Technical information: Household data: 202) 691-6378 USDL 05-345 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, March 4, 2005. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: FEBRUARY 2005 Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 262,000 in February and the unem- ployment rate edged up to 5.4 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Job growth occurred in both goods- producing and service-providing industries. Unemployment (Household Survey Data) In February, both the number of unemployed persons, 8.0 million, and the un- employment rate, 5.4 percent, returned to their December levels after dipping in January. The jobless rate had been either 5.4 or 5.5 percent during each of the last 6 months of 2004. In February, the unemployment rates for the major worker groups--adult men (4.9 percent), adult women (4.7 percent), teen- agers (17.5 percent), whites (4.6 percent), blacks (10.9 percent), and His- panics or Latinos (6.4 percent)--showed little change. The unemployment rate for Asians was 4.5 percent in February, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) The number of long-term unemployed--those unemployed for 27 weeks and over-- remained at 1.6 million in February. This group accounted for 1 in 5 unem- ployed persons. (See table A-9.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) In February, total employment was about unchanged at 140.1 million, sea- sonally adjusted. The employment-population ratio--the proportion of the population age 16 and over with jobs--was little changed over the month at 62.3 percent. The rate has fluctuated between 62.1 and 62.5 percent for the past 2 years. In February, the civilian labor force was essentially un- changed at 148.1 million, and the participation rate held at 65.8 percent. (See table A-1.) Over the year, the number of persons who held more than one job increased by 432,000 to 7.7 million, not seasonally adjusted. These multiple jobholders represented 5.5 percent of total employment in February, up from 5.3 percent a year earlier. (See table A-13.) Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) There were 1.7 million persons who were marginally attached to the labor force in February, little changed over the year. (Data are not seasonally ad- justed.) These individuals wanted and were available to work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unem- ployed, however, because they did not actively search for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. Among the marginally attached, there were 485,000 dis- - 2 - Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) ______________________________________________________________________________ | Quarterly | | | averages | Monthly data | |_________________|__________________________| Jan.- Category | 2004 | 2004 | 2005 | Feb. |_________________|________|_________________|change | III | IV | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | _________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ HOUSEHOLD DATA | Labor force status |____________________________________________________ Civilian labor force.....| 147,677| 148,136| 148,203| 147,979| 148,132| 153 Employment.............| 139,608| 140,092| 140,156| 140,241| 140,144| -97 Unemployment...........| 8,069| 8,044| 8,047| 7,737| 7,988| 251 Not in labor force.......| 76,003| 76,282| 76,437| 76,858| 76,909| 51 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Unemployment rates |____________________________________________________ All workers..............| 5.5| 5.4| 5.4| 5.2| 5.4| 0.2 Adult men..............| 5.0| 4.9| 4.9| 4.7| 4.9| .2 Adult women............| 4.8| 4.7| 4.7| 4.6| 4.7| .1 Teenagers..............| 17.1| 17.1| 17.6| 16.3| 17.5| 1.2 White..................| 4.7| 4.6| 4.6| 4.4| 4.6| .2 Black or African | | | | | | American.............| 10.6| 10.8| 10.8| 10.6| 10.9| .3 Hispanic or Latino | | | | | | ethnicity............| 6.9| 6.7| 6.6| 6.1| 6.4| .3 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ ESTABLISHMENT DATA | Employment |____________________________________________________ Nonfarm employment.......| 131,731| 132,302| 132,449|p132,581|p132,843| p262 Goods-producing(1).....| 21,932| 22,000| 22,022| p22,005| p22,060| p55 Construction.........| 6,983| 7,063| 7,086| p7,086| p7,116| p30 Manufacturing........| 14,353| 14,338| 14,334| p14,314| p14,334| p20 Service-providing(1)...| 109,799| 110,302| 110,427|p110,576|p110,783| p207 Retail trade(2)......| 15,043| 15,072| 15,077| p15,083| p15,112| p30 Professional and | | | | | | business services..| 16,479| 16,633| 16,674| p16,698| p16,779| p81 Education and health | | | | | | services...........| 16,997| 17,110| 17,142| p17,175| p17,193| p18 Leisure and | | | | | | hospitality........| 12,509| 12,569| 12,589| p12,612| p12,635| p23 Government...........| 21,636| 21,702| 21,700| p21,722| p21,755| p33 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Hours of work(3) |____________________________________________________ Total private............| 33.7| 33.7| 33.7| p33.7| p33.7| p0.0 Manufacturing..........| 40.8| 40.6| 40.5| p40.7| p40.5| p-.2 Overtime.............| 4.6| 4.5| 4.5| p4.5| p4.6| p.1 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(3) |____________________________________________________ Total private............| 100.6| 101.2| 101.2| p101.4| p101.6| p0.2 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Earnings(3) |____________________________________________________ Avg. hourly earnings, | | | | | | total private..........| $15.74| $15.83| $15.85| p$15.90| p$15.90| p$0.00 Avg. weekly earnings, | | | | | | total private..........| 530.85| 533.89| 534.15| p535.83| p535.83| p.00 _________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ 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 or nonsupervisory workers. p=preliminary. - 3 - couraged workers in February, also about the same as a year earlier. Dis- couraged workers were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them. The other 1.2 million marginally attached had not searched for work for reasons such as school or family re- sponsibilities. (See table A-13.) Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 262,000 in February to 132.8 million, seasonally adjusted, following smaller gains in the prior 3 months. Construction, manufacturing, and several service-providing industries added jobs. (See table B-1.) Construction employment rose by 30,000 in February. This followed no change in January, when unusually severe weather conditions in some areas of the country limited construction activity. Since its most recent low point in March 2003, the industry has added 458,000 jobs. Employment growth among residential specialty trade contractors (16,000) and residential builders (5,000) accounted for the bulk of February's gain. In February, manufacturing added 20,000 jobs, with motor vehicles and parts accounting for about half of the job gain. The increase in motor vehicles em- ployment (11,000) reflected the return of auto workers from larger-than-usual temporary layoffs in January. While total manufacturing employment edged up over the year, it has shown little net change since mid-2004. Employment in a number of service-providing industries grew over the month. Professional and business services employment expanded by 81,000 in February. Within this sector, sizable increases occurred in employment services (38,000), services to buildings and dwellings (14,000), and architectural and engineering services (7,000). Within employment services, temporary help services added 30,000 jobs in February and 207,000 jobs over the year. Retail trade employment increased by 30,000 in February, with small gains distributed throughout this industry. Over the year, retail trade has added 135,000 jobs. Wholesale trade employment was essentially flat in February; employment in the industry has been trending upward, however, and has grown by 94,000 since its most recent low in August 2003. Within the financial activities sector, employment growth continued in credit intermediation and related activities. The industry added 11,000 jobs in February, with commercial banks accounting for about 5,000 of the gain. Health care employment rose by 23,000 over the month. Since February 2004, this industry has gained 262,000 jobs. Over the month, employment increased in ambulatory health care services (12,000) and in hospitals (6,000). In the leisure and hospitality sector, food services and drinking places added 27,000 jobs in February. Over the year, leisure and hospitality employ- ment increased by 268,000, with strong gains in both food services and accom- modations. - 4 - Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged in February, at 33.7 hours, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek declined by 0.2 hour to 40.5 hours, the same level as in November and December. Manufacturing overtime edged up in February to 4.6 hours. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory work- ers on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 0.2 percent in February to 101.6 (2002=100). The manufacturing index was down by 0.4 percent over the month to 93.8. (See table B-5.) Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls were unchanged over the month at $15.90, seasonally adjusted. This followed a 5-cent increase in January. Average weekly earnings also were unchanged in February at $535.83. Over the year, average hourly earnings grew by 2.5 percent and average weekly earnings increased by 2.2 percent. (See table B-3.) ______________________________ The Employment Situation for March 2005 is scheduled to be released on Friday, April 1, at 8:30 A.M. (EST). - 5 - Explanatory 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. - 6 - 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. - 7 - 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. - 8 - 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 0.5 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 Feb. Jan. Feb. Feb. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. 2004 2005 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 222,357 224,837 225,041 222,357 224,192 224,422 224,640 224,837 225,041 Civilian labor force............................ 146,154 147,125 147,649 146,529 147,893 148,313 148,203 147,979 148,132 Participation rate........................ 65.7 65.4 65.6 65.9 66.0 66.1 66.0 65.8 65.8 Employed...................................... 137,384 138,682 139,100 138,334 139,827 140,293 140,156 140,241 140,144 Employment-population ratio............... 61.8 61.7 61.8 62.2 62.4 62.5 62.4 62.4 62.3 Unemployed.................................... 8,770 8,444 8,549 8,195 8,066 8,020 8,047 7,737 7,988 Unemployment rate......................... 6.0 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.4 Not in labor force.............................. 