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USDL-16-0420
Technical information:
Household data:
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Establishment data: (202) 691-6555 • [email protected] • www.bls.gov/ces
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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — FEBRUARY 2016
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 242,000 in February, and the unemployment rate
was unchanged at 4.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment gains
occurred in health care and social assistance, retail trade, food services and drinking places, and private
educational services. Job losses continued in mining.
Household Survey Data
In February, the unemployment rate held at 4.9 percent, and the number of unemployed persons, at
7.8 million, was unchanged. Over the year, the unemployment rate and the number of unemployed
persons were down by 0.6 percentage point and 831,000, respectively. (See table A-1.)
Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (4.5 percent), adult women
(4.5 percent), teenagers (15.6 percent), Whites (4.3 percent), Blacks (8.8 percent), Asians (3.8 percent),
and Hispanics (5.4 percent) showed little or no change in February. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)
The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was essentially unchanged
at 2.2 million in February and has shown little movement since June. In February, these individuals
accounted for 27.7 percent of the unemployed. (See table A-12.)
The employment-population ratio edged up to 59.8 percent over the month, and the labor force
participation rate edged up to 62.9 percent. Both measures have increased by 0.5 percentage point
since September. (See table A-1.)
The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (also referred to as involuntary parttime workers) was unchanged in February at 6.0 million and has shown little movement since
November. 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 February, 1.8 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, down by 356,000 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 599,000 discouraged workers in February, down by
133,000 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 1.2
million persons marginally attached to the labor force in February 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 increased by 242,000 in February. Job growth occurred in health
care and social assistance, retail trade, food services and drinking places, and private educational
services. Mining employment continued to decline. (See table B-1.)
Health care and social assistance added 57,000 jobs in February. Health care employment increased by
38,000 over the month, with job gains in ambulatory health care services (+24,000) and hospitals
(+11,000). Over the past 12 months, hospitals have added 181,000 jobs. In February, employment rose
by 19,000 in social assistance, mostly in individual and family services (+14,000).
Retail trade continued to add jobs in February (+55,000). Employment rose in food and beverage stores
(+15,000) and other general merchandise stores (+13,000). Retail trade has added 339,000 jobs over the
past 12 months.
Food services and drinking places added 40,000 jobs in February. Over the year, employment in the
industry has grown by 359,000.
Employment in private educational services rose by 28,000 in February, after edging down by 20,000
in the prior month.
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Construction employment continued to trend up in February (+19,000), with a gain of 14,000 in
residential specialty trade contractors. Employment in construction was up by 253,000 over the past 12
months, with residential specialty trade contractors accounting for about half of the increase.
Employment in mining continued to decline in February (-19,000), with job losses in support activities
for mining (-16,000) and coal mining (-2,000). Since a recent peak in September 2014, mining has shed
171,000 jobs, with more than three-fourths of the loss in support activities for mining.
Employment in other major industries, including manufacturing, wholesale trade, transportation and
warehousing, financial activities, professional and business services, and government, showed little
change over the month.
The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls declined by 0.2 hour to 34.4
hours in February. The manufacturing workweek was unchanged at 40.8 hours, and factory overtime
was 3.3 hours for the third month in a row. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory
employees on private nonfarm payrolls edged down by 0.1 hour to 33.7 hours. (See tables B-2 and B-7.)
In February, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls declined by 3
cents to $25.35, following an increase of 12 cents in January. Average hourly earnings have risen by 2.2
percent over the year. In February, average hourly earnings of private-sector production and
nonsupervisory employees were unchanged at $21.32. (See tables B-3 and B-8.)
The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for December was revised from +262,000 to +271,000,
and the change for January was revised from +151,000 to +172,000. With these revisions, employment
gains in December and January combined were 30,000 more than previously reported. Over the past 3
months, job gains have averaged 228,000 per month.
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The Employment Situation for March is scheduled to be released on Friday, April 1, 2016, at
8:30 a.m. (EDT).
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HOUSEHOLD DATA
Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted
[Numbers in thousands]
Category
Feb.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016
Change from:
Jan. 2016Feb. 2016
Feb.
2016
Employment status
Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Civilian labor force.......................................................... .
Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employed.................................................................. .
Employment-population ratio......................................... .
Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
249,899
156,878
62.8
148,231
59.3
8,646
5.5
93,022
251,936
157,833
62.6
149,929
59.5
7,904
5.0
94,103
252,397
158,335
62.7
150,544
59.6
7,791
4.9
94,062
252,577
158,890
62.9
151,074
59.8
7,815
4.9
93,688
180
555
0.2
530
0.2
24
0.0
-374
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................................................ .
5.5
5.2
4.9
17.0
4.7
10.3
4.0
6.7
5.0
4.7
4.4
16.1
4.5
8.3
4.0
6.3
4.9
4.5
4.5
16.0
4.3
8.8
3.7
5.9
4.9
4.5
4.5
15.6
4.3
8.8
3.8
5.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
-0.4
0.0
0.0
0.1
-0.5
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............................................. .
4.5
8.4
5.4
5.0
2.7
4.0
6.7
5.6
4.1
2.5
4.0
7.4
5.3
4.2
2.5
4.1
7.3
5.3
4.2
2.5
0.1
-0.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
Reason for unemployment
Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Job leavers..................................................................... .
Reentrants...................................................................... .
New entrants................................................................... .
4,177
880
2,632
949
3,796
821
2,476
858
3,664
766
2,468
827
3,749
760
2,467
833
85
-6
-1
6
Duration of unemployment
Less than 5 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5 to 14 weeks.................................................................. .
15 to 26 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
27 weeks and over............................................................ .
2,432
2,251
1,317
2,677
2,405
2,192
1,235
2,085
2,249
2,282
1,135
2,089
2,297
2,236
1,132
2,165
48
-46
-3
76
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. . ....................................... .
6,630
3,847
2,395
19,850
6,022
3,548
2,172
20,243
5,988
3,544
2,134
20,311
5,988
3,579
2,104
20,615
0
35
-30
304
Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted)
Marginally attached to the labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Discouraged workers....................................................... .
2,159
732
1,833
663
2,089
623
1,803
599
–
–
- Over-the-month changes are not displayed for not seasonally adjusted data.
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
Feb.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016p
Feb.
2016p
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
265
252
16
-15
27
4
5
2.2
-1
236
6.9
29.2
15.4
0.2
4
9
39
-10.4
59
38.6
65
8
13
271
259
44
-10
48
6
-2
0.1
8
215
3.8
6.6
16.5
0.9
10
8
60
24.9
63
46.7
35
12
12
172
182
29
-9
15
23
16
4.4
7
153
9.9
62.1
-19.5
0.3
4
16
15
-21.7
24
43.8
45
-4
-10
242
230
-15
-18
19
-16
-12
2.0
-4
245
0.7
54.9
-5.3
2.0
12
6
23
-9.8
86
57.4
48
17
12
(3-month average change, in thousands)
Total nonfarm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
259
248
282
281
241
240
228
224
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 (262 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Manufacturing (79 industries). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1
49.3
47.8
82.5
49.4
47.9
82.4
49.4
48.0
82.4
49.5
48.0
82.4
34.6
$24.80
$858.08
103.3
0.2
122.4
0.3
34.5
$25.26
$871.47
104.9
0.3
126.6
0.2
34.6
$25.38
$878.15
105.3
0.4
127.8
0.9
34.4
$25.35
$872.04
104.9
-0.4
127.1
-0.5
64.1
57.6
62.0
55.1
59.5
59.5
59.4
48.7
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 2015 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.
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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 500,000. 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 146,000 businesses and
government agencies, representing approximately 623,000
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 115,000. 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 -65,000 to +165,000
(50,000 +/- 115,000). 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 percent 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
Feb.
2015
Jan.
2016
Feb.
2016
Feb.
2015
Oct.
2015
Nov.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016
Feb.
