[Economic Report of the President (2003)]
[Administration of George W. Bush]
[Online through the Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]


 
Table B-46.--Employees on nonagricultural payrolls, by major industry, 1955-2002
[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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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
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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, 1955-2002--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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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
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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.