76,203 77,712 77,392 75,828 76,299 76,109 76,437 76,858 76,909 Persons who currently want a job.............. 4,622 5,136 4,844 4,746 5,338 5,087 5,021 4,982 4,995 Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 107,177 108,489 108,598 107,177 108,153 108,276 108,392 108,489 108,598 Civilian labor force............................ 78,014 78,574 78,950 78,390 79,290 79,602 79,412 79,146 79,373 Participation rate........................ 72.8 72.4 72.7 73.1 73.3 73.5 73.3 73.0 73.1 Employed...................................... 73,003 73,728 73,990 73,937 74,852 75,188 74,938 74,934 74,964 Employment-population ratio............... 68.1 68.0 68.1 69.0 69.2 69.4 69.1 69.1 69.0 Unemployed.................................... 5,012 4,846 4,959 4,454 4,438 4,414 4,474 4,212 4,410 Unemployment rate......................... 6.4 6.2 6.3 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.3 5.6 Not in labor force.............................. 29,163 29,914 29,648 28,787 28,863 28,674 28,981 29,342 29,224 Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 98,966 100,219 100,321 98,966 99,904 100,017 100,126 100,219 100,321 Civilian labor force............................ 74,719 75,322 75,640 74,854 75,632 75,866 75,754 75,594 75,816 Participation rate........................ 75.5 75.2 75.4 75.6 75.7 75.9 75.7 75.4 75.6 Employed...................................... 70,318 71,104 71,413 71,014 71,895 72,134 72,020 72,029 72,131 Employment-population ratio............... 71.1 70.9 71.2 71.8 72.0 72.1 71.9 71.9 71.9 Unemployed.................................... 4,402 4,218 4,228 3,840 3,736 3,733 3,733 3,565 3,685 Unemployment rate......................... 5.9 5.6 5.6 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.9 Not in labor force.............................. 24,246 24,897 24,680 24,112 24,272 24,151 24,372 24,625 24,505 Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 115,180 116,348 116,443 115,180 116,039 116,146 116,247 116,348 116,443 Civilian labor force............................ 68,140 68,551 68,699 68,138 68,603 68,711 68,791 68,832 68,759 Participation rate........................ 59.2 58.9 59.0 59.2 59.1 59.2 59.2 59.2 59.0 Employed...................................... 64,381 64,953 65,109 64,397 64,975 65,104 65,218 65,307 65,180 Employment-population ratio............... 55.9 55.8 55.9 55.9 56.0 56.1 56.1 56.1 56.0 Unemployed.................................... 3,758 3,598 3,590 3,741 3,628 3,606 3,573 3,525 3,579 Unemployment rate......................... 5.5 5.2 5.2 5.5 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.2 Not in labor force.............................. 47,040 47,798 47,744 47,041 47,436 47,436 47,456 47,516 47,684 Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 107,216 108,316 108,403 107,216 108,032 108,129 108,221 108,316 108,403 Civilian labor force............................ 64,832 65,253 65,411 64,636 65,126 65,244 65,260 65,318 65,270 Participation rate........................ 60.5 60.2 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.3 60.2 Employed...................................... 61,592 62,117 62,292 61,456 62,024 62,145 62,208 62,295 62,202 Employment-population ratio............... 57.4 57.3 57.5 57.3 57.4 57.5 57.5 57.5 57.4 Unemployed.................................... 3,240 3,136 3,119 3,179 3,102 3,099 3,051 3,023 3,068 Unemployment rate......................... 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.7 Not in labor force.............................. 42,384 43,063 42,992 42,580 42,906 42,885 42,961 42,998 43,133 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 16,175 16,302 16,317 16,175 16,257 16,275 16,293 16,302 16,317 Civilian labor force............................ 6,603 6,550 6,598 7,039 7,135 7,202 7,189 7,066 7,046 Participation rate........................ 40.8 40.2 40.4 43.5 43.9 44.2 44.1 43.3 43.2 Employed...................................... 5,475 5,460 5,395 5,864 5,908 6,014 5,927 5,917 5,811 Employment-population ratio............... 33.8 33.5 33.1 36.3 36.3 36.9 36.4 36.3 35.6 Unemployed.................................... 1,128 1,090 1,203 1,175 1,227 1,188 1,262 1,150 1,235 Unemployment rate......................... 17.1 16.6 18.2 16.7 17.2 16.5 17.6 16.3 17.5 Not in labor force.............................. 9,572 9,752 9,719 9,136 9,122 9,074 9,104 9,235 9,271 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 2005, 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 Feb. Jan. Feb. Feb. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. 2004 2005 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 WHITE Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 182,001 183,640 183,767 182,001 183,188 183,340 183,483 183,640 183,767 Civilian labor force............................ 120,336 120,778 121,293 120,590 121,273 121,606 121,509 121,553 121,621 Participation rate.......................... 66.1 65.8 66.0 66.3 66.2 66.3 66.2 66.2 66.2 Employed...................................... 113,834 114,756 115,188 114,615 115,618 115,966 115,910 116,158 116,022 Employment-population ratio................. 62.5 62.5 62.7 63.0 63.1 63.3 63.2 63.3 63.1 Unemployed.................................... 6,502 6,023 6,105 5,975 5,655 5,640 5,600 5,395 5,598 Unemployment rate........................... 5.4 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.6 Not in labor force.............................. 61,665 62,862 62,474 61,411 61,915 61,735 61,973 62,088 62,146 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 62,494 62,929 63,192 62,633 63,092 63,225 63,199 63,259 63,390 Participation rate.......................... 76.0 75.7 75.9 76.1 76.1 76.2 76.1 76.1 76.2 Employed...................................... 59,123 59,849 60,116 59,769 60,415 60,565 60,570 60,712 60,776 Employment-population ratio................. 71.9 72.0 72.3 72.7 72.9 73.0 72.9 73.0 73.0 Unemployed.................................... 3,371 3,080 3,076 2,865 2,678 2,660 2,629 2,547 2,614 Unemployment rate........................... 5.4 4.9 4.9 4.6 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.1 Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 52,281 52,399 52,543 52,009 52,270 52,443 52,385 52,414 52,311 Participation rate.......................... 60.0 59.6 59.8 59.7 59.6 59.8 59.7 59.7 59.5 Employed...................................... 50,051 50,272 50,448 49,810 50,186 50,318 50,344 50,392 50,246 Employment-population ratio................. 57.4 57.2 57.4 57.2 57.2 57.4 57.3 57.4 57.2 Unemployed.................................... 2,230 2,128 2,094 2,199 2,084 2,125 2,040 2,022 2,066 Unemployment rate........................... 4.3 4.1 4.0 4.2 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.9 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ 5,561 5,450 5,559 5,948 5,911 5,938 5,926 5,879 5,919 Participation rate.......................... 44.2 43.1 44.0 47.3 46.9 47.0 46.9 46.5 46.8 Employed...................................... 4,661 4,636 4,624 5,036 5,017 5,083 4,995 5,054 5,001 Employment-population ratio................. 37.1 36.7 36.6 40.0 39.8 40.3 39.5 40.0 39.5 Unemployed.................................... 900 815 934 912 894 855 931 825 918 Unemployment rate........................... 16.2 14.9 16.8 15.3 15.1 14.4 15.7 14.0 15.5 BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 25,900 26,306 26,342 25,900 26,204 26,239 26,273 26,306 26,342 Civilian labor force............................ 16,274 16,538 16,538 16,427 16,820 16,728 16,713 16,721 16,708 Participation rate.......................... 62.8 62.9 62.8 63.4 64.2 63.8 63.6 63.6 63.4 Employed...................................... 14,650 14,720 14,688 14,829 15,012 14,913 14,907 14,946 14,890 Employment-population ratio................. 56.6 56.0 55.8 57.3 57.3 56.8 56.7 56.8 56.5 Unemployed.................................... 1,624 1,818 1,850 1,598 1,808 1,814 1,806 1,775 1,818 Unemployment rate........................... 10.0 11.0 11.2 9.7 10.7 10.8 10.8 10.6 10.9 Not in labor force.............................. 9,626 9,768 9,804 9,473 9,384 9,512 9,559 9,585 9,634 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 7,284 7,383 7,394 7,331 7,490 7,485 7,473 7,380 7,438 Participation rate.......................... 70.1 69.9 69.9 70.6 71.2 71.0 70.8 69.8 70.3 Employed...................................... 6,552 6,526 6,523 6,647 6,722 6,697 6,677 6,612 6,630 Employment-population ratio................. 63.1 61.7 61.6 64.0 63.9 63.5 63.3 62.6 62.6 Unemployed.................................... 732 858 872 684 768 788 796 768 809 Unemployment rate........................... 10.1 11.6 11.8 9.3 10.2 10.5 10.7 10.4 10.9 Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 8,369 8,439 8,476 8,419 8,513 8,438 8,477 8,532 8,527 Participation rate.......................... 63.8 63.5 63.7 64.2 64.3 63.6 63.9 64.2 64.1 Employed...................................... 7,628 7,683 7,700 7,675 7,756 7,675 7,702 7,770 7,751 Employment-population ratio................. 58.2 57.8 57.9 58.6 58.6 57.9 58.0 58.5 58.3 Unemployed.................................... 740 756 776 743 757 763 775 763 776 Unemployment rate........................... 8.8 9.0 9.2 8.8 8.9 9.0 9.1 8.9 9.1 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ 621 716 668 678 818 804 763 808 742 Participation rate.......................... 25.8 29.2 27.2 28.2 33.6 33.0 31.2 33.0 30.2 Employed...................................... 470 512 465 507 534 542 528 564 509 Employment-population ratio................. 19.5 20.9 19.0 21.1 21.9 22.2 21.6 23.0 20.7 Unemployed.................................... 151 204 202 171 283 263 235 244 233 Unemployment rate........................... 24.3 28.6 30.3 25.2 34.7 32.7 30.8 30.2 31.5 ASIAN Civilian noninstutional population................ 9,334 9,661 9,659 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Civilian labor force............................ 6,190 6,386 6,378 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 66.3 66.1 66.0 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 5,900 6,115 6,092 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 63.2 63.3 63.1 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 290 271 286 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 4.7 4.2 4.5 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Not in labor force.............................. 3,144 3,274 3,281 (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 2005, 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 Feb. Jan. Feb. Feb. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. 2004 2005 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 27,705 28,642 28,729 27,705 28,431 28,520 28,608 28,642 28,729 Civilian labor force............................ 