Employment, Unemployment, And Wages – Illustration – Statistical Data Included
STATUS OF THE LABOR FORCE
In August, employment fell by 986,000, and unemployment rose
by 562,000.
[GRAPH OMITTED] [Thousands of persons 16 years of age and over, except as noted;monthly data seasonally adjusted except as noted by NSA]
Civilian employment
Civilian
noninsti- Civilian
Period tutional labor Total Agricul-
population force tural
NSA
1991 190,925 126,346 117,718 3,269
1992 192,805 128,105 118,492 3,247
1993 194,838 129,200 120,259 3,115
1994(3) 196,814 131,056 123,060 3,409
1995 198,584 132,304 124,900 3,440
1996 200,591 133,943 126,708 3,443
1997(4) 203,133 136,297 129,558 3,399
1998(4) 205,220 137,673 131,463 3,378
1999(4) 207,753 139,368 133,488 3,281
2000(4) 209,699 140,863 135,208 3,305
2000: Aug 209,935 140,724 134,939 3,317
Sept 210,161 140,847 135,310 3,356
Oct 210,378 141,000 135,464 3,241
Nov 210,577 141,136 135,478 3,176
Dec 210,743 141,489 135,836 3,274
2001: Jan(4) 210,889 141,955 135,999 3,179
Feb 211,026 141,751 135,815 3,135
Mar 211,171 141,868 135,780 3,161
Apr 211,348 141,757 135,354 3,192
May 211,525 141,272 135,103 3,193
June 211,725 141,354 134,932 2,995
July 211,921 141,774 135,379 3,045
Aug 212,135 141,350 134,393 3,117
Civilian employment Unemployment
Nonagricultural
Part 15
time for weeks
Period Total economic Total and
reasons(1) over
1991 114,449 5,874 8,628 2,357
1992 115,245 6,240 9,613 3,408
1993 117,144 6,230 8,940 3,094
1994(3) 119,651 4,414 7,996 2,860
1995 121,460 4,279 7,404 2,363
1996 123,264 4,123 7,236 2,316
1997(4) 126,159 3,879 6,739 2,062
1998(4) 128,025 3,501 6,210 1,637
1999(4) 130,207 3,189 5,880 1,480
2000(4) 131,903 3,045 5,655 1,309
2000: Aug 131,622 3,038 5,785 1,373
Sept 131,954 3,030 5,537 1,247
Oct 132,223 3,044 5,536 1,311
Nov 132,302 3,285 5,658 1,317
Dec 132,562 3,088 5,653 1,326
2001: Jan(4) 132,819 3,227 5,956 1,371
Feb 132,680 3,143 5,936 1,490
Mar 132,618 3,007 6,088 1,517
Apr 132,162 3,061 6,402 1,499
May 131,910 3,197 6,169 1,484
June 131,937 3,532 6,422 1,540
July 132,334 3,336 6,395 1,587
Aug 131,276 3,196 6,957 1,817
Percent(2)
Labor
force Employ-
Not in partici- ment/ Unem-
labor pation population ployment
Period force rate ratio rate
1991 64,578 66.2 61.7 6.8
1992 64,700 66.4 61.5 7.5
1993 65,638 66.3 61.7 6.9
1994(3) 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(4) 66,837 67.1 63.8 4.9
1998(4) 67,547 67.1 64.1 4.5
1999(4) 68,385 67.1 64.3 4.2
2000(4) 68,836 67.2 64.5 4.0
2000: Aug 69,211 67.0 64.3 4.1
Sept 69,314 67.0 64.4 3.9
Oct 69,378 67.0 64.4 3.9
Nov 69,441 67.0 64.3 4.0
Dec 69,254 67.1 64.5 4.0
2001: Jan(4) 68,934 67.3 64.5 4.2
Feb 69,275 67.2 64.4 4.2
Mar 69,304 67.2 64.3 4.3
Apr 69,592 67.1 64.0 4.5
May 70,254 66.8 63.9 4.4
June 70,370 66.8 63.7 4.5
July 70,147 66.9 63.9 4.5
Aug 70,785 66.6 63.4 4.9
(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.–Data beginning January 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001 reflect
revised population controls. For details, see February issues,
Employment and Earnings.
Sources: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
SELECTED UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
In August, the unemployment rate rose to 4.9 percent from 4.5
percent in July.
