Technical information: Household data: (202) 691-6378 USDL 05-2258 http://www.bls.gov/cps/ Establishment data: 691-6555 Transmission of material in this release http://www.bls.gov/ces/ is embargoed until 8:30 A.M. (EST), Media contact: 691-5902 Friday, December 2, 2005. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: NOVEMBER 2005 Nonfarm payroll employment grew by 215,000 in November, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.0 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Over the month, job growth was widespread, with large gains in construction and food services. Unemployment (Household Survey Data) The unemployment rate was unchanged in November at 5.0 percent. The jobless rate has ranged between 4.9 and 5.1 percent since May. The number of unemployed persons, 7.6 million, was essentially unchanged in November. The unemployment rates for adult men (4.3 percent), adult women (4.6 percent), teenagers (17.2 percent), whites (4.3 percent), and Hispanics or Latinos (6.0 percent) showed little or no change in November. The jobless rates for blacks (10.6 percent) and, specifically, for adult black women (9.1 percent), rose over the month. In November, the unemployment rate for Asians was 3.6 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) Total employment, 142.6 million, and the civilian labor force, 150.2 million, were little changed in November. The employment-population ratio also was little changed over the month at 62.8 percent, and the labor force participation rate held at 66.1 percent. (See table A-1.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | Hurricane Katrina | | | | In November, the state population controls used for the household | | survey were adjusted to account for displacements due to Hurricane | | Katrina. These adjustments had a minimal impact on the national | | household survey estimates. Information again was collected in the | | household survey on the labor force status of people who had to eva- | | cuate due to Hurricane Katrina. (See table B on page 3.) | | | | For the establishment survey, BLS resumed normal estimation | | procedures in November. The procedures had been modified in | | September and October to account for low response rates in Katrina- | | affected areas. In November, the number and type of responses from | | the Katrina-affected areas were deemed acceptable for a return to | | standard procedures. | | | | For more information on household and establishment survey | | procedures and estimates for November 2005, see http://www.bls.gov/ | | katrina/cpscesquestions.htm on the BLS Web site or call (202) 691-6378| | for information about the household survey, and (202) 691-6555 for | | information about the establishment survey. | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - 2 - Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) ______________________________________________________________________________ | Quarterly | | | averages | Monthly data | |_________________|__________________________| Oct.- Category | 2005 | 2005 | Nov. |_________________|__________________________|change | II | III | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | ________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ HOUSEHOLD DATA | Labor force status |____________________________________________________ Civilian labor force.....| 149,003| 149,835| 150,093| 150,079| 150,176| 97 Employment.............| 141,404| 142,319| 142,432| 142,646| 142,594| -52 Unemployment...........| 7,599| 7,516| 7,661| 7,433| 7,582| 149 Not in labor force.......| 76,671| 76,587| 76,600| 76,880| 77,028| 148 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Unemployment rates |____________________________________________________ All workers..............| 5.1| 5.0| 5.1| 5.0| 5.0| 0.0 Adult men..............| 4.4| 4.4| 4.5| 4.3| 4.3| .0 Adult women............| 4.6| 4.6| 4.6| 4.6| 4.6| .0 Teenagers..............| 17.4| 16.1| 15.8| 15.9| 17.2| 1.3 White..................| 4.4| 4.3| 4.5| 4.4| 4.3| -.1 Black or African | | | | | | American.............| 10.3| 9.5| 9.4| 9.1| 10.6| 1.5 Hispanic or Latino | | | | | | ethnicity............| 6.1| 5.9| 6.5| 5.8| 6.0| .2 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ ESTABLISHMENT DATA | Employment |____________________________________________________ Nonfarm employment.......| 133,429| 133,969| 134,030|p134,074|p134,289| p215 Goods-producing(1).....| 22,134| 22,152| 22,164| p22,218| p22,268| p50 Construction.........| 7,217| 7,262| 7,284| p7,319| p7,356| p37 Manufacturing........| 14,292| 14,258| 14,244| p14,259| p14,270| p11 Service-providing(1)...| 111,295| 111,817| 111,866|p111,856|p112,021| p165 Retail trade(2)......| 15,180| 15,221| 15,183| p15,186| p15,194| p9 Professional and | | | | | | business services..| 16,867| 16,995| 17,037| p17,043| p17,072| p29 Education and health | | | | | | services...........| 17,289| 17,417| 17,455| p17,445| p17,481| p36 Leisure and | | | | | | hospitality........| 12,741| 12,798| 12,762| p12,748| p12,777| p29 Government...........| 21,753| 21,841| 21,856| p21,851| p21,872| p21 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Hours of work(3) |____________________________________________________ Total private............| 33.7| 33.7| 33.8| p33.8| p33.7| p-0.1 Manufacturing..........| 40.4| 40.6| 40.7| p41.0| p40.8| p-.2 Overtime.............| 4.4| 4.5| 4.5| p4.6| p4.5| p-.1 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100)(3) |____________________________________________________ Total private............| 102.4| 103.0| 103.2| p103.3| p103.2| p-0.1 |________|________|________|________|________|_______ | Earnings(3) |____________________________________________________ Avg. hourly earnings, | | | | | | total private..........| $16.03| $16.17| $16.19| p$16.29| p$16.32| p$0.03 Avg. weekly earnings, | | | | | | total private..........| 540.86| 545.36| 547.22| p550.60| p549.98| p-.62 _________________________|________|________|________|________|________|_______ 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 - Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data) The number of persons marginally attached to the labor force was 1.4 million in November, about the same as a year earlier. (Data are not seasonally adjusted.) 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 unemployed, however, because they did not actively search for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. There were 404,000 discouraged workers in November, about the same as a year earlier. Dis- couraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them. The other 1.0 million marginally attached persons had not searched for work for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-13.) Employment Status of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees (Household Survey Data) Beginning in October, questions were added to the household survey to identify persons who evacuated from their homes, even temporarily, due to Hurricane Katrina. Data collected through these questions do not represent all evacuees; persons living outside of the scope of the survey--such as those living in hotels or shelters--are not included. The questions were asked of persons in the household survey sample throughout the country, since some evacuees relocated far from the storm-affected areas. The questions also determined whether evacuees had returned to their homes by the time of the survey. This additional information enabled analysis of the employment status of this subgroup of evacuees. (The total number of evacuees estimated from the household survey may change from month to month as people move in and out of the scope of the survey.) Information gathered in November showed that about 900,000 persons age 16 and over had evacuated from where they were living in August due to Hurricane Katrina. These evacuees either had returned to their homes or were living in other residential units covered in the survey in November. Half of the evacuees had returned to their August 2005 residences. Of all evacuees identified, 55.2 percent were in the labor force in November. The employment-population ratio for these evacuees was 43.9 per- cent. The unemployment rate for persons identified as evacuees was 20.5 percent; it was much higher for those who had not returned home (27.8 percent) than for those who had returned (12.5 percent). (See table B.) Table B. Employment status in November 2005 of persons 16 years and over who evacuated from their August residence, even temporarily, due to Hurricane Katrina (1) (Numbers in thousands, not seasonally adjusted) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Residence in November | |------------------------- Employment status in November 2005 | Total | Same as | Different than | |in August| in August -------------------------------------------------------|--------------- Civilian noninstitutional population.| 886 | 442 | 443 Civilian labor force...............| 489 | 233 | 256 Participation rate.......... | 55.2 | 52.7 | 57.7 Employed........................| 389 | 204 | 185 Employment-population ratio..| 43.9 | 46.1 | 41.6 Unemployed......................| 100 | 29 | 71 Unemployment rate............| 20.5 | 12.5 | 27.8 Not in labor force.................| 397 | 209 | 188 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1/ Represents persons in the civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over who resided in households that were eligible to be selected for the Current Population Survey (CPS). These data are not representative of the total evacuee population because they do not in- clude children or people residing in shelters, hotels, places of worship, or other units outside the scope of the CPS. The total number of evac- uees estimated from the CPS may change from month to month as people move in and out of the scope of the survey and because of sampling varia- bility. NOTE: These data use population controls that have been adjusted to account for interstate moves by evacuees. - 4 - Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data) Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 215,000 to 134.3 million in November. This followed 2 months of little growth in employment, due in part to the direct and indirect effects of hurricanes that struck the Gulf Coast. During the first 8 months of the year, payroll employment grew by an average of 196,000 per month. In November, gains were widespread with notable increases in construction, professional and technical services, health care, and food services and drinking places. (See table B-1.) In November, construction employment rose by 37,000, with a large increase occurring in heavy and civil engineering construction (14,000). November job gains in construction partly reflect rebuilding and clean-up efforts following Hurricane Katrina. Employment in the industry has been on an upward trend for more than 2-1/2 years. Professional and technical services employment increased by 22,000 in November. Within this sector, architectural and engineering services and management and technical consulting services each added about 6,000 jobs. Over the last 12 months, professional and technical services has added 210,000 jobs. Health care employment continued to grow in November, increasing by 20,000. Ambulatory health care services, which includes doctors' offices and outpatient clinics, added 15,000 jobs. Health care has added 263,000 jobs since November 2004. Within leisure and hospitality, food services--which includes restaurants and drinking places--added 39,000 jobs in November. This followed declines in the previous 2 months that totaled 69,000. For the 12 months ending in August, the industry had gained 283,000 jobs. Manufacturing employment edged up in November. Job gains occurred in wood products and in computer and electronic products, while machinery manufacturing employment decreased. In November, employment in financial activities continued its upward trend, as credit intermediation added 5,000 jobs. Wholesale trade employment also continued to trend up, with most of the over-the-month gain occurring in the industry's durable goods component. Retail trade employment was about un- changed over the month. Within the industry, employment in automobile dealerships declined for the second consecutive month, falling by 6,000 in November. Building material and garden supply stores added 6,000 jobs over the month. