[Economic Indicators March, 1997]
[Page Number 14]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
NONAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT

Total nonagricultural employment as measured by the payroll survey rose 
by 339,000 in February.
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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                                                       ---------------------------          Transportation                       Finance,            -----------------
                                               cultural  Total \2\  Construction                      Non-    Total     and public    Wholesale   Retail  insurance,  Services                  
                                                employ-                            Total   Durable  durable              utilities      trade     trade    and real              Total   Federal
                                                  ment                                      goods     goods                                                 estate                              
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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.........................................   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.........................................   114,172    23,908        4,986     18,321   10,448    7,873   90,264        5,993        6,162    20,507      6,896     31,579   19,128    2,870
1995.........................................   117,203    24,206        5,158     18,468   10,654    7,814   92,997        6,165        6,412    21,173      6,830     33,107   19,310    2,822
1996 r.......................................   119,554    24,259        5,407     18,282   10,676    7,606   95,296        6,316        6,587    21,597      6,977     34,359   19,461    2,757
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1996:Feb.....................................   118,579    24,254        5,349     18,332   10,659    7,673   94,325        6,270        6,529    21,340      6,919     33,902   19,365    2,780
      Mar....................................   118,750    24,196        5,341     18,281   10,623    7,658   94,554        6,292        6,548    21,350      6,931     34,039   19,394    2,780
      Apr....................................   118,922    24,209        5,353     18,283   10,654    7,629   94,713        6,294        6,550    21,415      6,942     34,117   19,395    2,776
      May....................................   119,332    24,263        5,384     18,303   10,679    7,624   95,069        6,309        6,567    21,485      6,964     34,285   19,459    2,776
      June...................................   119,537    24,274        5,401     18,298   10,696    7,602   95,263        6,329        6,575    21,568      6,967     34,378   19,446    2,756
      July...................................   119,772    24,264        5,427     18,267   10,680    7,587   95,508        6,333        6,585    21,671      6,987     34,448   19,484    2,752
      Aug....................................   120,052    24,298        5,437     18,291   10,711    7,580   95,754        6,342        6,603    21,672      6,999     34,532   19,606    2,739
      Sept...................................   120,050    24,257        5,449     18,241   10,675    7,566   95,793        6,337        6,619    21,702      7,009     34,607   19,519    2,739
      Oct....................................   120,311    24,284        5,464     18,254   10,684    7,570   96,027        6,338        6,643    21,803      7,026     34,709   19,508    2,731
      Nov....................................   120,492    24,319        5,491     18,262   10,694    7,568   96,173        6,350        6,651    21,857      7,038     34,780   19,497    2,733
      Dec r..................................   120,723    24,356        5,520     18,270   10,710    7,560   96,367        6,340        6,655    21,931      7,052     34,865   19,524    2,729
                                                                                                                                                                                                
1997:Jan r...................................   120,970    24,389        5,535     18,286   10,730    7,556   96,581        6,374        6,662    21,929      7,065     35,001   19,550    2,726
      Feb p..................................   121,309    24,498        5,644     18,284   10,735    7,549   96,811        6,395        6,683    21,978      7,078     35,081   19,596    2,723
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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.--Data for March 1996-
August 1996 were revised in October 
1996 to reflect revised seasonal 
adjustment factors..

    Source: Department of Labor, 
Bureau of Labor Statistics.