[GRAPHS OMITTED] [Monthly data seasonally adjusted]Unemployment rate
(percent of civilian labor force in group)
By sex and age By race
All Men Women Both Black
Period civilian 20 years 20 years sexes White and
workers and over and over 16-19 other
years
1991 6.8 6.4 5.7 18.7 6.1 11.1
1992 7.5 7.1 6.3 20.1 6.6 12.7
1993 6.9 6.4 5.9 19.0 6.1 11.7
1994(2) 6.1 5.4 5.4 17.6 5.3 10.5
1995 5.6 4.8 4.9 17.3 4.9 9.6
1996 5.4 4.6 4.8 16.7 4.7 9.3
1997 4.9 4.2 4.4 16.0 4.2 8.8
1998 4.5 3.7 4.1 14.6 3.9 7.8
1999 4.2 3.5 3.8 13.9 3.7 7.0
2000 4.0 3.3 3.6 13.1 3.5 6.7
2000: Aug 4.1 3.3 3.7 14.2 3.6 6.9
Sept 3.9 3.3 3.5 12.9 3.5 6.2
Oct 3.9 3.3 3.4 12.6 3.4 6.5
Nov 4.0 3.4 3.4 13.0 3.5 6.4
Dec 4.0 3.4 3.4 13.1 3.5 6.4
2001: Jan 4.2 3.6 3.6 13.8 3.6 7.1
Feb 4.2 3.5 3.7 13.6 3.7 6.6
Mar 4.3 3.8 3.6 13.8 3.7 7.3
Apr 4.5 4.0 3.8 14.2 4.0 7.1
May 4.4 3.9 3.8 13.6 3.8 7.1
June 4.5 4.0 3.8 14.3 4.0 7.4
July 4.5 3.9 3.9 14.8 4.0 7.0
Aug 4.9 4.4 4.2 16.1 4.3 8.1
Unemployment rate
(percent of civilian labor force in group)
By By selected groups
race
Expe-
rienced Married Women Full-
Period Black wage men, who time Part-time
and spouse maintain wor- wor-
salary present families kers(1) kers(1)
workers
1991 12.5 6.6 4.4 9.3 6.8 7.0
1992 14.2 7.2 5.1 10.0 7.5 7.5
1993 13.0 6.6 4.4 9.7 6.9 7.2
1994(2) 11.5 5.9 3.7 8.9 6.1 6.0
1995 10.4 5.4 3.3 8.0 5.5 6.0
1996 10.5 5.2 3.0 8.2 5.3 5.8
1997 10.0 4.7 2.7 8.1 4.8 5.5
1998 8.9 4.3 2.4 7.2 4.3 5.3
1999 8.0 4.0 2.2 6.4 4.1 5.0
2000 7.6 3.9 2.0 5.9 3.9 4.8
2000: Aug 7.9 3.9 2.0 6.0 3.9 5.0
Sept 7.2 3.8 2.1 5.4 3.8 4.6
Oct 7.4 3.8 2.1 5.4 3.8 4.5
Nov 7.5 3.8 2.2 5.2 3.9 4.5
Dec 7.6 3.8 2.2 5.1 3.9 4.6
2001: Jan 8.4 4.0 2.3 6.4 4.1 4.9
Feb 7.5 4.1 2.3 6.1 4.0 4.8
Mar 8.6 4.3 2.5 6.2 4.2 4.8
Apr 8.2 4.4 2.5 6.3 4.3 5.5
May 8.0 4.2 2.6 6.2 4.3 4.6
June 8.4 4.5 2.6 6.3 4.4 5.3
July 7.9 4.4 2.6 6.2 4.4 5.1
Aug 9.1 4.8 2.7 6.7 4.8 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 August, 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 13.3 weeks and the median duration fell to 6.5
weeks.