2016
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
249,899
156,213
62.5
147,118
58.9
9,095
5.8
93,686
6,575
252,397
157,347
62.3
149,037
59.0
8,309
5.3
95,051
6,166
252,577
158,279
62.7
150,060
59.4
8,219
5.2
94,298
5,949
249,899
156,878
62.8
148,231
59.3
8,646
5.5
93,022
6,488
251,541
157,096
62.5
149,197
59.3
7,899
5.0
94,446
6,039
251,747
157,367
62.5
149,444
59.4
7,924
5.0
94,380
5,637
251,936
157,833
62.6
149,929
59.5
7,904
5.0
94,103
5,886
252,397
158,335
62.7
150,544
59.6
7,791
4.9
94,062
5,973
252,577
158,890
62.9
151,074
59.8
7,815
4.9
93,688
5,870
Men, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
120,647
83,040
68.8
77,824
64.5
5,216
6.3
37,607
121,926
83,360
68.4
78,792
64.6
4,569
5.5
38,566
122,017
84,052
68.9
79,415
65.1
4,637
5.5
37,965
120,647
83,690
69.4
78,978
65.5
4,712
5.6
36,957
121,474
83,505
68.7
79,225
65.2
4,279
5.1
37,969
121,577
83,503
68.7
79,182
65.1
4,321
5.2
38,074
121,671
83,876
68.9
79,546
65.4
4,330
5.2
37,795
121,926
84,238
69.1
80,104
65.7
4,134
4.9
37,688
122,017
84,673
69.4
80,491
66.0
4,181
4.9
37,344
Men, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
112,209
80,394
71.6
75,671
67.4
4,723
5.9
31,816
113,483
80,731
71.1
76,644
67.5
4,087
5.1
32,753
113,566
81,306
71.6
77,148
67.9
4,158
5.1
32,260
112,209
80,769
72.0
76,575
68.2
4,194
5.2
31,440
113,049
80,660
71.3
76,857
68.0
3,803
4.7
32,389
113,149
80,623
71.3
76,823
67.9
3,800
4.7
32,526
113,241
80,927
71.5
77,119
68.1
3,808
4.7
32,314
113,483
81,333
71.7
77,704
68.5
3,629
4.5
32,151
113,566
81,667
71.9
77,991
68.7
3,677
4.5
31,898
Women, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
129,252
73,173
56.6
69,294
53.6
3,879
5.3
56,079
130,471
73,986
56.7
70,246
53.8
3,741
5.1
56,485
130,561
74,227
56.9
70,646
54.1
3,582
4.8
56,333
129,252
73,187
56.6
69,253
53.6
3,934
5.4
56,065
130,067
73,591
56.6
69,971
53.8
3,620
4.9
56,476
130,170
73,865
56.7
70,262
54.0
3,603
4.9
56,305
130,265
73,957
56.8
70,383
54.0
3,574
4.8
56,308
130,471
74,097
56.8
70,440
54.0
3,657
4.9
56,374
130,561
74,217
56.8
70,583
54.1
3,634
4.9
56,344
Women, 20 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
121,060
70,526
58.3
67,058
55.4
3,468
4.9
50,534
122,263
71,242
58.3
67,904
55.5
3,338
4.7
51,022
122,345
71,518
58.5
68,305
55.8
3,213
4.5
50,828
121,060
70,335
58.1
66,866
55.2
3,469
4.9
50,725
121,880
70,833
58.1
67,624
55.5
3,209
4.5
51,047
121,979
71,139
58.3
67,891
55.7
3,249
4.6
50,840
122,071
71,069
58.2
67,911
55.6
3,157
4.4
51,002
122,263
71,171
58.2
67,940
55.6
3,231
4.5
51,092
122,345
71,313
58.3
68,094
55.7
3,219
4.5
51,032
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16,630
5,293
31.8
4,389
26.4
904
17.1
11,337
16,651
5,375
32.3
4,490
27.0
885
16.5
11,276
16,666
5,456
32.7
4,608
27.6
848
15.5
11,211
16,630
5,774
34.7
4,790
28.8
984
17.0
10,856
16,612
5,603
33.7
4,715
28.4
887
15.8
11,010
16,619
5,605
33.7
4,729
28.5
875
15.6
11,014
16,624
5,837
35.1
4,899
29.5
938
16.1
10,787
16,651
5,832
35.0
4,901
29.4
931
16.0
10,819
16,666
5,909
35.5
4,990
29.9
920
15.6
10,757
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
See footnotes at end of table.
Feb.
2015
Jan.
2016
Feb.
2016
Feb.
2015
Oct.
2015
Nov.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016
Feb.
2016
196,392
123,224
62.7
116,944
59.5
6,279
5.1
73,169
197,639
123,578
62.5
117,800
59.6
5,779
4.7
74,061
197,718
124,262
62.8
118,584
60.0
5,678
4.6
73,456
196,392
123,806
63.0
117,948
60.1
5,858
4.7
72,586
197,271
123,375
62.5
117,978
59.8
5,396
4.4
73,896
197,377
123,496
62.6
118,115
59.8
5,381
4.4
73,881
197,471
123,815
62.7
118,295
59.9
5,520
4.5
73,656
197,639
124,362
62.9
119,029
60.2
5,333
4.3
73,277
197,718
124,748
63.1
119,442
60.4
5,306
4.3
72,970
64,559
72.0
61,228
68.3
3,330
5.2
64,515
71.5
61,611
68.2
2,904
4.5
64,988
71.9
62,078
68.7
2,910
4.5
64,913
72.4
62,025
69.2
2,888
4.4
64,563
71.7
61,921
68.7
2,642
4.1
64,503
71.6
61,884
68.7
2,619
4.1
64,691
71.7
61,988
68.7
2,702
4.2
65,002
72.0
62,482
69.2
2,520
3.9
65,304
72.3
62,787
69.5
2,517
3.9
54,499
57.7
52,186
55.3
2,312
4.2
54,811
57.7
52,570
55.3
2,242
4.1
54,984
57.8
52,830
55.6
2,153
3.9
54,358
57.6
52,059
55.1
2,298
4.2
54,431
57.4
52,284
55.1
2,147
3.9
54,638
57.6
52,466
55.3
2,172
4.0
54,521
57.4
52,391
55.2
2,130
3.9
54,753
57.6
52,603
55.4
2,150
3.9
54,803
57.6
52,659
55.4
2,144
3.9
4,166
33.8
3,529
28.6
637
15.3
4,252
34.5
3,619
29.4
633
14.9
4,290
34.8
3,676
29.8
614
14.3
4,536
36.8
3,864
31.3
672
14.8
4,381
35.6
3,773
30.7
608
13.9
4,355
35.4
3,765
30.6
590
13.5
4,603
37.4
3,916
31.8
687
14.9
4,607
37.4
3,944
32.0
663
14.4
4,641
37.7
3,995
32.4
645
13.9
31,222
18,941
60.7
16,975
54.4
1,966
10.4
12,281
31,679
19,355
61.1
17,602
55.6
1,753
9.1
12,324
31,716
19,387
61.1
17,665
55.7
1,721
8.9
12,329
31,222
19,116
61.2
17,150
54.9
1,966
10.3
12,106
31,518
19,402
61.6
17,623
55.9
1,779
9.2
12,116
31,557
19,447
61.6
17,628
55.9
1,819
9.4
12,110
31,594
19,442
61.5
17,819
56.4
1,623
8.3
12,152
31,679
19,536
61.7
17,821
56.3
1,716
8.8
12,143
31,716
19,569
61.7
17,851
56.3
1,718
8.8
12,147
8,628
66.6
7,685
59.4
943
10.9
8,778
66.6
7,983
60.6
795
9.1
8,826
66.9
8,014
60.7
812
9.2
8,711
67.3
7,823
60.4
889
10.2
8,770
66.9
7,964
60.8
806
9.2
8,752
66.7
7,885
60.1
867
9.9
8,780
66.8
8,017
61.0
763
8.7
8,844
67.1
8,101
61.5
743
8.4
8,910
67.5
8,146
61.7
764
8.6
9,656
61.2
8,820
55.9
835
8.7
9,927
62.0
9,134
57.1
792
8.0
9,897
61.8
9,129
57.0
767
7.8
9,681
61.4
8,820
55.9
861
8.9
9,956
62.5
9,154
57.5
802
8.1
10,009
62.8
9,218
57.8
791
7.9
9,928
62.2
9,241
57.9
686
6.9
9,970
62.3
9,179
57.4
791
7.9
9,938
62.0
9,152
57.1
786
7.9
658
26.4
471
18.8
188
28.5
650
26.0
484
19.4
166
25.5
664
26.6
522
20.9
142
21.4
724
29.0
507
20.3
216
29.9
677
27.2
505
20.3
172
25.4
686
27.6
525
21.1
161
23.5
734
29.5
560
22.5
174
23.7
722
28.9
540
21.7
182
25.2
720
28.8
552
22.1
168
23.3
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
ASIAN
Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Feb.
2015
14,291
9,042
63.3
8,672
60.7
369
4.1
5,249
Jan.
2016
14,816
9,189
62.0
8,846
59.7
343
3.7
5,627
Feb.
2016
14,974
9,483
63.3
9,115
60.9
368
3.9
5,491
Feb.
2015
14,291
9,031
63.2
8,674
60.7
357
4.0
5,260
Oct.
2015
14,440
8,955
62.0
8,637
59.8
318
3.5
5,485
Nov.
2015
14,476
9,132
63.1
8,778
60.6
354
3.9
5,344
Dec.
2015
14,553
9,168
63.0
8,805
60.5
363
4.0
5,385
Jan.
2016
14,816
9,192
62.0
8,856
59.8
337
3.7
5,623
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.
Feb.
2016
14,974
9,426
62.9
9,070
60.6
355
3.8
5,548
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
Feb.
2015
Jan.
2016
Feb.
2016
Feb.
2015
Oct.
2015
Nov.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016
Feb.
2016
39,244
25,850
65.9
23,975
61.1
1,875
7.3
13,395
40,215
26,353
65.5
24,605
61.2
1,747
6.6
13,862
40,302
26,528
65.8
24,967
61.9
1,561
5.9
13,774
39,244
25,977
66.2
24,239
61.8
1,739
6.7
13,267
39,916
26,200
65.6
24,535
61.5
1,665
6.4
13,716
40,005
26,225
65.6
24,543
61.3
1,682
6.4
13,780
40,090
26,270
65.5
24,614
61.4
1,655
6.3
13,821
40,215
26,451
65.8
24,893
61.9
1,558
5.9
13,764
40,302
26,642
66.1
25,193
62.5
1,449
5.4
13,660
14,388
81.4
13,397
75.8
991
6.9
14,532
80.2
13,658
75.3
874
6.0
14,639
80.6
13,834
76.1
806
5.5
14,461
81.8
13,599
76.9
862
6.0
14,464
80.4
13,723
76.2
741
5.1
14,377
79.7
13,601
75.4
776
5.4
14,454
79.9
13,659
75.6
795
5.5
14,590
80.5
13,878
76.5
712
4.9
14,705
80.9
14,018
77.2
688
4.7
10,333
57.8
9,667
54.1
666
6.4
10,655
58.1
9,993
54.5
662
6.2
10,754
58.5
10,163
55.3
591
5.5
10,332
57.8
9,690
54.2
642
6.2
10,643
58.5
9,961
54.7
682
6.4
10,754
59.0
10,031
55.0
723
6.7
10,646
58.2
9,978
54.6
668
6.3
10,649
58.0
10,022
54.6
627
5.9
10,742
58.4
10,167
55.3
576
5.4
1,129
30.6
911
24.7
218
19.3
1,166
31.2
955
25.6
211
18.1
1,135
30.3
970
25.9
165
14.5
1,184
32.1
950
25.7
234
19.8
1,093
29.4
851
22.9
242
22.1
1,095
29.4
912
24.5
183
16.7
1,170
31.3
977
26.2
193
16.5
1,212
32.5
994
26.6
218
18.0
1,194
31.9
1,008
26.9
186
15.6
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
Feb.
