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HTML | PDFThe article examines fertility patterns by race, ethnicity, education, and labor market experience.
HTML | PDFThis Spotlight on Statistics examines recent trends in self-employment, including data on paid employees who work for the self-employed.
HTML | PDFWe now have data on professional certifications or licenses to go along with statistics on level of education.
HTMLThis article uses wage data adjusted for an area's prices to assess purchasing power across areas.
HTML | PDFThis article compares three major gauges of U.S. price trends.
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HTML | PDFThis article examines the spending patterns of households with people age 55 and older.
HTML | PDFThis article examines movements in producer prices during 2015.
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HTMLThis article explores trends in employer costs for defined benefit retirement plans from 2008 to 2015.
HTML | PDFTo help mark the Monthly Labor Review’s centennial, this article looks at American life in 1915 and compares it with today.
HTMLThis article compares cellular and residential phone service spending from 2007 to 2014.
HTML | PDFOverall, workers at nonprofit businesses earn a pay premium compared with their for-profit counterparts.
HTMLTo celebrate the 100th anniversary of the CES survey, this article reviews data collection procedures and instruments over the past century.
HTMLBLS has begun posting interactive graphics to complement some of our most widely read economic reports.
HTMLThis article looks at job openings, hires, and separations by industry and then categorizes industries as having high or low job openings and hires.
HTMLSince 2000, the percentage of people not in the labor force has increased. This article examines the reasons.
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HTML | PDFHealthcare occupations represent a significant percentage of U.S. employment and are essential to the country's economic health.
HTMLThe 2016–17 edition can help you find career information on duties, education and training, pay, and the outlook for hundreds of occupations.
HTMLThis article explores how margins for gasoline retailing were influenced by price changes in crude oil and retail gasoline from the second half of 2014 through early 2015.
HTML | PDFThis article introduces new survey estimates on physical demands, environmental conditions, and other job characteristics.
HTMLIn 2014, women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $719.
PDFThis report describes the labor force characteristics and earnings patterns among the largest race and ethnicity groups living in the United States.
PDFA new index of labor productivity, defined as output per hour, for private community hospitals.
HTMLThe Mid-Atlantic region exported goods valued at just under $77.9 billion in 2014, a decrease of 1.3 percent from 2013.
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HTMLWho's working at sunset–or at 2 a.m.? Lots of people, including reporters, nurses, and police officers.
HTMLThis article highlights important U.S. labor legislation since 1915. Areas of focus are child labor laws, gender equality, racial equality, working conditions, and union membership.
HTMLTotal goods exports from New York and New Jersey combined were $122.8 billion in 2014.
PDFThis article describes the prevalence with which people working for private employers in the United States are given the opportunity to enroll in health and retirement plans with various provisions.
HTML | PDFHurricane Joaquin’s path is uncertain. Flooding is possible along the East Coast. BLS maps and tables are available for areas that may be affected.
HTMLThis article shows that location, size, and occupational composition play important roles in determining the level of wage inequality within and across U.S. metropolitan areas.
HTMLThis article highlights research based on data from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth, covering topics from employment and education to health and criminal behavior.
HTMLThis article explores the range of benefits available for pay protection and looks at how certain unique plans are treated in the BLS statistics.
HTMLThis Spotlight on Statistics looks at labor market activities and other significant life events of people born in 1957–64 and people born in 1980–84.
HTMLThis article examines multiple jobholding rates at the state and regional levels in 2014.
HTMLTropical Storm Erika may have an impact on states on the east coast. BLS maps and tables are available for areas in various states that may be affected by this event.
HTMLThis article looks at consumer expenditure surveys from 1941, 1942, and 1944 and the history of consumer spending from the 1930s to 2013.
HTMLThis report presents data that led to employees being transferred to another job or restricted from their normal duties.
PDFThis article provides an overview of the JOLTS program and examines the availability and definitions of labor demand data from other countries.
HTMLThis article examines inequality measures and trends over the 2007–2014 period.
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HTMLThis article examines how the import and export price indexes are used in calculating real GDP.
HTMLEmployee benefits often depend on weekly work hours. Part-time workers consistently show lower access rates to benefits than full-time workers.
HTMLThis article constructs three pairs of experimental indexes for three different sets of goods and services.
HTML | PDFThis article examines 2014 job openings and labor turnover data, and compares it to historical data for perspective on how the labor market has evolved.
HTMLHow big are the differences between the highest levels of pay and the lowest levels? Have they grown?
HTMLThroughout the first half of 2014, import petroleum prices rose 10.7 percent following a near 2-year low at the end of 2013.
HTML | PDFThis article examines factors that contributed to shifting producer gasoline prices from 2005 through 2014.
