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Date Added * BLS Program Product Type Title Description Correction Status
10/01/2024 Employee Benefits Database; Other

Employee Benefits in the United States database

Employee Benefits in the United States Historical Dataset

During a review of data for Employee Benefits in the United States, BLS discovered a number of incorrect estimates for March 2023. These estimates have been removed from the database and the historical dataset (XLSX). See the list of estimates that have been removed.

No Corrections will be made.
09/13/2024 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey Other

COVID-19 Pandemic Tables, May 2020

Some estimates that measured the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labor market for May 2020 were incorrectly calculated as initially published. The incorrect data appeared on tables 2, 7, and 8. These errors were associated with the introduction of a new occupation classification system in January 2020. The impact was negligible for the corrected estimates. More information about this correction.

Corrections made on 09/13/2024.
09/11/2024 Employment Projections Monthly Labor Review

Labor force and macroeconomic projections overview and highlights, 2023–33

The correct year is 2033 in the following sentence: “The participation rate for the 55- to 64-year-old age group in 2033 is projected to be 69.1 percent, which will be weighted less heavily.”

Corrections made on 09/10/2024.
08/23/2024 Consumer Price Index Database

All Urban Consumers database

Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers database

Average Price database

Index and average price data for electricity in the West North Central division for May 2024 through July 2024 were incorrectly published in the database. The incorrect values will be removed from the database. Corrected data will be published on September 20, 2024. The following data series were affected:

  • CUUR0240SEHF - Energy services in West North Central, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted

  • CWUR0240SEHF - Energy services in West North Central, urban wage earners and clerical workers, not seasonally adjusted

  • CUUR0240SAH21 - Household energy in West North Central, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted

  • CWUR0240SAH21 - Household energy in West North Central, urban wage earners and clerical workers, not seasonally adjusted

  • CUUR0240SAH2 - Fuels and utilities in West North Central, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted

  • CWUR0240SAH2 - Fuels and utilities in West North Central, urban wage earners and clerical workers, not seasonally adjusted

  • APU024072610 - Electricity per KWH in West North Central, average price, not seasonally adjusted

  • CUUS0240SEHF - Energy services in West North Central, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted

  • CWUS0240SEHF - Energy services in West North Central, urban wage earners and clerical workers, not seasonally adjusted

  • CUUS0240SAH21 -  Household energy in West North Central, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted

  • CWUS0240SAH21 - Household energy in West North Central, urban wage earners and clerical workers, not seasonally adjusted

  • CUUS0240SAH2 - Fuels and utilities in West North Central, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted

  • CWUS0240SAH2 - Fuels and utilities in West North Central, urban wage earners and clerical workers, not seasonally adjusted

  • CUUR0240SEHF01 - Electricity in West North Central, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted

  • CWUR0240SEHF01 - Electricity in West North Central, urban wage earners and clerical workers, not seasonally adjusted

  • CUUS0240SEHF01 - Electricity in West North Central, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted

  • CWUS0240SEHF01 - Electricity in West North Central, urban wage earners and clerical workers, not seasonally adjusted

Corrections to be made on 09/20/2024.
07/11/2024 Consumer Price Index News release

Consumer Price Index — June 2024

CPI-U news release companion file

The June 2024 Consumer Price Index news release was reissued on July 11, 2024. BLS inadvertently published an index value and related 1-month and 12-month percent changes for inpatient hospital services for June 2024 that did not meet publication criteria. These data have been removed from tables 2, 6, and 7 of the news release and the CPI-U news release companion file. These data were not published in the database.

Corrections made on 07/11/2024.
07/10/2024 Office of Survey Methods Research Other

Household and establishment survey response rates

The overall unit response rate for the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey for the month of August 2021 has been corrected. The correct value is 48 percent.

Corrections made on 07/10/2024.
07/03/2024 Office of Survey Methods Research Other

Household and establishment survey response rates

The overall unit response rate for the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey for the month of April 2022 has been corrected. The correct value is 46 percent.

Corrections made on 07/03/2024.
07/02/2024 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (State and Metro Area) Database

Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database

Data for Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY were incorrectly published in the BLS database. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.

Corrections made on 06/25/2024.
06/12/2024 Consumer Price Index News release

Consumer Price Index — May 2024

This news release was reissued on June 12, 2024, to correct an error in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) paragraph of the news release. The release incorrectly stated the direction of the 1-month percent change. It has been corrected to state that the CPI-W increased 0.1 percent prior to seasonal adjustment.

Corrections made on 06/12/2024.
05/29/2024 Consumer Price Index Other

CPI-U harmonized research series (R-HICP), December 1997-Present (XLSX)

The XLSX file for the CPI-U harmonized research series (R-HICP) was reissued on May 29, 2024 to exclude incorrect 2023 and 2024 data for all items less food and energy. The R-HICP-U table will continue to be published without the all items less food and energy series data as we investigate the issue.

No Corrections will be made.
05/03/2024 Business Employment Dynamics The Economics Daily

Small businesses contributed 55 percent of the total net job creation from 2013 to 2023

The upper limit of the number of employees defining a firm as a "small business" was incorrecty stated.

Corrections made on 05/03/2024.
05/02/2024 Consumer Price Index Database

Index and average price data for electricity in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI for January 2024 through March 2024 were incorrectly published in the database. The incorrect values were removed from the database on 5/15/2024. The following data series were affected:

  • CUURS23ASEHF01 Electricity in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted
  • CWURS23ASEHF01 Electricity in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI, urban wage earners and clerical workers, not seasonally adjusted
  • APUS23A72610 Electricity per KWH in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI, average price, not seasonally adjusted
Corrections made on 06/12/2024.
04/25/2024 Productivity Database; News release; Other

Productivity and Costs (R) Fourth Quarter and Annual Averages 2023

Major sectors labor productivity (XLSX)

Quarterly hours worked and employment (XLSX)

Major Sector Quarterly Labor Productivity and Costs

Some productivity data series were incorrect in materials published on March 7, 2024. The incorrect data were included in the Productivity and Costs (R) Fourth Quarter and Annual Averages 2023 news release, as well as in the related data tables, charts, and database. A computation error in Off the Clock (OTC) hours worked ratios biased downward the labor hours levels underlying the Productivity and Costs news release. This error affected quarterly and annual hours worked data and all labor-related measures, including labor productivity, from first quarter 2019 through fourth quarter 2023 in all sectors. The corrected data will be published in the data tables, charts, and database on May 2, 2024. The corrected data will also be reflected in the upcoming Productivity and Costs (P) First Quarter 2024 release on May 2, 2024. See this table for more information on the corrections.

Corrections to be made on 05/02/2024.
04/19/2024 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National) Other

CES Vintage Data Files

Some data in the files cesvin[SS].xlsx (where [SS] is the 2-digit super sector) and cesvin_template.xlsx were incorrect. Several rows of formulas referenced the incorrect cell from the vintage data located in the "triangle" within the same file. The vintage data in the "triangle" are correct, however. The top few rows in light blue returned incorrect values for the Data, Revisions, OTM (over the month) Data, and OTM Revisions tabs. Additionally, the Total Revisions and Total OTM Change columns in the Revisions, OTM Data, and OTM Revisions tabs were not pulling complete data. The files were removed on April 19, 2024, and will be republished once corrections are complete.

