Employment, unemployment, and wages
EMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT, AND WAGES
STATUS OF THE LABOR FORCE
In November, employment rose by 483,000 and
unemployment fell by 45,000.
[GRAPHIC OMITTED][Thousands of persons 16 years of age and over,except as noted; monthly data monthly data
seasonally adjusted except as noted by NSA]
Civilian
noninstitu-
tional Civilian
population labor
NSA force
1994 (2) 196,814 131,056
1995 198,584 132,304
1996 200,591 133,943
1997 (3) 203,133 136,297
1998 (3) 205,220 137,673
1999 (3) 207,753 139,368
2000 (3) 212,577 142,583
2001 215,092 143,734
2002 217,570 144,863
2003 221,168 146,510
2003: Nov 222,279 147,187
Dec 222,509 146,878
2004: Jan (3) 222,161 146,863
Feb 222,357 146,471
Mar 222,550 146,650
Apr 222,757 146,741
May 222,967 146,974
June 223,196 147,279
July 223,422 147,856
Aug 223,677 147,704
Sept 223,941 147,483
Oct 224,192 147,850
Nov 224,422 148,289
Civilian employment
Men Women
20 20 Both
years years sexes
and and 16-19
Total over over years
1994 (2) 123,060 63,294 53,606 6,161
1995 124,900 64,085 54,396 6,419
1996 126,708 64,897 55,311 6,500
1997 129,558 66,284 56,613 6,661
1998 131,463 67,135 57,278 7,051
1999 133,488 67,761 58,555 7,172
2000 (3) 136,891 69,634 60,067 7,189
2001 136,933 69,776 60,417 6,740
2002 136,485 69,734 60,420 6,332
2003 137,736 70,415 61,402 5,919
2003: Nov 138,533 70,964 61,597 5,972
Dec 138,479 71,099 61,521 5,859
2004: Jan (3) 138,566 71,329 61,260 5,977
Feb 138,301 70,969 61,456 5,875
Mar 138,298 71,128 61,373 5,797
Apr 138,576 71,118 61,571 5,888
May 138,772 71,162 61,721 5,888
June 139,031 71,570 61,629 5,832
July 139,660 71,847 61,918 5,896
Aug 139,681 71,870 61,870 5,941
Sept 139,480 71,677 61,925 5,877
Oct 139,778 71,882 61,998 5,898
Nov 140,261 72,147 62,144 5,971
Unemployment
Men Women
20 20 Both
years years sexes
and and 16-19
Total over over years
1994 (2) 7,996 3,627 3,049 1,320
1995 7,404 3,239 2,819 1,346
1996 7,236 3,146 2,783 1,306
1997 6,739 2,882 2,585 1,271
1998 6,210 2,580 2,424 1,205
1999 5,880 2,433 2,285 1,162
2000 (3) 5,692 2,376 2,235 1,081
2001 6,801 3,040 2,599 1,162
2002 8,378 3,896 3,228 1,253
2003 8,774 4,209 3,314 1,251
2003: Nov 8,653 4,224 3,320 1,109
Dec 8,398 3,945 3,326 1,128
2004: Jan (3) 8,297 3,842 3,255 1,200
Feb 8,170 3,828 3,172 1,170
Mar 8,352 3,890 3,314 1,148
Apr 8,164 3,753 3,215 1,197
May 8,203 3,886 3,092 1,225
June 8,248 3,802 3,264 1,181
July 8,196 3,730 3,204 1,262
Aug 8,022 3,768 3,033 1,220
Sept 8,003 3,766 3,064 1,173
Oct 8,072 3,740 3,105 1,226
Nov 8,027 3,740 3,103 1,184
Percent (1)
Labor
force
par- Employ-
Not tici- ment/ Unem-
in pa- pop- ploy-
labor tion ulation ment
force rate ratio rate
1994 (2) 65,758 66.6 62.5 6.1
1995 66,280 66.6 62.9 5.6
1996 66,647 66.8 63.2 5.4
1997 66,837 67.1 63.8 4.9
1998 67,547 67.1 64.1 4.5
1999 68,385 67.1 64.3 4.2
2000 (3) 69,994 67.1 64.4 4.0
2001 71,359 66.8 63.7 4.7
2002 72,707 66.6 62.7 5.8
2003 74,658 66.2 62.3 6.0
2003: Nov 75,093 66.2 62.3 5.9
Dec 75,631 66.0 62.2 5.7
2004: Jan (3) 75,298 66.1 62.4 5.6
Feb 75,886 65.9 62.2 5.6
Mar 75,900 65.9 62.1 5.7
Apr 76,016 65.9 62.2 5.6
May 75,993 65.9 62.2 5.6
June 75,916 66.0 62.3 5.6
July 75,565 66.2 62.5 5.5
Aug 75,973 66.0 62.4 5.4
Sept 76,458 65.9 62.3 5.4
Oct 76,342 65.9 62.3 5.5
Nov 76,133 66.1 62.5 5.4
(1) Civilian labor force (or employment) as percent of
civilian noninstitutional population; and
unemployment as percent of civilian labor force.