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.1 hour to 33.7 hours in November, seasonally adjusted. The manufacturing workweek decreased by 0.2 hour to 40.8 hours, following a 0.3-hour increase in October. Factory overtime was down by 0.1 hour in November to 4.5 hours. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls decreased by 0.1 percent in November to 103.2 (2002=100). The manufacturing index was down by 0.2 percent over the month to 95.0. (See table B-5.) - 5 - Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data) Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 3 cents in November to $16.32, seasonally adjusted. This followed an increase of 10 cents (as revised) in October. Average weekly earnings decreased by 0.1 percent over the month to $549.98. Over the year, both average hourly and weekly earnings increased by 3.2 percent. (See table B-3.) ______________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------- | Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Household Survey Data | | | | In accordance with usual practice, the release of December data | | in January will incorporate annual revisions in seasonally adjusted | | unemployment and other labor force series from the household survey.| | Seasonally adjusted data for the most recent 5 years are subject | | to revision. | --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Employment Situation for December 2005 is scheduled to be released on Friday, January 6, 2006, at 8:30 A.M. (EST). Release dates for the balance of 2006 are as follows: Feb. 3 May 5 Aug. 4 Nov. 3 March 10 June 2 Sept. 1 Dec. 8 April 7 July 7 Oct. 6 - 6 - 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. - 7 - 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. - 8 - 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. - 9 - 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 Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2004 2005 2005 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 224,422 226,959 227,204 224,422 226,153 226,421 226,693 226,959 227,204 Civilian labor force............................ 148,246 150,304 150,239 148,313 149,573 149,841 150,093 150,079 150,176 Participation rate........................ 66.1 66.2 66.1 66.1 66.1 66.2 66.2 66.1 66.1 Employed...................................... 140,581 143,340 142,968 140,293 142,076 142,449 142,432 142,646 142,594 Employment-population ratio............... 62.6 63.2 62.9 62.5 62.8 62.9 62.8 62.9 62.8 Unemployed.................................... 7,665 6,964 7,271 8,020 7,497 7,391 7,661 7,433 7,582 Unemployment rate......................... 5.2 4.6 4.8 5.4 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.0 5.0 Not in labor force.............................. 76,176 76,655 76,964 76,109 76,580 76,581 76,600 76,880 77,028 Persons who currently want a job.............. 4,755 4,796 4,466 5,087 5,015 4,823 4,937 4,997 4,844 Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 108,276 109,616 109,745 108,276 109,190 109,332 109,475 109,616 109,745 Civilian labor force............................ 79,455 80,306 80,296 79,602 80,199 80,409 80,327 80,256 80,372 Participation rate........................ 73.4 73.3 73.2 73.5 73.4 73.5 73.4 73.2 73.2 Employed...................................... 75,232 76,808 76,481 75,188 76,272 76,449 76,236 76,395 76,391 Employment-population ratio............... 69.5 70.1 69.7 69.4 69.9 69.9 69.6 69.7 69.6 Unemployed.................................... 4,224 3,498 3,816 4,414 3,927 3,960 4,092 3,862 3,981 Unemployment rate......................... 5.3 4.4 4.8 5.5 4.9 4.9 5.1 4.8 5.0 Not in labor force.............................. 28,820 29,310 29,449 28,674 28,991 28,923 29,148 29,360 29,373 Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 100,017 101,265 101,383 100,017 100,874 101,004 101,136 101,265 101,383 Civilian labor force............................ 75,857 76,978 76,756 75,866 76,624 76,831 76,790 76,806 76,722 Participation rate........................ 75.8 76.0 75.7 75.9 76.0 76.1 75.9 75.8 75.7 Employed...................................... 72,273 73,988 73,593 72,134 73,363 73,527 73,318 73,519 73,443 Employment-population ratio............... 72.3 73.1 72.6 72.1 72.7 72.8 72.5 72.6 72.4 Unemployed.................................... 3,584 2,990 3,163 3,733 3,261 3,304 3,471 3,287 3,278 Unemployment rate......................... 4.7 3.9 4.1 4.9 4.3 4.3 4.5 4.3 4.3 Not in labor force.............................. 24,160 24,287 24,626 24,151 24,250 24,173 24,346 24,459 24,661 Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 116,146 117,343 117,459 116,146 116,963 117,089 117,218 117,343 117,459 Civilian labor force............................ 68,791 69,998 69,943 68,711 69,374 69,431 69,765 69,823 69,804 Participation rate........................ 59.2 59.7 59.5 59.2 59.3 59.3 59.5 59.5 59.4 Employed...................................... 65,349 66,532 66,488 65,104 65,804 66,000 66,196 66,251 66,203 Employment-population ratio............... 56.3 56.7 56.6 56.1 56.3 56.4 56.5 56.5 56.4 Unemployed.................................... 3,441 3,466 3,455 3,606 3,570 3,431 3,569 3,571 3,601 Unemployment rate......................... 5.0 5.0 4.9 5.2 5.1 4.9 5.1 5.1 5.2 Not in labor force.............................. 47,356 47,345 47,516 47,436 47,589 47,658 47,453 47,520 47,655 Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 108,129 109,228 109,332 108,129 108,880 108,996 109,114 109,228 109,332 Civilian labor force............................ 65,446 66,480 66,510 65,244 65,768 65,761 66,130 66,191 66,231 Participation rate........................ 60.5 60.9 60.8 60.3 60.4 60.3 60.6 60.6 60.6 Employed...................................... 62,492 63,551 63,572 62,145 62,690 62,867 63,077 63,173 63,166 Employment-population ratio............... 57.8 58.2 58.1 57.5 57.6 57.7 57.8 57.8 57.8 Unemployed.................................... 2,954 2,930 2,938 3,099 3,078 2,894 3,053 3,018 3,064 Unemployment rate......................... 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.6 Not in labor force.............................. 42,683 42,748 42,822 42,885 43,113 43,235 42,983 43,037 43,101 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 16,275 16,465 16,489 16,275 16,399 16,421 16,443 16,465 16,489 Civilian labor force............................ 6,943 6,845 6,973 7,202 7,182 7,249 7,173 7,082 7,223 Participation rate........................ 42.7 41.6 42.3 44.2 43.8 44.1 43.6 43.0 43.8 Employed...................................... 5,816 5,801 5,803 6,014 6,024 6,055 6,036 5,954 5,984 Employment-population ratio............... 35.7 35.2 35.2 36.9 36.7 36.9 36.7 36.2 36.3 Unemployed.................................... 1,127 1,045 1,170 1,188 1,158 1,193 1,136 1,128 1,239 Unemployment rate......................... 16.2 15.3 16.8 16.5 16.1 16.5 15.8 15.9 17.2 Not in labor force.............................. 9,333 9,620 9,516 9,074 9,217 9,172 9,271 9,384 9,266 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 Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2004 2005 2005 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 WHITE Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 183,340 185,028 185,187 183,340 184,490 184,669 184,851 185,028 185,187 Civilian labor force............................ 121,590 122,900 122,880 121,606 122,383 122,668 122,817 122,797 122,839 Participation rate.......................... 66.3 66.4 66.4 66.3 66.3 66.4 66.4 66.4 66.3 Employed...................................... 116,247 117,898 117,921 115,966 117,149 117,471 117,317 117,356 117,580 Employment-population ratio................. 63.4 63.7 63.7 63.3 63.5 63.6 63.5 63.4 63.5 Unemployed.................................... 5,342 5,002 4,959 5,640 5,234 5,197 5,500 5,441 5,259 Unemployment rate........................... 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.5 4.4 4.3 Not in labor force.............................. 61,751 62,128 62,307 61,735 62,107 62,001 62,034 62,231 62,348 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 63,264 64,041 63,896 63,225 63,700 63,894 63,824 63,903 63,834 Participation rate.......................... 76.2 76.4 76.1 76.2 76.2 76.4 76.2 76.2 76.1 Employed...................................... 60,742 61,871 61,674 60,565 61,353 61,510 61,248 61,457 61,488 Employment-population ratio................. 73.2 73.8 73.5 73.0 73.4 73.5 73.1 73.3 73.3 Unemployed.................................... 2,522 2,170 2,223 2,660 2,346 2,384 2,576 2,446 2,346 Unemployment rate........................... 4.0 3.4 3.5 4.2 3.7 3.7 4.0 3.8 3.7 Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 52,587 53,164 53,238 52,443 52,757 52,762 52,973 52,990 53,056 Participation rate.......................... 59.9 60.1 60.1 59.8 59.8 59.8 59.9 59.9 59.9 Employed...................................... 50,585 51,090 51,292 50,318 50,674 50,781 50,850 50,836 50,972 Employment-population ratio................. 57.7 57.8 58.0 57.4 57.4 57.5 57.5 57.5 57.6 Unemployed.................................... 2,002 2,074 1,946 2,125 2,083 1,981 2,123 2,154 2,084 Unemployment rate........................... 3.8 3.9 3.7 4.1 3.9 3.8 4.0 4.1 3.9 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ 5,738 5,696 5,746 5,938 5,926 6,012 6,020 5,904 5,949 Participation rate.......................... 45.5 44.8 45.1 47.0 46.7 47.3 47.3 46.4 46.7 Employed...................................... 