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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: AUGUST 2002
Both payroll employment and the unemployment rate were little changed in August, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Job gains in services, government, and
construction were largely offset by losses in manufacturing and retail trade.
Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted,
September 1999 - August 2002
Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted,
September 1999 - August 2002
Percent
Millions
6.5
134.0
6.0
132.0
5.5
130.0
5.0
128.0
4.5
126.0
4.0
124.0
0.0
3.5
0.0
122.0
2000
2001
2002
2000
2001
2002
Unemployment (Household Survey Data)
Both the unemployment rate, 5.7 percent, and the number of unemployed persons, 8.1 million, were little
changed over the month. The jobless rates for the major worker groups—adult men (5.2 percent), adult
women (4.9 percent), teenagers (17.2 percent), whites (5.1 percent), blacks (9.6 percent), and Hispanics
(7.5 percent)—showed little or no change. (See tables A-1 and A-2.)
The number of persons unemployed 15 weeks or more was 2.8 million in August, down from the recent
high of 3.1 million in June. (See table A-6.)
Total Employment and the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
Total employment rose by 429,000 to 134.5 million in August, after seasonal adjustment. The
employment-population ratio was up by 0.2 percentage point to 62.8 percent. The civilian labor force
(142.6 million) and the labor force participation rate (66.6 percent) were essentially unchanged over the
month. (See table A-1.)
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Table A. Major indicators of labor market activity, seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Quarterly averages
Monthly data
2002
2002
Category
I
II
June
Aug.
Labor force status
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Civilian labor force.............................
Employment...................................
Unemployment..............................
Not in labor force................................
July
JulyAug.
change
141,868
133,894
7,975
71,342
142,605
134,149
8,456
71,059
142,476
134,053
8,424
71,366
142,390
134,045
8,345
71,633
142,616
134,474
8,142
71,609
226
429
-203
-24
5.9
5.2
5.2
17.7
5.3
9.9
7.6
5.7
5.2
4.9
17.2
5.1
9.6
7.5
-0.2
.0
-.3
-.5
-.2
-.3
-.1
Unemployment rates
All workers.........................................
Adult men......................................
Adult women.................................
Teenagers......................................
White..............................................
Black..............................................
Hispanic origin...............................
5.6
5.1
4.9
16.0
5.0
10.1
7.5
5.9
5.3
5.2
17.1
5.2
10.7
7.4
5.9
5.4
5.1
17.6
5.2
10.7
7.4
Employment
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Nonfarm employment.........................
Goods-producing¹..........................
Construction............................
130,759
24,049
6,602
130,706
23,879
6,544
130,736
23,861
6,549
p130,803
p23,820
p6,519
p130,842
p23,787
p6,553
p39
p-33
p34
Manufacturing.........................
Service-producing¹......................
Retail trade...............................
Services....................................
Government..............................
16,883
106,711
23,353
40,924
21,165
16,776
106,827
23,327
41,090
21,201
16,757
106,875
23,308
41,152
21,211
p16,750
p106,983
p23,341
p41,212
p21,231
p16,682
p107,055
p23,286
p41,312
p21,272
p-68
p72
p-55
p100
p41
p34.1
p40.8
p4.2
p0.1
p.1
p.2
Hours of work²
Total private........................................
Manufacturing................................
Overtime...................................
34.2
40.8
4.0
34.2
41.0
4.2
34.3
41.1
4.3
p34.0
p40.7
p4.0
Indexes of aggregate weekly hours (1982=100)²
Total private........................................
148.2
148.3
148.6
p147.5
p147.9
p0.4
$14.75
p$14.78
p$14.82
p$0.04
505.93
p502.52
p505.36
p2.84
Earnings²
Average hourly earnings,
total private...................................
$14.62
$14.71
Average weekly earnings,
total private...................................
499.52
503.58
¹ Includes other industries, not shown separately.
² Data relate to private production or nonsupervisory workers.
p=preliminary.
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About 6.8 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) held more than one job in August. These multiple
jobholders represented 5.0 percent of the total employed. (See table A-10.)
Persons Not in the Labor Force (Household Survey Data)
About 1.4 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in August,
essentially the same as a year earlier. These individuals reported that they wanted and were available for
work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed,
however, because they had not actively searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. The number
of discouraged workers was 372,000 in August. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached,
were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them.
(See table A-10.)
Industry Payroll Employment (Establishment Survey Data)
Total nonfarm payroll employment was little changed (+39,000) in August at 130.8 million. Since its
recent low in April, payroll employment has edged up by 162,000. (See table B-1.)
The services industry added 100,000 jobs in August. Employment in this industry has risen by 411,000
since February. Employment in health services rose by 26,000 in August, in line with the average monthly
increase over the prior 12 months. The help supply industry, which provides workers to other businesses,
added 51,000 jobs over the month, following a decline of 30,000 in July. Since its recent low point in
February of this year, employment in help supply services has risen by 165,000.
Government employment rose by 41,000 over the month. The federal government added 20,000 jobs,
mostly reflecting an increase in the number of federal security personnel at airports. Employment in local
government grew by 34,000 in August, due largely to a gain in local education. State education employment
fell by 20,000, after increasing by the same amount in July.
Employment in construction increased by 34,000 in August. Despite this one-month increase, the level of
construction employment in August was essentially the same as in April.
Manufacturing employment declined by 68,000 in August; this compares with losses in the prior 4 months
that averaged 18,000. In August, job losses were widespread, including substantial declines in electronic and
other electrical equipment (-18,000) and industrial machinery and equipment (-13,000). After remaining fairly
steady from January through July, employment in fabricated metal products decreased by 10,000 in August.
Rubber and plastics manufacturing lost 7,000 jobs, offsetting the previous month’s increase.
Retail trade, which had shown little change on balance since February, lost 55,000 jobs in August. A
decline in department store employment (-41,000) accounted for most of the drop.
Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data)
The average workweek for production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls edged up
by 0.1 hour in August to 34.1 hours, seasonally adjusted. This follows a decline of 0.3 hour in July. The
manufacturing workweek also was up by 0.1 hour over the month to 40.8 hours. Manufacturing overtime
rose by 0.2 hour to 4.2 hours. Both measures had declined in July. (See table B-2.)
The index of aggregate weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm
payrolls rose by 0.3 percent in August to 147.9 (1982=100). The manufacturing index was down by
0.2 percent over the month. (See table B-5.)
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Hourly and Weekly Earnings (Establishment Survey Data)
Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls increased
by 4 cents in August to $14.82, seasonally adjusted. Average weekly earnings increased by 0.6 percent
over the month to $505.36. Over the year, both average hourly earnings and average weekly earnings grew
by 3.1 percent. (See table B-3.)
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The Employment Situation for September 2002 is scheduled to be released on Friday, October 4, at
8:30 A.M. (EDT).
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Upcoming Changes to National Nonfarm Payroll Series in June 2003
NAICS conversion. The nonfarm payroll series, produced from the Current Employment
Statistics (CES) program, will be converted from the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification
(SIC) basis to the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) basis with
the June 6, 2003, release of May 2003 estimates. The NAICS conversion involves major
definitional changes to many of the currently published SIC-based series. After the conversion
to NAICS, SIC-based series will no longer be produced or published. Historical time series
will be reconstructed as part of the NAICS conversion process. All published series will have
a NAICS-based history extending back to at least January 1990. For total nonfarm and other
high-level aggregates, NAICS history will begin in January 1939, the current starting date for
these series. For more detailed series, the starting date will vary depending on the scope of the
definitional changes between SIC and NAICS. The NAICS-based reconstruction effort will
cover all CES published data types: all employees, women workers, production workers,
average weekly hours, average hourly earnings, and derivative series (for example, indexes of
aggregate weekly hours).
Completion of the CES sample redesign. June 6, 2003, also will mark the completion
of the CES sample redesign phase-in. The redesign converts the CES from a quota-based
sample to a probability-based sample. In June 2003, the services industries will be converted
to the new sample design; all other private sector industries have already been converted. The
final stage of sample redesign phase-in may result in level shifts for average weekly hours,
average hourly earnings, production worker, and women worker series. New levels for these
series are being recomputed from the NAICS-based probability sample.
Concurrent seasonal adjustment. Also beginning in June 2003, the CES program will
convert to concurrent seasonal adjustment, which uses all available monthly estimates, including
those for the current month, in developing seasonal factors. Currently, the CES program
projects seasonal factors twice a year. With the introduction of concurrent seasonal adjustment,
BLS will no longer publish seasonal factors for CES national estimates.
Change to federal government series. Beginning in June 2003, the CES series for
federal government employment will be revised slightly in scope and definition due to a change
in source data and estimation methods. The current national series is an end-of-month federal
employee count produced by the Office of Personnel Management, and it excludes some
workers, mostly employees who work in Department of Defense-owned establishments such as
military base commissaries. The CES national series will include these workers. Also, federal
government employment will be estimated from a sample of federal establishments, will be
benchmarked annually to counts from unemployment insurance tax records, and will reflect
employee counts as of the pay period including the 12th of the month, consistent with other
CES industry series. The historical time series for federal government employment will be
revised to reflect these changes.
Further information on upcoming changes to CES data series is available through the BLS
public database on the Internet, via the CES homepage at http://www.bls.gov/ces/, or by calling
202-691-6555.
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 information 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 households 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. In June 2002, the sample included over 300,000
establishments employing about 37 million people.
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
establishment 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, profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours
in a family business or farm. People are also counted as employed if
they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad
weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons.
People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the following
criteria: They had no employment during the reference week; they
were available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to
find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the
reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting recall need
not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the household survey in no way depend upon
the eligibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits.
The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed
persons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not
in the labor force. The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a percent of the labor force. The labor force participation
rate is the labor force as a percent of the population, and the employment-population ratio is the employed as a percent of the
population.
Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn from
private 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-producing sector.
Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual
and methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment
estimates derived from the surveys. 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
individuals 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.
Other differences between the two surveys are described in
“Comparing Employment Estimates from Household and Payroll
Surveys,” which may be obtained from BLS upon request.
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 effect of such seasonal variation can be
very large; seasonal fluctuations 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 adjusting the statistics from month to month. These adjustments
make nonseasonal 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 analyze
changes in economic activity.
In both the household and establishment surveys, most seasonally
adjusted series are independently adjusted. However, the adjusted
series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment,
employment in most major industry divisions, total employment, and
unemployment are computed by aggregating independently 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
directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or
more detailed age categories.
The numerical factors used to make the seasonal adjustments are
recalculated twice a year. For the household survey, the factors are
calculated for the January-June period and again for the July-December
period. For the establishment survey, updated factors for seasonal
adjustment are calculated for the May-October period and introduced
along with new benchmarks, and again for the November-April period.
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 entire 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 standard 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 292,000. 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 -192,000 to 392,000
(100,000 +/- 292,000). 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, occurred. The 90-percent confidence interval for
the monthly change in unemployment is +/- 273,000, and for the
monthly change in the unemployment rate it is +/- .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 estimates is also improved when the data are cumulated
over time such as for quarterly and annual averages. The seasonal adjustment process can also improve the stability of the monthly estimates.
The household and establishment surveys are also affected by
nonsampling error. Nonsampling errors can occur for many reasons,
including the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to
obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or
unwillingness of respondents to provide correct information on a
timely basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in the
collection or processing of the data.
For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most
recent 2 months are based on substantially incomplete returns; for this
reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only
after two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all
sample reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final.
Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment
survey is the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment
generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation
of employment growth (and other sources of error), a process known
as bias adjustment is included in the survey’s estimating procedures,
whereby a specified number of jobs is added to the monthly samplebased change. The size of the monthly bias adjustment is based largely
on past relationships between the sample-based estimates of
employment and the total counts of employment described below.
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 samplebased 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 0.3 percent, ranging from zero
to 0.7 percent.
Additional statistics and other information
More comprehensive statistics are contained in Employment and
Earnings, published each month by BLS. It is available for $26.00 per
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Employment and Earnings also provides measures of
sampling error for the household 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.”
Measures of the reliability of the data drawn from the establishment survey and the actual amounts of revision due to benchmark adjustments are provided in tables 2-B through 2-H of that publication.
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age
(Numbers in thousands)
Seasonally adjusted1
Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status, sex, and age
Aug.
2001
July
2002
Aug.
2002
Aug.
2001
Apr.
2002
May
2002
June
2002
July
2002
Aug.
2002
212,135
141,862
66.9
134,905
63.6
3,419
131,487
6,956
4.9
70,274
5,062
214,023
143,885
67.2
135,289
63.2
3,671
131,618
8,595
6.0
70,139
4,856
214,225
143,176
66.8
135,028
63.0
3,479
131,549
8,148
5.7
71,049
4,751
212,135
141,380
66.6
134,408
63.4
3,126
131,282
6,972
4.9
70,755
4,788
213,492
142,570
66.8
133,976
62.8
3,154
130,823
8,594
6.0
70,922
4,468
213,658
142,769
66.8
134,417
62.9
3,097
131,320
8,351
5.8
70,889
4,779
213,842
142,476
66.6
134,053
62.7
3,110
130,942
8,424
5.9
71,366
4,689
214,023
142,390
66.5
134,045
62.6
3,282
130,763
8,345
5.9
71,633
4,895
214,225
142,616
66.6
134,474
62.8
3,188
131,286
8,142
5.7
71,609
4,503
101,995
76,102
74.6
72,554
71.1
3,548
4.7
102,945
77,274
75.1
72,831
70.7
4,443
5.7
103,046
76,669
74.4
72,456
70.3
4,213
5.5
101,995
75,538
74.1
71,705
70.3
3,833
5.1
102,682
76,009
74.0
71,397
69.5
4,611
6.1
102,765
76,415
74.4
71,894
70.0
4,521
5.9
102,856
76,189
74.1
71,524
69.5
4,665
6.1
102,945
76,041
73.9
71,509
69.5
4,532
6.0
103,046
76,088
73.8
71,552
69.4
4,536
6.0
93,810
71,713
76.4
68,828
73.4
2,301
66,527
2,885
4.0
94,694
72,437
76.5
68,877
72.7
2,463
66,413
3,560
4.9
94,756
72,418
76.4
68,958
72.8
2,400
66,557
3,460
4.8
93,810
71,523
76.2
68,388
72.9
2,129
66,259
3,135
4.4
94,414
72,098
76.4
68,193
72.2
2,213
65,980
3,905
5.4
94,479
72,428
76.7
68,647
72.7
2,125
66,522
3,781
5.2
94,622
72,288
76.4
68,390
72.3
2,138
66,251
3,899
5.4
94,694
72,172
76.2
68,405
72.2
2,256
66,149
3,767
5.2
94,756
72,203
76.2
68,447
72.2
2,221
66,226
3,757
5.2
110,140
65,759
59.7
62,352
56.6
3,408
5.2
111,078
66,610
60.0
62,458
56.2
4,152
6.2
111,179
66,507
59.8
62,572
56.3
3,934
5.9
110,140
65,842
59.8
62,703
56.9
3,139
4.8
110,809
66,561
60.1
62,579
56.5
3,982
6.0
110,893
66,354
59.8
62,524
56.4
3,830
5.8
110,985
66,287
59.7
62,528
56.3
3,759
5.7
111,078
66,349
59.7
62,536
56.3
3,813
5.7
111,179
66,527
59.8
62,922
56.6
3,605
5.4
102,165
61,743
60.4
58,851
57.6
820
58,032
2,892
4.7
103,127
62,098
60.2
58,656
56.9
867
57,789
3,442
5.5
103,256
62,448
60.5
59,037
57.2
806
58,231
3,411
5.5
102,165
62,142
60.8
59,526
58.3
781
58,745
2,616
4.2
102,847
62,724
61.0
59,333
57.7
732
58,602
3,391
5.4
102,936
62,597
60.8
59,337
57.6
760
58,577
3,260
5.2
103,038
62,481
60.6
59,316
57.6
749
58,567
3,165
5.1
103,127
62,590
60.7
59,364
57.6
814
58,550
3,226
5.2
103,256
62,783
60.8
59,710
57.8
772
58,938
3,073
4.9
16,161
8,406
52.0
7,226
44.7
299
6,928
1,180
14.0
16,202
9,349
57.7
7,756
47.9
341
7,416
1,593
17.0
16,212
8,310
51.3
7,033
43.4
272
6,761
1,277
15.4
16,161
7,715
47.7
6,494
40.2
216
6,278
1,221
15.8
16,231
7,748
47.7
6,450
39.7
209
6,240
1,298
16.8
16,243
7,744
47.7
6,434
39.6
213
6,221
1,310
16.9
16,182
7,707
47.6
6,347
39.2
223
6,124
1,360
17.6
16,202
7,629
47.1
6,276
38.7
213
6,064
1,352
17.7
16,212
7,630
47.1
6,318
39.0
196
6,122
1,312
17.2
TOTAL
Civilian noninstitutional population ...........................................
Civilian labor force ..................................................................
Participation rate ...............................................................
Employed ..............................................................................
Employment-population ratio ............................................
Agriculture ..........................................................................
Nonagricultural industries ...................................................
Unemployed .........................................................................
Unemployment rate ..........................................................
Not in labor force ....................................................................
Persons who currently want a job .........................................
Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population ...........................................
Civilian labor force ..................................................................
Participation rate ...............................................................
Employed ..............................................................................
Employment-population ratio ............................................
Unemployed .........................................................................
Unemployment rate ..........................................................
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population ...........................................
Civilian labor force ..................................................................
Participation rate ...............................................................
Employed ..............................................................................
Employment-population ratio ............................................
Agriculture ..........................................................................
Nonagricultural industries ...................................................
Unemployed .........................................................................
Unemployment rate ..........................................................
Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population ...........................................
Civilian labor force ..................................................................
Participation rate ...............................................................
Employed ..............................................................................
Employment-population ratio ............................................
Unemployed .........................................................................
Unemployment rate ..........................................................
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population ...........................................
Civilian labor force ..................................................................
Participation rate ...............................................................
Employed ..............................................................................
Employment-population ratio ............................................
Agriculture ..........................................................................
Nonagricultural industries ...................................................
Unemployed .........................................................................
Unemployment rate ..........................................................
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian noninstitutional population ..........................................
Civilian labor force ..................................................................
Participation rate ...............................................................
Employed ..............................................................................
Employment-population ratio ............................................
Agriculture ..........................................................................
Nonagricultural industries ...................................................
Unemployed .........................................................................
Unemployment rate ..........................................................
1
The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical
numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin
(Numbers in thousands)
Seasonally adjusted1
Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status, race, sex, age, and
Hispanic origin
Aug.
2001
July
2002
Aug.
2002
Aug.
2001
Apr.
2002
May
2002
June
2002
July
2002
Aug.
2002
176,069
118,065
67.1
113,084
64.2
4,981
4.2
177,345
119,749
67.5
113,470
64.0
6,279
5.2
177,486
119,117
67.1
113,159
63.8
5,958
5.0
176,069
117,813
66.9
112,740
64.0
5,073
4.3
176,972
118,661
67.1
112,426
63.5
6,236
5.3
177,087
118,742
67.1
112,563
63.6
6,179
5.2
177,217
118,530
66.9
112,382
63.4
6,148
5.2
177,345
118,678
66.9
112,446
63.4
6,233
5.3
177,486
118,919
67.0
112,844
63.6
6,075
5.1
60,648
76.8
58,589
74.2
2,059
3.4
61,202
76.9
58,571
73.6
2,631
4.3
61,200
76.8
58,623
73.6
2,577
4.2
60,631
76.8
58,306
73.8
2,325
3.8
60,867
76.6
57,921
72.9
2,946
4.8
61,095
76.9
58,170
73.2
2,926
4.8
61,007
76.7
58,112
73.1
2,895
4.7
61,068
76.7
58,164
73.1
2,904
4.8
61,240
76.9
58,332
73.2
2,908
4.7
50,268
59.6
48,204
57.2
2,065
4.1
50,671
59.7
48,221
56.8
2,450
4.8
50,913
59.9
48,438
57.0
2,475
4.9
50,655
60.1
48,809
57.9
1,846
3.6
51,289
60.5
48,908
57.7
2,381
4.6
51,163
60.4
48,871
57.7
2,292
4.5
51,060
60.2
48,812
57.5
2,248
4.4
51,125
60.2
48,856
57.6
2,268
4.4
51,297
60.4
49,076
57.8
2,221
4.3
7,149
55.8
6,292
49.1
857
12.0
12.8
11.0
7,875
61.3
6,677
52.0
1,198
15.2
16.9
13.4
7,004
54.5
6,098
47.5
906
12.9
15.0
10.8
6,527
50.9
5,625
43.9
902
13.8
15.1
12.4
6,505
50.7
5,596
43.6
908
14.0
15.4
12.5
6,483
50.5
5,522
43.0
961
14.8
15.4
14.2
6,464
50.3
5,458
42.5
1,006
15.6
17.7
13.4
6,485
50.5
5,425
42.2
1,060
16.4
19.1
13.6
6,382
49.7
5,437
42.3
945
14.8
17.5
12.1
25,604
16,788
65.6
15,215
59.4
1,572
9.4
25,961
16,918
65.2
15,109
58.2
1,809
10.7
26,000
16,829
64.7
15,149
58.3
1,680
10.0
25,604
16,720
65.3
15,210
59.4
1,510
9.0
25,868
16,941
65.5
15,045
58.2
1,896
11.2
25,898
16,887
65.2
15,168
58.6
1,718
10.2
25,930
16,822
64.9
15,027
58.0
1,794
10.7
25,961
16,618
64.0
14,976
57.7
1,642
9.9
26,000
16,753
64.4
15,142
58.2
1,611
9.6
7,418
72.3
6,772
66.0
646
8.7
7,521
72.1
6,806
65.3
715
9.5
7,489
71.7
6,841
65.5
648
8.7
7,418
72.2
6,763
65.9
655
8.8
7,528
72.5
6,831
65.8
698
9.3
7,573
72.8
6,925
66.6
648
8.6
7,543
72.4
6,760
64.9
783
10.4
7,472
71.6
6,800
65.2
673
9.0
7,492
71.7
6,834
65.4
658
8.8
8,387
65.3
7,756
60.4
631
7.5
8,327
63.9
7,534
57.8
794
9.5
8,384
64.2
7,642
58.5
742
8.8
8,426
65.6
7,835
61.0
591
7.0
8,458
65.1
7,597
58.5
860
10.2
8,401
64.6
7,606
58.5
794
9.5
8,363
64.3
7,628
58.6
735
8.8
8,348
64.1
7,602
58.3
746
8.9
8,414
64.5
7,719
59.1
695
8.3
982
39.5
687
27.7
295
30.0
32.7
27.2
1,069
42.8
769
30.8
300
28.1
23.8
32.2
956
38.2
666
26.6
290
30.4
32.0
28.7
876
35.2
612
24.6
264
30.1
31.4
28.7
954
38.3
617
24.7
338
35.4
37.3
33.5
913
36.6
637
25.5
276
30.2
36.8
22.3
916
36.6
639
25.6
276
30.2
30.0
30.4
798
31.9
575
23.0
223
28.0
20.5
34.8
847
33.9
589
23.5
258
30.5
30.5
30.4
WHITE
Civilian noninstitutional population ...........................................
