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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- AUGUST 2009
Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in August (-216,000),
and the unemployment rate rose to 9.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics reported today. Although job losses continued in many of the
major industry sectors in August, the declines have moderated in recent
months.
Household Survey Data
In August, the number of unemployed persons increased by 466,000 to 14.9
million, and the unemployment rate rose by 0.3 percentage point to 9.7
percent. The rate had been little changed in June and July, after in-
creasing 0.4 or 0.5 percentage point in each month from December 2008
through May. Since the recession began in December 2007, the number of
unemployed persons has risen by 7.4 million, and the unemployment rate
has grown by 4.8 percentage points. (See table A-1.)
Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men
(10.1 percent), whites (8.9 percent), and Hispanics (13.0 percent) rose
in August. The jobless rates for adult women (7.6 percent), teenagers
(25.5 percent), and blacks (15.1 percent) were little changed over the
month. The unemployment rate for Asians was 7.5 percent, not seasonally
adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)
The civilian labor force participation rate remained at 65.5 percent in
August. The employment-population ratio, at 59.2 percent, edged down
over the month and has declined by 3.5 percentage points since the re-
cession began in December 2007. (See table A-1.)
In August, the number of persons working part time for economic reasons
was little changed at 9.1 million. These individuals indicated that they
were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because
they were unable to find a full-time job. The number of such workers
rose sharply in the fall and winter but has been little changed since
March. (See table A-5.)
About 2.3 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force
in August, reflecting an increase of 630,000 from a year earlier. (The
data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the
labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a
job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed
because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the sur-
vey. (See table A-13.)
Among the marginally attached, the number of discouraged workers in
August (758,000) has nearly doubled over the past 12 months. (The data
are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not cur-
rently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for
them. The other 1.5 million persons marginally attached to the labor
force in August had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the
survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities.
Establishment Survey Data
Total nonfarm payroll employment declined by 216,000 in August. Since
December 2007, employment has fallen by 6.9 million. In recent months,
job losses have moderated in many major industry sectors. (See table
B-1.)
In August, construction employment declined by 65,000, in line with
the trend since May. Monthly losses had averaged 117,000 over the 6
months ending in April. Employment in the construction industry has
contracted by 1.4 million since the onset of the recession. Starting
in early 2009, the larger share of monthly job losses shifted from the
residential to the nonresidential and heavy construction components.
In mining, employment declined by 9,000 over the month.
In August, manufacturing employment continued to trend downward, with
a decline of 63,000. The pace of job loss has slowed throughout manu-
facturing in recent months. Motor vehicles and parts lost 15,000 jobs
in August, partly offsetting a 31,000 employment increase in July.
Financial activities shed 28,000 jobs in August, with declines spread
throughout the industry. Job loss in financial activities has slowed
since the beginning of the year. Employment in the industry has de-
clined by 537,000 since the start of the recession.
Wholesale trade employment fell by 17,000 in August. Employment in
information continued to trend down over the month.
Employment in the retail trade industry was little changed in August.
Employment also was little changed in professional and business ser-
vices over the month. From May through August, monthly employment
declines in the sector averaged 46,000, compared with 138,000 per
month from November through April. Job loss in its temporary help
services component has slowed markedly over the last 4 months.
Employment was little changed in August both in transportation and
warehousing, and in leisure and hospitality.
Employment in health care continued to rise in August (28,000), with
gains in ambulatory care and in nursing and residential care. Employ-
ment in hospitals was little changed in August; job growth in the
industry slowed in early 2009 and employment has been flat since May.
Health care has added 544,000 jobs since the start of the recession.
In August, the average workweek for production and nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.1 hours.
The manufacturing workweek and factory overtime also showed no
change over the month (at 39.8 hours and 2.9 hours, respectively).
(See table B-2.)
In August, average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory
workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 6 cents, or 0.3 percent,
to $18.65. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have risen
by 2.6 percent, while average weekly earnings have risen by only 0.8
percent due to declines in the average workweek. (See table B-3.)
The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for June was revised
from -443,000 to -463,000, and the change for July was revised from
-247,000 to -276,000.
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The Employment Situation for September is scheduled to be released on
Friday, October 2, 2009, at 8:30 a.m. (EDT).
Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
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| | |
| Quarterly | |
| averages | Monthly data | July-
Category |_________________|__________________________| Aug.
| | | | | | change
| I | II | June | July | Aug. |
| 2009 | 2009 | 2009 | 2009 | 2009 |
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________
|
HOUSEHOLD DATA | Labor force status
|_____________________________________________________
| | | | | |
Civilian labor force ....| 153,993| 154,912| 154,926| 154,504| 154,577| 73
Employment ............| 141,578| 140,591| 140,196| 140,041| 139,649| -392
Unemployment ..........| 12,415| 14,321| 14,729| 14,462| 14,928| 466
Not in labor force ......| 80,920| 80,547| 80,729| 81,366| 81,509| 143
|________|________|________|________|________|________
|
| Unemployment rates
|_____________________________________________________
| | | | | |
All workers .............| 8.1| 9.2| 9.5| 9.4| 9.7| 0.3
Adult men .............| 8.2| 9.7| 10.0| 9.8| 10.1| .3
Adult women ...........| 6.7| 7.4| 7.6| 7.5| 7.6| .1
Teenagers .............| 21.3| 22.7| 24.0| 23.8| 25.5| 1.7
White .................| 7.4| 8.4| 8.7| 8.6| 8.9| .3
Black or African | | | | | |
American ............| 13.1| 14.9| 14.7| 14.5| 15.1| .6
Hispanic or Latino | | | | | |
ethnicity ...........| 10.7| 12.0| 12.2| 12.3| 13.0| .7
|________|________|________|________|________|________
|
ESTABLISHMENT DATA | Employment
|_____________________________________________________
| | | | | |
Nonfarm employment.......| 133,662| 132,125| 131,715|p131,439|p131,223| p-216
Goods-producing (1)....| 19,826| 19,041| 18,829| p18,707| p18,571| p-136
Construction ........| 6,590| 6,303| 6,231| p6,158| p6,093| p-65
Manufacturing .......| 12,468| 12,008| 11,877| p11,834| p11,771| p-63
Service-providing (1)..| 113,835| 113,084| 112,886|p112,732|p112,652| p-80
Retail trade (2)...| 14,933| 14,814| 14,792| p14,748| p14,739| p-10
Professional and | | | | | |
business services .| 17,048| 16,731| 16,655| p16,622| p16,600| p-22
Education and health | | | | | |
services ..........| 19,138| 19,213| 19,248| p19,269| p19,321| p52
Leisure and | | | | | |
hospitality .......| 13,235| 13,180| 13,176| p13,177| p13,156| p-21
Government ..........| 22,543| 22,585| 22,533| p22,505| p22,487| p-18
|________|________|________|________|________|________
|
| Hours of work (3)
|_____________________________________________________
| | | | | |
Total private ...........| 33.2| 33.1| 33.0| p33.1| p33.1| p0.0
Manufacturing .........| 39.6| 39.5| 39.5| p39.8| p39.8| p.0
Overtime ............| 2.7| 2.8| 2.8| p2.9| p2.9| p.0
|________|________|________|________|________|________
|
| Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(3)
|_____________________________________________________
| | | | | |
Total private ...........| 101.7| 99.7| 99.1| p99.2| p98.9| p-0.3
|________|________|________|________|________|________
|
| Earnings (3)
|_____________________________________________________
Average hourly earnings, | | | | | |
total private .........| $18.46| $18.52| $18.54| p$18.59| p$18.65| p$0.06
Average weekly earnings, | | | | | |
total private .........| 613.60| 612.50| 611.82| p615.33| p617.32| p1.99
_________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________
1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
2 Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using
unrounded data.
3 Data relate to private production and nonsupervisory workers.
p = preliminary.
Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates
Why are there two monthly measures of employment?
The household survey and establishment survey both produce sample-based
estimates of employment and both have strengths and limitations. The
establishment survey employment series has a smaller margin of error on
the measurement of month-to-month change than the household survey because
of its much larger sample size. An over-the-month employment change of
107,000 is statistically significant in the establishment survey, while
the threshold for a statistically significant change in the household sur-
vey is about 400,000. However, the household survey has a more expansive
scope than the establishment survey because it includes the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, agricultural workers, and private household workers,
who are excluded by the establishment survey. The household survey also
provides estimates of employment for demographic groups.
Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys?
Neither the establishment nor household survey is designed to identify the
legal status of workers. Thus, while it is likely that both surveys include
at least some undocumented immigrants, it is not possible to determine how
many are counted in either survey. The household survey does include ques-
tions about whether respondents were born outside the United States. Data
from these questions show that foreign-born workers accounted for 15.6 per-
cent of the labor force in 2008.
Why does the establishment survey have revisions?
The establishment survey revises published estimates to improve its data
series by incorporating additional information that was not available at
the time of the initial publication of the estimates. The establishment
survey revises its initial monthly estimates twice, in the immediately suc-
ceeding 2 months, to incorporate additional sample receipts from respondents
in the survey and recalculated seasonal adjustment factors. For more informa-
tion on the monthly revisions, please visit www.bls.gov/ces/cesrevinfo.htm.
On an annual basis, the establishment survey incorporates a benchmark revi-
sion that re-anchors estimates to nearly complete employment counts available
from unemployment insurance tax records. The benchmark helps to control for
sampling and modeling errors in the estimates. For more information on the
annual benchmark revision, please visit www.bls.gov/web/cesbmart.htm.
Does the establishment survey sample include small firms?
Yes; about 40 percent of the establishment survey sample is comprised of busi-
ness establishments with fewer than 20 employees. The establishment survey sam-
ple is designed to maximize the reliability of the total nonfarm employment
estimate; firms from all size classes and industries are appropriately sampled
to achieve that goal.
Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses?
Yes; monthly establishment survey estimates include an adjustment to account
for the net employment change generated by business births and deaths. The
adjustment comes from an econometric model that forecasts the monthly net
jobs impact of business births and deaths based on the actual past values of
the net impact that can be observed with a lag from the Quarterly Census of
Employment and Wages. The establishment survey uses modeling rather than sam-
pling for this purpose because the survey is not immediately able to bring new
businesses into the sample. There is an unavoidable lag between the birth of a
new firm and its appearance on the sampling frame and availability for selection.
BLS adds new businesses to the survey twice a year.
Is the count of unemployed persons limited to just those people receiving
unemployment insurance benefits?
No; the estimate of unemployment is based on a monthly sample survey of house-
holds. All persons who are without jobs and are actively seeking and available
to work are included among the unemployed. (People on temporary layoff are in-
cluded even if they do not actively seek work.) There is no requirement or ques-
tion relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey.
Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who have stopped looking for
work?
Yes; however, there are separate estimates of persons outside the labor force who
want a job, including those who have stopped looking because they believe no jobs
are available (discouraged workers). In addition, alternative measures of labor
underutilization (discouraged workers and other groups not officially counted as
unemployed) are published each month in the Employment Situation news release.
Technical Note
This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current
Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics
survey (establishment survey). The household survey provides the informa-
tion on the labor force, employment, and unemployment that appears in the
A tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 60,000 house-
holds conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS).
The establishment survey provides the information on the employment,
hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls that appears in the
B tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. This information is collected from
payroll records by BLS in cooperation with state agencies. The sample
includes about 160,000 businesses and government agencies covering ap-
proximately 400,000 individual worksites. The active sample includes
about one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers. The sample is drawn
from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance tax accounts.
For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a particular week
or pay period. In the household survey, the reference week is generally
the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month. In the establish-
ment survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 12th,
which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week.
Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys
Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire
civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of
questions on work and job search activities, each person 16 years and over
in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the
labor force.
People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid
employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, pro-
fession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm. People are also counted as employed if they
were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather,
vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria: They had no employment during the reference week; they were
available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find
employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference
week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting recall need not be
looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The unemployment data
derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eligibility
for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed persons.
Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force.
The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the labor
force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent
of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the employed as a
percent of the population.
Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn from pri-
vate nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well
as federal, state, and local government entities. Employees on nonfarm
payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay
period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are counted in each job
they hold. Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate
only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory
workers in the service-providing sector. Industries are classified on the
basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2007 version of
the North American Industry Classification System.
Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual and method-
ological differences between the household and establishment surveys result
in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the sur-
veys. Among these are:
--The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed,
unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed.
These groups are excluded from the establishment survey.
--The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed.
The establishment survey does not.
--The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older.
The establishment survey is not limited by age.
--The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because in-
dividuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In
the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job and thus
appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each
appearance.
Seasonal adjustment
Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the
levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to
such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production,
harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The ef-
fect of such seasonal variation can be very large; seasonal fluctua-
tions may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month changes
in unemployment.
Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern
each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by ad-
justing the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make non-
seasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases
in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For
example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is
likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May,
making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen
or declined. However, because the effect of students finishing school in
previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted
to allow for a comparable change. Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made
correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to ana-
lyze changes in economic act
Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the
household and establishment surveys. However, the adjusted series for many
major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most super-
sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating in-
dependently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is
derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components;
this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by di-
rectly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more
detailed age categories.
For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal
adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated
each month, using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the
current month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to
adjust only the current month's data. In the establishment survey, however,
new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent
monthly estimates. In both surveys, revisions to historical data are made
once a year.
Reliability of the estimates
Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject
to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample rather than the en-
tire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates
may differ from the "true" population values they represent. The exact
difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample
selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the
estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence,
that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 stand-
ard errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error.
BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence.
For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total
employment from the household survey is on the order of plus or minus
430,000. Suppose the estimate of total employment increases by 100,000
from one month to the next. The 90-percent confidence interval on the
monthly change would range from -330,000 to 530,000 (100,000 +/- 430,000).
These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these
magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the
"true" over-the-month change lies within this interval. Since this range
includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that
employment had, in fact, increased. If, however, the reported employment
rise was half a million, then all of the values within the 90-percent
confidence interval would be greater than zero. In this case, it is likely
(at least a 90-percent chance) that an employment rise had, in fact, oc-
curred. At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent con-
fidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment is about +/- 280,000,
and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- .19
percentage point.
In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have
lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates
which are based on a small number of observations. The precision of esti-
mates is also improved when the data are cumulated over time such as for
quarterly and annual averages. The seasonal adjustment process can also im-
prove the stability of the monthly estimates.
The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling
error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the failure
to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for
all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to
provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents,
and errors made in the collection or processing of the data.
For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent
2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason,
these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only after
two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample
reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is
the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new
firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth,
an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business
births. The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for
business births. This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative
estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of busi-
ness, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample.
The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the
residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation.
The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was de-
rived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and
reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five
years.
The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted
once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment
obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program.
The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the
March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a
rough proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also incorporate
changes in the classification of industries. Over the past decade, absolute
benchmark revisions for total nonfarm employment have averaged 0.2 percent,
with a range from 0.1 percent to 0.6 percent.
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HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
(Numbers in thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted (1)
Employment status, sex, and age
Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug.
2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population......... 234,107 235,870 236,087 234,107 235,271 235,452 235,655 235,870 236,087
Civilian labor force....................... 155,387 156,255 154,897 154,823 154,731 155,081 154,926 154,504 154,577
Participation rate................... 66.4 66.2 65.6 66.1 65.8 65.9 65.7 65.5 65.5
Employed................................. 145,909 141,055 140,074 145,273 141,007 140,570 140,196 140,041 139,649
Employment-population ratio.......... 62.3 59.8 59.3 62.1 59.9 59.7 59.5 59.4 59.2
Unemployed............................... 9,479 15,201 14,823 9,550 13,724 14,511 14,729 14,462 14,928
Unemployment rate.................... 6.1 9.7 9.6 6.2 8.9 9.4 9.5 9.4 9.7
Not in labor force......................... 78,719 79,614 81,190 79,284 80,541 80,371 80,729 81,366 81,509
Persons who currently want a job......... 5,024 6,244 5,728 4,836 5,935 5,861 5,884 5,990 5,609
Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population......... 113,281 114,173 114,288 113,281 113,857 113,953 114,060 114,173 114,288
Civilian labor force....................... 83,296 83,375 82,704 82,790 82,358 82,724 82,529 82,310 82,526
Participation rate................... 73.5 73.0 72.4 73.1 72.3 72.6 72.4 72.1 72.2
Employed................................. 78,423 74,861 74,341 77,484 74,116 74,033 73,777 73,703 73,519
Employment-population ratio.......... 69.2 65.6 65.0 68.4 65.1 65.0 64.7 64.6 64.3
Unemployed............................... 4,872 8,515 8,363 5,306 8,242 8,691 8,751 8,607 9,007
Unemployment rate.................... 5.8 10.2 10.1 6.4 10.0 10.5 10.6 10.5 10.9
Not in labor force......................... 29,986 30,798 31,583 30,491 31,498 31,229 31,532 31,863 31,761
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population......... 104,613 105,530 105,651 104,613 105,196 105,299 105,412 105,530 105,651
Civilian labor force....................... 79,476 79,337 79,132 79,308 79,081 79,395 79,291 79,045 79,231
Participation rate................... 76.0 75.2 74.9 75.8 75.2 75.4 75.2 74.9 75.0
Employed................................. 75,305 71,911 71,728 74,737 71,678 71,593 71,387 71,319 71,204
Employment-population ratio.......... 72.0 68.1 67.9 71.4 68.1 68.0 67.7 67.6 67.4
Unemployed............................... 4,171 7,427 7,403 4,572 7,403 7,802 7,904 7,726 8,027
Unemployment rate.................... 5.2 9.4 9.4 5.8 9.4 9.8 10.0 9.8 10.1
Not in labor force......................... 25,137 26,193 26,519 25,305 26,115 25,904 26,121 26,485 26,420
Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population......... 120,825 121,696 121,799 120,825 121,415 121,499 121,594 121,696 121,799
Civilian labor force....................... 72,092 72,880 72,192 72,033 72,372 72,357 72,397 72,194 72,051
Participation rate................... 59.7 59.9 59.3 59.6 59.6 59.6 59.5 59.3 59.2
Employed................................. 67,485 66,194 65,733 67,789 66,890 66,537 66,419 66,339 66,131
Employment-population ratio.......... 55.9 54.4 54.0 56.1 55.1 54.8 54.6 54.5 54.3
Unemployed............................... 4,606 6,686 6,460 4,244 5,482 5,820 5,978 5,855 5,920
Unemployment rate.................... 6.4 9.2 8.9 5.9 7.6 8.0 8.3 8.1 8.2
Not in labor force......................... 48,734 48,816 49,607 48,792 49,042 49,142 49,197 49,503 49,748
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population......... 112,401 113,296 113,405 112,401 112,999 113,089 113,189 113,296 113,405
Civilian labor force....................... 68,440 68,993 68,830 68,666 69,148 69,112 69,060 68,985 68,923
Participation rate................... 60.9 60.9 60.7 61.1 61.2 61.1 61.0 60.9 60.8
Employed................................. 64,462 63,182 63,091 65,003 64,226 63,895 63,810 63,789 63,662
Employment-population ratio.......... 57.3 55.8 55.6 57.8 56.8 56.5 56.4 56.3 56.1
Unemployed............................... 3,979 5,811 5,739 3,662 4,922 5,217 5,249 5,196 5,261
Unemployment rate.................... 5.8 8.4 8.3 5.3 7.1 7.5 7.6 7.5 7.6
Not in labor force......................... 43,961 44,303 44,575 43,736 43,850 43,976 44,130 44,311 44,481
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population......... 17,092 17,044 17,031 17,092 17,076 17,064 17,053 17,044 17,031
Civilian labor force....................... 7,471 7,925 6,935 6,849 6,501 6,573 6,575 6,474 6,423
Participation rate................... 43.7 46.5 40.7 40.1 38.1 38.5 38.6 38.0 37.7
Employed................................. 6,142 5,962 5,255 5,533 5,103 5,082 4,999 4,933 4,783
Employment-population ratio.......... 35.9 35.0 30.9 32.4 29.9 29.8 29.3 28.9 28.1
Unemployed............................... 1,329 1,963 1,680 1,316 1,398 1,491 1,576 1,541 1,640
Unemployment rate.................... 17.8 24.8 24.2 19.2 21.5 22.7 24.0 23.8 25.5
Not in labor force......................... 9,621 9,118 10,096 10,243 10,575 10,491 10,478 10,570 10,608
1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and
seasonally adjusted columns.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age
(Numbers in thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted (1)
Employment status, race, sex, and age
Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug.
2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009
WHITE
Civilian noninstitutional population......... 189,747 190,944 191,086 189,747 190,552 190,667 190,801 190,944 191,086
Civilian labor force....................... 126,337 127,069 126,290 125,987 126,110 126,423 126,199 125,997 126,118
Participation rate..................... 66.6 66.5 66.1 66.4 66.2 66.3 66.1 66.0 66.0
Employed................................. 119,475 115,861 115,173 119,082 115,977 115,561 115,202 115,123 114,922
Employment-population ratio............ 63.0 60.7 60.3 62.8 60.9 60.6 60.4 60.3 60.1
Unemployed............................... 6,862 11,209 11,118 6,904 10,133 10,862 10,997 10,874 11,197
Unemployment rate...................... 5.4 8.8 8.8 5.5 8.0 8.6 8.7 8.6 8.9
Not in labor force......................... 63,410 63,875 64,796 63,761 64,441 64,244 64,601 64,947 64,968
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force....................... 65,729 65,692 65,506 65,680 65,509 65,766 65,732 65,643 65,674
Participation rate..................... 76.3 75.7 75.4 76.2 75.7 75.9 75.8 75.6 75.6
Employed................................. 62,683 60,091 59,896 62,336 59,967 59,820 59,656 59,701 59,576
Employment-population ratio............ 72.7 69.2 68.9 72.3 69.3 69.0 68.8 68.8 68.6
Unemployed............................... 3,046 5,602 5,610 3,344 5,543 5,946 6,076 5,941 6,098
Unemployment rate...................... 4.6 8.5 8.6 5.1 8.5 9.0 9.2 9.1 9.3
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force....................... 54,491 54,853 54,971 54,703 55,227 55,192 55,068 54,987 55,045
Participation rate..................... 60.2 60.2 60.3 60.5 60.8 60.7 60.5 60.4 60.4
Employed................................. 51,630 50,696 50,763 52,113 51,695 51,385 51,304 51,245 51,250
Employment-population ratio............ 57.1 55.6 55.7 57.6 56.9 56.5 56.4 56.3 56.2
Unemployed............................... 2,861 4,157 4,207 2,590 3,533 3,807 3,765 3,742 3,796
Unemployment rate...................... 5.3 7.6 7.7 4.7 6.4 6.9 6.8 6.8 6.9
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force....................... 6,117 6,525 5,813 5,604 5,374 5,465 5,400 5,367 5,399
Participation rate..................... 46.7 50.1 44.6 42.8 41.1 41.9 41.4 41.2 41.5
Employed................................. 5,162 5,075 4,513 4,634 4,316 4,356 4,243 4,176 4,096
Employment-population ratio............ 39.4 38.9 34.7 35.4 33.0 33.4 32.5 32.0 31.5
Unemployed............................... 954 1,450 1,300 970 1,058 1,108 1,156 1,191 1,303
Unemployment rate...................... 15.6 22.2 22.4 17.3 19.7 20.3 21.4 22.2 24.1
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN
Civilian noninstitutional population......... 27,896 28,252 28,290 27,896 28,153 28,184 28,217 28,252 28,290
Civilian labor force....................... 18,057 18,085 17,658 17,949 17,816 17,737 17,700 17,684 17,584
Participation rate..................... 64.7 64.0 62.4 64.3 63.3 62.9 62.7 62.6 62.2
Employed................................. 16,132 15,218 15,005 16,026 15,142 15,095 15,103 15,111 14,929
Employment-population ratio............ 57.8 53.9 53.0 57.4 53.8 53.6 53.5 53.5 52.8
Unemployed............................... 1,925 2,867 2,653 1,923 2,673 2,642 2,597 2,573 2,655
Unemployment rate...................... 10.7 15.9 15.0 10.7 15.0 14.9 14.7 14.5 15.1
Not in labor force......................... 9,839 10,167 10,632 9,947 10,337 10,446 10,517 10,568 10,706
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force....................... 8,133 7,976 7,951 8,072 7,990 8,000 7,929 7,896 7,921
Participation rate..................... 72.5 70.1 69.7 72.0 70.5 70.5 69.8 69.4 69.5
Employed................................. 7,329 6,693 6,682 7,213 6,620 6,656 6,633 6,645 6,578
Employment-population ratio............ 65.3 58.8 58.6 64.3 58.4 58.7 58.4 58.4 57.7
Unemployed............................... 804 1,283 1,269 859 1,370 1,345 1,297 1,251 1,343
Unemployment rate...................... 9.9 16.1 16.0 10.6 17.2 16.8 16.4 15.8 17.0
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force....................... 9,022 9,154 8,957 9,036 9,064 9,000 9,042 9,045 8,955
Participation rate..................... 64.5 64.5 63.1 64.6 64.1 63.6 63.8 63.8 63.1
Employed................................. 8,173 7,951 7,833 8,218 8,025 7,993 8,018 7,988 7,889
Employment-population ratio............ 58.4 56.1 55.1 58.7 56.8 56.5 56.6 56.3 55.5
Unemployed............................... 849 1,203 1,124 818 1,038 1,007 1,024 1,057 1,066
Unemployment rate...................... 9.4 13.1 12.5 9.1 11.5 11.2 11.3 11.7 11.9
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force....................... 903 955 749 842 762 736 729 744 708
Participation rate..................... 33.7 35.5 27.9 31.4 28.3 27.4 27.1 27.7 26.4
Employed................................. 631 574 489 595 497 446 453 479 462
Employment-population ratio............ 23.5 21.4 18.2 22.2 18.5 16.6 16.9 17.8 17.2
Unemployed............................... 272 380 260 247 265 290 276 265 246
Unemployment rate...................... 30.1 39.9 34.7 29.3 34.7 39.4 37.9 35.7 34.7
ASIAN
Civilian noninstitutional population......... 10,840 10,903 10,931 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Civilian labor force....................... 7,301 7,394 7,252 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Participation rate..................... 67.4 67.8 66.3 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Employed................................. 6,978 6,780 6,709 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Employment-population ratio............ 64.4 62.2 61.4 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Unemployed............................... 323 614 542 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Unemployment rate...................... 4.4 8.3 7.5 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Not in labor force......................... 3,539 3,509 3,679 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and
seasonally adjusted columns.