HTML | PDFVintage data tables are a valuable tool, providing users with all published data, from original estimates to the most up-to-date figures.
HTMLThis article summarizes changes in key labor market measures during 2014.
HTMLU.S. nonfarm payroll employment grew steadily in 2014, adding 3.1 million jobs, according to the Current Employment Statistics survey.
HTMLPension equity plans let employees accumulate pension credits each year, which are converted to a dollar value at retirement.
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HTMLJanet Norwood was an icon here at BLS, and we are deeply saddened by her passing.
HTMLTAXSIM is used to adjust for nonresponse to tax questions in the Consumer Expenditure Survey.
HTMLThis article examines entertainment spending from 2008 to 2013 and analyzes the relationships between entertainment spending and income, education, and age.
HTML | PDFThis Spotlight on Statistics examines trends in long-term unemployment and the characteristics of people who have experienced it.
HTMLThis article takes a look at price trends for major components of the Consumer Price Index in 2014.
HTML | PDFThe workplace violence incidence rate for psychiatric aides was 69 times higher than the national rate.
HTMLConsumer spending in 2013 decreased 0.7 percent from 2012, based on annual data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey.
PDFThis article examines trends in employer-provided disability insurance coverage.
HTML | PDFThis article describes changes in producer prices throughout 2014.
HTML | PDFIn 2013, approximately 5,780 transit and intercity bus drivers experienced a days-away-from-work injury or illness.
HTMLLearn more about a cost-of-living measure called the Chained Consumer Price Index and how it differs from other measures.
HTMLThe CES program conducted a customer outreach survey in early 2014.
HTMLThis issue explores how the National Compensation Survey uses plan features to identify six medical plan types.
HTML | PDFThis report presents historical and current labor force and earnings data from the Current Population Survey.
PDFThis article takes a look at worker access to dependent care reimbursement accounts and workplace-funded childcare.
HTML | PDFThis article examines the process of household formation for young adults born between 1980 and 1984.
HTMLThis article examines average price trends of commonly eaten fruits such as apples, bananas, and oranges.
HTML | PDFIn 2013, women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $706.
PDFEmployment growth in northern California has propped up the recovery of all nonfarm employment throughout the state.
HTMLComparing U.S. export prices with export prices from economic competitors and domestic prices.
HTML | PDFFour BLS measures of labor underutilization are used to analyze changes in labor supply before and after the 2007–2009 recession.
HTMLIn response to public interest for price statistics on hydraulic fracturing sand, the PPI program began publishing a commodity index for this item in January 2013.
HTML | PDFThis article examines trends in the BLS alternative measures of labor underutilization over the period from 1994 to 2014.
HTML | PDFHousehold spending data offer insight on how households prioritize their wants and needs.
HTML | PDFThese data are used to identify trends in workplace deaths and to work towards eliminating future work-related fatal injuries.
HTML | PDFThis article looks at trends in defined-benefit plan coverage designed to support employees who have multiple jobs throughout their career.
HTML | PDFBLS has made available a new option that will allow data users to choose whether to include the annual averages when they use BLS data-retrieval tools.
HTMLFrom 2003 to 2012, access to employer-provided health insurance exhibited a significant drop and participation also fell.
HTMLThrough 2022, consumer spending is projected to support stable job growth.
HTMLNew England exports surpassed $56.4 billion in 2013 and accounted for 6.3 percent of total U.S. exports of computer and electronics products.
PDFPrice change as measured by the CPI for all urban consumers vs. the average price series for selected goods.
HTML | PDFThis article discusses how wage differentials provide a different perspective for evaluating pay.
HTML | PDFThe Occupational Outlook Quarterly has a new name, a new look, and new features for students, career counselors, jobseekers, and researchers.
HTMLThis article examines work patterns in the lives of young adults in the year after they have their first child.
HTML | PDFThis Spotlight examines consumer expenditures on household items, employment in housing-related industries, prices for household items and commodities, and more.
HTMLIn 2013, there were 2.2 million women veterans. This Spotlight examines the demographic, employment, and unemployment characteristics of women veterans.
HTMLTotal exports for the Mountain-Plains region, which consists of Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming, were $53 billion in 2013.
PDFThis Spotlight on Statistics provides an overview of occupational employment and wages in May 2013, with an emphasis on STEM jobs and occupational data by required entry-level education.
HTMLThis article compares the factors affecting changes in prices received by e-commerce and brick-and-mortar establishments for the sale of goods and services.
HTML | PDFEmployment, unemployment, and earnings data for the major race and ethnicity groups—Whites, Blacks, Asians, and Hispanics. read more »
PDFJapan was the fourth largest import trade partner for the United States in 2013. The price index for imports from Japan declined 3.4 percent between December 2012 and December 2013.
