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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2009 Edition)

U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
September 2009
Report 1018 (PDF, 101 printed pages)

Links to PDF files of individual sections and tables from the report are listed below.

Statistical Tables

  1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age and sex, 2008 annual averages (HTML) (PDF)
  2. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years and over by sex, 1970-2008 annual averages (HTML) (PDF)
  3. Employment status by race, age, sex, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2008 annual averages (HTML) (PDF)
  4. Employment status by marital status and sex, 2008 annual averages (HTML) (PDF)
  5. Employment status by sex, presence and age of children, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, March 2008 (HTML) (PDF)
  6. Employment status of women by presence and age of youngest child, marital status, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, March 2008 (HTML) (PDF)
  7. Employment status of women by presence and age of youngest child, March 1975-2008 (HTML) (PDF)
  8. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 to 64 years of age by educational attainment and sex, 2008 annual averages (HTML) (PDF)
  9. Percent distribution of the civilian labor force 25 to 64 years of age by educational attainment and sex, 1970-2008 annual averages (HTML) (PDF)
  10. Employed persons by major occupation and sex, 2007 and 2008 annual averages (HTML) (PDF)
  11. Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, 2008 annual averages (HTML) (PDF)
  12. Employed women by occupation, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2008 annual averages (HTML) (PDF)
  13. Employed persons by industry and sex, 2007 and 2008 annual averages (HTML) (PDF)
  14. Employed persons by detailed industry and sex, 2008 annual averages (HTML) (PDF)
  15. Employed women by industry, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2008 annual averages (HTML) (PDF)
  16. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in current dollars by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 1979-2008 annual averages (HTML) (PDF)
  17. Median usual weekly earnings of employed full-time wage and salary workers 25 years and over by educational attainment and sex, 2008 annual averages (HTML) (PDF)
  18. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex, 2008 annual averages (HTML) (PDF)
  19. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by industry and sex, 2008 annual averages (HTML) (PDF)
  20. Employed persons by full- and part-time status and sex, 1970-2008 annual averages (HTML) (PDF)
  21. Average weekly hours at work in all industries and in nonagricultural industries by sex, 1976-2008 annual averages (HTML) (PDF)
  22. Work experience of the population by sex and full- and part-time status, selected years, 1970-2007 (HTML) (PDF)
  23. Married-couple families by number and relationship of earners, 1967-2007 (HTML) (PDF)
  24. Contribution of wives' earnings to family income, 1970-2007 (HTML) (PDF)
  25. Wives who earn more than their husbands, 1987-2007 (HTML) (PDF)
  26. Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the prevailing Federal minimum wage by selected characteristics, 2008 annual averages (HTML) (PDF)
  27. Working poor: Poverty status of persons in the labor force for 27 weeks or more by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2007 (HTML) (PDF)
  28. Percent distribution of employed persons by age, sex, and contingent and noncontingent status, February 2005 (HTML) (PDF)
  29. Percent distribution of employed persons by age, sex, and alternative work arrangements, February 2005 (HTML) (PDF)
  30. Flexible schedules: Full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, May 2004 (HTML) (PDF)
  31. Job-related work at home on primary job: All workers by marital status, presence and age of children, sex, and pay status, May 2004 (HTML) (PDF)
  32. Displaced workers by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and employment status in January 2008 (HTML) (PDF)
  33. Labor force status of 2008 high school graduates and 2007-08 high school dropouts 16 to 24 years old by school enrollment and sex, October 2008 (HTML) (PDF)
  34. Labor force status of persons 16 to 24 years old by school enrollment, sex, and educational attainment, October 2008 (HTML) (PDF)
  35. Multiple jobholders and multiple jobholding rates by sex and race, May of selected years, 1970-2008, not seasonally adjusted (HTML) (PDF)
  36. Unincorporated self-employed persons in nonagricultural industries by sex, 1976-2008 annual averages (HTML) (PDF)
  37. Employment status of the native-born and foreign-born civilian noninstitutional population by age and sex, 2008 annual averages (HTML) (PDF)
  38. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by sex, annual averages, 1983-2008 (HTML) (PDF)


 

Last Modified Date: October 15, 2009