Corrections to be made on 04/26/2024.
04/16/2024 Productivity Database; Other

Detailed industries, service-providing industries, and productivity database 

As published on March 14, 2024, data for the industries within publishing, except internet (NAICS 511) from 2013–22 reflected incorrect estimates of the proportion of nonemployer revenue distributed to underlying industries. The affected data were indexes, levels, and annual rates of change for 2013 through 2022 included in detailed industries and service-providing industries XLSX files and in the BLS database. The corrections are limited to 2013 forward for sectoral output, real sectoral output, labor productivity, unit labor costs, and output per worker. 

Corrections made on 04/16/2024.
04/05/2024 Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey The Economics Daily

Number of unemployed people per job opening unchanged in February for tenth consecutive month

The data points on the vertical axis of the chart were incorrectly labeled.  The chart has been corrected.

Corrections made on 04/04/2024.
04/01/2024 Productivity Other

Productivity Tables

As originally published in the capital details rental prices productivity table, units for some measures were incorrectly labeled. Units for the measures of capital investment, productive capital stock, and wealth stock have been corrected to “Millions of 2017 dollars.” Units for the measures of capital cost based on internal rate of return, capital cost based on external rate of return, and capital cost used have been corrected to “Millions of current dollars.”

Corrections made on 03/26/2024.
04/01/2024 Productivity News release

Total Factor Productivity – 2023 (PDF)

In the Total Factor Productivity – 2023 news release, the axis in Chart 3 (Components of combined inputs: capital input, hours worked, and labor composition, 2017-23) was corrected to “Index 2017=100”.

Corrections made on 04/01/2024.
03/07/2024 Local Area Unemployment Statistics The Economics Daily

Annual average unemployment rates decreased in 6 states in 2023

As initially published, state unemployment rates were displayed with the incorrect year. The map has been corrected.

Corrections made on 03/06/2024.
02/12/2024 Consumer Price Index Database; Other

12-month percentage change, Consumer Price Index, selected categories

The 12-month percent change for the shelter index displayed a seasonally adjusted number instead of the reported not seasonally adjusted number over the past several years. The seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted numbers are often the same but can differ slightly in some months.

Corrections made on 02/13/2024.
02/06/2024 Employment Cost Index Monthly Labor Review

Federal government wage indexes

Table 7 has been corrected to include calculations using wage and salary indexes.

Corrections made on 02/06/2024.
01/22/2024 Work Stoppages News release

Major Work Stoppages in 2019

The ownership of the 2019 Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. stoppage was incorrectly categorized as local government instead of private industry. This resulted in incorrect counts of work stoppages by ownership in the Major Work Stoppages in 2019 news release.

Corrections made on 01/22/2024.
01/19/2024 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (State and Metro Area) The Economics Daily

Employment increased in 30 large metro areas from November 2022 to November 2023

As initially published, the names of the month in the map tooltip and on the data table were not correct.

Corrections made on 01/19/2024.
01/17/2024 Business Employment Dynamics Spotlight on Statistics

Business Employment Dynamics Twentieth Anniversary!

A Spotlight on Statistics article incorrectly stated the number of quarterly news releases published from the Business Employment Dynamics program.  The correct number of quarterly releases is 82.

Corrections made on 01/16/2024.
01/10/2024 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey Database; Other

Labor Force Statistics database

Some seasonally adjusted Current Population Survey data for April 2020–December 2020, including corresponding quarterly data, were incorrectly published in the database when the annual seasonal adjustment 5-year revisions were published on January 5, 2024. Some of the CPS interactive charts and quarterly tables 1, 2, 7, 8, and 10 were also affected. Additionally, some labor force status flows data for April 2020–January 2021 were incorrect in the database. See the list of series affected by this correction.

Corrections made on 01/10/2024.
12/13/2023 Productivity Other

Total Factor Productivity, output, and inputs, percent change for major industries

As originally published, data in this chart incorrectly presented data for 2020 and 2021 for the combined inputs measure, and 2021 for all other measures except Total Factor Productivity.

Corrections to be made on 12/13/2023.
12/13/2023 Consumer Expenditure Survey Other

The CE Annual Data Quality Profile - 2022

Table 7.2 has been updated to reflect the correct estimates on the proportion of online diary placements for third quarter of 2022 and fourth quarter of 2022. The proportion of missing diary placements in Consumer Expenditures (CE) has also been corrected for third quarter of 2022 and fourth quarter of 2022.

Corrections made on 12/13/2023.
12/06/2023 Consumer Price Index Database

Error discovered with Excel output of 'Multi-series table' data retrieval option

The 'Multi-series table' output exported as XLSX files from November 30, 2023 to December 5, 2023 showed incorrect results by placing values into the wrong time periods. If you retrieved data using this method, we recommend that you re-download the data.

Corrections made on 12/05/2023.
12/06/2023 Producer Price Indexes Database

Error discovered with Excel output of 'Multi-series table' data retrieval option

The 'Multi-series table' output exported as XLSX files from November 30, 2023 to December 5, 2023 showed incorrect results by placing values into the wrong time periods. If you retrieved data using this method, we recommend that you re-download the data.

Corrections made on 12/05/2023.
12/06/2023 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Database

Error discovered with Excel output of 'Multi-series table' data retrieval option

The 'Multi-series table' output exported as XLSX files from November 30, 2023 to December 5, 2023 showed incorrect results by placing values into the wrong time periods. If you retrieved data using this method, we recommend that you re-download the data.

Corrections made on 12/05/2023.
12/05/2023 Consumer Price Index Database

Washington, D.C. area electricity indexes and average prices published in All Urban Consumers database from January through October 2023

Index and average price data for electricity including related aggregate data within Washington, D.C. for January through October 2023 were incorrectly published in the database. The following LABSTAT series IDs for the areas, categories, and periods (months or half years), were incorrect and will be removed from the database on December 12, 2023:

  • CUURS35ASA0E; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Energy; M01, M02, M03, M04, M05, M06, M07, M08, M09, M10, HALF1
  • CUURS35ASAH21; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV; Household Energy; M01, M02, M03, M04, M05, M06, M07, M08, M09, M10, HALF1
  • CUURS35ASEHF; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV; Energy Services; M01, M02, M03, M04, M05, M06, M07, M08, M09, M10, HALF1
  • CUURS35ASEHF01; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV; Electricity; M01, M02, M03, M04, M05, M06, M07, M08, M09, M10, HALF1
  • CUURS35ASAH2; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV; Fuels and Utilities; M01, M03, M05, M07, M09, HALF1
  • APUS35A72610; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV; Average Price Per Unit (Kilowatt-Hour) of Electricity; M01, M02, M03, M04, M05, M06, M07, M08, M09, M10, HALF1
  • CWURS35ASA0E; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV; Energy; M01, M02, M03, M04, M05, M06, M07, M08, M09, M10, HALF1
  • CWURS35ASAH21; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV; Household Energy; M01, M02, M03, M04, M05, M06, M07, M08, M09, M10, HALF1
  • CWURS35ASEHF; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV; Energy Services; M01, M02, M03, M04, M05, M06, M07, M08, M09, M10, HALF1
  • CWURS35ASEHF01; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV; Electricity; M01, M02, M03, M04, M05, M06, M07, M08, M09, M10, HALF1
  • CWURS35ASAH2; Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV; Fuels and Utilities; M01, M03, M05, M07, M09, HALF1
    Corrections made on 02/13/2024.
    11/09/2023 Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities News release

    Employer-Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses

    The count and annualized incidence rate for educational services for “other diseases due to viruses, not elsewhere classified” were incorrect in table 6.

