Information Guide

Employment Projections

Provides information about the labor market, education, training, and job qualifications

Key Takeaways:

• The Employment Projections program develops information about the labor market for the nation as a whole for 10 years in the future. 

• Projections of employment by industry and occupation are used for career decision purposes by students, parents, counselors, dislocated workers, jobseekers, and career changers. 

• Projections are also a critical component of workforce development systems and serve as the basis for determining jobs in demand. 

• The Employment Projections program also provides information on the education and training requirements for entering occupations to aide in career exploration.

• The Employment Projections program develops the Occupational Outlook Handbook, which is a web-based publication that provides information on the type of work; education, training, and other qualifications; employment; job outlook; wages; similar occupations; and sources of additional information for hundreds of occupations. 

News releases:

• Employment Projections

Data available:

• Labor Force Projections
• Aggregate Economy Projections and Historical Data 
• Inter-industry relationships (Input-Output matrix) 
• Industry Output and Employment 
• Occupational Employment Projections Data 
• Education and Training Data 
• Occupational Outlook Handbook
• Career Outlook

Similar to Employment Projections:

Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, Current Population Survey, Current Employment Statistics, Occupational Requirements Survey

Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Produces employment and wage estimates annually

Key Takeaways:

• The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program produces employment and wage estimates annually for approximately 830 occupations.
• These estimates are available for the nation as a whole, for individual States, for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and territories.
• National occupational estimates for specific industries are also available.

News releases:

• Occupational Employment and Wages

Data available:

• Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
• National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
• State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
• National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
• Research Estimates by State and Industry
• Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

Similar to OEWS:

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, Employment Projections, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Current Population Survey, Current Employment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

Occupational Requirements Survey

A survey on job requirements, conditions, and demands

Key Takeaways:

• The Occupational Requirements Survey (ORS) provides job-related information regarding physical demands; environmental conditions; education, training, and experience; as well as cognitive and mental requirements for jobs in the U.S. economy.
• The ORS is conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics under an agreement with the Social Security Administration.

News releases:

• Occupational Requirements in the United States

Data available:

• Physical demands of work (such as keyboarding, reaching overhead, lifting or carrying)
• Environmental conditions (such as extreme heat, exposure to outdoors, proximity to moving parts)
• Education, training, and experience requirements (literacy, credentials, on-the-job training)
• Cognitive and mental requirements of work (interaction with the general public, working around crowds, work pace)

Similar to ORS:

Employment Projections, Occupational Outlook Handbook

Standard Occupational Classification

A standard used by federal agencies to classify workers into occupational categories

Resources available:

• Information on the 2018, 2010, and 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) systems
• Manuals, user guides, SOC definitions, and other resources
• These 867 detailed occupations are combined to form 459 broad occupations, 98 minor groups, and 23 major groups.

Recent notices:

• How often do Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes change?

Resources available:

• Information on the 2018, 2010, and 2000 SOC systems
• Manuals, user guides, SOC definitions, and other resources

Similar to ORS:

Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Consumer Expenditure Surveys

Nationwide household surveys to study how U.S. consumers spend their money

Key Takeaways:

• A standard set of Consumer Expenditure tables are published each year, which include income quintile, income decile, income class, age of reference person, generation of reference person, selected age ranges of reference person, size of consumer unit, number of earners, composition of the consumer unit, census region of residence, population size of area, housing tenure, race, Hispanic origin, occupation, highest education level of any member, and type of area (urban or rural).
• Microdata are available in two formats: public use microdata (PUMD) and restricted microdata. Both types are available for the Diary and Interview Surveys and contain expenditure and income data for each consumer unit.
• The database provides tools to access historical data from 1984 onward to produce trends in expenditures by demographic groups.

Recent news release:

• Consumer Expenditures

Data available:

• Tables with average annual expenditure means and relative share
• Public use microdata

Similar to Consumer Expenditures:

Consumer Price Index, Bureau of Economic Analysis (Consumer Spending)

Current Population Survey

A survey of the labor force characteristics of households in the United States

Key Takeaways:

• The Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly survey of about 60,000 households that the U.S. Census Bureau conducts for the Bureau of Labor Statistics, provides a comprehensive body of information on the employment and unemployment experience of the nation’s population, classified by age, sex, race, ethnicity, education, and other characteristics.
• The CPS is the source of data on the national unemployment rate; employment by occupation; the labor force participation of mothers; usual weekly earnings; and many other demographic, social, and economic estimates.

