Technical information: Household data: (202) 691-6378 USDL 07-1849 http://www.bls.gov/cps/ Establishment data: 691-6555 Transmission of material in this release http://www.bls.gov/ces/ is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EST), Media contact: 691-5902 Friday, December 7, 2007. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: NOVEMBER 2007 Nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend up in November (94,000), and the unemployment rate held at 4.7 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Job growth continued in professional and technical services, health care, and food services. Employment continued to decline in manufacturing and also fell in several housing-related industries, including construction, credit intermediation, and real estate. Average hourly earnings rose by 8 cents over the month. Unemployment (Household Survey Data) The number of unemployed persons (7.2 million) was about unchanged in November, and the unemployment rate was 4.7 percent for the third month in a row. A year ear- lier, the number of unemployed persons was 6.8 million, and the jobless rate was 4.5 percent. (See table A-1.) Unemployment rates for the major worker groups--adult men (4.1 percent), adult women (4.1 percent), teenagers (16.3 percent), whites (4.2 percent), blacks (8.4 percent), and Hispanics (5.7 percent)--showed little or no change in November. The unemployment rate for Asians was 3.6 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) In November, total employment increased by 696,000 to 146.7 million. The em- ployment-population ratio rose by 0.3 percentage point to 63.0 percent; it was still below its most recent peak of 63.4 percent in December 2006. The civilian labor force rose to 153.9 million over the month, and the labor force participa- tion rate edged up to 66.1 percent. (See table A-1.) Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) Nearly 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in November, about the same as a year earlier. These indi- viduals wanted and were available to work and had looked for a job sometime dur- ing the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. Among the marginally attached, there were 349,000 discouraged workers in November, unchanged from a year earlier. Discouraged workers were not currently looking for work specifi- cally because they believed no jobs were available for them. The other 1.0 mil- lion persons marginally attached to the labor force in November had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance and family responsibilities. (See table A-13.) - 2 - Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) _______________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Quarterly | | | averages | Monthly data | Oct.- Category |_________________|__________________________| Nov. | | | | | | change | II | III | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | | 2007 | 2007 | 2007 | 2007 | 2007 | _________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________ | HOUSEHOLD DATA | Labor force status |_____________________________________________________ | | | | | | Civilian labor force ....| 152,807| 153,195| 153,464| 153,253| 153,870| 617 Employment ............| 145,956| 146,054| 146,257| 146,007| 146,703| 696 Unemployment ..........| 6,851| 7,142| 7,207| 7,245| 7,167| -78 Not in labor force ......| 78,675| 79,015| 78,997| 79,462| 79,069| -393 |________|________|________|________|________|________ | | Unemployment rates |_____________________________________________________ | | | | | | All workers .............| 4.5| 4.7| 4.7| 4.7| 4.7| 0.0 Adult men .............| 4.0| 4.2| 4.2| 4.3| 4.1| -.2 Adult women ...........| 3.9| 4.1| 4.0| 4.1| 4.1| .0 Teenagers .............| 15.6| 15.7| 16.0| 15.6| 16.3| .7 White .................| 4.0| 4.2| 4.2| 4.2| 4.2| .0 Black or African | | | | | | American ............| 8.4| 7.9| 8.1| 8.5| 8.4| -.1 Hispanic or Latino | | | | | | ethnicity ...........| 5.6| 5.7| 5.7| 5.6| 5.7| .1 |________|________|________|________|________|________ | ESTABLISHMENT DATA | Employment |_____________________________________________________ | | | | | | Nonfarm employment.......| 137,864| 138,143| 138,203|p138,373|p138,467| p94 Goods-producing (1)....| 22,447| 22,360| 22,309| p22,287| p22,254| p-33 Construction ........| 7,665| 7,621| 7,595| p7,586| p7,562| p-24 Manufacturing .......| 14,064| 14,011| 13,986| p13,971| p13,960| p-11 Service-providing (1)..| 115,417| 115,783| 115,894|p116,086|p116,213| p127 Retail trade (2)...| 15,385| 15,386| 15,383| p15,368| p15,392| p24 Professional and | | | | | | business services .| 17,879| 17,936| 17,954| p18,018| p18,048| p30 Education and health | | | | | | services ..........| 18,301| 18,470| 18,505| p18,549| p18,577| p28 Leisure and | | | | | | hospitality .......| 13,524| 13,595| 13,630| p13,676| p13,702| p26 Government ..........| 22,233| 22,254| 22,280| p22,318| p22,348| p30 |________|________|________|________|________|________ | | Hours of work (3) |_____________________________________________________ | | | | | | Total private ...........| 33.8| 33.8| 33.8| p33.8| p33.8| p0.0 Manufacturing .........| 41.2| 41.3| 41.3| p41.2| p41.3| p.1 Overtime ............| 4.2| 4.1| 4.1| p4.1| p4.1| p.0 |________|________|________|________|________|________ | | Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(3) |_____________________________________________________ | | | | | | Total private ...........| 107.4| 107.7| 107.8| p107.9| p108.0| p0.1 |________|________|________|________|________|________ | | Earnings (3) |_____________________________________________________ Average hourly earnings, | | | | | | total private .........| $17.32| $17.50| $17.54| p$17.55| p$17.63| p$0.08 Average weekly earnings, | | | | | | total private .........| 586.11| 591.39| 592.85| p593.19| p595.89| p2.70 _________________________|________|________|________|________|________|________ 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. - 3 - Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Total nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend up (94,000) in November to 138.5 million, following little change in September (44,000) and a gain of 170,000 in October. In November, job growth continued in several service-pro- viding industries, while employment in construction and financial activities declined. Manufacturing employment continued to trend down. (See table B-1.) Employment in professional and technical services grew by 24,000 in November and has risen by 312,000 over the year. In November, job gains continued in computer systems design and related services (12,000) and in management and technical consulting services (6,000). Health care employment continued to grow, but the gain of 15,000 in November was less than half the average increase (34,000) for the prior 12 months. In November, hospitals and offices of physicians added 8,000 and 7,000 jobs, re- spectively. Employment in social assistance increased by 10,000 in November and by 94,000 over the year. Within leisure and hospitality, employment in food services and drinking places continued to trend up in November (17,000). Food services has added 306,000 jobs over the year. Employment in accommodations edged up in November (11,000). Employment in retail trade edged up in November (24,000). Job gains occurred in clothing stores, health and personal care stores, electronics and appliance stores, and furniture and home furnishings stores. Employment in general merchan- dise stores, which include department stores, fell by 11,000 over the month. In November, employment declined in several industries related to home building and financing. Construction employment declined by 24,000 with job losses occurring in residential building (-7,000) and in residential specialty trade contractors (-13,000). Within financial activities, employment in credit intermediation (which includes mortgage lending and related activities) con- tinued to contract (-13,000). Credit intermediation has lost 75,000 jobs since its peak in February. Real estate employment declined by 8,000 in November. Manufacturing employment continued to trend down in November. Job losses persisted in two industries that provide construction materials--wood products and nonmetallic mineral products (such as concrete and glass). Machinery manu- facturing added 4,000 jobs over the month. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) In November, the average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.8 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek increased by 0.1 hour to 41.3 hours, and factory overtime was unchanged at 4.1 hours. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 0.1 percent in November to 108.0 (2002=100). The manufacturing index increased by 0.2 percent to 95.2. (See table B-5.) - 4 - Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 8 cents, or 0.5 percent, in November to $17.63, sea- sonally adjusted. This followed a 1-cent gain in October. Average weekly earn- ings also grew by 0.5 percent over the month, to $595.89. Over the year, both average hourly and weekly earnings rose by 3.8 percent. (See table B-3.) ______________________________ The Employment Situation for December 2007 is scheduled to be released on Friday, January 4, 2008, at 8:30 A.M. (EST). Release dates for the balance of 2008 are as follows: Jan. - Feb. 1 April - May 2 July - Aug. 1 Oct. - Nov. 7 Feb. - March 7 May - June 6 Aug. - Sept. 5 Nov. - Dec. 5 March - April 4 June - July 3 Sept. - Oct. 3 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | November 2007 Household Survey Reference Week | | | | The November 2007 reference week for the household survey was the week | | including November 5th, a week earlier than the usual reference period. | | The change was made so that the household interviews, which are done during | | the week following the reference period, would not be conducted during the | | Thanksgiving holiday. In the future, this change will be made whenever the | | holiday occurs during the survey week. The establishment survey reference | | period was not modified. | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Household Survey Data | | | | In accordance with usual practice, the Employment Situation release for | | December 2007, scheduled for January 4, 2008, will incorporate annual revi- | | sions in seasonally adjusted unemployment and other labor force series from | | the household survey. Seasonally adjusted data for the most recent 5 years | | are subject to revision. | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | Upcoming Changes to Establishment Survey Data | | | | With the release of January 2008 data on February 1, 2008, the Current | | Employment Statistics survey will revise the basis for industry classifica- | | tion from the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) to | | the 2007 North American Industry Classification System. The new classifi- | | cation reflects minor definitional changes within manufacturing, telecom- | | munications, financial activities, and professional, scientific, and tech- | | nical services. Several industry titles and descriptions also will be up- | | dated. The conversion to NAICS 2007 will result in minor revisions to some | | employment, hours, and earnings series. Details of new, discontinued, and | | combined industries will be available at http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesnaics07. | | htm on January 4, 2008. | | | | For more information on the 2007 NAICS, see http://www.census.gov/epcd/ | | www/naics.html. | | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - 5 - Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates Were the November nonfarm payroll data from the Employment Situation news release affected by the Southern California wildfires and evacuations in October? There was no discernible impact on national employment estimates from the establishment survey, because the areas most affected by Southern California wildfires contained only a relatively small number of business establishments. For further information, see "Employment and Wage Profile of the Counties Af- fected by the October 2007 California Wildfires," at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ ils/pdf/opbils63.pdf. Was BLS able to collect information from survey respondents (both establish- ments and households) in the areas affected by the Southern California wild- fires and evacuations? Yes. In November, response rates for the establishment survey were within normal ranges for the affected areas. In the household survey, the level of response also was little affected. 