[Economic Report of the President (1996)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
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Table B-42.--Employees on nonagricultural payrolls, by major industry, 1946-95
[Thousands of persons; monthly data seasonally adjusted]
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Goods-producing industries
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Manufacturing
Year or month                               Total                                         -----------------------------------
Total      Mining    Construction                Durable   Nondurable
Total       goods       goods
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1946..............................................................      41,652      17,248         862        1,683       14,703       7,785       6,918
1947..............................................................      43,857      18,509         955        2,009       15,545       8,358       7,187
1948..............................................................      44,866      18,774         994        2,198       15,582       8,298       7,285
1949..............................................................      43,754      17,565         930        2,194       14,441       7,462       6,979

1950..............................................................      45,197      18,506         901        2,364       15,241       8,066       7,175
1951..............................................................      47,819      19,959         929        2,637       16,393       9,059       7,334
1952..............................................................      48,793      20,198         898        2,668       16,632       9,320       7,313
1953..............................................................      50,202      21,074         866        2,659       17,549      10,080       7,468
1954..............................................................      48,990      19,751         791        2,646       16,314       9,101       7,213
1955..............................................................      50,641      20,513         792        2,839       16,882       9,511       7,370
1956..............................................................      52,369      21,104         822        3,039       17,243       9,802       7,442
1957..............................................................      52,855      20,967         828        2,962       17,176       9,825       7,351
1958..............................................................      51,322      19,513         751        2,817       15,945       8,801       7,144
1959..............................................................      53,270      20,411         732        3,004       16,675       9,342       7,333

1960..............................................................      54,189      20,434         712        2,926       16,796       9,429       7,367
1961..............................................................      53,999      19,857         672        2,859       16,326       9,041       7,285
1962..............................................................      55,549      20,451         650        2,948       16,853       9,450       7,403
1963..............................................................      56,653      20,640         635        3,010       16,995       9,586       7,410
1964..............................................................      58,283      21,005         634        3,097       17,274       9,785       7,489
1965..............................................................      60,763      21,926         632        3,232       18,062      10,374       7,688
1966..............................................................      63,901      23,158         627        3,317       19,214      11,250       7,963
1967..............................................................      65,803      23,308         613        3,248       19,447      11,408       8,039
1968..............................................................      67,897      23,737         606        3,350       19,781      11,594       8,187
1969..............................................................      70,384      24,361         619        3,575       20,167      11,862       8,304

1970..............................................................      70,880      23,578         623        3,588       19,367      11,176       8,190
1971..............................................................      71,211      22,935         609        3,704       18,623      10,604       8,019
1972..............................................................      73,675      23,668         628        3,889       19,151      11,022       8,129
1973..............................................................      76,790      24,893         642        4,097       20,154      11,863       8,291
1974..............................................................      78,265      24,794         697        4,020       20,077      11,897       8,181
1975..............................................................      76,945      22,600         752        3,525       18,323      10,662       7,661
1976..............................................................      79,382      23,352         779        3,576       18,997      11,051       7,946
1977..............................................................      82,471      24,346         813        3,851       19,682      11,570       8,112
1978..............................................................      86,697      25,585         851        4,229       20,505      12,245       8,259
1979..............................................................      89,823      26,461         958        4,463       21,040      12,730       8,310

1980..............................................................      90,406      25,658       1,027        4,346       20,285      12,159       8,127
1981..............................................................      91,152      25,497       1,139        4,188       20,170      12,082       8,089
1982..............................................................      89,544      23,812       1,128        3,904       18,780      11,014       7,766
1983..............................................................      90,152      23,330         952        3,946       18,432      10,707       7,725
1984..............................................................      94,408      24,718         966        4,380       19,372      11,476       7,896
1985..............................................................      97,387      24,842         927        4,668       19,248      11,458       7,790
1986..............................................................      99,344      24,533         777        4,810       18,947      11,195       7,752
1987..............................................................     101,958      24,674         717        4,958       18,999      11,154       7,845
1988..............................................................     105,210      25,125         713        5,098       19,314      11,363       7,951
1989..............................................................     107,895      25,254         692        5,171       19,391      11,394       7,997

1990..............................................................     109,419      24,905         709        5,120       19,076      11,109       7,968
1991..............................................................     108,256      23,745         689        4,650       18,406      10,569       7,837
1992..............................................................     108,604      23,231         635        4,492       18,104      10,277       7,827
1993..............................................................     110,730      23,352         610        4,668       18,075      10,221       7,854
1994..............................................................     114,034      23,913         600        5,010       18,303      10,431       7,872
1995 p............................................................     116,609      24,228         579        5,246       18,404      10,595       7,809

1994: Jan.........................................................     112,301      23,583         612        4,820       18,151      10,307       7,844
Feb.........................................................     112,576      23,631         609        4,846       18,176      10,321       7,855
Mar.........................................................     113,087      23,725         606        4,904       18,215      10,351       7,864
Apr.........................................................     113,363      23,816         603        4,969       18,244      10,377       7,867
May.........................................................     113,638      23,837         599        4,981       18,257      10,388       7,869
June........................................................     113,943      23,905         602        5,006       18,297      10,426       7,871

July........................................................     114,171      23,922         596        5,029       18,297      10,422       7,875
Aug.........................................................     114,510      23,981         597        5,038       18,346      10,465       7,881
Sept........................................................     114,762      24,030         598        5,077       18,355      10,481       7,874
Oct.........................................................     114,935      24,081         595        5,088       18,398      10,513       7,885
Nov.........................................................     115,427      24,175         592        5,144       18,439      10,550       7,889
Dec.........................................................     115,624      24,230         592        5,166       18,472      10,574       7,898

1995: Jan.........................................................     115,810      24,293         590        5,201       18,502      10,596       7,906
Feb.........................................................     116,123      24,324         588        5,213       18,523      10,622       7,901
Mar.........................................................     116,302      24,370         589        5,256       18,525      10,633       7,892
Apr.........................................................     116,310      24,331         583        5,242       18,506      10,632       7,874
May.........................................................     116,248      24,228         582        5,190       18,456      10,611       7,845
June........................................................     116,547      24,240         582        5,230       18,428      10,597       7,831

July........................................................     116,575      24,156         577        5,226       18,353      10,569       7,784
Aug.........................................................     116,838      24,165         575        5,233       18,357      10,587       7,770
Sept........................................................     116,932      24,157         573        5,262       18,322      10,572       7,750
Oct.........................................................     117,000      24,159         571        5,287       18,301      10,565       7,736
Nov p.......................................................     117,212      24,134         567        5,295       18,272      10,553       7,719
Dec p.......................................................     117,373      24,184         566        5,302       18,316      10,613       7,703
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Note.--Data in Tables B-42 and B-43 are based on reports from employing establishments and relate to 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. Not comparable with labor force
data (Tables B-31 through B-40), which include proprietors, self-employed persons, domestic servants,

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Table B-42.--Employees on nonagricultural payrolls, by major industry, 1946-95--Continued
[Thousands of persons; monthly data seasonally adjusted]
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Service-producing industries
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Finance,                           Government
Year or month                           Transportation   Wholesale    Retail    insurance,             -----------------------------------
Total      and  public      trade       trade      and real   Services                            State and
utilities                              estate                   Total      Federal      local
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1946....................................      24,404         4,061         2,298       6,077       1,675       4,697       5,595       2,254       3,341
1947....................................      25,348         4,166         2,478       6,477       1,728       5,025       5,474       1,892       3,582
1948....................................      26,092         4,189         2,612       6,659       1,800       5,181       5,650       1,863       3,787
1949....................................      26,189         4,001         2,610       6,654       1,828       5,239       5,856       1,908       3,948

1950....................................      26,691         4,034         2,643       6,743       1,888       5,356       6,026       1,928       4,098
1951....................................      27,860         4,226         2,735       7,007       1,956       5,547       6,389       2,302       4,087
1952....................................      28,595         4,248         2,821       7,184       2,035       5,699       6,609       2,420       4,188
1953....................................      29,128         4,290         2,862       7,385       2,111       5,835       6,645       2,305       4,340
1954....................................      29,239         4,084         2,875       7,360       2,200       5,969       6,751       2,188       4,563
1955....................................      30,128         4,141         2,934       7,601       2,298       6,240       6,914       2,187       4,727
1956....................................      31,264         4,244         3,027       7,831       2,389       6,497       7,278       2,209       5,069
1957....................................      31,889         4,241         3,037       7,848       2,438       6,708       7,616       2,217       5,399
1958....................................      31,811         3,976         2,989       7,761       2,481       6,765       7,839       2,191       5,648
1959....................................      32,857         4,011         3,092       8,035       2,549       7,087       8,083       2,233       5,850

1960....................................      33,755         4,004         3,153       8,238       2,628       7,378       8,353       2,270       6,083
1961....................................      34,142         3,903         3,142       8,195       2,688       7,619       8,594       2,279       6,315
1962....................................      35,098         3,906         3,207       8,359       2,754       7,982       8,890       2,340       6,550
1963....................................      36,013         3,903         3,258       8,520       2,830       8,277       9,225       2,358       6,868
1964....................................      37,278         3,951         3,347       8,812       2,911       8,660       9,596       2,348       7,248
1965....................................      38,839         4,036         3,477       9,239       2,977       9,036      10,074       2,378       7,696
1966....................................      40,743         4,158         3,608       9,637       3,058       9,498      10,784       2,564       8,220
1967....................................      42,495         4,268         3,700       9,906       3,185      10,045      11,391       2,719       8,672
1968....................................      44,158         4,318         3,791      10,308       3,337      10,567      11,839       2,737       9,102
1969....................................      46,023         4,442         3,919      10,785       3,512      11,169      12,195       2,758       9,437