News releases:

• The Employment Situation (national employment and unemployment)
• Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers
• College Enrollment and Work Activity of High School Graduates
• Labor Force Characteristics of Persons with a Disability
• Employment Characteristics of Families
• Labor Force Characteristics of Foreign-born Workers
• Summer Employment and Unemployment Among Youth
• Union Members
• Employment Situation of Veterans
• Work Experience of the Population

Data available:

• Employment status
• Characteristics of people in the labor force and people not in the labor force
• Displaced workers
• Women maintaining families and working women with children
• Weekly and hourly earnings
• Union membership
• People with professional certifications and licenses
• The working poor
• Work experience
• Tenure with current employer
• Activities of recent high school graduates and dropouts

Similar to CPS:

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, American Time Use Survey

National Longitudinal Surveys

A set of surveys designed to gather information at multiple points in time on the labor market activities and other significant life events of several groups of men and women. NLS data have served as an important tool for economists, sociologists, and other researchers for more than 50 years.

Key Takeaways:

• The National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) are a series of surveys that gather information on the work and life experiences of groups of Americans, called cohorts, born during specific periods, at multiple points in time.
• Each of the NLS cohorts (for example, older Millennials) consists of several thousand sample members, some of whom have been surveyed for decades. These data offer the opportunity to study specific groups of Americans over long periods of their lives.

News releases:

• Labor Market Experience, Education, Partner Status, and Health for those Born 1980–1984
• Number of Jobs, Labor Market Experience, Marital Status, and Health for those Born 1957–1964

Data available:

• Number of jobs held over time
• Transitions from school to career
• Transitions from military to civilian life
• How earnings grow at different stages of workers’ careers
• Changes in marital, partner, and other family relationships
• How health conditions relate to labor market activity

Active surveys:

• National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79): Men and women ages 14 to 21 as of December 31, 1978
• NLSY79 Child and Young Adult: Biological children of the female respondents of the NLSY79
• National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97): Men and women ages 12 to 16 as of December 31, 1996
• More information on NLS cohorts, including discontinued surveys.

Similar to NLS:

Current Population Survey, American Time Use Survey

Current Employment Statistics — National Estimates

Detailed national industry estimates of nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings of workers on payrolls

Key Takeaways:

• The Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey provides employment, hours, and earnings estimates based on payroll records of business establishments.
• Payroll employment data are published for both private and government sectors.
• Employment data by aggregate industry sector and most major industry sectors are published as far back as 1939.

News releases:

• The Employment Situation (national employment and unemployment)
• Real Earnings

Data available:

• Nonfarm employment series for all employees, production and nonsupervisory employees, and women employees
• Average hourly earnings, average weekly hours, and average weekly overtime hours (in manufacturing industries) for all employees and production and nonsupervisory employees

Similar to CES:

Current Population Survey, State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, and Earnings

Local Area Unemployment Statistics

Monthly estimates of total employment and unemployment for over 7,600 areas

Key Takeaways:

• Monthly and annual employment, unemployment, and labor force data for census regions and divisions, states, counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities, by place of residence.
• Federal programs use the data for allocations to states and areas, as well as eligibility determinations for assistance.
• State and local governments use the estimates for planning and budgetary purposes and to determine the need for local employment and training services.
• Private industry, researchers, the media, and others use the data to assess localized labor market developments and make comparisons across areas.

News releases:

• State Employment and Unemployment
• Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment
• Regional and State Unemployment
  

Data available:

• Employment status
• Characteristics of people in the labor and people not in the labor force

Similar to Local Area Unemployment Statistics:

Current Population Survey, Current Employment Statistics (National), State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, & Earnings

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages 

Publishes a quarterly count of employment, wages, and establishments

Key Takeaways:

• The Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program publishes data on employment and wages covering more than 95 percent of U.S. jobs.
• Data are available at the county, metropolitan statistical area, state, and national levels by industry.
• QCEW produces a comprehensive tabulation of data on the number of establishments, monthly employment and quarterly wages for workers covered by state unemployment insurance laws and federal workers covered by the Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees program.
• Employment and wage data developed in the QCEW program have been classified by industry since 1938.

