[Economic Report of the President (2003)] [Administration of George W. Bush] [Online through the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] Table B-46.--Employees on nonagricultural payrolls, by major industry, 1955-2002 [Thousands of persons; monthly data seasonally adjusted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Goods-producing industries ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Manufacturing Year or month Total Construc- ----------------------------------- Total Mining tion Durable Nondura- Total goods ble goods ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ....................... 131,720 25,669 543 6,653 18,473 11,141 7,332 2001 ....................... 131,922 24,944 565 6,685 17,695 10,636 7,059 2002 ...................... 130,793 23,836 557 6,555 16,725 9,907 6,818 2001: Jan................... 132,382 25,546 553 6,702 18,291 11,059 7,232 Feb................... 132,457 25,491 556 6,738 18,197 11,006 7,191 Mar................... 132,461 25,441 560 6,781 18,100 10,929 7,171 Apr................... 132,243 25,249 563 6,686 18,000 10,866 7,134 May................... 132,229 25,147 566 6,714 17,867 10,769 7,098 June.................. 132,108 25,012 567 6,697 17,748 10,684 7,064 July.................. 132,045 24,907 570 6,680 17,657 10,606 7,051 Aug................... 131,966 24,776 571 6,679 17,526 10,516 7,010 Sept.................. 131,819 24,675 571 6,674 17,430 10,445 6,985 Oct................... 131,414 24,511 566 6,643 17,302 10,343 6,959 Nov................... 131,087 24,353 566 6,629 17,158 10,237 6,921 Dec................... 130,890 24,261 565 6,634 17,062 10,166 6,896 2002: Jan................... 130,871 24,130 568 6,615 16,947 10,070 6,877 Feb................... 130,706 24,041 564 6,597 16,880 10,023 6,857 Mar................... 130,701 23,975 560 6,593 16,822 9,976 6,846 Apr................... 130,680 23,905 564 6,541 16,800 9,976 6,824 May................... 130,702 23,870 558 6,541 16,771 9,963 6,808 June.................. 130,736 23,861 555 6,549 16,757 9,944 6,813 July.................. 130,790 23,812 551 6,519 16,742 9,922 6,820 Aug................... 130,913 23,801 555 6,556 16,690 9,889 6,801 Sept.................. 130,829 23,748 552 6,556 16,640 9,832 6,808 Oct .................. 130,898 23,688 552 6,544 16,592 9,800 6,792 Nov ................. 130,810 23,625 550 6,540 16,535 9,756 6,779 Dec ................. 130,709 23,566 553 6,543 16,470 9,710 6,760 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 1955-2002--Continued [Thousands of persons; monthly data seasonally adjusted] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Service-producing industries ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ....................................... 106,051 7,031 6,947 23,337 7,578 40,457 20,702 2,777 17,925 2001 ....................................... 106,978 7,065 6,776 23,522 7,712 40,970 20,933 2,616 18,317 2002 ...................................... 106,957 6,773 6,671 23,306 7,761 41,184 21,262 2,619 18,643 2001: Jan................................... 106,836 7,138 6,859 23,525 7,644 40,983 20,687 2,617 18,070 Feb................................... 106,966 7,149 6,840 23,559 7,663 40,995 20,760 2,618 18,142 Mar................................... 107,020 7,148 6,820 23,559 7,685 41,015 20,793 2,617 18,176 Apr................................... 106,994 7,137 6,804 23,559 7,697 40,970 20,827 2,618 18,209 May................................... 107,082 7,131 6,794 23,566 7,719 41,018 20,854 2,612 18,242 June.................................. 107,096 7,121 6,781 23,581 7,719 40,990 20,904 2,617 18,287 July.................................. 107,138 7,110 6,773 23,577 7,718 40,989 20,971 2,622 18,349 Aug................................... 107,190 7,088 6,762 23,553 7,728 41,061 20,998 2,624 18,374 Sept.................................. 107,144 7,044 6,747 23,509 7,739 41,062 21,043 2,622 18,421 Oct................................... 106,903 6,974 6,728 23,470 7,743 40,923 21,065 2,622 18,443 Nov................................... 106,734 6,907 6,693 23,449 7,751 40,834 21,100 2,616 18,484 Dec................................... 106,629 6,856 6,702 23,318 7,748 40,883 21,122 2,615 18,507 2002: Jan................................... 106,741 6,850 6,702 23,396 7,748 40,908 21,137 2,609 18,528 Feb................................... 106,665 6,837 6,689 23,331 7,745 40,901 21,162 2,608 18,554 Mar................................... 106,726 6,814 6,681 23,332 7,740 40,963 21,196 2,611 18,585 Apr................................... 106,775 6,799 6,678 23,345 7,743 41,025 21,185 2,610 18,575 May................................... 106,832 6,793 6,681 23,327 7,732 41,093 21,206 2,600 18,606 June.................................. 106,875 6,790 6,681 23,308 7,733 41,152 21,211 2,601 18,610 July.................................. 106,978 6,780 6,679 23,339 7,737 41,215 21,228 2,607 18,621 Aug................................... 107,112 6,765 6,671 23,295 7,745 41,347 21,289 2,611 18,678 Sept.................................. 107,081 6,725 6,663 23,291 7,773 41,336 21,293 2,621 18,672 Oct .................................. 107,210 6,727 6,657 23,289 7,803 41,385 21,349 2,649 18,700 Nov ................................. 107,185 6,718 6,643 23,249 7,810 41,400 21,365 2,658 18,707 Dec ................................. 107,143 6,691 6,637 23,145 7,818 41,473 21,379 2,659 18,720 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.