EMBARGOED UNTIL: 10 A.M. EST, MARCH 11, 1997 (TUESDAY) Public Information Office CB97-37 301-457-3030/301-457-3670 (fax) 301-457-4067 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov Julius Smith 301-457-4741 Manufacturing Employment Up, Census Bureau Reports In 1995, 18.7 million people were employed in the manufacturing sector of the economy, compared with 18.2 million in 1992, an increase of about 3 percent. This is according to a report released today on the Internet by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau. The industrial machinery and equipment sector with 1.9 million workers had the largest increase in employment (up 189,000) from 1992 to 1995, followed by electronic and other electric equipment (up 127,000 employees). The report provides data for 1995 on the number of employees, production workers, value added by manufacture, value of shipments, and new capital expenditures for all manufacturing establishments. In addition, it includes comparable historical information for years since 1949, and information on number of employees and payroll for 20 major industry groups since 1977. The report, "1995 Annual Survey of Manufactures, Statistics for Industry Groups and Industries," M95-(AS)-1 and Internet tables, are from a sample of 58,000 manufacturing establishments and are subject to sampling as well as nonsampling variability. Sources of nonsampling variability include errors of response, nonreporting, and coverage. Measures of sampling variability, presented as relative standard errors, are shown in publication tables. The Internet address for this information is: http://www.census.gov/prod/ www/frames.html-X-The Census Bureau--pre-eminent collector and provider of timely, relevant, and quality data about the people and economy of the United States. In over 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a decade, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau provides official information about America's people, businesses, industries, and institutions.