News releases:

• County Employment and Wages
• County Employment and Wages Full Data Update

Data available:

• Databases of state and county employment and wages
• Interactive charts
• Customized maps of QCEW data

Similar to QCEW:

Current Employment Statistics, Business Employment Dynamics

State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, and Earnings

Produces detailed industry estimates of employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls

Key Takeaways:

• The State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, and Earnings (SAE) is a federal and state cooperative program that provides industry estimates of employment, hours, and earnings for all U.S. States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and about 450 metropolitan areas and divisions.
• Program estimates are among the earliest economic information available to analyze current economic conditions.
• Data are collected, tabulated, and distributed to provide economic data to policy makers, business, labor, and the public.

News releases:

• State Employment and Unemployment
• Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment

Data available:

• All employees, by major industry sector and by selected two- and three-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, for each U.S. State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and about 450 metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions
• Production or nonsupervisory employees, by sector and by selected two- and three-digit NAICS codes, for many U.S. States, Puerto Rico, and select metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions
• Average hours and earnings of all employees, by NAICS supersector, in each U.S. State and the District of Columbia, and at the total private level for metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions
• Three-month average change in all employees at the total nonfarm and total private level for each U.S. State, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
• Three-month average change at the total private level for select metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions

Similar to SAE:

Current Employment Statistics (National), Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

American Time Use Survey

Measures the amount of time people spend doing various activities, such as paid work, childcare, volunteering, and socializing

Key Takeaways:

• The American Time Use Survey (ATUS) provides nationally representative estimates of how, where, and with whom Americans spend their time.
• The ATUS is the only federal survey providing data on the full range of nonmarket activities, including work, education, sleep, childcare, eldercare, leisure, volunteering, and other activities. 
• Interviewers ask each respondent to recall their activities over a full 24-hour day, beginning at 4 a.m. on the day prior to the interview and ending at 4 a.m. on the day of the interview.

News releases:

• American Time Use Survey
• Unpaid Eldercare in the United States

Data available:

• Data for demographic groups (age, sex, race, ethnicity, and educational attainment)
• Data by employment status, occupation, class of worker, earnings, marital status, presence and age of household children, school enrollment status, weekdays, and weekend days
• Quarterly and annual average data on the number of hours per day spent in various activities by the population
• Annual average data on the percentage of the population that engaged in various activities on an average day

Similar to ATUS:

Current Population Survey, Consumer Expenditure Survey, National Longitudinal Survey

Consumer Price Index

A measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services

Key Takeaways:

• The Consumer Price Index (CPI) represents changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households. User fees (such as water and sewer service) and sales and excise taxes paid by the consumer are also included. Income taxes and investment items (like stocks, bonds, and life insurance) are not included.
• The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) includes expenditures by urban wage earners and clerical workers, professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self-employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, retirees, and others not in the labor force.
• The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) includes only expenditures by those in hourly wage earning or clerical jobs.
• Prices for the goods and services used to calculate the CPI are collected in 75 urban areas throughout the country and from about 23,000 retail and service establishments. Data on rents are collected from about 50,000 landlords or tenants.

News release:

• Consumer Price Index

Data available:

• Price indexes are available for the United States, the four Census regions, nine Census divisions, two size of city classes, eight cross-classifications of regions and size-classes, and for 23 local areas.
• Indexes are available for major groups of consumer expenditures (food and beverages, housing, apparel, transportation, medical care, recreation, education and communications, and other goods and services), for items within each group, and for special categories, such as services.
• Monthly indexes are available for the United States, the four Census regions, and some local areas.
• Indexes are available for two population groups: the CPI-U which covers over 90 percent of the total population and the CPI-W which covers approximately 30 percent of the population.
• The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) is based on the same population group as the CPI-U but uses a different formula and monthly weights.

