Transmission of material in this release is embargoed USDL-11-0129 until 8:30 a.m. (EST) Friday, February 4, 2011 Technical information: Household data: (202) 691-6378 * cpsinfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/cps Establishment data: (202) 691-6555 * cesinfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/ces Media contact: (202) 691-5902 * PressOffice@bls.gov THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- JANUARY 2011 The unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage point to 9.0 percent in January, while nonfarm payroll employment changed little (+36,000), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment rose in manufacturing and in retail trade but was down in construction and in transportation and warehousing. Employment in most other major industries changed little over the month. ________________________________________________________________ | | | Changes to The Employment Situation Tables and Data | | | |Changes to The Employment Situation news release tables are | |being introduced with this release. In addition, establishment | |survey data have been revised as a result of the annual bench- | |marking process and the updating of seasonal adjustment factors.| |Also, household survey data for January 2011 reflect updated | |population estimates. See the notes at the end of the news | |release for more information about these changes. | |________________________________________________________________| Household Survey Data The unemployment rate (9.0 percent) declined by 0.4 percentage point for the second month in a row. (See table A-1.) The number of unemployed persons decreased by about 600,000 in January to 13.9 million, while the labor force was unchanged. (Based on data adjusted for updated population controls. See table C.) Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (8.8 percent), whites (8.0 percent), and Hispanics (11.9 percent) declined in January. The unemployment rates for adult women (7.9 percent), teenagers (25.7 percent), and blacks (15.7 percent) were little changed. The jobless rate for Asians was 6.9 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) The number of job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs fell from 8.9 to 8.5 million in January. The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) edged down to 6.2 million and accounted for 43.8 percent of the unemployed. (See tables A-11 and A- 12.) After accounting for the annual adjustment to the population controls, the employment-population ratio (58.4 percent) rose in January, and the labor force participation rate (64.2 percent) was unchanged. (See tables A-1 and C.) The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) declined from 8.9 to 8.4 million in January. These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job. (See table A-8.) In January, 2.8 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, up from 2.5 million a year earlier. (These data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. (See table A-16.) Among the marginally attached, there were 1.0 million discouraged workers in January, about the same as a year earlier. (These data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.8 million persons marginally attached to the labor force had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-16.) Establishment Survey Data Total nonfarm payroll employment changed little in January (+36,000). Manufacturing and retail trade added jobs over the month, while employment declined in construction and in transportation and warehousing. Since a recent low in February 2010, total payroll employment has increased by an average of 93,000 per month. (See table B-1.) Manufacturing added 49,000 jobs in January. Over the month, job gains occurred in durable goods, including motor vehicles and parts (+20,000), fabricated metal products (+13,000), machinery (+10,000), and computer and electronic products (+5,000). Employment in nondurable goods manufacturing declined by 13,000 over the month. Employment in retail trade rose by 28,000 in January, after changing little in December. Retail trade has added 123,000 jobs since its recent low point in December 2009. In January, employment in clothing stores increased by 15,000. Health care employment continued to trend up over the month (+11,000). Over the prior 12 months, health care had added an average of 22,000 jobs per month. In January, construction employment declined by 32,000. Within construction, there were job losses among nonresidential specialty trade contractors (-22,000) and in construction of buildings (-10,000). Employment in construction may have been impacted by severe winter weather affecting parts of the country during the survey reference period. (See the Frequently Asked Questions.) Transportation and warehousing employment fell by 38,000 in January, reflecting a sharp decline among couriers and messengers (-45,000). Couriers and messengers had an unusually large job gain in December, followed by layoffs of a similar magnitude in January. Within professional and business services, employment in temporary help services was little changed in January (-11,000). Temporary help had added an average of 25,000 jobs per month over the prior 12 months. The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.1 hour to 34.2 hours in January. The manufacturing workweek for all employees rose by 0.1 hour to 40.5 hours, while factory overtime remained at 3.1 hours. The average workweek for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls declined by 0.1 hour to 33.4 hours; the workweek fell by 1.0 hour in construction, likely reflecting severe winter weather. (See tables B-2 and B-7.) In January, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by 8 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $22.86. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased by 1.9 percent. In January, average hourly earnings of private-sector production and nonsupervisory employees rose by 10 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $19.34. (See tables B-3 and B-8.) The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for November was revised from +71,000 to +93,000, and the change for December was revised from +103,000 to +121,000. Monthly revisions result from additional sample reports and the monthly recalculation of seasonal factors. The annual benchmark process also contributed to these revisions. _____________ The Employment Situation for February is scheduled to be released on Friday, March 4, 2011, at 8:30 a.m. (EST). ___________________________________________________________________________ | | | Changes to Household Survey Data | | | |Effective with this release, two additional data series--"Self-employed | |workers, unincorporated" and "Self-employed workers, incorporated"--have | |been added to table A-9. | | | |Also, in table A-8, the data series currently labeled "Self-employed work- | |ers" (one for Agriculture and related industries and one for Nonagricul- | |tural industries) have been renamed "Self-employed workers, unincorpor- | |ated." This is strictly a change in title and not in definition; the data | |shown were not be affected. This change was made to clarify that these data| |only include persons operating unincorporated businesses. A similar title | |change was made to one data series in table A-14. | | | |In addition, a change affecting data collected on unemployment duration | |was introduced in the household survey in January 2011. Previously, the | |Current Population Survey could record unemployment durations of up to 2 | |years. Starting with data collected for January 2011, the survey can record| |unemployment durations of up to 5 years. This change affects one data | |series in this news release: the average (mean) duration of unemployment, | |which is found in table A-12. The change does not affect the estimate of | |total unemployment or other data series on duration of unemployment. Add- | |itional information is available at www.bls.gov/cps/duration.htm. | | | |Beginning with data for January 2011, occupation estimates in table A-13 | |reflect the introduction of the 2010 Census occupation classification | |system into the household survey. This occupation classification system is | |derived from the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification system. Histor- | |ical data have not been revised. | |___________________________________________________________________________| Revisions to Establishment Survey Data In accordance with annual practice, the establishment survey data have been revised to reflect comprehensive universe counts of payroll jobs, or benchmarks. These counts are derived principally from unemployment insur- ance tax records for March 2010. As a result of the benchmark process, all not seasonally adjusted data series were subject to revision from April 2009 forward, the time period since the last benchmark was established. In addition, with this release, the seasonally adjusted establishment survey data from January 2006 forward were subject to revision due to the introduction of updated seasonal adjustment factors. Table A presents revised total nonfarm employment data on a seasonally ad- justed basis for January through December 2010. The revised data for April 2010 forward incorporate the effect of applying the rate of change measured by the sample to the new benchmark level, as well as updated net business birth/death model adjustments and new seasonal adjustment factors. The November and December 2010 revisions also reflect the routine incorporation of additional sample receipts into the November final and December second preliminary estimates. The total nonfarm employment level for March 2010 was revised downward by 378,000 (411,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis). The previously published level for December 2010 was revised downward by 452,000 (483,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis). An article that discusses the benchmark and post-benchmark revisions, as well as all revised historical Current Employment Statistics (CES) data, can be accessed through the CES homepage at www.bls.gov/ces/. Information on the revisions released today also may be obtained by calling (202) 691-6555. Table A. Revisions in total nonfarm employment, January-December 2010, seasonally adjusted (In thousands) _______________________________________________________________________ | | | Level | Over-the-month change |---------------------|--------------------------------- Year and month| As | | As | | |previously| As |previously| As | Difference |published | revised |published | revised | _______________|__________|__________|__________|__________|___________ | | | | | 2010 | | | | | January........| 129,602 | 129,281 | 14 | -39 | -53 February.......| 129,641 | 129,246 | 39 | -35 | -74 March..........| 129,849 | 129,438 | 208 | 192 | -16 April..........| 130,162 | 129,715 | 313 | 277 | -36 May............| 130,594 | 130,173 | 432 | 458 | 26 June...........| 130,419 | 129,981 | -175 | -192 | -17 July...........| 130,353 | 129,932 | -66 | -49 | 17 August.........| 130,352 | 129,873 | -1 | -59 | -58 September......| 130,328 | 129,844 | -24 | -29 | -5 October........| 130,538 | 130,015 | 210 | 171 | -39 November.......| 130,609 | 130,108 | 71 | 93 | 22 December (p)...| 130,712 | 130,229 | 103 | 121 | 18 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- p = preliminary. Adjustments to Population Estimates for the Household Survey Effective with data for January 2011, updated population estimates have been used in the household survey. Population estimates for the household survey are devel- oped by the U.S. Census Bureau. Each year, the Census Bureau updates the estimates to reflect new information and assumptions about the growth of the population during the decade. The change in population reflected in the new estimates results from adjustments for net international migration, updated vital statistics and other information, and some methodological changes in the estimation process. The population control adjustments introduced with household survey data for January 2011 were applied to the population base determined by Census 2000. The results from Census 2010 will not be incorporated into the household survey pop- ulation controls until the release of data for January 2012. In accordance with usual practice, BLS will not revise the official household survey estimates for December 2010 and earlier months. To show the impact of the population adjustment, however, differences in selected December 2010 labor force series based on the old and new population estimates are shown in table B. The adjustment decreased the estimated size of the civilian noninstitutional population in December by 347,000, the civilian labor force by 504,000, and employment by 472,000; the new population estimates had a negligible impact on unemployment rates and most other percentage estimates. Data users are cautioned that these annual pop- ulation adjustments affect the comparability of household data series over time. Estimates of large levels, such as total labor force and employment, are impacted most. Table C shows the effect of the introduction of new population estimates on the changes in selected labor force measures between December 2010 and January 2011. Additional information on the population adjustments and their effect on national labor force estimates are available at www.bls.gov/cps/cps11adj.pdf. Table B. Effect of the updated population controls on December 2010 estimates by sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, not seasonally adjusted (Numbers in thousands) ____________________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | Black | | | | | | | or | | Hispanic |Total| Men | Women| White| African| Asian | or Latino Category | | | | |American| | ethnicity | | | | | | | _____________________________________|_____|_____|______|______|________|_______|___________ | | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population.|-347 | 10 | -357 | -328 | 19 | -24 | -269 Civilian labor force...............|-504 |-302 | -203 | -482 | 7 | -24 | -236 Participation rate...............| -.1 | -.3 | .0 | -.1 | .0 | -.1 | -.2 Employed..........................|-472 |-285 | -187 | -450 | 6 | -23 | -220 Employment-population ratio......| -.1 | -.3 | .0 | -.1 | .0 | -.1 | -.2 Unemployed........................|- 32 | -17 | -15 | -32 | 2 | -2 | -16 Unemployment rate. ..............| .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .1 Not in the labor force | 157 | 312 | -155 | 153 | 11 | 1 | -33 _____________________________________|_____|_____|______|______|________|_______|___________ NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Table C. December 2010-January 2011 changes in selected labor force measures, with adjustments for population control effects (Numbers in thousands) ____________________________________________________________________________ | | | | | | Dec.-Jan. | Dec.-Jan. | 2011 | change, | change | population | after re- Category | as | control | moving the | published | effect | population | | | control | | | effect (1) _____________________________________|___________|____________|_____________ | | | | | | Civilian noninstitutional population.| -185 | -347 | 162 Civilian labor force...............| -504 | -504 | 0 Participation rate...............| -.1 | -.1 | .0 Employed..........................| 117 | -472 | 589 Employment-population ratio......| .1 | -.1 | .2 Unemployed........................| -622 | -32 | -590 Unemployment rate...............| -.4 | .0 | -.4 Not in the labor force | 319 | 157 | 162 _____________________________________|___________|____________|_____________ 1 This Dec.-Jan. change is calculated by subtracting the population control effect from the published over-the-month change.

HOUSEHOLD DATA

Summary table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Category Jan.

2010 Nov.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 Change from:

Dec.

2010-

Jan.