(2) Data beginning January 1994 reflect a major redesign
of the household survey questionnaire.
(3) Not strictly comparable with earlier data.
NOTE.–Beginning January 2004 data reflect revised
population controls and are not strictly
comparable with earlier data.
See Employment and Earnings for details on
breaks in series
Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of
Labor Statistics.
SELECTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
In November, the unemployment rate fell to 5.4 percent
from 5.5 percent in October.
[GRAPHIC OMITTED][Monthly data seasonally adjusted]Unemployment rate (percent of civilian labar force in group)
By sex and age
Both
All Men Women sexes
civilian 20 years 20 years 16-19
workers and over and over years
1994 (2) 6.1 5.4 5.4 17.6
1995 5.6 4.8 4.9 17.3
1996 5.4 4.6 4.8 16.7
1997 4.9 4.2 4.4 16.0
1998 4.5 3.7 4.1 14.6
1999 4.2 3.5 3.8 13.9
2000 4.0 3.3 3.6 13.1
2001 4.7 4.2 4.1 14.7
2002 5.8 5.3 5.1 16.5
2003 6.0 5.6 5.1 17.5
2003: Nov 5.9 5.6 5.1 15.7
Dec 5.7 5.3 5.1 16.1
2004: Jan 5.6 5.1 5.0 16.7
Feb 5.6 5.1 4.9 16.6
Mar 5.7 5.2 5.1 16.5
Apr 5.6 5.0 5.0 16.9
May 5.6 5.2 4.8 17.2
June 5.6 5.0 5.0 16.8
July 5.5 4.9 4.9 17.6
Aug 5.4 5.0 4.7 17.0
Sept 5.4 5.0 4.7 16.6
Oct 5.5 4.9 4.8 17.2
Nov 5.4 4.9 4.8 16.6
By race or ethnicity (1)
Black or His-
African panic or
Amer- Asian Latino
White ican (NSA) ethnicity
1994 (2) 5.3 11.5 … 9.9
1995 4.9 10.4 … 9.3
1996 4.7 10.5 … 8.9
1997 4.2 10.0 … 7.7
1998 3.9 8.9 … 7.2
1999 3.7 8.0 … 6.4
2000 3.5 7.6 3.6 5.7
2001 4.2 8.6 4.5 6.6
2002 5.1 10.2 5.9 7.5
2003 5.2 10.8 6.0 7.7
2003: Nov 5.2 10.4 5.2 7.4
Dec 5.0 10.3 5.3 6.6
2004: Jan 4.9 10.5 5.2 7.3
Feb 4.9 9.8 4.7 7.4
Mar 5.1 10.2 4.2 7.4
Apr 4.9 9.7 4.4 7.2
May 5.0 9.9 4.2 7.0
June 5.0 10.1 5.0 6.7
July 4.8 10.9 4.3 6.8
Aug 4.7 10.4 5.0 6.9
Sept 4.7 10.3 4.3 7.1
Oct 4.7 10.7 4.8 6.7
Nov 4.7 10.8 4.2 6.7
By selected groups
Women
Married who
man, maintain
spouse families Full-time Part-time
present (NSA) workers workers
1994 (2) 3.7 8.9 6.1 6.0
1995 3.3 8.0 5.5 6.0
1996 3.0 8.2 5.3 5.8
1997 2.7 8.1 4.8 5.5
1998 2.4 7.2 4.3 5.3
1999 2.2 6.4 4.1 5.0
2000 2.0 5.9 3.8 4.8
2001 2.7 6.6 4.7 5.1
2002 3.6 8.0 5.9 5.2
2003 3.8 8.5 6.1 5.5
2003: Nov 3.7 8.3 6.1 5.1
Dec 3.3 8.4 5.8 5.3
2004: Jan 3.3 8.3 5.7 5.4
Feb 3.4 8.1 5.6 5.2
Mar 3.2 8.4 5.8 5.4
Apr 3.1 7.5 5.6 5.3
May 3.1 7.4 5.7 5.2
June 3.2 8.2 5.6 5.5
July 3.2 9.0 5.6 5.2
Aug 3.1 8.3 5.5 5.2
Sept 3.0 8.2 5.6 5.0
Oct 3.0 7.8 5.4 5.5
Nov 3.1 7.7 5.4 5.4
(1) Beginning in 2003, person who selected this race group
only. Prior to 2003, persons who reported more than one
race were included in the group they identified as the
main race. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as
Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.
