[Economic Report of the President (1999)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]



POPULATION, EMPLOYMENT, WAGES, AND PRODUCTIVITY


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Table B-46.--Employees on nonagricultural payrolls, by major industry, 1950-98
[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........................     119,608      24,493         580       5,418      18,495      10,789       7,706
1997........................     122,690      24,934         592       5,686      18,657      10,987       7,670
1998p.......................     125,833      25,256         575       5,965      18,716      11,098       7,618

1997:Jan....................     121,146      24,716         588       5,571      18,557      10,874       7,683
Feb.....................     121,457      24,793         591       5,629      18,573      10,894       7,679
Mar.....................     121,779      24,852         591       5,654      18,607      10,921       7,686
Apr.....................     122,092      24,856         591       5,652      18,613      10,933       7,680
May.....................     122,325      24,883         593       5,670      18,620      10,941       7,679
June....................     122,534      24,903         593       5,668      18,642      10,966       7,676

July....................     122,811      24,923         593       5,682      18,648      10,988       7,660
Aug.....................     122,894      24,972         592       5,699      18,681      11,028       7,653
Sept....................     123,280      24,993         594       5,713      18,686      11,030       7,656
Oct.....................     123,568      25,032         592       5,722      18,718      11,060       7,658
Nov.....................     123,944      25,099         591       5,750      18,758      11,094       7,664
Dec.....................     124,289      25,193         592       5,810      18,791      11,118       7,673

1998:Jan....................     124,640      25,297         592       5,881      18,824      11,154       7,670
Feb.....................     124,832      25,314         590       5,902      18,822      11,159       7,663
Mar.....................     124,914      25,276         587       5,860      18,829      11,166       7,663
Apr.....................     125,234      25,339         582       5,930      18,827      11,170       7,657
May.....................     125,562      25,301         579       5,917      18,805      11,156       7,649
June....................     125,751      25,304         578       5,946      18,780      11,144       7,636

July....................     125,869      25,135         571       5,970      18,594      10,989       7,605
Aug.....................     126,191      25,253         571       5,989      18,693      11,106       7,587
Sept....................     126,363      25,241         568       5,981      18,692      11,090       7,602
Oct.....................     126,527      25,209         564       6,012      18,633      11,059       7,574
Novp....................     126,778      25,184         560       6,054      18,570      11,010       7,560
Decp....................     127,156      25,272         557       6,158      18,557      10,997       7,560
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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, 1950-98--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      16,257
1995........................................      92,925       6,132       6,378      21,187       6,806      33,117      19,305       2,822      16,484
1996........................................      95,115       6,253       6,482      21,597       6,911      34,454      19,419       2,757      16,662
1997........................................      97,756       6,395       6,648      22,011       7,091      36,040      19,570       2,699      16,870
1998p.......................................     100,577       6,551       6,825      22,474       7,341      37,525      19,862       2,684      17,178

1997:Jan....................................      96,430       6,334       6,565      21,833       7,002      35,246      19,450       2,720      16,730
Feb.....................................      96,664       6,356       6,587      21,831       7,016      35,411      19,463       2,715      16,748
Mar.....................................      96,927       6,379       6,605      21,897       7,030      35,550      19,466       2,709      16,757
Apr.....................................      97,236       6,393       6,615      21,937       7,053      35,734      19,504       2,707      16,797
May.....................................      97,442       6,399       6,626      21,952       7,064      35,887      19,514       2,704      16,810
June....................................      97,631       6,405       6,632      21,987       7,072      35,992      19,543       2,697      16,846

July....................................      97,888       6,411       6,655      21,987       7,095      36,148      19,592       2,691      16,901
Aug.....................................      97,922       6,264       6,671      22,043       7,110      36,225      19,609       2,691      16,918
Sept....................................      98,287       6,435       6,679      22,078       7,125      36,363      19,607       2,684      16,923
Oct.....................................      98,536       6,453       6,697      22,105       7,151      36,484      19,646       2,690      16,956
Nov.....................................      98,845       6,456       6,711      22,206       7,172      36,638      19,662       2,689      16,973
Dec.....................................      99,096       6,451       6,731      22,245       7,194      36,795      19,680       2,688      16,992

1998:Jan....................................      99,343       6,473       6,759      22,280       7,213      36,932      19,686       2,670      17,016
Feb.....................................      99,518       6,494       6,769      22,283       7,232      37,020      19,720       2,676      17,044
Mar.....................................      99,638       6,504       6,783      22,259       7,258      37,106      19,728       2,671      17,057
Apr.....................................      99,895       6,513       6,798      22,335       7,289      37,196      19,764       2,674      17,090
May.....................................     100,261       6,534       6,815      22,423       7,311      37,350      19,828       2,671      17,157
June....................................     100,447       6,538       6,821      22,448       7,333      37,494      19,813       2,674      17,139

July....................................     100,734       6,550       6,827      22,547       7,370      37,614      19,826       2,672      17,154
Aug.....................................     100,938       6,570       6,838      22,545       7,372      37,691      19,922       2,683      17,239
Sept....................................     101,122       6,579       6,862      22,592       7,393      37,768      19,928       2,687      17,241
Oct.....................................     101,318       6,595       6,864      22,589       7,417      37,905      19,948       2,713      17,235
Novp....................................     101,594       6,609       6,875      22,654       7,439      38,041      19,976       2,712      17,264
Decp....................................     101,884       6,641       6,882      22,707       7,467      38,152      20,035       2,691      17,344
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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.