Employment, unemployment, and wages – Statistical Data Included
STATUS OF THE LABOR FORCE
In May, employment rose by 441,000, and unemployment fell by 243,000.
[GRAPHIC OMITTED] [Thousands of persons 16 years of age and over, except as noted;
monthly data seasonally adjusted except as noted by NSA]
Civilian employment
Non
agri-
cultu-
ral
Civilian
non-
Period institu- Civilian Agricul-
tional labor Total tural Total
population force
NSA
1992 192,805 128,105 118,492 3,247 115,245
1993 194,838 129,200 120,259 3,115 117,144
1994 (3) 196,814 131,056 123,060 3,409 119,651
1995 198,584 132,304 124,900 3,440 121,460
1996 200,591 133,943 126,708 3,443 123,264
1997 (4) 203,133 136,297 129,558 3,399 126,159
1998 (4) 205,220 137,673 131,463 3,378 128,085
1999 (4) 207,753 139,368 133,488 3,281 130,207
2000 (4) 209,699 140,863 135,208 3,305 131,903
2001 211,864 141,815 135,073 3,144 131,929
2001: May 211,525 141,445 135,235 3,193 132,042
June 211,725 141,468 135,003 3,044 131,959
July 211,921 141,651 135,106 3,055 132,051
Aug 212,135 141,380 134,408 3,126 131,282
Sept 212,357 142,068 135,004 3,181 131,823
Oct 212,581 142,280 134,615 3,203 131,412
Nov 212,767 142,279 134,253 3,154 131,099
Dec 212,927 142,314 134,055 3,246 130,809
2002: Jan 213,089 141,390 133,468 3,273 130,195
Feb 213,206 142,211 134,319 3,246 131,073
Mar 213,334 142,005 133,894 3,126 130,768
Apr 213,492 142,570 133,976 3,154 130,823
May 213,658 142,769 134,417 3,097 131,320
Civilian Percent
employment Unemployment (2)
Nonagricul-
tural
Part time 15 Not in Labor
Period for weeks labor force
economic Total and force parti-
reasons (1) over cipation
rate
1992 6,240 9,613 3,408 64,700 66.4
1993 6,230 8,940 3,094 65,638 66.3
1994 (3) 4,414 7,996 2,860 65,758 66.6
1995 4,279 7,404 2,363 66,280 66.6
1996 4,123 7,236 2,316 66,647 66.8
1997 (4) 3,879 6,739 2,062 66,837 67.1
1998 (4) 3,501 6,210 1,637 67,547 67.1
1999 (4) 3,189 5,880 1,480 68,385 67.1
2000 (4) 3,045 5,655 1,309 68,836 67.2
2001 3,529 6,742 1,746 70,050 66.9
2001: May 3,231 6,210 1,503 70,080 66.9
June 3,556 6,465 1,571 70,257 66.8
July 3,425 6,545 1,630 70,270 66.8
Aug 3,246 6,972 1,798 70,755 66.6
Sept 4,015 7,064 1,907 70,289 66.9
Oct 4,222 7,665 2,042 70,301 66.9
Nov 4,017 8,026 2,317 70,488 66.9
Dec 4,119 8,259 2,410 70,613 66.8
2002: Jan 3,781 7,922 2,546 71,699 66.4
Feb 3,998 7,891 2,561 70,995 66.7
Mar 3,848 8,111 2,688 71,329 66.6
Apr 4,009 8,594 2,854 70,922 66.8
May 3,818 8,351 2,952 70,889 66.8
Percent (2)
Employ-
ment/ Unem-
Period popu- ploy-
lation ment
ratio rate
1992 61.5 7.5
1993 61.7 6.9
1994 (3) 62.5 6.1
1995 62.9 5.6
1996 63.2 5.4
1997 (4) 63.8 4.9
1998 (4) 64.1 4.5
1999 (4) 64.3 4.2
2000 (4) 64.5 4.0
2001 63.8 4.8
2001: May 63.9 4.4
June 63.8 4.6
July 63.8 4.6
Aug 63.4 4.9
Sept 63.6 5.0
Oct 63.3 5.4
Nov 63.1 5.6
Dec 63.0 5.8
2002: Jan 62.6 5.6
Feb 63.0 5.5
Mar 62.8 5.7
Apr 62.8 6.0
May 62.9 5.8
(1) Persons at work. Economic reasons include slack work, material
shortages, inability to find fulltime work, etc.
(2) Civilian labor force (or employment) as percent of civilian
noninstitutional population; and unemployment as percent of civilian
labor force.
(3) Data beginning January 1994 are not directly comparable with data
for earlier periods because of a major redesign of the household
survey questionnaire.
(4) Not strictly comparable with earlier data.
NOTE.–See Employment and Earnings for details on breaks in series.
Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
SELECTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
In May, the unemployment rate fell to 5.8 percent from 6.0 percent in April.