2015
Jan.
2016
Feb.
2016
Feb.
2015
Oct.
2015
Nov.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016
Feb.
2016
Less than a high school diploma
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
10,867
45.2
9,842
41.0
1,025
9.4
11,030
46.0
10,079
42.0
951
8.6
10,386
45.0
9,530
41.3
856
8.2
11,106
46.2
10,169
42.3
936
8.4
10,729
45.7
9,946
42.4
784
7.3
10,958
45.7
10,210
42.6
748
6.8
10,847
45.4
10,125
42.4
722
6.7
11,037
46.0
10,221
42.6
816
7.4
10,648
46.2
9,871
42.8
777
7.3
High school graduates, no college1
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35,142
57.0
33,037
53.6
2,106
6.0
35,195
57.5
33,121
54.1
2,073
5.9
35,489
57.3
33,425
54.0
2,063
5.8
35,447
57.5
33,538
54.4
1,908
5.4
35,354
57.1
33,492
54.1
1,861
5.3
35,224
57.2
33,315
54.1
1,910
5.4
34,744
57.0
32,812
53.8
1,933
5.6
35,347
57.8
33,475
54.7
1,872
5.3
35,626
57.5
33,747
54.5
1,878
5.3
Some college or associate degree
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37,457
66.7
35,441
63.1
2,015
5.4
37,952
66.2
36,220
63.2
1,732
4.6
38,156
66.8
36,412
63.7
1,744
4.6
37,423
66.7
35,544
63.3
1,879
5.0
37,464
66.2
35,838
63.3
1,626
4.3
37,610
66.7
35,957
63.8
1,653
4.4
37,869
66.5
36,304
63.8
1,565
4.1
38,098
66.5
36,493
63.7
1,605
4.2
38,106
66.7
36,496
63.9
1,610
4.2
Bachelor’s degree and higher2
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
51,996
74.9
50,576
72.9
1,421
2.7
52,806
73.9
51,458
72.1
1,348
2.6
53,563
74.4
52,237
72.6
1,326
2.5
51,578
74.3
50,180
72.3
1,398
2.7
52,697
74.2
51,366
72.3
1,331
2.5
52,757
74.0
51,451
72.1
1,306
2.5
53,054
74.0
51,746
72.2
1,307
2.5
52,674
73.8
51,358
71.9
1,316
2.5
53,112
73.8
51,805
72.0
1,307
2.5
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
Feb.
2015
Men
Feb.
2016
Feb.
2015
Women
Feb.
2016
Feb.
2015
Feb.
2016
VETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21,326
10,903
51.1
10,325
48.4
578
5.3
10,423
21,007
10,657
50.7
10,221
48.7
435
4.1
10,350
19,335
9,577
49.5
9,076
46.9
502
5.2
9,758
18,999
9,412
49.5
9,029
47.5
383
4.1
9,587
1,991
1,326
66.6
1,250
62.8
76
5.7
665
2,008
1,245
62.0
1,193
59.4
52
4.2
763
Gulf War-era II veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3,421
2,825
82.6
2,635
77.0
190
6.7
596
3,752
3,063
81.6
2,918
77.8
145
4.7
689
2,838
2,404
84.7
2,230
78.6
174
7.2
434
3,125
2,593
83.0
2,465
78.9
128
4.9
533
584
421
72.2
405
69.3
17
4.0
163
627
470
75.0
453
72.3
17
3.6
157
Gulf War-era I veterans
Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3,533
2,885
81.7
2,777
78.6
107
3.7
648
3,417
2,774
81.2
2,690
78.7
85
3.1
643
2,965
2,450
82.6
2,378
80.2
72
2.9
515
2,859
2,364
82.7
2,289
80.1
76
3.2
495
567
435
76.6
400
70.5
35
8.1
132
558
410
73.5
401
71.8
9
2.2
148
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
9,057
2,419
26.7
2,293
25.3
126
5.2
6,638
8,639
2,205
25.5
2,105
24.4
100
4.5
6,434
8,735
2,293
26.2
2,177
24.9
115
5.0
6,442
8,330
2,134
25.6
2,042
24.5
92
4.3
6,196
322
127
39.4
116
36.0
11
8.5
195
309
70
22.7
63
20.4
7
–
239
Veterans of other service periods
Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5,315
2,774
52.2
2,620
49.3
154
5.6
2,541
5,199
2,615
50.3
2,508
48.2
106
4.1
2,584
4,797
2,431
50.7
2,290
47.7
141
5.8
2,366
4,685
2,320
49.5
2,233
47.7
88
3.8
2,365
518
343
66.2
330
63.7
13
3.9
175
514
294
57.2
276
53.6
19
6.3
220
NONVETERANS, 18 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Participation rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployment rate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
219,793
143,572
65.3
135,360
61.6
8,212
5.7
76,222
222,623
145,746
65.5
138,309
62.1
7,437
5.1
76,877
96,888
72,636
75.0
68,082
70.3
4,554
6.3
24,252
98,561
73,736
74.8
69,685
70.7
4,051
5.5
24,825
122,906
70,936
57.7
67,278
54.7
3,658
5.2
51,970
124,062
72,010
58.0
68,624
55.3
3,386
4.7
52,052
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
Feb.
2015
Feb.
2016
Persons with no disability
Feb.
2015
Feb.
2016
TOTAL, 16 years and over
Civilian noninstitutional population..................................................... .
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Participation rate.................................................................... .
Employed.............. . . . . . . . . . . .................................................... .
Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployed......................................................................... .
Unemployment rate.............................................................. .
Not in labor force...................................................................... .
29,316
5,806
19.8
5,153
17.6
653
11.2
23,510
28,915
5,643
19.5
4,936
17.1
707
12.5
23,272
220,584
150,407
68.2
141,965
64.4
8,442
5.6
70,177
223,662
152,636
68.2
145,125
64.9
7,511
4.9
71,026
Men, 16 to 64 years
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Participation rate.................................................................... .
Employed.............. . . . . . . . . . . .................................................... .
Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployed......................................................................... .
Unemployment rate.............................................................. .
Not in labor force...................................................................... .
2,637
34.3
2,321
30.1
316
12.0
5,061
2,487
33.2
2,122
28.4
365
14.7
4,998
75,718
81.8
71,047
76.8
4,671
6.2
16,820
76,563
82.0
72,490
77.7
4,073
5.3
16,782
Women, 16 to 64 years
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Participation rate.................................................................... .
Employed.............. . . . . . . . . . . .................................................... .
Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployed......................................................................... .
Unemployment rate.............................................................. .
Not in labor force...................................................................... .
2,201
28.0
1,925
24.5
276
12.5
5,647
2,128
27.3
1,853
23.8
275
12.9
5,664
66,993
69.9
63,564
66.3
3,429
5.1
28,886
67,999
70.4
64,825
67.2
3,174
4.7
28,533
Both sexes, 65 years and over
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Participation rate.................................................................... .
Employed.............. . . . . . . . . . . .................................................... .
Employment-population ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unemployed......................................................................... .
Unemployment rate.............................................................. .
Not in labor force...................................................................... .
967
7.0
907
6.6
60
6.2
12,802
1,028
7.5
961
7.0
67
6.5
12,610
7,696
23.9
7,354
22.9
342
4.4
24,471
8,075
23.9
7,810
23.1
264
3.3
25,712
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
Feb.
2015
Men
Feb.
2016
Feb.
2015
Women
Feb.
2016
Feb.
2015
Feb.
2016
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................................................... .
40,300
26,276
65.2
24,741
61.4
1,536
5.8
14,023
40,960
26,602
64.9
25,391
62.0
1,211
4.6
14,358
19,540
15,233
78.0
14,326
73.3
907
6.0
4,306
19,976
15,402
77.1
14,743
73.8
659
4.3
4,574
20,760
11,043
53.2
10,414
50.2
629
5.7
9,717
20,984
11,200
53.4
10,648
50.7
553
4.9
9,784
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................................................... .
209,600
129,937
62.0
122,378
58.4
7,559
5.8
79,663
211,618
131,677
62.2
124,670
58.9
7,007
5.3
79,941
101,108
67,807
67.1
63,497
62.8
4,309
6.4
33,301
102,041
68,650
67.3
64,672
63.4
3,978
5.8
33,391
108,492
62,130
57.3
58,880
54.3
3,250
5.2
46,362
109,577
63,027
57.5
59,998
54.8
3,029
4.8
46,550
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
Feb.
2015
Jan.
2016
Feb.
2016
Feb.
2015
Oct.
2015
Nov.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016
Feb.
2016
2,234
1,397
808
29
144,884
136,577
20,893
115,683
817
114,866
8,238
69
2,200
1,381
792
27
146,838
138,298
20,956
117,342
714
116,628
8,500
39
2,274
1,402
857
15
147,787
139,112
21,104
118,008
685
117,322
8,606
69
2,424
1,566
841
–
145,801
137,351
20,583
116,782
–
115,934
8,400
–
2,394
1,568
804
–
146,864
138,182
20,597
117,509
–
116,711
8,639
–
2,424
1,557
822
–
147,110
138,478
21,088
117,368
–
116,626
8,593
–
2,411
1,562
814
–
147,587
139,054
20,824
118,193
–
117,432
8,551
–
2,385
1,538
827
–
148,115
139,371
20,715
118,690
–
118,025
8,699
–
2,456
1,571
878
–
148,620
139,815
20,775
119,024
–
118,332
8,735
–
6,772
4,011
2,355
20,437
6,406
3,941
2,054
20,554
6,106
3,726
2,062
21,347
6,630
3,847
2,395
19,850
5,761
3,289
2,189
20,179
6,085
3,536
2,221
20,171
6,022
3,548
2,172
20,243
5,988
3,544
2,134
20,311
5,988
3,579
2,104
20,615
6,669
3,941
2,345
20,079
6,234
3,851
2,038
20,265
6,005
3,654
2,053
20,991
6,542
3,794
2,394
19,502
5,702
3,264
2,176
19,817
5,970
3,469
2,208
19,783
5,910
3,482
2,161
19,932
5,851
3,467
2,116
19,973
5,897
3,519
2,099
20,238
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
Feb.
2015
Jan.
2016
Feb.
2016
Feb.
2015
Oct.
2015
Nov.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016
Feb.
2016
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
147,118
4,389
1,433
2,956
142,729
13,833
128,896
96,086
32,559
30,909
32,618
32,810
149,037
4,490
1,515
2,975
144,547
13,669
130,878
97,047
33,096
31,366
32,584
33,832
150,060
4,608
1,530
3,078
145,453
13,848
131,605
97,380
33,322
31,370
32,688
34,225
148,231
4,790
1,638
3,188
143,441
14,121
129,357
96,572
32,679
31,093
32,800
32,786
149,197
4,715
1,577
3,130
144,481
14,034
130,518
96,721
32,793
31,360
32,568
33,796
149,444
4,729
1,559
3,142
144,714
13,920
130,837
96,960
32,814
31,361
32,785
33,877
149,929
4,899
1,648
3,232
145,030
14,061
130,995
96,976
32,891
31,466
32,620
34,019
150,544
4,901
1,669
3,222
145,644
14,056
131,597
97,583
33,320
31,511
32,752
34,014
151,074
4,990
1,731
3,279
146,085
14,109
131,922
97,736
33,370
31,548
32,818
34,186
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
77,824
2,153
666
1,487
75,671
7,102
68,569
51,312
17,560
16,595
17,157
17,256
78,792
2,148
713
1,435
76,644
6,915
69,728
51,865
17,823
16,853
17,189
17,864
79,415
2,267
701
1,565
77,148
7,107
70,041
52,013
17,905
16,895
17,213
18,027
78,978
2,403
795
1,637
76,575
7,331
69,234
51,880
17,742
16,784
17,355
17,353
79,225
2,368
778
1,595
76,857
7,151
69,766
51,836
17,730
16,914
17,192
17,931
79,182
2,358
781
1,571
76,823
7,026
69,767
51,862
17,732
16,829
17,302
17,905
79,546
2,427
780
1,631
77,119
7,173
69,945
51,935
17,785
16,933
17,217
18,010
80,104
2,400
813
1,587
77,704
7,191
70,500
52,436
18,069
17,010
17,357
18,064
80,491
2,501
830
1,681
77,991
7,293
70,637
52,513
18,056
17,075
17,382
18,125
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
69,294
2,236
767
1,470
67,058
6,731
60,328
44,774
14,999
14,314
15,461
15,553
70,246
2,342
801
1,540
67,904
6,754
61,150
45,182
15,273
14,514
15,396
15,968
70,646
2,341
829
1,512
68,305
6,741
61,564
45,367
15,417
14,475
15,475
16,197
69,253
2,387
843
1,551
66,866
6,789
60,124
44,691
14,937
14,309
15,445
15,432
69,971
2,347
799
1,535
67,624
6,883
60,752
44,886
15,064
14,445
15,377
15,866
70,262
2,371
778
1,571
67,891
6,894
61,070
45,098
15,082
14,533
15,483
15,972
70,383
2,472
868
1,601
67,911
6,888
61,051
45,042
15,106
14,533
15,403
16,009
70,440
2,501
856
1,635
67,940
6,865
61,096
45,147
15,250
14,501
15,395
15,950
70,583
2,489
901
1,598
68,094
6,817
61,285
45,224
15,315
14,474
15,435
16,061
MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Married women, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Women who maintain families. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
44,575
35,146
9,137
44,942
35,046
9,753
44,874
35,344
9,638
44,904
34,908
–
44,858
35,146
–
44,816
35,185
–
45,187
35,080
–
45,231
34,997
–
45,175
35,100
–
FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Part-time workers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
119,313
27,805
121,411
27,627
121,757
28,303
120,788
27,415
122,054
27,209
122,099
27,332
122,603
27,359
123,141
27,364
123,206
27,853
MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS
Total multiple jobholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Percent of total employed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7,221
4.9
7,314
4.9
7,454
5.0
7,062
4.8
7,452
5.0
7,414
5.0
7,738
5.2
7,504
5.0
7,339
4.9
SELF-EMPLOYMENT
Self-employed workers, incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Self-employed workers, unincorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5,425
9,047
5,796
9,291
5,793
9,463
–
9,241
–
9,443
–
9,415
–
9,364
–
9,526
–
9,613
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
Feb.
2015
Jan.
2016
Feb.
2016
Feb.
2015
Oct.
2015
Nov.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016
Feb.
2016
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8,646
984
366
617
7,663
1,558
6,109
4,628
1,865
1,451
1,312
1,474
7,791
931
364
566
6,860
1,252
5,554
4,287
1,783
1,301
1,203
1,290
7,815
920
401
525
6,895
1,328
5,571
4,229
1,775
1,257
1,196
1,344
5.5
17.0
18.3
16.2
5.1
9.9
4.5
4.6
5.4
4.5
3.8
4.3
5.0
15.8
18.0
14.8
4.6
9.4
4.1
4.4
5.3
4.1
3.6
3.5
5.0
15.6
17.1
15.2
4.6
9.6
4.1
4.3
5.5
3.9
3.3
3.7
5.0
16.1
17.4
15.2
4.6
9.4
4.0
4.3
5.3
4.0
3.6
3.2
4.9
16.0
17.9
14.9
4.5
8.2
4.0
4.2
5.1
4.0
3.5
3.7
4.9
15.6
18.8
13.8
4.5
8.6
4.1
4.1
5.1
3.8
3.5
3.8
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4,712
518
183
339
4,194
888
3,304
2,482
1,041
747
694
822
4,134
505
200
305
3,629
712
2,881
2,181
945
639
597
700
4,181
504
226
285
3,677
745
2,938
2,182
959
637
586
756
5.6
17.7
18.7
17.2
5.2
10.8
4.6
4.6
5.5
4.3
3.8
4.5
5.1
16.7
20.2
15.1
4.7
10.6
4.1
4.3
5.5
3.8
3.5
3.4
5.2
18.1
19.1
17.8
4.7
11.2
4.0
4.2
5.6
3.7
3.2
3.7
5.2
17.7
20.6
15.8
4.7
10.3
4.1
4.3
5.6
3.9
3.5
3.5
4.9
17.4
19.8
16.1
4.5
9.0
3.9
4.0
5.0
3.6
3.3
3.7
4.9
16.8
21.4
14.5
4.5
9.3
4.0
4.0
5.0
3.6
3.3
4.0
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3,934
465
183
278
3,469
670
2,804
2,146
824
704
617
640
3,657
425
164
261
3,231
540
2,672
2,106
838
662
606
580
3,634
415
176
240
3,219
583
2,632
2,047
817
619
610
577
5.4
16.3
17.9
15.2
4.9
9.0
4.5
4.6
5.2
4.7
3.8
4.0
4.9
14.9
15.8
14.4
4.5
8.1
4.1
4.4
5.1
4.5
3.7
3.4
4.9
13.0
15.1
12.5
4.6
7.9
4.2
4.4
5.4
4.3
3.4
3.6
4.8
14.4
14.2
14.7
4.4
8.5
4.0
4.4
5.0
4.2
3.8
3.1
4.9
14.5
16.1
13.8
4.5
7.3
4.2
4.5
5.2
4.4
3.8
3.5
4.9
14.3
16.3
13.1
4.5
7.9
4.1
4.3
5.1
4.1
3.8
3.5
MARITAL STATUS
Married men, spouse present..................... .
Married women, spouse present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Women who maintain families1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1,408
1,168
760
1,219
1,081
744
1,182
1,077
729
3.0
3.2
7.7
2.8
3.0
7.5
2.7
3.1
6.9
2.7
3.0
5.8
2.6
3.0
7.1
2.6
3.0
7.0
FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Part-time workers3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7,250
1,402
6,340
1,444
6,380
1,430
5.7
4.9
5.1
4.6
5.1
4.9
5.1
4.6
4.9
5.0
4.9
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
Feb.
2015
Jan.
2016
Seasonally adjusted
Feb.
2016
Feb.
2015
Oct.
2015
Nov.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016
Feb.
2016
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............... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... .
4,721
1,349
3,372
2,316
1,056
894
2,635
845
4,287
1,314
2,974
1,986
988
774
2,537
711
4,244
1,282
2,962
2,049
912
766
2,467
742
4,177
1,027
3,150
2,206
944
880
2,632
949
3,944
936
3,007
2,115
893
790
2,435
812
3,873
939
2,934
2,112
822
800
2,449
847
3,796
937
2,859
2,044
815
821
2,476
858
3,664
923
2,741
1,876
865
766
2,468
827
3,749
960
2,790
1,969
821
760
2,467
833
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Job losers and persons who completed
temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
On temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Not on temporary layoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Job leavers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reentrants........................................... .
New entrants............... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... .
51.9
14.8
37.1
9.8
29.0
9.3
51.6
15.8
35.8
9.3
30.5
8.6
51.6
15.6
36.0
9.3
30.0
9.0
48.4
11.9
36.5
10.2
30.5
11.0
49.4
11.7
37.7
9.9
30.5
10.2
48.6
11.8
36.8
10.0
30.7
10.6
47.7
11.8
36.0
10.3
31.1
10.8
47.4
11.9
35.5
9.9
31.9
10.7
48.0
12.3
35.7
9.7
31.6
10.7
UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE
CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE
Job losers and persons who completed
temporary jobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Job leavers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reentrants........................................... .
New entrants............... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... .
3.0
0.6
1.7
0.5
2.7
0.5
1.6
0.5
2.7
0.5
1.6
0.5
2.7
0.6
1.7
0.6
2.5
0.5
1.6
0.5
2.5
0.5
1.6
0.5
2.4
0.5
1.6
0.5
2.3
0.5
1.6
0.5
2.4
0.5
1.6
0.5
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
Feb.
2015
Jan.
2016
Feb.
2016
Seasonally adjusted
Feb.
2015
Oct.
2015
Nov.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016
Feb.
2016
NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED
Less than 5 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5 to 14 weeks....................................... .
15 weeks and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15 to 26 weeks................................... .
27 weeks and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,185
2,662
4,248
1,485
2,763
2,574
2,438
3,297
1,144
2,153
2,057
2,636
3,525
1,277
2,248
2,432
2,251
3,993
1,317
2,677
2,339
2,295
3,359
1,227
2,132
2,412
2,253
3,324
1,270
2,054
2,405
2,192
3,320
1,235
2,085
2,249
2,282
3,224
1,135
2,089
2,297
2,236
3,297
1,132
2,165
Average (mean) duration, in weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Median duration, in weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
31.1
13.1
27.6
10.5
29.0
11.7
31.4
13.0
28.0
11.1
27.9
10.7
27.6
10.5
28.9
10.9
29.0
11.2
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION
Less than 5 weeks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5 to 14 weeks....................................... .
15 weeks and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15 to 26 weeks................................... .
27 weeks and over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
24.0
29.3
46.7
16.3
30.4
31.0
29.3
39.7
13.8
25.9
25.0
32.1
42.9
15.5
27.4
28.0
25.9
46.0
15.2
30.8
29.3
28.7
42.0
15.4
26.7
30.2
28.2
41.6
15.9
25.7
30.4
27.7
41.9
15.6
26.3
29.0
29.4
41.6
14.6
26.9
29.3
28.6
42.1
14.5
27.7
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
Feb.
2015
Feb.
2016
Feb.
2015
Feb.
2016
Feb.
2015
Feb.
2016
147,118
57,596
150,060
59,583
9,095
1,601
8,219
1,456
5.8
2.7
5.2
2.4
23,630
33,966
24,802
34,054
15,838
18,216
24,769
34,815
25,678
33,766
16,146
17,619
674
927
1,971
1,821
868
953
672
784
1,792
1,769
751
1,018
2.8
2.7
7.4
5.1
5.2
5.0
2.6
2.2
6.5
5.0
4.4
5.5
13,258
966
7,323
4,968
13,351
978
7,595
4,778
1,454
170
959
325
1,227
146
834
247
9.9
15.0
11.6
6.1
8.4
13.0
9.9
4.9
17,409
8,481
8,928
17,683
8,472
9,211
1,380
639
741
1,193
546
647
7.3
7.0
7.7
6.3
6.1
6.6
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
Feb.
2015
Feb.
2016
Feb.
2015
Feb.
2016
9,095
7,046
90
906
814
456
357
1,193
308
130
292
911
794
1,165
443
196
513
495
8,219
6,295
85
749
729
454
275
1,086
297
103
349
932
692
965
307
164
596
422
5.8
5.7
8.6
10.6
5.2
4.7
6.2
5.7
5.0
4.5
3.1
5.8
3.5
8.8
6.7
12.7
2.4
5.1
5.2
5.1
9.2
8.7
4.7
4.7
4.8
5.3
4.4
3.7
3.6
5.8
3.0
7.1
4.7
10.8
2.7
4.2
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
Feb.
2015
Jan.
2016
Feb.
2016
Feb.
2015
Oct.
2015
Nov.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016
Feb.
2016
2.7
2.1
2.2
2.5
2.1
2.1
2.1
2.0
2.1
3.0
2.7
2.7
2.7
2.5
2.5
2.4
2.3
2.4
5.8
5.3
5.2
5.5
5.0
5.0
5.0
4.9
4.9
6.3
5.7
5.6
6.0
5.4
5.4
5.4
5.3
5.3
7.1
6.5
6.3
6.8
6.2
6.1
6.1
6.2
6.0
11.4
10.5
10.1
11.0
9.8
9.9
9.9
9.9
9.7
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
Feb.
2015
Men
Feb.
2016
Feb.
2015
Women
Feb.
2016
Feb.
2015
Feb.
2016
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. . .
93,686
6,575
2,159
732
1,428
94,298
5,949
1,803
599
1,204
37,607
3,054
1,108
430
678
37,965
2,759
943
363
580
56,079
3,521
1,052
302
750
56,333
3,189
860
236
624
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7,221
4.9
3,824
1,983
231
1,132
7,454
5.0
3,891
2,146
255
1,107
3,585
4.6
2,105
687
143
621
3,592
4.5
2,092
734
164
570
3,636
5.2
1,720
1,296
88
511
3,862
5.5
1,799
1,412
91
537
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
Feb.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016p
Feb.
2016p
Feb.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016p
Feb.
2016p
139,343
117,084
19,042
144,116
121,710
19,595
141,155
119,271
19,198
142,005
119,678
19,171
140,888
118,921
19,568
143,146
121,106
19,678
143,318
121,288
19,707
143,560
121,518
19,692
Change
from:
Jan.2016 Feb.2016p
242
230
-15
Mining and logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Logging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Oil and gas extraction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Mining, except oil and gas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Coal mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Metal ore mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nonmetallic mineral mining and
quarrying. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Support activities for mining. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
861
50.9
809.8
196.2
196.0
68.2
42.9
765
51.1
714.0
184.3
188.6
60.7
39.8
741
49.4
691.8
181.8
182.2
58.9
39.1
717
49.8
667.5
178.8
180.8
57.0
38.9
875
52.9
822.4
197.2
204.7
68.5
43.3
761
50.8
710.3
182.9
191.3
60.6
39.8
752
50.4
701.2
181.6
190.6
59.4
39.3
734
51.5
682.0
179.8
189.1
57.7
39.2
-18
1.1
-19.2
-1.8
-1.5
-1.7
-0.1
84.9
417.6
88.1
341.1
84.2
327.8
84.9
307.9
93.0
420.5
91.0
336.1
91.9
329.0
92.2
313.1
0.3
-15.9
Construction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Construction of buildings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Residential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nonresidential building. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Heavy and civil engineering construction. . . . . .
Specialty trade contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Residential specialty trade contractors. . . . . .
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors. . .
5,962
1,346.3
648.4
697.9
826.6
3,788.7
1,629.9
2,158.8
6,507
1,433.8
706.0
727.8
908.4
4,164.4
1,812.7
2,351.7
6,210
1,393.5
682.2
711.3
831.1
3,985.3
1,738.8
2,246.5
6,215
1,392.6
679.6
713.0
834.3
3,988.1
1,750.9
2,237.2
6,378
1,411.6
683.3
728.3
930.4
4,035.7
1,745.8
2,289.9
6,597
1,438.8
707.6
731.2
943.7
4,214.0
1,843.0
2,371.0
6,612
1,451.5
713.4
738.1
937.6
4,222.6
1,854.9
2,367.7
6,631
1,457.9
715.5
742.4
938.3
4,234.9
1,868.7
2,366.2
19
6.4
2.1
4.3
0.7
12.3
13.8
-1.5
Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
12,219
12,323
12,247
12,239
12,315
12,320
12,343
12,327
-16
Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wood products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nonmetallic mineral products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Primary metals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Fabricated metal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Machinery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Computer and electronic products. . . . . . . . . . .
Computer and peripheral equipment. . . . . .
Communications equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Semiconductors and electronic
components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Electronic instruments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Miscellaneous computer and electronic
products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Electrical equipment and appliances. . . . . . . .
Transportation equipment1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Motor vehicles and parts2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Furniture and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Miscellaneous durable goods
manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7,721
372.7
376.8
399.6
1,463.7
1,135.8
1,050.1
158.9
89.3
7,735
385.2
397.4
384.8
1,442.7
1,103.5
1,041.4
156.2
86.1
7,698
377.8
387.2
383.3
1,438.3
1,098.7
1,043.4
161.5
85.5
7,691
377.7
386.4
380.2
1,430.1
1,097.6
1,042.0
161.6
84.6
7,769
377.8
392.6
401.0
1,472.2
1,137.6
1,054.9
160.0
89.7
7,731
385.6
400.7
383.9
1,440.0
1,102.3
1,042.3
157.2
85.8
7,747
383.6
401.6
382.8
1,445.5
1,100.5
1,046.3
161.0
85.5
7,735
383.0
402.6
381.2
1,436.0
1,098.8
1,045.9
162.1
84.9
-12
-0.6
1.0
-1.6
-9.5
-1.7
-0.4
1.1
-0.6
368.6
397.2
365.5
398.3
365.0
396.8
364.9
396.0
369.4
399.3
365.5
398.8
366.2
398.7
365.7
398.0
-0.5
-0.7
36.1
382.1
1,588.2
896.2
371.9
35.3
384.9
1,608.1
919.6
386.3
34.6
384.9
1,602.6
917.5
385.1
34.9
385.1
1,607.6
921.9
387.6
36.5
382.5
1,588.7
897.2
376.7
35.0
384.3
1,605.4
918.1
387.2
34.8
385.7
1,610.1
922.5
390.2
35.2
385.4
1,608.9
924.5
392.7
0.4
-0.3
-1.2
2.0
2.5
580.5
600.3
596.7
596.6
584.8
598.8
600.4
600.8
0.4
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4,498
1,478.4
117.0
114.5
137.6
370.1
448.6
105.3
805.9
680.9
4,588
1,511.8
115.2
117.3
136.9
373.6
451.4
114.8
815.1
689.3
4,549
1,498.6
115.0
116.3
134.5
372.3
446.3
111.5
813.2
686.5
4,548
1,495.7
114.7
116.8
135.2
370.5
443.6
111.2
815.4
687.4
4,546
1,503.4
117.6
115.9
137.2
372.0
450.5
109.3
807.8
684.2
4,589
1,512.2
115.2
116.9
136.1
373.1
448.5
116.7
814.5
690.5
4,596
1,522.3
116.3
118.0
134.4
373.0
447.7
115.9
815.3
690.3
4,592
1,517.5
115.1
118.2
134.9
372.3
445.7
115.5
816.8
690.1
-4
-4.8
-1.2
0.2
0.5
-0.7
-2.0
-0.4
1.5
-0.2
239.3
262.5
254.6
257.1
248.0
265.6
262.6
265.8
3.2
Private service-providing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
98,042
102,115
100,073
100,507
99,353
101,428
101,581
101,826
245
Trade, transportation, and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
26,344
27,867
27,000
26,814
26,750
27,114
27,167
27,220
53
Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nondurable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
See footnotes at end of table.
