[Economic Indicators May, 1996]
[Page Number 11]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT, AND WAGES
STATUS OF THE LABOR FORCE
In April, employment fell by 56,000 and unemployment fell by 238,000.
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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: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.................................................. 199,772 133,018 125,663 3,519 122,143 4,274 7,355 2,307 66,754 66.6 62.9 5.5
Mar.................................................. 199,921 133,655 126,151 3,487 122,664 4,223 7,504 2,479 66,266 66.9 63.1 5.6
Apr.................................................. 200,101 133,361 126,095 3,368 122,726 4,287 7,266 2,388 66,741 66.6 63.0 5.4
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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.