2 Data not available.
NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races.
Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age
(Numbers in thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted (1)
Employment status, sex, and age
Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug.
2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009
HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
Civilian noninstitutional population......... 32,273 32,926 33,017 32,273 32,671 32,753 32,839 32,926 33,017
Civilian labor force....................... 22,262 22,695 22,417 22,201 22,376 22,438 22,347 22,526 22,341
Participation rate..................... 69.0 68.9 67.9 68.8 68.5 68.5 68.1 68.4 67.7
Employed................................. 20,485 19,849 19,511 20,404 19,854 19,595 19,623 19,745 19,433
Employment-population ratio............ 63.5 60.3 59.1 63.2 60.8 59.8 59.8 60.0 58.9
Unemployed............................... 1,777 2,846 2,906 1,797 2,521 2,843 2,724 2,781 2,908
Unemployment rate...................... 8.0 12.5 13.0 8.1 11.3 12.7 12.2 12.3 13.0
Not in labor force......................... 10,011 10,232 10,599 10,073 10,295 10,315 10,491 10,400 10,675
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force....................... 12,697 12,824 12,788 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Participation rate..................... 84.5 83.7 83.2 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Employed................................. 11,824 11,384 11,209 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Employment-population ratio............ 78.7 74.3 73.0 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Unemployed............................... 873 1,440 1,578 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Unemployment rate...................... 6.9 11.2 12.3 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force....................... 8,399 8,553 8,470 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Participation rate..................... 59.2 59.1 58.3 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Employed................................. 7,761 7,541 7,536 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Employment-population ratio............ 54.7 52.1 51.9 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Unemployed............................... 638 1,013 934 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Unemployment rate...................... 7.6 11.8 11.0 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force....................... 1,166 1,317 1,160 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Participation rate..................... 38.1 42.1 37.0 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Employed................................. 901 924 766 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Employment-population ratio............ 29.5 29.6 24.4 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Unemployed............................... 265 393 394 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
Unemployment rate...................... 22.8 29.8 34.0 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2)
1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and
seasonally adjusted columns.
2 Data not available.
NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced
annually with the release of January data.
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Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment
(Numbers in thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
Educational attainment
Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug.
2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009
Less than a high school diploma
Civilian labor force......................... 12,129 12,142 12,240 12,203 12,027 12,210 12,363 12,461 12,360
Participation rate....................... 47.2 47.3 47.0 47.5 45.7 45.9 46.3 48.5 47.5
Employed................................... 11,020 10,352 10,433 11,014 10,251 10,321 10,447 10,537 10,432
Employment-population ratio.............. 42.9 40.3 40.1 42.9 38.9 38.8 39.2 41.0 40.1
Unemployed................................. 1,108 1,790 1,807 1,189 1,776 1,889 1,916 1,925 1,928
Unemployment rate........................ 9.1 14.7 14.8 9.7 14.8 15.5 15.5 15.4 15.6
High school graduates, no college (1)
Civilian labor force......................... 38,185 37,832 37,926 38,323 38,687 38,757 38,694 38,362 38,184
Participation rate....................... 62.6 61.7 61.6 62.8 63.0 63.1 63.2 62.5 62.0
Employed................................... 36,059 34,269 34,391 36,084 35,086 34,881 34,898 34,760 34,469
Employment-population ratio.............. 59.1 55.9 55.9 59.1 57.1 56.8 57.0 56.7 56.0
Unemployed................................. 2,126 3,563 3,535 2,239 3,601 3,875 3,796 3,602 3,715
Unemployment rate........................ 5.6 9.4 9.3 5.8 9.3 10.0 9.8 9.4 9.7
Some college or associate degree
Civilian labor force......................... 36,768 36,839 36,588 36,736 36,959 36,860 36,646 36,564 36,601
Participation rate....................... 71.7 71.2 71.2 71.6 71.7 71.7 71.0 70.6 71.2
Employed................................... 34,910 33,800 33,485 34,913 34,207 34,013 33,713 33,679 33,608
Employment-population ratio.............. 68.0 65.3 65.1 68.0 66.4 66.2 65.3 65.1 65.4
Unemployed................................. 1,857 3,039 3,103 1,823 2,752 2,847 2,933 2,885 2,993
Unemployment rate........................ 5.1 8.2 8.5 5.0 7.4 7.7 8.0 7.9 8.2
Bachelor's degree and higher (2)
Civilian labor force......................... 45,220 45,751 45,868 45,327 45,442 45,500 45,527 45,691 45,840
Participation rate....................... 77.2 76.9 77.1 77.4 77.7 77.8 77.7 76.8 77.0
Employed................................... 43,823 43,330 43,495 44,082 43,466 43,332 43,368 43,546 43,686
Employment-population ratio.............. 74.8 72.9 73.1 75.3 74.4 74.1 74.1 73.2 73.4
Unemployed................................. 1,397 2,422 2,373 1,244 1,977 2,167 2,158 2,145 2,154
Unemployment rate........................ 3.1 5.3 5.2 2.7 4.4 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.7
1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Table A-5. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status
(In thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
Category
Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug.
2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009
CLASS OF WORKER
Agriculture and related industries........... 2,302 2,361 2,241 2,138 2,134 2,173 2,165 2,148 2,103
Wage and salary workers.................... 1,419 1,392 1,368 1,292 1,209 1,256 1,232 1,230 1,247
Self-employed workers...................... 850 926 847 822 887 882 896 876 830
Unpaid family workers...................... 33 42 26 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)
Nonagricultural industries................... 143,607 138,694 137,833 143,111 138,828 138,296 137,812 137,675 137,358
Wage and salary workers.................... 134,033 129,619 128,493 133,727 129,724 129,298 128,939 128,939 128,285
Government............................... 20,821 20,766 20,665 21,257 21,211 21,247 21,446 21,367 21,133
Private industries....................... 113,212 108,853 107,828 112,489 108,555 108,054 107,498 107,591 107,219
Private households..................... 799 923 859 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)
Other industries....................... 112,413 107,930 106,969 111,721 107,813 107,238 106,631 106,728 106,375
Self-employed workers...................... 9,490 9,007 9,269 9,313 9,052 8,990 8,891 8,801 9,034
Unpaid family workers...................... 84 68 71 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)
PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2)
All industries:
Part time for economic reasons............. 5,736 9,103 8,835 5,879 8,910 9,084 8,989 8,798 9,076
Slack work or business conditions........ 4,011 6,711 6,497 4,240 6,699 6,794 6,783 6,849 6,941
Could only find part-time work........... 1,305 1,978 1,917 1,412 1,810 1,922 1,980 1,835 2,044
Part time for noneconomic reasons.......... 17,698 17,235 16,921 19,690 19,065 18,872 18,718 19,018 18,814
Nonagricultural industries:
Part time for economic reasons............. 5,650 8,977 8,712 5,802 8,826 8,928 8,845 8,647 8,945
Slack work or business conditions........ 3,947 6,606 6,406 4,171 6,650 6,681 6,699 6,733 6,844
Could only find part-time work........... 1,294 1,974 1,900 1,385 1,802 1,909 1,969 1,776 2,020
Part time for noneconomic reasons.......... 17,302 16,869 16,590 19,269 18,661 18,502 18,358 18,621 18,436
1 Data not available.
2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as
vacation, illness, or industrial dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked
only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather.
NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent
seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Table A-6. Selected employment indicators
(In thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
Characteristic
Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug.
2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over..................... 145,909 141,055 140,074 145,273 141,007 140,570 140,196 140,041 139,649
16 to 19 years............................. 6,142 5,962 5,255 5,533 5,103 5,082 4,999 4,933 4,783
16 to 17 years........................... 2,247 2,136 1,949 1,984 1,737 1,795 1,732 1,718 1,715
18 to 19 years........................... 3,895 3,826 3,306 3,549 3,353 3,260 3,251 3,225 3,057
20 years and over.......................... 139,767 135,093 134,819 139,740 135,904 135,488 135,197 135,108 134,866
20 to 24 years........................... 13,954 13,342 13,015 13,649 13,090 12,842 12,774 12,790 12,749
25 years and over........................ 125,812 121,751 121,804 126,140 122,838 122,650 122,539 122,455 122,148
25 to 54 years......................... 99,109 94,873 94,896 99,217 95,805 95,394 95,391 95,297 94,992
25 to 34 years....................... 31,444 30,128 30,018 31,425 30,140 29,955 30,018 30,079 29,970
35 to 44 years....................... 33,194 31,421 31,445 33,254 31,770 31,681 31,734 31,613 31,500
45 to 54 years....................... 34,471 33,324 33,433 34,538 33,896 33,758 33,639 33,606 33,522
55 years and over...................... 26,704 26,878 26,908 26,923 27,032 27,256 27,147 27,158 27,156
Men, 16 years and over....................... 78,423 74,861 74,341 77,484 74,116 74,033 73,777 73,703 73,519
16 to 19 years............................. 3,118 2,950 2,613 2,748 2,438 2,440 2,390 2,383 2,314
16 to 17 years........................... 1,100 1,092 991 939 817 851 821 826 838
18 to 19 years........................... 2,018 1,857 1,622 1,818 1,635 1,580 1,576 1,562 1,473
20 years and over.......................... 75,305 71,911 71,728 74,737 71,678 71,593 71,387 71,319 71,204
20 to 24 years........................... 7,377 6,930 6,723 7,134 6,701 6,574 6,582 6,546 6,511
25 years and over........................ 67,928 64,980 65,005 67,653 64,960 65,001 64,855 64,828 64,727
25 to 54 years......................... 53,661 50,771 50,842 53,385 50,802 50,672 50,640 50,600 50,544
25 to 34 years....................... 17,326 16,399 16,376 17,195 16,199 16,082 16,194 16,231 16,222
35 to 44 years....................... 18,157 16,923 16,925 18,068 17,027 17,002 16,926 16,898 16,839
45 to 54 years....................... 18,179 17,448 17,541 18,121 17,576 17,588 17,520 17,470 17,482
55 years and over...................... 14,267 14,210 14,163 14,268 14,157 14,329 14,214 14,228 14,183
Women, 16 years and over..................... 67,485 66,194 65,733 67,789 66,890 66,537 66,419 66,339 66,131
16 to 19 years............................. 3,024 3,012 2,642 2,785 2,664 2,642 2,609 2,550 2,468
16 to 17 years........................... 1,147 1,043 958 1,045 920 944 911 892 877
18 to 19 years........................... 1,877 1,969 1,685 1,731 1,718 1,681 1,675 1,663 1,584
20 years and over.......................... 64,462 63,182 63,091 65,003 64,226 63,895 63,810 63,789 63,662
20 to 24 years........................... 6,577 6,412 6,292 6,514 6,389 6,268 6,193 6,244 6,238
25 years and over........................ 57,885 56,770 56,799 58,487 57,878 57,649 57,684 57,627 57,421
25 to 54 years......................... 45,448 44,102 44,053 45,832 45,003 44,722 44,751 44,697 44,448
25 to 34 years....................... 14,118 13,728 13,642 14,230 13,941 13,873 13,825 13,847 13,748
35 to 44 years....................... 15,038 14,498 14,520 15,186 14,742 14,679 14,808 14,714 14,661
45 to 54 years....................... 16,292 15,876 15,892 16,417 16,320 16,170 16,118 16,136 16,040
55 years and over...................... 12,437 12,668 12,746 12,655 12,875 12,927 12,933 12,929 12,973
MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present.................. 45,767 43,900 43,859 45,804 44,469 44,255 44,294 43,992 43,943
Married women, spouse present................ 35,478 34,872 34,672 35,994 35,444 35,391 35,464 35,377 35,199
Women who maintain families.................. 9,036 8,751 8,777 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)
FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers (2) ....................... 121,556 114,184 113,863 119,643 113,725 113,318 112,942 112,598 112,262
Part-time workers (3) ....................... 24,353 26,871 26,211 25,649 27,066 27,195 27,374 27,799 27,600
MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
Total multiple jobholders.................... 7,706 7,282 6,772 8,013 7,748 7,292 7,160 7,284 7,099
Percent of total employed................ 5.3 5.2 4.8 5.5 5.5 5.2 5.1 5.2 5.1
1 Data not available.
2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week.
