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March 10, 2010
Private industry employers spent an average of $27.42 per hour worked for employee compensation in December 2009.
Wages and salaries averaged $19.41 and benefits, $8.00. Private industry costs for employees averaged $1.86 per
hour worked for paid leave benefits and $2.25 for legally required benefits.
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March 10, 2010
In January, 30 states and the District of Columbia recorded
over-the-month unemployment rate increases, 9 states
registered decreases, and 11 states had no change. Nonfarm
payroll employment increased in 31 states and the District
of Columbia, decreased in 18 states, and remained unchanged
in 1 state.
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March 11, 2010
In 2009, for the third year in a row, annual levels fell for hires, total separations, quits, and other separations, while rising for layoffs and discharges.
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In 2008, according to the Census Bureau, 39.8 million people,
or 13.2 percent of the Nation’s population, lived at or below the
official poverty level. In 2008, about 8.9 million adults were among
the “working poor,” 1.4 million more than in 2007. Read more »
BLS presents data on benefits by wage level for several benefits including retirement, health, life insurance, holidays, and vacations. Read more »
African American History Month, has been observed since 1976. Take a look at BLS data that provide an economic snapshot of African Americans in the United States today. Read more »
A dramatic slowdown in consumer demand has been crippling the Nation's trucking firms.
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Labor market problems for blacks or African Americans and Hispanics or Latinos were especially acute in 2008.
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