Question

The following table contains some employment information from the establishment surveys for December 2017 and January 2018. The numbers in the table are listed in thousands. For example, the number of employed in the table for December 2017 indicates that about 147.6 million people were employed at that time. Average Weekly Hours January 2018 Employment (Thousands of workers) December 2017 January 2018 147,610 147,810 12,540 12,555 7,063 7,099 27,599 27,633 December 2017 34.5 Industry Total nonfarm payroll employment Manufacturing Construction Trade, transportation, and utilities 34.3 40.8 39.4 34.5 40.6 39.0 34.2 by workers from December 2017 to January 2018. The average weekly hours Total nonfarm payroll employment of a nonfarm payroll employee Which of the industries listed experienced the largest change in the number of workers from December 2017 to January 2018 in absolute value? Trade, transportation, and utilities Construction O Manufacturing Workers in which of the industries listed worked the fewest hours per week on average in January 2018? O Trade, transportation, and utilities Manufacturing Construction

Answer 1

Total nonfarm payroll employment INCREASED by 200 thousand from December 2017 to January 2018.

Reason- 147810-147610= 200

The average weekly hours of a nonfarm payroll employee DECREASED.

Reason- 34.3<34.5

● Construction

Reason- Change in-

Manufacturing: 12555-12540= 15

Construction:7099-7063= 36 (largest change)

Trade, transportation, utility: 27633-27599= 34

● Trade, transportation and utilities

Reason- see the last column, Trade, transportation and utilities worked for least hours 34.2.

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