Civilian labor force ..................................................................
Participation rate .................................................................
Employed ..............................................................................
Employment-population ratio ..............................................
Unemployed .........................................................................
Unemployment rate ............................................................
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force ..................................................................
Participation rate .................................................................
Employed ..............................................................................
Employment-population ratio ..............................................
Unemployed .........................................................................
Unemployment rate ............................................................
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force ..................................................................
Participation rate .................................................................
Employed ..............................................................................
Employment-population ratio ..............................................
Unemployed .........................................................................
Unemployment rate ............................................................
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force ..................................................................
Participation rate .................................................................
Employed ..............................................................................
Employment-population ratio ..............................................
Unemployed .........................................................................
Unemployment rate ............................................................
Men ...................................................................................
Women .............................................................................
BLACK
Civilian noninstitutional population ...........................................
Civilian labor force ..................................................................
Participation rate .................................................................
Employed ..............................................................................
Employment-population ratio ..............................................
Unemployed .........................................................................
Unemployment rate ............................................................
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force ..................................................................
Participation rate .................................................................
Employed ..............................................................................
Employment-population ratio ..............................................
Unemployed .........................................................................
Unemployment rate ............................................................
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian labor force ..................................................................
Participation rate .................................................................
Employed ..............................................................................
Employment-population ratio ..............................................
Unemployed .........................................................................
Unemployment rate ............................................................
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years
Civilian labor force ..................................................................
Participation rate .................................................................
Employed ..............................................................................
Employment-population ratio ..............................................
Unemployed .........................................................................
Unemployment rate ............................................................
Men ...................................................................................
Women .............................................................................
See footnotes at end of table.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, age, and Hispanic origin — Continued
(Numbers in thousands)
Seasonally adjusted1
Not seasonally adjusted
Employment status, race, sex, age, and
Hispanic origin
Aug.
2001
July
2002
Aug.
2002
Aug.
2001
Apr.
2002
May
2002
June
2002
July
2002
Aug.
2002
23,222
15,798
68.0
14,778
63.6
1,020
6.5
23,935
16,341
68.3
15,111
63.1
1,231
7.5
23,999
16,245
67.7
15,029
62.6
1,215
7.5
23,222
15,788
68.0
14,771
63.6
1,017
6.4
23,732
16,156
68.1
14,877
62.7
1,279
7.9
23,797
16,085
67.6
14,963
62.9
1,122
7.0
23,867
16,146
67.6
14,959
62.7
1,187
7.4
23,935
16,304
68.1
15,066
62.9
1,238
7.6
23,999
16,240
67.7
15,014
62.6
1,225
7.5
HISPANIC ORIGIN
Civilian noninstitutional population ...........................................
Civilian labor force ..................................................................
Participation rate .................................................................
Employed ..............................................................................
Employment-population ratio ..............................................
Unemployed .........................................................................
Unemployment rate ............................................................
1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical
numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
NOTE: Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals
because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in
both the white and black population groups.
Table A-3. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment
(Numbers in thousands)
Seasonally adjusted1
Not seasonally adjusted
Educational attainment
Aug.
2001
July
2002
Aug.
2002
Aug.
2001
Apr.
2002
May
2002
June
2002
July
2002
Aug.
2002
27,468
12,034
43.8
11,239
40.9
795
6.6
27,112
11,642
42.9
10,700
39.5
942
8.1
26,900
11,817
43.9
10,912
40.6
905
7.7
27,468
11,954
43.5
11,086
40.4
868
7.3
28,155
12,410
44.1
11,297
40.1
1,113
9.0
28,073
12,356
44.0
11,306
40.3
1,051
8.5
28,105
12,254
43.6
11,288
40.2
966
7.9
27,112
11,770
43.4
10,743
39.6
1,028
8.7
26,900
11,752
43.7
10,762
40.0
991
8.4
57,513
36,674
63.8
35,105
61.0
1,569
4.3
57,012
36,504
64.0
34,651
60.8
1,853
5.1
57,778
36,916
63.9
35,076
60.7
1,840
5.0
57,513
37,005
64.3
35,403
61.6
1,602
4.3
56,904
36,547
64.2
34,459
60.6
2,089
5.7
57,063
36,648
64.2
34,605
60.6
2,042
5.6
57,070
36,737
64.4
34,676
60.8
2,061
5.6
57,012
37,149
65.2
35,250
61.8
1,898
5.1
57,778
37,203
64.4
35,323
61.1
1,880
5.1
45,339
33,440
73.8
32,310
71.3
1,130
3.4
45,695
33,317
72.9
31,788
69.6
1,529
4.6
45,494
33,264
73.1
31,773
69.8
1,490
4.5
45,339
33,412
73.7
32,314
71.3
1,098
3.3
44,670
32,845
73.5
31,314
70.1
1,532
4.7
44,541
32,786
73.6
31,184
70.0
1,602
4.9
44,897
32,962
73.4
31,413
70.0
1,550
4.7
45,695
33,162
72.6
31,693
69.4
1,469
4.4
45,494
33,184
72.9
31,742
69.8
1,443
4.3
46,734
36,528
78.2
35,547
76.1
980
2.7
48,755
37,788
77.5
36,566
75.0
1,222
3.2
48,583
37,779
77.8
36,568
75.3
1,211
3.2
46,734
36,751
78.6
35,930
76.9
821
2.2
48,373
38,394
79.4
37,236
77.0
1,158
3.0
48,583
38,359
79.0
37,239
76.6
1,121
2.9
48,435
38,084
78.6
36,971
76.3
1,113
2.9
48,755
37,850
77.6
36,750
75.4
1,100
2.9
48,583
37,996
78.2
36,974
76.1
1,021
2.7
Less than a high school diploma
Civilian noninstitutional population ...........................................
Civilian labor force ..................................................................
Percent of population ..........................................................
Employed ..............................................................................
Employment-population ratio ..............................................
Unemployed .........................................................................
Unemployment rate ............................................................
High school graduates, no college2
Civilian noninstitutional population ...........................................
Civilian labor force ..................................................................
Percent of population ..........................................................
Employed ..............................................................................
Employment-population ratio ..............................................
Unemployed .........................................................................
Unemployment rate ............................................................
Less than a bachelor's degree3
Civilian noninstitutional population ...........................................
Civilian labor force ..................................................................
Percent of population ..........................................................
Employed ..............................................................................
Employment-population ratio ..............................................
Unemployed .........................................................................
Unemployment rate ............................................................
College graduates
Civilian noninstitutional population ...........................................
Civilian labor force ..................................................................
Percent of population ..........................................................
Employed ..............................................................................
Employment-population ratio ..............................................
Unemployed .........................................................................
Unemployment rate ............................................................
1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation, therefore, identical
numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns.
2
3
Includes high school diploma or equivalent.
Includes the categories, some college, no degree; and associate degree.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-4. Selected employment indicators
(In thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted
Seasonally adjusted
Category
Aug.
2001
July
2002
Aug.
2002
Aug.
2001
Apr.
2002
May
2002
June
2002
July
2002
Aug.
2002
134,905
43,215
33,129
8,389
135,289
43,273
32,727
8,496
135,028
43,458
33,183
8,494
134,408
43,143
33,685
8,328
133,976
43,167
33,446
8,266
134,417
43,548
33,371
8,397
134,053
43,140
33,362
8,465
134,045
43,273
33,361
8,521
134,474
43,371
33,723
8,419
41,465
38,625
18,287
15,200
17,780
3,548
41,687
38,574
19,183
14,383
17,481
3,981
41,813
38,698
18,921
14,541
17,340
3,714
41,777
38,817
18,134
14,937
17,600
3,182
42,167
38,140
18,749
14,274
17,377
3,290
41,901
38,346
18,909
14,365
17,468
3,265
41,675
38,740
18,889
14,375
17,152
3,285
41,978
38,458
18,752
14,073
17,327
3,501
42,152
38,892
18,771
14,242
17,142
3,340
2,032
1,349
38
2,289
1,349
34
2,110
1,337
31
1,852
1,239
29
1,896
1,216
34
1,911
1,156
40
1,909
1,158
29
2,031
1,227
27
1,927
1,231
24
122,866
18,566
104,301
792
103,509
8,515
106
123,155
19,020
104,135
879
103,256
8,383
80
123,080
19,008
104,072
872
103,200
8,385
84
122,685
19,150
103,535
814
102,721
8,503
111
122,366
19,347
103,019
791
102,228
8,234
103
123,071
19,811
103,260
775
102,485
8,305
105
122,627
19,630
102,997
810
102,187
8,208
95
122,196
19,709
102,486
855
101,631
8,268
99
122,885
19,596
103,289
887
102,402
8,368
87
All industries:
Part time for economic reasons ............................................
