Almost half of people employed in sales and related occupations worked weekends and holidays in 2016
July 14, 2017
On average, almost half of workers employed in sales and related occupations (47.5 percent) worked on weekends and holidays in 2016, the largest percentage among major occupational categories. A large proportion of workers in service occupations (40.2 percent) also worked on an average Saturday, Sunday, and holiday, although people employed in service occupations had the lowest rate of working weekdays (69.8 percent) among major occupational categories in 2016.
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Leisure and hospitality industry leads in job openings rates
In May 2017, the job openings rate for total private was 4.0 percent (5.1 million), while the rate for hires was 4.2 percent (5.1 million) and the rate for total separations was 4.0 percent (4.9 million). The leisure and hospitality industry had the highest job openings rate in May, at 4.9 percent, followed by professional and business services at 4.8 percent.
July 12, 2017
Leisure and hospitality had highest unemployment rate in June 2017
Wage and salary workers in the leisure and hospitality industry had an unemployment rate of 6.1 percent in January 2017, the highest among industries. This was 2.0 percentage points higher than the rate for all private nonagricultural wage and salary workers (4.1 percent).
July 11, 2017
Payroll employment up 222,000 in June 2017
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 222,000 in June. Employment growth has averaged 180,000 per month thus far in 2017, in line with the average monthly gain of 187,000 in 2016.
July 10, 2017
Productivity and compensation, 1987–2015
Increases in productivity (defined as real output per hour worked) have long been associated with increases in compensation for employees. Most of the industries for which BLS has productivity data had increases in both labor productivity and compensation over the 1987–2015 period. However, the growth in productivity outpaced the growth in compensation in all studied industries except for mining.
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