4,920 4,937 4,955 5,083 5,121 5,181 5,219 5,063 5,121 Employment-population ratio................. 39.0 38.8 38.9 40.3 40.4 40.8 41.0 39.8 40.2 Unemployed.................................... 818 758 791 855 805 832 801 841 828 Unemployment rate........................... 14.3 13.3 13.8 14.4 13.6 13.8 13.3 14.2 13.9 BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 26,239 26,663 26,705 26,239 26,526 26,572 26,618 26,663 26,705 Civilian labor force............................ 16,814 17,255 17,197 16,728 17,190 17,154 17,087 17,158 17,124 Participation rate.......................... 64.1 64.7 64.4 63.8 64.8 64.6 64.2 64.4 64.1 Employed...................................... 15,029 15,742 15,395 14,913 15,561 15,499 15,480 15,591 15,302 Employment-population ratio................. 57.3 59.0 57.6 56.8 58.7 58.3 58.2 58.5 57.3 Unemployed.................................... 1,784 1,512 1,802 1,814 1,628 1,655 1,607 1,567 1,823 Unemployment rate........................... 10.6 8.8 10.5 10.8 9.5 9.6 9.4 9.1 10.6 Not in labor force.............................. 9,425 9,408 9,509 9,512 9,336 9,417 9,531 9,505 9,581 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 7,544 7,732 7,634 7,485 7,765 7,739 7,680 7,673 7,551 Participation rate.......................... 71.6 72.1 71.1 71.0 72.8 72.4 71.8 71.6 70.3 Employed...................................... 6,757 7,107 6,910 6,697 7,116 7,077 7,017 7,022 6,846 Employment-population ratio................. 64.1 66.3 64.3 63.5 66.7 66.2 65.6 65.5 63.7 Unemployed.................................... 788 625 724 788 650 662 664 650 705 Unemployment rate........................... 10.4 8.1 9.5 10.5 8.4 8.6 8.6 8.5 9.3 Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 8,471 8,779 8,735 8,438 8,609 8,604 8,674 8,728 8,732 Participation rate.......................... 63.9 65.3 64.9 63.6 64.3 64.2 64.6 64.9 64.9 Employed...................................... 7,719 8,123 7,960 7,675 7,900 7,902 7,970 8,060 7,941 Employment-population ratio................. 58.2 60.4 59.2 57.9 59.0 59.0 59.4 60.0 59.0 Unemployed.................................... 752 655 775 763 709 702 704 668 791 Unemployment rate........................... 8.9 7.5 8.9 9.0 8.2 8.2 8.1 7.6 9.1 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ 799 744 827 804 816 810 732 757 841 Participation rate.......................... 32.7 29.7 32.9 33.0 32.9 32.6 29.4 30.3 33.5 Employed...................................... 554 512 524 542 545 521 493 508 515 Employment-population ratio................. 22.7 20.5 20.9 22.2 22.0 20.9 19.8 20.3 20.5 Unemployed.................................... 244 232 303 263 270 290 239 249 326 Unemployment rate........................... 30.6 31.1 36.6 32.7 33.1 35.8 32.6 32.9 38.8 ASIAN Civilian noninstutional population................ 9,655 9,931 10,044 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Civilian labor force............................ 6,416 6,591 6,642 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 66.5 66.4 66.1 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 6,149 6,387 6,403 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 63.7 64.3 63.7 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 267 203 239 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 4.2 3.1 3.6 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Not in labor force.............................. 3,239 3,340 3,403 (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 Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2004 2005 2005 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY Civilian noninstitutional population.............. 28,520 29,456 29,552 28,520 29,168 29,264 29,361 29,456 29,552 Civilian labor force............................ 19,548 20,101 20,274 19,552 19,794 19,914 19,941 20,026 20,208 Participation rate.......................... 68.5 68.2 68.6 68.6 67.9 68.0 67.9 68.0 68.4 Employed...................................... 18,258 18,978 19,052 18,238 18,698 18,761 18,644 18,856 18,987 Employment-population ratio................. 64.0 64.4 64.5 63.9 64.1 64.1 63.5 64.0 64.2 Unemployed.................................... 1,290 1,122 1,222 1,313 1,096 1,153 1,297 1,170 1,221 Unemployment rate........................... 6.6 5.6 6.0 6.7 5.5 5.8 6.5 5.8 6.0 Not in labor force.............................. 8,972 9,355 9,278 8,968 9,374 9,350 9,420 9,431 9,344 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 11,271 11,597 11,626 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 84.8 84.4 84.3 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 10,654 11,088 11,072 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 80.2 80.7 80.3 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 617 509 554 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 5.5 4.4 4.8 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force............................ 7,264 7,478 7,585 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 57.7 57.5 58.2 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 6,765 7,048 7,096 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 53.7 54.2 54.4 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 498 430 489 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 6.9 5.7 6.4 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force............................ 1,013 1,027 1,063 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Participation rate.......................... 38.4 37.8 39.0 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employed...................................... 839 843 883 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Employment-population ratio................. 31.8 31.0 32.4 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployed.................................... 174 184 180 (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) (2) Unemployment rate........................... 17.2 17.9 16.9 (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 Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2004 2005 2005 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 Less than a high school diploma Civilian labor force...................... 12,725 12,340 12,595 12,722 13,156 12,883 12,770 12,519 12,547 Participation rate.................... 45.3 44.8 45.7 45.3 47.5 46.1 45.3 45.4 45.5 Employed................................ 11,714 11,527 11,678 11,703 12,154 11,903 11,728 11,628 11,623 Employment-population ratio........... 41.7 41.8 42.3 41.6 43.8 42.6 41.6 42.2 42.1 Unemployed.............................. 1,012 813 917 1,019 1,002 980 1,042 890 924 Unemployment rate..................... 8.0 6.6 7.3 8.0 7.6 7.6 8.2 7.1 7.4 High school graduates, no college (1) Civilian labor force...................... 37,809 38,537 38,542 37,630 37,959 38,104 38,325 38,480 38,399 Participation rate.................... 63.4 64.0 63.6 63.1 63.6 63.4 63.9 63.9 63.4 Employed................................ 36,034 36,875 36,770 35,788 36,120 36,327 36,399 36,631 36,564 Employment-population ratio........... 60.4 61.2 60.7 60.0 60.5 60.5 60.6 60.8 60.4 Unemployed.............................. 1,776 1,661 1,771 1,842 1,839 1,777 1,926 1,849 1,835 Unemployment rate..................... 4.7 4.3 4.6 4.9 4.8 4.7 5.0 4.8 4.8 Some college or associate degree Civilian labor force...................... 34,509 35,456 35,326 34,549 34,851 35,008 35,126 35,310 35,403 Participation rate.................... 72.3 72.6 72.1 72.4 71.2 72.0 72.3 72.3 72.3 Employed................................ 33,062 34,172 33,999 33,051 33,547 33,754 33,859 33,959 34,056 Employment-population ratio........... 69.3 70.0 69.4 69.3 68.5 69.4 69.7 69.5 69.5 Unemployed.............................. 1,447 1,284 1,326 1,498 1,304 1,254 1,267 1,351 1,348 Unemployment rate..................... 4.2 3.6 3.8 4.3 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.8 Bachelor's degree and higher (2) Civilian labor force...................... 41,139 41,893 41,659 41,131 41,297 41,431 41,569 41,629 41,526 Participation rate.................... 78.5 78.2 78.2 78.5 77.8 78.1 78.1 77.7 77.9 Employed................................ 40,156 40,972 40,771 40,090 40,309 40,579 40,592 40,676 40,588 Employment-population ratio........... 76.6 76.5 76.5 76.5 75.9 76.5 76.3 76.0 76.2 Unemployed.............................. 982 921 888 1,041 987 852 978 953 938 Unemployment rate..................... 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.5 2.4 2.1 2.4 2.3 2.3 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 Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2004 2005 2005 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries....... 2,147 2,239 2,117 2,212 2,334 2,178 2,142 2,122 2,156 Wage and salary workers................ 1,173 1,227 1,164 1,204 1,311 1,216 1,117 1,147 1,184 Self-employed workers.................. 947 973 923 952 987 926 981 937 929 Unpaid family workers.................. 27 38 30 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Nonagricultural industries............... 138,434 141,101 140,851 138,068 139,668 140,345 140,461 140,629 140,413 Wage and salary workers................ 128,699 131,469 131,366 128,431 130,056 131,021 130,994 131,180 130,983 Government........................... 20,428 20,475 20,321 20,309 20,492 20,469 20,251 20,354 20,236 Private industries................... 108,271 110,994 111,045 108,120 109,651 110,605 110,728 110,815 110,757 Private households................. 779 813 750 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Other industries................... 107,493 110,182 110,295 107,360 108,834 109,705 109,887 109,995 110,009 Self-employed workers.................. 9,668 9,549 9,376 9,505 9,514 9,269 9,355 9,360 9,265 Unpaid family workers.................. 66 84 109 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME (2) All industries: Part time for economic reasons......... 4,398 3,915 4,067 4,533 4,427 4,493 4,591 4,261 4,180 Slack work or business conditions.... 2,716 2,459 2,570 2,761 2,723 2,768 2,882 2,666 2,607 Could only find part-time work....... 1,381 1,236 1,198 1,420 1,368 1,426 1,383 1,318 1,248 Part time for noneconomic reasons...... 20,620 20,559 20,792 19,499 19,528 19,516 19,579 19,706 19,622 Nonagricultural industries: Part time for economic reasons......... 4,255 3,837 3,977 4,404 4,369 4,457 4,522 4,178 4,109 Slack work or business conditions.... 2,616 2,400 2,518 2,685 2,673 2,747 2,832 2,614 2,578 Could only find part-time work....... 1,365 1,225 1,191 1,396 1,369 1,420 1,366 1,296 1,232 Part time for noneconomic reasons...... 20,259 20,130 20,423 19,141 19,084 19,141 19,188 19,259 19,238 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 Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2004 2005 2005 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 Total, 16 years and over.......................... 140,581 143,340 142,968 140,293 142,076 142,449 142,432 142,646 142,594 16 to 19 years.................................. 