1992 Work Experience of the Population — 1993-10-20

The total number of persons who were unemployed at some point during 1992 was about the same as in 1991, and the number of persons with some employment during the year increased by half a million. According to data released today by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21.4 million persons experienced some unemployment in 1992, although most of them held jobs at some time during the year. In total, 133.1 million persons held jobs during at least part of the year, and 80.7 million of them were in full-time, year-round jobs, 1.1 million more than in 1991. These data come from supplemental questions asked each March as part of the Current Population Survey (CPS), the monthly survey of about 60,000 households conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics.