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Errata ID
Date Added
Subject Area
Content Type
Title (if applicable)
Description380
11/21/2019
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
Data file
Fatal occupational injuries, total hours worked, and rates of fatal occupational injuries by selected worker characteristics, occupations, and industries, civilian workers, 2017
Incorrect labels were discovered and corrected in the spreadsheet.On line 141, "Service Providing," column B "Characteristic Code," not all of the 2-digit NAICS that should have been listed were listed.
On line 179, "Professional and Business Services," column B "Characteristic Code," NAICS 55 should have been listed along with NAICS 54 and 56.379
11/07/2019
Current Population Survey
News release
Characteristics of Unemployment Insurance Applicants and Benefit Recipients
On October 23, 2019, BLS discovered data errors in the news release published September 25.  The news release was reissued with corrected data on November 7, 2019.378
10/18/2019
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database
Some employment data for Maryland were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected October 18, 2019. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.377
09/25/2019
The Economics Daily
Other publication
Unemployment rates lower in five states from August 2018 to August 2019
The map and table originally said the changes in rates were "not seasonally adjusted." The rates and changes in them are seasonally adjusted. The titles have been corrected.376
09/20/2019
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database
Some employment data for North Carolina were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected September 20, 2019. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.375
08/09/2019
The Economics Daily
Other publication
Total compensation costs $53.65 per hour worked in San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland in March 2019
As originally published, the percentage values in the chart data table's "Percent of total" columns for "Total benefits" and "Wages and salaries" were switched. They were corrected on August 9, 2019.374
07/02/2019
Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
Other publication
Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Data
The Bureau of Labor Statistics discovered an error in how data were presented in Table R8 for incidence rates for detailed industries by selected event or exposure, 2017, for occupational injuries and illnesses with days away from work. The original published table presented case counts rather than incidence rates for the “All other events category.” These data were corrected on July 2, 2019, to present incidence rates. The links to the table versions are:
www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/osh/case/cd_r8_2017.htm
www.bls.gov/iif/oshwc/osh/case/cd_r8_2017.xlsx
www.bls.gov/web/osh/cd_r8.htm373
06/25/2019
Labor productivity and costs
Other publication
Hours Worked in Total U.S. Economy and Subsectors
The table was corrected on June 25, 2019. In the table posted on June 6, 2019, data for general government were missing, as were data for federal and state and local government enterprises. Data for the following other sectors were displayed in the wrong columns:
Armed forces
Private households
Nonprofit institutions
Farms
Nonfarm business sector
Private nonfarm sector
Government enterprises – total
Nonfarm unpaid family workers
Data for the total U.S. economy and for nonfarm proprietors were correct as originally published.372
06/24/2019
Employment Projections
Other publication
Employment Projections Data Tables
Minor errors have been corrected in three data tables on employment projections for 2016–26. The affected numbers include occupational transfers, labor force exits, and occupational openings.
Leftmost column in www.bls.gov/emp/tables/emp-by-detailed-occupation.htm.
Middle column labeled Occupational openings, 2016–26 annual average www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-projections-and-characteristics.htm.
Seven leftmost columns in www.bls.gov/emp/tables/occupational-separations-and-openings.htm.371
06/24/2019
Consumer Expenditure Surveys
Survey microdata
Consumer Expenditure Surveys Public-Use Microdata
In the 2018 Q1 files, data were reprocessed because some expenditure values were imputed incorrectly in the INB, HHP, and OPI files. These values should have been left as valid blanks. There were no changes to the published tables.370
06/13/2019
Spotlight on Statistics
Other publication
25 years of Worker Injury, Illness, and Fatality Case Data
The chart on slide 3 previously showed incorrect fatal injury rates for wage and salary workers and self-employed workers for 1992 to 2005. The chart has been corrected. The table associated with the chart was correct as originally published.369
04/30/2019
Employment Cost Index
News release and time series
Employment Cost Index – March 2019
Tables A, 1, 2, and 3 in the news release, the BLS database, and the interactive charts were corrected to provide revised seasonally adjusted data for the prior 5 years.368
03/22/2019
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database
Some statewide employment data for Georgia and Maine were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected March 22, 2019. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.367
03/06/2019
Consumer Price Index
Time series
Consumer Price Index database
Average prices for Fuel oil #2 per gallon (3.785 liters) were incorrect as published for the following:
November 2018 – January 2019 in the South and South - Size Class A areas
November – December 2018 in the South Atlantic divisionThe values have been removed from the BLS database.366
02/14/2019
Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
Time series
Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities database
The Bureau of Labor Statistics discovered errors in the estimates from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (SOII) – Case and Demographics associated with Source of Injury or Illness categories 3244 Oil drilling rigs and machinery and 345 Derricks and related equipment for reference years 2011 to 2017 (except 2015). For more information about these errors, see Incorrect Data for Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, 2011–17 (except 2015).365
02/14/2019
Producer Price Index
Time series
Producer Price Indexes database
Three Producer Price Index (PPI) industry indexes were incorrect from June 2015 to December 2018. For more information about correcting these series, see Error in Producer Price Index Petroleum Industry Indexes, 2015–18.364
02/14/2019
Consumer Price Index
News release
Consumer Price Index — January 2019
The news release published on February 13, 2019, was reissued the same day to correct the following sentence: "The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.2 percent in January for the fifth consecutive month." The original sentence stated it was the fourth consecutive month.363
01/09/2019
New York–New Jersey Information Office
News release
County Employment and Wages in New York — Second Quarter 2018
In the section on “Large county average weekly wages,” New York County's average weekly wage was incorrect. It has been corrected to $2,025.
 2018 Errata
Errata ID
Date Added
Subject Area
Content Type
Title (if applicable)
Description362
10/18/2018
Monthly Labor Review
Other publication
How did employment fare a decade after its 2008 peak?
On October 18, 2018, figure 3 was revised because of a calculation error.361
10/18/2018
National Compensation Survey - Benefits
Time series
National Compensation Survey — Benefits database
The 2017 National Compensation Survey - Benefits participation and take-up rate estimates for retirement benefits were corrected on the public database on October 18, 2018. For more information, see Access, participation, and take-up rates for retirement benefits.360
09/13/2018
Consumer Expenditures
News release
Consumer Expenditures — 2017
The Consumer Expenditures 2017 news release was reissued September 13, 2018, correcting data in table C. The table was originally published with 2016 data. No other data were affected.359
09/11/2018
Consumer Price Index
Time series
Consumer Price Index Database
C-CPI-U Errata for Selected Items, US City Average: Due to an error in the collection of Utility (piped) gas service prices in St. Louis, Chicago and Atlanta, the following US City Average Chained Consumer Price Index (C-CPI-U) series were affected for February 2018 through July 2018. Minor corrections were made to national level indexes for All items, Energy, Housing, Fuels and utilities, and Services. The expected corrections are:
SUUR0000SA0 (All items, US City Average): Data for July 2018
SUUR0000SA0E (Energy, US City Average): Data for February 2018–July 2018
SUUR0000SAH (Housing, US City Average): Data for April, May, and July 2018
SUUR0000SAH2 (Fuels and utilities, US City Average): Data for February 2018–July 2018
SUUR0000SAS (Services, US City Average): Data for April 2018–July 2018
The CPI intends to provide updated values in our database and on current publication tables on September 13, 2018.358
08/22/2018
Consumer Price Index
Time series
Consumer Price Index Database
Consumer Price Index and average price data for natural gas in Atlanta for July 2018 were incorrectly published in the database. These data will be corrected with the release of Consumer Price Index data for August on September 13, 2018. The following series were affected:
CUURS35CSEHF02 (Utility (piped) gas service, Atlanta, GA)
CUURS35CSEHF (Energy services, Atlanta, GA)
CUURS35CSAH21 (Household energy, Atlanta, GA)
APUS35C72620 (Utility (piped) gas per therm, Atlanta, GA)357
08/14/2018
The Economics Daily
Other publication
5.5 million separations in June 2018
This article was corrected to say there were 5.5 million job separations for the entire month of June 2018. The article originally said that was the number "On the last business day of June 2018."356
08/14/2018
National Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics survey)
Other publication
Current Employment Statistics Highlights, July 2018
The text of the construction page was corrected to say that employment in specialty trade contractors rose by 14,000 in July 2018.355
08/08/2018
Consumer Price Index
Time series
Consumer Price Index Database
BLS identified errors in average price data for natural gas for St. Louis from February 2018–July 2018 and for Chicago from May 2018–July 2018. For more information on errors and correction plans, please visit: https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/cpi-errata-08082018.htm354
07/26/2018
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database
Metropolitan area hours and earnings data were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on July 31, 2018. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.353
07/17/2018
Southeast Information Office
News release
Consumer Price Index, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach February 2018 April 2018
In chart 1 of the news releases for February 2018 and April 2018, the February 2018 data point for all items less food and energy was incorrect. The chart has been corrected to show a change of 3.3 percent for February 2018.352
07/05/2018
Occupational Requirements Survey
Time series
Occupational Requirements Survey estimates
BLS identified errors in the 2017 duration estimates of prior work experience, pre-employment training, and post-employment training. On June 29, 2018, BLS removed 667 estimates from the public database. For more information, see www.bls.gov/bls/errata/errors-in-2017-occupational-requirements-survey-estimates-of-training-and-prior-work-experience.htm.351
06/25/2018
U.S Import and Export Prices Indexes
Time series and news release
U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
A problem occurred with the calculation of the U.S. export air passenger fares indexes that were released with the June 14, 2018, release of the May 2018 U.S Import and Export Price Indexes. The data have been temporarily removed from the database. Corrected data will be issued with the June 2018 data on July 13, 2018. The following indexes were affected:
H142 Export Air Passenger Fares
H1421 Export Air Passenger Fares-Europe
H14211 Export Air Passenger Fares-United Kingdom
H14212 Export Air Passenger Fares-Other Europe
H1422 Export Air Passenger Fares-Asia
H14221 Export Air Passenger Fares-Japan
H14222 Export Air Passenger Fares-Other Asia
H1424 Export Air Passenger Fares-Latin America/Caribbean
H14243 Export Air Passenger Fares-Central/South America350
06/18/2018
U.S Import and Export Prices Indexes
News release
U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
The U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes news release for May 2018 inadvertently included two paragraphs in the technical note regarding the Locality of Origin Export Destination indexes and Terms of Trade indexes that will not be published until the August release on September 14. Those paragraphs have been removed. The error did not affect any of the released data or analysis of the data.349
06/18/2018
Monthly Labor Review
Other publication
Occupational separations: a new method for projecting workforce needs
BLS corrected this article on June 14, 2018. In table 3, the 2026 employment value for surgeons was corrected to "51.5."348
06/12/2018
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
Time series
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey Database
BLS identified errors in the JOLTS Federal government hires, total separations, and layoffs and discharges estimates from January 2011-April 2018. On June 11, 2018, BLS suppressed these data from the LABSTAT database. For more information on this error and correction plans, please visit: https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/jolts-errata-06122018.htm347
06/12/2018
Beyond the Numbers
Other publication
An average mystery in hours and earnings data entails a weighty explanation
On June 11, 2018, the article was republished to correct the following sentence regarding the analysis of earnings changes in table 9b: Conversely, average hourly earnings may increase at the lower level industries, but decline in the aggregate.346
05/31/2018
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Other publication
Occupational profiles
Wage estimates for May 2017 were incorrect for eight occupational profiles in three industries. BLS corrected these wage estimates May 31. The following profiles were corrected:
Material recording clerks (median annual wage in retail trade, except motor vehicle and parts dealers, food and beverage stores, and general merchandise stores)
Food service managers (median annual wage in accommodation)
Umpires referees and other sports officials (median annual wage in amusement, gambling, and recreation industries)
Massage therapists (median annual wage in accommodation)
Chefs and head cooks (median annual wage in amusement, gambling, and recreation industries)
Bartenders (median hourly wage in amusement, gambling, and recreation industries)
Grounds maintenance workers (median hourly wage in amusement, gambling, and recreation industries)
Small engine mechanics (median annual wage in amusement, gambling, and recreation industries)345
04/03/2018
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database
Some statewide employment data for California, Indiana, and Washington and some metropolitan area employment data for Washington were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were removed from the database April 3, 2018. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.344
03/26/2018
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database
Statewide and metropolitan area employment data for Washington were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on March 23, 2018. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.343
01/30/2018
Employment Projections
News release, time series, and other publications
Numerous publications; see description
BLS staff identified an error in calculating the projected self-employment in occupations for 2016–26. This error affected occupational employment projections published in the BLS database, the October 24, 2017, news release, the Occupational Outlook Handbook, a Monthly Labor Review article, several Career Outlook articles, an article in The Economics Daily, and other published material. For more information, see www.bls.gov/bls/errata/employment-projections-2016-26-corrections.htm.342
01/29/2018
National Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics Survey)
Time series
Current Employment Statistics Database
BLS has discovered a misclassified report (with an incorrect industry classification) in securities and armored car services, resulting in incorrect estimates from October 2016 through December 2017. The reporting error affected all employment, hours, and earnings estimates in securities and armored car services (CES Industry Code 60-561610). The error also affected estimates of all employees in security guards and patrols and armored car services (CES Industry Code 60-561613). Corrected data will be available on February 2, 2018.341
01/29/2018
New York-New Jersey Information Office
News release
County Employment and Wages in New York — Second Quarter 2017
In the section on "Large county average weekly wages," the time period for wages in counties with an average weekly wage below the U.S. average was misidentified as second quarter 2016. It has been corrected to say second quarter 2017.340
01/25/2018
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
News release
State Employment and Unemployment — December 2017 (PDF)
In the PDF version of the news release, map 2, which shows the percentage change in nonfarm employment by state from December 2016 to December 2017, showed incorrect values in two of the ranges on the map legend. Those values have been corrected.339
01/12/2018
Consumer Price Index
Time series
Consumer Price Index Database
Some incorrect prices for electricity in the Cincinnati area were used in calculating index values from November 2015 through November 2017. Correct prices were used in calculating December 2017 index values. Past indexes computed using the incorrect prices are not being corrected, which may affect the interpretation of the December 2017 index value and percent changes relative to past values for the Cincinnati metropolitan area, the Midwest Census Region, and Midwest size class A cities. The effect on the national index values was negligible.338
01/12/2018
Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
Other publication
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, Fatal Work Injury Rates, Arizona
As originally published, the 2013 occupational fatal injury rate for the industry sector "Other services, except public administration" in Arizona was incorrect. The actual rate was 3.4 per 100,000 full-time equivalent workers and has been corrected.337
01/10/2018
Spotlight on Statistics
Other publication
Industry on tap: breweries
On slide 2 of the Spotlight on Statistics, the headline incorrectly stated the number of people working in breweries in 2016. That headline has been corrected. The text on slide 2 incorrectly stated the 2010–16 job gain in breweries, and that gain has also been corrected.
