Office of Publications & Special Studies

Recent TED articles

• Median weekly earnings in 2014
• Real earnings up in 2014
• Gas prices fall sharply over the year
• Producer prices, December 2014

Monthly Labor Review

Analysis of the Current Employment Statistics program using customer outreach survey results   Jennifer Chi, Kerrie Leslie (PDF)

Beyond the Numbers

Understanding health plan types: What’s in a name?

Every year, many employers conduct an open season to let employees select or change their medical plans. Several factors may affect their selection, including choice of care provider and shared cost.
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Career Outlook

• Career planning for high schoolers

Spotlight on Statistics

• Housing
• Women veterans in 2013
• Occupations

National Longitudinal Surveys News

• No. 14-158 (NLSY79 round-25 data released) (PDF)

Commissioner's Corner

• Protecting the public's trust in federal statistics
• Trade indexes in the Producer Price Index
• BLS regional webpages get a makeover
• Recognizing innovators at BLS
• Announcing new research data on jobs and pay in the nonprofit sector

• 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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• BLS Handbook of Methods
• Women in the Labor Force: A Databook, 2014 (PDF)
• Characteristics of Minimum Wage Workers, 2013 (PDF)
• Labor Force Characteristics by Race and Ethnicity, 2013 (PDF)
• A Profile of the Working Poor, 2012 (PDF)
• Consumer Expenditures in 2012 (PDF)
• Extended Mass Layoffs in 2012 (PDF)
• Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2013 (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, 2013
• The First Hundred Years of the Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Report on the American Workforce
• Report on the Youth Labor Force
• Geographic Profile
• Worklife Estimates: Effects of Race and Education
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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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