    Corrections made on 11/09/2023.
    11/02/2023 Employer Costs for Employee Compensation News release

    Employer Costs for Employee Compensation News Release Tables

    In the XLSX version of the June 2023 Employer Costs for Employment Compensation news release tables, cell A21 in tables 2-7 was incorrectly labeled “Health”. The file has been revised to correct the labels.

    Corrections made on 11/03/2023.
    10/27/2023 Office of Publications and Special Studies The Economics Daily

    Import air passenger fares rose 6.2 percent for the year ended in June 2023

    The last sentence of the second paragraph was corrected to indicate that outbound air freight prices declined 22.4 percent for the year ended in June. The original version mistakenly referenced inbound air freight prices.

    Corrections made on 10/19/2023.
    09/15/2023 Productivity News release

    Productivity and Costs - Second Quarter 2023 Revised

    The BLS Productivity program discovered processing errors for the 2023 quarter one and two estimates of hours worked, hourly compensation and labor productivity for the nonfarm business, business, and nonfinancial corporate sectors. The errors stemmed from an error in an adjustment to hours in one industry.

    Corrections to be made on 09/18/2023.
    09/14/2023 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey The Economics Daily 60.2 percent of youth participated in the labor force in July 2023

    As initially published, the industry titles in the second chart did not correspond to the employment numbers. The chart has been corrected.

    Corrections made on 09/14/2023.
    09/08/2023 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey BLS Reports

    Labor force characteristics by race and ethnicity, 2015

    The average annual estimate for Married-couple families, Asian, with at least one family member unemployed, some family member(s) employed full-time, on table 10 of this report was incorrectly calculated as initially published.

    Corrections made on 08/04/2023.
    09/08/2023 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey BLS Reports

    Labor force characteristics by race and ethnicity, 2016

    Some average annual estimates from table 10 of this report were incorrectly calculated as initially published:

    • Married-couple families, Asian, with at least one family member unemployed, some family member(s) employed full-time
    • Married-couple families, with at least one family member unemployed, as percent of total married-couple families
    • Families maintained by women, with at least one family member unemployed, as percent of total families maintained by women
    • Families maintained by men, with at least one family member unemployed, as percent of total families maintained by men
    Corrections made on 08/04/2023.
    08/24/2023 Consumer Price Index Other

    Improvements to the CPI Health Insurance Index

    When this webpage was first published on 08/22/2023 the equation for the TTM sequential relative was incorrectly shown as a duplicate of the equation for the TTM retained earnings ratio.

    Corrections made on 08/23/2023.
    08/11/2023 Work Stoppages Database

    Work Stoppages Data

    Work stoppages data for 2007 and 2022 were incorrectly published in the database. The following series were affected:

    • WSU001

      • April 2022
      • May 2022
      • September 2022
      • Annual 2022
    • WSU010

      • May 2022
      • June 2022
    • WSU020

      • May 2022
    • WSU002

      • Annual 2007
      • Annual 2022
    Corrections made on 08/11/2023.
    08/11/2023 Work Stoppages Other

    Annual Historical Table, 1947–Present

    This table was updated to reflect the correct number of annual 2022 days of idleness (in thousands) as 2,194.5.

    Corrections made on 08/11/2023.
    08/11/2023 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (State and Metro Area) Database

    Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database

    Data for six hours and earnings series were incorrectly published in the BLS database. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.

    Corrections made on 08/11/2023.
    07/21/2023 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (State and Metro Area) Database; News release

    Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database

    State Employment and Unemployment – January 2023

    State Employment and Unemployment – February 2023

    State Employment and Unemployment – March 2023

    State Employment and Unemployment – April 2023

    State Employment and Unemployment – May 2023

    Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment – January 2023 

    Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment – February 2023

    Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment – March 2023

    Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment – April 2023

    Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment – May 2023

    Data for California were incorrectly published in the BLS database and in news release text and tables. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.

    Corrections made on 07/21/2023.
    06/16/2023 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (State and Metro Area) News release; Database

    Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database

    State Employment and Unemployment – January 2023

    State Employment and Unemployment – February 2023

    State Employment and Unemployment – March 2023

    State Employment and Unemployment – April 2023

    Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment – January 2023 

    Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment – February 2023

    Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment – March 2023

    Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment – April 2023

    Some employment data for Colorado were incorrectly published in the BLS database and in news release tables. The text and analysis of the releases are correct as originally published. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.

    Corrections made on 06/16/2023.
    05/12/2023 Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Database; Other

    Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities database

    State Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

    Data on nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses for 2021 for the mining industry (NAICS 212) were incorrectly published in the BLS database and some tables. These estimates were for the states of Alaska, California, Indiana, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania. See the list of series affected by this correction.

    Corrections made on 05/12/2023.
    04/24/2023 Producer Price Indexes; Consumer Price Index Monthly Labor Review

    Automotive dealerships 2019–22: dealer markup increases drive new-vehicle consumer inflation

    Several numbers have been corrected in the paragraph that follows chart 8. There were also small changes to numbers in chart 5 and table 3 for the fourth quarter of 2022, which did not affect the overall trend of the data. Corrections made on 05/23/2023.
    04/21/2023 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (State and Metro Area) Database; News release

    Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database

    State Employment and Unemployment – January 2023

    State Employment and Unemployment – February 2023

    Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment – January 2023 

    Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment – February 2023

    Some data for Arkansas and New York were incorrectly published in the BLS database and in news release tables. The text and analysis of the releases are correct as originally published. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.

    Corrections made on 04/21/2023.
    04/12/2023 Consumer Price Index Database

    Index and average price data for electricity in St. Louis for January 2023 were incorrectly published in the database. The error also affects related aggregate data in this area along with the Midwest Size Class A and the West North Central division areas. See the list of series affected by this correction.

    Corrections made on 04/28/2023.
    04/06/2023 Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Database

    Nonfatal occupation injury and illness incidence rates for 2020 and "EH5 Medical treatment facility visits by detailed occupation" table

    Some nonfatal occupation injury and illness incidence rates for 2020 were calculated using imputed rather than actual hours worked. This resulted in a limited number of published estimates in the BLS database that were incorrect. See the list of series ids affected by this errata. These estimates were removed from the database on April 6, 2023. Additionally, some national estimates reflected in the "EH5 Medical treatment facility visits by detailed occupation" table were affected. See the list of Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) categories that were affected in that table.

    In the news release, the incidence rate for stockers and order fillers in table 4 and chart 3 was incorrect and was removed on April 6, 2023.

    There were 3 data tables affected, and estimates were removed from these tables on March 28, 2023:

    • R98 Detailed occupation by selected natures (Rate) – XLSX and HTML
    • R100 Detailed occupation by selected events or exposures (Rate) - XLSX and HTML
    • EH5 Medical treatment facility visits by detailed occupation (Rate) - XSLX and HTML
    No Corrections will be made.
    04/05/2023 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (State and Metro Area) Database

    Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database

    Some hours and earnings data for Colorado were incorrectly published in the BLS database. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.

    Corrections made on 04/05/2023.
    03/29/2023 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (State and Metro Area) Database

    Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database

    Some hours and earnings data for Massachusetts were incorrectly published in the BLS database. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm. Corrections made on 03/24/2023.
    03/16/2023 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey BLS Reports

    Women in the labor force databook, Report 1092

    Table 6 of this datebook contained multiple subcategories labeled "With children under 18 years old" that have been corrected to "With children ages 6 to 17, none younger." The data in the table remain correct.

    Corrections made on 03/16/2023.
    03/13/2023 Consumer Price Index Database

    Index and average price data for electricity in Detroit for January 2023 were incorrectly published in the database. The error also includes related aggregate data within this area. The following series were affected:

    • CUURS23BSA0E
    • CUURS23BSAH2
    • CUURS23BSAH2
    • CUURS23BSEHF
    • CUURS23BSEHF01
    • CWURS23BSA0E
    • CWURS23BSAH2
    • CWURS23BSAH21
    • CWURS23BSEHF
    • CWURS23BSEHF01
    • APUS23B72610
    Corrections made on 04/28/2023.
    02/23/2023 Consumer Price Index Other

    Consumer Price Index Weight Comparison

    Two tables that were published on February 15, 2023, measuring the impact of the annual weight revision to the Consumer Price Index contained incorrect data and were removed. BLS has corrected both tables and republished them.

    Corrections made on 04/28/2023.
    01/31/2023 Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Database

    State Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

    Nonfatal Injury and illness estimates for Rail transportation NAICS 482 for New York for 2020 were mistakenly published.

    Corrections made on 01/31/2023.
    01/20/2023 Consumer Price Index Spotlight on Statistics

    Inflation Experiences for Lower and Higher Income Households

    In the text on slide 2, the 2018 median household income for all urban consumer income levels has been corrected to $55,000. Corrections made on 01/20/2023.
    01/12/2023 Consumer Expenditure Survey BLS Reports

    Consumer Expenditures in 2021

    The year was corrected from 2020 to 2021 in the sentence, “In each successive month of 2021, inflation had been on a continual upward trend, beginning with a 12-month percent change of 1.4 percent in January and reaching 7.0 percent in December.”

    Corrections made on 01/12/2023.
    01/10/2023 Consumer Price Index Database Index and average price data for electricity in Miami for January through November 2022 were incorrectly published in the database. Index and average price data for electricity in Los Angeles and Riverside for May through November 2022 also were incorrectly published in the database. Utility (piped) gas for San Diego in November through December 2022 were also incorrect. The error includes related aggregate data within these and several related areas. See the list of series affected by this correction. Corrections made on 04/28/2023.
    12/01/2022 Consumer Price Index Beyond the Numbers

    Exploring price increases in 2021 and previous periods of inflation

    A Consumer Price Index series for rent was mislabeled as shelter in table 1 and in the text referring to table 1. This mislabeling has been corrected.

    Corrections made on 12/01/2022.
    11/30/2022 Consumer Price Index Database

    All Urban Consumers database

     

    BLS inadvertently published an index number for October 2022 that did not meet Consumer Price Index publication criteria. The data series was for food at elementary and secondary schools. The value for October 2022 has been removed from the database for the following series:

    • CUUR0000SSFV031A - Food at elementary and secondary schools in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted
    • CUUS0000SSFV031A - Food at elementary and secondary schools in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted
    • CUSR0000SSFV031A - Food at elementary and secondary schools in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted

     

    Corrections made on 11/30/2022.
    11/28/2022 Local Area Unemployment Statistics The Economics Daily

    Minnesota had the lowest jobless rate in September 2022

    In the sentence, “All 50 states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from September 2021 to September 2022” the first reference to the month was corrected.  

    Corrections made on 11/25/2022.
    11/21/2022 Consumer Price Index Database

    Consumer Price Index and average price data for the following series in Miami for September 2022 were incorrectly published in the database. The following series were affected:

    • CUURS35BSEHF02 - Utility (piped) gas service in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted
    • CWURS35BSEHF02 - Utility (piped) gas service in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, urban wage earners and clerical workers, not seasonally adjusted
    • APUS35B72620 - Utility (piped) gas service in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted
    Corrections made on 11/21/2022.
    11/14/2022 Productivity and Costs The Economics Daily

    Productivity down 1.4 percent, real hourly compensation down 3.4 percent, over past year

    The last sentence of the second paragraph was corrected to indicate that there was a decrease of 1.4 percent in labor productivity from the third quarter 2021 to the third quarter of 2022.

    Corrections made on 11/14/2022.
    11/03/2022 Consumer Price Index Database

    Index and average price data for Consumer Price Index series in the Chicago area for June through September 2022 were incorrectly published in the database. See the list of series affected by this correction.

    Corrections made on 11/21/2022.
    09/26/2022 Consumer Price Index Spotlight on Statistics

    Housing Leases in the U.S. Rental Market

    The graphic in slide 4 has been updated to reflect the correct data on lease terms in Wisconsin and Wyoming. Corrections made on 09/26/2022.
    09/12/2022 Employment Projections Other

    Table 1.1A Employment by major occupational group, 2021, and projected 2031, including adjustments for realized gains (HTML) (XLSX)

    The "Employment change, percent, 2021–31, excluding realized gains" column of table 1.1A referenced incorrect data when initially published. The column has been updated to reflect the correct data.

    Corrections made on 09/09/2022.
    09/08/2022 Consumer Expenditure Survey Other; News release

    Headline on the www.bls.gov homepage for Consumer Expenditures — 2021 news release.

    The headline that appeared on the BLS homepage the morning of September 8, 2022, incorrectly said average consumer expenditures in 2021 had decreased from 2020, but they had actually increased. The headline has been corrected.

