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Eldercare providers are defined as individuals who provide unpaid care to someone age 65 or older who needs help because of a condition related to aging. Of the 38.2 million eldercare providers age 15 and older in 2023–2024, a little over one-fourth (28 percent) engaged in eldercare on a given day. Eldercare providers who were age 65 and older were more likely than those in other age groups to provide eldercare on a given day (40 percent).

Median weekly earnings of the nation's 121 million full-time wage and salary workers were $1,235 in the first quarter of 2026. This was 3.4 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with a gain of 2.7 percent in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) over the same period.

In January 2026, nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 9 metropolitan areas, decreased in 6 areas, and was essentially unchanged in 372 areas.

U.S. import prices advanced 2.1 percent from March 2025 to March 2026. This 12-month increase was the largest over-the-year advance since the index rose 2.2 percent in December 2024. U.S. export prices rose 5.6 percent for the 12-month period ended March 2026. The March advance was the largest over-the-year increase since the index rose 6.1 percent in November 2022.