5,816 5,801 5,803 6,014 6,024 6,055 6,036 5,954 5,984 16 to 17 years................................ 2,188 2,231 2,231 2,240 2,241 2,292 2,285 2,286 2,277 18 to 19 years................................ 3,628 3,570 3,572 3,739 3,769 3,789 3,752 3,669 3,671 20 years and over............................... 134,765 137,539 137,165 134,279 136,052 136,394 136,395 136,692 136,610 20 to 24 years................................ 13,799 13,993 13,947 13,818 13,904 13,775 13,842 13,949 13,944 25 years and over............................. 120,966 123,546 123,218 120,455 122,120 122,682 122,545 122,695 122,712 25 to 54 years.............................. 98,279 99,400 99,214 97,885 98,530 98,958 98,817 98,822 98,844 25 to 34 years............................ 30,675 31,088 31,144 30,495 30,606 30,709 30,671 30,844 30,931 35 to 44 years............................ 34,840 34,754 34,614 34,739 34,707 34,701 34,822 34,608 34,508 45 to 54 years............................ 32,763 33,558 33,457 32,651 33,217 33,548 33,324 33,369 33,405 55 years and over........................... 22,687 24,146 24,004 22,571 23,590 23,725 23,728 23,874 23,868 Men, 16 years and over............................ 75,232 76,808 76,481 75,188 76,272 76,449 76,236 76,395 76,391 16 to 19 years.................................. 2,958 2,819 2,887 3,055 2,910 2,923 2,918 2,875 2,948 16 to 17 years................................ 1,089 1,025 1,056 1,117 1,014 1,064 1,048 1,037 1,056 18 to 19 years................................ 1,869 1,794 1,831 1,914 1,895 1,882 1,863 1,834 1,862 20 years and over............................... 72,273 73,988 73,593 72,134 73,363 73,527 73,318 73,519 73,443 20 to 24 years................................ 7,249 7,323 7,305 7,295 7,414 7,303 7,246 7,305 7,326 25 years and over............................. 65,024 66,665 66,288 64,823 65,920 66,282 66,043 66,207 66,146 25 to 54 years.............................. 52,830 53,741 53,527 52,695 53,198 53,530 53,329 53,438 53,433 25 to 34 years............................ 16,945 17,255 17,203 16,851 16,988 17,119 17,025 17,108 17,106 35 to 44 years............................ 18,839 18,901 18,783 18,799 18,825 18,784 18,816 18,809 18,748 45 to 54 years............................ 17,046 17,585 17,541 17,045 17,385 17,627 17,489 17,522 17,579 55 years and over........................... 12,194 12,925 12,762 12,128 12,722 12,753 12,714 12,769 12,713 Women, 16 years and over.......................... 65,349 66,532 66,488 65,104 65,804 66,000 66,196 66,251 66,203 16 to 19 years.................................. 2,858 2,982 2,916 2,959 3,114 3,133 3,119 3,078 3,036 16 to 17 years................................ 1,099 1,206 1,175 1,123 1,227 1,227 1,236 1,249 1,221 18 to 19 years................................ 1,759 1,776 1,741 1,826 1,873 1,908 1,889 1,835 1,809 20 years and over............................... 62,492 63,551 63,572 62,145 62,690 62,867 63,077 63,173 63,166 20 to 24 years................................ 6,550 6,670 6,642 6,523 6,491 6,472 6,596 6,644 6,618 25 years and over............................. 55,942 56,881 56,930 55,633 56,200 56,400 56,502 56,488 56,566 25 to 54 years.............................. 45,449 45,659 45,688 45,190 45,333 45,428 45,488 45,384 45,411 25 to 34 years............................ 13,730 13,833 13,941 13,644 13,618 13,591 13,646 13,737 13,824 35 to 44 years............................ 16,001 15,853 15,831 15,940 15,882 15,917 16,006 15,800 15,761 45 to 54 years............................ 15,718 15,973 15,916 15,606 15,832 15,920 15,836 15,847 15,826 55 years and over........................... 10,493 11,221 11,243 10,443 10,867 10,972 11,014 11,105 11,154 Married men, spouse present....................... 45,631 45,977 45,635 45,462 45,486 45,700 45,438 45,675 45,469 Married women, spouse present..................... 35,319 35,385 35,331 34,961 34,965 34,997 34,946 34,858 34,864 Women who maintain families....................... 8,710 8,875 9,033 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Full-time workers (2)............................. 115,000 118,025 117,459 115,415 117,332 117,637 117,375 117,737 117,815 Part-time workers (3)............................. 25,581 25,315 25,509 24,940 24,749 24,873 25,014 24,927 24,844 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 Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2004 2005 2005 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 Total, 16 years and over.......................... 8,020 7,433 7,582 5.4 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.0 5.0 16 to 19 years.................................. 1,188 1,128 1,239 16.5 16.1 16.5 15.8 15.9 17.2 16 to 17 years................................ 603 524 605 21.2 18.7 18.6 18.8 18.7 21.0 18 to 19 years................................ 585 612 616 13.5 14.4 15.1 13.9 14.3 14.4 20 years and over............................... 6,832 6,305 6,343 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.6 4.4 4.4 20 to 24 years................................ 1,398 1,300 1,272 9.2 8.3 8.9 8.7 8.5 8.4 25 years and over............................. 5,409 5,021 5,052 4.3 4.0 3.8 4.1 3.9 4.0 25 to 54 years.............................. 4,545 4,215 4,266 4.4 4.2 4.0 4.2 4.1 4.1 25 to 34 years............................ 1,811 1,570 1,638 5.6 5.2 5.0 5.4 4.8 5.0 35 to 44 years............................ 1,457 1,397 1,410 4.0 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.9 3.9 45 to 54 years............................ 1,276 1,248 1,218 3.8 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.5 55 years and over........................... 869 799 773 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.6 3.2 3.1 Men, 16 years and over............................ 4,414 3,862 3,981 5.5 4.9 4.9 5.1 4.8 5.0 16 to 19 years.................................. 681 575 702 18.2 18.6 18.3 17.5 16.7 19.2 16 to 17 years................................ 334 230 319 23.0 23.2 21.6 21.4 18.2 23.2 18 to 19 years................................ 333 342 355 14.8 15.5 16.4 15.2 15.7 16.0 20 years and over............................... 3,733 3,287 3,278 4.9 4.3 4.3 4.5 4.3 4.3 20 to 24 years................................ 791 763 737 9.8 8.7 10.1 9.9 9.5 9.1 25 years and over............................. 2,919 2,518 2,521 4.3 3.7 3.6 3.9 3.7 3.7 25 to 54 years.............................. 2,449 2,102 2,114 4.4 3.9 3.8 4.0 3.8 3.8 25 to 34 years............................ 960 794 803 5.4 4.6 4.4 5.1 4.4 4.5 35 to 44 years............................ 804 672 705 4.1 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.6 45 to 54 years............................ 686 635 606 3.9 3.7 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.3 55 years and over........................... 470 416 407 3.7 3.2 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.1 Women, 16 years and over.......................... 3,606 3,571 3,601 5.2 5.1 4.9 5.1 5.1 5.2 16 to 19 years.................................. 507 553 537 14.6 13.6 14.6 14.2 15.2 15.0 16 to 17 years................................ 269 294 286 19.3 14.5 15.8 16.4 19.1 19.0 18 to 19 years................................ 252 270 261 12.1 13.2 13.9 12.6 12.8 12.6 20 years and over............................... 3,099 3,018 3,064 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.6 20 to 24 years................................ 607 537 536 8.5 7.7 7.5 7.4 7.5 7.5 25 years and over............................. 2,490 2,504 2,532 4.3 4.3 4.0 4.3 4.2 4.3 25 to 54 years.............................. 2,096 2,113 2,152 4.4 4.5 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.5 25 to 34 years............................ 851 776 835 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.8 5.3 5.7 35 to 44 years............................ 654 725 705 3.9 4.2 3.9 3.9 4.4 4.3 45 to 54 years............................ 590 612 612 3.6 3.6 3.2 3.5 3.7 3.7 55 years and over (2)....................... 390 357 357 3.6 4.1 3.8 3.9 3.1 3.1 Married men, spouse present....................... 1,432 1,226 1,204 3.1 2.6 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.6 Married women, spouse present..................... 1,236 1,185 1,207 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.4 3.3 3.3 Women who maintain families (2)................... 722 701 700 7.7 8.8 7.2 7.6 7.3 7.2 Full-time workers (3)............................. 6,570 6,042 6,040 5.4 4.9 4.9 5.1 4.9 4.9 Part-time workers (4)............................. 1,432 1,405 1,490 5.4 5.5 5.1 5.3 5.3 5.7 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 Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2004 2005 2005 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........................................... 3,898 3,162 3,329 4,066 3,633 3,490 3,724 3,523 3,454 On temporary layoff............................. 797 637 744 941 959 880 982 947 893 Not on temporary layoff......................... 3,101 2,525 2,585 3,124 2,674 2,610 2,742 2,576 2,561 Permanent job losers.......................... 2,296 1,824 1,894 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Persons who completed temporary jobs.......... 806 701 691 (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) (1) Job leavers....................................... 847 916 889 880 826 839 876 893 907 Reentrants........................................ 2,265 2,292 2,423 2,388 2,394 2,451 2,422 2,356 2,523 New entrants...................................... 655 594 630 723 628 632 623 652 683 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed.................................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........................................... 50.9 45.4 45.8 50.5 48.6 47.1 48.7 47.5 45.6 On temporary layoff............................ 10.4 9.1 10.2 11.7 12.8 11.9 12.8 12.8 11.8 Not on temporary layoff........................ 40.5 36.3 35.6 38.8 35.7 35.2 35.9 34.7 33.8 Job leavers...................................... 11.0 13.2 12.2 10.9 11.0 11.3 11.5 12.0 12.0 Reentrants....................................... 29.5 32.9 33.3 29.6 32.0 33.1 31.7 31.7 33.3 New entrants..................................... 8.6 8.5 8.7 9.0 8.4 8.5 8.1 8.8 9.0 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs........................................... 2.6 2.1 2.2 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.3 Job leavers...................................... .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 .6 Reentrants....................................... 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 New entrants..................................... .4 .4 .4 .5 .4 .4 .4 .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 Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2004 2005 2005 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Less than 5 weeks................................. 