3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week.
NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent
seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Number of
unemployed persons Unemployment rates (1)
(in thousands)
Characteristic
Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug.
2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over..................... 9,550 14,462 14,928 6.2 8.9 9.4 9.5 9.4 9.7
16 to 19 years............................. 1,316 1,541 1,640 19.2 21.5 22.7 24.0 23.8 25.5
16 to 17 years........................... 568 585 616 22.2 23.0 23.4 25.1 25.4 26.4
18 to 19 years........................... 747 962 1,019 17.4 21.3 22.9 23.7 23.0 25.0
20 years and over.......................... 8,234 12,922 13,288 5.6 8.3 8.8 8.9 8.7 9.0
20 to 24 years........................... 1,634 2,302 2,266 10.7 14.7 15.0 15.2 15.3 15.1
25 years and over........................ 6,620 10,743 11,085 5.0 7.5 8.1 8.2 8.1 8.3
25 to 54 years......................... 5,430 8,717 9,078 5.2 7.8 8.4 8.5 8.4 8.7
25 to 34 years....................... 2,101 3,344 3,479 6.3 9.7 10.5 10.1 10.0 10.4
35 to 44 years....................... 1,752 2,706 2,789 5.0 7.5 8.1 8.1 7.9 8.1
45 to 54 years....................... 1,578 2,667 2,810 4.4 6.4 6.8 7.3 7.4 7.7
55 years and over...................... 1,163 1,965 1,968 4.1 6.4 6.7 7.0 6.7 6.8
Men, 16 years and over....................... 5,306 8,607 9,007 6.4 10.0 10.5 10.6 10.5 10.9
16 to 19 years............................. 734 881 980 21.1 25.6 26.7 26.2 27.0 29.8
16 to 17 years........................... 304 316 356 24.5 26.3 26.1 25.8 27.7 29.8
18 to 19 years........................... 427 577 626 19.0 25.3 27.8 26.9 27.0 29.8
20 years and over.......................... 4,572 7,726 8,027 5.8 9.4 9.8 10.0 9.8 10.1
20 to 24 years........................... 949 1,347 1,319 11.7 17.5 17.5 17.2 17.1 16.8
25 years and over........................ 3,629 6,446 6,766 5.1 8.3 9.0 9.2 9.0 9.5
25 to 54 years......................... 2,990 5,306 5,619 5.3 8.8 9.5 9.5 9.5 10.0
25 to 34 years....................... 1,200 2,031 2,111 6.5 11.1 11.9 11.4 11.1 11.5
35 to 44 years....................... 944 1,644 1,770 5.0 8.2 9.0 8.9 8.9 9.5
45 to 54 years....................... 847 1,631 1,739 4.5 7.1 7.7 8.5 8.5 9.0
55 years and over...................... 638 1,140 1,146 4.3 6.7 7.0 7.7 7.4 7.5
Women, 16 years and over..................... 4,244 5,855 5,920 5.9 7.6 8.0 8.3 8.1 8.2
16 to 19 years............................. 582 659 659 17.3 17.4 18.6 21.8 20.5 21.1
16 to 17 years........................... 264 269 260 20.1 19.9 20.7 24.4 23.2 22.9
18 to 19 years........................... 320 385 393 15.6 17.1 17.5 20.4 18.8 19.9
20 years and over.......................... 3,662 5,196 5,261 5.3 7.1 7.5 7.6 7.5 7.6
20 to 24 years........................... 685 955 947 9.5 11.5 12.2 12.8 13.3 13.2
25 years and over........................ 2,991 4,297 4,319 4.9 6.6 7.0 7.0 6.9 7.0
25 to 54 years......................... 2,440 3,411 3,458 5.1 6.7 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.2
25 to 34 years....................... 901 1,312 1,368 6.0 7.9 8.9 8.5 8.7 9.1
35 to 44 years....................... 808 1,063 1,019 5.0 6.7 7.0 7.2 6.7 6.5
45 to 54 years....................... 731 1,036 1,071 4.3 5.7 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.3
55 years and over (2) ................. 587 974 919 4.5 5.4 5.8 6.4 7.1 6.7
MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present.................. 1,741 3,282 3,338 3.7 6.3 6.8 6.9 6.9 7.1
Married women, spouse present................ 1,400 2,045 2,023 3.7 5.5 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.4
Women who maintain families (2) ............. 954 1,266 1,225 9.6 10.0 11.0 11.7 12.6 12.2
FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers (3) ....................... 8,025 12,709 13,109 6.3 9.6 10.2 10.3 10.1 10.5
Part-time workers (4) ....................... 1,556 1,780 1,841 5.7 6.1 6.0 5.9 6.0 6.3
1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
2 Not seasonally adjusted.
3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on lay-
off from full-time jobs.
4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on
layoff from part-time jobs.
NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent
seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment
(Numbers in thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
Reason
Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug.
2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and persons who completed
temporary jobs.............................. 4,735 9,447 9,316 4,994 8,814 9,546 9,649 9,560 9,818
On temporary layoff........................ 1,126 1,804 1,526 1,279 1,625 1,832 1,762 1,680 1,718
Not on temporary layoff.................... 3,609 7,643 7,790 3,715 7,189 7,714 7,886 7,880 8,100
Permanent job losers..................... 2,656 6,320 6,406 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)
Persons who completed temporary jobs..... 953 1,323 1,384 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1)
Job leavers.................................. 1,105 917 909 999 890 910 822 885 829
Reentrants................................... 2,729 3,464 3,386 2,678 3,087 3,180 3,335 3,312 3,307
New entrants................................. 909 1,373 1,212 829 900 956 947 967 1,085
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed............................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Job losers and persons who completed
temporary jobs............................. 50.0 62.1 62.8 52.6 64.4 65.4 65.4 64.9 65.3
On temporary layoff....................... 11.9 11.9 10.3 13.5 11.9 12.6 11.9 11.4 11.4
Not on temporary layoff................... 38.1 50.3 52.6 39.1 52.5 52.9 53.5 53.5 53.9
Job leavers................................. 11.7 6.0 6.1 10.5 6.5 6.2 5.6 6.0 5.5
Reentrants.................................. 28.8 22.8 22.8 28.2 22.5 21.8 22.6 22.5 22.0
New entrants................................ 9.6 9.0 8.2 8.7 6.6 6.6 6.4 6.6 7.2
UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed
temporary jobs............................. 3.0 6.0 6.0 3.2 5.7 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.4
Job leavers................................. .7 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 .5 .6 .5
Reentrants.................................. 1.8 2.2 2.2 1.7 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.1
New entrants................................ .6 .9 .8 .5 .6 .6 .6 .6 .7
1 Data not available.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment
(Numbers in thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
Duration
Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug.
2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Less than 5 weeks...................................... 3,142 3,456 2,867 3,242 3,346 3,275 3,204 3,233 3,026
5 to 14 weeks.......................................... 2,999 4,091 4,322 2,874 3,982 4,321 4,066 3,557 4,120
15 weeks and over...................................... 3,338 7,654 7,633 3,447 6,211 7,002 7,833 7,880 7,816
15 to 26 weeks...................................... 1,468 2,720 2,572 1,568 2,531 3,054 3,452 2,916 2,828
27 weeks and over................................... 1,870 4,934 5,061 1,878 3,680 3,948 4,381 4,965 4,988
Average (mean) duration, in weeks...................... 17.6 24.1 25.1 17.6 21.4 22.5 24.5 25.1 24.9
Median duration, in weeks.............................. 9.5 14.7 15.5 9.3 12.5 14.9 17.9 15.7 15.4
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed....................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than 5 weeks.................................... 33.1 22.7 19.3 33.9 24.7 22.4 21.2 22.0 20.2
5 to 14 weeks........................................ 31.6 26.9 29.2 30.1 29.4 29.6 26.9 24.2 27.5
15 weeks and over.................................... 35.2 50.4 51.5 36.0 45.9 48.0 51.9 53.7 52.2
15 to 26 weeks..................................... 15.5 17.9 17.4 16.4 18.7 20.9 22.9 19.9 18.9
27 weeks and over.................................. 19.7 32.5 34.1 19.6 27.2 27.0 29.0 33.8 33.3
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Table A-10. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Unemployment
Employed Unemployed rates
Occupation
Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug.
2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009
Total, 16 years and over (1) ..................... 145,909 140,074 9,479 14,823 6.1 9.6
Management, professional, and related occupations...... 52,626 51,724 1,779 2,925 3.3 5.4
Management, business, and financial operations
occupations......................................... 22,314 21,849 645 1,141 2.8 5.0
Professional and related occupations................. 30,312 29,875 1,135 1,785 3.6 5.6
Service occupations.................................... 25,185 25,115 1,898 2,797 7.0 10.0
Sales and office occupations........................... 35,156 34,132 2,218 3,252 5.9 8.7
Sales and related occupations........................ 16,114 15,902 1,089 1,511 6.3 8.7
Office and administrative support occupations........ 19,042 18,230 1,129 1,741 5.6 8.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance
occupations........................................... 15,141 13,561 1,186 2,176 7.3 13.8
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations........... 1,082 984 93 182 7.9 15.6
Construction and extraction occupations.............. 8,927 7,613 856 1,555 8.7 17.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.... 5,132 4,964 237 439 4.4 8.1
Production, transportation, and material moving
occupations........................................... 17,801 15,542 1,466 2,421 7.6 13.5
Production occupations............................... 8,917 7,691 771 1,366 8.0 15.1
Transportation and material moving occupations....... 8,883 7,852 695 1,055 7.3 11.8
1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted
Number of
unemployed Unemployment
persons rates
Industry and class of worker (in thousands)
Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug.
2008 2009 2008 2009
Total, 16 years and over (1) ................... 9,479 14,823 6.1 9.6
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers........ 7,359 11,729 6.1 9.8
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction........ 17 93 1.9 11.8
Construction......................................... 814 1,542 8.2 16.5
Manufacturing........................................ 960 1,866 5.7 11.8
Durable goods...................................... 631 1,297 5.9 13.0
Nondurable goods................................... 329 569 5.4 9.7
Wholesale and retail trade........................... 1,366 1,794 6.6 8.8
Transportation and utilities......................... 309 547 5.2 9.8
Information.......................................... 144 358 4.2 10.7
Financial activities................................. 409 566 4.2 6.0
Professional and business services................... 961 1,560 6.9 11.0
Education and health services........................ 844 1,239 4.3 6.0
Leisure and hospitality.............................. 1,122 1,636 8.7 12.0
Other services....................................... 412 528 6.3 8.2
Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers 111 195 7.6 13.1
Government workers..................................... 721 1,118 3.3 5.1
Self employed and unpaid family workers................ 378 569 3.5 5.3
1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2009 data, industries
reflect the introduction of the 2007 Census industry classification system into the Current Population Survey. This industry classification
system is derived from the 2007 North American Industry Classification System. No historical data have been revised.
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Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization
(Percent)
Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
Measure
Aug. July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug.
2008 2009 2009 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009
U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent
of the civilian labor force....................... 2.1 4.9 4.9 2.2 4.0 4.5 5.1 5.1 5.1
U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary
jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force.... 3.0 6.0 6.0 3.2 5.7 6.2 6.2 6.2 6.4
U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian
labor force (official unemployment rate).......... 6.1 9.7 9.6 6.2 8.9 9.4 9.5 9.4 9.7
U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a
percent of the civilian labor force plus
discouraged workers............................... 6.3 10.2 10.0 6.4 9.3 9.8 10.0 9.8 10.1
U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus
all other marginally attached workers, as a
percent of the civilian labor force plus all
marginally attached workers....................... 7.1 11.0 10.9 7.2 10.1 10.6 10.8 10.7 11.0
U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached
workers, plus total employed part time for
economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian
labor force plus all marginally attached workers.. 10.7 16.8 16.5 10.9 15.8 16.4 16.5 16.3 16.8
NOTE: Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and
are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached,
have given a job-market related reason for not looking currently for a job. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those
who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. For more information, see "BLS
introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. Updated population
controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Table A-13. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Total Men Women
Category
Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug.
