[Economic Indicators March, 2003]
[Page Number 14]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 
NONAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT

Total nonagricultural employment as measured by the payroll survey fell 
by 108,000 in March.
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                                                          [Thousands of wage and salary workers; \1\ monthly data seasonally adjusted]
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                                                                    Goods-producing industries                                          Service-producing industries
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                                              nonagri-                                 Manufacturing                                                                               Government
                   Period                     cultural                          ---------------------------           Transportation                       Finance,            -----------------
                                              employ-   Total \2\  Construction                      Non-     Total     and public    Wholesale   Retail  insurance,  Services
                                                ment                              Total   Durable  durable               utilities      trade     trade    and real              Total   Federal
                                                                                           goods     goods                                                  estate
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1993.......................................    110,713    23,352        4,668     18,075   10,221    7,854    87,361        5,811        5,981    19,773      6,757     30,197   18,841    2,915
1994.......................................    114,163    23,908        4,986     18,321   10,448    7,873    90,256        5,984        6,162    20,507      6,896     31,579   19,128    2,870
1995.......................................    117,191    24,265        5,160     18,524   10,683    7,841    92,925        6,132        6,378    21,187      6,806     33,117   19,305    2,822
1996 ......................................    119,608    24,493        5,418     18,495   10,789    7,706    95,115        6,253        6,482    21,597      6,911     34,454   19,419    2,757
1997.......................................    122,690    24,962        5,691     18,675   11,010    7,665    97,727        6,408        6,648    21,966      7,109     36,040   19,557    2,699
1998 ......................................    125,865    25,414        6,020     18,805   11,205    7,600   100,451        6,611        6,800    22,295      7,389     37,533   19,823    2,686
1999.......................................    128,916    25,507        6,415     18,552   11,111    7,441   103,409        6,834        6,911    22,848      7,555     39,055   20,206    2,669
2000 ......................................    131,720    25,669        6,653     18,473   11,141    7,332   106,051        7,031        6,947    23,337      7,578     40,457   20,702    2,777
2001 ......................................    131,922    24,944        6,685     17,695   10,636    7,059   106,978        7,065        6,776    23,522      7,712     40,970   20,933    2,616
2002 ......................................    130,791    23,836        6,556     16,724    9,906    6,818   106,955        6,773        6,671    23,306      7,760     41,185   21,260    2,620
 
2002:Mar ..................................    130,701    23,975        6,593     16,822    9,976    6,846   106,726        6,814        6,681    23,332      7,740     40,963   21,196    2,611
      Apr .................................    130,680    23,905        6,541     16,800    9,976    6,824   106,775        6,799        6,678    23,345      7,743     41,025   21,185    2,610
      May .................................    130,702    23,870        6,541     16,771    9,963    6,808   106,832        6,793        6,681    23,327      7,732     41,093   21,206    2,600
      June ................................    130,736    23,861        6,549     16,757    9,944    6,813   106,875        6,790        6,681    23,308      7,733     41,152   21,211    2,601
      July ................................    130,790    23,812        6,519     16,742    9,922    6,820   106,978        6,780        6,679    23,339      7,737     41,215   21,228    2,607
      Aug .................................    130,913    23,801        6,556     16,690    9,889    6,801   107,112        6,765        6,671    23,295      7,745     41,347   21,289    2,611
      Sept ................................    130,829    23,748        6,556     16,640    9,832    6,808   107,081        6,725        6,663    23,291      7,773     41,336   21,293    2,621
      Oct .................................    130,898    23,688        6,544     16,592    9,800    6,792   107,210        6,727        6,657    23,289      7,803     41,385   21,349    2,649
      Nov .................................    130,817    23,631        6,543     16,537    9,757    6,780   107,186        6,721        6,643    23,247      7,807     41,404   21,364    2,661
      Dec .................................    130,670    23,551        6,544     16,454    9,699    6,755   107,119        6,686        6,637    23,152      7,816     41,469   21,359    2,664
 
2003:Jan r.................................    130,873    23,563        6,564     16,447    9,689    6,758   107,310        6,694        6,639    23,271      7,817     41,522   21,367    2,665
      Feb r................................    130,516    23,462        6,522     16,388    9,637    6,751   107,054        6,653        6,640    23,154      7,826     41,401   21,380    2,661
      Mar p................................    130,408    23,448        6,543     16,352    9,608    6,744   106,960        6,640        6,640    23,111      7,838     41,391   21,340    2,659
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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.

    Source: Department of Labor, 
    Bureau of Labor Statistics.