[GRAPHICS OMITTED] [Monthly data seasonally adjusted]
Unemployment rate (percent of civilian labor
force in group)
By
By sex and age race
Both
All Men Women sexes
Period civilian 20 years 20 years 16-19 White
workers and over and over years
1992 7.5 7.1 6.3 20.1 6.6
1993 6.9 6.4 5.9 19.0 6.1
1994 (2) 6.1 5.4 5.4 17.6 5.3
1995 5.6 4.8 4.9 17.3 4.9
1996 5.4 4.6 4.8 16.7 4.7
1997 4.9 4.2 4.4 16.0 4.2
1998 4.5 3.7 4.1 14.6 3.9
1999 4.2 3.5 3.8 13.9 3.7
2000 4.0 3.3 3.6 13.1 3.5
2001 4.8 4.2 4.1 14.7 4.2
2001: May 4.4 3.9 3.8 13.8 3.9
June 4.6 4.1 3.9 14.4 4.0
July 4.6 4.0 4.0 14.8 4.1
Aug 4.9 4.4 4.2 15.8 4.3
Sept 5.0 4.3 4.4 14.9 4.3
Oct 5.4 4.8 4.8 15.4 4.7
Nov 5.6 5.2 4.9 15.7 5.0
Dec 5.8 5.2 5.2 16.2 5.1
2002: Jan 5.6 5.2 4.8 16.1 5.0
Feb 5.5 5.0 5.0 15.6 4.9
Mar 5.7 5.2 5.0 16.4 5.0
Apr 6.0 5.4 5.4 16.8 5.3
May 5.8 5.2 5.2 16.9 5.2
Unemployment rate (percent of civilian labor
force in group)
By race By selected groups
Exper-
ienced Married Women
Black wage men, who
Period and Black and spouse maintain
other salary present families
workers
1992 12.7 14.2 7.2 5.1 10.0
1993 11.7 13.0 6.6 4.4 9.7
1994 (2) 10.5 11.5 5.9 3.7 8.9
1995 9.6 10.4 5.4 3.3 8.0
1996 9.3 10.5 5.2 3.0 8.2
1997 8.8 10.0 4.7 2.7 8.1
1998 7.8 8.9 4.3 2.4 7.2
1999 7.0 8.0 4.0 2.2 6.4
2000 6.7 7.6 3.9 2.0 5.9
2001 7.7 8.7 4.6 2.7 6.6
2001: May 7.1 8.0 4.3 2.6 6.2
June 7.4 8.4 4.5 2.6 6.3
July 7.3 8.1 4.5 2.7 6.3
Aug 8.1 9.0 4.8 2.8 6.8
Sept 8.0 8.8 4.8 2.8 7.1
Oct 8.6 9.6 5.3 3.1 6.8
Nov 8.8 9.9 5.5 3.3 8.0
Dec 9.1 10.2 5.7 3.4 8.0
2002: Jan 8.7 9.8 5.5 3.5 7.9
Feb 8.8 9.6 5.5 3.4 8.0
Mar 9.5 10.7 5.7 3.4 7.3
Apr 10.0 11.2 5.9 3.9 8.6
May 9.1 10.2 5.8 3.6 8.1
Unemployment rate (percent
of civilian labor force
in group)
By selected groups
Full-time Part-time
Period workers (1) workers (1)
1992 7.5 7.5
1993 6.9 7.2
1994 (2) 6.1 6.0
1995 5.5 6.0
1996 5.3 5.8
1997 4.8 5.5
1998 4.3 5.3
1999 4.1 5.0
2000 3.9 4.8
2001 4.7 5.1
2001: May 4.3 4.8
June 4.5 5.2
July 4.5 5.1
Aug 4.8 5.4
Sept 5.0 4.6
Oct 5.4 5.5
Nov 5.6 5.6
Dec 5.8 5.6
2002: Jan 5.7 5.2
Feb 5.7 4.8
Mar 5.8 5.2
Apr 6.2 5.2
May 5.9 5.6
(1) Revised definition; for details, see Employment and Earnings,
February 1994.
(2) Data beginning January 1994 are not directly comparable with data
for earlier periods.
NOTE.–Data relate to persons age 16 years and over.
Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
SELECTED MEASURES OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE PROGRAMS
In May, the percentages of the unemployed who had been out of work for less than 5 weeks and for 27 weeks and over rose; the percentages for 5-14 weeks and for 15-26 weeks fell. The mean duration of unemployment rose to 17.1 weeks and the median duration rose to 9.8 weeks.
