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Table B-44.--Employees on nonagricultural payrolls, by major industry, 1948-96
[Thousands of persons; monthly data seasonally adjusted]
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Goods-producing industries
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Manufacturing
Year or month            Total                             Construc- -----------------------------------
Total      Mining       tion                   Durable    Nondura-
Total       goods     ble goods
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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........................     114,172      23,908         601       4,986      18,321      10,448       7,873
1995........................     117,203      24,206         580       5,158      18,468      10,654       7,814
1996p.......................     119,549      24,258         570       5,405      18,282      10,676       7,606

1995:Jan....................     116,250      24,269         593       5,132      18,544      10,632       7,912
Feb.....................     116,502      24,281         587       5,137      18,557      10,657       7,900
Mar.....................     116,701      24,282         588       5,134      18,560      10,674       7,886
Apr.....................     116,861      24,276         585       5,136      18,555      10,679       7,876
May.....................     116,907      24,217         582       5,116      18,519      10,668       7,851
June....................     117,100      24.212         580       5,139      18,493      10,655       7,838

July....................     117,201      24,171         578       5,146      18,447      10,647       7,800
Aug.....................     117,499      24,179         576       5,164      18,439      10,653       7,786
Sept....................     117,623      24,176         574       5,187      18,415      10,648       7,767
Oct.....................     117,749      24,151         573       5,200      18,378      10,631       7,747
Nov.....................     117,899      24,133         569       5,211      18,353      10,628       7,725
Dec.....................     118,136      24,160         570       5,223      18,367      10,667       7,700

1996:Jan....................     118,070      24,112         569       5,234      18,309      10,643       7,666
Feb.....................     118,579      24,254         573       5,349      18,332      10,659       7,673
Mar.....................     118,750      24,196         574       5,341      18,281      10,623       7,658
Apr.....................     118,922      24,209         573       5,353      18,283      10,654       7,629
May.....................     119,332      24,263         576       5,384      18,303      10,679       7,624
June....................     119,537      24,274         575       5,401      18,298      10,696       7,602

July....................     119,772      24,264         570       5,427      18,267      10,680       7,587
Aug.....................     120,052      24,298         570       5,437      18,291      10,711       7,580
Sept....................     120,050      24,257         567       5,449      18,241      10,675       7,566
Oct.....................     120,311      24,284         566       5,464      18,254      10,684       7,570
Novp....................     120,438      24,308         567       5,487      18,254      10,690       7,564
Decp....................     120,700      24,348         565       5,510      18,273      10,708       7,565
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Note.--Data in Tables B-44 and B-45 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-33 through B-42),
which include proprietors, self-employed persons, domestic servants,

See next page for continuation of table.


Table B-44.--Employees on nonagricultural payrolls, by major industry, 1948-96--Continued
[Thousands of persons; monthly data seasonally adjusted]
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Service-producing industries
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Transpor-                           Finance,                           Government
Year or month                             tation and   Wholesale    Retail    insurance,             -----------------------------------
Total       public      trade       trade      and real   Services                            State and
utilities                            estate                   Total      Federal      local
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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........................................      90,264       5,993       6,162      20,507       6,896      31,579      19,128       2,870      16,258
1995........................................      92,997       6,165       6,412      21,173       6,830      33,107      19,310       2,822      16,489
1996p.......................................      95,291       6,318       6,587      21,591       6,977      34,360      19,459       2,757      16,703

1995:Jan....................................      91,981       6,094       6,312      21,005       6,823      32,492      19,255       2,842      16,413
Feb.....................................      92,221       6,114       6,341      21,048       6,812      32,644      19,262       2,835      16,427
Mar.....................................      92,419       6,125       6,360      21,056       6,809      32,798      19,271       2,831      16,440
Apr.....................................      92,585       6,134       6,374      21,115       6,806      32,867      19,289       2,830      16,459
May.....................................      92,690       6,139       6,389      21,119       6,807      32,947      19,289       2,831      16,458
June....................................      92,888       6,152       6,408      21,179       6,810      33,038      19,301       2,831      16,470

July....................................      93,030       6,160       6,427      21,196       6,821      33,106      19,320       2,825      16,495
Aug.....................................      93,320       6,187       6,437      21,225       6,833      33,269      19,369       2,822      16,547
Sept....................................      93,447       6,194       6,451      21,258       6,842      33,377      19,325       2,812      16,513
Oct.....................................      93,598       6,212       6,465      21,263       6,859      33,460      19,339       2,801      16,538
Nov.....................................      93,766       6,233       6,478      21,300       6,871      33,546      19,338       2,796      16,542
Dec.....................................      93,976       6,249       6,498      21,334       6,887      33,661      19,347       2,790      16,557

1996:Jan....................................      93,958       6,254       6,512      21,268       6,894      33,694      19,336       2,783      16,553
Feb.....................................      94,325       6,270       6,529      21,340       6,919      33,902      19,365       2,780      16,585
Mar.....................................      94,554       6,292       6,548      21,350       6,931      34,039      19,394       2,780      16,614
Apr.....................................      94,713       6,294       6,550      21,415       6,942      34,117      19,395       2,776      16,619
May.....................................      95,069       6,309       6,567      21,485       6,964      34,285      19,459       2,776      16,683
June....................................      95,263       6,329       6,575      21,568       6,967      34,378      19,446       2,756      16,690

July....................................      95,508       6,333       6,585      21,671       6,987      34,448      19,484       2,752      16,732
Aug.....................................      95,754       6,342       6,603      21,672       6,999      34,532      19,606       2,739      16,867
Sept....................................      95,793       6,337       6,619      21,702       7,009      34,607      19,519       2,739      16,780
Oct.....................................      96,027       6,338       6,643      21,803       7,026      34,709      19,508       2,731      16,777
Novp....................................      96,130       6,355       6,648      21,835       7,036      34,771      19,485       2,732      16,753
Decp....................................      96,352       6,360       6,657      21,883       7,053      34,883      19,516       2,720      16,796
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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.