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Transmission of material in this news release is embargoed until USDL-20-1140 8:30 a.m. (EDT) Friday, June 5, 2020 Technical information: Household data: cpsinfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/cps Establishment data: cesinfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/ces Media contact: (202) 691-5902 * PressOffice@bls.gov (NOTE: BLS reissued this news release on September 23, 2020, to address minor data errors associated with the introduction in January 2020 of a new occupation classification system. The corrections affected a limited number of data series presented in tables A-8, A-9, A-13, and A-14 of this release; for the vast majority of these series, the impact was negligible. Most major series, including the official unemployment rate, were not affected. Estimates in the BLS online database were corrected for January–July 2020. For more information on these corrections, see www.bls.gov/bls/errata/revision-to-current-population-survey-estimates-for-January- through-July-2020.htm.) THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- MAY 2020 Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 2.5 million in May, and the unemployment rate declined to 13.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. These improvements in the labor market reflected a limited resumption of economic activity that had been curtailed in March and April due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and efforts to contain it. In May, employment rose sharply in leisure and hospitality, construction, education and health services, and retail trade. By contrast, employment in government continued to decline sharply. This news release presents statistics from two monthly surveys. The household survey measures labor force status, including unemployment, by demographic characteristics. The establishment survey measures nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings by industry. For more information about the concepts and statistical methodology used in these two surveys, see the Technical Note. Household Survey Data The unemployment rate declined by 1.4 percentage points to 13.3 percent in May, and the number of unemployed persons fell by 2.1 million to 21.0 million. Reflecting the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and efforts to contain it, the unemployment rate and the number of unemployed persons are up by 9.8 percentage points and 15.2 million, respectively, since February. (See table A-1. For more information about how the household survey and its measures were affected by the coronavirus pandemic, see the box note at the end of the news release.) Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates declined in May for adult men (11.6 percent), adult women (13.9 percent), Whites (12.4 percent), and Hispanics (17.6 percent). The jobless rates for teenagers (29.9 percent), Blacks (16.8 percent), and Asians (15.0 percent) showed little change over the month. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) The number of unemployed persons who were on temporary layoff decreased by 2.7 million in May to 15.3 million, following a sharp increase of 16.2 million in April. Among those not on temporary layoff, the number of permanent job losers continued to rise, increasing by 295,000 in May to 2.3 million. (See table A-11.) In May, the number of unemployed persons who were jobless less than 5 weeks decreased by 10.4 million to 3.9 million. These individuals made up 18.5 percent of the unemployed. The number of unemployed persons who were jobless 5 to 14 weeks rose by 7.8 million to 14.8 million, accounting for about 70.8 percent of the unemployed. The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more), at 1.2 million, increased by 225,000 over the month and represented 5.6 percent of the unemployed. (See table A-12.) The labor force participation rate increased by 0.6 percentage point in May to 60.8 percent, following a decrease of 2.5 percentage points in April. Total employment, as measured by the household survey, rose by 3.8 million in May to 137.2 million, following a large decline in April. After an 8.7 percentage-point decline in April, the employment-population ratio rose by 1.5 percentage points to 52.8 percent in May. (See table A-1.) In May, the number of persons who usually work full time increased by 2.2 million to 116.5 million, and the number who usually work part time rose by 1.6 million to 20.7 million. Part-time workers accounted for about two-fifths of the over-the-month employment growth. (See table A-9.) The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons, at 10.6 million, changed little in May, but is up by 6.3 million since February. These individuals, who would have preferred full-time employment, were working part time because their hours had been reduced or they were unable to find full-time jobs. This group includes persons who usually work full time and persons who usually work part time. (See table A-8.) The number of persons not in the labor force who currently want a job, at 9.0 million, declined by 954,000 in May, after increasing by 4.4 million in April. These individuals were not counted as unemployed because they were not actively looking for work during the last 4 weeks or were unavailable to take a job. (See table A-1.) Persons marginally attached to the labor force--a subset of persons not in the labor force who currently want a job--numbered 2.4 million in May, little different from the prior month. These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months but had not looked for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached who believed that no jobs were available for them, numbered 662,000 in May, also little changed from the previous month. (See Summary table A.) Establishment Survey Data Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 2.5 million in May, reflecting a limited resumption of economic activity that had been curtailed due to the coronavirus pandemic and efforts to contain it. Employment fell by 1.4 million and 20.7 million, respectively, in March and April. Despite the over-the-month increase, nonfarm employment in May was 13 percent below its February level. Large employment increases occurred in May in leisure and hospitality, construction, education and health services, and retail trade. Government employment continued to decline sharply. (See table B-1. For more information about how the establishment survey and its measures were affected by the coronavirus pandemic, see the box note at the end of the news release.) In May, employment in leisure and hospitality increased by 1.2 million, following losses of 7.5 million in April and 743,000 in March. Over the month, employment in food services and drinking places rose by 1.4 million, accounting for about half of the gain in total nonfarm employment. May's gain in food services and drinking places followed steep declines in April and March (-6.1 million combined). In contrast, employment in the accommodation industry fell in May (-148,000) and has declined by 1.1 million since February. Construction employment increased by 464,000 in May, gaining back almost half of April's decline (-995,000). Much of the gain occurred in specialty trade contractors (+325,000), with growth about equally split between the residential and nonresidential components. Job gains also occurred in construction of buildings (+105,000), largely in residential building. Employment increased by 424,000 in education and health services in May, after a decrease of 2.6 million in April. Health care employment increased by 312,000 over the month, with gains in offices of dentists (+245,000), offices of other health practitioners (+73,000), and offices of physicians (+51,000). Elsewhere in health care, job losses continued in nursing and residential care facilities (-37,000) and hospitals (-27,000). Employment increased in the social assistance industry (+78,000), reflecting increases in child day care services (+44,000) and individual and family services (+29,000). Employment in private education rose by 33,000 over the month. In May, employment in retail trade rose by 368,000, after a loss of 2.3 million in April. Over-the-month job gains occurred in clothing and clothing accessories stores (+95,000), automobile dealers (+85,000), and general merchandise stores (+84,000). By contrast, job losses continued in electronics and appliance stores (-95,000) and in auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (-36,000). Employment increased in the other services industry in May (+272,000), following a decline of 1.3 million in April. About two-thirds of the May increase occurred in personal and laundry services (+182,000). In May, manufacturing employment rose by 225,000, with gains about evenly split between the durable and nondurable goods components. In April, manufacturing employment declined by 1.3 million, with about two-thirds of the loss occurring in the durable goods component. Within durable goods, employment gains in May were led by motor vehicles and parts (+28,000), fabricated metal products (+25,000), and machinery (+23,000). Within nondurable goods, job gains occurred in plastics and rubber products (+30,000) and food manufacturing (+25,000). Professional and business services added 127,000 jobs in May, after shedding 2.2 million jobs in April. Over the month, employment rose in services to buildings and dwellings (+68,000) and temporary help services (+39,000), while employment declined in management of companies and enterprises (-22,000). Financial activities added 33,000 jobs over the month, following a loss of 264,000 jobs in April. In May, employment gains occurred in real estate and rental and leasing (+24,000) and in credit intermediation and related activities (+7,000). Wholesale trade employment was up by 21,000 in May, largely reflecting job gains in its nondurable goods component (+13,000). In April, wholesale trade employment declined by 383,000. In May, employment continued to decline in government (-585,000), following a drop of 963,000 in April. Employment in local government was down by 487,000 in May. Local government education accounted for almost two-thirds of the decrease (-310,000), reflecting school closures. Employment also continued to decline in state government (-84,000), particularly in state education (-63,000). Employment in information fell by 38,000 in May, following a decline of 272,000 in April. Mining continued to lose jobs in May (-20,000), with most of the decline occurring in support activities for mining (-16,000). Mining employment has declined by 77,000 over the past 3 months. Employment in transportation and warehousing decreased in May (-19,000), after an April decline of 553,000. Air transportation lost 50,000 jobs over the month, following a loss of 79,000 jobs in April. In May, employment rose by 12,000 in couriers and messengers and 10,000 in transit and ground passenger transportation. In May, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls fell by 29 cents to $29.75, following a gain of $1.35 in April. Average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees decreased by 14 cents to $25.00 in May. The decreases in average hourly earnings largely reflect job gains among lower- paid workers; this change put downward pressure on the average hourly earnings estimates. (See tables B-3 and B-8.) The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.5 hour to 34.7 hours in May. In manufacturing, the workweek rose by 0.8 hour to 38.9 hours, and overtime increased by 0.3 hour to 2.4 hours. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.6 hour to 34.1 hours. While employees in most industries saw an increase in their workweeks in May, the employment changes, especially in industries with shorter workweeks, complicate monthly comparisons of the average weekly hours estimates. (See tables B-2 and B-7.) The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for March was revised down by 492,000, from -881,000 to -1.4 million, and the change for April was revised down by 150,000, from -20.5 million to -20.7 million. With these revisions, employment in March and April combined was 642,000 lower than previously reported. (Monthly revisions result from additional reports received from businesses and government agencies since the last published estimates and from the recalculation of seasonal factors. A methodological change to the establishment survey's birth-death model contributed to the revision for March. For more information, see the box note at the end of the news release.) After revisions, job losses have averaged 6.5 million per month over the past 3 months. _____________ The Employment Situation for June is scheduled to be released on Thursday, July 2, 2020, at 8:30 a.m. (EDT). _______________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | Coronavirus (COVID-19) Impact on May 2020 Establishment and Household Survey Data | | | | | | Data collection for both surveys was affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. | | In the establishment survey, approximately one-fifth of the data is collected at four | | regional data collection centers. Although these centers were closed, about three- | | quarters of the interviewers at these centers worked remotely to collect data by | | telephone. Additionally, BLS encouraged businesses to report electronically. The | | collection rate for the establishment survey in May was 69 percent, slightly lower | | than collection rates prior to the pandemic. The household survey is generally | | collected through in-person and telephone interviews, but personal interviews were | | not conducted for the safety of interviewers and respondents. The household survey | | response rate, at 67 percent, was about 15 percentage points lower than in months | | prior to the pandemic. | | | | In the establishment survey, workers who are paid by their employer for all or any | | part of the pay period including the 12th of the month are counted as employed, even | | if they were not actually at their jobs. Workers who are temporarily or permanently | | absent from their jobs and are not being paid are not counted as employed, even if | | they are continuing to receive benefits. | | | | The estimation methods used in the establishment survey were the same for May as they | | were for April. However, after further research, BLS extended the modifications that | | were made to the April birth-death model back to March, which accounted for a portion | | of the revision to March data. For more information, see | | www.bls.gov/cps/employment-situation-covid19-faq-may-2020.pdf. | | | | In the household survey, individuals are classified as employed, unemployed, or not | | in the labor force based on their answers to a series of questions about their | | activities during the survey reference week (May 10th through May 16th). Workers who | | indicate they were not working during the entire survey reference week and expect to | | be recalled to their jobs should be classified as unemployed on temporary layoff. In | | May, a large number of persons were classified as unemployed on temporary layoff. | | | | However, there was also a large number of workers who were classified as employed but | | absent from work. As was the case in March and April, household survey interviewers | | were instructed to classify employed persons absent from work due to coronavirus- | | related business closures as unemployed on temporary layoff. However, it is apparent | | that not all such workers were so classified. BLS and the Census Bureau are | | investigating why this misclassification error continues to occur and are taking | | additional steps to address the issue. | | | | If the workers who were recorded as employed but absent from work due to "other | | reasons" (over and above the number absent for other reasons in a typical May) had | | been classified as unemployed on temporary layoff, the overall unemployment rate | | would have been about 3 percentage points higher than reported (on a not seasonally | | adjusted basis). However, according to usual practice, the data from the household | | survey are accepted as recorded. To maintain data integrity, no ad hoc actions are | | taken to reclassify survey responses. | | | | More information is available at | | www.bls.gov/cps/employment-situation-covid19-faq-may-2020.pdf. | | | |_______________________________________________________________________________________|
Category | May 2019 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020 |
May 2020 |
Change from: Apr. 2020- May 2020 |
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Employment status |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
258,861 | 259,758 | 259,896 | 260,047 | 151 |
Civilian labor force |
162,782 | 162,913 | 156,481 | 158,227 | 1,746 |
Participation rate |
62.9 | 62.7 | 60.2 | 60.8 | 0.6 |
Employed |
156,844 | 155,772 | 133,403 | 137,242 | 3,839 |
Employment-population ratio |
60.6 | 60.0 | 51.3 | 52.8 | 1.5 |
Unemployed |
5,938 | 7,140 | 23,078 | 20,985 | -2,093 |
Unemployment rate |
3.6 | 4.4 | 14.7 | 13.3 | -1.4 |
Not in labor force |
96,079 | 96,845 | 103,415 | 101,820 | -1,595 |
Unemployment rates |
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Total, 16 years and over |
3.6 | 4.4 | 14.7 | 13.3 | -1.4 |
Adult men (20 years and over) |
3.4 | 4.0 | 13.0 | 11.6 | -1.4 |
Adult women (20 years and over) |
3.3 | 4.0 | 15.5 | 13.9 | -1.6 |
Teenagers (16 to 19 years) |
12.6 | 14.3 | 31.9 | 29.9 | -2.0 |
White |
3.3 | 4.0 | 14.2 | 12.4 | -1.8 |
Black or African American |
6.2 | 6.7 | 16.7 | 16.8 | 0.1 |
Asian |
2.5 | 4.1 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 0.5 |
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity |
4.2 | 6.0 | 18.9 | 17.6 | -1.3 |
Total, 25 years and over |
2.9 | 3.5 | 13.1 | 11.6 | -1.5 |
Less than a high school diploma |
5.4 | 6.8 | 21.2 | 19.9 | -1.3 |
High school graduates, no college |
3.6 | 4.4 | 17.3 | 15.3 | -2.0 |
Some college or associate degree |
2.8 | 3.7 | 15.0 | 13.3 | -1.7 |
Bachelor's degree and higher |
2.1 | 2.5 | 8.4 | 7.4 | -1.0 |
Reason for unemployment |
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Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs |
2,674 | 3,946 | 20,626 | 18,291 | -2,335 |
Job leavers |
809 | 727 | 570 | 554 | -16 |
Reentrants |
1,850 | 1,778 | 1,477 | 1,645 | 168 |
New entrants |
602 | 509 | 389 | 536 | 147 |
Duration of unemployment |
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Less than 5 weeks |
2,158 | 3,542 | 14,283 | 3,875 | -10,408 |
5 to 14 weeks |
1,572 | 1,794 | 7,004 | 14,814 | 7,810 |
15 to 26 weeks |
822 | 808 | 833 | 1,078 | 245 |
27 weeks and over |
1,298 | 1,164 | 939 | 1,164 | 225 |
Employed persons at work part time |
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Part time for economic reasons |
4,375 | 5,765 | 10,887 | 10,633 | -254 |
Slack work or business conditions |
2,647 | 4,043 | 9,939 | 9,543 | -396 |
Could only find part-time work |
1,341 | 1,321 | 697 | 843 | 146 |
Part time for noneconomic reasons |
21,415 | 20,601 | 12,355 | 14,394 | 2,039 |
Persons not in the labor force |
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Marginally attached to the labor force |
1,475 | 1,426 | 2,281 | 2,394 | 113 |
Discouraged workers |
388 | 514 | 574 | 662 | 88 |
NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. |
Category | May 2019 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020(p) |
May 2020(p) |
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EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY |
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Total nonfarm |
85 | -1,373 | -20,687 | 2,509 |
Total private |
87 | -1,356 | -19,724 | 3,094 |
Goods-producing |
11 | -119 | -2,373 | 669 |
Mining and logging |
2 | -8 | -54 | -20 |
Construction |
9 | -65 | -995 | 464 |
Manufacturing |
0 | -46 | -1,324 | 225 |
Durable goods(1) |
0 | -27 | -907 | 119 |
Motor vehicles and parts |
-0.1 | -5.1 | -359.2 | 27.7 |
Nondurable goods |
0 | -19 | -417 | 106 |
Private service-providing |
76 | -1,237 | -17,351 | 2,425 |
Wholesale trade |
4.0 | -12.0 | -382.5 | 21.4 |
Retail trade |
-12.3 | -85.4 | -2,285.8 | 367.8 |
Transportation and warehousing |
3.0 | -9.9 | -553.3 | -19.0 |
Utilities |
1.0 | -0.2 | -3.6 | -2.3 |
Information |
8 | -6 | -272 | -38 |
Financial activities |
6 | -18 | -264 | 33 |
Professional and business services(1) |
27 | -94 | -2,189 | 127 |
Temporary help services |
-3.6 | -51.4 | -840.5 | 39.1 |
Education and health services(1) |
30 | -178 | -2,590 | 424 |
Health care and social assistance |
26.1 | -134.5 | -2,128.5 | 390.7 |
Leisure and hospitality |
12 | -743 | -7,539 | 1,239 |
Other services |
-3 | -91 | -1,272 | 272 |
Government |
-2 | -17 | -963 | -585 |
(3-month average change, in thousands) |
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Total nonfarm |
147 | -303 | -7,270 | -6,517 |
Total private |
135 | -319 | -6,953 | -5,995 |
WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES |
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Total nonfarm women employees |
49.9 | 50.0 | 49.2 | 49.2 |
Total private women employees |
48.5 | 48.6 | 47.6 | 47.6 |
Total private production and nonsupervisory employees |
82.3 | 82.0 | 80.3 | 80.5 |
HOURS AND EARNINGS |
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Total private |
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Average weekly hours |
34.4 | 34.1 | 34.2 | 34.7 |
Average hourly earnings |
$27.87 | $28.69 | $30.04 | $29.75 |
Average weekly earnings |
$958.73 | $978.33 | $1,027.37 | $1,032.33 |
Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)(3) |
110.6 | 109.9 | 93.3 | 97.3 |
Over-the-month percent change |
0.1 | -1.9 | -15.1 | 4.3 |
Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)(4) |
147.3 | 150.7 | 134.0 | 138.4 |
Over-the-month percent change |
0.3 | -1.3 | -11.1 | 3.3 |
DIFFUSION INDEX |
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Total private (258 industries) |
55.2 | 21.9 | 3.9 | 64.0 |
Manufacturing (76 industries) |
47.4 | 26.3 | 3.3 | 70.4 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2019 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. |
Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates 1. Why are there two monthly measures of employment? The household survey and establishment survey both produce sample-based estimates of employment, and both have strengths and limitations. The establishment survey employment series has a smaller margin of error on the measurement of month-to- month change than the household survey because of its much larger sample size. An over-the-month employment change of about 100,000 is statistically significant in the establishment survey, while the threshold for a statistically significant change in the household survey is about 500,000. However, the household survey has a more expansive scope than the establishment survey because it includes self-employed workers whose businesses are unincorporated, 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. For more information on the differences between the two surveys, please visit https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/ces_cps_trends.htm. 2. Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys? It is likely that both surveys include at least some undocumented immigrants. However, neither the establishment nor the household survey is designed to identify the legal status of workers. Therefore, it is not possible to determine how many are counted in either survey. The establishment survey does not collect data on the legal status of workers. The household survey does include questions which identify the foreign and native born, but it does not include questions about the legal status of the foreign born. Data on the foreign and native born are published each month in table A-7 of The Employment Situation news release. 3. 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 https://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 https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbmart.htm. 4. Does the establishment survey sample include small firms? Yes; about 40 percent of the establishment survey sample is comprised of business establishments with fewer than 20 employees. The establishment survey sample is designed to maximize the reliability of the statewide total nonfarm employment estimate; firms from all states, size classes, and industries are appropriately sampled to achieve that goal. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who want a job but are not currently looking for work? Yes; however, there are separate estimates of persons outside the labor force who want a job, including those who are not currently looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged workers). In addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (some of which include discouraged workers and other groups not officially counted as unemployed) are published each month in table A-15 of The Employment Situation news release. For more information about these alternative measures, please visit https://www.bls.gov/cps/lfcharacteristics.htm#altmeasures. 8. How can unusually severe weather affect employment and hours estimates? In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period that includes the 12th of the month. Unusually severe weather is more likely to have an impact on average weekly hours than on employment. Average weekly hours are estimated for paid time during the pay period, including pay for holidays, sick leave, or other time off. The impact of severe weather on hours estimates typically, but not always, results in a reduction in average weekly hours. For example, some employees may be off work for part of the pay period and not receive pay for the time missed, while some workers, such as those dealing with cleanup or repair, may work extra hours. Typically, it is not possible to precisely quantify the effect of extreme weather on payroll employment estimates. In order for severe weather conditions to reduce employment estimates, employees have to be off work without pay for the entire pay period. Employees who receive pay for any part of the pay period, even 1 hour, are counted in the payroll employment figures. For more information on how often employees are paid, please visit https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-3/how-frequently-do-private- businesses-pay-workers.htm. In the household survey, the reference period is generally the calendar week that includes the 12th of the month. Persons who miss the entire week's work for weather- related events are counted as employed whether or not they are paid for the time off. The household survey collects data on the number of persons who had a job but were not at work due to bad weather. It also provides a measure of the number of persons who usually work full time but had reduced hours due to bad weather. Current and historical data are available on the household survey's most requested statistics page, please visit https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln.