[GRAPHICS OMITTED] [Monthly data seasonally adjusted, except as noted]
Duration of unemployment
Percent distribution Number of weeks
Un-
employ- Less 27
Period ment than 5-14 15-26 weeks Aver-
(thou- 5 weeks weeks and age Median
sands) weeks over (mean)
1992 9,613 35.1 29.4 15.1 20.3 17.7 8.7
1993 8,940 36.5 28.9 14.5 20.1 18.0 8.3
1994 (3) 7,996 34.1 30.1 15.5 20.3 18.8 9.2
1995 7,404 36.5 31.6 14.6 17.3 16.6 8.3
1996 7,236 36.4 31.6 14.6 17.4 16.7 8.3
1997 6,739 37.7 31.7 14.8 15.8 15.8 8.0
1998 6,210 42.2 31.4 12.3 14.1 14.5 6.7
1999 5,880 43.7 31.2 12.8 12.3 13.4 6.4
2000 5,655 45.0 31.9 11.8 11.4 12.6 5.9
2001 6,742 42.0 32.1 14.1 11.8 13.2 6.8
2001: May 6,210 43.5 32.4 13.8 10.3 12.4 6.4
June 6,465 43.4 32.4 13.0 11.2 12.9 6.3
July 6,545 41.1 33.7 14.7 10.6 12.7 6.7
Aug 6,972 42.8 31.2 14.2 11.8 13.2 6.6
Sept 7,064 39.6 33.4 15.3 11.6 13.3 7.3
Oct 7,665 40.3 33.0 14.9 11.8 13.0 7.4
Nov 8,026 38.7 32.2 15.1 13.9 14.4 7.6
Dec 8,259 37.1 33.4 15.9 13.7 14.5 8.2
2002: Jan 7,922 36.7 31.9 17.5 13.9 14.6 8.8
Feb 7,891 35.8 31.8 17.5 14.9 15.0 8.1
Mar 8,111 37.6 29.5 16.6 16.3 15.4 8.1
Apr 8,594 33.0 33.3 16.1 17.6 16.6 8.9
May 8,351 34.4 30.3 15.7 19.6 17.1 9.8
Reason for unemployment: State
percent distribution programs
In-
sured Ini-
Job Job Reen- New unem- tial
Period los- leav- trants en- ploy- claims
ers ers trants ment
(1)
Weekly average,
thousands
1992 56.1 10.4 23.8 9.7 3,245 408
1993 54.2 10.9 24.6 10.3 2,751 341
1994 (3) 47.7 9.9 34.8 7.6 2,670 340
1995 46.9 11.1 34.1 7.8 2,572 357
1996 46.6 10.7 34.7 8.0 2,595 356
1997 45.1 11.8 34.7 8.4 2,323 323
1998 45.5 11.8 34.3 8.4 2,222 321
1999 44.6 13.3 34.1 8.0 2,188 298
2000 44.1 13.7 34.6 7.6 2,110 301
2001 50.8 12.3 30.1 6.7 2,972 404
2001: May 50.2 13.1 29.3 7.5 2,891 402
June 50.4 12.5 29.8 7.3 2,982 400
July 50.9 12.2 30.1 6.8 3,035 397
Aug 49.4 12.6 31.0 7.0 3,150 403
Sept 51.5 11.7 30.1 6.7 3,318 453
Oct 55.4 11.3 27.2 6.0 3,562 465
Nov 56.0 10.5 27.3 6.2 3,603 439
Dec 54.4 11.0 28.6 6.0 3,540 410
2002: Jan 55.1 11.1 27.7 6.1 3,475 401
Feb 54.4 11.0 28.5 6.1 3,522 391
Mar 52.3 10.6 30.3 6.8 3,619 422
Apr 53.2 12.0 28.8 6.1 3,757 (r) 435
May 54.5 10.7 28.9 5.9 … (p) 412
Insured
unem-
ploy-
ment,
Period all
regular
programs
(unad-
justed)
(2)
Weekly
average,
thousands
1992 3,348
1993 2,845
1994 (3) 2,739
1995 2,633
1996 2,650
1997 2,366
1998 2,257
1999 2,219
2000 2,141
2001 3,005
2001: May 2,534
June 2,644
July 3,171
Aug 2,727
Sept 2,853
Oct 3,026
Nov 3,138
Dec 3,940
2002: Jan 4,313
Feb 4,300
Mar (r) 4,150
Apr 3,950
May …
(1) Beginning January 1994, job losers and persons who completed
temporary jobs.
(2) Includes State (50 States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and
Virgin Islands), ex-servicemen (UCX), and Federal (UFCE). Railroad (RR)
programs included through 1993. Also includes Federal and State
extended benefit programs. Does not include Federal supplemental
compensation or Emergency Unemployment Compensation programs.
(3) Data beginning January 1994 are not directly comparable with data
for earlier periods.
NOTE.–Data relate to persons age 16 years and over (except for insured
unemployment and initial claims).
Source: Department of Labor (Bureau of Labor Statistics and Employment
and Training Administration).
NONAGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT
Total nonagricultural employment as measured by the payroll survey rose by 41,000 in May. (Series revised.)