2,467 2,578 2,617 2,611 2,571 2,542 2,735 2,695 2,773 5 to 14 weeks..................................... 2,353 2,040 2,263 2,361 2,430 2,272 2,285 2,265 2,276 15 weeks and over................................. 2,844 2,346 2,391 3,012 2,437 2,686 2,611 2,496 2,509 15 to 26 weeks................................. 1,173 960 1,041 1,294 1,047 1,243 1,131 1,045 1,118 27 weeks and over.............................. 1,671 1,386 1,350 1,718 1,389 1,444 1,480 1,452 1,391 Average (mean) duration, in weeks................. 20.0 18.3 17.8 19.8 17.6 18.9 18.3 18.1 17.7 Median duration, in weeks......................... 9.7 8.5 8.5 9.8 9.0 9.4 8.6 8.6 8.5 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Total unemployed.................................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Less than 5 weeks............................... 32.2 37.0 36.0 32.7 34.6 33.9 35.8 36.1 36.7 5 to 14 weeks................................... 30.7 29.3 31.1 29.6 32.7 30.3 29.9 30.4 30.1 15 weeks and over............................... 37.1 33.7 32.9 37.7 32.8 35.8 34.2 33.5 33.2 15 to 26 weeks................................ 15.3 13.8 14.3 16.2 14.1 16.6 14.8 14.0 14.8 27 weeks and over............................. 21.8 19.9 18.6 21.5 18.7 19.2 19.4 19.5 18.4 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 Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 Total, 16 years and over (1)................................ 140,581 142,968 7,665 7,271 5.2 4.8 Management, professional, and related occupations................ 49,089 49,964 1,208 1,067 2.4 2.1 Management, business, and financial operations occupations..... 20,312 20,991 572 453 2.7 2.1 Professional and related occupations........................... 28,776 28,973 636 614 2.2 2.1 Service occupations.............................................. 22,959 23,151 1,617 1,667 6.6 6.7 Sales and office occupations..................................... 35,658 36,188 1,746 1,720 4.7 4.5 Sales and related occupations.................................. 16,119 16,480 812 815 4.8 4.7 Office and administrative support occupations.................. 19,539 19,708 934 905 4.6 4.4 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations..... 15,005 15,652 1,100 939 6.8 5.7 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..................... 976 952 152 124 13.5 11.5 Construction and extraction occupations........................ 8,895 9,501 726 613 7.5 6.1 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.............. 5,134 5,199 222 203 4.1 3.7 Production, transportation, and material moving occupations...... 17,871 18,013 1,287 1,202 6.7 6.3 Production occupations......................................... 9,279 9,392 672 683 6.8 6.8 Transportation and material moving occupations................. 8,592 8,621 614 519 6.7 5.7 1 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Beginning in January 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) Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. 2004 2005 2004 2005 Total, 16 years and over (1)............... 7,665 7,271 5.2 4.8 Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers... 6,012 5,711 5.3 4.9 Mining.......................................... 20 18 3.3 2.9 Construction.................................... 695 564 7.4 5.7 Manufacturing................................... 905 823 5.4 4.9 Durable goods................................. 557 493 5.2 4.6 Nondurable goods.............................. 348 330 5.7 5.5 Wholesale and retail trade...................... 1,045 1,013 5.0 4.7 Transportation and utilities.................... 217 199 4.0 3.5 Information..................................... 187 172 5.6 5.1 Financial activities............................ 290 268 3.1 2.8 Professional and business services.............. 872 711 6.8 5.5 Education and health services................... 570 677 3.2 3.6 Leisure and hospitality......................... 916 966 7.9 8.1 Other services.................................. 294 300 4.8 4.9 Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers........................................ 131 118 10.5 9.6 Government workers................................ 514 494 2.4 2.4 Self employed and unpaid family workers........... 353 319 3.2 3.0 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 Nov. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2004 2005 2005 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005 2005 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force................................ 1.9 1.6 1.6 2.0 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force................... 2.6 2.1 2.2 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.3 2.3 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate)...................... 5.2 4.6 4.8 5.4 5.0 4.9 5.1 5.0 5.0 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers.... 5.4 4.9 5.1 5.7 5.3 5.2 5.3 5.2 5.3 U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other marginally attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers................................................. 6.1 5.5 5.7 6.4 6.0 5.9 6.0 5.8 5.9 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........................................ 9.1 8.1 8.4 9.4 8.9 8.9 9.0 8.7 8.7 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 Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. Nov. 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force...................................... 76,176 76,964 28,820 29,449 47,356 47,516 Persons who currently want a job................................ 4,755 4,466 2,140 1,963 2,615 2,503 Searched for work and available to work now (1)................ 1,517 1,415 804 724 714 691 Reason not currently looking: Discouragement over job prospects (2)................... 392 404 237 217 155 186 Reasons other than discouragement (3)................ 1,125 1,011 566 507 559 504 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders (4)..................................... 7,648 7,586 4,011 3,854 3,637 3,732 Percent of total employed..................................... 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.0 5.6 5.6 Primary job full time, secondary job part time................ 4,095 4,059 2,336 2,220 1,759 1,839 Primary and secondary jobs both part time..................... 1,706 1,687 586 549 1,120 1,137 Primary and secondary jobs both full time..................... 282 278 184 199 98 79 Hours vary on primary or secondary job........................ 1,531 1,523 887 865 644 659 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 Nov. Sept. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. from: 2004 2005 2005p 2005p 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005p 2005p Oct. 2005- Nov. 2005p Total nonfarm......... 133,406 134,335 135,025 135,361 132,294 133,865 134,013 134,030 134,074 134,289 215 Total private........... 111,239 112,641 112,852 113,042 110,588 112,048 112,164 112,174 112,223 112,417 194 Goods-producing............. 22,147 22,435 22,472 22,418 21,996 22,134 22,159 22,164 22,218 22,268 50 Natural resources and mining.... 604 647 649 646 599 629 632 636 640 642 2 Logging...................... 69.2 67.9 66.9 64.5 66.9 65.3 64.9 64.2 63.4 62.8 -.6 Mining......................... 535.1 578.8 582.0 581.3 532.5 563.4 566.7 571.4 576.2 579.2 3.0 Oil and gas extraction........ 123.6 126.8 127.6 127.7 124.4 126.4 126.5 127.0 128.0 128.2 .2 Mining, except oil and gas(1). 212.9 224.9 225.9 223.9 210.7 219.9 220.3 220.2 222.1 222.2 .1 Coal mining.................. 73.9 79.0 79.2 79.5 73.7 77.8 77.6 78.5 79.0 79.2 .2 Support activities for mining. 198.6 227.1 228.5 229.7 197.4 217.1 219.9 224.2 226.1 228.8 2.7 Construction.................... 7,181 7,503 7,534 7,472 7,060 7,235 7,267 7,284 7,319 7,356 37 Construction of buildings..... 1,686.9 1,735.4 1,744.7 1,736.7 1,668.3 1,699.2 1,705.4 1,704.5 1,712.2 1,718.7 6.5 Residential building......... 927.6 963.6 963.4 963.6 918.4 946.8 947.3 949.1 950.6 955.7 5.1 Nonresidential building...... 759.3 771.8 781.3 773.1 749.9 752.4 758.1 755.4 761.6 763.0 1.4 Heavy and civil engineering construction................. 935.1 1,006.2 1,006.3 988.9 906.4 938.2 939.0 947.0 947.9 961.5 13.6 Specialty trade contractors... 4,559.3 4,761.4 4,782.7 4,746.6 4,484.8 4,597.8 4,622.5 4,632.3 4,658.8 4,675.7 16.9 Residential specialty trade contractors................. 2,159.7 2,284.9 2,304.0 2,282.4 2,121.5 2,189.9 2,206.0 2,219.9 2,241.1 2,247.0 5.9 Nonresidential specialty trade contractors........... 2,401.9 2,476.4 2,478.6 2,464.0 2,363.3 2,407.9 2,416.5 2,412.4 2,417.7 2,428.7 11.0 Manufacturing................... 14,362 14,285 14,289 14,300 14,337 14,270 14,260 14,244 14,259 14,270 11 Production workers........... 10,131 10,133 10,149 10,178 10,104 10,081 10,086 10,089 10,113 10,141 28 Durable goods.................. 8,967 8,938 8,961 8,982 8,954 8,940 8,945 8,934 8,957 8,966 9 Production workers........... 6,179 6,223 6,258 6,292 6,166 6,197 6,215 6,216 6,249 6,273 24 Wood products................. 554.3 554.7 551.0 554.1 553.3 549.5 549.7 549.8 547.8 552.3 4.5 Nonmetallic mineral products.. 512.4 509.2 507.1 507.7 507.9 499.4 499.8 499.5 499.8 502.1 2.3 Primary metals................ 465.0 467.2 467.3 468.0 465.8 465.4 465.3 467.0 468.1 468.6 .5 Fabricated metal products..... 1,512.4 1,522.6 1,526.6 1,528.6 1,510.9 1,523.6 1,523.2 1,523.8 1,524.2 1,526.5 2.3 Machinery..................... 1,147.1 1,155.6 1,165.0 1,161.0 1,147.4 1,160.5 1,159.5 1,160.3 1,168.0 1,161.1 -6.9 Computer and electronic products(1).................. 1,326.2 1,332.2 1,333.2 1,340.7 1,327.1 1,333.9 1,334.2 1,334.9 1,336.1 1,341.9 5.8 Computer and peripheral equipment................... 208.9 214.7 213.5 216.0 209.3 214.7 214.7 214.8 214.9 216.5 1.6 Communications equipment..... 152.1 154.0 155.2 155.6 152.7 154.4 153.5 154.6 154.9 155.9 1.0 Semiconductors and electronic components.................. 451.8 447.8 446.4 448.6 451.9 447.1 447.7 448.1 447.6 449.2 1.6 Electronic instruments....... 435.3 440.2 442.1 444.4 435.6 440.4 441.1 441.6 443.1 444.5 1.4 Electrical equipment and appliances................... 446.7 436.5 435.5 438.4 447.4 439.4 439.1 437.8 437.7 438.6 .9 Transportation equipment(1)... 1,774.4 1,748.1 1,763.6 1,769.0 1,767.2 1,752.5 1,760.3 1,746.9 1,764.1 1,764.0 -.1 Motor vehicles and parts(2).. 1,108.4 1,088.3 1,080.3 1,082.3 1,104.1 1,066.7 1,076.0 1,087.0 1,079.8 1,078.3 -1.5 Furniture and related products 571.4 558.2 557.3 556.6 572.2 558.5 559.1 558.8 557.8 556.4 -1.4 Miscellaneous manufacturing... 657.3 653.6 654.3 657.6 654.7 657.3 654.9 654.9 653.5 654.9 1.4 Nondurable goods............... 5,395 5,347 5,328 5,318 5,383 5,330 5,315 5,310 5,302 5,304 2 Production workers........... 3,952 3,910 3,891 3,886 3,938 3,884 3,871 3,873 3,864 3,868 4 Food manufacturing............ 