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Beyond the Numbers

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Beyond the Numbers

The rise in remote work since the pandemic and its impact on productivity 10/31/2024
Did the COVID-19 pandemic affect real earnings? Analyzing average hourly earnings and inflation before and after the onset of the pandemic 09/30/2024
A “tail” of productivity in pet care services: new technology enables rapid growth 06/27/2024
Debunking 8 common misconceptions about the Producer Price Index 06/26/2024
A year in review: exploring consumer price trends in 2023 05/02/2024
Why are average weekly hours worked declining? 04/29/2024
Tracking productivity in line-haul railroads 03/25/2024
Projected employment growth for community and social service occupations, 2022–32 02/14/2024
How have the pandemic and online spending affected Black Friday shopping? Analyzing retail trade margins 2009–22 12/01/2023
Nonresidential building construction overhead and profit markups: 2018 through 2022 11/28/2023
As manufacturing sector changes, production occupations disappear: an analysis of employment from 2007–20 11/14/2023
We love our pets, and our spending proves it 11/06/2023
How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect healthcare spending? 11/02/2023
Historic coffee prices percolated after a bitter global supply crisis 09/22/2023
Resilience through two recessions: veterans in the labor market since 2003 05/31/2023
Four personal tax liabilities trends that have emerged from recent tax legislation 05/25/2023
Illnesses caused by viruses (COVID-19) among healthcare and social assistance workers occurred at a rate about five times greater than all workers in 2020 05/17/2023
The decline of job creation at new establishments 05/16/2023
Do you want to work where the people are? These jobs are most common in areas with high (or low) population growth 04/10/2023
High grain prices rippled throughout the economy 04/05/2023
How currency appreciation can impact prices: the rise of the U.S. dollar 03/16/2023
Changing how BLS defines "geographic areas" in the Consumer Expenditure Surveys 02/28/2023
Charging into the future: the transition to electric vehicles 02/16/2023
Comparing occupational employment and wages in public and private elementary and secondary schools 02/07/2023
Getting less for the same price? Explore how the CPI measures “shrinkflation” and its impact on inflation 02/02/2023
How do retirement plans for private industry and state and local government workers compare? 01/10/2023
Texas: job openings and labor turnover state spotlight 11/10/2022
Exploring price increases in 2021 and previous periods of inflation 10/28/2022
What is the unemployed people per job openings ratio? A 21-year case study into unemployment trends 06/07/2022
Recovering from the pandemic: A bright outlook for the personal care service industry 05/20/2022
Retail trade employment: before, during, and after the pandemic 04/19/2022
What the long-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic could mean for the future of IT jobs 02/24/2022
How did the 2020 census affect employment? 02/24/2022
How did employment change during the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from a new BLS survey supplement 01/04/2022
How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect input costs for U.S. producers? A review based on BLS input cost indexes 12/16/2021
Job openings and labor turnover trends for States in 2020 10/25/2021
Measuring consumer price change during economic downturns: a review of assumptions about consumer spending 09/17/2021
Inbound air freight prices go sky high in the midst of pandemic 06/22/2021
Trends in electricity prices during the transition away from coal 05/04/2021
What we know about the 2019 and 2020 labor market: comparing labor supply and demand 05/04/2021
Artificial intelligence: taking on a bigger role in our future security 05/03/2021
Understanding latency in fatal occupational injuries 04/01/2021
We can manage: employment trends for management occupations 03/25/2021
Improving the cost-of-living measure for older populations: some recommendations 03/24/2021