(2) See footnote 2, p. 11.
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 November, the percentages of the unemployed who
had been out of work for less than 5 weeks and for
27 weeks and over fell; the percentages for 5-14
weeks and for 15-26 weeks rose. The mean duration
of unemployment rose to 19.9 weeks and the median
duration rose to 9.8 weeks.
[GRAPHIC OMITTED][Monthly data seasonally adjusted, except as noted]Duration of unemployment
Percent distribution
Un-
employ- Less 27
ment than weeks
(thou 5 5-14 15-26 and
Period sands) weeks weeks weeks over
1994 (3) 7,996 34.1 30.1 15.7 20.3
1995 7,404 36.7 31.6 14.6 17.3
1996 7,236 36.4 31.6 14.6 17.4
1997 6,739 37.7 31.7 14.8 15.8
1998 6,210 42.2 31.4 12.3 14.1
1999 5,880 43.7 31.2 12.8 12.3
9000 5,692 44.9 31.9 11.8 11.4
2001 6,801 42.0 32.3 14.0 17.8
2002 8,378 34.5 30.8 16.3 18.3
2003 8,774 31.7 29.8 16.4 22.1
2003: Nov 8,653 30.3 29.5 16.7 23.0
Dec 8,398 31.0 28.9 17.8 22.3
2004: Jan 8,297 31.2 28.6 17.5 22.7
Feb 8,170 30.3 29.6 17.2 22.9
Mar 8,352 31.1 29.0 16.0 23.9
Apr 8,164 34.3 29.1 14.4 22.1
May 8,203 33.2 29.1 15.8 21.9
June 8,248 33.0 29.5 16.0 21.6
July 8,196 34.4 30.3 14.8 20.4
Aug 8,022 32.4 31.4 15.4 20.7
Sept 8,003 34.9 28.2 15.1 21.8
Oct 8,072 34.0 28.3 15.5 22.2
Nov 8,027 32.7 29.6 16.1 21.7
Duration of unemployment
Number of weeks
Aver-
age
Period (mean) Median
1994 18.8 9.2
1995 16.6 8.3
1996 16.7 8.3
1997 15.8 8.0
1998 14.5 6.7
1999 13.4 6.4
9000 12.6 5.9
2001 13.1 6.8
2002 16.6 9.1
2003 19.2 10.1
2003: Nov 20.0 10.4
Dec 19.6 10.4
2004: Jan 19.8 10.7
Feb 20.3 10.3
Mar 20.1 10.3
Apr 19.7 9.5
May 20.0 10.0
June 19.9 10.8
July 18.6 8.9
Aug 19.0 9.4
Sept 19.6 9.5
Oct 19.6 9.5
Nov 19.9 9.8
Reason for unemployment:
percent distribution
Job Job New
los- leav- Reen- en-
Period ers (1) ers trants trants
1994 47.7 9.9 34.8 7.6
1995 46.9 11.1 34.1 7.8
1996 46.6 10.7 34.7 8.0
1997 45.1 11.8 34.7 8.4
1998 45.5 11.8 34.3 8.4
1999 44.6 13.3 34.1 8.0
9000 44.2 13.7 34.5 7.6
2001 51.1 12.3 29.9 6.8
2002 55.0 10.3 28.3 6.4
2003 55.1 9.3 28.2 7.3
2003: Nov 54.2 10.7 28.0 7.1
Dec 54.6 9.3 28.0 8.2
2004: Jan 52.3 9.6 30.0 8.1
Feb 52.4 10.0 29.4 8.2
Mar 54.2 9.8 28.5 7.4
Apr 53.8 10.1 28.3 7.9
May 51.3 10.3 29.7 8.7
June 50.8 11.2 30.2 7.9
July 51.7 11.1 28.8 8.4
Aug 49.4 11.1 30.7 8.7
Sept 50.3 10.4 30.6 8.7
Oct 50.5 10.2 30.0 9.3
Nov 50.4 10.9 29.7 9.1
State Insured
programs unem-
ployment,
all
Insured regular
unem- programs
ploy- Initial (unadjust-
Period ment claims ed) (2)
1994 2,670 340 2,739
1995 2,572 337 2,633
1996 2,595 356 2,650
1997 2,323 323 2,366
1998 2,222 321 2,357
1999 2,188 298 2,219
9000 2,110 301 2,141
2001 2,974 404 3,007
2002 3,585 407 3.619
2003 3,533 402 3,571
2003: Nov 3,379 369 3,203
Dec 3,289 362 3,544
2004: Jan 3,172 356 3,703
Feb 3,139 356 3,976
Mar 3,028 339 3,571
Apr 2,970 342 2,971
May 2.928 342 2,844
June 2,921 341 2,869
July 2,888 340 2,724
Aug 2,884 340 2,914
Sept 2,856 345 2,401
Oct 2,803 342 2,426
Nov 2,755 339 2,621
(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 (UCFE).