2008 2009 2008 2009 2008 2009
NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE
Total not in the labor force........................... 78,719 81,190 29,986 31,583 48,734 49,607
Persons who currently want a job...................... 5,024 5,728 2,057 2,572 2,967 3,156
Marginally attached to the labor force (1) ......... 1,640 2,270 809 1,197 832 1,072
Reason not currently looking:
Discouragement over job prospects (2) .......... 381 758 237 480 144 278
Reasons other than discouragement (3) .......... 1,259 1,512 572 717 688 795
MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
Total multiple jobholders (4) ......................... 7,706 6,772 4,040 3,206 3,666 3,566
Percent of total employed.......................... 5.3 4.8 5.2 4.3 5.4 5.4
Primary job full time, secondary job part time..... 4,210 3,545 2,351 1,776 1,859 1,769
Primary and secondary jobs both part time.......... 1,755 1,683 614 555 1,141 1,127
Primary and secondary jobs both full time.......... 345 291 253 176 91 116
Hours vary on primary or secondary job............. 1,353 1,214 805 666 548 548
1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week.
2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of
discrimination.
3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health,
and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined.
4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately.
NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.
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Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail
(In thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
Change
Industry Aug. June July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. from:
2008 2009 2009p 2009p 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009p 2009p July 2009-
Aug. 2009p
Total nonfarm......... 137,002 132,625 131,182 131,003 137,053 132,481 132,178 131,715 131,439 131,223 -216
Total private........... 115,580 110,104 109,900 109,716 114,497 109,865 109,573 109,182 108,934 108,736 -198
Goods-producing............. 21,803 19,068 19,015 18,983 21,351 19,253 19,041 18,829 18,707 18,571 -136
Mining and logging.............. 806 726 726 718 787 740 731 721 715 707 -8
Logging...................... 58.5 50.7 51.5 53.5 56.1 51.4 51.3 51.4 51.1 51.7 .6
Mining......................... 747.6 675.5 674.2 664.1 730.6 689.0 679.6 669.3 663.8 654.8 -9.0
Oil and gas extraction........ 167.2 169.2 167.5 166.1 164.7 167.0 168.1 166.9 165.3 164.7 -.6
Mining, except oil and
gas (1)...................... 238.8 223.7 224.5 222.8 230.0 220.4 219.4 217.4 216.3 215.5 -.8
Coal mining.................. 82.1 80.0 79.5 79.9 81.7 82.4 81.4 80.3 79.8 79.7 -.1
Support activities for mining. 341.6 282.6 282.2 275.2 335.9 301.6 292.1 285.0 282.2 274.6 -7.6
Construction.................... 7,505 6,424 6,439 6,393 7,177 6,367 6,310 6,231 6,158 6,093 -65
Construction of buildings..... 1,708.4 1,460.7 1,463.4 1,465.0 1,647.5 1,461.7 1,451.2 1,433.4 1,418.9 1,415.4 -3.5
Residential building......... 851.4 717.2 714.8 716.7 817.9 715.3 705.0 699.6 691.2 688.3 -2.9
Nonresidential building...... 857.0 743.5 748.6 748.3 829.6 746.4 746.2 733.8 727.7 727.1 -.6
Heavy and civil engineering
construction................. 1,031.2 909.6 913.2 908.3 966.1 885.5 876.1 862.1 853.7 845.3 -8.4
Specialty trade contractors... 4,765.4 4,053.5 4,062.6 4,019.7 4,563.1 4,019.6 3,983.1 3,935.9 3,885.7 3,832.1 -53.6
Residential specialty trade
contractors................. 2,096.9 1,776.4 1,785.5 1,772.0 2,005.8 1,739.3 1,736.1 1,716.7 1,701.8 1,682.1 -19.7
Nonresidential specialty
trade contractors........... 2,668.5 2,277.1 2,277.1 2,247.7 2,557.3 2,280.3 2,247.0 2,219.2 2,183.9 2,150.0 -33.9
Manufacturing................... 13,492 11,918 11,850 11,872 13,387 12,146 12,000 11,877 11,834 11,771 -63
Production workers........... 9,696 8,349 8,306 8,337 9,608 8,532 8,409 8,316 8,299 8,253 -46
Durable goods.................. 8,486 7,289 7,233 7,237 8,439 7,490 7,372 7,271 7,247 7,196 -51
Production workers........... 5,984 4,974 4,937 4,945 5,948 5,130 5,034 4,957 4,956 4,912 -44
Wood products................. 462.8 371.4 371.3 372.7 451.9 382.4 373.5 367.1 362.7 359.5 -3.2
Nonmetallic mineral products.. 476.3 414.0 415.2 414.4 464.5 415.5 410.7 406.1 404.9 402.2 -2.7
Primary metals................ 442.5 357.5 358.1 357.5 440.8 376.2 367.8 360.3 359.9 358.5 -1.4
Fabricated metal products..... 1,537.0 1,306.6 1,290.2 1,292.6 1,530.6 1,344.1 1,325.9 1,308.8 1,294.6 1,286.4 -8.2
Machinery..................... 1,191.3 1,011.2 1,000.8 998.4 1,187.5 1,051.4 1,032.0 1,016.3 1,004.1 999.5 -4.6
Computer and electronic
products (1)................. 1,253.5 1,143.5 1,138.6 1,129.4 1,248.3 1,171.1 1,156.1 1,142.4 1,135.4 1,127.1 -8.3
Computer and peripheral
equipment................... 182.7 162.5 162.4 161.1 182.6 167.8 164.2 162.7 162.4 160.7 -1.7
Communications equipment..... 128.8 126.7 126.6 125.4 129.1 127.8 127.4 126.5 126.2 125.4 -.8
Semiconductors and electronic
components.................. 434.6 375.6 372.3 369.8 432.3 389.2 382.8 375.6 371.9 369.1 -2.8
Electronic instruments....... 445.4 425.6 424.6 421.4 442.6 431.1 427.2 424.4 422.3 420.2 -2.1
Electrical equipment and
appliances................... 427.8 377.9 374.9 373.6 425.5 382.0 378.4 377.0 373.4 371.9 -1.5
Transportation equipment (1).. 1,584.9 1,320.1 1,306.5 1,324.3 1,584.5 1,365.9 1,335.3 1,309.6 1,337.6 1,321.6 -16.0
Motor vehicles and parts (2). 856.7 639.9 634.2 653.3 856.7 676.8 654.2 633.3 664.4 649.6 -14.8
Furniture and related products 478.6 391.9 388.1 384.0 475.7 401.0 394.4 388.1 382.9 379.7 -3.2
Miscellaneous manufacturing... 631.3 594.8 589.5 589.8 630.1 600.4 597.4 595.1 591.6 589.3 -2.3
Nondurable goods............... 5,006 4,629 4,617 4,635 4,948 4,656 4,628 4,606 4,587 4,575 -12
Production workers........... 3,712 3,375 3,369 3,392 3,660 3,402 3,375 3,359 3,343 3,341 -2
Food manufacturing............ 1,516.9 1,475.5 1,492.9 1,513.6 1,482.7 1,474.9 1,471.7 1,473.8 1,474.6 1,477.1 2.5
Beverages and tobacco products 205.0 193.5 194.2 195.0 199.2 190.9 190.5 190.0 189.3 190.0 .7
Textile mills................. 149.9 125.1 121.9 123.1 149.5 127.3 126.1 124.5 122.7 122.1 -.6
Textile product mills......... 145.2 126.4 124.9 125.3 145.2 127.5 127.0 126.7 125.9 125.6 -.3
Apparel....................... 202.4 167.4 166.8 168.5 200.4 169.9 170.2 165.8 166.6 165.0 -1.6
Leather and allied products... 34.5 31.0 30.3 29.8 34.5 31.7 31.5 30.8 31.1 29.9 -1.2
Paper and paper products...... 446.6 411.5 410.1 407.2 444.7 415.1 410.5 409.1 406.4 404.6 -1.8
Printing and related support
activities................... 592.5 524.0 515.7 514.0 591.5 534.4 529.6 522.8 517.5 512.6 -4.9
Petroleum and coal products... 121.0 117.7 118.0 117.6 118.0 114.6 114.5 114.5 113.9 114.0 .1
Chemicals..................... 851.9 816.1 813.2 808.0 847.3 818.9 814.9 811.0 808.2 804.9 -3.3
Plastics and rubber products.. 740.5 640.3 629.2 633.3 734.7 651.1 641.4 637.1 630.8 629.4 -1.4
Service-providing........... 115,199 113,557 112,167 112,020 115,702 113,228 113,137 112,886 112,732 112,652 -80
Private service-providing.. 93,777 91,036 90,885 90,733 93,146 90,612 90,532 90,353 90,227 90,165 -62
Trade, transportation, and
utilities...................... 26,375 25,307 25,177 25,153 26,354 25,371 25,308 25,258 25,173 25,145 -28
Wholesale trade................ 5,974.5 5,711.9 5,699.0 5,673.4 5,954.3 5,710.8 5,695.7 5,680.3 5,663.1 5,646.0 -17.1
Durable goods................. 3,063.4 2,859.5 2,848.9 2,837.4 3,052.4 2,875.5 2,861.8 2,848.1 2,834.1 2,822.6 -11.5
Nondurable goods.............. 2,057.4 2,010.2 2,008.9 1,996.9 2,049.0 1,997.7 1,996.6 1,994.0 1,992.3 1,987.7 -4.6
Electronic markets and agents
and brokers.................. 853.7 842.2 841.2 839.1 852.9 837.6 837.3 838.2 836.7 835.7 -1.0
Retail trade...................15,362.9 14,788.9 14,741.1 14,749.8 15,334.5 14,839.7 14,811.6 14,791.5 14,748.3 14,738.7 -9.6
Motor vehicle and parts
dealers (1).................. 1,854.4 1,693.9 1,693.5 1,694.6 1,832.6 1,690.2 1,681.6 1,673.9 1,667.8 1,672.0 4.2
Automobile dealers........... 1,185.9 1,051.6 1,050.2 1,054.0 1,176.2 1,057.1 1,050.2 1,042.6 1,037.4 1,042.6 5.2
Furniture and home furnishings
stores....................... 538.7 478.2 478.9 478.9 542.3 492.4 486.3 484.7 483.4 479.7 -3.7
Electronics and appliance
stores....................... 545.3 506.6 506.6 507.9 551.0 518.0 517.0 515.7 513.9 514.9 1.0
Building material and garden
supply stores................ 1,268.5 1,236.1 1,207.3 1,184.3 1,245.9 1,189.3 1,186.3 1,181.1 1,173.9 1,167.5 -6.4
Food and beverage stores...... 2,863.3 2,850.7 2,839.1 2,830.7 2,853.8 2,828.9 2,828.0 2,828.8 2,824.6 2,822.7 -1.9
Health and personal care
stores....................... 998.2 987.6 983.1 981.4 999.0 984.2 984.7 984.3 985.1 984.5 -.6
Gasoline stations............. 852.5 838.5 843.0 845.6 840.9 831.1 829.0 829.9 831.0 833.1 2.1
Clothing and clothing
accessories stores........... 1,515.3 1,394.6 1,411.3 1,418.2 1,483.3 1,432.7 1,426.8 1,420.1 1,411.0 1,401.5 -9.5
Sporting goods, hobby, book,
and music stores............. 641.7 585.8 580.3 598.1 645.8 608.8 607.0 605.1 604.2 604.2 .0
General merchandise
stores (1)................... 3,018.0 3,008.3 2,995.1 2,998.1 3,058.2 3,041.2 3,041.8 3,045.1 3,036.7 3,040.3 3.6
Department stores............ 1,520.3 1,490.3 1,487.7 1,500.7 1,554.4 1,524.0 1,526.0 1,528.6 1,524.6 1,530.4 5.8
Miscellaneous store retailers. 844.8 806.5 801.3 806.5 845.6 805.3 805.8 804.8 800.0 801.7 1.7
Nonstore retailers............ 422.2 402.1 401.6 405.5 436.1 417.6 417.3 418.0 416.7 416.6 -.1