Minds at work: what’s required according to the Occupational Requirements Survey 03/19/2021
Solar and wind generation occupations: a look at the next decade 02/26/2021
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the input and output prices of the airline and hotel industries: Insights from new BLS data 02/18/2021
Employment trends in retail trade, 2010–19 01/26/2021
Why computer occupations are behind strong STEM employment growth in the 2019–29 decade 01/19/2021
Job openings and labor turnover trends for Southern states in 2018 12/17/2020
Employer-provided bonuses: what are they, what types of businesses offer them, and who receives them? 12/16/2020
Job openings and labor turnover trends for Midwestern states in 2018 12/11/2020
What is driving increases in healthcare spending? Observations from BLS disease-based price indexes 12/04/2020
Forty years of falling manufacturing employment 11/20/2020
How have healthcare expenditures changed? Evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Surveys 11/16/2020
How do jobseekers search for jobs? New data on applications, interviews, and job offers 11/13/2020
The effects of tariff rates on the U.S. economy: what the Producer Price Index tells us 10/20/2020
International cotton trade and causes of price volatility in the United States 10/20/2020
Job openings and labor turnover trends for Metropolitan Statistical Areas in 2019 09/10/2020
Receipt and use of stimulus payments in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic 08/31/2020
Nearly 50 years of occupational safety and health data 07/17/2020
Job openings and labor turnover trends for Western States in 2018 07/08/2020
Comparisons of hourly wage estimates by location, work levels, hours, and other factors 05/27/2020
How tariffs relate to BLS import and export price indexes 05/08/2020
Inside the decline of sales occupations 05/05/2020
A historical look at soybean price increases: What happened since the year 2000? 03/12/2020
The 2020 census and CES employment 02/27/2020
Why the prices of natural and synthetic rubber do not always bounce together 02/14/2020
Job openings and labor turnover trends for Northeastern states in 2018 02/12/2020
Checking out productivity in grocery stores 12/18/2019
A look at teachers’ job requirements, employer costs, and benefits 10/31/2019
Holiday employment in retail trade 10/25/2019
How does consumer spending differ among households in California, Texas, and New York? A new BLS data product can tell us 09/23/2019
Men who do not work during their prime years: What do the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth data reveal? 08/12/2019
Fatal occupational injuries to independent workers 08/09/2019
Has the required skill level of part-time jobs changed over time? 07/29/2019
Productivity trends in the wired and wireless telecommunications industries 05/30/2019
Are most Americans cutting the cord on landlines? 05/20/2019
The National Compensation Survey: a look at variable premium medical care plans 05/14/2019
Safety First! Projected growth in safety inspection occupations 2016–26 04/16/2019
The relationship between crude oil prices and export prices of major agricultural commodities 04/11/2019
Compensation trends into the 21st century 03/22/2019
Ahead of the pack: why are veterinary occupations growing much faster than average? 03/01/2019
The relationship between cash contributions, pretax income, and age 02/07/2019
Improving the CPI physicians’ services index 01/25/2019
Nonresidential building construction overhead and profit markups: an update 01/11/2019
The employment outlook for occupations tasked with building America’s infrastructure 10/30/2018
In the money: occupational projections for the financial industry 10/26/2018
Which industries are filling job openings and which industries are not? Exploring the JOLTS hires-per-job-opening ratio 10/22/2018
Television, capturing America's attention at prime time and beyond 09/28/2018
You don't need to walk it off: occupations that help to diagnose and treat sports injuries 08/01/2018
Exploring labor market trends through JOLTS firm-size data 08/01/2018
Tradeoffs in the expenditure patterns of families with children 07/30/2018
