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• Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey 02/09/2010
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Volunteering on the rise: September 2008-September 2009

February 05, 2010
Both the number of volunteers and the volunteer rate rose over the year ended in September 2009. About 63.4 million people, or 26.8 percent of the population, volunteered through or for an organization at least once between September 2008 and September 2009. In 2008, the volunteer rate was 26.4 percent. Full Text »

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• The Employment Situation: January 2010 (PDF) (HTML) 02/05/2010
• Productivity and Costs, Fourth Quarter 2009 (HTML) (PDF) 02/04/2010
• Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment: December 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 02/02/2010
• The 2011 President’s Budget for the Bureau of Labor Statistics 02/01/2010
• Employment Cost Index: Fourth Quarter 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 01/29/2010
• Employment Experience of Youths: Results from a Longitudinal Survey (PDF) (HTML) 01/28/2010
• Mass Layoffs, December 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 01/27/2010
• Volunteering in the United States, 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 01/26/2010
• The Consumer Expenditure Survey—30 Years as a Continuous Survey 01/26/2010
• Change to Hours-Based Fatality Rates in the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries 01/25/2010
• All Employee Hours and Earnings Series from the Current Employment Statistics Program will be Official on March 10, 2010 01/25/2010
• Regional and State Employment and Unemployment, November 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 01/22/2010
• Union Members in 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 01/22/2010
• Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers: Fourth Quarter 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 01/21/2010
• Producer Price Indexes: December 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 01/20/2010
• Real Earnings in December 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 01/15/2010
• Consumer Price Index: December 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 01/15/2010
• U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes: December 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 01/14/2010
• No. 09-138 (NLSY97 Financial Condition Variables, online tutorials) 01/13/2010
• County Employment and Wages: Second Quarter 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 01/13/2010
• Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, November 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 01/12/2010
• Monthly Labor Review: December 2009 Issue -- includes "Work-related activities of single mothers before and after welfare reform" 01/11/2010
• The Employment Situation: December 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 01/08/2010
• Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment: November 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 01/05/2010
• Comparison of Take-up Rates in Employer-Provided Medical Care Plans: State and Local Government and Private Industry 12/23/2009
• Mass Layoffs, November 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 12/22/2009
• Regional and State Employment and Unemployment, November 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 12/18/2009
• 2010-11 Editions of the Occupational Outlook Handbook and the Career Guide to Industries (PDF) (HTML) 12/17/2009
• Real Earnings in November 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 12/16/2009
• Consumer Price Index: November 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 12/16/2009
• Producer Price Indexes: November 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 12/15/2009
• U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes: November 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 12/11/2009
• Monthly Labor Review: November 2009 Issue -- includes "The employment projections for 2008–18" (PDF) 12/10/2009
• Occupational Outlook Quarterly -- Winter 2009 Issue 12/10/2009
• Employment Projections: 2008-2018 (PDF) (HTML) 12/10/2009
• Upcoming Changes to the Employment Situation News Release on February 5, 2010 12/09/2009
• Chart book: Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2008 12/09/2009
• Employer Costs for Employee Compensation: September 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 12/09/2009
• Productivity and Costs by Industry: Manufacturing Industries 2007 (PDF) (HTML) 12/09/2009
• Work Experience of the Population in 2008 (PDF) (HTML) 12/08/2009
• Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, October 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 12/08/2009
• Chapter 8. National compensation measures, BLS Handbook of Methods 12/04/2009
• Labor Force Characteristics by Race and Ethnicity, 2008 (HTML) (PDF) 12/04/2009
• The Employment Situation: November 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 12/04/2009
• Productivity and Costs, Third Quarter 2009 (HTML) (PDF) 12/03/2009
• Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment: October 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 12/02/2009
• The Effect of Incentive Pay on Rates of Change in Wages and Salaries 11/24/2009
• Occupational Injuries and Illnesses by Selected Characteristics, Annual 2008 (PDF) (HTML) 11/24/2009