1,505.3 1,502.5 1,497.6 1,493.0 1,493.6 1,486.8 1,482.5 1,478.0 1,475.9 1,481.9 6.0 Beverages and tobacco products 196.3 194.6 194.2 192.2 195.1 190.6 189.8 190.1 191.1 190.8 -.3 Textile mills................. 234.5 220.6 218.0 216.0 235.0 223.0 221.1 219.4 217.8 216.1 -1.7 Textile product mills......... 177.0 177.6 179.9 182.4 178.4 177.9 178.2 179.9 181.1 182.4 1.3 Apparel....................... 273.1 256.7 250.5 248.8 273.4 258.6 255.0 253.2 249.8 248.6 -1.2 Leather and allied products... 43.3 43.4 43.3 43.1 43.4 43.5 43.4 43.3 43.3 43.0 -.3 Paper and paper products...... 499.9 493.2 490.6 490.6 498.1 495.9 494.7 492.3 490.3 489.9 -.4 Printing and related support activities................... 662.1 656.2 653.7 654.0 661.3 653.9 652.2 654.0 652.9 652.6 -.3 Petroleum and coal products... 113.7 118.3 117.7 115.8 113.6 116.9 117.2 116.5 116.6 116.0 -.6 Chemicals..................... 881.0 879.8 877.8 876.7 882.4 879.9 877.6 880.5 879.6 878.5 -1.1 Plastics and rubber products.. 809.1 804.4 804.5 805.3 808.6 803.2 802.9 802.9 803.2 804.1 .9 Service-providing........... 111,259 111,900 112,553 112,943 110,298 111,731 111,854 111,866 111,856 112,021 165 Private service-providing.. 89,092 90,206 90,380 90,624 88,592 89,914 90,005 90,010 90,005 90,149 144 Trade, transportation, and utilities...................... 26,056 25,833 25,965 26,336 25,621 25,922 25,910 25,870 25,880 25,909 29 Wholesale trade................ 5,689.1 5,742.3 5,748.5 5,760.4 5,680.0 5,729.8 5,733.9 5,738.2 5,740.4 5,752.4 12.0 Durable goods................. 2,961.4 2,990.3 2,997.1 3,008.4 2,960.4 2,989.3 2,990.8 2,994.6 2,997.4 3,007.3 9.9 Nondurable goods.............. 2,018.8 2,020.1 2,018.7 2,018.6 2,012.6 2,014.7 2,013.1 2,012.7 2,011.9 2,013.3 1.4 Electronic markets and agents and brokers.................. 708.9 731.9 732.7 733.4 707.0 725.8 730.0 730.9 731.1 731.8 .7 Retail trade...................15,472.0 15,106.3 15,223.4 15,579.4 15,081.4 15,249.2 15,230.7 15,183.1 15,185.8 15,194.3 8.5 Motor vehicle and parts dealers(1)................... 1,903.4 1,935.0 1,925.2 1,912.2 1,901.2 1,923.5 1,923.9 1,923.2 1,916.9 1,911.0 -5.9 Automobile dealers........... 1,248.6 1,263.5 1,253.9 1,243.5 1,247.6 1,257.3 1,255.7 1,256.8 1,249.5 1,243.2 -6.3 Furniture and home furnishings stores....................... 579.8 564.6 574.1 590.0 565.6 568.4 567.6 570.9 571.7 573.0 1.3 Electronics and appliance stores....................... 539.4 527.8 537.9 557.1 520.3 529.2 532.3 534.0 535.0 536.1 1.1 Building material and garden supply stores................ 1,230.8 1,264.9 1,266.6 1,269.1 1,240.4 1,276.9 1,275.1 1,269.5 1,274.6 1,280.6 6.0 Food and beverage stores...... 2,853.0 2,811.0 2,829.4 2,853.4 2,822.7 2,842.5 2,828.5 2,819.3 2,827.2 2,826.8 -.4 Health and personal care stores....................... 951.4 950.9 961.7 969.9 944.5 956.1 962.4 955.5 961.7 962.5 .8 Gasoline stations............. 872.4 881.9 879.7 876.9 873.7 880.0 880.5 878.1 878.9 878.1 -.8 Clothing and clothing accessories stores........... 1,437.5 1,389.7 1,403.7 1,459.5 1,377.9 1,426.3 1,420.6 1,404.3 1,406.6 1,400.7 -5.9 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores............. 673.9 626.5 634.6 670.9 639.0 637.2 636.7 626.5 631.7 635.8 4.1 General merchandise stores(1). 3,046.4 2,810.5 2,855.0 3,038.1 2,854.9 2,867.1 2,862.0 2,857.3 2,841.0 2,849.8 8.8 Department stores............ 1,768.7 1,594.9 1,626.1 1,767.3 1,619.1 1,637.1 1,635.1 1,629.9 1,612.4 1,619.5 7.1 Miscellaneous store retailers. 935.1 918.0 921.0 929.6 917.4 922.2 920.0 918.8 915.8 914.3 -1.5 Nonstore retailers............ 448.9 425.5 434.5 452.7 423.8 419.8 421.1 425.7 424.7 425.6 .9 Transportation and warehousing. 4,325.9 4,408.0 4,416.3 4,419.1 4,289.6 4,367.6 4,368.6 4,371.9 4,376.1 4,384.2 8.1 Air transportation............ 513.8 498.3 496.0 493.9 514.6 505.1 503.9 496.8 495.2 493.7 -1.5 Rail transportation........... 225.4 224.3 223.8 223.6 224.6 223.9 223.1 223.2 223.1 222.9 -.2 Water transportation.......... 56.2 64.8 63.8 63.6 57.8 62.3 62.8 63.9 64.2 65.4 1.2 Truck transportation.......... 1,367.2 1,415.3 1,418.1 1,417.6 1,358.9 1,395.5 1,392.4 1,397.0 1,402.8 1,409.5 6.7 Transit and ground passenger transportation............... 403.9 401.4 407.6 411.7 389.4 389.8 391.1 392.6 393.1 395.7 2.6 Pipeline transportation....... 38.9 39.6 39.2 39.2 39.0 39.2 39.5 39.5 39.2 39.2 .0 Scenic and sightseeing transportation............... 23.5 35.3 29.7 22.7 26.1 28.9 29.0 28.4 27.9 26.9 -1.0 Support activities for transportation............... 544.1 561.2 557.9 554.8 544.6 556.0 554.3 557.8 555.9 554.9 -1.0 Couriers and messengers....... 574.6 580.2 586.5 595.6 568.7 582.4 586.8 586.9 589.2 590.3 1.1 Warehousing and storage....... 578.3 587.6 593.7 596.4 565.9 584.5 585.7 585.8 585.5 585.7 .2 Utilities...................... 568.6 576.1 576.9 576.9 570.2 575.1 577.1 576.7 578.0 578.5 .5 Information..................... 3,137 3,144 3,132 3,149 3,133 3,146 3,147 3,153 3,140 3,143 3 Publishing industries, except Internet..................... 912.0 909.5 908.0 911.8 908.9 910.0 909.0 909.0 908.2 908.5 .3 Motion picture and sound recording industries......... 391.5 398.1 386.7 398.1 390.6 392.2 396.0 403.3 393.1 395.1 2.0 Broadcasting, except Internet. 330.4 330.4 332.7 333.0 329.4 332.8 333.0 330.8 332.3 332.0 -.3 Internet publishing and broadcasting................. 33.6 35.9 35.5 35.9 33.6 35.1 35.6 35.8 35.7 35.8 .1 Telecommunications............ 1,028.0 1,028.4 1,031.2 1,033.0 1,030.0 1,033.5 1,031.4 1,031.6 1,032.4 1,034.6 2.2 ISPs, search portals, and data processing................... 391.1 391.9 388.7 387.2 389.5 391.2 392.2 392.5 389.0 386.4 -2.6 Other information services.... 50.2 49.8 49.3 50.3 50.7 50.9 50.2 50.1 49.7 50.6 .9 Financial activities............ 8,092 8,266 8,282 8,292 8,107 8,227 8,248 8,265 8,292 8,305 13 Finance and insurance.......... 5,993.7 6,088.3 6,112.4 6,128.5 6,001.3 6,072.3 6,086.4 6,101.1 6,123.0 6,133.7 10.7 Monetary authorities - central bank......................... 20.8 20.4 20.3 20.5 20.9 20.3 20.3 20.4 20.4 20.5 .1 Credit intermediation and related activities(1)........ 2,854.0 2,932.4 2,943.5 2,951.0 2,859.2 2,922.5 2,931.2 2,940.0 2,951.0 2,956.0 5.0 Depository credit intermediation(1)........... 1,768.0 1,809.1 1,811.1 1,819.4 1,773.3 1,804.2 1,809.9 1,814.8 1,820.3 1,825.0 4.7 Commercial banking.......... 1,287.9 1,314.3 1,314.8 1,322.3 1,293.1 1,311.9 1,315.3 1,318.9 1,322.4 1,327.4 5.0 Securities, commodity contracts, investments....... 776.0 793.1 795.2 800.6 776.9 788.1 791.5 794.3 797.7 800.9 3.2 Insurance carriers and related activities................... 2,259.9 2,257.8 2,268.6 2,271.8 2,260.4 2,255.7 2,258.2 2,261.5 2,268.7 2,271.2 2.5 Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles........... 83.0 84.6 84.8 84.6 83.9 85.7 85.2 84.9 85.2 85.1 -.1 Real estate and rental and leasing....................... 2,098.0 2,177.3 2,169.4 2,163.9 2,105.5 2,154.6 2,161.5 2,163.9 2,168.8 2,171.6 2.8 Real estate................... 1,432.6 1,490.6 1,488.0 1,486.0 1,434.7 1,470.7 1,475.8 1,480.0 1,484.5 1,487.0 2.5 Rental and leasing services... 640.6 660.2 654.3 650.7 646.0 658.1 659.6 657.5 657.5 657.5 .0 Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets............ 24.8 26.5 27.1 27.2 24.8 25.8 26.1 26.4 26.8 27.1 .3 Professional and business services....................... 16,732 17,183 17,237 17,184 16,611 16,964 16,983 17,037 17,043 17,072 29 Professional and technical services(1)................... 6,811.1 6,933.8 6,983.9 7,009.9 6,834.4 6,974.3 6,986.2 7,008.0 7,022.0 7,044.0 22.0 Legal services............... 1,166.3 1,151.1 1,154.4 1,152.9 1,163.1 1,163.8 1,162.5 1,154.6 1,153.6 1,152.2 -1.4 Accounting and bookkeeping services.................... 760.3 794.1 799.0 803.6 816.6 861.7 863.5 868.9 869.0 872.7 3.7 Architectural and engineering services.................... 1,287.8 1,338.2 1,346.1 1,347.8 1,284.9 1,317.5 1,322.3 1,332.5 1,336.7 1,342.8 6.1 Computer systems design and related services............ 1,179.2 1,187.1 1,204.2 1,214.1 1,174.1 1,184.8 1,187.8 1,192.4 1,201.4 1,206.4 5.0 Management and technical consulting services......... 790.8 818.9 825.3 829.5 787.8 811.9 814.7 817.2 820.9 826.6 5.7 Management of companies and enterprises................... 1,730.6 1,727.8 1,727.6 1,727.3 1,722.5 1,735.8 1,735.9 1,727.3 1,725.7 1,721.8 -3.9 Administrative and waste services...................... 8,190.5 8,521.2 8,525.0 8,446.6 8,054.3 8,254.1 8,261.0 8,301.6 8,295.2 8,306.0 10.8 Administrative and support services(1).................. 7,864.5 8,194.2 8,204.3 8,132.3 7,728.2 7,927.4 7,935.6 7,979.3 7,975.9 7,990.3 14.4 Employment services(1)....... 3,685.2 3,899.7 3,926.9 3,889.3 3,570.5 3,707.2 3,721.2 3,758.6 3,753.3 3,764.5 11.2 Temporary help services..... 2,563.4 2,711.9 2,739.9 2,700.0 2,484.7 2,548.8 2,561.9 2,592.4 2,598.4 2,603.6 5.2 Business support services.... 763.3 745.7 750.1 753.4 754.6 751.7 751.0 750.5 745.7 746.4 .7 Services to buildings and dwellings................... 1,717.2 1,803.9 1,786.0 1,757.1 1,707.2 1,739.5 1,735.3 1,735.7 1,741.5 1,746.3 4.8 Waste management and remediation services......... 326.0 327.0 320.7 314.3 326.1 326.7 325.4 322.3 319.3 315.7 -3.6 Education and health services... 17,327 17,368 17,623 17,703 17,108 17,377 17,418 17,455 17,445 17,481 36 Educational services........... 2,988.2 2,799.7 2,990.5 3,025.7 2,797.2 2,837.8 2,846.2 2,858.1 2,826.0 2,834.7 8.7 Health care and social assistance....................14,339.0 14,567.8 14,632.8 14,677.7 14,310.7 14,539.5 14,571.8 14,596.6 14,619.4 14,646.7 27.3 Health care(3).................12,174.0 12,365.5 12,405.6 12,438.5 12,153.6 12,337.4 12,363.5 12,381.2 12,396.4 12,416.1 19.7 Ambulatory health care services(1)................. 5,017.4 5,111.5 5,144.0 5,166.2 5,006.7 5,104.0 5,120.1 5,126.6 5,138.4 5,153.0 14.6 Offices of physicians....... 2,083.7 2,128.0 2,144.6 2,154.7 2,077.7 2,124.2 2,133.4 2,135.7 2,142.5 2,148.4 5.9 Outpatient care centers..... 449.9 464.4 465.7 468.4 449.8 461.2 462.5 465.4 466.4 467.7 1.3 Home health care services... 792.5 806.7 815.6 816.7 789.2 807.3 808.9 809.9 812.5 812.9 .4 Hospitals.................... 4,323.7 4,394.3 4,401.5 4,409.4 4,319.7 4,384.2 4,391.4 4,396.8 4,402.3 4,405.8 3.5 Nursing and residential care facilities(1)............... 2,832.9 2,859.7 2,860.1 2,862.9 2,827.2 2,849.2 2,852.0 2,857.8 2,855.7 2,857.3 1.6 Nursing care facilities..... 1,580.8 1,580.0 1,577.2 1,580.0 1,576.4 1,575.9 1,575.9 1,576.7 1,574.4 1,575.1 .7 Social assistance(1).......... 2,165.0 2,202.3 2,227.2 2,239.2 2,157.1 2,202.1 2,208.3 2,215.4 2,223.0 2,230.6 7.6 Child day care services...... 786.6 792.8 811.5 814.8 775.3 792.7 791.6 795.3 801.2 803.3 2.1 Leisure and hospitality......... 12,319 12,962 12,703 12,516 12,571 12,801 12,830 12,762 12,748 12,777 29 Arts, entertainment, and recreation.................... 1,681.9 1,917.3 1,792.1 1,675.7 1,826.4 1,834.8 1,840.2 1,830.3 1,828.7 1,823.1 -5.6 Performing arts and spectator sports....................... 