    Corrections made on 09/08/2022.
    09/07/2022 Consumer Price Index Database

    Average Price database

    Average Price data for electricity in several areas for July 2022 were incorrectly published in the database. Corrected data were published after the release of the Consumer Price Index data for August.  The following series were affected:

    • APU030072610 - Electricity per KWH in South urban, average price, not seasonally adjusted
    • APU037072610 - Electricity per KWH in West South Central, average price, not seasonally adjusted
    • APUS00072610 - Electricity per KWH in Size Class A, average price, not seasonally adjusted
    • APUS30072610 - Electricity per KWH in South - Size Class A, average price, not seasonally adjusted
    • APUS37B72610 - Electricity per KWH in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX, average price, not seasonally adjusted
    Corrections made on 09/16/2022.
    08/11/2022 Consumer Price Index Database

    All Urban Consumers database

    Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers database

    The base period labels were incorrect in the database for four Consumer Price Index series. The data shown for these series are correct as originally published in the database, as well as in the news release and other tables. The base period labels for the following series were corrected August 11, 2022:

    • CUSR0000SEEE01 - Computers, peripherals, and smart home assistants in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted (All Urban Consumers)
    • CWSR0000SEEE01 - Computers, peripherals, and smart home assistants in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted (Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers)
    • CUSR0000SEEB03 - Day care and preschool in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted (All Urban Consumers)
    • CWSR0000SEEB03 - Day care and preschool in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted (Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers)
    Corrections made on 08/11/2022.
    06/30/2022 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Database

    Small-area employment inputs for five areas in Maryland were corrected for January and February 2022. Due to additivity to the state level, these corrections resulted in minor changes to employment and labor force series for all areas in Maryland, as well as shared interstate areas with Delaware, the District of Columbia, and Pennsylvania. Unemployment rates were affected in a small number of areas, and no area had an unemployment rate change larger than 0.3 percentage point. These estimates were corrected in the LABSTAT database on June 29, 2022.

    Corrections made on 06/29/2022.
    06/23/2022 Import/Export Price Indexes News release

    U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes — May 2022 (PDF)

    There was an error on page 3 of the release concerning the last time capital goods export prices had a larger 12-month increase. That has been corrected.

    Corrections made on 06/23/2022.
    06/22/2022 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National) Monthly Labor Review

    The challenges of seasonal adjustment for the Current Employment Statistics survey during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Corrections to this article were made on June 22, 2022. Tables A-2, A-5, A-8, and A-9 have been corrected to include the phrase “normal treatment” in place of “additive outlier only” in their titles. Tables A-3, A-6, A-8, and A-10 have been corrected to include the phrase "additional intervention" in place of "all outlier types" in their titles.

    Corrections made on 06/22/2022.
    05/27/2022 Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Other

    Supplemental Files for County Employment and Wages News Release

    Three files with incorrect Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages data for fourth quarter 2021 were released on May 25, 2022. The files were corrected on May 26, 2022.

    Corrections made on 05/26/2022.
    04/01/2022 Business Employment Dynamics Spotlight on Statistics

    The Decline in Employment Dynamism Over the Last Three Decades

    The final sentence in slide 9 has been updated to correct the number of states with a drop of less than 10 percent.

    Corrections made on 04/01/2022.
    03/25/2022 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (State and Metro Area) Database

    Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database

    Some employment data for Arizona, Maine, and Wyoming were incorrectly published in the BLS database. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.

    Corrections made on 03/25/2022.
    03/18/2022 Consumer Price Index Other

    Consumer Price Index retroactive series using current methods

    The spreadsheet file for all items less food and energy for the Consumer Price Index retroactive series (R-CPI-U-RS) was replaced on March 16, 2022, to correct an error initially published on March 15, 2022.

    Corrections made on 03/16/2022.
    03/10/2022 Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News release

    Job Openings and Labor Turnover — January 2022 (PDF)

    The Job Openings and Labor Turnover news release for January 2022, initially issued on March 9, 2022, stated an incorrect reference month for the hires estimates. The estimates in this paragraph are for January, not December. BLS reissued this news release correcting this error on March 10, 2022.

    Corrections made on 03/10/2022.
    02/16/2022 Producer Price Indexes News release

    Producer Price Indexes — January 2022

    The Producer Price Index news release for January 2022, initially issued on February 15, 2022, contained incorrect data in table 2 for residential natural gas for the months of September 2021 through November 2021. BLS reissued the news release on February 16, 2022, with a corrected table 2.

    Corrections made on 02/16/2022.
    02/11/2022 Consumer Price Index News release

    Consumer Price Index — January 2022

    The PDF version of the Consumer Price Index news release for January 2022 was re-issued February 10, 2022. Data errors were found in tables in the PDF version of the news release. Data found elsewhere including the text version of the news release are correct as originally published.

    Corrections made on 02/10/2022.
    02/10/2022 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey Database

    Current Population Survey database

    BLS identified an error in the rounding of median hourly earnings data and associated standard errors. A total of 162 series were affected. The estimates were rounded to the nearest integer, instead of 2 decimal places (or to the nearest dollar, instead of to the nearest cent). This problem only occurred with the annual averages for 2021. These estimates were corrected in the LABSTAT database. None of these were included in published tables.

    The data series that have been corrected are listed at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/corrected-median-hourly-earnings-data-initially-published-with-incorrect-rounding-2022-02.htm.

    Corrections made on 02/09/2022.
    02/10/2022 Consumer Price Index Other

    Using Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data

    Statements in Using Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data were updated to correct the incorrect values. The section on 2021 Series Adjusted Using Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment has been corrected to say, "For the seasonal factors introduced in January 2022, BLS adjusted 70 series using Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment, including selected food and beverage items, motor fuels, electricity, and vehicles."

    The section on Determining Seasonal Status has been corrected to say, "For 2022, 36 of the 81 components of the U.S. city average all items index are not seasonally adjusted."

    Corrections made on 02/10/2022.
    02/09/2022 Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Database

    These 4 XLSX tables produced for special data requests had an error in the calculation for SOC code 29-1210 (Physicians).

    Corrections made on 02/09/2022.
    01/25/2022 American Time Use Survey Monthly Labor Review

    Time use of millennials and Generation X: differences across time

    Table 1 has been updated to correct a calculation error in the percent distribution of employed men in 2003 and 2019.

    Corrections made on 01/24/2022.
    01/18/2022 Producer Price Indexes Database

    Producer Price Indexes database

    Some 2021 annual average data for the Producer Price Indexes were incorrect when first added to the public database January 13, 2022. The annual averages were removed from the database January 14. Corrected estimates will be added to the database with the next update of Producer Price Indexes data on February 15, 2022.

    Corrections made on 01/14/2022.
    12/17/2021 Employment Cost Trends News release

    Employer Costs for Employee Compensation – June 2021

    Employer Costs for Employee Compensation – September 2021

    Tables 4, 5, and 6 in the June 2021 and September 2021 new releases contained errors. Corrections were made in 9 rows for June 2021 and 1 row for September 2021.

    Corrections made on 12/17/2021.
    12/15/2021 Employee Benefits Other

    Health care plan provisions for private industry workers in the United States, 2020

    Retirement Plan Provisions for Private Industry Workers in the United States, 2019

    Appendix table 2 of both publications showed incorrect numbers of workers represented. The original numbers were incorrectly calculated using Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 2010 and have been corrected using SOC 2018.

