Manufacturing Employment (seasonally adjusted)
Change from Previous Year
- thousands -

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

1996 -53 -35 -71 -74 -39 -24 4 14 7 53 69 55
1997 92 87 147 147 141 161 165 196 213 245 279 302
1998 323 311 298 285 262 220 34 113 92 -1 -89 -138
1999 -195 -233 -269 -294 -291 -313 -102 -276 -277 -237 -183 -172
2000 -141 -109 -66 -43 -57 3 6 -1 -49 -60 -79 -96
2001 -180 -256 -367 -498 -617 -778 -944 -1,052 -1,112 -1,242 -1,376 -1,468
2002 -1,516 -1,515 -1,495 -1,411 -1,323 -1,224 -1,125 -1,061 -995 -914 -835 -802
2003 -728 -733 -717 -777 -781 -802 -849 -806 -781 -731 -678 -615
2004 -571 -501 -435 -296 -215 -161 -75 -20 -15 -8 -7 -2
2005 -22 -4 -20 -61 -89 -99 -108 -135 -142 -124 -94 -72
2006 -41 -50 -43 -12 -17 26 12 19 36 -14 -52p -72p
Note: p = Preliminary figure, r = Revised