[Economic Indicators May, 1995]
[Page Number 11]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT, AND WAGES

STATUS OF THE LABOR FORCE

In May, employment fell by 753,000 and unemployment fell by 173,000.
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                [Thousands of persons 16 years of age and over, except as noted; monthly data seasonally adjusted except as noted by NSA]               
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                                                           Civilian employment                 Unemployment                         Percent \2\         
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                       Civilian                                          Nonagricultural                                                                
                     noninstitu-   Civilian                          -----------------------             15      Not in                   Employ-  Unem-
       Period           tional      labor                                        Part time             weeks      labor     Labor force    ment/   ploy-
                      population    force      Total    Agricultural                for       Total     and       force    participation    pop-    ment
                         NSA                                            Total     economic              over                    rate      ulation   rate
                                                                                reasons \1\                                                ratio        
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1985...............     178,206     115,461    107,150       3,179     103,971       5,334     8,312    2,305     62,744         64.8        60.1    7.2
1986 \3\...........     180,587     117,834    109,597       3,163     106,434       5,345     8,237    2,232     62,752         65.3        60.7    7.0
1987...............     182,753     119,865    112,440       3,208     109,232       5,122     7,425    1,983     62,888         65.6        61.5    6.2
1988...............     184,613     121,669    114,968       3,169     111,800       4,965     6,701    1,610     62,944         65.9        62.3    5.5
1989...............     186,393     123,869    117,342       3,199     114,142       4,657     6,528    1,375     62,523         66.5        63.0    5.3
1990...............     188,049     124,787    117,914       3,186     114,728       4,860     6,874    1,504     63,262         66.4        62.7    5.5
1991...............     189,765     125,303    116,877       3,233     113,644       5,767     8,426    2,323     64,462         66.0        61.6    6.7
1992...............     191,576     126,982    117,598       3,207     114,391       6,116     9,384    3,354     64,593         66.3        61.4    7.4
1993...............     193,550     128,040    119,306       3,074     116,232       6,106     8,734    3,052     65,509         66.2        61.6    6.8
1994 \4\...........     196,814     131,056    123,060       3,409     119,651       4,414     7,996    2,860     65,758         66.6        62.5    6.1
                                                                                                                                                        
1994: May .........     196,510     130,699    122,703       3,413     119,290       4,583     7,996    2,853     65,811         66.5        62.4    6.1
      June ........     196,693     130,538    122,635       3,294     119,341       4,510     7,903    2,740     66,155         66.4        62.3    6.1
      July ........     196,859     130,774    122,781       3,333     119,448       4,273     7,993    2,823     66,085         66.4        62.4    6.1
      Aug .........     197,043     131,086    123,197       3,436     119,761       4,173     7,889    2,773     65,957         66.5        62.5    6.0
      Sept ........     197,248     131,291    123,644       3,411     120,233       4,154     7,647    2,768     65,957         66.6        62.7    5.8
      Oct .........     197,430     131,646    124,141       3,494     120,647       4,226     7,505    2,934     65,784         66.7        62.9    5.7
      Nov .........     197,607     131,718    124,403       3,500     120,903       4,246     7,315    2,661     65,889         66.7        63.0    5.6
      Dec .........     197,765     131,725    124,570       3,532     121,038       4,254     7,155    2,456     66,040         66.6        63.0    5.4
                                                                                                                                                        
1995: Jan..........     197,753     132,136    124,639       3,575     121,064       4,430     7,498    2,386     65,617         66.8        63.0    5.7
      Feb..........     197,886     132,308    125,125       3,656     121,469       4,187     7,183    2,298     65,578         66.9        63.2    5.4
      Mar..........     198,007     132,511    125,274       3,698     121,576       4,347     7,237    2,266     65,496         66.9        63.3    5.5
      Apr..........     198,148     132,737    125,072       3,594     121,478       4,171     7,665    2,505     65,412         67.0        63.1    5.8
      May..........     198,286     131,811    124,319       3,357     120,962       4,289     7,492    2,585     66,476         66.5        62.7    5.7
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    \1\ Persons at work. Economic 
reasons include slack work, material 
shortages, inability to find 
fulltime work, etc.
    \2\ Civilian labor force (or 
employment) as percent of civilian 
noninstitutional population; and 
unemployment as percent of civilian 
labor force.
    \3\ Not strictly comparable with 
earlier data.
    \4\ Data beginning January 1994 
are not directly comparable with 
data for earlier periods. See 
Employment and Earnings, February 
1994.

    Source: Department of Labor, 
Bureau of Labor Statistics.