    Corrections made on 12/09/2021.
    12/15/2021 Employee Benefits Other

    National Compensation Survey: Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2021

    Appendix table 2 incorrectly stated that Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 2018 was used to classify workers. SOC 2010 is currently used for estimation, and the table has been corrected.

    Corrections made on 12/09/2021.
    12/15/2021 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey Database; News release

    Employment Characteristics of Families — 2020

    Current Population Survey database

    BLS corrected 2019 and 2020 data on the number and percent of total married-couple families with only one spouse employed. The incorrect data appeared in the text of the news release, in table 2 of the news release, and in the online database.

    Corrections made on 12/20/2021.
    12/15/2021 Office of Survey Methods Research Other

    Household and establishment survey response rates

    The unit response rates for the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey for the months of September, October, and November 2021 were incorrectly displayed when this page was updated December 6, 2021. The final response rates for those months were not yet available and were removed.

    Corrections made on 12/13/2021.
    12/10/2021 Consumer Price Index News release

    Consumer Price Index — November 2021

    The news release published on December 10, 2021 was reissued the same day to correct the following sentence: "The all items index rose 6.8 percent for the 12 months ending November, the largest 12-month increase since the period ending June 1982.” The original sentence referenced October instead of November.

    Corrections made on 12/10/2021.
    11/30/2021 Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey Beyond the Numbers

    Job openings and labor turnover trends for States in 2020

    Chart 2 incorrectly showed values as percentages in the map's legend and tooltip.

    Corrections made on 11/30/2021.
    11/22/2021 Consumer Price Index Other

    Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Consumer Price Index data for October 2021

    Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Consumer Price Index data for September 2021

    Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Consumer Price Index data for August 2021

    In "Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Consumer Price Index data" for August, September, and October 2021, table 1 has been updated to correct values for August 2021 on telephone and online collection for the commodities and services survey.

    Corrections made on 11/22/2021.
    11/16/2021 Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Other

    Fact Sheet Police Officers 2018

    This fact sheet was updated on November 8, 2021, to correct a bullet in the "Key Facts" about the incidence rate of nonfatal injuries and illnesses involving days away from work.

    Corrections made on 11/08/2021.
    10/27/2021 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey News release

    Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers — Second Quarter 2021 (PDF)

    BLS reissued this news release to address incorrect values for 9 seasonally adjusted series. The incorrect data were published in table 1, in the text of the news release, and in the online database.

    Corrections made on 10/19/2021.
    10/01/2021 Employment Projections Career Outlook

    Projected openings in occupations that require a college degree

    The 2020 median annual wage for occupations that require a bachelor’s degree as the typical entry-level education was incorrectly published. The article has been updated to reflect the correct 2020 median annual wage, $78,020.

    Corrections made on 09/30/2021.
    09/17/2021 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (State and Metro Area) Database

    Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database

    Some employment data for Baltimore City, Maryland, were incorrectly published in the BLS database. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.

    Corrections made on 09/17/2021.
    08/27/2021 Consumer Price Index Monthly Labor Review

    Inflation expectations and inflation realities: a comparison of the Treasury Breakeven Inflation curve and the Consumer Price Index before, during, and after the Great Recession

    Table 1, figures 3–5 and 8–9, and related text were updated to correct miscalculations of the rates of overshoot and undershoot.

    Corrections made on 08/27/2021.
    08/05/2021 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey Other

    Annual table 18. Employed persons by detailed industry, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (HTML) (PDF) (XLSX)

    BLS identified an error in the 2020 annual average table "18. Employed persons by detailed industry, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity." The percentages for administrative and support services were incorrect.

    Corrections made on 07/30/2021.
    08/04/2021 Import/Export Price Indexes Database; News release

    U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes News Release

    U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes Database

    BLS discovered an error in the export air freight price indexes from January 2021 to June 2021. With the release of August 2021 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes, the three affected export price indexes (all air freight, air freight-Europe, air freight-Asia) have been corrected in the BLS database.

    Corrections made on 09/15/2021.
    07/29/2021 Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey Other

    Impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Job Openings and Labor Turnover data for May 2021

    The data in table 1 on collection mode for May 2021 have been corrected. Corrections made on 07/29/2021.
    07/20/2021 Productivity News release

    Productivity and Costs – First Quarter 2021, Preliminary

    Productivity and Costs – First Quarter 2021, Revised

    The BLS Productivity program discovered processing errors in the first quarter 2021 estimates of hours worked for the business, manufacturing, and nonfinancial corporate sectors. The error in hours worked resulted in errors for first quarter 2021 hours worked and related measures, including labor productivity. More information can be found at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/corrected-hours-worked-and-labor-productivity-for-labor-productivity-and-costs-2021-Q1.htm. Corrections made on 07/20/2021.
    06/14/2021 Mountain-Plains Information Office News release

    Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region – May 2021

    As originally published, chart 1 showed the 1-month change instead of the 12-month change for the all-items Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.

    Corrections made on 06/11/2021.
    06/04/2021 Productivity The Economics Daily

    Productivity up in 45 states and DC as decreases in output and hours were widespread in 2020

    As originally published, the data table and the tooltip in the chart incorrectly stated the employment level was in thousands.

    Corrections made on 06/04/2021.
    06/03/2021 Consumer Expenditure Survey The Economics Daily

    Consumer spending on vehicles averaged $8,427 in 2016

    As originally published, the data for “maintenance and repairs” and “rental, leasing, licensing, and other charges” were switched in the chart data table.

    Corrections made on 06/03/2021.
    05/18/2021 Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Database; News release

    County Employment and Wages news releases and data

    In the spring of 2020, BLS modified its imputation process for the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) to be more responsive to current economic conditions. While continuing work to improve this process, BLS made an unintended data-processing error. This error affected data for the second, third, and fourth quarters of 2020. BLS has analyzed this issue and has determined that the impact on QCEW employment was negligible at the statewide level. In smaller areas and industries, revisions may be larger than usual. Wage data were not affected. Following the usual QCEW practice, these data will be revised and corrected with the full data update on September 1, 2021. For more information on QCEW imputation methodology, see Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Imputation Methodology.

    Corrections to be made on 09/01/2021.
    03/26/2021 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (State and Metro Area) Other; Database

    Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database

    Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area, 3-month average change, seasonally adjusted

    Some employment data for the Medford, Oregon, Metropolitan Statistical Area were incorrectly published in the BLS database and a table. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.

    Corrections made on 03/26/2021.
    03/26/2021 Productivity Other

    Historical Multifactor Productivity Measures (SIC 1948-87 linked to NAICS 1987-2020)

    Data in these files were corrected because of misreporting of labor hours, combined inputs, and multifactor productivity for the private business and private nonfarm business sectors.

    Corrections made on 03/26/2021.
    03/19/2021 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Database; Other

    Model-based employment and unemployment data have been corrected for Michigan, the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Metropolitan Statistical Area, and Balance of Michigan (the state less Detroit-Warren-Dearborn) for July 1998. The corrected estimates better reflect the impact of a large-scale labor dispute. Both seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data for the three areas were affected. The 1998 annual averages also were recalculated to reflect the corrections to the estimates for July.