18,682 19,170 19,385 18,702 19,524 19,552 19,544 19,379 19,458 Participation rate.......................... 67.4 66.9 67.5 67.5 68.7 68.6 68.3 67.7 67.7 Employed...................................... 17,170 17,839 18,031 17,315 18,213 18,238 18,252 18,198 18,211 Employment-population ratio................. 62.0 62.3 62.8 62.5 64.1 63.9 63.8 63.5 63.4 Unemployed.................................... 1,512 1,331 1,354 1,387 1,311 1,313 1,292 1,181 1,248 Unemployment rate........................... 8.1 6.9 7.0 7.4 6.7 6.7 6.6 6.1 6.4 Not in labor force.............................. 9,023 9,472 9,344 9,003 8,907 8,968 9,064 9,263 9,270 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 10,709 11,089 11,143 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 83.2 83.1 83.2 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 9,916 10,404 10,508 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 77.0 78.0 78.5 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 792 685 635 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 7.4 6.2 5.7 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 7,036 7,188 7,266 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 57.5 56.8 57.3 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 6,547 6,717 6,754 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 53.5 53.1 53.2 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 490 471 512 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 7.0 6.5 7.1 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ 937 893 976 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 36.3 33.7 36.8 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 707 718 769 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 27.4 27.1 29.0 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 230 175 207 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 24.5 19.6 21.2 (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 2005, 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 Feb. Jan. Feb. Feb. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. 2004 2005 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 Less than a high school diploma Civilian labor force...................... 12,191 12,562 12,269 12,474 12,502 12,722 12,814 12,575 12,581 Participation rate.................... 44.1 44.7 44.3 45.2 45.0 45.3 45.0 44.7 45.4 Employed................................ 10,965 11,417 11,142 11,406 11,471 11,703 11,746 11,637 11,595 Employment-population ratio........... 39.7 40.6 40.2 41.3 41.3 41.6 41.3 41.4 41.9 Unemployed.............................. 1,227 1,144 1,126 1,068 1,031 1,019 1,068 938 986 Unemployment rate..................... 10.1 9.1 9.2 8.6 8.2 8.0 8.3 7.5 7.8 High school graduates, no college (1) Civilian labor force...................... 37,985 38,002 38,230 37,930 37,712 37,630 37,695 37,729 38,077 Participation rate.................... 63.4 62.6 63.0 63.4 63.5 63.1 63.1 62.2 62.7 Employed................................ 35,802 35,907 36,101 36,025 35,874 35,788 35,846 35,943 36,223 Employment-population ratio........... 59.8 59.2 59.5 60.2 60.4 60.0 60.0 59.2 59.7 Unemployed.............................. 2,182 2,096 2,129 1,906 1,838 1,842 1,849 1,786 1,854 Unemployment rate..................... 5.7 5.5 5.6 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.9 Some college or associate degree Civilian labor force...................... 34,357 34,254 35,071 34,183 34,548 34,549 34,483 34,524 34,842 Participation rate.................... 72.8 72.4 72.8 72.4 71.8 72.4 72.3 73.0 72.4 Employed................................ 32,792 32,740 33,529 32,704 33,112 33,051 32,995 33,117 33,387 Employment-population ratio........... 69.5 69.2 69.6 69.3 68.8 69.3 69.2 70.0 69.4 Unemployed.............................. 1,565 1,514 1,543 1,479 1,435 1,498 1,487 1,407 1,455 Unemployment rate..................... 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.2 Bachelor's degree and higher (2) Civilian labor force...................... 40,148 40,789 40,621 39,888 40,772 41,131 41,026 40,907 40,534 Participation rate.................... 78.2 78.2 78.2 77.7 77.8 78.5 78.7 78.4 78.0 Employed................................ 38,984 39,760 39,657 38,722 39,744 40,090 40,009 39,925 39,563 Employment-population ratio........... 75.9 76.2 76.4 75.4 75.8 76.5 76.7 76.5 76.2 Unemployed.............................. 1,165 1,029 964 1,166 1,027 1,041 1,018 982 972 Unemployment rate..................... 2.9 2.5 2.4 2.9 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.4 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 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. 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 Feb. Jan. Feb. Feb. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. 2004 2005 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries....... 1,956 1,920 1,889 2,201 2,155 2,212 2,179 2,120 2,145 Wage and salary workers................ 1,067 1,042 1,023 1,256 1,194 1,204 1,185 1,181 1,208 Self-employed workers.................. 872 865 845 920 921 952 963 904 903 Unpaid family workers.................. 17 13 22 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Nonagricultural industries............... 135,428 136,761 137,211 136,191 137,764 138,068 137,973 138,112 138,005 Wage and salary workers................ 126,122 127,208 127,615 126,612 128,035 128,431 128,459 128,501 128,184 Government........................... 19,791 20,363 20,321 19,477 20,213 20,309 20,270 20,296 20,106 Private industries................... 106,331 106,846 107,294 106,967 107,823 108,120 108,257 108,219 107,978 Private households................. 791 800 777 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Other industries................... 105,540 106,045 106,517 106,139 107,090 107,360 107,492 107,414 107,162 Self-employed workers.................. 9,196 9,449 9,468 9,482 9,702 9,505 9,473 9,514 9,709 Unpaid family workers.................. 111 104 127 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2) All industries: Part time for economic reasons......... 4,764 4,903 4,487 4,445 4,762 4,533 4,474 4,395 4,269 Slack work or business conditions.... 3,098 3,214 2,820 2,841 3,052 2,761 2,735 2,768 2,629 Could only find part-time work....... 1,429 1,314 1,315 1,363 1,385 1,420 1,440 1,329 1,296 Part time for noneconomic reasons...... 19,653 19,207 20,145 19,020 19,704 19,499 19,502 19,089 19,555 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons......... 4,655 4,793 4,380 4,335 4,656 4,404 4,382 4,303 4,153 Slack work or business conditions.... 3,032 3,145 2,761 2,768 2,971 2,685 2,682 2,702 2,572 Could only find part-time work....... 1,421 1,304 1,306 1,350 1,363 1,396 1,397 1,309 1,268 Part time for noneconomic reasons...... 19,327 18,866 19,865 18,775 19,288 19,141 19,176 18,765 19,254 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 2005, 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 Feb. Jan. Feb. Feb. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. 2004 2005 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 Total, 16 years and over.......................... 137,384 138,682 139,100 138,334 139,827 140,293 140,156 140,241 140,144 16 to 19 years.................................. 5,475 5,460 5,395 5,864 5,908 6,014 5,927 5,917 5,811 16 to 17 years................................ 2,079 2,089 2,098 2,282 2,189 2,240 2,261 2,267 2,286 18 to 19 years................................ 3,395 3,371 3,297 3,600 3,711 3,739 3,691 3,634 3,533 20 years and over............................... 131,909 133,221 133,704 132,470 133,920 134,279 134,229 134,325 134,333 20 to 24 years................................ 13,366 13,398 13,275 13,594 13,842 13,818 13,851 13,702 13,531 25 years and over............................. 118,543 119,824 120,429 118,870 120,066 120,455 120,421 120,669 120,758 25 to 54 years.............................. 96,644 97,330 97,598 97,016 97,700 97,885 97,701 98,049 97,986 25 to 34 years............................ 29,972 30,345 30,359 30,189 30,432 30,495 30,504 30,683 30,581 35 to 44 years............................ 34,403 34,353 34,404 34,505 34,599 34,739 34,632 34,589 34,524 45 to 54 years............................ 32,269 32,632 32,835 32,321 32,669 32,651 32,566 32,776 32,881 55 years and over........................... 21,899 22,493 22,832 21,854 22,366 22,571 22,719 22,620 22,772 Men, 16 years and over............................ 73,003 73,728 73,990 73,937 74,852 75,188 74,938 74,934 74,964 16 to 19 years.................................. 2,685 2,624 2,578 2,923 2,957 3,055 2,917 2,905 2,833 16 to 17 years................................ 957 942 950 1,068 1,072 1,117 1,049 1,068 1,057 18 to 19 years................................ 1,728 1,682 1,628 1,865 1,879 1,914 1,862 1,825 1,779 20 years and over............................... 70,318 71,104 71,413 71,014 71,895 72,134 72,020 72,029 72,131 20 to 24 years................................ 7,007 6,966 6,957 7,159 7,307 7,295 7,354 7,181 7,131 25 years and over............................. 63,311 64,139 64,455 63,881 64,592 64,823 64,704 64,900 65,012 25 to 54 years.............................. 51,681 52,184 52,346 52,176 52,582 52,695 52,563 52,840 52,837 25 to 34 years............................ 16,382 16,646 16,681 16,612 16,900 16,851 16,818 16,902 16,905 35 to 44 years............................ 18,529 18,556 18,565 18,681 18,649 18,799 18,719 18,769 18,723 45 to 54 years............................ 16,770 16,982 17,100 16,883 17,033 17,045 17,026 17,169 17,208 55 years and over........................... 11,630 11,954 12,109 11,705 12,010 12,128 12,141 12,061 12,175 Women, 16 years and over.......................... 64,381 64,953 65,109 64,397 64,975 65,104 65,218 65,307 65,180 16 to 19 years.................................. 2,790 2,836 2,818 2,941 2,951 2,959 3,010 3,012 2,978 16 to 17 years................................ 1,122 1,146 1,149 1,214 1,118 1,123 1,212 1,199 1,229 18 to 19 years................................ 1,667 1,689 1,669 1,734 1,831 1,826 1,830 1,809 1,754 20 years and over............................... 61,592 62,117 62,292 61,456 62,024 62,145 62,208 62,295 62,202 20 to 24 years................................ 6,360 6,432 6,318 6,435 6,535 6,523 6,497 6,521 6,400 25 years and over............................. 55,232 55,685 55,974 54,989 55,474 55,633 55,716 55,769 55,746 25 to 54 years.............................. 44,963 45,146 45,252 44,840 45,118 45,190 45,138 45,209 45,149 25 to 34 years............................ 13,591 13,699 13,678 13,577 13,532 13,644 13,686 13,782 13,676 35 to 44 years............................ 15,873 15,797 15,838 15,825 15,950 15,940 15,912 15,820 15,800 45 to 54 years............................ 