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



 
EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT, AND WAGES

STATUS OF THE LABOR FORCE

In November, employment fell by 30,000 and unemployment rose by 273,000.
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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: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
      May..................................................     200,278     133,910    126,462       3,491     122,971       4,068     7,448    2,336     66,368         66.9        63.1    5.6
      June.................................................     200,459     133,669    126,610       3,382     123,228       4,146     7,060    2,435     66,790         66.7        63.2    5.3
      July.................................................     200,641     134,181    126,884       3,502     123,382       4,159     7,297    2,319     66,460         66.9        63.2    5.4
      Aug..................................................     200,847     133,885    127,055       3,421     123,635       4,205     6,830    2,248     66,962         66.7        63.3    5.1
      Sept.................................................     201,060     134,340    127,368       3,535     123,833       4,128     6,971    2,279     66,721         66.8        63.3    5.2
      Oct..................................................     201,273     134,574    127,627       3,457     124,169       4,125     6,948    2,306     66,699         66.9        63.4    5.2
      Nov..................................................     201,463     134,818    127,597       3,355     124,242       3,775     7,221    2,149     66,645         66.9        63.3    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.