    Corrections made on 03/19/2021.
    02/25/2021 Work Stoppages News release; Other; Database

    Major Work Stoppages in 2020

    Work Stoppages Annual Historical Table, 1947–present

    Work Stoppages Detailed Monthly Listing, 1993–present

    Work Stoppages Detailed Monthly Tables

    BLS identified an issue with the published 2020 Work Stoppages summary. At least one stoppage meeting the definition for inclusion in the report was not included.

    Corrections made on 03/01/2021.
    02/25/2021 Southeast Information Office News release

    Southeast News Releases

    Consumer Price Index, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach – December 2020

    Consumer Price Index, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell – December 2020

    As initially published, the chart data table associated with the View Chart Data link contained incorrectly labeled dates. Corrections made on 02/25/2021.
    02/24/2021 Employment Projections Other

    Civilian labor force projections, 2019–29

    The file originally published on September 1, 2020, included the same data values for “all other men” and “all other women.” The data for “all other men” have been corrected.

    Corrections made on 02/24/2021.
    02/18/2021 Work Stoppages Database; News release; Other

    Major Work Stoppages in 2019

    Work Stoppages Annual Historical Table, 1947–present

    Work Stoppages Detailed Monthly Listing, 1993–present

    Work Stoppages Detailed Monthly Tables

    As originally published, the number of days of idleness for work stoppages between February 2018 and December 2020 was incorrect. President’s Day in February 2018 was mistakenly included as a workday, which affected the number of lost workdays and days idle. The Work Stoppages program does not include federal holidays. Cumulative values for ongoing work stoppages were also affected in the subsequent months.

    Corrections made on 02/19/2021.
    02/11/2021 Consumer Price Index Database; News release; Other

    Consumer Price Index — January 2021 (PDF)

    On February 10, 2021, the Consumer Price Index program published incorrect December values for 29 seasonally adjusted CPI-U special relative series in the database. The incorrect data were also published in tables 2 and 6 in the news release and in the CPI-U news release companion file.

    Corrections made on 02/11/2021.
    01/15/2021 Consumer Price Index Database; News release; Other

    Consumer Price Index — December 2020 (PDF)

    On January 13, 2021, the Consumer Price Index program published incorrect December values for 29 seasonally adjusted CPI-U special relative series in the database. The incorrect data were also published in tables 2 and 6 in the news release and in the CPI-U news release companion file.

    Corrections made on 01/19/2021.
    01/13/2021 Consumer Price Index News release

    Consumer Price Index — December 2020 (PDF)

    The news release heading originally said the material was embargoed until 8:30 a.m. (ET) January 13, 2020, instead of 2021. The date has been corrected.

    Corrections made on 01/13/2021.
    01/04/2021 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey Monthly Labor Review

    Employment recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

    In the section on “Job losses,” a sentence has been corrected to say the number of unemployed was 14 million in August 2020 and 11 million in November 2020.

    Corrections made on 01/04/2021.
    12/30/2020 Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages The Economics Daily

    Internet publishing employment up 48 percent, first quarter 2016 to second quarter 2020

    As initially published, the chart and data table contained incorrect employment and establishment numbers for Internet publishing and web search portals for the first quarter of 2020.

    Corrections made on 12/30/2020.
    12/15/2020 Business Response Survey The Economics Daily

    60 percent of businesses with average pay less than $20k told some staff not to work due to COVID-19

    The first paragraph was corrected to say 39 percent of establishments paying an average wage greater than $80,000 told at least some employees not to work.

    Corrections made on 12/15/2020.
    12/03/2020 Consumer Price Index Other

    October 2020 CPI collection information and response rates

    September 2020 CPI collection information and response rates

    August 2020 CPI collection information and response rates

    July 2020 CPI collection information and response rates

    June 2020 CPI collection information and response rates

    May 2020 CPI collection information and response rates

    April 2020 CPI collection information and response rates

    In the Consumer Price Index monthly COVID-19 impact statements for April 2020 through October 2020, the list of data series shown as inadequate for publication has been corrected.

    Corrections made on 12/03/2020.
    12/03/2020 Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Other

    2018 Case and Demographic Characteristics for Work-related Injuries and Illnesses Involving Days Away From Work

    2017 Case and Demographic Characteristics for Work-related Injuries and Illnesses Involving Days Away From Work

    Tables on work-related injuries and illnesses involving days away from work in 2017 and 2018 that show parts of the body affected incorrectly showed neck injuries as a subset of head injuries.

    Corrections made on 01/11/2021.
    11/30/2020 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National) Beyond the Numbers

    Forty years of falling manufacturing employment

    In table 1, the estimate was corrected for the percent change in employment for trade, transportation, and utilities. In table 2, the estimate was corrected for employment in nondurable goods manufacturing in June 2019 and the change in nondurable goods manufacturing employment from 2009 to 2019.

    Corrections made on 11/30/2020.
    11/18/2020 Employment Cost Trends News release

    Employment Cost Index — September 2020

    The HTML version of the technical note contained incorrect information about the number of responding private industry establishments.

    Corrections made on 10/30/2020.
    11/18/2020 National Longitudinal Surveys Database; News release

    Number of Jobs, Labor Market Experience, and Earnings Growth: Results from a National Longitudinal Survey

    BLS reissued this news release on October 7, 2020, to correct microdata errors associated with creating hourly wage variables. The corrections affected data points presented in table 5 and the text of this news release.

    Corrections made on 10/07/2020.
    09/28/2020 Productivity Other

    1987-2018 Capital by Measure for Major Sectors and NIPA–level Industries 

    1987-2018 Information Capital by Measure for Major Sectors and NIPA–level Industries

    1987-2018 Intellectual Property Capital by Measure for Major Sectors and NIPA–level Industries

    Data in these files were corrected on September 29, 2020, because of misreporting of productive capital stock, gross investment, wealth stock and deprecation in the manufacturing sector.

    Corrections made on 09/29/2020.
    09/23/2020 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey Database; News release; Other

    Current Population Survey database

    Employment Situation news releases, January through July 2020

    Usual Weekly Earnings news releases, First and Second Quarter 2020

    On September 23, 2020, BLS corrected data errors in the Current Population Survey. These errors were associated with the introduction of a new occupation classification system in January 2020. The errors did not affect most major series, including the official unemployment rate. The impact was negligible for the vast majority of the corrected series. More information is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/revision-to-current-population-survey-estimates-for-January-through-July-2020.htm. Corrections made on 09/23/2020.
    09/11/2020 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (State and Metro Area) Database; News release; Other

    Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database

    Some employment data for California were incorrectly published in the BLS database, news releases, and tables. These estimates were corrected September 11, 2020. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.

    Corrections made on 09/11/2020.
    08/31/2020 Consumer Expenditure Survey Beyond the Numbers

    Receipt and use of stimulus payments in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic

    Within the chart titled, “Chart 3. Stimulus payment use by race or ethnicity of respondent, June 11–June 16, 2020,” data were incorrectly labelled.