PDFThis article examines recent trends in the leisure and hospitality industry and analyzes the concentrated distribution of job gains.
HTML | PDFThe U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has experts available to provide informative presentations about the U.S. labor market and economy.
HTMLThis study uses special tabulations of data collected as part of the Green Goods and Services Occupations survey to analyze employment and wages in the agricultural sector.
HTMLHurricane Arthur is expected to affect North Carolina. BLS maps and tables are available for areas in North Carolina that may be affected by this event.
HTMLThis article compares relative importances of CPI items based on data collected during periods characterized roughly as boom, recession, and recovery.
HTML | PDFThis article examines the latest research to understand any undercount of workplace injuries and illnesses and identify solutions.
HTMLIn 2013, consumers and businesses found themselves paying higher prices with less product available in supermarkets and restaurants.
HTML | PDFThis article uses workplace safety and health data to compare fatal work injury counts and rates in the United States and the European Union.
HTMLHourly and annual wage estimates are available for more than 800 occupations. read more »
PDFBLS has released a set of maps and data for hurricane flood zones on the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts. Employment, wages, and establishment totals are available by flood zone.
HTMLThis article analyzes pay frequencies, or lengths of pay periods, that private businesses use in the United States.
HTML | PDFThis article focuses on labor productivity and the corresponding changes in output and labor hours data in the context of historical and business cycle periods.
HTML | PDFThis report presents historical and current labor force and earnings data for women from the Current Population Survey.
PDFNonresidential building construction price movements have loosely paralleled the overall health of the economy.
HTML | PDFThis article examines data showing households continued to own the same number of vehicles over the last 10 years, but are owning their vehicles longer.
HTML | PDFThe Commissioner's Corner blog now has a brand new look and several new features and capabilities.
HTMLA falling yen means the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar increases for goods imported from Japan.
HTML | PDFBreaking the 100-year period into subperiods, this article examines patterns and trends in price changes.
HTMLBLS conducted a pilot study about occupational injury and illness cases that resulted in days of job transfer or work restriction in 2012.
PDFThis Spotlight on Statistics examines trends in income and expenditures during and after the 2007–2009 recession.
HTMLOur new K-12 Chart Maker tool offers students and teachers a fun way to create interactive line, column, and bar charts.
HTMLWomen's and men's employment during the recent recession in historical context.
HTMLThis issue looks at the frequency with which health and defined-benefit plans are available to unmarried opposite-sex and same-sex domestic partners.
HTML | PDFConsumer spending increased by 3.5 percent in 2012. This is the second consecutive year that expenditures increased after 3 consecutive years of declining expenditures.
PDFThis article extends previous research on human capital and investment in education by examining the patterns of educational expenditures by race and ethnicity.
HTMLCharts and analysis that compare injury and illness cases in state and local government with those in private industry.
HTMLIn 2013, the 3.3 million workers with wages at or below the federal minimum made up 4.3 percent of all hourly paid workers.
PDFThe CPI has two population groups: all urban consumers and urban wage earners and clerical workers.
HTML | PDFA model is used to assess where the economy would have been without the recession and compares results with actual data to see the impact of the recession on economic data.
HTMLThis article examines employment and wage trends in Pennsylvania's oil and natural gas industry.
HTMLThe transition from Stage of Processing to Final Demand–Intermediate Demand.
HTML | PDFSome occupations are found in nearly every industry, while others are specific to one or only a few industries.
HTML | PDFThis article examines the behavior of New York City’s unemployment rate from several perspectives.
HTML | PDFSimilarities and differences between contractors and workers who are not contractors.
HTMLThe Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey began in 1998; a similar program, the Labor Turnover Survey, existed from 1930 to 1981.
HTMLThis article presents and analyzes limited historical data on the basis of the PPI Final Demand–Intermediate Demand system.
HTMLThe CE Survey replaced the education of reference person classification with a new classification.
HTML | PDFLicensing of electricians grew significantly at the state level from 1992 to 2007
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HTMLGovernment means-tested assistance programs provide cash and noncash benefits to many low-income families.
HTML | PDFThe Monthly Labor Review celebrates the release of labor force, macroeconomy, output, and employment projections for the 2012–2022 period.
HTMLThis Spotlight presents selected BLS data and discusses how the statistics are produced and what they tell us about our economy.
HTMLShortly after the publication of the CPI, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland publishes its ‘Median CPI’. This article summarizes the difference between these two measures.
HTML | PDFBLS first began publication of export price indexes in 1971, followed 2 years later by import price indexes.
HTML | PDFThis article looks at patterns of respirator protection program violations and identifies factors that affect the likelihood of noncompliance.