[GRAPHS OMITTED] [Monthly data seasonally adjusted, except as noted]Duration of unemployment
Percent distribution Number of weeks
Un-
employ- Less 27 Aver-
Period ment than 5-14 15-26 weeks age Median
(thou- 5 weeks weeks and (mean)
sands) weeks over
1991 8,628 40.3 32.4 14.4 12.9 13.7 6.8
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
2000: Aug 5,785 44.5 31.7 11.7 12.1 13.0 6.1
Sept 5,537 45.5 31.8 11.2 11.4 12.1 5.3
Oct 5,536 45.0 31.5 12.6 10.9 12.4 6.1
Nov 5,658 44.8 31.8 12.6 10.7 12.4 6.1
Dec 5,653 43.4 33.0 12.0 11.6 12.6 6.1
2001: Jan 5,956 43.8 33.2 12.3 10.7 12.6 5.9
Feb 5,936 47.0 28.0 13.3 11.7 12.9 6.0
Mar 6,088 43.2 32.2 13.2 11.4 13.0 6.5
Apr 6,402 46.0 30.7 11.8 11.5 12.6 5.8
May 6,169 43.3 32.8 13.8 10.2 12.2 6.5
June 6,422 43.7 32.4 12.5 11.4 13.0 6.2
July 6,395 41.1 33.9 14.7 10.3 12.5 6.7
Aug 6,957 43.4 30.3 14.2 12.1 13.3 6.5
Reason for unemployment: State
percent distribution programs
Insured
unem-
ploy-
In- ment,
Job Job New sured Ini- all
Period los- lea- Reen- ent- unem- tial regular
ers(1) vers trants rants ploy- claims programs
ment- (unad-
just-
ed)(2)
Weekly average, thousands
1991 54.4 11.6 24.8 9.2 3,342 447 3,406
1992 56.1 10.4 23.8 9.7 3,245 408 3,348
1993 54.2 10.9 24.6 10.3 2,751 341 2,845
1994(3) 47.7 9.9 34.8 7.6 2,670 340 2,739
1995 46.9 11.1 34.1 7.8 2,572 357 2,633
1996 46.6 10.7 34.7 8.0 2,595 356 2,650
1997 45.1 11.8 34.7 8.4 2,323 323 2,366
1998 45.5 11.8 34.3 8.4 2,222 321 2,257
1999 44.6 13.3 34.1 8.0 2,188 298 2,219
2000 44.1 13.7 34.6 7.6 2,110 301 2,142
2000: Aug 44.6 13.5 33.3 8.7 2,165 313 1,932
Sept 45.6 13.8 32.8 7.8 2,165 307 1,767
Oct 44.3 14.7 33.8 7.2 2,188 313 1,898
Nov 44.4 13.6 34.4 7.6 2,277 344 1,943
Dec 44.7 13.3 33.8 8.3 2,365 355 2,385
2001: Jan 45.8 14.0 32.7 7.4 2,350 330 3,108
Feb 47.8 13.7 32.3 6.2 2,414 355 3,050
Mar 48.8 13.4 31.4 6.4 2,505 378 2,829
Apr 49.9 11.7 31.3 7.2 2,636 405 2,966
May 50.4 13.1 28.8 7.7 2,825 409 (r)2,534
June 50.8 12.5 29.4 7.4 2,995 410 (r)2,644
July 51.0 12.1 30.0 6.8 3,058 395 2,917
Aug 49.0 12.8 31.1 7.1 … (p)397 …
(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). 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 fell
by 113,000 in August.
[GRAPHS OMITTED] [Thousands of wage and salary workers;(1) monthly data seasonallyadjusted]
Goods-producing industries
Manufacturing
Total
nonagri- To- Con- Durable Non-
Period cultural tal(2) struc- Total goods durable
employ- tion goods
ment
1991 108,249 23,745 4,650 18,406 10,569 7,837
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 131,759 25,709 6,698 18,469 11,138 7,331
2000: Aug 131,837 25,727 6,699 18,485 11,172 7,313
Sept 132,046 25,696 6,728 18,421 11,129 7,292
Oct 132,145 25,713 6,758 18,404 11,126 7,278
Nov 132,279 25,711 6,781 18,382 11,120 7,262
Dec 132,367 25,688 6,791 18,349 11,102 7,247
2001: Jan 132,428 25,633 6,826 18,257 11,031 7,226
Feb 132,595 25,627 6,880 18,192 10,997 7,195
Mar 132,654 25,602 6,929 18,116 10,941 7,175
Apr 132,489 25,421 6,852 18,009 10,870 7,139
May 132,530 25,324 6,881 17,879 10,778 7,101
June(r) 132,431 25,186 6,864 17,757 10,692 7,065
July(r) 132,444 25,125 6,873 17,686 10,620 7,066
Aug(p) 132,331 24,989 6,878 17,545 10,532 7,013
Service-producing industries
Trans- Finance,
porta- Whole- Retail insur-
Period Total tion and sale trade ance,
public trade and real
utilities estate
1991 84,504 5,755 6,081 19,284 6,646
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 106,050 7,019 7,024 23,307 7,560
2000: Aug 106,110 6,963 7,037 23,348 7,549
Sept 106,350 7,062 7,042 23,371 7,556
Oct 106,432 7,076 7,059 23,380 7,569