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 104,000 is statistically significant in the establishment survey, while the threshold for a statistically significant change in the household survey is about 400,000. However, the household survey has a more expansive scope than the establishment survey because it includes the self-employed, unpaid family workers, agricultural workers, and private household workers, who are excluded by the establishment survey. The household survey also provides estimates of employment for demographic groups. Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys? Neither the establishment nor household survey is designed to identify the legal status of workers. Thus, while it is likely that both surveys include at least some undocumented immigrants, it is not possible to determine how many are counted in either survey. The household survey does include questions about whether respondents were born outside the United States. Data from these questions show that foreign-born workers accounted for about 15 percent of the labor force in 2006 and about 47 percent of the net increase in the labor force from 2000 to 2006. Why does the establishment survey have revisions? The establishment survey revises published estimates to improve its data series by incorporating additional information that was not available at the time of the initial publication of the estimates. The establishment survey revises its initial monthly estimates twice, in the immediately succeeding 2 months, to incorporate additional sample receipts from respondents in the survey. For more information on the monthly revisions, please visit http://www.bls.gov/ces/cesrevinfo.htm. On an annual basis, the establishment survey incorporates a benchmark revision that re-anchors estimates to nearly complete employment counts available from unemployment insurance tax records. The benchmark helps to control for sampling and modeling errors in the estimates. For more information on the annual benchmark revision, please visit http://www.bls. gov/web/cesbmart.htm. - 6 - Has the establishment survey understated employment growth because it excludes the self-employed? While the establishment survey excludes the self-employed, the household survey provides monthly estimates of unincorporated self-employment. These estimates have shown no substantial growth in recent years. Does the establishment survey sample include small firms? Yes; about 40 percent of the establishment survey sample is comprised of busi- ness establishments with fewer than 20 employees. The establishment survey sam- ple is designed to maximize the reliability of the total nonfarm employment esti- mate; firms from all size classes and industries are appropriately sampled to achieve that goal. Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses? Yes; monthly establishment survey estimates include an adjustment to account for the net employment change generated by business births and deaths. The adjustment comes from an econometric model that forecasts the monthly net jobs impact of business births and deaths based on the actual past values of the net impact that can be observed with a lag from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. The establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this purpose because the survey is not immediately able to bring new businesses into the sample. There is an unavoidable lag between the birth of a new firm and its appearance on the sampling frame and availability for selection. BLS adds new businesses to the survey twice a year. Is the count of unemployed persons limited to just those people receiving unemployment insurance benefits? No; the estimate of unemployment is based on a monthly sample survey of households. All persons who are without jobs and are actively seeking and available to work are included among the unemployed. (People on temporary layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.) There is no requirement or question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey. Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who have stopped looking for work? Yes; however, there are separate estimates of persons outside the labor force who want a job, including those who have stopped looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged workers). In addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (discouraged workers and other groups not officially counted as unemployed) are published each month in the Employment Situation news release. - 7 - Technical Note This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics survey (establishment survey). The household survey provides the 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. - 8 - Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn from pri- vate nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as federal, state, and local government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are counted in each job they hold. Hours and earnings data are for private businesses and relate only to production workers in the goods-producing sector and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing sector. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2002 version of the North American Industry Classification System. Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual and method- ological differences between the household and establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the sur- veys. Among these are: --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed. These groups are excluded from the establishment survey. --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed. The establishment survey does not. --The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older. The establishment survey is not limited by age. --The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because in- dividuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job and thus appearing on more than one payroll would be counted separately for each appearance. Seasonal adjustment Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the levels of employment and unemployment undergo sharp fluctuations due to such seasonal events as changes in weather, reduced or expanded production, harvests, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The ef- fect of such seasonal variation can be very large; seasonal fluctua- tions may account for as much as 95 percent of the month-to-month changes in unemployment. Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year, their influence on statistical trends can be eliminated by ad- justing the statistics from month to month. These adjustments make non- seasonal developments, such as declines in economic activity or increases in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For example, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined. However, because the effect of students finishing school in previous years is known, the statistics for the current year can be adjusted to allow for a comparable change. Insofar as the seasonal adjustment is made correctly, the adjusted figure provides a more useful tool with which to ana- lyze changes in economic activity. - 9 - Most seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most 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. - 10 - The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in the collection or processing of the data. For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final. Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business births. The first component uses business deaths to impute employment for business births. This is incorporated into the sample-based link relative estimate procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of busi- ness, but imputing to them the same trend as the other firms in the sample. The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was de- rived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past five years. The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program. The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over the past decade, the benchmark revision for total nonfarm employment has averaged 0.2 percent, ranging from less than 0.05 percent to 0.6 percent. Additional statistics and other information More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and Earnings, published each month by BLS. It is available for $27.00 per issue or $53.00 per year from the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. All orders must be prepaid by sending a check or money order pay- able to the Superintendent of Documents, or by charging to Mastercard or Visa. Employment and Earnings also provides measures of sampling error for the household and establishment survey data published in this release. For unemployment and other labor force categories, these measures appear in tables 1-B through 1-D of its "Explanatory Notes." For the establish- ment survey data, the sampling error measures and the actual size of re- visions due to benchmark adjustments appear in tables 2-B through 2-F of Employment and Earnings. Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted (1) Employment status, sex, and age Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2006 2007 2007 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population......... 229,905 232,715 232,939 229,905 231,958 232,211 232,461 232,715 232,939 Civilian labor force....................... 152,590 153,516 154,035 152,449 153,231 152,891 153,464 153,253 153,870 Participation rate................... 66.4 66.0 66.1 66.3 66.1 65.8 66.0 65.9 66.1 Employed................................. 146,014 146,743 147,118 145,623 146,110 145,794 146,257 146,007 146,703 Employment-population ratio.......... 63.5 63.1 63.2 63.3 63.0 62.8 62.9 62.7 63.0 Unemployed............................... 6,576 6,773 6,917 6,826 7,121 7,097 7,207 7,245 7,167 Unemployment rate.................... 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 Not in labor force......................... 77,315 79,200 78,904 77,456 78,727 79,319 78,997 79,462 79,069 Persons who currently want a job......... 4,476 4,131 4,337 4,778 4,782 4,744 4,741 4,242 4,617 Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population......... 111,180 112,619 112,737 111,180 112,222 112,354 112,486 112,619 112,737 Civilian labor force....................... 81,689 82,177 82,402 81,798 82,167 81,915 82,193 82,194 82,532 Participation rate................... 73.5 73.0 73.1 73.6 73.2 72.9 73.1 73.0 73.2 Employed................................. 78,210 78,578 78,680 78,148 78,292 78,082 78,207 78,179 78,614 Employment-population ratio.......... 70.3 69.8 69.8 70.3 69.8 69.5 69.5 69.4 69.7 Unemployed............................... 3,479 3,598 3,722 3,650 3,875 3,833 3,986 4,014 3,919 Unemployment rate.................... 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.7 Not in labor force......................... 29,491 30,443 30,335 29,382 30,055 30,439 30,293 30,426 30,205 Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population......... 102,656 103,973 104,087 102,656 103,598 103,723 103,847 103,973 104,087 Civilian labor force....................... 78,161 78,805 79,113 78,123 78,651 78,512 78,636 78,654 79,104 Participation rate................... 76.1 75.8 76.0 76.1 75.9 75.7 75.7 75.6 76.0 Employed................................. 75,247 75,753 76,018 75,088 75,362 75,284 75,296 75,276 75,851 Employment-population ratio.......... 73.3 72.9 73.0 73.1 72.7 72.6 72.5 72.4 72.9 Unemployed............................... 2,914 3,052 3,095 3,036 3,289 3,228 3,340 3,378 3,253 Unemployment rate.................... 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.1 Not in labor force......................... 24,495 25,167 24,973 24,533 24,948 25,211 25,211 25,318 24,982 Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population......... 118,724 120,096 120,202 118,724 119,736 119,856 119,975 120,096 120,202 Civilian labor force....................... 70,900 71,339 71,633 70,651 71,064 70,976 71,271 71,059 71,337 Participation rate................... 59.7 59.4 59.6 59.5 59.4 59.2 59.4 59.2 59.3 Employed................................. 67,804 68,165 68,438 67,475 67,819 67,712 68,050 67,828 68,089 Employment-population ratio.......... 57.1 56.8 56.9 56.8 56.6 56.5 56.7 56.5 56.6 Unemployed............................... 