HTMLEven as overall fatal workplace injuries decreased, fatal workplace injuries at road construction sites remained relatively constant.
HTMLComputer and electronic product manufacturing was California's largest export in 2012, ranking second in the United States.
PDFThe U.S. statistical agencies are hosting a symposium November 13–14 to highlight federal statistics and statistical careers.
HTMLEmployment, unemployment, and earnings data for the major race and ethnicity groups—Whites, Blacks, Asians, and Hispanics.
PDFOn average, women earned about 81 percent of what men earned; among workers who were 25 to 34 years old, 90 percent.
PDFAbout 85 percent of young baby boomers (people born during the 1957-1964 period) married by age 46.
HTMLNearly half of private industry employees with access to a defined benefit retirement plan had a plan that provides survivor benefits to same-sex domestic partners.read more »
HTMLA new average-pricing approach enables the PPI for scheduled passenger air transportation to better capture true airline pricing behavior.
HTMLIntroducing our new K12 content, with resources for students and educators including classroom activities, games, and more.
HTMLGasoline makes up less than 6 percent of the CPI but is often the main source of price movements in the all items index.
HTML | PDFIn 2012, 375 workers were killed in shootings while on the job.
HTMLThis article examines spending on food by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants.
HTMLThis article describes research highlights of the ongoing redesign of the Consumer Expenditure Survey and discusses the next steps for the survey.
HTMLThis Spotlight examines trends in employee tenure by various demographic and socioeconomic characteristics over the period of 1996 to 2012.
HTMLIn the United States, an average of 13 workers die every day from injuries incurred on the job.
HTML | PDFWage estimates from two surveys provide more extensive information.
HTMLThe Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has a wealth of information and statistics within its databases that frequent visitors to the BLS website may wish to access through external programs and applications. read more »
HTMLThis analysis covers the mid-1980s through 2009, focusing on men’s employment histories from their mid-20s until their middle to late 40s and early 50s.
HTML | PDFDoubling up and cohabitation increased and homeownership fell in recent years.
HTMLThe typical user of PPI data is a manager in a business who uses the PPI as a general indicator of inflation and for price trend analysis.
HTML | PDFIn 2013, domestic production of petroleum in the United States surpassed imports for the first time since 1997.
HTML | PDFAlthough less severe than the disruption of 2004–2005, the hockey lockout of 2012–2013 resulted in the cancellation of 60 percent of regular-season games.
HTMLThe Monthly Labor Review enters its 99th year with a sleek new design and an eye to the future.
HTMLThis article explains the data collection process that BLS conducts every month to produce the estimate of U.S. employment change.
HTML | PDFImports from China exceeded $425 billion in 2012, ranking first among U.S. import trade partners. read more »
PDFAttention students and teachers: BLS has something new for you! We are expanding the content offered on our K-12 site.
HTMLCompared to all workers, the risk of fatal injuries to firefighters is 25.7 percent higher and the risk of nonfatal injuries and illnesses is over two times greater.
HTMLMany high-growth firms are the youngest and the smallest firms, but much of the job creation attributable to high-growth firms comes from older firms.
HTMLGet a sneak preview of the new look for the Monthly Labor Review.
HTMLThe landscape of U.S. employer-sponsored pensions has undergone substantial changes over recent decades.
HTMLFuel and energy exports for Texas and Louisiana accounted for over $87 billion in 2012. read more »
PDFThis issue takes a look at wages and employee benefits for workers in the trade, transportation, and utilities industries.
HTML | PDFData Finder allows users to search across multiple datasets and extract specific data by using keywords or by filtering through multiple categories such as topics and measures. read more »
HTMLIn 2011, Americans spent approximately $61.4 billion in total on their pets. This article examines trends in consumer spending on pets.
HTML | PDFIn 1981, BLS announced that homeowner costs in the CPI-U would convert to a rental equivalence measure.
HTML | PDFSince 2007, the Producer Price Index for natural gas has exhibited marked volatility.
HTML | PDFSteadily growing global demand for grain crops has generated higher crop prices and increased demand for fertilizers, particularly imported fertilizers.
HTML | PDFThis Spotlight compares output, unemployment, compensation, productivity, consumer prices, and other measures around the world.
HTMLThis article examines employment and wages in counties in North Dakota and Montana with wells producing oil from the Bakken Formation.
HTML | PDFNew data series available on fatal injuries among contractors and nonfatal injuries resulting in job transfer or restriction.
HTMLThe Bureau of Labor Statistics and over 1,400 organizations in 111 countries are promoting the use and understanding of statistical methodologies as part of the International Year of Statistics 2013 initiative.