[GRAPHICS OMITTED] [Thousands of wage and salary workers; (1) monthly data seasonally
adjusted]
Goods-producing industries
Manufacturing
Total
non-
agri-
cultu- Total Con- Du- Non-
Period ral (2) struc- Total rable dura-
employ- tion goods ble
ment goods
1992 108,601 23,231 4,492 18,104 10,277 7,827
1993 110,713 23,352 4,668 18,075 10,221 7,854
1994 114,163 23,908 4,986 18,321 10,448 7,873
1995 117,191 24,265 5,160 18,524 10,683 7,841
1996 119,608 24,493 5,418 18,495 10,789 7,706
1997 122,690 24,962 5,691 18,675 11,010 7,665
1998 125,865 25,414 6,020 18,805 11,205 7,600
1999 128,916 25,507 6,415 18,552 11,111 7,441
2000 (r) 131,720 25,669 6,653 18,473 11,141 7,332
2001 (r) 131,922 24,944 6,685 17,695 10,636 7,059
2001: May (r) 132,229 25,147 6,714 17,867 10,769 7,098
June (r) 132,108 25,012 6,697 17,748 10,684 7,064
July (r) 132,045 24,907 6,680 17,657 10,606 7,051
Aug (r) 131,966 24,776 6,679 17,526 10,516 7,010
Sept (r) 131,819 24,675 6,674 17,430 10,445 6,985
Oct (r) 131,414 24,511 6,643 17,302 10,343 6,959
Nov (r) 131,087 24,353 6,629 17,158 10,237 6,921
Dec (r) 130,890 24,261 6,634 17,062 10,166 6,896
2002: Jan (r) 130,871 24,130 6,615 16,947 10,070 6,877
Feb (r) 130,706 24,041 6,597 16,880 10,023 6,857
Mar (r) 130,701 23,975 6,593 16,822 9,976 6,846
Apr (r) 130,707 23,903 6,540 16,800 9,977 6,823
May (r) 130,748 23,880 6,539 16,781 9,971 6,810
Service-producing industries
Trans- Finance,
porta- Whole- insu-
Total tion and sale Retail rance,
Period public trade trade and real
utilities estate
1992 85,370 5,718 5,997 19,356 6,602
1993 87,361 5,811 5,981 19,773 6,757
1994 90,256 5,984 6,162 20,507 6,896
1995 92,925 6,132 6,378 21,187 6,806
1996 95,115 6,253 6,482 21,597 6,911
1997 97,727 6,408 6,648 21,966 7,109
1998 100,451 6,611 6,800 22,295 7,389
1999 103,409 6,834 6,911 22,848 7,555
2000 (r) 106,051 7,031 6,947 23,337 7,578
2001 (r) 106,978 7,065 6,776 23,522 7,712
2001: May (r) 107,082 7,131 6,794 23,566 7,719
June (r) 107,096 7,121 6,781 23,581 7,719
July (r) 107,138 7,110 6,773 23,577 7,718
Aug (r) 107,190 7,088 6,762 23,553 7,728
Sept (r) 107,144 7,044 6,747 23,509 7,739
Oct (r) 106,903 6,974 6,728 23,470 7,743
Nov (r) 106,734 6,907 6,693 23,449 7,751
Dec (r) 106,629 6,856 6,702 23,318 7,748
2002: Jan (r) 106,741 6,850 6,702 23,396 7,748
Feb (r) 106,665 6,837 6,689 23,331 7,745
Mar (r) 106,726 6,814 6,681 23,332 7,740
Apr (r) 106,804 6,802 6,679 23,357 7,743
May (r) 106,868 6,802 6,678 23,340 7,743
Service-producing industries
Government
Period Services Total Federal
1992 29,052 18,645 2,969
1993 30,197 18,841 2,915
1994 31,579 19,128 2,870
1995 33,117 19,305 2,822
1996 34,454 19,419 2,757
1997 36,040 19,557 2,699
1998 37,533 19,823 2,686
1999 39,055 20,206 2,669
2000 (r) 40,457 20,702 2,777
2001 (r) 40,970 20,933 2,616
2001: May (r) 41,018 20,854 2,612
June (r) 40,990 20,904 2,617
July (r) 40,989 20,971 2,622
Aug (r) 41,061 20,998 2,624
Sept (r) 41,062 21,043 2,622
Oct (r) 40,923 21,065 2,622
Nov (r) 40,834 21,100 2,616
Dec (r) 40,883 21,122 2,615
2002: Jan (r) 40,908 21,137 2,609
Feb (r) 40,901 21,162 2,608
Mar (r) 40,963 21,196 2,611
Apr (r) 41,039 21,184 2,611
May (r) 41,107 21,198 2,604
(1) Includes all full- and part-time wage and salary workers in
nonagricultural establishments who received pay for any part of the pay
period which includes the 12th of the month. Excludes proprietors,
self-employed persons, domestic servants, and personnel of the Armed
Forces. Total in this table not comparable with estimates of
nonagricultural employment of the civilian labor force, shown on p. 11,
which include proprietors, self-employed persons, and domestic
servants; which count persons as employed when they are not at work
because of industrial disputes, bad weather, etc., even if they are
not paid for the time off; and which are based on a sample of the
working-age population, whereas the estimates in this table are based
on reports from employing establishments. In the series shown here,
persons who work at more than one job are counted each time they appear
on a payroll, in contrast to the series shown on p. 11, where persons
are counted only once–as employed, unemployed, or not in the labor
force.
