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employment Situation Summary Page 4 0[6 with the largest decreases in fabricated metal products (-28,000) and mac~inery (-25,000). Employment in ncndurable goods manufacturing declined by 36,000 over the month. T~e constructior. industry lost 104,000 jobs in February. Employment in t~e industry has fallen by 1.1 million sir.ce peaking in January 2007. Two-fifths of that decline occurred over the last 4 months. Employment fell sharply in both the residential and nonresidential components of the industry in February. Employment in truck transportation declined by 33,000 in February; the industry has lost 138,000 jobs since the start of the recession in December 2007. Nearly two-thirds of the decline (-88,000) occurred over the last 4 months. The information industry continued to lose jobs (-15,000). Over the last 4 months, employment in the industry has decreased by 76,000, with about two-fifths of the decline occurring in publishing. - 4 Employment in financial activities continued to decline in February (-44,000). The number of jobs in this industry has dropped by 448,000 since an employment peak ~n December 2006, with half of this loss occurring in the past 6 months. In February, job losses occurred in real estate (-11,000); credit intermediation (-11,000); and securities, commodity contracts, and investments (-8,000). Retail trade employ~ent fell by 40,000 over the month and has declined by 608,000 since December 2007. In February, employment decreased in automobile dealerships (-9,000), sporting goods (-9,000), furniture and home furnishing stores (-8,000), and building material and garden supply stores (-7,000). Employment in wholesale trade fell by 37 ,000 over the month, with r.early all of t~e decline occurring in durable goods. Employment in leisure and hospitality continued to trend down over the month (-33,000), with about half of the decrease in the accommodatlon industry (-18,000). ~ealth care continued to add jobs in February, with a gain of 27,000. Job growth occurred in ambulatory health care (16,000) and in hospitals (7,000) . The change in total nonfarm employment for December was revised froD -577,000 to -681,000 and the change for January was revised from -598,000 to -655,000. Monthly revisions result from additional sample reports and the monthly recalculation of seasonal factors. Weekly Hours (Establishment Survey Data) In February, the average workweek for production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls was 33.3 hours for the third month in a row. Both the manufacturing workweek and factory overtime decreased by 0.2 hour over the month to 39.6 and 2.6 hours, respectively. (See table B-2.) The index of aggregate weekly hours of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls fell by 0.7 percent in February. T~e manufacturir.g index declined by 2.0 percent over the month. (See table B-5.) Hourly and Weekly Earr.ings (Establishment Survey Data) http://data.bls.gov/cgi-biniprint.pllnews.release/empsit.nrO.htm 3/1412009
employment SItuatIOn Summary Page 50f6 In February, average hourly earnings of production and nonsupervisory workers on private nonfarm payrolls rose by 3 cents, or 0.2 percent, seasonally adjusted. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings increased by 3.6 percent, and average weekly earnings rose by 2.1 percent. (See table B-3.) The Employment Situation for March 2009 is scheduled to be released on Friciay, April 3, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT). • Employment Situation Frequently Asked Questions • Employment Situation Technical Note • Table A-I. Employment status of the civilian population bysexand age • Table A-2. Employment status of the civilian population by race, sex, and age • Table A-3· Employment status of the Hispanic or Latino populationby sex and age • Table A-4. Employment status of the civilian population 25 years and over byeducational attainment • Table A-5. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status • Table A-6. Selected employment indicators • Table A-7. Selected unemployment indicators, seasonally adjusted • Table A-B. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment • Table A-g. Unemployed persons by duration of unemployment • Table A-10. Employed and unemployed personsby occupation, not seasonally adjuste.d • Table A-1I. Unemployed persons by industry and class of worker, llQt seasonally adjusted • Table A-12. Alternative measures oflaborunderutiliz
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