3      1.1

Government......................  22,846   22,843   22,930   22,995   22,451   22,532   22,540   22,547   22,541   22,613       72
 Federal........................   2,747    2,780    2,788    2,865    2,758    2,778    2,793    2,796    2,806    2,872       66
  Federal, except U.S. Postal
   Service...................... 1,989.7  2,057.7  2,070.5  2,142.2  1,996.4  2,057.3  2,065.8  2,071.0  2,082.5  2,145.0     62.5
  U.S. Postal Service...........   757.2    722.0    717.7    723.2    761.3    720.9    726.9    724.9    723.5    726.7      3.2
 State government...............   5,300    5,305    5,329    5,333    5,159    5,196    5,192    5,192    5,190    5,192        2
  State government education.... 2,484.4  2,507.1  2,528.0  2,534.5  2,340.0  2,381.3  2,380.2  2,382.3  2,382.5  2,388.1      5.6
  State government, excluding
   education.................... 2,815.2  2,798.3  2,801.0  2,798.8  2,819.4  2,814.8  2,811.6  2,809.4  2,807.6  2,803.6     -4.0
 Local government...............  14,799   14,758   14,813   14,797   14,534   14,558   14,555   14,559   14,545   14,549        4
  Local government education.... 8,402.2  8,388.9  8,436.6  8,403.8  8,066.2  8,060.5  8,070.7  8,076.7  8,072.4  8,076.2      3.8
  Local government, excluding
   education.................... 6,397.0  6,369.3  6,376.0  6,393.0  6,467.6  6,497.7  6,484.7  6,482.5  6,472.5  6,473.2       .7

   1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
   2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
   3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.
   p = preliminary.




ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2.  Average weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector
and selected industry detail

                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Change
                  Industry                       Apr.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    Apr.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.     from:
                                                 2008   2009   2009p  2009p   2008   2008   2009   2009   2009p  2009p  Mar. 2009-
                                                                                                                        Apr. 2009p


        Total private.........................   33.6   33.2   33.2   32.8    33.8   33.3   33.3   33.3   33.2   33.2       0.0

    Goods-producing...........................   40.2   38.6   38.7   38.4    40.4   39.4   39.3   39.2   39.0   39.0        .0

Mining and logging............................   44.5   43.5   42.9   42.6    45.0   44.3   44.2   43.9   43.4   43.0       -.4

Construction..................................   38.4   37.0   37.3   37.0    38.9   38.0   37.9   38.0   37.7   37.6       -.1

Manufacturing.................................   41.0   39.2   39.2   38.9    41.0   39.9   39.8   39.5   39.4   39.6        .2
   Overtime hours.............................    3.8    2.5    2.5    2.3     4.0    2.9    2.9    2.7    2.6    2.7        .1

 Durable goods................................   41.3   39.2   39.2   39.0    41.4   40.0   39.8   39.6   39.4   39.7        .3
   Overtime hours.............................    3.9    2.3    2.3    2.1     4.0    2.8    2.7    2.5    2.4    2.5        .1

  Wood products...............................   38.6   36.0   36.2   36.5    38.6   36.8   36.9   37.1   36.9   37.0        .1
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   42.2   38.6   39.2   40.2    42.3   40.9   40.2   40.0   39.9   40.2        .3
  Primary metals..............................   42.3   39.8   40.3   39.3    42.6   40.5   40.4   40.1   40.2   40.1       -.1
  Fabricated metal products...................   41.6   39.2   38.8   38.1    41.6   40.3   39.7   39.5   39.0   39.1        .1
  Machinery...................................   42.5   40.5   40.1   39.8    42.5   41.1   40.9   40.6   40.2   40.5        .3
  Computer and electronic products............   40.9   40.3   39.8   39.6    41.1   40.4   40.7   40.5   39.9   40.3        .4
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   40.9   38.5   38.6   38.6    41.0   39.7   39.4   38.9   38.8   39.6        .8
  Transportation equipment....................   42.5   40.1   40.2   40.2    42.5   40.9   40.4   40.1   40.3   41.0        .7
   Motor vehicles and parts (2)...............   42.2   38.1   38.3   39.2    42.1   39.9   38.6   38.2   38.5   39.8       1.3
  Furniture and related products..............   38.3   36.9   37.6   36.7    38.7   37.3   37.7   37.4   37.7   37.4       -.3
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   39.2   37.8   38.4   38.2    39.3   38.3   38.4   38.2   38.3   38.5        .2