 2017 Errata
Errata ID
Date Added
Subject Area
Content Type
Title (if applicable)
Description336
12/04/2017
Southwest Information Office
News release
Houston Area Employment — October 2017
As originally published, the reference to a national employment increase in the first paragraph after the "Employment in the 12 largest metropolitan areas" heading was incorrect. The actual rate was 1.4 percent and has been corrected.335
11/17/2017
Current Population Survey
News release
College Enrollment and Work Activity of 2016 High School Graduates (HTML) (PDF)
This news release was reissued on Friday, November 17, 2017, to correct an error in the text. The number of 16- to 24-year-olds in the nation was incorrectly stated to be 22.1 million; the text was corrected to state that this was the number of 16- to 24-year-olds who were enrolled in high school or college.334
11/08/2017
BLS Reports
Other publication
Labor force characteristics by race and ethnicity, 2016
The first sentence of the report was corrected to say, "In 2016, the overall unemployment rate for the United States was 4.9 percent." That sentence had incorrectly said the "employment" rate.333
11/08/2017
Multifactor Productivity
Time Series
Multifactor Productivity Database
BLS identified an error in the estimates of the contribution of intellectual property products excluding research and development to labor productivity and the contribution of capital services excluding information processing equipment and intellectual property products to labor productivity. For more information, please see: https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/productivity-correction-11082017.htm.332
10/20/2017
New York–New Jersey Information Office
Other publication
Dutchess-Putnam Division Economic Summary (PDF)
As initially published, the payroll employment data in the bottom frame of this page were incorrect. BLS corrected the data in this summary on October 18, 2017.331
09/27/2017
National Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings database
The Current Employment Statistics program discovered processing errors in national estimates for women employees and production and nonsupervisory employees series in five basic industries within financial activities, professional and business services, and leisure and hospitality. Errant data range from November 2012 until May 2017; however, not all data during this timeframe were errant. In some months, errors in women employees estimates impacted higher aggregate estimates for women up through total nonfarm; errors in production and nonsupervisory employees impacted higher aggregate estimates for that group up through total private. The errors for production and nonsupervisory employees also resulted in minor errors in hours and earnings because hours and earnings are weighted by the corresponding employment in the aggregation process. Corrected data will be available on February 2, 2018. For more information, please see: https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/ces-women-production-correction.htm.330
09/22/2017
Occupational Employment Statistics
Time series
Occupational Employment Statistics database
The May 2016 OES published employment and wage estimates for foresters (occupation code 19-1032) and forest and conservation workers (occupation code 45-4011) were incorrect at the following levels:
Birmingham-Hoover, AL (foresters only)
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area (foresters only)
Alabama statewide
These estimates were removed from the website on September 22, 2017. Estimates for 2017 will be provided by April 2018 and will include any new publishable data for these occupations.329
09/21/2017
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Other publication
Atmospheric Scientists, Including Meteorologists
Dietitians and Nutritionists
Recreational Therapists
Surgical Technologists
Human Resources Managers
BLS inadvertently loaded five Occupational Outlook Handbook profiles to www.bls.gov prior to the official release. As originally published, the information in these profiles on median pay and number of jobs was labeled as 2014; the labels have been corrected to say 2016. Similarly, the information on job outlook and projected employment change was labeled as covering the 2014–24 period; the labels have been corrected to say 2016–26. The full release of the Occupational Outlook Handbook and employment projections for 2016–26 are scheduled for Tuesday, October 24, 2017.328
09/20/2017
Southwest Information Office
News release
Women's Earnings in Louisiana – 2016
Women's Earnings in Oklahoma – 2016
Women's Earnings in Texas – 2016
As originally published, Alaska and Hawaii were incorrectly colored in chart 3 in each of these reports. As amended here, both states are in the women's-to-men's earnings ratio classification of 80.0–84.9.327
07/28/2017
Employment Cost Index
News release
Employment Cost Index — June 2017
In table A of the HTML version of the news release, the values in the column showing seasonally adjusted 3-month changes ending in June 2017 were incorrect as originally published. These values have been corrected. The PDF version of the news release showed the correct values as it was originally published.326
07/21/2017
National Compensation Survey — Benefits
Time series
National Compensation Survey — Benefits database
During the preparation of the news release "Employee Benefits in the United States — March 2017," the Bureau of Labor Statistics identified a possible error in estimates of access to paid sick leave benefits for March 2010 through March 2016. BLS is evaluating the implications of this possible error and will correct the affected estimates as needed. For additional information see www.bls.gov/bls/errata/ebs-errata-07212017.htm.325
07/20/2017
Twitter
Other publication
https://twitter.com/BLS_gov
A tweet on July 14 was posted with an incorrect link to the article,"Almost half of people employed in sales and related occupations worked weekends and holidays in 2016." BLS subsequently sent another tweet with the correct link.324
07/14/2017
Multifactor Productivity
Other publication
Abstract posted to BLS homepage for Multifactor Productivity Trends in manufacturing, 2015 news release
The abstract initially posted on the BLS homepage for the Multifactor Productivity Trends In Manufacturing, 2015 news release incorrectly stated that nondurable manufacturing increased 2.7 percent. The abstract was corrected to say that nondurable manufacturing decreased 2.7 percent.323
07/14/2017
The Economics Daily
Other publication
Industries with summertime peaks in employment
Text in the next-to-last paragraph incorrectly stated that employment for golf courses and country clubs was 294,000 in January 2016. Text was corrected to reflect January 2016 employment was 264,000.322
06/20/2017
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database
Incorrect estimates of earnings and hours for New Jersey were removed from the database on June 20, 2017. Corrected estimates will be added to the database on July 21, 2017. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.321
06/20/2017
The Economics Daily
Other publication
Real average hourly earnings increased 0.6 percent over the year ended May 2017
The headline originally said that real average hourly earnings increased 0.3 percent over the year ended May 2017. It was corrected to say 0.6 percent.320
05/25/2017
Consumer Price Index
Time series
Consumer Price Index – Average Price Database
Average prices for gasoline for Cleveland-Akron, Ohio, Midwest Size A, and the Midwest urban were incorrect as originally published for the period from October 2016 through January 2017. Corrected estimates were added to the database Wednesday, June 14, 2017. The following series are affected by this correction.
APUA21074716 (Gasoline, unleaded premium, per gallon/3.785 liters, Cleveland-Akron, OH)
APUA20074716 (Gasoline, unleaded premium, per gallon/3.785 liters, Midwest Size A)
APU020074716 (Gasoline, unleaded premium, per gallon/3.785 liters, Midwest urban)
APUA2107471A (Gasoline, all types, per gallon/3.785 liters, Cleveland-Akron, OH)319
05/12/2017
Occupational Requirements Survey
Time series
Occupational Requirements Survey estimates
Occupational Requirements Survey estimates as originally released on December 1, 2016, contained errors within minimum education level and pushing/pulling requirements. For information regarding this correction, see www.bls.gov/bls/errata/ors-errata-05112017.htm.318
04/17/2017
Consumer Price Index
News release
Consumer Price Index, South Region — February 2017
As initially published, the time period stated in the second paragraph under the Energy heading incorrectly stated: From February 2015–February 2016. The release was republished with the time period corrected to: From February 2016–February 2017.317
03/31/2017
Business Employment Dynamics
Time series
Business Employment Dynamics Database
The database was revised on March 23, 2017, to correct errors in 216 series across all nine size classifications for both seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted employment levels and rates. For additional information about this correction, see https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/business-employment-dynamics-error-correction-20170323.htm.316
03/31/2017
Business Employment Dynamics
News release
Business Employment Dynamics — Second Quarter 2016 (HTML) (PDF)
This release was reissued on March 23, 2017, to correct the written analysis about firm size data and to correct data in tables 4 and 5. For additional information about this correction, see https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/business-employment-dynamics-error-correction-20170323.htm.315
02/27/2017
National Compensation Survey - Benefits
Time series
National Compensation Survey – Benefits database
Five labels about detailed provisions of defined benefit retirement plans were incorrect as initially published in the database on September 23, 2016. This error affected 120 data series about integration with Social Security benefits, terminal earnings, and disability retirement provisions. The correction was posted in the database on February 13, 2017.314
02/22/2017
Beyond the Numbers
Other publication
How do U.S. expenditures compare with those of other countries, Focus on Prices and Spending, Consumer Expenditure Survey, March 2012
Errors were found in chart 1 and table 1 of this article. Chart 1 and table 1 were corrected and the article was reissued on February 21, 2017.313
02/09/2017
Productivity and Costs
News release
Productivity and Costs, Fourth Quarter and Annual Averages 2016, Preliminary (HTML) (PDF)
BLS reissued this release February 8, 2017, to correct 2015 annual average data for the nonfinancial corporate sector as shown in table 6 and  appendix table 1. These measures reflect corrected source data on output reissued by the Bureau of Economic Analysis on February 6, 2017.312
01/27/2017
Business Employment Dynamics
News release
Business Employment Dynamics — Second Quarter 2016 (HTML) (PDF)
BLS reissued the Business Employment Dynamics release for the second quarter of 2016 on January 26, 2017 to correct a statement referencing state-level data. The original sentence erroneously stated "Indiana and Michigan had the lowest rate of gross job losses as a percent of employment." This was changed to read "Indiana and Massachusetts had the lowest rate of gross job losses as a percent of employment."311
01/27/2017
The Economics Daily
Other publication
CPI up 2.1 percent over the 12 months ending December 2016
A previous version of the chart's title indicated that the chart's dates went to 2006. It was corrected to 2016.
 2016 Errata
Errata ID
Date Added
Subject Area
Content Type
Title (if applicable)
Description310
12/30/2016
The Economics Daily
Other publication
74 percent of defined contribution plan participants had savings and thrift plans in 2015
The headline and the first paragraph incorrectly stated that 74 percent of private industry workers participate in a savings and thrift plans. The text was corrected to show that 44 percent of private industry workers participate in any kind of defined contribution plan. Of those participants, 74 percent were in a savings and thrift plan.309
12/16/2016
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database
The Bureau of Labor Statistics identified errors in metropolitan area and division hours and earnings series. These errors affect close to 1,000 series across approximately 350 metropolitan areas and divisions. No statewide employment, hours, or earnings data were affected. More information about these errors and the plan for correcting them is at www.bls.gov/sae/notices/2016/hours-and-earnings-error-suppression.htm.308
12/14/2016
Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
Time series
Corrections to Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data
The Bureau of Labor Statistics identified several incorrect national-level fatality rates and hours worked in the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI). The affected data were fatal occupational injury rates and the total hours worked for 12 occupations, 2 industries, and Asian, non-Hispanic workers. The affected data were not in the LABSTAT database, but appear in several BLS products. These products are listed at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/cfoi-errata-2016.htm. As of December 14, 2016, BLS was able to identify errors for the 2014 reference year. BLS is in the process of evaluating previous years to determine if similar problems exist.307
12/09/2016
BLS Reports
Other publication
Women in the labor force: a databook (2012) (2013) (2014) (2015)
The 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 editions of the Women in the Labor Force: a databook were reissued on December 9, 2016 to correct errors in five tables. Errors were found in the table describing the work experience of the population (table 22 in the 2013 edition, and table 23 in the 2014 and 2015 editions). Errors occurred in some of the historical data entries for the level and percentage of people "With work experience." Some of the estimates for the 2010–13 period showed the number (and percentage of population) of people who worked or looked for work during those years; the figures were corrected to show only the number (and percent) of people who worked during the year. Errors were found in the table describing the number of earners in married-couple families (table 24 in the 2014 and 2015 editions); errors occurred in some of the historical data entries for both the level and percent distribution of families with two or more earners where the earners are "Wife and other family member." Some of the estimates for levels in the 2011, 2012, and 2013 periods showed an error, which affected the percent distribution; the figures were corrected. Errors were found in the table describing self-employment in nonagricultural industries (table 33 in the 2012 and 2013 editions, and table 32 in the 2014 and 2015 editions); errors occurred in some of the historical data entries for "total employed" and "self-employed as a percentage of total." Some of the estimates for the 2011–14 period showed total employed in all industries; the figures were corrected to show total employed in nonagricultural industries.306
12/06/2016
BLS Reports
Other publication
Highlights of women’s earnings in 2015
As initially published, the year in the title of the data table accompanying Chart 5 incorrectly stated a reference year of 2014. The article was republished with the year in the table corrected to 2015.305
11/02/2016
State and Local Unemployment Rates
Other publication
Seasonally Adjusted Metropolitan Area Estimates
Data for metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions in Wisconsin or with parts in Wisconsin and data for metropolitan areas in Montana were subject to revision from January 1990 through December 1999 to incorporate special corrections to the not-seasonally-adjusted input data for selected months and subsequent re-fitting of the seasonal adjustment models for that decade. Unemployment rates were mostly unchanged, and differed by more than 0.2 percentage point in just one metropolitan area for five months.304
11/02/2016
State and Local Unemployment Rates
Time series
Local Area Unemployment Statistics Database
Due to incorrect processing, substate area data for Wisconsin in July 1998 and Montana in all months of 1999 did not reflect the appropriate statewide controls for employment and unemployment. Interstate areas with parts in Wisconsin also were impacted in July 1998. The corrections process consisted of simple ratio adjustment to the current statewide controls. Unemployment rates were mostly unchanged, and differed by a maximum of 0.5 percentage point in just one instance.303
10/28/2016
Employment Cost Index
Other publication
Employment Cost Index Historical Listing — Volume IV (TXT) (PDF)
Due to the correction of May 2016 through August 2016 CPI data, the Employment Cost Index constant dollar listing for June 2016 was corrected. No other series were corrected.302
10/20/2016
Current Population Survey
Time series
Weekly and Hourly Earnings Database
Due to the correction of May 2016 through August 2016 CPI data, the estimate for seasonally adjusted median weekly earnings for men in constant (1982–84) dollars for the second quarter of 2016 was revised. No other median weekly earnings data were changed.301
10/18/2016
National Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings Database
Due to an error in CPI data for May 2016 through August 2016, all real earnings series, as published for those months, were subject to correction. All real earnings series were recalculated using corrected CPI indexes. Corrected data are labeled with a (C) on the BLS website as of Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at 8:30am.300
10/18/2016
Consumer Price Index
Time series
Consumer Price Index Database
The indexes for Prescription drugs were incorrect as published for May 2016 through August 2016, which affected the U.S. All items index. Incorrect prices were used in the calculation of indexes in several local areas. A list of the series affected by the errors can be found at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/cpi-price-corrections-10182016.htm.299
10/11/2016
The Economics Daily
Other publication
Nonfarm employment of women increased 2.3 percent over the year ending September 2016
The article originally stated that the professional and business services industry experienced the largest 12-month percent increase in employment among major industries. The article was corrected to show that the construction industry had the largest 12-month percent increase among major industries.298
09/19/2016
Beyond the Numbers
Other publication
A closer look at spending patterns of older Americans
Table 2 was reissued Sept. 16, 2016, to correct the mean and share calculations in the rows under the spending category "Other."297
09/06/2016
The Economics Daily
Other publication
Payroll employment up 151,000 in August 2016
As initially published, negative signs were missing from some over-the-month employment change numbers in the data table. The article was republished with a corrected data table.296
08/09/2016
Employment Cost Trends
News release
Employment Cost Index — June 2016 (HTML) (PDF)
The headline on the BLS homepage for the Employment Cost Index news release originally said that compensation costs rose 2.3 percent over the year ending in March 2016. The headline was soon corrected to say the year ending in June 2016.295
06/01/2016
State and Local Unemployment Rates
Time series
Local Area Unemployment Statistics Database
On June 1, 2016, corrections were issued for all cities and city parts in Minnesota for January and February 2016. The errors had resulted from incorrect processing of unemployment insurance claims inputs. Unemployment levels were revised downward by as much as one-third, and associated unemployment rates were revised downward by as much as 2.2 percentage points. The average unemployment level decline was 7.4 percent, and most of the unemployment rate declines were less than 0.5 percentage point.294
04/29/2016
BLS Reports
Other publication
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses: a pilot study of job-transfer or work restriction cases, 2011–2013
Some text on p. 9 was missing. The missing text has now been added.293
04/29/2016
State and Local Unemployment Rates
Time series
Local Area Unemployment Statistics Database
On April 27, 2016, corrections were issued for substate areas in Kentucky, as well as eight interstate areas with parts in Kentucky, for January 2016. The establishment-based nonfarm wage and salary employment inputs to household employment were overestimated in Fulton, Harlan, Russell, and Union counties. Employment in all other counties in the state was affected, but the corrections outside of those four counties were relatively small. While unemployment rates were revised upward by between 0.3 and 0.7 percentage point across the four counties directly affected by the employment input corrections, rates changed by no more than 0.1 point in the remaining areas affected, and most had no rate change.292
04/14/2016
Consumer Price Index
Time series
Consumer Price Index Database
Due to an error in the collection of utility (piped) gas service prices in Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI, the following series were corrected for January through February 2016. We corrected utility (piped) gas and energy services, and the average retail price per therm of utility gas. For the C-CPI-U, we corrected housing, fuels and utilities, services, and energy.291
03/18/2016
State and Local Unemployment Rates
Time series
Local Area Unemployment Statistics Database
Seasonally-adjusted employment and unemployment estimates for both the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Balance of Michigan, state less Detroit-Warren-Dearborn MSA in July 1998 were modified to better reflect the impact of a large-scale labor dispute. (See https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LASMT261982000000003 and https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LASBS260000000000003, respectively.) The corrected data are more consistent with the corresponding estimates for Michigan as a whole, based on long-standing outlier treatment.290
03/18/2016
Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
News release
Employer-Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses in Kentucky — 2014 (HTML) (PDF)
As originally published, the third bullet point below paragraph one contained an error that stated in private industry, the highest total recordable cases (TRC) injury and illness incidence rate by employment size was 4.7 for mid-size establishments (those employing between 50 and 249 workers); the highest TRC injury and illness incidence rate was 5.0 for large establishments (those employing 1,000 or more workers).289
03/18/2016
Consumer Expenditure Survey
Other publication
2013 Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey Public Use Microdata Users' Documentation (ZIP) 2014 Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey Public Use Microdata Users' Documentation (ZIP) 2013 Consumer Expenditure Diary Survey Public Use Microdata Users' Documentation (ZIP) 2014 Consumer Expenditure Diary Survey Public Use Microdata Users' Documentation (ZIP)
The formula for computing the standard error of the difference between two non-disjoint estimates was corrected on the following pages: 2013 Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey Public Use Microdata Users' Documentation (page 102) 2014 Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey Public Use Microdata Users' Documentation (page 32) 2013 Consumer Expenditure Diary Survey Public Use Microdata Users' Documentation (page 33) 2014 Consumer Expenditure Diary Survey Public Use Microdata Users' Documentation (page 15)288
03/18/2016
National Compensation Survey
News release
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions — December 2015 (HTML) (PDF)
As originally published, paragraph one contained an error that stated the highest pay among Census divisions was $37.62 per hour in the Middle Atlantic; the correct highest pay was $38.14 in New England.287
03/01/2016
Industry Productivity and Costs
News release
Multifactor Productivity Trends In Manufacturing, 2013 (HTML) (PDF)
This release was reissued February 16, 2016, to correct an error in the labor composition estimates for manufacturing. All references to labor composition have been removed from the release. In addition, measures for the manufacturing sector, nondurable manufacturing sector, and industry multifactor productivity and manufacturing sector combined units of all inputs were affected by this error.286
02/19/2016
Consumer Price Index
News release
Consumer Price Index news release, January 2016
Tables 2 and 6 of the CPI News Release showed incorrect seasonally adjusted percent changes for the indexes for Bakery products, Bread, Pork chops, Bananas, Food at elementary and secondary schools and Postage. The CPI-U News Release Companion File contained incorrect seasonally adjusted indexes for these series, as well as incorrect seasonally adjusted percent changes. The affected files were updated on the afternoon of February 19, 2016.285
01/08/2016
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Other publication
Over-the-year change in total nonfarm employment for large metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted andOver-the-year change in total nonfarm employment for metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted
The table columns for the November 2014 and November 2015 employment levels incorrectly showed the October 2014 and October 2015 levels. The tables were corrected to show the November 2014 and 2015 levels.284
01/08/2016
The Economics Daily
Other publication
Provo-Orem, Utah, has largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment
The columns for the November 2014 and November 2015 employment levels incorrectly showed the October 2014 and October 2015 levels. The table was corrected to show the November 2014 and 2015 levels.283
01/06/2016
Monthly Labor Review
Other publication
Industry employment and output projections to 2024
This article was corrected on January 6, 2016. In the last paragraph of the "Sector highlights" section, the word "nonagricultural" was removed because the data here refer to total wage and salary employment.282
01/05/2016
Consumer Price Index
Time series
Chained Consumer Price Index Database
Several errors have been identified in the monthly expenditure weights used to calculate the Chained Consumer Price Index (C-CPI-U) series for January 2013 through November 2015. A list of the series affected by the weighting errors can be found at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/cpi-weights-corrections-01052016.htm. The corresponding CPI-U and CPI-W series are not affected.
