The manufacturing sector is part of the goods-producing industries supersector group.
The Manufacturing sector comprises establishments engaged in the mechanical, physical, or chemical transformation of materials, substances, or components into new products. Establishments in the Manufacturing sector are often described as plants, factories, or mills and characteristically use power-driven machines and materials-handling equipment. However, establishments that transform materials or substances into new products by hand or in the worker's home and those engaged in selling to the general public products made on the same premises from which they are sold, such as bakeries, candy stores, and custom tailors, may also be included in this sector. Manufacturing establishments may process materials or may contract with other establishments to process their materials for them. Both types of establishments are included in manufacturing.*
*North American Industry Classification System
The manufacturing sector consists of these sub-sectors:
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing
Chemical Manufacturing
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing4
Employment, Unemployment, Layoffs, and Openings, Hires, and Separations
| Data series | Back data | May 2011 | Jun. 2011 | Jul. 2011 | Aug. 2011 |
| Employment (in thousands) | |||||
| Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted) | 11,710 | 11,724 | (P) 11,760 | (P) 11,757 | |
| Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees (seasonally adjusted) | 8,221 | 8,225 | (P) 8,253 | (P) 8,259 | |
| Unemployment | |||||
| 9.6% | 9.2% | 9.2% | 8.9% | ||
| Layoffs | |||||
| 270 | 226 | 602 | |||
| 25,199 | 22,986 | 71,814 | |||
| Job openings, hires, and separations (in thousands) | |||||
| 221 | 223 | (P) 288 | |||
| 303 | 300 | (P) 275 | |||
| 246 | 232 | (P) 232 | |||
(P) Preliminary
Union Membership and Representation
| Data series | Back data | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||
| Members of unions (percent of wage and salary workers) | 11.3% | 11.4% | 10.9% | 10.7% | ||||
Extended Mass Layoffs
| Data series | Back data | 3rd quarter 2010 | 4th quarter 2010 | 1st quarter 2011 | 2nd quarter 2011 |
| 265 | 382 | (P) 305 | (P) 247 | ||
| 39,171 | 66,428 | (P) 45,461 | (P) 34,974 | ||
| (R) 47,128 | 77,311 | (P) 50,370 | (P) 32,181 |
(R) Revised
(P) Preliminary
Employment by Occupation
| Data series | Employment, 2010 | |
| 253,910 | ||
| 281,190 | ||
| 280,120 | ||
| 91,790 | ||
| 693,27 | ||
U.S. DEPT. OF LABOR / BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
"With real unemployment at, or near, 20% overall ( much higher for minorities), these statistics are not very 'Hopey/Changey' inspiring. A number of my past blog entries have, for over a year, stated my belief that some sort of Civil Unrest is in our immediate future. I thought it would happen this Summer; my bad. I still cling to the probability that the proverbial poop will hit the proverbial fan. With a Presidential election year coming up, our lack of a viable economy may be just part of the puzzle. At any rate, keep your heads down and keep your 'powder' dry.
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