[Economic Report of the President (1998)] [Administration of William J. Clinton] [Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] Table B-46.--Employees on nonagricultural payrolls, by major industry, 1950-97 [Thousands of persons; monthly data seasonally adjusted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Goods-producing industries ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Manufacturing Year or month Total Construc- ----------------------------------- Total Mining tion Durable Nondura- Total goods ble goods ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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........................ 105,209 25,125 713 5,098 19,314 11,363 7,951 1989........................ 107,884 25,254 692 5,171 19,391 11,394 7,997 1990........................ 109,403 24,905 709 5,120 19,076 11,109 7,968 1991........................ 108,249 23,745 689 4,650 18,406 10,569 7,837 1992........................ 108,601 23,231 635 4,492 18,104 10,277 7,827 1993........................ 110,713 23,352 610 4,668 18,075 10,221 7,854 1994........................ 114,163 23,908 601 4,986 18,321 10,448 7,873 1995........................ 117,191 24,265 581 5,160 18,524 10,683 7,841 1996........................ 119,523 24,431 574 5,400 18,457 10,766 7,691 1997 p...................... 122,257 24,738 573 5,627 18,538 10,915 7,622 1996: Jan................... 118,058 24,247 573 5,214 18,460 10,724 7,736 Feb................... 118,550 24,383 576 5,309 18,498 10,749 7,749 Mar................... 118,804 24,377 577 5,340 18,460 10,718 7,742 Apr................... 118,966 24,398 577 5,356 18,465 10,749 7,716 May................... 119,263 24,432 579 5,384 18,469 10,762 7,707 June.................. 119,516 24,453 577 5,408 18,468 10,778 7,690 July.................. 119,691 24,433 574 5,417 18,442 10,766 7,676 Aug................... 119,983 24,468 574 5,433 18,461 10,788 7,673 Sept.................. 120,019 24,439 571 5,441 18,427 10,771 7,656 Oct................... 120,248 24,479 570 5,467 18,442 10,780 7,662 Nov................... 120,450 24,508 571 5,495 18,442 10,791 7,651 Dec................... 120,659 24,540 571 5,521 18,448 10,803 7,645 1997: Jan................... 120,909 24,581 574 5,542 18,465 10,821 7,644 Feb................... 121,162 24,653 574 5,604 18,475 10,836 7,639 Mar................... 121,344 24,670 572 5,609 18,489 10,848 7,641 Apr................... 121,671 24,667 573 5,599 18,495 10,856 7,639 May................... 121,834 24,702 576 5,628 18,498 10,864 7,634 June.................. 122,056 24,714 574 5,622 18,518 10,891 7,627 July.................. 122,440 24,713 574 5,625 18,514 10,910 7,604 Aug................... 122,492 24,765 573 5,637 18,555 10,957 7,598 Sept.................. 122,792 24,771 576 5,642 18,553 10,952 7,601 Oct................... 123,083 24,814 574 5,650 18,590 10,985 7,605 Nov p................. 123,495 24,891 572 5,680 18,639 11,019 7,620 Dec p................. 123,865 24,980 572 5,730 18,678 11,050 7,628 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note.--Data in Tables B-46 and B-47 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-35 through B-44), which include proprietors, self-employed persons, domestic servants, See next page for continuation of table. Table B-46.--Employees on nonagricultural payrolls, by major industry, 1950-97--Continued [Thousands of persons; monthly data seasonally adjusted] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Service-producing industries ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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........................................ 80,084 5,512 6,030 19,023 6,630 25,504 17,386 2,971 14,415 1989........................................ 82,630 5,614 6,187 19,475 6,668 26,907 17,779 2,988 14,791 1990........................................ 84,497 5,777 6,173 19,601 6,709 27,934 18,304 3,085 15,219 1991........................................ 84,504 5,755 6,081 19,284 6,646 28,336 18,402 2,966 15,436 1992........................................ 85,370 5,718 5,997 19,356 6,602 29,052 18,645 2,969 15,676 1993........................................ 87,361 5,811 5,981 19,773 6,757 30,197 18,841 2,915 15,926 1994........................................ 90,256 5,984 6,162 20,507 6,896 31,579 19,128 2,870 16,258 1995........................................ 92,925 6,132 6,378 21,187 6,806 33,117 19,305 2,822 16,484 1996........................................ 95,092 6,261 6,483 21,625 6,899 34,377 19,447 2,757 16,690 1997 p...................................... 97,519 6,426 6,657 22,131 7,053 35,597 19,655 2,700 16,956 1996: Jan................................... 93,811 6,195 6,421 21,340 6,831 33,698 19,326 2,782 16,544 Feb................................... 94,167 6,203 6,429 21,393 6,848 33,938 19,356 2,782 16,574 Mar................................... 94,427 6,211 6,437 21,463 6,856 34,064 19,396 2,779 16,617 Apr................................... 94,568 6,229 6,443 21,479 6,867 34,150 19,400 2,774 16,626 May................................... 94,831 6,246 6,457 21,547 6,888 34,277 19,416 2,770 16,646 June.................................. 95,063 6,270 6,469 21,600 6,897 34,390 19,437 2,757 16,680 July.................................. 95,258 6,296 6,481 21,651 6,910 34,465 19,455 2,752 16,703 Aug................................... 95,515 6,299 6,497 21,692 6,917 34,560 19,550 2,743 16,807 Sept.................................. 95,580 6,290 6,513 21,718 6,925 34,621 19,513 2,740 16,773 Oct................................... 95,769 6,293 6,538 21,791 6,941 34,717 19,489 2,732 16,757 Nov................................... 95,942 6,303 6,549 21,847 6,949 34,800 19,494 2,732 16,762 Dec................................... 96,119 6,288 6,559 21,912 6,962 34,884 19,514 2,728 16,786 1997: Jan................................... 96,328 6,351 6,570 21,917 6,971 34,990 19,529 2,723 16,806 Feb................................... 96,509 6,376 6,593 21,922 6,980 35,091 19,547 2,716 16,831 Mar................................... 96,674 6,405 6,611 21,945 6,992 35,176 19,545 2,709 16,836 Apr................................... 97,004 6,421 6,622 22,029 7,019 35,334 19,579 2,708 16,871 May................................... 97,132 6,431 6,630 22,026 7,029 35,451 19,565 2,703 16,862 June.................................. 97,342 6,434 6,634 22,079 7,034 35,522 19,639 2,694 16,945 July.................................. 97,727 6,443 6,664 22,159 7,058 35,684 19,719 2,689 17,030 Aug................................... 97,727 6,289 6,675 22,189 7,068 35,702 19,804 2,690 17,114 Sept.................................. 98,021 6,473 6,687 22,215 7,082 35,850 19,714 2,680 17,034 Oct................................... 98,269 6,497 6,712 22,258 7,108 35,945 19,749 2,687 17,062 Nov p................................. 98,604 6,498 6,730 22,373 7,132 36,109 19,762 2,696 17,066 Dec p................................. 98,885 6,488 6,743 22,425 7,155 36,290 19,784 2,689 17,095 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.