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Chapter 13.
Employment Projections

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The projections are first published in the Monthly Labor Review, usually in the fall of odd-numbered years, and subsequently appear in BLS bulletins and the Occupational Outlook Quarterly, which also prints articles on such topics as new and emerging occupations and changing job market conditions for existing occupations.

Two publications containing extensive information on occupational change are released as a part of each biannual projection study; the Occupational Outlook Handbook and Occupational Projections and Training Data. The Occupational Outlook Handbook covers about 250 occupations. Besides outlook data, it includes information on the nature of the work, training requirements, working conditions, and earnings. The Handbook is available in the vast majority of career information centers in the country's high schools, colleges, and libraries, where it is used as a primary source of information for people in the process of choosing a career. Occupational Projections and Training Data presents detailed statistics on employment, occupational separations, and education and training completions. Most of the data presented are for the occupations included in the Handbook and supplement that resource. In addition, bulletins and reports dealing with topics of special interest are typically developed as a part of each projection study.

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