[Economic Report of the President (2001)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-46.--Employees on nonagricultural payrolls, by major industry, 1950-2000
[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........................     125,865      25,414         590       6,020      18,805      11,205       7,600
1999 .......................     128,786      25,482         535       6,404      18,543      11,103       7,440

1999: Jan...................     127,463      25,470         557       6,246      18,667      11,139       7,528
Feb...................     127,883      25,514         551       6,337      18,626      11,127       7,499
Mar...................     128,054      25,479         549       6,328      18,602      11,123       7,479
Apr...................     128,282      25,493         539       6,380      18,574      11,106       7,468
May...................     128,377      25,436         532       6,364      18,540      11,091       7,449
June..................     128,630      25,432         529       6,388      18,515      11,083       7,432

July..................     128,898      25,488         528       6,408      18,552      11,125       7,427
Aug...................     129,057      25,430         526       6,401      18,503      11,097       7,406
Sept..................     129,265      25,460         527       6,439      18,494      11,090       7,404
Oct...................     129,523      25,483         529       6,470      18,484      11,083       7,401
Nov...................     129,788      25,527         527       6,516      18,484      11,085       7,399
Dec...................     130,038      25,561         530       6,552      18,479      11,087       7,392

2000: Jan...................     130,387      25,677         530       6,652      18,495      11,099       7,396
Feb...................     130,482      25,624         533       6,618      18,473      11,088       7,385
Mar...................     131,009      25,738         536       6,726      18,476      11,094       7,382
Apr...................     131,419      25,725         539       6,694      18,492      11,104       7,388
May...................     131,590      25,684         539       6,666      18,479      11,106       7,373
June..................     131,647      25,700         539       6,668      18,493      11,120       7,373

July..................     131,607      25,756         538       6,670      18,548      11,161       7,387
Aug...................     131,528      25,644         537       6,675      18,432      11,087       7,345
Sept..................     131,723      25,639         539       6,720      18,380      11,052       7,328
Oct .................     131,800      25,660         541       6,742      18,377      11,053       7,324
Nov .................     131,894      25,656         542       6,736      18,378      11,068       7,310
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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, 1950-2000--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........................................     100,451       6,611       6,800      22,295       7,389      37,533      19,823       2,686      17,137
1999 .......................................     103,304       6,826       6,924      22,788       7,569      39,027      20,170       2,669      17,502

1999: Jan...................................     101,993       6,736       6,847      22,560       7,518      38,330      20,002       2,700      17,302
Feb...................................     102,369       6,755       6,870      22,662       7,524      38,483      20,075       2,710      17,365
Mar...................................     102,575       6,772       6,877      22,702       7,536      38,589      20,099       2,705      17,394
Apr...................................     102,789       6,782       6,892      22,744       7,546      38,718      20,107       2,684      17,423
May...................................     102,941       6,797       6,898      22,763       7,559      38,821      20,103       2,664      17,439
June..................................     103,198       6,817       6,905      22,810       7,573      38,970      20,123       2,662      17,461

July..................................     103,410       6,834       6,927      22,833       7,583      39,070      20,163       2,656      17,507
Aug...................................     103,627       6,848       6,946      22,841       7,590      39,191      20,211       2,655      17,556
Sept..................................     103,805       6,866       6,962      22,844       7,589      39,321      20,223       2,655      17,568
Oct...................................     104,040       6,875       6,973      22,863       7,599      39,482      20,248       2,647      17,601
Nov...................................     104,261       6,898       6,989      22,893       7,604      39,606      20,271       2,646      17,625
Dec...................................     104,477       6,911       7,002      22,936       7,613      39,707      20,308       2,646      17,662

2000: Jan...................................     104,710       6,925       7,005      22,973       7,612      39,844      20,351       2,663      17,688
Feb...................................     104,858       6,937       7,011      22,978       7,624      39,914      20,394       2,700      17,694
Mar...................................     105,271       6,953       7,033      23,027       7,621      40,090      20,547       2,816      17,731
Apr...................................     105,694       6,970       7,055      23,197       7,610      40,195      20,667       2,885      17,782
May...................................     105,906       6,962       7,048      23,064       7,600      40,220      21,012       3,238      17,774
June..................................     105,947       6,985       7,049      23,122       7,588      40,401      20,802       3,092      17,710

July..................................     105,851       7,010       7,050      23,196       7,586      40,403      20,606       2,819      17,787
Aug...................................     105,884       6,941       7,062      23,191       7,608      40,572      20,510       2,657      17,853
Sept..................................     106,084       7,037       7,070      23,179       7,622      40,685      20,491       2,627      17,864
Oct .................................     106,140       7,046       7,088      23,190       7,637      40,685      20,494       2,625      17,869
Nov .................................     106,238       7,062       7,102      23,236       7,648      40,750      20,440       2,612      17,828
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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.