2011 Employment status Civilian noninstitutional population 236,832 238,715 238,889 238,704 - Civilian labor force 153,353 153,950 153,690 153,186 - Participation rate 64.8 64.5 64.3 64.2 - Employed 138,511 138,909 139,206 139,323 - Employment-population ratio 58.5 58.2 58.3 58.4 - Unemployed 14,842 15,041 14,485 13,863 - Unemployment rate 9.7 9.8 9.4 9.0 - Not in labor force 83,479 84,765 85,199 85,518 - Unemployment rates Total, 16 years and over 9.7 9.8 9.4 9.0 - Adult men (20 years and over) 10.0 9.9 9.4 8.8 - Adult women (20 years and over) 7.8 8.3 8.1 7.9 - Teenagers (16 to 19 years) 26.2 24.5 25.4 25.7 - White 8.7 8.9 8.5 8.0 - Black or African American 16.4 16.0 15.8 15.7 - Asian (not seasonally adjusted) 8.4 7.6 7.2 6.9 - Hispanic or Latino ethnicity 12.5 13.2 13.0 11.9 - Total, 25 years and over 8.2 8.4 8.1 7.6 - Less than a high school diploma 15.1 15.7 15.3 14.2 - High school graduates, no college 10.1 10.0 9.8 9.4 - Some college or associate degree 8.5 8.7 8.1 8.0 - Bachelor's degree and higher 4.8 5.1 4.8 4.2 - Reason for unemployment Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs 9,287 9,471 8,923 8,519 - Job leavers 908 864 914 910 - Reentrants 3,603 3,427 3,408 3,357 - New entrants 1,210 1,269 1,311 1,351 - Duration of unemployment Less than 5 weeks 2,915 2,824 2,725 2,678 - 5 to 14 weeks 3,346 3,336 3,184 3,016 - 15 to 26 weeks 2,614 2,515 2,205 2,285 - 27 weeks and over 6,302 6,328 6,441 6,210 - Employed persons at work part time Part time for economic reasons 8,367 8,960 8,931 8,407 - Slack work or business conditions 5,831 6,025 6,011 5,771 - Could only find part-time work 2,271 2,557 2,568 2,510 - Part time for noneconomic reasons 18,521 18,326 18,184 17,929 - Persons not in the labor force (not seasonally adjusted) Marginally attached to the labor force 2,539 2,531 2,609 2,800 - Discouraged workers 1,065 1,282 1,318 993 - - December - January changes in household data are not shown due to the introduction of updated population controls.

NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.



ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Summary table B. Establishment data, seasonally adjusted

Category Jan.

2010 Nov.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 EMPLOYMENT BY SELECTED INDUSTRY

(Over-the-month change, in thousands) Total nonfarm -39 93 121 36 Total private -42 128 139 50 Goods-producing -48 8 -7 18 Mining and logging 5 1 -4 1 Construction -62 -8 -17 -32 Manufacturing 9 15 14 49 Durable goods 15 16 14 62 Motor vehicles and parts 24.3 -1.9 -2.3 20.4 Nondurable goods -6 -1 0 -13 Private service-providing 6 120 146 32 Wholesale trade -21.3 8.3 4.6 9.2 Retail trade 35.1 -15.6 2.8 27.5 Transportation and warehousing -39.5 22.1 48.6 -38.0 Information -5 2 0 -1 Financial activities -16 -1 0 -10 Professional and business services 31 85 54 31 Temporary help services 56.6 26.8 38.1 -11.4 Education and health services 19 37 23 13 Health care and social assistance 12.4 30.9 27.9 12.9 Leisure and hospitality -1 -15 8 -3 Other services 3 -2 3 5 Government 3 -35 -18 -14 WOMEN AND PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES

AS A PERCENT OF ALL EMPLOYEES Total nonfarm women employees 50.0 49.7 49.6 49.6 Total private women employees 48.5 48.2 48.2 48.2 Total private production and nonsupervisory employees 82.4 82.4 82.4 82.4 HOURS AND EARNINGS

ALL EMPLOYEES Total private Average weekly hours 34.0 34.2 34.3 34.2 Average hourly earnings $22.44 $22.76 $22.78 $22.86 Average weekly earnings $762.96 $778.39 $781.35 $781.81 Index of aggregate weekly hours (2007=100) 91.0 92.4 92.8 92.6 Over-the-month percent change 0.2 -0.2 0.4 -0.2 Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2007=100) 97.4 100.3 100.8 100.9 Over-the-month percent change 0.5 -0.2 0.5 0.1 HOURS AND EARNINGS

PRODUCTION AND NONSUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES Total private Average weekly hours 33.3 33.5 33.5 33.4 Average hourly earnings $18.91 $19.24 $19.24 $19.34 Average weekly earnings $629.70 $644.54 $644.54 $645.96 Index of aggregate weekly hours (2002=100) 97.9 99.5 99.6 99.3 Over-the-month percent change 0.3 0.1 0.1 -0.3 Index of aggregate weekly payrolls (2002=100) 123.7 127.9 128.0 128.3 Over-the-month percent change 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.2 DIFFUSION INDEX

(Over 1-month span) Total private 46.1 57.7 59.4 59.4 Manufacturing 38.9 58.0 61.7 69.1 NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2010 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.



Frequently Asked Questions about Employment and Unemployment Estimates Why are there two monthly measures of employment? The household survey and establishment survey both produce sample-based estimates of employment and both have strengths and limitations. The establishment survey employment series has a smaller margin of error on the measurement of month-to-month change than the household survey because of its much larger sample size. An over-the-month employment change of about 100,000 is statistically significant in the establishment survey, while the threshold for a statistically significant change in the household survey is about 400,000. However, the household survey has a more expansive scope than the establishment survey because it includes the self-employed, unpaid family workers, agricultural workers, and private household workers, who are excluded by the establishment survey. The household survey also provides estimates of employment for demographic groups. Are undocumented immigrants counted in the surveys? It is likely that both surveys include at least some undocumented immigrants. However, neither the establishment nor the household survey is designed to identify the legal status of workers. Therefore, it is not possible to de- termine how many are counted in either survey. The establishment survey does not collect data on the legal status of workers. The household survey does include questions which identify the foreign and native born, but it does not include questions about the legal status of the foreign born. Why does the establishment survey have revisions? The establishment survey revises published estimates to improve its data series by incorporating additional information that was not available at the time of the initial publication of the estimates. The establishment survey revises its initial monthly estimates twice, in the immediately suc- ceeding 2 months, to incorporate additional sample receipts from respondents in the survey and recalculated seasonal adjustment factors. For more informa- tion on the monthly revisions, please visit www.bls.gov/ces/cesrevinfo.htm. On an annual basis, the establishment survey incorporates a benchmark revi- sion that re-anchors estimates to nearly complete employment counts available from unemployment insurance tax records. The benchmark helps to control for sampling and modeling errors in the estimates. For more information on the annual benchmark revision, please visit www.bls.gov/web/cesbmart.htm. Does the establishment survey sample include small firms? Yes; about 40 percent of the establishment survey sample is comprised of busi- ness establishments with fewer than 20 employees. The establishment survey sam- ple is designed to maximize the reliability of the total nonfarm employment estimate; firms from all size classes and industries are appropriately sampled to achieve that goal. Does the establishment survey account for employment from new businesses? Yes; monthly establishment survey estimates include an adjustment to account for the net employment change generated by business births and deaths. The adjustment comes from an econometric model that forecasts the monthly net jobs impact of business births and deaths based on the actual past values of the net impact that can be observed with a lag from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. The establishment survey uses modeling rather than sam- pling for this purpose because the survey is not immediately able to bring new businesses into the sample. There is an unavoidable lag between the birth of a new firm and its appearance on the sampling frame and availability for selection. BLS adds new businesses to the survey twice a year. Is the count of unemployed persons limited to just those people receiving unemployment insurance benefits? No; the estimate of unemployment is based on a monthly sample survey of house- holds. All persons who are without jobs and are actively seeking and available to work are included among the unemployed. (People on temporary layoff are in- cluded even if they do not actively seek work.) There is no requirement or ques- tion relating to unemployment insurance benefits in the monthly survey. Does the official unemployment rate exclude people who have stopped looking for work? Yes; however, there are separate estimates of persons outside the labor force who want a job, including those who have stopped looking because they believe no jobs are available (discouraged workers). In addition, alternative measures of labor underutilization (some of which include discouraged workers and other groups not officially counted as unemployed) are published each month in The Employment Situation news release. How can unusually severe weather affect employment and hours estimates? In the establishment survey, severe weather is likely to have more of an impact on hours than employment. In order for severe weather conditions to reduce the esti- mate of payroll employment, employees have to be off work for the entire pay period that includes the 12th of the month and not be paid. About half of all employees in the payroll survey have a 2-week, semi-monthly, or monthly pay period. Employees who receive pay for any part of the pay period, even 1 hour, are counted in the payroll employment figures. While some persons may be off payrolls during the pay period due to severe weather, others, such as those dealing with cleanup and repair activities, may be added to payrolls. Hours are impacted to the extent that time away from work is unpaid. In the household survey, the reference period is the calendar week (generally) in- cluding the 12th of the month. People who miss the entire week’s work for weather- related events are counted as employed whether or not they are paid for the time off. The household survey collects data on the number of people who usually work full time but had reduced hours, or had a job but were not at work due to bad weather. Current and historical data are available on the household survey’s most requested statistics page at http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ln.