Technical Note This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current Population Survey (CPS; household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics survey (CES; establishment survey). The household survey provides information on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the "A" tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 60,000 eligible households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The establishment survey provides information on employment, hours, and earnings of employees on nonfarm payrolls; the data appear in the "B" tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. BLS collects these data each month from the payroll records of a sample of nonagricultural business establishments. Each month the CES program surveys about 145,000 businesses and government agencies, representing approximately 697,000 individual worksites, in order to provide detailed industry data on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls. The active sample includes approximately one-third of all nonfarm payroll jobs. For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a particular week or pay period. In the household survey, the reference period is generally the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month. In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week. Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of questions on work and job search activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force. People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours in a family business or farm. People are also counted as employed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons. People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following criteria: they had no employment during the reference week; they were available for work at that time; and they made specific active 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 persons not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force. The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the labor force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the employed as a percent of the population. Additional information about the household survey can be found at www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm. Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as from federal, state, and local government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are those who worked or received pay for any part of the reference pay period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are counted in each job they hold. Hours and earnings data are produced for the private sector for all employees and for production and nonsupervisory employees. Production and nonsupervisory employees are defined as production and related employees in manufacturing and mining and logging, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in private service-providing industries. Industries are classified on the basis of an establishment's principal activity in accordance with the 2017 version of the North American Industry Classification System. Additional information about the establishment survey can be found at www.bls.gov/ces/. Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual and methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the surveys. Among these are: --The household survey includes agricultural workers, self-employed workers whose businesses are unincorporated, unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed. These groups are excluded from the establishment survey. --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed. The establishment survey does not. --The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older. The establishment survey is not limited by age. --The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because individuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job and thus appearing on more than one payroll are counted separately for each appearance. Seasonal adjustment Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the levels of employment and unemployment undergo regularly occurring fluctuations. These events may result from seasonal changes in weather, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very large. Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year, their influence on the level of a series can be tempered by adjusting for regular seasonal variation. These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as declines in employment or increases in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For example, in the household survey, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined. Similarly, in the establishment survey, payroll employment in education declines by about 20 percent at the end of the spring term and later rises with the start of the fall term, obscuring the underlying employment trends in the industry. Because seasonal employment changes at the end and beginning of the school year can be estimated, the statistics can be adjusted to make underlying employment patterns more discernable. The seasonally adjusted figures provide a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in month-to-month economic activity. Many seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories. Percentage distributions of unemployment by reason and duration are derived from the sum of the independently seasonally adjusted component series, and will not necessarily match calculations made using the seasonally adjusted total unemployment level. Additional information about seasonal adjustment in the household survey can be found at www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm#sa. For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each month using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the current month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to adjust only the current month's data. In the establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly estimates. The prior 2 months are routinely revised to incorporate additional sample reports and recalculated seasonal adjustment factors. In both surveys, 5-year revisions to historical data are made once a year. Reliability of the estimates Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample, rather than the entire population, is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the true population values they represent. The component of this difference that occurs because samples differ by chance is known as sampling error, and its variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the true population value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total nonfarm employment from the establishment survey is on the order of plus or minus 110,000. Suppose the estimate of nonfarm employment increases by 50,000 from one month to the next. The 90-percent confidence interval on the monthly change would range from -60,000 to +160,000 (50,000 +/- 110,000). These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the true over-the-month change lies within this interval. Since this range includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that nonfarm employment had, in fact, increased that month. If, however, the reported nonfarm employment rise was 250,000, then all of the values within the 90-percent confidence interval would be greater than zero. In this case, it is likely (at least a 90-percent chance) that nonfarm employment had, in fact, risen that month. At an unemployment rate of around 6.0 percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment as measured by the household survey is about +/- 300,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- 0.2 percentage point. In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates which are based on a small number of observations. The precision of estimates also is improved when the data are cumulated over time, such as for quarterly and annual averages. The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling error, which can occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the data. For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2 months are based on incomplete returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final. Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business births. The first component excludes employment losses from business deaths from sample-based estimation in order to offset the missing employment gains from business births. This is incorporated into the sample-based estimation procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of business, but imputing to them the same employment trend as the other firms in the sample. This procedure accounts for most of the net birth/death employment. The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was derived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past 5 years. The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program. The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over the past decade, absolute benchmark revisions for total nonfarm employment have averaged 0.2 percent, with a range from -0.7 percent to 0.3 percent. Other information Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339.
Employment status, sex, and age | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted(1) | |||||||
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May 2019 |
Apr. 2020 |
May 2020 |
May 2019 |
Jan. 2020 |
Feb. 2020 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020 |
May 2020 |
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TOTAL |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
258,861 | 259,896 | 260,047 | 258,861 | 259,502 | 259,628 | 259,758 | 259,896 | 260,047 |
Civilian labor force |
162,655 | 155,830 | 157,975 | 162,782 | 164,606 | 164,546 | 162,913 | 156,481 | 158,227 |
Participation rate |
62.8 | 60.0 | 60.7 | 62.9 | 63.4 | 63.4 | 62.7 | 60.2 | 60.8 |
Employed |
157,152 | 133,326 | 137,461 | 156,844 | 158,714 | 158,759 | 155,772 | 133,403 | 137,242 |
Employment-population ratio |
60.7 | 51.3 | 52.9 | 60.6 | 61.2 | 61.1 | 60.0 | 51.3 | 52.8 |
Unemployed |
5,503 | 22,504 | 20,514 | 5,938 | 5,892 | 5,787 | 7,140 | 23,078 | 20,985 |
Unemployment rate |
3.4 | 14.4 | 13.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 14.7 | 13.3 |
Not in labor force |
96,207 | 104,066 | 102,072 | 96,079 | 94,896 | 95,082 | 96,845 | 103,415 | 101,820 |
Persons who currently want a job |
5,500 | 9,761 | 9,422 | 5,037 | 4,904 | 4,962 | 5,509 | 9,916 | 8,962 |
Men, 16 years and over |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
125,197 | 125,707 | 125,782 | 125,197 | 125,513 | 125,575 | 125,639 | 125,707 | 125,782 |
Civilian labor force |
86,532 | 82,820 | 83,963 | 86,412 | 87,088 | 87,008 | 86,123 | 83,139 | 83,900 |
Participation rate |
69.1 | 65.9 | 66.8 | 69.0 | 69.4 | 69.3 | 68.5 | 66.1 | 66.7 |
Employed |
83,561 | 71,810 | 74,004 | 83,213 | 83,940 | 83,871 | 82,357 | 71,916 | 73,702 |
Employment-population ratio |
66.7 | 57.1 | 58.8 | 66.5 | 66.9 | 66.8 | 65.6 | 57.2 | 58.6 |
Unemployed |
2,971 | 11,010 | 9,959 | 3,199 | 3,147 | 3,137 | 3,765 | 11,223 | 10,199 |
Unemployment rate |
3.4 | 13.3 | 11.9 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 13.5 | 12.2 |
Not in labor force |
38,665 | 42,887 | 41,818 | 38,785 | 38,426 | 38,568 | 39,516 | 42,569 | 41,881 |
Men, 20 years and over |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
116,752 | 117,330 | 117,410 | 116,752 | 117,110 | 117,181 | 117,254 | 117,330 | 117,410 |
Civilian labor force |
83,785 | 80,379 | 81,240 | 83,569 | 84,087 | 84,001 | 83,176 | 80,461 | 81,057 |
Participation rate |
71.8 | 68.5 | 69.2 | 71.6 | 71.8 | 71.7 | 70.9 | 68.6 | 69.0 |
Employed |
81,192 | 70,041 | 72,076 | 80,761 | 81,345 | 81,202 | 79,832 | 69,977 | 71,672 |
Employment-population ratio |
69.5 | 59.7 | 61.4 | 69.2 | 69.5 | 69.3 | 68.1 | 59.6 | 61.0 |
Unemployed |
2,594 | 10,338 | 9,164 | 2,808 | 2,743 | 2,799 | 3,344 | 10,483 | 9,385 |
Unemployment rate |
3.1 | 12.9 | 11.3 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 13.0 | 11.6 |
Not in labor force |
32,967 | 36,951 | 36,170 | 33,184 | 33,023 | 33,180 | 34,078 | 36,870 | 36,352 |
Women, 16 years and over |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
133,664 | 134,189 | 134,265 | 133,664 | 133,988 | 134,053 | 134,119 | 134,189 | 134,265 |
Civilian labor force |
76,122 | 73,010 | 74,011 | 76,370 | 77,518 | 77,538 | 76,790 | 73,343 | 74,327 |
Participation rate |
57.0 | 54.4 | 55.1 | 57.1 | 57.9 | 57.8 | 57.3 | 54.7 | 55.4 |
Employed |
73,591 | 61,516 | 63,457 | 73,631 | 74,774 | 74,888 | 73,415 | 61,487 | 63,540 |
Employment-population ratio |
55.1 | 45.8 | 47.3 | 55.1 | 55.8 | 55.9 | 54.7 | 45.8 | 47.3 |
Unemployed |
2,532 | 11,494 | 10,554 | 2,739 | 2,744 | 2,651 | 3,375 | 11,855 | 10,787 |
Unemployment rate |
3.3 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 16.2 | 14.5 |
Not in labor force |
57,542 | 61,179 | 60,254 | 57,294 | 56,470 | 56,514 | 57,329 | 60,847 | 59,938 |
Women, 20 years and over |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
125,419 | 125,991 | 126,072 | 125,419 | 125,770 | 125,841 | 125,915 | 125,991 | 126,072 |
Civilian labor force |
73,263 | 70,790 | 71,316 | 73,439 | 74,512 | 74,501 | 73,840 | 70,913 | 71,558 |
Participation rate |
58.4 | 56.2 | 56.6 | 58.6 | 59.2 | 59.2 | 58.6 | 56.3 | 56.8 |
Employed |
71,072 | 60,124 | 61,630 | 71,038 | 72,097 | 72,179 | 70,886 | 59,947 | 61,638 |
Employment-population ratio |
