Footnote A

Dashes indicate data not available.

Footnote B

Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.

Footnote C

Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy except those in private households and workers in the public sector except the federal government.

Footnote D

Includes the following occupations: management, business, and financial; professional and related; sales and related; and office and administrative support.

Footnote E

Includes the following occupations: farming, fishing, and forestry; construction and extraction; installation, maintenance, and repair; production; and transportation and material moving.

Footnote F

No identifiable seasonality was found for this series.

Footnote G

Includes mining, construction, and manufacturing.

Footnote H

Includes the following industries: wholesale trade; retail trade; transportation and warehousing; utilities; information; finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional, scientific, and technical services; management of companies and enterprises; administrative and support and waste management and remediation services; education services; health care and social assistance; arts, entertainment, and recreation; accommodation and food services; and other services, except public administration.

Footnote I

New series. Historical data are available beginning with March 2001.

Footnote J

New series. Historical data are available beginning with December 2005.

Footnote K

Includes ambulatory health care services and social assistance, not shown separately.

Footnote L

The states (including the District of Columbia) that comprise the census divisions are: New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; Middle Atlantic: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania; South Atlantic: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia; East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota; Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington.

Footnote N

Includes farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.

Footnote O

Includes elementary and secondary schools; junior colleges; colleges, universities, and professional schools.

Footnote Q

The index for this series is not strictly comparable to other series.

Footnote S

Historical data are available beginning with December 2005.

Footnote T

Seasonally adjusted indexes and 3-month percent changes for these series were first published with the March 2007 seasonal adjustment revisions. Historical data for these series are available beginning with March 2002.

Footnote V

Seasonally adjusted indexes and 3-month percent changes for these series are being published for the first time with the 2008 seasonal adjustment revisions. Historical data for these series are available beginning with March 2003.

Last Modified Date: April 29, 2008