5,815.5
2,915.9
1,999.8
5,907.7
2,948.3
2,049.8
5,863.0
2,933.2
2,027.4
5,867.4
2,935.4
2,028.8
5,860.0
2,929.8
2,024.5
5,901.1
2,945.6
2,050.3
5,911.0
2,948.2
2,053.2
5,911.7
2,949.2
2,053.5
0.7
1.0
0.3
ESTABLISHMENT DATA
Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail
— Continued
[In thousands]
Not seasonally adjusted
Industry
Feb.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016p
Seasonally adjusted
Feb.
2016p
Feb.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016p
Feb.
2016p
Change
from:
Jan.2016 Feb.2016p
Wholesale trade - Continued
Electronic markets and agents and
brokers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
899.8
909.6
902.4
903.2
905.7
905.2
909.6
909.0
-0.6
Retail trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Motor vehicle and parts dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Automobile dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other motor vehicle dealers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores. . .
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 stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Department stores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other general merchandise stores. . . . . . . .
Miscellaneous store retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nonstore retailers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
15,238.9
1,886.8
1,214.0
134.1
538.7
463.1
511.7
16,303.2
1,963.8
1,268.7
143.1
552.0
490.1
553.7
15,725.4
1,957.1
1,264.8
141.7
550.6
476.6
547.3
15,583.0
1,962.6
1,268.5
143.1
551.0
472.1
525.4
15,539.2
1,910.0
1,222.0
143.0
545.0
469.1
514.8
15,760.8
1,973.9
1,271.2
150.7
552.0
467.4
524.5
15,822.9
1,982.1
1,273.6
152.4
556.1
474.5
527.9
15,877.8
1,984.7
1,275.9
152.2
556.6
477.4
528.8
54.9
2.6
2.3
-0.2
0.5
2.9
0.9
1,185.9
3,025.1
1,029.0
880.7
1,301.2
1,221.0
3,089.8
1,051.5
912.6
1,517.5
1,198.5
3,051.9
1,038.0
905.7
1,386.8
1,221.9
3,054.7
1,035.5
901.9
1,338.5
1,234.2
3,057.2
1,033.4
897.4
1,354.0
1,258.4
3,067.5
1,033.2
915.4
1,359.1
1,262.7
3,071.3
1,035.5
917.2
1,378.8
1,268.6
3,086.4
1,038.7
918.4
1,389.9
5.9
15.1
3.2
1.2
11.1
610.9
3,042.9
1,308.5
1,734.4
806.0
495.6
692.0
3,387.1
1,466.9
1,920.2
863.6
560.5
631.3
3,182.1
1,341.3
1,840.8
821.1
529.0
623.4
3,108.6
1,281.0
1,827.6
816.9
521.5
629.2
3,112.4
1,339.6
1,772.8
821.9
505.6
628.4
3,164.4
1,313.1
1,851.3
844.3
524.3
631.3
3,172.6
1,316.9
1,855.6
839.1
529.9
638.0
3,180.9
1,312.8
1,868.1
834.0
532.0
6.7
8.3
-4.1
12.5
-5.1
2.1
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
4,738.2
447.6
245.7
65.0
1,417.4
5,093.4
460.9
228.9
60.8
1,462.5
4,849.0
460.4
222.9
59.8
1,436.9
4,800.4
459.8
219.9
59.0
1,431.8
4,796.0
450.5
246.8
66.6
1,451.6
4,888.8
462.0
229.1
61.5
1,463.8
4,869.3
462.8
223.7
61.5
1,466.3
4,864.0
462.7
220.8
60.8
1,465.7
-5.3
-0.1
-2.9
-0.7
-0.6
484.5
47.9
24.5
632.1
589.6
783.9
490.9
50.3
24.4
658.1
792.3
864.3
484.1
50.3
20.9
648.1
631.9
833.7
485.1
49.4
21.3
648.1
591.2
834.8
472.7
48.1
31.4
637.1
599.0
792.2
473.8
50.2
29.5
654.5
623.7
840.7
472.3
50.3
28.7
653.0
610.0
840.7
473.4
49.5
28.8
653.2
606.0
843.1
1.1
-0.8
0.1
0.2
-4.0
2.4
Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
551.6
563.1
562.1
563.5
554.8
563.7
564.0
566.0
2.0
Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Publishing industries, except Internet. . . . . . . . . .
Motion picture and sound recording
industries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Broadcasting, except Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Telecommunications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Data processing, hosting and related
services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other information services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2,729
723.3
2,768
727.0
2,730
723.7
2,773
724.9
2,738
726.6
2,763
724.0
2,767
726.3
2,779
727.9
12
1.6
390.7
278.4
811.3
401.5
281.3
807.5
376.5
277.6
803.3
414.7
278.4
801.4
393.1
279.4
811.3
406.2
279.7
804.0
406.5
278.9
804.1
413.6
279.3
801.9
7.1
0.4
-2.2
290.8
234.4
300.0
250.2
296.2
252.3
297.7
256.3
291.9
235.4
298.9
249.7
298.4
252.3
299.3
257.0
0.9
4.7
Financial activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Finance and insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Monetary authorities - central bank. . . . . . . . . .
Credit intermediation and related
activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Depository credit intermediation1. . . . . . . . . .
Commercial banking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nondepository credit intermediation. . . . . . .
Activities related to credit intermediation.. .
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. . . .
8,016
5,983.8
17.8
8,201
6,101.2
17.9
8,154
6,085.0
17.8
8,159
6,092.1
17.8
8,070
5,995.6
18.0
8,190
6,084.7
17.9
8,206
6,094.6
17.9
8,212
6,102.9
17.9
6
8.3
0.0
2,555.8
1,682.0
1,279.7
584.1
289.7
2,579.1
1,677.8
1,265.0
602.0
299.3
2,577.6
1,677.4
1,263.7
600.9
299.3
2,574.8
1,674.6
1,260.8
601.0
299.2
2,561.1
1,683.9
1,280.4
586.9
290.3
2,572.7
1,676.2
1,264.0
599.1
297.4
2,579.1
1,676.1
1,262.2
602.5
300.5
2,579.3
1,676.0
1,261.0
603.5
299.7
0.2
-0.1
-1.2
1.0
-0.8
897.0
2,513.2
2,031.7
1,480.6
527.9
23.2
922.9
2,581.3
2,099.5
1,540.9
534.7
23.9
916.6
2,573.0
2,068.7
1,517.0
528.7
23.0
917.4
2,582.1
2,066.5
1,516.6
526.7
23.2
899.1
2,517.4
2,074.5
1,505.2
545.7
23.6
920.7
2,573.4
2,104.8
1,537.7
543.5
23.6
919.3
2,578.3
2,111.2
1,541.0
546.6
23.6
919.5
2,586.2
2,108.7
1,541.2
543.9
23.6
0.2
7.9
-2.5
0.2
-2.7
0.0
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
Feb.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016p
Feb.
2016p
Feb.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016p
Feb.
2016p
Change
from:
Jan.2016 Feb.2016p
Professional and business services. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Professional and technical services. . . . . . . . . . . .
Legal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accounting and bookkeeping services. . . . . .
Architectural and engineering services. . . . . .
Specialized design services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Computer systems design and related
services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Management and technical consulting
services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Scientific research and development
services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Advertising and related services. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other professional and technical services. . .
Management of companies and enterprises. . .
Administrative and waste services. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Administrative and support services. . . . . . . . .
Office administrative services. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Facilities support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Employment services1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Temporary help services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Business support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Travel arrangement and reservation
services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Investigation and security services. . . . . . . .
Services to buildings and dwellings. . . . . . .
Other support services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Waste management and remediation
services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19,137
8,568.4
1,112.0
1,090.3
1,373.9
129.1
20,079
8,787.6
1,130.0
1,000.8
1,423.3
141.9
19,669
8,795.2
1,115.1
1,088.6
1,414.5
136.9
19,742
8,865.1
1,114.8
1,136.0
1,415.7
137.3
19,409
8,507.9
1,118.3
963.4
1,395.1
130.8
19,981
8,756.5
1,124.2
1,004.1
1,425.3
139.6
19,996
8,788.0
1,123.1
1,009.8
1,432.1
140.0
20,019
8,805.6
1,121.6
1,009.9
1,437.6
139.4
23
17.6
-1.5
0.1
5.5
-0.6
1,863.8
1,953.8
1,949.9
1,954.0
1,868.7
1,950.8
1,955.4
1,959.8
4.4
1,244.8
1,314.4
1,289.1
1,296.9
1,255.8
1,299.7
1,304.2
1,307.6
3.4
644.3
475.3
634.9
2,179.5
8,388.6
8,003.6
463.1
137.4
3,338.8
2,708.8
893.8
662.2
493.5
667.7
2,251.1
9,039.9
8,639.6
482.0
143.5
3,744.3
3,057.3
921.9
657.3
489.8
654.0
2,243.8
8,629.8
8,235.6
480.3
141.1
3,458.7
2,805.3
903.9
657.5
490.6
662.3
2,245.8
8,630.9
8,237.3
483.0
142.9
3,451.0
2,793.6
898.8
649.4
478.4
648.0
2,192.0
8,709.1
8,315.5
466.8
137.0
3,474.7
2,826.6
890.7
662.1
490.9
659.7
2,246.8
8,977.6
8,573.8
482.3
143.9
3,619.5
2,944.1
897.3
663.4
493.9
666.1
2,251.1
8,956.4
8,554.3
483.5
142.7
3,596.6
2,922.4
900.3
662.5
493.5
673.9
2,257.9
8,955.7
8,553.0
485.5
143.0
3,589.0
2,912.6
896.5
-0.9
-0.4
7.8
6.8
-0.7
-1.3
2.0
0.3
-7.6
-9.8
-3.8
196.0
860.6
1,812.0
301.9
201.0
887.6
1,948.9
310.4
195.6
876.9
1,865.0
314.1
198.6
880.6
1,865.7
316.7
199.7
869.1
1,972.7
304.7
202.4
882.6
2,029.7
316.0
200.5
884.0
2,029.4
317.3
202.4
887.8
2,029.8
319.0
1.9
3.8
0.4
1.7
385.0
400.3
394.2
393.6
393.6
403.8
402.1
402.7
0.6
Education and health services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Educational services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Health care and social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Health care3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ambulatory health care services. . . . . . . . . .
