United States
Department
of Labor

Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in June (-467,000), and the unemployment
rate was little changed at 9.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported today. Job losses were widespread across the major industry sectors, with large declines
occurring in manufacturing, professional and business services, and construction.

The number of unemployed persons (14.7 million) and the unemployment rate (9.5 percent) were little changed in June. Since the start of the recession in December 2007, the number of unemployed persons has increased by 7.2 million, and the unemployment rate has risen by 4.6 percentage points. (See table A-1.)

In June, unemployment rates for the major worker groups\u2014adult men (10.0 percent), adult women (7.6 percent), teenagers (24.0 percent), whites (8.7 percent), blacks (14.7 percent), and Hispanics (12.2 percent)\u2014showed little change. The unemployment rate for Asians was 8.2 percent, not seasonally ad- justed. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
2 Quarterly averages and the over-the-month change are calculated using unrounded data.
3 Data relate to private production and nonsupervisory workers.

Among the unemployed, the number of job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs (9.6 million) was little changed in June after increasing by an average of 615,000 per month during the first 5 months of this year. (See table A-8.)

The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) increased by 433,000 over the month to 4.4 million. In June, 3 in 10 unemployed persons were jobless for 27 weeks or more. (See table A-9.)

The civilian labor force participation rate was little changed in June at 65.7 percent. The employ- ment-population ratio, at 59.5 percent, continued to trend down over the month. The employment-pop- ulation ratio has declined by 3.2 percentage points since the start of the recession in December 2007. (See table A-1.)

The number of persons working part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involun-
tary part-time workers) was little changed in June at 9.0 million. Since the start of the recession, the
number of such workers has increased by 4.4 million. (See table A-5.)

About 2.2 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in
June, 618,000 more than a year earlier. These individuals wanted and were available for work and had
looked for a job sometime in the past 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they
had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. Among the marginally attached, there
were 793,000 discouraged workers in June, up by 373,000 from a year earlier. Discouraged workers are
persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The other
1.4 million persons marginally attached to the labor force in June had not searched for work in the 4
weeks preceding the survey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table
A-13.)

Total nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in June (-467,000). Job losses from
April to June averaged 436,000 per month, compared with losses averaging 670,000 per month from
November to March. Since the recession began in December 2007, payroll employment has fallen
by 6.5 million. In June, job losses continued to be widespread across major industry sectors. (See
table B-1.)

Employment in manufacturing fell by 136,000 over the month and has declined by 1.9 million
during the recession. Within the durable goods industry, motor vehicles and parts (-27,000), fabri-
cated metal products (-18,000), computer and electronic products (-16,000), and machinery (-14,000)
continued to lose jobs in June. Since the recession began, employment in motor vehicles and parts has
declined by 335,000, or about one-third.

In June, employment in construction fell by 79,000, with losses spread throughout the industry. Since the start of the recession, construction employment has fallen by 1.3 million. Mining employ- ment fell by 8,000 in June, about in line with the average monthly decline since its recent peak in October 2008.