[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]
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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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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
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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,

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Table B-46.--Employees on nonagricultural payrolls, by major industry, 1950-97--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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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
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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.