Technical Note This news release presents statistics from two major surveys, the Current Population Survey (household survey) and the Current Employ- ment Statistics survey (establishment survey). The household survey provides information on the labor force, employment, and unemploy- ment that appears in the "A" tables, marked HOUSEHOLD DATA. It is a sample survey of about 60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Cen- sus Bureau for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The establishment survey provides information on employment, hours, and earnings of employees on nonfarm payrolls; the data appear in the "B" tables, marked ESTABLISHMENT DATA. BLS collects these data each month from the payroll records of a sample of nonagricultural busi- ness establishments. The sample includes about 140,000 businesses and government agencies representing approximately 410,000 worksites and is drawn from a sampling frame of roughly 8.9 million unemployment in- surance tax accounts. The active sample includes approximately one- third of all nonfarm payroll employees. For both surveys, the data for a given month relate to a particular week or pay period. In the household survey, the reference period is generally the calendar week that contains the 12th day of the month. In the establishment survey, the reference period is the pay period including the 12th, which may or may not correspond directly to the calendar week. Coverage, definitions, and differences between surveys Household survey. The sample is selected to reflect the entire civilian noninstitutional population. Based on responses to a series of questions on work and job search activities, each person 16 years and over in a sample household is classified as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor force. People are classified as employed if they did any work at all as paid employees during the reference week; worked in their own business, profession, or on their own farm; or worked without pay at least 15 hours in a family business or farm. People are also counted as employ- ed if they were temporarily absent from their jobs because of illness, bad weather, vacation, labor-management disputes, or personal reasons. People are classified as unemployed if they meet all of the follow- ing criteria: they had no employment during the reference week; they were available for work at that time; and they made specific efforts to find employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons laid off from a job and expecting recall need not be looking for work to be counted as unemployed. The unemployment data derived from the household survey in no way depend upon the eli- gibility for or receipt of unemployment insurance benefits. The civilian labor force is the sum of employed and unemployed per- sons. Those not classified as employed or unemployed are not in the labor force. The unemployment rate is the number unemployed as a per- cent of the labor force. The labor force participation rate is the labor force as a percent of the population, and the employment-popula- tion ratio is the employed as a percent of the population. Additional information about the household survey can be found at www.bls.gov/ cps/documentation.htm. Establishment survey. The sample establishments are drawn from pri- vate nonfarm businesses such as factories, offices, and stores, as well as from federal, state, and local government entities. Employees on nonfarm payrolls are those who received pay for any part of the reference pay period, including persons on paid leave. Persons are counted in each job they hold. Hours and earnings data are produced for the private sector for all employees and for production and nonsu- pervisory employees. Production and nonsupervisory employees are defin- ed as production and related employees in manufacturing and mining and logging, construction workers in construction, and nonsupervisory em- ployees in private service-providing industries. Industries are classified on the basis of an establishment’s princi- pal activity in accordance with the 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System. Additional information about the estab- lishment survey can be found at www.bls.gov/ces/#technical. Differences in employment estimates. The numerous conceptual and methodological differences between the household and establishment surveys result in important distinctions in the employment estimates derived from the surveys. Among these are: --The household survey includes agricultural workers, the self- employed, unpaid family workers, and private household workers among the employed. These groups are excluded from the establishment survey. --The household survey includes people on unpaid leave among the employed. The establishment survey does not. --The household survey is limited to workers 16 years of age and older. The establishment survey is not limited by age. --The household survey has no duplication of individuals, because individuals are counted only once, even if they hold more than one job. In the establishment survey, employees working at more than one job and thus appearing on more than one payroll are counted separately for each appearance. Seasonal adjustment Over the course of a year, the size of the nation's labor force and the levels of employment and unemployment undergo regularly occurring fluctuations. These events may result from seasonal changes in weather, major holidays, and the opening and closing of schools. The effect of such seasonal variation can be very large. Because these seasonal events follow a more or less regular pattern each year, their influence on the level of a series can be tempered by adjusting for regular seasonal variation. These adjustments make non- seasonal developments, such as declines in employment or increases in the participation of women in the labor force, easier to spot. For example, in the household survey, the large number of youth entering the labor force each June is likely to obscure any other changes that have taken place relative to May, making it difficult to determine if the level of economic activity has risen or declined. Similarly, in the establishment survey, payroll employment in education declines by about 20 percent at the end of the spring term and later rises with the start of the fall term, obscuring the underlying employment trends in the industry. Because seasonal employment changes at the end and beginning of the school year can be estimated, the statistics can be adjusted to make underlying employment patterns more discernable. The seasonally adjusted figures provide a more useful tool with which to analyze changes in month-to-month economic activity. Many seasonally adjusted series are independently adjusted in both the household and establishment surveys. However, the adjusted series for many major estimates, such as total payroll employment, employment in most major sectors, total employment, and unemployment are computed by aggregating independently adjusted component series. For example, total unemployment is derived by summing the adjusted series for four major age-sex components; this differs from the unemployment estimate that would be obtained by directly adjusting the total or by combining the duration, reasons, or more detailed age categories. For both the household and establishment surveys, a concurrent seasonal adjustment methodology is used in which new seasonal factors are calculated each month using all relevant data, up to and including the data for the current month. In the household survey, new seasonal factors are used to adjust only the current month's data. In the es- tablishment survey, however, new seasonal factors are used each month to adjust the three most recent monthly estimates. The prior 2 months are routinely revised to incorporate additional sample reports and re- calculated seasonal adjustment factors. In both surveys, 5-year revi- sions to historical data are made once a year. Reliability of the estimates Statistics based on the household and establishment surveys are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error. When a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed, there is a chance that the sample estimates may differ from the "true" population values they represent. The exact difference, or sampling error, varies depending on the particular sample selected, and this variability is measured by the standard error of the estimate. There is about a 90-percent chance, or level of confidence, that an estimate based on a sample will differ by no more than 1.6 standard errors from the "true" population value because of sampling error. BLS analyses are generally conducted at the 90-percent level of confidence. For example, the confidence interval for the monthly change in total nonfarm employment from the establishment survey is on the order of plus or minus 100,0001. Suppose the estimate of nonfarm employment increases by 50,000 from one month to the next. The 90-percent confi- dence interval on the monthly change would range from -50,000 to +150,000 (50,000 +/- 100,0002). These figures do not mean that the sample results are off by these magnitudes, but rather that there is about a 90-percent chance that the "true" over-the-month change lies within this interval. Since this range includes values of less than zero, we could not say with confidence that nonfarm employment had, in fact, increased that month. If, however, the reported nonfarm employ- ment rise was 250,000, then all of the values within the 90-percent confidence interval would be greater than zero. In this case, it is likely (at least a 90-percent chance) that nonfarm employment had, in fact, risen that month. At an unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, the 90-percent confidence interval for the monthly change in unemploy- ment as measured by the household survey is about +/- 280,000, and for the monthly change in the unemployment rate it is about +/-0.19 per- centage point. In general, estimates involving many individuals or establishments have lower standard errors (relative to the size of the estimate) than estimates which are based on a small number of observations. The pre- cision of estimates also is improved when the data are cumulated over time, such as for quarterly and annual averages. The household and establishment surveys are also affected by nonsampling error, which can occur for many reasons, including the failure to sample a segment of the population, inability to obtain information for all respondents in the sample, inability or unwill- ingness of respondents to provide correct information on a timely basis, mistakes made by respondents, and errors made in the collec- tion or processing of the data. For example, in the establishment survey, estimates for the most recent 2 months are based on incomplete returns; for this reason, these estimates are labeled preliminary in the tables. It is only after two successive revisions to a monthly estimate, when nearly all sample reports have been received, that the estimate is consi- dered final. Another major source of nonsampling error in the establishment survey is the inability to capture, on a timely basis, employment generated by new firms. To correct for this systematic underestima- tion of employment growth, an estimation procedure with two compo- nents is used to account for business births. The first component excludes employment losses from business deaths from sample-based estimation in order to offset the missing employment gains from business births. This is incorporated into the sample-based esti- mation procedure by simply not reflecting sample units going out of business, but imputing to them the same employment trend as the other firms in the sample. This procedure accounts for most of the net birth/death employment. The second component is an ARIMA time series model designed to estimate the residual net birth/death employment not accounted for by the imputation. The historical time series used to create and test the ARIMA model was derived from the unemployment insurance universe micro-level database, and reflects the actual residual net of births and deaths over the past 5 years. The sample-based estimates from the establishment survey are ad- justed once a year (on a lagged basis) to universe counts of payroll employment obtained from administrative records of the unemployment insurance program. The difference between the March sample-based em- ployment estimates and the March universe counts is known as a bench- mark revision, and serves as a rough proxy for total survey error. The new benchmarks also incorporate changes in the classification of industries. Over the past decade, absolute benchmark revisions for total nonfarm employment have averaged 0.3 percent, with a range from -0.7 to 0.6 percent. Other information Information in this release will be made available to sensory im- paired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339.

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Table A-1. Employment status of the civilian population by sex and age [Numbers in thousands] Employment status, sex, and age Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Jan.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 Jan.

2010 Sept.

2010 Oct.

2010 Nov.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 TOTAL Civilian noninstitutional population 236,832 238,889 238,704 236,832 238,322 238,530 238,715 238,889 238,704 Civilian labor force 152,957 153,156 152,536 153,353 154,124 153,960 153,950 153,690 153,186 Participation rate 64.6 64.1 63.9 64.8 64.7 64.5 64.5 64.3 64.2 Employed 136,809 139,159 137,599 138,511 139,378 139,084 138,909 139,206 139,323 Employment-population ratio 57.8 58.3 57.6 58.5 58.5 58.3 58.2 58.3 58.4 Unemployed 16,147 13,997 14,937 14,842 14,746 14,876 15,041 14,485 13,863 Unemployment rate 10.6 9.1 9.8 9.7 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.4 9.0 Not in labor force 83,876 85,733 86,168 83,479 84,198 84,570 84,765 85,199 85,518 Persons who currently want a job 6,108 6,212 6,643 5,912 6,236 6,279 6,248 6,471 6,410 Men, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population 114,648 115,731 115,828 114,648 115,433 115,542 115,640 115,731 115,828 Civilian labor force 81,238 81,504 81,103 81,456 82,165 82,000 81,986 81,845 81,544 Participation rate 70.9 70.4 70.0 71.0 71.2 71.0 70.9 70.7 70.4 Employed 71,216 73,226 72,307 72,667 73,594 73,470 73,337 73,600 73,800 Employment-population ratio 62.1 63.3 62.4 63.4 63.8 63.6 63.4 63.6 63.7 Unemployed 10,021 8,278 8,796 8,789 8,571 8,530 8,649 8,245 7,744 Unemployment rate 12.3 10.2 10.8 10.8 10.4 10.4 10.5 10.1 9.5 Not in labor force 33,410 34,228 34,725 33,191 33,268 33,542 33,653 33,886 34,284 Men, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population 105,998 107,216 107,203 105,998 106,887 107,007 107,114 107,216 107,203 Civilian labor force 78,451 78,780 78,346 78,386 79,289 79,016 78,980 78,906 78,506 Participation rate 74.0 73.5 73.1 74.0 74.2 73.8 73.7 73.6 73.2 Employed 69,337 71,235 70,360 70,525 71,559 71,365 71,130 71,480 71,589 Employment-population ratio 65.4 66.4 65.6 66.5 66.9 66.7 66.4 66.7 66.8 Unemployed 9,113 7,545 7,986 7,861 7,729 7,651 7,849 7,426 6,917 Unemployment rate 11.6 9.6 10.2 10.0 9.7 9.7 9.9 9.4 8.8 Not in labor force 27,548 28,436 28,857 27,612 27,599 27,991 28,134 28,310 28,698 Women, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population 122,185 123,158 122,876 122,185 122,889 122,988 123,075 123,158 122,876 Civilian labor force 71,719 71,653 71,433 71,897 71,959 71,960 71,964 71,845 71,642 Participation rate 58.7 58.2 58.1 58.8 58.6 58.5 58.5 58.3 58.3 Employed 65,593 65,933 65,292 65,844 65,784 65,613 65,572 65,605 65,523 Employment-population ratio 53.7 53.5 53.1 53.9 53.5 53.3 53.3 53.3 53.3 Unemployed 6,126 5,719 6,141 6,053 6,175 6,346 6,392 6,240 6,119 Unemployment rate 8.5 8.0 8.6 8.4 8.6 8.8 8.9 8.7 8.5 Not in labor force 50,466 51,505 51,443 50,288 50,930 51,028 51,112 51,313 51,234 Women, 20 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population 113,796 114,894 114,637 113,796 114,596 114,704 114,801 114,894 114,637 Civilian labor force 68,991 68,999 68,842 68,958 69,082 69,018 69,151 69,027 68,839 Participation rate 60.6 60.1 60.1 60.6 60.3 60.2 60.2 60.1 60.0 Employed 63,437 63,809 63,300 63,549 63,562 63,400 63,385 63,428 63,392 Employment-population ratio 55.7 55.5 55.2 55.8 55.5 55.3 55.2 55.2 55.3 Unemployed 5,553 5,190 5,542 5,409 5,520 5,618 5,766 5,599 5,447 Unemployment rate 8.0 7.5 8.1 7.8 8.0 8.1 8.3 8.1 7.9 Not in labor force 44,806 45,895 45,795 44,838 45,514 45,687 45,651 45,867 45,798 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian noninstitutional population 17,038 16,780 16,863 17,038 16,839 16,819 16,800 16,780 16,863 Civilian labor force 5,515 5,378 5,348 6,009 5,754 5,927 5,820 5,757 5,841 Participation rate 32.4 32.0 31.7 35.3 34.2 35.2 34.6 34.3 34.6 Employed 4,034 4,116 3,939 4,438 4,256 4,319 4,393 4,298 4,341 Employment-population ratio 23.7 24.5 23.4 26.0 25.3 25.7 26.2 25.6 25.7 Unemployed 1,481 1,262 1,409 1,572 1,497 1,607 1,426 1,460 1,500 Unemployment rate 26.9 23.5 26.3 26.2 26.0 27.1 24.5 25.4 25.7 Not in labor force 11,522 11,402 11,516 11,028 11,085 10,893 10,980 11,022 11,022 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.



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Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age [Numbers in thousands] Employment status, race, sex, and age Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Jan.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 Jan.