15,499 15,650 15,735 15,438 15,636 15,606 15,540 15,608 15,673 55 years and over........................... 10,269 10,539 10,722 10,149 10,356 10,443 10,578 10,560 10,597 Married men, spouse present....................... 44,843 44,853 45,160 45,044 45,127 45,462 45,315 45,171 45,351 Married women, spouse present..................... 34,681 34,880 34,754 34,481 34,808 34,961 34,878 34,739 34,601 Women who maintain families....................... 8,666 8,854 8,969 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Full-time workers (2)............................. 112,692 114,181 114,022 113,986 114,954 115,415 115,585 115,858 115,370 Part-time workers (3)............................. 24,692 24,501 25,078 24,161 24,931 24,940 24,728 24,220 24,626 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 2005, 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 Feb. Jan. Feb. Feb. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. 2004 2005 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 Total, 16 years and over.......................... 8,195 7,737 7,988 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.4 16 to 19 years.................................. 1,175 1,150 1,235 16.7 17.2 16.5 17.6 16.3 17.5 16 to 17 years................................ 504 543 595 18.1 20.6 21.2 20.6 19.3 20.6 18 to 19 years................................ 665 612 649 15.6 15.2 13.5 15.4 14.4 15.5 20 years and over............................... 7,020 6,588 6,753 5.0 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.8 20 to 24 years................................ 1,430 1,440 1,511 9.5 9.8 9.2 8.9 9.5 10.0 25 years and over............................. 5,602 5,141 5,278 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.2 25 to 54 years.............................. 4,723 4,326 4,423 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.2 4.3 25 to 34 years............................ 1,793 1,629 1,673 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.0 5.2 35 to 44 years............................ 1,633 1,479 1,531 4.5 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.2 45 to 54 years............................ 1,297 1,217 1,218 3.9 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6 55 years and over........................... 861 832 854 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.6 Men, 16 years and over............................ 4,454 4,212 4,410 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.3 5.6 16 to 19 years.................................. 613 647 725 17.3 19.2 18.2 20.3 18.2 20.4 16 to 17 years................................ 269 302 352 20.1 22.1 23.0 24.3 22.0 25.0 18 to 19 years................................ 347 349 382 15.7 17.7 14.8 17.8 16.1 17.7 20 years and over............................... 3,840 3,565 3,685 5.1 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.7 4.9 20 to 24 years................................ 803 819 907 10.1 10.2 9.8 9.0 10.2 11.3 25 years and over............................. 3,040 2,734 2,810 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.0 4.1 25 to 54 years.............................. 2,585 2,247 2,336 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.1 4.2 25 to 34 years............................ 1,049 829 896 5.9 5.2 5.4 5.7 4.7 5.0 35 to 44 years............................ 878 752 797 4.5 4.0 4.1 4.1 3.9 4.1 45 to 54 years............................ 658 666 643 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.6 55 years and over........................... 455 487 474 3.7 4.1 3.7 3.5 3.9 3.7 Women, 16 years and over.......................... 3,741 3,525 3,579 5.5 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.2 16 to 19 years.................................. 562 502 510 16.0 15.1 14.6 14.8 14.3 14.6 16 to 17 years................................ 235 241 243 16.2 19.0 19.3 17.2 16.8 16.5 18 to 19 years................................ 318 263 267 15.5 12.5 12.1 12.9 12.7 13.2 20 years and over............................... 3,179 3,023 3,068 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.7 20 to 24 years................................ 627 621 605 8.9 9.4 8.5 8.9 8.7 8.6 25 years and over............................. 2,562 2,407 2,468 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.2 25 to 54 years.............................. 2,138 2,078 2,086 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 25 to 34 years............................ 744 800 777 5.2 5.8 5.9 5.5 5.5 5.4 35 to 44 years............................ 755 727 734 4.6 4.1 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.4 45 to 54 years............................ 639 552 575 4.0 3.3 3.6 3.8 3.4 3.5 55 years and over (2)....................... 415 360 386 3.9 3.3 3.6 3.2 3.3 3.5 Married men, spouse present....................... 1,562 1,430 1,402 3.4 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 Married women, spouse present..................... 1,287 1,157 1,140 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.2 Women who maintain families (2)................... 766 788 783 8.1 7.8 7.7 7.1 8.2 8.0 Full-time workers (3)............................. 6,841 6,400 6,569 5.7 5.4 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.4 Part-time workers (4)............................. 1,317 1,343 1,419 5.2 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.4 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 2005, 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 Feb. Jan. Feb. Feb. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. 2004 2005 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs............................................. 4,888 4,771 4,461 4,284 4,074 4,066 4,108 4,048 3,980 On temporary layoff............................. 1,450 1,473 1,330 1,060 947 941 965 966 965 Not on temporary layoff......................... 3,438 3,299 3,130 3,224 3,127 3,124 3,144 3,082 3,015 Permanent job losers.......................... 2,629 2,360 2,201 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Persons who completed temporary jobs.......... 809 938 929 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Job leavers....................................... 841 820 976 835 829 880 898 819 965 Reentrants........................................ 2,491 2,310 2,488 2,421 2,411 2,388 2,361 2,324 2,405 New entrants...................................... 550 542 624 671 747 723 709 624 745 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............................................ 55.7 56.5 52.2 52.2 50.5 50.5 50.9 51.8 49.2 On temporary layoff............................ 16.5 17.4 15.6 12.9 11.8 11.7 11.9 12.4 11.9 Not on temporary layoff........................ 39.2 39.1 36.6 39.3 38.8 38.8 38.9 39.4 37.2 Job leavers...................................... 9.6 9.7 11.4 10.2 10.3 10.9 11.1 10.5 11.9 Reentrants....................................... 28.4 27.4 29.1 29.5 29.9 29.6 29.2 29.7 29.7 New entrants..................................... 6.3 6.4 7.3 8.2 9.3 9.0 8.8 8.0 9.2 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs............................................ 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.7 Job leavers...................................... .6 .6 .7 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 .7 Reentrants....................................... 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 New entrants..................................... .4 .4 .4 .5 .5 .5 .5 .4 .5 1 Data not available. NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, 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 Feb. Jan. Feb. Feb. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. 2004 2005 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Less than 5 weeks................................. 2,318 2,948 2,629 2,449 2,753 2,611 2,865 2,599 2,755 5 to 14 weeks..................................... 2,912 2,527 2,789 2,418 2,290 2,361 2,264 2,343 2,317 15 weeks and over................................. 3,540 2,969 3,132 3,252 3,032 3,012 2,961 2,824 2,888 15 to 26 weeks................................. 1,605 1,269 1,445 1,382 1,261 1,294 1,325 1,201 1,255 27 weeks and over.............................. 1,935 1,700 1,687 1,870 1,771 1,718 1,636 1,623 1,633 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................. 20.3 18.5 19.2 20.2 19.7 19.8 19.3 19.3 19.1 Median duration, in weeks......................... 10.9 9.2 9.8 10.2 9.5 9.8 9.5 9.4 9.3 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............................... 26.4 34.9 30.7 30.2 34.1 32.7 35.4 33.5 34.6 5 to 14 weeks................................... 33.2 29.9 32.6 29.8 28.4 29.6 28.0 30.2 29.1 15 weeks and over............................... 40.4 35.2 36.6 40.1 37.5 37.7 36.6 36.4 36.3 15 to 26 weeks................................ 18.3 15.0 16.9 17.0 15.6 16.2 16.4 15.5 15.8 27 weeks and over............................. 22.1 20.1 19.7 23.0 21.9 21.5 20.2 20.9 20.5 NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, 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 Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 Total, 16 years and over (1)................................ 137,384 139,100 8,770 8,549 6.0 5.8 Management, professional, and related occupations................ 48,580 48,495 1,367 1,231 2.7 2.5 Management, business, and financial operations occupations..... 20,112 19,876 523 527 2.5 2.6 Professional and related occupations........................... 28,467 28,618 844 704 2.9 2.4 Service occupations.............................................. 21,586 22,179 1,742 1,678 7.5 7.0 Sales and office occupations..................................... 35,358 35,687 2,051 1,992 5.5 5.3 Sales and related occupations.................................. 15,998 16,316 1,051 945 6.2 5.5 Office and administrative support occupations.................. 19,360 19,371 1,001 1,048 4.9 5.1 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations..... 13,960 14,542 1,433 1,544 9.3 9.6 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..................... 875 838 173 102 16.5 10.8 Construction and extraction occupations........................ 7,941 8,570 1,015 1,195 11.3 12.2 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.............. 5,144 5,134 245 248 4.6 4.6 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations...... 17,901 18,198 1,591 1,444 8.2 7.4 Production occupations......................................... 9,599 9,446 808 770 7.8 7.5 Transportation and material moving occupations................. 8,301 8,752 783 674 8.6 7.2 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 2005, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey. HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-11. Unemployed persons by industry, not seasonally adjusted Number of unemployed Unemployment persons rates Industry (in thousands) Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. 