[Economic Indicators January, 1996]
[Page Number 11]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT, AND WAGES

STATUS OF THE LABOR FORCE

In January, employment rose by 259,000 and unemployment rose by 294,000.
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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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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
1995.......................................................     198,584     132,304    124,900       3,440     121,460       4,279     7,404    2,363     66,280         66.6        62.9    5.6
                                                                                                                                                                                                
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
      June.................................................     198,452     131,869    124,485       3,451     121,034       4,185     7,384    2,299     66,583         66.4        62.7    5.6
      July.................................................     198,615     132,518    124,959       3,409     121,550       4,234     7,559    2,319     66,096         66.7        62.9    5.7
      Aug..................................................     198,801     132,211    124,779       3,362     121,417       4,316     7,431    2,380     66,590         66.5        62.8    5.6
      Sept.................................................     199,005     132,591    125,140       3,273     121,867       4,451     7,451    2,352     66,414         66.6        62.9    5.6
      Oct..................................................     199,192     132,648    125,399       3,455     121,944       4,255     7,249    2,296     66,544         66.6        63.0    5.5
      Nov..................................................     199,355     132,442    125,010       3,276     121,734       4,272     7,432    2,297     66,913         66.4        62.7    5.6
      Dec..................................................     199,508     132,284    124,904       3,306     121,598       4,326     7,380    2,307     67,224         66.3        62.6    5.6
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1996:Jan...................................................     199,634     132,837    125,163       3,548     121,615       3,934     7,674    2,343     66,797         66.5        62.7    5.8
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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.