 2015 Errata
Errata ID
Date Added
Subject Area
Content Type
Title (if applicable)
Description281
12/18/2015
Consumer Price Index
Time series
Average Price Database
Some average prices for electricity and utility (piped) gas were incorrect as initially published for November 2015. These average prices have been corrected in the database. These errors did not affect other published tables or related index values. The full list of series affected by this correction is at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/average-price- corrections-12172015.htm.280
12/10/2015
Monthly Labor Review
Other publication
Evaluation of BLS employment, labor force and macroeconomic projections to 2006, 2008, and 2010
This article was corrected on December 10, 2015. In figure 2B, several of the projected labor force participation rates for 1996–2006 and 2000–10 originally shown in the figure were somewhat lower than the rates BLS actually projected. In figure 3C, the base year labor force participation rate for 2000–10 was corrected to 67.1 instead of 67.2.279
12/9/2015
The Economics Daily
Other publication
Median wage $18.06 per hour for retail sales people at automobile dealers
As originally published, the median wage for retail salespeople in the first sentence was incorrect. It was corrected to $10.29 per hour on December 4, 2015.278
11/30/2015
National Compensation Survey
Other publication
Guide for Evaluating Your Firm's Jobs and Pay (PDF)
Within the leveling instructions and points on page 66, the maximum for level 7 and the minimum for level 8 were incorrect. The maximum points for level 7 has been corrected to 1604 and the minimum for level 8 has been corrected to 1605. No other data were affected.277
11/25/2015
Consumer Expenditure Survey
News release
Consumer Expenditures for the Houston Area: 2013–14
Table 2 contained two errors. The asterisk (*) used to indicate whether a metropolitan area expenditure share was significantly different from the U.S. average was incorrect for the Boston and Cleveland housing shares. The Boston housing share was not significantly different and should not have shown an asterisk; the Cleveland housing share was significantly different and should have shown an asterisk. These changes have been made in the current release.276
11/25/2015
Consumer Expenditure Survey
News release
Consumer Expenditures for the Dallas-Fort Worth Area: 2013–14
Table 2 contained two errors. The asterisk (*) used to indicate whether a metropolitan area expenditure share was significantly different from the U.S. average was incorrect for the Boston and Cleveland housing shares. The Boston housing share was not significantly different and should not have shown an asterisk; the Cleveland housing share was significantly different and should have shown an asterisk. These changes have been made in the current release.275
11/24/2015
National Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings – National Database
Hours and earnings data and related series from March 2006 through February 2009 for all employees in total private, private service- providing, education and health services, membership associations and organizations, and other services have been suppressed because of an error introduced during the 2009 benchmark revision. Corrected data will be available on February 5, 2016. For more information, please see:  www.bls.gov/ces/cesaeppfix.htm.274
11/19/2015
Current Population Survey
News release
Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers (HTML) (PDF)
The Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers news releases for the first, second, and third quarters of 2015 were reissued on Tuesday, November 10, 2015, to correct errors in table 1 of the release. An incorrect price index was used to compute seasonally adjusted median weekly earnings in constant dollars for total, men, and women, affecting data for the first quarter 2010 through the third quarter 2015. These estimates have been recalculated using the correct price index.  No other series in the news release were affected by the error.273
11/9/2015
National Compensation Survey
Other publication
Guide for Evaluating Your Firm's Jobs and Pay (PDF)
Within the leveling instructions and points on page 66, the point range for work level 6 had an incorrect maximum points of 1355. This overlapped with work level 7. The maximum points for level 6 has been corrected to 1354. No other work levels were affected.272
10/22/2015
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database
Statewide employment data for West Virgnia and employment data in casino hotels for Atlantic City–Hammonton, NJ, were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on October 20, 2015. More information about the corrections is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.271
08/19/2015
Consumer Price Index
Time series
Average Price Database
BLS discovered an error in the software that produces Consumer Price Index average prices affecting average price calculations for some alcoholic beverages during the April–July 2015 period; associated index values are not affected by this error. Corrected data for April 2015– June 2015, as well as data for July 2015 are available in the Average Price Database. The series affected are for Malt beverages, all types, all sizes, any origin, per 16 oz. (473.2 ml) and Wine, red and white table, all sizes, any origin, per 1 liter (33.8 oz.), for the following areas: U.S. city average, Northeast, Midwest, South, and West.270
08/12/2015
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database
Statewide employment data for Ohio were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on July 21, 2015. More information about the corrections is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.269
08/10/2015
Employment Cost Index (from the National Compensation Survey)
New release
Employment Cost Index — March 2015
In the HTML version of the news release, the last column in Table A was mislabeled as "March 2014" and has been corrected to "March 2015."268
07/31/2015
Business Employment Dynamics
News release
Business Employment Dynamics — Fourth Quarter 2014
In the PDF version of the news release, the second column in Table A was mislabeled as "March 2013" and has been corrected to "March 2014."267
07/21/2015
Employment Cost Index (from the National Compensation Survey)
Time series
Employment Cost Index Database
On April 28, 2015, BLS issued revised seasonally adjusted estimates from March 2010 through December 2014 as part of its annual revision process. With this revision, BLS corrected errors in the indirectly seasonally adjusted series for December 2013 through December 2014. Estimates in the public database and historical listings reflect the corrected data. More information about the corrections is available at www.bls.gov/bls/eci_errata_07212015.htm. For further information on the ECI seasonal adjustment process see www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/ectsfact.htm.266
07/15/2015
Beyond the Numbers
Other publication
Selected characteristics of savings and thrift plans for private industry workers
BLS corrected a number in the first sentence of the conclusion to say, "The prevalence of savings and thrift plans increased 10 percentage points from 2009 to 2012, unlike other types of defined contribution plans, which did not change significantly." The original sentence incorrectly said 6 percentage points, instead of 10 percentage points.265
07/10/2015
State and Local Unemployment Rates
Other publication
Table 1. Civilian labor force and unemployment by metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (TXT) (ZIP)
On July 1, 2015, BLS incorrectly copied seasonally adjusted employment estimates for the New Orleans-Metairie, Louisiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) to the Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana, MSA for the period from January through May 2015. This resulted in the calculation of substantially higher civilian labor force levels and substantially lower unemployment rates than were appropriate for Shreveport-Bossier City in these months. BLS corrected the supplemental data files on July 10, 2015, to reflect the appropriate seasonally adjusted employment estimates for Shreveport-Bossier City.264
07/02/2015
State and Local Unemployment Rates
Time series
Local Area Unemployment Statistics Database
Minor corrections were made to employment estimates for areas in Oregon from January 2013 through February 2015, with changes in unemployment rates of no more than 0.1 percentage point. Corrections were made to unemployment estimates for areas in Washington from January 2012 through March 2015, with some sizeable changes in unemployment rates. Corrections also were made to employment estimates for areas in Puerto Rico from January 2010 through March 2015. Except for a few heavily agricultural areas, the employment corrections and associated unemployment rate changes for Puerto Rico areas were mostly small. All corrected estimates were noted in the BLS database on July 1, 2015.263
06/22/2015
Spotlight on Statistics
Other publication
Housing: before, during, and after the Great Recession
Within the chart on the slide titled, "Is it cheaper to rent or own your own home?" data for mortgage interest and charges (homeowner with a mortgage) and rent were revised on June 22, 2015.262
06/11/2015
The Economics Daily
Other publication
Job openings at highest level since 2000
As initially published, the last paragraph indicated that these data were not seasonally adjusted. In fact, these data are seasonally adjusted.261
06/11/2015
Industry Productivity and Costs
News release
Productivity and Costs by Industry: Manufacturing and Mining Industries, 2014 (HTML) (PDF)
BLS reissued this release on June 10, 2015, to correct errors in NAICS 3121, beverages; 312, beverages and tobacco products; 3241, petroleum and coal products; 324, petroleum and coal products; and 3345, electronic instruments. Corrections have been made to tables 1, 2, and 3; no changes were required to the text or charts of the news release.260
06/11/2015
The Economics Daily
Other publication
Labor force participation rate little changed at 62.9% in May 2015
The data labels on the horizontal axis in the second chart were incorrect. The labels were corrected on June 10, 2015, to reflect the May 2006–May 2015 period.259
05/27/2015
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database
Statewide employment data for North Dakota and Oregon and employment and earnings data for metropolitan areas in those and other states were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on May 27, 2015. More information about the corrections is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.258
04/29/2015
State and Local Unemployment Rates
Time series
Local Area Unemployment Statistics Database
On April 29, 2015, BLS corrected January 2015 labor force estimates for all substate areas in Idaho, Iowa, Georgia, Vermont, and Puerto Rico, and 17 interstate areas with parts in these states. The errors for Idaho, Iowa, Georgia, and Puerto Rico had resulted from incorrect employment estimates, while the errors for Vermont had resulted from incorrect unemployment insurance claims estimates.257
04/28/2015
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database
Employment data for Virginia and employment and earnings data for some metropolitan areas in other states were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on April 21, 2015. More information about the corrections is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.256
04/15/2015
Current Population Survey
Other publication
A Profile of the Working Poor, various years
BLS reissued table 4 of the annual report A Profile of the Working Poor for the 2002–2012 period to correct errors in data by occupation. A full discussion of the errors and corrected data are available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/corrected-working-poor-data.htm.255
04/02/2015
National Longitudinal Surveys
News release
Number of Jobs Held, Labor Market Activity, and Earnings Growth among the Youngest Baby Boomers: Results from a Longitudinal Survey
BLS reissued the HTML version of this news release on April 1, 2015, to correctly refer to the latter years of the baby boom as 1957-1964 in the section on Percent Growth in Real Earnings. This error did not appear in the PDF version of the news release.254
03/27/2015
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database
Incorrect employment data for Knoxville, Tennessee, were published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on March 27, 2015. More information about the corrections is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.253
03/27/2015
Consumer Price Index
News release
Consumer Price Index, Los Angeles area — February 2015 (HTML) (PDF)
On March 25, 2015, corrections were made to Table A. The January 2015 monthly and annual percent changes listed February 2015 data; the February 2015 cells were blank. January 2015 data have been added and the February 2015 data are now in the correct cell.252
03/25/2015
Compensation and Working Conditions
Other publication
The New Health Participation and Access Data from the National Compensation Survey
This article, published on October 26, 2009, contained several errors. In table 2, on page 3, the participation in stand-alone dental plans should have been 8 percent and with access to stand-alone dental plans should have been 12 percent. In table 4, on page 5, the full-time annual hours worked should have been 1,857 for service workers in local government. Private industry management, professional, and related full-time workers should have been 1,862 and part-time workers 872 annual hours. The private industry service full-time workers should have been 1,911 and the part-time workers 998 annual hours. On page 5, the state and local government average employer health cost should have been $6,340.60 per employee and the private sector $3,526.84. On page 7, the private industry costs for health care in management, professional, and related workers should have been 34 percent higher than service workers. The employer share of health costs for management, professional, and related workers should have been 78 percent. On page 7, the percent of full-time workers in jobs where the establishment does not differentiate between sampled full-time and part-time jobs when offering health care plans should have been 88 percent.251
03/24/2015
The Economics Daily
Other publication
Producer Price Index for final demand decreased from February 2014 to February 2015
In both charts, we corrected the horizontal axis labels for November 2014 and December 2014. They previously showed the year as 2015.250
03/17/2015
State and Local Unemployment Rates
Time series
Local Area Unemployment Statistics Database
On March 17, 2015, corrections were made to seasonally adjusted data for Puerto Rico from January 1976 through December 2009. These data are available at https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LASST720000000000003. BLS inadvertently posted changes to these seasonally adjusted series on March 4, 2015. The March 17 corrections restore the data that had been overwritten.249
02/26/2015
National Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings – National Database
Folding boxes and misc. paperboard containers manufacturing employment (seasonally adjusted) from 1990 to 2006 was incorrect due to a data processing error. The error was introduced during the 2011 benchmark (PDF), released in January 2012. The corrected data was published on February 26, 2015.248
02/13/2015
Current Population Survey
Other publication
A-37. Unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment (PDF) (HTML)
Some January 2015 estimates of unemployed persons by occupation, industry, and duration of unemployment were incorrect in table A-37. Corrections were minor. A corrected table was published on February 13, 2015.247
02/12/2015
Business Employment Dynamics
News release
Business Employment Dynamics — Second Quarter 2014
BLS reissued the PDF version of the Business Employment Dynamics release for the second quarter of 2014 on February 12, 2015, to include missing tables 1-8.246
02/06/2015
Current Population Survey
News release
The Employment Situation — January 2015
BLS reissued the HTML version of the Employment Situation for January 2015 on February 6, 2015, to correct a sign in table C from negative to positive. The table shows how the January 2015 adjustments of population estimates affected monthly changes in selected measures. For the employed, the change from December 2014 to January 2015 after removing the population control effect incorrectly appeared as -435,000. The correct value is +435,000.