Also includes Federal and State extended
benefit programs. Does not include
Railroad (RR) program, Federal supplemental
compensation or Emergency Unemployment
Compensation programs.
(3) See footnote 2, p.11.
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 112,000 in November.
[GRAPHIC OMITTED][Thousand of wage and salary workers; (1) monthlydata seasonally adjusted]
Total Goods-producing industries
nonagri-
cultural Con- Manu-
employ- Total struc- fac-
ment (2) tion turing
1994 114,291 22,774 5,095 17,021
1995 117,298 23,156 5,274 17,241
1996 119,708 23,410 5,536 17,237
1997 122,776 23,886 5,813 17,419
1998 125,930 24,354 6,149 17,560
1999 128,993 24,465 6,545 17,322
2000 131,785 24,649 6,787 17,263
2001 131,826 23,873 6,826 16,441
2002 130,341 22,557 6,716 15,259
2003 129,931 21,817 6,722 14,525
2003: Nov 130,027 21,686 6,771 14,344
Dec 130,035 21,668 6,774 14,324
2004: Jan 130,194 21,696 6,812 14,314
Feb 130,277 21,684 6,791 14,321
Mar 130,630 21,778 6,853 14,344
Apr 130,954 21,822 6,872 14,365
May 131,162 21,894 6,909 14,396
June 131,258 21,891 6,911 14,393
July 131,343 21,906 6,916 14,398
Aug 131,541 21,939 6,936 14,412
Sept 131,660 21,958 6,958 14,407
Oct (p) 131,963 22,020 7,023 14,405
Nov (p) 132,075 22,028 7,034 14,400
Service-providing industries
Trade, transpor-
tation, and
utilities Finan-
cial
Retail activi-
Total Total trade ties
1994 91,517 23,128 13,491 6,867
1995 94,142 23,834 13,897 6,827
1996 96,299 24,239 14,143 6,969
1997 98,890 24,700 14,389 7,178
1998 101,576 25,186 14,609 7,462
1999 104,528 25,771 14,970 7,687
2000 107,136 26,225 15,280 7,807
2001 107,952 25,983 15,239 7,847
2002 107,784 25,497 15,025 7,974
2003 108,114 25,275 14,912 7,985
2003: Nov 108,341 25,261 14,922 7,985
Dec 108,367 25,211 14,876 7,981
2004: Jan 108,498 25,312 14,945 7,981
Feb 108,593 25,331 14,963 7,989
Mar 108,852 25,415 15,013 8,003
Apr 109,133 25,448 15,037 8,015
May 109,268 25,477 15,048 8,029
June 109,367 25,497 15,055 8,049
July 109,437 25,499 15,038 8,044
Aug 109,602 25,516 15,049 8,053
Sept 109,702 25,522 15,031 8,078
Oct (p) 109,943 25,552 15,048 8,095
Nov (p) 110,047 25,543 15,032 8,107
Service-providing industries
Profes-
sional Educa-
and tion Leisure
busi- and and Other
ness health hospi- serv-
services services tality ices (4)
1994 12,174 12,807 10,100 7,166
1995 12,844 13,289 10,501 7,415
1996 13,462 13,683 10,777 7,630
1997 14,335 14,087 11,018 7,909
1998 15,147 14,446 11,232 8,194
1999 15,957 14,798 11,543 8,506
2000 16,666 15,109 11,862 8,799
2001 16,476 15,645 12,036 8,887
2002 15,976 16,199 11,986 8,767
2003 15,997 16,577 12,125 8,591
2003: Nov 16,114 16,705 12,178 8,554
Dec 16,159 16,731 12,192 8,549
2004: Jan 16,172 16,746 12,218 8,542
Feb 16,196 16,764 12,229 8,545
Mar 16,237 16,813 12,271 8,560
Apr 16,363 16,854 12,303 8,577
May 16,432 16,871 12,331 8,584
June 16,457 16,897 12,339 8,600
July 16,490 16,901 12,344 8,587
Aug 16,518 16,965 12,341 8,580
Sept 16,548 16,980 12,353 8,569
Oct (p) 16,648 17,036 12,364 8,572
Nov (p) 16,676 17,067 12,398 8,572
Service-providing
industries
Government
Total Federal
1994 19,275 3,018
1995 19,432 2,949
1996 19,539 2,877
1997 19,664 2,806
1998 19,909 2,772
1999 20,307 2,769
2000 20,790 2,865
2001 21,118 2,764
2002 21,513 2,766
2003 21,575 2,756
2003: Nov 21,544 2,723
Dec 21,544 2,720
2004: Jan 21,527 2,715
Feb 21,539 2,716
Mar 21,553 2,710
Apr 21,572 2,727
May 21,544 2,712
June 21,528 2,716
July 21,572 2,710
Aug 21,629 2,712
Sept 21,652 2,713
Oct (p) 21,676 2,708
Nov (p) 21,684 2,711
(1) Data from the establishment survey. Includes all full–and
part-time wage and salary workers in nonagricultural
establishments who received pay for any part of the pay period
that includes the 12th of the month. Excludes proprietors,
self-employed persons, unpaid family workers, and private
household workers. Data from the household survey shown
on p. 11 include those workers and also 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. 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. See Employment and Earnings for
details.