(2) Includes mining, shown separately.
Note.–Data reflect annual benchmarking and updating of seasonal
adjustment factors, as well as other technical revisions. Seasonally
adjusted data revised beginning 1997; unadjusted data revised beginning
April 2000. See June 2002 Employment and Earnings for details on the
revisions.
Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS, HOURLY EARNINGS, AND WEEKLY EARNINGS
PRIVATE NONAGRICULTURAL INDUSTRIES
[For production or nonsupervisory workers; monthly data seasonallyadjusted]
Average goes hourly
Average weekly hours earnings
Total private
Manufacturing nonagricultural (1)
Total
private Current 1982
Period nonagri- Total Overtime dollars dollars (2)
cultural
(1)
1992 34.4 41.0 3.8 $10.57 $7.41
1993 34.5 41.4 4.1 10.83 7.39
1994 34.7 42.0 4.7 11.12 7.40
1995 34.5 41.6 4.4 11.43 7.39
1996 34.4 41.6 4.5 11.82 7.43
1997 34.6 42.0 4.8 12.28 7.55
1998 34.6 41.7 4.6 12.78 7.75
1999 34.5 41.7 4.6 13.24 7.86
2000 (r) 34.5 41.6 4.6 13.76 7.89
2001 (r) 34.2 40.7 3.9 14.32 8.00
2001: Apr (r) 34.2 40.9 3.9 14.21 7.94
May (r) 34.2 40.8 3.9 14.24 7.93
June (r) 34.2 40.7 3.9 14.29 7.94
July (r) 34.2 40.8 3.9 14.33 7.99
Aug (r) 34.1 40.7 4.0 14.38 8.02
Sept (r) 34.1 40.6 3.9 14.43 8.01
Oct (r) 34.0 40.5 3.8 14.46 8.06
Nov (r) 34.1 40.4 3.8 14.52 8.10
Dec (r) 34.1 40.6 3.8 14.56 8.14
2002: Jan (r) 34.1 40.6 3.9 14.59 8.14
Feb (r) 34.2 40.7 3.9 14.62 8.14
Mar (r) 34.2 41.0 4.1 14.65 8.13
Apr (r) 34.2 40.9 4.2 14.67 8.10
May (p) 34.2 40.9 4.3 14.70 …
Average
goes
hourly
earnings Average gross weekly earnings
Total private
nonagricultural (1) Current dollars
Manufac- Current 1982 Manufac- Cons
Period turing dollars dollars (2) turing truc-
tion
1992 $11.46 $363.61 $254.99 $469.86 $537.70
1993 11.74 373.64 254.87 486.04 553.63
1994 12.07 385.86 256.73 506.94 573.00
1995 12.37 394.34 255.07 514.59 587.00
1996 12.77 406.61 255.73 531.23 603.33
1997 13.17 424.89 261.31 553.14 625.56
1998 13.49 442.19 268.32 562.53 646.13
1999 13.90 456.78 271.25 579.63 672.13
2000 (r) 14.37 474.72 272.36 597.79 702.68
2001 (r) 14.83 489.74 273.45 603.58 720.76
2001: Apr (r) 14.72 485.98 271.65 602.05 713.44
May (r) 14.78 487.01 271.16 603.02 722.30
June (r) 14.81 488.72 271.66 602.77 721.02
July (r) 14.86 490.09 273.34 606.29 720.63
Aug (r) 14.91 490.36 273.49 606.84 721.94
Sept (r) 14.95 492.06 273.06 606.97 720.89
Oct (r) 14.99 491.64 273.89 607.10 717.60
Nov (r) 15.03 495.13 276.15 607.21 725.87
Dec (r) 15.08 496.50 277.68 612.25 727.26
2002: Jan (r) 15.13 497.52 277.63 614.28 736.68
Feb (r) 15.17 500.00 278.40 617.42 735.99
Mar (r) 15.19 501.03 278.04 622.79 732.73
Apr (r) 15.19 501.71 276.88 621.27 735.47
May (p) 15.27 502.74 … 624.54 725.63
Average gross weekly earnings
Payment change
from a year
earlier, total
Current private, non-
dollars agricultural
Retail Current 1982
Period trade dollars dollars
1992 $205.06 2.7 -0.2
1993 209.95 2.8 -.0
1994 216.46 3.3 .7
1995 221.47 2.2 -.6
1996 230.11 3.1 .3
1997 240.74 4.5 2.2
1998 253.46 4.1 2.7
1999 263.61 3.3 1.1
2000 (r) 273.39 3.9 .4
2001 (r) 282.35 3.2 .4
2001: Apr (r) 279.07 3.3 -.0
May (r) 279.07 3.6 -.1
June (r) 280.80 3.5 .3
July (r) 281.38 3.5 .9
Aug (r) 281.95 3.2 .5
Sept (r) 282.53 3.2 .7
Oct (r) 283.39 2.6 .6
Nov (r) 285.12 3.0 1.4
Dec (r) 285.82 3.5 2.3
2002: Jan (r) 286.11 2.9 2.1
Feb (r) 287.68 3.5 2.7
Mar (r) 289.55 3.4 2.2
Apr (r) 290.42 3.2 1.9
May (p) 291.42 3.2 …
(1) Also includes other private industry groups shown on p. 14.