Housing and expenditures: before, during, and after the bubble 06/11/2018
An average mystery in hours and earnings data entails a weighty explanation 06/07/2018
Big data adds up to opportunities in math careers 06/04/2018
High-tech industries: an analysis of employment, wages, and output 05/31/2018
State and local government workers preparing for retirement: Do you understand your plan formula? 05/30/2018
The facts of the faller: Occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities to loggers 2006–2015 04/17/2018
So you want to be in pictures: jobs in video production 04/02/2018
Measuring employer and employee confidence in the economy: the quits-to-layoffs-and-discharges ratio 03/26/2018
Consumer spending by state: BLS puts New Jersey to the test 03/15/2018
Drilling deep into PPI indexes to understand regional variations in natural gas price movements 02/21/2018
Arlington Memorial Bridge spans the decades as a study in long-term price change 10/13/2017
The rise and fall of almond prices: Asia, drought, and consumer preference 10/12/2017
Why did Rhode Island have slower employment growth than the nation during the recovery period, 2009–16? 09/21/2017
Nailing down the price of new nonresidential building construction: expanding the PPI to include indexes by region and type of contractor 07/31/2017
Hispanic household spending in 2015 07/27/2017
How pay and benefits change as job level rises: data from the National Compensation Survey 06/23/2017
The cost of care: new insights into healthcare spending growth 06/14/2017
Understanding the labor productivity and compensation gap 06/06/2017
Use with caution: interpreting Consumer Expenditure income group data 05/05/2017
How do United States consumer expenditures compare with the United Kingdom and Japan? 02/28/2017
The cost of crisis: why stock fees rise when markets slip 02/06/2017
Below trend: the U.S. productivity slowdown since the Great Recession 01/31/2017
Spending habits of urban consumers and "blue-collar" consumers living in urban areas, 1984 and 2015 01/13/2017
Impact of the 2015 U.S. dollar rise on export prices and on the agricultural industry 12/20/2016
Defined contribution retirement plans: Who has them and what do they cost? 12/07/2016
Healthcare jobs you can get without a bachelor’s degree 11/23/2016
Labor market risks of a magnitude-6.8 Hayward Fault earthquake in the San Francisco Bay Area: an update 10/13/2016
What the Consumer Expenditure Survey tells us about mortgage instruments before and after the housing collapse 10/11/2016
Household healthcare spending in 2014 08/29/2016
Impact of the strengthening dollar on U.S. import prices in 2015 08/19/2016
Eating and drinking in Miami: consumer expenditures, 2010–14 08/18/2016
What happened to ethanol producer prices after passage of the Renewable Fuel Standard? 07/12/2016
You’re getting a pension: What are your payment options? 06/17/2016
The high-tech industry, what is it and why it matters to our economic future 05/17/2016
Employment patterns in political organizations 05/13/2016
The consumer price index continued its slowdown in 2015: energy was the main factor 04/14/2016
Using gasoline data to explain inelasticity 03/08/2016
A closer look at spending patterns of older Americans 03/03/2016
Producer prices in 2015: Services inflation slows, goods prices continue to decrease 02/26/2016
Trends in employer costs for defined benefit plans 02/19/2016
Expenditures on cellular phone services have increased significantly since 2007 02/03/2016
People who are not in the labor force: why aren't they working? 12/30/2015
Consumer expenditures vary by age 12/10/2015
As crude oil plunges, retail gasoline margins spike, then retreat 12/10/2015
Access to specific provisions of employer-provided benefits: new estimates 09/25/2015
Selected characteristics of savings and thrift plans for private industry workers 07/01/2015
The cost of 'basic necessities' has risen slightly more than inflation over the last 30 years 06/18/2015
The 2014 plunge in import petroleum prices: What happened? 05/27/2015
Gasoline prices: cyclical trends and market developments 05/18/2015
A look at today’s pension equity plans 04/15/2015
Movies, music, and sports: U.S. entertainment spending, 2008–2013 03/25/2015