3,097 3,174 3,195 3,176 3,245 3,264 3,221 3,231 3,248 Unemployment rate.................... 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.6 Not in labor force......................... 47,824 48,757 48,569 48,073 48,672 48,880 48,704 49,037 48,865 Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population......... 110,445 111,703 111,805 110,445 111,367 111,479 111,590 111,703 111,805 Civilian labor force....................... 67,408 67,970 68,188 67,024 67,579 67,628 67,814 67,599 67,803 Participation rate................... 61.0 60.8 61.0 60.7 60.7 60.7 60.8 60.5 60.6 Employed................................. 64,778 65,241 65,449 64,333 64,808 64,845 65,068 64,826 65,027 Employment-population ratio.......... 58.7 58.4 58.5 58.2 58.2 58.2 58.3 58.0 58.2 Unemployed............................... 2,630 2,729 2,739 2,691 2,771 2,783 2,746 2,773 2,777 Unemployment rate.................... 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.1 Not in labor force......................... 43,036 43,733 43,617 43,420 43,788 43,851 43,776 44,103 44,001 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population......... 16,804 17,040 17,048 16,804 16,993 17,009 17,024 17,040 17,048 Civilian labor force....................... 7,021 6,740 6,734 7,301 7,002 6,751 7,014 6,999 6,962 Participation rate................... 41.8 39.6 39.5 43.5 41.2 39.7 41.2 41.1 40.8 Employed................................. 5,989 5,749 5,652 6,202 5,940 5,665 5,894 5,905 5,825 Employment-population ratio.......... 35.6 33.7 33.2 36.9 35.0 33.3 34.6 34.7 34.2 Unemployed............................... 1,031 992 1,082 1,099 1,062 1,086 1,120 1,094 1,137 Unemployment rate.................... 14.7 14.7 16.1 15.1 15.2 16.1 16.0 15.6 16.3 Not in labor force......................... 9,783 10,299 10,314 9,502 9,991 10,257 10,010 10,041 10,086 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted (1) Employment status, race, sex, and age Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2006 2007 2007 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 WHITE Civilian noninstitutional population......... 186,988 188,813 188,956 186,988 188,312 188,479 188,644 188,813 188,956 Civilian labor force....................... 124,635 125,228 125,615 124,536 124,966 124,593 125,245 125,109 125,427 Participation rate..................... 66.7 66.3 66.5 66.6 66.4 66.1 66.4 66.3 66.4 Employed................................. 119,995 120,424 120,665 119,636 119,747 119,349 119,948 119,875 120,209 Employment-population ratio............ 64.2 63.8 63.9 64.0 63.6 63.3 63.6 63.5 63.6 Unemployed............................... 4,640 4,804 4,951 4,900 5,219 5,243 5,297 5,233 5,218 Unemployment rate...................... 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.2 Not in labor force......................... 62,353 63,585 63,341 62,452 63,346 63,887 63,399 63,705 63,529 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force....................... 64,972 65,337 65,552 64,935 65,224 65,018 65,202 65,230 65,504 Participation rate..................... 76.6 76.2 76.4 76.6 76.3 76.0 76.2 76.1 76.4 Employed................................. 62,895 63,143 63,307 62,712 62,768 62,556 62,646 62,748 63,091 Employment-population ratio............ 74.2 73.7 73.8 73.9 73.5 73.1 73.2 73.2 73.5 Unemployed............................... 2,077 2,194 2,245 2,223 2,456 2,462 2,556 2,482 2,413 Unemployment rate...................... 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.7 Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force....................... 53,879 54,355 54,539 53,594 53,922 53,961 54,209 54,093 54,214 Participation rate..................... 60.4 60.4 60.5 60.1 60.0 60.0 60.3 60.1 60.2 Employed................................. 52,066 52,476 52,645 51,700 51,957 51,978 52,300 52,149 52,250 Employment-population ratio............ 58.3 58.3 58.4 57.9 57.9 57.8 58.1 57.9 58.0 Unemployed............................... 1,813 1,878 1,893 1,893 1,965 1,983 1,909 1,944 1,964 Unemployment rate...................... 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.6 3.6 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force....................... 5,785 5,536 5,525 6,008 5,820 5,614 5,834 5,785 5,709 Participation rate..................... 44.7 42.3 42.2 46.4 44.6 43.0 44.6 44.2 43.6 Employed................................. 5,034 4,805 4,712 5,223 5,022 4,816 5,002 4,979 4,868 Employment-population ratio............ 38.9 36.7 36.0 40.4 38.5 36.9 38.3 38.1 37.2 Unemployed............................... 751 731 812 784 797 798 832 807 840 Unemployment rate...................... 13.0 13.2 14.7 13.1 13.7 14.2 14.3 13.9 14.7 BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN Civilian noninstitutional population......... 27,193 27,627 27,666 27,193 27,498 27,541 27,584 27,627 27,666 Civilian labor force....................... 17,489 17,520 17,481 17,444 17,645 17,523 17,493 17,422 17,457 Participation rate..................... 64.3 63.4 63.2 64.2 64.2 63.6 63.4 63.1 63.1 Employed................................. 16,021 16,085 16,027 15,950 16,229 16,175 16,077 15,938 15,993 Employment-population ratio............ 58.9 58.2 57.9 58.7 59.0 58.7 58.3 57.7 57.8 Unemployed............................... 1,469 1,435 1,454 1,494 1,416 1,349 1,416 1,484 1,464 Unemployment rate...................... 8.4 8.2 8.3 8.6 8.0 7.7 8.1 8.5 8.4 Not in labor force......................... 9,704 10,107 10,184 9,749 9,854 10,018 10,090 10,204 10,208 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force....................... 7,831 7,896 7,930 7,778 7,987 7,955 7,884 7,814 7,897 Participation rate..................... 71.6 71.0 71.2 71.1 72.2 71.8 71.0 70.3 70.9 Employed................................. 7,220 7,274 7,316 7,170 7,383 7,411 7,303 7,178 7,281 Employment-population ratio............ 66.0 65.4 65.7 65.5 66.7 66.9 65.8 64.6 65.4 Unemployed............................... 611 622 613 608 604 545 581 636 616 Unemployment rate...................... 7.8 7.9 7.7 7.8 7.6 6.8 7.4 8.1 7.8 Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force....................... 8,814 8,863 8,789 8,798 8,880 8,808 8,852 8,838 8,776 Participation rate..................... 64.6 64.0 63.4 64.4 64.4 63.8 64.0 63.8 63.3 Employed................................. 8,177 8,243 8,161 8,152 8,274 8,241 8,235 8,203 8,160 Employment-population ratio............ 59.9 59.5 58.8 59.7 60.0 59.7 59.5 59.2 58.8 Unemployed............................... 637 620 627 647 605 567 618 635 616 Unemployment rate...................... 7.2 7.0 7.1 7.4 6.8 6.4 7.0 7.2 7.0 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force....................... 844 761 763 868 778 760 757 770 784 Participation rate..................... 32.5 28.6 28.7 33.4 29.4 28.7 28.6 29.0 29.5 Employed................................. 624 568 549 629 572 523 539 558 553 Employment-population ratio............ 24.0 21.4 20.7 24.2 21.6 19.7 20.3 21.0 20.8 Unemployed............................... 220 192 214 239 206 237 218 212 231 Unemployment rate...................... 26.1 25.3 28.0 27.6 26.5 31.2 28.8 27.6 29.5 ASIAN Civilian noninstitutional population......... 10,214 10,719 10,731 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Civilian labor force....................... 6,779 7,069 7,222 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate..................... 66.4 65.9 67.3 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed................................. 6,565 6,806 6,960 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio............ 64.3 63.5 64.9 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed............................... 214 263 262 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate...................... 3.2 3.7 3.6 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Not in labor force......................... 3,435 3,650 3,509 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available. NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted (1) Employment status, sex, and age Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2006 2007 2007 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY Civilian noninstitutional population......... 30,508 31,714 31,809 30,508 31,423 31,520 31,617 31,714 31,809 Civilian labor force....................... 21,048 21,811 21,937 20,994 21,602 21,795 21,901 21,775 21,895 Participation rate..................... 69.0 68.8 69.0 68.8 68.7 69.1 69.3 68.7 68.8 Employed................................. 20,006 20,656 20,701 19,953 20,331 20,599 20,654 20,563 20,656 Employment-population ratio............ 65.6 65.1 65.1 65.4 64.7 65.4 65.3 64.8 64.9 Unemployed............................... 1,042 1,155 1,236 1,042 1,271 1,196 1,247 1,212 1,239 Unemployment rate...................... 5.0 5.3 5.6 5.0 5.9 5.5 5.7 5.6 5.7 Not in labor force......................... 9,460 9,903 9,872 9,513 9,821 9,725 9,716 9,939 9,914 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force....................... 12,127 12,509 12,592 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate..................... 85.2 84.5 84.8 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed................................. 11,664 11,937 12,023 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio............ 82.0 80.6 81.0 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed............................... 463 571 569 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate...................... 3.8 4.6 4.5 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force....................... 7,839 8,205 8,246 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate..................... 58.4 58.9 59.0 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed................................. 7,437 7,811 7,760 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio............ 55.4 56.1 55.6 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed............................... 402 394 485 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate...................... 5.1 4.8 5.9 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force....................... 1,081 1,098 1,100 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate..................... 38.0 36.8 36.8 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed................................. 904 907 918 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio............ 31.8 30.4 30.7 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed............................... 177 190 182 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate...................... 16.4 17.3 16.5 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. 2 Data not available. NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Educational attainment Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2006 2007 2007 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 Less than a high school diploma Civilian labor force......................... 12,684 11,895 12,181 12,681 12,141 12,031 12,161 12,113 12,223 Participation rate....................... 46.4 46.4 46.6 46.4 47.8 46.4 46.2 47.2 46.8 Employed................................... 11,869 11,116 11,264 11,855 11,274 11,225 11,263 11,227 11,293 Employment-population ratio.............. 43.4 43.3 43.1 43.4 44.4 43.3 42.8 43.8 43.2 Unemployed................................. 815 779 916 826 867 806 898 887 930 Unemployment rate........................ 6.4 6.5 7.5 6.5 7.1 6.7 7.4 7.3 7.6 High school graduates, no college (1) Civilian labor force......................... 38,828 38,654 39,017 38,489 38,447 38,549 38,828 38,552 38,691 Participation rate....................... 63.6 62.9 63.1 63.0 63.3 62.9 63.0 62.7 62.6 Employed................................... 37,212 37,031 37,327 36,837 36,743 36,885 37,060 36,768 36,966 Employment-population ratio.............. 60.9 60.2 60.4 60.3 60.5 60.2 60.1 59.8 59.8 Unemployed................................. 1,617 1,623 1,690 1,652 1,703 1,664 1,768 1,784 1,726 Unemployment rate........................ 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.5 Some college or associate degree Civilian labor force......................... 35,382 36,715 36,454 35,469 36,281 35,961 35,987 36,190 36,363 Participation rate....................... 72.2 72.2 72.1 72.4 71.4 71.9 71.8 71.2 72.0 Employed................................... 34,232 35,502 35,303 34,293 34,998 34,629 34,750 34,915 35,155 Employment-population ratio.............. 69.9 69.8 69.9 70.0 68.9 69.2 69.4 68.7 69.6 Unemployed................................. 