• Regional and State Employment and Unemployment, October 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 11/20/2009
• Mass Layoffs, October 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 11/20/2009
• Business Employment Dynamics: First Quarter 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 11/19/2009
• Real Earnings in October 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 11/18/2009
• Consumer Price Index: October 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 11/18/2009
• Producer Price Indexes: October 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 11/17/2009
• Report On Quality Changes For 2010 Model Vehicles, Annual 2010 (PDF) (HTML) 11/17/2009
• Fact Sheet: Fatal Occupational Injuries to Members of the Resident Military 11/16/2009
• U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes: October 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 11/13/2009
• Extended Mass Layoffs in the Third Quarter of 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 11/10/2009
• Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, August 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 11/10/2009
• The Employment Situation: October 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 11/06/2009
• Productivity and Costs, Third Quarter 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 11/05/2009
• "Health Care," BLS Spotlight on Statistics 11/04/2009
• Monthly Labor Review: October 2009 Issue -- includes "Part-time workers: some key differences between primary and secondary earners" (PDF) 10/30/2009
• Employment Cost Index: Third Quarter 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 10/30/2009
• Workplace Injuries and Illnesses, 2008 (HTML) (PDF) 10/29/2009
• Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment: September 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 10/28/2009
• The New Health Participation and Access Data from the National Compensation Survey 10/26/2009
• The Employment Cost Index and the Impact on Medicare Reimbursements 10/26/2009
• Mass Layoffs in September 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 10/22/2009
• International Comparisons of Manufacturing Productivity and Unit Labor Cost Trends, Annual 2008 (PDF) (HTML) 10/22/2009
• Regional and State Employment and Unemployment: September 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 10/21/2009
• Producer Price Indexes: September 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 10/20/2009
• Resources for: Economist or Economic Analyst (BLS statistical methods) 10/19/2009
• Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers: Third Quarter 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 10/16/2009
• County Employment and Wages: First Quarter 2009 (PDF) (HTML) 10/16/2009
• Consumer Expenditure Survey Results on the 2008 Economic Stimulus Payments (Tax Rebates) 10/15/2009
• Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Highlights: Industry focus — Food services and drinking places 09/30/2009
• Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2009 Edition) 09/30/2009
• Monthly Labor Review: September 2009 Issue -- includes "Health care industries and the New York City labor market" (PDF) 09/30/2009
• The Cash for Clunkers Program 09/29/2009
• Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Selected Metropolitan Areas 09/28/2009
• Local Area Employee Benefits Estimates for 15 Metropolitan Areas 09/28/2009
• BLS Introduces New Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Data for Private Industry Workers in 15 Metropolitan Areas 09/28/2009
• Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2009 (HTML) (PDF), September 2009, Bulletin 2731 09/22/2009
• Occupational Outlook Quarterly -- Fall 2009 Issue 09/09/2009
• Employment & Earnings Online, August 2009 (PDF) 09/08/2009
• National Longitudinal Survey (NLS) News (PDF) 09/04/2009
• Monthly Labor Review: August 2009 Issue -- includes "Using internal CPS data to reevaluate trends in labor-earnings gaps" (PDF) 08/28/2009
• Alternatives to Frozen Defined Benefit Pension Plans 08/28/2009
• Recent Modification of Imputation Methods for National Compensation Survey Benefits Data 08/28/2009
• Occupational Suicides: Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (PDF) 08/27/2009
• National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the East North Central Census Division, July 2008 08/21/2009
• National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the East South Central Census Division, July 2008 08/21/2009
• National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the Middle Atlantic Census Division, July 2008 08/21/2009
• National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the Mountain Census Division, June 2008 08/21/2009
• National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the New England Census Division, July 2008 08/21/2009
• National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the Pacific Census Division, July 2008 08/21/2009
• National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the South Atlantic Census Division, June 2008 08/21/2009
• National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the West North Central Census Division, June 2008 08/21/2009
• National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the West South Central Census Division, July 2008 08/21/2009
• National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2008 08/21/2009
• National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the Pacific Census Division, July 2008 (PDF) 08/20/2009
