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Comment period now open for the 2028 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) manual. Read More
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has revised Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 updating the standards for maintaining, collecting, and presenting federal data on race and ethnicity. Read more about OMB Statistical Policy Directives.
In the fourth quarter of 2023, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 7.8 million. Gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 7.5 million.
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