1,150 1,213 1,151 1,176 1,283 1,331 1,237 1,274 1,207 Unemployment rate........................ 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.4 3.5 3.3 Bachelor's degree and higher (2) Civilian labor force......................... 43,550 44,430 44,474 43,225 44,474 44,594 44,132 44,204 44,247 Participation rate....................... 78.6 77.6 78.0 78.0 77.3 77.5 77.5 77.2 77.6 Employed................................... 42,799 43,530 43,563 42,423 43,540 43,680 43,264 43,271 43,283 Employment-population ratio.............. 77.2 76.1 76.4 76.5 75.7 75.9 76.0 75.6 75.9 Unemployed................................. 752 900 910 802 934 914 868 934 965 Unemployment rate........................ 1.7 2.0 2.0 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.2 1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. 2 Includes persons with bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees. NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. See box note in the BLS news release USDL 07-0486, "The Employment Situation: March 2007," issued on April 6, 2007, for a discussion of technical issues regarding educational attainment data. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-5. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Category Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2006 2007 2007 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries........... 2,104 2,130 2,082 2,173 1,993 1,843 2,054 2,076 2,140 Wage and salary workers.................... 1,226 1,200 1,171 1,283 1,157 1,016 1,160 1,177 1,222 Self-employed workers...................... 856 914 892 869 823 806 853 877 896 Unpaid family workers...................... 23 17 19 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Nonagricultural industries................... 143,910 144,612 145,036 143,423 144,159 143,952 144,325 143,945 144,496 Wage and salary workers.................... 134,084 135,119 135,705 133,583 134,339 134,269 134,604 134,535 135,112 Government............................... 20,952 21,096 21,121 20,753 21,024 21,148 21,133 20,915 20,966 Private industries....................... 113,132 114,023 114,583 112,811 113,319 113,133 113,488 113,624 114,155 Private households..................... 732 760 759 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Other industries....................... 112,400 113,263 113,824 112,057 112,554 112,384 112,676 112,838 113,355 Self-employed workers...................... 9,725 9,379 9,234 9,709 9,706 9,652 9,589 9,242 9,291 Unpaid family workers...................... 101 115 97 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2) All industries: Part time for economic reasons............. 4,054 4,028 4,374 4,183 4,313 4,516 4,512 4,335 4,494 Slack work or business conditions........ 2,687 2,612 2,959 2,711 2,724 2,933 2,986 2,781 2,983 Could only find part-time work........... 1,100 1,180 1,146 1,168 1,217 1,168 1,148 1,207 1,217 Part time for noneconomic reasons.......... 20,995 19,956 20,661 19,780 20,014 19,835 19,891 19,329 19,550 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons............. 3,947 3,930 4,301 4,091 4,240 4,459 4,407 4,251 4,435 Slack work or business conditions........ 2,620 2,549 2,926 2,661 2,683 2,903 2,920 2,736 2,953 Could only find part-time work........... 1,085 1,171 1,136 1,140 1,211 1,147 1,142 1,203 1,201 Part time for noneconomic reasons.......... 20,667 19,634 20,349 19,423 19,660 19,569 19,570 19,121 19,249 1 Data not available. 2 Persons at work excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs during the entire reference week for reasons such as vacation, illness, or industrial dispute. Part time for noneconomic reasons excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as holidays, illness, and bad weather. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Selected employment indicators (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Characteristic Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2006 2007 2007 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 AGE AND SEX Total, 16 years and over..................... 146,014 146,743 147,118 145,623 146,110 145,794 146,257 146,007 146,703 16 to 19 years............................. 5,989 5,749 5,652 6,202 5,940 5,665 5,894 5,905 5,825 16 to 17 years........................... 2,470 2,286 2,176 2,520 2,303 2,255 2,270 2,318 2,196 18 to 19 years........................... 3,519 3,463 3,476 3,665 3,667 3,389 3,630 3,594 3,624 20 years and over.......................... 140,025 140,994 141,466 139,421 140,170 140,129 140,364 140,102 140,878 20 to 24 years........................... 13,913 13,815 14,008 13,905 13,964 13,876 13,972 13,837 13,999 25 years and over........................ 126,111 127,179 127,459 125,548 126,291 126,445 126,508 126,266 126,827 25 to 54 years......................... 100,735 100,956 101,083 100,312 100,344 100,563 100,497 100,316 100,646 25 to 34 years....................... 31,498 31,873 31,884 31,237 31,667 31,717 31,587 31,609 31,638 35 to 44 years....................... 34,778 34,272 34,311 34,660 34,151 34,214 34,227 34,118 34,186 45 to 54 years....................... 34,459 34,811 34,888 34,415 34,526 34,632 34,682 34,589 34,822 55 years and over...................... 25,377 26,223 26,376 25,235 25,947 25,882 26,011 25,950 26,181 Men, 16 years and over....................... 78,210 78,578 78,680 78,148 78,292 78,082 78,207 78,179 78,614 16 to 19 years............................. 2,964 2,826 2,662 3,060 2,930 2,798 2,911 2,903 2,763 16 to 17 years........................... 1,185 1,095 946 1,190 1,119 1,065 1,073 1,116 959 18 to 19 years........................... 1,779 1,730 1,716 1,855 1,815 1,746 1,834 1,791 1,795 20 years and over.......................... 75,247 75,753 76,018 75,088 75,362 75,284 75,296 75,276 75,851 20 to 24 years........................... 7,400 7,308 7,444 7,429 7,417 7,333 7,294 7,307 7,459 25 years and over........................ 67,847 68,445 68,573 67,668 67,990 68,049 68,029 67,970 68,344 25 to 54 years......................... 54,383 54,574 54,590 54,236 54,257 54,317 54,229 54,252 54,431 25 to 34 years....................... 17,315 17,587 17,558 17,213 17,560 17,499 17,450 17,442 17,468 35 to 44 years....................... 18,828 18,620 18,592 18,787 18,567 18,651 18,575 18,541 18,568 45 to 54 years....................... 18,240 18,367 18,440 18,237 18,130 18,167 18,203 18,269 18,395 55 years and over...................... 13,464 13,871 13,983 13,432 13,733 13,732 13,800 13,718 13,913 Women, 16 years and over..................... 67,804 68,165 68,438 67,475 67,819 67,712 68,050 67,828 68,089 16 to 19 years............................. 3,026 2,923 2,989 3,142 3,011 2,867 2,983 3,002 3,063 16 to 17 years........................... 1,285 1,190 1,230 1,330 1,183 1,190 1,197 1,202 1,237 18 to 19 years........................... 1,741 1,733 1,760 1,809 1,852 1,643 1,796 1,803 1,829 20 years and over.......................... 64,778 65,241 65,449 64,333 64,808 64,845 65,068 64,826 65,027 20 to 24 years........................... 6,513 6,507 6,563 6,476 6,546 6,544 6,679 6,530 6,541 25 years and over........................ 58,265 58,734 58,885 57,880 58,301 58,396 58,479 58,296 58,483 25 to 54 years......................... 46,352 46,382 46,492 46,076 46,087 46,246 46,268 46,064 46,215 25 to 34 years....................... 14,183 14,286 14,326 14,024 14,107 14,218 14,137 14,167 14,170 35 to 44 years....................... 15,950 15,652 15,719 15,874 15,584 15,564 15,651 15,577 15,618 45 to 54 years....................... 16,219 16,445 16,448 16,178 16,396 16,465 16,479 16,320 16,427 55 years and over...................... 11,913 12,352 12,393 11,804 12,215 12,150 12,211 12,232 12,268 MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present.................. 45,956 46,309 46,458 45,802 46,330 46,192 46,238 46,176 46,381 Married women, spouse present................ 35,824 35,828 36,078 35,363 35,997 35,826 35,739 35,483 35,722 Women who maintain families.................. 9,008 9,429 9,176 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers (2)........................ 120,507 122,006 121,846 120,812 121,122 120,995 121,332 121,606 122,049 Part-time workers (3)........................ 25,507 24,736 25,272 24,779 25,102 24,897 25,039 24,490 24,625 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders.................... 7,863 7,852 7,791 7,765 7,674 7,555 7,509 7,583 7,652 Percent of total employed................ 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.2 5.1 5.2 5.2 1 Data not available. 2 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week. 3 Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed persons Unemployment rates (1) (in thousands) Characteristic Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2006 2007 2007 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 AGE AND SEX Total, 16 years and over..................... 6,826 7,245 7,167 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 16 to 19 years............................. 1,099 1,094 1,137 15.1 15.2 16.1 16.0 15.6 16.3 16 to 17 years........................... 529 486 511 17.3 16.7 18.6 18.6 17.3 18.9 18 to 19 years........................... 568 592 609 13.4 14.1 14.6 14.3 14.1 14.4 20 years and over.......................... 5,727 6,151 6,030 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.1 20 to 24 years........................... 1,271 1,287 1,229 8.4 8.5 8.3 8.9 8.5 8.1 25 years and over........................ 4,452 4,833 4,815 3.4 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.7 25 to 54 years......................... 3,668 3,991 3,993 3.5 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.8 25 to 34 years....................... 1,420 1,580 1,555 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.8 4.8 4.7 35 to 44 years....................... 1,257 1,218 1,250 3.5 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.5 45 to 54 years....................... 991 1,194 1,188 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.3 3.3 55 years and over...................... 767 842 811 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 Men, 16 years and over....................... 3,650 4,014 3,919 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.7 16 to 19 years............................. 614 636 666 16.7 16.7 17.8 18.2 18.0 19.4 16 to 17 years........................... 281 259 259 19.1 18.9 22.0 21.8 18.8 21.3 18 to 19 years........................... 313 355 384 14.4 15.3 15.2 16.0 16.5 17.6 20 years and over.......................... 3,036 3,378 3,253 3.9 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.1 20 to 24 years........................... 702 747 707 8.6 9.2 8.7 9.5 9.3 8.7 25 years and over........................ 2,309 2,578 2,530 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.6 25 to 54 years......................... 1,900 2,134 2,083 3.4 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.7 25 to 34 years....................... 791 898 881 4.4 4.3 4.6 4.8 4.9 4.8 35 to 44 years....................... 642 640 615 3.3 3.6 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.2 45 to 54 years....................... 467 595 587 2.5 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.1 55 years and over...................... 409 445 447 3.0 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.1 Women, 16 years and over..................... 3,176 3,231 3,248 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.6 16 to 19 years............................. 485 458 471 13.4 13.6 14.4 13.7 13.2 13.3 16 to 17 years........................... 248 227 252 15.7 14.5 15.3 15.4 15.9 16.9 18 to 19 years........................... 255 237 225 12.4 12.8 14.0 12.4 11.6 11.0 20 years and over.......................... 2,691 2,773 2,777 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.0 4.1 4.1 20 to 24 years........................... 570 540 522 8.1 7.7 7.8 8.1 7.6 7.4 25 years and over........................ 2,143 2,255 2,285 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.8 25 to 54 years......................... 1,768 1,858 1,910 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.9 4.0 25 to 34 years....................... 629 682 674 4.3 4.9 4.6 4.9 4.6 4.5 35 to 44 years....................... 615 577 635 3.7 3.9 4.0 3.5 3.6 3.9 45 to 54 years....................... 524 599 601 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.5 3.5 55 years and over (2).................. 361 385 362 2.9 3.5 3.4 3.0 3.0 2.8 MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present.................. 