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<\/a><\/p>\nIn November, the unemployment rate decreased by 0.3 percentage point to 4.6 percent,
\nand the number of unemployed persons declined by 387,000 to 7.4 million. Both measures
\nhad shown little movement, on net, from August 2015 through October 2016. (See
\ntable A-1.)<\/p>\n
Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rate for adult men declined to 4.3
\npercent in November. The rates for adult women (4.2 percent), teenagers (15.2 percent),
\nWhites (4.2 percent), Blacks (8.1 percent), Asians (3.0 percent), and Hispanics (5.7 percent)
\nshowed little or no change over the month. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)<\/p>\n
The number of job losers and persons who completed temporary jobs edged down by 194,000
\nto 3.6 million in November. The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27
\nweeks or more) was little changed at 1.9 million and accounted for 24.8 percent of the
\nunemployed. Over the past 12 months, the number of long-term unemployed was down by
\n198,000. (See tables A-11 and A-12.)<\/p>\n
The civilian labor force participation rate, at 62.7 percent, changed little in
\nNovember, and the employment-population ratio held at 59.7 percent. These measures
\nhave shown little movement in recent months. (See table A-1.)<\/p>\n
The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to
\nas involuntary part-time workers), at 5.7 million, changed little in November but was
\ndown by 416,000 over the year. These individuals, who would have preferred full-time
\nemployment, were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because
\nthey were unable to find a full-time job. (See table A-8.)<\/p>\n
In November, 1.9 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, up by
\n215,000 from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals
\nwere not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a
\njob sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they
\nhad not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. (See table A-16.)<\/p>\n
Among the marginally attached, there were 591,000 discouraged workers in November, little
\ndifferent from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged
\nworkers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are
\navailable for them. The remaining 1.3 million persons marginally attached to the labor
\nforce in November had not searched for work for reasons such as school attendance or
\nfamily responsibilities. (See table A-16.)<\/p>\n
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 178,000 in November. Thus far in 2016,
\nemployment growth has averaged 180,000 per month, compared with an average monthly
\nincrease of 229,000 in 2015. In November, employment gains occurred in professional
\nand business services and in health care. (See table B-1.)<\/p>\n
Employment in professional and business services rose by 63,000 in November and has
\nrisen by 571,000 over the year. Over the month, accounting and bookkeeping services
\nadded 18,000 jobs. Employment continued to trend up in administrative and support
\nservices (+36,000), computer systems design and related services (+5,000), and
\nmanagement and technical consulting services (+4,000).<\/p>\n
Health care employment rose by 28,000 in November. Within the industry, employment growth
\noccurred in ambulatory health care services (+22,000). Over the past 12 months, health
\ncare has added 407,000 jobs.<\/p>\n
Employment in construction continued on its recent upward trend in November (+19,000), with
\na gain in residential specialty trade contractors (+15,000). Over the past 3 months,
\nconstruction has added 59,000 jobs, largely in residential construction.<\/p>\n
Employment in other major industries, including mining, manufacturing, wholesale trade,
\nretail trade, transportation and warehousing, information, financial activities, leisure
\nand hospitality, and government, changed little over the month.<\/p>\n
The average workweek for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 34.4
\nhours in November. In manufacturing, the workweek declined by 0.2 hour to 40.6 hours,
\nwhile overtime was unchanged at 3.3 hours. The average workweek for production and
\nnonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls was unchanged at 33.6 hours. (See
\ntables B-2 and B-7.)<\/p>\n
In November, average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls
\ndeclined by 3 cents to $25.89, following an 11-cent increase in October. Over the year,
\naverage hourly earnings have risen by 2.5 percent. Average hourly earnings of private-
\nsector production and nonsupervisory employees edged up by 2 cents to $21.73 in November.
\n(See tables B-3 and B-8.)<\/p>\n
The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for September was revised up from +191,000
\nto +208,000, and the change for October was revised down from +161,000 to +142,000. With
\nthese revisions, employment gains in September and October combined were 2,000 less than
\npreviously reported. Over the past 3 months, job gains have averaged 176,000 per month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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