Similar to CPI:

Producer Price Indexes, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, Import/Export Price Indexes

U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes

A measure of the prices of nonmilitary goods and services traded between the United States and the rest of the world

Key Takeaways:

• U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes measure the average change in prices over time for most imported and exported goods, as well as for selected categories of services, between the United States and the rest of the world.
• Import price indexes are available by locality of origin for select countries, regions, and groupings.
• Quarterly data are available from December 1990 to June 1992 and monthly data since September 1992.
• Items are classified, respectively, by end use for the Bureau of Economic Analysis System, by industry for the North American Industry Classification System, and by product category for the Harmonized System.

News release:

• U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes

Data available:

• Price indexes for nearly all categories of merchandise goods
• Price indexes for selected categories of international transportation services
• Locality of origin import and export price indexes for selected regions and countries
• Terms of trade indexes for selected regions and countries

Similar to Import and Export Price Indexes:

Producer Price Indexes, Consumer Price Index

Producer Price Index

A measure of the average change over time of the selling prices received by domestic producers for their output

Key Takeaways:

• The Producer Price Indexes (PPI) are a family of indexes that measure the average change over time in selling prices received by domestic producers of goods, services, and nonresidential building construction.
• About 10,000 indexes for individual products and groups of products are released each month. Indexes are available for the output of nearly all industries in the goods-producing sector of the U.S. economy.
• The PPI program covers approximately 69 percent of the service sector's output, as measured by revenue reported in the 2017 Economic Census. 

News release:

• Producer Price Indexes

Data available:

• Industry classification: These indexes measure changes in prices received for an industry's output sold outside the industry.
• Commodity classification: These indexes measure changes in prices for products of similar composition, regardless of the industry of the producing establishment.
• Commodity-based Final Demand-Intermediate Demand (FD-ID) System: FD-ID price indexes and the amount of physical processing or assembling the products have undergone.
• Net input to industry indexes: These indexes measure changes in input prices for selected industries, excluding capital investment, labor, and imports.

Similar to PPI:

Consumer Price Index, Import/Export Price Indexes

International Technical Cooperation

Assists statistical organizations throughout the world with the collection, processing, analysis, dissemination, and use of economic and labor statistics

Key Takeaways:

• International Technical Cooperation (ITC) offers seminars on various topics related to labor market indicators, price indexes, and productivity for staff working in national statistical offices and international organizations. 
• Seminars include lectures, discussions, and workshops, and they are designed to strengthen the participants’ ability to collect and analyze economic and labor statistics. 
• Seminars are scheduled for groups of three or more, upon request, and may be conducted at the National Office of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, overseas, or virtually. 
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics subject matter experts can be made available to serve as consultants and may assist staff working in national statistical offices and international organizations to improve or implement labor statistics and price programs. 
• ITC also arranges short-term meetings for international visitors with subject matter experts from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Meetings are organized to meet the needs and interests of the visitors and may be scheduled virtually or in-person. 

Consultations:

• The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics makes available technical experts to serve as consultants. To request a consultation, please submit an online inquiry. Requests should include a clear statement of the purpose of the consultation.

Seminars:

• The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics conducts seminars at its training facilities in Washington, D.C. for groups of three or more, upon request.
• International training seminars bring together statisticians, economists, analysts, and other data users from countries all over the world. Each seminar includes lectures, discussions, and workshops.

Seminar Programs:

• Constructing Producer Price Indexes and Import and Export Price Indexes
• Constructing Consumer Price Indexes
• Economic Indicators
• Measuring Productivity
• Business Establishment Surveys
• Household Labor Force Surveys

Business Employment Dynamics

Statistics about dynamic job gains and losses  

Key Takeaways:

• Business Employment Statistics (BED) are statistics generated from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program.
• These quarterly data series consist of gross job gains and gross job losses statistics from 1992 forward.
• These data provide a picture of the dynamic state of the labor market. 

News release:

• Business Employment Dynamics

Data available:

• Data on gross job gains, gross job losses, and their respective components are available for the private sector.
• Data are available for industries.