HTMLThe study finds notable differences in the patterns of access to medical and retirement benefits among the various worker groups.
HTML | PDFThis report presents data on the relationship between labor force activity and poverty status in 2011 for workers and their families.
PDFInformation on use of multiple Green Technologies and Practices.
HTMLOver the past three months, export prices for chemical manufacturing, Texas’s top nonenergy export industry, rose 0.8 percent.
PDFThis Spotlight examines labor productivity trends from 2000 through 2010 for selected industries and sectors within the nonfarm business sector of the U.S. economy.
HTML | PDFAn annual snapshot of the demographics, labor force activity, and school enrollment of recent college graduates.
HTML | PDFThis article summarizes some average food prices over the last century.
HTML | PDFBetween 2008 and 2012, the value of gold increased, evidenced by a surge in the Producer Price Index for gold.
HTML | PDFThis article shows the patterns of homeownership over a 20-year period, from 1988 through 2008.
HTML | PDFIn 2011, the United States exported more than $16 billion worth of coal, while importing only slightly less than $3 billion in coal.
HTML | PDFAlternative fuels, such as biofuels, can reduce the use of oil-based fuels and can be more environmentally friendly.
HTMLCES Highlights features charts and analysis on the monthly nonfarm payroll employment numbers.
PDFThis special issue features analyses from BLS surveys on Green Jobs.
HTML | PDFThis Spotlight features a broad array of BLS information on various aspects of the media.
HTML | PDFIn total, there were 172 fatal work injuries in the mining industry during 2010.
HTML | PDFIn 2011, only 10 percent of all private sector establishments provided defined benefit plans, covering 18 percent of private industry employees.
PDFThis issue of Beyond the Numbers focuses on private industry employer retirement plan costs.
HTML | PDFTravel expenditures declined sharply in the recent recession and had not recovered by 2011.
HTMLThis Spotlight on Statistics provides a brief look at the pre-Sandy labor market in some of the areas of the United States hit hardest by the storm.
HTMLThis article can help those who use the CPI to write escalation clauses to create a more comprehensive contract.
HTML | PDFIn the summer of 2012, the United States experienced its worst drought since the 1980s.
HTMLIn the summer of 2012, weather conditions caused the most severe drought the United States has seen since the 1950s. This article discusses the impact of that drought on U.S. corn exports.
HTML | PDFThere were 1.9 million community and social service occupations jobs in 2011.
HTML | PDFWomen who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $684.
PDFThis article uses data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey to compare expenditures of homeowners with those of renters.
HTML | PDFGeothermal power uses heat generated by the Earth's core to provide energy. This article provides information on various career opportunities in geothermal energy.
HTML | PDFEnvironmental professionals use a number of technologies to clean up polluted sites, a process known as environmental remediation.
HTML | PDFThis article examines how the relationship between high school courses and college attendance has changed.
HTML | PDFLabor market and other national economic measurements compared across countries.
HTML | PDFHealth, retirement, and paid leave benefits made up more than three-fifths of private industry employer-provided benefit costs in March 2012.
HTML | PDFThis Spotlight presents BLS data about the Hispanic or Latino labor force.
HTML | PDFIn 2011, an estimated 39.8 million people in the United States were eldercare providers.
HTMLThis report describes the labor force characteristics and earnings patterns among race and ethnicity groups.
PDFFishers and related fishing workers deal with a set of working conditions unique among all other occupations.
HTML | PDFThis article examines weekday resource allocation decisions of married couples with a husband employed full time and with children under 18.
HTML | PDFAir transportation's share of total employment is more than 6 times greater in Fulton County than it is in the United States.
HTML | PDFThis article explains the rationale behind measuring trade sector output using PPI margin indexes and how margin PPIs should be interpreted.
HTML | PDFBLS has expanded the existing import price indexes by locality of origin to include more detail below the “all import” level of aggregation.
HTML | PDFIn May 2011, a substantial share of U.S. employment was concentrated in a relatively small number of occupations.
HTML | PDFGeorgia exports exceeded 34.7 billion dollars in 2011, ranking 12th among U.S. states.
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HTMLHealth insurance coverage for state and local government employees has undergone significant changes over the past decade.
HTML | PDFThis Spotlight presents BLS data on the design, manufacture, and sale of clothing, shoes, and accessories.
HTML | PDFThis article focuses on employment, education, and training of young male veterans and nonveterans.
HTML | PDFOlder workers and short-term jobs, Measuring annual change in household wealth, and Multiple jobholding.
HTML | PDFThis summary compares price changes in the CPI for detailed categories of goods and services over the first quarter of 2012 with those in 2011.
HTML | PDFAirlines recently have expanded the number of services for which they charge fees.