56.7 | 47.7 | 48.9 | 56.6 | 57.3 | 57.4 | 56.3 | 47.6 | 48.9 |
Unemployed |
2,191 | 10,666 | 9,686 | 2,401 | 2,415 | 2,323 | 2,954 | 10,966 | 9,920 |
Unemployment rate |
3.0 | 15.1 | 13.6 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 15.5 | 13.9 |
Not in labor force |
52,156 | 55,202 | 54,755 | 51,980 | 51,258 | 51,340 | 52,075 | 55,079 | 54,514 |
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
16,690 | 16,574 | 16,566 | 16,690 | 16,622 | 16,606 | 16,590 | 16,574 | 16,566 |
Civilian labor force |
5,607 | 4,661 | 5,419 | 5,774 | 6,007 | 6,043 | 5,897 | 5,108 | 5,612 |
Participation rate |
33.6 | 28.1 | 32.7 | 34.6 | 36.1 | 36.4 | 35.5 | 30.8 | 33.9 |
Employed |
4,888 | 3,161 | 3,755 | 5,044 | 5,273 | 5,378 | 5,054 | 3,479 | 3,932 |
Employment-population ratio |
29.3 | 19.1 | 22.7 | 30.2 | 31.7 | 32.4 | 30.5 | 21.0 | 23.7 |
Unemployed |
718 | 1,500 | 1,663 | 730 | 734 | 665 | 843 | 1,628 | 1,681 |
Unemployment rate |
12.8 | 32.2 | 30.7 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 11.0 | 14.3 | 31.9 | 29.9 |
Not in labor force |
11,084 | 11,913 | 11,147 | 10,916 | 10,614 | 10,562 | 10,693 | 11,467 | 10,953 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. |
Employment status, race, sex, and age | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted(1) | |||||||
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May 2019 |
Apr. 2020 |
May 2020 |
May 2019 |
Jan. 2020 |
Feb. 2020 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020 |
May 2020 |
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WHITE |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
200,658 | 201,082 | 201,154 | 200,658 | 200,918 | 200,968 | 201,023 | 201,082 | 201,154 |
Civilian labor force |
126,042 | 120,795 | 122,552 | 126,091 | 127,288 | 127,146 | 126,021 | 121,242 | 122,661 |
Participation rate |
62.8 | 60.1 | 60.9 | 62.8 | 63.4 | 63.3 | 62.7 | 60.3 | 61.0 |
Employed |
122,269 | 104,083 | 107,761 | 121,970 | 123,332 | 123,189 | 121,042 | 104,065 | 107,499 |
Employment-population ratio |
60.9 | 51.8 | 53.6 | 60.8 | 61.4 | 61.3 | 60.2 | 51.8 | 53.4 |
Unemployed |
3,773 | 16,713 | 14,792 | 4,121 | 3,957 | 3,957 | 4,979 | 17,176 | 15,162 |
Unemployment rate |
3.0 | 13.8 | 12.1 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 14.2 | 12.4 |
Not in labor force |
74,616 | 80,287 | 78,602 | 74,568 | 73,630 | 73,821 | 75,002 | 79,840 | 78,493 |
Men, 20 years and over |
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Civilian labor force |
66,179 | 63,595 | 64,294 | 65,980 | 66,279 | 66,153 | 65,522 | 63,645 | 64,125 |
Participation rate |
72.0 | 69.0 | 69.7 | 71.8 | 72.0 | 71.8 | 71.1 | 69.1 | 69.5 |
Employed |
64,412 | 55,863 | 57,633 | 64,041 | 64,341 | 64,204 | 63,120 | 55,776 | 57,263 |
Employment-population ratio |
70.1 | 60.6 | 62.5 | 69.7 | 69.9 | 69.7 | 68.5 | 60.5 | 62.1 |
Unemployed |
1,767 | 7,732 | 6,661 | 1,938 | 1,938 | 1,950 | 2,402 | 7,869 | 6,862 |
Unemployment rate |
2.7 | 12.2 | 10.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 12.4 | 10.7 |
Women, 20 years and over |
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Civilian labor force |
55,457 | 53,581 | 54,129 | 55,600 | 56,324 | 56,247 | 55,878 | 53,634 | 54,294 |
Participation rate |
57.5 | 55.4 | 55.9 | 57.6 | 58.3 | 58.2 | 57.8 | 55.4 | 56.1 |
Employed |
53,957 | 45,735 | 47,194 | 53,930 | 54,807 | 54,692 | 53,878 | 45,563 | 47,195 |
Employment-population ratio |
55.9 | 47.3 | 48.8 | 55.9 | 56.7 | 56.6 | 55.7 | 47.1 | 48.8 |
Unemployed |
1,500 | 7,846 | 6,935 | 1,670 | 1,517 | 1,555 | 2,000 | 8,071 | 7,099 |
Unemployment rate |
2.7 | 14.6 | 12.8 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 15.0 | 13.1 |
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years |
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Civilian labor force |
4,407 | 3,620 | 4,129 | 4,511 | 4,686 | 4,746 | 4,621 | 3,963 | 4,242 |
Participation rate |
36.0 | 29.8 | 34.0 | 36.8 | 38.4 | 39.0 | 38.0 | 32.6 | 34.9 |
Employed |
3,900 | 2,485 | 2,934 | 3,999 | 4,184 | 4,294 | 4,043 | 2,727 | 3,041 |
Employment-population ratio |
31.8 | 20.4 | 24.1 | 32.6 | 34.3 | 35.2 | 33.2 | 22.4 | 25.0 |
Unemployed |
507 | 1,135 | 1,196 | 513 | 502 | 452 | 578 | 1,236 | 1,202 |
Unemployment rate |
11.5 | 31.3 | 29.0 | 11.4 | 10.7 | 9.5 | 12.5 | 31.2 | 28.3 |
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
32,984 | 33,267 | 33,294 | 32,984 | 33,184 | 33,211 | 33,238 | 33,267 | 33,294 |
Civilian labor force |
20,547 | 19,425 | 19,815 | 20,567 | 20,790 | 20,946 | 20,596 | 19,487 | 19,858 |
Participation rate |
62.3 | 58.4 | 59.5 | 62.4 | 62.6 | 63.1 | 62.0 | 58.6 | 59.6 |
Employed |
19,335 | 16,248 | 16,530 | 19,302 | 19,549 | 19,730 | 19,208 | 16,240 | 16,523 |
Employment-population ratio |
58.6 | 48.8 | 49.6 | 58.5 | 58.9 | 59.4 | 57.8 | 48.8 | 49.6 |
Unemployed |
1,212 | 3,177 | 3,285 | 1,265 | 1,241 | 1,216 | 1,387 | 3,247 | 3,334 |
Unemployment rate |
5.9 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 6.7 | 16.7 | 16.8 |
Not in labor force |
12,437 | 13,841 | 13,479 | 12,417 | 12,395 | 12,266 | 12,642 | 13,780 | 13,436 |
Men, 20 years and over |
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Civilian labor force |
9,444 | 8,856 | 8,979 | 9,418 | 9,445 | 9,499 | 9,477 | 8,880 | 8,970 |
Participation rate |
68.2 | 63.2 | 64.0 | 68.0 | 67.6 | 68.0 | 67.7 | 63.4 | 63.9 |
Employed |
8,887 | 7,431 | 7,606 | 8,840 | 8,918 | 8,945 | 8,812 | 7,448 | 7,583 |
Employment-population ratio |
64.2 | 53.0 | 54.2 | 63.8 | 63.9 | 64.0 | 63.0 | 53.2 | 54.1 |
Unemployed |
557 | 1,425 | 1,373 | 579 | 526 | 554 | 665 | 1,432 | 1,388 |
Unemployment rate |
5.9 | 16.1 | 15.3 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 16.1 | 15.5 |
Women, 20 years and over |
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Civilian labor force |
10,446 | 9,997 | 10,065 | 10,480 | 10,617 | 10,721 | 10,374 | 9,995 | 10,097 |
Participation rate |
62.7 | 59.4 | 59.7 | 62.9 | 63.3 | 63.8 | 61.7 | 59.4 | 59.9 |
Employed |
9,949 | 8,413 | 8,439 | 9,947 | 10,067 | 10,207 | 9,830 | 8,351 | 8,426 |
Employment-population ratio |
59.7 | 50.0 | 50.1 | 59.7 | 60.0 | 60.8 | 58.5 | 49.6 | 50.0 |
Unemployed |
497 | 1,584 | 1,627 | 533 | 550 | 514 | 543 | 1,644 | 1,671 |
Unemployment rate |
4.8 | 15.8 | 16.2 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 16.4 | 16.5 |
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years |
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Civilian labor force |
657 | 573 | 771 | 669 | 728 | 725 | 745 | 612 | 791 |
Participation rate |
26.7 | 23.6 | 31.8 | 27.1 | 29.8 | 29.8 | 30.7 | 25.2 | 32.7 |
Employed |
499 | 405 | 485 | 516 | 564 | 578 | 566 | 441 | 515 |
Employment-population ratio |
20.3 | 16.7 | 20.0 | 20.9 | 23.1 | 23.7 | 23.3 | 18.2 | 21.3 |
Unemployed |
158 | 168 | 285 | 153 | 164 | 148 | 180 | 171 | 276 |
Unemployment rate |
24.0 | 29.4 | 37.0 | 22.9 | 22.5 | 20.4 | 24.1 | 28.0 | 34.9 |
ASIAN |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
16,361 | 16,363 | 16,385 | 16,361 | 16,178 | 16,421 | 16,419 | 16,363 | 16,385 |
Civilian labor force |
10,290 | 9,893 | 9,932 | 10,317 | 10,332 | 10,574 | 10,470 | 9,938 | 9,968 |
Participation rate |
62.9 | 60.5 | 60.6 | 63.1 | 63.9 | 64.4 | 63.8 | 60.7 | 60.8 |
Employed |
10,049 | 8,476 | 8,462 | 10,057 | 10,017 | 10,312 | 10,037 | 8,499 | 8,475 |
Employment-population ratio |
61.4 | 51.8 | 51.6 | 61.5 | 61.9 | 62.8 | 61.1 | 51.9 | 51.7 |
Unemployed |
240 | 1,418 | 1,470 | 260 | 315 | 262 | 433 | 1,438 | 1,493 |
Unemployment rate |
2.3 | 14.3 | 14.8 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 14.5 | 15.0 |
Not in labor force |
6,072 | 6,470 | 6,453 | 6,045 | 5,847 | 5,848 | 5,948 | 6,425 | 6,417 |
Footnotes |
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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. |
Employment status, sex, and age | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted(1) | |||||||
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May 2019 |
Apr. 2020 |
May 2020 |
May 2019 |
Jan. 2020 |
Feb. 2020 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020 |
May 2020 |
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HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
43,370 | 43,975 | 44,053 | 43,370 | 43,742 | 43,820 | 43,895 | 43,975 | 44,053 |
Civilian labor force |
28,680 | 27,752 | 28,173 | 28,704 | 29,672 | 29,852 | 29,443 | 27,841 | 28,218 |
Participation rate |
66.1 | 63.1 | 64.0 | 66.2 | 67.8 | 68.1 | 67.1 | 63.3 | 64.1 |
Employed |
27,608 | 22,625 | 23,321 | 27,507 | 28,397 | 28,531 | 27,672 | 22,579 | 23,241 |
Employment-population ratio |
63.7 | 51.5 | 52.9 | 63.4 | 64.9 | 65.1 | 63.0 | 51.3 | 52.8 |
Unemployed |
1,072 | 5,126 | 4,852 | 1,197 | 1,275 | 1,322 | 1,771 | 5,263 | 4,977 |
Unemployment rate |
3.7 | 18.5 | 17.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 6.0 | 18.9 | 17.6 |
Not in labor force |
14,690 | 16,223 | 15,880 | 14,666 | 14,070 | 13,968 | 14,452 | 16,133 | 15,834 |
Men, 20 years and over |
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Civilian labor force |
15,732 | 15,319 | 15,496 | 15,728 | 16,114 | 16,035 | 15,844 | 15,337 | 15,493 |
Participation rate |
80.4 | 77.2 | 77.9 | 80.3 | 81.6 | 81.1 | 80.0 | 77.2 | 77.9 |
Employed |
15,248 | 12,817 | 13,217 | 15,185 | 15,571 | 15,519 | 15,037 | 12,776 | 13,154 |
Employment-population ratio |
77.9 | 64.6 | 66.5 | 77.6 | 78.9 | 78.5 | 75.9 | 64.3 | 66.1 |
Unemployed |
483 | 2,502 | 2,279 | 543 | 543 | 516 | 807 | 2,561 | 2,338 |
Unemployment rate |
3.1 | 16.3 | 14.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 16.7 | 15.1 |
Women, 20 years and over |
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Civilian labor force |
11,816 | 11,341 | 11,490 | 11,821 | 12,242 | 12,441 | 12,245 | 11,348 | 11,510 |
Participation rate |
59.6 | 56.4 | 57.0 | 59.7 | 61.2 | 62.1 | 61.0 | 56.4 | 57.1 |
Employed |
11,381 | 9,090 | 9,350 | 11,341 | 11,701 | 11,834 | 11,507 | 9,060 | 9,326 |
Employment-population ratio |
57.4 | 45.2 | 46.4 | 57.2 | 58.5 | 59.1 | 57.3 | 45.0 | 46.3 |
Unemployed |
436 | 2,251 | 2,140 | 480 | 541 | 607 | 738 | 2,288 | 2,184 |
Unemployment rate |
3.7 | 19.8 | 18.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 20.2 | 19.0 |
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years |
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Civilian labor force |
1,132 | 1,092 | 1,187 | 1,154 | 1,316 | 1,377 | 1,354 | 1,157 | 1,216 |
Participation rate |
28.4 | 27.3 | 29.6 | 29.0 | 32.9 | 34.4 | 33.8 | 28.9 | 30.3 |
Employed |
979 | 719 | 754 | 981 | 1,125 | 1,177 | 1,128 | 743 | 761 |
Employment-population ratio |
24.6 | 18.0 | 18.8 | 24.6 | 28.1 | 29.4 | 28.2 | 18.6 | 19.0 |
Unemployed |
153 | 373 | 433 | 174 | 191 | 199 | 225 | 414 | 454 |
Unemployment rate |
13.5 | 34.2 | 36.5 | 15.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 16.7 | 35.8 | 37.4 |
Footnotes |
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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. |
Educational attainment | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | |||||||
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May 2019 |
Apr. 2020 |
May 2020 |
May 2019 |
Jan. 2020 |
Feb. 2020 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020 |
May 2020 |
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Less than a high school diploma |
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Civilian labor force |
10,143 | 8,688 | 8,450 | 9,915 | 9,621 | 9,710 | 9,251 | 8,595 | 8,212 |
Participation rate |
45.6 | 43.3 | 43.1 | 44.6 | 45.9 | 47.8 | 45.7 | 42.8 | 41.9 |
Employed |
9,692 | 6,872 | 6,887 | 9,383 | 9,090 | 9,160 | 8,626 | 6,774 | 6,577 |
Employment-population ratio |
43.6 | 34.2 | 35.1 | 42.2 | 43.4 | 45.1 | 42.6 | 33.7 | 33.5 |
Unemployed |
451 | 1,816 | 1,563 | 532 | 531 | 550 | 625 | 1,821 | 1,634 |
Unemployment rate |
4.4 | 20.9 | 18.5 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.7 | 6.8 | 21.2 | 19.9 |
High school graduates, no college(1) |
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Civilian labor force |
35,840 | 33,203 | 33,756 | 35,830 | 36,230 | 36,309 | 35,232 | 33,252 | 33,792 |
Participation rate |
57.5 | 54.5 | 55.0 | 57.5 | 58.7 | 58.3 | 57.4 | 54.6 | 55.0 |
Employed |
34,664 | 27,557 | 28,708 | 34,552 | 34,861 | 34,986 | 33,687 | 27,505 | 28,605 |
Employment-population ratio |
55.6 | 45.2 | 46.8 | 55.4 | 56.5 | 56.2 | 54.9 | 45.1 | 46.6 |
Unemployed |
1,176 | 5,646 | 5,048 | 1,278 | 1,369 | 1,323 | 1,545 | 5,747 | 5,187 |
Unemployment rate |
3.3 | 17.0 | 15.0 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 17.3 | 15.3 |
Some college or associate degree |
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Civilian labor force |
37,559 | 35,935 | 36,278 | 37,642 | 37,283 | 37,325 | 37,381 | 35,860 | 36,381 |
Participation rate |
65.2 | 62.6 | 63.1 | 65.3 | 64.6 | 64.8 | 64.7 | 62.5 | 63.3 |
Employed |
36,612 | 30,634 | 31,581 | 36,600 | 36,243 | 36,209 | 36,013 | 30,485 | 31,559 |
Employment-population ratio |
63.6 | 53.4 | 54.9 | 63.5 | 62.8 | 62.9 | 62.3 | 53.1 | 54.9 |
Unemployed |
947 | 5,301 | 4,697 | 1,042 | 1,040 | 1,116 | 1,368 | 5,376 | 4,821 |
Unemployment rate |
2.5 | 14.8 | 12.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 15.0 | 13.3 |
Bachelor's degree and higher(2) |
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Civilian labor force |
58,145 | 60,075 | 60,269 | 58,217 | 60,176 | 59,894 | 60,487 | 60,127 | 60,442 |
Participation rate |
73.7 | 71.5 | 71.7 | 73.8 | 73.7 | 73.1 | 73.0 | 71.6 | 71.9 |
Employed |