(2) Current dollar earnings divided by the consumer price index for
urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W) (on a 1982=100 base).
NOTE.–Data reflect annual benchmarking and updating of seasonal
adjustment factors, as well as other technical revisions. Seasonally
adjusted data revised beginning 1997; unadjusted data revised beginning
April 2000. See June 2002 Employment and Earnings for details on
the revisions.
Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX–PRIVATE INDUSTRY
Index (June 1989 = 100) Percent change from
3 months earlier
Total Wages Bene- Total Wages Bene-
Period compen- and fits compen- and fits
sation salaries (1) sation salaries (1)
Not seasonally adjusted
1992: Dec 115.6 112.9 122.2 … … …
1993: Dec 119.8 116.4 128.3 … … …
1994: Dec 123.5 119.7 133.0 … … …
1995: Dec 126.7 123.1 135.9 … … …
1996: Dec 130.6 127.3 138.6 … … …
1997: Dec 135.1 132.3 141.8 … … …
1998: Dec 139.8 137.4 145.2 … … …
1999: Dec 144.6 142.2 150.2 … … …
2000: Dec 150.9 147.7 158.6 … … …
2001: Dec 157.2 153.3 166.7 … … …
Seasonally adjusted
1999: Mar 140.2 138.1 145.2 0.3 0.4 0.0
June 141.8 139.7 146.7 1.1 1.2 1.0
Sept 143.1 140.9 148.2 .9 .9 1.0
Dec 144.6 142.3 150.2 1.0 1.0 1.3
2000: Mar 146.6 143.9 153.1 1.4 1.1 1.9
June 148.3 145.4 155.1 1.2 1.0 1.3
Sept 149.8 146.7 157.0 1.0 .9 1.2
Dec 151.1 147.9 158.8 .9 .8 1.1
2001: Mar 152.8 149.4 160.8 1.1 1.0 1.3
June 154.3 150.9 162.5 1.0 1.0 1.1
Sept 155.7 152.0 164.7 .9 .7 1.4
Dec 157.3 153.4 166.8 1.0 .9 1.3
2002: Mar 158.7 154.8 168.6 .9 .9 1.1
Percent change from
12 months earlier
Total Wages Bene-
Period compen- and fits
sation salaries (1)
Not seasonally adjusted
1992: Dec 3.5 2.6 5.2
1993: Dec 3.6 3.1 5.0
1994: Dec 3.1 2.8 3.7
1995: Dec 2.6 2.8 2.2
1996: Dec 3.1 3.4 2.0
1997: Dec 3.4 3.9 2.3
1998: Dec 3.5 3.9 2.4
1999: Dec 3.4 3.5 3.4
2000: Dec 4.4 3.9 5.6
2001: Dec 4.2 3.8 5.1
Not seasonally adjusted
1999: Mar 3.0 3.3 2.2
June 3.3 3.6 2.5
Sept 3.1 3.2 2.8
Dec 3.4 3.5 3.4
2000: Mar 4.6 4.2 5.5
June 4.6 4.1 5.7
Sept 4.6 4.1 6.0
Dec 4.4 3.9 5.6
2001: Mar 4.2 3.8 5.0
June 4.0 3.8 4.8
Sept 4.0 3.6 4.9
Dec 4.2 3.8 5.1
2002: Mar 3.9 3.5 4.8
(1) Employer costs for employee benefits.
NOTE.–The employment cost index is a measure of the change in the cost
of labor, free from the influence of employment shifts among
occupations and industries. Data exclude farm and household workers.
Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
PRODUCTIVITY AND RELATED DATA, BUSINESS SECTOR
Output per hour of
all persons Output (1)
Business Nonfarm Business Nonfarm
Period sector business sector business
sector sector
Indexes, 1992=100; quarterly data
seasonally adjusted
1992 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1993 100.5 100.5 103.1 103.3
1994 101.9 101.8 108.1 108.2
1995 102.6 102.8 111.5 111.8
1996 105.4 105.4 116.4 116.7
1997 107.8 107.5 122.5 122.7
1998 110.7 110.3 128.5 128.8
1999 113.4 112.9 134.4 134.8
2000 117.3 116.6 140.6 140.8
2001 119.6 118.8 141.9 142.1
1998: I 110.0 109.6 126.7 127.0
II 110.0 109.8 127.3 127.7
III 110.7 110.3 128.7 129.0
IV 111.9 111.5 131.3 131.6
1999: I 112.7 112.2 132.4 132.8
II 112.4 111.8 132.9 133.2
III 113.3 112.7 134.6 134.9
IV 115.3 114.8 137.8 138.1
2000: I 115.3 114.8 138.6 138.8
II 117.5 116.7 140.8 141.0
III 117.8 117.2 141.2 141.4
IV 118.7 117.8 141.9 142.1
2001: I 118.6 117.8 142.3 142.5
II 119.3 118.4 142.1 142.4
III 119.5 118.7 141.2 141.5
IV 121.1 120.3 141.8 142.1
2002: I (r) * 123.5 122.8 143.9 144.2
Percent change; quarterly data at
seasonally adjusted annual rates
1992 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.5
1993 .5 .5 3.1 3.3
1994 1.3 1.3 4.9 4.7
1995 .7 .9 3.1 3.4
1996 2.8 2.5 4.4 4.3
1997 2.3 2.0 5.2 5.1
1998 2.7 2.6 4.9 5.0
1999 2.5 2.3 4.6 4.6
2000 3.4 3.3 4.6 4.5
2001 2.0 1.9 .9 .9
1998: I 4.9 4.7 7.5 7.8
II .1 .5 1.9 2.1
III 2.5 2.2 4.4 4.3
IV 4.5 4.4 8.2 8.3
1999: I 3.0 2.3 3.5 3.5
II -1.1 -1.3 1.6 1.4
III 3.1 3.2 5.1 5.3
IV 7.4 7.8 9.9 9.8
2000: I -.1 .0 2.2 2.0
II 7.7 6.7 6.5 6.5
III 1.2 1.6 1.3 1.2
IV 3.0 2.3 1.8 1.8
2001: I -.2 -.1 1.2 1.4
II 2.2 2.1 .7 -.4
III .7 1.1 -2.3 -2.3
IV 5.4 5.5 1.6 1.5
2002: I (r) * 8.3 8.4 6.2 6.1
Hours of all Compensation per
persons (2) hour (3)
Business Nonfarm Business Nonfarm
Period sector business sector business
sector sector
Indexes, 1992=100; quarterly data
seasonally adjusted
1992 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1993 102.6 102.9 102.5 102.2
1994 106.2 106.2 104.5 104.3
1995 108.7 108.8 106.7 106.6
1996 110.4 110.7 110.1 109.8
1997 113.6 114.1 113.5 113.1
1998 116.1 116.8 119.8 119.2
1999 118.5 119.4 125.2 124.4
2000 119.8 120.8 133.3 132.5
2001 118.6 119.6 141.2 140.1
1998: I 115.2 115.9 117.6 116.9
II 115.7 116.3 119.1 118.6
III 116.3 116.9 120.6 120.0
IV 117.3 118.0 121.8 121.1
1999: I 117.4 118.3 123.1 122.2
II 118.2 119.2 124.4 123.5
III 118.8 119.7 126.1 125.1
IV 119.5 120.3 127.3 126.6
2000: I 120.2 120.9 129.3 128.7
II 119.8 120.8 132.1 131.2
III 119.9 120.7 134.3 133.6
IV 119.5 120.6 137.4 136.5
2001: I 119.9 121.0 139.1 138.1
II 119.1 120.2 140.9 139.7
III 118.2 119.2 142.1 141.0
IV 117.1 118.1 142.8 141.8
2002: I (r) * 116.6 117.4 143.9 142.8
Percent change; quarterly data at
seasonally adjusted annual rates
1992 -0.2 -0.2 5.3 5.3
1993 2.6 2.9 2.5 2.2
1994 3.5 3.3 2.0 2.1
1995 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.1
1996 1.6 1.7 3.2 3.1
1997 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.0
1998 2.2 2.4 5.5 5.4
1999 2.0 2.2 4.6 4.4
2000 2.2 1.1 6.4 6.5
2001 -1.0 -.9 6.0 5.8
1998: I 2.4 3.0 7.1 6.8
II 1.9 1.6 5.4 5.6
III 1.8 2.1 4.9 4.9
IV 3.6 3.7 4.1 3.9
1999: I .5 1.1 4.5 3.6
II 2.7 2.8 4.3 4.2
III 1.9 2.0 5.3 5.5
IV 2.3 1.9 4.0 4.7
2000: I 2.3 2.0 6.5 6.9
II -1.1 -.2 9.0 8.1
III .1 -.5 6.8 7.4
IV -1.1 -.5 9.5 8.9
2001: I 1.4 1.4 5.1 4.9
II -2.8 -2.4 5.2 4.7
III -2.9 -3.4 3.3 3.7
IV -3.6 -3.8 2.2 2.3
2002: I (r) * -2.0 -2.1 2.9 2.8
Real compensation Unit Labor
per hour (4) costs
Business Nonfarm Business Nonfarm
Period sector business sector business