Falling gasoline prices lead to lowest inflation since 2008 03/13/2015
Disability insurance plans: trends in employee access and employer costs 02/24/2015
Producer inflation in 2014: energy prices drop but prices for services advance 02/23/2015
Understanding health plan types: What’s in a name? 01/16/2015
Access to dependent care reimbursement accounts and workplace-funded childcare 01/07/2015
Slicing through fruit price volatility 12/22/2014
Analyzing alternatives to export price indexes 11/21/2014
Oil extraction surges with the help of sand 11/17/2014
Trends in unemployment and other labor market difficulties 11/06/2014
Income and spending patterns among Black households 11/05/2014
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries commemorates 20 years of occupational safety and health data 10/17/2014
An analysis of multiemployer pension plans 10/15/2014
Two measures of consumer price change: How are they different? 09/30/2014
Wage differentials: how jobseekers can use them to analyze occupational wage and cost of living data by U.S. area 09/16/2014
How has labor force participation among young moms and dads changed? A comparison of two cohorts 09/12/2014
Trends in producer prices between e-commerce and brick-and-mortar retail trade establishments 08/18/2014
Fatal injuries and nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving insects, arachnids, and mites 08/06/2014
Restaurants help feed job growth: how the leisure and hospitality industry fared after the recent employment downturn 07/28/2014
How does consumer spending change during boom, recession, and recovery? 06/26/2014
Shrimp disease in Asia resulting in high U.S. import prices 06/24/2014
Do different groups invest differently in higher education? 06/09/2014
What can labor productivity tell us about the U.S. economy? 05/29/2014
How frequently do private businesses pay workers? 05/23/2014
Examining trends in the nonresidential building construction producer price indexes (PPIs) 05/14/2014
Americans’ aging autos 05/08/2014
An overview of employment and wages in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) groups 04/30/2014
The impact of the falling yen on U.S. import prices 04/25/2014
Employer-sponsored benefits extended to domestic partners 03/28/2014
Why does BLS provide both the CPI-W and CPI-U? 02/28/2014
Improvements to the Producer Price Index measure: the Final-Demand–Intermediate-Demand system 02/26/2014
Measuring occupational concentration by industry 02/19/2014
Persistence of a high unemployment rate in New York City during the recent recovery 02/18/2014
New education classification better reflects income and spending patterns in the Consumer Expenditure Survey 01/27/2014
Spending patterns of families receiving means-tested government assistance 12/16/2013
The Consumer Price Index and the 'median CPI' 12/13/2013
Forty Years of the BLS Export and Import Price Indexes: trends and competition 12/09/2013
Measures of gasoline price change 09/13/2013
Death on the job: fatal work injuries in 2011 08/29/2013
Long-term unemployment over men’s careers 08/16/2013
Highlights of the 2013 PPI User Survey 08/13/2013
The reemergence of the United States as a global petroleum producer 08/12/2013
Paid leave in private industry over the past 20 years 08/01/2013
Why are there revisions to the jobs numbers? 07/10/2013
Spending on pets: “Tails” from the Consumer Expenditure Survey 05/17/2013
Compensation highlights in trade, transportation, and utilities industries 05/16/2013
Owners’ equivalent rent and the Consumer Price Index: 30 years and counting 05/15/2013
The effects of shale gas production on natural gas prices 05/14/2013
Growing demand for fertilizer keeps prices high 05/10/2013
Employment and wage changes in oil-producing counties in the Bakken Formation, 2007–2011 04/26/2013
Retirement and medical benefits: Who has both? 04/16/2013
Careers in the growing field of information technology services 04/09/2013
Employment-based health benefits in small and large private establishments 04/05/2013
Reduce, reuse, recycle: green technologies and practices at work 03/25/2013
Average Food Prices: a snapshot of how much has changed over a century 02/26/2013