57,007 | 55,151 | 55,933 | 56,973 | 59,002 | 58,736 | 59,000 | 55,084 | 55,992 |
Employment-population ratio |
72.2 | 65.7 | 66.6 | 72.2 | 72.3 | 71.7 | 71.2 | 65.6 | 66.6 |
Unemployed |
1,137 | 4,924 | 4,336 | 1,244 | 1,174 | 1,158 | 1,487 | 5,043 | 4,450 |
Unemployment rate |
2.0 | 8.2 | 7.2 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals for those 25 years and over because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. |
Employment status, veteran status, and period of service | Total | Men | Women | |||
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May 2019 |
May 2020 |
May 2019 |
May 2020 |
May 2019 |
May 2020 |
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VETERANS, 18 years and over |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
18,870 | 18,516 | 16,989 | 16,615 | 1,881 | 1,901 |
Civilian labor force |
9,267 | 8,934 | 8,223 | 7,861 | 1,044 | 1,073 |
Participation rate |
49.1 | 48.2 | 48.4 | 47.3 | 55.5 | 56.4 |
Employed |
9,014 | 8,134 | 7,998 | 7,145 | 1,016 | 989 |
Employment-population ratio |
47.8 | 43.9 | 47.1 | 43.0 | 54.0 | 52.0 |
Unemployed |
253 | 800 | 225 | 716 | 29 | 84 |
Unemployment rate |
2.7 | 9.0 | 2.7 | 9.1 | 2.7 | 7.8 |
Not in labor force |
9,603 | 9,582 | 8,766 | 8,754 | 837 | 828 |
Gulf War-era II veterans |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
4,302 | 4,511 | 3,595 | 3,755 | 707 | 756 |
Civilian labor force |
3,464 | 3,570 | 2,992 | 3,088 | 472 | 482 |
Participation rate |
80.5 | 79.1 | 83.2 | 82.2 | 66.7 | 63.8 |
Employed |
3,367 | 3,202 | 2,910 | 2,768 | 457 | 434 |
Employment-population ratio |
78.3 | 71.0 | 80.9 | 73.7 | 64.6 | 57.4 |
Unemployed |
97 | 369 | 82 | 320 | 15 | 49 |
Unemployment rate |
2.8 | 10.3 | 2.8 | 10.4 | 3.1 | 10.1 |
Not in labor force |
838 | 941 | 603 | 667 | 235 | 274 |
Gulf War-era I veterans |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
3,078 | 3,031 | 2,562 | 2,529 | 516 | 502 |
Civilian labor force |
2,337 | 2,252 | 2,014 | 1,903 | 323 | 349 |
Participation rate |
75.9 | 74.3 | 78.6 | 75.2 | 62.7 | 69.6 |
Employed |
2,287 | 2,144 | 1,967 | 1,813 | 320 | 331 |
Employment-population ratio |
74.3 | 70.7 | 76.8 | 71.7 | 62.0 | 66.0 |
Unemployed |
50 | 108 | 47 | 90 | 3 | 18 |
Unemployment rate |
2.1 | 4.8 | 2.3 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 5.2 |
Not in labor force |
741 | 779 | 548 | 626 | 193 | 153 |
World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam-era veterans |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
7,263 | 6,875 | 7,013 | 6,635 | 250 | 240 |
Civilian labor force |
1,465 | 1,224 | 1,406 | 1,194 | 60 | 31 |
Participation rate |
20.2 | 17.8 | 20.0 | 18.0 | 23.9 | 12.7 |
Employed |
1,425 | 1,079 | 1,369 | 1,056 | 56 | 22 |
Employment-population ratio |
19.6 | 15.7 | 19.5 | 15.9 | 22.3 | 9.4 |
Unemployed |
40 | 145 | 36 | 137 | 4 | 8 |
Unemployment rate |
2.7 | 11.9 | 2.6 | 11.5 | - | - |
Not in labor force |
5,798 | 5,651 | 5,607 | 5,441 | 190 | 209 |
Veterans of other service periods |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
4,227 | 4,099 | 3,819 | 3,696 | 408 | 403 |
Civilian labor force |
2,001 | 1,887 | 1,812 | 1,677 | 189 | 210 |
Participation rate |
47.3 | 46.0 | 47.4 | 45.4 | 46.4 | 52.2 |
Employed |
1,935 | 1,710 | 1,752 | 1,508 | 183 | 201 |
Employment-population ratio |
45.8 | 41.7 | 45.9 | 40.8 | 44.8 | 50.0 |
Unemployed |
66 | 178 | 60 | 169 | 7 | 9 |
Unemployment rate |
3.3 | 9.4 | 3.3 | 10.1 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
Not in labor force |
2,226 | 2,212 | 2,007 | 2,019 | 219 | 193 |
NONVETERANS, 18 years and over |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
231,312 | 232,888 | 103,735 | 104,870 | 127,577 | 128,018 |
Civilian labor force |
151,517 | 147,156 | 77,350 | 75,234 | 74,166 | 71,923 |
Participation rate |
65.5 | 63.2 | 74.6 | 71.7 | 58.1 | 56.2 |
Employed |
146,537 | 128,043 | 74,764 | 66,250 | 71,773 | 61,793 |
Employment-population ratio |
63.4 | 55.0 | 72.1 | 63.2 | 56.3 | 48.3 |
Unemployed |
4,980 | 19,113 | 2,586 | 8,984 | 2,394 | 10,129 |
Unemployment rate |
3.3 | 13.0 | 3.3 | 11.9 | 3.2 | 14.1 |
Not in labor force |
79,795 | 85,732 | 26,384 | 29,637 | 53,410 | 56,095 |
NOTE: Veterans served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and were not on active duty at the time of the survey. Nonveterans never served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. Veterans could have served anywhere in the world during these periods of service: Gulf War era II (September 2001-present), Gulf War era I (August 1990-August 2001), Vietnam era (August 1964-April 1975), Korean War (July 1950-January 1955), World War II (December 1941-December 1946), and other service periods (all other time periods). Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are classified only in the most recent one. Veterans who served during one of the selected wartime periods and another period are classified only in the wartime period. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (values not shown where base is less than 75,000). Updated population controls introduced with the release of January 2020 data. |
Employment status, sex, and age | Persons with a disability | Persons with no disability | ||
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May 2019 |
May 2020 |
May 2019 |
May 2020 |
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TOTAL, 16 years and over |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
30,764 | 29,761 | 228,097 | 230,286 |
Civilian labor force |
6,326 | 6,064 | 156,328 | 151,910 |
Participation rate |
20.6 | 20.4 | 68.5 | 66.0 |
Employed |
5,929 | 4,976 | 151,223 | 132,485 |
Employment-population ratio |
19.3 | 16.7 | 66.3 | 57.5 |
Unemployed |
397 | 1,088 | 5,106 | 19,426 |
Unemployment rate |
6.3 | 17.9 | 3.3 | 12.8 |
Not in labor force |
24,438 | 23,696 | 71,769 | 78,376 |
Men, 16 to 64 years |
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Civilian labor force |
2,707 | 2,738 | 77,968 | 75,633 |
Participation rate |
36.1 | 36.8 | 82.8 | 80.5 |
Employed |
2,514 | 2,249 | 75,323 | 66,766 |
Employment-population ratio |
33.6 | 30.2 | 80.0 | 71.1 |
Unemployed |
193 | 489 | 2,645 | 8,866 |
Unemployment rate |
7.1 | 17.8 | 3.4 | 11.7 |
Not in labor force |
4,781 | 4,709 | 16,141 | 18,313 |
Women, 16 to 64 years |
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Civilian labor force |
2,371 | 2,245 | 69,079 | 67,264 |
Participation rate |
29.6 | 31.5 | 71.5 | 69.2 |
Employed |
2,238 | 1,790 | 66,819 | 57,888 |
Employment-population ratio |
28.0 | 25.1 | 69.1 | 59.6 |
Unemployed |
133 | 455 | 2,260 | 9,375 |
Unemployment rate |
5.6 | 20.3 | 3.3 | 13.9 |
Not in labor force |
5,633 | 4,891 | 27,596 | 29,943 |
Both sexes, 65 years and over |
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Civilian labor force |
1,248 | 1,081 | 9,282 | 9,014 |
Participation rate |
8.2 | 7.1 | 24.9 | 23.0 |
Employed |
1,177 | 937 | 9,080 | 7,830 |
Employment-population ratio |
7.7 | 6.2 | 24.3 | 20.0 |
Unemployed |
71 | 145 | 202 | 1,184 |
Unemployment rate |
5.7 | 13.4 | 2.2 | 13.1 |
Not in labor force |
14,024 | 14,096 | 28,032 | 30,120 |
NOTE: A person with a disability has at least one of the following conditions: is deaf or has serious difficulty hearing; is blind or has serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses; has serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition; has serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs; has difficulty dressing or bathing; or has difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor's office or shopping because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. |
Employment status and nativity | Total | Men | Women | |||
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May 2019 |
May 2020 |
May 2019 |
May 2020 |
May 2019 |
May 2020 |
|
Foreign born, 16 years and over |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
43,408 | 42,496 | 20,918 | 20,354 | 22,490 | 22,142 |
Civilian labor force |
28,473 | 26,622 | 16,347 | 15,276 | 12,126 | 11,346 |
Participation rate |
65.6 | 62.6 | 78.1 | 75.1 | 53.9 | 51.2 |
Employed |
27,678 | 22,434 | 15,976 | 13,178 | 11,702 | 9,256 |
Employment-population ratio |
63.8 | 52.8 | 76.4 | 64.7 | 52.0 | 41.8 |
Unemployed |
795 | 4,188 | 371 | 2,098 | 424 | 2,090 |
Unemployment rate |
2.8 | 15.7 | 2.3 | 13.7 | 3.5 | 18.4 |
Not in labor force |
14,935 | 15,874 | 4,571 | 5,078 | 10,364 | 10,796 |
Native born, 16 years and over |
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Civilian noninstitutional population |
215,453 | 217,551 | 104,279 | 105,428 | 111,174 | 112,123 |
Civilian labor force |
134,182 | 131,353 | 70,186 | 68,688 | 63,996 | 62,665 |
Participation rate |
62.3 | 60.4 | 67.3 | 65.2 | 57.6 | 55.9 |
Employed |
129,474 | 115,027 | 67,586 | 60,826 | 61,889 | 54,201 |
Employment-population ratio |
60.1 | 52.9 | 64.8 | 57.7 | 55.7 | 48.3 |
Unemployed |
4,707 | 16,326 | 2,600 | 7,861 | 2,107 | 8,465 |
Unemployment rate |
3.5 | 12.4 | 3.7 | 11.4 | 3.3 | 13.5 |
Not in labor force |
81,271 | 86,198 | 34,094 | 36,740 | 47,178 | 49,458 |
NOTE: The foreign born are those residing in the United States who were not U.S. citizens at birth. That is, they were born outside the United States or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam, to parents neither of whom was a U.S. citizen. The native born are persons who were born in the United States or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam or who were born abroad of at least one parent who was a U.S. citizen. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. |
Category | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | |||||||
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May 2019 |
Apr. 2020 |
May 2020 |
May 2019 |
Jan. 2020 |
Feb. 2020 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020 |
May 2020 |
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CLASS OF WORKER |
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Agriculture and related industries |
2,476 | 2,303 | 2,365 | 2,423 | 2,404 | 2,467 | 2,399 | 2,424 | 2,341 |
Wage and salary workers(1) |
1,744 | 1,585 | 1,568 | 1,713 | 1,741 | 1,831 | 1,715 | 1,694 | 1,569 |
Self-employed workers, unincorporated |
706 | 693 | 764 | 694 | 647 | 645 | 660 | 701 | 738 |
Unpaid family workers |
25 | 25 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Nonagricultural industries |
154,677 | 131,023 | 135,096 | 154,486 | 156,345 | 156,281 | 153,358 | 131,053 | 134,966 |
Wage and salary workers(1) |
145,859 | 123,485 | 127,046 | 145,718 | 147,483 | 147,353 | 144,507 | 123,400 | 126,943 |
Government |
20,992 | 19,543 | 19,951 | 20,776 | 21,475 | 21,039 | 21,143 | 19,208 | 19,763 |
Private industries |
124,867 | 103,942 | 107,095 | 124,904 | 125,960 | 126,192 | 123,360 | 104,148 | 107,164 |
Private households |
807 | 492 | 498 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Other industries |
124,060 | 103,450 | 106,597 | 124,090 | 125,152 | 125,397 | 122,642 | 103,663 | 106,660 |
Self-employed workers, unincorporated |
8,786 | 7,514 | 8,008 | 8,724 | 8,801 | 8,889 | 8,806 | 7,546 | 7,944 |
Unpaid family workers |
31 | 23 | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME(2) |
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All industries |
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Part time for economic reasons(3) |
4,160 | 10,684 | 10,429 | 4,375 | 4,182 | 4,318 | 5,765 | 10,887 | 10,633 |
Slack work or business conditions |
2,490 | 9,843 | 9,369 | 2,647 | 2,655 | 2,776 | 4,043 | 9,939 | 9,543 |
Could only find part-time work |
1,383 | 728 | 892 | 1,341 | 1,294 | 1,317 | 1,321 | 697 | 843 |
Part time for noneconomic reasons(4) |
21,672 | 13,149 | 14,669 | 21,415 | 22,154 | 22,175 | 20,601 | 12,355 | 14,394 |
Nonagricultural industries |
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Part time for economic reasons(3) |
4,070 | 10,524 | 10,286 | 4,269 | 4,091 | 4,225 | 5,681 | 10,730 | 10,485 |
Slack work or business conditions |
2,423 | 9,694 | 9,237 | 2,569 | 2,580 | 2,719 | 3,965 | 9,780 | 9,408 |
Could only find part-time work |
1,379 | 723 | 888 | 1,334 | 1,308 | 1,313 | 1,312 | 695 | 836 |
Part time for noneconomic reasons(4) |
21,321 | 12,779 | 14,289 | 21,075 | 21,787 | 21,770 | 20,236 | 11,970 | 14,009 |
Footnotes |
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- Data not available. |
Characteristic | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | |||||||
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May 2019 |
Apr. 2020 |
May 2020 |
May 2019 |
Jan. 2020 |
Feb. 2020 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020 |
May 2020 |
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AGE AND SEX |
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Total, 16 years and over |
157,152 | 133,326 | 137,461 | 156,844 | 158,714 | 158,759 | 155,772 | 133,403 | 137,242 |
16 to 19 years |
4,888 | 3,161 | 3,755 | 5,044 | 5,273 | 5,378 | 5,054 | 3,479 | 3,932 |
16 to 17 years |
1,601 | 1,101 | 1,284 | 1,711 | 1,949 | 1,972 | 1,800 | 1,302 | 1,420 |
18 to 19 years |
3,287 | 2,060 | 2,471 | 3,308 | 3,311 | 3,401 | 3,269 | 2,154 | 2,495 |
20 years and over |
152,264 | 130,165 | 133,706 | 151,799 | 153,441 | 153,381 | 150,719 | 129,924 | 133,310 |
20 to 24 years |
14,288 | 9,951 | 10,596 | 14,309 | 14,214 | 14,278 | 13,428 | 10,023 | 10,608 |
25 years and over |
137,975 | 120,214 | 123,109 | 137,468 | 139,215 | 139,188 | 137,392 | 119,906 | 122,691 |
25 to 54 years |
100,933 | 87,910 | 90,147 | 100,662 | 101,487 | 101,426 | 100,313 | 87,769 | 89,943 |
25 to 34 years |
