Table: Actual and Seasonally Adjusted Retail Trade Employment by Month for 1997 and 1998

	Retail Trade
	Actual* Employment			Seasonally Adjusted Employment
Month	1997	1998	Percent Change	1997	1998	Percent Change
January	42,658	42,360	-0.7	45,152	44,836	-0.7
February	42,010	42,068	0.1	44,983	45,046	0.1
March	42,465	42,265	-0.5	45,113	44,900	-0.5
April	42,958	43,016	0.1	44,967	45,027	0.1
May	44,782	44,933	0.3	44,958	45,109	0.3
June	47,151	47,731	1.2	44,642	45,191	1.2
July	48,013	48,679	1.4	44,654	45,273	1.4
August	48,108	48,879	1.6	44,638	45,354	1.6
September	46,235	47,410	2.5	44,312	45,438	2.5
October	44,736	45,488	1.7	44,770	45,522	1.7
November	44,037	44,879	1.9	44,760	45,615	1.9
December	44,555	45,363	1.8	44,871	45,685	1.8
Annual Ave**	44,912	45,283	2.0	44,819	45,170	2.0

* Shaded numbers correspond to colored line in Figure = Actual Employment; numbers in italics correspond to Projected Employment 

** 10 month average through October