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Total

nonfarm payroll

employment

declined by 125,000 in June, and the

unemployment rate

edgeddown to 9.5 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The decline in payroll employ-ment reflected a decrease (-225,000) in the number of temporary employees working on Census 2010.

Private-sector payroll employment

edged up by 83,000.

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Chart 2. Nonfarm payroll employment over-the-monthchange, seasonally adjusted, June 2008 –June 2010

Percent

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Chart 1. Unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted,June 2008 –June 2010

Household Survey Data

Both the number of

unemployed persons

,

at

14.6 million, and the

unemployment rate

,

at 9.5 percent,edged down in June. (See table A-1.)Among the

major worker groups

, the unemployment rate for adult women (7.8 percent) declined,while the rates for adult men (9.9 percent), teenagers (25.7 percent), whites (8.6 percent), blacks (15.4percent), and Hispanics (12.4 percent) showed little or no change. The jobless rate for Asians was 7.7percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)In June, the number of

long-term unemployed

(those jobless for 27 weeks and over) was unchanged at6.8 million. These individuals made up 45.5 percent of unemployed persons. (See table A-12.)

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The

civilian labor force participation rate

fell by 0.3 percentage point in June to 64.7 percent. The

employment-population ratio

,

at 58.5 percent, edged down over the month. (See table A-1.)The number of persons employed

part time for economic reasons

(sometimes referred to as involun-tary part-time workers), at 8.6 million, was little changed over the month but was down by 525,000 overthe past 2 months. These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back orbecause they were unable to find a full-time job. (See table A-8.)In June, about 2.6 million persons were

marginally attached to the labor force

, an increase of 415,000from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor force,wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. Theywere not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding thesurvey. (See table A-16.)Among the marginally attached, there were 1.2 million

discouraged workers

in June, up by 414,000from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not cur-rently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.4 millionpersons marginally attached to the labor force had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding thesurvey for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-16.)

Establishment Survey Data

Total

nonfarm payroll employment

decreased by 125,000 in June, reflecting the departure of 225,000temporary Census 2010 workers from federal government payrolls. Total private employment edged upover the month (+83,000) due to modest increases in several industries. So far this year, private-sectoremployment has increased by 593,000 but in June was 7.9 million below its December 2007 level. (Seetable B-1.)Within

leisure and hospitality

, employment rose over the month by 28,000 in

amusements, gambling,and recreation.Within professional and business services, employment continued to increase in

temporary help ser-vices

(+21,000). Employment in temporary help has risen by 379,000 since a recent low in September2009. Elsewhere in professional and business services, management and technical consulting (+11,000)and business support services (+7,000) also added jobs over the month.In June,

transportation and warehousing

added 15,000 jobs. Since a recent low in February, thisindustry has added 44,000 jobs.

Health care

employment edged up in June (+9,000). Over the past 12 months, the industry has gained217,000 jobs.

Mining

employment continued to trend up in June (+6,000); the industry has gained 56,000 jobs sinceOctober 2009. Within mining, support activities added 7,000 jobs in June.

Manufacturing

employment continued to trend up over the month (+9,000). The industry has added136,000 jobs since December 2009.

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Construction

employment decreased by 22,000 in June, with the largest decline in nonresidentialspecialty trade contracting. On net, construction employment has shown little change over the last 4months.Employment in other private-sector industries, including

wholesale trade

,

retail trade

,

information

,

and

financial activities

showed little change in June.

Government

employment

fell by 208,000 in June, driven by the loss of 225,000 temporary workershired for Census 2010. Employment in both state and local governments was little changed over themonth.In June, the

average workweek for all employees

on private nonfarm payrolls decreased by 0.1 hour to34.1 hours. The manufacturing workweek for all employees decreased by 0.5 hour to 40.0 hours; thisfollowed an increase of 0.4 hour in May. The average workweek for

production and nonsupervisoryemployees

on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.4 hours in June. (See tables B-2 and B-7.)

Average hourly earnings of all employees

in the private nonfarm sector decreased by 2 cents, or 0.1percent, to $22.53 in June. Over the past 12 months, average hourly earnings have increased by 1.7percent. In June, average hourly earnings of private-sector

production and nonsupervisory employees

were unchanged at $19.00. (See tables B-3 and B-8.)The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for April was revised from +290,000 to +313,000, andthe change for May was revised from +431,000 to +433,000.

The Employment Situation for July is scheduled to be released on Friday, August 6, 2010,at 8:30 a.m. (EDT).