35,703 | 30,456 | 31,356 | 35,628 | 36,129 | 36,123 | 35,501 | 30,453 | 31,299 |
35 to 44 years |
33,080 | 29,658 | 30,163 | 32,989 | 33,412 | 33,402 | 33,168 | 29,607 | 30,088 |
45 to 54 years |
32,150 | 27,796 | 28,628 | 32,045 | 31,945 | 31,901 | 31,644 | 27,709 | 28,555 |
55 years and over |
37,042 | 32,304 | 32,963 | 36,806 | 37,728 | 37,762 | 37,079 | 32,137 | 32,748 |
Men, 16 years and over |
83,561 | 71,810 | 74,004 | 83,213 | 83,940 | 83,871 | 82,357 | 71,916 | 73,702 |
16 to 19 years |
2,370 | 1,769 | 1,928 | 2,452 | 2,596 | 2,669 | 2,525 | 1,939 | 2,030 |
16 to 17 years |
799 | 566 | 609 | 843 | 860 | 891 | 817 | 632 | 659 |
18 to 19 years |
1,571 | 1,203 | 1,319 | 1,604 | 1,733 | 1,784 | 1,715 | 1,277 | 1,355 |
20 years and over |
81,192 | 70,041 | 72,076 | 80,761 | 81,345 | 81,202 | 79,832 | 69,977 | 71,672 |
20 to 24 years |
7,313 | 5,183 | 5,475 | 7,291 | 7,307 | 7,272 | 6,818 | 5,222 | 5,445 |
25 years and over |
73,879 | 64,858 | 66,601 | 73,507 | 74,057 | 73,982 | 73,159 | 64,758 | 66,271 |
25 to 54 years |
53,919 | 47,282 | 48,647 | 53,720 | 53,840 | 53,770 | 53,374 | 47,236 | 48,488 |
25 to 34 years |
19,225 | 16,390 | 16,869 | 19,170 | 19,145 | 19,175 | 19,002 | 16,396 | 16,822 |
35 to 44 years |
17,837 | 16,090 | 16,408 | 17,760 | 17,884 | 17,874 | 17,790 | 16,049 | 16,335 |
45 to 54 years |
16,856 | 14,803 | 15,370 | 16,790 | 16,810 | 16,720 | 16,582 | 14,792 | 15,330 |
55 years and over |
19,960 | 17,575 | 17,954 | 19,787 | 20,217 | 20,213 | 19,785 | 17,522 | 17,783 |
Women, 16 years and over |
73,591 | 61,516 | 63,457 | 73,631 | 74,774 | 74,888 | 73,415 | 61,487 | 63,540 |
16 to 19 years |
2,518 | 1,392 | 1,827 | 2,592 | 2,677 | 2,709 | 2,529 | 1,541 | 1,902 |
16 to 17 years |
802 | 536 | 675 | 868 | 1,089 | 1,081 | 983 | 670 | 761 |
18 to 19 years |
1,716 | 856 | 1,152 | 1,704 | 1,578 | 1,616 | 1,554 | 877 | 1,140 |
20 years and over |
71,072 | 60,124 | 61,630 | 71,038 | 72,097 | 72,179 | 70,886 | 59,947 | 61,638 |
20 to 24 years |
6,976 | 4,768 | 5,122 | 7,018 | 6,907 | 7,006 | 6,610 | 4,801 | 5,163 |
25 years and over |
64,097 | 55,356 | 56,508 | 63,962 | 65,158 | 65,206 | 64,232 | 55,147 | 56,420 |
25 to 54 years |
47,014 | 40,627 | 41,499 | 46,942 | 47,647 | 47,657 | 46,939 | 40,533 | 41,455 |
25 to 34 years |
16,477 | 14,066 | 14,487 | 16,458 | 16,984 | 16,949 | 16,499 | 14,058 | 14,478 |
35 to 44 years |
15,242 | 13,568 | 13,755 | 15,229 | 15,528 | 15,528 | 15,378 | 13,558 | 13,753 |
45 to 54 years |
15,294 | 12,993 | 13,257 | 15,255 | 15,135 | 15,180 | 15,062 | 12,917 | 13,225 |
55 years and over |
17,082 | 14,729 | 15,009 | 17,019 | 17,510 | 17,549 | 17,293 | 14,615 | 14,964 |
MARITAL STATUS |
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Married men, spouse present(1) |
46,041 | 41,843 | 43,039 | 45,805 | 46,257 | 46,067 | 45,920 | 41,683 | 42,822 |
Married women, spouse present(1) |
36,167 | 32,034 | 33,079 | 36,017 | 36,869 | 36,597 | 36,353 | 31,860 | 32,978 |
Women who maintain families(2) |
9,680 | 7,908 | 7,768 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS |
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Full-time workers(3) |
130,059 | 113,656 | 116,620 | 129,830 | 131,099 | 131,109 | 129,298 | 114,322 | 116,523 |
Part-time workers(4) |
27,093 | 19,670 | 20,841 | 26,974 | 27,529 | 27,726 | 26,553 | 19,106 | 20,741 |
MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS |
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Total multiple jobholders |
7,857 | 5,360 | 5,509 | 7,937 | 8,152 | 8,070 | 7,268 | 5,451 | 5,598 |
Percent of total employed |
5.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
SELF-EMPLOYMENT |
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Self-employed workers, incorporated |
6,061 | 6,410 | 6,249 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Self-employed workers, unincorporated |
9,493 | 8,207 | 8,772 | 9,417 | 9,448 | 9,534 | 9,466 | 8,247 | 8,681 |
Footnotes |
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- Data not available. |
Characteristic | Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) |
Unemployment rates | |||||||
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May 2019 |
Apr. 2020 |
May 2020 |
May 2019 |
Jan. 2020 |
Feb. 2020 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020 |
May 2020 |
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AGE AND SEX |
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Total, 16 years and over |
5,938 | 23,078 | 20,985 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 14.7 | 13.3 |
16 to 19 years |
730 | 1,628 | 1,681 | 12.6 | 12.2 | 11.0 | 14.3 | 31.9 | 29.9 |
16 to 17 years |
278 | 496 | 613 | 14.0 | 11.8 | 9.8 | 16.4 | 27.6 | 30.1 |
18 to 19 years |
447 | 1,126 | 1,058 | 11.9 | 12.5 | 12.0 | 12.8 | 34.3 | 29.8 |
20 years and over |
5,208 | 21,449 | 19,305 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 14.2 | 12.6 |
20 to 24 years |
1,076 | 3,466 | 3,207 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 6.4 | 8.7 | 25.7 | 23.2 |
25 years and over |
4,104 | 18,008 | 16,107 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 13.1 | 11.6 |
25 to 54 years |
3,055 | 12,909 | 11,708 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.6 | 12.8 | 11.5 |
25 to 34 years |
1,304 | 5,176 | 4,857 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 14.5 | 13.4 |
35 to 44 years |
909 | 3,849 | 3,414 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 11.5 | 10.2 |
45 to 54 years |
843 | 3,884 | 3,436 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 12.3 | 10.7 |
55 years and over |
1,037 | 5,071 | 4,398 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 13.6 | 11.8 |
Men, 16 years and over |
3,199 | 11,223 | 10,199 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 13.5 | 12.2 |
16 to 19 years |
391 | 739 | 814 | 13.8 | 13.5 | 11.2 | 14.3 | 27.6 | 28.6 |
16 to 17 years |
156 | 168 | 254 | 15.6 | 14.4 | 10.8 | 14.8 | 21.0 | 27.8 |
18 to 19 years |
235 | 567 | 555 | 12.8 | 12.9 | 12.0 | 13.4 | 30.8 | 29.1 |
20 years and over |
2,808 | 10,483 | 9,385 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 13.0 | 11.6 |
20 to 24 years |
657 | 1,601 | 1,576 | 8.3 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 9.1 | 23.5 | 22.4 |
25 years and over |
2,128 | 8,886 | 7,814 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 12.1 | 10.5 |
25 to 54 years |
1,608 | 6,477 | 5,773 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 12.1 | 10.6 |
25 to 34 years |
680 | 2,711 | 2,512 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 14.2 | 13.0 |
35 to 44 years |
478 | 1,870 | 1,709 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 10.4 | 9.5 |
45 to 54 years |
450 | 1,896 | 1,552 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 11.4 | 9.2 |
55 years and over |
520 | 2,409 | 2,040 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 12.1 | 10.3 |
Women, 16 years and over |
2,739 | 11,855 | 10,787 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 16.2 | 14.5 |
16 to 19 years |
338 | 889 | 867 | 11.5 | 11.0 | 10.8 | 14.3 | 36.6 | 31.3 |
16 to 17 years |
123 | 328 | 358 | 12.4 | 9.6 | 8.9 | 17.8 | 32.9 | 32.0 |
18 to 19 years |
212 | 558 | 503 | 11.1 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 12.1 | 38.9 | 30.6 |
20 years and over |
2,401 | 10,966 | 9,920 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 15.5 | 13.9 |
20 to 24 years |
419 | 1,865 | 1,631 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 8.3 | 28.0 | 24.0 |
25 years and over |
1,976 | 9,122 | 8,293 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 14.2 | 12.8 |
25 to 54 years |
1,448 | 6,432 | 5,934 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 13.7 | 12.5 |
25 to 34 years |
624 | 2,464 | 2,346 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 14.9 | 13.9 |
35 to 44 years |
431 | 1,979 | 1,705 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 12.7 | 11.0 |
45 to 54 years |
393 | 1,988 | 1,884 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 13.3 | 12.5 |
55 years and over |
537 | 2,671 | 2,358 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 15.5 | 13.6 |
MARITAL STATUS |
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Married men, spouse present(1) |
813 | 4,457 | 3,858 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 9.7 | 8.3 |
Married women, spouse present(1) |
873 | 4,811 | 4,292 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 13.1 | 11.5 |
Women who maintain families(2) |
483 | 1,495 | 1,461 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 15.9 | 15.8 |
FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS |
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Full-time workers(3) |
4,780 | 16,885 | 15,897 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 12.9 | 12.0 |
Part-time workers(4) |
1,173 | 6,194 | 5,090 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 6.1 | 24.5 | 19.7 |
Footnotes |
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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. |
Reason | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | |||||||
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May 2019 |
Apr. 2020 |
May 2020 |
May 2019 |
Jan. 2020 |
Feb. 2020 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020 |
May 2020 |
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NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED |
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Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs |
2,281 | 20,384 | 17,834 | 2,674 | 2,665 | 2,723 | 3,946 | 20,626 | 18,291 |
On temporary layoff |
594 | 17,878 | 15,034 | 865 | 742 | 801 | 1,848 | 18,063 | 15,343 |
Not on temporary layoff |
1,687 | 2,506 | 2,801 | 1,810 | 1,923 | 1,922 | 2,099 | 2,563 | 2,948 |
Permanent job losers |
1,229 | 1,951 | 2,206 | 1,300 | 1,289 | 1,279 | 1,456 | 2,000 | 2,295 |
Persons who completed temporary jobs |
458 | 555 | 595 | 510 | 634 | 644 | 643 | 563 | 653 |
Job leavers |
774 | 520 | 513 | 809 | 836 | 777 | 727 | 570 | 554 |
Reentrants |
1,891 | 1,329 | 1,674 | 1,850 | 1,838 | 1,803 | 1,778 | 1,477 | 1,645 |
New entrants |
557 | 271 | 492 | 602 | 557 | 505 | 509 | 389 | 536 |
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION |
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Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs |
41.5 | 90.6 | 86.9 | 45.1 | 45.2 | 46.9 | 56.7 | 89.4 | 87.0 |
On temporary layoff |
10.8 | 79.4 | 73.3 | 14.6 | 12.6 | 13.8 | 26.5 | 78.3 | 73.0 |
Not on temporary layoff |
30.7 | 11.1 | 13.7 | 30.5 | 32.6 | 33.1 | 30.2 | 11.1 | 14.0 |
Job leavers |
14.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 13.6 | 14.2 | 13.4 | 10.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
Reentrants |
34.4 | 5.9 | 8.2 | 31.2 | 31.2 | 31.0 | 25.5 | 6.4 | 7.8 |
New entrants |
10.1 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 10.1 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 7.3 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE |
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Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs |
1.4 | 13.1 | 11.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 13.2 | 11.6 |
Job leavers |
0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Reentrants |
1.2 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
New entrants |
0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to total unemployed in table A-1 because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. |
Duration | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | |||||||
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May 2019 |
Apr. 2020 |
May 2020 |
May 2019 |
Jan. 2020 |
Feb. 2020 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020 |
May 2020 |
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NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED |
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Less than 5 weeks |
2,082 | 13,880 | 3,835 | 2,158 | 2,059 | 2,013 | 3,542 | 14,283 | 3,875 |
5 to 14 weeks |
1,261 | 6,728 | 14,401 | 1,572 | 1,755 | 1,803 | 1,794 | 7,004 | 14,814 |
15 weeks and over |
2,159 | 1,897 | 2,278 | 2,120 | 2,053 | 1,927 | 1,971 | 1,772 | 2,242 |
15 to 26 weeks |
888 | 968 | 1,146 | 822 | 887 | 825 | 808 | 833 | 1,078 |
27 weeks and over |
1,271 | 929 | 1,132 | 1,298 | 1,166 | 1,102 | 1,164 | 939 | 1,164 |
Average (mean) duration, in weeks |
24.8 | 7.7 | 10.9 | 24.1 | 21.9 | 20.9 | 17.1 | 6.1 | 9.9 |
Median duration, in weeks |
9.7 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 7.7 |
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION |
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Less than 5 weeks |
37.8 | 61.7 | 18.7 | 36.9 | 35.1 | 35.1 | 48.5 | 61.9 | 18.5 |
5 to 14 weeks |
22.9 | 29.9 | 70.2 | 26.9 | 29.9 | 31.4 | 24.5 | 30.4 | 70.8 |
15 weeks and over |
39.2 | 8.4 | 11.1 | 36.2 | 35.0 | 33.6 | 27.0 | 7.7 | 10.7 |
15 to 26 weeks |
16.1 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 14.0 | 15.1 | 14.4 | 11.1 | 3.6 | 5.2 |
27 weeks and over |
23.1 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 22.2 | 19.9 | 19.2 | 15.9 | 4.1 | 5.6 |
NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to total unemployed in table A-1 because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. |
Occupation | Employed | Unemployed | Unemployment rates |
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May 2019 |
May 2020 |
May 2019 |
May 2020 |
May 2019 |
May 2020 |
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Total, 16 years and over(1) |
