Chart 2. Index of employment change in information, by various methods of industry assignment, 1990–2018
Quarter Industry assignment method
Worksite Unemployment insurance account Employer identification number

Q1 1990

100.0 100.0 100.0

Q2 1990

101.7 101.6 100.7

Q3 1990

101.0 99.7 100.4

Q4 1990

101.3 100.2 101.5

Q1 1991

99.3 98.9 100.1

Q2 1991

99.0 98.7 99.4

Q3 1991

97.9 97.3 98.3

Q4 1991

98.4 97.8 98.2

Q1 1992

96.8 95.8 96.7

Q2 1992

97.5 96.7 97.2

Q3 1992

97.6 96.8 97.0

Q4 1992

98.3 97.5 97.8

Q1 1993

97.0 96.3 96.9

Q2 1993

98.0 97.2 98.2

Q3 1993

98.6 97.5 99.1

Q4 1993

99.6 98.3 100.0

Q1 1994

98.9 98.1 99.3

Q2 1994

101.0 100.1 101.5

Q3 1994

101.3 100.4 97.1

Q4 1994

103.2 103.0 103.8

Q1 1995

103.7 103.7 103.8

Q2 1995

105.2 105.2 105.8

Q3 1995

105.2 105.1 106.2

Q4 1995

106.1 105.7 107.3

Q1 1996

105.9 105.3 104.4

Q2 1996

108.3 108.0 106.4

Q3 1996

109.0 108.7 106.9

Q4 1996

111.5 110.6 108.9

Q1 1997

112.1 111.2 109.4

Q2 1997

114.2 113.2 111.5

Q3 1997

114.0 112.8 111.1

Q4 1997

116.1 114.9 112.5

Q1 1998

116.6 115.7 113.0

Q2 1998

117.4 116.8 113.8

Q3 1998

117.4 116.8 113.8

Q4 1998

120.2 119.5 116.2

Q1 1999

119.7 119.0 116.1

Q2 1999

122.7 121.3 119.0

Q3 1999

123.9 122.4 119.6

Q4 1999

127.3 125.8 122.4

Q1 2000

129.1 127.4 125.3

Q2 2000

132.8 130.7 128.5

Q3 2000

134.1 132.1 128.7

Q4 2000

136.0 134.1 131.2

Q1 2001

134.1 131.9 131.0

Q2 2001

132.2 130.1 130.9

Q3 2001

127.7 125.7 125.5

Q4 2001

126.2 124.1 124.5

Q1 2002

124.8 122.9 122.5

Q2 2002

123.2 121.4 120.4

Q3 2002

119.7 118.2 116.7

Q4 2002

119.7 118.2 116.7

Q1 2003

116.3 114.9 114.0

Q2 2003

115.6 114.1 112.6

Q3 2003

113.9 112.4 110.9

Q4 2003

114.9 113.6 112.7

Q1 2004

113.2 111.8 109.3

Q2 2004

113.0 111.4 109.7

Q3 2004

111.2 109.8 109.2

Q4 2004

112.5 110.7 110.6

Q1 2005

110.5 109.1 108.6

Q2 2005

111.6 110.0 109.8

Q3 2005

111.0 109.3 108.6

Q4 2005

111.9 110.1 109.5

Q1 2006

110.3 108.4 108.7

Q2 2006

111.3 109.5 109.8

Q3 2006

110.5 108.7 109.0

Q4 2006

111.4 109.2 110.1

Q1 2007

109.5 107.5 108.0

Q2 2007

111.1 108.9 109.3

Q3 2007

110.3 108.0 108.8

Q4 2007

110.9 108.7 109.8

Q1 2008

109.3 107.5 107.5

Q2 2008

110.1 108.2 108.8

Q3 2008

108.1 106.3 106.8

Q4 2008

107.1 105.1 106.1

Q1 2009

103.6 101.9 103.0

Q2 2009

102.6 100.9 102.2

Q3 2009

100.3 98.5 99.8

Q4 2009

100.3 98.5 99.6

Q1 2010

98.3 96.5 97.9

Q2 2010

98.8 97.2 99.3

Q3 2010

98.1 96.4 98.0

Q4 2010

98.4 96.7 98.4

Q1 2011

97.0 95.4 96.8

Q2 2011

97.6 96.0 97.2

Q3 2011

97.0 95.3 96.6

Q4 2011

97.5 95.5 97.1

Q1 2012

97.0 95.0 95.6

Q2 2012

97.6 95.5 95.3

Q3 2012

96.6 94.6 92.3

Q4 2012

98.0 95.9 93.8

Q1 2013

97.6 95.7 95.8

Q2 2013

98.6 96.3 96.7

Q3 2013

97.7 95.6 96.0

Q4 2013

99.0 96.9 97.5

Q1 2014

98.6 96.7 96.4

Q2 2014

99.5 97.2 94.8

Q3 2014

98.8 96.9 94.4

Q4 2014

100.0 97.7 95.7

Q1 2015

98.7 96.2 94.0

Q2 2015

100.4 97.8 95.7

Q3 2015

99.7 97.3 95.0

Q4 2015

101.4 99.1 96.6

Q1 2016

100.5 98.4 93.5

Q2 2016

102.1 99.8 95.0

Q3 2016

101.3 99.1 94.5

Q4 2016

101.9 99.5 94.8

Q1 2017

101.1 98.7 94.2

Q2 2017

101.5 98.9 94.4

Q3 2017

100.8 98.2 93.7

Q4 2017

101.6 99.1 94.2

Q1 2018

101.9 99.4 94.9

Q2 2018

102.6 100.0 95.2

Q3 2018

101.6 99.0 94.1

Q4 2018

102.2 99.9 94.6

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.