sector sector
Indexes, 1992=100; quarterly data
seasonally adjusted
1992 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1993 100.0 99.7 101.9 101.7
1994 99.9 99.7 102.6 102.5
1995 99.6 99.4 104.1 103.7
1996 100.1 99.8 104.5 104.2
1997 101.0 100.6 105.3 105.2
1998 105.1 104.5 108.2 108.0
1999 107.6 106.8 110.4 110.2
2000 110.8 110.2 113.6 113.6
2001 114.2 113.3 118.1 117.9
1998: I 103.6 103.1 106.9 106.7
II 104.7 104.2 108.3 108.0
III 105.6 105.0 108.9 108.7
IV 106.1 105.6 108.8 108.6
1999: I 106.9 106.1 109.2 109.0
II 107.3 106.5 110.7 110.5
III 107.9 107.1 111.3 111.1
IV 108.1 107.5 110.4 110.2
2000: I 108.7 108.2 112.2 112.1
II 110.3 109.5 112.5 112.5
III 111.1 110.5 114.0 114.0
IV 112.9 112.1 115.8 115.8
2001: I 113.3 112.4 117.3 117.2
II 113.8 112.8 118.1 118.0
III 114.5 113.7 118.9 118.7
IV 115.3 114.4 118.0 117.8
2002: I (r) * 115.7 114.8 116.5 116.3
Percent change; quarterly data at
seasonally adjusted annual rates
1992 2.7 2.7 1.4 1.6
1993 .0 -.3 1.9 1.7
1994 -.1 .0 .7 .8
1995 -.3 -.3 1.4 1.2
1996 .5 .4 .4 .5
1997 .9 .8 .8 .9
1998 4.0 3.9 2.8 2.7
1999 2.4 2.2 2.0 2.0
2000 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.1
2001 3.1 2.9 3.9 3.8
1998: I 6.3 6.0 2.1 2.0
II 4.2 4.4 5.3 5.1
III 3.3 3.3 2.3 2.7
IV 2.3 2.1 -.4 -.4
1999: I 2.8 2.0 1.5 1.3
II 1.4 1.4 5.4 5.6
III 2.4 2.5 2.2 2.2
IV .7 1.4 -3.2 -2.9
2000: I 2.4 2.7 6.6 6.9
II 5.9 5.0 1.3 1.3
III 3.1 3.7 5.5 5.7
IV 6.4 5.8 6.3 6.4
2001: I 1.4 1.2 5.3 5.0
II 2.0 1.5 3.0 2.6
III 2.6 3.0 2.6 2.6
IV 2.5 2.6 -3.0 -3.1
2002: I (r) * 1.4 1.4 -5.0 -5.2
Implicit price
deflator (5)
Business Nonfarm
Period sector business
sector
Indexes, 1992=100;
quarterly data
seasonally
adjusted
1992 100.0 100.0
1993 102.2 102.2
1994 104.0 104.1
1995 106.0 106.1
1996 107.7 107.6
1997 109.7 109.8
1998 110.6 110.8
1999 111.6 112.0
2000 113.7 114.2
2001 115.8 116.2
1998: I 110.3 110.5
II 110.4 110.6
III 110.7 111.0
IV 110.8 111.1
1999: I 111.2 111.5
II 111.4 111.8
III 111.7 112.1
IV 112.0 112.5
2000: I 112.9 113.5
II 113.5 114.0
III 113.9 114.5
IV 114.4 114.9
2001: I 115.2 115.7
II 115.7 116.1
III 116.2 116.6
IV 115.9 116.5
2002: I (r) * 115.9 116.3
Percent change;
quarterly data
at seasonally
adjusted annual
rates
1992 2.0 2.1
1993 2.2 2.2
1994 1.8 1.9
1995 2.0 2.0
1996 1.6 1.4
1997 1.8 2.1
1998 .8 .9
1999 .9 1.1
2000 1.9 2.0
2001 1.8 1.8
1998: I .5 .6
II .5 .4
III .9 1.2
IV .5 .5
1999: I 1.3 1.5
II .8 1.2
III .9 1.0
IV 1.2 1.4
2000: I 3.2 3.5
II 2.1 1.7
III 1.7 1.8
IV 1.6 1.5
2001: I 2.9 2.7
II 1.7 1.5
III 1.9 1.7
IV -1.2 -.4
2002: I (r) * .0 -.6
(1) Output refers to real gross domestic product originating in the
sector.
(2) Hours of all persons engage in the sector, including hours of
proprietors and unpaid family workers. Estimates based primarily on
establishment data.
(3) Wages and salaries of employees plus employers’ contributions for
social insurance and private benefit plans. Also includes an estimates
of wages, salaries, and supplemental payments for the self-employed.
(4) Hourly compensation divided by the consumer price index for all
urban consumers (CPI-U) for recent quarters. The trend from 1978-2001
is based on the consumer price index research series (CPI-U-RS).
(5) Current dollar gross domestic output divided by the output index.
NOTE.–Data relate to all persons engaged in the sector.
Percent changes are from preceding period and are based on original
data; they therefore may differ slightly from percent changes based on
indexes shown here.
* Data based on GDP data released May 24, 2002.
Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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