 Nondurable goods.............................   40.4   39.1   39.2   38.8    40.5   39.7   39.7   39.5   39.4   39.5        .1
   Overtime hours.............................    3.7    2.8    2.8    2.6     3.9    3.1    3.2    3.0    3.0    3.0        .0

  Food manufacturing..........................   40.4   39.3   39.5   38.7    40.8   39.8   40.1   39.9   40.0   40.0        .0
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   39.7   36.6   35.8   35.1    39.4   36.7   37.0   37.0   36.1   35.8       -.3
  Textile mills...............................   38.3   35.9   36.0   35.6    38.4   37.0   37.1   36.4   36.2   36.3        .1
  Textile product mills.......................   38.2   37.0   37.0   36.7    38.3   37.1   37.0   37.1   37.0   37.1        .1
  Apparel.....................................   36.8   35.4   36.3   35.7    36.6   36.0   36.0   35.6   36.1   36.1        .0
  Leather and allied products.................   38.9   32.8   33.2   31.8    38.6   34.7   34.0   33.3   33.0   32.6       -.4
  Paper and paper products....................   43.2   41.1   40.7   40.9    43.3   41.9   41.6   41.5   41.0   41.3        .3
  Printing and related support activities.....   38.4   37.1   37.6   37.0    38.5   38.0   37.7   37.3   37.5   37.5        .0
  Petroleum and coal products.................   42.9   43.5   43.4   44.2    43.2   45.3   45.1   43.8   44.4   44.7        .3
  Chemicals...................................   41.3   41.1   40.9   40.7    41.3   41.1   41.1   41.1   40.9   40.9        .0
  Plastics and rubber products................   41.0   39.4   39.2   39.1    41.0   40.0   39.9   39.6   39.3   39.8        .5

     Private service-providing................   32.2   32.3   32.2   31.9    32.4   32.2   32.2   32.1   32.1   32.1        .0

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........   33.1   32.7   32.7   32.6    33.3   32.9   32.9   32.8   32.8   32.8        .0

 Wholesale trade..............................   38.2   38.0   37.8   37.4    38.3   37.8   38.1   37.9   37.7   37.8        .1

 Retail trade.................................   29.9   29.6   29.6   29.6    30.2   29.7   29.7   29.8   29.8   29.8        .0

 Transportation and warehousing...............   36.2   35.4   36.1   35.5    36.6   36.2   36.0   35.7   36.0   36.0        .0

 Utilities....................................   42.7   43.3   42.2   42.4    42.6   42.9   42.6   43.2   42.5   42.4       -.1

Information...................................   36.3   37.1   36.8   36.2    36.6   37.0   37.2   36.9   36.7   36.5       -.2

Financial activities..........................   35.7   36.8   36.4   35.8    35.9   35.9   36.2   36.2   36.0   36.0        .0

Professional and business services............   34.8   34.9   34.9   34.4    34.8   34.8   34.9   34.8   34.7   34.8        .1

Education and health services.................   32.4   32.4   32.5   32.3    32.6   32.4   32.4   32.3   32.4   32.5        .1

Leisure and hospitality.......................   25.2   24.9   24.8   24.6    25.4   25.0   24.8   25.0   24.8   24.8        .0

Other services................................   30.7   30.7   30.5   30.4    30.8   30.6   30.7   30.6   30.5   30.5        .0

   1 Data relate to production workers in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction workers in construction,
and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries.  These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the
total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
   2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
   p = preliminary.




ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                          ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3.  Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

                                                       Average hourly earnings                  Average weekly earnings

                  Industry                         Apr.      Feb.     Mar.      Apr.       Apr.      Feb.     Mar.      Apr.
                                                   2008      2009     2009p     2009p      2008      2009     2009p     2009p

        Total private........................... $17.95    $18.57    $18.56    $18.51    $603.12   $616.52   $616.19   $607.13
         Seasonally adjusted....................  17.94     18.46     18.50     18.51     606.37    614.72    614.20    614.53

    Goods-producing.............................  19.09     19.64     19.74     19.80     767.42    758.10    763.94    760.32

Mining and logging..............................  21.78     23.19     23.44     23.54     969.21   1008.77   1005.58   1002.80

Construction....................................  21.49     22.25     22.46     22.45     825.22    823.25    837.76    830.65

Manufacturing...................................  17.64     18.07     18.09     18.14     723.24    708.34    709.13    705.65

 Durable goods..................................  18.59     19.09     19.18     19.22     767.77    748.33    751.86    749.58
  Wood products.................................  14.00     14.77     14.68     14.70     540.40    531.72    531.42    536.55
  Nonmetallic mineral products..................  17.12     17.03     17.22     17.45     722.46    657.36    675.02    701.49
  Primary metals................................  20.21     19.75     19.69     19.91     854.88    786.05    793.51    782.46
  Fabricated metal products.....................  16.82     17.30     17.30     17.45     699.71    678.16    671.24    664.85
  Machinery.....................................  17.91     18.17     18.23     18.16     761.18    735.89    731.02    722.77
  Computer and electronic products..............  20.86     21.42     21.69     21.77     853.17    863.23    863.26    862.09
  Electrical equipment and appliances...........  15.74     15.93     15.95     15.97     643.77    613.31    615.67    616.44
  Transportation equipment......................  23.59     24.69     24.82     24.78    1002.58    990.07    997.76    996.16
  Furniture and related products................  14.45     14.85     15.02     14.98     553.44    547.97    564.75    549.77
  Miscellaneous manufacturing...................  14.96     15.97     16.00     16.14     586.43    603.67    614.40    616.55

 Nondurable goods...............................  16.03     16.48     16.42     16.49     647.61    644.37    643.66    639.81
  Food manufacturing............................  13.88     14.30     14.22     14.27     560.75    561.99    561.69    552.25
  Beverages and tobacco products................  19.41     20.25     20.40     20.03     770.58    741.15    730.32    703.05
  Textile mills.................................  13.45     13.76     13.89     13.82     515.14    493.98    500.04    491.99
  Textile product mills.........................  11.77     11.53     11.32     11.34     449.61    426.61    418.84    416.18
  Apparel.......................................  11.51     11.40     11.25     11.50     423.57    403.56    408.38    410.55
  Leather and allied products...................  12.63     14.19     14.18     14.27     491.31    465.43    470.78    453.79
  Paper and paper products......................  18.64     18.99     18.90     19.17     805.25    780.49    769.23    784.05
  Printing and related support activities.......  16.63     16.79     16.72     16.78     638.59    622.91    628.67    620.86
  Petroleum and coal products...................  26.96     29.57     29.82     28.88    1156.58   1286.30   1294.19   1276.50
  Chemicals.....................................  19.35     19.96     19.93     19.94     799.16    820.36    815.14    811.56
  Plastics and rubber products..................  15.80     16.22     16.17     16.20     647.80    639.07    633.86    633.42

     Private service-providing..................  17.67     18.33     18.31     18.24     568.97    592.06    589.58    581.86

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  16.13     16.47     16.43     16.41     533.90    538.57    537.26    534.97

 Wholesale trade................................  20.01     20.65     20.66     20.70     764.38    784.70    780.95    774.18

 Retail trade...................................  12.89     12.99     13.01     13.02     385.41    384.50    385.10    385.39

 Transportation and warehousing.................  18.30     18.73     18.54     18.51     662.46    663.04    669.29    657.11

 Utilities......................................  28.70     29.70     29.41     29.52    1225.49   1286.01   1241.10   1251.65

Information.....................................  24.56     25.12     25.39     25.27     891.53    931.95    934.35    914.77

Financial activities............................  20.21     20.68     20.70     20.66     721.50    761.02    753.48    739.63

Professional and business services..............  20.91     22.52     22.54     22.28     727.67    785.95    786.65    766.43

Education and health services...................  18.75     19.26     19.20     19.29     607.50    624.02    624.00    623.07

Leisure and hospitality.........................  10.81     11.06     10.99     10.97     272.41    275.39    272.55    269.86

Other services..................................  16.09     16.34     16.34     16.30     493.96    501.64    498.37    495.52

   1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
   p = preliminary.




ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                             ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4.  Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                       Percent
                  Industry                         Apr.     Dec.     Jan.     Feb.    Mar.     Apr.  change from:
                                                   2008     2008     2009     2009    2009p    2009p  Mar. 2009-
                                                                                                      Apr. 2009p
        Total private:
         Current dollars........................ $17.94   $18.40   $18.43   $18.46   $18.50   $18.51      0.1
         Constant (1982) dollars (2)............   8.29     8.65     8.64     8.61     8.64     N.A.      (3)

    Goods-producing.............................  19.16    19.69    19.72    19.78    19.86    19.84      -.1

Mining and logging..............................  21.77    23.23    23.14    23.14    23.41    23.49       .3

Construction....................................  21.62    22.41    22.43    22.42    22.60    22.57      -.1

Manufacturing...................................  17.64    17.96    17.99    18.07    18.11    18.13       .1
   Excluding overtime (4).......................  16.82    17.33    17.36    17.47    17.53    17.53       .0

 Durable goods..................................  18.61    18.94    18.99    19.09    19.18    19.21       .2

 Nondurable goods...............................  16.01    16.39    16.43    16.49    16.46    16.49       .2

     Private service-providing..................  17.63    18.10    18.14    18.17    18.19    18.22       .2

Trade, transportation, and utilities............  16.08    16.31    16.36    16.38    16.37    16.40       .2

 Wholesale trade................................  20.05    20.31    20.41    20.52    20.60    20.70       .5

 Retail trade...................................  12.84    12.94    12.97    12.96    12.97    12.98       .1

 Transportation and warehousing.................  18.31    18.66    18.72    18.67    18.62    18.62       .0

 Utilities......................................  28.54    29.16    29.22    29.67    29.29    29.36       .2

Information.....................................  24.56    24.91    24.98    25.09    25.30    25.27      -.1

Financial activities............................  20.17    20.53    20.53    20.55    20.63    20.63       .0

Professional and business services..............  20.90    21.97    22.04    22.17    22.28    22.30       .1

Education and health services...................  18.74    19.20    19.18    19.24    19.21    19.29       .4

Leisure and hospitality.........................  10.81    10.94    10.97    10.97    10.97    10.96      -.1

Other services..................................  16.00    16.29    16.30    16.25    16.23    16.23       .0

   1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
   2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series.
   3 Change was .3 percent from Feb. 2009 to Mar. 2009, the latest month available.
   4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
   N.A. = not available.
   p = preliminary.




ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5.  Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)

                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Apr.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    Apr.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.   change from:
                                                2008   2009   2009p  2009p   2008   2008   2009   2009   2009p  2009p   Mar. 2009-
                                                                                                                        Apr. 2009p

        Total private.........................  106.2   99.6   99.5   98.6   107.4  103.2  102.5  101.9  100.9  100.3      -0.6

    Goods-producing...........................   97.1   82.0   81.1   80.3    99.0   90.4   88.1   86.5   84.3   82.9      -1.7

Mining and logging............................  132.0  130.1  124.9  121.6   135.6  139.1  138.3  135.1  129.6  125.9      -2.9

Construction..................................  105.9   85.8   85.9   86.7   110.4   99.8   97.5   96.1   93.0   90.6      -2.6

Manufacturing.................................   91.7   78.3   77.1   75.6    92.2   84.0   81.7   79.8   78.3   77.6       -.9

 Durable goods................................   94.4   78.1   76.6   75.0    94.9   84.6   81.6   79.6   77.6   76.6      -1.3
  Wood products...............................   79.5   57.9   58.8   60.0    80.6   66.7   64.6   62.5   62.1   61.7       -.6
  Nonmetallic mineral products................   93.0   72.0   72.3   76.8    94.1   84.0   81.0   78.9   76.6   77.2        .8
  Primary metals..............................   90.2   71.3   70.2   65.6    90.5   78.1   75.6   72.0   70.1   67.3      -4.0
  Fabricated metal products...................  103.2   86.4   83.4   79.7   103.6   93.8   89.8   87.4   84.1   82.2      -2.3
  Machinery...................................  103.6   88.5   84.7   82.4   104.0   94.8   91.8   88.9   85.4   84.3      -1.3
  Computer and electronic products............  102.7   93.3   91.2   89.0   103.5   96.8   96.4   94.1   91.5   91.0       -.5
  Electrical equipment and appliances.........   88.9   78.1   76.0   74.1    89.5   83.8   81.8   79.1   76.7   76.3       -.5
  Transportation equipment....................   92.5   72.1   71.6   69.7    91.9   79.0   73.2   72.4   71.7   70.6      -1.5
   Motor vehicles and parts (2)...............   77.4   52.8   52.7   51.8    76.2   61.3   53.5   53.2   52.7   51.8      -1.7
  Furniture and related products..............   77.7   60.8   60.7   58.7    78.7   66.1   64.7   62.5   61.4   59.9      -2.4
  Miscellaneous manufacturing.................   90.2   82.2   82.1   82.4    90.7   85.9   84.8   83.7   82.6   83.3        .8