(2) Includes natural resources and mining, not shown
separately.
(3) Includes wholesale trade, transportation and
warehousing, and utilities, not shown separately.
(4) Other services and information.
NOTE.–Data classified by industry based on the 2002
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).
For details see Employment and Earnings, June 2003.
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 dataseasonally adjusted]
Average weekly hours
Total
private
nonagri- Manufacturing
cultural
(1) Total Overtime
1994 34.5 41.7 5.0
1995 34.3 41.3 4.7
1996 34.3 41.3 4.8
1997 34.5 41.7 5.1
1998 34.5 41.4 4.8
1999 34.3 41.4 4.8
2000 34.3 41.3 4.7
2001 34.0 40.3 4.0
2002 33.9 40.5 4.2
2003 33.7 40.4 4.2
2003: Oct 33.7 40.5 4.3
Nov 33.8 40.8 4.5
Dec 33.6 40.6 4.5
2003: Jan 33.8 41.0 4.5
Feb 33.8 41.0 4.6
Mar 33.8 40.9 4.6
Apr 33.7 40.7 4.5
May 33.8 41.1 4.6
June 33.6 40.8 4.6
July 33.8 40.8 4.6
Aug 33.7 40.9 4.6
Sept 33.8 40.8 4.6
Oct (p) 33.8 40.6 4.5
Nov (p) 33.7 40.5 4.5
Average gross hourly earnings
Total private
nonagricultural (1)
1982
Current dollars Manufac-
dollars (2) turing
1994 $11.32 $7.53 $12.04
1995 11.64 7.53 12.34
1996 12.03 7.57 12.75
1997 12.49 7.68 13.14
1998 13.00 7.89 13.45
1999 13.47 8.00 13.85
2000 14.00 8.03 14.32
2001 14.53 8.11 14.76
2002 15.95 8.24 15.29
2003 15.35 8.27 15.74
2003: Oct 15.43 8.28 15.83
Nov 15.46 8.32 15.89
Dec 15.45 8.30 15.93
2003: Jan 15.49 8.27 15.94
Feb 15.52 8.27 15.99
Mar 15.55 8.24 16.01
Apr 15.59 8.25 16.08
May 15.63 8.21 16.08
June 15.66 8.20 16.13
July 15.71 8.23 16.16
Aug 15.76 8.26 16.23
Sept 15.78 8.25 16.29
Oct (p) 15.82 8.22 16.27
Nov (p) 15.83 8.21 16.29
Average gross
weekly earnings
Total private
nonagricultural (1)
1982
Current dollars
dollars (2)
1994 $390.73 $259.97
1995 399.53 258.43
1996 412.74 259.58
1997 431.25 265.22
1998 448.04 271.87
1999 462.49 274.64
2000 480.41 275.62
2001 493.20 275.38
2002 506.07 278.83
2003 517.36 278.75
2003: Oct 519.99 278.96
Nov 522.55 281.09
Dec 519.12 278.80
2003: Jan 523.56 279.68
Feb 524.58 279.48
Mar 525.59 278.53
Apr 525.38 277.98
May 528.29 277.61
June 526.18 275.63
July 531.00 278.30
Aug 531.11 278.21
Sept 533.36 278.95
Oct (p) 534.72 277.78
Nov (p) 533.47 276.70
Average gross
weekly earnings
Current dollars
Manufac- Construc- Retail
turing tion trade
1994 $502.12 $558.53 $265.77
1995 509.26 571.57 272.56
1996 526.55 588.48 282.76
1997 548.22 609.48 295.97
1998 557.12 629.75 310.34
1999 573.17 655.11 321.63
2000 590.65 685.78 333.38
2001 595.19 695.89 346.16
2002 618.75 711.82 360.81
2003 636.07 727.11 367.28
2003: Oct 641.12 731.90 369.26
Nov 648.31 733.81 369.87
Dec 646.76 725.42 368.06
2003: Jan 653.54 735.74 370.45
Feb 655.59 738.43 370.18
Mar 654.81 739.96 369.29
Apr 654.46 733.44 368.71
May 660.89 735.36 370.24
June 658.10 731.14 369.05
July 659.33 738.05 370.87
Aug 663.81 733.97 373.31
Sept 664.63 740.34 374.84
Oct (p) 660.56 740.34 375.14
Nov (p) 659.75 742.66 376.07
Percent change
a year earlier,
total private
non-agricultural
Current 1982
dollars dollars
1994 $3.3 0.7
1995 2.3 -.6
1996 3.3 .4
1997 4.5 2.2
1998 3.9 2.5
1999 3.2 1.0
2000 3.9 .4
2001 2.7 -.1
2002 2.6 1.3
2003 2.2 -.0
2003: Oct 1.9 .0
Nov 2.2 .6
Dec 1.2 -.5
2003: Jan 2.0 .2
Feb 1.9 .5
Mar 1.8 .4
Apr 2.5 .5
May 2.4 -.6
June 1.8 -1.3
July 2.6 -.3
Aug 2.6 .0
Sept 3.0 .6
Oct (p) 2.8 -.4
Nov (p) 2.1 -1.6
(1) Also includes other private
industry groups shown on p.14.