Nov 106,568 7,093 7,070 23,395 7,575
Dec 106,679 7,108 7,068 23,406 7,582
2001: Jan 106,795 7,106 7,067 23,415 7,594
Feb 106,968 7,123 7,064 23,472 7,609
Mar 107,052 7,127 7,066 23,457 7,618
Apr 107,068 7,119 7,053 23,530 7,626
May 107,206 7,130 7,038 23,546 7,644
June(r) 107,245 7,118 7,022 23,561 7,631
July(r) 107,319 7,113 7,019 23,596 7,617
Aug(p) 107,342 7,089 7,017 23,570 7,623
Service-producing industries
Government
Period Services Total Federal
1991 28,336 18,402 2,966
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 40,460 20,681 2,777
2000: Aug 40,613 20,600 2,653
Sept 40,736 20,583 2,623
Oct 40,767 20,581 2,622
Nov 40,845 20,590 2,620
Dec 40,901 20,614 2,613
2001: Jan 40,984 20,629 2,613
Feb 41,020 20,680 2,615
Mar 41,073 20,711 2,613
Apr 40,993 20,747 2,615
May 41,078 20,770 2,612
June(r) 41,085 20,828 2,621
July(r) 41,051 20,923 2,626
Aug(p) 41,123 20,920 2,619
(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, not shown separately.
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 gross hourly
Average weekly hours earnings
Total private
Manufacturing nonagricultural(1)
Total
private Current 1982
Period nonagri- Total Overtime dollars dollars(2)
cultural(1)
1991 34.3 40.7 3.6 $10.32 $7.45
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 34.5 41.6 4.6 13.75 7.89
2000: July 34.4 41.8 4.7 13.75 7.87
Aug 34.3 41.4 4.5 13.80 7.90
Sept 34.4 41.4 4.4 13.84 7.88
Oct 34.4 41.4 4.5 13.90 7.90
Nov 34.3 41.2 4.3 13.97 7.92
Dec 34.2 40.6 4.1 14.03 7.94
2001: Jan 34.4 41.0 4.2 14.03 7.90
Feb 34.3 40.9 3.9 14.11 7.92
Mar 34.3 41.0 4.1 14.17 7.95
Apr 34.2 41.0 3.9 14.21 7.94
May 34.2 40.7 3.9 14.24 7.93
June(r) 34.2 40.7 3.9 14.31 7.95
July(r) 34.1 40.9 4.0 14.34 8.00
Aug(p) 34.1 40.7 4.2 14.38 …
Average
gross hourly Average gross weekly earnings
earnings
Total private Current
nonagricultural(1) dollars
Current 1982
Period Manufacturing dollars dollars(2) Manufacturing
1991 $11.18 $353.98 $255.40 $455.03
1992 11.46 363.61 254.99 469.86
1993 11.74 373.64 254.87 486.04
1994 12.07 385.86 256.73 506.94
1995 12.37 394.34 255.07 514.59
1996 12.77 406.61 255.73 531.23
1997 13.17 424.89 261.31 553.14
1998 13.49 442.19 268.32 562.53
1999 13.90 456.78 271.25 579.63
2000 14.38 474.38 272.16 598.21
2000: July 14.37 473.00 270.75 600.67
Aug 14.43 473.34 270.94 597.40
Sept 14.44 476.10 270.97 597.82
Oct 14.54 478.16 271.68 601.96
Nov 14.57 479.17 271.64 600.28
Dec 14.58 479.83 271.55 591.95
2001: Jan 14.54 482.63 271.60 596.14
Feb 14.63 483.97 271.59 598.37
Mar 14.66 486.03 272.74 601.06
Apr 14.72 485.98 271.50 603.52
May 14.78 487.01 271.16 601.55
June(r) 14.81 489.40 272.04 602.77
July(r) 14.87 488.99 272.72 608.18
Aug(p) 14.94 490.36 … 608.06
Average gross weekly earnings
Percent change form
a year earlier,
Current dollars total private
nonagricultural
Retail Current 1982
Period Construction trade dollars dollars
1991 $533.40 $198.48 2.5 -1.6
1992 537.70 205.06 2.7 -.2
1993 553.63 209.95 2.8 -.0
1994 573.00 216.46 3.3 .7
1995 587.00 221.47 2.2 -.6
1996 603.33 230.11 3.1 .3
1997 625.56 240.74 4.5 2.2
1998 646.13 253.46 4.1 2.7
1999 672.13 263.61 3.3 1.1
2000 702.68 273.39 3.9 .3
2000: July 696.54 273.68 3.2 -.5
Aug 702.86 274.55 3.2 -.2
Sept 699.03 274.75 3.7 .2
Oct 706.38 276.57 3.6 .2
Nov 706.42 277.73 3.6 .1
Dec 703.18 276.96 3.4 .0
2001: Jan 714.75 280.52 3.6 -.1
Feb 708.21 280.04 3.5 -.0
Mar 716.70 279.94 3.7 .8
Apr 713.30 280.51 3.3 .1
May 723.33 281.95 3.6 -.1
June(r) 720.23 282.12 3.4 .2
July(r) 719.05 281.42 3.4 .7
Aug(p) 719.71 281.71 3.6 …
(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).
Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX–PRIVATE INDUSTRY
Index (June 1989 = 100)
Total Wages and
Period compensation salaries Benefits(1)
Not seasonally adjusted
1991: Dec 111.7 110.0 116.2
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
Seasonally adjusted
1997: June 132.6 129.7 139.7
Sept 133.7 130.9 140.4
Dec 135.2 132.4 141.8
1998: Mar 136.2 133.7 142.2
June 137.3 134.8 143.1
Sept 138.8 136.5 144.1
Dec 139.7 137.5 145.1
1999: Mar 140.2 138.1 145.3
June 141.8 139.7 146.7
Sept 143.0 140.9 148.2
Dec 144.6 142.3 150.2
2000: Mar 146.6 143.9 153.2
June 148.3 145.4 155.1
Sept 149.7 146.7 157.0
Dec 151.0 147.9 158.7
2001: Mar 152.7 149.5 161.0
June 154.2 150.9 162.5
Percent change from
3 months earlier
Total Wages and
Period compensation salaries Benefits(1)
Not seasonally adjusted
1991: Dec … … …
1992: Dec … … …
1993: Dec … … …
1994: Dec … … …
1995: Dec … … …
1996: Dec … … …
1997: Dec … … …
1998: Dec … … …
1999: Dec … … …
2000: Dec … … …
Seasonally adjusted
1997: June 0.8 0.9 0.6
Sept .8 .9 .5
Dec 1.1 1.1 1.0
1998: Mar .7 1.0 .3
June .8 .8 .6
Sept 1.1 1.3 .7
Dec .6 .7 .7
1999: Mar .4 .4 .1
June 1.1 1.2 1.0
Sept .8 .9 1.0
Dec 1.1 1.0 1.3
2000: Mar 1.4 1.1 2.0
June 1.2 1.0 1.2
Sept .9 .9 1.2
Dec .9 .8 1.1
2001: Mar 1.1 1.1 1.4
June 1.0 .9 .9
Percent change from
12 months earlier
Total Wages and
Period compensation salaries Benefits(1)
Not seasonally adjusted
1991: Dec 4.4 3.7 6.2
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
Not seasonally adjusted
1997: June 2.9 3.3 2.0
Sept 3.2 3.6 2.0
Dec 3.4 3.9 2.3
1998: Mar 3.5 4.0 2.3
June 3.5 4.0 2.6
Sept 3.8 4.3 2.6
Dec 3.5 3.9 2.4
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
(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
Hours
Output per hour of of all
all persons Output(1) persons
(2)
Nonfarm Nonfarm
Period Business business Business business Business
sector sector sector sector sector
Indexes, 1992=100; quarterly
data seasonally adjusted
1991 96.3 96.4 96.5 96.6 100.2
1992 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1993 100.5 100.5 103.1 103.3 102.6
1994 101.9 101.8 108.1 108.2 106.2
1995 102.6 102.8 111.5 111.8 108.7
1996 105.4 105.4 116.4 116.7 110.4
1997 107.8 107.5 122.5 122.7 113.6
1998 110.7 110.3 128.5 128.8 116.1
1999 113.4 112.9 134.4 134.8 118.5
2000 116.9 116.2 140.6 140.8 120.3
1998: I 110.0 109.6 126.7 127.0 115.2
II 110.0 109.7 127.3 127.7 115.8
III 110.7 110.4 128.7 129.0 116.3
IV 111.9 111.6 131.3 131.6 117.3
1999: I 112.8 112.2 132.4 132.8 117.4
