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



 
EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT, AND WAGES

STATUS OF THE LABOR FORCE

In February, employment rose by 437,000 and unemployment fell by 
322,000.
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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\3\....................................................     189,164     125,840    118,793       3,223     115,570       4,950     7,047    1,525     63,324         66.5        62.8    5.6
1991.......................................................     190,925     126,346    117,718       3,269     114,449       5,874     8,628    2,357     64,578         66.2        61.7    6.8
1992.......................................................     192,805     128,105    118,492       3,247     115,245       6,240     9,613    3,408     64,700         66.4        61.5    7.5
1993.......................................................     194,838     129,200    120,259       3,115     117,144       6,230     8,940    3,094     65,638         66.3        61.7    6.9
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:Feb...................................................     197,886     132,078    124,881       3,596     121,285       4,225     7,197    2,342     65,808         66.7        63.1    5.4
      Mar..................................................     198,007     132,391    125,106       3,636     121,470       4,292     7,285    2,309     65,616         66.9        63.2    5.5
      Apr..................................................     198,148     132,529    124,973       3,528     121,445       4,211     7,556    2,439     65,619         66.9        63.1    5.7
      May..................................................     198,286     132,058    124,598       3,360     121,238       4,273     7,460    2,526     66,228         66.6        62.8    5.6
      June.................................................     198,453     131,962    124,566       3,435     121,131       4,263     7,396    2,353     66,491         66.5        62.8    5.6
      July.................................................     198,615     132,342    124,832       3,409     121,423       4,256     7,510    2,332     66,273         66.6        62.9    5.7
      Aug..................................................     198,801     132,298    124,859       3,376     121,483       4,291     7,439    2,371     66,503         66.5        62.8    5.6
      Sept.................................................     199,005     132,501    125,036       3,335     121,701       4,355     7,465    2,323     66,504         66.6        62.8    5.6
      Oct..................................................     199,192     132,473    125,244       3,434     121,810       4,274     7,229    2,281     66,719         66.5        62.9    5.5
      Nov..................................................     199,355     132,471    125,062       3,323     121,739       4,283     7,409    2,305     66,884         66.4        62.7    5.6
      Dec..................................................     199,508     132,352    124,981       3,325     121,656       4,306     7,371    2,322     67,156         66.3        62.6    5.6
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1996:Jan...................................................     199,634     132,903    125,226       3,529     121,698       3,842     7,677    2,370     66,730         66.6        62.7    5.8
      Feb..................................................     199,773     133,018    125,663       3,519     122,143       4,274     7,355    2,307     66,754         66.6        62.9    5.5
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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 because of 
a major redesign of the household 
survey questionnaire.

    Source: Department of Labor, 
Bureau of Labor Statistics.