(2) Current dollar earnings divided by
the consumers price index for urban wage
earners and clerical workers (CPI-W)
(on a 1982=100 base.).
Source: Department of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX-PRIVATE INDUSTRY
Index (June 1989 = 100)
Total Wages
compensa- and Benefits
tion salaries (1)
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
2002: Dec 162.3 157.5 174.6
2003: Dec 168.8 162.3 185.8
Seasonally adjusted
2001: Mar 152.7 149.4 160.7
June 154.2 150.8 162.5
Sept 155.7 152.0 164.7
Dec 157.4 153.5 167.0
2002: Mar 158.8 154.8 168.4
June 160.5 156.2 170.8
Sept 161.5 156.9 172.6
Dec 162.8 157.7 175.0
2003: Mar 165.0 159.3 178.6
June 166.4 160.3 181.1
Sept 168.2 161.7 183.8
Dec 169.5 162.5 186.3
2003: Mar 171.3 163.5 191.2
June 173.0 164.4 194.5
Sept 174.5 165.8 196.4
Percent change from
3 months earlier
Total Wages
compensa- and Benefits
tion salaries (1)
1994: Dec … … …
1995: Dec … … …
1996: Dec … … …
1997: Dec … … …
1998: Dec … … …
1999: Dec … … …
2000: Dec … … …
2001: Dec … … …
2002: Dec … … …
2003: Dec … … …
Seasonally adjusted
2001: Mar 1.1 1.0 1.1
June 1.0 .9 1.1
Sept 1.0 .8 1.4
Dec 1.0 1.0 1.4
2002: Mar .9 .8 .8
June 1.1 .9 1.4
Sept .6 .4 1.1
Dec .8 .5 1.4
2003: Mar 1.4 1.0 2.1
June .8 .6 1.4
Sept 1.1 .9 1.5
Dec .8 .5 1.4
2003: Mar 1.1 .6 2.6
June 1.0 .6 1.7
Sept .9 .9 1.0
Percent change from
12 months earlier
Total Wages
compensa- and Benefits
tion Salaries (1)
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
2002: Dec 3.2 2.7 4.7
2003: Dec 4.0 3.0 6.4
Not seasonally adjusted
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
June 4.0 3.6 5.1
Sept 3.7 3.2 4.8
Dec 3.2 2.7 4.7
2003: Mar 3.8 3.0 6.1
June 3.5 2.6 6.1
Sept 4.0 3.0 6.5
Dec 4.0 3.0 6.4
2003: Mar 3.9 2.6 7.0
June 4.0 2.6 7.3
Sept 3.7 2.6 6.8
(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 Output (1)
all persons
Nonfarm Nonfarm
Business business Business business
sector sector sector sector
Indexes, 1992 = 100; quarterly
data seasonally adjusted
1994 101.5 101.5 108.2 108.3
1995 101.6 102.0 111.4 111.8
1996 104.6 104.8 116.5 116.8
1997 106.5 106.5 122.7 122.8
1998 109.4 109.3 128.6 128.9
1999 112.6 112.3 135.2 135.6
2000 115.9 115.5 140.5 140.8
2001 118.8 118.3 141.0 141.3
2002 123.9 123.5 143.5 143.9
2003 129.5 139.0 149.0 149.4
2001: I 117.0 116.5 141.1 141.4
II 118.4 118.1 141.4 141.9
III 118.8 118.5 140.3 140.8
IV 120.9 120.4 141.0 141.2
2002: I 122.7 122.4 142.2 142.6
II 123.2 122.8 112.9 143.2
III 124.7 124.1 111.3 144.5
IV 125.0 124.6 144.7 145.0
2003: I 126.2 125.8 145.5 145.9
II 128.6 127.8 147.5 147.8
III 131.2 130.6 150.3 151.1
IV 132.0 131.7 152.3 152.8
2004: I 133.3 132.8 154.3 155.0
II 134.2 134.1 155.8 156.5
III * 135.0 134.7 157.5 158.2