1,092 1,197 1,197 2.3 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 Married women, spouse present................ 972 1,066 1,106 2.7 2.8 3.1 2.8 2.9 3.0 Women who maintain families (2).............. 671 631 648 6.9 6.8 6.2 6.4 6.3 6.6 FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers (3)........................ 5,508 5,996 5,891 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.6 Part-time workers (4)........................ 1,312 1,268 1,297 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.9 5.0 1 Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force. 2 Not seasonally adjusted. 3 Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs. 4 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs. NOTE: Detail shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Reason Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2006 2007 2007 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs.............................. 3,025 3,259 3,382 3,179 3,628 3,617 3,577 3,699 3,599 On temporary layoff........................ 808 737 814 965 981 979 954 1,053 984 Not on temporary layoff.................... 2,217 2,523 2,568 2,214 2,648 2,638 2,623 2,647 2,615 Permanent job losers..................... 1,530 1,802 1,814 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Persons who completed temporary jobs..... 686 721 754 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Job leavers.................................. 772 804 763 793 823 793 842 791 784 Reentrants................................... 2,232 2,047 2,150 2,279 2,078 2,064 2,144 2,084 2,133 New entrants................................. 547 662 622 591 593 593 698 708 665 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed............................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs............................. 46.0 48.1 48.9 46.5 50.9 51.2 49.3 50.8 50.1 On temporary layoff....................... 12.3 10.9 11.8 14.1 13.8 13.8 13.1 14.5 13.7 Not on temporary layoff................... 33.7 37.3 37.1 32.4 37.2 37.3 36.1 36.3 36.4 Job leavers................................. 11.7 11.9 11.0 11.6 11.6 11.2 11.6 10.9 10.9 Reentrants.................................. 33.9 30.2 31.1 33.3 29.2 29.2 29.5 28.6 29.7 New entrants................................ 8.3 9.8 9.0 8.6 8.3 8.4 9.6 9.7 9.3 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs............................. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.3 Job leavers................................. .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 .5 Reentrants.................................. 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 New entrants................................ .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .5 .5 .4 1 Data not available. NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment (Numbers in thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Duration Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2006 2007 2007 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Less than 5 weeks...................................... 2,323 2,371 2,450 2,517 2,473 2,595 2,518 2,480 2,589 5 to 14 weeks.......................................... 2,171 2,204 2,176 2,135 2,213 2,166 2,332 2,459 2,158 15 weeks and over...................................... 2,082 2,198 2,291 2,152 2,413 2,385 2,393 2,343 2,377 15 to 26 weeks...................................... 965 927 933 1,006 1,105 1,138 1,115 1,031 987 27 weeks and over................................... 1,116 1,271 1,358 1,145 1,308 1,247 1,277 1,312 1,390 Average (mean) duration, in weeks...................... 16.6 17.4 17.6 16.3 17.2 16.9 16.5 17.1 17.3 Median duration, in weeks.............................. 8.2 8.5 8.6 8.2 8.9 8.6 9.0 8.7 8.7 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed....................................... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Less than 5 weeks.................................... 35.3 35.0 35.4 37.0 34.8 36.3 34.8 34.1 36.3 5 to 14 weeks........................................ 33.0 32.5 31.5 31.4 31.2 30.3 32.2 33.8 30.3 15 weeks and over.................................... 31.7 32.5 33.1 31.6 34.0 33.4 33.0 32.2 33.4 15 to 26 weeks..................................... 14.7 13.7 13.5 14.8 15.6 15.9 15.4 14.2 13.9 27 weeks and over.................................. 17.0 18.8 19.6 16.8 18.4 17.4 17.6 18.0 19.5 NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-10. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Unemployment Employed Unemployed rates Occupation Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 Total, 16 years and over (1)...................... 146,014 147,118 6,576 6,917 4.3 4.5 Management, professional, and related occupations...... 51,714 52,348 919 963 1.7 1.8 Management, business, and financial operations occupations........................................ 21,905 21,622 373 378 1.7 1.7 Professional and related occupations................. 29,809 30,726 546 585 1.8 1.9 Service occupations.................................... 23,506 23,763 1,477 1,651 5.9 6.5 Sales and office occupations........................... 36,639 36,360 1,617 1,579 4.2 4.2 Sales and related occupations........................ 17,095 16,582 763 757 4.3 4.4 Office and administrative support occupations........ 19,543 19,778 854 822 4.2 4.0 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations........................................... 15,998 16,011 926 955 5.5 5.6 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations........... 896 915 138 83 13.4 8.4 Construction and extraction occupations.............. 9,629 9,666 619 719 6.0 6.9 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.... 5,473 5,430 168 153 3.0 2.7 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations........................................... 18,158 18,636 1,059 1,117 5.5 5.7 Production occupations............................... 9,121 9,535 521 571 5.4 5.6 Transportation and material moving occupations....... 9,037 9,101 538 546 5.6 5.7 1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed Unemployment persons rates Industry and class of worker (in thousands) Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. 2006 2007 2006 2007 Total, 16 years and over (1).................... 6,576 6,917 4.3 4.5 Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers........ 5,246 5,397 4.4 4.5 Mining............................................... 22 16 2.9 2.3 Construction......................................... 618 645 6.0 6.2 Manufacturing........................................ 702 762 4.3 4.5 Durable goods...................................... 426 440 4.2 4.1 Nondurable goods................................... 276 322 4.6 5.3 Wholesale and retail trade........................... 1,018 893 4.8 4.3 Transportation and utilities......................... 183 242 3.1 3.9 Information.......................................... 137 132 3.9 4.0 Financial activities................................. 229 261 2.3 2.7 Professional and business services................... 658 679 4.9 4.8 Education and health services........................ 536 526 2.8 2.7 Leisure and hospitality.............................. 836 986 7.1 8.1 Other services....................................... 306 255 5.0 4.1 Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers............................................... 125 80 9.6 6.6 Government workers..................................... 400 482 1.9 2.2 Self employed and unpaid family workers................ 257 336 2.3 3.2 1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-12. Alternative measures of labor underutilization (Percent) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Measure Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2006 2007 2007 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2007 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force....................... 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force.... 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.3 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate).......... 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers............................... 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers....................... 5.2 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.5 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........................................... 7.8 7.9 8.1 8.0 8.3 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.4 NOTE: Marginally attached workers are persons who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the recent past. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for a job. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. For further information, see "BLS introduces new range of alternative unemployment measures," in the October 1995 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-13. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Total Men Women Category Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. 2006 2007 2006 2007 2006 2007 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force........................... 77,315 78,904 29,491 30,335 47,824 48,569 Persons who currently want a job...................... 4,476 4,337 2,017 1,859 2,458 2,478 Searched for work and available to work now (1)..... 1,366 1,363 716 631 649 732 Reason not currently looking: Discouragement over job prospects (2)........... 349 349 202 193 147 156 Reasons other than discouragement (3)........... 1,016 1,014 515 438 502 576 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders (4).......................... 7,863 7,791 3,808 3,839 4,055 3,952 Percent of total employed.......................... 5.4 5.3 4.9 4.9 6.0 5.8 Primary job full time, secondary job part time..... 4,165 4,356 2,311 2,399 1,854 1,957 Primary and secondary jobs both part time.......... 1,780 1,731 484 498 1,296 1,233 Primary and secondary jobs both full time.......... 297 245 198 157 99 88 Hours vary on primary or secondary job............. 1,584 1,415 798 764 786 650 1 Data refer to persons who have searched for work during the prior 12 months and were available to take a job during the reference week. 2 Includes thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health, and transportation problems, as well as a small number for which reason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4 Includes persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately. NOTE: Beginning in January 2007, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (In thousands) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Change Industry Nov. Sept. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. from: 2006 2007 2007p 2007p 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007p 2007p Oct. 2007- Nov. 2007p Total nonfarm......... 138,052 138,456 139,253 139,493 136,941 138,066 138,159 138,203 138,373 138,467 94 Total private........... 115,459 116,348 116,581 116,675 114,835 115,856 115,886 115,923 116,055 116,119 64 Goods-producing............. 22,623 22,618 22,513 22,329 22,525 22,421 22,349 22,309 22,287 22,254 -33 Natural resources and mining.... 703 737 739 734 699 726 728 728 730 732 2 Logging...................... 66.3 65.4 64.8 64.5 64.0 62.8 62.4 62.4 62.1 62.4 .3 Mining......................... 636.5 671.4 674.1 669.6 635.1 663.5 665.2 665.4 667.8 670.0 2.2 Oil and gas extraction........ 140.6 151.8 152.4 152.1 141.4 150.8 151.5 151.9 153.2 153.4 .2 Mining, except oil and gas (1)....................... 223.4 234.9 234.6 231.1 221.8 228.9 230.1 229.9 230.3 230.4 .1 Coal mining.................. 78.8 80.7 81.2 82.0 79.4 80.3 80.6 81.1 81.4 82.4 1.0 Support activities for mining. 272.5 284.7 287.1 286.4 271.9 283.8 283.6 283.6 284.3 286.2 1.9 Construction.................... 7,768 7,829 7,783 7,634 7,683 7,649 7,620 7,595 7,586 7,562 -24 Construction of buildings..... 1,811.1 1,801.0 1,781.4 1,750.4 1,801.8 1,782.1 1,768.0 1,765.2 1,753.6 1,745.7 -7.9 Residential building......... 1,020.8 999.2 983.7 963.9 1,016.7 991.3 983.0 979.0 969.4 962.2 -7.2 Nonresidential building...... 790.3 801.8 797.7 786.5 785.1 790.8 785.0 786.2 784.2 783.5 -.7 Heavy and civil engineering construction................. 1,019.2 1,054.2 1,049.1 1,009.1 993.9 996.2 994.2 990.3 989.7 985.2 -4.5 Specialty trade contractors... 4,937.9 4,974.0 4,952.3 4,874.2 4,887.2 4,870.7 4,857.7 4,839.7 4,842.3 4,831.2 -11.1 Residential specialty trade contractors................. 2,359.8 2,322.5 2,293.3 2,243.1 2,335.1 2,306.0 2,280.0 2,258.0 2,244.4 2,231.6 -12.8 Nonresidential specialty trade contractors........... 