Slack work or business conditions ......................................
Could only find part-time work ............................................
Part time for noneconomic reasons ......................................
3,289
1,946
913
16,434
4,286
2,712
1,202
16,765
4,190
2,658
1,107
16,500
3,389
2,115
952
19,011
4,151
2,690
1,131
18,793
3,996
2,626
1,064
18,887
3,899
2,588
1,031
19,170
4,177
2,723
1,096
19,138
4,325
2,880
1,159
19,120
Nonagricultural industries:
Part time for economic reasons ............................................
Slack work or business conditions ......................................
Could only find part-time work ............................................
Part time for noneconomic reasons ......................................
3,177
1,874
888
15,886
4,087
2,583
1,173
16,214
3,991
2,522
1,080
16,004
3,246
2,025
927
18,485
4,009
2,587
1,122
18,274
3,818
2,515
1,033
18,350
3,758
2,472
1,022
18,739
3,949
2,609
1,074
18,572
4,060
2,715
1,131
18,609
CHARACTERISTIC
Total employed, 16 years and over ..........................................
Married men, spouse present .................................................
Married women, spouse present ............................................
Women who maintain families ................................................
OCCUPATION
Managerial and professional specialty ...................................
Technical, sales, and administrative support ..........................
Service occupations ...............................................................
Precision production, craft, and repair ....................................
Operators, fabricators, and laborers .......................................
Farming, forestry, and fishing .................................................
CLASS OF WORKER
Agriculture:
Wage and salary workers .....................................................
Self-employed workers .........................................................
Unpaid family workers ..........................................................
Nonagricultural industries:
Wage and salary workers .....................................................
Government ........................................................................
Private industries ................................................................
Private households ...........................................................
Other industries ................................................................
Self-employed workers .........................................................
Unpaid family workers ..........................................................
PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME
NOTE: 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.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-5. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted
Category
Number of
unemployed persons
(in thousands)
Unemployment rates1
Aug.
2001
July
2002
Aug.
2002
Aug.
2001
Apr.
2002
May
2002
June
2002
July
2002
Aug.
2002
Total, 16 years and over ..........................................................
Men, 20 years and over .........................................................
Women, 20 years and over ...................................................
Both sexes, 16 to 19 years ....................................................
6,972
3,135
2,616
1,221
8,345
3,767
3,226
1,352
8,142
3,757
3,073
1,312
4.9
4.4
4.2
15.8
6.0
5.4
5.4
16.8
5.8
5.2
5.2
16.9
5.9
5.4
5.1
17.6
5.9
5.2
5.2
17.7
5.7
5.2
4.9
17.2
Married men, spouse present ................................................
Married women, spouse present ...........................................
Women who maintain families ...............................................
1,232
1,074
603
1,558
1,289
782
1,529
1,223
665
2.8
3.1
6.8
3.9
3.9
8.6
3.6
3.9
8.1
4.1
3.8
8.2
3.5
3.7
8.4
3.4
3.5
7.3
Full-time workers ...................................................................
Part-time workers ..................................................................
5,651
1,334
6,962
1,388
6,754
1,430
4.8
5.4
6.2
5.2
5.9
5.6
6.1
5.0
5.9
5.4
5.7
5.6
1,051
1,748
757
1,492
290
1,340
2,152
960
1,630
338
1,343
2,125
936
1,542
344
2.5
4.3
4.8
7.8
8.4
3.1
5.5
6.5
9.4
6.1
3.2
5.2
5.9
8.9
6.3
3.2
5.3
5.9
9.3
6.1
3.1
5.3
6.4
8.6
8.8
3.1
5.2
6.2
8.3
9.3
5,630
1,745
27
628
1,090
692
398
3,885
292
1,556
222
1,815
414
205
6,822
1,981
19
824
1,138
737
400
4,841
404
1,929
308
2,200
505
217
6,584
1,942
31
760
1,150
726
424
4,643
372
1,927
266
2,078
477
210
5.2
6.2
4.7
7.6
5.7
5.8
5.4
4.8
3.6
5.6
2.7
4.9
2.1
10.0
6.5
7.8
6.0
9.3
7.2
7.6
6.6
6.0
6.1
7.2
3.2
5.8
2.5
9.0
6.3
7.4
4.4
8.9
6.7
6.3
7.5
5.9
5.7
7.0
4.0
5.6
2.6
9.1
6.3
7.5
7.9
9.1
6.8
7.3
6.1
5.9
5.9
6.6
4.1
5.9
2.3
8.3
6.2
7.4
3.8
10.3
6.3
6.8
5.6
5.9
5.3
6.8
3.7
5.8
2.5
9.7
6.0
7.2
6.0
9.5
6.3
6.5
5.9
5.6
4.8
6.8
3.1
5.4
2.4
9.8
CHARACTERISTIC
OCCUPATION2
Managerial and professional specialty ..................................
Technical, sales, and administrative support .........................
Precision production, craft, and repair ...................................
Operators, fabricators, and laborers ......................................
Farming, forestry, and fishing ................................................
INDUSTRY
Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers ..................
Goods-producing industries .................................................
Mining ................................................................................
Construction ......................................................................
Manufacturing ....................................................................
Durable goods .................................................................
Nondurable goods ...........................................................
Service-producing industries ...............................................
Transportation and public utilities ......................................
Wholesale and retail trade .................................................
Finance, insurance, and real estate ..................................
Services .............................................................................
Government workers .............................................................
Agricultural wage and salary workers ....................................
1
2
Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
Seasonally adjusted unemployment data for service occupations are not available
because the seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and irregular
components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
Table A-6. Duration of unemployment
(Numbers in thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted
Seasonally adjusted
Duration
Aug.
2001
July
2002
Aug.
2002
Aug.
2001
Apr.
2002
May
2002
June
2002
July
2002
Aug.
2002
Less than 5 weeks ...................................................................
5 to 14 weeks ..........................................................................
15 weeks and over ..................................................................
15 to 26 weeks .....................................................................
27 weeks and over ...............................................................
2,926
2,333
1,697
843
854
3,145
2,666
2,785
1,222
1,563
2,872
2,658
2,618
1,071
1,548
2,953
2,152
1,798
980
818
2,793
2,818
2,854
1,360
1,494
2,876
2,531
2,952
1,316
1,636
2,729
2,784
3,103
1,434
1,669
2,896
2,464
2,883
1,349
1,533
2,880
2,431
2,783
1,309
1,474
Average (mean) duration, in weeks .........................................
Median duration, in weeks .......................................................
13.2
6.9
15.9
8.0
16.3
8.9
13.2
6.6
16.6
8.9
17.1
9.8
17.3
11.7
16.4
8.6
16.2
8.4
100.0
42.1
33.5
24.4
12.1
12.3
100.0
36.6
31.0
32.4
14.2
18.2
100.0
35.2
32.6
32.1
13.1
19.0
100.0
42.8
31.2
26.0
14.2
11.8
100.0
33.0
33.3
33.7
16.1
17.6
100.0
34.4
30.3
35.3
15.7
19.6
100.0
31.7
32.3
36.0
16.6
19.4
100.0
35.1
29.9
35.0
16.4
18.6
100.0
35.6
30.0
34.4
16.2
18.2
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed ....................................................................
Less than 5 weeks .................................................................
5 to 14 weeks ........................................................................
15 weeks and over ................................................................
15 to 26 weeks ....................................................................
27 weeks and over ..............................................................
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-7. Reason for unemployment
(Numbers in thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted
Seasonally adjusted
Reason
Aug.
2001
July
2002
Aug.
2002
Aug.
2001
Apr.
2002
May
2002
June
2002
July
2002
Aug.
2002
3,334
1,000
2,334
1,704
630
977
2,129
516
4,530
1,228
3,302
2,547
756
854
2,436
775
4,341
1,075
3,267
2,464
803
924
2,231
651
3,438
1,071
2,367
(1)
(1)
877
2,162
488
4,525
1,095
3,430
(1)
(1)
1,017
2,450
519
4,598
1,091
3,506
(1)
(1)
902
2,433
499
4,579
1,061
3,518
(1)
(1)
836
2,360
584
4,580
1,224
3,356
(1)
(1)
818
2,375
571
4,560
1,151
3,410
(1)
(1)
824
2,270
619
100.0
47.9
14.4
33.5
14.0
30.6
7.4
100.0
52.7
14.3
38.4
9.9
28.3
9.0
100.0
53.3
13.2
40.1
11.3
27.4
8.0
100.0
49.4
15.4
34.0
12.6
31.0
7.0
100.0
53.2
12.9
40.3
12.0
28.8
6.1
100.0
54.5
12.9
41.6
10.7
28.9
5.9
100.0
54.8
12.7
42.1
10.0
28.2
7.0
100.0
54.9
14.7
40.2
9.8
28.5
6.8
100.0
55.1
13.9
41.2
10.0
27.4
7.5
2.4
.7
1.5
.4
3.1
.6
1.7
.5
3.0
.6
1.6
.5
2.4
.6
1.5
.3
3.2
.7
1.7
.4
3.2
.6
1.7
.3
3.2
.6
1.7
.4
3.2
.6
1.7
.4
3.2
.6
1.6
.4
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs ..........
On temporary layoff ................................................................
Not on temporary layoff ..........................................................
Permanent job losers ............................................................
Persons who completed temporary jobs ..............................
Job leavers ...............................................................................
Reentrants ................................................................................
New entrants ............................................................................
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Total unemployed .....................................................................
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .........
On temporary layoff ...............................................................
Not on temporary layoff .........................................................
Job leavers ..............................................................................
Reentrants ...............................................................................
New entrants ...........................................................................
UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs .........
Job leavers ..............................................................................
Reentrants ...............................................................................
New entrants ...........................................................................
1
Not available.
Table A-8. Range of alternative measures of labor underutilization
(Percent)
Not seasonally adjusted
Seasonally adjusted
Measure
Aug.
2001
July
2002
Aug.
2002
Aug.
2001
Apr.
2002
May
2002
June
2002
July
2002
Aug.
2002
U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian
labor force ...............................................................................................................
1.2
1.9
1.8
1.3
2.0
2.1
2.2
2.0
2.0
U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the
civilian labor force ...................................................................................................
2.4
3.1
3.0
2.4
3.2
3.2
3.2
3.2
3.2
U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force
(official unemployment rate) ...............................................................................