Percent change; quarterly data at
seasonally adjusted annual rates
1994 1.1 1.2 5.0 4.8
1995 .2 .5 2.9 3.2
1996 2.9 2.7 4.6 4.5
1997 1.9 1.6 5.3 5.2
1998 2.7 2.7 4.8 5.0
1999 2.9 2.8 5.1 5.2
2000 2.9 2.8 3.9 3.8
2001 2.5 2.5 .3 .4
2002 4.3 4.4 1.8 1.8
2003 4.5 4.4 3.8 3.8
2000: I -1.4 -1.7 .3 -.1
II 8.0 7.4 7.5 7.5
III -.9 -.8 -.8 -.8
IV 4.2 3.7 2.0 2.2
2001: I -.5 -.4 -1.1 -1.1
II 5.1 5.5 .8 1.2
III 1.4 1.5 -3.1 -2.9
IV 7.2 6.6 1.8 1.2
2002: I 5.9 6.9 3.5 4.0
II 1.7 1.1 2.1 1.7
III 4.8 4.5 3.8 3.6
IV 1.2 1.6 1.2 1.4
2003: I 3.9 3.7 2.2 2.4
II 7.6 6.7 5.6 5.3
III 8.5 9.0 9.3 9.3
IV 2.4 3.1 4.2 4.6
2004: I 3.9 3.7 5.3 5.7
II 2.9 3.9 3.9 4.2
III * 2.4 1.8 4.5 4.2
Hours of all Compensation per
persons (2) hour (3)
Nonfarm Nonfarm
Business business Business business
sector sector sector sector
Indexes, 1992 = 100; quarterly
data seasonally adjusted
1994 106.7 106.6 103.8 103.8
1995 109.6 109.5 106.0 105.9
1996 111.4 111.5 109.6 109.5
1997 115.1 115.4 113.1 112.9
1998 117.6 117.9 119.9 119.6
1999 120.1 120.7 125.6 125.1
2000 121.3 121.9 134.5 134.0
2001 118.7 119.4 140.1 139.3
2002 115.8 116.5 144.5 113.8
2003 115.1 115.8 150.5 149.7
2001: I 120.7 121.4 138.8 138.1
II 119.0 120.2 139.7 138.9
III 118.1 118.9 140.4 139.6
IV 116.6 117.3 141.5 140.7
2002: I 115.9 116.5 143.2 142.6
II 116.0 116.7 144.4 143.8
III 115.7 116.4 145.0 144.3
IV 115.7 116.4 145.5 144.7
2003: I 115.3 116.0 147.4 146.6
II 114.7 115.6 149.6 148.7
III 114.9 115.7 151.7 150.9
IV 115.4 116.1 153.2 152.5
2004: I 115.8 116.7 154.2 153.3
II 116.1 116.7 156.2 155.5
III * 116.6 117.4 157.7 156.9
Percent change; quarterly data at
seasonally adjusted annual rates
1994 3.8 3.6 1.6 1.7
1995 2.7 2.7 2.0 2.1
1996 1.6 1.8 3.4 3.4
1997 3.4 3.5 3.2 3.1
1998 2.1 2.2 6.0 5.9
1999 2.2 2.3 4.8 4.6
2000 1.0 1.0 7.1 7.1
2001 -2.1 -2.0 4.2 4.0
2002 -2.4 -2.5 3.2 3.3
2003 -.7 -.6 4.1 4.1
2000: I 1.7 1.6 14.5 14.7
II -.5 .1 1.7 1.0
III .1 .0 8.1 8.2
IV -2.1 -1.5 2.9 2.4
2001: I -.6 -.7 6.8 6.7
II -4.1 -4.1 2.5 2.2
III -4.4 -4.3 2.2 2.1
IV -5.0 -5.1 3.1 3.1
2002: I -2.3 -2.7 4.9 5.5
II .4 .6 3.4 3.4
III -1.0 -.9 1.6 1.5
IV .0 -.2 1.3 1.2
2003: I -1.6 -1.3 5.5 5.3
II -1.9 -1.4 6.1 5.7
III .7 .3 5.6 6.1
IV 1.7 1.4 4.0 4.4
2004: I 1.3 2.0 2.8 2.0
II 1.0 .3 5.2 5.9
III * 2.0 2.4 4.0 3.6
Real compensation Unit labor
per hour (4) costs
Nonfarm Nonfarm
Business business Business business
sector sector sector sector
Indexes, 1992 = 100; quarterly
data seasonally adjusted
1994 99.2 99.1 102.3 102.2
1995 98.9 98.8 104.3 103.8
1996 99.6 99.5 104.8 104.5
1997 100.6 100.4 106.1 106.0
1998 105.1 104.9 109.6 109.4
1999 107.9 107.5 111.6 111.4
2000 111.8 111.4 116.1 116.0
2001 113.3 112.7 118.0 117.7
2002 115.0 114.5 116.6 116.5