 Nondurable goods.............................   87.1   78.4   77.8   76.6    88.2   82.8   81.6   80.3   79.3   79.2       -.1
  Food manufacturing..........................   98.2   94.4   94.5   92.9   101.7   98.6   98.7   98.0   97.9   98.7        .8
  Beverages and tobacco products..............   89.6   83.6   82.1   80.7    92.1   89.3   90.1   88.8   86.4   85.1      -1.5
  Textile mills...............................   49.2   37.2   37.0   36.4    49.4   40.7   39.7   38.2   37.2   37.3        .3
  Textile product mills.......................   72.1   61.0   58.5   56.9    71.5   65.0   62.7   61.4   58.6   57.6      -1.7
  Apparel.....................................   57.9   47.6   48.0   45.7    57.8   51.3   49.7   48.4   48.0   46.6      -2.9
  Leather and allied products.................   71.2   56.8   57.7   56.9    71.1   62.5   60.9   59.1   58.4   58.3       -.2
  Paper and paper products....................   84.6   75.0   73.3   73.3    85.3   79.8   77.9   76.4   74.8   74.8        .0
  Printing and related support activities.....   87.8   75.7   75.6   73.0    88.3   80.6   78.7   76.5   75.6   74.5      -1.5
  Petroleum and coal products.................   96.6   83.5   84.1   90.7    98.9   98.4   93.3   89.2   89.9   93.7       4.2
  Chemicals...................................   95.3   90.2   89.0   87.8    95.2   91.8   91.0   90.4   89.1   88.2      -1.0
  Plastics and rubber products................   89.1   75.1   73.3   72.5    89.1   80.2   78.0   76.2   74.4   74.6        .3

    Private service-providing.................  108.5  104.9  104.7  104.0   109.5  107.0  106.6  105.9  105.4  105.0       -.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  103.1   97.4   97.2   96.7   104.8  100.6  100.2   99.3   98.9   98.3       -.6

 Wholesale trade..............................  109.2  103.4  102.4  100.8   109.9  105.5  105.6  104.2  102.9  102.2       -.7

 Retail trade.................................   99.1   94.1   94.1   94.0   101.6   97.1   96.8   96.8   96.4   96.0       -.4

 Transportation and warehousing...............  107.7   99.2  100.8   98.5   109.3  104.2  102.8  101.2  101.6  100.7       -.9

 Utilities....................................   97.6  101.4   98.7   98.6    97.7  100.2  100.1  101.6   99.8   99.2       -.6

Information...................................   99.7   98.3   97.6   95.3   100.7   99.6   99.4   98.4   97.5   96.6       -.9

Financial activities..........................  107.2  106.8  105.1  102.9   108.3  106.2  106.5  105.8  104.6  103.9       -.7

Professional and business services............  114.9  106.7  106.4  105.3   115.4  110.8  110.1  108.6  107.4  106.8       -.6

Education and health services.................  115.6  117.9  118.5  118.1   115.4  116.9  117.2  116.9  117.4  117.8        .3

Leisure and hospitality.......................  109.4  102.0  102.8  103.9   111.2  107.8  106.7  107.2  106.0  105.7       -.3

Other services................................   99.6   97.0   96.5   96.5    99.9   98.3   98.2   97.6   97.0   96.9       -.1

   1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
   2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
   p = preliminary.
   NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours
by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average
weekly hours and production and nonsupervisory worker employment.




ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                               ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-6.  Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail

(2002=100)

                                                   Not seasonally adjusted              Seasonally adjusted

                                                                                                                         Percent
                  Industry                      Apr.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    Apr.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.   change from:
                                                2008   2009   2009p  2009p   2008   2008   2009   2009   2009p  2009p   Mar. 2009-
                                                                                                                        Apr. 2009p

        Total private.........................  127.3  123.6  123.4  121.9   128.7  126.9  126.2  125.7  124.7  124.0      -0.6

    Goods-producing...........................  113.5   98.6   98.1   97.4   116.1  109.0  106.4  104.7  102.5  100.7      -1.8

Mining and logging............................  167.1  175.5  170.3  166.4   171.7  188.0  186.2  181.8  176.5  172.0      -2.5

Construction..................................  122.9  103.0  104.2  105.1   128.9  120.8  118.0  116.4  113.5  110.5      -2.6

Manufacturing.................................  105.8   92.5   91.2   89.7   106.3   98.7   96.1   94.3   92.7   92.0       -.8

 Durable goods................................  109.6   93.0   91.8   90.0   110.2  100.1   96.8   94.9   92.9   91.9      -1.1

 Nondurable goods.............................   98.6   91.3   90.2   89.3    99.8   95.9   94.7   93.6   92.2   92.3        .1

    Private service-providing.................  131.4  131.8  131.4  130.1   132.4  132.8  132.6  131.9  131.5  131.2       -.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities..........  118.6  114.4  114.0  113.2   120.3  117.0  116.9  116.1  115.4  115.0       -.3

 Wholesale trade..............................  128.7  125.8  124.7  122.9   129.8  126.2  126.9  126.0  124.9  124.7       -.2

 Retail trade.................................  109.5  104.8  105.0  105.0   111.8  107.7  107.7  107.5  107.2  106.8       -.4

 Transportation and warehousing...............  125.0  117.8  118.5  115.7   127.0  123.3  122.1  119.9  120.0  119.0       -.8

 Utilities....................................  116.9  125.7  121.2  121.5   116.4  121.9  122.1  125.8  122.1  121.6       -.4

Information...................................  121.3  122.3  122.7  119.3   122.5  122.8  122.9  122.2  122.1  120.9      -1.0

Financial activities..........................  133.9  136.6  134.6  131.4   135.0  134.9  135.1  134.4  133.4  132.5       -.7

Professional and business services............  142.9  143.0  142.7  139.7   143.5  144.9  144.3  143.3  142.3  141.7       -.4

Education and health services.................  142.5  149.2  149.6  149.8   142.1  147.5  147.8  147.9  148.2  149.4        .8

Leisure and hospitality.......................  134.3  128.2  128.3  129.4   136.5  133.9  132.9  133.6  132.1  131.5       -.5

Other services................................  116.8  115.5  114.9  114.6   116.5  116.6  116.6  115.6  114.7  114.5       -.2

   1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
   p = preliminary.
   NOTE:  The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate
payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels.  Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of
average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production and nonsupervisory worker employment.




ESTABLISHMENT DATA                                                                                              ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-7.  Diffusion indexes of employment change

(Percent)

       Time span           Jan.     Feb.     Mar.     Apr.      May     June     July     Aug.    Sept.     Oct.     Nov.     Dec.

                                                        Private nonfarm payrolls, 271 industries (1)

Over 1-month span:
     2005 ..............   52.6     60.1     54.1     58.1     56.8     58.3     58.5     59.2     54.2     55.9     62.7     57.6
     2006 ..............   64.9     62.2     63.8     59.8     49.1     51.8     59.2     55.4     55.7     56.3     59.4     60.7
     2007 ..............   53.5     55.5     52.4     49.4     55.9     48.3     50.7     46.5     55.9     57.2     59.4     57.9
     2008 ..............   42.1     40.6     44.1     41.1     42.6     36.9     37.6     39.1     34.7     33.0     27.1     20.5
     2009 ..............   22.1     20.8    p20.3    p28.2

Over 3-month span:
     2005 ..............   51.7     57.2     59.0     59.8     57.9     62.0     60.5     62.9     60.3     55.5     56.3     62.7
     2006 ..............   67.7     68.6     65.1     65.1     60.5     58.9     55.5     57.0     55.0     54.4     59.0     64.2
     2007 ..............   62.5     54.8     54.2     54.8     54.1     50.4     52.8     48.7     53.3     53.9     58.3     62.5
     2008 ..............   57.7     44.8     40.2     39.7     37.3     33.6     33.6     32.8     34.9     33.2     26.9     20.8
     2009 ..............   18.6     14.2    p14.6    p15.9