2004 2005 2004 2005 Total, 16 years and over (1)............... 8,770 8,549 6.0 5.8 Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers... 7,301 6,984 6.4 6.1 Mining.......................................... 24 25 5.0 4.0 Construction.................................... 1,039 1,150 11.6 12.3 Manufacturing................................... 1,094 889 6.3 5.3 Durable goods................................. 706 532 6.5 5.1 Nondurable goods.............................. 388 357 6.0 5.8 Wholesale and retail trade...................... 1,369 1,301 6.5 6.2 Transportation and utilities.................... 291 245 5.5 4.4 Information..................................... 194 204 5.8 6.5 Financial activities............................ 363 301 3.8 3.2 Professional and business services.............. 964 916 7.7 7.2 Education and health services................... 608 619 3.4 3.4 Leisure and hospitality......................... 987 1,008 8.9 8.8 Other services.................................. 366 325 5.9 5.3 Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers.......................................... 168 107 14.2 9.9 Government workers................................ 490 472 2.4 2.3 Self employed and unpaid family workers........... 260 363 2.5 3.4 1 Persons with no previous work experience are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Beginning in January 2005, 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 Feb. Jan. Feb. Feb. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. 2004 2005 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force................................. 2.4 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.9 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force.................... 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.7 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)....................... 6.0 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.2 5.4 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers..... 6.3 6.1 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.7 U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers.................................................. 7.1 6.9 6.8 6.7 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.4 U-6 Total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers......................................... 10.3 10.2 9.9 9.7 9.7 9.4 9.3 9.3 9.3 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 2005, 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 Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force...................................... 76,203 77,392 29,163 29,648 47,040 47,744 Persons who currently want a job................................ 4,622 4,844 2,113 2,128 2,509 2,716 Searched for work and available to work now (1)................ 1,691 1,673 881 838 810 835 Reason not currently looking: Discouragement over job prospects (2)................... 484 485 293 268 192 218 Reasons other than discouragement (3)................ 1,206 1,187 588 571 618 617 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders (4)..................................... 7,235 7,667 3,606 3,867 3,629 3,800 Percent of total employed..................................... 5.3 5.5 4.9 5.2 5.6 5.8 Primary job full time, secondary job part time................ 3,713 3,882 2,055 2,207 1,658 1,675 Primary and secondary jobs both part time..................... 1,753 1,746 577 586 1,176 1,160 Primary and secondary jobs both full time..................... 287 274 179 158 107 116 Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................ 1,458 1,703 785 889 674 815 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 responsibili- ties, 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 2005, 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 Feb. Dec. Jan. Feb. Feb. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. from: 2004 2004 2005p 2005p 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005p 2005p Jan. 2005- Feb. 2005p Total nonfarm......... 128,976 133,187 130,474 131,330 130,466 132,162 132,294 132,449 132,581 132,843 262 Total private........... 107,130 111,143 108,847 109,270 108,915 110,462 110,588 110,749 110,859 111,088 229 Goods-producing............. 21,125 21,924 21,426 21,479 21,699 21,982 21,996 22,022 22,005 22,060 55 Natural resources and mining.... 561 602 591 595 577 595 599 602 605 610 5 Logging...................... 65.0 68.0 66.1 66.1 66.8 67.0 66.9 67.9 67.8 67.9 .1 Mining......................... 496.0 533.8 525.0 529.1 509.7 527.7 532.5 534.4 537.0 541.8 4.8 Oil and gas extraction........ 120.6 124.0 122.4 122.5 121.0 123.6 124.4 124.1 123.4 122.9 -.5 Mining, except oil and gas(1). 191.7 209.3 204.4 205.7 201.1 208.4 210.7 211.3 212.7 214.5 1.8 Coal mining.................. 68.4 74.5 75.2 75.4 69.1 72.7 73.7 73.9 75.4 75.9 .5 Support activities for mining. 183.7 200.5 198.2 200.9 187.6 195.7 197.4 199.0 200.9 204.4 3.5 Construction.................... 6,392 6,984 6,654 6,657 6,841 7,043 7,060 7,086 7,086 7,116 30 Construction of buildings..... 1,523.2 1,669.6 1,622.7 1,624.3 1,593.8 1,663.0 1,668.3 1,678.9 1,683.9 1,693.3 9.4 Residential building......... 830.3 920.8 898.6 898.3 869.3 915.6 918.4 927.4 931.7 936.9 5.2 Nonresidential building...... 692.9 748.8 724.1 726.0 724.5 747.4 749.9 751.5 752.2 756.4 4.2 Heavy and civil engineering construction................. 783.9 871.8 798.6 798.0 893.0 904.1 906.4 907.8 907.0 907.4 .4 Specialty trade contractors... 4,084.6 4,442.8 4,232.7 4,234.4 4,354.2 4,476.1 4,484.8 4,499.2 4,495.5 4,515.4 19.9 Residential specialty trade contractors................. 1,940.0 2,110.0 2,004.5 2,011.4 2,063.0 2,120.9 2,121.5 2,125.5 2,124.1 2,140.2 16.1 Nonresidential specialty trade contractors........... 2,144.6 2,332.8 2,228.3 2,222.9 2,291.2 2,355.2 2,363.3 2,373.7 2,371.4 2,375.2 3.8 Manufacturing................... 14,172 14,338 14,181 14,227 14,281 14,344 14,337 14,334 14,314 14,334 20 Production workers........... 9,927 10,102 9,971 10,012 10,013 10,111 10,104 10,097 10,085 10,096 11 Durable goods.................. 8,813 8,968 8,881 8,916 8,864 8,960 8,954 8,957 8,945 8,968 23 Production workers........... 6,037 6,180 6,110 6,138 6,075 6,172 6,166 6,170 6,163 6,175 12 Wood products................. 533.1 551.0 543.9 548.1 543.1 554.5 553.3 555.2 555.8 557.6 1.8 Nonmetallic mineral products.. 476.4 503.6 484.8 483.3 495.7 509.1 507.9 506.5 504.4 503.3 -1.1 Primary metals................ 463.5 467.6 463.8 464.5 464.7 466.0 465.8 465.2 464.7 465.6 .9 Fabricated metal products..... 1,473.5 1,514.0 1,507.2 1,511.8 1,478.6 1,511.5 1,510.9 1,512.8 1,514.7 1,517.5 2.8 Machinery..................... 1,129.3 1,149.8 1,144.9 1,146.7 1,129.4 1,147.3 1,147.4 1,146.0 1,145.4 1,147.0 1.6 Computer and electronic products(1).................. 1,315.7 1,326.4 1,325.1 1,326.0 1,317.8 1,329.8 1,327.1 1,325.8 1,327.6 1,328.3 .7 Computer and peripheral equipment................... 213.2 210.1 210.8 210.9 214.0 209.7 209.3 210.4 210.2 211.4 1.2 Communications equipment..... 148.9 152.4 156.0 156.0 148.9 150.7 152.7 153.7 155.9 155.7 -.2 Semiconductors and electronic components.................. 448.6 448.4 445.2 445.3 449.4 454.9 451.9 448.0 447.3 446.7 -.6 Electronic instruments....... 424.7 437.3 435.5 435.6 424.9 437.0 435.6 435.7 436.4 436.3 -.1 Electrical equipment and appliances................... 446.7 446.7 445.4 442.9 448.0 445.1 447.4 445.8 445.3 444.1 -1.2 Transportation equipment(1)... 1,758.0 1,780.2 1,749.6 1,772.0 1,761.9 1,771.0 1,767.2 1,771.9 1,760.5 1,776.8 16.3 Motor vehicles and parts(2).. 1,115.2 1,111.3 1,086.0 1,104.1 1,116.2 1,111.8 1,104.1 1,104.0 1,093.7 1,104.5 10.8 Furniture and related products 565.9 571.3 566.2 566.4 569.7 571.3 572.2 571.7 571.1 570.2 -.9 Miscellaneous manufacturing... 651.2 657.7 649.7 654.4 654.8 654.1 654.7 656.4 655.7 657.2 1.5 Nondurable goods............... 5,359 5,370 5,300 5,311 5,417 5,384 5,383 5,377 5,369 5,366 -3 Production workers........... 3,890 3,922 3,861 3,874 3,938 3,939 3,938 3,927 3,922 3,921 -1 Food manufacturing............ 1,471.2 1,497.8 1,470.4 1,480.8 1,499.4 1,493.5 1,493.6 1,498.8 1,500.9 1,505.8 4.9 Beverages and tobacco products 187.3 192.4 186.0 185.2 193.1 192.9 195.1 193.0 191.3 191.5 .2 Textile mills................. 238.4 232.3 228.0 226.8 240.3 236.5 235.0 233.2 231.1 228.8 -2.3 Textile product mills......... 172.2 176.0 175.1 175.0 175.1 178.1 178.4 178.0 178.2 177.5 -.7 Apparel....................... 291.5 269.1 262.1 264.2 295.2 276.1 273.4 271.9 269.7 267.1 -2.6 Leather and allied products... 42.2 42.9 42.4 42.8 42.7 42.8 43.4 43.1 43.1 43.1 .0 Paper and paper products...... 496.3 499.3 498.3 499.7 499.4 499.4 498.1 497.9 500.3 502.7 2.4 Printing and related support activities................... 662.6 663.5 654.8 654.3 667.6 661.0 661.3 660.8 659.7 659.2 -.5 Petroleum and coal products... 108.7 111.6 111.2 112.1 111.9 113.3 113.6 113.8 114.5 115.2 .7 Chemicals..................... 888.4 880.0 872.7 871.9 889.3 884.5 882.4 880.5 876.1 873.5 -2.6 Plastics and rubber products.. 800.0 805.2 798.8 798.4 802.8 806.3 808.6 806.2 803.8 801.7 -2.1 Service-providing........... 107,851 111,263 109,048 109,851 108,767 110,180 110,298 110,427 110,576 110,783 207 Private service-providing.. 86,005 89,219 87,421 87,791 87,216 88,480 88,592 88,727 88,854 89,028 174 Trade, transportation, and utilities...................... 24,990 26,250 25,461 25,311 25,367 25,581 25,621 25,620 25,647 25,686 39 Wholesale trade................ 5,574.7 5,696.8 5,635.6 5,639.0 5,616.5 5,674.7 5,680.0 5,683.6 5,679.2 5,682.2 3.0 Durable goods................. 2,912.7 2,969.5 2,952.6 2,951.5 2,928.5 2,962.3 2,960.4 2,964.5 2,966.5 2,967.9 1.4 Nondurable goods.............. 1,978.7 2,013.5 1,979.0 1,981.3 2,001.4 2,009.1 2,012.6 2,009.9 2,004.8 2,004.8 .0 Electronic markets and agents and brokers.................. 683.3 713.8 704.0 706.2 686.6 703.3 707.0 709.2 707.9 709.5 1.6 Retail trade...................14,689.3 15,646.1 14,983.5 14,828.1 14,977.0 15,056.5 15,081.4 15,077.0 15,082.8 15,112.4 29.6 Motor vehicle and parts dealers(1)................... 1,874.5 1,895.7 1,882.7 1,888.1 1,898.4 1,896.4 1,901.2 1,905.9 1,908.3 1,911.0 2.7 Automobile dealers........... 1,253.4 1,245.3 1,238.4 1,243.1 1,259.9 1,245.0 1,247.6 1,249.1 1,248.5 1,249.4 .9 Furniture and home furnishings stores....................... 553.5 586.6 567.0 562.6 557.4 562.3 565.6 563.7 564.2 566.0 1.8 Electronics and appliance stores....................... 509.6 542.6 523.1 512.7 508.4 520.2 520.3 516.5 515.3 513.5 -1.8 Building material and garden supply stores................ 1,148.3 1,221.0 1,187.3 1,187.3 1,209.5 1,236.3 1,240.4 1,243.5 1,245.8 1,250.3 4.5 Food and beverage stores...... 2,800.8 2,857.2 2,810.5 2,803.7 2,826.2 2,830.2 2,822.7 2,819.8 2,823.6 2,826.2 2.6 Health and personal care stores....................... 