HTML | PDFPassenger fares for flights to and from the United States recently experienced a strong recovery after recording large decreases.
HTML | PDFThis article focuses on the impact of the recent recession on the labor market experience of younger workers (24-and 25-year-olds).
HTML | PDFPresents BLS data and details on legally required employee benefits; Social Security and Medicare, Federal and State unemployment insurance, and workers’ compensation.
PDFRecognized each year on April 28, Workers’ Memorial Day is a day to remember workers who were killed, injured, or made ill at work and to highlight the hazards in the workplace.
HTMLThe National Compensation Survey (NCS) provides comprehensive measures of compensation cost trends, the incidence of benefits, and detailed benefit provisions.
HTML | PDFBLS created measures of the number of weeks the jobless took to find work or quit looking and leave the labor force.
HTML | PDFIn May 2012, BLS will introduce a new publication that will consolidate all BLS summary analytic writing into a cohesive conceptual and visual bundle.
HTMLThe redesigned OOH includes several new features to make it more visually appealing and easier for users to find what they are looking for.
HTMLConsumers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan allocated different shares of total spending to categories such as food, housing, and transportation in 2009.
HTMLThere were two federal legislative enactments that affected the Federal–State Unemployment Compensation Program.
PDFSecurity guards face a variety of workplace hazards that can lead to injury, illness, or death.
PDFThis fact sheet highlights fatal and nonfatal injuries and illnesses incurred by Hispanic or Latino women from 2005 through 2009.
HTML | PDFLearn more about how population adjustments impact the data from the Current Population Survey
HTML | PDFBLS calculates an experimental CPI by using households whose reference person or spouse is 62 years of age or older, commonly called the CPI for the elderly, or CPI-E.
HTMLWith the release of January 2012 Producer Price Index, the PPI will begin using 2007 value-of-shipments (VOS) data as the weight basis for the PPI.
HTMLU.S. agricultural exports had a volatile year in 2011. Agricultural goods prices sharply declined during the final half of the year, after having increased during the first six months of the year.
HTMLThe most recent recession began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009. This Spotlight presents BLS data that compare the recent recession to previous recessions.
HTML | PDFPresents BLS data on participation rates, the share of premiums paid by employers, and average monthly employer and employee medical care premium contributions.
PDFOn the basis of data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE), consumers spent less in 2010, compared with 2009, on almost all major components of the household budget.
HTML | PDFThis report presents historical and current labor force and earnings data for women from the Current Population Survey (CPS).
HTML | PDFThe emergence of electronic trading has served to exacerbate the level of volatility in commodity prices, as seen in some Producer Price Indexes.
HTML | PDFThe economic impact on Japanese export trade to the United States.
HTML | PDFThis report examines general employment and wage trends within the specific industries that compose the high-tech sector in Massachusetts, beginning in 2001.
HTML | PDFThe C-CPI-U is designed to be a closer approximation to a cost-of-living index than the CPI-U.
HTML | PDFData on employment within the motor vehicle industry, motor vehicle-related consumer expenditures, injuries experienced by those who work on motor vehicles, and more.
HTMLThis chart book includes graphs, maps, tables, and text describing the U.S. occupational workforce in May 2010.
HTMLPresents BLS data on the incidence and key provisions of employee benefit plans for civilian, private industry, and state and local government workers.
HTMLUnemployment rates among major race and ethnicity groups remained high in 2010 as the economy continued to slowly recover from the recession.
PDFThis report provides information on how recycling works and on various career opportunities related to collecting and processing recyclable materials.
HTML | PDFThis report provides information on careers in the production and maintenance of electric vehicles including hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and all-electric vehicles.
HTML | PDFPresents BLS data on detailed provisions of employer-provided health, defined benefit, and defined contribution plans in private industry.
HTML | PDFOut-of-pocket health care spending by Medicare households before and after Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage.
HTMLThis article examines Eurostat’s Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) and U.S. prices.
HTMLPresents BLS data on outpatient prescription drug coverage, including access and participation rates plus coverage trends for private industry workers.
PDFLabor market and other national economic measurements compared across countries.
HTML | PDFThis article examines how rising fuel costs effect all segments of the United States economy.
HTMLThis article examines the impact of rising cotton prices on clothing and apparel prices for U.S. consumers.
HTMLWe've made it easy for you. Visit our new home page for all regional releases.
HTMLWhat do millions of youth do during the summer? Which industries grow, and which shrink?
HTML | PDFGreen construction involves erecting buildings that are environmentally responsible. This article provides information on careers in green construction.
HTMLPresents BLS data on commonly found investment options in savings and thrift (e.g. 401(k)) retirement plans for private industry workers.
