In total, since the start of Bush's term, payrolls have shrunk by 1.1 million.

His payroll shrunk by $20 million this year, but the Angels repeated as division champions nevertheless.

The Brewers' payroll has shrunk to $40.6 million from $52.7 million in 2002.

This time, 20 months after the recession's formal end, payrolls are still shrinking.

From 2,100 workers in 1986, the payroll shrunk to fewer than 900.

Meanwhile, the company's payroll has shrunk to less than 18,000 from a high of more than 45,000 in 1983.

Some received big bonuses, even big raises, as their companies' payrolls were shrinking.

Since the most recent recession ended in November 2001, the nation's payrolls have shrunk by more than a million workers.

All told, the national payroll has shrunk by almost three million jobs since March 2001.

Since March 2001, the national payroll has shrunk by more than three million jobs.