936.5 958.3 946.8 945.2 940.3 941.6 944.5 946.6 946.3 948.8 2.5 Gasoline stations............. 866.1 868.5 863.8 860.9 878.5 877.0 873.7 871.3 872.2 873.1 .9 Clothing and clothing accessories stores........... 1,296.2 1,493.5 1,380.7 1,341.6 1,336.3 1,376.0 1,377.9 1,381.3 1,376.3 1,383.1 6.8 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores............. 628.0 702.2 645.0 624.5 641.8 638.0 639.0 635.8 637.6 637.1 -.5 General merchandise stores(1). 2,750.2 3,118.1 2,853.2 2,780.8 2,840.6 2,835.2 2,854.9 2,852.9 2,856.6 2,867.0 10.4 Department stores............ 1,550.7 1,819.6 1,631.7 1,566.8 1,607.7 1,604.2 1,619.1 1,619.3 1,618.4 1,622.4 4.0 Miscellaneous store retailers. 903.9 948.5 904.0 905.3 915.1 920.5 917.4 918.2 918.4 917.5 -.9 Nonstore retailers............ 421.7 453.9 419.4 415.4 424.5 422.8 423.8 421.5 418.2 418.8 .6 Transportation and warehousing. 4,160.4 4,338.1 4,268.9 4,270.7 4,204.1 4,279.6 4,289.6 4,288.0 4,309.8 4,314.8 5.0 Air transportation............ 509.9 512.6 507.2 509.1 514.1 514.2 514.6 512.3 512.5 514.1 1.6 Rail transportation........... 220.5 224.5 221.7 221.7 222.5 225.4 224.6 224.0 224.4 223.9 -.5 Water transportation.......... 52.0 57.2 58.2 56.5 54.6 57.7 57.8 58.6 60.4 59.4 -1.0 Truck transportation.......... 1,305.7 1,367.2 1,347.4 1,347.6 1,337.9 1,356.0 1,358.9 1,366.5 1,374.1 1,378.5 4.4 Transit and ground passenger transportation............... 395.5 407.7 402.2 403.3 383.9 389.3 389.4 391.0 392.1 391.8 -.3 Pipeline transportation....... 38.4 38.6 39.3 39.3 38.6 38.9 39.0 38.7 39.3 39.6 .3 Scenic and sightseeing transportation............... 20.4 22.0 18.3 19.1 26.0 25.6 26.1 26.6 24.2 25.1 .9 Support activities for transportation............... 524.5 550.7 544.4 544.5 526.9 539.9 544.6 547.0 547.8 547.1 -.7 Couriers and messengers....... 551.1 581.9 562.7 559.8 555.4 564.4 568.7 556.4 565.9 564.0 -1.9 Warehousing and storage....... 542.4 575.7 567.5 569.8 544.2 568.2 565.9 566.9 569.1 571.3 2.2 Utilities...................... 565.9 568.5 573.0 573.5 569.1 570.3 570.2 571.3 575.1 576.5 1.4 Information..................... 3,127 3,139 3,105 3,099 3,143 3,131 3,133 3,127 3,120 3,118 -2 Publishing industries, except Internet..................... 908.6 909.5 901.3 902.1 910.2 908.1 908.9 905.7 904.2 903.9 -.3 Motion picture and sound recording industries......... 377.1 390.2 370.2 370.4 385.0 395.3 390.6 384.8 380.2 380.8 .6 Broadcasting, except Internet. 322.5 333.1 330.1 326.1 323.7 329.5 329.4 329.7 329.8 328.3 -1.5 Internet publishing and broadcasting................. 29.5 33.6 35.0 34.4 29.8 33.0 33.6 34.0 35.1 34.9 -.2 Telecommunications............ 1,055.4 1,031.4 1,027.6 1,026.6 1,057.7 1,024.8 1,030.0 1,031.5 1,029.5 1,027.7 -1.8 ISPs, search portals, and data processing................... 384.5 390.5 389.7 388.9 386.8 389.2 389.5 390.4 390.3 391.6 1.3 Other information services.... 49.2 50.6 50.6 50.5 49.8 50.9 50.7 50.7 51.0 51.2 .2 Financial activities............ 7,945 8,124 8,088 8,109 7,997 8,093 8,107 8,128 8,149 8,161 12 Finance and insurance.......... 5,917.0 6,017.4 6,008.7 6,021.6 5,929.8 5,994.1 6,001.3 6,014.5 6,030.3 6,036.1 5.8 Monetary authorities - central bank......................... 22.1 20.6 20.4 20.2 22.2 21.3 20.9 20.6 20.5 20.3 -.2 Credit intermediation and related activities(1)........ 2,798.0 2,868.6 2,875.5 2,887.8 2,806.8 2,847.9 2,859.2 2,871.9 2,885.8 2,896.4 10.6 Depository credit intermediation(1)........... 1,747.4 1,774.2 1,784.1 1,788.7 1,752.2 1,768.1 1,773.3 1,778.8 1,786.8 1,793.5 6.7 Commercial banking.......... 1,276.4 1,292.9 1,300.7 1,304.1 1,280.2 1,288.3 1,293.1 1,296.8 1,302.8 1,307.4 4.6 Securities, commodity contracts, investments....... 757.3 780.7 779.7 781.1 757.9 777.3 776.9 779.7 782.6 782.4 -.2 Insurance carriers and related activities................... 2,253.5 2,263.8 2,247.2 2,247.1 2,256.9 2,264.1 2,260.4 2,258.1 2,255.9 2,252.3 -3.6 Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles........... 86.1 83.7 85.9 85.4 86.0 83.5 83.9 84.2 85.5 84.7 -.8 Real estate and rental and leasing....................... 2,028.0 2,106.5 2,079.2 2,087.5 2,066.7 2,099.2 2,105.5 2,113.6 2,119.1 2,125.2 6.1 Real estate................... 1,374.6 1,433.4 1,411.8 1,421.1 1,398.2 1,428.6 1,434.7 1,437.8 1,440.2 1,444.6 4.4 Rental and leasing services... 626.7 648.2 642.8 641.8 641.8 646.3 646.0 650.9 653.9 655.9 2.0 Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets............ 26.7 24.9 24.6 24.6 26.7 24.3 24.8 24.9 25.0 24.7 -.3 Professional and business services....................... 15,849 16,660 16,302 16,450 16,153 16,614 16,611 16,674 16,698 16,779 81 Professional and technical services(1)................... 6,744.6 6,871.3 6,893.6 6,969.2 6,672.3 6,835.3 6,834.4 6,869.9 6,875.3 6,895.5 20.2 Legal services............... 1,148.0 1,168.5 1,151.6 1,151.4 1,155.2 1,167.4 1,163.1 1,164.4 1,160.9 1,161.0 .1 Accounting and bookkeeping services.................... 943.0 819.8 944.2 992.9 812.0 821.5 816.6 840.8 851.9 855.3 3.4 Architectural and engineering services.................... 1,212.9 1,285.9 1,263.8 1,268.7 1,236.1 1,280.5 1,284.9 1,289.5 1,287.6 1,294.7 7.1 Computer systems design and related services............ 1,122.1 1,183.3 1,167.4 1,169.5 1,122.6 1,167.3 1,174.1 1,174.3 1,171.1 1,171.5 .4 Management and technical consulting services......... 753.0 796.6 777.3 783.3 760.4 790.5 787.8 789.9 788.1 791.5 3.4 Management of companies and enterprises................... 1,692.9 1,733.9 1,714.9 1,710.7 1,711.1 1,715.3 1,722.5 1,725.6 1,729.1 1,728.6 -.5 Administrative and waste services...................... 7,411.2 8,054.3 7,693.8 7,769.6 7,769.2 8,063.1 8,054.3 8,078.0 8,093.2 8,154.4 61.2 Administrative and support services(1).................. 7,095.8 7,730.4 7,376.0 7,448.0 7,446.1 7,736.4 7,728.2 7,751.4 7,766.4 7,825.5 59.1 Employment services(1)....... 3,188.9 3,638.8 3,387.8 3,435.9 3,375.3 3,572.9 3,570.5 3,584.5 3,599.5 3,637.8 38.3 Temporary help services..... 2,160.4 2,507.3 2,314.1 2,352.6 2,307.0 2,486.5 2,484.7 2,479.4 2,483.9 2,514.2 30.3 Business support services.... 745.4 768.1 746.1 755.0 746.1 755.9 754.6 757.0 755.2 757.8 2.6 Services to buildings and dwellings................... 1,505.4 1,628.2 1,550.4 1,560.0 1,655.1 1,708.6 1,707.2 1,706.1 1,704.3 1,718.3 14.0 Waste management and remediation services......... 315.4 323.9 317.8 321.6 323.1 326.7 326.1 326.6 326.8 328.9 2.1 Education and health services... 16,895 17,310 17,057 17,300 16,787 17,081 17,108 17,142 17,175 17,193 18 Educational services........... 2,879.4 2,950.8 2,752.3 2,955.3 2,740.0 2,794.0 2,797.2 2,805.5 2,821.7 2,814.0 -7.7 Health care and social assistance....................14,015.8 14,358.7 14,304.4 14,344.6 14,047.2 14,287.2 14,310.7 14,336.1 14,352.9 14,379.4 26.5 Health care(3).................11,903.5 12,187.4 12,139.0 12,162.2 11,942.1 12,135.3 12,153.6 12,168.4 12,180.7 12,203.9 23.2 Ambulatory health care services(1)................. 4,865.5 5,028.6 4,997.3 5,014.5 4,884.8 4,996.9 5,006.7 5,017.0 5,024.3 5,036.0 11.7 Offices of physicians....... 2,025.7 2,092.5 2,081.5 2,086.2 2,029.9 2,074.2 2,077.7 2,084.3 2,085.5 2,090.6 5.1 Outpatient care centers..... 441.7 450.2 450.2 451.8 441.7 449.5 449.8 450.3 451.9 452.4 .5 Home health care services... 748.7 796.1 782.7 784.8 757.8 782.7 789.2 790.7 791.8 794.4 2.6 Hospitals.................... 4,253.2 4,325.4 4,324.3 4,327.9 4,260.4 4,311.2 4,319.7 4,323.5 4,328.4 4,334.8 6.4 Nursing and residential care facilities(1)............... 2,784.8 2,833.4 2,817.4 2,819.8 2,796.9 2,827.2 2,827.2 2,827.9 2,828.0 2,833.1 5.1 Nursing care facilities..... 1,564.0 1,577.4 1,566.0 1,565.2 1,570.4 1,576.8 1,576.4 1,574.5 1,571.9 1,572.4 .5 Social assistance(1).......... 2,112.3 2,171.3 2,165.4 2,182.4 2,105.1 2,151.9 2,157.1 2,167.7 2,172.2 2,175.5 3.3 Child day care services...... 768.2 789.4 782.0 790.8 758.2 772.8 775.3 780.4 779.8 781.1 1.3 Leisure and hospitality......... 11,838 12,303 12,022 12,107 12,367 12,546 12,571 12,589 12,612 12,635 23 Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................... 1,643.7 1,661.6 1,597.8 1,606.0 1,834.2 1,834.4 1,826.4 1,811.0 1,806.7 1,798.5 -8.2 Performing arts and spectator sports....................... 348.2 348.3 324.2 329.7 370.2 364.4 362.5 357.9 354.6 351.8 -2.8 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks.............. 106.2 110.3 105.1 102.8 115.6 118.2 116.9 114.8 114.0 112.8 -1.2 Amusements, gambling, and recreation................... 1,189.3 1,203.0 1,168.5 1,173.5 1,348.4 1,351.8 1,347.0 1,338.3 1,338.1 1,333.9 -4.2 Accommodations and food services......................10,193.8 10,641.5 10,424.5 10,501.0 10,532.4 10,712.0 10,744.1 10,778.4 10,805.2 10,836.2 31.0 Accommodations................ 1,702.6 1,756.1 1,731.5 1,749.0 1,781.2 1,800.6 1,814.7 1,824.6 1,824.0 1,828.0 4.0 Food services and drinking places....................... 8,491.2 8,885.4 8,693.0 8,752.0 8,751.2 8,911.4 8,929.4 8,953.8 8,981.2 9,008.2 27.0 Other services.................. 5,361 5,433 5,386 5,415 5,402 5,434 5,441 5,447 5,453 5,456 3 Repair and maintenance........ 1,216.6 1,222.2 1,218.4 1,227.9 1,223.5 1,227.9 1,227.1 1,229.9 1,230.1 1,233.9 3.8 Personal and laundry services. 1,246.8 1,276.1 1,261.7 1,261.2 1,264.0 1,267.8 1,271.6 1,276.8 1,280.9 1,278.8 -2.1 Membership associations and organizations................ 2,897.6 2,934.8 2,906.2 2,925.8 2,914.4 2,938.1 2,942.3 2,940.6 2,941.9 2,943.1 1.2 Government...................... 21,846 22,044 21,627 22,060 21,551 21,700 21,706 21,700 21,722 21,755 33 Federal........................ 2,713 2,723 2,700 2,703 2,731 2,723 2,728 2,706 2,717 2,719 2 Federal, except U.S. Postal Service...................... 1,925.0 1,929.4 1,921.0 1,925.4 1,940.0 1,940.1 1,946.4 1,939.5 1,937.3 1,940.2 2.9 U.S. Postal Service........... 787.7 793.7 779.1 777.3 790.5 782.5 781.4 766.4 779.6 779.2 -.4 State government............... 5,076 5,110 4,935 5,148 4,971 5,007 5,015 5,020 5,028 5,038 10 State government education.... 2,360.3 2,384.6 2,209.2 2,420.0 2,240.2 2,268.4 2,271.3 2,277.9 2,284.1 2,295.5 11.4 State government, excluding education.................... 2,715.6 2,725.3 2,725.5 2,727.6 2,730.4 2,738.2 2,743.4 2,741.9 2,743.6 2,742.6 -1.0 Local government............... 14,057 14,211 13,992 14,209 13,849 13,970 13,963 13,974 13,977 13,998 21 Local government education.... 8,025.0 8,117.1 7,934.8 8,143.8 7,717.6 7,810.8 7,806.3 7,810.8 7,817.2 7,833.9 16.7 Local government, excluding education.................... 6,032.4 6,093.5 6,056.7 6,065.5 6,130.9 6,159.3 6,156.7 6,163.1 6,160.0 6,164.4 4.4 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 or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Change Industry Feb. Dec. Jan. Feb. Feb. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. from: 2004 2004 2005p 2005p 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005p 2005p Jan. 2005- Feb. 2005p Total private......................... 33.8 33.8 33.6 33.4 33.8 33.8 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 0.0 Goods-producing........................... 39.7 40.3 39.5 39.4 40.2 39.9 39.9 40.0 39.8 39.9 .1 Natural resources and mining.................. 43.6 45.3 45.1 45.0 44.1 44.8 45.0 45.4 45.6 45.5 -.1 Construction.................................. 37.2 38.2 36.9 37.1 38.3 38.2 38.3 38.4 37.7 38.2 .5 Manufacturing................................. 40.8 41.2 40.6 40.4 41.0 40.7 40.5 40.5 40.7 40.5 -.2 Overtime hours............................. 4.3 4.9 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 .1 Durable goods................................ 41.3 41.7 41.0 40.9 41.5 41.2 40.9 41.1 41.1 41.0 -.1 Overtime hours............................. 4.5 5.1 4.5 4.4 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.7 .1 Wood products............................... 40.4 40.4 40.2 39.3 41.1 40.3 40.0 40.3 40.6 40.0 -.6 Nonmetallic mineral products................ 41.5 42.1 40.9 41.1 42.4 42.4 42.1 42.3 41.9 42.0 .1 Primary metals.............................. 42.9 43.4 43.2 43.0 43.0 43.0 42.9 42.8 43.0 43.1 .1 Fabricated metal products................... 41.1 41.6 41.1 40.8 41.2 41.1 40.9 40.9 40.9 40.9 .0 Machinery................................... 41.9 42.8 42.3 42.0 41.8 42.2 42.0 42.0 42.0 42.0 .0 Computer and electronic products............ 41.1 40.4 39.7 39.6 41.1 40.1 39.6 39.8 40.0 39.7 -.3 Electrical equipment and appliances......... 40.6 40.8 40.1 39.5 40.7 40.6 40.1 40.0 40.0 39.8 -.2 Transportation equipment.................... 42.9 43.4 42.3 42.4 42.9 42.3 42.2 42.4 42.4 42.3 -.1 Motor vehicles and parts(2)................ 43.2 43.5 42.4 42.6 43.2 42.2 42.2 42.6 42.5 42.5 .0 Furniture and related products.............. 39.1 40.6 39.3 39.2 39.5 39.2 39.2 39.5 39.4 39.5 .1 Miscellaneous manufacturing................. 38.8 38.8 38.7 38.5 38.8 38.4 38.2 38.3 38.5 38.4 -.1 Nondurable goods............................. 40.0 40.3 39.9 39.6 40.3 39.9 39.8 39.8 40.0 39.8 -.2 Overtime hours............................. 4.0 4.5 4.2 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.4 .0 Food manufacturing.......................... 38.8 39.4 38.7 38.4 39.5 39.0 39.1 38.8 38.9 39.0 .1 Beverages and tobacco products.............. 39.3 39.2 40.0 40.3 40.2 38.6 39.0 39.6 40.6 40.5 -.1 Textile mills............................... 40.1 40.1 40.3 39.6 40.1 40.1 40.0 39.8 40.1 39.7 -.4 Textile product mills....................... 39.5 39.5 39.5 38.9 39.9 39.1 39.1 39.0 39.7 39.3 -.4 Apparel..................................... 36.1 36.4 35.5 35.7 36.2 36.0 35.7 35.9 35.8 35.8 .0 Leather and allied products................. 39.5 38.0 37.0 37.2 39.1 38.4 38.2 37.6 37.1 37.0 -.1 Paper and paper products.................... 41.7 42.9 42.8 41.7 42.1 42.1 42.1 42.0 42.6 42.1 -.5 Printing and related support activities..... 38.4 39.0 38.5 38.3 38.6 38.3 38.3 38.5 38.6 38.5 -.1 Petroleum and coal products................. 44.2 44.9 44.4 44.5 44.3 45.0 45.5 44.6 44.6 44.7 .1 Chemicals................................... 43.3 43.1 42.8 42.3 43.2 42.7 42.4 42.6 42.8 42.3 -.5 Plastics and rubber products................ 40.7 40.4 40.0 39.9 40.9 40.1 39.4 39.8 40.0 40.0 .0 Private service-providing................ 32.5 32.4 32.4 32.1 32.4 32.4 32.3 32.4 32.4 32.3 -.1 Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 33.5 33.6 33.2 33.1 33.7 33.6 33.5 33.6 33.6 33.5 -.1 Wholesale trade.............................. 38.1 37.5 37.8 37.4 38.0 37.7 37.7 37.6 37.7 37.7 .0 Retail trade................................. 30.6 31.0 30.2 30.3 30.9 30.8 30.6 30.8 30.8 30.8 .0 Transportation and warehousing............... 37.1 37.7 37.5 36.7 37.3 37.5 37.5 37.4 37.5 37.2 -.3 Utilities.................................... 41.1 40.5 40.7 40.0 41.1 40.8 40.4 40.7 40.9 40.1 -.8 Information................................... 36.5 36.4 36.5 35.9 36.4 36.3 36.2 36.4 36.2 36.1 -.1 Financial activities.......................... 36.1 35.5 36.4 35.5 35.5 35.7 35.6 35.7 35.9 35.7 -.2 Professional and business services............ 34.5 34.1 34.0 33.8 34.3 34.3 34.2 34.2 34.1 34.0 -.1 Education and health services................. 32.6 32.5 32.9 32.5 32.4 32.5 32.4 32.5 32.6 32.5 -.1 Leisure and hospitality....................... 25.8 25.4 25.2 25.4 25.8 25.7 25.6 25.7 25.6 25.6 .0 Other services................................ 31.2 30.8 31.0 30.8 31.1 30.9 30.9 30.8 30.9 30.8 -.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 or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings Industry Feb. Dec. Jan. Feb. Feb. Dec. Jan. Feb. 2004 2004 2005p 2005p 2004 2004 2005p 2005p Total private........................... $15.59 $15.88 $16.01 $15.93 $526.94 $536.74 $537.94 $532.06 Seasonally adjusted.................... 15.51 15.85 15.90 15.90 524.24 534.15 535.83 535.83 Goods-producing............................. 16.95 17.43 17.29 17.31 672.92 702.43 682.96 682.01 Natural resources and mining.................... 17.98 18.46 18.54 18.58 783.93 836.24 836.15 836.10 Construction.................................... 19.06 19.31 19.12 19.19 709.03 737.64 705.53 711.95 Manufacturing................................... 15.98 16.46 16.40 16.39 651.98 678.15 665.84 662.16 Durable goods.................................. 16.67 17.22 17.13 17.13 688.47 718.07 702.33 700.62 Wood products................................. 12.92 13.17 13.13 12.99 521.97 532.07 527.83 510.51 Nonmetallic mineral products.................. 15.98 16.36 16.24 16.17 663.17 688.76 664.22 664.59 Primary metals................................ 18.35 18.75 18.84 18.72 787.22 813.75 813.89 804.96 Fabricated metal products..................... 15.18 15.59 15.56 15.65 623.90 648.54 639.52 638.52 Machinery..................................... 16.51 16.99 17.01 16.94 691.77 727.17 719.52 711.48 Computer and electronic products.............. 16.93 17.92 17.92 17.84 695.82 723.97 711.42 706.46 Electrical equipment and appliances........... 14.62 15.12 15.09 15.13 593.57 616.90 605.11 597.64 Transportation equipment...................... 21.33 22.17 21.90 21.91 915.06 962.18 926.37 928.98 Furniture and related products................ 12.93 13.46 13.41 13.38 505.56 546.48 527.01 524.50 Miscellaneous manufacturing................... 13.76 14.05 14.04 13.98 533.89 545.14 543.35 538.23 Nondurable goods............................... 14.87 15.21 15.22 15.17 594.80 612.96 607.28 600.73 Food manufacturing............................ 12.88 13.03 13.05 13.05 499.74 513.38 505.04 501.12 Beverages and tobacco products................ 18.74 18.82 18.26 18.50 736.48 737.74 730.40 745.55 Textile mills................................. 12.12 12.25 12.33 12.25 486.01 491.23 496.90 485.10 Textile product mills......................... 11.38 11.43 11.33 11.38 449.51 451.49 447.54 442.68 Apparel....................................... 9.58 10.00 10.10 10.11 345.84 364.00 358.55 360.93 Leather and allied products................... 11.75 11.51 11.60 11.42 464.13 437.38 429.20 424.82 Paper and paper products...................... 17.60 18.07 18.02 17.89 733.92 775.20 771.26 746.01 Printing and related support activities....... 15.59 15.80 15.72 15.74 598.66 616.20 605.22 602.84 Petroleum and coal products................... 24.29 24.48 24.64 24.88 1073.62 1099.15 1094.02 1107.16 Chemicals..................................... 18.80 19.59 19.52 19.30 814.04 844.33 835.46 816.39 Plastics and rubber products.................. 14.44 14.76 14.79 14.77 587.71 596.30 591.60 589.32 Private service-providing.................. 15.24 15.46 15.67 15.58 495.30 500.90 507.71 500.12 Trade, transportation, and utilities............ 14.57 14.61 14.89 14.82 488.10 490.90 494.35 490.54 Wholesale trade................................ 17.59 17.87 18.03 17.96 670.18 670.13 681.53 671.70 Retail trade................................... 12.03 12.10 12.34 12.31 368.12 375.10 372.67 372.99 Transportation and warehousing................. 16.59 16.59 16.59 16.52 615.49 625.44 622.13 606.28 Utilities...................................... 25.31 26.00 26.62 26.23 1040.24 1053.00 1083.43 1049.20 Information..................................... 21.27 21.74 21.86 21.72 776.36 791.34 797.89 779.75 Financial activities............................ 17.47 17.67 17.84 17.74 630.67 627.29 649.38 629.77 Professional and business services.............. 17.50 17.73 18.08 17.86 603.75 604.59 614.72 603.67 Education and health services................... 15.94 16.44 16.47 16.45 519.64 534.30 541.86 534.63 Leisure and hospitality......................... 8.92 9.11 9.12 9.07 230.14 231.39 229.82 230.38 Other services.................................. 13.89 14.17 14.22 14.23 433.37 436.44 440.82 438.28 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail, seasonally adjusted Percent Industry Feb. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. change from: 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005p 2005p Jan. 2005- Feb. 2005p Total private: Current dollars........................ $15.51 $15.81 $15.82 $15.85 $15.90 $15.90 0.0 Constant (1982) dollars(2)............. 8.25 8.22 8.21 8.23 8.24 N.A. (3) Goods-producing............................. 17.05 17.32 17.33 17.36 17.35 17.41 .3 Natural resources and mining.................... 17.94 18.10 18.22 18.37 18.45 18.50 .3 Construction.................................... 19.17 19.34 19.31 19.29 19.24 19.31 .4 Manufacturing................................... 15.98 16.27 16.29 16.34 16.36 16.39 .2 Excluding overtime(4)........................ 15.15 15.42 15.43 15.48 15.50 15.51 .1 Durable goods.................................. 16.66 16.97 16.99 17.06 17.09 17.13 .2 Nondurable goods............................... 14.89 15.15 15.16 15.16 15.18 15.20 .1 Private service-providing.................. 15.10 15.40 15.42 15.45 15.51 15.49 -.1 Trade, transportation, and utilities............ 14.48 14.69 14.70 14.72 14.82 14.75 -.5 Wholesale trade................................ 17.53 17.78 17.80 17.87 17.90 17.93 .2 Retail trade................................... 11.97 12.16 12.20 12.21 12.32 12.26 -.5 Transportation and warehousing................. 16.51 16.61 16.54 16.54 16.56 16.47 -.5 Utilities...................................... 25.36 26.00 25.77 26.11 26.67 26.31 -1.3 Information..................................... 21.23 21.59 21.58 21.70 21.83 21.68 -.7 Financial activities............................ 17.35 17.71 17.65 17.71 17.71 17.74 .2 Professional and business services.............. 17.28 17.63 17.66 17.69 17.80 17.77 -.2 Education and health services................... 15.92 16.31 16.34 16.37 16.40 16.44 .2 Leisure and hospitality......................... 