Similar to BED:

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, Current Employment Statistics (National)

Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey

Produces data on job openings, hires, and separations 

Key Takeaways:

• The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) collects information on labor demand and labor turnover from approximately 21,000 nonfarm establishments monthly.
• The JOLTS program produces monthly and annual estimates of the levels and rates of job openings, hires, total separations, quits, layoffs, discharges, retirements, transfers, and deaths.

News release:

• Job Openings and Labor Turnover
• State Job Openings and Labor Turnover

Data available:

• Monthly and annual average levels and rates for job vacancies, hires, and separations
• Estimates for total nonfarm, total private, industries, and government
• Estimates for the nation, U.S. census regions, states, and the District of Columbia
• Estimates for establishment size classes
• Unemployed persons per job opening

Similar to JOLTS:

Business Employment Dynamics, Current Employment Statistics (National), State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, and Earnings Current Population Survey, Local Area Unemployment Statistics

Employee Benefits Survey

Data on selected employee benefit plans

Key Takeaways:

• The Employee Benefits Survey (EBS) provides data on the percentage of workers with access to and participating in employer provided benefit plans, as well as details of what those plans provide.
• Data are published on the incidence and detailed provisions of vacation, paid holidays, sick leave, nonproduction bonuses, life insurance plans, health insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, health savings accounts, wellness benefits, retirement benefits, and other benefit plans. Employer and employee shares of contributions to medical care premiums and their average amounts are also presented.
• Data are published on the provisions on health and retirement plans. These include plan features, costs, and limitations or restrictions for health and retirement plans.

News releases:

• Employee Benefits in the United States

Data available:

• Rates of access to, and participation in, life insurance, health insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, and retirement plans (defined benefit and defined contribution), along with plan provisions
• Rates of access to, and plan provisions of, paid holidays and vacations
• Rates of access to jury duty pay, military leave, employer assistance for childcare, long-term care insurance, flexible worksites, subsidized commuting, stock options, and types of nonproduction bonuses
• Details of employer-sponsored health and retirement plans

Similar to EBS:

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, Employment Cost Index

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation

Measures the average employer cost per employee hour worked for total compensation, wages and salaries, and benefits, and costs as a percent of total compensation

Key Takeaways:

• Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC) provide a snapshot of the structure of compensation at points in time. That is, ECEC shows the distribution of employer costs among the components of compensation: wages and salaries and employee benefits, which include paid vacations, health insurance, retirement plans, and Social Security.

News releases:

• Employer Costs for Employee Compensation

Data available:

• Estimates of total compensation for March, June, September, and December
• Wages and salaries and benefits costs for civilian, private industry, and state and local government workers
• Occupational groups
• Industry groups
• Collective bargaining status
• Geographic area

Similar to ECEC:

Employment Cost Index, Modeled Wage Estimates, Employee Benefits, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Employment Cost Index

Measures changes in labor costs over time

Key Takeaways:

• The Employment Cost Index (ECI) uses a fixed “basket” of labor (the same number of welders, teachers, accountants, etc. in the same industries and areas) to produce a cost change that is free from the effects of workers moving between areas and industries.

News releases:

• Employment Cost Index

Data available:

• 3-month and 12-month percent changes in total compensation
• Percent changes in wages and salaries and benefits costs for civilian, private industry, and state and local government workers
• Occupational groups
• Industry groups
• Collective bargaining status
• Geographic area

Similar to ECI:

Consumer Price Index, Modeled Wage Estimates, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, Productivity, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Current Employment Statistics, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation

Modeled Wage Estimates

Annual estimates of average hourly wages for occupations by selected job characteristics and geographic location

Key Takeaways:

• Modeled Wage Estimates are produced annually using a statistical procedure that combines survey data collected by the National Compensation Survey and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program. Borrowing from the strengths of both surveys, the Modeled Wage Estimates provide more detail on average hourly wages than either program is able to provide separately.
• Modeled Wage Estimates provide average hourly wages for occupations by job characteristics and within a given geographic location.
•  The job characteristics include all workers, bargaining status (union and nonunion), work status (part time and full time), basis of pay (incentive based and time based), and work levels (1–15 and unable to be leveled). Work levels are measures of duties and responsibilities that apply to occupations.
• The geographic areas include national, state, and metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas.