2010 Sept.

2010 Oct.

2010 Nov.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 WHITE Civilian noninstitutional population 191,454 192,749 192,516 191,454 192,391 192,527 192,641 192,749 192,516 Civilian labor force 124,498 124,309 123,696 124,735 125,333 124,914 124,824 124,700 124,192 Participation rate 65.0 64.5 64.3 65.2 65.1 64.9 64.8 64.7 64.5 Employed 112,546 114,035 112,754 113,940 114,433 113,975 113,728 114,079 114,197 Employment-population ratio 58.8 59.2 58.6 59.5 59.5 59.2 59.0 59.2 59.3 Unemployed 11,952 10,274 10,942 10,795 10,899 10,940 11,096 10,620 9,995 Unemployment rate 9.6 8.3 8.8 8.7 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.5 8.0 Not in labor force 66,956 68,439 68,820 66,719 67,058 67,612 67,817 68,049 68,325 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force 64,877 64,978 64,551 64,814 65,579 65,215 65,088 65,041 64,673 Participation rate 74.5 73.9 73.5 74.4 74.8 74.3 74.1 74.0 73.6 Employed 57,937 59,280 58,584 58,917 59,759 59,425 59,137 59,484 59,586 Employment-population ratio 66.5 67.4 66.7 67.6 68.1 67.7 67.3 67.7 67.8 Unemployed 6,940 5,698 5,968 5,897 5,820 5,790 5,951 5,557 5,086 Unemployment rate 10.7 8.8 9.2 9.1 8.9 8.9 9.1 8.5 7.9 Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force 55,135 54,927 54,728 55,017 54,961 54,846 54,953 54,914 54,686 Participation rate 60.4 59.7 59.6 60.2 59.8 59.7 59.7 59.7 59.6 Employed 51,202 51,261 50,791 51,265 51,000 50,835 50,817 50,920 50,878 Employment-population ratio 56.1 55.7 55.3 56.1 55.5 55.3 55.2 55.3 55.4 Unemployed 3,933 3,667 3,937 3,752 3,961 4,012 4,136 3,994 3,808 Unemployment rate 7.1 6.7 7.2 6.8 7.2 7.3 7.5 7.3 7.0 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force 4,486 4,404 4,417 4,904 4,793 4,853 4,783 4,746 4,833 Participation rate 34.5 34.4 34.3 37.7 37.3 37.8 37.3 37.1 37.5 Employed 3,406 3,494 3,380 3,758 3,674 3,715 3,775 3,676 3,732 Employment-population ratio 26.2 27.3 26.2 28.9 28.6 29.0 29.5 28.7 29.0 Unemployed 1,080 910 1,037 1,146 1,119 1,138 1,008 1,070 1,100 Unemployment rate 24.1 20.7 23.5 23.4 23.3 23.4 21.1 22.5 22.8 BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN Civilian noninstitutional population 28,526 28,896 28,947 28,526 28,794 28,831 28,865 28,896 28,947 Civilian labor force 17,702 17,835 17,757 17,765 17,777 17,946 18,020 17,958 17,857 Participation rate 62.1 61.7 61.3 62.3 61.7 62.2 62.4 62.1 61.7 Employed 14,643 15,120 14,819 14,843 14,920 15,127 15,142 15,119 15,048 Employment-population ratio 51.3 52.3 51.2 52.0 51.8 52.5 52.5 52.3 52.0 Unemployed 3,059 2,715 2,938 2,922 2,857 2,818 2,878 2,839 2,809 Unemployment rate 17.3 15.2 16.5 16.4 16.1 15.7 16.0 15.8 15.7 Not in labor force 10,824 11,061 11,190 10,761 11,017 10,885 10,845 10,939 11,090 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force 8,017 8,079 8,070 7,978 8,066 8,072 8,099 8,106 8,054 Participation rate 69.6 68.8 68.5 69.3 69.1 69.0 69.1 69.1 68.3 Employed 6,451 6,758 6,589 6,569 6,661 6,763 6,753 6,764 6,723 Employment-population ratio 56.0 57.6 55.9 57.0 57.1 57.8 57.6 57.6 57.1 Unemployed 1,565 1,321 1,481 1,409 1,405 1,309 1,346 1,341 1,331 Unemployment rate 19.5 16.4 18.4 17.7 17.4 16.2 16.6 16.5 16.5 Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force 8,998 9,141 9,086 9,036 9,101 9,173 9,228 9,204 9,146 Participation rate 62.8 62.9 62.5 63.1 62.9 63.3 63.6 63.3 62.9 Employed 7,803 7,998 7,911 7,846 7,948 7,998 8,017 7,993 7,966 Employment-population ratio 54.5 55.0 54.4 54.8 54.9 55.2 55.2 55.0 54.8 Unemployed 1,194 1,143 1,175 1,190 1,152 1,176 1,211 1,211 1,179 Unemployment rate 13.3 12.5 12.9 13.2 12.7 12.8 13.1 13.2 12.9 Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force 687 615 601 751 611 700 693 648 658 Participation rate 25.6 23.4 22.9 28.0 23.1 26.5 26.3 24.6 25.1 Employed 388 365 319 428 310 366 372 361 359 Employment-population ratio 14.5 13.9 12.2 15.9 11.7 13.9 14.1 13.7 13.7 Unemployed 299 250 282 323 300 334 321 287 299 Unemployment rate 43.5 40.7 46.9 43.0 49.2 47.7 46.3 44.2 45.4 ASIAN Civilian noninstitutional population 10,950 11,387 11,351 - - - - - - Civilian labor force 7,020 7,355 7,354 - - - - - - Participation rate 64.1 64.6 64.8 - - - - - - Employed 6,431 6,829 6,846 - - - - - - Employment-population ratio 58.7 60.0 60.3 - - - - - - Unemployed 589 526 509 - - - - - - Unemployment rate 8.4 7.2 6.9 - - - - - - Not in labor force 3,930 4,032 3,997 - - - - - - - Data not available.

NOTE: Estimates for the above race groups will not sum to totals shown in table A-1 because data are not presented for all races. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.



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Table A-3. Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino population by sex and age [Numbers in thousands] Employment status, sex, and age Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Jan.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 Jan.

2010 Sept.

2010 Oct.

2010 Nov.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY Civilian noninstitutional population 33,251 34,188 34,001 33,251 33,927 34,014 34,102 34,188 34,001 Civilian labor force 22,505 22,929 22,714 22,595 22,896 22,814 22,915 22,868 22,823 Participation rate 67.7 67.1 66.8 68.0 67.5 67.1 67.2 66.9 67.1 Employed 19,373 19,957 19,711 19,764 20,042 19,936 19,899 19,906 20,099 Employment-population ratio 58.3 58.4 58.0 59.4 59.1 58.6 58.4 58.2 59.1 Unemployed 3,132 2,972 3,003 2,831 2,854 2,878 3,016 2,962 2,724 Unemployment rate 13.9 13.0 13.2 12.5 12.5 12.6 13.2 13.0 11.9 Not in labor force 10,746 11,259 11,287 10,656 11,031 11,201 11,188 11,320 11,178 Men, 20 years and over Civilian labor force 12,769 13,115 12,865 - - - - - - Participation rate 82.6 82.3 81.8 - - - - - - Employed 11,003 11,431 11,196 - - - - - - Employment-population ratio 71.2 71.7 71.2 - - - - - - Unemployed 1,766 1,684 1,669 - - - - - - Unemployment rate 13.8 12.8 13.0 - - - - - - Women, 20 years and over Civilian labor force 8,776 8,880 8,892 - - - - - - Participation rate 60.2 59.2 59.7 - - - - - - Employed 7,767 7,892 7,873 - - - - - - Employment-population ratio 53.3 52.7 52.9 - - - - - - Unemployed 1,009 988 1,019 - - - - - - Unemployment rate 11.5 11.1 11.5 - - - - - - Both sexes, 16 to 19 years Civilian labor force 960 934 957 - - - - - - Participation rate 29.8 28.6 28.3 - - - - - - Employed 602 633 642 - - - - - - Employment-population ratio 18.7 19.4 19.0 - - - - - - Unemployed 357 300 315 - - - - - - Unemployment rate 37.2 32.2 32.9 - - - - - - - Data not available.

NOTE: Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.



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Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over by educational attainment [Numbers in thousands] Educational attainment Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Jan.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 Jan.

2010 Sept.

2010 Oct.

2010 Nov.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 Less than a high school diploma Civilian labor force 12,014 11,773 11,437 11,858 11,828 11,800 11,803 11,758 11,383 Participation rate 46.1 46.1 45.3 45.5 46.7 47.0 46.6 46.0 45.1 Employed 9,898 9,924 9,545 10,068 10,003 9,995 9,955 9,963 9,770 Employment-population ratio 38.0 38.9 37.8 38.7 39.5 39.8 39.3 39.0 38.7 Unemployed 2,116 1,850 1,892 1,790 1,824 1,805 1,848 1,795 1,613 Unemployment rate 17.6 15.7 16.5 15.1 15.4 15.3 15.7 15.3 14.2 High school graduates, no college Civilian labor force 38,285 38,231 37,747 37,818 38,151 38,051 37,824 38,203 37,513 Participation rate 62.0 60.9 60.7 61.2 61.9 61.6 61.1 60.9 60.3 Employed 33,879 34,470 33,724 34,001 34,331 34,225 34,035 34,465 33,972 Employment-population ratio 54.8 54.9 54.2 55.0 55.7 55.4 55.0 54.9 54.6 Unemployed 4,406 3,761 4,023 3,817 3,820 3,826 3,789 3,738 3,541 Unemployment rate 11.5 9.8 10.7 10.1 10.0 10.1 10.0 9.8 9.4 Some college or associate degree Civilian labor force 36,584 36,763 36,701 36,751 37,115 37,120 37,037 36,809 36,841 Participation rate 71.1 70.1 70.0 71.4 70.5 70.0 69.8 70.2 70.2 Employed 33,292 33,869 33,591 33,630 33,746 33,972 33,832 33,821 33,878 Employment-population ratio 64.7 64.6 64.0 65.4 64.1 64.0 63.8 64.5 64.6 Unemployed 3,292 2,894 3,109 3,121 3,369 3,148 3,205 2,988 2,963 Unemployment rate 9.0 7.9 8.5 8.5 9.1 8.5 8.7 8.1 8.0 Bachelor's degree and higher Civilian labor force 45,925 46,310 46,288 45,908 46,488 46,132 46,322 46,312 46,263 Participation rate 77.0 76.9 76.4 77.0 76.5 76.1 76.6 76.9 76.4 Employed 43,574 44,170 44,226 43,705 44,405 43,971 43,952 44,095 44,322 Employment-population ratio 73.1 73.4 73.0 73.3 73.0 72.6 72.7 73.2 73.2 Unemployed 2,351 2,140 2,062 2,203 2,083 2,161 2,370 2,217 1,941 Unemployment rate 5.1 4.6 4.5 4.8 4.5 4.7 5.1 4.8 4.2 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.



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Table A-5. Employment status of the civilian population 18 years and over by veteran status, period of service, and sex, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Employment status, veteran status, and period of service Total Men Women Jan.

2010 Jan.

2011 Jan.

2010 Jan.

2011 Jan.

2010 Jan.

2011 VETERANS, 18 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population 22,186 21,797 20,410 20,003 1,776 1,794 Civilian labor force 11,860 11,429 10,755 10,228 1,104 1,201 Participation rate 53.5 52.4 52.7 51.1 62.2 66.9 Employed 10,724 10,294 9,743 9,206 981 1,088 Employment-population ratio 48.3 47.2 47.7 46.0 55.2 60.7 Unemployed 1,136 1,135 1,012 1,022 124 112 Unemployment rate 9.6 9.9 9.4 10.0 11.2 9.4 Not in labor force 10,326 10,368 9,655 9,775 672 593 Gulf War-era II veterans Civilian noninstitutional population 2,091 2,285 1,764 1,896 327 389 Civilian labor force 1,690 1,835 1,456 1,550 234 286 Participation rate 80.8 80.3 82.5 81.7 71.6 73.4 Employed 1,477 1,557 1,276 1,310 201 247 Employment-population ratio 70.6 68.1 72.3 69.1 61.5 63.5 Unemployed 213 278 180 240 33 39 Unemployment rate 12.6 15.2 12.4 15.5 14.2 13.5 Not in labor force 401 450 308 346 93 103 Gulf War-era I veterans Civilian noninstitutional population 2,861 2,915 2,375 2,447 485 468 Civilian labor force 2,491 2,479 2,105 2,095 386 384 Participation rate 87.1 85.0 88.6 85.6 79.6 82.0 Employed 2,257 2,287 1,902 1,924 354 363 Employment-population ratio 78.9 78.4 80.1 78.6 73.0 77.6 Unemployed 235 192 203 171 32 21 Unemployment rate 9.4 7.7 9.6 8.2 8.3 5.4 Not in labor force 369 437 270 352 99 84 World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam-era veterans Civilian noninstitutional population 11,233 10,726 10,852 10,380 381 346 Civilian labor force 4,149 3,796 4,030 3,664 119 132 Participation rate 36.9 35.4 37.1 35.3 31.1 38.2 Employed 3,765 3,433 3,660 3,314 105 119 Employment-population ratio 33.5 32.0 33.7 31.9 27.6 34.4 Unemployed 384 364 371 351 13 13 Unemployment rate 9.3 9.6 9.2 9.6 11.2 9.8 Not in labor force 7,084 6,930 6,822 6,716 262 214 Veterans of other service periods Civilian noninstitutional population 6,001 5,870 5,418 5,280 583 590 Civilian labor force 3,529 3,318 3,164 2,919 365 399 Participation rate 58.8 56.5 58.4 55.3 62.7 67.6 Employed 3,225 3,017 2,905 2,658 320 359 Employment-population ratio 53.7 51.4 53.6 50.3 55.0 60.8 Unemployed 304 301 259 261 45 40 Unemployment rate 8.6 9.1 8.2 8.9 12.3 10.1 Not in labor force 2,472 2,552 2,255 2,361 218 191 NONVETERANS, 18 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population 205,694 207,979 89,718 91,225 115,976 116,755 Civilian labor force 139,297 139,440 69,629 70,029 69,668 69,411 Participation rate 67.7 67.0 77.6 76.8 60.1 59.5 Employed 124,767 126,079 60,879 62,493 63,888 63,586 Employment-population ratio 60.7 60.6 67.9 68.5 55.1 54.5 Unemployed 14,530 13,361 8,750 7,536 5,780 5,825 Unemployment rate 10.4 9.6 12.6 10.8 8.3 8.4 Not in labor force 66,397 68,539 20,089 21,196 46,308 47,344 NOTE: Veterans served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces and were not on active duty at the time of the survey. Nonveterans never served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. Veterans could have served anywhere in the world during these periods of service: Gulf War era II (September 2001-present), Gulf War era I (August 1990-August 2001), Vietnam era (August 1964-April 1975), Korean War (July 1950-January 1955), World War II (December 1941-December 1946), and other service periods (all other time periods). Veterans who served in more than one wartime period are classified only in the most recent one. Veterans who served during one of the selected wartime periods and another period are classified only in the wartime period. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.





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Table A-6. Employment status of the civilian population by sex, age, and disability status, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Employment status, sex, and age Persons with a disability Persons with no disability Jan.