2003 117.1 116.5 116.2 116.1
2001: I 113.0 112.5 118.7 118.6
II 112.8 112.2 117.9 117.6
III 113.2 112.5 118.2 117.8
IV 114.2 113.5 117.0 116.8
2002: I 115.2 114.7 116.7 116.4
II 115.2 114.7 117.2 117.1
III 115.0 114.4 116.3 116.2
IV 114.8 114.3 116.3 116.1
2003: I 115.3 114.7 116.8 116.6
II 116.8 116.1 116.4 116.3
III 117.7 117.1 115.6 115.5
IV 118.7 118.2 116.0 115.9
2004: I 118.4 117.7 115.7 115.4
II 118.6 118.0 116.4 115.9
III * 119.2 118.5 116.8 116.5
Percent change; quarterly data at
seasonally adjusted annual rates
1994 -.5 -0.4 0.4 0.5
1995 -.4 -.3 1.9 1.6
1996 .7 .7 .5 .7
1997 1.0 .9 1.3 1.4
1998 4.6 4.5 3.3 3.2
1999 2.6 2.5 1.8 1.8
2000 3.6 3.6 4.0 4.2
2001 1.3 1.1 1.6 1.5
2002 1.5 1.6 -1.1 -1.1
2003 1.8 1.7 -.4 -.4
2000: I 10.3 10.5 16.0 16.7
II -1.6 -2.2 -5.9 -6.0
III 4.2 4.3 9.1 9.1
IV .0 -.5 -1.2 -1.3
2001: I 3.1 3.0 7.4 7.2
II -.8 -1.0 -2.5 -3.1
III 1.2 1.1 .8 .6
IV 3.7 3.7 -3.8 -3.3
2002: I 3.5 4.1 -1.0 -1.4
II -.1 -.1 1.7 2.3
III -.7 -.8 -3.1 -2.9
IV -.6 -.6 -.0 -.3
2003: I 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.6
II 5.4 5.0 -1.4 -1.0
III 3.1 3.6 -2.6 -2.7
IV 3.3 3.6 1.6 1.2
2004: I -.8 -1.6 -1.1 -1.6
II .5 1.1 2.3 1.9
III * 2.1 1.8 1.5 1.8
Implicit price
deflator (5)
Nonfarm
Business business
sector sector
Indexes, 1992 =
100; quarterly
data seasonally
adjusted
1994 103.9 104.0
1995 105.7 105.8
1996 107.4 107.3
1997 109.0 109.1
1998 109.7 109.9
1999 110.7 111.1
2000 112.7 113.3
2001 114.9 115.4
2002 116.0 116.6
2003 117.4 117.9
2001: I 114.1 114.6
II 114.9 115.4
III 115.2 115.6
IV 115.6 116.0
2002: I 115.5 116.0
II 115.9 116.5
III 116.1 116.8
IV 116.5 117.2
2003: I 117.1 117.7
II 117.3 117.8
III 117.5 118.0
IV 117.8 118.1
2004: I 118.4 118.7
II 119.4 119.6
III * 119.6 120.0
Percent change;
quarterly data at
seasonally
adjusted
annual rates
1994 1.8 1.9
1995 1.8 1.7
1996 1.6 1.4
1997 1.5 1.7
1998 .6 .7
1999 .9 1.1
2000 1.8 1.9
2001 2.0 1.9
2002 .9 1.0
2003 1.3 1.1
2000: I 3.4 3.3
II 1.8 1.8
III 1.3 1.4
IV 1.4 1.3
2001: I 2.7 2.6
II 3.0 2.7
III 1.0 .7
IV 1.3 1.5
2002: I -.3 -.3
II 1.4 1.8
III .7 1.0
IV 1.4 1.3
2003: I 2.1 1.9
II .8 .5
III .7 .6
IV .8 .3
2004: I 2.1 2.0
II 3.3 2.9
III * .9 1.6
(1) Output refers to real gross domestic
product originating in the sector.
(2) Hours of all persons engaged 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 estimate of wages, salaries, and
supplemental payment 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 1978-2003 is based on the consumer price
index research series (CPI-U-RS).
(5) Curent 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 on November 30, 2004.
Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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