8.87 8.99 9.02 9.01 9.04 9.03 -.1 Other services.................................. 13.87 14.08 14.12 14.13 14.16 14.19 .2 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 2 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate this series. 3 Change was 0.1 percent from Dec. 2004 to Jan. 2005, 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 or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Percent Industry Feb. Dec. Jan. Feb. Feb. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. change from: 2004 2004 2005p 2005p 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005p 2005p Jan. 2005- Feb. 2005p Total private......................... 97.5 102.1 99.0 98.8 99.4 101.2 101.1 101.2 101.4 101.6 0.2 Goods-producing........................... 91.6 97.7 93.1 93.1 96.1 97.2 97.1 97.5 96.9 97.5 .6 Natural resources and mining.................. 95.0 108.6 106.2 105.9 99.6 105.9 107.6 109.0 110.3 110.5 .2 Construction.................................. 88.7 101.7 92.4 92.9 99.9 103.0 103.2 104.0 101.9 104.1 2.2 Manufacturing................................. 93.0 95.5 92.9 92.8 94.2 94.4 93.9 93.9 94.2 93.8 -.4 Durable goods................................ 93.7 96.8 94.1 94.3 94.7 95.5 94.8 95.3 95.2 95.1 -.1 Wood products............................... 97.1 100.6 98.6 97.2 100.6 101.0 100.0 101.1 102.0 100.7 -1.3 Nonmetallic mineral products................ 89.3 97.3 90.5 90.3 95.7 99.1 98.2 98.3 97.0 96.9 -.1 Primary metals.............................. 92.0 94.3 93.2 93.0 92.5 93.3 93.0 92.6 92.9 93.4 .5 Fabricated metal products................... 96.1 100.1 98.4 98.1 96.5 98.8 98.4 98.4 98.5 98.6 .1 Machinery................................... 94.6 98.4 97.3 96.9 94.2 97.2 96.6 96.5 96.6 96.7 .1 Computer and electronic products............ 89.5 91.2 89.8 89.9 89.6 90.3 88.9 89.7 90.6 90.3 -.3 Electrical equipment and appliances......... 88.4 89.9 87.8 85.9 88.9 88.5 88.1 87.5 87.4 86.8 -.7 Transportation equipment.................... 97.0 99.3 94.9 96.6 97.2 96.1 95.6 96.4 95.9 96.4 .5 Motor vehicles and parts(2)................ 98.0 99.2 94.4 96.6 98.1 96.1 95.3 96.4 95.6 96.4 .8 Furniture and related products.............. 91.9 96.3 92.0 91.4 93.6 93.2 93.1 93.6 93.0 92.8 -.2 Miscellaneous manufacturing................. 91.6 92.6 90.6 90.5 92.4 91.1 90.9 90.9 91.2 90.9 -.3 Nondurable goods............................. 91.6 93.1 90.7 90.3 93.5 92.6 92.3 92.0 92.4 91.9 -.5 Food manufacturing.......................... 93.9 98.0 94.3 94.6 97.7 96.6 97.0 96.7 97.1 97.9 .8 Beverages and tobacco products.............. 82.0 89.9 88.5 89.6 86.8 88.1 90.5 91.0 92.8 93.0 .2 Textile mills............................... 79.9 76.5 75.2 73.5 80.7 78.1 77.3 76.2 76.0 74.5 -2.0 Textile product mills....................... 90.0 92.8 91.9 90.0 92.5 92.8 93.3 92.1 94.4 93.1 -1.4 Apparel..................................... 76.8 71.0 67.0 68.3 78.0 72.4 70.8 70.9 69.9 69.2 -1.0 Leather and allied products................. 86.5 85.4 81.5 82.2 86.6 86.4 87.7 85.0 83.4 82.5 -1.1 Paper and paper products.................... 88.5 91.4 91.0 88.8 89.9 89.7 89.5 89.2 91.0 90.2 -.9 Printing and related support activities..... 93.0 95.0 92.6 91.6 94.2 93.2 93.3 93.5 93.6 92.9 -.7 Petroleum and coal products................. 94.9 103.1 101.3 101.8 98.9 106.3 107.8 104.7 105.2 106.1 .9 Chemicals................................... 99.9 99.0 97.3 96.1 99.6 99.3 98.0 97.8 97.7 96.4 -1.3 Plastics and rubber products................ 93.9 94.0 92.1 92.0 94.8 93.8 92.4 92.8 92.9 92.6 -.3 Private service-providing................ 98.9 103.2 100.8 100.3 100.2 102.1 102.0 102.5 102.7 102.6 -.1 Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 97.0 103.4 98.7 97.7 99.3 100.2 100.2 100.4 100.7 100.6 -.1 Wholesale trade.............................. 97.5 99.4 99.1 98.2 98.1 99.3 99.5 99.4 99.7 99.9 .2 Retail trade................................. 96.3 105.0 97.4 96.6 99.4 99.8 99.3 99.9 100.1 100.3 .2 Transportation and warehousing............... 99.0 106.1 103.8 101.5 100.7 103.9 104.2 103.8 104.9 104.1 -.8 Utilities.................................... 95.5 93.8 95.2 93.5 96.1 94.5 93.8 94.7 95.9 94.1 -1.9 Information................................... 97.2 102.0 101.3 99.5 97.2 100.3 100.0 101.3 100.7 100.5 -.2 Financial activities.......................... 102.1 102.9 105.0 102.7 101.2 103.2 103.1 103.6 104.4 104.0 -.4 Professional and business services............ 98.6 103.7 100.6 101.1 100.1 103.9 103.7 103.9 103.7 103.8 .1 Education and health services................. 103.6 105.7 105.5 105.6 102.3 104.3 104.1 104.7 105.2 105.0 -.2 Leisure and hospitality....................... 97.7 100.4 97.1 98.6 102.4 103.7 103.6 104.2 104.1 104.2 .1 Other services................................ 95.7 96.4 96.1 96.1 96.1 96.5 96.7 96.6 97.0 96.8 -.2 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 2 Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. p = preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and production or nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of production or nonsupervisory workers(1) on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail (2002=100) Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Percent Industry Feb. Dec. Jan. Feb. Feb. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. change from: 2004 2004 2005p 2005p 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005p 2005p Jan. 2005- Feb. 2005p Total private......................... 101.7 108.4 106.1 105.3 103.1 107.1 107.0 107.4 107.9 108.1 0.2 Goods-producing........................... 95.1 104.3 98.5 98.7 100.4 103.1 103.1 103.7 103.0 104.0 1.0 Natural resources and mining.................. 99.3 116.6 114.5 114.5 103.9 111.5 114.0 116.5 118.3 118.9 .5 Construction.................................. 91.3 106.1 95.4 96.3 103.4 107.5 107.6 108.3 105.9 108.6 2.5 Manufacturing................................. 97.1 102.8 99.6 99.5 98.5 100.5 100.1 100.3 100.8 100.6 -.2 Durable goods................................ 97.5 104.1 100.7 100.9 98.5 101.2 100.5 101.5 101.5 101.7 .2 Nondurable goods............................. 96.3 100.1 97.6 96.9 98.3 99.1 98.9 98.6 99.1 98.7 -.4 Private service-providing................ 103.6 109.6 108.5 107.4 103.9 108.0 108.0 108.8 109.4 109.1 -.3 Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 100.8 107.8 104.8 103.3 102.6 105.1 105.1 105.5 106.5 105.8 -.7 Wholesale trade.............................. 101.0 104.7 105.2 103.9 101.3 104.0 104.4 104.7 105.2 105.5 .3 Retail trade................................. 99.3 108.9 103.0 101.9 102.0 104.0 103.9 104.5 105.7 105.4 -.3 Transportation and warehousing............... 104.2 111.7 109.3 106.4 105.5 109.5 109.3 108.9 110.2 108.8 -1.3 Utilities.................................... 100.9 101.8 105.7 102.4 101.7 102.5 100.9 103.2 106.8 103.3 -3.3 Information................................... 102.3 109.8 109.6 106.9 102.2 107.2 106.8 108.8 108.9 107.8 -1.0 Financial activities.......................... 110.3 112.5 115.9 112.6 108.5 113.0 112.5 113.5 114.3 114.1 -.2 Professional and business services............ 102.7 109.4 108.2 107.4 102.9 109.0 108.9 109.4 109.9 109.8 -.1 Education and health services................. 108.6 114.3 114.2 114.2 107.1 111.8 111.8 112.6 113.5 113.5 .0 Leisure and hospitality....................... 101.6 106.7 103.2 104.3 105.9 108.7 109.0 109.4 109.7 109.7 .0 Other services................................ 96.8 99.5 99.5 99.6 97.2 99.0 99.5 99.5 100.1 100.1 .0 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 or nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted (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: 2001 .............. 49.5 47.7 48.6 32.7 42.4 40.8 36.7 39.0 37.6 33.6 36.9 37.1 2002 .............. 41.0 35.6 39.7 39.2 40.5 47.7 42.8 43.0 42.1 39.0 41.5 35.1 2003 .............. 44.4 38.7 35.3 41.4 39.4 39.9 42.1 39.4 50.4 48.9 50.0 50.5 2004 .............. 50.9 53.4 66.0 67.3 64.6 59.7 55.4 53.8 57.6 58.6 54.7 54.3 2005 .............. p53.4 p57.4 Over 3-month span: 2001 .............. 53.2 49.8 49.8 42.3 38.1 34.2 37.8 37.6 34.7 35.4 30.8 32.0 2002 .............. 35.3 37.9 36.5 34.2 34.4 39.4 40.6 44.1 37.8 37.1 35.8 36.7 2003 .............. 38.3 35.4 33.3 33.5 36.5 41.7 37.8 37.4 43.2 46.4 48.6 50.2 2004 .............. 52.5 53.8 56.7 69.4 75.4 71.2 63.5 56.8 57.4 59.9 59.7 56.3 2005 .............. p54.7 p56.7 Over 6-month span: 2001 .............. 53.1 50.9 52.0 45.5 43.0 39.7 38.5 33.6 33.5 34.2 33.6 30.9 2002 .............. 29.5 29.9 32.0 31.7 30.9 37.4 37.1 38.7 35.3 36.0 37.9 35.1 2003 .............. 32.7 32.2 31.3 31.3 33.1 37.6 33.6 32.2 40.3 43.7 46.4 49.3 2004 .............. 47.3 50.4 54.9 62.6 64.4 69.6 67.3 68.9 64.6 62.2 59.7 55.9 2005 .............. p58.1 p61.7 Over 12-month span: 2001 .............. 59.5 59.5 53.4 49.3 48.6 45.0 43.3 43.9 39.9 37.8 37.1 34.9 2002 .............. 33.6 31.7 30.2 30.4 30.2 29.1 32.0 31.3 30.0 29.5 32.9 34.7 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 48.7 52.0 56.7 57.4 57.6 60.3 62.1 64.6 64.0 2005 .............. p60.4 p64.0 Manufacturing payrolls, 84 industries(1) Over 1-month span: 2001 .............. 22.0 17.3 22.0 17.9 16.1 22.6 13.1 15.5 18.5 17.3 14.9 11.9 2002 .............. 19.0 19.6 22.0 32.1 26.2 31.0 35.7 23.2 28.6 15.5 18.5 16.7 2003 .............. 35.1 19.0 19.0 11.9 19.6 20.8 22.6 24.4 32.7 35.1 39.9 42.9 2004 .............. 39.3 49.4 50.0 65.5 60.1 51.8 60.7 48.8 42.9 42.3 46.4 44.6 2005 .............. p44.6 p43.5 Over 3-month span: 2001 .............. 32.7 20.8 16.7 14.3 14.3 11.9 11.9 9.5 7.7 12.5 11.3 9.5 2002 .............. 10.7 11.9 11.3 17.9 14.9 20.2 25.6 23.8 20.2 13.7 8.9 9.5 2003 .............. 16.1 14.3 12.5 8.9 10.7 10.7 14.3 15.5 18.5 27.4 31.5 35.1 2004 .............. 42.3 43.5 42.9 58.3 69.0 69.6 62.5 53.6 52.4 44.6 45.2 35.7 2005 .............. p41.1 p44.0 Over 6-month span: 2001 .............. 22.6 24.4 21.4 19.6 14.3 11.9 13.1 11.3 10.7 7.1 7.7 5.4 2002 .............. 6.0 8.3 8.3 9.5 7.1 13.1 12.5 11.3 14.3 8.3 8.3 7.7 2003 .............. 12.5 10.1 7.1 8.3 11.3 10.7 4.8 10.1 13.1 16.7 19.6 26.8 2004 .............. 27.4 29.8 33.3 47.0 52.4 57.1 60.1 58.9 58.9 50.6 45.2 42.9 2005 .............. p44.6 p43.5 Over 12-month span: 2001 .............. 29.8 32.1 20.8 19.0 13.1 12.5 10.7 11.9 11.9 10.1 8.3 6.0 2002 .............. 7.1 6.0 6.0 6.5 7.1 3.6 4.8 6.0 4.8 7.1 4.8 8.3 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 19.0 25.6 34.5 43.5 40.5 45.8 48.2 49.4 46.4 2005 .............. p45.2 p45.8 1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, 6-month spans and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. p = preliminary. NOTE: Figures are the percent of industries with employment increasing plus one-half of the industries with unchanged employment, where 50 percent indicates an equal balance between industries with increasing and decreasing employment.