 2014 Errata
Errata ID
Date Added
Subject Area
Content Type
Title (if applicable)
Description245
12/31/2014
Import/Export Price Indexes
Other publication
New England: Price Movements of Top Exports and Other Highlights (December 2014 edition)
The last bullet under the heading "New England Computer & Electronic Products Exports by Trade-Dollar Value, 2013" was corrected to read "With $12.9 billion in exports, New England accounted for 6.3 percent of total U.S. exports."244
12/19/2014
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — State and Metropolitan Area Database
Incorrect employment data for Arizona were published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on December 19, 2014. More information about the corrections is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.243
12/08/2014
The Economics Daily
Other publication
Average annual expenditures on gifts of goods and services in 2013
On December 4, 2014, the percentage of total expenditures on gifts of goods and services for housing was incorrectly published as 18.6 percent within the data table associated with the chart. The correct value of 18.7 percent was published on December 8, 2014.242
12/02/2014
Beyond the Numbers
Other publication
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries commemorates 20 years of occupational safety and health data
On December 2, 2014, the number of fatalities in July was corrected in the sentence: July had the highest number of fatal occupational injuries (11,168), and the fewest number of injuries occurred in February (8,008). Also, the word "average" was erroneously used to describe the "total" number of fatal injuries during the winter months. The sentence was corrected to: In comparison, the winter months of December, January, and February totaled 25,380 fatal injuries (22 percent).241
11/25/2014
Regional and State Employment and Unemployment — October 2014
News release
Regional and State Employment and Unemployment — October 2014 (PDF)
The PDF version of Regional and State Employment and Unemployment — October 2014 was reissued on Tuesday, November 25, 2014, to correct two column headers (the second and fourth) on table E. The erroneous column headers read "September 2014" and "Over-the-month change p" but should have read "October 2013" and "Over-the-year change p". No changes were made to data in the table.240
11/21/2014
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — State and Metropolitan Area Database
Because of a data processing error, employment data for Arizona were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on November 21, 2014. More information about the corrections is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.239
11/20/2014
Business Employment Dynamics
Other publication
Table 7. Private sector establishments by direction of employment change, as percent of total establishments, seasonally adjusted (TXT)
On November 19, 2014, first quarter 2014 3-digit NAICS sector data had missing values in the file www.bls.gov/web/cewbd/bd_data_ind3.txt as well as the following table:
Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores
Table 7
These tables can be found on www.bls.gov/bdm/bdmind3.htm and were updated on Thursday, November 20, 2014.238
11/19/2014
National Compensation Survey — Employee Benefits
Other publication
Table 46. High deductible health plans: Summary of tax-favored accounts, private industry workers, National Compensation Survey, 2013 (PDF) (TXT)
The base statement below the table title was corrected to read "(All workers participating in high deductible health plans = 100 percent)." The previous base statement was "(All workers participating in medical care plans = 100 percent)". The data are correct as published.237
10/27/2014
Consumer Price Index
Other publication
Hedonic Quality Adjustment in the CPI
In the data table titled, "CPI Item Categories that Utilize Hedonic Quality Adjustments," the relative importance for Rent of Primary Residence was incorrectly published as 0.977 on October 22, 2014. The corrected value of 6.977 was published on October 23, 2014.236
10/22/2014
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — State and Metropolitan Area Database
Because of a data processing error, employment data for Arizona were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on October 21, 2014. More information about the corrections is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.235
10/09/2014
Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
Other publication
Days of Job Transfer or Restriction Pilot Study — 2012 and 2011
Because of data processing errors, national-level estimates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses were incorrectly published in the Days of Job Transfer or Restriction reports for 2011 and 2012. Corrections will not be made to these reports. For additional information see https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/iif_errata_1014.htm.234
10/09/2014
Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
Other publication
Industry Injury and Illness Data
Because of data processing errors, national-level estimates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses were incorrectly published in data tables and charts for reference years 2011 and 2012. For additional information see https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/iif_errata_1014.htm.233
10/09/2014
Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
Other publication
Case and Demographic Characteristics for Work-related Injuries and Illnesses Involving Days Away From Work
Because of data processing errors, national-level estimates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses were incorrectly published in data tables and charts for reference years 2011 and 2012. For additional information see https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/iif_errata_1014.htm.232
10/09/2014
Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
News release
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (Annual) — 2012 and 2011
Because of data processing errors, national-level estimates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses were incorrectly published in news releases for reference years 2011 and 2012.  Corrections will not be made to these news releases.  For additional information see https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/iif_errata_1014.htm.231
10/09/2014
Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
News release
Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Requiring Days Away From Work — 2012 and 2011
Because of data processing errors, national-level estimates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses were incorrectly published in news releases for reference years 2011 and 2012.  Corrections will not be made to these news releases. For additional information see https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/iif_errata_1014.htm.230
10/09/2014
Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
Time series
Nonfatal Cases Involving Days Away From Work Database and Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Database
Because of data processing errors, national-level estimates of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses were incorrectly published in the BLS database for reference years 2011 and 2012. These estimates were removed from the database on October 9, 2014. For additional information see https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/iif_errata_1014.htm.229
09/25/2014
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Time series
Data Download
On Thursday, September 18, 2014, the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages released updated annual averages for 2013 in several formats, including the CSV file format. Within the CSV files, annual average pay was incorrect by a factor of 10. (For example, $57,000 was shown as $5,700.) This was the only incorrect field within the CSV files. This error was present on the 2013 annual average CSV archives accessible from the Data Download section, the QCEW Data Viewer, and the Open Data Access Files. The incorrect files were removed from the BLS website after 3:00 p.m. Thursday, September 25, 2014. This error did not appear in other QCEW products, such as the ENB text files, the County High-Level files, the Location Quotient Calculator, the State and County Map, and Create Customized Tables. The correct 2013 annual average data available from these sources will remain available to the public. Corrected data files were posted the afternoon of September 30.228
09/19/2014
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — State and Metropolitan Area Database
Because of a data processing error, employment data for some states and metropolitan areas were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on September 19, 2014. More information about the corrections is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.227
09/09/2014
National Compensation Survey
Time series
Employer Cost for Employee Compensation Database
As a result of problems implementing the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification, the December 2013 and March 2014 Employer Costs for Employee Compensation data contained errors when originally published. The errors were in the management, professional, and related occupational group and sub-groups in civilian, private industry, and state and local government.  For more information, see https://www.bls.gov/bls/ecec_correction_091014.htm. These errors were initially reported on August 27, 2014, in Errata ID 224.226
09/09/2014
Occupational Employment Statistics
Time series
Occupational Employment Statistics Database
The May 2011, 2012, and 2013 OES wage estimates for elementary school teachers, except special education, in Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin and statewide in Wisconsin were incorrectly published in the BLS database. Additionally, the May 2011, 2012, and 2013 employment estimates for the following occupations in Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin were incorrectly published in the BLS database:
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
These estimates were removed from the database on September 8th, 2014. Revised estimates will not be published because of continuing concerns about their quality.225
09/05/2014
Current Employment Statistics
Other publication
CES Net Birth/Death Model
The total nonfarm over-the-month change for July 2014 on the CES Net Birth/Death Model page was incorrectly published as 1,110,000 on September 5, 2014 at 8:30 AM. The corrected change of -1,110,000 was published on September 5, 2014 at 3:00 PM.224
08/27/2014
National Compensation Survey
Time series
Employer Cost for Employee Compensation Database
Due to data processing problems, the December 2013 and March 2014 Employer Costs for Employee Compensation estimates for the management, professional, and related occupational group and sub-groups are incorrect as published. The database and historical listings will be corrected soon. The upcoming news release for June 2014 estimates is scheduled to be released on September 10, 2014. Historical news releases will not be corrected. See Errata ID 227 for updated information about the correction of these errors.223
08/27/2014
Multifactor Productivity
Time series
Multifactor Productivity Database
Multifactor productivity data for the private business and private nonfarm business sectors were corrected on August 21, 2014. The correction is a result of an error in unpublished BLS source data on unpaid family worker hours in 2012. Only data for 2012 were affected; measures for all other years were correct as originally published April 3, 2014. For more information see https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/2012_mfp_correction.htm.222
08/20/2014
Consumer Price Index
Time series
Average Price Database
Consumer Price Index Database
The index for electricity for Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, was incorrect as published for June 2014. The average price for electricity per kilowatt hour for Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI, was also affected. Several incorrect prices were used in the calculation of the indexes and average prices. The corrected indexes and average prices were corrected on August 19, 2014, and are available in the CPI public databases and on tables 15, 16, 22, and 23 of both the June and July 2014 CPI Detailed Reports.221
08/20/2014
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — State and Metropolitan Area Database
Because of a data processing error, employment data for the leisure and hospitality industry in Sandusky, Ohio, was incorrectly published in the BLS database. The estimate was corrected on August 18, 2014. More information about the correction is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.220
08/14/2014
The Economics Daily
Other publication
4.7 million job openings in June 2014
The Editor's Desk article published August 14, 2014, originally used seasonally adjusted data. It is customary for the Job Openings and Labor Turnover survey program to use not seasonally adjusted data for year-to-year comparisons. This TED and chart have been revised to reflect this.219
08/01/2014
Business Employment Dynamics
Other publication
National Private Sector Business Employment Dynamics Data by Major Industry Classification and Business Employment Dynamics Data by States
On July 30, 2014, fourth quarter 2013 3-digit NAICS sector data had missing values in the file www.bls.gov/web/cewbd/bd_data_ind3.txt as well as the following:
Tables 1 and 3 and charts 1,2 and 3 accessed from Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
Tables 1 and 3 and charts 1,2, and 3 accessed from Insurance Carriers and Related ActivitiesAll of these tables and charts were updated on Thursday, July 31, 2014.218
07/09/2014
Multifactor Productivity
Time series
Multifactor Productivity Database
Multifactor productivity data for the private business and private nonfarm business sectors were corrected July 9, 2014. Capital income and labor compensation were incorrectly calculated for the period 1987 to 1989. Additionally the capital hours ratio for the private nonfarm business sector was affected in 1987. For further information see www.bls.gov/bls/errata/1987- 89_mfp_correction.htm217
06/30/2014
Beyond the Numbers
Other publication
Shrimp disease in Asia resulting in high U.S. import prices
In Chart 3, the title was corrected to read "Contributions to the 0.5-percent increase in nonfuel import prices from the major import categories, first quarter, 2014."216
06/20/2014
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — State and Metropolitan Area Database
Because of a data processing error, employment data for some states and metropolitan areas were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on June 20, 2014. More information about the corrections is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.215
05/28/2014
State and Local Unemployment Rates
Time series
Local Area Unemployment Statistics Database
On May 28, 2014, corrections were made to estimates of civilian labor force and unemployment levels and unemployment rates for all substate areas in Nevada, as well as the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Yuba City, CA–NV Combined Statistical Area, for January 2014 and February 2014. The errors resulted from incorrect information about unemployment insurance claims.214
05/16/2014
Current Population Survey
News release
College Enrollment of 1993 High School Graduates
This news release was reissued on May 16, 2014, to correct errors in table 2. The numbers in the rows for men and women not enrolled in school with  "Less than a bachelor's degree" were incorrect as originally published. Those numbers originally showed only persons with associate's degrees.  Persons with some college, no degree have been added to those with associate's degrees and the corrected totals are now listed on the rows labeled "Less than a bachelor's degree."213
05/16/2014
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — State and Metropolitan Area Database
Because of a data processing error, employment data for some states and metropolitan areas were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on May 16, 2014. More information about the corrections is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.212
04/18/2014
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — State and Metropolitan Area Database
Because of a data processing error, employment data for the Ocean City, NJ, metropolitan area were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on April 18, 2014. More information about the corrections is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.211
04/18/2014
Consumer Price Index
Time series
Consumer Price Index Database
The indexes for Utility (piped) gas service for the Size class D and Midwest – Size class D, and Energy services for Midwest- Size class D were incorrect as published for January 2014.  The average price for Utility (piped) gas per therm for the Size class D and Midwest – Size class D were also affected.  Several incorrect prices were used in the calculation of the January indexes and average prices.  The corrected indexes and average prices were corrected on April 15, 2014, and are available in the CPI public databases and are available on tables 12, 13, 19, 20, P2, and 1C in the March 2014 CPI Detailed Report.210
03/24/2014
Spotlight on Statistics
Other publication
Nonfatal injuries and illnesses among state and local government workers
The Spotlight on Statistics published on March 21, 2014, showed an error on the map on slide #2. The national rate of occupational injuries and illnesses among state and local government workers appeared incorrectly as 5.6 cases per 100 full-time workers. The map was corrected on March 24, 2014, to show the national rate of 5.7 cases per 100 full-time workers.209
03/21/2014
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Time series
Guide to QCEW Data Sources
Some QCEW data files released on March 19, 2014, did not include revised data for the first and second quarters of 2013. These files were replaced on March 20, 2014.208
02/20/2014
Monthly Labor Review
Other publication
Wage estimates by job characteristic: NCS and OES program data
On February 20, 2014, corrections were made to tables 2, 3, 4, and 5 of this article. The tables, as originally published, included estimates that were calculated using incorrect weights for some of the wage observations from the National Compensation Survey sample.207
01/14/2014
Business Employment Dynamics
Other publication
National Private Sector Business Employment Dynamics Data by Major Industry Classification and Business Employment Dynamics Data by States
Annual revisions to Business Employment Dynamics series are published with the release of first quarter data. However, revisions to establishment birth and death data were not included in the first quarter 2013 release. These data will be updated with the release of second quarter 2013 data on January 29, 2014. Table 8 of the news release will be updated on January 29, along with the birth and death data at the national industry level and the total private state level data.206
01/10/2014
Employment Projections
Other publication
Education and training outlook for occupations, 2012–22
The percent distribution for occupations that typically require a bachelor's degree was missing from the pie chart on page 1.205
01/03/2014
Beyond the Numbers
Other publication
Spending patterns of families receiving means-tested government assistance
In Table 2, among families receiving government means-tested assistance, the percent of all families participating in a public assistance program was corrected from 10.6 to 10.7.