PDFVisitors can subscribe to an expanded list of BLS national economic releases with an improved layout, better organization, and enhanced security.
HTMLSunlight is the most abundant source of potential energy on the planet. This article provides information on careers in solar power.
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HTMLExplore occupations that play a role in expanding scientific frontiers and generating technological progress.
PDFThis report presents estimates of the length of time someone is unemployed before finding a job or giving up searching for work.
HTML | PDFThis article examines how these two indexes are constructed and behave over time.
HTMLThis article examines how rising grain prices can mean higher prices at the grocery store.
HTMLAn examination of one method for measuring gains from trade: the terms of trade index—the ratio of the price index of a country's exports to the price index of its imports.
HTMLProgram Perspectives on high deductible health plans, including participation and comparisons with traditional plans. Health savings accounts, often used in combination with high deductible health plans, are also highlighted in this issue.
PDFThis issue takes an in-depth look at the 2007-09 recession by industry using Current Employment Statistics data.
PDFIn our never-ending quest to provide the public with the latest labor economics and statistics data no matter where they are, we are introducing a mobile version of the BLS homepage.
More about the BLS Mobile Homepage.In 2009, about 43.6 million people, or 14.3 percent of the Nation’s population, lived at or below the official poverty level.
PDFProgram Perspectives on highlights of six types of defined contribution plans, providing BLS data on participation by type of plan and method of contribution.
PDFDid recipients spend, save, or pay off debt?
HTMLProgram Perspectives on Sick Leave and Disability Benefit Combinations presents BLS data on sick leave and disability benefit combinations, showing the full level of coverage that an employee receives.
PDFData on the past, present, and future of women in the workforce, women’s earnings and education, time use, spending, and more.
HTML | PDFThe CPI for all items less food and energy: its history, and a look at its behavior relative to other official CPI indexes.
HTML | PDFTo expand the scope of coverage for the Producer Price Index, BLS recently developed an experimental aggregation system.
HTML | PDFHow did rising grain prices in 2010 affect agricultural exports?
HTML | PDFProgram Perspectives on Local and State Government Benefits presents BLS data on State and local government benefits, including access data on retirement, health care, and paid leave by government sector.
PDFTop Searches on the BLS Website presents the terms most often used to search the BLS website.
HTMLNonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses among private industry employers in 2009 declined to 3.6 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers from 3.9 cases in 2008.
HTML | PDFEmployment Projections Program data are used to estimate employment impacts due to the recent housing market cycle.
PDFProgram Perspectives on Life and Disability Insurance Benefits presents BLS data on life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability plans, including access and participation rates for private industry and state and local government workers.
PDFHighlights the severity of the recent recession in the labor market by comparing changes in two key labor market indicators across past downturns.
HTML | PDFThis report compares spending on selected household energy items as measured by the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) and by the Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS).
HTMLThis Spotlight uses BLS data to provide insight into the wonderful world of food.
HTML | PDFSocial Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) are tied to changes in the Consumer Price Index.
HTML | PDFProgram Perspectives on Defined Contribution Plans presents BLS data on defined contribution retirement plans, including access and participation rates for private industry and state and local government workers.
PDFThe number of long-term unemployed has increased sharply.
HTML | PDFThe Bureau of Labor Statistics joins with the international statistical community in celebrating World Statistics Day.
HTMLProgram Perspectives on Fee-For Service Plans presents BLS data on fee-for-service medical plans.
PDFAs the wind energy industry grows, it will provide new career opportunities for workers. This article provides information on careers in wind energy.
HTMLBLS releases career information for over 100 occupations, plus tips for crafting résumés, applications, and cover letters -- in Spanish!
HTMLHeaded back to college? See what data BLS has about college students, graduates and employees.
HTML | PDFHow have rising health care costs affected household budgets?
HTML | PDFFederal income tax brackets and personal exemption and standard deduction amounts are adjusted each year with CPI data.
HTML | PDFThis article examines the differences between industry- and commodity-based PPI data.
HTML | PDFThe competitiveness of imports and exports is affected by foreign currency fluctuations.
HTML | PDFDuring flu season, workers who come down with the flu or have a sick family member often must deal with interruptions in their regular work schedules.
HTML | PDFThis Spotlight presents data on travel-related expenditures, overall employment within the leisure and hospitality industry, as well as employment and earnings of various travel-related occupations.
HTML | PDFProgram Perspectives on Combined Benefit Plans (PDF) New data series highlights employee access to medical care and retirement benefits.
PDFBy the end of 2009, the proportion of the unemployed who had been jobless for 27 weeks or longer was the highest on record, with data back to 1948.
HTML | PDFExplore a new mapping tool that provides access to employment and wage data at the National, State and county levels.
