1996–2006 Economic and Employment Projections — 1997-12-03

issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, than the men�s, and the women�s share of the labor force will account for almost one of every two wage and salary worker jobs published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. 1/ The "Asian and other" group includes (1) Asians and Pacific Islanders and (2) American Indians and Alaska Natives. The historical data are derived by subtracting "black" from the "black and other" group; projections are made directly, 1/ Employment data for wage and salary workers are from the BLS Current Employment Statistics (payroll) survey, which counts jobs, whereas self-employed, unpaid family worker, agricultural, and private household data are from the Current PopulationSurvey (household 2/ Excludes SIC 074,5,8 (agricultural services) and 99 (nonclassifiable establishments), and is therefore not directly comparable with 3/ Excludes government wage and salary workers, and includes private sector SIC 08, 09 (forestry and fisheries).