4.9
6.0
5.7
4.9
6.0
5.8
5.9
5.9
5.7
U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian
labor force plus discouraged workers ....................................................................
5.1
6.2
5.9
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other marginally
attached workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally
attached workers ...................................................................................................
5.8
6.9
6.6
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
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 .............................................................................
8.1
9.9
9.5
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
1 Not available.
NOTE: This range of alternative measures of labor underutilization replaces the U1-U7 range
published in table A-7 of this release prior to 1994. 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.
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DATA
Table A-9. Unemployed persons by sex and age, seasonally adjusted
Number of
unemployed persons
(in thousands)
Age and sex
Unemployment rates1
Aug.
2001
July
2002
Aug.
2002
Aug.
2001
Apr.
2002
May
2002
June
2002
July
2002
Aug.
2002
Total, 16 years and over .......................................
16 to 24 years .....................................................
16 to 19 years ...................................................
16 to 17 years .................................................
18 to 19 years .................................................
20 to 24 years ...................................................
25 years and over ...............................................
25 to 54 years ...................................................
55 years and over .............................................
6,972
2,516
1,221
549
690
1,295
4,478
3,904
584
8,345
2,753
1,352
604
767
1,401
5,553
4,795
758
8,142
2,741
1,312
561
769
1,429
5,441
4,642
815
4.9
11.3
15.8
18.6
14.4
8.9
3.8
3.9
3.1
6.0
12.3
16.8
19.4
15.1
10.0
4.9
5.0
4.0
5.8
11.6
16.9
20.7
14.8
8.9
4.8
5.0
4.2
5.9
12.2
17.6
20.8
15.6
9.3
4.8
4.9
4.2
5.9
12.3
17.7
20.9
16.1
9.5
4.6
4.8
3.7
5.7
12.2
17.2
19.7
16.0
9.6
4.5
4.6
4.0
Men, 16 years and over ......................................
16 to 24 years ...................................................
16 to 19 years .................................................
16 to 17 years ...............................................
18 to 19 years ...............................................
20 to 24 years .................................................
25 years and over .............................................
25 to 54 years .................................................
55 years and over ...........................................
3,833
1,420
698
324
381
722
2,405
2,074
345
4,532
1,505
765
345
420
740
3,025
2,581
440
4,536
1,585
780
342
443
805
2,943
2,513
461
5.1
12.3
17.4
21.9
15.0
9.5
3.8
3.9
3.3
6.1
13.0
18.1
19.6
17.2
10.3
4.8
4.9
4.3
5.9
12.5
18.6
23.7
15.6
9.4
4.8
4.9
4.5
6.1
12.9
19.6
23.2
17.4
9.5
4.9
5.0
4.6
6.0
13.0
19.8
23.9
17.4
9.6
4.7
4.8
4.0
6.0
13.7
20.1
24.5
17.8
10.5
4.6
4.7
4.1
Women, 16 years and over ................................
16 to 24 years ...................................................
16 to 19 years .................................................
16 to 17 years ...............................................
18 to 19 years ...............................................
20 to 24 years .................................................
25 years and over .............................................
25 to 54 years .................................................
55 years and over ...........................................
3,139
1,096
523
225
309
573
2,073
1,830
239
3,813
1,249
587
259
347
662
2,528
2,214
318
3,605
1,156
532
219
326
624
2,498
2,129
354
4.8
10.3
14.1
15.4
13.7
8.2
3.8
3.9
2.8
6.0
11.6
15.4
19.2
12.9
9.6
5.0
5.1
3.7
5.8
10.7
15.2
17.4
14.1
8.3
4.8
5.1
3.7
5.7
11.4
15.6
18.3
13.7
9.1
4.6
4.8
3.8
5.7
11.6
15.6
17.9
14.8
9.4
4.6
4.8
3.4
5.4
10.6
14.2
15.1
14.1
8.7
4.5
4.6
3.8
1
Unemployment as a percent of the civilian labor force.
Table A-10. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Total
Men
Women
Category
Aug.
2001
Aug.
2002
Aug.
2001
Aug.
2002
Aug.
2001
Aug.
2002
70,274
5,062
1,357
71,049
4,751
1,443
25,893
2,081
711
26,377
2,004
686
44,380
2,980
646
44,672
2,747
757
335
1,022
372
1,070
176
535
211
475
159
487
162
595
Total multiple jobholders4 ...................................................................
Percent of total employed ...............................................................
6,963
5.2
6,808
5.0
3,690
5.1
3,488
4.8
3,273
5.2
3,320
5.3
Primary job full time, secondary job part time .................................
Primary and secondary jobs both part time ....................................
Primary and secondary jobs both full time ......................................
Hours vary on primary or secondary job .........................................
3,787
1,405
292
1,442
3,688
1,388
313
1,376
2,213
504
190
767
2,082
407
199
779
1,574
901
102
675
1,606
981
114
596
NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE
Total not in the labor force ..................................................................
Persons who currently want a job ...................................................
Searched for work and available to work now1 ..........................
Reason not currently looking:
Discouragement over job prospects2 ................................
Reasons other than discouragement3 ...............................
MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
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 child-care 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.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry
(In thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted
Industry
Aug.
2001
June
2002
July
2002p
Seasonally adjusted
Aug.
2002p
Aug.
2001
Apr.
2002
May
2002
June
2002
July
2002p
Aug.
2002p
Total .................................................. 131,797 131,844 130,602 130,617 131,966 130,680 130,702 130,736 130,803 130,842
Total private ............................................ 111,967 110,594 110,502 110,515 110,968 109,495 109,496 109,525 109,572 109,570
Goods-producing ..................................................
25,212
24,193
24,164
24,210
24,776
23,905
23,870
23,861
23,820
23,787
Mining ...............................................................
Metal mining .................................................
Coal mining ...................................................
Oil and gas extraction ...................................
Nonmetallic minerals, except fuels ...............
581
35.2
81.5
348.7
115.7
561
32.8
79.8
334.4
114.2
559
32.8
78.8
332.1
114.9
562
32.5
78.0
335.6
116.3
571
35
82
343
111
564
32
81
339
112
558
32
80
334
112
555
32
80
333
110
551
33
79
328
111
552
32
78
330
112
Construction .....................................................
General building contractors .........................
Heavy construction, except building .............
Special trade contractors ..............................
7,002
1,522.2
999.9
4,480.0
6,790
1,495.3
967.3
4,327.1
6,851
1,509.3
972.1
4,369.2
6,864
1,526.3
969.9
4,367.7
6,679
1,461
925
4,293
6,541
1,452
901
4,188
6,541
1,454
908
4,179
6,549
1,454
910
4,185
6,519
1,446
900
4,173
6,553
1,465
897
4,191
Manufacturing ...................................................
Production workers ...................................
17,629
11,872
16,842
11,306
16,754
11,227
16,784
11,278
17,526
11,797
16,800
11,250
16,771
11,245
16,757
11,236
16,750
11,252
16,682
11,200
Durable goods ................................................
Production workers ...................................
Lumber and wood products ..........................
Furniture and fixtures ....................................
Stone, clay, and glass products ....................
Primary metal industries ...............................
Blast furnaces and basic steel products ...
Fabricated metal products ............................
Industrial machinery and equipment .............
Computer and office equipment ...............
Electronic and other electrical equipment .....
Electronic components and accessories ..
Transportation equipment .............................
Motor vehicles and equipment ..................
Aircraft and parts ......................................
Instruments and related products .................
Miscellaneous manufacturing .......................
10,549
7,044
798.9
512.7
577.3
650.5
207.9
1,473.6
1,972.6
337.9
1,583.1
632.3
1,763.2
947.6
463.3
840.8
375.8
10,002
6,657
776.9
499.5
562.0
593.6
187.1
1,430.0
1,840.2
306.2
1,429.9
564.4
1,688.7
926.9
410.3
808.2
373.1
9,913
6,581
779.0
492.5
564.1
585.3
186.9
1,416.8
1,822.3
303.1
1,421.6
559.9
1,653.2
896.0
408.7
807.8
370.7
9,913
6,599
783.5
494.0
566.5
590.4
187.7
1,419.4
1,808.8
300.0
1,406.0
553.1
1,670.3
916.8
404.1
801.3
373.2
10,516
7,026
783
513
568
649
(1)
1,471
1,976
336
1,586
635
1,760
945
463
837
373
9,976
6,620
767
497
551
598
(1)
1,425
1,842
313
1,443
566
1,671
912
416
811
371
9,963
6,619
770
494
549
597
(1)
1,428
1,834
308
1,437
567
1,675
914
416
807
372
9,944
6,603
767
495
552
593
(1)
1,425
1,829
304
1,428
566
1,679
920
411
805
371
9,925
6,611
767
495
554
589
(1)
1,427
1,825
301
1,427
563
1,665
910
409
803
373
9,879
6,579
767
494
557
589
(1)
1,417
1,812
299
1,409
556
1,666
914
404
798
370
Nondurable goods ..........................................
Production workers ...................................
Food and kindred products ...........................
Tobacco products .........................................
Textile mill products ......................................
Apparel and other textile products ................
Paper and allied products .............................
Printing and publishing .................................
Chemicals and allied products ......................
Petroleum and coal products ........................
Rubber and misc. plastics products ..............
Leather and leather products ........................
7,080
4,828
1,740.5
34.9
472.8
554.0
630.7
1,481.7
1,025.1
128.3
953.4
58.8
6,840
4,649
1,687.1
32.9
434.9
528.6
616.4
1,406.5
1,013.5
128.1
936.4
55.9
6,841
4,646
1,711.7
32.8
427.8
520.9
614.3
1,407.3
1,011.9
128.5
931.0
54.4
6,871
4,679
1,739.4
35.2
431.8
523.2
613.5
1,405.0
1,007.7
128.4
931.8
54.7
7,010
4,771
1,685
35
469
555
630
1,480
1,022
126
950
58
6,824
4,630
1,689
33
436
523
615
1,413
1,008
125
927
55
6,808
4,626
1,687
34
434
520
612
1,407
1,006
125
928
55
6,813
4,633
1,691
34
432
522
612
1,405
1,008
125
929
55
6,825
4,641
1,689
35
429
526
613
1,406
1,009
126
936
56
6,803
4,621
1,685
36
428
524
613
1,404
1,004
126
929
54
Service-producing ................................................. 106,585 107,651 106,438 106,407 107,190 106,775 106,832 106,875 106,983 107,055
Transportation and public utilities .....................
Transportation ..............................................
Railroad transportation .............................
Local and interurban passenger transit ....
Trucking and warehousing .......................
Water transportation .................................
Transportation by air .................................