2,578.1 2,651.5 2,659.0 2,631.1 2,552.1 2,564.7 2,577.7 2,581.7 2,597.9 2,599.6 1.7 Manufacturing................... 14,152 14,052 13,991 13,961 14,143 14,046 14,001 13,986 13,971 13,960 -11 Production workers........... 10,133 10,127 10,066 10,049 10,117 10,098 10,062 10,064 10,044 10,043 -1 Durable goods.................. 8,969 8,880 8,847 8,844 8,972 8,900 8,873 8,862 8,853 8,852 -1 Production workers........... 6,347 6,311 6,280 6,286 6,346 6,313 6,290 6,294 6,283 6,289 6 Wood products................. 541.3 524.6 518.4 507.0 542.9 529.2 523.2 518.3 517.4 509.7 -7.7 Nonmetallic mineral products.. 506.7 503.8 501.7 495.1 503.3 499.1 495.3 495.3 495.0 492.7 -2.3 Primary metals................ 454.2 447.6 445.8 446.0 455.8 450.9 447.8 446.9 446.8 447.3 .5 Fabricated metal products..... 1,562.2 1,571.5 1,576.8 1,570.4 1,564.1 1,569.5 1,568.2 1,569.9 1,574.1 1,571.9 -2.2 Machinery..................... 1,206.7 1,219.5 1,222.6 1,227.9 1,209.9 1,228.2 1,223.3 1,223.3 1,227.2 1,231.5 4.3 Computer and electronic products (1)................. 1,317.2 1,294.9 1,291.3 1,292.3 1,320.4 1,304.3 1,300.5 1,296.9 1,294.2 1,296.9 2.7 Computer and peripheral equipment................... 198.7 196.7 196.2 196.2 198.7 196.5 196.5 196.9 196.5 196.7 .2 Communications equipment..... 143.1 140.6 140.2 140.2 144.1 142.7 142.7 142.3 140.2 141.4 1.2 Semiconductors and electronic components.................. 466.1 455.7 454.2 453.7 468.0 462.5 458.3 455.9 456.1 456.3 .2 Electronic instruments....... 436.7 434.1 434.2 435.0 437.7 434.5 434.5 434.2 435.1 436.0 .9 Electrical equipment and appliances................... 433.3 435.2 433.5 433.5 436.4 436.8 434.6 435.0 435.9 436.3 .4 Transportation equipment (1).. 1,746.0 1,705.9 1,681.1 1,691.1 1,739.8 1,699.5 1,700.2 1,699.4 1,685.3 1,687.1 1.8 Motor vehicles and parts (2). 1,047.0 1,002.7 975.7 982.4 1,041.7 998.4 997.4 994.0 980.2 979.8 -.4 Furniture and related products 540.0 525.6 522.2 522.8 542.4 530.3 526.9 525.7 523.4 525.5 2.1 Miscellaneous manufacturing... 660.9 651.5 653.3 657.5 657.1 652.1 652.5 651.6 653.2 653.5 .3 Nondurable goods............... 5,183 5,172 5,144 5,117 5,171 5,146 5,128 5,124 5,118 5,108 -10 Production workers........... 3,786 3,816 3,786 3,763 3,771 3,785 3,772 3,770 3,761 3,754 -7 Food manufacturing............ 1,505.8 1,530.4 1,521.8 1,504.1 1,491.6 1,505.9 1,497.0 1,494.8 1,497.3 1,492.0 -5.3 Beverages and tobacco products 195.4 203.5 200.3 197.2 195.4 200.2 198.5 198.0 197.6 197.7 .1 Textile mills................. 186.0 167.5 166.7 165.8 186.3 169.9 168.3 166.7 166.9 166.1 -.8 Textile product mills......... 157.1 151.6 151.8 150.4 158.1 153.5 153.0 152.5 152.0 151.7 -.3 Apparel....................... 231.2 214.1 209.8 210.9 231.4 217.7 214.4 212.5 210.3 210.7 .4 Leather and allied products... 36.7 36.4 36.2 36.3 36.5 35.3 35.6 36.3 35.9 35.9 .0 Paper and paper products...... 463.2 456.4 456.1 453.7 463.9 456.7 456.3 456.0 456.1 453.9 -2.2 Printing and related support activities................... 638.0 628.7 628.4 630.2 637.2 629.0 626.2 629.0 628.7 629.0 .3 Petroleum and coal products... 116.2 118.9 117.9 116.0 116.6 116.2 116.1 116.7 116.5 116.6 .1 Chemicals..................... 869.5 876.9 870.6 868.2 871.2 873.3 874.9 875.3 872.4 870.6 -1.8 Plastics and rubber products.. 784.1 788.0 784.5 784.4 782.7 788.5 787.9 786.1 784.6 783.8 -.8 Service-providing........... 115,429 115,838 116,740 117,164 114,416 115,645 115,810 115,894 116,086 116,213 127 Private service-providing.. 92,836 93,730 94,068 94,346 92,310 93,435 93,537 93,614 93,768 93,865 97 Trade, transportation, and utilities...................... 26,773 26,451 26,566 27,007 26,320 26,489 26,494 26,518 26,521 26,555 34 Wholesale trade................ 5,937.4 6,034.9 6,055.1 6,055.4 5,934.7 6,016.3 6,022.5 6,033.8 6,048.2 6,053.5 5.3 Durable goods................. 3,093.0 3,147.5 3,157.3 3,162.1 3,097.7 3,146.5 3,147.0 3,151.5 3,158.6 3,166.8 8.2 Nondurable goods.............. 2,056.0 2,080.7 2,087.0 2,085.5 2,048.5 2,063.1 2,068.0 2,073.8 2,079.8 2,077.6 -2.2 Electronic markets and agents and brokers.................. 788.4 806.7 810.8 807.8 788.5 806.7 807.5 808.5 809.8 809.1 -.7 Retail trade...................15,736.2 15,282.8 15,367.7 15,791.8 15,327.9 15,389.8 15,385.6 15,383.0 15,368.0 15,392.2 24.2 Motor vehicle and parts dealers (1).................. 1,904.9 1,922.5 1,913.9 1,907.1 1,904.2 1,907.6 1,908.2 1,910.3 1,907.8 1,908.4 .6 Automobile dealers........... 1,245.3 1,254.2 1,251.6 1,247.8 1,244.0 1,245.9 1,246.4 1,247.5 1,248.0 1,247.5 -.5 Furniture and home furnishings stores....................... 603.1 575.1 586.8 610.5 586.5 584.5 586.5 583.9 585.7 591.8 6.1 Electronics and appliance stores....................... 553.5 524.8 531.7 559.3 531.6 537.4 532.7 534.0 531.9 539.1 7.2 Building material and garden supply stores................ 1,300.9 1,279.6 1,268.8 1,253.2 1,321.0 1,303.9 1,305.9 1,288.4 1,282.4 1,278.9 -3.5 Food and beverage stores...... 2,871.7 2,876.6 2,884.7 2,917.9 2,842.4 2,869.3 2,873.5 2,878.8 2,881.5 2,886.0 4.5 Health and personal care stores....................... 969.9 968.9 970.9 990.7 962.6 967.4 970.8 973.5 973.3 980.8 7.5 Gasoline stations............. 854.2 860.3 852.8 851.1 854.6 852.0 851.1 854.3 852.2 852.0 -.2 Clothing and clothing accessories stores........... 1,548.3 1,430.7 1,451.4 1,564.1 1,467.3 1,456.7 1,460.3 1,462.1 1,462.7 1,474.1 11.4 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores............. 689.1 665.4 667.5 714.2 647.4 665.7 666.7 669.6 669.0 671.4 2.4 General merchandise stores (1)................... 3,065.7 2,854.8 2,898.3 3,054.7 2,882.9 2,918.9 2,906.4 2,902.6 2,900.0 2,888.8 -11.2 Department stores............ 1,675.0 1,511.1 1,542.9 1,663.2 1,533.2 1,560.3 1,549.9 1,547.2 1,544.4 1,535.1 -9.3 Miscellaneous store retailers. 896.3 884.5 886.9 889.0 881.9 883.1 880.3 883.1 879.6 875.7 -3.9 Nonstore retailers............ 478.6 439.6 454.0 480.0 445.5 443.3 443.2 442.4 441.9 445.2 3.3 Transportation and warehousing. 4,552.8 4,578.3 4,586.5 4,604.1 4,509.6 4,528.4 4,529.8 4,545.8 4,548.0 4,553.1 5.1 Air transportation............ 483.7 497.2 496.2 499.0 484.5 492.2 492.5 494.6 495.6 499.5 3.9 Rail transportation........... 225.5 228.2 228.1 227.9 223.9 227.5 227.4 227.7 227.9 226.7 -1.2 Water transportation.......... 64.9 72.2 70.4 68.2 66.8 70.7 70.6 70.5 70.3 70.3 .0 Truck transportation.......... 1,458.8 1,464.1 1,456.4 1,448.4 1,448.9 1,444.3 1,443.5 1,445.6 1,440.5 1,439.0 -1.5 Transit and ground passenger transportation............... 408.8 411.6 416.5 413.3 393.2 397.1 400.1 401.2 401.3 397.3 -4.0 Pipeline transportation....... 39.6 40.7 41.3 41.6 39.8 40.8 41.0 41.1 41.3 41.7 .4 Scenic and sightseeing transportation............... 25.0 32.6 29.2 26.4 28.3 27.0 27.4 27.7 28.3 28.5 .2 Support activities for transportation............... 576.5 585.9 590.2 593.7 577.9 583.4 584.3 587.5 590.4 593.6 3.2 Couriers and messengers....... 611.1 585.2 587.8 611.0 597.2 589.3 588.1 590.3 589.9 593.1 3.2 Warehousing and storage....... 658.9 660.6 670.4 674.6 649.1 656.1 654.9 659.6 662.5 663.4 .9 Utilities...................... 547.0 554.9 556.3 555.5 548.2 554.6 556.0 555.6 556.8 556.6 -.2 Information..................... 3,065 3,077 3,080 3,089 3,057 3,091 3,087 3,093 3,091 3,085 -6 Publishing industries, except Internet..................... 907.2 897.5 900.4 901.6 905.0 906.3 904.0 900.6 901.4 899.8 -1.6 Motion picture and sound recording industries......... 373.5 380.7 376.2 372.9 371.9 383.6 380.3 385.9 383.2 375.8 -7.4 Broadcasting, except Internet. 334.9 338.2 335.4 339.4 333.8 336.0 336.3 337.4 335.8 338.0 2.2 Internet publishing and broadcasting................. 36.3 43.8 44.8 45.2 36.3 42.4 43.1 44.0 44.8 45.3 .5 Telecommunications............ 975.8 969.6 971.8 978.4 973.5 973.7 973.1 974.1 973.4 975.4 2.0 ISPs, search portals, and data processing................... 386.2 395.7 398.2 398.8 384.9 396.9 397.5 398.2 398.7 398.1 -.6 Other information services.... 51.4 51.8 53.0 52.4 51.6 51.8 52.2 52.3 53.3 52.6 -.7 Financial activities............ 8,416 8,432 8,434 8,404 8,422 8,476 8,463 8,439 8,437 8,417 -20 Finance and insurance.......... 6,229.6 6,222.8 6,234.1 6,227.4 6,228.9 6,270.1 6,256.4 6,241.6 6,238.2 6,229.1 -9.1 Monetary authorities - central bank......................... 21.8 21.6 21.5 21.5 21.7 21.6 21.8 21.6 21.6 21.5 -.1 Credit intermediation and related activities (1)........ 2,957.2 2,896.1 2,897.7 2,886.5 2,957.4 2,946.5 2,926.8 2,909.2 2,901.3 2,888.3 -13.0 Depository credit intermediation (1).......... 1,815.8 1,833.9 1,835.1 1,832.7 1,819.6 1,833.8 1,834.6 1,839.1 1,838.4 1,835.3 -3.1 Commercial banking.......... 1,329.6 1,335.6 1,339.0 1,336.4 1,333.0 1,338.4 1,337.7 1,340.2 1,340.5 1,338.8 -1.7 Securities, commodity contracts, investments....... 831.8 848.6 853.7 856.8 829.2 845.8 848.7 849.7 852.3 854.4 2.1 Insurance carriers and related activities................... 2,324.3 2,360.7 2,365.2 2,367.0 2,326.0 2,361.2 2,362.6 2,365.3 2,366.7 2,369.1 2.4 Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles........... 94.5 95.8 96.0 95.6 94.6 95.0 96.5 95.8 96.3 95.8 -.5 Real estate and rental and leasing....................... 2,186.7 2,209.0 2,199.5 2,176.9 2,192.9 2,205.7 2,206.4 2,197.7 2,199.0 2,188.2 -10.8 Real estate................... 1,511.0 1,527.2 1,524.1 1,509.1 1,512.4 1,525.4 1,528.1 1,521.2 1,522.1 1,514.2 -7.9 Rental and leasing services... 645.0 649.0 643.1 635.3 650.0 647.6 645.4 643.9 644.5 641.6 -2.9 Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets............ 30.7 32.8 32.3 32.5 30.5 32.7 32.9 32.6 32.4 32.4 .0 Professional and business services....................... 17,838 18,093 18,191 18,142 17,726 17,911 17,942 17,954 18,018 18,048 30 Professional and technical services (1).................. 7,443.9 7,661.0 7,720.9 7,756.0 7,469.6 7,666.9 7,689.0 7,731.0 7,757.7 7,781.6 23.9 Legal services............... 1,176.8 1,173.6 1,185.1 1,181.3 1,175.9 1,177.9 1,178.4 1,181.6 1,184.7 1,181.2 -3.5 Accounting and bookkeeping services.................... 862.0 895.8 907.1 934.3 914.5 951.1 957.7 968.3 974.1 980.9 6.8 Architectural and engineering services.................... 1,410.7 1,452.9 1,461.1 1,459.4 1,407.2 1,437.1 1,440.1 1,444.5 1,451.4 1,454.9 3.5 Computer systems design and related services............ 1,299.0 1,361.3 1,370.0 1,379.5 1,296.2 1,352.9 1,355.6 1,363.8 1,366.7 1,378.6 11.9 Management and technical consulting services......... 955.7 1,010.3 1,021.6 1,030.3 949.3 992.5 1,001.7 1,010.2 1,017.8 1,024.1 6.3 Management of companies and enterprises................... 1,824.2 1,854.6 1,855.8 1,858.7 1,823.0 1,847.8 1,852.1 1,853.2 1,853.9 1,856.8 2.9 Administrative and waste services...................... 8,570.3 8,577.6 8,613.9 8,527.3 8,433.8 8,396.2 8,400.6 8,370.1 8,406.6 8,409.6 3.0 Administrative and support services (1)................. 8,222.3 8,218.8 8,256.8 8,168.8 8,083.8 8,041.8 8,045.1 8,013.7 8,050.4 8,050.4 .0 Employment services (1)...... 3,791.0 3,618.3 3,669.0 3,636.9 3,665.5 3,525.9 3,523.4 3,484.8 3,523.5 3,526.6 3.1 Temporary help services..... 2,722.7 2,674.5 2,710.6 2,687.9 2,631.3 2,577.9 2,578.6 2,561.2 2,589.0 2,600.3 11.3 Business support services.... 811.9 795.4 801.9 804.5 802.2 805.5 803.4 802.5 798.7 797.4 -1.3 Services to buildings and dwellings................... 1,813.2 1,921.2 1,901.1 1,848.9 1,811.2 1,847.3 1,848.7 1,850.4 1,851.9 1,846.1 -5.8 Waste management and remediation services......... 348.0 358.8 357.1 358.5 350.0 354.4 355.5 356.4 356.2 359.2 3.0 Education and health services... 18,255 18,426 18,736 18,816 18,018 18,422 18,484 18,505 18,549 18,577 28 Educational services........... 3,151.3 2,972.2 3,195.9 3,229.7 2,951.4 3,022.8 3,039.7 3,020.0 3,025.1 3,027.1 2.0 Health care and social assistance....................15,103.2 15,453.9 15,539.9 15,586.4 15,066.1 15,399.5 15,443.9 15,484.5 15,524.3 15,549.6 25.3 Health care (3)...............12,760.2 13,062.9 13,120.6 13,148.6 12,734.1 13,005.6 13,041.8 13,071.3 13,109.2 13,124.1 14.9 Ambulatory health care services (1)................ 5,358.1 5,517.3 5,556.9 5,568.4 5,344.6 5,482.5 5,507.0 5,523.4 5,549.7 5,553.8 4.1 Offices of physicians....... 2,185.9 2,237.5 2,246.8 2,260.3 2,179.4 2,224.6 2,232.5 2,240.6 2,246.0 2,253.1 7.1 Outpatient care centers..... 492.7 498.5 502.9 504.7 492.4 496.1 498.7 500.7 503.0 504.0 1.0 Home health care services... 888.2 933.9 941.9 939.4 883.5 925.3 931.9 932.8 939.1 936.3 -2.8 Hospitals.................... 