Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 a.m. (EST) Friday, February 6, 2015 USDL-15-0158 Technical information: Household data: (202) 691-6378 • [email protected] • www.bls.gov/cps Establishment data: (202) 691-6555 • [email protected] • www.bls.gov/ces Media contact: (202) 691-5902 • [email protected] THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — JANUARY 2015 Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 257,000 in January, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 5.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in retail trade, construction, health care, financial activities, and manufacturing. Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, January 2013 – January 2015 Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment over-the-month change, seasonally adjusted, January 2013 – January 2015 Percent 9.0 Thousands 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 -50 8.0 7.0 6.0 5.0 Jan-13 A pr-13 Jul-13 Oct-13 Jan-14 A pr-14 Jul-14 Oct-14 Jan-15 Jan-13 A pr-13 Jul-13 Oct-13 Jan-14 A pr-14 Jul-14 Oct-14 Jan-15 Changes to The Employment Situation Data Establishment survey data have been revised as a result of the annual benchmarking process and the updating of seasonal adjustment factors. Also, household survey data for January 2015 reflect updated population estimates. See the notes beginning on page 4 for more information about these changes. Household Survey Data The unemployment rate, at 5.7 percent, changed little in January and has shown no net change since October. The number of unemployed persons, at 9.0 million, was little changed in January. (See table A-1. See the note on page 5 and tables B and C for information about annual population adjustments to the household survey estimates.) Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rate for teenagers (18.8 percent) increased in January. The jobless rates for adult men (5.3 percent), adult women (5.1 percent), whites (4.9 percent), blacks (10.3 percent), Asians (4.0 percent), and Hispanics (6.7 percent) showed little or no change. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) In January, the number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was essentially unchanged at 2.8 million. These individuals accounted for 31.5 percent of the unemployed. Over the past 12 months, the number of long-term unemployed is down by 828,000. (See table A-12.) After accounting for the annual adjustments to the population controls, the civilian labor force rose by 703,000 in January. The labor force participation rate rose by 0.2 percentage point to 62.9 percent, following a decline of equal magnitude in the prior month. Total employment, as measured by the household survey, increased by 435,000 in January, and the employment-population ratio was little changed at 59.3 percent. (See table A-1. For additional information about the effects of the population adjustments, see table C.) The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) was essentially unchanged in January at 6.8 million. These individuals, who would have preferred full-time employment, were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job. (See table A-8.) In January, 2.2 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, down by 358,000 from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. (See table A-16.) Among the marginally attached, there were 682,000 discouraged workers in January, down by 155,000 from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.6 million persons marginally attached to the labor force in January had not searched for work for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-16.) Establishment Survey Data Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 257,000 in January. Job gains occurred in retail trade, construction, health care, financial activities, and manufacturing. After incorporating revisions for November and December (which include the impact of the annual benchmark process), monthly job gains averaged 336,000 over the past 3 months. (See table B-1 and summary table B. See the note on page 4 and table A for information about the annual benchmark process.) -2- Employment in retail trade rose by 46,000 in January. Three industries accounted for half of the jobs added—sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores (+9,000); motor vehicle and parts dealers (+8,000); and nonstore retailers (+6,000). Construction continued to add jobs in January (+39,000). Employment increased in both residential and nonresidential building (+13,000 and +7,000, respectively). Employment continued to trend up in specialty trade contactors (+13,000). Over the prior 12 months, construction had added an average of 28,000 jobs per month. In January, health care employment increased by 38,000. Job gains occurred in offices of physicians (+13,000), hospitals (+10,000), and nursing and residential care facilities (+7,000). Health care added an average of 26,000 jobs per month in 2014. Employment in financial activities rose by 26,000 in January, with insurance carriers and related activities (+14,000) and securities, commodity contracts, and investments (+5,000) contributing to the gain. Financial activities has added 159,000 jobs over the past 12 months. Manufacturing employment increased by 22,000 over the month, including job gains in motor vehicles and parts (+7,000) and wood products (+4,000). Over the past 12 months, manufacturing has added 228,000 jobs. Professional and technical services added 33,000 jobs in January, including increases in computer systems design (+8,000) and architectural and engineering services (+8,000). In January, employment in food services and drinking places continued to trend up (+35,000). In 2014, the industry added an average of 33,000 jobs per month. Employment in other major industries, including mining and logging, wholesale trade, transportation and warehousing, information, and government, showed little change over the month. The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 34.6 hours in January. The manufacturing workweek edged up by 0.1 hour to 41.0 hours, and factory overtime edged down by 0.1 hour to 3.5 hours. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 hour to 33.8 hours. (See tables B-2 and B-7.) In January, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 12 cents to $24.75, following a decrease of 5 cents in December. Over the year, average hourly earnings have risen by 2.2 percent. In January, average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees increased by 7 cents to $20.80. (See tables B-3 and B-8.) The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for November was revised from +353,000 to +423,000, and the change for December was revised from +252,000 to +329,000. With these revisions, employment gains in November and December were 147,000 higher than previously reported. Monthly revisions result from additional reports received from businesses since the last published estimates and the monthly recalculation of seasonal factors. The annual benchmark process also contributed to these revisions. _____________ The Employment Situation for February is scheduled to be released on Friday, March 6, 2015, at 8:30 a.m. (EST). -3- Revisions to Establishment Survey Data In accordance with annual practice, the establishment survey data released today have been benchmarked to reflect comprehensive counts of payroll jobs for March 2014. These counts are derived principally from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), which enumerates jobs covered by the unemployment insurance tax system. The benchmark process results in revisions to not seasonally adjusted data from April 2013 forward. Seasonally adjusted data from January 2010 forward are subject to revision. In addition, data for some series prior to 2010, both seasonally adjusted and unadjusted, incorporate revisions. The total nonfarm employment level for March 2014 was revised upward by 91,000 (+67,000 on a not seasonally adjusted basis, or less than 0.05 percent). The average benchmark revision over the past 10 years was plus or minus 0.3 percent. Table A presents revised total nonfarm employment data on a seasonally adjusted basis for January through December 2014. An article that discusses the benchmark and post-benchmark revisions and other technical issues can be accessed through the BLS website at www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbmart.pdf. Information on the data released today also may be obtained by calling (202) 691-6555. Table A. Revisions in total nonfarm employment, January-December 2014, seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Level Year and month As previously published Over-the-month change As As revised Difference previously As revised Difference published 2014 January……………………. February…………………… March....…………………… April....…………………… May......……………………… June.....……………………… July.....……………………… August...…………………… September…………………… October..…………………… November.………………… December (p)……...………… 137,539 137,761 137,964 138,268 138,497 138,764 139,007 139,210 139,481 139,742 140,095 140,347 137,642 137,830 138,055 138,385 138,621 138,907 139,156 139,369 139,619 139,840 140,263 140,592 103 69 91 117 124 143 149 159 138 98 168 245 p = preliminary. -4- 144 222 203 304 229 267 243 203 271 261 353 252 166 188 225 330 236 286 249 213 250 221 423 329 22 -34 22 26 7 19 6 10 -21 -40 70 77 Adjustments to Population Estimates for the Household Survey Effective with data for January 2015, updated population estimates have been used in the household survey. Population estimates for the household survey are developed by the U.S. Census Bureau. Each year, the Census Bureau updates the estimates to reflect new information and assumptions about the growth of the population since the previous decennial census. The change in population reflected in the new estimates results from adjustments for net international migration, updated vital statistics and other information, and some methodological changes in the estimation process. In accordance with usual practice, BLS will not revise the official household survey estimates for December 2014 and earlier months. To show the impact of the population adjustments, however, differences in selected December 2014 labor force series based on the old and new population estimates are shown in table B. The adjustments increased the estimated size of the civilian noninstitutional population in December by 528,000, the civilian labor force by 348,000, employment by 324,000, and unemployment by 24,000. The number of persons not in the labor force was increased by 179,000. The total unemployment rate, employment-population ratio, and labor force participation rate were unaffected. Data users are cautioned that these annual population adjustments can affect the comparability of household data series over time. Table C shows the effect of the introduction of new population estimates on the comparison of selected labor force measures between December 2014 and January 2015. Additional information on the population adjustments and their effect on national labor force estimates is available at www.bls.gov/cps/cps15adj.pdf. Table B. Effect of the updated population controls on December 2014 estimates by sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) Category Civilian noninstitutional population … Civilian labor force ……………… Participation rate ……………… Employed ……………………… Employment-population ratio … Unemployed …………………… Unemployment rate …………… Not in labor force ………………… Total 528 348 .0 324 .0 24 .0 179 Men 173 131 .0 120 .0 10 .0 42 Women White 354 218 .0 204 .0 14 .0 137 139 101 .0 94 .0 7 .0 38 Black or African American 114 81 .0 72 .0 9 .0 33 Asian 243 144 -.1 138 -.1 7 .0 99 Hispanic or Latino ethnicity 243 141 .0 133 .0 7 .0 102 NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. -5- Table C. December 2014-January 2015 changes in selected labor force measures, with adjustments for population control effects (Numbers in thousands) Category Dec.-Jan. change, as published 2015 population control effect Dec.-Jan. change, after removing the population control effect Civilian noninstitutional population …… Civilian labor force …………………… Participation rate ………………… Employed …………………………… Employment-population ratio …… Unemployed ………………………… Unemployment rate ……………… Not in labor force …………………… 696 1,051 .2 759 .1 291 .1 -354 1 528 348 .0 324 .0 24 .0 179 168 703 .2 435 .1 267 .1 -533 This Dec.-Jan. change is calculated by subtracting the population control effect from the over-the-month change in the published seasonally adjusted estimates. NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. -6- 1 Changes to The Employment Situation News Release Effective with this release, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics introduced several changes to The Employment Situation news release tables. Household survey table A-2 introduced seasonally adjusted series on the labor force characteristics of Asians. These series appear in addition to the not seasonally adjusted data for Asians displayed in the table. Also, in summary table A, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for Asians replaced the not seasonally adjusted series that was previously displayed for the group. Household survey table A-3 introduced seasonally adjusted series on the labor force characteristics of Hispanic men age 20 and over, Hispanic women age 20 and over, and Hispanic teenagers age 16 to 19. The not seasonally adjusted series for these groups continue to be displayed in the table. The establishment survey introduced two data series: (1) total nonfarm employment, 3-month average change and (2) total private employment, 3-month average change. These new series have been added to establishment survey summary table B. Additionally, in the employment section of summary table B, the list of industries has been expanded to include utilities (also published in table B-1). Also, hours and earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees were removed from summary table B, although these series continue to be published in establishment survey tables B-7 and B-8. -7- HOUSEHOLD DATA Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Category Jan. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014 Change from: Dec. 2014Jan. 2015 Jan. 2015 Employment status Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force.......................................................... . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed.................................................................. . Employment-population ratio......................................... . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246,915 155,486 63.0 145,206 58.8 10,280 6.6 91,429 248,844 156,402 62.9 147,331 59.2 9,071 5.8 92,442 249,027 156,129 62.7 147,442 59.2 8,688 5.6 92,898 249,723 157,180 62.9 148,201 59.3 8,979 5.7 92,544 – – – – – – – – Unemployment rates Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adult men (20 years and over). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adult women (20 years and over). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Teenagers (16 to 19 years). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black or African American. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hispanic or Latino ethnicity................................................ . 6.6 6.3 5.9 20.8 5.7 12.1 4.8 8.3 5.8 5.4 5.2 17.5 4.9 11.0 4.7 6.6 5.6 5.3 5.0 16.8 4.8 10.4 4.2 6.5 5.7 5.3 5.1 18.8 4.9 10.3 4.0 6.7 – – – – – – – – Total, 25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Less than a high school diploma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . High school graduates, no college. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Some college or associate degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bachelor’s degree and higher............................................. . 5.3 9.6 6.5 5.9 3.3 4.7 8.5 5.6 4.9 3.2 4.5 8.6 5.3 4.9 2.9 4.6 8.5 5.4 5.2 2.8 – – – – – Reason for unemployment Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Job leavers..................................................................... . Reentrants...................................................................... . New entrants................................................................... . 5,354 815 2,911 1,181 4,480 835 2,761 1,045 4,325 798 2,701 971 4,242 851 2,829 1,033 – – – – Duration of unemployment Less than 5 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 to 14 weeks.................................................................. . 15 to 26 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 weeks and over............................................................ . 2,449 2,428 1,699 3,628 2,505 2,378 1,403 2,822 2,375 2,293 1,274 2,785 2,383 2,318 1,380 2,800 – – – – Employed persons at work part time Part time for economic reasons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slack work or business conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Could only find part-time work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part time for noneconomic reasons. . ....................................... . 7,274 4,419 2,592 19,317 6,851 4,068 2,447 19,971 6,790 4,061 2,432 19,730 6,810 4,012 2,460 19,822 – – – – Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted) Marginally attached to the labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Discouraged workers....................................................... . 2,592 837 2,109 698 2,260 740 2,234 682 – – - December - January changes in household data are not shown due to the introduction of updated population controls. NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted Jan. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014p Jan. 2015p EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY (Over-the-month change, in thousands) Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durable goods1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicles and parts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and business services1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and health services1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 183 90 5 69 16 4 -6.1 12 93 17.5 -16.5 -2.7 -1.8 0 4 36 -5.2 19 14.5 28 10 -17 423 414 76 1 30 45 28 9.3 17 338 8.0 61.2 25.9 2.8 7 28 96 30.8 51 61.9 42 16 9 329 320 73 3 44 26 21 6.2 5 247 11.3 7.2 33.8 1.9 4 9 80 25.0 48 47.2 47 5 9 257 267 58 -3 39 22 18 6.7 4 209 12.7 45.9 -8.6 0.5 6 26 39 -4.1 46 49.7 37 4 -10 (3-month average change, in thousands) Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 203 298 289 324 317 336 334 Category WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES2 Total nonfarm women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total private women employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total private production and nonsupervisory employees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HOURS AND EARNINGS ALL EMPLOYEES Total private Average weekly hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average hourly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Average weekly earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100)3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100)4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Over-the-month percent change. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DIFFUSION INDEX (Over 1-month span)5 Total private (263 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing (80 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 49.4 47.9 82.6 49.3 47.9 82.5 49.3 47.9 82.5 49.3 47.8 82.5 34.4 $24.22 $833.17 99.6 0.4 115.1 0.6 34.6 $24.68 $853.93 102.4 0.4 120.6 0.8 34.6 $24.63 $852.20 102.7 0.3 120.7 0.1 34.6 $24.75 $856.35 102.9 0.2 121.5 0.7 62.4 57.5 75.3 76.3 69.0 64.4 62.4 58.1 Includes other industries, not shown separately. Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. 3 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding annual average aggregate hours. 4 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. 5 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. p Preliminary NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2014 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. 2 Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates 1. Why are there two monthly measures of employment? The household survey and establishment survey both produce sample-based estimates of employment, and both have strengths and limitations. The establishment survey employment series has a smaller margin of error on the measurement of month-to-month change than the household survey because of its much larger sample size. An over-the-month employment change of about 100,000 is statistically significant in the establishment survey, while the threshold for a statistically significant change in the household survey is about 400,000. However, the household survey has a more expansive scope than the establishment survey because it includes self-employed workers whose businesses are unincorporated, unpaid family workers, agricultural workers, and private household workers, who are excluded by the establishment survey. The household survey also provides estimates of employment for demographic groups. For more information on the differences between the two surveys, please visit www.bls.gov/web/empsit/ces_cps_trends.pdf. 2. Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys? It is likely that both surveys include at least some undocumented immigrants. However, neither the establishment nor the household survey is designed to identify the legal status of workers. Therefore, it is not possible to determine how many are counted in either survey. The establishment survey does not collect data on the legal status of workers. The household survey does include questions which identify the foreign and native born, but it does not include questions about the legal status of the foreign born. Data on the foreign and native born are published each month in table A-7 of The Employment Situation news release. 3. Why does the establishment survey have revisions? The establishment survey revises published estimates to improve its data series by incorporating additional information that was not available at the time of the initial publication of the estimates. The establishment survey revises its initial monthly estimates twice, in the immediately succeeding 2 months, to incorporate additional sample receipts from respondents in the survey and recalculated seasonal adjustment factors. For more information on the monthly revisions, please visit www.bls.gov/ces/cesrevinfo.htm. On an annual basis, the establishment survey incorporates a benchmark revision that re-anchors estimates to nearly complete employment counts available from unemployment insurance tax records. The benchmark helps to control for sampling and modeling errors in the estimates. For more information on the annual benchmark revision, please visit www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbmart.htm. 4. Does the establishment survey sample include small firms? Yes; about 40 percent of the establishment survey sample is comprised of business establishments with fewer than 20 employees. The establishment survey sample is designed to maximize the reliability of the statewide total nonfarm employment estimate; firms from all states, size classes, and industries are appropriately sampled to achieve that goal. 5. Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses? Yes; monthly establishment survey estimates include an adjustment to account for the net employment change generated by business births and deaths. The adjustment comes from an econometric model that forecasts the monthly net jobs impact of business births and deaths based on the actual past values of the net impact that can be observed with a lag from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. The establishment survey uses modeling rather than sampling for this purpose because the survey is not immediately able to bring new businesses into the sample. There is an unavoidable lag between the birth of a new firm and its appearance on the sampling frame and availability for selection. BLS adds new businesses to the survey twice a year. 6. Is the count of unemployed persons limited to just those people receiving unemployment insurance benefits? No; the estimate of unemployment is based on a monthly sample survey of households. All persons who are without jobs and are actively seeking and available to work are included among the unemployed. (People on temporary layoff are included even if they do not actively seek work.) There is no requirement or question relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey. 7. Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who want a job but are not currently looking for work? Yes; however, there are separate estimates of persons outside the labor force who want a job, including those who are not currently looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged workers). In addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (some of which include discouraged workers and other groups not officially counted as unemployed) are published each month in table A-15 of The Employment Situation news release. For more information about these alternative measures, please visit www.bls.gov/cps/lfcharacteristics.htm#altmeasures. 8. How can unusually severe weather affect employment and hours estimates? In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period that includes the 12th of the month. Unusually severe weather is more likely to have an impact on average weekly hours than on employment. Average weekly hours are estimated for paid time during the pay period, including pay for holidays, sick leave, or other time off. The impact of severe weather on hours estimates typically, but not always, results in a reduction in average weekly hours. For example, some employees may be off work for part of the pay period and not receive pay for the time missed, while some workers, such as those dealing with cleanup or repair, may work extra hours. Typically, it is not possible to precisely quantify the effect of extreme weather on payroll employment estimates. In order for severe weather conditions to reduce employment estimates, employees have to be off work without pay for the entire pay period. Employees who receive pay for any part of the pay period, even 1 hour, are counted in the payroll employment figures. For more information on how often employees are paid, please visit www.bls.gov/opub/btn/volume-3/how-frequently-do-private-businesses-pay-workers.htm. In the household survey, the reference period is generally the calendar week that includes the 12th of the month. Persons who miss the entire week's work for weather-related events are counted as employed whether or not they are paid for the time off. The household survey collects data on the number of persons who had a job but were not at work due to bad weather. It also provides a measure of the number of persons who usually work full time but had reduced hours due to bad weather. Current and historical data are available on the household survey's most requested statistics page, please visit http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln. Technical Note This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current Population Survey (CPS; household survey) and the Current Employment Statistics survey (CES; establishment survey). The household survey provides 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 eligible households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The establishment survey provides information on employment, hours, and earnings of employees on nonfarm payrolls; the data appear in the "B" tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. BLS collects these data each month from the payroll records of a sample of nonagricultural business establishments. Each month the CES program surveys about 143,000 businesses and government agencies, representing approximately 588,000 individual worksites, in order to provide detailed industry data on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls. The active sample includes approximately one-third of all nonfarm payroll employees. For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a particular week or pay period. In the household survey, the reference period 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 persons 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. Additional information about the household survey can be found at www.bls.gov/cps/documentation.htm. Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn from private nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as from 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 produced for the private sector for all employees and for production and nonsupervisory employees. Production and nonsupervisory employees are defined as production and related employees in manufacturing and mining and logging, construction workers in construction, and non-supervisory employees in private service-providing industries. Industries are classified on the basis of an establishment’s principal activity in accordance with the 2012 version of the North American Industry Classification System. Additional information about the establishment survey can be found at www.bls.gov/ces/. 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, self-employed workers whose businesses are unincorporated, 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 are counted separately for each appearance. Seasonal adjustment Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the levels of employment and unemployment undergo regularly occurring fluctuations. These events may result from seasonal changes in weather, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very large. Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year, their influence on the level of a series can be tempered by adjusting for regular seasonal variation. These adjustments make nonseasonal developments, such as declines in employment or increases in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For example, in the household survey, 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. Similarly, in the establishment survey, payroll employment in education declines by about 20 percent at the end of the spring term and later rises with the start of the fall term, obscuring the underlying employment trends in the industry. Because seasonal employment changes at the end and beginning of the school year can be estimated, the statistics can be adjusted to make underlying employment patterns more discernable. The seasonally adjusted figures provide a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in month-to-month economic activity. Many seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major sectors, 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. For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each month using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the current month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to adjust only the current month's data. In the establishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly estimates. The prior 2 months are routinely revised to incorporate additional sample reports and recalculated seasonal adjustment factors. In both surveys, 5-year 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 component of this difference that occurs because samples differ by chance is known as sampling error, and its 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 nonfarm employment from the establishment survey is on the order of plus or minus 105,000. Suppose the estimate of nonfarm employment increases by 50,000 from one month to the next. The 90-percent confidence interval on the monthly change would range from -55,000 to +155,000 (50,000 +/- 105,000). 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-themonth change lies within this interval. Since this range includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that nonfarm employment had, in fact, increased that month. If, however, the reported nonfarm employment rise was 250,000, 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 nonfarm employment had, in fact, risen that month. At an unemployment rate of around 6.0 percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in unemployment as measured by the household survey is about +/- 300,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/- 0.2 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 also is improved when the data are cumulated over time, such as for quarterly and annual averages. The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling error, which 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 incomplete returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample reports have been received, that the estimate is considered final. Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestimation of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two components is used to account for business births. The first component excludes employment losses from business deaths from sample-based estimation in order to offset the missing employment gains from business births. This is incorporated into the samplebased estimation procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of business, but imputing to them the same employment trend as the other firms in the sample. This procedure accounts for most of the net birth/death employment. The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was derived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past 5 years. The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are adjusted once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program. The difference between the March sample-based employment estimates and the March universe counts is known as a benchmark revision, and serves as a rough proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over the past decade, absolute benchmark revisions for total nonfarm employment have averaged 0.3 percent, with a range from -0.7 to 0.6 percent. Other information Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339. 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 Jan. 2014 Dec. 2014 Jan. 2015 Jan. 2014 Sept. 2014 Oct. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014 Jan. 2015 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Persons who currently want a job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246,915 154,381 62.5 143,526 58.1 10,855 7.0 92,534 6,508 249,027 155,521 62.5 147,190 59.1 8,331 5.4 93,506 6,212 249,723 156,050 62.5 146,552 58.7 9,498 6.1 93,674 6,467 246,915 155,486 63.0 145,206 58.8 10,280 6.6 91,429 6,350 248,446 155,845 62.7 146,607 59.0 9,237 5.9 92,601 6,385 248,657 156,243 62.8 147,260 59.2 8,983 5.7 92,414 6,545 248,844 156,402 62.9 147,331 59.2 9,071 5.8 92,442 6,556 249,027 156,129 62.7 147,442 59.2 8,688 5.6 92,898 6,445 249,723 157,180 62.9 148,201 59.3 8,979 5.7 92,544 6,358 Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119,218 81,804 68.6 75,652 63.5 6,153 7.5 37,414 120,301 82,800 68.8 78,052 64.9 4,748 5.7 37,501 120,559 82,851 68.7 77,477 64.3 5,374 6.5 37,708 119,218 82,664 69.3 77,037 64.6 5,627 6.8 36,554 120,004 82,983 69.2 78,094 65.1 4,890 5.9 37,021 120,112 82,950 69.1 78,286 65.2 4,664 5.6 37,161 120,208 82,961 69.0 78,084 65.0 4,877 5.9 37,247 120,301 83,210 69.2 78,400 65.2 4,810 5.8 37,091 120,559 83,771 69.5 78,869 65.4 4,903 5.9 36,787 Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110,746 79,310 71.6 73,748 66.6 5,562 7.0 31,436 111,875 80,068 71.6 75,801 67.8 4,267 5.3 31,807 112,117 80,179 71.5 75,364 67.2 4,815 6.0 31,938 110,746 79,899 72.1 74,905 67.6 4,994 6.3 30,848 111,567 80,163 71.9 75,889 68.0 4,273 5.3 31,404 111,679 80,023 71.7 75,928 68.0 4,094 5.1 31,656 111,778 80,029 71.6 75,675 67.7 4,354 5.4 31,749 111,875 80,271 71.8 76,026 68.0 4,245 5.3 31,603 112,117 80,804 72.1 76,496 68.2 4,308 5.3 31,313 Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127,696 72,576 56.8 67,874 53.2 4,702 6.5 55,120 128,726 72,721 56.5 69,138 53.7 3,584 4.9 56,005 129,165 73,199 56.7 69,075 53.5 4,124 5.6 55,966 127,696 72,821 57.0 68,168 53.4 4,653 6.4 54,875 128,442 72,862 56.7 68,514 53.3 4,348 6.0 55,581 128,545 73,293 57.0 68,974 53.7 4,318 5.9 55,253 128,637 73,442 57.1 69,247 53.8 4,195 5.7 55,195 128,726 72,919 56.6 69,042 53.6 3,878 5.3 55,807 129,165 73,408 56.8 69,332 53.7 4,076 5.6 55,756 Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119,497 70,003 58.6 65,775 55.0 4,228 6.0 49,495 120,557 70,058 58.1 66,797 55.4 3,262 4.7 50,499 120,970 70,554 58.3 66,894 55.3 3,660 5.2 50,416 119,497 70,045 58.6 65,913 55.2 4,131 5.9 49,453 120,265 70,037 58.2 66,192 55.0 3,845 5.5 50,228 120,370 70,354 58.4 66,560 55.3 3,794 5.4 50,016 120,465 70,599 58.6 66,894 55.5 3,705 5.2 49,866 120,557 70,111 58.2 66,632 55.3 3,479 5.0 50,446 120,970 70,558 58.3 66,983 55.4 3,575 5.1 50,412 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,671 5,068 30.4 4,003 24.0 1,065 21.0 11,603 16,595 5,395 32.5 4,592 27.7 803 14.9 11,201 16,636 5,317 32.0 4,294 25.8 1,023 19.2 11,320 16,671 5,542 33.2 4,388 26.3 1,155 20.8 11,129 16,615 5,645 34.0 4,527 27.2 1,119 19.8 10,970 16,608 5,866 35.3 4,772 28.7 1,094 18.7 10,742 16,602 5,775 34.8 4,762 28.7 1,013 17.5 10,827 16,595 5,747 34.6 4,784 28.8 963 16.8 10,849 16,636 5,817 35.0 4,722 28.4 1,096 18.8 10,819 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age [Numbers in thousands] Seasonally adjusted1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, and age WHITE Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ASIAN Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Jan. 2014 Dec. 2014 Jan. 2015 Jan. 2014 Sept. 2014 Oct. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014 Jan. 2015 194,944 122,492 62.8 114,915 58.9 7,576 6.2 72,452 196,091 122,650 62.5 117,068 59.7 5,582 4.6 73,441 196,307 123,199 62.8 116,637 59.4 6,562 5.3 73,109 194,944 123,461 63.3 116,409 59.7 7,052 5.7 71,482 195,777 122,996 62.8 116,760 59.6 6,236 5.1 72,781 195,896 123,287 62.9 117,300 59.9 5,987 4.9 72,609 195,995 123,391 63.0 117,307 59.9 6,084 4.9 72,604 196,091 123,058 62.8 117,186 59.8 5,872 4.8 73,033 196,307 124,119 63.2 118,035 60.1 6,084 4.9 72,189 64,040 72.1 60,082 67.6 3,959 6.2 64,262 71.8 61,410 68.6 2,852 4.4 64,377 71.9 61,016 68.1 3,361 5.2 64,510 72.6 61,046 68.7 3,464 5.4 64,290 72.0 61,447 68.8 2,843 4.4 64,234 71.8 61,507 68.8 2,727 4.2 64,339 71.9 61,388 68.6 2,951 4.6 64,392 71.9 61,551 68.8 2,842 4.4 64,871 72.4 61,953 69.2 2,918 4.5 54,393 58.1 51,497 55.0 2,896 5.3 54,207 57.5 51,992 55.2 2,216 4.1 54,635 57.9 52,140 55.2 2,495 4.6 54,511 58.2 51,702 55.2 2,809 5.2 54,237 57.7 51,677 54.9 2,561 4.7 54,452 57.9 51,945 55.2 2,507 4.6 54,587 58.0 52,142 55.4 2,445 4.5 54,223 57.5 51,824 55.0 2,399 4.4 54,683 57.9 52,267 55.4 2,416 4.4 4,058 32.7 3,337 26.9 722 17.8 4,181 33.9 3,666 29.7 515 12.3 4,186 33.9 3,481 28.2 706 16.9 4,440 35.8 3,661 29.5 780 17.6 4,468 36.1 3,636 29.4 832 18.6 4,601 37.2 3,848 31.1 753 16.4 4,466 36.2 3,777 30.6 689 15.4 4,443 36.0 3,811 30.9 632 14.2 4,565 37.0 3,814 30.9 751 16.4 30,651 18,483 60.3 16,161 52.7 2,322 12.6 12,168 31,040 18,933 61.0 17,009 54.8 1,924 10.2 12,107 31,188 18,895 60.6 16,877 54.1 2,018 10.7 12,293 30,651 18,597 60.7 16,349 53.3 2,248 12.1 12,054 30,932 19,067 61.6 16,974 54.9 2,093 11.0 11,865 30,969 19,024 61.4 16,953 54.7 2,071 10.9 11,945 31,005 19,056 61.5 16,957 54.7 2,099 11.0 11,949 31,040 19,037 61.3 17,050 54.9 1,986 10.4 12,003 31,188 19,040 61.0 17,071 54.7 1,969 10.3 12,148 8,378 66.3 7,287 57.6 1,091 13.0 8,698 67.6 7,741 60.2 957 11.0 8,633 66.8 7,652 59.2 981 11.4 8,400 66.4 7,390 58.4 1,010 12.0 8,756 68.4 7,791 60.9 965 11.0 8,672 67.6 7,742 60.4 930 10.7 8,594 66.9 7,630 59.4 964 11.2 8,717 67.8 7,756 60.3 962 11.0 8,676 67.1 7,757 60.0 919 10.6 9,505 61.4 8,508 55.0 997 10.5 9,561 60.9 8,800 56.1 761 8.0 9,638 61.2 8,792 55.8 847 8.8 9,534 61.6 8,546 55.2 989 10.4 9,591 61.4 8,682 55.5 909 9.5 9,624 61.5 8,720 55.7 904 9.4 9,709 61.9 8,786 56.1 922 9.5 9,598 61.2 8,812 56.2 785 8.2 9,667 61.3 8,824 56.0 843 8.7 600 23.7 366 14.5 234 39.0 674 27.1 468 18.8 206 30.6 624 24.9 433 17.3 191 30.6 663 26.2 414 16.4 249 37.6 720 28.8 501 20.1 219 30.4 728 29.2 491 19.7 237 32.5 754 30.2 541 21.7 213 28.2 722 29.0 482 19.4 240 33.2 697 27.9 490 19.6 207 29.7 13,636 13,886 14,253 13,636 13,788 13,782 13,927 13,886 14,253 HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age — Continued [Numbers in thousands] Seasonally adjusted1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, race, sex, and age Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. 2014 8,693 63.7 8,271 60.7 421 4.8 4,943 Dec. 2014 8,796 63.3 8,424 60.7 372 4.2 5,090 Jan. 2015 8,895 62.4 8,530 59.8 365 4.1 5,359 Jan. 2014 8,703 63.8 8,290 60.8 414 4.8 4,933 Sept. 2014 8,759 63.5 8,365 60.7 394 4.5 5,029 Oct. 2014 8,782 63.7 8,340 60.5 443 5.0 5,000 Nov. 2014 8,768 63.0 8,353 60.0 415 4.7 5,159 Dec. 2014 8,771 63.2 8,398 60.5 373 4.2 5,115 1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Jan. 2015 8,899 62.4 8,540 59.9 359 4.0 5,355 HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age [Numbers in thousands] Seasonally adjusted1 Not seasonally adjusted Employment status, sex, and age HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio.............. . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Jan. 2014 Dec. 2014 Jan. 2015 Jan. 2014 Sept. 2014 Oct. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014 Jan. 2015 37,976 24,919 65.6 22,647 59.6 2,271 9.1 13,058 38,839 25,630 66.0 23,995 61.8 1,635 6.4 13,209 39,165 25,956 66.3 23,998 61.3 1,958 7.5 13,208 37,976 25,050 66.0 22,980 60.5 2,070 8.3 12,927 38,596 25,491 66.0 23,718 61.5 1,772 7.0 13,106 38,679 25,665 66.4 23,931 61.9 1,734 6.8 13,013 38,760 25,655 66.2 23,963 61.8 1,692 6.6 13,105 38,839 25,644 66.0 23,988 61.8 1,656 6.5 13,196 39,165 26,047 66.5 24,305 62.1 1,742 6.7 13,118 13,811 80.5 12,678 73.9 1,133 8.2 14,299 81.3 13,490 76.7 810 5.7 14,426 81.8 13,413 76.0 1,013 7.0 13,884 80.9 12,917 75.3 967 7.0 14,154 81.0 13,387 76.6 766 5.4 14,218 81.2 13,458 76.9 760 5.3 14,258 81.3 13,432 76.5 826 5.8 14,264 81.1 13,507 76.8 757 5.3 14,479 82.1 13,647 77.3 832 5.7 10,108 58.9 9,216 53.7 892 8.8 10,167 57.9 9,535 54.3 631 6.2 10,364 58.1 9,677 54.3 687 6.6 10,103 58.8 9,266 54.0 838 8.3 10,277 58.9 9,532 54.6 745 7.3 10,259 58.6 9,522 54.4 737 7.2 10,253 58.5 9,590 54.7 663 6.5 10,168 57.9 9,501 54.1 667 6.6 10,344 58.0 9,704 54.4 640 6.2 1,000 27.4 753 20.7 246 24.6 1,164 31.6 970 26.4 194 16.6 1,165 31.6 908 24.6 257 22.1 1,063 29.2 798 21.9 265 24.9 1,059 28.9 799 21.8 261 24.6 1,187 32.3 950 25.9 237 20.0 1,144 31.1 942 25.6 202 17.7 1,211 32.9 980 26.6 231 19.1 1,224 33.2 954 25.9 270 22.1 The population figures are not adjusted for seasonal variation; therefore, identical numbers appear in the unadjusted and seasonally adjusted columns. NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment [Numbers in thousands] Not seasonally adjusted Educational attainment Seasonally adjusted Jan. 2014 Dec. 2014 Jan. 2015 Jan. 2014 Sept. 2014 Oct. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014 Jan. 2015 Less than a high school diploma Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,821 43.8 9,618 38.9 1,203 11.1 11,003 45.3 10,007 41.2 996 9.1 11,353 45.7 10,226 41.1 1,126 9.9 10,930 44.2 9,885 40.0 1,045 9.6 10,691 44.5 9,806 40.8 884 8.3 10,831 45.3 9,975 41.7 856 7.9 11,153 45.7 10,201 41.8 952 8.5 11,031 45.4 10,079 41.5 952 8.6 11,439 46.0 10,468 42.1 971 8.5 High school graduates, no college1 Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35,973 58.2 33,359 54.0 2,614 7.3 35,281 57.7 33,406 54.6 1,875 5.3 35,238 57.6 33,083 54.1 2,155 6.1 36,090 58.4 33,747 54.6 2,343 6.5 35,937 57.9 34,016 54.8 1,920 5.3 36,183 58.0 34,127 54.7 2,056 5.7 35,478 57.8 33,476 54.5 2,002 5.6 35,164 57.5 33,310 54.5 1,854 5.3 35,418 57.9 33,492 54.8 1,926 5.4 Some college or associate degree Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36,759 66.9 34,448 62.7 2,310 6.3 36,845 66.3 35,079 63.2 1,766 4.8 37,208 66.7 35,118 63.0 2,090 5.6 37,098 67.5 34,891 63.5 2,207 5.9 37,421 66.6 35,389 63.0 2,032 5.4 37,304 66.5 35,460 63.2 1,843 4.9 37,246 66.7 35,422 63.5 1,824 4.9 37,140 66.9 35,310 63.6 1,831 4.9 37,479 67.2 35,540 63.8 1,939 5.2 Bachelor’s degree and higher2 Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50,404 75.6 48,729 73.1 1,676 3.3 51,727 74.5 50,350 72.5 1,377 2.7 51,695 74.7 50,212 72.5 1,483 2.9 50,299 75.5 48,657 73.0 1,642 3.3 50,449 74.7 48,983 72.6 1,465 2.9 50,471 74.6 48,937 72.4 1,534 3.0 51,222 74.7 49,608 72.3 1,614 3.2 51,772 74.6 50,290 72.5 1,482 2.9 51,550 74.4 50,084 72.3 1,466 2.8 1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent. Includes persons with bachelor’s, master’s, professional, and doctoral degrees. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. 2 HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-5. Employment status of the civilian population 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, and sex, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Total Employment status, veteran status, and period of service Jan. 2014 Men Jan. 2015 Jan. 2014 Women Jan. 2015 Jan. 2014 Jan. 2015 VETERANS, 18 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,323 10,757 50.4 10,158 47.6 599 5.6 10,566 21,352 10,802 50.6 10,232 47.9 570 5.3 10,550 19,082 9,322 48.9 8,789 46.1 533 5.7 9,760 19,363 9,509 49.1 9,019 46.6 489 5.1 9,854 2,241 1,435 64.0 1,369 61.1 66 4.6 806 1,989 1,294 65.0 1,213 61.0 80 6.2 695 Gulf War-era II veterans Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,985 2,392 80.1 2,203 73.8 189 7.9 594 3,465 2,754 79.5 2,536 73.2 219 7.9 711 2,392 1,952 81.6 1,792 74.9 160 8.2 440 2,850 2,310 81.0 2,118 74.3 191 8.3 540 593 440 74.2 411 69.2 29 6.7 153 615 445 72.3 417 67.8 27 6.2 171 Gulf War-era I veterans Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,404 2,830 83.2 2,675 78.6 155 5.5 573 3,471 2,853 82.2 2,741 79.0 112 3.9 618 2,716 2,344 86.3 2,205 81.2 139 5.9 372 2,938 2,443 83.1 2,358 80.3 85 3.5 495 688 486 70.7 470 68.4 16 3.3 202 533 410 77.0 382 71.8 27 6.7 123 World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam-era veterans Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,591 2,746 28.6 2,626 27.4 120 4.4 6,845 9,091 2,463 27.1 2,338 25.7 125 5.1 6,628 9,231 2,662 28.8 2,546 27.6 116 4.3 6,569 8,768 2,372 27.0 2,254 25.7 118 5.0 6,396 360 84 23.3 80 22.2 4 5.1 276 323 91 28.2 84 26.1 7 7.6 232 Veterans of other service periods Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,343 2,789 52.2 2,654 49.7 134 4.8 2,554 5,325 2,732 51.3 2,618 49.2 114 4.2 2,593 4,743 2,364 49.8 2,246 47.4 118 5.0 2,379 4,807 2,385 49.6 2,289 47.6 96 4.0 2,422 600 425 70.8 409 68.1 16 3.8 175 518 348 67.1 329 63.6 18 5.3 170 NONVETERANS, 18 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216,676 141,835 65.5 131,956 60.9 9,879 7.0 74,841 219,511 143,425 65.3 134,845 61.4 8,580 6.0 76,086 95,646 71,642 74.9 66,214 69.2 5,427 7.6 24,004 96,751 72,474 74.9 67,765 70.0 4,709 6.5 24,277 121,030 70,193 58.0 65,742 54.3 4,451 6.3 50,837 122,761 70,951 57.8 67,080 54.6 3,871 5.5 51,810 NOTE: Veterans served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and were not on active duty at the time of the survey. Nonveterans never served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. Veterans could have served anywhere in the world during these periods of service: Gulf War era II (September 2001-present), Gulf War era I (August 1990-August 2001), Vietnam era (August 1964-April 1975), Korean War (July 1950-January 1955), World War II (December 1941-December 1946), and other service periods (all other time periods). Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are classified only in the most recent one. Veterans who served during one of the selected wartime periods and another period are classified only in the wartime period. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-6. Employment status of the civilian population by sex, age, and disability status, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Persons with a disability Employment status, sex, and age Jan. 2014 Jan. 2015 Persons with no disability Jan. 2014 Jan. 2015 TOTAL, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population..................................................... . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate.................................................................... . Employed............. . . . . . . . . . . . .................................................... . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed......................................................................... . Unemployment rate.............................................................. . Not in labor force...................................................................... . 28,532 5,190 18.2 4,502 15.8 688 13.3 23,342 29,213 5,722 19.6 5,041 17.3 681 11.9 23,491 218,382 149,190 68.3 139,024 63.7 10,166 6.8 69,192 220,510 150,327 68.2 141,511 64.2 8,816 5.9 70,183 Men, 16 to 64 years Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate.................................................................... . Employed............. . . . . . . . . . . . .................................................... . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed......................................................................... . Unemployment rate.............................................................. . Not in labor force...................................................................... . 2,243 30.0 1,903 25.5 340 15.2 5,223 2,545 33.6 2,220 29.4 324 12.7 5,019 74,998 81.4 69,407 75.3 5,591 7.5 17,136 75,687 81.7 70,856 76.5 4,832 6.4 16,962 Women, 16 to 64 years Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate.................................................................... . Employed............. . . . . . . . . . . . .................................................... . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed......................................................................... . Unemployment rate.............................................................. . Not in labor force...................................................................... . 2,060 26.7 1,761 22.8 299 14.5 5,670 2,211 28.0 1,904 24.2 306 13.9 5,673 66,804 70.1 62,580 65.7 4,224 6.3 28,515 66,997 69.9 63,337 66.1 3,660 5.5 28,851 Both sexes, 65 years and over Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate.................................................................... . Employed............. . . . . . . . . . . . .................................................... . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed......................................................................... . Unemployment rate.............................................................. . Not in labor force...................................................................... . 887 6.6 838 6.3 49 5.5 12,449 967 7.0 916 6.7 51 5.3 12,800 7,388 23.9 7,036 22.8 352 4.8 23,541 7,643 23.9 7,318 22.9 324 4.2 24,370 NOTE: A person with a disability has at least one of the following conditions: is deaf or has serious difficulty hearing; is blind or has serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses; has serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition; has serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs; has difficulty dressing or bathing; or has difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor’s office or shopping because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-7. Employment status of the civilian population by nativity and sex, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Total Employment status and nativity Jan. 2014 Men Jan. 2015 Jan. 2014 Women Jan. 2015 Jan. 2014 Jan. 2015 Foreign born, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.................................. . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate................................................. . Employed............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................... . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed...................................................... . Unemployment rate........................................... . Not in labor force................................................... . 38,165 25,139 65.9 23,467 61.5 1,673 6.7 13,026 39,967 26,073 65.2 24,553 61.4 1,520 5.8 13,894 18,466 14,409 78.0 13,478 73.0 931 6.5 4,057 19,524 15,228 78.0 14,351 73.5 877 5.8 4,296 19,699 10,730 54.5 9,989 50.7 741 6.9 8,969 20,443 10,845 53.1 10,202 49.9 643 5.9 9,598 Native born, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population.................................. . Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participation rate................................................. . Employed............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............................... . Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unemployed...................................................... . Unemployment rate........................................... . Not in labor force................................................... . 208,749 129,241 61.9 120,059 57.5 9,182 7.1 79,508 209,756 129,977 62.0 121,999 58.2 7,978 6.1 79,780 100,752 67,395 66.9 62,174 61.7 5,222 7.7 33,356 101,035 67,623 66.9 63,126 62.5 4,497 6.7 33,412 107,997 61,846 57.3 57,885 53.6 3,961 6.4 46,151 108,722 62,354 57.4 58,873 54.2 3,480 5.6 46,368 NOTE: The foreign born are those residing in the United States who were not U.S. citizens at birth. That is, they were born outside the United States or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam, to parents neither of whom was a U.S. citizen. The native born are persons who were born in the United States or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam or who were born abroad of at least one parent who was a U.S. citizen. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-8. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status [In thousands] Not seasonally adjusted Category CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wage and salary workers1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . Unpaid family workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonagricultural industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wage and salary workers1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Government.................................... . Private industries..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . Private households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other industries............................. . Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . Unpaid family workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME2 All industries Part time for economic reasons3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slack work or business conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . Could only find part-time work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part time for noneconomic reasons4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonagricultural industries Part time for economic reasons3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Slack work or business conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . Could only find part-time work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part time for noneconomic reasons4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Seasonally adjusted Jan. 2014 Dec. 2014 Jan. 2015 Jan. 2014 Sept. 2014 Oct. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014 Jan. 2015 1,999 1,252 720 27 141,527 133,132 20,564 112,568 806 111,762 8,321 73 2,220 1,426 764 30 144,970 136,371 20,098 116,272 771 115,501 8,540 59 2,234 1,410 802 22 144,317 135,748 20,555 115,193 937 114,257 8,512 57 2,171 1,394 755 – 143,010 134,376 20,387 114,022 – 113,191 8,555 – 2,377 1,549 783 – 144,254 135,452 19,751 115,738 – 114,968 8,669 – 2,402 1,581 784 – 144,982 136,016 19,885 116,059 – 115,281 8,908 – 2,392 1,621 749 – 144,939 136,093 19,956 116,144 – 115,361 8,794 – 2,358 1,506 815 – 145,101 136,415 19,956 116,469 – 115,676 8,660 – 2,419 1,566 835 – 145,743 136,949 20,330 116,664 – 115,724 8,725 – 7,771 4,924 2,483 19,473 6,970 4,176 2,377 20,089 7,269 4,450 2,353 20,033 7,274 4,419 2,592 19,317 7,058 4,165 2,528 19,579 7,012 4,215 2,437 19,793 6,851 4,068 2,447 19,971 6,790 4,061 2,432 19,730 6,810 4,012 2,460 19,822 7,617 4,834 2,468 19,118 6,855 4,100 2,372 19,732 7,125 4,372 2,338 19,681 7,143 4,349 2,562 18,911 6,941 4,088 2,518 19,235 6,911 4,149 2,407 19,443 6,731 3,997 2,412 19,594 6,699 3,983 2,411 19,416 6,690 3,951 2,432 19,446 Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated. Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the survey reference week and excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs for the entire week. 3 Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for an economic reason such as slack work or unfavorable business conditions, inability to find full-time work, or seasonal declines in demand. 4 Refers to persons who usually work part time for noneconomic reasons such as childcare problems, family or personal obligations, school or training, retirement or Social Security limits on earnings, and other reasons. This excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as vacations, holidays, illness, and bad weather. - Data not available. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. 2 HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-9. Selected employment indicators [Numbers in thousands] Not seasonally adjusted Characteristic Seasonally adjusted Jan. 2014 Dec. 2014 Jan. 2015 Jan. 2014 Sept. 2014 Oct. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014 Jan. 2015 AGE AND SEX Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143,526 4,003 1,412 2,591 139,523 13,369 126,154 94,512 31,485 30,866 32,161 31,642 147,190 4,592 1,609 2,983 142,598 13,755 128,843 95,985 32,452 30,987 32,546 32,858 146,552 4,294 1,474 2,819 142,258 13,618 128,640 95,834 32,309 31,005 32,520 32,806 145,206 4,388 1,586 2,799 140,818 13,779 127,007 95,204 31,757 31,050 32,397 31,803 146,607 4,527 1,522 2,992 142,081 13,817 128,278 95,653 32,089 31,025 32,539 32,625 147,260 4,772 1,626 3,141 142,488 14,088 128,522 95,772 32,228 30,994 32,550 32,750 147,331 4,762 1,663 3,065 142,569 13,939 128,673 95,856 32,271 31,018 32,567 32,817 147,442 4,784 1,678 3,090 142,658 13,847 128,860 95,975 32,354 31,021 32,600 32,885 148,201 4,722 1,651 3,058 143,480 14,011 129,435 96,464 32,574 31,157 32,734 32,971 Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75,652 1,903 649 1,254 73,748 6,781 66,967 50,284 16,861 16,587 16,837 16,683 78,052 2,251 801 1,450 75,801 7,083 68,718 51,326 17,532 16,702 17,092 17,392 77,477 2,113 692 1,420 75,364 6,915 68,449 51,186 17,458 16,641 17,087 17,263 77,037 2,133 748 1,384 74,905 7,062 67,782 50,930 17,121 16,764 17,045 16,852 78,094 2,204 744 1,451 75,889 7,195 68,685 51,384 17,366 16,805 17,214 17,300 78,286 2,358 785 1,584 75,928 7,337 68,673 51,327 17,367 16,802 17,159 17,346 78,084 2,409 847 1,552 75,675 7,114 68,593 51,282 17,336 16,784 17,162 17,311 78,400 2,374 828 1,531 76,026 7,167 68,890 51,448 17,534 16,748 17,166 17,441 78,869 2,372 802 1,560 76,496 7,198 69,248 51,809 17,722 16,807 17,281 17,439 Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 to 34 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 to 44 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67,874 2,099 763 1,336 65,775 6,588 59,187 44,228 14,625 14,279 15,324 14,959 69,138 2,341 808 1,533 66,797 6,672 60,125 44,658 14,919 14,285 15,454 15,467 69,075 2,181 782 1,399 66,894 6,703 60,191 44,648 14,852 14,364 15,432 15,543 68,168 2,255 837 1,414 65,913 6,717 59,225 44,273 14,636 14,286 15,352 14,952 68,514 2,322 778 1,541 66,192 6,622 59,594 44,268 14,723 14,220 15,325 15,325 68,974 2,414 841 1,557 66,560 6,751 59,849 44,445 14,861 14,192 15,391 15,404 69,247 2,353 816 1,513 66,894 6,825 60,080 44,574 14,935 14,234 15,406 15,506 69,042 2,410 850 1,559 66,632 6,680 59,970 44,527 14,820 14,273 15,434 15,443 69,332 2,349 849 1,499 66,983 6,813 60,187 44,655 14,852 14,350 15,453 15,532 MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Married women, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women who maintain families. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,812 34,628 9,340 44,610 34,921 9,330 44,555 34,929 9,300 44,198 34,555 – 44,322 34,799 – 44,380 34,833 – 44,267 34,799 – 44,588 34,645 – 44,934 34,843 – FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part-time workers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115,774 27,752 119,394 27,796 118,840 27,712 117,650 27,559 119,310 27,347 119,681 27,690 119,507 27,775 119,934 27,506 120,711 27,546 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Percent of total employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,685 4.7 7,308 5.0 7,289 5.0 6,892 4.7 7,171 4.9 7,674 5.2 7,403 5.0 7,285 4.9 7,485 5.1 SELF-EMPLOYMENT Self-employed workers, incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,452 9,042 5,666 9,304 5,483 9,315 – 9,311 – 9,452 – 9,692 – 9,543 – 9,475 – 9,560 1 Employed full-time workers are persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week. Employed part-time workers are persons who usually work less than 35 hours per week. - Data not available. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. 2 HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Characteristic Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Unemployment rates Jan. 2014 Dec. 2014 Jan. 2015 Jan. 2014 Sept. 2014 Oct. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014 Jan. 2015 AGE AND SEX Total, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 to 19 years.................................... . 16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 years and over............................. . 25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 to 34 years............................ . 35 to 44 years............................ . 45 to 54 years............................ . 55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,280 1,155 447 698 9,125 1,866 7,176 5,647 2,300 1,640 1,708 1,514 8,688 963 389 561 7,725 1,673 6,068 4,761 2,015 1,389 1,356 1,352 8,979 1,096 411 678 7,883 1,517 6,273 4,870 2,029 1,436 1,405 1,417 6.6 20.8 22.0 20.0 6.1 11.9 5.3 5.6 6.8 5.0 5.0 4.5 5.9 19.8 20.5 19.9 5.4 11.5 4.7 4.9 6.2 4.4 4.1 3.9 5.7 18.7 22.3 16.8 5.2 10.5 4.7 4.9 6.2 4.4 4.0 4.1 5.8 17.5 17.8 17.6 5.4 10.9 4.7 4.8 6.1 4.3 4.1 4.5 5.6 16.8 18.8 15.4 5.1 10.8 4.5 4.7 5.9 4.3 4.0 3.9 5.7 18.8 19.9 18.2 5.2 9.8 4.6 4.8 5.9 4.4 4.1 4.1 Men, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 to 19 years.................................... . 16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 years and over............................. . 25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 to 34 years............................ . 35 to 44 years............................ . 45 to 54 years............................ . 55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,627 633 227 393 4,994 1,045 3,878 3,063 1,272 876 914 815 4,810 565 207 341 4,245 940 3,312 2,545 1,067 753 725 768 4,903 595 211 374 4,308 933 3,325 2,571 1,092 780 699 754 6.8 22.9 23.2 22.1 6.3 12.9 5.4 5.7 6.9 5.0 5.1 4.6 5.9 21.8 21.3 22.6 5.3 12.6 4.5 4.6 5.8 4.0 4.0 4.0 5.6 19.5 25.5 16.7 5.1 10.4 4.6 4.7 6.0 4.1 3.8 4.3 5.9 17.8 20.1 16.6 5.4 11.8 4.8 4.8 6.0 4.2 4.1 4.7 5.8 19.2 20.0 18.2 5.3 11.6 4.6 4.7 5.7 4.3 4.1 4.2 5.9 20.0 20.8 19.4 5.3 11.5 4.6 4.7 5.8 4.4 3.9 4.1 Women, 16 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 to 19 years.................................... . 16 to 17 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 to 19 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 to 24 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 years and over............................. . 25 to 54 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 to 34 years............................ . 35 to 44 years............................ . 45 to 54 years............................ . 55 years and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,653 522 221 305 4,131 821 3,298 2,584 1,027 764 794 722 3,878 398 182 221 3,479 732 2,756 2,216 949 636 631 598 4,076 501 200 304 3,575 584 2,949 2,299 937 655 706 670 6.4 18.8 20.9 17.8 5.9 10.9 5.3 5.5 6.6 5.1 4.9 4.6 6.0 17.8 19.8 17.2 5.5 10.2 4.9 5.2 6.6 4.8 4.3 3.9 5.9 17.8 19.0 17.0 5.4 10.7 4.8 5.2 6.4 4.8 4.3 3.7 5.7 17.2 15.2 18.6 5.2 10.0 4.7 4.9 6.1 4.6 4.0 4.2 5.3 14.2 17.6 12.4 5.0 9.9 4.4 4.7 6.0 4.3 3.9 3.7 5.6 17.6 19.0 16.9 5.1 7.9 4.7 4.9 5.9 4.4 4.4 4.1 MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present..................... . Married women, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women who maintain families1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,725 1,407 934 1,388 1,129 791 1,356 1,206 824 3.8 3.9 9.1 2.9 3.6 8.3 3.0 3.5 8.7 3.2 3.4 8.2 3.0 3.2 7.8 2.9 3.3 8.1 FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part-time workers3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,752 1,490 7,249 1,438 7,525 1,433 6.9 5.1 6.0 5.7 6.0 5.0 6.0 5.1 5.7 5.0 5.9 4.9 1 Not seasonally adjusted. Full-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work full time (35 hours or more per week) or are on layoff from full-time jobs. 3 Part-time workers are unemployed persons who have expressed a desire to work part time (less than 35 hours per week) or are on layoff from part-time jobs. NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. 2 HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment [Numbers in thousands] Not seasonally adjusted Reason Jan. 2014 Dec. 2014 Seasonally adjusted Jan. 2015 Jan. 2014 Sept. 2014 Oct. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014 Jan. 2015 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............... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... . 6,152 1,493 4,660 3,460 1,199 825 2,869 1,008 4,355 1,034 3,320 2,340 980 741 2,422 814 4,912 1,328 3,584 2,491 1,093 868 2,832 885 5,354 996 4,359 3,298 1,061 815 2,911 1,181 4,521 924 3,597 2,653 944 816 2,805 1,094 4,349 847 3,501 2,505 997 782 2,856 1,058 4,480 1,070 3,410 2,446 964 835 2,761 1,045 4,325 959 3,366 2,388 977 798 2,701 971 4,242 902 3,339 2,371 968 851 2,829 1,033 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not on temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Job leavers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reentrants........................................... . New entrants............... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... . 56.7 13.8 42.9 7.6 26.4 9.3 52.3 12.4 39.9 8.9 29.1 9.8 51.7 14.0 37.7 9.1 29.8 9.3 52.2 9.7 42.5 7.9 28.4 11.5 49.0 10.0 39.0 8.8 30.4 11.8 48.1 9.4 38.7 8.6 31.6 11.7 49.1 11.7 37.4 9.2 30.3 11.5 49.2 10.9 38.3 9.1 30.7 11.0 47.4 10.1 37.3 9.5 31.6 11.5 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Job leavers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reentrants........................................... . New entrants............... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... . 4.0 0.5 1.9 0.7 2.8 0.5 1.6 0.5 3.1 0.6 1.8 0.6 3.4 0.5 1.9 0.8 2.9 0.5 1.8 0.7 2.8 0.5 1.8 0.7 2.9 0.5 1.8 0.7 2.8 0.5 1.7 0.6 2.7 0.5 1.8 0.7 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment [Numbers in thousands] Not seasonally adjusted Duration Jan. 2014 Dec. 2014 Jan. 2015 Seasonally adjusted Jan. 2014 Sept. 2014 Oct. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014 Jan. 2015 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Less than 5 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 to 14 weeks....................................... . 15 weeks and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 to 26 weeks................................... . 27 weeks and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,876 2,587 5,392 1,702 3,690 2,261 2,149 3,922 1,229 2,693 2,780 2,468 4,250 1,396 2,853 2,449 2,428 5,327 1,699 3,628 2,372 2,495 4,373 1,423 2,951 2,455 2,322 4,321 1,416 2,904 2,505 2,378 4,225 1,403 2,822 2,375 2,293 4,059 1,274 2,785 2,383 2,318 4,180 1,380 2,800 Average (mean) duration, in weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Median duration, in weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33.3 14.3 32.4 13.0 30.3 12.3 35.3 15.9 31.8 13.3 32.9 13.5 33.0 12.8 32.8 12.6 32.3 13.4 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Less than 5 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 to 14 weeks....................................... . 15 weeks and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 to 26 weeks................................... . 