1970....................................      47,302         4,515         4,006      11,034       3,645      11,548      12,554       2,731       9,823
1971....................................      48,276         4,476         4,014      11,338       3,772      11,797      12,881       2,696      10,185
1972....................................      50,007         4,541         4,127      11,822       3,908      12,276      13,334       2,684      10,649
1973....................................      51,897         4,656         4,291      12,315       4,046      12,857      13,732       2,663      11,068
1974....................................      53,471         4,725         4,447      12,539       4,148      13,441      14,170       2,724      11,446
1975....................................      54,345         4,542         4,430      12,630       4,165      13,892      14,686       2,748      11,937
1976....................................      56,030         4,582         4,562      13,193       4,271      14,551      14,871       2,733      12,138
1977....................................      58,125         4,713         4,723      13,792       4,467      15,302      15,127       2,727      12,399
1978....................................      61,113         4,923         4,985      14,556       4,724      16,252      15,672       2,753      12,919
1979....................................      63,363         5,136         5,221      14,972       4,975      17,112      15,947       2,773      13,174

1980....................................      64,748         5,146         5,292      15,018       5,160      17,890      16,241       2,866      13,375
1981....................................      65,655         5,165         5,375      15,171       5,298      18,615      16,031       2,772      13,259
1982....................................      65,732         5,081         5,295      15,158       5,340      19,021      15,837       2,739      13,098
1983....................................      66,821         4,952         5,283      15,587       5,466      19,664      15,869       2,774      13,096
1984....................................      69,690         5,156         5,568      16,512       5,684      20,746      16,024       2,807      13,216
1985....................................      72,544         5,233         5,727      17,315       5,948      21,927      16,394       2,875      13,519
1986....................................      74,811         5,247         5,761      17,880       6,273      22,957      16,693       2,899      13,794
1987....................................      77,284         5,362         5,848      18,422       6,533      24,110      17,010       2,943      14,067
1988....................................      80,086         5,514         6,030      19,023       6,630      25,504      17,386       2,971      14,415
1989....................................      82,642         5,625         6,187      19,475       6,668      26,907      17,779       2,988      14,791

1990....................................      84,514         5,793         6,173      19,601       6,709      27,934      18,304       3,085      15,219
1991....................................      84,511         5,762         6,081      19,284       6,646      28,336      18,402       2,966      15,436
1992....................................      85,373         5,721         5,997      19,356       6,602      29,052      18,645       2,969      15,676
1993....................................      87,378         5,829         5,981      19,773       6,757      30,197      18,841       2,915      15,926
1994....................................      90,121         6,006         6,140      20,437       6,933      31,488      19,118       2,870      16,247
1995 p..................................      92,381         6,194         6,323      20,840       6,949      32,796      19,279       2,821      16,457

1994: Jan...............................      88,718         5,904         6,053      20,086       6,895      30,798      18,982       2,896      16,086
Feb...............................      88,945         5,929         6,069      20,170       6,912      30,880      18,985       2,892      16,093
Mar...............................      89,362         5,952         6,090      20,305       6,929      31,057      19,029       2,884      16,145
Apr...............................      89,547         5,903         6,106      20,339       6,937      31,207      19,055       2,881      16,174
May...............................      89,801         5,994         6,118      20,356       6,935      31,305      19,093       2,873      16,220
June..............................      90,038         6,008         6,131      20,408       6,946      31,442      19,103       2,866      16,237

July..............................      90,249         6,022         6,138      20,459       6,947      31,573      19,110       2,864      16,246
Aug...............................      90,529         6,045         6,163      20,497       6,948      31,693      19,183       2,861      16,322
Sept..............................      90,732         6,048         6,181      20,565       6,942      31,789      19,207       2,863      16,344
Oct...............................      90,854         6,061         6,195      20,580       6,935      31,888      19,195       2,858      16,337
Nov...............................      91,252         6,092         6,210      20,703       6,937      32,035      19,275       2,854      16,421
Dec...............................      91,394         6,121         6,229      20,759       6,931      32,135      19,219       2,853      16,366

1995: Jan...............................      91,517         6,129         6,251      20,760       6,927      32,228      19,222       2,838      16,384
Feb...............................      91,799         6,156         6,275      20,794       6,929      32,404      19,241       2,831      16,410
Mar...............................      91,932         6,175         6,287      20,760       6,938      32,524      19,248       2,828      16,420
Apr...............................      91,979         6,184         6,300      20,762       6,924      32,548      19,261       2,826      16,435
May...............................      92,020         6,177         6,298      20,747       6,925      32,630      19,243       2,831      16,412
June..............................      92,307         6,192         6,320      20,798       6,930      32,784      19,283       2,838      16,445

July..............................      92,419         6,195         6,333      20,851       6,938      32,820      19,282       2,834      16,448
Aug...............................      92,673         6,217         6,340      20,837       6,947      32,986      19,346       2,825      16,521
Sept..............................      92,775         6,206         6,346      20,899       6,957      33,047      19,320       2,812      16,508
Oct...............................      92,841         6,217         6,359      20,897       6,977      33,076      19,315       2,801      16,514
Nov p.............................      93,078         6,240         6,373      20,989       6,991      33,185      19,300       2,800      16,500
Dec p.............................      93,189         6,251         6,393      20,969       7,001      33,250      19,325       2,794      16,531
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Note (cont'd).--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. For description and details of the various establishment data, see
``Employment and Earnings.''

Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.