Recent publication:

• Introducing Modeled Wage Estimates by grouped work levels

Data available:

• Average hourly wages for occupational groups and areas by job characteristic, civilian workers
• Average hourly wages for occupational groups and areas by time‐ and incentive‐based pay, civilian workers
• Average hourly wages for occupational groups and areas for full‐time workers by selected work levels, civilian workers
• Average hourly wages for occupational groups and areas for part‐time workers by selected work levels, civilian workers
• Guide for evaluating your firm’s jobs and pay
• Modeled Wage Estimates for entry, intermediate and experienced grouped work levels
• Using Modeled Wage Estimates to analyze occupations with the most new jobs from the Occupational Outlook Handbook

Similar to Modeled Wage Estimates:

Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation

Productivity

Measures how efficiently the United States converts inputs into the outputs of goods and services  

Key Takeaways:

• Productivity is used as a measure to determine economic efficiency and is a significant source of potential growth in gross domestic product (GDP) and national income.
• Productivity measures can assess the economy’s ability to expand output without additional inputs and, thus, its ability to increase living standards and improve competitiveness.
• Labor productivity measures the growth in output that is not a result of adding additional labor hours.
• Total factor productivity measures the growth in output that is not a result of adding more measured inputs (hours, capital, purchased energy, materials, or services) and is often consider an indicator of technical change.

News release:

• Productivity and Costs
• Productivity and Costs by Industry: Manufacturing and Mining Industries
• Productivity and Costs by Industry: Selected Service-Providing Industries
• Productivity and Costs by Industry: Wholesale and Retail Trade
• Productivity by State
• Total Factor Productivity
  
• Total Factor Productivity in Major Industries
• Total Factor Productivity Trends for Detailed Industries

Data available:

• Productivity: labor productivity (output per hour), total factor productivity, output per worker 
• Output
• Labor: hours worked, average weekly hours, employment, labor composition
• Costs: labor compensation, hourly compensation, unit labor costs, price deflators, profits, rental prices, input costs
• Inputs to production: capital intensity, capital services, energy, materials, services, combined inputs, input costs and cost shares, capital asset categories and related measures, research and development, intellectual property products, and contributions of inputs to productivity

Similar to Productivity:

Productivity Research and Program Development, Current Employment Statistics (National), Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

Produces a wide range of information about workplace injuries and illnesses

Key Takeaways:

• The Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities (IIF) program produces information about U.S. workplace injuries and illnesses.
• The program collects data from private and public sector establishments and releases estimates annually.  
• Nonfatal and fatal data are available nationally and for participating states.    
• Nonfatal estimates include counts and rates of workplace injuries and illnesses by industry and type of case. 
• The IIF program produces detailed information about injury or illness circumstances and worker demographics for cases involving days away from work. 
• The IIF program provides detailed information on fatal workplace injuries, including industry and occupation data, case circumstances, and worker characteristics. 

News releases:

• Employer-Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses
• National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries

Data available:

• Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses: Most recent data for nonfatal injuries and illnesses, including data tables and charts
• Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries: Most recent data for occupational fatalities, including data tables and charts
• State data: Injuries, illnesses, and fatalities data by state
• Databases: Data on occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities

Similar to IIF:

Occupational Requirements Survey

Work Stoppages Program

Provides data of major work stoppages

Key Takeaways:

• The Work Stoppage Program (WSP) provides monthly and annual data of major work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers lasting one full shift or longer.
• Monthly and annual WSP data show the establishment and union(s) involved in the work stoppage along with the location, the number of workers, and the days of idleness.  
• The monthly data list all work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers that occurred during the full calendar month for each month of the year.  
• The work stoppages data are gathered from public news sources, such as newspapers and the Internet. 

News releases:

• Major Work Stoppages

Data available:

• Number of work stoppages, beginning and in effect in the period
• Number of workers involved, beginning and in effect in the period
• Days of idleness, in effect in the period
• Days of idleness, in effect as a percent of total estimated working time
• Weekly and hourly earnings

Similar to WSP:

Current Employment Statistics Strike Report