157,152 | 137,461 | 5,503 | 20,514 | 3.4 | 13.0 |
Management, professional, and related occupations |
63,594 | 62,374 | 1,086 | 4,440 | 1.7 | 6.6 |
Management, business, and financial operations occupations |
26,534 | 26,598 | 398 | 1,437 | 1.5 | 5.1 |
Professional and related occupations |
37,060 | 35,776 | 688 | 3,003 | 1.8 | 7.7 |
Service occupations |
27,390 | 19,086 | 1,140 | 5,881 | 4.0 | 23.6 |
Sales and office occupations |
32,997 | 26,904 | 1,316 | 4,356 | 3.8 | 13.9 |
Sales and related occupations |
15,429 | 12,434 | 582 | 2,412 | 3.6 | 16.2 |
Office and administrative support occupations |
17,568 | 14,471 | 735 | 1,943 | 4.0 | 11.8 |
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations |
14,355 | 12,363 | 560 | 1,876 | 3.8 | 13.2 |
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations |
1,330 | 1,119 | 93 | 101 | 6.6 | 8.3 |
Construction and extraction occupations |
8,123 | 6,872 | 314 | 1,232 | 3.7 | 15.2 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations |
4,901 | 4,372 | 152 | 543 | 3.0 | 11.0 |
Production, transportation, and material moving |
18,816 | 16,733 | 803 | 3,446 | 4.1 | 17.1 |
Production occupations |
8,660 | 6,850 | 276 | 1,228 | 3.1 | 15.2 |
Transportation and material moving occupations |
10,156 | 9,883 | 527 | 2,217 | 4.9 | 18.3 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2020 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2018 Census occupational classification system into the Current Population Survey, or household survey. This classification system is derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2020 are not strictly comparable with earlier years. |
Industry and class of worker | Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) |
Unemployment rates |
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May 2019 |
May 2020 |
May 2019 |
May 2020 |
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Total, 16 years and over(1) |
5,503 | 20,514 | 3.4 | 13.0 |
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers |
4,204 | 17,399 | 3.3 | 14.0 |
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction |
35 | 64 | 5.0 | 8.4 |
Construction |
294 | 1,187 | 3.2 | 12.7 |
Manufacturing |
369 | 1,782 | 2.3 | 11.6 |
Durable goods |
215 | 1,243 | 2.2 | 13.1 |
Nondurable goods |
154 | 539 | 2.5 | 9.3 |
Wholesale and retail trade |
822 | 2,895 | 4.2 | 15.1 |
Transportation and utilities |
299 | 1,018 | 4.1 | 14.2 |
Information |
77 | 259 | 3.0 | 10.9 |
Financial activities |
162 | 559 | 1.7 | 5.7 |
Professional and business services |
600 | 1,578 | 3.4 | 9.0 |
Education and health services |
609 | 2,458 | 2.4 | 10.1 |
Leisure and hospitality |
745 | 4,434 | 5.0 | 35.9 |
Other services |
194 | 1,165 | 2.9 | 18.4 |
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers |
99 | 105 | 5.4 | 6.5 |
Government workers |
445 | 1,603 | 2.1 | 7.4 |
Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers |
198 | 915 | 2.0 | 9.4 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2020 data, industries reflect the introduction of the 2017 Census industry classification system into the Current Population Survey. This industry classification system is derived from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). No historical data have been revised. |
Measure | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | |||||||
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May 2019 |
Apr. 2020 |
May 2020 |
May 2019 |
Jan. 2020 |
Feb. 2020 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020 |
May 2020 |
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U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force |
1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force |
1.4 | 13.1 | 11.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 13.2 | 11.6 |
U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate) |
3.4 | 14.4 | 13.0 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 14.7 | 13.3 |
U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers |
3.6 | 14.8 | 13.3 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 15.1 | 13.6 |
U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other persons marginally attached to the labor force, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force |
4.2 | 15.6 | 14.2 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 16.0 | 14.6 |
U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force |
6.7 | 22.4 | 20.7 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 8.7 | 22.8 | 21.2 |
NOTE: Persons marginally attached to the labor force are those who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the past 12 months. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for work. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. |
Category | Total | Men | Women | |||
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May 2019 |
May 2020 |
May 2019 |
May 2020 |
May 2019 |
May 2020 |
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NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE |
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Total not in the labor force |
96,207 | 102,072 | 38,665 | 41,818 | 57,542 | 60,254 |
Persons who currently want a job |
5,500 | 9,422 | 2,762 | 4,535 | 2,738 | 4,886 |
Marginally attached to the labor force(1) |
1,395 | 2,292 | 732 | 1,242 | 663 | 1,050 |
Discouraged workers(2) |
338 | 598 | 210 | 341 | 127 | 257 |
Other persons marginally attached to the labor force(3) |
1,058 | 1,694 | 522 | 901 | 536 | 793 |
MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS |
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Total multiple jobholders(4) |
7,857 | 5,509 | 3,774 | 2,703 | 4,083 | 2,807 |
Percent of total employed |
5.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 4.4 |
Primary job full time, secondary job part time |
4,414 | 3,121 | 2,328 | 1,687 | 2,086 | 1,434 |
Primary and secondary jobs both part time |
1,990 | 1,262 | 690 | 418 | 1,299 | 843 |
Primary and secondary jobs both full time |
325 | 285 | 204 | 193 | 121 | 92 |
Hours vary on primary or secondary job |
1,061 | 805 | 503 | 390 | 558 | 415 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. |
Industry | Not seasonally adjusted | Seasonally adjusted | |||||||
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May 2019 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020(p) |
May 2020(p) |
May 2019 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020(p) |
May 2020(p) |
Change from: Apr.2020 - May2020(p) |
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Total nonfarm |
151,109 | 150,073 | 130,411 | 133,342 | 150,577 | 151,090 | 130,403 | 132,912 | 2,509 |
Total private |
128,253 | 127,009 | 108,267 | 111,864 | 128,026 | 128,362 | 108,638 | 111,732 | 3,094 |
Goods-producing |
21,089 | 20,738 | 18,554 | 19,418 | 21,050 | 21,086 | 18,713 | 19,382 | 669 |
Mining and logging |
739 | 696 | 641 | 631 | 743 | 706 | 652 | 632 | -20 |
Logging |
48.1 | 52.9 | 46.6 | 49.0 | 49.5 | 54.5 | 49.7 | 50.1 | 0.4 |
Mining |
690.7 | 643.2 | 594.8 | 581.8 | 693.3 | 651.2 | 602.2 | 582.3 | -19.9 |
Oil and gas extraction |
147.3 | 155.0 | 151.4 | 146.6 | 147.8 | 156.4 | 153.9 | 147.0 | -6.9 |
Mining, except oil and gas |
194.2 | 184.7 | 175.5 | 181.3 | 192.4 | 187.7 | 177.1 | 179.8 | 2.7 |
Coal mining |
51.8 | 49.3 | 41.5 | 46.3 | 51.9 | 49.3 | 41.6 | 46.6 | 5.0 |
Metal ore mining |
42.6 | 40.9 | 40.8 | 39.1 | 42.3 | 41.0 | 40.9 | 39.1 | -1.8 |
Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying |
99.8 | 94.5 | 93.2 | 95.9 | 98.2 | 97.4 | 94.6 | 94.1 | -0.5 |
Support activities for mining |
349.2 | 303.5 | 267.9 | 253.9 | 353.1 | 307.1 | 271.2 | 255.5 | -15.7 |
Construction |
7,540 | 7,295 | 6,486 | 7,110 | 7,478 | 7,574 | 6,579 | 7,043 | 464 |
Construction of buildings |
1,647.1 | 1,636.1 | 1,439.2 | 1,564.7 | 1,650.4 | 1,677.9 | 1,461.5 | 1,566.4 | 104.9 |
Residential building |
811.4 | 814.6 | 706.1 | 782.3 | 811.7 | 837.5 | 716.9 | 782.5 | 65.6 |
Nonresidential building |
835.7 | 821.5 | 733.1 | 782.4 | 838.7 | 840.4 | 744.6 | 783.9 | 39.3 |
Heavy and civil engineering construction |
1,106.8 | 1,007.5 | 977.3 | 1,055.9 | 1,074.3 | 1,083.4 | 993.5 | 1,027.2 | 33.7 |
Specialty trade contractors |
4,785.9 | 4,650.9 | 4,069.4 | 4,489.3 | 4,753.1 | 4,813.0 | 4,124.1 | 4,449.4 | 325.3 |
Residential specialty trade contractors |
2,102.6 | 2,034.9 | 1,778.5 | 1,988.1 | 2,083.4 | 2,105.4 | 1,803.8 | 1,964.2 | 160.4 |
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors |
2,683.3 | 2,616.0 | 2,290.9 | 2,501.2 | 2,669.7 | 2,707.6 | 2,320.3 | 2,485.2 | 164.9 |
Manufacturing |
12,810 | 12,747 | 11,427 | 11,677 | 12,829 | 12,806 | 11,482 | 11,707 | 225 |
Durable goods |
8,052 | 8,013 | 7,109 | 7,234 | 8,056 | 8,031 | 7,124 | 7,243 | 119 |
Wood products |
406.1 | 405.7 | 372.0 | 376.0 | 407.1 | 409.9 | 373.4 | 376.4 | 3.0 |
Nonmetallic mineral products |
423.8 | 417.8 | 376.7 | 399.9 | 419.8 | 425.1 | 376.4 | 396.8 | 20.4 |
Primary metals |
387.8 | 372.5 | 341.3 | 332.5 | 387.4 | 371.9 | 342.5 | 333.1 | -9.4 |
Fabricated metal products |
1,492.2 | 1,472.0 | 1,363.5 | 1,388.8 | 1,492.0 | 1,475.0 | 1,365.3 | 1,390.1 | 24.8 |
Machinery |
1,127.7 | 1,104.0 | 1,018.6 | 1,042.5 | 1,128.2 | 1,105.4 | 1,021.2 | 1,043.8 | 22.6 |
Computer and electronic products |
1,070.7 | 1,096.6 | 1,083.8 | 1,078.7 | 1,074.8 | 1,097.9 | 1,086.9 | 1,081.9 | -5.0 |
Computer and peripheral equipment |
160.7 | 169.0 | 169.8 | 169.8 | 161.8 | 169.4 | 170.2 | 170.3 | 0.1 |
Communications equipment |
82.6 | 84.6 | 83.0 | 81.1 | 83.3 | 84.4 | 83.2 | 81.3 | -1.9 |
Semiconductors and electronic components |
374.4 | 377.8 | 373.4 | 369.5 | 375.3 | 377.5 | 374.3 | 370.9 | -3.4 |
Electronic instruments |
420.1 | 432.2 | 425.2 | 425.1 | 421.4 | 433.3 | 426.2 | 426.2 | 0.0 |
Miscellaneous computer and electronic products |
32.9 | 33.0 | 32.4 | 33.2 | 33.0 | 33.3 | 33.0 | 33.2 | 0.2 |
Electrical equipment and appliances |
402.6 | 402.1 | 383.0 | 367.5 | 404.7 | 404.0 | 384.6 | 369.3 | -15.3 |
Transportation equipment(1) |
1,734.2 | 1,741.7 | 1,335.2 | 1,360.3 | 1,736.1 | 1,737.9 | 1,337.3 | 1,363.3 | 26.0 |
Motor vehicles and parts(2) |
1,002.8 | 1,000.0 | 635.9 | 661.3 | 1,002.8 | 993.6 | 634.4 | 662.1 | 27.7 |
Furniture and related products |
388.1 | 385.2 | 309.0 | 330.0 | 387.7 | 385.8 | 309.6 | 330.5 | 20.9 |
Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing |
618.3 | 615.1 | 525.7 | 557.4 | 617.7 | 617.7 | 527.1 | 558.1 | 31.0 |
Nondurable goods |
4,758 | 4,734 | 4,318 | 4,443 | 4,773 | 4,775 | 4,358 | 4,464 | 106 |
Food manufacturing |
1,619.4 | 1,625.0 | 1,526.7 | 1,558.2 | 1,636.3 | 1,649.3 | 1,555.5 | 1,580.4 | 24.9 |
Textile mills |
109.4 | 104.9 | 85.3 | 88.9 | 110.0 | 105.2 | 85.5 | 88.4 | 2.9 |
Textile product mills |
113.2 | 108.6 | 86.1 | 98.1 | 114.0 | 109.6 | 86.5 | 98.2 | 11.7 |
Apparel |
112.3 | 103.5 | 63.4 | 76.4 | 111.7 | 103.8 | 63.5 | 76.3 | 12.8 |
Paper and paper products |
366.6 | 362.8 | 355.1 | 355.4 | 365.7 | 363.4 | 354.9 | 354.8 | -0.1 |
Printing and related support activities |
424.0 | 411.5 | 335.3 | 352.9 | 425.6 | 413.2 | 337.1 | 353.5 | 16.4 |
Petroleum and coal products |
117.0 | 110.3 | 105.3 | 106.5 | 115.7 | 113.8 | 106.4 | 105.3 | -1.1 |
Chemicals |
849.1 | 849.0 | 829.3 | 832.3 | 848.6 | 849.7 | 831.4 | 833.8 | 2.4 |
Plastics and rubber products |
735.8 | 744.4 | 671.3 | 702.2 | 734.6 | 745.3 | 671.4 | 701.2 | 29.8 |
Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing |
310.8 | 313.7 | 260.5 | 272.3 | 311.2 | 321.3 | 265.9 | 272.3 | 6.4 |
Private service-providing |
107,164 | 106,271 | 89,713 | 92,446 | 106,976 | 107,276 | 89,925 | 92,350 | 2,425 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities |
27,554 | 27,399 | 24,283 | 24,790 | 27,667 | 27,723 | 24,498 | 24,866 | 368 |
Wholesale trade |
5,900.7 | 5,895.9 | 5,523.3 | 5,560.7 | 5,897.7 | 5,922.2 | 5,539.7 | 5,561.1 | 21.4 |
Durable goods |
3,196.3 | 3,208.4 | 3,012.9 | 3,021.9 | 3,199.1 | 3,218.2 | 3,020.4 | 3,024.5 | 4.1 |
Nondurable goods |
2,176.1 | 2,158.4 | 2,015.5 | 2,038.6 | 2,169.0 | 2,173.9 | 2,021.8 | 2,034.4 | 12.6 |
Electronic markets and agents and brokers |
528.3 | 529.1 | 494.9 | 500.2 | 529.6 | 530.1 | 497.5 | 502.2 | 4.7 |
Retail trade |
15,540.7 | 15,365.1 | 13,190.7 | 13,640.3 | 15,618.8 | 15,586.6 | 13,300.8 | 13,668.6 | 367.8 |
Motor vehicle and parts dealers |
2,033.9 | 2,042.9 | 1,685.6 | 1,752.4 | 2,030.5 | 2,052.8 | 1,688.5 | 1,746.3 | 57.8 |
Automobile dealers |
1,299.8 | 1,296.2 | 1,020.5 | 1,108.2 | 1,300.6 | 1,299.6 | 1,023.7 | 1,108.4 | 84.7 |
Other motor vehicle dealers |
170.0 | 161.0 | 121.3 | 134.7 | 163.9 | 165.3 | 119.9 | 128.8 | 8.9 |
Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores |
564.1 | 585.7 | 543.8 | 509.5 | 566.0 | 587.9 | 544.9 | 509.1 | -35.8 |
Furniture and home furnishings stores |
468.2 | 456.0 | 246.9 | 287.9 | 473.2 | 458.5 | 252.5 | 292.9 | 40.4 |
Electronics and appliance stores |
472.5 | 468.1 | 430.7 | 335.5 | 478.1 | 471.4 | 434.3 | 339.6 | -94.7 |
Building material and garden supply stores |
1,352.2 | 1,329.5 | 1,321.1 | 1,398.4 | 1,287.5 | 1,320.8 | 1,271.3 | 1,327.1 | 55.8 |
Food and beverage stores |
3,058.5 | 3,046.2 | 3,025.7 | 3,087.0 | 3,070.8 | 3,078.6 | 3,049.3 | 3,092.8 | 43.5 |
Health and personal care stores |
1,043.5 | 1,050.7 | 946.2 | 925.9 | 1,049.2 | 1,056.8 | 953.2 | 931.6 | -21.6 |
Gasoline stations |
940.5 | 930.4 | 890.9 | 895.0 | 940.8 | 942.5 | 897.7 | 894.2 | -3.5 |
Clothing and clothing accessories stores |
1,261.7 | 1,224.7 | 483.8 | 578.1 | 1,303.0 | 1,265.4 | 500.1 | 594.9 | 94.8 |
Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores |
530.7 | 517.0 | 331.3 | 367.3 | 548.0 | 534.1 | 342.7 | 378.9 | 36.2 |
General merchandise stores |
2,974.2 | 2,978.6 | 2,794.2 | 2,891.9 | 3,031.4 | 3,055.3 | 2,860.6 | 2,944.6 | 84.0 |
Department stores |
1,036.8 | 1,041.4 | 771.5 | 817.4 | 1,077.1 | 1,081.8 | 802.0 | 849.1 | 47.1 |
General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters |
1,937.4 | 1,937.2 | 2,022.7 | 2,074.5 | 1,954.3 | 1,973.5 | 2,058.6 | 2,095.5 | 36.9 |
Miscellaneous store retailers |
844.1 | 781.7 | 535.6 | 601.6 | 839.6 | 804.1 | 543.8 | 598.3 | 54.5 |
Nonstore retailers |
560.7 | 539.3 | 498.7 | 519.3 | 566.7 | 546.3 | 506.8 | 527.4 | 20.6 |
Transportation and warehousing |
5,564.7 | 5,592.8 | 5,029.7 | 5,050.8 | 5,601.6 | 5,668.2 | 5,114.9 | 5,095.9 | -19.0 |
Air transportation |
501.2 | 510.7 | 433.3 | 384.7 | 500.1 | 512.1 | 433.5 | 383.2 | -50.3 |
Rail transportation |
178.0 | 159.2 | 154.9 | 152.9 | 177.3 | 159.4 | 155.3 | 153.2 | -2.1 |
Water transportation |
67.1 | 62.0 | 57.8 | 57.5 | 65.8 | 64.3 | 59.0 | 56.8 | -2.2 |
Truck transportation |
1,533.7 | 1,499.4 | 1,417.0 | 1,429.1 | 1,532.4 | 1,522.6 | 1,432.8 | 1,431.6 | -1.2 |
Transit and ground passenger transportation |
517.6 | 515.3 | 333.4 | 346.9 | 499.8 | 501.8 | 319.1 | 329.2 | 10.1 |
Pipeline transportation |
51.7 | 51.3 | 50.5 | 51.1 | 51.5 | 51.4 | 50.5 | 51.1 | 0.6 |
Scenic and sightseeing transportation |
38.3 | 27.9 | 11.8 | 18.7 | 35.8 | 35.4 | 13.0 | 17.2 | 4.2 |
Support activities for transportation |
749.8 | 751.8 | 670.0 | 669.9 | 751.7 | 754.6 | 672.0 | 673.3 | 1.3 |
Couriers and messengers |
753.6 | 808.8 | 786.8 | 816.2 | 801.1 | 850.0 | 853.6 | 865.7 | 12.1 |
Warehousing and storage |
1,173.7 | 1,206.4 | 1,114.2 | 1,123.8 | 1,186.1 | 1,216.6 | 1,126.1 | 1,134.6 | 8.5 |
Utilities |
548.2 | 545.4 | 539.3 | 537.9 | 549.0 | 545.9 | 542.3 | 540.0 | -2.3 |
Information |
2,842 | 2,874 | 2,613 | 2,570 | 2,853 | 2,888 | 2,616 | 2,578 | -38 |
Publishing industries, except Internet |
752.2 | 768.0 | 741.9 | 737.0 | 757.9 | 771.4 | 746.7 | 742.0 | -4.7 |
Motion picture and sound recording industries |
444.2 | 441.8 | 230.8 | 219.9 | 440.1 | 451.4 | 226.1 | 215.4 | -10.7 |
Broadcasting, except Internet |
265.7 | 260.0 | 245.8 | 239.3 | 267.5 | 259.5 | 246.2 | 240.3 | -5.9 |
Telecommunications |
712.4 | 698.4 | 694.0 | 683.5 | 716.3 | 697.1 | 695.5 | 687.7 | -7.8 |
Data processing, hosting and related services |
334.5 | 348.8 | 344.9 | 340.2 | 336.1 | 349.5 | 343.4 | 339.8 | -3.6 |
Other information services |
333.2 | 356.9 | 355.3 | 350.1 | 335.0 | 359.2 | 357.8 | 353.1 | -4.7 |
Financial activities |
8,707 | 8,780 | 8,518 | 8,573 | 8,727 | 8,827 | 8,563 | 8,596 | 33 |
Finance and insurance |
6,393.2 | 6,472.7 | 6,415.0 | 6,429.7 | 6,411.8 | 6,484.0 | 6,440.3 | 6,448.7 | 8.4 |
Monetary authorities - central bank |
19.8 | 19.6 | 19.6 | 19.7 | 19.8 | 19.6 | 19.7 | 19.7 | 0.0 |
Credit intermediation and related |
2,638.6 | 2,674.9 | 2,637.6 | 2,650.5 | 2,646.1 | 2,680.0 | 2,647.5 | 2,654.8 | 7.3 |
Depository credit intermediation(1) |
1,772.5 | 1,783.6 | 1,771.4 | 1,775.7 | 1,774.8 | 1,784.0 | 1,775.0 | 1,776.1 | 1.1 |
Commercial banking |
1,389.7 | 1,391.5 | 1,383.8 | 1,387.7 | 1,391.0 | 1,391.6 | 1,387.1 | 1,388.3 | 1.2 |
Nondepository credit intermediation |
568.9 | 583.9 | 570.4 | 574.2 | 571.9 | 588.8 | 576.3 | 576.9 | 0.6 |
Activities related to credit intermediation |
297.2 | 307.4 | 295.8 | 300.6 | 299.3 | 307.2 | 296.2 | 301.8 | 5.6 |
Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts |
956.6 | 966.9 | 961.3 | 961.1 | 961.7 | 971.2 | 966.8 | 967.6 | 0.8 |
Insurance carriers and related activities |
2,778.2 | 2,811.3 | 2,796.5 | 2,798.4 | 2,784.2 | 2,813.2 | 2,806.3 | 2,806.6 | 0.3 |
Real estate and rental and leasing |
2,313.8 | 2,307.6 | 2,102.5 | 2,143.7 | 2,315.0 | 2,342.8 | 2,123.0 | 2,147.1 | 24.1 |
Real estate |
1,707.3 | 1,722.7 | 1,627.5 | 1,638.6 | 1,712.3 | 1,743.6 | 1,640.2 | 1,643.6 | 3.4 |
Rental and leasing services |
583.4 | 561.6 | 452.2 | 482.1 | 579.5 | 575.7 | 459.6 | 480.4 | 20.8 |
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets |
23.1 | 23.3 | 22.8 | 23.0 | 23.2 | 23.5 | 23.2 | 23.1 | -0.1 |
Professional and business services |
21,239 | 21,173 | 19,222 | 19,384 | 21,253 | 21,456 | 19,267 | 19,394 | 127 |
Professional and technical services |
9,442.6 | 9,717.2 | 9,199.4 | 9,133.1 | 9,502.2 | 9,698.5 | 9,159.0 | 9,198.8 | 39.8 |
Legal services |
1,143.9 | 1,154.8 | 1,088.6 | 1,094.6 | 1,147.4 | 1,160.3 | 1,094.3 | 1,097.5 | 3.2 |
Accounting and bookkeeping services |
977.5 | 1,143.4 | 1,056.4 | 939.1 | 1,023.9 | 1,042.8 | 972.1 | 985.3 | 13.2 |
Architectural and engineering services |
1,508.8 | 1,519.5 | 1,449.2 | 1,465.7 | 1,509.8 | 1,537.8 | 1,460.2 | 1,467.1 | 6.9 |
Specialized design services |
144.3 | 142.6 | 125.9 | 126.5 | 143.3 | 144.0 | 126.6 | 126.4 | -0.2 |
Computer systems design and related services |
2,191.3 | 2,225.2 | 2,163.2 | 2,153.3 | 2,193.4 | 2,249.8 | 2,170.8 | 2,158.1 | -12.7 |
Management and technical consulting services |
1,513.1 | 1,539.2 | 1,468.0 | 1,479.1 | 1,518.5 | 1,557.9 | 1,478.1 | 1,485.1 | 7.0 |
Scientific research and development services |
721.4 | 746.7 | 726.6 | 732.3 | 722.2 | 750.9 | 730.9 | 734.1 | 3.2 |
Advertising and related services |
492.9 | 487.4 | 448.9 | 448.0 | 491.8 | 489.9 | 449.9 | 448.4 | -1.5 |
Other professional and technical services |
749.4 | 758.4 | 672.6 | 694.5 | 751.9 | 765.1 | 676.1 | 696.8 | 20.7 |
Management of companies and enterprises |
2,418.4 | 2,432.3 | 2,339.6 | 2,328.8 | 2,420.6 | 2,445.1 | 2,353.8 | 2,332.0 | -21.8 |
Administrative and waste services |
9,378.0 | 9,023.9 | 7,682.6 | 7,922.0 | 9,329.7 | 9,312.3 | 7,754.2 | 7,863.5 | 109.3 |
Administrative and support services |
8,928.1 | 8,564.4 | 7,234.8 | 7,469.4 | 8,879.9 | 8,845.9 | 7,303.4 | 7,412.1 | 108.7 |
Office administrative services |
526.6 | 525.4 | 489.2 | 492.4 | 525.7 | 529.5 | 490.5 | 491.7 | 1.2 |
Facilities support services |
163.1 | 163.8 | 152.8 | 150.3 | 163.6 | 164.4 | 153.3 | 151.0 | -2.3 |
Employment services(1) |
3,606.3 | 3,471.3 | 2,581.6 | 2,668.2 | 3,630.7 | 3,593.6 | 2,642.1 | 2,683.4 | 41.3 |
Temporary help services |
2,925.3 | 2,780.6 | 1,993.2 | 2,072.9 | 2,947.2 | 2,888.4 | 2,047.9 | 2,087.0 | 39.1 |
Business support services |
868.1 | 861.2 | 751.9 | 747.6 | 882.4 | 866.0 | 756.9 | 757.8 | 0.9 |
Travel arrangement and reservation services |
221.1 | 210.9 | 174.8 | 170.8 | 218.4 | 212.1 | 174.7 | 169.3 | -5.4 |
Investigation and security services |
956.5 | 958.4 | 885.0 | 886.6 | 956.9 | 966.2 | 890.2 | 885.7 | -4.5 |
Services to buildings and dwellings |
2,246.3 | 2,035.1 | 1,911.0 | 2,056.2 | 2,167.0 | 2,173.6 | 1,908.5 | 1,976.9 | 68.4 |
Other support services |
340.1 | 338.3 | 288.5 | 297.3 | 335.1 | 340.5 | 287.2 | 296.3 | 9.1 |
Waste management and remediation services |
449.9 | 459.5 | 447.8 | 452.6 | 449.8 | 466.4 | 450.8 | 451.4 | 0.6 |
Education and health services |
24,121 | 24,518 | 21,985 | 22,281 | 24,076 | 24,408 | 21,818 | 22,242 | 424 |
Educational services |
3,771.1 | 3,924.3 | 3,494.1 | 3,386.7 | 3,743.4 | 3,784.8 | 3,323.4 | 3,356.8 | 33.4 |
Health care and social assistance |
20,349.8 | 20,593.9 | 18,490.7 | 18,894.6 | 20,332.1 | 20,623.2 | 18,494.7 | 18,885.4 | 390.7 |
Health care(3) |
16,202.0 | 16,380.7 | 14,908.6 | 15,226.9 | 16,217.2 | 16,417.1 | 14,936.6 | 15,249.0 | 312.4 |
Ambulatory health care services |
7,666.3 | 7,749.7 | 6,520.8 | 6,906.6 | 7,664.1 | 7,766.1 | 6,529.7 | 6,905.4 | 375.7 |
Offices of physicians |
2,660.7 | 2,690.6 | 2,427.0 | 2,481.6 | 2,663.8 | 2,695.9 | 2,432.5 | 2,483.8 | 51.3 |
Offices of dentists |
968.3 | 941.0 | 434.1 | 679.4 | 968.5 | 942.8 | 434.7 | 679.5 | 244.8 |
Offices of other health practitioners |
966.5 | 966.6 | 752.4 | 829.1 | 963.4 | 970.9 | 754.4 | 827.5 | 73.1 |
Outpatient care centers |
958.6 | 979.2 | 895.7 | 905.3 | 958.3 | 977.9 | 895.0 | 905.8 | 10.8 |
Medical and diagnostic laboratories |
280.4 | 287.4 | 257.1 | 257.4 | 281.5 | 287.8 | 258.0 | 258.4 | 0.4 |
Home health care services |
1,518.7 | 1,565.5 | 1,460.9 | 1,460.4 | 1,516.1 | 1,570.7 | 1,460.7 | 1,457.7 | -3.0 |
Other ambulatory health care services |
313.1 | 319.4 | 293.6 | 293.4 | 312.4 | 320.1 | 294.4 | 292.7 | -1.7 |
Hospitals |
5,167.7 | 5,262.6 | 5,131.9 | 5,094.2 | 5,181.6 | 5,265.8 | 5,138.7 | 5,112.0 | -26.7 |
Nursing and residential care facilities |
3,368.0 | 3,368.4 | 3,255.9 | 3,226.1 | 3,371.5 | 3,385.2 | 3,268.2 | 3,231.6 | -36.6 |
Nursing care facilities |
1,593.8 | 1,579.7 | 1,534.3 | 1,519.1 | 1,597.1 | 1,588.4 | 1,540.9 | 1,522.9 | -18.0 |
Residential mental health facilities |
646.7 | 651.3 | 621.7 | 612.2 | 646.2 | 653.2 | 623.4 | 612.6 | -10.8 |
Community care facilities for the elderly |
963.7 | 971.7 | 941.0 | 935.7 | 964.2 | 977.0 | 944.6 | 936.3 | -8.3 |
Other residential care facilities |
163.8 | 165.7 | 158.9 | 159.1 | 164.0 | 166.6 | 159.3 | 159.8 | 0.5 |
Social assistance |
4,147.8 | 4,213.2 | 3,582.1 | 3,667.7 | 4,114.9 | 4,206.1 | 3,558.1 | 3,636.4 | 78.3 |
Individual and family services |
2,604.2 | 2,691.3 | 2,460.1 | 2,492.2 | 2,595.5 | 2,695.9 | 2,453.9 | 2,483.3 | 29.4 |
Emergency and other relief services |
182.6 | 185.6 | 176.2 | 178.5 | 182.9 | 185.6 | 177.1 | 179.3 | 2.2 |
Vocational rehabilitation services |
324.2 | 318.7 | 257.6 | 261.1 | 323.2 | 321.2 | 258.9 | 261.2 | 2.3 |
Child day care services |
1,036.8 | 1,017.6 | 688.2 | 735.9 | 1,013.3 | 1,003.4 | 668.2 | 712.6 | 44.4 |
Leisure and hospitality |
16,788 | 15,714 | 8,520 | 9,978 | 16,519 | 16,124 | 8,585 | 9,824 | 1,239 |
Arts, entertainment, and recreation |
2,499.2 | 2,233.9 | 1,125.8 | 1,207.4 | 2,418.7 | 2,420.3 | 1,154.7 | 1,172.2 | 17.5 |
Performing arts and spectator sports |
552.6 | 463.0 | 275.2 | 282.5 | 518.1 | 489.7 | 270.4 | 265.6 | -4.8 |
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions |
178.0 | 163.0 | 124.5 | 125.9 | 171.3 | 173.5 | 126.4 | 122.3 | -4.1 |
Amusements, gambling, and recreation |
1,768.6 | 1,607.9 | 726.1 | 799.0 | 1,729.3 | 1,757.1 | 757.9 | 784.3 | 26.4 |
Accommodation and food services |
14,288.6 | 13,480.5 | 7,394.2 | 8,771.0 | 14,100.3 | 13,703.9 | 7,429.8 | 8,652.2 | 1,222.4 |
Accommodation |
2,086.2 | 1,965.5 | 1,129.8 | 1,033.4 | 2,075.7 | 2,034.0 | 1,178.5 | 1,030.3 | -148.2 |
Food services and drinking places |
12,202.4 | 11,515.0 | 6,264.4 | 7,737.6 | 12,024.6 | 11,669.9 | 6,251.3 | 7,621.9 | 1,370.6 |
Other services |
5,913 | 5,813 | 4,572 | 4,870 | 5,881 | 5,850 | 4,578 | 4,850 | 272 |
Repair and maintenance |
1,354.5 | 1,358.7 | 1,139.5 | 1,222.4 | 1,344.9 | 1,361.9 | 1,136.1 | 1,213.3 | 77.2 |
Personal and laundry services |
1,545.0 | 1,461.4 | 691.5 | 881.1 | 1,526.6 | 1,475.0 | 689.9 | 872.2 | 182.3 |
Membership associations and organizations |
3,013.7 | 2,992.8 | 2,740.7 | 2,766.7 | 3,009.4 | 3,013.3 | 2,751.9 | 2,764.6 | 12.7 |
Government |
22,856 | 23,064 | 22,144 | 21,478 | 22,551 | 22,728 | 21,765 | 21,180 | -585 |
Federal |
2,826.0 | 2,866.0 | 2,874.0 | 2,870.0 | 2,826.0 | 2,886.0 | 2,887.0 | 2,873.0 | -14.0 |
Federal, except U.S. Postal Service |
2,219.2 | 2,271.0 | 2,279.0 | 2,268.7 | 2,218.7 | 2,285.7 | 2,285.8 | 2,270.5 | -15.3 |
U.S. Postal Service |
607.2 | 595.0 | 595.2 | 601.0 | 607.4 | 600.5 | 601.3 | 602.1 | 0.8 |
State government |
5,159.0 | 5,309.0 | 5,142.0 | 4,898.0 | 5,158.0 | 5,162.0 | 4,995.0 | 4,911.0 | -84.0 |
State government education |
2,468.6 | 2,603.9 | 2,441.4 | 2,212.2 | 2,474.2 | 2,451.2 | 2,286.9 | 2,223.6 | -63.3 |
State government, excluding education |
2,689.9 | 2,705.4 | 2,701.0 | 2,685.8 | 2,683.6 | 2,710.6 | 2,707.6 | 2,686.9 | -20.7 |
Local government |
14,871.0 | 14,889.0 | 14,128.0 | 13,710.0 | 14,567.0 | 14,680.0 | 13,883.0 | 13,396.0 | -487.0 |
Local government education |
8,301.8 | 8,356.8 | 7,916.7 | 7,590.1 | 7,992.7 | 8,041.6 | 7,592.7 | 7,282.8 | -309.9 |
Local government, excluding education |
6,569.3 | 6,532.1 | 6,211.7 | 6,120.3 | 6,574.3 | 6,638.4 | 6,289.8 | 6,112.9 | -176.9 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2019 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. |
Industry | May 2019 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020(p) |
May 2020(p) |
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AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS |
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Total private |
34.4 | 34.1 | 34.2 | 34.7 |
Goods-producing |
40.3 | 40.1 | 38.2 | 39.0 |
Mining and logging |
46.3 | 45.2 | 43.0 | 43.0 |
Construction |
39.1 | 39.1 | 37.9 | 38.9 |
Manufacturing |
40.6 | 40.4 | 38.1 | 38.9 |
Durable goods |
41.0 | 40.7 | 38.0 | 39.0 |
Nondurable goods |
39.9 | 39.8 | 38.2 | 38.8 |
Private service-providing |
33.3 | 32.9 | 33.4 | 33.8 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities |
34.3 | 34.1 | 33.8 | 34.3 |
Wholesale trade |
38.9 | 38.8 | 37.7 | 38.0 |
Retail trade |
30.7 | 30.6 | 30.5 | 31.3 |
Transportation and warehousing |
38.6 | 37.9 | 37.1 | 37.7 |
Utilities |
42.1 | 42.2 | 42.4 | 42.2 |
Information |
36.4 | 36.3 | 36.5 | 36.6 |
Financial activities |
37.6 | 37.6 | 37.7 | 37.8 |
Professional and business services |
36.2 | 36.0 | 35.9 | 36.4 |
Education and health services |
33.0 | 32.9 | 32.6 | 32.9 |
Leisure and hospitality |
25.9 | 24.1 | 24.2 | 25.7 |
Other services |
31.9 | 31.5 | 32.3 | 32.7 |
AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS |
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Manufacturing |
3.3 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 2.4 |
Durable goods |
