[Economic Report of the President (2000)]
[Administration of William J. Clinton]
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Table B-44.--Employees on nonagricultural payrolls, by major industry, 1950-99
[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      24,962         596       5,691      18,675      11,010       7,665
1998........................     125,826      25,347         590       5,985      18,772      11,170       7,602
1999.......................     128,610      25,240         535       6,273      18,432      10,986       7,446

1998:Jan....................     124,580      25,355         606       5,879      18,870      11,219       7,651
Feb.....................     124,773      25,366         606       5,885      18,875      11,229       7,646
Mar.....................     124,961      25,367         605       5,879      18,883      11,237       7,646
Apr.....................     125,220      25,418         600       5,943      18,875      11,238       7,637
May.....................     125,478      25,379         595       5,932      18,852      11,225       7,627
June....................     125,689      25,381         593       5,962      18,826      11,210       7,616

July....................     125,808      25,240         588       5,990      18,662      11,066       7,596
Aug.....................     126,170      25,344         585       6,005      18,754      11,177       7,577
Sept....................     126,361      25,333         583       6,009      18,741      11,159       7,582
Oct.....................     126,567      25,306         578       6,042      18,686      11,128       7,558
Nov.....................     126,841      25,298         574       6,085      18,639      11,092       7,547
Dec.....................     127,186      25,354         570       6,173      18,611      11,074       7,537

1999:Jan....................     127,378      25,315         560       6,170      18,585      11,050       7,535
Feb.....................     127,730      25,329         553       6,238      18,538      11,027       7,511
Mar.....................     127,813      25,285         550       6,232      18,503      11,014       7,489
Apr.....................     128,134      25,288         538       6,277      18,473      10,993       7,480
May.....................     128,162      25,199         531       6,239      18,429      10,971       7,458
June....................     128,443      25,180         526       6,258      18,396      10,960       7,436

July....................     128,816      25,247         528       6,270      18,449      11,015       7,434
Aug.....................     128,945      25,148         524       6,246      18,378      10,975       7,403
Sept....................     129,048      25,186         527       6,293      18,366      10,959       7,407
Oct.....................     129,332      25,198         528       6,314      18,356      10,952       7,404
Nov....................     129,554      25,260         527       6,369      18,364      10,958       7,406
Dec....................     129,869      25,277         529       6,385      18,363      10,959       7,404
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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,

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Table B-44.--Employees on nonagricultural payrolls, by major industry, 1950-99--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........................................      97,727       6,408       6,648      21,966       7,109      36,040      19,557       2,699      16,857
1998........................................     100,480       6,600       6,831      22,296       7,407      37,526      19,819       2,686      17,133
1999.......................................     103,370       6,791       7,003      22,784       7,633      38,999      20,160       2,669      17,491

1998:Jan....................................      99,225       6,505       6,755      22,142       7,258      36,905      19,660       2,680      16,980
Feb.....................................      99,407       6,528       6,767      22,149       7,282      37,003      19,678       2,677      17,001
Mar.....................................      99,594       6,545       6,780      22,155       7,317      37,103      19,694       2,674      17,020
Apr.....................................      99,802       6,559       6,798      22,177       7,348      37,194      19,726       2,675      17,051
May.....................................     100,099       6,577       6,814      22,237       7,374      37,334      19,763       2,675      17,088
June....................................     100,308       6,589       6,826      22,257       7,400      37,460      19,776       2,677      17,099

July....................................     100,568       6,606       6,836      22,321       7,430      37,576      19,799       2,675      17,124
Aug.....................................     100,826       6,625       6,846      22,353       7,445      37,688      19,869       2,688      17,181
Sept....................................     101,028       6,637       6,871      22,382       7,467      37,780      19,891       2,689      17,202
Oct.....................................     101,261       6,657       6,876      22,392       7,494      37,929      19,913       2,711      17,202
Nov.....................................     101,543       6,671       6,891      22,443       7,520      38,070      19,948       2,723      17,225
Dec.....................................     101,832       6,684       6,901      22,525       7,542      38,207      19,973       2,701      17,272

1999:Jan....................................     102,063       6,708       6,924      22,556       7,570      38,313      19,992       2,702      17,290
Feb.....................................     102,401       6,723       6,937      22,648       7,581      38,458      20,054       2,713      17,341
Mar.....................................     102,528       6,732       6,947      22,611       7,595      38,556      20,087       2,710      17,377
Apr.....................................     102,846       6,750       6,965      22,724       7,611      38,697      20,099       2,688      17,411
May.....................................     102,963       6,758       6,977      22,748       7,621      38,782      20,077       2,666      17,411
June....................................     103,263       6,781       6,993      22,796       7,636      38,952      20,105       2,664      17,441

July....................................     103,569       6,799       7,012      22,903       7,647      39,055      20,153       2,656      17,497
Aug.....................................     103,797       6,813       7,031      22,888       7,650      39,205      20,210       2,651      17,559
Sept....................................     103,862       6,831       7,041      22,862       7,653      39,257      20,218       2,654      17,564
Oct.....................................     104,134       6,841       7,064      22,891       7,668      39,433      20,237       2,643      17,594
Nov....................................     104,294       6,860       7,066      22,887       7,678      39,545      20,258       2,646      17,612
Dec....................................     104,592       6,892       7,082      22,952       7,690      39,654      20,322       2,652      17,670
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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.