Pipelines, except natural gas ....................
Transportation services ............................
Communications and public utilities .............
Communications .......................................
Electric, gas, and sanitary services ..........
7,075
4,497
233.7
419.2
1,875.1
208.5
1,278.6
15.4
466.3
2,578
1,722.4
855.3
6,822
4,355
229.9
470.3
1,846.9
201.5
1,166.1
14.7
425.2
2,467
1,619.7
847.2
6,768
4,305
231.0
416.2
1,847.4
205.6
1,164.1
14.9
426.1
2,463
1,613.3
849.4
6,760
4,303
229.4
410.8
1,856.8
204.6
1,161.2
14.7
425.3
2,457
1,610.8
846.1
7,088
4,522
233
480
1,845
194
1,291
15
464
2,566
1,714
852
6,799
4,330
230
476
1,830
190
1,162
15
427
2,469
1,628
841
6,793
4,328
228
475
1,827
193
1,165
15
425
2,465
1,626
839
6,790
4,334
229
472
1,829
193
1,172
15
424
2,456
1,615
841
6,783
4,331
230
471
1,833
192
1,167
15
423
2,452
1,608
844
6,770
4,325
229
470
1,827
190
1,172
14
423
2,445
1,602
843
Wholesale trade ................................................
Durable goods ..............................................
Nondurable goods ........................................
6,790
4,026
2,764
6,713
3,932
2,781
6,713
3,933
2,780
6,698
3,921
2,777
6,762
4,008
2,754
6,678
3,908
2,770
6,681
3,916
2,765
6,681
3,915
2,766
6,679
3,915
2,764
6,671
3,904
2,767
See footnotes at end of table.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry–Continued
(In thousands)
Not seasonally adjusted
Industry
Seasonally adjusted
Aug.
2001
June
2002
July
2002p
Aug.
2002p
Aug.
2001
Apr.
2002
May
2002
June
2002
July
2002p
Aug.
2002p
Retail trade .......................................................
Building materials and garden supplies ........
General merchandise stores ........................
Department stores ....................................
Food stores ...................................................
Automotive dealers and service stations ......
New and used car dealers ........................
Apparel and accessory stores ......................
Furniture and home furnishings stores .........
Eating and drinking places ...........................
Miscellaneous retail establishments .............
23,719
1,069.3
2,856.6
2,526.4
3,439.8
2,460.2
1,129.6
1,203.4
1,122.1
8,470.7
3,096.4
23,517
1,118.1
2,834.6
2,500.7
3,405.6
2,452.6
1,131.2
1,165.1
1,134.9
8,358.2
3,048.1
23,463
1,106.8
2,821.9
2,485.5
3,400.4
2,462.8
1,133.3
1,174.0
1,138.2
8,319.0
3,040.1
23,452
1,090.6
2,802.2
2,464.6
3,397.2
2,462.6
1,135.1
1,187.2
1,135.5
8,320.7
3,056.1
23,553
1,049
2,901
2,566
3,432
2,438
1,123
1,196
1,137
8,272
3,128
23,345
1,061
2,915
2,575
3,392
2,429
1,129
1,170
1,141
8,152
3,085
23,327
1,068
2,897
2,560
3,397
2,434
1,133
1,169
1,146
8,130
3,086
23,308
1,066
2,884
2,542
3,394
2,432
1,128
1,173
1,148
8,121
3,090
23,341
1,069
2,885
2,544
3,389
2,438
1,127
1,177
1,154
8,144
3,085
23,286
1,069
2,844
2,503
3,391
2,441
1,129
1,180
1,151
8,124
3,086
Finance, insurance, and real estate .................
Finance .........................................................
Depository institutions ..............................
Commercial banks ................................
Savings institutions ...............................
Nondepository institutions ........................
Mortgage bankers and brokers .............
Security and commodity brokers ..............
Holding and other investment offices .......
Insurance ......................................................
Insurance carriers .....................................
Insurance agents, brokers, and service ....
Real estate ...................................................
7,797
3,829
2,071.9
1,444.8
257.2
729.0
335.5
770.2
258.2
2,377
1,604.6
772.1
1,591
7,795
3,836
2,083.5
1,454.0
265.2
764.4
369.8
725.3
262.5
2,373
1,585.6
787.8
1,586
7,814
3,841
2,086.6
1,455.5
263.8
769.6
375.3
724.7
260.1
2,375
1,585.0
789.8
1,598
7,810
3,842
2,087.3
1,455.6
264.4
774.1
377.0
722.0
258.1
2,370
1,577.7
792.3
1,598
7,728
3,809
2,059
1,435
256
728
334
763
259
2,371
1,599
772
1,548
7,743
3,813
2,075
1,446
264
756
360
723
259
2,374
1,589
785
1,556
7,732
3,813
2,073
1,446
264
756
359
723
261
2,369
1,583
786
1,550
7,733
3,819
2,071
1,444
264
762
366
723
263
2,366
1,579
787
1,548
7,737
3,819
2,073
1,445
263
767
373
718
261
2,365
1,576
789
1,553
7,744
3,823
2,074
1,446
264
774
375
716
259
2,365
1,572
793
1,556
Services2 .......................................................... 41,374 41,554 41,580 41,585
Agricultural services .....................................
925.6
946.1
948.9
931.4
Hotels and other lodging places ................... 2,026.4 1,902.7 1,956.1 1,939.3
Personal services ......................................... 1,228.8 1,252.1 1,235.7 1,239.2
Business services ......................................... 9,629.0 9,398.5 9,366.1 9,468.1
Services to buildings ................................. 1,025.5 1,034.2 1,039.5 1,039.6
Personnel supply services ........................ 3,491.2 3,250.1 3,223.7 3,317.8
Help supply services ............................. 3,126.2 2,930.6 2,905.7 2,996.4
Computer and data processing services .. 2,230.7 2,193.6 2,195.9 2,201.5
Auto repair, services, and parking ................ 1,267.9 1,271.7 1,274.9 1,272.8
Miscellaneous repair services ......................
376.8
380.3
381.6
381.1
Motion pictures .............................................
598.9
592.3
597.3
601.3
Amusement and recreation services ............ 1,995.2 1,880.8 1,949.8 1,929.9
Health services ............................................. 10,446.0 10,683.3 10,715.1 10,736.3
Offices and clinics of medical doctors ...... 2,018.9 2,065.2 2,072.8 2,080.5
Nursing and personal care facilities .......... 1,858.5 1,888.6 1,892.1 1,900.4
Hospitals ................................................... 4,121.6 4,227.5 4,245.3 4,249.0
Home health care services .......................
636.4
644.5
644.7
647.1
Legal services ............................................... 1,048.6 1,080.5 1,082.4 1,074.6
Educational services ..................................... 2,125.8 2,306.8 2,221.6 2,189.1
Social services .............................................. 3,044.8 3,163.0 3,129.1 3,139.1
Child day care services ............................
672.4
712.7
664.7
676.6
Residential care ........................................
879.4
910.3
911.1
913.7
Museums and botanical and zoological
gardens .....................................................
119.2
117.1
119.0
116.3
Membership organizations ........................... 2,508.9 2,523.8 2,543.0 2,510.7
Engineering and management services ....... 3,637.4 3,662.3 3,667.3 3,663.8
Engineering and architectural services ..... 1,076.1 1,049.2 1,051.4 1,048.6
Management and public relations ............. 1,177.9 1,213.6 1,222.6 1,219.3
Services, nec ................................................
50.7
48.4
48.5
47.9
41,061
854
1,866
1,273
9,537
1,018
3,412
3,050
2,230
1,262
374
583
1,714
10,424
2,012
1,852
4,117
637
1,041
2,449
3,094
727
873
41,025
857
1,796
1,286
9,312
1,027
3,175
2,857
2,190
1,261
377
574
1,611
10,611
2,044
1,883
4,199
643
1,059
2,501
3,167
725
903
41,093
856
1,789
1,279
9,330
1,023
3,198
2,888
2,190
1,262
375
578
1,621
10,626
2,050
1,883
4,207
644
1,066
2,518
3,164
722
901
41,152
857
1,801
1,285
9,332
1,023
3,205
2,902
2,191
1,265
378
581
1,631
10,660
2,061
1,887
4,221
643
1,065
2,511
3,165
726
904
41,212
862
1,796
1,285
9,323
1,032
3,193
2,872
2,195
1,266
379
583
1,649
10,687
2,069
1,888
4,232
646
1,064
2,529
3,179
728
903
41,312
860
1,785
1,284
9,395
1,032
3,253
2,923
2,201
1,267
378
585
1,658
10,713
2,074
1,894
4,244
647
1,067
2,519
3,188
731
907
111
2,473
3,612
1,058
1,171
(1)
109
2,477
3,636
1,041
1,202
(1)
108
2,480
3,649
1,042
1,209
(1)
109
2,484
3,636
1,034
1,204
(1)
109
2,475
3,634
1,032
1,214
(1)
108
2,475
3,638
1,031
1,212
(1)
Government ......................................................
Federal .........................................................
Federal, except Postal Service .................
State .............................................................
Education ..................................................
Other State government ...........................
Local .............................................................
Education ..................................................
Other local government ............................
20,998
2,624
1,771
4,910
2,116
2,794
13,464
7,668
5,796
21,185
2,610
1,784
4,942
2,135
2,807
13,633
7,754
5,879
21,206
2,600
1,777
4,945
2,141
2,804
13,661
7,770
5,891
21,211
2,601
1,783
4,935
2,135
2,800
13,675
7,755
5,920
21,231
2,602
1,785
4,951
2,155
2,796
13,678
7,795
5,883
21,272
2,622
1,805
4,938
2,135
2,803
13,712
7,816
5,896
19,830
2,632
1,785.7
4,663
1,836.0
2,827.0
12,535
6,515.2
6,019.6
21,250
2,624
1,810.0
4,762
1,928.2
2,833.3
13,864
7,765.8
6,098.6
20,100
2,625
1,811.7
4,685
1,849.2
2,835.9
12,790
6,588.7
6,201.1
1 These series are not published seasonally adjusted because the
seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and
irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
20,102
2,630
1,819.4
4,690
1,855.0
2,835.4
12,782
6,658.4
6,123.5
2 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-2. Average weekly hours of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
Not seasonally adjusted
Industry
Seasonally adjusted
Aug.
2001
June
2002
July
2002p
Aug.
2002p
Aug.
2001
Apr.
2002
May
2002
June
2002
July
2002p
Aug.
2002p
Total private ............................................
34.5
34.7
34.2
34.4
34.1
34.2
34.2
34.3
34.0
34.1
Goods-producing ..................................................