Offices of physicians. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Offices of dentists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Offices of other health practitioners. . . . .
Outpatient care centers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Medical and diagnostic laboratories. . . .
Home health care services. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other ambulatory health care
services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Hospitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nursing and residential care facilities. . . . .
Nursing care facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Residential mental health facilities. . . . . .
Community care facilities for the
elderly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Other residential care facilities. . . . . . . . . .
Social assistance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Individual and family services. . . . . . . . . . . . .
Emergency and other relief services. . . . . .
Vocational rehabilitation services. . . . . . . . .
Child day care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
21,887
3,591.1
18,296.0
14,847.4
6,745.3
2,497.5
895.2
799.5
730.4
255.2
1,287.1
22,559
3,614.2
18,945.0
15,354.5
7,020.4
2,582.9
927.6
829.7
763.0
260.8
1,363.2
22,257
3,382.2
18,874.6
15,296.0
6,983.3
2,569.7
923.4
829.1
759.0
256.2
1,356.2
22,588
3,658.4
18,929.5
15,327.0
7,007.4
2,576.9
926.2
834.7
760.9
256.3
1,361.9
21,790
3,447.7
18,342.7
14,897.4
6,770.3
2,503.2
899.6
802.4
731.9
255.1
1,295.6
22,378
3,501.8
18,876.0
15,302.5
6,991.9
2,568.7
926.4
827.3
760.8
259.7
1,355.5
22,402
3,482.3
18,919.8
15,340.2
7,007.2
2,574.2
926.1
832.7
760.7
257.1
1,363.4
22,488
3,510.5
18,977.2
15,378.3
7,030.8
2,581.7
928.9
836.7
762.7
256.8
1,370.5
86
28.2
57.4
38.1
23.6
7.5
2.8
4.0
2.0
-0.3
7.1
280.4
4,838.7
3,263.4
1,641.8
602.3
293.2
5,009.3
3,324.8
1,664.8
609.8
289.7
5,011.9
3,300.8
1,650.6
607.7
290.5
5,018.0
3,301.6
1,647.9
608.8
282.5
4,846.8
3,280.3
1,650.8
605.7
293.5
4,998.5
3,312.1
1,659.7
608.8
293.0
5,017.4
3,315.6
1,657.8
610.5
293.5
5,028.0
3,319.5
1,657.6
611.9
0.5
10.6
3.9
-0.2
1.4
858.5
160.8
3,448.6
2,087.5
151.7
331.1
878.3
887.1
163.1
3,590.5
2,198.6
157.0
334.7
900.2
882.2
160.3
3,578.6
2,187.7
156.6
331.6
902.7
883.8
161.1
3,602.5
2,201.6
156.7
333.6
910.6
861.0
162.9
3,445.3
2,090.1
153.0
336.3
865.8
880.9
162.7
3,573.5
2,193.2
155.7
335.7
888.9
885.0
162.3
3,579.6
2,191.8
157.2
336.3
894.2
887.2
162.9
3,598.9
2,205.7
157.7
338.6
896.9
2.2
0.6
19.3
13.9
0.5
2.3
2.7
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. . . . . . . . . . . .
14,374
1,916.4
406.0
15,000
2,029.7
446.7
14,675
1,950.4
411.1
14,808
1,981.6
426.7
14,989
2,128.3
439.5
15,342
2,195.5
464.3
15,387
2,196.6
462.7
15,435
2,202.2
463.7
48
5.6
1.0
137.9
1,372.5
12,457.6
145.6
1,437.4
12,969.8
141.7
1,397.6
12,724.5
140.4
1,414.5
12,825.9
149.1
1,539.7
12,860.2
152.5
1,578.7
13,146.4
153.3
1,580.6
13,190.4
152.2
1,586.3
13,232.8
-1.1
5.7
42.4
Industry
Private service-providing - Continued
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
Feb.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016p
Feb.
2016p
Feb.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016p
Feb.
2016p
Change
from:
Jan.2016 Feb.2016p
Accommodation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Food services and drinking places. . . . . . . . . .
1,831.9
10,625.7
1,859.2
11,110.6
1,831.3
10,893.2
1,846.6
10,979.3
1,917.6
10,942.6
1,926.4
11,220.0
1,928.6
11,261.8
1,930.8
11,302.0
2.2
40.2
Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Repair and maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Personal and laundry services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Membership associations and organizations. . .
5,555
1,260.8
1,369.0
2,925.0
5,641
1,283.3
1,417.4
2,940.6
5,588
1,270.9
1,395.2
2,921.7
5,623
1,284.4
1,402.7
2,935.9
5,607
1,271.4
1,385.5
2,949.7
5,660
1,290.9
1,417.2
2,952.3
5,656
1,286.2
1,413.6
2,956.2
5,673
1,295.0
1,419.7
2,958.6
17
8.8
6.1
2.4
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. . . . . . . . . .
22,259
2,730.0
2,136.5
593.1
5,227.0
2,565.3
2,661.2
14,302.0
8,129.6
6,172.5
22,406
2,785.0
2,163.2
621.6
5,231.0
2,568.6
2,662.6
14,390.0
8,123.6
6,265.9
21,884
2,748.0
2,152.6
595.4
4,987.0
2,329.0
2,657.8
14,149.0
7,921.2
6,228.2
22,327
2,754.0
2,152.4
602.0
5,205.0
2,550.0
2,655.1
14,368.0
8,121.4
6,246.9
21,967
2,747.0
2,151.2
595.5
5,096.0
2,423.0
2,672.6
14,124.0
7,825.1
6,298.6
22,040
2,768.0
2,164.3
603.6
5,108.0
2,435.2
2,672.5
14,164.0
7,813.5
6,350.3
22,030
2,764.0
2,166.0
597.5
5,087.0
2,416.4
2,670.4
14,179.0
7,816.5
6,362.7
22,042
2,769.0
2,166.3
602.5
5,082.0
2,413.6
2,668.1
14,191.0
7,817.5
6,373.0
12
5.0
0.3
5.0
-5.0
-2.8
-2.3
12.0
1.0
10.3
Industry
Accommodation and food 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 2015 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
Feb.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016p
Feb.
2016p
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.................................................................... .
34.6
40.5
44.5
39.0
40.9
41.3
40.3
33.4
34.6
38.9
31.4
39.0
42.4
36.4
37.4
36.2
32.8
26.4
31.9
34.5
40.4
44.0
39.6
40.6
41.0
39.8
33.4
34.6
38.9
31.3
39.1
42.4
36.0
37.7
36.2
32.9
26.2
31.9
34.6
40.4
43.5
39.3
40.8
41.2
40.0
33.4
34.7
39.0
31.4
39.1
42.5
36.2
37.7
36.3
32.9
26.2
31.9
34.4
40.2
42.9
38.9
40.8
41.3
39.9
33.3
34.5
39.0
31.2
38.9
41.5
36.0
37.6
36.1
32.8
26.1
31.9
AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS
Manufacturing.......................................................................... .
Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nondurable goods.... . . . . . . . . . . . . .................................................. .
3.4
3.4
3.4
3.3
3.3
3.3
3.3
3.3
3.3
3.3
3.3
3.4
Industry
p Preliminary
NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2015 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
Feb.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016p
Feb.
2016p
Feb.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016p
Feb.
2016p
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$24.80
25.94
30.88
27.04
25.02
26.37
22.64
24.52
21.67
28.37
17.35
22.89
36.59
34.65
31.23
29.79
25.07
14.21
22.29
$25.26
26.44
31.30
27.60
25.51
26.83
23.21
24.99
22.03
28.80
17.73
23.06
37.66
35.90
31.87
30.26
25.51
14.49
22.70
$25.38
26.51
31.70
27.62
25.60
26.93
23.29
25.11
22.09
28.99
17.73
23.14
37.75
36.06
32.12
30.47
25.58
14.61
22.82
$25.35
26.51
31.51
27.69
25.58
26.89
23.32
25.08
22.10
28.99
17.74
23.20
37.55
36.25
31.98
30.36
25.59
14.59
22.80
$858.08
1,050.57
1,374.16
1,054.56
1,023.32
1,089.08
912.39
818.97
749.78
1,103.59
544.79
892.71
1,551.42
1,261.26
1,168.00
1,078.40
822.30
375.14
711.05
$871.47
1,068.18
1,377.20
1,092.96
1,035.71
1,100.03
923.76
834.67
762.24
1,120.32
554.95
901.65
1,596.78
1,292.40
1,201.50
1,095.41
839.28
379.64
724.13
$878.15
1,071.00
1,378.95
1,085.47
1,044.48
1,109.52
931.60
838.67
766.52
1,130.61
556.72
904.77
1,604.38
1,305.37
1,210.92
1,106.06
841.58
382.78
727.96
$872.04
1,065.70
1,351.78
1,077.14
1,043.66
1,110.56
930.47
835.16
762.45
1,130.61
553.49
902.48
1,558.33
1,305.00
1,202.45
1,096.00
839.35
380.80
727.32
p Preliminary
NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2015 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
Feb.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016p
Feb.