II 112.5 111.9 132.9 133.2 118.2
III 113.3 112.7 134.6 134.9 118.8
IV 115.2 114.7 137.8 138.1 119.6
2000: I 115.0 114.5 138.6 138.8 120.5
II 117.1 116.3 140.8 141.0 120.2
III 117.4 116.7 141.2 141.4 120.3
IV 118.2 117.4 141.9 142.1 120.0
2001: I 118.2 117.4 142.3 142.5 120.4
II(r)(*) 118.9 118.0 142.0 142.3 119.5
Percent change; quarterly data at
seasonally adjusted annual rates
1991 1.1 1.2 -1.2 -1.3 -2.3
1992 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.5 -.2
1993 .5 .5 3.1 3.3 2.6
1994 1.3 1.3 4.9 4.7 3.5
1995 .7 .9 3.1 3.4 2.4
1996 2.8 2.5 4.4 4.3 1.6
1997 2.3 2.0 5.2 5.1 2.9
1998 2.7 2.6 4.9 5.0 2.2
1999 2.5 2.3 4.6 4.6 2.0
2000 3.1 3.0 4.6 4.5 1.5
1997: I 1.6 1.1 5.2 4.8 3.5
II 4.2 4.2 7.1 7.1 2.8
III 3.8 3.3 4.9 4.6 1.1
IV .6 .6 3.2 3.4 2.6
1998: I 4.9 4.7 7.5 7.8 2.5
II .1 .5 1.9 2.1 1.9
III 2.6 2.2 4.4 4.3 1.7
IV 4.6 4.5 8.2 8.3 3.5
1999: I 3.1 2.4 3.5 3.5 .4
II -1.1 -1.4 1.6 1.4 2.7
III 2.9 3.0 5.1 5.3 2.1
IV 7.0 7.4 9.9 9.8 2.7
2000: I -.6 -.6 2.2 2.0 2.9
II 7.3 6.3 6.5 6.5 -.7
III 1.0 1.4 1.3 1.2 (c).3
IV 3.0 2.3 1.8 1.8 -1.1
2001: I .0 .1 1.2 1.4 1.2
II(r)(*) 2.2 2.1 -.8 -.5 -2.9
Hours
of all Compensation per Real compensation
persons hour(3) per hour(4)
(2)
Nonfarm Nonfarm Nonfarm
Period business Business business Business business
sector sector sector sector sector
Indexes, 1992=100; quarterly
data seasonally adjusted
1991 100.2 95.0 95.0 97.5 97.5
1992 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1993 102.9 102.5 102.2 99.9 99.6
1994 106.2 104.5 104.3 99.7 99.5
1995 108.8 106.7 106.6 99.3 99.2
1996 110.7 110.1 109.8 99.8 99.5
1997 114.1 113.5 113.1 100.7 100.3
1998 116.8 119.8 119.2 104.8 104.2
1999 119.4 125.2 124.4 107.3 106.5
2000 121.2 132.8 132.0 110.1 109.4
1998: I 115.9 117.6 116.9 103.3 102.7
II 116.3 119.1 118.5 104.4 103.9
III 116.9 120.6 120.0 105.2 104.7
IV 118.0 121.8 121.2 105.8 105.3
1999: I 118.3 123.2 122.3 106.6 105.9
II 119.1 124.5 123.6 107.0 106.2
III 119.8 126.1 125.1 107.5 106.8
IV 120.4 127.2 126.4 107.6 107.0
2000: I 121.2 129.0 128.4 108.1 107.6
II 121.3 131.7 130.7 109.6 108.8
III 121.2 133.8 133.0 110.3 109.7
IV 121.0 136.8 135.9 112.0 111.3
2001: I 121.4 138.6 137.6 112.3 111.5
II(r)(*) 120.6 140.4 139.2 113.0 112.0
Percent change; quarterly data at
seasonally adjusted annual rates
1991 -2.4 4.7 4.9 1.0 1.2
1992 -.2 5.3 5.3 2.6 2.6
1993 2.9 2.5 2.2 -.1 -.4
1994 3.3 2.0 2.1 -.2 -.1
1995 2.4 2.1 2.1 -.4 -.4
1996 1.7 3.2 3.1 .4 .3
1997 3.1 3.1 3.0 .9 .8
1998 2.4 5.5 5.4 4.0 3.9
1999 2.2 4.6 4.4 2.4 2.2
2000 1.5 6.0 6.1 2.6 2.7