Expenditures of urban and rural households in 2011 02/25/2013
Gold prices during and after the Great Recession 02/19/2013
Coal: A key player in expanded U.S. energy exports 02/12/2013
Patterns of homeownership, delinquency, and foreclosure among youngest baby boomers 02/06/2013
Injuries, illnesses, and fatal injuries in mining in 2010 01/22/2013
Travel expenditures, 2005–2011: spending slows during recent recession 12/12/2012
Retirement costs for defined benefit plans higher than for defined contribution plans 12/12/2012
Writing an escalation contract using the Consumer Price Index 11/14/2012
Will the 2012 drought have a bigger impact on grocery prices than the 1988 drought? 11/13/2012
Impact of the drought on corn exports: paying the price 11/08/2012
Employment and wages in community and social service occupations 10/31/2012
A comparison of 25 years of consumer expenditures by homeowners and renters 10/11/2012
A comparison of college attendance and high school coursework from two cohorts of youth 10/01/2012
Who has benefits in private industry in 2012? 09/12/2012
Consumer Price Index data quality: how accurate is the U.S. CPI? 08/21/2012
How parents use time and money 08/20/2012
Atlanta’s thriving air transportation industry: employment and wages, 1990–2010 08/19/2012
Facts of the catch: occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities to fishing workers, 2003–2009 08/17/2012
Wholesale and retail Producer Price Indexes: margin prices 08/13/2012
Bureau of Labor Statistics introduces new locality of origin import price indexes by industry sector 08/09/2012
An overview of U.S. occupational employment and wages in 2011 07/30/2012
How have health benefits changed in state and local governments from 1998 to 2011? 06/28/2012
Employment, college enrollment, and training of young male veterans and nonveterans during the recent recession 06/02/2012
Energy prices jump while food prices show modest increases 05/03/2012
How new fees are affecting the Producer Price Index for air travel 05/02/2012
International air passenger fares shrug off the recession 05/01/2012

Focus on Prices and Spending

How do U.S. expenditures compare with those of other countries? 03/01/2012
The Experimental Consumer Price Index for Older Americans (CPI-E) 02/01/2012
The 2012 PPI Weight Update: How and why does BLS update revenue weights? 02/01/2012
A Rollercoaster Year for Export Agriculture Prices 02/01/2012
Consumer Spending in 2010 12/01/2011
A Comparison of the CPI-U and the C-CPI-U 12/01/2011
The Impact of the Earthquake in Japan on U.S. Imports 11/01/2011
Technology in Commodity Markets 11/01/2011
The Impact of Soaring Cotton Prices on Consumer Apparel Prices 08/01/2011
Producer Price Indexes: The Impact of Fuel Surcharges on the PPI 08/01/2011
Part D Prescription Drug Coverage and Health Care Spending by Seniors on Medicare 08/01/2011
Measuring U.S. Inflation Using European Methods 08/01/2011
U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes and the Terms of Trade 05/01/2011
Grain Prices and Our Grocery Bill 05/01/2011
Do two live as cheaply as one? Evidence from the Consumer Expenditure Survey 05/01/2011
Differences between the Consumer Price Index and the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index 05/01/2011
U.S. Export Prices Up as World Grain Stockpiles Decline 02/01/2011
The So-called "Core" Index: History and Uses of the Index for All Items Less Food and Energy 02/01/2011
Producer Price Index Introduces Experimental Aggregation System 02/01/2011
How Consumers Used the 2009 Economic Recovery Payments of $250 02/01/2011
What Does the Producer Price Index Measure? 11/01/2010
The Use of the CPI in Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs) 11/01/2010
The Impact of the European Debt Crisis on U.S. Import Prices 11/01/2010
Household Energy Spending: Two Surveys Compared 11/01/2010
The Use of the CPI in Adjusting Federal Income Tax Brackets and other Federal Tax Parameters 08/01/2010
PPI Industry or Commodity Data: Which Better Suits Your Needs? 08/01/2010
Health Care Spending: 199 200 and 2008 08/01/2010
China’s Exchange Rate Policy Reflected in U.S. Import Prices; Quarterly Price Highlights 08/01/2010