352.2 381.4 358.1 334.8 362.5 363.8 363.7 361.3 353.1 348.0 -5.1 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks.............. 114.0 120.6 117.9 113.6 116.9 117.6 117.1 118.7 116.9 116.5 -.4 Amusements, gambling, and recreation................... 1,215.7 1,415.3 1,316.1 1,227.3 1,347.0 1,353.4 1,359.4 1,350.3 1,358.7 1,358.6 -.1 Accommodations and food services......................10,637.4 11,045.0 10,910.7 10,840.0 10,744.1 10,965.8 10,989.3 10,931.4 10,919.1 10,953.8 34.7 Accommodations................ 1,756.4 1,860.5 1,811.1 1,765.4 1,814.7 1,829.1 1,831.4 1,831.1 1,830.3 1,826.5 -3.8 Food services and drinking places....................... 8,881.0 9,184.5 9,099.6 9,074.6 8,929.4 9,136.7 9,157.9 9,100.3 9,088.8 9,127.3 38.5 Other services.................. 5,429 5,450 5,438 5,444 5,441 5,477 5,469 5,468 5,457 5,462 5 Repair and maintenance........ 1,224.4 1,234.9 1,232.3 1,229.6 1,227.1 1,244.3 1,239.4 1,236.1 1,234.4 1,234.8 .4 Personal and laundry services. 1,271.6 1,275.4 1,272.6 1,275.4 1,271.6 1,280.1 1,281.2 1,279.3 1,277.8 1,278.4 .6 Membership associations and organizations................ 2,932.5 2,939.4 2,933.2 2,939.4 2,942.3 2,952.2 2,948.8 2,952.7 2,945.2 2,948.3 3.1 Government...................... 22,167 21,694 22,173 22,319 21,706 21,817 21,849 21,856 21,851 21,872 21 Federal........................ 2,720 2,722 2,714 2,713 2,728 2,719 2,718 2,718 2,717 2,719 2 Federal, except U.S. Postal Service...................... 1,936.4 1,943.2 1,935.6 1,931.7 1,946.4 1,937.5 1,936.5 1,937.2 1,937.4 1,939.8 2.4 U.S. Postal Service........... 783.8 778.7 778.7 781.2 781.4 781.1 781.1 780.8 779.9 779.5 -.4 State government............... 5,167 5,032 5,164 5,197 5,015 5,034 5,033 5,039 5,034 5,041 7 State government education.... 2,437.3 2,286.4 2,426.8 2,462.0 2,271.3 2,283.5 2,287.3 2,292.1 2,287.3 2,293.7 6.4 State government, excluding education.................... 2,729.6 2,745.2 2,737.3 2,734.8 2,743.4 2,750.9 2,745.3 2,746.5 2,746.3 2,747.4 1.1 Local government............... 14,280 13,940 14,295 14,409 13,963 14,064 14,098 14,099 14,100 14,112 12 Local government education.... 8,152.6 7,742.6 8,132.3 8,243.7 7,806.3 7,873.9 7,899.7 7,887.9 7,890.8 7,893.8 3.0 Local government, excluding education.................... 6,127.5 6,197.4 6,162.6 6,164.8 6,156.7 6,190.1 6,198.7 6,210.9 6,209.0 6,218.2 9.2 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 Nov. Sept. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. from: 2004 2005 2005p 2005p 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005p 2005p Oct. 2005- Nov. 2005p Total private......................... 33.6 33.9 34.1 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.8 33.8 33.7 -0.1 Goods-producing........................... 40.0 40.6 40.6 40.6 39.9 39.9 39.9 40.0 40.3 40.4 .1 Natural resources and mining.................. 45.3 46.4 46.7 45.7 45.0 45.9 46.0 45.7 46.0 45.5 -.5 Construction.................................. 38.2 39.4 39.1 39.3 38.3 38.2 38.3 38.3 38.6 39.3 .7 Manufacturing................................. 40.8 41.1 41.2 41.1 40.5 40.5 40.5 40.7 41.0 40.8 -.2 Overtime hours............................. 4.6 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.5 -.1 Durable goods................................ 41.2 41.6 41.7 41.7 40.9 41.0 41.1 41.1 41.5 41.4 -.1 Overtime hours............................. 4.7 4.9 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.7 .0 Wood products............................... 40.1 40.1 40.9 41.1 40.0 39.6 39.5 39.8 40.6 40.8 .2 Nonmetallic mineral products................ 42.2 42.7 43.5 43.7 42.1 41.6 41.6 42.1 42.9 43.5 .6 Primary metals.............................. 43.0 43.5 43.5 43.5 42.9 43.1 43.1 43.3 43.5 43.3 -.2 Fabricated metal products................... 41.1 41.1 41.8 41.4 40.9 40.8 40.8 40.7 41.5 41.1 -.4 Machinery................................... 42.2 42.4 42.1 42.3 42.0 42.1 42.0 42.1 42.2 42.1 -.1 Computer and electronic products............ 40.0 40.4 40.6 40.9 39.6 40.1 39.7 40.0 40.3 40.3 .0 Electrical equipment and appliances......... 40.6 41.6 41.7 42.3 40.1 40.9 40.9 41.2 41.3 41.6 .3 Transportation equipment.................... 42.3 43.2 43.2 43.0 42.2 42.2 42.8 42.6 43.0 42.8 -.2 Motor vehicles and parts(2)................ 42.2 43.3 43.2 42.8 42.2 41.9 42.9 42.6 42.9 42.7 -.2 Furniture and related products.............. 39.4 39.9 38.8 38.8 39.2 39.3 39.1 39.4 39.1 38.8 -.3 Miscellaneous manufacturing................. 38.4 38.9 39.1 38.6 38.2 38.2 38.8 38.7 39.0 38.5 -.5 Nondurable goods............................. 40.1 40.3 40.3 40.2 39.8 39.7 39.7 39.9 40.1 39.8 -.3 Overtime hours............................. 4.5 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.3 -.1 Food manufacturing.......................... 39.7 39.5 39.4 38.7 39.1 39.0 38.8 38.7 39.0 38.2 -.8 Beverages and tobacco products.............. 38.9 39.8 41.0 40.7 39.0 39.9 40.0 39.5 41.3 40.6 -.7 Textile mills............................... 40.0 40.3 39.9 41.1 40.0 40.2 40.0 40.1 40.3 40.9 .6 Textile product mills....................... 39.2 39.2 39.3 39.5 39.1 38.2 38.6 38.8 39.1 39.2 .1 Apparel..................................... 36.0 35.8 35.9 36.2 35.7 35.3 35.7 35.7 35.8 35.9 .1 Leather and allied products................. 38.3 38.5 38.6 38.6 38.2 39.3 38.5 38.4 38.3 38.5 .2 Paper and paper products.................... 42.5 43.3 43.2 43.5 42.1 42.2 42.5 42.9 43.0 43.0 .0 Printing and related support activities..... 38.8 39.2 38.9 39.3 38.3 38.4 38.4 38.7 38.6 38.7 .1 Petroleum and coal products................. 45.8 48.0 47.6 46.6 45.5 45.4 45.3 47.0 47.1 46.2 -.9 Chemicals................................... 42.7 41.9 42.8 42.4 42.4 42.0 41.7 42.0 42.9 42.1 -.8 Plastics and rubber products................ 39.7 40.5 40.1 40.5 39.4 39.6 39.9 40.1 40.0 40.2 .2 Private service-providing................ 32.2 32.4 32.6 32.2 32.3 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.4 32.3 -.1 Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 33.3 33.5 33.5 33.0 33.5 33.3 33.3 33.3 33.3 33.2 -.1 Wholesale trade.............................. 37.7 37.8 38.2 37.9 37.7 37.6 37.5 37.7 37.8 37.8 .0 Retail trade................................. 30.3 30.7 30.4 29.9 30.6 30.5 30.5 30.5 30.4 30.3 -.1 Transportation and warehousing............... 37.6 36.9 37.1 37.0 37.5 37.0 36.9 36.6 36.7 36.8 .1 Utilities.................................... 40.8 41.7 41.6 41.6 40.4 41.2 41.1 41.3 41.3 41.3 .0 Information................................... 36.3 36.6 37.1 36.6 36.2 36.6 36.5 36.7 36.7 36.6 -.1 Financial activities.......................... 35.5 35.7 36.5 35.6 35.6 36.1 36.0 36.0 36.0 35.8 -.2 Professional and business services............ 34.2 34.3 34.5 33.9 34.2 34.3 34.2 34.3 34.2 33.9 -.3 Education and health services................. 32.4 32.6 32.8 32.5 32.4 32.7 32.5 32.7 32.6 32.6 .0 Leisure and hospitality....................... 25.3 25.5 25.9 25.4 25.6 25.7 25.7 25.8 25.7 25.7 .0 Other services................................ 30.8 30.9 31.0 30.8 30.9 31.0 30.9 30.9 30.9 30.9 .0 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 Nov. Sept. Oct. Nov. Nov. Sept. Oct. Nov. 2004 2005 2005p 2005p 2004 2005 2005p 2005p Total private........................... $15.84 $16.22 $16.36 $16.35 $532.22 $549.86 $557.88 $551.00 Seasonally adjusted.................... 15.82 16.19 16.29 16.32 533.13 547.22 550.60 549.98 Goods-producing............................. 17.37 17.77 17.82 17.80 694.80 721.46 723.49 722.68 Natural resources and mining.................... 18.21 18.95 19.03 19.04 824.91 879.28 888.70 870.13 Construction.................................... 19.35 19.69 19.75 19.67 739.17 775.79 772.23 773.03 Manufacturing................................... 16.32 16.65 16.70 16.73 665.86 684.32 688.04 687.60 Durable goods.................................. 17.04 17.45 17.53 17.58 702.05 725.92 731.00 733.09 Wood products................................. 13.13 13.06 13.22 13.24 526.51 523.71 540.70 544.16 Nonmetallic mineral products.................. 16.45 16.75 16.68 16.55 694.19 715.23 725.58 723.24 Primary metals................................ 18.66 19.08 19.06 19.19 802.38 829.98 829.11 834.77 Fabricated metal products..................... 15.43 15.91 15.92 15.99 634.17 653.90 665.46 661.99 Machinery..................................... 16.85 17.01 17.05 17.06 711.07 721.22 717.81 721.64 Computer and electronic products.............. 17.65 18.71 18.63 18.60 706.00 755.88 756.38 760.74 Electrical equipment and appliances........... 15.10 15.31 15.41 15.37 613.06 636.90 642.60 650.15 Transportation equipment...................... 21.91 22.32 22.62 22.80 926.79 964.22 977.18 980.40 Furniture and related products................ 13.29 13.56 13.46 13.47 523.63 541.04 522.25 522.64 Miscellaneous manufacturing................... 13.96 14.09 14.09 13.99 536.06 548.10 550.92 540.01 Nondurable goods............................... 15.16 15.34 15.32 15.29 607.92 618.20 617.40 614.66 Food manufacturing............................ 12.99 13.10 13.01 13.07 515.70 517.45 512.59 505.81 Beverages and tobacco products................ 18.80 18.60 18.58 19.04 731.32 740.28 761.78 774.93 Textile mills................................. 12.09 12.39 12.34 12.55 483.60 499.32 492.37 515.81 Textile product mills......................... 11.44 11.70 11.70 11.48 448.45 458.64 459.81 453.46 Apparel....................................... 10.00 10.34 10.26 10.48 360.00 370.17 368.33 379.38 Leather and allied products................... 11.62 11.70 11.62 11.48 445.05 450.45 448.53 443.13 Paper and paper products...................... 18.09 17.94 17.95 17.85 768.83 776.80 775.44 776.48 Printing and related support activities....... 15.93 15.98 15.89 15.77 618.08 626.42 618.12 619.76 Petroleum and coal products................... 24.71 24.37 24.68 24.66 1131.72 1169.76 1174.77 1149.16 Chemicals..................................... 19.44 19.83 19.86 19.81 830.09 830.88 850.01 839.94 Plastics and rubber products.................. 14.58 14.86 14.79 14.69 578.83 601.83 593.08 594.95 Private service-providing.................. 15.43 15.79 15.96 15.95 496.85 511.60 520.30 513.59 Trade, transportation, and utilities............ 14.67 15.03 15.10 15.04 488.51 503.51 505.85 496.32 Wholesale trade................................ 17.82 18.26 18.45 18.42 671.81 690.23 704.79 698.12 Retail trade................................... 12.16 12.37 12.40 12.30 368.45 379.76 376.96 367.77 Transportation and warehousing................. 16.56 16.83 16.84 16.97 622.66 621.03 624.76 627.89 Utilities...................................... 26.01 27.20 27.30 27.13 1061.21 1134.24 1135.68 1128.61 Information..................................... 21.70 22.46 22.94 22.72 787.71 822.04 851.07 831.55 Financial activities............................ 17.61 18.05 18.39 18.39 625.16 644.39 671.24 654.68 Professional and business services.............. 