1997: I 3.7 2.2 2.3 -.1 .0
II 2.7 1.4 1.4 .5 .6
III 1.3 4.5 4.0 2.8 2.3
IV 2.8 6.4 6.2 4.2 4.0
1998: I 3.0 7.1 6.8 6.3 6.0
II 1.6 5.4 5.6 4.2 4.4
III 2.0 5.0 5.0 3.4 3.4
IV 3.6 4.2 4.0 2.3 2.1
1999: I 1.0 4.7 3.8 3.1 2.2
II 2.8 4.2 4.2 1.4 1.3
III 2.2 5.1 5.2 2.0 2.1
IV 2.3 3.5 4.2 .3 .9
2000: I 2.6 5.9 6.2 1.8 2.1
II .2 8.6 7.6 5.5 4.5
III -.2 6.5 7.1 2.9 3.5
IV -.5 9.4 8.9 6.3 5.8
2001: I 1.3 5.3 5.1 1.1 .9
II(r)(*) -2.6 5.4 4.8 2.2 1.7
Implicit price
Unit labor costs deflator(5)
Nonfarm Nonfarm
Period Business business Business business
sector sector sector sector
Indexes, 1992=100; quarterly
data seasonally adjusted
1991 98.7 98.5 98.1 98.0
1992 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
1993 101.9 101.7 102.2 102.2
1994 102.6 102.5 104.0 104.1
1995 104.1 103.7 106.0 106.1
1996 104.5 104.2 107.7 107.6
1997 105.3 105.2 109.7 109.8
1998 108.2 108.0 110.6 110.8
1999 110.4 110.2 111.6 112.0
2000 113.6 113.6 113.7 114.2
1998: I 106.9 106.7 110.3 110.5
II 108.3 108.0 110.4 110.6
III 108.9 108.7 110.7 111.0
IV 108.8 108.6 110.8 111.1
1999: I 109.2 109.0 111.2 111.5
II 110.7 110.5 111.4 111.8
III 111.3 111.1 111.7 112.1
IV 110.4 110.2 112.0 112.5
2000: I 112.1 112.1 112.9 113.5
II 112.5 112.4 113.5 114.0
III 114.0 114.0 113.9 114.5
IV 115.7 115.8 114.4 114.9
2001: I 117.2 117.2 115.2 115.7
II(r)(*) 118.1 118.0 115.7 116.2
Percent change; quarterly data at
seasonally adjusted annual rates
1991 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.7
1992 1.4 1.6 2.0 2.1
1993 1.9 1.7 2.2 2.2
1994 .7 .8 1.8 1.9
1995 1.4 1.2 2.0 2.0
1996 .4 .5 1.6 1.4
1997 .8 .9 1.8 2.1
1998 2.8 2.7 .8 .9
1999 2.0 2.0 .9 1.1
2000 2.9 3.1 1.9 2.0
1997: I .6 1.1 2.6 3.1
II -2.7 -2.6 1.9 2.2
III .7 .7 1.0 1.3
IV 5.8 5.6 1.1 1.1
1998: I 2.1 2.0 .5 .6
II 5.3 5.1 .5 .4
III 2.3 2.7 .9 1.2
IV -.4 -.4 .5 .5
1999: I 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.5
II 5.4 5.6 .8 1.2
III 2.1 2.1 .9 1.0
IV -3.2 -2.9 1.2 1.4
2000: I 6.5 6.8 3.2 3.5
II 1.2 1.2 2.1 1.7
III 5.5 5.6 1.7 1.8
IV 6.3 6.4 1.6 1.5
2001: I 5.3 5.0 2.9 2.7
II(r)(*) 3.1 2.7 1.8 1.6
(1) Output refers to real gross domestic product originating
in the sector.
(2) Hours of all persons engage in the sector, including home
of proprietors and 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 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
1978-2000 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 August 29, 2001.
Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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