Transportation and warehousing. 4,475.7 4,234.1 4,166.7 4,160.5 4,506.0 4,251.7 4,233.5 4,218.4 4,194.7 4,193.7 -1.0
Air transportation............ 491.5 466.3 466.6 466.6 488.1 466.8 466.7 463.9 463.2 463.7 .5
Rail transportation........... 230.2 211.8 212.9 211.9 228.8 217.9 214.6 212.2 212.2 212.8 .6
Water transportation.......... 68.6 58.0 58.1 59.0 64.9 58.1 57.2 56.5 55.7 56.4 .7
Truck transportation.......... 1,412.2 1,285.4 1,282.1 1,284.1 1,390.3 1,283.2 1,277.4 1,269.5 1,263.7 1,259.7 -4.0
Transit and ground passenger
transportation............... 356.9 412.4 349.2 342.1 422.7 401.8 405.4 413.0 408.0 407.6 -.4
Pipeline transportation....... 42.7 42.4 42.2 43.0 42.5 43.0 42.5 42.3 41.7 42.4 .7
Scenic and sightseeing
transportation............... 35.4 33.2 36.9 35.9 27.3 27.2 28.5 27.7 28.2 27.8 -.4
Support activities for
transportation............... 594.7 537.4 533.3 534.9 592.1 550.3 545.6 537.8 532.2 533.4 1.2
Couriers and messengers....... 569.1 548.4 544.2 543.4 575.7 556.0 550.5 551.5 548.4 550.3 1.9
Warehousing and storage....... 674.4 638.8 641.2 639.6 673.6 647.4 645.1 644.0 641.4 639.6 -1.8
Utilities...................... 562.0 571.8 570.1 569.2 559.3 568.5 567.5 567.8 566.5 566.3 -.2
Information..................... 2,996 2,865 2,847 2,829 2,990 2,884 2,858 2,845 2,831 2,821 -10
Publishing industries, except
Internet..................... 881.5 802.2 797.5 789.7 879.4 820.1 808.6 801.8 795.0 787.5 -7.5
Motion picture and sound
recording industries......... 384.9 394.4 391.0 386.4 380.0 389.5 381.3 379.3 379.8 381.6 1.8
Broadcasting, except Internet. 314.9 292.1 290.2 288.9 313.8 296.3 294.2 291.9 290.6 288.9 -1.7
Telecommunications............ 1,021.9 983.5 978.0 975.2 1,023.1 989.3 986.4 981.6 976.7 973.4 -3.3
Data processing, hosting and
related services............. 258.6 255.6 254.4 254.9 259.8 255.5 253.8 254.4 254.5 256.2 1.7
Other information services.... 134.1 136.8 135.9 134.0 133.6 133.7 133.2 135.5 134.8 133.0 -1.8
Financial activities............ 8,203 7,800 7,805 7,760 8,141 7,811 7,784 7,751 7,734 7,706 -28
Finance and insurance.......... 6,024.5 5,774.6 5,769.3 5,738.0 6,010.6 5,799.6 5,781.6 5,760.5 5,745.4 5,725.4 -20.0
Monetary authorities - central
bank......................... 22.5 20.3 20.4 20.5 22.3 20.5 20.3 20.3 20.2 20.3 .1
Credit intermediation and
related activities (1)....... 2,731.1 2,608.5 2,614.8 2,605.4 2,724.4 2,619.8 2,613.5 2,604.0 2,604.4 2,599.5 -4.9
Depository credit
intermediation (1).......... 1,827.2 1,774.9 1,778.7 1,775.2 1,818.4 1,778.0 1,774.4 1,772.7 1,771.1 1,768.7 -2.4
Commercial banking.......... 1,366.8 1,327.0 1,329.2 1,325.4 1,360.1 1,329.4 1,327.9 1,324.2 1,323.7 1,321.4 -2.3
Securities, commodity
contracts, investments....... 864.6 788.7 784.5 781.0 861.4 797.0 791.7 786.4 781.4 779.1 -2.3
Insurance carriers and related
activities................... 2,315.5 2,269.3 2,262.5 2,244.2 2,312.0 2,274.3 2,268.3 2,261.9 2,252.5 2,239.7 -12.8
Funds, trusts, and other
financial vehicles........... 90.8 87.8 87.1 86.9 90.5 88.0 87.8 87.9 86.9 86.8 -.1
Real estate and rental and
leasing....................... 2,178.3 2,025.0 2,035.3 2,022.4 2,130.0 2,011.7 2,002.7 1,990.6 1,988.5 1,980.5 -8.0
Real estate................... 1,514.1 1,417.8 1,423.4 1,417.0 1,482.4 1,411.9 1,405.1 1,396.3 1,394.7 1,389.8 -4.9
Rental and leasing services... 635.8 579.0 583.4 577.9 619.4 571.5 569.2 566.5 566.3 563.7 -2.6
Lessors of nonfinancial
intangible assets............ 28.4 28.2 28.5 27.5 28.2 28.3 28.4 27.8 27.5 27.0 -.5
Professional and business
services....................... 17,913 16,749 16,753 16,764 17,727 16,783 16,756 16,655 16,622 16,600 -22
Professional and technical
services (1).................. 7,799.7 7,581.5 7,587.7 7,561.7 7,833.0 7,670.7 7,652.4 7,615.6 7,606.6 7,595.3 -11.3
Legal services............... 1,163.7 1,146.0 1,142.3 1,131.3 1,161.0 1,139.4 1,136.9 1,131.7 1,128.8 1,128.7 -.1
Accounting and bookkeeping
services.................... 869.4 869.1 871.4 869.0 947.9 929.3 938.0 936.8 941.6 943.9 2.3
Architectural and engineering
services.................... 1,469.5 1,348.2 1,342.5 1,339.5 1,447.2 1,364.1 1,350.3 1,335.9 1,323.1 1,318.1 -5.0
Computer systems design and
related services............ 1,463.5 1,453.8 1,466.4 1,466.2 1,460.6 1,460.4 1,457.0 1,456.0 1,462.9 1,459.5 -3.4
Management and technical
consulting services......... 1,018.3 1,015.7 1,021.8 1,019.1 1,011.6 1,016.7 1,017.9 1,015.7 1,015.0 1,014.9 -.1
Management of companies and
enterprises................... 1,907.3 1,829.9 1,827.4 1,827.2 1,895.2 1,840.2 1,829.9 1,823.8 1,818.2 1,816.5 -1.7
Administrative and waste
services...................... 8,206.2 7,337.3 7,337.9 7,375.0 7,998.6 7,272.3 7,274.0 7,215.2 7,197.4 7,187.7 -9.7
Administrative and support
services (1)................. 7,838.5 6,972.1 6,966.1 7,007.0 7,637.0 6,911.7 6,912.7 6,854.3 6,834.7 6,826.0 -8.7
Employment services (1)...... 3,184.3 2,474.6 2,472.2 2,519.5 3,089.5 2,506.4 2,501.9 2,470.3 2,452.8 2,442.3 -10.5
Temporary help services..... 2,379.7 1,753.2 1,753.4 1,796.7 2,301.1 1,781.5 1,780.6 1,750.9 1,743.3 1,736.8 -6.5
Business support services.... 805.2 774.2 773.6 774.0 814.9 792.9 790.5 783.8 785.1 784.3 -.8
Services to buildings and
dwellings................... 1,955.4 1,886.9 1,881.8 1,864.0 1,847.0 1,778.7 1,786.1 1,771.2 1,766.4 1,761.6 -4.8
Waste management and
remediation services......... 367.7 365.2 371.8 368.0 361.6 360.6 361.3 360.9 362.7 361.7 -1.0
Education and health services... 18,631 19,078 18,960 18,991 18,950 19,175 19,215 19,248 19,269 19,321 52
Educational services........... 2,769.3 2,894.1 2,781.7 2,766.8 3,083.7 3,077.4 3,077.6 3,082.0 3,078.2 3,081.9 3.7
Health care and social
assistance....................15,861.9 16,183.7 16,178.1 16,224.0 15,865.9 16,097.8 16,137.7 16,166.1 16,191.2 16,238.6 47.4
Health care (3)...............13,396.1 13,632.7 13,667.8 13,692.8 13,354.4 13,553.6 13,581.1 13,605.8 13,628.4 13,656.3 27.9
Ambulatory health care
services (1)................ 5,698.7 5,843.9 5,856.2 5,875.0 5,683.8 5,794.1 5,812.9 5,830.6 5,843.9 5,862.2 18.3
Offices of physicians....... 2,275.7 2,322.3 2,334.3 2,342.5 2,272.7 2,310.5 2,314.6 2,321.9 2,330.7 2,337.7 7.0
Outpatient care centers..... 537.9 543.9 542.9 546.7 537.2 538.7 539.3 543.5 542.8 545.7 2.9
Home health care services... 966.9 1,022.2 1,021.7 1,025.3 963.4 1,004.5 1,013.3 1,016.7 1,018.3 1,021.8 3.5
Hospitals.................... 4,676.9 4,725.5 4,740.9 4,736.7 4,660.7 4,716.7 4,719.1 4,718.9 4,721.5 4,720.8 -.7
Nursing and residential care
facilities (1).............. 3,020.5 3,063.3 3,070.7 3,081.1 3,009.9 3,042.8 3,049.1 3,056.3 3,063.0 3,073.3 10.3
Nursing care facilities..... 1,616.4 1,632.6 1,630.5 1,636.1 1,612.6 1,624.5 1,626.8 1,628.9 1,627.6 1,631.6 4.0
Social assistance (1)......... 2,465.8 2,551.0 2,510.3 2,531.2 2,511.5 2,544.2 2,556.6 2,560.3 2,562.8 2,582.3 19.5
Child day care services...... 807.6 839.4 789.7 808.1 851.6 853.9 860.3 854.3 848.3 859.4 11.1
Leisure and hospitality......... 14,085 13,746 13,851 13,777 13,454 13,168 13,195 13,176 13,177 13,156 -21
Arts, entertainment, and
recreation.................... 2,226.4 2,129.8 2,200.7 2,146.1 1,964.7 1,900.6 1,901.8 1,885.5 1,895.8 1,886.4 -9.4
Performing arts and spectator
sports....................... 437.2 417.9 430.9 421.9 406.2 392.9 396.8 393.8 400.9 394.9 -6.0
Museums, historical sites,
zoos, and parks.............. 143.3 143.3 145.3 141.2 132.1 130.5 130.9 130.8 130.2 129.9 -.3
Amusements, gambling, and
recreation................... 1,645.9 1,568.6 1,624.5 1,583.0 1,426.4 1,377.2 1,374.1 1,360.9 1,364.7 1,361.6 -3.1
Accommodation and food
services......................11,859.0 11,616.1 11,650.6 11,630.5 11,489.3 11,267.0 11,293.6 11,290.0 11,281.1 11,270.0 -11.1
Accommodation................. 1,980.3 1,798.5 1,847.2 1,833.9 1,843.6 1,723.6 1,728.7 1,721.0 1,717.5 1,713.2 -4.3
Food services and drinking
places....................... 9,878.7 9,817.6 9,803.4 9,796.6 9,645.7 9,543.4 9,564.9 9,569.0 9,563.6 9,556.8 -6.8
Other services.................. 5,574 5,491 5,492 5,459 5,530 5,420 5,416 5,420 5,421 5,416 -5
Repair and maintenance........ 1,226.5 1,169.1 1,164.0 1,164.5 1,220.6 1,163.7 1,158.4 1,157.8 1,157.5 1,158.8 1.3
Personal and laundry services. 1,340.3 1,314.2 1,307.1 1,305.6 1,331.7 1,297.3 1,293.3 1,298.4 1,298.2 1,299.3 1.1
Membership associations and
organizations................ 3,007.3 3,007.6 3,020.4 2,988.5 2,977.6 2,958.6 2,964.3 2,963.9 2,965.6 2,958.3 -7.3
Government...................... 21,422 22,521 21,282 21,287 22,556 22,616 22,605 22,533 22,505 22,487 -18
Federal........................ 2,788 2,832 2,859 2,835 2,768 2,876 2,860 2,817 2,826 2,821 -5
Federal, except U.S. Postal
Service...................... 2,047.1 2,131.5 2,146.7 2,144.5 2,027.1 2,154.6 2,150.2 2,111.1 2,119.0 2,122.9 3.9
U.S. Postal Service........... 740.9 700.9 711.9 690.7 740.6 721.0 709.5 705.9 706.9 698.4 -8.5
State government............... 4,948 4,971 4,867 4,873 5,204 5,189 5,189 5,174 5,154 5,149 -5
State government education.... 2,097.4 2,148.4 2,051.1 2,061.2 2,379.5 2,385.5 2,386.2 2,377.9 2,367.8 2,363.5 -4.3
State government, excluding
education.................... 2,850.7 2,822.5 2,816.3 2,812.0 2,824.6 2,803.5 2,802.5 2,796.3 2,786.5 2,785.6 -.9
Local government............... 13,686 14,718 13,556 13,579 14,584 14,551 14,556 14,542 14,525 14,517 -8
Local government education.... 7,027.1 8,084.4 6,842.6 6,928.3 8,084.5 8,081.4 8,078.0 8,070.2 8,039.5 8,030.6 -8.9
Local government, excluding
education.................... 6,659.2 6,633.7 6,713.8 6,650.9 6,499.4 6,469.2 6,478.3 6,471.3 6,485.9 6,485.9 .0
1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities.