17.62 17.98 18.33 18.25 602.60 616.71 632.39 618.68 Education and health services................... 16.33 16.83 16.86 16.91 529.09 548.66 553.01 549.58 Leisure and hospitality......................... 9.06 9.22 9.25 9.30 229.22 235.11 239.58 236.22 Other services.................................. 14.12 14.29 14.33 14.35 434.90 441.56 444.23 441.98 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 Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. change from: 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005p 2005p Oct. 2005- Nov. 2005p Total private: Current dollars........................ $15.82 $16.14 $16.17 $16.19 $16.29 $16.32 0.2 Constant (1982) dollars(2)............. 8.21 8.20 8.16 8.06 8.10 N.A. (3) Goods-producing............................. 17.33 17.60 17.67 17.65 17.75 17.77 .1 Natural resources and mining.................... 18.22 18.74 18.87 19.00 19.06 19.06 .0 Construction.................................... 19.31 19.52 19.51 19.53 19.60 19.63 .2 Manufacturing................................... 16.29 16.55 16.65 16.59 16.71 16.71 .0 Excluding overtime(4)........................ 15.43 15.68 15.77 15.72 15.82 15.84 .1 Durable goods.................................. 16.99 17.34 17.46 17.39 17.52 17.54 .1 Nondurable goods............................... 15.16 15.25 15.30 15.28 15.35 15.30 -.3 Private service-providing.................. 15.42 15.76 15.77 15.80 15.90 15.92 .1 Trade, transportation, and utilities............ 14.70 15.04 15.02 14.99 15.07 15.08 .1 Wholesale trade................................ 17.80 18.25 18.24 18.29 18.37 18.41 .2 Retail trade................................... 12.20 12.47 12.43 12.32 12.40 12.36 -.3 Transportation and warehousing................. 16.54 16.76 16.81 16.83 16.83 16.93 .6 Utilities...................................... 25.77 27.00 26.90 27.03 27.16 26.98 -.7 Information..................................... 21.58 22.18 22.26 22.36 22.77 22.60 -.7 Financial activities............................ 17.65 17.99 17.97 18.09 18.26 18.40 .8 Professional and business services.............. 17.66 18.05 18.09 18.08 18.26 18.27 .1 Education and health services................... 16.34 16.73 16.75 16.81 16.86 16.91 .3 Leisure and hospitality......................... 9.02 9.13 9.16 9.21 9.21 9.25 .4 Other services.................................. 14.12 14.25 14.28 14.29 14.32 14.34 .1 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 0.5 percent from Sept. 2005 to Oct. 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 Nov. Sept. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. change from: 2004 2005 2005p 2005p 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005p 2005p Oct. 2005- Nov. 2005p Total private......................... 101.5 104.0 104.9 103.9 101.1 102.8 102.9 103.2 103.3 103.2 -0.1 Goods-producing........................... 98.3 101.8 102.0 101.9 97.1 98.1 98.3 98.7 99.8 100.4 .6 Natural resources and mining.................. 109.5 120.8 122.6 119.2 107.6 115.9 116.8 116.6 118.3 117.8 -.4 Construction.................................. 105.2 114.1 113.6 113.2 103.2 105.9 106.6 107.0 108.4 111.0 2.4 Manufacturing................................. 94.9 95.6 96.0 96.0 93.9 93.7 93.8 94.2 95.2 95.0 -.2 Durable goods................................ 95.7 97.3 98.1 98.6 94.8 95.5 96.0 96.0 97.4 97.6 .2 Wood products............................... 100.4 101.2 102.6 103.3 100.0 98.3 98.1 99.3 101.2 102.2 1.0 Nonmetallic mineral products................ 99.6 99.7 100.9 101.1 98.2 95.1 95.3 96.0 97.7 99.3 1.6 Primary metals.............................. 93.1 94.1 94.4 94.6 93.0 93.1 93.0 93.7 94.5 94.3 -.2 Fabricated metal products................... 98.9 99.7 101.5 101.0 98.4 99.0 99.0 98.8 100.6 100.2 -.4 Machinery................................... 96.9 99.1 99.3 99.5 96.6 99.1 98.7 98.9 99.9 99.3 -.6 Computer and electronic products............ 89.8 99.1 100.7 103.1 88.9 96.1 96.1 98.3 100.1 101.7 1.6 Electrical equipment and appliances......... 89.3 89.7 90.0 91.8 88.1 88.4 88.3 88.8 89.2 89.9 .8 Transportation equipment.................... 96.2 97.6 99.1 99.6 95.6 95.0 97.3 96.1 98.6 98.6 .0 Motor vehicles and parts(2)................ 95.7 97.3 96.2 95.5 95.3 90.9 94.7 95.6 95.5 94.8 -.7 Furniture and related products.............. 93.6 92.2 89.4 89.7 93.1 91.0 90.5 91.1 90.3 89.6 -.8 Miscellaneous manufacturing................. 91.9 90.8 91.9 91.1 90.9 89.7 91.1 90.5 91.3 90.1 -1.3 Nondurable goods............................. 93.3 92.8 92.3 92.0 92.3 90.8 90.5 91.0 91.3 90.7 -.7 Food manufacturing.......................... 99.6 99.3 98.5 96.7 97.0 96.5 95.7 95.3 95.9 94.4 -1.6 Beverages and tobacco products.............. 91.6 98.7 102.8 99.2 90.5 94.8 95.5 94.1 100.8 97.5 -3.3 Textile mills............................... 77.2 72.1 70.1 71.3 77.3 72.8 71.7 71.2 70.7 71.0 .4 Textile product mills....................... 92.9 94.6 96.1 98.2 93.3 92.0 93.1 94.9 96.5 97.4 .9 Apparel..................................... 71.6 65.8 63.5 64.8 70.8 65.8 64.7 64.5 63.2 63.9 1.1 Leather and allied products................. 87.9 87.9 87.6 87.6 87.7 87.8 86.8 86.9 86.2 86.6 .5 Paper and paper products.................... 90.6 91.9 90.9 91.6 89.5 89.4 90.0 90.6 90.3 90.5 .2 Printing and related support activities..... 94.6 93.9 93.2 94.1 93.3 91.9 91.7 92.5 92.2 92.4 .2 Petroleum and coal products................. 108.8 112.5 110.6 104.2 107.8 105.5 104.7 107.5 107.7 103.3 -4.1 Chemicals................................... 98.3 95.9 97.6 96.7 98.0 95.9 95.1 96.3 98.0 96.2 -1.8 Plastics and rubber products................ 93.1 93.7 92.9 93.8 92.4 91.1 91.8 92.5 92.4 93.0 .6 Private service-providing................ 102.3 104.5 105.4 104.4 102.0 104.2 104.2 104.3 104.3 104.1 -.2 Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 101.6 101.4 102.1 102.1 100.2 101.2 101.2 100.9 101.0 100.7 -.3 Wholesale trade.............................. 99.7 102.0 103.2 102.4 99.5 100.9 100.8 101.5 101.9 102.0 .1 Retail trade................................. 101.3 99.9 99.9 100.7 99.3 100.5 100.3 99.8 99.6 99.2 -.4 Transportation and warehousing............... 105.5 106.1 107.0 106.6 104.2 105.1 105.0 104.2 104.7 105.0 .3 Utilities.................................... 94.4 98.7 98.5 98.5 93.8 97.0 97.3 97.9 98.0 98.1 .1 Information................................... 100.1 103.2 104.5 103.8 100.0 103.3 103.0 104.3 104.0 104.2 .2 Financial activities.......................... 102.5 105.2 107.9 105.4 103.1 106.0 106.0 106.2 106.5 106.2 -.3 Professional and business services............ 104.5 108.4 109.4 107.2 103.7 106.7 106.6 107.3 107.0 106.4 -.6 Education and health services................. 105.5 106.2 108.4 107.9 104.1 106.8 106.3 107.1 106.8 106.9 .1 Leisure and hospitality....................... 100.1 106.6 106.0 102.3 103.6 105.9 105.9 106.2 105.8 106.0 .2 Other services................................ 96.2 97.1 97.1 96.6 96.7 98.1 97.5 97.5 97.2 97.3 .1 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. 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 Nov. Sept. Oct. Nov. Nov. July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. change from: 2004 2005 2005p 2005p 2004 2005 2005 2005 2005p 2005p Oct. 2005- Nov. 2005p Total private......................... 107.6 112.9 114.8 113.6 107.0 111.0 111.3 111.8 112.6 112.7 0.1 Goods-producing........................... 104.6 110.8 111.4 111.0 103.1 105.7 106.4 106.7 108.5 109.3 .7 Natural resources and mining.................. 116.0 133.2 135.7 132.0 114.0 126.3 128.2 128.8 131.1 130.5 -.5 Construction.................................. 109.9 121.3 121.2 120.2 107.6 111.6 112.3 112.8 114.7 117.6 2.5 Manufacturing................................. 101.3 104.1 104.8 105.0 100.1 101.4 102.1 102.2 104.0 103.8 -.2 Durable goods................................ 101.8 106.0 107.3 108.2 100.5 103.3 104.6 104.2 106.6 106.8 .2 Nondurable goods............................. 100.0 100.6 100.0 99.4 98.9 97.9 97.9 98.3 99.0 98.0 -1.0 Private service-providing................ 108.5 113.4 115.5 114.4 108.0 112.8 112.9 113.2 113.9 113.9 .0 Trade, transportation, and utilities.......... 106.3 108.7 110.0 109.5 105.1 108.6 108.4 107.9 108.6 108.4 -.2 Wholesale trade.............................. 104.7 109.8 112.1 111.1 104.4 108.5 108.3 109.4 110.2 110.6 .4 Retail trade................................. 105.6 105.9 106.1 106.2 103.9 107.4 106.8 105.3 105.8 105.1 -.7 Transportation and warehousing............... 110.9 113.3 114.3 114.8 109.3 111.8 112.0 111.3 111.8 112.8 .9 Utilities.................................... 102.5 112.0 112.3 111.6 100.9 109.3 109.2 110.4 111.1 110.5 -.5 Information................................... 107.5 114.7 118.7 116.8 106.8 113.4 113.5 115.4 117.3 116.5 -.7 Financial activities.......................... 111.6 117.5 122.6 119.8 112.5 117.9 117.7 118.7 120.3 120.8 .4 Professional and business services............ 109.6 115.9 119.3 116.4 108.9 114.6 114.8 115.5 116.3 115.7 -.5 Education and health services................. 113.2 117.5 120.2 120.0 111.8 117.5 117.1 118.3 118.3 118.8 .4 Leisure and hospitality....................... 105.8 114.6 114.3 110.9 109.0 112.8 113.1 114.0 113.6 114.3 .6 Other services................................ 99.0 101.1 101.4 101.0 99.5 101.9 101.4 101.5 101.5 101.7 .2 1 See footnote 1, table B-2. p = preliminary. NOTE: The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month's estimates of aggregate payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average levels. Aggregate payroll estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and production or nonsupervisory worker employment. ESTABLISHMENT DATA ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-7. Diffusion indexes of employment change (Percent) Time span Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Private nonfarm payrolls, 278 industries(1) Over 1-month span: 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 .............. 54.1 61.2 53.1 61.7 57.4 54.7 58.8 54.9 56.8 p51.6 p62.4 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 .............. 58.5 60.3 63.7 62.4 59.4 64.2 61.3 60.4 56.7 p52.9 p57.2 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 .............. 60.3 62.8 63.7 62.2 62.6 63.1 64.0 61.5 62.4 p57.9 p55.6 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 .............. 61.2 64.7 64.2 65.8 63.8 60.4 63.8 67.3 62.2 p60.6 p59.0 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 .............. 42.3 44.6 41.1 47.6 44.0 33.9 50.0 39.9 48.8 p45.8 p51.8 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 .............. 45.2 42.9 52.4 46.4 41.7 38.7 41.1 36.9 41.7 p39.3 p49.4 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 .............. 43.5 44.0 42.3 39.3 38.7 36.9 36.9 34.5 41.1 p45.8 p36.9 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 .............. 45.2 45.8 47.6 44.6 42.3 39.3 39.3 38.7 31.0 p40.5 p35.1 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.