2010 Jan.

2011 Jan.

2010 Jan.

2011 TOTAL, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population 26,952 26,885 209,880 211,819 Civilian labor force 5,877 5,406 147,079 147,130 Participation rate 21.8 20.1 70.1 69.5 Employed 4,987 4,669 131,823 132,930 Employment-population ratio 18.5 17.4 62.8 62.8 Unemployed 891 737 15,257 14,201 Unemployment rate 15.2 13.6 10.4 9.7 Not in labor force 21,075 21,479 62,801 64,689 Men, 16 to 64 years Civilian labor force 2,666 2,457 74,910 74,840 Participation rate 36.5 33.8 82.6 82.0 Employed 2,208 2,106 65,649 66,669 Employment-population ratio 30.2 29.0 72.4 73.0 Unemployed 458 351 9,261 8,171 Unemployment rate 17.2 14.3 12.4 10.9 Not in labor force 4,642 4,805 15,816 16,448 Women, 16 to 64 years Civilian labor force 2,366 2,178 66,326 66,162 Participation rate 31.7 29.4 71.4 70.9 Employed 2,029 1,839 60,731 60,565 Employment-population ratio 27.2 24.8 65.4 64.9 Unemployed 337 339 5,594 5,597 Unemployment rate 14.3 15.6 8.4 8.5 Not in labor force 5,102 5,233 26,604 27,198 Both sexes, 65 years and over Civilian labor force 846 771 5,844 6,128 Participation rate 6.9 6.3 22.3 22.6 Employed 750 724 5,442 5,696 Employment-population ratio 6.2 5.9 20.8 21.0 Unemployed 95 47 402 432 Unemployment rate 11.3 6.1 6.9 7.1 Not in labor force 11,330 11,441 20,381 21,042 NOTE: A person with a disability has at least one of the following conditions: is deaf or has serious difficulty hearing; is blind or has serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses; has serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition; has serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs; has difficulty dressing or bathing; or has difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor's office or shopping because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.



HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-7. Employment status of the civilian population by nativity and sex, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Employment status and nativity Total Men Women Jan.

2010 Jan.

2011 Jan.

2010 Jan.

2011 Jan.

2010 Jan.

2011 Foreign born, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population 35,440 36,294 17,718 17,884 17,722 18,410 Civilian labor force 23,924 24,517 14,073 14,256 9,851 10,261 Participation rate 67.5 67.6 79.4 79.7 55.6 55.7 Employed 21,090 21,928 12,282 12,677 8,808 9,251 Employment-population ratio 59.5 60.4 69.3 70.9 49.7 50.3 Unemployed 2,834 2,589 1,791 1,579 1,043 1,010 Unemployment rate 11.8 10.6 12.7 11.1 10.6 9.8 Not in labor force 11,515 11,777 3,645 3,628 7,870 8,148 Native born, 16 years and over Civilian noninstitutional population 201,393 202,410 96,930 97,944 104,463 104,466 Civilian labor force 129,032 128,019 67,165 66,847 61,868 61,172 Participation rate 64.1 63.2 69.3 68.3 59.2 58.6 Employed 115,719 115,671 58,935 59,630 56,784 56,041 Employment-population ratio 57.5 57.1 60.8 60.9 54.4 53.6 Unemployed 13,313 12,348 8,230 7,217 5,083 5,131 Unemployment rate 10.3 9.6 12.3 10.8 8.2 8.4 Not in labor force 72,360 74,391 29,765 31,097 42,596 43,294 NOTE: The foreign born are those residing in the United States who were not U.S. citizens at birth. That is, they were born outside the United States or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam, to parents neither of whom was a U.S. citizen. The native born are persons who were born in the United States or one of its outlying areas such as Puerto Rico or Guam or who were born abroad of at least one parent who was a U.S. citizen. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.





HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-8. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status [In thousands] Category Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Jan.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 Jan.

2010 Sept.

2010 Oct.

2010 Nov.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 CLASS OF WORKER Agriculture and related industries 1,974 2,037 2,100 2,134 2,172 2,348 2,185 2,176 2,256 Wage and salary workers 1,218 1,295 1,263 1,343 1,310 1,446 1,385 1,384 1,390 Self-employed workers, unincorporated 743 720 819 785 798 823 771 775 861 Unpaid family workers 13 22 18 - - - - - - Nonagricultural industries 134,836 137,123 135,499 136,391 137,266 136,797 136,752 137,001 137,088 Wage and salary workers 126,126 128,436 126,882 127,385 128,438 127,852 127,728 128,043 128,151 Government 21,144 20,745 20,626 21,265 20,855 20,717 20,600 20,759 20,740 Private industries 104,982 107,691 106,255 106,129 107,451 107,100 107,146 107,303 107,409 Private households 688 635 610 - - - - - - Other industries 104,295 107,056 105,645 105,410 106,859 106,470 106,516 106,665 106,774 Self-employed workers, unincorporated 8,643 8,589 8,526 8,991 8,752 8,862 8,832 8,783 8,864 Unpaid family workers 66 97 91 - - - - - - PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME All industries Part time for economic reasons 9,290 9,205 9,187 8,367 9,506 9,100 8,960 8,931 8,407 Slack work or business conditions 6,825 6,347 6,513 5,831 6,732 6,174 6,025 6,011 5,771 Could only find part-time work 2,159 2,499 2,373 2,271 2,478 2,564 2,557 2,568 2,510 Part time for noneconomic reasons 18,782 18,872 18,048 18,521 18,256 18,230 18,326 18,184 17,929 Nonagricultural industries Part time for economic reasons 9,161 9,029 9,027 8,239 9,380 8,991 8,822 8,789 8,242 Slack work or business conditions 6,739 6,230 6,415 5,761 6,649 6,108 5,941 5,911 5,661 Could only find part-time work 2,149 2,470 2,358 2,286 2,454 2,534 2,555 2,542 2,513 Part time for noneconomic reasons 18,444 18,525 17,675 18,141 17,911 17,848 17,929 17,829 17,552 - Data not available.

NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.



HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-9. Selected employment indicators [Numbers in thousands] Characteristic Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Jan.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 Jan.

2010 Sept.

2010 Oct.

2010 Nov.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 AGE AND SEX Total, 16 years and over 136,809 139,159 137,599 138,511 139,378 139,084 138,909 139,206 139,323 16 to 19 years 4,034 4,116 3,939 4,438 4,256 4,319 4,393 4,298 4,341 16 to 17 years 1,318 1,363 1,225 1,488 1,405 1,434 1,440 1,434 1,406 18 to 19 years 2,716 2,753 2,713 2,946 2,857 2,894 2,961 2,869 2,939 20 years and over 132,775 135,044 133,660 134,074 135,121 134,764 134,515 134,908 134,982 20 to 24 years 12,132 12,611 12,573 12,488 12,825 12,774 12,774 12,713 12,941 25 years and over 120,643 122,433 121,087 121,530 122,254 121,910 121,744 122,196 122,026 25 to 54 years 93,348 94,156 92,980 94,080 94,076 94,011 93,723 93,962 93,758 25 to 34 years 29,680 30,384 30,065 30,057 30,321 30,323 30,214 30,345 30,438 35 to 44 years 30,473 30,528 30,107 30,721 30,538 30,650 30,527 30,447 30,373 45 to 54 years 33,194 33,244 32,807 33,302 33,217 33,037 32,982 33,170 32,946 55 years and over 27,295 28,276 28,106 27,450 28,178 27,899 28,021 28,234 28,268 Men, 16 years and over 71,216 73,226 72,307 72,667 73,594 73,470 73,337 73,600 73,800 16 to 19 years 1,879 1,991 1,947 2,143 2,035 2,106 2,206 2,121 2,211 16 to 17 years 594 635 608 706 662 660 688 695 717 18 to 19 years 1,285 1,356 1,339 1,415 1,371 1,443 1,524 1,420 1,471 20 years and over 69,337 71,235 70,360 70,525 71,559 71,365 71,130 71,480 71,589 20 to 24 years 5,963 6,438 6,484 6,256 6,533 6,542 6,502 6,568 6,784 25 years and over 63,375 64,798 63,876 64,231 65,005 64,803 64,617 64,904 64,789 25 to 54 years 49,205 50,049 49,251 49,912 50,306 50,209 49,970 50,117 50,005 25 to 34 years 15,886 16,443 16,254 16,184 16,436 16,434 16,331 16,428 16,542 35 to 44 years 16,302 16,511 16,148 16,511 16,547 16,573 16,543 16,522 16,394 45 to 54 years 17,017 17,095 16,849 17,218 17,324 17,202 17,096 17,168 17,070 55 years and over 14,169 14,749 14,625 14,319 14,699 14,594 14,648 14,787 14,784 Women, 16 years and over 65,593 65,933 65,292 65,844 65,784 65,613 65,572 65,605 65,523 16 to 19 years 2,155 2,125 1,992 2,295 2,221 2,214 2,187 2,177 2,130 16 to 17 years 724 728 617 783 743 774 752 739 689 18 to 19 years 1,431 1,397 1,374 1,531 1,486 1,452 1,437 1,449 1,468 20 years and over 63,437 63,809 63,300 63,549 63,562 63,400 63,385 63,428 63,392 20 to 24 years 6,169 6,174 6,090 6,231 6,292 6,232 6,272 6,145 6,157 25 years and over 57,269 57,635 57,210 57,299 57,249 57,106 57,127 57,292 57,237 25 to 54 years 44,143 44,108 43,729 44,168 43,770 43,801 43,753 43,845 43,752 25 to 34 years 13,794 13,941 13,811 13,874 13,885 13,889 13,883 13,917 13,897 35 to 44 years 14,171 14,017 13,959 14,210 13,992 14,077 13,983 13,925 13,979 45 to 54 years 16,177 16,150 15,959 16,084 15,894 15,836 15,887 16,003 15,877 55 years and over 13,126 13,527 13,481 13,131 13,479 13,305 13,374 13,447 13,485 MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present 42,807 43,119 42,492 43,174 43,701 43,301 43,130 43,081 42,915 Married women, spouse present 35,038 34,850 34,615 34,999 34,469 34,553 34,543 34,612 34,571 Women who maintain families 8,401 8,878 8,686 - - - - - - FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers 108,777 111,207 110,373 110,721 111,710 111,585 111,187 111,744 112,356 Part-time workers 28,033 27,953 27,226 27,617 27,649 27,433 27,594 27,394 26,901 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders 6,751 6,884 6,621 6,962 6,687 6,679 6,734 6,950 6,840 Percent of total employed 4.9 4.9 4.8 5.0 4.8 4.8 4.8 5.0 4.9 SELF-EMPLOYMENT Self-employed workers, incorporated 5,483 5,263 5,208 - - - - - - Self-employed workers, unincorporated 9,386 9,309 9,345 9,776 9,550 9,684 9,603 9,559 9,724 - Data not available.

NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.



HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-10. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted Characteristic Number of

unemployed persons

(in thousands) Unemployment rates Jan.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 Jan.