2016p
Percent
change
from:
Jan.
2016 Feb.
2016p
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
103.3
90.3
122.4
85.7
90.6
90.3
91.4
106.8
100.7
99.5
99.1
107.1
101.8
91.0
98.8
110.5
116.7
112.9
103.1
104.9
90.6
105.2
90.1
90.0
89.2
91.1
109.0
102.0
100.2
100.2
109.4
103.4
90.8
101.1
113.8
120.2
114.7
104.1
105.3
90.7
102.8
89.6
90.6
89.9
91.7
109.2
102.5
100.6
100.9
109.0
103.7
91.5
101.3
114.2
120.3
115.0
104.0
104.9
90.2
98.9
88.9
90.5
89.9
91.4
109.1
102.1
100.6
100.6
108.3
101.6
91.4
101.1
113.7
120.4
114.9
104.3
-0.4
-0.6
-3.8
-0.8
-0.1
0.0
-0.3
-0.1
-0.4
0.0
-0.3
-0.6
-2.0
-0.1
-0.2
-0.4
0.1
-0.1
0.3
1
Feb.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016p
Feb.
2016p
Percent
change
from:
Jan.
2016 Feb.
2016p
122.4
105.9
151.7
100.7
105.4
105.8
105.0
127.2
117.4
117.8
113.7
124.4
123.0
112.3
120.4
133.4
140.7
129.4
126.0
126.6
108.2
132.2
108.0
106.8
106.3
107.3
132.4
121.0
120.4
117.5
128.0
128.7
116.1
125.7
139.5
147.5
134.1
129.5
127.8
108.7
130.8
107.5
107.9
107.5
108.4
133.2
121.9
121.7
118.3
128.0
129.4
117.5
126.9
140.9
148.0
135.6
130.1
127.1
108.1
125.2
107.0
107.6
107.4
108.2
133.0
121.5
121.7
118.0
127.5
126.1
117.9
126.1
139.8
148.2
135.3
130.4
-0.5
-0.6
-4.3
-0.5
-0.3
-0.1
-0.2
-0.2
-0.3
0.0
-0.3
-0.4
-2.6
0.3
-0.6
-0.8
0.1
-0.2
0.2
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 2015 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
Feb.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016p
Feb.
2016p
Feb.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016p
Feb.
2016p
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............................................ .
69,464
56,902
4,273
120
804
3,349
1,798
1,551
52,629
10,822
1,721.9
7,828.1
1,139.3
133.1
1,101
4,610
8,618
16,763
7,789
2,926
12,562
70,682
58,060
4,281
108
815
3,358
1,798
1,560
53,779
10,972
1,735.2
7,928.8
1,172.9
135.1
1,106
4,672
8,912
17,229
7,936
2,952
12,622
70,826
58,214
4,296
107
824
3,365
1,802
1,563
53,918
11,023
1,738.8
7,995.6
1,153.3
135.2
1,108
4,685
8,929
17,257
7,960
2,956
12,612
70,993
58,365
4,297
106
827
3,364
1,801
1,563
54,068
11,047
1,740.5
8,015.1
1,156.8
135.0
1,114
4,687
8,940
17,319
7,996
2,965
12,628
49.3
47.8
21.8
13.7
12.6
27.2
23.1
34.1
53.0
40.5
29.4
50.4
23.8
24.0
40.2
57.1
44.4
76.9
52.0
52.2
57.2
49.4
47.9
21.8
14.2
12.4
27.3
23.3
34.0
53.0
40.5
29.4
50.3
24.0
24.0
40.0
57.0
44.6
77.0
51.7
52.2
57.3
49.4
48.0
21.8
14.2
12.5
27.3
23.3
34.0
53.1
40.6
29.4
50.5
23.7
24.0
40.0
57.1
44.7
77.0
51.7
52.3
57.2
49.5
48.0
21.8
14.4
12.5
27.3
23.3
34.0
53.1
40.6
29.4
50.5
23.8
23.9
40.1
57.1
44.7
77.0
51.8
52.3
57.3
p Preliminary
NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2015 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
Feb.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016p
Feb.
2016p
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....................................................................... .
98,091
14,102
641
4,791
8,670
5,349
3,321
83,989
22,552
4,725.8
13,224.7
4,154.5
446.8
2,217
6,228
16,005
19,125
13,197
4,665
99,812
14,212
554
4,990
8,668
5,330
3,338
85,600
22,812
4,730.5
13,384.7
4,244.1
452.5
2,234
6,335
16,385
19,636
13,489
4,709
99,927
14,209
543
4,976
8,690
5,339
3,351
85,718
22,840
4,736.6
13,447.3
4,204.4
452.0
2,231
6,348
16,420
19,659
13,518
4,702
100,117
14,200
527
4,994
8,679
5,338
3,341
85,917
22,897
4,738.1
13,496.0
4,209.7
453.2
2,246
6,356
16,421
19,731
13,553
4,713
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 2015 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
Feb.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016p
Feb.
2016p
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.................................................................... .
33.8
41.6
46.3
40.3
42.0
42.2
41.5
32.4
33.7
38.6
30.0
38.8
42.4
35.9
36.9
35.5
32.0
25.2
30.7
33.8
41.3
45.8
40.2
41.7
42.2
41.0
32.5
33.7
38.6
30.0
39.2
42.5
35.5
37.2
35.6
32.2
25.1
30.8
33.8
41.3
45.7
39.8
41.9
42.3
41.2
32.5
33.7
38.6
30.0
39.0
42.9
35.7
37.1
35.6
32.3
25.0
30.6
33.7
41.3
44.7
40.0
41.9
42.3
41.2
32.4
33.6
38.6
29.9
39.0
41.7
35.5
37.1
35.4
32.2
24.9
30.7
AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS
Manufacturing.......................................................................... .
Durable goods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Nondurable goods.... . . . . . . . . . . . . .................................................. .
4.4
4.4
4.3
4.2
4.3
4.1
4.3
4.3
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.2
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 2015 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
Feb.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016p
Feb.
2016p
Feb.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016p
Feb.
2016p
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$20.83
21.70
26.47
24.69
19.72
20.81
17.92
20.65
18.51
23.40
14.65
20.70
33.46
28.75
25.11
24.50
21.94
12.33
18.85
$21.26
22.21
26.55
25.43
20.12
21.16
18.41
21.06
18.84
23.85
14.96
20.88
34.58
29.62
25.65
25.02
22.31
12.57
19.18
$21.32
22.19
26.77
25.39
20.13
21.17
18.43
21.13
18.88
23.97
14.97
20.99
34.57
29.62
25.91
25.09
22.33
12.66
19.21
$21.32
22.22
26.77
25.41
20.17
21.23
18.41
21.13
18.87
23.96
14.95
21.00
34.62
29.79
25.90
25.05
22.40
12.64
19.19
$704.05
902.72
1,225.56
995.01
828.24
878.18
743.68
669.06
623.79
903.24
439.50
803.16
1,418.70
1,032.13
926.56
869.75
702.08
310.72
578.70
$718.59
917.27
1,215.99
1,022.29
839.00
892.95
754.81
684.45
634.91
920.61
448.80
818.50
1,469.65
1,051.51
954.18
890.71
718.38
315.51
590.74
$720.62
916.45
1,223.39
1,010.52
843.45
895.49
759.32
686.73
636.26
925.24
449.10
818.61
1,483.05
1,057.43
961.26
893.20
721.26
316.50
587.83
$718.48
917.69
1,196.62
1,016.40
845.12
898.03
758.49
684.61
634.03
924.86
447.01
819.00
1,443.65
1,057.55
960.89
886.77
721.28
314.74
589.13
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 2015 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
Feb.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016p
Feb.
2016p
Percent
change
from:
Jan.
2016 Feb.
2016p
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
110.5
89.6
157.7
96.7
83.6
84.8
81.2
115.9
106.0
107.4
100.4
121.3
96.9
90.8
108.2
127.3
130.5
121.8
100.4
112.4
89.7
134.8
100.4
83.0
84.5
80.6
118.5
107.2
107.5
101.6
125.2
98.3
90.5
110.9
130.7
134.8
124.0
101.7
112.5
89.7
131.9
99.2
83.6
84.9
81.3
118.6
107.3
107.7
102.1
123.4
99.2
90.9
110.9
131.0
135.4
123.8
100.9
112.4
89.6
125.2
100.0
83.5
84.8
81.1
118.6
107.3
107.7
102.1
123.6
96.6
91.0
111.0
130.3
135.4
123.6
101.5
-0.1
-0.1
-5.1
0.8
-0.1
-0.1
-0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
-2.6
0.1
0.1
-0.5
0.0
-0.2
0.6
1
Feb.
2015
Dec.
2015
Jan.
2016p
Feb.
2016p
Percent
change
from:
Jan.
2016 Feb.
2016p
153.8
119.1
242.8
128.9
107.8
110.2
102.8
164.1
139.9
148.1
126.1
159.3
135.3
129.3
167.1
185.7
188.9
170.6
137.9
159.7
122.0
208.2
137.9
109.2
111.6
104.9
171.1
144.0
151.1
130.3
165.9
142.0
132.7
175.1
194.6
198.5
177.0
142.1
160.3
121.8
205.3
135.9
110.0
112.2
105.9
171.9
144.5
152.0
131.0
164.3
143.1
133.3
176.7
195.6
199.5
178.0
141.2
160.2
121.9
194.9
137.2
110.1
112.5
105.5
171.8
144.4
152.0
130.9
164.6
139.7
134.2
176.9
194.2
200.2
177.4
141.9
-0.1
0.1
-5.1
1.0
0.1
0.3
-0.4
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
-0.1
0.2
-2.4
0.7
0.1
-0.7
0.4
-0.3
0.5
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 2015 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.