27 weeks and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26.5 23.8 49.7 15.7 34.0 27.1 25.8 47.1 14.8 32.3 29.3 26.0 44.7 14.7 30.0 24.0 23.8 52.2 16.6 35.6 25.7 27.0 47.3 15.4 31.9 27.0 25.5 47.5 15.6 31.9 27.5 26.1 46.4 15.4 31.0 27.2 26.3 46.5 14.6 31.9 26.8 26.1 47.1 15.5 31.5 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-13. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Employed Occupation Total, 16 years and over1............................................ . Management, professional, and related occupations. . . . . . . . . . . Management, business, and financial operations occupations......... . . . . . . . . . . ................................. . Professional and related occupations......................... . Service occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sales and office occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sales and related occupations................................. . Office and administrative support occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations....................................................... . Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction and extraction occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations. . . . . . . . . . . Production, transportation, and material moving occupations....................................................... . Production occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation and material moving occupations. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Unemployed Unemployment rates Jan. 2014 Jan. 2015 Jan. 2014 Jan. 2015 Jan. 2014 Jan. 2015 143,526 55,096 146,552 57,367 10,855 1,784 9,498 1,741 7.0 3.1 6.1 2.9 22,498 32,598 25,286 33,232 15,483 17,750 23,447 33,920 25,342 33,114 15,394 17,721 796 988 2,338 2,544 1,253 1,291 721 1,020 2,082 1,941 950 991 3.4 2.9 8.5 7.1 7.5 6.8 3.0 2.9 7.6 5.5 5.8 5.3 12,921 888 7,094 4,939 13,007 983 7,190 4,834 1,470 146 1,059 265 1,433 212 901 320 10.2 14.2 13.0 5.1 9.9 17.7 11.1 6.2 16,991 8,365 8,627 17,722 8,573 9,149 1,672 709 963 1,379 642 737 9.0 7.8 10.0 7.2 7.0 7.5 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-14. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted Industry and class of worker Total, 16 years and over1............................................................... . Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction................................... . Construction......................................................................... . Manufacturing......... . . . . . . . . . . .................................................... . Durable goods.................................................................... . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wholesale and retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information........................................................................... . Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and business services. . . . . ......................................... . Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services....................................................................... . Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Government workers.................................................................. . Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers. . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Number of unemployed persons (in thousands) Unemployment rates Jan. 2014 Jan. 2015 Jan. 2014 Jan. 2015 10,855 8,437 72 1,045 867 503 364 1,579 411 196 360 1,308 906 1,231 461 179 725 505 9,498 7,334 64 811 811 480 331 1,289 330 128 279 1,069 898 1,260 394 206 604 467 7.0 7.0 6.5 12.3 5.6 5.1 6.4 7.8 6.8 6.6 3.8 8.4 4.1 9.5 7.4 13.0 3.4 5.2 6.1 6.0 6.0 9.8 5.2 4.9 5.8 6.2 5.2 4.4 3.0 6.8 4.0 9.4 6.1 13.3 2.8 4.7 Persons with no previous work experience and persons whose last job was in the U.S. Armed Forces are included in the unemployed total. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization [Percent] Not seasonally adjusted Measure U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other persons marginally attached to the labor force, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force. . . . . . . . . U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force.................................... . Seasonally adjusted Jan. 2014 Dec. 2014 Jan. 2015 Jan. 2014 Sept. 2014 Oct. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014 Jan. 2015 3.5 2.5 2.7 3.4 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.7 4.0 2.8 3.1 3.4 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.7 7.0 5.4 6.1 6.6 5.9 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.7 7.5 5.8 6.5 7.1 6.3 6.2 6.2 6.0 6.1 8.6 6.7 7.4 8.1 7.3 7.1 7.1 6.9 7.0 13.5 11.1 12.0 12.7 11.7 11.5 11.4 11.2 11.3 NOTE: Persons marginally attached to the labor force are those 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 past 12 months. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for work. 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. HOUSEHOLD DATA Table A-16. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Total Category Jan. 2014 Men Jan. 2015 Jan. 2014 Women Jan. 2015 Jan. 2014 Jan. 2015 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Persons who currently want a job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marginally attached to the labor force1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Discouraged workers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . Other persons marginally attached to the labor force3. . . 92,534 6,508 2,592 837 1,755 93,674 6,467 2,234 682 1,552 37,414 3,146 1,317 466 851 37,708 3,030 1,215 463 751 55,120 3,363 1,275 370 904 55,966 3,437 1,019 219 800 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders4. . . . . . . . . ................................... . Percent of total employed......................................... . 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,685 4.7 3,412 1,892 236 1,092 7,289 5.0 3,927 1,929 172 1,222 3,210 4.2 1,822 670 155 539 3,556 4.6 2,185 609 87 658 3,475 5.1 1,590 1,222 81 553 3,734 5.4 1,742 1,321 85 564 1 Data refer to persons who want a job, have searched for work during the prior 12 months, and were available to take a job during the reference week, but had not looked for work in the past 4 weeks. 2 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for reasons such as thinks no work available, could not find work, lacks schooling or training, employer thinks too young or old, and other types of discrimination. 3 Includes those who did not actively look for work in the prior 4 weeks for such reasons as school or family responsibilities, ill health, and transportation problems, as well as a number for whom reason for nonparticipation was not determined. 4 Includes a small number of persons who work part time on their primary job and full time on their secondary job(s), not shown separately. NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail [In thousands] Not seasonally adjusted Industry Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Seasonally adjusted Jan. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014p Jan. 2015p Jan. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014p Jan. 2015p 135,516 113,837 18,456 141,478 119,097 19,545 141,483 119,217 19,394 138,728 116,976 19,030 137,642 115,831 18,984 140,263 118,371 19,425 140,592 118,691 19,498 140,849 118,958 19,556 Change from: Dec.2014 Jan.2015p 257 267 58 Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining, except oil and gas1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Support activities for mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860 51.5 808.1 193.8 198.7 75.6 415.6 916 55.0 861.4 201.0 208.0 72.7 452.4 913 53.6 859.1 202.0 203.8 72.0 453.3 895 53.0 842.3 198.9 197.6 70.7 445.8 876 52.0 823.9 194.0 208.6 76.1 421.3 912 53.4 858.9 201.0 206.8 72.7 451.1 915 53.0 862.2 201.4 207.4 72.0 453.4 912 53.3 858.7 199.5 207.2 71.3 452.0 -3 0.3 -3.5 -1.9 -0.2 -0.7 -1.4 Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction of buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Residential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonresidential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Heavy and civil engineering construction. . . . . . Specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Residential specialty trade contractors. . . . . . Nonresidential specialty trade contractors. . . 5,609 1,272.3 607.0 665.3 786.7 3,549.8 1,513.2 2,036.6 6,339 1,398.4 688.7 709.7 954.2 3,986.8 1,729.9 2,256.9 6,177 1,381.9 674.7 707.2 898.3 3,896.6 1,685.4 2,211.2 5,916 1,350.8 659.9 690.9 833.4 3,731.3 1,613.2 2,118.1 6,006 1,328.8 636.4 692.4 894.3 3,782.6 1,618.2 2,164.4 6,231 1,377.0 677.3 699.7 925.2 3,928.4 1,705.6 2,222.8 6,275 1,389.4 679.3 710.1 934.4 3,951.2 1,717.6 2,233.6 6,314 1,408.9 691.8 717.1 940.3 3,964.5 1,725.2 2,239.3 39 19.5 12.5 7.0 5.9 13.3 7.6 5.7 Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,987 12,290 12,304 12,219 12,102 12,282 12,308 12,330 22 Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Primary metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Computer and electronic products1. . . . . . . . . . Computer and peripheral equipment. . . . . . Communications equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Semiconductors and electronic components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronic instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . . Transportation equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicles and parts2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,538 357.5 363.7 394.9 1,433.9 1,108.0 1,048.3 157.6 96.3 7,769 377.9 397.0 405.2 1,469.0 1,139.6 1,053.7 167.1 92.3 7,788 374.6 392.7 408.2 1,475.5 1,143.0 1,055.3 167.9 91.7 7,748 373.8 380.9 407.5 1,463.6 1,142.5 1,053.9 167.7 90.4 7,597 364.7 377.8 395.7 1,445.2 1,111.8 1,052.3 158.1 96.1 7,768 377.6 393.2 405.8 1,467.0 1,143.6 1,053.9 166.8 92.2 7,789 377.9 396.1 407.9 1,473.7 1,144.2 1,054.7 167.5 91.4 7,807 382.0 394.7 407.9 1,473.0 1,147.4 1,057.0 167.7 90.4 18 4.1 -1.4 0.0 -0.7 3.2 2.3 0.2 -1.0 369.5 387.8 375.6 1,517.8 840.3 361.3 368.1 387.9 373.0 1,587.6 900.5 380.1 369.2 388.1 372.7 1,597.7 908.8 382.1 369.8 388.1 372.4 1,592.7 907.4 378.4 371.2 389.5 375.8 1,526.9 846.3 366.6 368.4 388.4 372.7 1,589.3 900.3 381.2 369.4 388.3 371.9 1,595.9 906.5 382.7 371.5 389.3 372.7 1,603.2 913.2 383.8 2.1 1.0 0.8 7.3 6.7 1.1 577.2 586.2 585.8 582.1 580.2 583.4 584.0 585.1 1.1 Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Textile mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Textile product mills. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paper and paper products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printing and related support activities. . . . . . . Petroleum and coal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chemicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plastics and rubber products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,449 1,460.7 115.7 111.7 143.2 374.8 450.7 106.4 794.6 664.8 4,521 1,484.7 118.5 116.6 138.8 367.8 452.0 110.5 808.8 683.7 4,516 1,483.3 118.1 116.9 138.5 368.2 452.3 109.6 811.6 681.6 4,471 1,461.8 117.5 112.8 141.1 365.6 446.1 108.4 806.1 678.5 4,505 1,492.3 117.9 113.1 143.3 375.8 453.0 111.0 796.3 669.8 4,514 1,480.7 118.3 115.2 139.1 368.1 450.4 110.4 808.5 683.7 4,519 1,483.9 118.4 115.8 138.4 367.7 450.2 111.9 811.4 682.5 4,523 1,489.9 119.4 114.4 140.6 366.5 448.0 112.4 808.0 683.2 4 6.0 1.0 -1.4 2.2 -1.2 -2.2 0.5 -3.4 0.7 226.1 240.0 235.9 233.5 232.9 239.1 239.2 240.4 1.2 Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95,381 99,552 99,823 97,946 96,847 98,946 99,193 99,402 209 Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25,990 27,106 27,396 26,574 26,155 26,615 26,669 26,720 51 Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electronic markets and agents and brokers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,729.4 2,864.8 1,981.8 882.8 909.5 913.8 907.3 892.4 907.3 909.8 916.3 6.5 Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle and parts dealers1. . . . . . . . . . . . Automobile dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,164.9 1,803.8 1,154.5 15,903.6 1,885.9 1,205.0 16,058.5 1,881.6 1,203.0 15,465.9 1,872.4 1,198.8 15,257.3 1,834.3 1,167.5 15,497.5 1,887.6 1,204.8 15,504.7 1,893.2 1,207.7 15,550.6 1,900.9 1,210.6 45.9 7.7 2.9 See footnotes at end of table. 5,873.4 2,925.5 2,038.4 5,879.8 2,935.1 2,030.9 5,836.6 2,917.8 2,011.5 5,779.3 2,880.8 2,006.1 5,861.2 2,925.1 2,028.8 5,872.5 2,932.6 2,030.1 5,885.2 2,933.9 2,035.0 12.7 1.3 4.9 ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail — Continued [In thousands] Not seasonally adjusted Industry Jan. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014p Seasonally adjusted Jan. 2015p Jan. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014p Jan. 2015p Change from: Dec.2014 Jan.2015p Retail trade - Continued Furniture and home furnishings stores. . . . . . Electronics and appliance stores. . . . . . . . . . . . Building material and garden supply stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food and beverage stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health and personal care stores. . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Clothing and clothing accessories stores. . . . Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . General merchandise stores1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Department stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous store retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonstore retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Air transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rail transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Water transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Truck transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transit and ground passenger transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pipeline transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scenic and sightseeing transportation. . . . . . . Support activities for transportation. . . . . . . . . . Couriers and messengers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Warehousing and storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452.7 520.1 476.7 522.1 482.1 522.9 461.8 512.0 448.4 502.7 459.0 490.8 456.4 491.1 457.8 492.0 1.4 0.9 1,162.6 2,950.5 1,023.9 864.5 1,391.9 1,217.5 3,037.8 1,043.4 890.4 1,489.8 1,208.7 3,051.2 1,045.2 886.4 1,534.8 1,185.0 3,010.1 1,030.2 881.3 1,384.3 1,226.0 2,965.3 1,021.9 876.5 1,385.0 1,242.2 3,016.1 1,029.5 888.7 1,381.0 1,245.7 3,022.2 1,026.1 889.1 1,370.7 1,249.4 3,026.3 1,027.8 892.5 1,374.5 3.7 4.1 1.7 3.4 3.8 613.1 3,107.4 1,377.1 788.8 485.6 673.9 3,286.1 1,442.6 833.3 546.7 688.6 3,368.7 1,501.6 836.6 551.7 650.4 3,156.7 1,364.7 801.7 520.0 608.7 3,095.9 1,354.4 807.4 485.2 630.6 3,132.8 1,341.9 821.6 517.6 632.9 3,139.9 1,343.2 823.2 514.2 641.4 3,144.3 1,342.2 823.2 520.5 8.5 4.4 -1.0 0.0 6.3 4,547.4 438.4 229.8 64.6 1,363.5 4,773.8 443.8 240.0 66.5 1,441.1 4,900.7 442.0 241.4 66.8 1,437.6 4,714.2 441.8 240.5 65.2 1,413.8 4,569.5 440.9 230.8 66.5 1,394.7 4,700.1 445.5 240.1 67.4 1,428.7 4,733.9 443.6 241.4 67.5 1,440.6 4,725.3 444.6 241.7 67.2 1,443.0 -8.6 1.0 0.3 -0.3 2.4 470.9 46.2 22.8 612.4 581.2 717.6 489.4 47.6 26.2 635.9 621.0 762.3 487.5 47.6 25.9 637.2 749.9 764.8 484.7 47.2 23.8 630.5 626.3 740.4 457.9 46.1 30.2 613.7 565.1 723.6 471.8 47.4 30.8 634.6 589.8 744.0 470.5 47.5 30.5 632.7 613.4 746.2 472.3 47.3 31.0 632.2 599.3 746.7 1.8 -0.2 0.5 -0.5 -14.1 0.5 Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547.8 555.2 557.2 557.2 549.3 556.1 558.0 558.5 0.5 Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . Motion picture and sound recording industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Data processing, hosting and related services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other information services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,689 725.6 2,778 725.2 2,773 724.8 2,739 716.8 2,724 728.7 2,761 722.6 2,765 721.1 2,771 719.9 6 -1.2 355.0 280.8 847.3 384.0 288.2 866.3 377.0 288.9 866.0 356.5 284.9 861.1 383.7 281.9 846.8 377.0 286.5 862.3 380.3 287.5 862.2 382.5 286.2 861.8 2.2 -1.3 -0.4 273.1 207.6 286.5 227.3 286.1 230.1 285.9 233.3 274.9 208.1 285.6 227.1 284.3 229.8 287.6 233.4 3.3 3.6 Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monetary authorities - central bank. . . . . . . . . . Credit intermediation and related activities1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Depository credit intermediation1. . . . . . . . . . Commercial banking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts. . . . . . . . Insurance carriers and related activities. . . . . Real estate and rental and leasing. . . . . . . . . . . . Real estate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rental and leasing services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets. . . . 7,863 5,885.4 18.2 8,041 5,984.2 18.4 8,060 5,995.3 18.5 8,022 5,990.6 18.9 7,918 5,897.6 18.4 8,042 5,974.7 18.3 8,051 5,980.2 18.6 8,077 6,002.6 19.0 26 22.4 0.4 2,575.9 1,718.3 1,305.0 2,567.6 1,700.3 1,285.6 2,573.3 1,701.9 1,285.0 2,565.5 1,700.1 1,284.2 2,579.6 1,718.3 1,303.7 2,564.4 1,701.0 1,286.2 2,566.1 1,700.2 1,283.8 2,569.2 1,699.8 1,282.6 3.1 -0.4 -1.2 869.3 2,422.0 1,977.8 1,449.7 505.0 23.1 889.9 2,508.3 2,056.4 1,494.9 537.8 23.7 889.1 2,514.4 2,064.4 1,503.8 536.8 23.8 890.1 2,516.1 2,031.5 1,482.1 526.6 22.8 872.5 2,427.1 2,020.4 1,474.6 522.3 23.5 890.7 2,501.3 2,067.1 1,500.4 543.1 23.6 888.5 2,507.0 2,070.9 1,502.0 545.5 23.4 893.5 2,520.9 2,074.8 1,506.4 545.0 23.4 5.0 13.9 3.9 4.4 -0.5 0.0 18,438 8,218.8 1,115.5 1,003.6 1,341.5 19,507 8,452.7 1,121.2 928.4 1,404.5 19,522 8,527.7 1,124.7 980.9 1,402.7 19,159 8,536.8 1,111.1 1,067.7 1,395.0 18,771 8,209.7 1,122.7 924.6 1,358.3 19,367 8,464.1 1,119.2 982.9 1,399.3 19,447 8,492.7 1,119.6 981.7 1,404.3 19,486 8,525.2 1,118.2 987.8 1,412.1 39 32.5 -1.4 6.1 7.8 1,737.9 1,815.5 1,818.0 1,816.8 1,743.7 1,805.6 1,814.5 1,822.5 8.0 1,193.5 2,137.0 1,287.5 2,184.0 1,297.6 2,193.5 1,269.7 2,179.8 1,208.1 2,143.2 1,274.3 2,184.6 1,281.4 2,188.7 1,285.0 2,186.2 3.6 -2.5 Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and technical services1. . . . . . . . . . . Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Accounting and bookkeeping services. . . . . . Architectural and engineering services. . . . . . Computer systems design and related services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Management and technical consulting services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Management of companies and enterprises. . . See footnotes at end of table. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail — Continued [In thousands] Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Jan. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014p Jan. 2015p Jan. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014p Jan. 2015p Change from: Dec.2014 Jan.2015p Administrative and waste services. . . . . . . . . . . . . Administrative and support services1. . . . . . . . Employment services1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Business support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Services to buildings and dwellings. . . . . . . Waste management and remediation services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,082.4 7,709.9 3,180.4 2,556.2 874.5 1,751.8 8,870.7 8,483.2 3,632.2 2,949.4 915.2 1,953.7 8,800.8 8,415.2 3,638.4 2,957.9 927.9 1,872.3 8,442.0 8,059.5 3,393.8 2,740.0 908.6 1,793.7 8,418.2 8,039.5 3,326.9 2,683.7 871.4 1,916.1 8,718.1 8,330.1 3,514.9 2,842.3 895.8 1,945.4 8,765.2 8,376.2 3,541.5 2,867.3 901.2 1,952.2 8,774.2 8,385.6 3,539.2 2,863.2 904.5 1,957.9 9.0 9.4 -2.3 -4.1 3.3 5.7 372.5 387.5 385.6 382.5 378.7 388.0 389.0 388.6 -0.4 Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . Health care3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ambulatory health care services1. . . . . . . . . Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outpatient care centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nursing and residential care facilities1. . . . Nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Social assistance1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Child day care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21,120 3,296.8 17,822.8 14,514.3 6,525.8 2,438.0 695.0 1,237.9 4,758.1 3,230.4 1,641.2 3,308.5 852.5 21,912 3,616.9 18,295.4 14,866.9 6,772.6 2,505.1 725.0 1,295.6 4,816.2 3,278.1 1,656.1 3,428.5 877.5 21,888 3,542.4 18,346.0 14,915.0 6,794.4 2,515.5 728.8 1,298.4 4,825.9 3,294.7 1,657.1 3,431.0 873.6 21,627 3,340.2 18,286.7 14,865.2 6,772.3 2,512.7 727.2 1,289.1 4,816.6 3,276.3 1,650.4 3,421.5 870.4 21,249 3,379.0 17,870.2 14,560.2 6,546.8 2,442.0 696.5 1,244.4 4,767.8 3,245.6 1,649.1 3,310.0 844.5 21,664 3,433.9 18,230.2 14,826.7 6,745.2 2,497.1 723.4 1,286.2 4,806.9 3,274.6 1,653.1 3,403.5 859.8 21,712 3,434.2 18,277.4 14,864.0 6,766.7 2,500.4 726.9 1,291.1 4,814.4 3,282.9 1,654.0 3,413.4 860.4 21,758 3,430.4 18,327.1 14,902.3 6,788.4 2,513.8 728.5 1,295.2 4,824.0 3,289.9 1,657.5 3,424.8 861.9 46 -3.8 49.7 38.3 21.7 13.4 1.6 4.1 9.6 7.0 3.5 11.4 1.5 Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arts, entertainment, and recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . Performing arts and spectator sports. . . . . . . . Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amusements, gambling, and recreation. . . . . Accommodation and food services. . . . . . . . . . . . Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . . 13,815 1,848.8 389.4 14,616 1,978.3 445.7 14,595 1,967.4 440.8 14,281 1,901.3 408.1 14,494 2,076.3 433.1 14,892 2,134.7 460.4 14,939 2,135.1 459.6 14,976 2,135.4 455.4 37 0.3 -4.2 132.3 1,327.1 11,966.1 1,778.3 10,187.8 141.7 1,390.9 12,638.0 1,832.5 10,805.5 138.4 1,388.2 12,627.3 1,827.6 10,799.7 133.2 1,360.0 12,379.6 1,796.2 10,583.4 144.2 1,499.0 12,417.6 1,881.2 10,536.4 145.7 1,528.6 12,757.2 1,893.9 10,863.3 145.3 1,530.2 12,803.9 1,895.0 10,908.9 145.3 1,534.7 12,841.0 1,897.5 10,943.5 0.0 4.5 37.1 2.5 34.6 Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Membership associations and organizations. . . 5,466 1,212.6 1,336.7 2,916.8 5,592 1,244.4 1,379.1 2,968.9 5,589 1,242.3 1,380.9 2,966.2 5,544 1,240.8 1,363.4 2,939.9 5,536 1,227.5 1,357.1 2,951.4 5,605 1,248.2 1,382.0 2,975.1 5,610 1,251.4 1,381.5 2,976.8 5,614 1,255.6 1,384.1 2,974.5 4 4.2 2.6 -2.3 Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Federal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Federal, except U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . U.S. Postal Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . Local government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Local government education. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Local government, excluding education. . . . . . . . . . 21,679 2,719.0 2,127.7 591.1 4,955.0 2,315.3 2,639.8 14,005.0 7,869.8 6,134.8 22,381 2,725.0 2,130.2 594.8 5,252.0 2,612.9 2,638.6 14,404.0 8,146.5 6,257.0 22,266 2,743.0 2,131.9 611.3 5,196.0 2,556.9 2,639.1 14,327.0 8,112.5 6,214.1 21,752 2,712.0 2,119.2 592.6 4,982.0 2,351.4 2,630.7 14,058.0 7,896.5 6,161.4 21,811 2,731.0 2,144.7 586.3 5,053.0 2,401.8 2,651.6 14,027.0 7,765.0 6,262.3 21,892 2,729.0 2,133.8 595.0 5,072.0 2,423.8 2,647.9 14,091.0 7,797.4 6,293.8 21,901 2,731.0 2,133.2 597.4 5,080.0 2,430.4 2,649.1 14,090.0 7,796.4 6,294.0 21,891 2,725.0 2,133.5 591.3 5,077.0 2,433.0 2,644.3 14,089.0 7,795.1 6,294.1 -10 -6.0 0.3 -6.1 -3.0 2.6 -4.8 -1.0 -1.3 0.1 Industry Professional and business services - Continued 1 Includes other industries, not shown separately. Includes motor vehicles, motor vehicle bodies and trailers, and motor vehicle parts. 3 Includes ambulatory health care services, hospitals, and nursing and residential care facilities. p Preliminary NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2014 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. 2 ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-2. Average weekly hours and overtime of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted Jan. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014p Jan. 2015p AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS Total private............................................................................ . Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining and logging............................................................... . Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durable goods.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods............................................................. . Private service-providing........................................................... . Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retail trade..................................................................... . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utilities.......................................................................... . Information........................................................................ . Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services.................................................................... . 34.4 40.2 44.1 38.6 40.7 41.2 39.9 33.2 34.4 38.8 31.1 38.7 42.1 36.6 37.1 36.1 32.7 26.1 31.7 34.6 40.6 44.9 39.0 41.1 41.6 40.3 33.4 34.6 38.9 31.4 38.8 42.7 36.7 37.3 36.3 32.8 26.2 31.8 34.6 40.5 45.0 39.1 40.9 41.4 40.1 33.4 34.6 38.9 31.4 39.1 42.3 36.4 37.4 36.3 32.7 26.2 31.8 34.6 40.5 44.8 38.9 41.0 41.5 40.2 33.4 34.6 38.9 31.3 39.0 42.5 36.5 37.4 36.3 32.8 26.3 31.9 AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS Manufacturing.......................................................................... . Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods.... . . . . . . . . . . . . .................................................. . 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.4 Industry p Preliminary NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2014 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings Industry Jan. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014p Jan. 2015p Jan. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014p Jan. 2015p Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goods-producing...................................... . Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction......................................... . Manufacturing....................................... . Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trade, transportation, and utilities................ . Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial activities... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... . Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and health services.................... . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . .................. . Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24.22 25.47 30.56 26.38 24.64 26.05 22.18 23.93 21.21 27.94 16.78 22.69 35.46 33.43 30.40 28.95 24.57 13.68 21.79 $24.68 25.86 30.81 26.91 24.96 26.27 22.62 24.40 21.53 28.24 17.18 22.88 36.00 34.38 31.09 29.53 24.99 14.11 22.18 $24.63 25.78 30.65 26.84 24.87 26.20 22.50 24.35 21.48 28.18 17.11 22.86 35.91 34.37 31.01 29.48 24.94 14.09 22.19 $24.75 25.86 30.48 26.98 24.94 26.26 22.58 24.49 21.60 28.33 17.29 22.79 36.01 34.42 31.09 29.74 25.06 14.15 22.34 $833.17 1,023.89 1,347.70 1,018.27 1,002.85 1,073.26 884.98 794.48 729.62 1,084.07 521.86 878.10 1,492.87 1,223.54 1,127.84 1,045.10 803.44 357.05 690.74 $853.93 1,049.92 1,383.37 1,049.49 1,025.86 1,092.83 911.59 814.96 744.94 1,098.54 539.45 887.74 1,537.20 1,261.75 1,159.66 1,071.94 819.67 369.68 705.32 $852.20 1,044.09 1,379.25 1,049.44 1,017.18 1,084.68 902.25 813.29 743.21 1,096.20 537.25 893.83 1,518.99 1,251.07 1,159.77 1,070.12 815.54 369.16 705.64 $856.35 1,047.33 1,365.50 1,049.52 1,022.54 1,089.79 907.72 817.97 747.36 1,102.04 541.18 888.81 1,530.43 1,256.33 1,162.77 1,079.56 821.97 372.15 712.65 p Preliminary NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2014 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-4. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted [2007=100] Index of aggregate weekly hours1 Index of aggregate weekly payrolls2 Industry Jan. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014p Jan. 2015p Percent change from: Dec. 2014 Jan. 2015p Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durable goods.......................... . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . Utilities................................... . Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and business services. . . . . Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99.6 86.9 121.4 79.9 88.6 88.1 89.7 102.9 97.9 97.8 96.4 101.2 100.1 91.1 96.2 106.6 111.5 107.9 97.2 102.4 89.9 128.7 83.8 90.8 91.0 90.8 105.8 100.2 99.5 98.8 104.4 102.7 92.5 98.2 110.6 114.0 111.3 98.8 102.7 90.0 129.4 84.6 90.6 90.8 90.4 106.0 100.4 99.7 98.9 105.9 102.1 91.9 98.6 111.0 113.9 111.7 98.8 102.9 90.2 128.4 84.7 90.9 91.2 90.7 106.2 100.5 99.9 98.9 105.5 102.7 92.4 98.9 111.3 114.5 112.4 99.2 0.2 0.2 -0.8 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 -0.4 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.4 1 Jan. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014p Jan. 2015p Percent change from: Dec. 2014 Jan. 2015p 115.1 100.1 148.9 91.6 101.5 101.9 101.0 119.4 111.7 114.1 106.9 116.5 117.2 108.4 114.1 125.0 129.1 119.1 120.2 120.6 105.0 159.2 97.9 105.4 106.1 104.2 125.1 116.1 117.2 112.3 121.2 122.2 113.3 119.1 132.3 134.3 126.7 124.3 120.7 104.8 159.2 98.6 104.7 105.6 103.2 125.2 116.0 117.2 111.9 122.9 121.2 112.5 119.3 132.6 133.9 127.0 124.5 121.5 105.5 157.1 99.3 105.5 106.4 104.0 126.2 116.9 118.1 113.0 122.0 122.2 113.2 120.0 134.0 135.2 128.3 125.8 0.7 0.7 -1.3 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 -0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2007 annual average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment. 2 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding 2007 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and employment. p Preliminary NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2014 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-5. Employment of women on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted Women employees (in thousands) Percent of all employees Industry Jan. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014p Jan. 2015p Jan. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014p Jan. 2015p Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durable goods................................. . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . Utilities.......................................... . Information........................................ . Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services.................................... . Government............................................ . 67,964 55,511 4,161 115 760 3,286 1,750 1,536 51,350 10,606 1,714.1 7,681.4 1,076.1 134.4 1,091 4,546 8,356 16,319 7,537 2,895 12,453 69,168 56,668 4,251 123 792 3,336 1,791 1,545 52,417 10,762 1,717.7 7,801.1 1,109.3 134.0 1,107 4,603 8,635 16,651 7,723 2,936 12,500 69,314 56,801 4,267 124 798 3,345 1,798 1,547 52,534 10,780 1,714.0 7,819.8 1,112.2 134.3 1,112 4,611 8,658 16,690 7,743 2,940 12,513 69,415 56,918 4,275 124 802 3,349 1,804 1,545 52,643 10,815 1,720.7 7,844.3 1,115.6 134.6 1,115 4,615 8,657 16,730 7,768 2,943 12,497 49.4 47.9 21.9 13.1 12.7 27.2 23.0 34.1 53.0 40.6 29.7 50.3 23.5 24.5 40.1 57.4 44.5 76.8 52.0 52.3 57.1 49.3 47.9 21.9 13.5 12.7 27.2 23.1 34.2 53.0 40.4 29.3 50.3 23.6 24.1 40.1 57.2 44.6 76.9 51.9 52.4 57.1 49.3 47.9 21.9 13.6 12.7 27.2 23.1 34.2 53.0 40.4 29.2 50.4 23.5 24.1 40.2 57.3 44.5 76.9 51.8 52.4 57.1 49.3 47.8 21.9 13.6 12.7 27.2 23.1 34.2 53.0 40.5 29.2 50.4 23.6 24.1 40.2 57.1 44.4 76.9 51.9 52.4 57.1 p Preliminary NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2014 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-6. Employment of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1 [In thousands] Industry Jan. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014p Jan. 2015p Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goods-producing. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction......................................................................... . Manufacturing........ . . . . . . . . . . . .................................................... . Durable goods.................................................................... . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wholesale trade.................................................................. . Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation and warehousing............................................... . Utilities............................................................................. . Information........................................................................... . Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and business services. . . . . ......................................... . Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services....................................................................... . 95,644 13,675 644 4,545 8,486 5,219 3,267 81,969 22,094 4,664.4 13,036.1 3,948.9 444.9 2,208 6,096 15,524 18,651 12,784 4,612 97,671 13,991 669 4,682 8,640 5,346 3,294 83,680 22,437 4,729.3 13,192.1 4,068.4 447.0 2,240 6,204 15,996 19,018 13,120 4,665 97,915 14,050 671 4,715 8,664 5,363 3,301 83,865 22,468 4,738.8 13,186.2 4,093.7 449.7 2,246 6,216 16,040 19,062 13,163 4,670 98,101 14,092 668 4,745 8,679 5,373 3,306 84,009 22,500 4,746.9 13,214.5 4,088.4 450.0 2,254 6,234 16,073 19,092 13,186 4,670 1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. p Preliminary NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2014 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-7. Average weekly hours and overtime of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1 Jan. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014p Jan. 2015p AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS Total private............................................................................ . Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining and logging............................................................... . Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durable goods.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods............................................................. . Private service-providing........................................................... . Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retail trade..................................................................... . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utilities.......................................................................... . Information........................................................................ . Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services.................................................................... . 33.5 40.8 46.4 38.5 41.6 42.0 41.0 32.3 33.5 38.5 29.8 38.6 42.1 35.8 36.6 35.4 31.9 25.0 30.7 33.8 41.6 47.6 39.7 42.2 42.5 41.6 32.5 33.7 38.6 30.1 38.5 42.6 36.0 36.8 35.7 32.0 25.1 30.7 33.9 41.6 47.7 39.8 42.1 42.4 41.5 32.6 33.9 38.6 30.3 39.0 42.2 35.8 36.8 35.7 32.1 25.2 30.8 33.8 41.4 46.9 39.3 42.1 42.5 41.4 32.5 33.6 38.6 30.0 38.7 42.5 36.1 36.8 35.7 32.1 25.1 30.7 AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS Manufacturing.......................................................................... . Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods.... . . . . . . . . . . . . .................................................. . 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.3 Industry 1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. p Preliminary NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2014 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-8. Average hourly and weekly earnings of production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1 Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings Industry Jan. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014p Jan. 2015p Jan. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014p Jan. 2015p Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goods-producing...................................... . Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction......................................... . Manufacturing....................................... . Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trade, transportation, and utilities................ . Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial activities... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... . Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and health services.................... . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . .................. . Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20.40 21.39 26.80 24.40 19.44 20.53 17.66 20.19 18.03 22.99 14.20 20.12 32.78 28.45 24.29 24.10 21.53 11.88 18.33 $20.77 21.71 27.13 24.83 19.64 20.71 17.86 20.57 18.45 23.47 14.55 20.70 33.03 28.57 25.03 24.37 21.83 12.26 18.71 $20.73 21.66 26.66 24.79 19.61 20.67 17.85 20.53 18.38 23.42 14.43 20.74 33.14 28.46 25.01 24.31 21.83 12.28 18.71 $20.80 21.68 26.56 24.91 19.62 20.67 17.87 20.61 18.52 23.52 14.65 20.66 33.16 28.38 25.08 24.37 21.88 12.29 18.78 $683.40 872.71 1,243.52 939.40 808.70 862.26 724.06 652.14 604.01 885.12 423.16 776.63 1,380.04 1,018.51 889.01 853.14 686.81 297.00 562.73 $702.03 903.14 1,291.39 985.75 828.81 880.18 742.98 668.53 621.77 905.94 437.96 796.95 1,407.08 1,028.52 921.10 870.01 698.56 307.73 574.40 $702.75 901.06 1,271.68 986.64 825.58 876.41 740.78 669.28 623.08 904.01 437.23 808.86 1,398.51 1,018.87 920.37 867.87 700.74 309.46 576.27 $703.04 897.55 1,245.66 978.96 826.00 878.48 739.82 669.83 622.27 907.87 439.50 799.54 1,409.30 1,024.52 922.94 870.01 702.35 308.48 576.55 1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. p Preliminary NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2014 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors. ESTABLISHMENT DATA Table B-9. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted1 [2002=100] Index of aggregate weekly hours2 Index of aggregate weekly payrolls3 Industry Jan. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014p Jan. 2015p Percent change from: Dec. 2014 Jan. 2015p Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Goods-producing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durable goods.......................... . Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation and warehousing. . . . . . Utilities................................... . Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional and business services. . . . . Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . Leisure and hospitality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.8 85.3 158.8 87.6 81.0 82.4 78.9 112.8 103.2 105.8 98.3 114.7 95.8 90.2 105.0 123.2 127.0 117.1 99.3 110.0 88.9 169.2 93.1 83.7 85.4 80.7 115.9 105.4 107.5 100.5 117.9 97.4 92.0 107.5 128.0 129.9 120.6 100.4 110.6 89.3 170.1 94.0 83.7 85.4 80.7 116.5 106.2 107.7 101.1 120.2 97.0 91.8 107.7 128.3 130.6 121.5 100.9 110.5 89.2 166.5 93.4 83.9 85.8 80.6 116.3 105.4 107.9 100.3 119.1 97.8 92.9 108.0 128.6 130.8 121.2 100.5 -0.1 -0.1 -2.1 -0.6 0.2 0.5 -0.1 -0.2 -0.8 0.2 -0.8 -0.9 0.8 1.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 -0.2 -0.4 1 Jan. 2014 Nov. 2014 Dec. 2014p Jan. 2015p Percent change from: Dec. 2014 Jan. 2015p 145.6 111.7 247.5 115.4 103.0 105.6 98.5 156.1 132.7 143.2 119.7 146.4 131.1 127.1 157.0 176.6 180.4 157.9 132.6 152.7 118.2 267.0 124.8 107.5 110.4 101.9 163.4 138.7 148.6 125.3 154.8 134.3 130.2 165.5 185.6 187.1 167.9 136.9 153.2 118.5 263.7 125.8 107.4 110.3 101.8 164.0 139.2 148.6 125.1 158.1 134.2 129.3 165.7 185.7 188.1 169.4 137.5 153.6 118.4 257.2 125.6 107.6 110.7 101.8 164.4 139.2 149.5 126.0 156.1 135.4 130.5 166.6 186.5 188.8 169.2 137.6 0.3 -0.1 -2.5 -0.2 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.7 -1.3 0.9 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.4 -0.1 0.1 Data relate to production employees in mining and logging and manufacturing, construction employees in construction, and nonsupervisory employees in the service-providing industries. These groups account for approximately four-fifths of the total employment on private nonfarm payrolls. 2 The indexes of aggregate weekly hours are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate hours by the corresponding 2002 annual average aggregate hours. Aggregate hours estimates are the product of estimates of average weekly hours and employment. 3 The indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls are calculated by dividing the current month’s estimates of aggregate weekly payrolls by the corresponding 2002 annual average aggregate weekly payrolls. Aggregate payrolls estimates are the product of estimates of average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and employment. p Preliminary NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2014 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
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