2010 Sept.

2010 Oct.

2010 Nov.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 AGE AND SEX Total, 16 years and over 14,842 14,485 13,863 9.7 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.4 9.0 16 to 19 years 1,572 1,460 1,500 26.2 26.0 27.1 24.5 25.4 25.7 16 to 17 years 581 533 541 28.1 30.0 30.3 24.9 27.1 27.8 18 to 19 years 989 933 960 25.1 23.3 24.7 24.2 24.5 24.6 20 years and over 13,270 13,025 12,363 9.0 8.9 9.0 9.2 8.8 8.4 20 to 24 years 2,334 2,296 2,315 15.7 14.9 15.3 15.9 15.3 15.2 25 years and over 10,889 10,716 10,028 8.2 8.3 8.2 8.4 8.1 7.6 25 to 54 years 8,894 8,674 8,036 8.6 8.7 8.5 8.7 8.5 7.9 25 to 34 years 3,310 3,418 3,112 9.9 10.0 9.9 10.4 10.1 9.3 35 to 44 years 2,840 2,566 2,416 8.5 8.3 7.9 7.7 7.8 7.4 45 to 54 years 2,743 2,690 2,507 7.6 7.7 7.8 8.1 7.5 7.1 55 years and over 1,992 2,088 2,022 6.8 7.2 7.2 7.2 6.9 6.7 Men, 16 years and over 8,789 8,245 7,744 10.8 10.4 10.4 10.5 10.1 9.5 16 to 19 years 928 818 827 30.2 29.3 29.4 26.6 27.8 27.2 16 to 17 years 318 284 295 31.1 33.3 33.8 28.5 29.0 29.1 18 to 19 years 604 536 533 29.9 26.2 26.8 25.5 27.4 26.6 20 years and over 7,861 7,426 6,917 10.0 9.7 9.7 9.9 9.4 8.8 20 to 24 years 1,461 1,340 1,281 18.9 17.1 16.5 18.1 16.9 15.9 25 years and over 6,362 6,079 5,648 9.0 9.0 8.9 9.0 8.6 8.0 25 to 54 years 5,192 4,926 4,511 9.4 9.3 9.1 9.3 8.9 8.3 25 to 34 years 1,984 1,950 1,790 10.9 10.8 10.4 10.9 10.6 9.8 35 to 44 years 1,624 1,418 1,344 9.0 8.6 8.2 7.9 7.9 7.6 45 to 54 years 1,584 1,558 1,377 8.4 8.6 8.6 9.2 8.3 7.5 55 years and over 1,171 1,152 1,137 7.6 7.9 8.3 8.0 7.2 7.1 Women, 16 years and over 6,053 6,240 6,119 8.4 8.6 8.8 8.9 8.7 8.5 16 to 19 years 644 641 673 21.9 22.8 24.8 22.3 22.8 24.0 16 to 17 years 263 248 247 25.1 26.8 27.0 21.2 25.2 26.4 18 to 19 years 384 397 427 20.1 20.4 22.6 22.8 21.5 22.5 20 years and over 5,409 5,599 5,447 7.8 8.0 8.1 8.3 8.1 7.9 20 to 24 years 873 956 1,033 12.3 12.4 13.9 13.5 13.5 14.4 25 years and over 4,527 4,638 4,380 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.7 7.5 7.1 25 to 54 years 3,702 3,747 3,525 7.7 7.9 7.9 8.1 7.9 7.5 25 to 34 years 1,326 1,468 1,323 8.7 9.0 9.4 9.8 9.5 8.7 35 to 44 years 1,216 1,147 1,072 7.9 8.1 7.5 7.5 7.6 7.1 45 to 54 years 1,159 1,132 1,130 6.7 6.7 6.9 6.9 6.6 6.6 55 years and over 851 830 906 6.1 6.4 5.9 6.2 5.8 6.3 MARITAL STATUS Married men, spouse present 3,062 3,047 2,666 6.6 6.8 6.9 6.9 6.6 5.8 Married women, spouse present 2,192 2,046 2,036 5.9 5.7 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.6 Women who maintain families 1,181 1,207 1,268 12.3 12.9 12.4 13.0 12.0 12.7 FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS Full-time workers 12,935 12,650 12,063 10.5 10.4 10.5 10.7 10.2 9.7 Part-time workers 1,904 1,764 1,793 6.5 6.1 6.3 5.8 6.0 6.2 NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.



HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-11. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment [Numbers in thousands] Reason Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Jan.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 Jan.

2010 Sept.

2010 Oct.

2010 Nov.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs 10,574 8,995 9,520 9,287 9,286 9,070 9,471 8,923 8,519 On temporary layoff 2,192 1,547 1,825 1,452 1,340 1,293 1,430 1,402 1,249 Not on temporary layoff 8,382 7,448 7,695 7,835 7,947 7,777 8,042 7,521 7,270 Permanent job losers 6,732 5,917 6,097 6,423 6,467 6,254 6,425 5,995 5,879 Persons who completed temporary jobs 1,650 1,530 1,599 1,412 1,479 1,523 1,617 1,526 1,391 Job leavers 926 861 935 908 809 854 864 914 910 Reentrants 3,625 3,031 3,332 3,603 3,441 3,498 3,427 3,408 3,357 New entrants 1,022 1,110 1,150 1,210 1,193 1,278 1,269 1,311 1,351 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs 65.5 64.3 63.7 61.9 63.0 61.7 63.0 61.3 60.3 On temporary layoff 13.6 11.1 12.2 9.7 9.1 8.8 9.5 9.6 8.8 Not on temporary layoff 51.9 53.2 51.5 52.2 54.0 52.9 53.5 51.7 51.4 Job leavers 5.7 6.2 6.3 6.1 5.5 5.8 5.8 6.3 6.4 Reentrants 22.4 21.7 22.3 24.0 23.4 23.8 22.8 23.4 23.7 New entrants 6.3 7.9 7.7 8.1 8.1 8.7 8.4 9.0 9.6 UNEMPLOYED AS A PERCENT OF THE

CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs 6.9 5.9 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.9 6.2 5.8 5.6 Job leavers 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 Reentrants 2.4 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 New entrants 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.



HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-12. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment [Numbers in thousands] Duration Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Jan.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 Jan.

2010 Sept.

2010 Oct.

2010 Nov.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED Less than 5 weeks 3,464 2,681 3,181 2,915 2,872 2,659 2,824 2,725 2,678 5 to 14 weeks 3,698 3,043 3,267 3,346 3,329 3,427 3,336 3,184 3,016 15 weeks and over 8,986 8,273 8,489 8,916 8,517 8,734 8,843 8,647 8,495 15 to 26 weeks 2,563 2,073 2,182 2,614 2,364 2,500 2,515 2,205 2,285 27 weeks and over 6,423 6,200 6,307 6,302 6,153 6,234 6,328 6,441 6,210 Average (mean) duration, in weeks 28.9 34.0 35.5 30.5 33.4 33.9 33.9 34.2 36.9 Median duration, in weeks 18.6 22.3 19.9 20.0 20.5 21.3 21.7 22.4 21.8 PERCENT DISTRIBUTION Less than 5 weeks 21.5 19.2 21.3 19.2 19.5 17.9 18.8 18.7 18.9 5 to 14 weeks 22.9 21.7 21.9 22.0 22.6 23.1 22.2 21.9 21.3 15 weeks and over 55.6 59.1 56.8 58.7 57.9 58.9 58.9 59.4 59.9 15 to 26 weeks 15.9 14.8 14.6 17.2 16.1 16.9 16.8 15.2 16.1 27 weeks and over 39.8 44.3 42.2 41.5 41.8 42.1 42.2 44.3 43.8 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.



HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-13. Employed and unemployed persons by occupation, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Occupation Employed Unemployed Unemployment

rates Jan.

2010 Jan.

2011 Jan.

2010 Jan.

2011 Jan.

2010 Jan.

2011 Total, 16 years and over 136,809 137,599 16,147 14,937 10.6 9.8 Management, professional, and related occupations 52,159 51,866 2,762 2,557 5.0 4.7 Management, business, and financial operations occupations 21,101 21,139 1,168 1,177 5.2 5.3 Professional and related occupations 31,058 30,727 1,593 1,380 4.9 4.3 Service occupations 23,763 23,819 3,045 2,773 11.4 10.4 Sales and office occupations 33,117 33,497 3,476 3,364 9.5 9.1 Sales and related occupations 15,150 15,268 1,709 1,574 10.1 9.3 Office and administrative support occupations 17,966 18,229 1,767 1,790 9.0 8.9 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 12,405 12,205 3,082 2,623 19.9 17.7 Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 782 893 273 233 25.9 20.7 Construction and extraction occupations 6,975 6,587 2,276 1,960 24.6 22.9 Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 4,648 4,725 532 430 10.3 8.3 Production, transportation, and material moving

occupations 15,365 16,211 2,748 2,411 15.2 12.9 Production occupations 7,396 8,032 1,343 1,122 15.4 12.3 Transportation and material moving occupations 7,970 8,180 1,405 1,289 15.0 13.6 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Effective with January 2011 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2010 Census occupational classification system into the Current Population Survey, or household survey. This classification system is derived from the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2011 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.



HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-14. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, not seasonally adjusted Industry and class of worker Number of

unemployed

persons

(in thousands) Unemployment

rates Jan.

2010 Jan.

2011 Jan.

2010 Jan.

2011 Total, 16 years and over 16,147 14,937 10.6 9.8 Nonagricultural private wage and salary workers 13,129 11,778 11.1 10.0 Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction 68 66 9.1 8.5 Construction 2,194 1,879 24.7 22.5 Manufacturing 1,918 1,519 13.0 9.9 Durable goods 1,318 955 14.1 9.9 Nondurable goods 600 564 11.1 9.9 Wholesale and retail trade 2,154 1,866 10.5 9.1 Transportation and utilities 657 498 11.3 8.8 Information 313 228 10.0 7.3 Financial activities 623 647 6.6 7.2 Professional and business services 1,614 1,511 11.1 10.2 Education and health services 1,175 1,264 5.5 5.8 Leisure and hospitality 1,804 1,788 14.2 13.8 Other services 609 513 10.0 8.8 Agriculture and related private wage and salary workers 318 236 21.3 16.0 Government workers 948 1,088 4.3 5.0 Self-employed workers, unincorporated, and unpaid family workers 730 685 7.2 6.8 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.



HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization [Percent] Measure Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Jan.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 Jan.

2010 Sept.

2010 Oct.

2010 Nov.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 U-1 Persons unemployed 15 weeks or longer, as a percent of the civilian labor force 5.9 5.4 5.6 5.8 5.5 5.7 5.7 5.6 5.5 U-2 Job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs, as a percent of the civilian labor force 6.9 5.9 6.2 6.1 6.0 5.9 6.2 5.8 5.6 U-3 Total unemployed, as a percent of the civilian labor force (official unemployment rate) 10.6 9.1 9.8 9.7 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.4 9.0 U-4 Total unemployed plus discouraged workers, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus discouraged workers 11.2 9.9 10.4 10.3 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.2 9.6 U-5 Total unemployed, plus discouraged workers, plus all other persons marginally attached to the labor force, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force 12.0 10.7 11.4 11.1 11.0 11.2 11.2 10.9 10.7 U-6 Total unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all persons marginally attached to the labor force 18.0 16.6 17.3 16.5 17.1 17.0 17.0 16.7 16.1 NOTE: Persons marginally attached to the labor force are those who currently are neither working nor looking for work but indicate that they want and are available for a job and have looked for work sometime in the past 12 months. Discouraged workers, a subset of the marginally attached, have given a job-market related reason for not currently looking for work. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those who want and are available for full-time work but have had to settle for a part-time schedule. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.





HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-16. Persons not in the labor force and multiple jobholders by sex, not seasonally adjusted [Numbers in thousands] Category Total Men Women Jan.

2010 Jan.

2011 Jan.

2010 Jan.

2011 Jan.

2010 Jan.

2011 NOT IN THE LABOR FORCE Total not in the labor force 83,876 86,168 33,410 34,725 50,466 51,443 Persons who currently want a job 6,108 6,643 2,926 3,237 3,182 3,406 Marginally attached to the labor force 2,539 2,800 1,367 1,454 1,172 1,346 Discouraged workers 1,065 993 663 588 401 406 Other persons marginally attached to the labor force 1,474 1,807 703 866 771 941 MULTIPLE JOBHOLDERS Total multiple jobholders 6,751 6,621 3,223 3,178 3,527 3,443 Percent of total employed 4.9 4.8 4.5 4.4 5.4 5.3 Primary job full time, secondary job part time 3,558 3,510 1,866 1,869 1,691 1,641 Primary and secondary jobs both part time 1,727 1,728 527 603 1,199 1,125 Primary and secondary jobs both full time 241 182 144 107 97 76 Hours vary on primary or secondary job 1,186 1,167 666 585 520 581 NOTE: Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.



ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector and selected industry detail

[In thousands] Industry Not seasonally adjusted Seasonally adjusted Jan.