 2013 Errata
Errata ID
Date Added
Subject Area
Content Type
Title (if applicable)
Description204
12/20/2013
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database
Because of a data processing error, employment data for some states and metropolitan areas were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on December 20, 2013. More information about the corrections is available at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.203
12/12/2013
Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
Other publication
Miscellaneous Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data tables
Totals for the professional and related occupations category were incorrectly defined in four Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) tables containing historical data: (1) Fatal occupational injuries by selected characteristics, 2003-2012, (2) Fatal occupational injuries incurred by Hispanic or Latino workers, 2008-2012, (3) Fatal occupational injuries incurred by foreign-born workers by selected characteristics, 2008-2012, and (4) Fatal occupational injuries incurred by foreign-born Hispanic or Latino workers, 2008-2012. The 13 data points that were affected have been corrected and are denoted by an asterisk. This problem did not affect any of the CFOI news releases and only affected data prior to 2011 for this occupation.202
12/11/2013
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
Other publication
Job Opening and Labor Turnover Survey Highlights, October 2013
Chart 4 on the Beveridge Curve and the fourth bullet on the same page incorrectly showed the national unemployment rate for October 2013. The chart and text were corrected to indicate the correct rate of 7.3 percent.201
12/04/2013
Occupational Employment Statistics
Timeseries
Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2012: 53-3021 Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity
The May 2012 OES wage estimates for bus drivers, transit and intercity in Spokane, WA, were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were removed from the database on December 2, 2013. Revised estimates will not be published because of continuing concerns about their quality.200
11/22/2013
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database
Because of a data processing error, employment data for some states and metropolitan areas were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on November 22, 2013. More information about the corrections is available at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.199
11/01/2013
Import/Export Price Indexes
Other publication
California: Price Movements of Top Exports and Other Highlights (October 2013 edition)
The columns in chart 1 were incorrectly labeled and thus appeared to contradict the text that stated (correctly) that computer and electronic product manufacturing was California's largest export in 2012 ($44.8 billion). The third bullet point under "Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing" should have said "lower prices for computer peripherals and communications equipment" (not "higher prices").198
10/30/2013
Consumer Price Index
Time series
Consumer Price Index Database
The average prices for Bacon, sliced, per lb. (453.6 gm) for the U.S. city average and Northeast region were incorrect as published for January through July 2013. An incorrect price was used in the calculation of the average prices. The corrected average prices are available in the CPI public database for Average Prices (series ID APU0000701322 and APU0100701322).197
10/30/2013
Consumer Price Index
Other publication
September 2013 CPI Detailed Report
The average prices for Bacon, sliced, per lb. (453.6 gm) for the U.S. city average and Northeast region were incorrect as published for January through July 2013. An incorrect price was used in the calculation of the average prices. The corrected average prices are available in table P4 of the September 2013 CPI Detailed Report.196
09/16/2013
The Editor's Desk
Other publication
Household spending increases to $51,442 in 2012, surpassing prerecession levels
The 2012 average housing expenditure per consumer unit shown in the second chart and table was incorrect as originally published September 12, 2013. The correct amount ($16,887) was published September 16.195
09/11/2013
Consumer Price Index
Other publication
July 2013 CPI Detailed Report
The July 2013 average price for U.S. city average Turkey, frozen, whole, per lb. (453.6 gm) was incorrect as published in the July 2013 CPI Detailed Report. An incorrect price was used in the calculation of the average price. The corrected average price will be available on table P4 of the August 2013 CPI Detailed Report.194
09/11/2013
Consumer Price Index
Time series
Consumer Price Index Database
The July 2013 average price for U.S. city average Turkey, frozen, whole, per lb. (453.6 gm) was incorrect as published in the CPI public database for Average Prices. An incorrect price was used in the calculation of the average price. The corrected average price will be available on September 17 in the CPI public database for Average Prices (series ID APU0000706311).193
08/28/2013
State and Local Unemployment Rates
Time series
Local Area Unemployment Statistics Database
Corrections were made to labor force, employment, and unemployment rate estimates for all substate areas in New Jersey and most substate areas in West Virginia from January to May of 2013. Selected interstate areas with several neighboring states were impacted as well. Also, the unemployment rate for Owls Head town, ME, was corrected for March 2013, due to a rounding error. Affected areas have been footnoted as corrected for the appropriate months in the time series database.192
08/19/2013
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database
Because of a data processing error related to the annual benchmark revisions of the survey, employment data for some states and metropolitan statistical areas were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on August 19, 2013. More information about the corrections is available at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.191
08/16/2013
Labor Productivity and Costs
News release
Productivity and Costs — Second Quarter 2013, Preliminary (HTML) (PDF)
Data for the nonfinancial corporate sector are not available because of corrections to source data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis received August 15, as noted at https://www.bea.gov/news/2013/gross-domestic-product-2nd-quarter-2013-third-estimate-corporate-profits-2nd-quarter-2013. These corrections could not be included in time for this news release. Measures for all other sectors are correct. BLS nonfinancial corporate sector data will be published with the next regularly scheduled Productivity and Costs news release on September 5, 2013, at 8:30 a.m.190
08/16/2013
Labor Productivity and Costs
Time series
Major Sector Productivity and Costs Database
Data for the nonfinancial corporate sector are not available because of corrections to source data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis received August 15, as noted at https://www.bea.gov/news/2013/gross-domestic-product-2nd-quarter-2013-third-estimate-corporate-profits-2nd-quarter-2013. BLS nonfinancial corporate sector data will be available in the BLS database with the next regularly scheduled Productivity and Costs news release on September 5, 2013, at 8:30 a.m.189
08/15/2013
Beyond the Numbers
Other publication
The reemergence of the United States as a global petroleum producer
A sentence in the section on "Import petroleum prices" originally said, "As a result, Libyan petroleum exports fell from more than 1.5 billion barrels a day before the crisis to 200,000 barrels a day by April." That sentence has been corrected to say 1.5 million barrels a day instead of 1.5 billion.188
08/01/2013
Business Employment Dynamics
Other publication
National Private Sector Business Employment Dynamics Data By Major Industry Classification
On July 30, 2013, third quarter 2012 data that had been missing data were added to tables for the following industries:Pipeline Transportation, Tables 1 and 3
Building Materials and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers, Table 3
Sporting Goods, Hobby, and Musical Instrument Stores, Table 7
Personal and Laundry Services, Table 7187
07/30/2013
State and Local Unemployment Rates
Time series
Local Area Unemployment Statistics Database
Corrections were made to labor force, employment, and unemployment estimates for selected substate areas in Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska from January to April of 2013. Affected areas have been footnoted as corrected for the appropriate months in the time series database.186
07/22/2013
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database
Because of a data processing error related to the annual benchmark revisions of the survey, employment data for some states and metropolitan statistical areas were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on July 18, 2013. More information about the corrections is available at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.185
7/17/2013
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation
Time series
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation database
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation data for September 2012 and December 2012 contained errors in several series and have been corrected in the public database and historical listings available on the BLS website. The primary errors were in insurance data for private industry. Some additional series were also corrected. The news releases will not be corrected. For further information see: www.bls.gov/bls/eci_corrections_043013.htm.184
07/11/2013
Multifactor Productivity
Time series
Multifactor Productivity database
Multifactor productivity data for the private business and private nonfarm business sectors for 2012 were corrected on July 19, 2013. Measures for capital services were incorrectly calculated for 2012. Measures of multifactor productivity, output per unit of capital services, combined inputs, capital services per hour, and the contribution of capital intensity were affected by this error. Only data for 2012 were affected; measures for all other years were correct as originally published June 28, 2013. For further information see www.bls.gov/bls/errata/prelimmfp_errata.htm183
07/11/2013
Multifactor Productivity
News release
Preliminary Multifactor Productivity Trends — 2012 (HTML) (PDF)
This release was reissued July 19, 2013, to correct multifactor productivity and related measures for the private business and private nonfarm business sectors. Measures for capital services were incorrectly calculated for 2012. Measures of multifactor productivity, output per unit of capital services, combined inputs, capital services per hour, and the contribution of capital intensity were affected by this error. Only data for 2012 were affected; measures for all other years were correct as originally published June 28, 2013.182
07/09/2013
National Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics Survey)
Other publication
CES Registry Receipts by Release
In the first preliminary release table, the annual average for 2012 was corrected from 72.5 to 73.1. This table was corrected on July 9, 2013.181
06/26/2013
National Compensation Survey - Employment Cost Trends
Time series
Employment Cost Index
Employment Cost Index data for September 2012, December 2012, and March 2013 contained errors in several series and have been corrected in the public database and historical listings available on the BLS website. The primary errors were in benefits data for private industry. Some additional series were also corrected. The news releases will not be corrected. For further information see: www.bls.gov/bls/eci_corrections_043013.htm.180
06/21/2013
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database
Because of a data processing error related to the annual benchmark revisions of the survey, employment data for some states and metropolitan statistical areas were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on June 20, 2013. More information about the corrections is available at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.179
06/06/2013
Current Population Survey
Other publication
Labor Force Characteristics by Race and Ethnicity, 2011
This report was reissued on June 6, 2013, to correct errors in table 2. The numbers in the rows for Central and South Americans and for Other Hispanics were incorrect due to a programming error; some individuals who should have been classified as Other Hispanics were included in the estimates for Central and South Americans. Also, a sentence on page 1, at the end of the second bulleted item, now contains corrected information about Central and South Americans.178
06/05/2013
Labor Productivity and Costs
Time series
Major Sector Productivity and Costs Database
Labor productivity and costs data released May 2, 2013 contained incorrect hours worked and related measures, including labor productivity, for the business and nonfarm business sectors for the first quarter of 2013 only. Labor productivity and costs data released June 5, 2013, incorporate corrected hours data in addition to other revised source data.177
06/05/2013
Labor Productivity and Costs
News release
Productivity and Costs — First Quarter 2013, Preliminary (HTML) (PDF)
In this news release, published May 2, 2013, measures of hours worked and labor productivity were incorrect for the business and nonfarm business sectors for the first quarter of 2013. Results for the manufacturing sector were correct as originally published. The Productivity and Costs — First Quarter 2013, Revised news release, published June 5, 2013 (HTML) (PDF), incorporates corrected hours data in addition to other revised source data. The preliminary news release will not be reissued.176
05/29/2013
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
Other publication
JOLTS Supplemental Materials
On May 24, 2013, corrections were made to the significant change tables for January, February, and March 2013. The errors occurred in the calculation of standard errors, resulting in the incorrect designation of changes as statistically significant or not for the following six estimates: January 2013
The over-the-year change in the job openings rate for the West region was corrected from blank to "YES."
The over-the-year change in the job openings level for durable goods manufacturing was corrected from blank to "YES."
The over-the-year change in the job openings level for nondurable goods manufacturing was corrected from blank to "YES."
February 2013
The over-the-month change in the job openings rate for total nonfarm was corrected from blank to "YES."
The over-the-year change in the total separations rate for professional and business services was corrected from "YES" to blank.
March 2013
The over-the-year change in the other separations level for leisure and hospitality was corrected from blank to "YES."175
05/29/2013
State and Local Unemployment Rates
Time series
Local Area Unemployment Statistics Database
On May 29, 2013, corrections were made to estimates of labor force, employment, and unemployment levels and unemployment rates for all substate areas in New Mexico for January 2013 and February 2013. The errors resulted from incorrect information about unemployment insurance claims.174
05/17/2013
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — State and Metropolitan Area Database
Because of a data processing error related to the annual benchmark revisions of the survey, employment data for some states and metropolitan statistical areas were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on May 17, 2013. More information about the corrections is available at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.173
05/10/2013
Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
Other publication
Case and Demographic Characteristics for Work-related Injuries and Illnesses Involving Days of Job Transfer or Restriction
In tables DJTR R4 and DJTR R8, the data in the tables did not match the table title descriptions. The data that were presented were for "part of body", while the table titles indicated "event or exposure". The tables were corrected by replacing the "part of body" data and column titles with" event or exposure" data and column titles.172
04/19/2013
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — State and Metropolitan Area Database
Because of a data processing error related to the annual benchmark revisions of the survey, employment data for some states and metropolitan statistical areas were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on April 19, 2013. More information about the corrections is available at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.171
04/03/2013
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
News release
Regional and State Unemployment — 2012 Annual Averages (HTML) (PDF)
The Regional and State Unemployment — 2012 Annual Averages release was reissued at 10:00 A.M., April 3, 2013, to incorporate minor corrections to employment and labor force estimates for Nebraska and, to an even lesser extent, the six other states in the West North Central division, due to an estimation error. Nebraska's 2011 unemployment rate changed from 4.5 to 4.4 percent, and its 2011 employment-population ratio changed from 68.4 to 68.6 percent. Missouri's 2011 employment-population ratio changed from 59.6 to 59.5 percent. The state employment- population ratio analysis, as well as tables A, 1, and 2, have been modified accordingly.170
04/02/2013
Occupational Employment Statistics
Other publication
Chart of employment in the largest occupations in the U.S., May 2012
The chart was revised on March 29, 2013, to correct the data labels, which originally were shown in reverse order.169
03/29/2013
State and Local Unemployment Rates
Time series
Local Area Unemployment Statistics Database
On March 29, 2013, corrections were made to estimates of labor force and employment levels and unemployment rates for Nebraska and, to a lesser extent, the six other states in the West North Central division (Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, and South Dakota). These corrections involved monthly estimates from January 2008 through December 2012 and annual average estimates for 2008–2012, and resulted from a minor error in the model reestimation process.168
03/29/2013
Beyond the Numbers
Other publication
Average food prices: a snapshot of how much has changed over a century
In Table 1, the data under the "January 2013" header are correct for all the items except butter. The 3.501 price for butter is for January 2012, not January 2013. In the fourth paragraph the statement "By 2013, prices for coffee, steak (round and sirloin), chuck roast, bacon, and cheese were all significantly higher than butter" was amended as follows: "By 2013, prices for coffee, steak (round and sirloin), chuck roast, bacon, and cheese were all significantly higher than the price of butter (using the January 2012 average price for butter of $3.50 because average price data for January 2013 were not available at the time for publication)."167
03/29/2013
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — State and Metropolitan Area Database
Because of a data processing error related to the annual benchmark revisions of the survey, employment data for some states and metropolitan statistical areas were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on March 29, 2013. More information about the corrections is available at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.166
03/27/2013
National Longitudinal Surveys
News release
America's Youth at 25: School Enrollment, Number of Jobs Held and Labor Market Activity: Results from a Longitudinal Survey (HTML) (PDF)
This release was reissued on March 22, 2013, to correct data in table 4 for Hispanic or Latino high school graduates, never enrolled in college. The percent of total weeks unemployed while ages 22 to 25, which originally was shown as 68.7 percent, was corrected to say 6.9 percent. This correction to table 4 was made in the PDF version of the release. On March 22, 2013, tables 1 and 2 were corrected in the HTML version of the release. In table 1, the column for young adults with a bachelor's degree or more incorrectly excluded data from 2010. This entire column has been corrected to include the most recent information from 2010. In table 2 of the HTML version of the release, among high school graduates who had never enrolled in college, the percent of men who were employed civilians, which originally was shown as 81.8 percent, has been corrected to show 81.6 percent; the percent of women serving in the Armed Forces, which originally was shown as 0.5 percent, has been corrected to show 0.7 percent. The HTML version of this release was reissued on March 27, 2013, to include missing data in table 4. The row for Hispanic or Latino high school graduates who had never enrolled in college, which was incorrectly omitted during the March 22 update, was reinserted with correct data.165
03/26/2013
Current Population Survey
Other publication
Women in the Labor Force: A Databook, Report 1040
This report was reissued on March 26, 2013, to correct errors in table 26. The numbers in the rows for women who worked full time incorrectly showed the numbers for men and vice versa. There were similar errors in the rows for women and men who worked part time.164
03/26/2013
American Time Use Survey
Survey microdata
2010 Well-Being Module
Due to a programming error in the data collection software, certain activities were less likely than others to be selected for follow-up questions in the Well-Being Module. More information about the correction is available at https://www.bls.gov/tus/wbnotice.htm.163
03/18/2013
National Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics Survey)
News release
Real Earnings — February 2013 (HTML) (PDF)
This release was reissued on March 15, 2013, to correct a statement in the text of the release. This statement incorrectly referred to a decrease in the real average hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees as an increase. The sentence, "The increase was due to a 0.3 percent increase in average hourly earnings being more than offset by a 0.8 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)," was corrected to say "The decrease was due to a 0.3 percent increase in average hourly earnings being more than offset by a 0.8 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)."162
03/08/2013
National Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — National Database
Because of a data processing error related to seasonal adjustment, the March 2009 seasonally adjusted value for production employee average weekly overtime hours in nonupholstered wood household furniture was incorrectly published in the BLS database. The value was originally shown as -0.2 hour and was corrected to 0.0 hour on March 8, 2013.161
03/05/2013
National Longitudinal Surveys
News release
America's Youth at 25: School Enrollment, Number of Jobs Held and Labor Market Activity: Results from a Longitudinal Survey (HTML) (PDF)
This release was reissued on March 5, 2013, to correct data in table 2 for Hispanics or Latinos with a bachelor's degree or more education. The percentage not in the labor force, which originally was shown as 4.7 percent, was corrected to say 10.5 percent.160
02/15/2013
Extended Mass Layoffs Quarterly
Time series
Mass Layoff Statistics Database
Because of a data processing error related to rounding, a small number of historical values for different demographic characteristics, shown as percentages of total private nonfarm mass layoff initial claimants, were incorrectly published in the BLS database. Also, annual totals for 2001 were mistakenly published in the BLS database for three series, even though data for those series were only available for the third and fourth quarters of 2001. More information about the correction is available at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/mls_corrections_02152013.htm.159
02/14/2013
Import/Export Price Indexes
Other publication
Variance Estimates for Price Changes in the Import and Export Price Indexes January–December 2011
This paper was revised on February 13, 2013, to correct an error in the formula in the final sentence.158
01/23/2013
Current Population Survey
Other publication
A Profile of the Working Poor, 2010
Because of a data processing error related to new occupational coding, data shown in table 4 were incorrect. This table was corrected on January 23, 2013.157
01/18/2013
Occupational Employment Statistics
Other publication
Charts of the States with the highest location quotient for each occupation
Because of a data processing error, the location quotient for Education, Training, and Library occupations in Guam was incorrectly shown in the chart and associated data table. The chart and data table were corrected on January 18, 2013.156
01/18/2013
Occupational Employment Statistics
Other publication
Charts of the industries with the highest employment level for each occupation, May 2011
Because of a data processing error, employment data for the following occupations and industries were incorrectly shown in the chart and associated data table:Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations – Traveler Accommodation
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations –Sugar and Confectionary Product Manufacturing
Personal Care and Service Occupations–Services to Buildings and Dwellings
Protective Service Occupations–Services to Buildings and Dwellings
Legal Occupations–Office of Physicians
Community and Social Service Occupations–Office Administrative Services
Computer and Mathematical Occupations–Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
The chart and data table were corrected on January 18, 2013.155
01/18/2013
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — State and Metropolitan Area Database
Because of a data processing error related to the annual benchmark revisions of the survey, employment data for some metropolitan statistical areas were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on January 18, 2013. More information about the corrections is available at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.