HTMLFrom the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages: Gulf oil and gas drilling employment and Gulf Coast Leisure and Hospitality Employment and Wages
In honor of those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, this Spotlight presents information about the employment situation of veterans.
HTML | PDFThis issue of a new publication series examines the extent of computer ownership by American households.
HTML | PDFThis issue of a new series reviews the use of the CPI in poverty measurement and current U.S. consumer price trends.
HTML | PDFThis issue of a new series examines producer price trends in the first quarter of 2010.
HTML | PDFThe first issue of a new series analyzes the price competitiveness of U.S. exports and reviews current U.S. import and export price trends.
HTML | PDFThese fact sheets highlight injuries and employment in the oil and gas industry:
The chartbook is a gateway to explore how key labor market and other national economic measurements compare across countries.
HTML | PDFThe chartbook includes graphs, maps, tables, and text describing the U.S. occupational workforce in May 2008.
HTML | PDFEmployees in coal mining are more likely to be killed or to incur a non-fatal injury or illness than workers in private industry.
HTML | PDFProgram Perspectives on Frozen Defined-Benefit Plans presents BLS data on the frequency, accrual of benefits, and alternatives to frozen defined-benefit plans as well as the length of time since the plans were frozen.
PDFThe labor force participation rate for persons aged 55 years and older rose during much of the recession.
HTML | PDFThe ratio of unemployed persons per job opening increased to a high of 6.2 unemployed persons per job opening in November 2009.
HTML | PDFTwo new chart pages from International Labor Comparisons:
• Comparisons of Annual Labor Force StatisticsIn the early part of the current recession, all firm sizes have been similarly affected by the recession.
HTML | PDFProgram Perspectives on Paid Sick Leave presents BLS data on paid sick leave, including access rates, number of days provided per year, and the cost to the employer.
PDFIn 2008, according to the Census Bureau, 39.8 million people, or 13.2 percent of the Nation's population, lived at or below the official poverty level. In 2008, about 8.9 million adults were among the working poor, 1.4 million more than in 2007.
PDFAfrican American History Month, has been observed since 1976. Take a look at BLS data that provide an economic snapshot of African Americans in the United States today.
HTML | PDFA dramatic slowdown in consumer demand has been crippling the Nation's trucking firms.
HTML | PDFProgram Perspectives on Benefits by Wage Level presents BLS data on benefits by wage level for several benefits including retirement, health, life insurance, holidays, and vacations.
PDFIn 1980, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) first initiated the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) as a continuing survey, with 2010 marking the 30th anniversary.
HTMLLabor market problems for blacks or African Americans and Hispanics or Latinos were especially acute in 2008.
HTML | PDFWhat activities do you have planned for this Thanksgiving? Perhaps cooking and enjoying a meal with family or friends, playing sports or watching sports on television, doing volunteer work, or shopping?
HTML | PDFMembers of the resident military face a set of hazards different from that of the typical worker.
HTML | PDFHealth care touches the lives of nearly everyone in the United States at some point.
HTML | PDFThe past several decades have been marked by notable changes in women's labor force activities. Women's labor force participation is significantly higher today than it was in the 1970s.
HTML | PDFThe New York metropolitan area is home to more than 240 private colleges and universities employing about 97,000 workers.
HTML | PDFEmployment in Silicon Valley high-tech industries declined by about 17 percent, a loss of about 85,000 jobs; however, average wages grew by nearly 36 percent.
HTML | PDFJune is National Safety Month. In recognition, here is a look at BLS data on work-related fatalities and nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses.
HTML | PDFThe Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) celebrates its 125th anniversary in 2009.
HTML | PDFWelcome to the Commissioner's Corner, a new feature from the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Keith Hall.
HTMLThe number of persons who were marginally attached to the labor force increased sharply during the current recession.
HTMLA Chartbook Of International Labor Comparisons (March 2009) focuses on the labor market situation in selected countries for the most recent year available; some charts also show trends.
HTMLProgram Perspectives on Retirement Benefits presents BLS data on retirement benefits received by workers. The latest data on participation in defined-contribution and defined-benefit plans are included, as well as information on employer costs per hour for such plans.
PDFProgram Perspectives on Paid-Leave Benefits presents BLS data on paid-leave benefits received by workers, such as holidays, vacations, and personal leave.
PDFAfrican American History Month, also called Black History Month, has been observed since 1976. Take a look at BLS data that provide an economic snapshot of African Americans in the United States today.
HTML | PDFProgram Perspectives on Health Benefits shows you trends in employer costs for health benefits. The latest data on access, participation, and premiums are also included. This is the inaugural issue of "Program Perspectives," a new publication in which BLS programs showcase their latest data.
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