2010 Nov.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 Jan.

2010 Nov.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 Change from:

Dec.2010 - Jan.2011 Total nonfarm 127,309 131,371 131,062 128,164 129,281 130,108 130,229 130,265 36 Total private 104,933 108,623 108,475 106,071 106,793 107,841 107,980 108,030 50 Goods-producing 17,206 17,992 17,723 17,296 17,717 17,793 17,786 17,804 18 Mining and logging 652 743 731 719 667 735 731 732 1 Logging 47.9 49.1 47.0 46.7 48.7 47.8 47.3 47.9 0.6 Mining 604.4 694.0 684.4 672.5 617.8 686.8 683.5 684.5 1.0 Oil and gas extraction 156.5 161.5 160.5 160.7 156.1 161.2 160.6 161.5 0.9 Mining, except oil and gas 188.8 209.7 201.9 194.7 198.6 206.1 204.8 203.8 -1.0 Coal mining 77.5 83.0 83.9 83.0 77.8 82.6 83.1 82.9 -0.2 Support activities for mining 259.1 322.8 322.0 317.1 263.1 319.5 318.1 319.2 1.1 Construction 5,197 5,645 5,391 5,065 5,585 5,504 5,487 5,455 -32 Construction of buildings 1,187.3 1,242.0 1,215.5 1,147.1 1,250.0 1,219.0 1,218.8 1,208.9 -9.9 Residential building 556.5 570.6 558.2 524.3 590.2 560.2 561.1 557.9 -3.2 Nonresidential building 630.8 671.4 657.3 622.8 659.8 658.8 657.7 651.0 -6.7 Heavy and civil engineering construction 711.0 883.6 792.6 717.7 810.4 845.7 830.3 823.3 -7.0 Specialty trade contractors 3,298.2 3,519.0 3,382.7 3,199.7 3,524.8 3,439.7 3,437.7 3,422.8 -14.9 Residential specialty trade contractors 1,400.4 1,469.4 1,412.8 1,343.9 1,509.8 1,442.2 1,443.6 1,450.3 6.7 Nonresidential specialty trade contractors 1,897.8 2,049.6 1,969.9 1,855.8 2,015.0 1,997.5 1,994.1 1,972.5 -21.6 Manufacturing 11,357 11,604 11,601 11,512 11,465 11,554 11,568 11,617 49 Durable goods 6,943 7,143 7,147 7,134 6,999 7,113 7,127 7,189 62 Wood products 332.6 338.8 337.6 334.1 343.6 337.7 338.9 342.3 3.4 Nonmetallic mineral products 356.5 376.4 362.3 352.9 373.6 370.6 367.1 370.5 3.4 Primary metals 347.2 367.5 369.3 369.4 346.9 366.6 368.0 369.5 1.5 Fabricated metal products 1,250.8 1,311.9 1,315.9 1,318.0 1,253.7 1,305.7 1,313.8 1,326.6 12.8 Machinery 971.7 1,010.6 1,011.7 1,016.5 974.7 1,007.3 1,008.3 1,018.5 10.2 Computer and electronic products 1,093.1 1,108.3 1,113.8 1,113.8 1,093.3 1,106.7 1,110.9 1,115.5 4.6 Computer and peripheral equipment 159.9 166.0 166.4 166.3 159.1 164.9 165.1 165.8 0.7 Communication equipment 116.7 119.2 119.5 120.5 115.8 119.6 120.1 120.9 0.8 Semiconductors and electronic components 362.1 373.2 376.3 376.6 363.5 372.9 375.2 377.4 2.2 Electronic instruments 408.5 405.4 406.7 406.4 408.8 405.5 406.5 407.5 1.0 Electrical equipment and appliances 353.8 365.8 368.3 368.4 354.2 365.2 367.9 369.3 1.4 Transportation equipment 1,316.8 1,338.9 1,342.4 1,344.0 1,329.6 1,332.7 1,331.4 1,351.1 19.7 Motor vehicles and parts 660.4 681.8 683.6 687.5 672.6 676.3 674.0 694.4 20.4 Furniture and related products 356.3 350.2 349.7 347.3 361.1 351.4 350.6 353.1 2.5 Miscellaneous manufacturing 564.5 574.6 576.1 570.0 567.9 569.5 570.5 572.7 2.2 Nondurable goods 4,414 4,461 4,454 4,378 4,466 4,441 4,441 4,428 -13 Food manufacturing 1,416.8 1,454.0 1,454.4 1,418.4 1,444.8 1,442.1 1,443.8 1,441.8 -2.0 Beverages and tobacco products 176.4 184.5 184.1 176.0 181.2 183.8 185.0 181.0 -4.0 Textile mills 117.8 119.5 119.7 118.4 117.3 119.0 119.6 119.2 -0.4 Textile product mills 118.7 116.8 116.7 114.6 119.7 115.8 116.0 115.1 -0.9 Apparel 159.2 155.7 157.6 156.0 162.2 157.1 158.7 159.4 0.7 Leather and allied products 27.4 28.9 28.5 27.7 27.4 28.7 28.2 27.8 -0.4 Paper and paper products 395.7 396.9 397.9 395.8 396.7 396.2 396.5 395.6 -0.9 Printing and related support activities 492.4 484.5 479.4 469.4 494.6 480.9 476.0 473.2 -2.8 Petroleum and coal products 107.8 114.9 109.2 102.7 113.6 113.2 110.7 107.6 -3.1 Chemicals 790.6 778.4 780.9 773.2 792.6 777.8 778.0 775.3 -2.7 Plastics and rubber products 611.0 626.4 625.7 625.4 616.2 626.4 628.2 632.0 3.8 Private service-providing 87,727 90,631 90,752 88,775 89,076 90,048 90,194 90,226 32 Trade, transportation, and utilities 24,347 25,112 25,318 24,531 24,536 24,684 24,742 24,739 -3 Wholesale trade 5,403.5 5,499.1 5,498.7 5,442.9 5,450.9 5,475.7 5,480.3 5,489.5 9.2 Durable goods 2,700.1 2,742.0 2,744.1 2,725.0 2,715.5 2,733.7 2,736.1 2,741.9 5.8 Nondurable goods 1,909.7 1,945.0 1,942.6 1,913.9 1,936.8 1,932.7 1,935.9 1,939.1 3.2 Electronic markets and agents and brokers 793.7 812.1 812.0 804.0 798.6 809.3 808.3 808.5 0.2 Retail trade 14,285.2 14,788.5 14,930.6 14,356.6 14,383.1 14,441.0 14,443.8 14,471.3 27.5 Motor vehicle and parts dealers 1,582.9 1,641.8 1,635.4 1,620.5 1,614.0 1,643.1 1,645.2 1,648.8 3.6 Automobile dealers 989.5 1,018.8 1,016.8 1,009.4 1,002.6 1,018.7 1,019.4 1,021.6 2.2 Furniture and home furnishings stores 441.8 450.7 456.8 438.9 437.5 435.8 436.0 435.2 -0.8 Electronics and appliance stores 498.4 529.5 528.3 503.6 492.0 508.6 503.3 500.8 -2.5 Building material and garden supply stores 1,080.6 1,088.1 1,082.3 1,063.7 1,133.7 1,112.0 1,114.5 1,118.9 4.4 Food and beverage stores 2,804.1 2,834.3 2,837.0 2,797.5 2,816.1 2,810.9 2,811.7 2,813.0 1.3 Health and personal care stores 986.7 985.4 988.2 971.6 985.3 976.4 970.4 972.4 2.0 Gasoline stations 807.7 814.2 812.1 803.5 816.2 815.3 816.9 814.9 -2.0 Clothing and clothing accessories stores 1,355.8 1,487.3 1,530.9 1,416.9 1,356.0 1,404.4 1,407.7 1,422.3 14.6 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores 615.1 635.1 658.7 616.1 602.1 600.4 600.8 599.6 -1.2 General merchandise stores 2,945.4 3,112.9 3,184.1 2,973.5 2,951.5 2,968.2 2,972.5 2,978.4 5.9 Department stores 1,487.4 1,591.2 1,653.8 1,509.7 1,475.1 1,484.3 1,488.2 1,493.4 5.2 Miscellaneous store retailers 752.9 771.3 773.1 739.4 766.2 754.9 752.4 753.3 0.9 Nonstore retailers 413.8 437.9 443.7 411.4 412.5 411.0 412.4 413.7 1.3 Transportation and warehousing 4,103.6 4,275.3 4,339.0 4,184.0 4,146.0 4,218.3 4,266.9 4,228.9 -38.0 Air transportation 459.6 465.4 466.0 464.7 462.8 466.9 466.8 467.4 0.6 Rail transportation 209.6 219.8 218.8 218.0 210.5 219.0 218.9 219.8 0.9 Water transportation 60.7 63.6 65.0 63.1 62.4 64.2 64.8 65.0 0.2 Truck transportation 1,207.8 1,270.4 1,255.6 1,233.2 1,237.8 1,256.0 1,256.1 1,259.3 3.2 Transit and ground passenger transportation 430.9 462.9 462.3 454.1 421.2 444.3 445.5 444.3 -1.2 Pipeline transportation 43.4 42.2 42.3 42.6 43.3 41.9 42.2 42.3 0.1 Scenic and sightseeing transportation 19.9 23.7 22.1 19.6 26.9 27.1 26.7 26.9 0.2 Support activities for transportation 532.4 542.0 542.6 539.3 537.4 540.6 539.9 543.4 3.5 Couriers and messengers 519.7 542.5 623.5 522.1 520.5 527.3 573.4 528.6 -44.8 Warehousing and storage 619.6 642.8 640.8 627.3 623.2 631.0 632.6 631.9 -0.7 Utilities 554.9 548.7 549.6 547.8 555.7 549.3 551.2 549.1 -2.1 Information 2,710 2,709 2,708 2,679 2,737 2,699 2,699 2,698 -1 Publishing industries, except Internet 766.4 760.5 759.9 753.2 771.2 757.2 756.3 755.1 -1.2 Motion picture and sound recording industries 343.3 374.0 373.7 365.4 362.4 373.4 377.0 381.1 4.1 Broadcasting, except Internet 292.6 298.8 296.8 295.5 293.6 296.3 295.4 295.7 0.3 Telecommunications 929.1 889.8 888.6 878.9 926.3 886.0 882.3 878.7 -3.6 Data processing, hosting and related services 241.9 240.8 242.5 237.6 245.4 240.4 241.3 239.4 -1.9 Other information services 137.0 145.4 146.7 147.9 137.7 145.3 146.3 147.5 1.2 Financial activities 7,621 7,610 7,626 7,562 7,666 7,616 7,616 7,606 -10 Finance and insurance 5,702.2 5,687.4 5,694.9 5,672.9 5,711.8 5,685.3 5,685.2 5,683.8 -1.4 Monetary authorities - central bank 20.6 21.0 21.2 21.0 20.7 21.1 21.2 21.1 -0.1 Credit intermediation and related