 2012 Errata
Errata ID
Date Added
Subject Area
Content Type
Title (if applicable)
Description154
12/21/2012
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — State and Metropolitan Area Database
Because of a data processing error related to the annual benchmark revisions of the survey, employment data for some metropolitan statistical areas were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on December 21, 2012. More information about the corrections is available at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.153
12/18/2012
Labor Productivity and Costs
News release
Productivity and Costs — Third Quarter 2012, revised (HTML) (PDF)
This release was reissued December 17, 2012, to correct data for the nonfinancial corporate sector. Measures for all other sectors were correct as published December 5. Measures for the nonfinancial corporate sector had not incorporated revised source data on output. All measures based on output, including productivity and unit labor costs, were affected for the period 2009 Q1 to 2012 Q1. Percent changes were subject to correction through 2012 Q2. Results for 2012 Q3 were correct as originally published. Corrected data are reflected in the text and tables C and 6 of this release.152
12/18/2012
Labor Productivity and Costs
Time series
Major Sector Productivity and Costs Database
Labor productivity and costs data for the nonfinancial corporate sector were corrected December 17, 2012. Measures for the nonfinancial corporate sector had not incorporated revised source data on output. All measures based on output, including productivity and unit labor costs, were affected for the period 2009 Q1 to 2012 Q1. Percent changes were subject to correction through 2012 Q2. Results for 2012 Q3 were correct as originally published. Only data in the nonfinancial corporate sector were affected. For more information, see https://www.bls.gov/bls/lpc_nonfinancial_corporate_correction.htm.151
12/17/2012
Beyond the Numbers
Other publication
Will the 2012 drought have a bigger impact on grocery prices than the 1988 drought?
A sentence in the section with the heading "Finished Goods" incorrectly said, "Prices for prepared poultry declined in the second quarter after rising from March to June." That sentence was corrected to say, "Prices for prepared poultry declined in the third quarter after rising from March to June."150
12/13/2012
National Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics Survey)
News release
The Employment Situation — November 2012 Summary table B and table B-5 were affected.
This release was reissued December 12, 2012, to include a note about errors in data for women employees in the retail trade; trade, transportation, and utilities; private service-providing; total private; and total nonfarm industries. Additional information is available at https://www.bls.gov/bls/ceswomen_retail_correction.htm.149
12/12/2012
National Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — National Database
Estimates of women employees in three retail trade industries—other home furnishings stores, family clothing stores, and general merchandise stores—and some related series from the Current Employment Statistics survey were temporarily removed from the BLS data-retrieval system on December 12, 2012. For more information, see https://www.bls.gov/bls/ceswomen_retail_correction.htm.148
11/20/2012
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — State and Metropolitan Area Database
BLS has identified errors in the state government employment data in the Lubbock, Texas, metropolitan statistical area. The following series will removed temporarily from the database while BLS corrects the error:State government (SMU48311809092000001), all employees, not seasonally adjusted
Federal government (SMU48311809091000001), all employees, not seasonally adjusted
BLS plans to release the corrected series in the database concurrent with the CES State and Area benchmark release on March 18, 2013. Research is ongoing to identify the full scope of the errors. Aggregate series that may be minimally affected by the corrections to the state government employment data include the following series in the Lubbock, Texas, metropolitan statistical area:Total nonfarm (SMS48311800000000001 and SMU48311800000000001), all employees, both seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted
Service providing (SMU48311800700000001), all employees, not seasonally adjusted
Government (SMU48311809000000001), all employees, not seasonally adjusted147
11/19/2012
Consumer Price Index
Other publication
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city average, All items, 1982-84=100, table showing complete series from January 1913 to the most recent month, not seasonally adjusted. ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiai.txt
The version of the table posted on November 15, 2012, showed incorrect index values for August 2012 to November 2012. The table was corrected and reposted on November 16, 2012. No index values were changed in the CPI-U database or any other BLS publication.146
11/5/2012
Dallas Region
Other publication
Dallas-Fort Worth Area Selected Economic Data, November 2, 2012, edition
The pie chart titled "Dallas-Fort Worth average annual expenditures 2010–11" was updated on Friday, November 2, 2012, to correct the percentage for Personal Insurance and Pensions. The incorrect share of 13 percent has been corrected to 12 percent.145
10/16/2012
Consumer Expenditures
Other publication
Table 2301. Higher income before taxes: Average annual expenditures and characteristics, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 2011 (XLS)
The XLS version of this table was updated on Tuesday, October 16, 2012, to correct the net change in total assets and liabilities for all consumer units. The incorrect amount of $1,826 has been corrected to -$1,826. The PDF and TXT versions of the table were correct when originally published.144
10/15/2012
Philadelphia Region
News release
Minimum Wage Workers in Virginia—2011
This release was reissued on Monday, October 15, 2012, to correct the name of the state in a sentence in the fourth paragraph. The corrected sentence now reads, "Men accounted for 54,000, or 45 percent, of all Virginia workers earning the prevailing minimum or less; they made up just 6.4 percent of all men who were paid hourly rates." The sentence previously referred to Pennsylvania.143
10/3/2012
Labor Productivity and Costs
Time series
Industry Productivity and Costs Database
On October 2, 2012, measures of output, output per hour, output per worker, value of production, implicit price deflator, and unit labor costs were revised for NAICS 3346 and NAICS 334 for 2008–2010. These revisions were made to ensure consistency with revised estimates developed during the update of multifactor productivity measures for detailed industries on September 26, 2012.142
10/3/2012
Labor Productivity and Costs
News release
Productivity and Costs by Industry: Manufacturing Industries, 2010 (HTML) (PDF)
This release was reissued October 2, 2012, to include a note about changes to measures of output, output per hour, output per worker, value of production, implicit price deflator, and unit labor costs for NAICS 3346 and NAICS 334 for 2008–2010. The data for these industries were not revised in the news release. The revised measures are available from the online data query tool and in the industry labor productivity tables.141
10/1/2012
Beyond the Numbers
Other publication
Who has benefits in private industry in 2012?
The article was reissued October 1, 2012, to make some wording changes. None of the tables or charts were affected by this change.The first sentence in the first paragraph of the article was changed to "Health, retirement, and paid leave benefits made up more than three-fifths of private industry employer-provided benefit costs in March 2012.1" The sentence previously referred to June 2012.
The URL in footnote 1 was changed to direct readers to the archived version of the March 2012 news release on Employer Costs for Employee Compensation.
In the "Medical care plans" section of the article, the last sentence of the third paragraph was changed to say, "For low-wage employees with family coverage, the employee premium share required for employer-provided medical plans was approximately 40 percent higher than for high-wage workers." The sentence previously said "more than 40 percent higher."140
9/21/2012
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — State and Metropolitan Area Database
Because of a data processing error related to the annual benchmark revisions of the survey, employment data for some metropolitan statistical areas were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on September 21, 2012. More information about the corrections is available at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.139
8/31/2012
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
News release
Regional and State Employment and Unemployment — July 2012 (HTML) (PDF)
This news release was reissued on August 31, 2012. Corrections were made to previously released employment data in table 5, and to the count of states with over-the-month employment gains and losses in paragraph two of the text.138
8/31/2012
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — State and Metropolitan Area Database
Because of a data processing error related to the annual benchmark revisions of the survey, employment data for some metropolitan statistical areas were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on August 31, 2012. More information about the corrections is available at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.137
8/30/2012
Beyond the Numbers
Other publication
Facts of the catch: occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities to fishing workers, 2003–2009
On August 30, 2012, footnote 15 was corrected to say, "of the 150 fishers that incurred fatal injuries in the shellfish industry during the 2003–2009 period, 36 could be positively identified as shrimp fishermen." Previously the footnote had said crab fishermen instead of shrimp fishermen.136
8/29/2012
State and Local Unemployment Rates
Time series
Local Area Unemployment Statistics Database
Corrections to labor force and unemployment estimates for substate areas in Arizona and North Carolina were published in the BLS database on August 29, 2012. The largest corrections occurred in Apache County in Arizona and the Burlington metropolitan area (equivalent to Alamance County) and Burlington city in North Carolina. Corrections to most other metropolitan areas in Arizona and North Carolina were small.  Labor force and unemployment estimates for the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia-North Carolina, metropolitan area also were corrected because of small changes in the North Carolina portion. All of the affected areas have been footnoted in the BLS database.135
8/17/2012
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — State and Metropolitan Area Database
Because of a data processing error related to the annual benchmark revisions of the survey, employment data for some metropolitan statistical areas were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on August 17, 2012. More information about the corrections is available at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.134
8/14/2012
Labor Force Statistics (from the Current Population Survey - CPS)
Time series
Weekly and hourly earnings data from the Current Population Survey
On August, 8, 2012, three median usual weekly earnings series were revised in the BLS database. The revisions changed some estimates for the 1979—1999 period by plus or minus $1 in the annual average current-dollar median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers 16 years and over.  The affected series were for both sexes (LEU0252881500), men (LEU0252881800), and women (LEU0252882700).  The estimates were revised to apply a consistent methodology for the complete historical series from 1979 to the present. The estimates that changed were not footnoted in the BLS database.133
8/13/2012
Import/Export Price Indexes
News release
U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes — July 2012 (HTML) (PDF)
The news release on U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes published on August 10, 2012, included an error in the heading of one column in table 7. The heading for the first column originally said "Percent of U.S. imports" but was subsequently corrected to say "Relative importance June 2012." This correction also was made to two supplemental tables that were published at the same time as the news release. The tables affected are "Table 7. U.S. import price indexes for selected categories of goods by locality of origin" at https://www.bls.gov/web/ximpim/coor.htm and "Table 7. U.S. import price indexes and percent changes by locality of origin: July 2011 to July 2012" at https://www.bls.gov/web/ximpim/ippsloor.htm.132
8/6/2012
State and Local Unemployment Rates
Time series
Local Area Unemployment Statistics Database
Corrections to labor force, employment, and unemployment estimates for numerous substate areas were published in the BLS database on August 1, 2012. These corrections stemmed from data errors for Delaware in January through April 2012 and for West Virginia in January and February 2012.  The errors affected data for other states because of the nature of the estimation methodology for the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program.  All substate areas in Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey, and some interstate areas shared with the District of Columbia, New York, and Pennsylvania, were affected for the months of January through April 2012. All substate areas in Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia, and the Evansville, Indiana-Kentucky, Metropolitan Statistical Area, were affected for January and February 2012. Three interstate areas that include parts of Tennessee were affected for February 2012. Most of the corrections outside of Delaware and West Virginia were small. All of the corrections have been footnoted in the BLS database.131
7/23/2012
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — State and Metropolitan Area Database
Because of a data processing error related to the annual benchmark revisions of the survey, some employment, hours, and earnings estimates for some states and metropolitan statistical areas were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on July 23, 2012. More information about the corrections is available at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.130
7/20/2012
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — State and Metropolitan Area Database
Because of a data processing error related to the annual benchmark revisions of the survey, some employment, hours, and earnings estimates for some states and metropolitan statistical areas were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on July 20, 2012. More information about the corrections is available at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.129
7/17/2012
Consumer Price Index
Time series
Consumer Price Index Databases
With the July 17, 2012, release of Consumer Price Index data for June 2012, sixteen series for Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Texas, that were incorrect and not intended for publication were erroneously published in the BLS database. The June 2012 data for these series subsequently were removed from the BLS database less than 3 hours after they were published. The release of these data did not constitute a disclosure of information about individual survey respondents. The information contained in the Consumer Price Index news release was not affected and remains unchanged.128
7/13/2012
New York Region
News release
Occupational Employment and Wages for Teachers in New York's Metropolitan Areas — May 2011
This release was reissued on Thursday, July 12, 2012, to correct the title of the release.127
6/19/2012
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
News release
Regional and State Employment and Unemployment and Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment; January 2012–April 2012
Because of a data processing error related to the annual benchmark revisions of the Current Employment Statistics survey, some employment, hours, and earnings estimates for some states and metropolitan statistical areas were incorrectly published in news releases on Regional and State Employment and Unemployment and on Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment for the months of January 2012–April 2012. More information about the corrections is available at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.126
6/4/2012
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — State and Metropolitan Area Database
Because of a data processing error related to the annual benchmark revisions of the survey, some employment, hours, and earnings estimates for some states and metropolitan statistical areas were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected on June 15, 2012. More information about the corrections is available at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.125
6/1/2012
State and Local Unemployment Rates
Time series
Local Area Unemployment Statistics Database
Corrections were made to January and February 2012 data for five cities in Nevada (Henderson, Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Reno, and Sparks), with unemployment rates increasing by 0.1 or 0.2 percentage point. Additionally, more substantial corrections were made to data for Taylorsville city, UT, from August 2011 through February 2012, including the 2011 annual averages.124
6/1/2012
New York Region
News release
Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization, New York — 2011
This release was reissued on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, to correct the count of individuals in the nation working part time for economic reasons in 2011. The third paragraph of the release has been modified to incorporate that change.123
5/22/2012
National Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — National Database
On July 6, 2012, BLS corrected data series for book stores and news dealers and for electronics stores. The series had been removed from the BLS database on April 27, 2012, because of errors that resulted from the reconstruction of these series to fit the NAICS 2012 industry definitions. See https://www.bls.gov/bls/cesbook_stores_correction.htm for additional information about these corrections.122
5/18/2012
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — State and Metropolitan Area Database
Due to a data processing error, data for various statewide estimates were incorrectly published in the database. These errors were corrected on May 18, 2012. More information on the corrections may be found at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.121
5/14/2012
National Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics Survey)
News release
The Employment Situation — summary table B and table B-5 were affected
Estimates of women employees in the U.S. Postal Service and some related series from the Current Employment Statistics survey were temporarily removed from the BLS data-retrieval system on May 14, 2012. BLS staff discovered data-processing errors that occurred during the November 2009–April 2012 period and resulted in an incorrect ratio of women employees to all employees. Corrections were made on May 25, 2012. These errors also affect series published in Employment Situation news releases. For more information, see https://www.bls.gov/bls/ceswomen_usps_correction.htm.120
5/14/2012
National Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — National Database
Estimates of women employees in the U.S. Postal Service and some related series from the Current Employment Statistics survey were temporarily removed from the BLS data-retrieval system on May 14, 2012. BLS staff discovered data-processing errors that occurred during the November 2009–April 2012 period and resulted in an incorrect ratio of women employees to all employees. Corrections were made on May 25, 2012. These errors also affect series published in Employment Situation news releases. For more information, see https://www.bls.gov/bls/ceswomen_usps_correction.htm.119
5/4/2012
State and Local Unemployment Rates
Time series
Local Area Unemployment Statistics Database
Due to a data processing error, corrections were made to January 2012 labor force, employment, and unemployment data for all substate areas in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, as well as the La Crosse, WI-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Sioux City-Vermillion, IA- NE-SD Combined Statistical Area.118
4/20/2012
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — State and Metropolitan Area Database
Due to a data processing error, data for various statewide estimates were incorrectly published in the database and corrected on April 20, 2012. More information on the corrections may be found at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.117
4/17/2012
Consumer Expenditures
Other publication
Focus on Prices and Spending: How do U.S. expenditures compare with those of other countries?
