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• Paid vacations in private industry
• Medical care benefits, March 2014
• Industries by state, 1990–2013
• Weekly earnings, second quarter 2014

Monthly Labor Review

Fatalities in the construction industry: findings from a revision of the BLS Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System   Xiuwen (Sue) Dong, Julie A. Largay, Xuanwen Wang, Janice A. Windau (PDF)

Beyond the Numbers

Restaurants help feed job growth: how the leisure and hospitality industry fared after the recent employment downturn

The leisure and hospitality industry gained more than 1.6 million jobs during the recent employment recovery, accounting for almost 1 out of every 5 nonfarm jobs added. Other industries had similar or larger job gains, but the leisure and hospitality industry is interesting because so many of the jobs were created in very few component industries. This article examines recent trends in the leisure and hospitality industry and analyzes the concentrated distribution of job gains.
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OOQ: Occupational Outlook Quarterly

Self-employment: What to know to be your own boss Dennis Vilorio Financial specialists: Working with money Sara Royster Got skills? Think manufacturing Elka Torpey

Spotlight on Statistics

• High-income household spending and the economic recovery
• Nonfatal injuries and illnesses among state and local government workers
• 2013: International Year of Statistics

National Longitudinal Surveys News

• No. 14-156 (Release of Preliminary 2012 NLSY79 Young Adult Data) (PDF)

Commissioner's Corner

• Helping young people learn about economic statistics—and have fun doing it!
• Talking to retailers about economic statistics
• Cleveland Fed conference on "all things inflation"
• Big Data and new hurricane flood zone maps and tables
• On the road in the Lone Star State

• CPI Detailed Report
• Employment & Earnings Online
• PPI Detailed Report

Chartbooks

• Chartbook: Occupational Employment and Wages, 2010 (PDF)
• A Chartbook of International Labor Comparisons (2012 Edition)
• Fatal Occupational Injuries and Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, 2008
• Chartbook: Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2009
• Fatal Workplace Injuries in 2006: A Collection of Data and Analysis
• Occupational Injuries and Illnesses: Counts, Rates, and Characteristics, 2006
• A Chartbook of International Labor Comparisons (2010 Edition) (PDF)
• Employment and Wages, Annual Averages 2008
• Charting the U.S. Labor Market in 2006
• Fatal Workplace Injuries in 2005: A Collection of Data and Analysis
• Occupational Injuries and Illnesses: Counts, Rates, and Characteristics, 2005
• Chartbook: Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2008
• Employment and Wages, Annual Averages 2007
• Occupational Injuries and Illnesses: Counts, Rates, and Characteristics, 2004
• Fatal Workplace Injuries in 2004: A Collection of Data and Analysis
• Chartbook: Fatal Occupational Injuries in the United States, 1995-1999
• Regional Economic Patterns in the United States, 1990-1999
• Working in the 21st Century

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• Extended Mass Layoffs in 2012 (PDF)
• Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2012 (PDF)
• National Compensation Survey: Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2013
• National Compensation Survey: Health Plan Provisions in State and Local Government in the United States, 2012
• Labor Force Characteristics by Race and Ethnicity, 2012 (PDF)
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Test your knowledge

1. Complete the statement with the correct percentages:

   Among people who had completed a bachelor's degree or more education and were no longer enrolled in school, __________ were employed in civilian jobs during October when age 25. In comparison, __________ of high school dropouts were employed in civilian jobs in the October they were age 25.

Hint:
Young adult employment varies by education.

 

2. Complete the statement with the annual percent increase in the price for gold ores:

   In 2012, price increases for gold slowed, rising less than they had in each of the previous 4 years. The __________ increase in 2012 was the smallest yearly increase since the 2.6-percent advance in 2008.

Hint:
Gold prices rise more than 100 percent since 2008.

 

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