The Use of CPI in Poverty Measurement; Recent Modest Inflation Caused Primarily by Higher Gasoline Prices 05/01/2010
The Price Competitiveness of U.S. Exports; Quarterly Price Highlights 05/01/2010
More than 75 percent of American households own computers 05/01/2010
Intermediate Materials Continue their Advance; Other Producer Price Highlights 05/01/2010

Issues in Labor Statistics

Young adult employment during the recent recession 05/01/2012
Work absences due to bad weather: analysis of data from 1977 to 2010 02/01/2012
How long before the unemployed find jobs or quit looking? 05/01/2011
Sizing up the 2007–09 recession: comparing two key labor market indicators with earlier downturns 12/01/2010
Ranks of those unemployed for a year or more up sharply 10/01/2010
The role of younger and older business establishments in the U.S. labor market 08/01/2010
Seasonally adjusted hours series from the Current Population Survey 07/01/2010
Labor force flows in the most recent recession 07/01/2010
Illness-related work absences during flu season 07/01/2010
Long-term unemployment experience of the jobless 06/01/2010
Record unemployment among older workers does not keep them out of the job market 03/01/2010
Job availability during a recession: an examination of the number of unemployed persons per job opening 03/01/2010
All firm sizes hit hard during the current recession 03/01/2010
Recession leads to lackluster employment in the trucking industry 02/01/2010
Where People Worked, 2003 to 2007 06/01/2009
A New Approach to Classifying Industries in the Information Sector 05/01/2009
Ranks of Discouraged Workers and Others Marginally Attached to the Labor Force Rise During Recession 04/01/2009
Work-at-Home Patterns by Occupation 03/01/2009
Holiday Season Hiring in Retail Trade 03/01/2009
Involuntary Part-Time Work on the Rise 12/01/2008
How the Business Birth/Death Model Improves Payroll Employment Estimates 10/01/2008
Workdays for People in Healthcare Occupations 09/01/2008
Employment and Wage Profile of the Louisiana and Texas Counties Affected by Hurricane Ike 09/01/2008
Why Has Unemployment Risen? Insights From Labor Force Flows 06/01/2008
The Unemployment Rate and Beyond: Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization 06/01/2008
Local Employment Trends in Residential Framing Contractors: Five Counties 05/01/2008
U.S. Skiing Employment: East and West 02/01/2008
Current Trends in Construction Employment 10/01/2007
California Wildfires: An Employment and Wage Profile of the Affected Counties 10/01/2007
Wages and Bonuses in Investment Banking 08/01/2007
Security Guard Employment Before and After 2001 08/01/2007
Automotive Industries: Concentration and Change 07/01/2007
Recovery After Hurricane Katrina: Employment in the Gulf Coast Area 05/01/2007
Corporate Management in Selected Local Economies 05/01/2007
Telemarketing: Five Industry Centers 12/01/2006
Women Still Underrepresented Among Highest Earners 03/01/2006
Comparing Characteristics and Expenditures of Consumer Units in Selected Income Ranges 01/01/2006
A Glance at Long-term Unemployment in Recent Recessions 01/01/2006
Spending by Asian Families 09/01/2005
Labor Force Participation During Recent Labor Market Downturns 09/01/2003
Twenty-first Century Moonlighters 09/01/2002
Declining Teen Labor Force Participation 09/01/2002
Consumer Spending Patterns Differ by Region 06/01/2002
Housing Expenditures 03/01/2002
Certification Can Count: The Case of Aircraft Mechanics 03/01/2002
New and Emerging Occupations 12/01/2001
Who Was Affected as the Economy Started to Slow? 11/01/2001
Characteristics and Spending Patterns of Consumer Units in the Lowest 10 Percent of the Expenditure Distribution 04/01/2001
Unemployed Job Leavers: A Meaningful Gauge of Confidence in the Job Market? 10/01/2000
When One Job is Not Enough 08/01/2000
Spending Patterns By Age 08/01/2000
A Comparison of the Characteristics and Spending Patterns of Food Stamp Recipients and Nonrecipients 08/01/2000
Labor Supply in a Tight Labor Market 06/01/2000
Are Managers and Professionals Really Working More? 05/01/2000
Occupational Stress 09/01/1999
Expenditures on Public Transportation 09/01/1999