This report was reissued on Friday, April 13, 2012,to correct errors in the expenditure shares reported for the United States and Canada. Housing expenditures for the United Kingdom and Japan exclude property taxes. Property taxes were mistakenly included within housing expenditures for the United States and Canada, making the estimated expenditure shares for each country noncomparable. The correction required the exclusion of property taxes from housing expenditures for the United States and Canada, resulting in a decrease in the share of housing expenditures and an increase in expenditure shares for all other categories for those countries.116
4/11/2012
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
News release
Job Openings and Labor Turnover — February 2012 (PDF)
This release was reissued on Tuesday, April 10, 2012, to correct errors in the seasonally adjusted January layoffs and discharges rates and levels in Table B on page 3 of the release.  All seven January levels in Table B have been corrected along with the January rates for Total Private and for the South, Midwest, and West regions. Corrections only occur in the PDF version of the news release; the HTML version is correct as originally posted.115
4/4/2012
State and Local Unemployment Rates
News release
Regional and State Employment and Unemployment — 2011 Annual Averages (HTML) (PDF)
This release was reissued on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, to incorporate minor corrections to employment and labor force estimates for Montana. Montana's 2010 employment-population ratio changed from 59.7 to 59.9 percent, while its 2011 ratio changed from 59.8 to 59.7 percent, affecting the state counts for over-the-year employment-population ratio changes. The introductory paragraph of the release, as well as tables 1 and 2, have been modified accordingly.114
4/4/2012
State and Local Unemployment Rates
Time series
Local Area Unemployment Statistics Database
On March 30, 2012, corrections were made to estimates of the labor force, employment, and unemployment levels and the unemployment rate for Montana. These corrections involved monthly estimates from January 2007 through December 2011 and annual average estimates for 2007–2011. The revised estimates are available at https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LASST30000003 and https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LAUST30000003.113
3/23/2012
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — State and Metropolitan Area Database
Due to a data processing error, state employment estimates for Arizona, Connecticut, Louisiana, and Rhode Island were incorrectly published in the database and corrected on March 23, 2012. More information on the corrections may be found at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.112
3/22/2012
Green Goods and Services
News release
Employment in Green Goods and Services — 2010 (HTML) (PDF)
This release was reissued on March 22, 2012, to make a correction. In the first paragraph in the GGS Scope section, the first sentence should have read, "The GGS scope contained 25,513,300 jobs, or 20.0 percent of the nation's total employment." None of the tables were affected by this error.111
3/13/2012
National Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — National Database
Real Earnings data were revised on Monday, March 12, 2012, to reflect a correction to the annual averages of average hourly earnings for all employees and annual averages of average weekly earnings for all employees. Only 2011 annual average data were corrected. These data were originally published on February 3, 2012 with the annual benchmark release.110
3/12/2012
Consumer Price Index
Other publication
CPI Detailed Report — January 2012
The January 2012 CPI Detailed Report was reissued on March 12, 2012 to reflect changes to the relative importances for December 2011 using 2009-2010 weights, which were reissued on March 7, 2012. Tables 1, 3, 6, and 8 were corrected.   The reissued January 2012 CPI Detailed Report is available at https://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid1201.pdf.109
3/7/2012
Consumer Price Index
News release
Consumer Price Index — January 2012 (HTML) (PDF)
The relative importances for December 2011 using 2009-2010 weights were reissued on March 7, 2012.  A data anomaly impacting New York- New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA indexes resulted in flawed relative importances for New York, Northeast Size class A, Northeast, Size class A, and U.S. city average. The reissued relative importances are available at https://www.bls.gov/cpi/tables/relative-importance/2011.pdf.108
3/7/2012
Monthly Labor Review
Other publication
Labor force projections to 2020: a more slowly growing workforce (PDF)
On February 21, 2012, corrections were made to the article, "Labor Force projections to 2020: a more slowly growing workforce," which appeared on pages 43–64 in the January 2012 issue. In table 1, on page 44, the percent distribution for those of Hispanic origin in 2010 should have been 14.8 percent.  Also in table 1, the projected percent change from 2010 to 2020 in the White non-Hispanic labor force should have been -1.5 percent. On page 45, in the last paragraph of the *Fertility* section, the first sentence should have read "In the most recent Census Bureau projection of the resident population, used as the basis of the BLS labor force projections, the future fertility rate is assumed to remain close to the present level, roughly the replacement level of 2.1." On page 46, in the first paragraph, the sentence beginning on the sixth line should have read, "According to the Census Bureau's population projections used in the 2010–2020 projections of the labor force, net immigration to the United States is expected to add 1.4 million people annually to the U.S. resident population."107
3/2/2012
National Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — National Database
Employment Situation data were revised on Friday, March 2, 2012, to reflect corrections to series that were updated during the conversion to NAICS 2012. Corrected data are limited to not seasonally adjusted all employee series and related derivative series for March 2010 and 2010 annual averages. These data were originally published on February 3, 2012 with the annual benchmark release.106
3/2/2012
Business Employment Dynamics
Time series
Business Employment Dynamics Database
Second Quarter 2011 Business Employment Dynamics data, originally published on February 1, 2012, were reissued on March 1, 2012. A programmatic error allowed for the inclusion of six series that were intended to be suppressed for North Dakota; however, these series did not constitute a disclosure of information about a single business establishment. The error also excluded six series intended to be published for Ohio. The information contained in the news release and on the supplemental data tables and charts were not impacted and remain unchanged from the original version.105
3/2/2012
Occupational Employment Statistics
Other publication
Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2010
The mean hourly wage for flight attendants (published on https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes532031.htm) was found to contain an error. Within tables indicating the wage estimates for this occupation (located on multiple pages covering different industries, states, and metropolitan areas), the footnote assigned to those estimates was found to be incorrect and references to the hourly wage estimate were removed. The correct mean hourly wage (represented by footnote 4) was published on March 1, 2012.104
2/28/2012
National Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings — National Database
Real Earnings data were revised on Monday, February 27, 2012, to reflect a correction to the annual averages of average hourly earnings for all employees and annual averages of average weekly earnings for all employees. Only 2010 annual average data were corrected. These data were originally published on February 3, 2012 with the annual benchmark release.103
2/9/2012
Labor Force Statistics (from the Current Population Survey - CPS)
Other publication
Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2011 Edition) - (HTML) (PDF)
The report was reissued on February 9, 2012 to correct data in table 11 (PDF).102
2/2/2012
Employment Projections
News release
Employment Projections: 2010–2020 (HTML) (PDF)
The Employment Projections 2010–2020 news release was reissued February 1, 2012 to make small corrections to table 8. The occupational group assigned to "Cooks, fast food" should have been "Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations" and the occupational group assigned to "Miscellaneous agricultural workers" should have been "Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations." None of the employment or education and training data were affected by this error.101
2/2/2012
Consumer Price Index
Time series
Consumer Price Index Databases
Due to an error in fuel oil #2 prices for November and December 2011, selected average prices were corrected on February 2, 2012. Details on the nature of the corrections along with a complete list of corrected average prices may be found at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/cpi_corrections_02022012.htm.100
2/2/2012
Consumer Price Index
Other publication
CPI Detailed Report — November 2011
The CPI Detailed Report for November 2011 was reissued due to an error in fuel oil #2 prices. Selected average prices were corrected on February 2, 2012. Details on the nature of the corrections along with a complete list of corrected average prices may be found at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/cpi_corrections_02022012.htm.99
1/13/2012
Employment Projections
Other publication
Table, titled, "Education and training assignments"
This table was updated to correct errors in the category assignments for select occupations. More information on the changes may be found at https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/emp_corrections_01132012.htm.98
1/10/2012
Labor Force Statistics (from the Current Population Survey - CPS)
News release
The Employment Situation—December 2011 (PDF)
The PDF version of this release was reissued to correct data shown in chart 1. The HTML version of the release was not affected. No other data in this release were corrected.
 2011 Errata
Errata ID
Date Added
Subject Area
Content Type
Title (if applicable)
Description97
12/20/2011
Consumer Price Index
News release
Consumer Price Index — November 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
As initially released at 8:30 a.m. on December 16, 2011, the HTML version of table 5 of the news release (located at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.t05.htm) incorrectly displayed data for table 1. The corrected version was reposted later in the morning on that same day. Table 5 was correct as initially posted in the PDF version of the news release. No other changes were made.96
12/1/2011
International Labor Comparisons
News release
International Comparisons of Manufacturing Productivity and Unit Labor Cost Trends, 2010 (HTML) (PDF)
This release was reissued on Thursday, December 1, 2011, to correct data on hourly compensation and unit labor costs for Germany for 1991- 2010.  Corrections can be found in tables 2 and 3, and chart 4.  In addition, the following supplementary files were corrected:
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/suppl/prod4.prodsuppt07.txt
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/suppl/prod4.prodsuppt08.txt
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/suppl/prod4.prodsuppt09.txt
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/suppl/prod4.prodsuppt10.txt
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/suppl/prod4.prodsuppt12.txt
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/suppl/prod4.prodsuppt13.txt
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/suppl/prod4.prodsuppt14.txt
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/suppl/prod4.prodsuppt15.txt
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/suppl/prod4.prodsuppt.xls95
12/1/2011
International Labor Comparisons
Time series
International Labor Comparisons Database
Due to a data processing error, incorrect data on hourly compensation and unit labor costs for Germany from 1991-2010 were published in the database and corrected on December 1, 2011.94
11/22/2011
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings - State and Metropolitan Area Database
Due to a data processing error, August 2011 statewide employment estimates for Ohio were incorrectly published in the database and corrected on November 22, 2011. For more information, please see https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_corrections_11222011.htm.93
11/18/2011
Occupational Employment Statistics
Other publication
Occupational Employment and Wages, 2010 chart book
Figures 36 and 37 in the printed and PDF versions of the 2010 OES Chartbook were published with the wrong maps.  The HTML version is correct as originally published.  The PDF version was corrected and placed on the BLS website on November 18, 2011.92
11/9/2011
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
Time series
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey Database
The preliminary JOLTS estimates for August 2011 data did not reflect a necessary adjustment to account for a strike in the telecommunications industry—a part of the information sector. The final estimates for August 2011, as well as the preliminary estimates for September 2011, now reflect the adjustment. For more information, please see https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/jolts_corrections_11082011.htm.91
10/31/2011
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings - State and Metropolitan Area Database
Due to a data processing error, January 2009 through December 2010 employment estimates for the Medford, Oregon metropolitan area were incorrectly published in the database and corrected on October 28, 2011. For more information, please see https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_corrections_10282011.htm.90
10/21/2011
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings - State and Metropolitan Area Database
Due to a data processing error, data for the following metropolitan areas were incorrectly published in the database and corrected on October 21, 2011:Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, New Jersey
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Wilmington, North Carolina
Charlottesville, Virginia
For more information, please see https://www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_corrections_10212011.htm.89
10/20/2011
Labor Force Statistics (from the Current Population Survey - CPS)
News release
Employment Situation of Veterans — 2010 (PDF)
The Employment Situation of Veterans — 2010 (PDF) was reissued on Thursday, October 20, 2011, to correct an error in Table 3. The data for the educational attainment categories erroneously contained data for those age 18 and over instead of for those age 25 and over. The analyses in this release were not affected by the corrections.88
10/20/2011
National Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics Survey)
News release
Real Earnings
As initially released at 8:30 A.M., the Explanatory Note of the HTML version of the Real Earnings news release for October 19, 2011 contained some incorrect information. In the section referring to "the deflator used for constant-dollar earnings," the specific Consumer Price Indexes were misidentified. Later in the day, a version of the Explanatory Note with the correct text was posted to the BLS website. The correct text is: "The deflators used for constant-dollar earnings series presented in this release come from the Consumer Price Indexes Programs. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Employees (CPI-U) is used to deflate the all employees series, while the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is used to deflate the production employees series." There were no changes in the data, analysis, or tables of the HTML version of the Real Earnings news release. The PDF version of the news release was not affected.87
9/27/2011
Occupational Employment Statistics
Time Series
Occupational Employment Statistics Database
Starting May 17, 2011, the OES database query system provided customers with incorrect OES statewide "all occupations" employment and wage data for Alabama.  The data below were added to the database on September 27, 2011 to correct the error.Series name
Area
Series ID
Correct value for May 2011Statewide, Alabama, Total, all industries, All occupations, Employment
Alabama
OEUS010000000000000000001
1,807,480Statewide, Alabama, Total, all industries, All occupations, Employment percent relative standard error
Alabama
OEUS010000000000000000002
0.4Statewide, Alabama, Total, all industries, All occupations, Hourly mean wage
Alabama
OEUS010000000000000000003
$18.55Statewide, Alabama, Total, all industries, All occupations, Annual mean wage
Alabama
OEUS010000000000000000004
$38,590Statewide, Alabama, Total, all industries, All occupations, Wage percent relative standard error
Alabama
OEUS010000000000000000005
0.5Statewide, Alabama, Total, all industries, All occupations, Hourly 10th percentile wage
Alabama
OEUS010000000000000000006
$7.92Statewide, Alabama, Total, all industries, All occupations, Hourly 25th percentile wage
Alabama
OEUS010000000000000000007
$9.44Statewide, Alabama, Total, all industries, All occupations, Hourly median wage
Alabama
OEUS010000000000000000008
$14.21Statewide, Alabama, Total, all industries, All occupations, Hourly 75th percentile wage
Alabama
OEUS010000000000000000009
$22.57Statewide, Alabama, Total, all industries, All occupations, Hourly 90th percentile wage
Alabama
OEUS010000000000000000010
$33.50Statewide, Alabama, Total, all industries, All occupations, Annual 10th percentile wage
Alabama
OEUS010000000000000000011
$16,470Statewide, Alabama, Total, all industries, All occupations, Annual 25th percentile wage
Alabama
OEUS010000000000000000012
$19,630Statewide, Alabama, Total, all industries, All occupations, Annual median wage
Alabama
OEUS010000000000000000013
$29,570Statewide, Alabama, Total, all industries, All occupations, Annual 75th percentile wage
Alabama
OEUS010000000000000000014
$46,940Statewide, Alabama, Total, all industries, All occupations, Annual 90th percentile wage
Alabama
OEUS010000000000000000015
$69,67086
8/18/2011
Consumer Price Index
Time Series
Consumer Price Index Databases
Due to an error in utility (piped) gas service prices for April, May, and June 2011, selected indexes and average prices were corrected on August 18, 2011.85
8/18/2011
Consumer Price Index
News Release
Consumer Price IndexApril 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
May 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
June 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
The CPI news release published on Thursday, August 18, 2011, contains minor corrections in Table 7 to selected values for February for Chained CPI-U data. On August 18, 2011, BLS reissued the April, May and June CPI news releases (originally published on May 13, 2011, June 15, 2011 and July 15, 2011, respectively) to correct the same values in Table 7 for April, May and June. No other data in the news releases were affected.84
8/18/2011
Consumer Price Index
Other publication
CPI Detailed ReportApril 2011
May 2011
June 2011
The CPI Detailed Reports for April 2011, May 2011, and June 2011 were reissued on August 18, 2011, in order to correct selected indexes and average prices. The corrections result from errors in utility (piped) gas service prices for April, May and June, 2011 for  Pittsburgh, Northeast size B/C and St. Louis (May and June only) used for the calculation of indexes and average prices.83
8/15/2011
Extended Mass Layoffs Quarterly
News release
Extended Mass Layoffs, Second Quarter 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
This release was reissued on Friday, August 12, 2011, to correct separations data for Arizona, the West region, and total nonfarm sector. Corrections can be found in the text and tables A, 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 12 and 13.82
8/15/2011
Extended Mass Layoffs Quarterly
Time series
Mass Layoff Statistics Database
The Extended Mass Layoffs, Second Quarter 2011 data issued August 10, 2011, were found to contain errors. Corrections were made to the following time series on August 12, 2011:Series name
Area
Series ID
Corrected separations value for second quarter 2011Total private nonfarm, extended mass layoffs
West
MLUQD40NN0048004
86,091Total private nonfarm, extended mass layoffs
Mountain
MLUQD48NN0048004
30,151Administrative and waste services, private nonfarm, extended mass layoffs
United States
MLUQS00NN0037004
23,273Total private nonfarm, extended mass layoffs
United States
MLUQS00NN0048004
261,346Administrative and support services, private nonfarm, extended mass layoffs
United States
MLUQS00NN0103004
23,009All reasons, total private nonfarm, extended mass layoffs
United States
MLUQS00NR0100004
261,346Business demand reasons, private nonfarm, extended mass layoffs
United States
MLUQS00NR0110004
67,481Contract completion, private nonfarm, extended mass layoffs
United States
MLUQS00NR0112004
44,655Administrative and waste services, private nonfarm, extended mass layoffs
Arizona
MLUQS04NN0037004
928Total private nonfarm, extended mass layoffs
Arizona
MLUQS04NN0048004
5,061Administrative and support services, private nonfarm, extended mass layoffs
Arizona
MLUQS04NN0103004
928All reasons, total private nonfarm, extended mass layoffs
Arizona
MLUQS04NR0100004
5,061Business demand reasons, private nonfarm, extended mass layoffs
Arizona
MLUQS04NR0110004
1,443Contract completion, private nonfarm, extended mass layoffs
Arizona
MLUQS04NR0112004
1,44381
8/9/2011
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings - State and Metropolitan Area Database
Due to a data entry error, June 2011 data for Joplin, Missouri and Missouri state were incorrectly published in the database and have now been corrected.80