activities 2,545.7 2,551.0 2,555.1 2,547.4 2,547.2 2,552.1 2,550.4 2,547.8 -2.6 Depository credit intermediation 1,732.2 1,740.0 1,744.6 1,744.1 1,730.9 1,740.9 1,741.3 1,742.5 1.2 Commercial banking 1,306.8 1,312.9 1,317.3 1,316.3 1,304.3 1,314.4 1,316.4 1,316.2 -0.2 Securities, commodity contracts, investments 797.0 801.8 803.6 802.8 798.3 801.2 802.9 804.9 2.0 Insurance carriers and related activities 2,251.3 2,226.7 2,228.5 2,214.9 2,258.4 2,224.0 2,224.1 2,222.8 -1.3 Funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles 87.6 86.9 86.5 86.8 87.2 86.9 86.6 87.2 0.6 Real estate and rental and leasing 1,918.4 1,922.6 1,931.1 1,889.2 1,954.3 1,930.6 1,931.0 1,922.5 -8.5 Real estate 1,385.5 1,385.9 1,395.7 1,365.0 1,407.6 1,388.0 1,392.2 1,385.5 -6.7 Rental and leasing services 507.4 511.5 510.0 498.9 520.9 517.3 513.5 511.5 -2.0 Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets 25.5 25.2 25.4 25.3 25.8 25.3 25.3 25.5 0.2 Professional and business services 16,218 17,012 17,032 16,594 16,513 16,844 16,898 16,929 31 Professional and technical services 7,456.5 7,457.0 7,518.0 7,506.7 7,419.7 7,455.1 7,465.6 7,473.5 7.9 Legal services 1,102.5 1,116.4 1,118.5 1,106.2 1,110.8 1,116.1 1,114.5 1,114.9 0.4 Accounting and bookkeeping services 1,008.3 850.3 893.8 971.6 904.9 893.3 879.9 872.8 -7.1 Architectural and engineering services 1,266.4 1,281.4 1,279.4 1,256.7 1,284.8 1,273.9 1,275.8 1,274.2 -1.6 Computer systems design and related services 1,421.6 1,469.6 1,471.0 1,468.9 1,424.3 1,459.6 1,465.4 1,474.0 8.6 Management and technical consulting services 979.2 1,012.8 1,021.7 999.8 990.1 1,000.3 1,007.4 1,011.0 3.6 Management of companies and enterprises 1,842.3 1,871.1 1,877.4 1,864.4 1,848.8 1,870.8 1,873.1 1,873.0 -0.1 Administrative and waste services 6,919.2 7,684.0 7,636.9 7,222.9 7,244.5 7,517.9 7,559.0 7,582.6 23.6 Administrative and support services 6,575.0 7,323.3 7,279.2 6,871.7 6,894.6 7,159.1 7,199.7 7,223.8 24.1 Employment services 2,435.2 2,939.6 2,975.8 2,688.3 2,581.7 2,808.0 2,840.3 2,853.5 13.2 Temporary help services 1,834.7 2,278.2 2,312.7 2,059.1 1,953.5 2,164.1 2,202.2 2,190.8 -11.4 Business support services 811.0 824.9 825.1 809.2 810.4 808.8 806.1 808.0 1.9 Services to buildings and dwellings 1,571.2 1,764.3 1,689.0 1,601.3 1,727.7 1,754.5 1,765.1 1,769.4 4.3 Waste management and remediation services 344.2 360.7 357.7 351.2 349.9 358.8 359.3 358.8 -0.5 Education and health services 19,266 19,974 19,923 19,646 19,371 19,732 19,755 19,768 13 Educational services 3,038.3 3,364.8 3,290.9 3,088.8 3,111.1 3,176.9 3,171.5 3,171.4 -0.1 Health care and social assistance 16,227.7 16,609.2 16,631.8 16,557.5 16,259.8 16,555.3 16,583.2 16,596.1 12.9 Health care 13,637.9 13,926.1 13,949.7 13,896.4 13,671.3 13,894.8 13,921.5 13,932.1 10.6 Ambulatory health care services 5,880.2 6,056.0 6,063.8 6,037.7 5,897.2 6,039.7 6,051.2 6,059.2 8.0 Offices of physicians 2,305.1 2,330.7 2,341.6 2,328.6 2,306.0 2,324.5 2,330.3 2,332.4 2.1 Outpatient care centers 582.4 608.1 613.6 613.0 583.8 607.2 612.1 614.6 2.5 Home health care services 1,054.1 1,104.8 1,103.2 1,100.7 1,060.3 1,099.6 1,101.4 1,105.7 4.3 Hospitals 4,670.6 4,709.2 4,715.8 4,705.1 4,675.6 4,701.5 4,708.5 4,709.2 0.7 Nursing and residential care facilities 3,087.1 3,160.9 3,170.1 3,153.6 3,098.5 3,153.6 3,161.8 3,163.7 1.9 Nursing care facilities 1,641.3 1,679.9 1,682.4 1,674.5 1,647.5 1,674.1 1,677.0 1,679.3 2.3 Social assistance 2,589.8 2,683.1 2,682.1 2,661.1 2,588.5 2,660.5 2,661.7 2,664.0 2.3 Child day care services 856.0 875.0 868.7 865.3 847.5 858.4 856.4 858.9 2.5 Leisure and hospitality 12,315 12,811 12,747 12,410 12,931 13,057 13,065 13,062 -3 Arts, entertainment, and recreation 1,674.8 1,748.5 1,738.1 1,670.2 1,885.5 1,895.0 1,900.4 1,900.0 -0.4 Performing arts and spectator sports 349.7 395.6 395.5 365.0 388.6 410.6 413.2 411.3 -1.9 Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks 115.4 122.0 119.6 116.1 127.0 126.6 127.0 127.4 0.4 Amusements, gambling, and recreation 1,209.7 1,230.9 1,223.0 1,189.1 1,369.9 1,357.8 1,360.2 1,361.3 1.1 Accommodation and food services 10,640.3 11,062.0 11,008.6 10,739.9 11,045.0 11,162.0 11,164.4 11,162.2 -2.2 Accommodation 1,652.4 1,709.9 1,697.5 1,670.1 1,740.1 1,759.3 1,758.4 1,760.6 2.2 Food services and drinking places 8,987.9 9,352.1 9,311.1 9,069.8 9,304.9 9,402.7 9,406.0 9,401.6 -4.4 Other services 5,250 5,403 5,398 5,353 5,322 5,416 5,419 5,424 5 Repair and maintenance 1,113.7 1,139.7 1,134.9 1,134.1 1,129.0 1,144.7 1,142.7 1,151.1 8.4 Personal and laundry services 1,242.5 1,268.4 1,268.5 1,248.1 1,262.8 1,269.9 1,270.7 1,266.5 -4.2 Membership associations and organizations 2,893.3 2,995.2 2,994.3 2,970.5 2,930.2 3,001.4 3,005.5 3,006.8 1.3 Government 22,376 22,748 22,587 22,093 22,488 22,267 22,249 22,235 -14 Federal 2,845.0 2,839.0 2,846.0 2,833.0 2,866.0 2,844.0 2,852.0 2,850.0 -2.0 Federal, except U.S. Postal Service 2,160.0 2,195.3 2,200.1 2,187.5 2,190.4 2,200.4 2,207.6 2,205.5 -2.1 U.S. Postal Service 685.2 643.4 646.2 645.3 676.0 643.1 644.6 644.4 -0.2 State government 5,053.0 5,322.0 5,250.0 5,041.0 5,140.0 5,144.0 5,142.0 5,140.0 -2.0 State government education 2,282.0 2,581.5 2,513.3 2,308.7 2,355.8 2,392.9 2,391.8 2,393.5 1.7 State government, excluding education 2,770.7 2,740.7 2,736.2 2,731.9 2,784.2 2,751.4 2,749.7 2,746.3 -3.4 Local government 14,478.0 14,587.0 14,491.0 14,219.0 14,482.0 14,279.0 14,255.0 14,245.0 -10.0 Local government education 8,178.6 8,307.5 8,266.6 8,042.4 8,068.6 7,961.9 7,951.1 7,949.3 -1.8 Local government, excluding education 6,299.6 6,279.6 6,224.6 6,176.8 6,413.6 6,316.6 6,304.0 6,296.0 -8.0 NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2010 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.



ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-2. Average weekly hours and overtime of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted Industry Jan.

2010 Nov.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS Total private 34.0 34.2 34.3 34.2 Goods-producing 39.4 39.8 39.8 39.6 Mining and logging 43.4 43.3 43.4 43.8 Construction 37.6 38.1 38.1 37.3 Manufacturing 40.0 40.4 40.4 40.5 Durable goods 40.1 40.7 40.6 40.7 Nondurable goods 39.8 39.9 40.0 40.1 Private service-providing 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.2 Trade, transportation, and utilities 34.1 34.3 34.5 34.4 Wholesale trade 37.8 38.3 38.4 38.5 Retail trade 31.3 31.2 31.5 31.3 Transportation and warehousing 38.1 38.5 38.6 38.6 Utilities 40.5 41.5 41.3 41.8 Information 36.6 36.6 36.4 36.4 Financial activities 36.7 37.1 37.0 37.1 Professional and business services 35.2 35.5 35.7 35.7 Education and health services 32.9 32.8 32.8 32.8 Leisure and hospitality 25.6 25.9 25.8 25.8 Other services 31.5 31.6 31.6 31.5 AVERAGE OVERTIME HOURS Manufacturing 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.1 Durable goods 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.0 Nondurable goods 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.2 NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2010 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.



ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-3. Average hourly and weekly earnings of all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted Industry Average hourly earnings Average weekly earnings Jan.

2010 Nov.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 Jan.

2010 Nov.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 Total private $22.44 $22.76 $22.78 $22.86 $762.96 $778.39 $781.35 $781.81 Goods-producing 23.92 24.18 24.22 24.41 942.45 962.36 963.96 966.64 Mining and logging 26.89 27.62 27.73 28.26 1,167.03 1,195.95 1,203.48 1,237.79 Construction 25.14 25.32 25.37 25.46 945.26 964.69 966.60 949.66 Manufacturing 23.17 23.43 23.47 23.69 926.80 946.57 948.19 959.45 Durable goods 24.73 24.94 25.01 25.24 991.67 1,015.06 1,015.41 1,027.27 Nondurable goods 20.70 20.97 20.97 21.14 823.86 836.70 838.80 847.71 Private service-providing 22.09 22.43 22.44 22.50 728.97 742.43 745.01 747.00 Trade, transportation, and utilities 19.56 19.77 19.76 19.82 667.00 678.11 681.72 681.81 Wholesale trade 26.04 26.20 26.18 26.24 984.31 1,003.46 1,005.31 1,010.24 Retail trade 15.50 15.61 15.61 15.64 485.15 487.03 491.72 489.53 Transportation and warehousing 20.81 21.23 21.23 21.24 792.86 817.36 819.48 819.86 Utilities 32.59 32.50 32.83 33.11 1,319.90 1,348.75 1,355.88 1,384.00 Information 29.95 31.05 31.03 31.08 1,096.17 1,136.43 1,129.49 1,131.31 Financial activities 26.97 27.37 27.44 27.54 989.80 1,015.43 1,015.28 1,021.73 Professional and business services 27.11 27.40 27.32 27.32 954.27 972.70 975.32 975.32 Education and health services 22.66 23.21 23.32 23.39 745.51 761.29 764.90 767.19 Leisure and hospitality 13.11 13.11 13.13 13.22 335.62 339.55 338.75 341.08 Other services 20.07 20.48 20.47 20.43 632.21 647.17 646.85 643.55 NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2010 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.



ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-4. Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted [2007=100] Industry Index of aggregate weekly hours Index of aggregate weekly payrolls Jan.

2010 Nov.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 Percent change from:

Dec.

2010 - Jan.

2011 Jan.

2010 Nov.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 Percent change from:

Dec.

2010 - Jan.

2011 Total private 91.0 92.4 92.8 92.6 -0.2 97.4 100.3 100.8 100.9 0.1 Goods-producing 79.5 80.7 80.6 80.3 -0.4 86.0 88.2 88.3 88.6 0.3 Mining and logging 91.0 100.0 99.7 100.7 1.0 98.2 110.9 111.0 114.3 3.0 Construction 72.4 72.3 72.0 70.1 -2.6 79.1 79.5 79.4 77.6 -2.3 Manufacturing 82.5 84.0 84.1 84.6 0.6 88.9 91.5 91.8 93.2 1.5 Durable goods 79.0 81.5 81.5 82.4 1.1 86.8 90.3 90.5 92.3 2.0 Nondurable goods 88.7 88.4 88.7 88.6 -0.1 93.2 94.1 94.3 95.1 0.8 Private service-providing 94.4 95.7 96.2 96.2 0.0 101.0 104.0 104.6 104.9 0.3 Trade, transportation, and utilities 90.9 92.0 92.8 92.5 -0.3 95.7 97.9 98.7 98.7 0.0 Wholesale trade 89.9 91.5 91.8 92.2 0.4 97.7 100.1 100.3 101.0 0.7 Retail trade 91.4 91.5 92.4 92.0 -0.4 93.7 94.4 95.4 95.1 -0.3 Transportation and warehousing 90.4 92.9 94.3 93.4 -1.0 95.5 100.1 101.6 100.7 -0.9 Utilities 97.4 98.6 98.5 99.3 0.8 104.8 105.9 106.8 108.6 1.7 Information 91.5 90.2 89.7 89.7 0.0 97.6 99.7 99.1 99.2 0.1 Financial activities 92.7 93.1 92.9 93.0 0.1 97.6 99.5 99.5 100.0 0.5 Professional and business services 91.4 94.0 94.9 95.1 0.2 100.4 104.4 105.0 105.2 0.2 Education and health services 103.7 105.3 105.5 105.5 0.0 110.1 114.5 115.2 115.6 0.3 Leisure and hospitality 94.5 96.5 96.2 96.2 0.0 99.9 102.1 101.9 102.6 0.7 Other services 92.9 94.8 94.9 94.7 -0.2 105.8 110.2 110.2 109.8 -0.4 NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2010 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustment factors.



ESTABLISHMENT DATA

Table B-5. Employment of women on nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted Industry Women employees (in thousands) Percent of all employees Jan.

2010 Nov.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 Jan.

2010 Nov.

2010 Dec.

2010 Jan.

2011 Total nonfarm 64,613 64,615 64,656 64,660 50.0 49.7 49.6 49.6 Total private 51,784 51,967 52,019 52,033 48.5 48.2 48.2 48.2 Goods-producing 4,115 4,062 4,064 4,063 23.2 22.8 22.8 22.8 Mining and logging 95 100 99 102 14.2 13.6 13.5 13.9 Construction 744 712 713 711 13.3 12.9 13.0 13.0 Manufacturing 3,276 3,250 3,252 3,250 28.6 28.1 28.1 28.0 Durable goods 1,731 1,718 1,719 1,722 24.7 24.2 24.1 24.0 Nondurable goods 1,545 1,532 1,533 1,528 34.6 34.5 34.5 34.5 Private service-providing 47,669 47,905 47,955 47,970 53.5 53.2 53.2 53.2 Trade, transportation, and utilities 10,038 9,970 9,970 9,980 40.9 40.4 40.3 40.3 Wholesale trade 1,645.7 1,643.9 1,643.2 1,647.0 30.2 30.0 30.0 30.0 Retail trade 7,250.9 7,187.2 7,176.9 7,192.4 50.4 49.8 49.7 49.7 Transportation and warehousing 1,000.5 1,003.2 1,013.7 1,005.4 24.1 23.8 23.8 23.8 Utilities 140.6 135.6 135.8 134.8 25.3 24.7 24.6 24.5 Information 1,124 1,102 1,098 1,100 41.1 40.8 40.7 40.8 Financial activities 4,535 4,463 4,464 4,461 59.2 58.6 58.6 58.7 Professional and business services 7,412 7,492 7,509 7,489 44.9 44.5 44.4 44.2 Education and health services 14,970 15,201 15,217 15,226 77.3 77.0 77.0 77.0 Leisure and hospitality 6,779 6,810 6,825 6,839 52.4 52.2 52.2 52.4 Other services 2,811 2,867 2,872 2,875 52.8 52.9 53.0 53.0 Government 12,829 12,648 12,637 12,627 57.0 56.8 56.8 56.8 NOTE: Data have been revised to reflect March 2010 benchmark levels and updated seasonal adjustm