Consumer Spending on Traveling for Pleasure 08/01/1999
What the Nation Spends on Health Care: A Regional Comparison 07/01/1999
What Women Earned in 1998 05/01/1999
Computer Ownership Up Sharply in the 1990s 03/01/1999
The Southeast is Maintaining its Share of Textile Plant Employment 02/01/1999
Auto Dealers are Fewer, Bigger, and Employ More Workers 01/01/1999
Labor-Market Outcomes for City Dwellers and Suburbanites 12/01/1998
Spending Patterns of High-income Households 11/01/1998
New Occupations Emerging Across Industry Lines 11/01/1998
Employer-sponsored Childcare Benefits 08/01/1998
Women Experience Fewer Job-related Injuries and Deaths than Men 07/01/1998
Employment Growth Among Sectors in the United States, Japan, and Europe Based Upon Educational Attainment 07/01/1998
Persons Overboard/Sunk Vessels: Fishing Jobs Continue to Take Deadly Toll 06/01/1998
Who’s Not Working 05/01/1998
Are Workers More Secure? 05/01/1998
Employee Medical Care Contributions on the Rise 04/01/1998
Serious Injuries Befall Workers Struck by Objects 12/01/1997
Looking for a Job while Employed 11/01/1997
Health Expenditures and the Aging Population 11/01/1997
Electricity-related Injuries at Work 08/01/1997
Warm Areas Continue Hottest Job Growth 05/01/1997
Workers Are on the Job More Hours Over the Course of a Year 02/01/1997
Injuries to Caregivers Working in Patients’ Homes 02/01/1997
How Long is the Workweek? 02/01/1997
Deadly Highway Accidents Outnumber Other Fatal Work Incidents 12/01/1996
Older Workers’ Injuries Entail Lengthy Absences from Work 04/01/1996
A Different Look at Part-time Employment 04/01/1996

Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Highlights

Architecture and Engineering Occupations 02/01/2012
Occupational Employment and Wage Patterns in Nonmetropolitan Areas 11/01/2011
Area Focus – Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 08/01/2011
An Overview of U.S. Occupational Employment and Wages in 2010 06/01/2011
Using Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Data in a Job Search 04/01/2011
Using Location Quotients to Analyze Occupational Data 04/01/2011
An Occupational Comparison of Private and State Colleges and Universities 01/01/2011
Occupational Employment and Wages in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Areas 12/01/2010
Gulf Coast Occupational Employment and Wages 10/01/2010
An Overview of U.S. Occupational Employment and Wages in 2009 06/01/2010
How Jobseekers and Employers Can Use Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Data during Wage and Salary Discussions 04/01/2010
An Occupational Analysis of Industries with Employment Gains 02/01/2010
An Occupational Comparison of Selected Retail Trade Industries 12/01/2009
An Occupational Analysis of Industries with the Most Job Losses 11/01/2009
Occupational employment patterns in areas with low unemployment rates 09/01/2009
Industry focus - Food services and drinking places 09/01/2009
Area focus - Elkhart-Goshen, IN 07/01/2009
Jobs on the Environment 06/01/2009

Program Perspectives

Program Perspectives on Legally Required Benefit Costs 04/01/2012
Program Perspectives on Health Benefit Costs by Wage Category 01/01/2012
Program Perspectives on Outpatient Prescription Drug Coverage 08/01/2011
Program Perspectives on Defined-Contribution Plan Investment Choices 06/01/2011
Program Perspectives on High Deductible Health Plans 04/01/2011
Program Perspectives: Six Ways to Save for Retirement 03/01/2011
Program Perspectives on Sick Leave and Disability Benefit Combinations 02/01/2011
Program Perspectives on State and Local Government Benefits 01/01/2011
Program Perspectives on Life and Disability Insurance Benefits 12/01/2010
Program Perspectives on Defined Contribution Plans 11/01/2010
Program Perspectives on Fee-For Service Plans 10/01/2010
Program Perspectives on Combined Benefit Plans 07/01/2010
Program Perspectives on Frozen Defined-Benefit Plans 04/01/2010
Program Perspectives on Paid Sick Leave 03/01/2010
Program Perspectives on Benefits by Wage Level 02/01/2010
Program Perspectives on Retirement Benefits 03/01/2009
Program Perspectives on Paid-Leave Benefits 02/01/2009
Program Perspectives on Health Benefits 10/01/2008

Regional Reports