[Economic Indicators May, 1995]
[Page Number 14]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
NONAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT

Total nonagricultural employment as measured by the payroll survey fell 
by 101,000 in May. (Series revised.)
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                                                                 [Thousands of wage and salary workers; \1\ seasonally adjusted]                                                                
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                                                                     Goods-producing industries                                          Service-producing industries                           
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                                               nonagri-                                 Manufacturing                                                                              Government   
                    Period                     cultural                          ---------------------------          Transportation                       Finance,            -----------------
                                                employ-  Total \2\  Construction                      Non-    Total     and public    Wholesale   Retail  insurance,  Services                  
                                                 ment                              Total   Durable  durable              utilities      trade     trade    and real              Total   Federal
                                                                                            goods    goods                                                  estate                              
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1985.........................................    97,387    24,842        4,668     19,248   11,458    7,790   72,544        5,233        5,727    17,315      5,948     21,927   16,394    2,875
1986.........................................    99,344    24,533        4,810     18,947   11,195    7,752   74,811        5,247        5,761    17,880      6,273     22,957   16,693    2,899
1987.........................................   101,958    24,674        4,958     18,999   11,154    7,845   77,284        5,362        5,848    18,422      6,533     24,110   17,010    2,943
1988.........................................   105,210    25,125        5,098     19,314   11,363    7,951   80,086        5,514        6,030    19,023      6,630     25,504   17,386    2,971
1989.........................................   107,895    25,254        5,171     19,391   11,394    7,997   82,642        5,625        6,187    19,475      6,668     26,907   17,779    2,988
1990.........................................   109,419    24,905        5,120     19,076   11,109    7,968   84,514        5,793        6,173    19,601      6,709     27,934   18,304    3,085
1991.........................................   108,256    23,745        4,650     18,406   10,569    7,837   84,511        5,762        6,081    19,284      6,646     28,336   18,402    2,966
1992.........................................   108,604    23,231        4,492     18,104   10,277    7,827   85,373        5,721        5,997    19,356      6,602     29,052   18,645    2,969
1993 r.......................................   110,730    23,352        4,668     18,075   10,221    7,854   87,378        5,829        5,981    19,773      6,757     30,197   18,841    2,915
1994 r.......................................   114,034    23,913        5,010     18,303   10,431    7,872   90,121        6,006        6,140    20,437      6,933     31,488   19,118    2,870
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1994: May r..................................   113,638    23,837        4,981     18,257   10,388    7,869   89,801        5,994        6,118    20,356      6,935     31,305   19,093    2,873
      June r.................................   113,943    23,905        5,006     18,297   10,426    7,871   90,038        6,008        6,131    20,408      6,946     31,442   19,103    2,866
      July r.................................   114,171    23,922        5,029     18,297   10,422    7,875   90,249        6,022        6,138    20,459      6,947     31,573   19,110    2,864
      Aug r..................................   114,510    23,981        5,038     18,346   10,465    7,881   90,529        6,045        6,163    20,497      6,948     31,693   19,183    2,861
      Sept r.................................   114,762    24,030        5,077     18,355   10,481    7,874   90,732        6,048        6,181    20,565      6,942     31,789   19,207    2,863
      Oct r..................................   114,935    24,081        5,088     18,398   10,513    7,885   90,854        6,061        6,195    20,580      6,935     31,888   19,195    2,858
      Nov r..................................   115,427    24,175        5,144     18,439   10,550    7,889   91,252        6,092        6,210    20,703      6,937     32,035   19,275    2,854
      Dec r..................................   115,624    24,230        5,166     18,472   10,574    7,898   91,394        6,121        6,229    20,759      6,931     32,135   19,219    2,853
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1995: Jan r..................................   115,810    24,293        5,201     18,502   10,596    7,906   91,517        6,129        6,251    20,760      6,927     32,228   19,222    2,838
      Feb r..................................   116,123    24,324        5,213     18,523   10,622    7,901   91,799        6,156        6,275    20,794      6,929     32,404   19,241    2,831
      Mar r..................................   116,302    24,370        5,256     18,525   10,633    7,892   91,932        6,175        6,287    20,760      6,938     32,524   19,248    2,828
      Apr p..................................   116,295    24,320        5,237     18,500   10,629    7,871   91,975        6,186        6,301    20,763      6,919     32,559   19,247    2,808
      May p..................................   116,194    24,205        5,180     18,444   10,600    7,844   91,989        6,182        6,292    20,755      6,916     32,619   19,225    2,802
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    \1\ Includes all full- and part-
time wage and salary workers in 
nonagricultural establishments who 
received pay for any part of the pay 
period which includes the 12th of 
the month. Excludes proprietors, 
self-employed persons, domestic 
servants, and personnel of the Armed 
Forces. Total in this table not 
comparable with estimates of 
nonagricultural employment of the 
civilian labor force, shown on p. 
11, which include proprietors, self-
employed persons, and domestic 
servants; which count persons as 
employed when they are not at work 
because of industrial disputes, bad 
weather, etc., even if they are not 
paid for the time off; and which are 
based on a sample of the working-age 
population, whereas the estimates in 
this table are based on reports from 
employing establishments. In the 
series shown here, persons who work 
at more than one job are counted 
each time they appear on a payroll, 
in contrast to the series shown on 
p. 11, where persons are counted 
only once--as employed, unemployed, 
or not in the labor force.

    \2\ Includes mining, not shown 
separately.

    Note.--Series revised to reflect 
annual benchmarking and updated 
seasonal adjustment factors. 
Seasonally adjusted data revised 
beginning 1990; unadjusted data 
revised beginning April 1993.

    Source: Department of Labor, 
Bureau of Labor Statistics.