    Corrections made on 08/31/2020.
    08/21/2020 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (State and Metro Area) Database; News release

    Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database

    Some employment data for Oxnard, CA, were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected August 21, 2020. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.

    Corrections made on 08/21/2020.
    07/14/2020 Consumer Price Index News release

    Consumer Price Index — June 2020

    In the HTML version of the news release, the title of the box note about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Consumer Price Index data was corrected to say June instead of May.

    Corrections made on 07/14/2020.
    07/08/2020 Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Other

    Police Officers, 2018

    The fact sheet was updated on July 7, 2020 to correct a sentence about the age distribution of officers with injuries and illnesses involving days away from work.

    Corrections made on 07/07/2020.
    06/30/2020 Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Database

    Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics identified ten private sector industry estimates from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses that were published in error for 2018. For more information about correcting this error, see www.bls.gov/bls/errata/corrections-to-survey-of-occupational-injuries-and-illnesses-data-june-30-2020.htm.

    Corrections made on 06/30/2020.
    06/26/2020 Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey Database

    Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey Database

    Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey estimates for January 2020 have been updated to correct an error in federal government data. For more information about correcting this error, see www.bls.gov/bls/errata/corrections-to-job-openings-and-labor-turnover-survey-estimates-for-january-2020.htm

    Corrections made on 07/07/2020.
    06/19/2020 Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Monthly Labor Review

    Fatal occupational injuries to older workers

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics discovered errors in the reported fatal occupational injuries by latency and age in table 8. Of the over 144,000 cases, there were 12 cases of missing latency and 4 cases that were incorrectly assigned to the various categories. The differences in number were minor and do not affect the analysis. The table will not be updated.

    No Corrections will be made.
    06/02/2020 Productivity Other

    Private Business and Private Nonfarm Business Multifactor Productivity Tables

    Data in this file were corrected on May 28, 2020, because of misreporting of the indexes for combined inputs, price of combined inputs, and multifactor productivity in the private business, and private nonfarm business sectors.

    Corrections made on 05/28/2020.
    05/08/2020 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National) Database; News release

    The Employment Situation — April 2020

    Current Employment Statistics National database

    On May 8, 2020, BLS discovered errors in national estimates for seasonally adjusted all employees in professional and technical services, professional and business services, private service-providing, service-providing, total private, and total nonfarm. The corrected change in total nonfarm employment for April 2020 is 37,000 lower than initially reported. Estimates were corrected for February, March and April 2020.

    Corrections made on 05/08/2020.
    04/28/2020 Consumer Expenditure Survey News release; Other

    Consumer Expenditure Surveys News Releases, Tables, and Public-Use Microdata

    BLS identified an issue with the estimated tax data associated with the Consumer Expenditure Surveys Annual Calendar Year tables from 2013 to 2018, the Midyear tables from 2013 to 2018, and the Public-Use Microdata files from 2013 to 2018. Estimates of federal and state taxes and after-tax income are affected by this issue. BLS has suppressed these values in the 2019 Midyear tables and is investigating the impact in previous years. Corrections will be issued as needed.

    No Corrections will be made.
    04/22/2020 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey News release

    Employment Situation of Veterans — 2019

    Population controls used in the weighting of state data for veterans and nonveterans in tables 6a and 6b were incorrect. All differences were minor and not statistically significant. They were corrected on April 22, 2020.

    Corrections made on 04/22/2020.
    04/21/2020 Productivity Other

    1987–2018 Detailed Capital Measures for Major Sectors and Industries

    Data in this file were corrected on April 21, 2020, because of misreporting of rental residential capital in the private business, private nonfarm business, manufacturing and nonfarm, nonmanufacturing sectors.

    Corrections made on 04/21/2020.
    04/03/2020 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National) Other

    Current Employment Statistics Highlights, March 2020

    A previous version of the chart on the education and health services page erroneously showed an incorrect value for the prior 12-month average change for offices of dentists. The correct value is +1,000. The chart has been corrected and replaced.

    Corrections made on 04/03/2020.
    02/21/2020 Consumer Price Index The Economics Daily

    Consumer prices increase 2.5 percent in the 12 months ending January 2020

    The chart and data table originally displayed most dates incorrectly as "2020." These errors were corrected February 21, 2020.

    Corrections made on 02/21/2020.
    02/21/2020 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey Database; News release; Other

    Current Population Survey database

    Population controls used in the weighting of data for veterans and nonveterans were incorrect for November and December 2019. All differences were minor and not statistically significant, but they were corrected on February 21, 2020. In addition to the Current Population Survey database, the following news releases and other tables were corrected:

    Corrections made on 02/21/2020.
    02/21/2020 Southwest Information Office News release

    Changing Compensation Costs in the Dallas Metropolitan Area – December 2019

    The Dallas-Fort Worth data shown in Table 1 of this release were incorrect as published on February 3, 2020. All Table 1 data for Dallas-Fort Worth were corrected on February 19, 2020.

    Corrections made on 02/21/2020.
    01/22/2020 Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Other

    Table on fatal occupational injuries to independent workers, 2016–18 (XLSX)

    BLS identified an error in the table “Fatal occupational injuries to independent workers, 2016–2018.” The values for intermediate contractors and independent contractors were incorrect. The table was corrected on January 21, 2020.

    Corrections made on 01/22/2020.
    01/15/2020 Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Other

    Table R66 2018 Table R66 2017

    We identified errors in occupation table R66, in which three Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes were presented incorrectly for years 2017 and 2018. The affected SOC codes are 29-2035, 33-9093, and 43-3099. The table presents occupational injuries and illnesses by number and median days away from work. The data were not affected by this error. The tables were corrected on January 14, 2020.

    Corrections made on 01/15/2020.
    01/13/2020 Consumer Price Index Database

    Consumer Price Index database

    On January 14, 2020, data for the following series will suppressed for December 2019, and data for November 2019 will be removed from the BLS database and current tables:

    • APU000072511 (Fuel oil #2 per gallon (3.785 liters), U.S. city average)
    • APU010072511 (Fuel oil #2 per gallon (3.785 liters), Northeast)
    • APU011072511 (Fuel oil #2 per gallon (3.785 liters), New England)
    • APUN00072511 (Fuel oil #2 per gallon (3.785 liters), Size Class B/C)
    • APUN00072511 (Fuel oil #2 per gallon (3.785 liters), Northeast Size Class B/C)

    We plan to provide updated values in our database and on current publication tables on February 13, 2020. Monthly price indexes are unaffected by the error.

    Corrections made on 01/13/2020.
    01/10/2020 Consumer Expenditure Survey Other

    Consumer Expenditure Tables

    Minor errors have been corrected in the following data tables containing 1995 data for two gift series, Education and All other gifts.

    1. Average annual expenditures and characteristics of all consumer units, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1992–1999 (TXT) (PDF).
    2. By Income Before Taxes: Average annual expenditures and characteristics of all consumer units, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1995.

    The corrected 1995 value for Education is $120 and the corrected value for All Other Gifts is $114.

    Corrections made on 01/10/2020.

    * For errata data prior to 2020, please see our Archived Errata Table.