Over 6-month span:
     2005 ..............   55.4     57.9     58.1     57.0     58.3     60.9     63.1     63.3     61.6     59.6     61.4     62.5
     2006 ..............   64.6     63.8     67.5     66.2     65.5     66.6     60.3     61.1     57.9     57.9     62.4     59.0
     2007 ..............   60.3     57.2     60.5     58.3     55.5     56.5     52.8     52.4     56.6     54.4     56.8     59.0
     2008 ..............   56.6     53.0     50.7     47.4     40.2     33.4     31.0     33.4     30.6     29.0     26.0     24.4
     2009 ..............   21.6     17.2    p14.2    p15.1

Over 12-month span:
     2005 ..............   60.9     60.9     60.0     59.2     58.3     60.3     61.3     63.3     60.7     59.2     59.8     61.8
     2006 ..............   67.2     65.5     65.9     62.9     65.5     66.8     64.8     64.4     66.6     65.9     64.9     66.2
     2007 ..............   63.3     59.4     61.1     59.6     59.2     58.3     56.8     57.2     59.4     58.9     58.1     59.6
     2008 ..............   54.4     56.1     52.6     49.1     50.2     47.8     43.7     42.3     38.0     37.8     32.3     28.2
     2009 ..............   24.0     22.0    p19.7    p18.6

                                                        Manufacturing payrolls, 83 industries (1)

Over 1-month span:
     2005 ..............   36.7     46.4     42.2     46.4     40.4     33.7     41.0     43.4     45.8     47.6     44.6     47.0
     2006 ..............   57.8     49.4     53.6     47.0     37.3     50.6     49.4     42.2     40.4     42.8     41.0     44.0
     2007 ..............   44.6     41.0     30.7     24.7     38.0     32.5     43.4     30.7     39.2     42.8     60.8     48.2
     2008 ..............   30.7     28.9     37.3     32.5     40.4     25.3     25.9     27.7     22.9     18.7     15.1     10.2
     2009 ..............    6.0      9.6    p12.7    p26.5

Over 3-month span:
     2005 ..............   36.7     43.4     41.0     41.6     35.5     36.1     34.9     36.7     42.2     44.0     38.6     48.8
     2006 ..............   56.6     57.2     48.2     48.2     44.6     50.0     43.4     45.2     36.7     33.1     35.5     39.2
     2007 ..............   40.4     33.1     33.1     28.9     29.5     30.1     31.9     28.9     30.7     30.7     39.2     51.2
     2008 ..............   48.8     33.7     28.3     29.5     26.5     22.9     19.9     16.9     22.3     21.1     15.1     11.4
     2009 ..............    6.0      3.6     p2.4    p10.8

Over 6-month span:
     2005 ..............   33.7     39.8     38.0     36.1     35.5     34.9     39.8     36.1     36.1     38.0     36.7     39.8
     2006 ..............   45.2     45.2     50.6     48.8     50.6     50.0     45.2     47.0     43.4     42.2     39.8     34.3
     2007 ..............   37.3     33.1     29.5     28.9     30.7     34.9     28.9     26.5     29.5     28.3     33.7     38.0
     2008 ..............   34.3     30.1     37.3     35.5     25.3     20.5     17.5     18.1     16.9     13.3     11.4      9.6
     2009 ..............    9.0      4.8     p4.8     p7.2

Over 12-month span:
     2005 ..............   45.2     44.0     42.2     41.0     36.7     35.5     32.5     34.3     33.1     33.7     33.7     38.0
     2006 ..............   44.0     41.0     41.0     39.8     39.8     45.2     42.2     42.8     47.0     48.8     45.8     44.6
     2007 ..............   39.8     36.7     37.3     30.7     28.9     29.5     30.7     28.9     33.1     28.9     34.3     35.5
     2008 ..............   27.7     28.9     25.9     25.3     30.7     27.1     24.7     19.3     21.7     21.7     16.9     15.1
     2009 ..............    8.4      4.8     p4.8     p4.8

   1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.
   p = preliminary.
   NOTE:  Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with
unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing
employment.




Last Modified Date: May 08, 2009