40.7
40.8
40.0
40.6
40.3
40.4
40.3
40.5
40.0
40.2
Mining ...............................................................
43.6
43.5
42.9
43.3
43.5
42.4
43.0
43.3
42.6
43.2
Construction .....................................................
40.2
39.5
39.3
39.6
39.3
39.0
38.7
39.0
38.3
38.7
Manufacturing ...................................................
Overtime hours .........................................
40.9
4.3
41.3
4.3
40.3
4.0
40.9
4.5
40.7
4.0
40.9
4.2
40.9
4.2
41.1
4.3
40.7
4.0
40.8
4.2
Durable goods ................................................
Overtime hours .........................................
41.2
4.2
41.7
4.3
40.5
3.8
41.3
4.4
41.0
3.9
41.4
4.1
41.3
4.1
41.5
4.2
41.0
3.9
41.1
4.1
Lumber and wood products ..........................
Furniture and fixtures ....................................
Stone, clay, and glass products ....................
Primary metal industries ...............................
Blast furnaces and basic steel products ...
Fabricated metal products ............................
Industrial machinery and equipment .............
Electronic and other electrical equipment .....
Transportation equipment .............................
Motor vehicles and equipment ..................
Instruments and related products .................
Miscellaneous manufacturing .......................
41.2
40.1
44.6
43.5
44.6
41.5
40.1
39.2
42.7
44.3
40.5
38.3
41.5
40.3
44.4
44.8
46.5
42.1
40.9
39.4
42.9
44.7
41.0
39.5
41.0
39.8
43.7
43.8
46.0
41.0
40.0
38.0
40.3
40.9
40.1
38.2
41.1
40.5
44.0
44.2
46.2
41.9
40.4
38.5
42.4
43.9
40.7
38.7
40.8
39.7
43.7
43.6
44.6
41.4
40.3
39.1
42.2
43.6
40.6
38.1
40.8
40.8
43.8
44.3
45.1
41.6
40.6
39.5
42.6
44.4
40.4
38.8
40.8
40.4
43.4
44.1
45.6
41.9
40.7
39.4
42.3
44.2
40.4
38.8
41.0
40.2
43.7
44.6
46.1
42.0
40.9
39.4
42.5
44.1
40.9
39.6
41.1
40.1
43.2
44.2
45.7
41.7
40.3
38.7
41.7
42.8
40.5
38.5
40.8
40.2
43.2
44.2
46.2
41.8
40.6
38.4
41.9
43.2
40.8
38.5
Nondurable goods ..........................................
Overtime hours .........................................
40.4
4.4
40.6
4.3
40.0
4.3
40.5
4.6
40.2
4.1
40.3
4.3
40.4
4.3
40.6
4.3
40.2
4.2
40.3
4.2
Food and kindred products ...........................
Tobacco products .........................................
Textile mill products ......................................
Apparel and other textile products ................
Paper and allied products .............................
Printing and publishing .................................
Chemicals and allied products ......................
Petroleum and coal products ........................
Rubber and misc. plastics products ..............
Leather and leather products ........................
41.6
39.7
40.1
37.1
41.2
38.2
42.1
43.0
40.5
36.7
41.4
42.3
41.9
37.5
41.5
37.3
42.6
41.4
41.7
37.4
41.1
41.9
40.8
36.4
41.2
37.1
41.9
41.8
40.3
36.0
41.7
40.4
41.8
36.3
41.3
37.9
42.3
40.4
40.9
36.2
41.1
39.6
39.8
37.1
41.3
38.0
42.2
(2)
40.6
36.3
41.2
41.3
41.5
37.1
41.6
37.2
41.8
(2)
41.6
37.5
41.2
41.6
41.4
37.0
41.9
37.5
42.3
(2)
41.2
36.7
41.6
41.1
41.5
37.0
41.6
37.7
42.5
(2)
41.5
36.8
41.1
41.9
41.5
36.6
41.3
37.3
42.1
(2)
41.0
36.7
41.2
40.4
41.5
36.3
41.4
37.8
42.4
(2)
41.0
35.9
Service-producing .................................................
33.0
33.3
32.9
33.0
32.7
32.7
32.8
32.8
32.6
32.7
Transportation and public utilities .....................
38.4
38.8
38.5
38.8
38.1
38.3
38.4
38.3
38.4
38.5
Wholesale trade ................................................
38.3
39.0
38.3
38.5
38.3
38.3
38.3
38.6
38.4
38.5
Retail trade .......................................................
29.4
29.7
29.6
29.5
28.8
29.0
29.1
29.1
28.8
28.9
Finance, insurance, and real estate .................
36.0
36.7
35.8
36.1
36.1
36.1
36.1
36.0
36.0
36.2
Services ............................................................
32.9
33.0
32.6
32.8
32.6
32.6
32.6
32.7
32.5
32.6
1 Data relate to production workers in mining and manufacturing;
construction workers in construction; and nonsupervisory workers in
transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance,
insurance, and real estate; and services. These groups account for
approximately four-fifths of the total employees on private nonfarm
payrolls.
2 This series is not published seasonally adjusted because the
seasonal component, which is small relative to the trend-cycle and
irregular components, cannot be separated with sufficient precision.
p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
Average hourly earnings
Industry
Average weekly earnings
Aug.
2001
June
2002
July
2002p
Aug.
2002p
Aug.
2001
June
2002
July
2002p
Aug.
2002p
Total private ............................................
Seasonally adjusted .............................
$14.26
14.38
$14.68
14.75
$14.66
14.78
$14.70
14.82
$491.97
490.36
$509.40
505.93
$501.37
502.52
$505.68
505.36
Goods-producing ..................................................
16.04
16.38
16.45
16.49
652.83
668.30
658.00
669.49
Mining ...............................................................
17.47
17.65
17.74
17.77
761.69
767.78
761.05
769.44
Construction .....................................................
18.44
18.74
18.90
18.96
741.29
740.23
742.77
750.82
Manufacturing ...................................................
14.89
15.28
15.26
15.32
609.00
631.06
614.98
626.59
Durable goods ................................................
Lumber and wood products ..........................
Furniture and fixtures ....................................
Stone, clay, and glass products ....................
Primary metal industries ...............................
Blast furnaces and basic steel products ...
Fabricated metal products ............................
Industrial machinery and equipment .............
Electronic and other electrical equipment .....
Transportation equipment .............................
Motor vehicles and equipment ..................
Instruments and related products .................
Miscellaneous manufacturing .......................
15.38
12.37
12.33
15.16
17.02
20.62
14.34
15.93
14.70
19.13
19.43
14.93
12.23
15.74
12.53
12.62
15.48
17.46
20.92
14.71
16.36
15.04
19.75
20.36
15.14
12.28
15.67
12.58
12.56
15.62
17.61
21.09
14.60
16.47
15.06
19.36
19.74
15.23
12.32
15.81
12.56
12.61
15.54
17.50
20.97
14.76
16.59
15.11
19.82
20.49
15.20
12.37
633.66
509.64
494.43
676.14
740.37
919.65
595.11
638.79
576.24
816.85
860.75
604.67
468.41
656.36
520.00
508.59
687.31
782.21
972.78
619.29
669.12
592.58
847.28
910.09
620.74
485.06
634.64
515.78
499.89
682.59
771.32
970.14
598.60
658.80
572.28
780.21
807.37
610.72
470.62
652.95
516.22
510.71
683.76
773.50
968.81
618.44
670.24
581.74
840.37
899.51
618.64
478.72
Nondurable goods ..........................................
Food and kindred products ...........................
Tobacco products .........................................
Textile mill products ......................................
Apparel and other textile products ................
Paper and allied products .............................
Printing and publishing .................................
Chemicals and allied products ......................
Petroleum and coal products ........................
Rubber and misc. plastics products ..............
Leather and leather products ........................
14.16
12.89
20.97
11.39
9.41
16.87
14.88
18.54
22.19
13.43
10.33
14.60
13.29
23.26
11.69
9.95
17.53
15.11
19.14
22.15
13.66
10.27
14.69
13.33
23.24
11.76
9.92
17.72
15.15
19.34
22.21
13.77
10.38
14.60
13.21
20.83
11.73
9.95
17.63
15.19
19.31
22.27
13.68
10.30
572.06
536.22
832.51
456.74
349.11
695.04
568.42
780.53
954.17
543.92
379.11
592.76
550.21
983.90
489.81
373.13
727.50
563.60
815.36
917.01
569.62
384.10
587.60
547.86
973.76
479.81
361.09
730.06
562.07
810.35
928.38
554.93
373.68
591.30
550.86
841.53
490.31
361.19
728.12
575.70
816.81
899.71
559.51
372.86
Service-producing .................................................
13.74
14.20
14.15
14.19
453.42
472.86
465.54
468.27
Transportation and public utilities .....................
16.78
17.29
17.34
17.31
644.35
670.85
667.59
671.63
Wholesale trade ................................................
15.80
16.17
16.11
16.21
605.14
630.63
617.01
624.09
Retail trade .......................................................
9.71
10.00
9.98
10.00
285.47
297.00
295.41
295.00
Finance, insurance, and real estate .................
15.77
16.27
16.23
16.27
567.72
597.11
581.03
587.35
Services ............................................................
14.52
15.08
15.03
15.05
477.71
497.64
489.98
493.64
1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-4. Average hourly earnings of production or nonsupervisory workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by
industry, seasonally adjusted
Aug.
2001
Apr.
2002
May
2002
June
2002
July
2002p
Aug.
2002p
Percent
change
from:
July 2002Aug. 2002
Total private:
Current dollars ................................
Constant (1982) dollars2 ................
$14.38
8.02
$14.68
8.10
$14.70
8.12
$14.75
8.14
$14.78
8.14
$14.82
N.A.
0.3
(3)
Goods-producing ..............................
Mining ...........................................
Construction .................................
Manufacturing ...............................
Excluding overtime4 .................
15.99
17.62
18.37
14.91
14.22
16.32
17.63
18.83
15.19
14.43
16.35
17.87
18.77
15.27
14.53
16.39
17.70
18.81
15.31
14.56
16.38
17.76
18.87
15.28
14.57
16.44
17.93
18.89
15.34
14.59
.4
1.0
.1
.4
.1
Service-producing .............................
Transportation and public utilities
Wholesale trade ............................
Retail trade ...................................
Finance, insurance, and real
estate ......................................
Services ........................................