p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector
and selected industry detail
Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
Change
Industry Aug. June July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. from:
2008 2009 2009p 2009p 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009p 2009p July 2009-
Aug. 2009p
Total private......................... 33.9 33.1 33.2 33.6 33.7 33.1 33.1 33.0 33.1 33.1 0.0
Goods-producing........................... 40.7 39.3 39.5 39.8 40.2 39.0 39.0 39.0 39.3 39.3 .0
Mining and logging............................ 45.6 43.6 42.8 43.9 45.3 43.0 43.3 43.3 42.9 43.4 .5
Construction.................................. 39.5 38.2 38.8 38.9 38.6 37.5 37.6 37.6 37.9 38.0 .1
Manufacturing................................. 41.0 39.7 39.6 40.1 40.8 39.6 39.4 39.5 39.8 39.8 .0
Overtime hours............................. 3.9 2.9 2.9 3.2 3.7 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.9 .0
Durable goods................................ 41.4 39.7 39.6 40.1 41.1 39.5 39.4 39.4 39.9 39.8 -.1
Overtime hours............................. 3.9 2.6 2.6 2.9 3.7 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.7 .0
Wood products............................... 39.4 38.5 38.4 38.8 38.8 37.0 36.9 37.4 37.7 37.7 .0
Nonmetallic mineral products................ 43.1 41.5 42.5 42.0 42.2 40.2 40.5 40.8 41.4 40.9 -.5
Primary metals.............................. 42.7 40.0 39.7 40.8 42.5 40.0 40.0 39.7 40.2 40.5 .3
Fabricated metal products................... 41.4 39.3 39.1 39.6 41.1 39.2 39.2 39.3 39.4 39.4 .0
Machinery................................... 42.5 39.7 39.4 39.7 42.5 40.1 39.9 39.8 39.9 39.9 .0
Computer and electronic products............ 41.0 40.3 39.8 39.8 41.0 40.2 40.0 40.0 40.1 40.1 .0
Electrical equipment and appliances......... 40.8 38.9 38.4 38.8 40.8 39.6 39.3 38.8 38.8 38.8 .0
Transportation equipment.................... 42.0 40.7 40.9 42.1 41.7 40.6 40.0 40.4 41.8 41.5 -.3
Motor vehicles and parts (2)............... 41.2 39.4 39.2 41.5 40.5 39.0 38.0 39.0 40.6 40.9 .3
Furniture and related products.............. 38.8 38.3 38.3 38.2 37.9 37.6 37.8 37.8 38.1 37.5 -.6
Miscellaneous manufacturing................. 39.7 38.1 38.2 38.9 39.4 38.3 38.0 37.9 38.3 38.4 .1
Nondurable goods............................. 40.5 39.8 39.7 40.0 40.4 39.6 39.6 39.6 39.7 39.9 .2
Overtime hours............................. 3.9 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.8 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.3 .0
Food manufacturing.......................... 40.8 40.0 39.7 40.2 40.5 40.1 40.0 39.9 39.6 40.0 .4
Beverages and tobacco products.............. 38.5 35.6 35.0 35.8 38.2 35.8 36.5 35.3 35.0 35.2 .2
Textile mills............................... 39.7 38.2 37.7 38.1 39.5 36.9 36.8 37.8 37.7 37.6 -.1
Textile product mills....................... 39.1 38.8 38.4 38.5 38.7 37.5 38.3 38.0 38.3 38.2 -.1
Apparel..................................... 36.4 35.8 36.7 35.9 36.5 36.1 36.1 35.6 36.5 35.7 -.8
Leather and allied products................. 37.2 32.1 33.0 33.6 37.5 32.4 32.0 32.0 33.3 33.4 .1
Paper and paper products.................... 42.9 41.8 41.8 41.8 42.9 41.4 41.2 41.8 42.0 41.8 -.2
Printing and related support activities..... 38.3 37.8 37.8 38.3 38.2 37.7 37.6 38.1 38.3 38.4 .1
Petroleum and coal products................. 45.5 43.7 44.1 44.3 45.6 43.8 43.4 43.4 43.2 44.3 1.1
Chemicals................................... 41.5 41.4 41.6 41.8 41.4 41.0 41.1 41.2 41.6 41.7 .1
Plastics and rubber products................ 41.0 40.1 40.0 40.5 41.0 39.8 39.8 39.8 40.4 40.2 -.2
Private service-providing................ 32.5 31.9 32.1 32.5 32.4 32.0 32.0 31.9 32.0 32.0 .0
Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 33.4 32.8 33.1 33.3 33.2 32.8 32.9 32.8 32.8 32.8 .0
Wholesale trade.............................. 38.3 37.6 37.4 38.0 38.3 37.8 37.6 37.6 37.5 37.6 .1
Retail trade................................. 30.3 29.9 30.3 30.2 30.0 29.8 29.9 29.8 29.8 29.8 .0
Transportation and warehousing............... 36.7 35.8 36.4 36.9 36.4 35.8 36.0 35.8 36.3 36.1 -.2
Utilities.................................... 42.1 41.9 41.6 41.8 42.3 42.3 42.1 41.9 41.9 41.9 .0
Information................................... 36.9 36.1 36.4 36.8 36.8 36.4 36.5 36.4 36.4 36.4 .0
Financial activities.......................... 35.8 35.7 35.7 36.7 36.1 36.0 36.0 35.9 35.9 36.1 .2
Professional and business services............ 35.0 34.7 34.5 35.4 34.9 34.7 34.7 34.6 34.6 34.8 .2
Education and health services................. 32.6 32.1 32.3 32.5 32.6 32.3 32.3 32.2 32.2 32.2 .0
Leisure and hospitality....................... 25.8 25.0 25.3 25.7 25.2 24.8 24.7 24.7 24.7 24.7 .0
Other services................................ 31.1 30.3 30.5 30.9 30.9 30.5 30.5 30.3 30.4 30.5 .1
1 Data relate to production workers in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction workers in construction,
and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the
total employment on private nonfarm payrolls.
2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail
Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings
Industry Aug. June July Aug. Aug. June July Aug.
2008 2009 2009p 2009p 2008 2009 2009p 2009p
Total private........................... $18.10 $18.42 $18.48 $18.58 $613.59 $609.70 $613.54 $624.29
Seasonally adjusted.................... 18.18 18.54 18.59 18.65 612.67 611.82 615.33 617.32
Goods-producing............................. 19.53 19.83 19.96 20.01 794.87 779.32 788.42 796.40
Mining and logging.............................. 23.06 22.94 23.06 23.22 1051.54 1000.18 986.97 1019.36
Construction.................................... 22.16 22.47 22.65 22.75 875.32 858.35 878.82 884.98
Manufacturing................................... 17.75 18.12 18.18 18.22 727.75 719.36 719.93 730.62
Durable goods.................................. 18.72 19.22 19.32 19.38 775.01 763.03 765.07 777.14
Wood products................................. 14.25 14.84 14.99 15.05 561.45 571.34 575.62 583.94
Nonmetallic mineral products.................. 16.85 17.39 17.40 17.38 726.24 721.69 739.50 729.96
Primary metals................................ 20.28 19.90 20.22 20.25 865.96 796.00 802.73 826.20
Fabricated metal products..................... 17.08 17.43 17.47 17.58 707.11 685.00 683.08 696.17
Machinery..................................... 17.97 18.25 18.34 18.40 763.73 724.53 722.60 730.48
Computer and electronic products.............. 21.21 21.67 21.88 22.07 869.61 873.30 870.82 878.39
Electrical equipment and appliances........... 15.94 16.23 16.34 16.27 650.35 631.35 627.46 631.28
Transportation equipment...................... 23.88 24.95 24.98 24.69 1002.96 1015.47 1021.68 1039.45
Furniture and related products................ 14.59 15.11 15.21 15.18 566.09 578.71 582.54 579.88
Miscellaneous manufacturing................... 15.33 16.08 16.18 16.57 608.60 612.65 618.08 644.57
Nondurable goods............................... 16.15 16.50 16.52 16.53 654.08 656.70 655.84 661.20
Food manufacturing............................ 14.02 14.34 14.34 14.40 572.02 573.60 569.30 578.88
Beverages and tobacco products................ 18.60 20.20 20.14 20.27 716.10 719.12 704.90 725.67
Textile mills................................. 13.67 13.62 13.50 13.79 542.70 520.28 508.95 525.40
Textile product mills......................... 11.78 11.56 11.18 11.22 460.60 448.53 429.31 431.97
Apparel....................................... 11.28 11.38 11.40 11.35 410.59 407.40 418.38 407.47
Leather and allied products................... 12.94 14.06 13.69 13.92 481.37 451.33 451.77 467.71
Paper and paper products...................... 18.81 19.29 19.49 19.29 806.95 806.32 814.68 806.32
Printing and related support activities....... 16.83 16.56 16.59 16.87 644.59 625.97 627.10 646.12
Petroleum and coal products................... 27.69 29.42 29.70 29.53 1259.90 1285.65 1309.77 1308.18
Chemicals..................................... 19.53 20.18 20.34 20.24 810.50 835.45 846.14 846.03
Plastics and rubber products.................. 15.86 16.06 15.84 15.88 650.26 644.01 633.60 643.14
Private service-providing.................. 17.73 18.11 18.16 18.27 576.23 577.71 582.94 593.78
Trade, transportation, and utilities............ 16.21 16.35 16.39 16.56 541.41 536.28 542.51 551.45
Wholesale trade................................ 20.23 20.66 20.84 21.05 774.81 776.82 779.42 799.90
Retail trade................................... 12.93 12.96 12.99 13.10 391.78 387.50 393.60 395.62
Transportation and warehousing................. 18.52 18.54 18.64 18.75 679.68 663.73 678.50 691.88
Utilities...................................... 28.64 29.27 29.39 29.61 1205.74 1226.41 1222.62 1237.70
Information..................................... 24.87 25.26 25.31 25.51 917.70 911.89 921.28 938.77
Financial activities............................ 20.29 20.66 20.66 20.77 726.38 737.56 737.56 762.26
Professional and business services.............. 21.12 22.11 22.24 22.40 739.20 767.22 767.28 792.96
Education and health services................... 18.95 19.32 19.47 19.42 617.77 620.17 628.88 631.15
Leisure and hospitality......................... 10.79 10.97 10.95 11.01 278.38 274.25 277.04 282.96
Other services.................................. 16.10 16.16 16.16 16.24 500.71 489.65 492.88 501.82
1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
p = preliminary.
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Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted
Percent
Industry Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. change from:
2008 2009 2009 2009 2009p 2009p July 2009-
Aug. 2009p
Total private:
Current dollars........................ $18.18 $18.50 $18.53 $18.54 $18.59 $18.65 0.3
Constant (1982) dollars (2)............ 8.20 8.65 8.65 8.57 8.59 N.A. (3)
Goods-producing............................. 19.43 19.82 19.84 19.85 19.94 19.94 .0
Mining and logging.............................. 23.01 23.38 23.26 23.28 23.30 23.34 .2
Construction.................................... 22.02 22.55 22.59 22.58 22.63 22.66 .1
Manufacturing................................... 17.78 18.11 18.11 18.13 18.28 18.26 -.1
Excluding overtime (4)....................... 17.01 17.51 17.49 17.51 17.64 17.62 -.1
Durable goods.................................. 18.74 19.18 19.23 19.22 19.44 19.40 -.2
Nondurable goods............................... 16.19 16.49 16.45 16.54 16.54 16.60 .4
Private service-providing.................. 17.87 18.21 18.24 18.25 18.29 18.37 .4
Trade, transportation, and utilities............ 16.23 16.38 16.42 16.38 16.42 16.55 .8
Wholesale trade................................ 20.28 20.70 20.87 20.79 20.88 21.01 .6
Retail trade................................... 12.92 12.96 12.97 12.96 12.96 13.09 1.0
Transportation and warehousing................. 18.48 18.62 18.63 18.54 18.62 18.71 .5
Utilities...................................... 28.89 29.29 29.45 29.44 29.56 29.89 1.1
Information..................................... 24.95 25.28 25.41 25.45 25.44 25.54 .4
Financial activities............................ 20.37 20.64 20.75 20.78 20.76 20.78 .1
Professional and business services.............. 21.38 22.26 22.26 22.32 22.41 22.49 .4
Education and health services................... 18.96 19.33 19.34 19.39 19.44 19.47 .2
Leisure and hospitality......................... 10.89 10.97 10.99 11.05 11.08 11.13 .5
Other services.................................. 16.17 16.22 16.24 16.24 16.26 16.30 .2
1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series.
3 Change was .2 percent from June 2009 to July 2009, the latest month available.
4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half.
N.A. = not available.
p = preliminary.