3.3 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
Nondurable goods |
3.4 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2019 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. |
Industry | Average hourly earnings | Average weekly earnings | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 2019 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020(p) |
May 2020(p) |
May 2019 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020(p) |
May 2020(p) |
|
Total private |
$27.87 | $28.69 | $30.04 | $29.75 | $958.73 | $978.33 | $1,027.37 | $1,032.33 |
Goods-producing |
28.89 | 29.64 | 30.24 | 30.09 | 1,164.27 | 1,188.56 | 1,155.17 | 1,173.51 |
Mining and logging |
33.47 | 34.75 | 35.15 | 35.10 | 1,549.66 | 1,570.70 | 1,511.45 | 1,509.30 |
Construction |
30.70 | 31.33 | 31.37 | 31.46 | 1,200.37 | 1,225.00 | 1,188.92 | 1,223.79 |
Manufacturing |
27.57 | 28.35 | 29.28 | 28.96 | 1,119.34 | 1,145.34 | 1,115.57 | 1,126.54 |
Durable goods |
29.03 | 29.75 | 30.78 | 30.39 | 1,190.23 | 1,210.83 | 1,169.64 | 1,185.21 |
Nondurable goods |
25.04 | 25.96 | 26.83 | 26.62 | 999.10 | 1,033.21 | 1,024.91 | 1,032.86 |
Private service-providing |
27.63 | 28.46 | 30.00 | 29.66 | 920.08 | 936.33 | 1,002.00 | 1,002.51 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities |
24.13 | 24.75 | 25.67 | 25.45 | 827.66 | 843.98 | 867.65 | 872.94 |
Wholesale trade |
31.30 | 31.82 | 32.56 | 32.62 | 1,217.57 | 1,234.62 | 1,227.51 | 1,239.56 |
Retail trade |
19.55 | 20.30 | 21.10 | 20.88 | 600.19 | 621.18 | 643.55 | 653.54 |
Transportation and warehousing |
24.78 | 25.15 | 25.75 | 25.67 | 956.51 | 953.19 | 955.33 | 967.76 |
Utilities |
41.81 | 42.53 | 43.14 | 42.95 | 1,760.20 | 1,794.77 | 1,829.14 | 1,812.49 |
Information |
42.00 | 43.19 | 43.68 | 43.46 | 1,528.80 | 1,567.80 | 1,594.32 | 1,590.64 |
Financial activities |
35.82 | 36.81 | 37.33 | 37.81 | 1,346.83 | 1,384.06 | 1,407.34 | 1,429.22 |
Professional and business services |
33.52 | 34.45 | 35.78 | 35.45 | 1,213.42 | 1,240.20 | 1,284.50 | 1,290.38 |
Education and health services |
27.43 | 27.94 | 28.29 | 28.43 | 905.19 | 919.23 | 922.25 | 935.35 |
Leisure and hospitality |
16.51 | 16.86 | 17.95 | 17.39 | 427.61 | 406.33 | 434.39 | 446.92 |
Other services |
25.16 | 25.69 | 27.47 | 26.95 | 802.60 | 809.24 | 887.28 | 881.27 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2019 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. |
Industry | Index of aggregate weekly hours(1) | Index of aggregate weekly payrolls(2) | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 2019 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020(p) |
May 2020(p) |
Percent change from: Apr. 2020 - May 2020(p) |
May 2019 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020(p) |
May 2020(p) |
Percent change from: Apr. 2020 - May 2020(p) |
|
Total private |
110.6 | 109.9 | 93.3 | 97.3 | 4.3 | 147.3 | 150.7 | 134.0 | 138.4 | 3.3 |
Goods-producing |
96.6 | 96.3 | 81.4 | 86.1 | 5.8 | 126.2 | 129.1 | 111.3 | 117.1 | 5.2 |
Mining and logging |
108.1 | 100.3 | 88.1 | 85.4 | -3.1 | 145.3 | 139.9 | 124.3 | 120.3 | -3.2 |
Construction |
100.8 | 102.1 | 86.0 | 94.4 | 9.8 | 134.4 | 139.0 | 117.2 | 129.1 | 10.2 |
Manufacturing |
93.7 | 93.1 | 78.7 | 81.9 | 4.1 | 120.1 | 122.7 | 107.2 | 110.3 | 2.9 |
Durable goods |
93.0 | 92.0 | 76.2 | 79.5 | 4.3 | 119.9 | 121.6 | 104.2 | 107.3 | 3.0 |
Nondurable goods |
95.1 | 94.9 | 83.1 | 86.5 | 4.1 | 120.8 | 125.0 | 113.1 | 116.8 | 3.3 |
Private service-providing |
114.7 | 113.6 | 96.7 | 100.5 | 3.9 | 154.0 | 157.2 | 141.0 | 144.9 | 2.8 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities |
103.5 | 103.2 | 90.4 | 93.1 | 3.0 | 134.7 | 137.7 | 125.1 | 127.7 | 2.1 |
Wholesale trade |
101.2 | 101.4 | 92.1 | 93.2 | 1.2 | 132.5 | 134.9 | 125.5 | 127.2 | 1.4 |
Retail trade |
97.4 | 96.8 | 82.4 | 86.9 | 5.5 | 125.8 | 129.9 | 114.9 | 119.9 | 4.4 |
Transportation and warehousing |
124.2 | 123.4 | 109.0 | 110.4 | 1.3 | 156.6 | 157.9 | 142.8 | 144.2 | 1.0 |
Utilities |
100.0 | 99.7 | 99.5 | 98.6 | -0.9 | 138.1 | 140.1 | 141.8 | 139.9 | -1.3 |
Information |
94.8 | 95.7 | 87.2 | 86.2 | -1.1 | 141.8 | 147.2 | 135.6 | 133.3 | -1.7 |
Financial activities |
107.5 | 108.7 | 105.8 | 106.5 | 0.7 | 150.2 | 156.1 | 154.0 | 157.0 | 1.9 |
Professional and business services |
120.6 | 121.1 | 108.5 | 110.7 | 2.0 | 163.7 | 168.9 | 157.1 | 158.9 | 1.1 |
Education and health services |
129.7 | 131.1 | 116.1 | 119.5 | 2.9 | 171.2 | 176.2 | 158.1 | 163.4 | 3.4 |
Leisure and hospitality |
122.1 | 110.9 | 59.3 | 72.0 | 21.4 | 162.6 | 150.8 | 85.8 | 101.1 | 17.8 |
Other services |
108.2 | 106.2 | 85.3 | 91.4 | 7.2 | 149.2 | 149.6 | 128.4 | 135.1 | 5.2 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2019 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. |
Industry | Women employees (in thousands) | Percent of all employees | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 2019 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020(p) |
May 2020(p) |
May 2019 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020(p) |
May 2020(p) |
|
Total nonfarm |
75,094 | 75,519 | 64,222 | 65,365 | 49.9 | 50.0 | 49.2 | 49.2 |
Total private |
62,082 | 62,378 | 51,685 | 53,189 | 48.5 | 48.6 | 47.6 | 47.6 |
Goods-producing |
4,698 | 4,745 | 4,206 | 4,340 | 22.3 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 22.4 |
Mining and logging |
95 | 95 | 93 | 93 | 12.8 | 13.5 | 14.3 | 14.7 |
Construction |
969 | 988 | 892 | 941 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13.6 | 13.4 |
Manufacturing |
3,634 | 3,662 | 3,221 | 3,306 | 28.3 | 28.6 | 28.1 | 28.2 |
Durable goods |
1,931 | 1,949 | 1,720 | 1,736 | 24.0 | 24.3 | 24.1 | 24.0 |
Nondurable goods |
1,703 | 1,713 | 1,501 | 1,570 | 35.7 | 35.9 | 34.4 | 35.2 |
Private service-providing |
57,384 | 57,633 | 47,479 | 48,849 | 53.6 | 53.7 | 52.8 | 52.9 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities |
11,078 | 11,088 | 9,368 | 9,550 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 38.2 | 38.4 |
Wholesale trade |
1,774.8 | 1,784.7 | 1,635.6 | 1,654.3 | 30.1 | 30.1 | 29.5 | 29.7 |
Retail trade |
7,753.9 | 7,712.6 | 6,347.3 | 6,526.8 | 49.6 | 49.5 | 47.7 | 47.8 |
Transportation and warehousing |
1,417.5 | 1,458.7 | 1,253.2 | 1,236.5 | 25.3 | 25.7 | 24.5 | 24.3 |
Utilities |
131.7 | 132.4 | 132.3 | 132.3 | 24.0 | 24.3 | 24.4 | 24.5 |
Information |
1,130 | 1,147 | 1,045 | 1,028 | 39.6 | 39.7 | 39.9 | 39.9 |
Financial activities |
4,947 | 4,993 | 4,859 | 4,849 | 56.7 | 56.6 | 56.7 | 56.4 |
Professional and business services |
9,683 | 9,849 | 8,731 | 8,774 | 45.6 | 45.9 | 45.3 | 45.2 |
Education and health services |
18,614 | 18,870 | 16,720 | 17,071 | 77.3 | 77.3 | 76.6 | 76.8 |
Leisure and hospitality |
8,788 | 8,575 | 4,492 | 5,119 | 53.2 | 53.2 | 52.3 | 52.1 |
Other services |
3,144 | 3,111 | 2,264 | 2,458 | 53.5 | 53.2 | 49.5 | 50.7 |
Government |
13,012 | 13,141 | 12,537 | 12,176 | 57.7 | 57.8 | 57.6 | 57.5 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2019 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. |
Industry | May 2019 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020(p) |
May 2020(p) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total private |
105,399 | 105,303 | 87,268 | 89,984 |
Goods-producing |
15,084 | 15,076 | 13,055 | 13,592 |
Mining and logging |
548 | 506 | 460 | 442 |
Construction |
5,566 | 5,640 | 4,772 | 5,173 |
Manufacturing |
8,970 | 8,930 | 7,823 | 7,977 |
Durable goods |
5,545 | 5,510 | 4,698 | 4,773 |
Nondurable goods |
3,425 | 3,420 | 3,125 | 3,204 |
Private service-providing |
90,315 | 90,227 | 74,213 | 76,392 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities |
23,416 | 23,422 | 20,532 | 20,836 |
Wholesale trade |
4,739.7 | 4,738.9 | 4,388.5 | 4,400.7 |
Retail trade |
13,343.7 | 13,297.4 | 11,300.1 | 11,607.5 |
Transportation and warehousing |
4,892.7 | 4,949.6 | 4,409.6 | 4,395.4 |
Utilities |
440.0 | 436.0 | 433.5 | 432.1 |
Information |
2,296 | 2,316 | 2,073 | 2,034 |
Financial activities |
6,757 | 6,823 | 6,558 | 6,550 |
Professional and business services |
17,302 | 17,366 | 15,300 | 15,433 |
Education and health services |
21,148 | 21,397 | 19,062 | 19,439 |
Leisure and hospitality |
14,526 | 14,093 | 7,020 | 8,194 |
Other services |
4,870 | 4,810 | 3,668 | 3,906 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2019 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. |
Industry | May 2019 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020(p) |
May 2020(p) |
---|---|---|---|---|
AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS |
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Total private |
33.6 | 33.4 | 33.5 | 34.1 |
Goods-producing |
41.1 | 40.8 | 38.6 | 39.6 |
Mining and logging |
46.9 | 45.1 | 43.1 | 43.7 |
Construction |
39.7 | 39.6 | 38.2 | 39.5 |
Manufacturing |
41.5 | 41.3 | 38.5 | 39.4 |
Durable goods |
41.8 | 41.5 | 38.2 | 39.4 |
Nondurable goods |
41.0 | 41.0 | 39.0 | 39.5 |
Private service-providing |
32.4 | 32.1 | 32.6 | 33.1 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities |
33.8 | 33.9 | 33.6 | 34.3 |
Wholesale trade |
38.7 | 38.4 | 37.1 | 37.7 |
Retail trade |
30.2 | 30.5 | 30.5 | 31.4 |
Transportation and warehousing |
37.9 | 37.9 | 37.1 | 38.0 |
Utilities |
42.4 | 42.6 | 42.2 | 41.6 |
Information |
35.4 | 35.3 | 35.6 | 35.9 |
Financial activities |
36.9 | 36.7 | 36.9 | 37.1 |
Professional and business services |
35.4 | 35.4 | 35.2 | 35.7 |
Education and health services |
32.2 | 32.2 | 31.8 | 32.1 |
Leisure and hospitality |
24.6 | 22.8 | 22.2 | 24.1 |
Other services |
30.8 | 30.5 | 31.2 | 31.8 |
AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS |
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Manufacturing |
4.2 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 3.2 |
Durable goods |
4.2 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 3.0 |
Nondurable goods |
4.3 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2019 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. |
Industry | Average hourly earnings | Average weekly earnings | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 2019 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020(p) |
May 2020(p) |
May 2019 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020(p) |
May 2020(p) |
|
Total private |
$23.42 | $24.10 | $25.14 | $25.00 | $786.91 | $804.94 | $842.19 | $852.50 |
Goods-producing |
24.67 | 25.24 | 25.23 | 25.38 | 1,013.94 | 1,029.79 | 973.88 | 1,005.05 |
Mining and logging |
29.95 | 30.91 | 31.17 | 30.67 | 1,404.66 | 1,394.04 | 1,343.43 | 1,340.28 |
Construction |
28.49 | 29.02 | 28.63 | 28.98 | 1,131.05 | 1,149.19 | 1,093.67 | 1,144.71 |
Manufacturing |
22.04 | 22.60 | 22.78 | 22.71 | 914.66 | 933.38 | 877.03 | 894.77 |
Durable goods |
22.95 | 23.58 | 23.62 | 23.64 | 959.31 | 978.57 | 902.28 | 931.42 |
Nondurable goods |
20.53 | 21.00 | 21.54 | 21.33 | 841.73 | 861.00 | 840.06 | 842.54 |
Private service-providing |
23.16 | 23.86 | 25.12 | 24.92 | 750.38 | 765.91 | 818.91 | 824.85 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities |
20.68 | 20.97 | 21.65 | 21.70 | 698.98 | 710.88 | 727.44 | 744.31 |
Wholesale trade |
26.06 | 26.38 | 26.98 | 27.10 | 1,008.52 | 1,012.99 | 1,000.96 | 1,021.67 |
Retail trade |
16.63 | 17.01 | 17.63 | 17.96 | 502.23 | 518.81 | 537.72 | 563.94 |
Transportation and warehousing |
22.53 | 22.61 | 23.00 | 22.80 | 853.89 | 856.92 | 853.30 | 866.40 |
Utilities |
37.03 | 37.77 | 38.00 | 37.65 | 1,570.07 | 1,609.00 | 1,603.60 | 1,566.24 |
Information |
33.62 | 34.78 | 35.64 | 35.29 | 1,190.15 | 1,227.73 | 1,268.78 | 1,266.91 |
Financial activities |
27.56 | 28.32 | 28.75 | 29.12 | 1,016.96 | 1,039.34 | 1,060.88 | 1,080.35 |
Professional and business services |
27.63 | 28.52 | 29.79 | 29.64 | 978.10 | 1,009.61 | 1,048.61 | 1,058.15 |
Education and health services |
24.13 | 24.85 | 25.24 | 25.35 | 776.99 | 800.17 | 802.63 | 813.74 |
Leisure and hospitality |
14.43 | 14.60 | 14.63 | 14.43 | 354.98 | 332.88 | 324.79 | 347.76 |
Other services |
21.35 | 21.92 | 23.20 | 22.68 | 657.58 | 668.56 | 723.84 | 721.22 |
Footnotes |
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NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2019 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. |
Industry | Index of aggregate weekly hours(2) | Index of aggregate weekly payrolls(3) | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 2019 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020(p) |
May 2020(p) |
Percent change from: Apr. 2020 - May 2020(p) |
May 2019 |
Mar. 2020 |
Apr. 2020(p) |
May 2020(p) |
Percent change from: Apr. 2020 - May 2020(p) |
|
Total private |
118.0 | 117.2 | 97.4 | 102.2 | 4.9 | 184.7 | 188.8 | 163.7 | 170.9 | 4.4 |
Goods-producing |
94.7 | 94.0 | 77.0 | 82.3 | 6.9 | 143.1 | 145.3 | 119.0 | 127.8 | 7.4 |
Mining and logging |
136.6 | 121.3 | 105.4 | 102.6 | -2.7 | 237.9 | 218.0 | 191.0 | 183.1 | -4.1 |
Construction |
110.6 | 111.8 | 91.3 | 102.3 | 12.0 | 170.2 | 175.2 | 141.1 | 160.1 | 13.5 |
Manufacturing |
85.5 | 84.7 | 69.1 | 72.1 | 4.3 | 123.2 | 125.1 | 103.0 | 107.2 | 4.1 |
Durable goods |
87.1 | 85.9 | 67.4 | 70.7 | 4.9 | 124.8 | 126.5 | 99.4 | 104.3 | 4.9 |
Nondurable goods |
82.7 | 82.6 | 71.8 | 74.6 | 3.9 | 120.0 | 122.6 | 109.3 | 112.4 | 2.8 |
Private service-providing |
124.7 | 123.4 | 103.1 | 107.7 | 4.5 | 198.1 | 202.0 | 177.6 | 184.1 | 3.7 |
Trade, transportation, and utilities |
110.7 | 111.0 | 96.5 | 99.9 | 3.5 | 163.6 | 166.4 | 149.3 | 155.0 | 3.8 |
Wholesale trade |
108.9 | 108.0 | 96.6 | 98.5 | 2.0 | 167.4 | 168.2 | 153.9 | 157.5 | 2.3 |
Retail trade |
102.0 |