• National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the South Atlantic Census Division, June 2008 (PDF) 08/20/2009
• National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the West North Central Census Division, June 2008 (PDF) 08/20/2009
• National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the West South Central Census Division, July 2008 (PDF) 08/20/2009
• CPI Detailed Report: Data for July 2009 (PDF) 08/19/2009
• National Compensation Survey: Occupational Earnings in the United States, 2008 (PDF) 08/18/2009
• PPI Detailed Report: Data for July 2009 (PDF) 08/18/2009
• Commissioner's Corner 08/17/2009
• Changing Compensation Costs in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area: June 2009 (PDF) 08/12/2009
• Changing Compensation Costs in the Boston Metropolitan Area: June 2009 (PDF) 08/12/2009
• Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area: June 2009 (PDF) 08/12/2009
• Changing Compensation Costs in the Dallas Metropolitan Area, June 2009 (PDF) 08/12/2009
• Changing Compensation Costs in the Detroit Metropolitan Area: June 2009 (PDF) 08/12/2009
• Changing Compensation Costs in the Houston Metropolitan Area, June 2009 (PDF) 08/12/2009
• Changing Compensation Costs in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area: June 2009 (PDF) 08/12/2009
• Changing Compensation Costs in the Miami Metropolitan Area: June 2009 (PDF) 08/12/2009
• Changing Compensation Costs in the Minneapolis Metropolitan Area: June 2009 (PDF) 08/12/2009
• Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area: June 2009 (PDF) 08/12/2009
• Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area: June 2009 (PDF) 08/12/2009
• Changing Compensation Costs in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area: June 2009 (PDF) 08/12/2009
• Changing Compensation Costs in the San Jose Metropolitan Area: June 2009 (PDF) 08/12/2009
• Changing Compensation Costs in the Washington-Baltimore-Northern Virginia Metropolitan Area: June 2009 (PDF) 08/12/2009
• After the Dot-Com Bubble: Silicon Valley High-Tech Employment and Wages in 2001 and 2008 (PDF) 08/11/2009
• Monthly Labor Review: July 2009 Issue -- includes "A portrait of the youth labor market in 13 countries, 1980–2007" (PDF) 07/31/2009
• Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2008, Report 1017 (PDF) 07/23/2009
• A Comparison of Hourly Wage Rates for Full- and Part-Time Workers by Occupation, 2007 07/23/2009
• Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Highlights: Area focus - Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana 07/20/2009
• Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization for States, Third Quarter of 2008 through Second Quarter of 2009 Averages 07/20/2009
• Employment & Earnings, May 2009 (PDF) 07/13/2009
• BLS Handbook of Methods, Chapter 13, Employment Projections, BLS Handbook of Methods — Updated (PDF) 07/10/2009
• National Compensation Survey: Health Plan Provisions in Private Industry in the United States, 2008 (HTML) (PDF) 07/06/2009
• International Unemployment Rates and Employment Indexes, 2007-2009 (seasonally adjusted) (HTML) (PDF) 07/02/2009
• Monthly Labor Review: June 2009 Issue -- includes "BLS at 125: using historic principles to track the 21st-century economy" (PDF) 06/26/2009
• "BLS 125th Anniversary," BLS Spotlight on Statistics 06/25/2009
• BLS Marks Its 125th Anniversary (PDF) (HTML) 06/24/2009
• Profiles of Significant Collective Bargaining Disputes of 2008 06/24/2009
• "Where People Worked, 2003 to 2007," Issues in Labor Statistics (PDF) 06/22/2009
• "The First Hundred Years of the Bureau of Labor Statistics," published in 1985, is now available online 06/22/2009
• Biographies of BLS Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner and Associate Commissioners 06/19/2009
• Fact Sheet: Security Guard Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (PDF) 06/17/2009
• Fatal Workplace Injuries in 2006: A Collection of Data and Analysis (includes a chart book) 06/12/2009
• Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Highlights: Jobs for the Environment 06/11/2009
• A Generation Apart: Comparing the Economic Status of Young Singles in 1984-85 and 2004-05 06/04/2009
• Hours-based fatality rates 06/02/2009
• "Worker Safety and Health," BLS Spotlight on Statistics 06/01/2009
• Revised May 2008 wage data for postal service workers have been posted 05/29/2009
• "A New Approach to Classifying Industries in the Information Sector," Issues in Labor Statistics (PDF) 05/15/2009
• 2010 President's Budget for the Bureau of Labor Statistics 05/07/2009
• "Ranks of Discouraged Workers and Others Marginally Attached to the Labor Force Rise During Recession," Issues in Labor Statistics (PDF) 04/30/2009
• Changes to the Text Sections of News Releases Issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics 04/30/2009
• Current Employment Statistics (CES) Survey -- Information for Respondents 04/28/2009
• Consumer Expenditures in 2007, Report 1016 (PDF) 04/23/2009
• Revised 2007 Worker Fatalities Data Now Available (PDF) 04/21/2009
• Occupational Injuries and Illnesses: Counts, Rates, and Characteristics, 2006 (includes a chart book) 04/20/2009
• Math calculations to better utilize CPI data (PDF) 04/15/2009
• "Holiday Season Hiring in Retail Trade," Issues in Labor Statistics (PDF) 04/02/2009
• Commissioner's Corner -- a new feature from the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Keith Hall 04/01/2009