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Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail
(2002=100)
Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
Percent
Industry Aug. June July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. change from:
2008 2009 2009p 2009p 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009p 2009p July 2009-
Aug. 2009p
Total private......................... 108.2 100.4 100.6 101.6 106.4 100.1 99.8 99.1 99.2 98.9 -0.3
Goods-producing........................... 100.4 82.8 83.1 83.7 96.7 82.9 81.8 80.8 80.8 80.1 -.9
Mining and logging............................ 147.6 123.5 121.0 122.0 142.0 125.2 123.6 122.0 119.0 117.8 -1.0
Construction.................................. 115.5 93.8 95.8 95.4 107.0 90.8 90.1 88.7 88.1 87.1 -1.1
Manufacturing................................. 91.2 76.1 75.5 76.7 90.0 77.5 76.0 75.4 75.8 75.4 -.5
Durable goods................................ 93.1 74.2 73.4 74.5 91.8 76.1 74.5 73.4 74.3 73.4 -1.2
Wood products............................... 80.3 61.7 61.6 62.4 76.6 60.8 59.3 59.2 58.9 58.2 -1.2
Nonmetallic mineral products................ 96.6 78.5 80.9 80.2 91.7 76.8 76.3 75.3 76.5 75.3 -1.6
Primary metals.............................. 88.4 63.3 63.0 65.0 87.7 67.6 65.8 63.4 64.4 64.7 .5
Fabricated metal products................... 102.0 80.3 78.9 80.2 101.0 82.6 81.3 80.5 79.8 79.4 -.5
Machinery................................... 102.9 78.0 76.4 76.9 102.8 82.9 80.3 78.9 77.9 77.7 -.3
Computer and electronic products............ 101.6 89.6 88.3 86.6 101.5 91.1 90.0 88.6 88.5 87.0 -1.7
Electrical equipment and appliances......... 89.2 74.5 72.9 73.3 88.8 76.7 75.0 74.2 73.1 73.0 -.1
Transportation equipment.................... 86.9 67.1 66.9 70.3 86.1 69.7 66.8 65.9 70.7 69.1 -2.3
Motor vehicles and parts (2)............... 70.0 48.0 47.6 52.5 68.6 50.7 47.4 46.7 52.5 51.3 -2.3
Furniture and related products.............. 75.7 59.4 58.9 57.8 73.3 59.9 59.2 58.2 57.8 56.2 -2.8
Miscellaneous manufacturing................. 91.6 82.1 80.9 82.6 90.8 82.9 81.8 81.3 81.5 81.3 -.2
Nondurable goods............................. 88.6 79.1 78.8 79.9 87.1 79.4 78.7 78.4 78.2 78.5 .4
Food manufacturing.......................... 104.2 98.8 99.4 102.2 100.7 99.1 98.6 98.5 97.7 99.0 1.3
Beverages and tobacco products.............. 96.6 85.8 85.6 89.6 91.8 85.0 86.3 83.5 82.8 85.0 2.7
Textile mills............................... 48.8 38.4 36.6 37.5 48.8 37.9 37.2 37.9 37.2 36.9 -.8
Textile product mills....................... 70.4 59.9 58.8 59.2 69.4 58.4 59.3 58.7 59.0 58.9 -.2
Apparel..................................... 58.1 45.0 45.6 45.2 57.6 46.8 46.9 44.3 45.5 44.0 -3.3
Leather and allied products................. 72.3 54.7 54.7 54.1 72.4 57.2 55.6 53.6 57.0 54.4 -4.6
Paper and paper products.................... 84.2 74.9 74.8 74.2 83.6 74.9 73.5 74.5 74.3 73.6 -.9
Printing and related support activities..... 85.7 74.3 73.0 73.6 85.3 75.2 74.7 74.6 74.1 73.7 -.5
Petroleum and coal products................. 109.6 92.0 94.7 95.9 105.6 90.0 88.9 89.0 89.0 91.5 2.8
Chemicals................................... 95.1 89.2 89.7 89.9 94.6 88.8 88.2 88.3 89.0 89.4 .4
Plastics and rubber products................ 88.7 72.9 71.0 72.4 88.0 74.1 72.5 71.9 71.9 71.4 -.7
Private service-providing................. 110.3 105.0 105.6 106.6 109.1 104.8 104.7 104.1 104.3 104.2 -.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 104.4 98.1 98.5 98.9 103.6 98.4 98.5 97.9 97.5 97.4 -.1
Wholesale trade.............................. 109.4 102.0 101.2 102.3 109.0 102.7 101.8 101.4 100.7 100.5 -.2
Retail trade................................. 101.3 96.1 97.1 96.8 100.2 96.2 96.3 95.8 95.5 95.4 -.1
Transportation and warehousing............... 107.7 99.4 99.2 100.5 107.3 100.0 100.0 99.0 99.9 99.3 -.6
Utilities.................................... 97.8 98.6 97.6 98.0 97.7 98.9 98.3 97.8 97.5 97.7 .2
Information................................... 100.8 94.3 94.5 94.7 100.4 96.0 95.3 94.4 94.0 93.5 -.5
Financial activities.......................... 108.4 103.1 103.4 105.6 108.4 104.0 103.6 102.9 102.7 102.9 .2
Professional and business services............ 115.7 106.4 105.9 108.6 114.0 106.7 106.4 105.3 105.1 105.4 .3
Education and health services................. 114.7 115.9 116.0 116.9 116.7 117.1 117.4 117.3 117.5 117.8 .3
Leisure and hospitality....................... 118.0 111.7 114.0 115.2 109.9 105.7 105.7 105.5 105.5 105.3 -.2
Other services................................ 101.7 97.8 98.7 99.2 100.2 96.9 97.0 96.4 96.8 97.0 .2
1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours
by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly
hours and production and nonsupervisory worker employment.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls
by industry sector and selected industry detail
(2002=100)
Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted
Percent
Industry Aug. June July Aug. Aug. Apr. May June July Aug. change from:
2008 2009 2009p 2009p 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009p 2009p July 2009-
Aug. 2009p
Total private......................... 130.8 123.6 124.2 126.1 129.2 123.7 123.6 122.8 123.2 123.3 0.1
Goods-producing........................... 120.1 100.5 101.6 102.5 115.0 100.6 99.4 98.2 98.7 97.8 -.9
Mining and logging............................ 197.9 164.8 162.3 164.8 190.1 170.3 167.2 165.1 161.3 160.0 -.8
Construction.................................. 138.3 113.8 117.1 117.1 127.3 110.5 109.9 108.2 107.6 106.6 -.9
Manufacturing................................. 105.9 90.1 89.8 91.4 104.6 91.8 90.1 89.4 90.6 90.0 -.7
Durable goods................................ 108.8 89.0 88.6 90.1 107.5 91.2 89.5 88.0 90.2 89.0 -1.3
Nondurable goods............................. 101.1 92.3 92.0 93.4 99.7 92.5 91.5 91.6 91.4 92.1 .8
Private service-providing................. 134.0 130.4 131.4 133.6 133.6 130.8 130.9 130.3 130.8 131.2 .3
Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 120.7 114.4 115.1 116.9 120.0 115.0 115.4 114.4 114.2 114.9 .6
Wholesale trade.............................. 130.4 124.1 124.3 126.8 130.2 125.2 125.1 124.1 123.8 124.4 .5
Retail trade................................. 112.3 106.7 108.1 108.7 110.9 106.8 107.1 106.4 106.1 107.0 .8
Transportation and warehousing............... 126.6 117.0 117.3 119.6 125.8 118.2 118.2 116.4 118.0 117.9 -.1
Utilities.................................... 116.9 120.4 119.7 121.1 117.8 120.9 120.8 120.1 120.3 121.9 1.3
Information................................... 124.1 118.0 118.5 119.6 124.0 120.1 119.9 119.0 118.4 118.2 -.2
Financial activities.......................... 136.0 131.7 132.0 135.6 136.5 132.7 132.9 132.2 131.8 132.2 .3
Professional and business services............ 145.4 139.9 140.1 144.8 145.0 141.3 140.9 139.8 140.1 141.0 .6
Education and health services................. 142.9 147.2 148.5 149.2 145.4 148.8 149.3 149.5 150.1 150.7 .4
Leisure and hospitality....................... 144.6 139.2 141.8 144.0 135.9 131.7 131.9 132.4 132.7 133.1 .3
Other services................................ 119.3 115.2 116.2 117.4 118.0 114.6 114.8 114.0 114.6 115.2 .5
1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate pay-
rolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average
hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production and nonsupervisory worker employment.
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Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change
(Percent)
Time span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Private nonfarm payrolls, 271 industries (1)
Over 1-month span:
2005 .............. 52.6 60.1 54.1 58.1 56.8 58.3 58.5 59.2 54.2 55.9 62.7 57.6
2006 .............. 64.9 62.2 63.8 59.8 49.1 51.8 59.2 55.4 55.7 56.3 59.4 60.7
2007 .............. 53.5 55.5 52.4 49.4 55.9 48.3 50.7 46.5 55.9 57.2 59.4 57.9
2008 .............. 42.1 40.6 44.1 41.1 42.6 36.9 37.6 39.1 34.7 33.0 27.1 20.5
2009 .............. 22.1 20.8 19.6 21.8 29.3 25.8 p29.9 p35.2
Over 3-month span:
2005 .............. 51.7 57.2 59.0 59.8 57.9 62.0 60.5 62.9 60.3 55.5 56.3 62.7
2006 .............. 67.7 68.6 65.1 65.1 60.5 58.9 55.5 57.0 55.0 54.4 59.0 64.2
2007 .............. 62.5 54.8 54.2 54.8 54.1 50.4 52.8 48.7 53.3 53.9 58.3 62.5
2008 .............. 57.7 44.8 40.2 39.7 37.3 33.6 33.6 32.8 34.9 33.2 26.9 20.8
2009 .............. 18.6 14.2 15.1 15.3 20.3 22.0 p22.5 p24.4
Over 6-month span:
2005 .............. 55.4 57.9 58.1 57.0 58.3 60.9 63.1 63.3 61.6 59.6 61.4 62.5
2006 .............. 64.6 63.8 67.5 66.2 65.5 66.6 60.3 61.1 57.9 57.9 62.4 59.0
2007 .............. 60.3 57.2 60.5 58.3 55.5 56.5 52.8 52.4 56.6 54.4 56.8 59.0
2008 .............. 56.6 53.0 50.7 47.4 40.2 33.4 31.0 33.4 30.6 29.0 26.0 24.4
2009 .............. 21.6 17.2 15.1 15.3 15.9 16.6 p16.8 p20.8
Over 12-month span:
2005 .............. 60.9 60.9 60.0 59.2 58.3 60.3 61.3 63.3 60.7 59.2 59.8 61.8
2006 .............. 67.2 65.5 65.9 62.9 65.5 66.8 64.8 64.4 66.6 65.9 64.9 66.2
2007 .............. 63.3 59.4 61.1 59.6 59.2 58.3 56.8 57.2 59.4 58.9 58.1 59.6
2008 .............. 54.4 56.1 52.6 49.1 50.2 47.8 43.7 42.3 38.0 37.8 32.3 28.2
2009 .............. 24.0 22.0 19.9 18.1 17.5 17.2 p17.3 p16.2
Manufacturing payrolls, 83 industries (1)
Over 1-month span:
2005 .............. 36.7 46.4 42.2 46.4 40.4 33.7 41.0 43.4 45.8 47.6 44.6 47.0
2006 .............. 57.8 49.4 53.6 47.0 37.3 50.6 49.4 42.2 40.4 42.8 41.0 44.0
2007 .............. 44.6 41.0 30.7 24.7 38.0 32.5 43.4 30.7 39.2 42.8 60.8 48.2
2008 .............. 30.7 28.9 37.3 32.5 40.4 25.3 25.9 27.7 22.9 18.7 15.1 10.2
2009 .............. 6.0 9.6 10.8 16.3 11.4 12.0 p22.3 p29.5
Over 3-month span:
2005 .............. 36.7 43.4 41.0 41.6 35.5 36.1 34.9 36.7 42.2 44.0 38.6 48.8
2006 .............. 56.6 57.2 48.2 48.2 44.6 50.0 43.4 45.2 36.7 33.1 35.5 39.2
2007 .............. 40.4 33.1 33.1 28.9 29.5 30.1 31.9 28.9 30.7 30.7 39.2 51.2
2008 .............. 48.8 33.7 28.3 29.5 26.5 22.9 19.9 16.9 22.3 21.1 15.1 11.4
2009 .............. 6.0 3.6 3.6 7.8 8.4 12.0 p8.4 p13.3
Over 6-month span:
2005 .............. 33.7 39.8 38.0 36.1 35.5 34.9 39.8 36.1 36.1 38.0 36.7 39.8
2006 .............. 45.2 45.2 50.6 48.8 50.6 50.0 45.2 47.0 43.4 42.2 39.8 34.3
2007 .............. 37.3 33.1 29.5 28.9 30.7 34.9 28.9 26.5 29.5 28.3 33.7 38.0
2008 .............. 34.3 30.1 37.3 35.5 25.3 20.5 17.5 18.1 16.9 13.3 11.4 9.6
2009 .............. 9.0 4.8 4.8 6.0 4.8 4.8 p7.2 p9.0
Over 12-month span:
2005 .............. 45.2 44.0 42.2 41.0 36.7 35.5 32.5 34.3 33.1 33.7 33.7 38.0
2006 .............. 44.0 41.0 41.0 39.8 39.8 45.2 42.2 42.8 47.0 48.8 45.8 44.6
2007 .............. 39.8 36.7 37.3 30.7 28.9 29.5 30.7 28.9 33.1 28.9 34.3 35.5
2008 .............. 27.7 28.9 25.9 25.3 30.7 27.1 24.7 19.3 21.7 21.7 16.9 15.1
2009 .............. 8.4 4.8 4.8 4.8 6.0 6.0 p6.6 p4.8
1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span.
p = preliminary.
NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employ-
ment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.
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