[Economic Report of the President (2002)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-46.--Employees on nonagricultural payrolls, by major industry, 1954-2001
[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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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 .......................     128,916      25,507         539       6,415      18,552      11,111       7,441

2000 .......................     131,759      25,709         543       6,698      18,469      11,138       7,331
2001 ......................     132,210      25,121         563       6,861      17,697      10,637       7,059

2000: Jan...................     130,668      25,663         534       6,643      18,486      11,104       7,382
Feb...................     130,843      25,656         535       6,624      18,497      11,116       7,381
Mar...................     131,441      25,792         535       6,728      18,529      11,143       7,386
Apr...................     131,683      25,722         539       6,666      18,517      11,138       7,379
May...................     131,909      25,683         542       6,648      18,493      11,136       7,357
June..................     131,969      25,727         543       6,663      18,521      11,168       7,353

July..................     131,899      25,774         542       6,678      18,554      11,207       7,347
Aug...................     131,837      25,727         543       6,699      18,485      11,172       7,313
Sept..................     132,046      25,696         547       6,728      18,421      11,129       7,292
Oct...................     132,145      25,713         551       6,758      18,404      11,126       7,278
Nov...................     132,279      25,711         548       6,781      18,382      11,120       7,262
Dec...................     132,367      25,688         548       6,791      18,349      11,102       7,247

2001: Jan...................     132,428      25,633         550       6,826      18,257      11,031       7,226
Feb...................     132,595      25,627         555       6,880      18,192      10,997       7,195
Mar...................     132,654      25,602         557       6,929      18,116      10,941       7,175
Apr...................     132,489      25,421         560       6,852      18,009      10,870       7,139
May...................     132,530      25,324         564       6,881      17,879      10,778       7,101
June..................     132,431      25,186         565       6,864      17,757      10,692       7,065

July..................     132,449      25,122         567       6,867      17,688      10,624       7,064
Aug...................     132,395      24,963         569       6,861      17,533      10,523       7,010
Sept..................     132,230      24,888         569       6,871      17,448      10,460       6,988
Oct ..................     131,782      24,746         569       6,852      17,325      10,363       6,962
Nov .................     131,411      24,577         568       6,849      17,160      10,242       6,918
Dec .................     131,287      24,444         563       6,854      17,027      10,147       6,880
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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,

See next page for continuation of table.


Table B-46.--Employees on nonagricultural payrolls, by major industry, 1954-2001--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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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 .......................................     103,409       6,834       6,911      22,848       7,555      39,055      20,206       2,669      17,538

2000 .......................................     106,050       7,019       7,024      23,307       7,560      40,460      20,681       2,777      17,903
2001 ......................................     107,089       7,069       7,014      23,484       7,624      41,024      20,874       2,616      18,258

2000: Jan...................................     105,005       6,945       6,973      23,156       7,573      39,908      20,450       2,661      17,789
Feb...................................     105,187       6,961       6,974      23,186       7,575      40,004      20,487       2,700      17,787
Mar...................................     105,649       6,986       6,995      23,266       7,567      40,188      20,647       2,815      17,832
Apr...................................     105,961       6,996       7,000      23,334       7,558      40,318      20,755       2,886      17,869
May...................................     106,226       6,997       7,006      23,247       7,550      40,312      21,114       3,240      17,874
June..................................     106,242       7,015       7,019      23,280       7,541      40,447      20,940       3,101      17,839

July..................................     106,125       7,034       7,030      23,311       7,536      40,495      20,719       2,820      17,899
Aug...................................     106,110       6,963       7,037      23,348       7,549      40,613      20,600       2,653      17,947
Sept..................................     106,350       7,062       7,042      23,371       7,556      40,736      20,583       2,623      17,960
Oct...................................     106,432       7,076       7,059      23,380       7,569      40,767      20,581       2,622      17,959
Nov...................................     106,568       7,093       7,070      23,395       7,575      40,845      20,590       2,620      17,970
Dec...................................     106,679       7,108       7,068      23,406       7,582      40,901      20,614       2,613      18,001

2001: Jan...................................     106,795       7,106       7,067      23,415       7,594      40,984      20,629       2,613      18,016
Feb...................................     106,968       7,123       7,064      23,472       7,609      41,020      20,680       2,615      18,065
Mar...................................     107,052       7,127       7,066      23,457       7,618      41,073      20,711       2,613      18,098
Apr...................................     107,068       7,119       7,053      23,530       7,626      40,993      20,747       2,615      18,132
May...................................     107,206       7,130       7,038      23,546       7,644      41,078      20,770       2,612      18,158
June..................................     107,245       7,118       7,022      23,561       7,631      41,085      20,828       2,621      18,207

July..................................     107,327       7,108       7,017      23,606       7,618      41,046      20,932       2,626      18,306
Aug...................................     107,432       7,082       7,010      23,583       7,623      41,129      21,005       2,622      18,383
Sept..................................     107,342       7,070       6,988      23,536       7,633      41,134      20,981       2,627      18,354
Oct ..................................     107,036       7,016       6,971      23,422       7,634      40,995      20,998       2,625      18,373
Nov .................................     106,834       6,948       6,944      23,410       7,637      40,886      21,009       2,606      18,403
Dec .................................     106,843       6,912       6,934      23,333       7,634      40,958      21,072       2,614      18,458
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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.