4,466.4 4,555.1 4,568.7 4,578.7 4,461.7 4,539.1 4,546.3 4,555.6 4,566.0 4,573.7 7.7 Nursing and residential care facilities (1).............. 2,935.7 2,990.5 2,995.0 3,001.5 2,927.8 2,984.0 2,988.5 2,992.3 2,993.5 2,996.6 3.1 Nursing care facilities..... 1,597.0 1,616.1 1,617.1 1,618.1 1,591.8 1,611.3 1,613.8 1,614.7 1,614.6 1,614.3 -.3 Social assistance (1)......... 2,343.0 2,391.0 2,419.3 2,437.8 2,332.0 2,393.9 2,402.1 2,413.2 2,415.1 2,425.5 10.4 Child day care services...... 817.4 814.5 827.8 832.5 805.1 815.7 815.3 819.8 817.8 820.3 2.5 Leisure and hospitality......... 13,066 13,794 13,604 13,434 13,324 13,566 13,589 13,630 13,676 13,702 26 Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................... 1,806.2 2,042.0 1,953.2 1,850.5 1,947.4 1,962.9 1,968.0 1,977.4 1,991.0 1,989.5 -1.5 Performing arts and spectator sports....................... 394.1 427.3 424.0 401.6 405.7 405.6 410.7 412.6 417.3 412.9 -4.4 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks.............. 122.4 135.0 134.0 129.1 126.4 132.4 131.8 132.3 132.6 133.1 .5 Amusements, gambling, and recreation................... 1,289.7 1,479.7 1,395.2 1,319.8 1,415.3 1,424.9 1,425.5 1,432.5 1,441.1 1,443.5 2.4 Accommodations and food services......................11,259.5 11,751.7 11,650.3 11,583.6 11,376.8 11,602.9 11,621.4 11,652.3 11,684.6 11,712.4 27.8 Accommodations................ 1,797.5 1,898.4 1,853.5 1,828.2 1,854.4 1,858.1 1,850.8 1,864.3 1,873.0 1,883.9 10.9 Food services and drinking places....................... 9,462.0 9,853.3 9,796.8 9,755.4 9,522.4 9,744.8 9,770.6 9,788.0 9,811.6 9,828.5 16.9 Other services.................. 5,423 5,457 5,457 5,454 5,443 5,480 5,478 5,475 5,476 5,481 5 Repair and maintenance........ 1,245.7 1,265.0 1,255.1 1,251.7 1,250.8 1,256.6 1,260.6 1,261.8 1,258.6 1,259.4 .8 Personal and laundry services. 1,281.2 1,287.9 1,281.9 1,283.2 1,286.4 1,294.4 1,292.4 1,290.5 1,287.9 1,290.5 2.6 Membership associations and organizations................ 2,896.0 2,904.5 2,920.2 2,919.5 2,905.4 2,929.0 2,925.2 2,923.0 2,929.4 2,931.3 1.9 Government...................... 22,593 22,108 22,672 22,818 22,106 22,210 22,273 22,280 22,318 22,348 30 Federal........................ 2,720 2,716 2,710 2,712 2,719 2,713 2,714 2,710 2,711 2,712 1 Federal, except U.S. Postal Service...................... 1,948.1 1,955.3 1,951.1 1,947.9 1,949.5 1,950.5 1,952.1 1,949.2 1,950.1 1,950.3 .2 U.S. Postal Service........... 771.5 761.1 759.0 763.9 769.0 762.3 761.9 760.9 760.4 761.2 .8 State government............... 5,274 5,157 5,293 5,329 5,107 5,143 5,137 5,159 5,155 5,165 10 State government education.... 2,491.5 2,340.9 2,480.4 2,512.5 2,313.1 2,323.3 2,320.3 2,336.9 2,332.4 2,335.4 3.0 State government, excluding education.................... 2,782.9 2,815.8 2,812.5 2,816.2 2,793.5 2,819.4 2,817.1 2,822.1 2,822.9 2,829.4 6.5 Local government............... 14,599 14,235 14,669 14,777 14,280 14,354 14,422 14,411 14,452 14,471 19 Local government education.... 8,365.5 7,880.0 8,335.5 8,450.9 8,003.7 8,011.8 8,066.1 8,048.4 8,078.5 8,088.3 9.8 Local government, excluding education.................... 6,233.9 6,354.5 6,333.6 6,325.8 6,276.3 6,342.6 6,355.7 6,363.0 6,373.0 6,382.3 9.3 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 Nov. Sept. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. from: 2006 2007 2007p 2007p 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007p 2007p Oct. 2007- Nov. 2007p Total private......................... 33.8 34.2 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.8 33.8 0.0 Goods-producing........................... 40.5 41.1 40.9 40.7 40.4 40.6 40.6 40.6 40.6 40.6 .0 Natural resources and mining.................. 46.1 46.7 46.7 46.4 46.1 45.9 45.7 46.2 46.0 46.4 .4 Construction.................................. 38.8 39.4 39.5 38.7 39.0 38.9 38.7 38.8 38.9 38.8 -.1 Manufacturing................................. 41.2 41.7 41.4 41.5 41.0 41.3 41.4 41.3 41.2 41.3 .1 Overtime hours............................. 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 .0 Durable goods................................ 41.3 41.9 41.7 41.7 41.2 41.6 41.7 41.6 41.5 41.6 .1 Overtime hours............................. 4.3 4.4 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 .0 Wood products............................... 39.0 40.2 39.6 39.2 39.1 39.9 39.6 39.7 39.4 39.4 .0 Nonmetallic mineral products................ 42.3 43.5 43.3 43.0 42.3 42.6 42.8 42.7 42.8 43.0 .2 Primary metals.............................. 43.5 42.8 42.4 43.0 43.5 43.2 43.0 42.6 42.5 43.0 .5 Fabricated metal products................... 41.4 42.1 42.0 41.9 41.2 41.7 41.7 41.8 41.8 41.7 -.1 Machinery................................... 42.4 42.8 43.1 43.2 42.3 42.5 42.6 42.7 43.0 43.1 .1 Computer and electronic products............ 40.5 41.0 40.8 41.2 40.2 40.2 40.7 40.7 40.6 40.9 .3 Electrical equipment and appliances......... 41.1 41.5 41.3 41.8 40.7 41.7 41.3 41.3 40.9 41.3 .4 Transportation equipment.................... 42.6 43.1 42.7 42.6 42.5 43.2 43.2 42.7 42.6 42.5 -.1 Motor vehicles and parts (2)............... 41.7 42.7 42.3 42.0 41.5 42.6 42.4 42.1 42.1 42.0 -.1 Furniture and related products.............. 39.1 39.8 39.1 39.4 39.0 39.3 39.7 39.4 39.2 39.3 .1 Miscellaneous manufacturing................. 39.0 39.6 39.0 38.5 38.8 39.0 39.1 39.5 38.8 38.5 -.3 Nondurable goods............................. 40.9 41.4 41.0 41.2 40.6 40.9 40.8 40.8 40.8 40.9 .1 Overtime hours............................. 4.4 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.1 .0 Food manufacturing.......................... 41.2 41.5 41.3 41.3 40.5 40.8 40.6 40.7 40.8 40.6 -.2 Beverages and tobacco products.............. 41.0 40.6 40.2 40.2 40.9 40.7 40.9 40.7 40.6 40.3 -.3 Textile mills............................... 40.3 40.8 40.0 40.8 40.4 40.2 39.8 40.5 40.4 40.8 .4 Textile product mills....................... 40.1 40.3 38.8 37.8 39.8 40.6 39.9 39.9 39.0 37.8 -1.2 Apparel..................................... 37.1 37.1 37.5 38.1 36.9 37.7 37.4 37.4 37.2 37.8 .6 Leather and allied products................. 38.3 37.6 37.7 38.7 37.8 37.4 37.5 37.7 37.5 38.1 .6 Paper and paper products.................... 43.1 43.8 43.7 43.4 42.6 42.9 43.1 43.1 43.4 43.1 -.3 Printing and related support activities..... 39.4 39.4 39.0 39.2 39.1 38.8 39.1 38.8 38.8 39.0 .2 Petroleum and coal products................. 45.4 44.1 43.1 44.0 44.8 44.2 43.7 43.4 42.9 43.5 .6 Chemicals................................... 42.0 42.1 41.3 41.8 41.9 42.1 42.0 41.9 41.5 41.8 .3 Plastics and rubber products................ 40.5 41.9 41.5 42.1 40.6 41.5 41.4 41.6 41.5 42.1 .6 Private service-providing................ 32.3 32.8 32.3 32.3 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 .0 Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 33.4 33.9 33.3 33.4 33.5 33.3 33.3 33.4 33.3 33.4 .1 Wholesale trade.............................. 38.0 38.7 38.0 38.3 38.0 38.1 38.2 38.2 38.0 38.3 .3 Retail trade................................. 30.3 30.7 30.1 30.3 30.5 30.1 30.1 30.3 30.2 30.3 .1 Transportation and warehousing............... 37.1 37.3 36.8 36.8 36.9 36.8 37.0 37.0 36.8 36.7 -.1 Utilities.................................... 41.9 43.0 42.4 42.5 41.9 42.6 42.5 42.6 42.1 42.5 .4 Information................................... 36.4 36.8 36.1 36.0 36.4 36.5 36.3 36.3 36.1 36.0 -.1 Financial activities.......................... 35.6 36.3 35.5 35.5 35.8 35.9 35.8 35.7 35.7 35.7 .0 Professional and business services............ 34.6 35.2 34.7 34.8 34.6 34.7 34.7 34.8 34.7 34.8 .1 Education and health services................. 32.4 32.9 32.5 32.6 32.5 32.6 32.6 32.6 32.6 32.6 .0 Leisure and hospitality....................... 25.3 25.6 25.3 25.1 25.6 25.4 25.4 25.4 25.4 25.4 .0 Other services................................ 30.8 31.1 30.8 30.9 30.9 30.8 30.8 30.9 30.9 31.0 .1 1 Data relate to production workers in natural resources and mining and manufacturing, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory workers in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. 2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings Industry Nov. Sept. Oct. Nov. Nov. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2006 2007 2007p 2007p 2006 2007 2007p 2007p Total private........................... $16.99 $17.62 $17.58 $17.63 $574.26 $602.60 $594.20 $595.89 Seasonally adjusted.................... 16.99 17.54 17.55 17.63 574.26 592.85 593.19 595.89 Goods-producing............................. 18.26 18.87 18.83 18.87 739.53 775.56 770.15 768.01 Natural resources and mining.................... 20.45 20.95 21.00 21.15 942.75 978.37 980.70 981.36 Construction.................................... 20.42 21.30 21.25 21.34 792.30 839.22 839.38 825.86 Manufacturing................................... 16.93 17.37 17.31 17.38 697.52 724.33 716.63 721.27 Durable goods.................................. 17.87 18.33 18.28 18.33 738.03 768.03 762.28 764.36 Wood products................................. 13.67 13.65 13.79 13.71 533.13 548.73 546.08 537.43 Nonmetallic mineral products.................. 16.51 16.99 16.98 17.17 698.37 739.07 735.23 738.31 Primary metals................................ 19.73 19.77 19.77 19.70 858.26 846.16 838.25 847.10 Fabricated metal products..................... 16.29 16.61 16.66 16.73 674.41 699.28 699.72 700.99 Machinery..................................... 17.56 17.80 17.75 17.80 744.54 761.84 765.03 768.96 Computer and electronic products.............. 19.22 20.17 20.25 20.20 778.41 826.97 826.20 832.24 Electrical equipment and appliances........... 15.53 16.02 15.77 15.66 638.28 664.83 651.30 654.59 Transportation equipment...................... 22.57 23.39 23.18 23.30 961.48 1008.11 989.79 992.58 Furniture and related products................ 14.12 14.37 14.37 14.32 552.09 571.93 561.87 564.21 Miscellaneous manufacturing................... 14.38 14.75 14.70 14.76 560.82 584.10 573.30 568.26 Nondurable goods............................... 15.34 15.75 15.67 15.77 627.41 652.05 642.47 649.72 Food manufacturing............................ 13.18 13.65 13.58 13.56 543.02 566.48 560.85 560.03 Beverages and tobacco products................ 18.20 18.39 18.69 19.45 746.20 746.63 751.34 781.89 Textile mills................................. 12.74 13.15 12.94 13.07 513.42 536.52 517.60 533.26 Textile product mills......................... 11.98 11.82 11.79 11.90 480.40 476.35 457.45 449.82 Apparel....................................... 10.53 11.09 11.06 11.11 390.66 411.44 414.75 423.29 Leather and allied products................... 11.58 12.22 12.07 12.28 443.51 459.47 455.04 475.24 Paper and paper products...................... 18.05 18.54 18.47 18.59 777.96 812.05 807.14 806.81 Printing and related support activities....... 15.93 16.37 16.47 16.35 627.64 644.98 642.33 640.92 Petroleum and coal products................... 24.44 25.88 24.82 25.25 1109.58 1141.31 1069.74 1111.00 Chemicals..................................... 19.61 19.50 19.36 19.59 823.62 820.95 799.57 818.86 Plastics and rubber products.................. 15.04 15.42 15.34 15.46 609.12 646.10 636.61 650.87 Private service-providing.................. 16.65 17.29 17.25 17.30 537.80 567.11 557.18 558.79 Trade, transportation, and utilities............ 15.44 16.03 15.96 15.87 515.70 543.42 531.47 530.06 Wholesale trade................................ 19.16 19.83 19.74 19.77 728.08 767.42 750.12 757.19 Retail trade................................... 12.52 12.94 12.86 12.74 379.36 397.26 387.09 386.02 Transportation and warehousing................. 17.48 17.99 17.93 18.04 648.51 671.03 659.82 663.87 Utilities...................................... 27.44 28.31 28.49 28.23 1149.74 1217.33 1207.98 1199.78 Information..................................... 23.53 24.17 24.12 23.98 856.49 889.46 870.73 863.28 Financial activities............................ 19.19 19.89 19.80 19.91 683.16 722.01 702.90 706.81 Professional and business services.............. 19.44 20.36 20.22 20.41 672.62 716.67 701.63 710.27 Education and health services................... 17.62 18.22 18.20 18.31 570.89 599.44 591.50 596.91 Leisure and hospitality......................... 10.00 10.52 10.61 10.65 253.00 269.31 268.43 267.32 Other services.................................. 14.93 15.34 15.31 15.37 459.84 477.07 471.55 474.93 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted Percent Industry Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. change from: 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007p 2007p Oct. 2007- Nov. 2007p Total private: Current dollars........................ $16.99 $17.45 $17.50 $17.54 $17.55 $17.63 0.5 Constant (1982) dollars (2)............ 8.36 8.31 8.35 8.35 8.32 N.A. (3) Goods-producing............................. 18.21 18.67 18.71 18.75 18.73 18.83 .5 Natural resources and mining.................... 20.43 20.95 21.11 21.00 21.05 21.12 .3 Construction.................................... 20.37 20.94 20.99 21.10 21.06 21.27 1.0 Manufacturing................................... 16.89 17.28 17.31 17.32 17.31 17.36 .3 Excluding overtime (4)....................... 16.09 16.44 16.49 16.50 16.49 16.54 .3 Durable goods.................................. 17.79 18.22 18.26 18.26 18.26 18.28 .1 Nondurable goods............................... 15.35 15.68 15.70 15.73 15.70 15.79 .6 Private service-providing.................. 16.67 17.13 17.18 17.23 17.25 17.31 .3 Trade, transportation, and utilities............ 15.54 15.84 15.88 15.92 15.93 15.97 .3 Wholesale trade................................ 19.14 19.56 19.63 19.69 19.74 19.76 .1 Retail trade................................... 12.64 12.82 12.84 12.86 12.85 12.87 .2 Transportation and warehousing................. 17.50 17.81 17.79 17.90 17.91 18.02 .6 Utilities...................................... 27.47 27.84 28.01 28.18 28.37 28.27 -.4 Information..................................... 23.47 23.96 23.98 23.96 23.96 23.98 .1 Financial activities............................ 19.20 19.69 19.77 19.81 19.82 19.92 .5 Professional and business services.............. 19.51 20.18 20.28 20.36 20.35 20.48 .6 Education and health services................... 17.63 18.05 18.10 18.17 18.21 18.29 .4 Leisure and hospitality......................... 9.94 10.45 10.50 10.53 10.59 10.60 .1 Other services.................................. 14.94 15.26 15.29 15.31 15.34 15.38 .3 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 -.4 percent from Sept. 2007 to Oct. 2007, the latest month available. 4 Derived by assuming that overtime hours are paid at the rate of time and one-half. N.A. = not available. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-5. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers (1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Percent Industry Nov. Sept. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. change from: 2006 2007 2007p 2007p 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007p 2007p Oct. 2007- Nov. 2007p Total private......................... 107.0 109.5 108.5 108.6 106.3 107.6 107.7 107.8 107.9 108.0 0.1 Goods-producing........................... 102.8 105.4 104.2 102.7 102.0 102.7 102.3 102.2 102.1 102.0 -.1 Natural resources and mining.................. 130.3 138.2 138.0 135.9 129.1 134.2 132.8 134.5 133.7 135.1 1.0 Construction.................................. 115.6 120.2 119.8 114.6 114.7 115.1 114.1 114.0 114.2 113.6 -.5 Manufacturing................................. 95.8 96.9 95.6 95.7 95.2 95.7 95.6 95.4 95.0 95.2 .2 Durable goods................................ 98.5 99.4 98.4 98.5 98.2 98.7 98.6 98.4 98.0 98.3 .3 Wood products............................... 93.6 92.7 89.9 86.7 94.1 93.2 91.3 90.1 88.9 87.6 -1.5 Nonmetallic mineral products................ 97.9 101.2 100.3 98.1 97.1 97.4 97.4 97.2 97.7 97.5 -.2 Primary metals.............................. 91.9 89.6 88.8 90.2 92.3 91.0 90.0 89.2 89.2 90.4 1.3 Fabricated metal products................... 103.9 106.3 106.6 105.7 103.5 105.2 105.1 105.4 105.8 105.3 -.5 Machinery................................... 105.2 107.1 108.4 109.5 105.2 107.1 106.6 107.2 108.5 109.4 .8 Computer and electronic products............ 105.4 104.3 103.2 104.4 104.5 103.0 103.5 103.5 102.8 103.7 .9 Electrical equipment and appliances......... 88.6 91.8 91.2 92.5 88.3 92.5 91.1 91.5 90.9 92.1 1.3 Transportation equipment.................... 98.5 99.3 96.5 97.2 98.0 98.3 98.8 98.1 96.6 96.8 .2 Motor vehicles and parts (2)............... 89.0 87.8 84.1 84.4 88.2 86.3 86.3 85.9 84.3 84.2 -.1 Furniture and related products.............. 87.7 86.7 84.5 85.4 88.1 86.8 86.9 86.0 85.3 85.8 .6 Miscellaneous manufacturing................. 93.2 93.5 92.3 92.4 92.0 92.4 92.3 93.3 91.9 91.7 -.2 Nondurable goods............................. 91.2 93.0 91.4 91.3 90.2 91.2 90.6 90.6 90.4 90.4 .0 Food manufacturing.......................... 103.8 106.9 105.3 104.2 100.6 103.0 101.9 101.9 102.1 101.4 -.7 Beverages and tobacco products.............. 99.6 104.9 100.6 96.3 99.1 104.9 103.1 101.2 100.0 97.9 -2.1 Textile mills............................... 62.3 56.1 54.9 55.6 62.3 55.8 54.8 55.5 55.4 55.5 .2 Textile product mills....................... 83.5 78.5 75.5 72.6 83.5 80.3 78.4 77.8 75.9 73.2 -3.6 Apparel..................................... 63.3 60.2 59.3 60.0 63.2 61.6 60.4 59.9 59.0 59.7 1.2 Leather and allied products................. 73.4 74.8 74.5 76.0 71.5 70.9 71.6 74.5 73.4 73.8 .5 Paper and paper products.................... 86.0 87.1 86.6 85.4 85.0 85.5 85.5 85.4 86.0 84.9 -1.3 Printing and related support activities..... 94.3 93.8 92.5 92.9 93.4 91.7 92.1 92.4 91.9 92.2 .3 Petroleum and coal products................. 95.8 103.0 101.1 102.4 95.1 97.1 97.9 98.9 99.0 100.9 1.9 Chemicals................................... 93.8 96.6 93.8 95.3 93.9 96.0 96.0 96.0 94.7 95.7 1.1 Plastics and rubber products................ 91.1 95.9 94.7 96.0 91.1 95.2 94.9 95.0 94.7 96.1 1.5 Private service-providing................ 107.9 110.9 109.6 110.0 107.5 109.1 109.2 109.4 109.6 109.7 .1 Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 105.5 105.9 104.6 106.9 103.7 104.1 104.2 104.6 104.4 104.8 .4 Wholesale trade.............................. 106.5 111.4 109.9 110.8 106.4 109.0 109.6 109.9 109.7 110.7 .9 Retail trade................................. 103.5 101.8 100.4 104.2 101.0 100.6 100.5 101.2 100.8 101.2 .4 Transportation and warehousing............... 110.7 111.6 110.6 111.0 109.1 108.7 109.5 109.8 109.4 109.4 .0 Utilities.................................... 94.6 97.7 96.5 96.5 94.8 96.8 96.6 96.9 96.0 96.7 .7 Information................................... 100.7 102.4 100.7 101.0 100.5 102.0 101.4 101.6 101.2 100.9 -.3 Financial activities.......................... 108.6 111.9 109.5 109.0 109.3 111.1 110.6 110.2 110.1 109.8 -.3 Professional and business services............ 114.0 117.9 117.0 117.0 113.2 114.8 115.0 115.6 115.6 116.1 .4 Education and health services................. 111.3 114.2 114.6 115.5 110.2 113.2 113.6 113.7 113.9 114.1 .2 Leisure and hospitality....................... 106.9 114.4 111.4 109.1 110.5 111.4 111.7 112.2 112.5 112.7 .2 Other services................................ 97.0 99.2 98.3 98.6 97.8 98.7 98.6 98.9 99.0 99.5 .5 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 Nov. Sept. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. change from: 2006 2007 2007p 2007p 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007p 2007p Oct. 2007- Nov. 2007p Total private......................... 121.4 128.9 127.4 127.9 120.7 125.5 125.9 126.3 126.6 127.2 0.5 Goods-producing........................... 115.0 121.7 120.2 118.7 113.7 117.5 117.3 117.4 117.1 117.6 .4 Natural resources and mining.................. 155.0 168.4 168.5 167.1 153.4 163.5 163.1 164.3 163.7 166.0 1.4 Construction.................................. 127.5 138.2 137.4 132.1 126.2 130.2 129.3 129.9 129.9 130.4 .4 Manufacturing................................. 106.1 110.1 108.3 108.8 105.2 108.2 108.2 108.1 107.5 108.1 .6 Durable goods................................ 109.9 113.7 112.3 112.7 109.1 112.2 112.3 112.1 111.7 112.2 .4 Nondurable goods............................. 98.9 103.6 101.2 101.8 97.8 101.0 100.6 100.7 100.3 100.9 .6 Private service-providing................ 123.1 131.4 129.7 130.5 122.9 128.1 128.7 129.2 129.6 130.2 .5 Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 116.2 121.1 119.1 121.0 115.0 117.6 118.0 118.8 118.6 119.4 .7 Wholesale trade.............................. 120.2 130.1 127.8 129.0 120.0 125.6 126.7 127.4 127.5 128.8 1.0 Retail trade................................. 111.1 112.9 110.7 113.8 109.4 110.5 110.6 111.6 111.1 111.6 .5 Transportation and warehousing............... 122.8 127.4 125.8 127.0 121.1 122.8 123.6 124.7 124.3 125.0 .6 Utilities.................................... 108.3 115.4 114.8 113.7 108.7 112.5 113.0 114.0 113.7 114.2 .4 Information................................... 117.3 122.5 120.3 119.9 116.8 121.0 120.3 120.5 120.0 119.7 -.3 Financial activities.......................... 128.9 137.6 134.0 134.2 129.7 135.2 135.2 135.0 135.0 135.3 .2 Professional and business services............ 131.9 142.9 140.8 142.1 131.4 137.8 138.7 140.0 140.0 141.5 1.1 Education and health services................. 128.9 136.8 137.1 139.0 127.7 134.3 135.1 135.8 136.3 137.1 .6 Leisure and hospitality....................... 121.3 136.7 134.2 131.9 124.7 132.3 133.2 134.1 135.3 135.7 .3 Other services................................ 105.6 110.9 109.6 110.4 106.5 109.7 109.9 110.4 110.7 111.5 .7 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production and nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change (Percent) Time span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries (1) Over 1-month span: 2003 .............. 43.5 37.2 33.6 38.8 40.8 38.5 39.2 41.7 48.0 50.2 52.2 52.9 2004 .............. 51.6 50.2 62.1 64.9 59.9 57.6 56.5 51.4 56.5 55.0 51.4 55.6 2005 .............. 52.5 61.3 52.7 60.8 54.9 58.5 59.0 60.4 53.6 53.1 62.2 60.4 2006 .............. 64.2 64.6 64.0 62.8 56.7 55.9 59.4 55.9 55.8 57.7 53.6 57.6 2007 .............. 54.9 54.7 55.0 52.9 57.9 53.6 53.2 52.0 56.7 p53.8 p49.8 Over 3-month span: 2003 .............. 39.6 33.8 34.9 33.8 35.3 42.3 39.2 34.4 42.6 48.6 48.7 50.2 2004 .............. 55.9 53.2 57.0 64.2 70.3 65.6 59.9 55.2 57.9 59.0 60.4 55.8 2005 .............. 51.3 55.9 56.8 61.3 57.2 59.4 62.8 63.7 59.9 53.4 57.2 62.2 2006 .............. 70.5 66.7 66.0 66.9 63.3 62.4 60.3 62.6 57.7 59.0 57.7 59.9 2007 .............. 64.6 60.6 61.2 59.4 60.1 56.5 56.1 54.7 56.5 p57.0 p55.4 Over 6-month span: 2003 .............. 34.7 33.1 31.1 33.3 33.5 36.5 32.7 32.4 40.8 44.8 47.7 47.5 2004 .............. 49.8 51.8 55.0 60.8 63.5 63.7 63.3 62.6 58.3 62.1 55.4 55.2 2005 .............. 54.1 57.2 57.6 56.3 56.5 58.1 65.8 63.8 61.9 59.2 62.8 60.8 2006 .............. 63.8 63.3 67.1 68.2 67.1 67.1 63.5 62.9 62.6 62.1 61.5 61.0 2007 .............. 62.2 60.3 65.3 62.8 61.7 61.3 59.7 56.8 58.6 p59.2 p56.1 Over 12-month span: 2003 .............. 34.5 31.5 32.9 33.5 34.2 35.1 32.7 33.1 37.1 36.7 37.2 39.2 2004 .............. 40.3 42.1 44.8 48.4 50.7 57.7 57.0 55.2 56.7 58.3 60.1 60.3 2005 .............. 60.1 61.0 59.5 58.8 58.3 60.3 60.6 62.8 60.3 58.8 59.7 61.3 2006 .............. 67.3 65.3 66.0 64.7 65.8 65.3 67.6 66.4 66.5 66.4 65.5 65.1 2007 .............. 64.6 64.4 63.8 64.0 62.6 62.2 61.5 62.6 63.5 p63.1 p60.8 Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries (1) Over 1-month span: 2003 .............. 34.5 17.3 17.3 10.7 22.0 17.3 17.3 31.5 26.8 38.1 42.3 42.3 2004 .............. 41.1 45.2 47.0 63.1 50.0 48.2 56.5 43.5 41.7 43.5 40.5 42.3 2005 .............. 36.9 48.2 43.5 48.2 38.7 37.5 42.3 45.8 44.0 44.6 48.2 51.8 2006 .............. 63.1 48.2 56.0 53.0 47.0 58.9 51.2 44.6 40.5 47.6 43.5 38.7 2007 .............. 52.4 38.7 30.4 33.3 42.3 42.9 45.8 32.7 41.1 p46.4 p45.2 Over 3-month span: 2003 .............. 15.5 11.3 13.7 9.5 8.9 11.9 15.5 15.5 17.9 29.2 30.4 33.3 2004 .............. 45.2 42.9 43.5 57.7 60.1 58.3 55.4 46.4 47.0 42.9 42.9 37.5 2005 .............. 35.1 39.9 40.5 42.3 35.1 33.9 40.5 41.7 42.3 40.5 39.9 43.5 2006 .............. 56.5 52.4 52.4 51.2 47.6 54.8 48.2 52.4 39.3 42.3 35.7 39.9 2007 .............. 48.2 38.1 42.9 31.0 33.3 38.1 34.5 32.7 31.5 p38.1 p42.9 Over 6-month span: 2003 .............. 11.9 11.3 7.1 8.3 9.5 10.7 7.1 9.5 12.5 16.1 25.0 24.4 2004 .............. 28.0 32.7 35.1 47.0 50.0 52.4 54.2 52.4 48.8 51.2 41.1 38.7 2005 .............. 31.5 35.1 36.3 34.5 32.1 33.3 44.0 39.3 32.1 36.9 34.5 39.3 2006 .............. 42.9 41.7 50.0 50.6 51.2 53.0 45.8 45.8 47.6 45.2 44.6 39.9 2007 .............. 39.9 37.5 37.5 36.9 36.3 38.1 33.9 29.2 29.8 p36.9 p33.9 Over 12-month span: 2003 .............. 10.7 6.0 6.5 6.0 8.3 7.1 7.1 8.3 10.7 10.7 9.5 10.7 2004 .............. 13.1 14.3 13.1 20.2 23.2 35.7 36.9 38.1 36.3 44.0 44.6 44.6 2005 .............. 44.6 44.6 41.7 40.5 37.5 36.3 32.1 33.9 32.7 33.3 33.3 37.5 2006 .............. 44.6 40.5 40.5 40.5 39.3 42.3 48.8 48.8 44.6 45.2 43.5 41.7 2007 .............. 41.7 42.3 39.3 39.9 36.3 33.3 32.1 33.3 33.3 p32.7 p33.3 1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. p = preliminary. NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.