13.91
16.81
15.88
9.79
14.21
17.26
16.11
9.97
14.24
17.31
16.12
9.99
14.29
17.37
16.15
10.06
14.33
17.34
16.15
10.05
14.37
17.35
16.30
10.08
.3
.1
.9
.3
15.88
14.76
16.18
15.13
16.17
15.16
16.27
15.19
16.36
15.27
16.39
15.30
.2
.2
Industry
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 percent from June 2002 to July 2002,
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 workers1 on private nonfarm payrolls by industry
(1982=100)
Not seasonally adjusted
Industry
Seasonally adjusted
Aug.
2001
June
2002
July
2002p
Aug.
2002p
Aug.
2001
Apr.
2002
May
2002
June
2002
July
2002p
Aug.
2002p
Total private ............................................ 153.0
152.1
150.0
150.8
149.9
148.1
148.1
148.6
147.5
147.9
Goods-producing .................................................. 113.1
108.1
105.9
107.8
109.6
105.4
105.0
105.7
104.2
104.5
57.1
54.6
53.6
54.5
55.6
53.5
53.7
53.7
52.3
53.1
Construction ..................................................... 199.7
188.5
189.2
191.1
184.6
178.3
176.4
178.4
174.2
176.7
Mining ...............................................................
Manufacturing ...................................................
97.8
94.1
91.2
93.1
96.8
92.9
92.8
93.2
92.3
92.1
Durable goods ................................................
Lumber and wood products ..........................
Furniture and fixtures ....................................
Stone, clay, and glass products ....................
Primary metal industries ...............................
Blast furnaces and basic steel products ...
Fabricated metal products ............................
Industrial machinery and equipment .............
Electronic and other electrical equipment .....
Transportation equipment .............................
Motor vehicles and equipment ..................
Instruments and related products .................
Miscellaneous manufacturing .......................
101.3
140.6
127.2
121.4
82.7
64.1
112.8
88.4
92.2
112.6
150.2
71.5
90.7
96.8
137.9
124.9
117.6
77.0
59.7
110.9
83.8
81.9
108.2
148.0
68.8
92.5
92.9
136.7
121.0
116.1
74.1
59.2
106.7
81.0
78.2
99.0
130.6
67.3
88.4
95.0
137.9
123.3
117.8
75.7
59.7
109.6
81.2
78.3
106.1
144.7
67.6
90.9
100.5
136.1
126.4
117.0
82.8
64.1
112.3
89.1
92.3
111.4
147.9
71.5
89.3
95.5
133.3
124.7
113.6
76.7
58.3
109.1
83.1
82.9
105.7
144.2
68.2
90.2
95.4
134.4
122.9
112.6
76.4
58.9
110.1
82.8
82.2
105.6
144.0
67.9
90.6
95.6
134.0
122.9
113.3
76.6
59.2
110.2
83.1
81.7
106.4
144.7
68.2
92.1
94.6
134.7
123.2
112.3
75.4
58.7
109.8
82.0
80.4
103.9
139.9
68.1
90.2
94.3
133.7
122.6
113.6
75.7
59.7
109.1
81.9
78.4
104.8
142.4
67.5
89.5
Nondurable goods ..........................................
93.1
Food and kindred products ........................... 121.4
Tobacco products .........................................
51.5
Textile mill products ......................................
66.2
Apparel and other textile products ................
46.4
Paper and allied products .............................
96.2
Printing and publishing ................................. 114.6
Chemicals and allied products ......................
95.9
Petroleum and coal products ........................
73.1
Rubber and misc. plastics products .............. 135.4
Leather and leather products ........................
24.8
90.2
115.7
50.5
62.7
44.6
95.1
105.7
96.4
72.9
137.2
23.8
88.7
117.1
49.4
60.0
42.6
93.7
104.9
94.0
74.2
131.7
22.2
90.5
121.3
55.4
62.1
42.7
93.8
106.9
94.8
71.1
134.2
22.2
91.6
115.4
52.9
65.0
46.6
96.0
114.0
96.0
71.3
135.2
24.5
89.3
115.4
49.1
62.1
43.7
94.9
106.0
93.6
67.9
135.1
23.6
89.4
115.6
51.5
61.6
43.4
95.0
106.2
95.1
70.9
133.8
23.1
89.9
117.1
52.9
61.6
43.5
94.5
106.8
95.7
70.7
135.2
22.6
89.2
115.5
53.9
61.2
43.3
93.8
105.5
94.8
71.6
135.0
23.7
89.0
115.5
58.0
60.9
42.9
93.7
106.5
94.9
69.3
133.9
21.5
Service-producing ................................................. 170.9
171.8
169.7
170.1
167.9
167.3
167.5
167.8
167.0
167.4
Transportation and public utilities ..................... 140.1
136.5
134.1
134.7
139.2
134.4
134.4
133.9
134.1
133.9
Wholesale trade ................................................ 127.0
128.6
126.5
126.9
126.3
125.7
125.7
126.7
125.9
126.1
Retail trade ....................................................... 150.9
151.5
150.8
150.0
146.7
146.8
147.1
147.1
145.8
146.0
Finance, insurance, and real estate ................. 141.0
144.5
141.0
141.9
139.8
140.9
140.6
140.0
139.9
140.8
Services ............................................................ 215.6
217.2
214.6
215.7
211.9
211.5
211.8
212.7
211.8
212.5
1 See footnote 1, table B-2.
p = preliminary.
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-6. Diffusion indexes of employment change, seasonally adjusted
(Percent)
Time span
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Private nonfarm payrolls, 347 industries1
Over 1-month span:
1998 ..........................
1999 ..........................
2000 ..........................
2001 ..........................
2002 ..........................
62.4
55.3
55.9
49.4
47.3
57.5
58.6
57.5
45.7
41.4
59.1
53.6
57.9
50.3
49.7
60.2
58.4
51.2
42.4
47.8
57.5
55.5
50.1
47.3
50.9
56.8
57.8
55.8
43.2
49.4
54.6
57.1
57.8
44.5
p48.8
59.1
54.8
51.4
42.5
p46.7
57.2
57.1
52.4
42.4
53.0
57.2
52.4
40.5
57.9
60.4
53.2
39.3
56.8
58.1
52.7
44.1
Over 3-month span:
1998 ..........................
1999 ..........................
2000 ..........................
2001 ..........................
2002 ..........................
65.3
59.2
60.4
45.5
40.1
66.3
57.6
61.4
46.1
43.2
65.3
59.5
58.4
40.8
42.5
65.9
55.2
53.2
43.4
46.5
62.7
60.2
52.4
37.8
48.0
58.2
57.2
55.5
43.2
p50.4
58.9
59.4
56.6
39.3
p47.1
59.1
59.2
56.2
38.0
59.8
59.7
51.2
35.3
57.9
58.9
51.0
33.7
57.1
61.2
53.2
36.3
58.8
60.7
51.6
38.9
Over 6-month span:
1998 ..........................
1999 ..........................
2000 ..........................
2001 ..........................
2002 ..........................
70.2
60.2
61.1
44.7
37.0
67.4
58.9
59.4
42.7
41.6
64.7
58.5
58.1
39.5
43.4
61.5
59.7
57.9
40.1
p44.1
64.1
57.2
54.2
40.8
p47.1
62.1
60.8
52.4
35.6
59.1
61.2
52.9
37.0
58.8
62.5
54.2
32.4
57.5
62.7
52.4
34.3
60.2
61.8
48.7
33.1
59.2
61.2
45.7
34.1
58.4
62.8
46.5
35.6
Over 12-month span:
1998 ..........................
1999 ..........................
2000 ..........................
2001 ..........................
2002 ..........................
69.9
61.2
61.4
41.5
p35.3
67.9
60.1
59.9
41.5
p35.2
67.6
58.2
58.8
38.9
65.6
61.0
56.2
37.5
64.1
60.7
55.3
37.3
62.7
61.5
53.6
36.2
61.7
62.2
53.0
34.1
62.2
61.1
51.0
33.6
60.8
63.8
47.7
34.4
59.4
62.2
45.2
33.9
60.8
59.7
44.5
33.3
58.9
60.5
42.9
34.0
Manufacturing payrolls, 136 industries1
Over 1-month span:
1998 ..........................
1999 ..........................
2000 ..........................
2001 ..........................
2002 ..........................
57.0
47.4
44.9
34.9
35.3
52.6
41.2
52.2
26.8
37.9
52.2
42.6
49.3
38.2
40.4
52.9
46.0
46.0
29.0
47.4
44.9
46.3
49.3
28.3
47.1
47.4
43.4
50.7
30.5
40.4
38.2
50.0
57.4
34.9
p48.2
52.9
42.6
36.8
25.7
p39.7
44.9
46.0
39.0
31.6
38.6
45.6
42.3
31.3
42.3
51.5
47.1
25.0
41.5
49.3
40.8
30.9
Over 3-month span:
1998 ..........................
1999 ..........................
2000 ..........................
2001 ..........................
2002 ..........................
59.2
39.3
48.2
21.3
24.6
57.0
39.3
48.9
21.3
30.1
54.8
39.7
48.9
18.4
37.1
51.8
40.1
44.5
23.5
38.6
48.2
41.2
46.7
19.9
40.1
38.2
43.8
52.2
23.2
p40.4
41.9
44.1
46.0
17.3
p35.7
43.0
46.3
38.6
19.1
43.0
42.3
29.0
16.2
38.2
44.1
34.2
18.0
32.7
47.8
39.0
18.4
40.4
45.2
36.0
18.0
Over 6-month span:
1998 ..........................
1999 ..........................
2000 ..........................
2001 ..........................
2002 ..........................
60.7
36.4
47.8
20.2
19.9
54.4
36.0
45.2
16.9
26.8
49.3
37.5
44.5
14.0
29.8
40.1
40.4
50.0
16.2
p37.5
45.2
37.5
41.9
16.5
p35.7
42.6
42.3
37.9
13.2
39.0
43.0
36.0
14.7
38.2
44.5
35.3
11.8
34.6
48.2
32.4
14.0
41.2
43.0
26.1
13.2
35.7
44.5
21.3
17.6
33.1
47.4
21.7
16.5
Over 12-month span:
1998 ..........................
1999 ..........................
2000 ..........................
2001 ..........................
2002 ..........................
54.8
38.6
49.3
13.6
p17.6
52.2
34.6
44.1
13.6
p16.9
51.8
32.4
39.3
13.6
46.7
36.0
36.8
15.4
40.4
37.9
35.3
12.1
40.1
39.0
34.2
11.0
38.2
40.1
33.8
11.0
37.5
40.4
28.7
11.0
36.4
44.5
22.1
12.9
34.6
44.5
19.1
12.9
35.7
43.4
17.6
14.0
34.2
44.5
14.0
13.6
1 Based on seasonally adjusted data for 1-, 3-, and 6-month spans
and unadjusted data for the 12-month span. Data are centered within
the 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.