8/9/2011
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES)
News release
Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — June 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
Due to a data entry error, June 2011 data for Joplin, Missouri and Missouri state were incorrectly published in the news release and have now been corrected.79
8/9/2011
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
News release
Regional and State Employment and Unemployment — June 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
Due to a data entry error, June 2011 data for Joplin, Missouri and Missouri state were incorrectly published in the news release and have now been corrected.78
8/4/2011
National Compensation Survey — Wages
Time series
National Compensation Survey Database
Due to a data entry error, the 2009 estimates for the Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Truckee, CA-NV, and the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA, areas were incorrectly published in the database and have now been corrected. All 2010 series are correct as originally published.77
8/4/2011
National Compensation Survey–Wages
Other publication
The following 2009 bulletins were affected:Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Truckee, CA-NV (TXT) (PDF)
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA (TXT) (PDF)
Data in the Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Truckee, CA-NV, 2009 bulletin and the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside, CA, 2009 bulletin contained errors throughout due to a data entry error and have been corrected. All 2010 series are correct as originally published.76
7/13/2011
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings - State and Metropolitan Area Database
Because of a processing error, an incorrect April 2011 estimate was published for the following series: Pennsylvania- statewide, Mining, all employees (in thousands), not seasonally adjusted (Series ID: SMU42000001021210001). The correct estimate of 7.8 was published on July 13, 2011.75
6/30/2011
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey) State and Local Unemployment Rates
Other publication
Headline for Regional and State Employment and Unemployment release (displayed on BLS home page)
The headline for the Regional and State Employment and Unemployment release (displayed on the BLS home page) issued on June 17, 2011 was corrected so that it now reads, "May jobless rates down in 24 states, up in 13; payroll jobs down in 27 states, up in 22."74
6/22/2011
How Americans Spend Time
News release
American Time Use Survey — 2009 Results (HTML) (PDF)
This release was reissued on Wednesday, June 22, 2011 to correct the earnings sections on tables 5, 7, and 11, and the section on weekly earnings ranges appearing in the technical note. The analyses in this release were not affected by the corrections.73
6/17/2011
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
News release
Regional and State Employment and Unemployment — April 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
This release was reissued on Friday, June 17, 2011 to correct the text in the last sentence of the second paragraph of the release. The text should have read: "The four states reporting over-the-year percentage declines in employment were New Jersey (-0.2 percent), and **Kansas**, New Mexico, and South Dakota (less than -0.1 percent each)." No data tables or charts were impacted by this correction.72
6/17/2011
Strikes and Lockouts
Other publication
Work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers, March 2011
March 2011 data for the following organization were corrected: National Football League Management, Interstate, National Football League Players Association (Private Industry)71
6/9/2011
Pay and benefits
Other publication
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Historical Listing March 2004-March 2011
Dollar amounts in table 31 were corrected to display dollars and cents.70
6/9/2011
New England (Boston) Region
Other publication
Selected BLS Economic Indicators: Hartford Metropolitan Area
Correction was made to the legend within the chart titled, "Unemployment rates, United States, Connecticut, and Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford Metropolitan Statistical Area, April 2010 and 2011."69
5/24/2011
Extended Mass Layoffs Quarterly
Time series
Mass Layoff Statistics Database
The Extended Mass Layoffs, First Quarter 2011 data issued March 11, 2011, were found to contain errors. The number of layoff events in California were corrected to include an additional 4 events occurring during the reference quarter, also increasing the number of separated workers, increasing the number of separated workers in California by 506. These corrections increased the West region and national totals. Corrections were made to the data on May 27, 2011.68
5/24/2011
Extended Mass Layoffs Quarterly
News release
Extended Mass Layoffs, First Quarter 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
The Extended Mass Layoffs, First Quarter 2011 news release issued March 11, 2011, were found to contain errors. The number of layoff events in California were corrected to include an additional 4 events occurring during the reference quarter, also increasing the number of separated workers, increasing the number of separated workers in California by 506. These corrections increased the West region and national totals. Corrections were made to the news release on May 27, 2011.67
4/29/2011
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings - State and Metropolitan Area Database
Upon the release of metropolitan area employment data on April 27, 2011, an incorrect February 2011 estimate was published for the following series: Total nonfarm, all employees (in thousands), seasonally adjusted - Kansas City, MO-KS SERIES ID: SMS29281400000000001 The correct estimate of 958.4 was published on April 29, 2011.66
4/15/2011
Consumer Price Index
Other publication
CPI Detailed Report — January 2011 and February 2011
The CPI news release published on Friday, April 15, 2011, contains minor corrections in Table 7 to selected values for February for Chained CPI-U data. On the afternoon of April 15, 2011, BLS reissued the January and February CPI news releases (originally published on February 17, 2011 and March 17, 2011, respectively) to correct the same values in Table 7 for January and February. No other data in the news releases are affected. The corrections result from small errors found in the January and February 2011 indexes for CPI-U & CPI-W U.S. city average Intracity transportation and the CPI-U U.S. city average Intracity mass transit. The latter indexes were corrected in the BLS online database concurrent with the release of March CPI data on the morning of April 15. These indexes were corrected in the January and February CPI Detailed Reports.65
4/15/2011
Consumer Price Index
Time series
Consumer Price Index Database
Incorrect prices were used in the calculation of Intracity transportation; the following series were corrected for January through February 2011:Series type
Title
Area
Series ID
Months revisedCPI-U
Intracity transportation
U.S. city average
CUUR0000SETG03
1/11, 2/11CPI-U
Intracity mass transit
U.S. city average
CUUR0000SS53031
1/11, 2/11CPI-W
Intracity transportation
U.S. city average
CWUR0000SETG03
1/11, 2/11Chained CPI-U
All items
U.S. city average
SUUR0000SA0
1/11Chained CPI-U
All items less food and energy
U.S. city average
SUUR0000SA0L1E
1/11, 2/11Chained CPI-U
Services
U.S. city average
SUUR0000SAS
1/11, 2/11Chained CPI-U
Transportation
U.S. city average
SUUR0000SAT
1/11, 2/11Chained CPI-U
Public transportation
U.S. city average
SUUR0000SETG
1/11, 2/1164
4/15/2011
Consumer Price Index
News release
Consumer Price IndexJanuary 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
February 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
The CPI news release published on Friday, April 15, 2011, contains minor corrections in Table 7 to selected values for February for Chained CPI-U data. On the afternoon of April 15, 2011, BLS reissued the January and February CPI news releases (originally published on February 17, 2011 and March 17, 2011, respectively) to correct the same values in Table 7 for January and February. No other data in the news releases are affected. The corrections result from small errors found in the January and February 2011 indexes for CPI-U & CPI-W U.S. city average Intracity transportation and the CPI-U U.S. city average Intracity mass transit. The latter indexes were corrected in the BLS online database concurrent with the release of March CPI data on the morning of April 15. These indexes were corrected in the January and February CPI Detailed Reports.63
4/11/2011
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
Time series
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey Database
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) data published on March 11, 2011 were found to contain errors. The seasonally adjusted government and total nonfarm levels and rates did not include input from the 2010 decennial census in the January 2011 data and the revised data for October 2008 through December 2010. Monthly not seasonally adjusted estimates, as well as annual estimates, which are calculated from not seasonally adjusted estimates, were not affected by the error.  Private sector estimates also were not affected by the error. For more information, refer to https://www.bls.gov/jlt/jolts_corrections_040811.htm.62
4/11/2011
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
News release
Job Openings and Labor Turnover — January 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) data published in the January 2011 news release were found to contain errors. The seasonally adjusted government and total nonfarm levels and rates did not include input from the 2010 decennial census in the January 2011 data and the revised data for October 2008 through December 2010. Monthly not seasonally adjusted estimates, as well as annual estimates, which are calculated from not seasonally adjusted estimates, were not affected by the error.  Private sector estimates also were not affected by the error. For more information, refer to https://www.bls.gov/jlt/jolts_corrections_040811.htm.61
3/16/2011
Import/Export Price Indexes
News release
U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes—February 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
The PDF and HTML versions of the Import and Export Price Indexes news was revised on March 16, 2011 to correct two typos. On page 3 of the release under "All exports", the sentence should be "Export prices rose 1.2 percent in February following a 1.3 percent advance the previous month", rather than January. On page 4 of the release under "Imports by Locality of Origin", the sentence should be "prices for imports from China continued to rise in February, increasing 0.4 percent for the second consecutive month.", rather than January.60
3/9/2011
Labor Force Statistics (from the Current Population Survey - CPS)
Other publication
Characteristics of Minimum Wage Workers: 2010 (February 25, 2011)
In the HTML version of the tables, a few estimates were rounded incorrectly. The table entries have been corrected. The text of the report and PDF version were unaffected.59
3/9/2011
Monthly Labor Review
Other publication
Monthly Labor Review- January 2011 Issue
A correction was made to the article "Changes in Federal and State unemployment insurance legislation in 2010," which appeared on pages 38- 56 in the January 2011 issue of the Monthly Labor Review. The first sub-heading on p.38 was corrected to: Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-144), enacted March 2, 201058
2/24/2011
Import/Export Price Indexes
Other publication
U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes
In the January 2011 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes news release, released February 15, 2011, the relative importance of the price index for import prices excluding food and fuels was incorrectly published; the corrected value is 70.969. The price index values and percent changes are correct. Relative importance measures the relative weight that an index's percent change had in comparison to the percent change for all imports. The relative importance of the price indexes for imports excluding food and fuels; foods, feeds, and beverages; and fuels and lubricants should sum to 100.
The following supplemental files contained the incorrect value that has been corrected:
https://www.bls.gov/web/ximpim/beaimp.htm

ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/suppl/ximpim.longimp2.zip
https://www.bls.gov/web/ximpim/ippsbeam.htm
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/suppl/ximpim.shortimp1.zip
ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/suppl/ximpim.shortimp2.zip57
2/24/2011
Import/Export Price Indexes
News release
U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes—January 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
In the January 2011 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes news release, released February 15, 2011, the relative importance of the price index for import prices excluding food and fuels was incorrectly published in Table 1; the corrected value is 70.969. The price index values and percent changes are correct. Relative importance measures the relative weight that an index's percent change had in comparison to the percent change for all imports. The relative importance of the price indexes for imports excluding food and fuels; foods, feeds, and beverages; and fuels and lubricants should sum to 100.56
2/9/2011
Consumer Expenditures
Other publication
Table titled, "Comparison of characteristics and average annual expenditures for selected items, Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) and American Community Survey, (ACS) 2006–07"
Data in table were corrected.55
2/9/2011
Consumer Expenditures
Other publication
Consumer Expenditure Survey compared with the American Community Survey
The following corrections were made:On p.21, to the following paragraph: Income estimates, which are impacted by the differences in household residency rules and the inclusion of all members of an address by ACS, compared with only members of the CU by CE, are 94 percent and 93 percent of ACS estimates.
On p.22, data in table 6, "Comparison of characteristics and average annual expenditures for selected items, Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) and American Community Survey, (ACS) 2006–07" were corrected54
2/9/2011
Consumer Expenditures
Other publication
Consumer Expenditure Survey 2006–2007
The following corrections were made:On p.21, to the following paragraph: Income estimates, which are impacted by the differences in household residency rules and the inclusion of all members of an address by ACS, compared with only members of the CU by CE, are 94 percent and 93 percent of ACS estimates.
On p.22, data in table 6, "Comparison of characteristics and average annual expenditures for selected items, Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) and American Community Survey, (ACS) 2006–07" were corrected53
2/8/2011
Consumer Price Index
News release
Consumer Price Index, Northeast Region—December 2010
Table 1 was missing from release issued on January 14,2011.52
1/5/2011
The Editor's Desk
Other publication
Share of long-term unemployment in States, 2007–09
The Editor's Desk on January 4, 2011 had an incorrect title, "Share of long-term employment in States, 2007–09." The corrected title now reads "Share of long-term unemployment in States, 2007–09."51
1/5/2011
Mass Layoff Statistics
Other publication
Extended Mass Layoffs in 2009–report 1025 (PDF)
Data in Table 15, representing the number of separations involving 1,000 or more workers in 2008, was corrected to 260,743.50
1/4/2011
Monthly Labor Review
Other publication
Monthly Labor Review- November 2009 Issue
In the article "Labor force projections to 2018: older workers staying more active," which appeared on pages 30-51 in the November 2009 issue, corrections were made to data in table 7.49
1/4/2011
Occupational Outlook Quarterly
Other publication
Occupational Outlook Quarterly
Within the Winter 2010–11 issue of the *Occupational Outlook Quarterly* (which has been renamed Career Outlook) the following corrections were made:Page 8, first column, second paragraph: corrected median wage for recreation workers to $22,280
Page 15, chart: corrected occupation title to "wildlife biologist" and median annual wage for quality control inspectors to $32,330
Page 25, second column, first paragraph:changed reference to annual median wage to "about $9,000"
Page 29, second column, second paragraph: corrected occupation title to "first line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, etc..."The corrections appear in the following locations:
Occupational Outlook Quarterly, Winter 2010–11
Working vacations: Jobs in tourism and leisure
Careers in wind energy
House work: Jobs in residential upkeep
You're a what? Recycling Coordinator
 2010 Errata
Errata ID
Date Added
Subject Area
Content Type
Title (if applicable)
Description48
12/23/2010
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
News release
Regional and State Employment and Unemployment — November 2010 (HTML) (PDF)
The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment release was re-issued December 17, 2010, to add text in the second paragraph discussing over-the-year changes in nonfarm payroll employment.47
12/21/2010
Occupational Outlook Quarterly
Other publication
Occupational Outlook Quarterly
Within the Winter 2010–11 issue of the *Occupational Outlook Quarterly* a chart titled, "Median wages of workers in selected transportation occupations, May 2009" was corrected.
 The corrected chart appears in https://www.bls.gov/careeroutlook/2010/winter/oochart.pdf (Note: The *Occupational Outlook Quarterly* has since been renamed Career Outlook.)46
12/21/2010
Employment Projections
Other publication
Employment Projections
Data in the following table were corrected: Table 3.7 Economic dependency ratio by age, 1975, 1988, 1998, 2008 and projected 201845
12/21/2010
Employment Cost Index
Time series
Employment Cost Index Database
Employment Cost Index data for June 2009 through September 2010, as originally published, contained errors for several series. Corrections for the affected series were posted on the BLS Web site on Tuesday, January 18, 2011. The primary errors were in wage and salary data for State and local government public administration. Additional series were corrected as well. For more information, please refer to a notice on the details of the corrections to ECI data.44
11/16/2010
Mass Layoff Statistics
News release
Mass Layoff Statistics
Monthly national Mass Layoffs data for April through September 2010 have been found to contain errors in each of the 6 seasonally adjusted series appearing in the charts, the text, and tables 1 and 3 of the news releases listed below. Not seasonally adjusted data and regional office news releases are not affected. The corrected seasonally adjusted estimates for April through September were loaded in the Mass Layoffs database on November 16, 2010.
The following national news releases contain incorrect seasonally adjusted data:
Mass Layoffs, September 2010 (HTML) (PDF)
Mass Layoffs, August 2010 (HTML) (PDF)
Mass Layoffs, July 2010 (HTML) (PDF)
Mass Layoffs, June 2010 (HTML) (PDF)
Mass Layoffs, May 2010 (HTML) (PDF)
Mass Layoffs, April 2010 (HTML) (PDF)43
11/16/2010
Mass Layoff Statistics
Time series
Mass Layoff Statistics Database
On November 10, 2010, monthly national Mass Layoffs data for April through September 2010 were found to contain errors in each of the 6 seasonally adjusted series.  Not seasonally adjusted data and regional office news releases were not affected.  The corrected seasonally adjusted estimates for April through September were loaded in the Mass Layoffs database on November 16, 2010.42
10/25/2010
State and Local Unemployment Rates
News release
Regional and State Employment and Unemployment —September 2010 (HTML) (PDF)
The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment release was re-issued October 22, 2010,to correct incorrect state unemployment data in Table A.41
10/20/2010
Import/Export Price Indexes
Time series
Import/Export Price Indexes Database
Upon the release of U.S. Import and Export Price Index data on October 13, 2010, May 2010 data were corrected for the following indexes (broken out by classification system, with the exception of Locality of Origin Indexes (LOO), which are not part of a classification system):
**BEA Imports** R – All import commodities R3 – Automotive vehicles, parts, and engines R300 – Passenger cars, new and used REXFUELCOM – Imports excluding fuel and computers REXFUEL – Imports excluding fuel REXPETCOM – Imports excluding fuel and petroleum REXPET – Imports excluding petroleum
*Tables affected:* 1. Table A Percent changes, located on page 2 in news release (Located at www.bls.gov/news.release/ximpim.htm) 2. Table 1. U.S. import price indexes for selected categories of goods (Located at www.bls.gov/web/ximpim/beaimp.htm)
**NAICS Imports** ZMANU – Manufactured Articles Z33 – Manufactured Goods, Part 3 Z336 – Transportation Equipment, manufactured Z3361 – Motor vehicle manufacturing Z33611 – Automobile and light duty truck manufacturing
*Table affected:* Table 3. U.S. import price indexes for selected categories of goods (Located at www.bls.gov/web/ximpim/nicimp.htm)
**Harmonized Imports** PXVII – Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment P87 – Motor vehicles and their parts P8703 – Motor vehicles designed to transport people
*Table affected:* Table 5. U.S. import price indexes for selected categories of goods (www.bls.gov/web/ximpim/harmimp.htm)
**Locality of Origin Indexes (LOO)** All Commodities from Other Countries (Located at www.bls.gov/web/ximpim/othtot.htm) Manufactured Articles from Other Countries (Located at www.bls.gov/web/ximpim/othman.htm) All Commodities from Asian Newly Industrialized Countries (Located at www.bls.gov/web/ximpim/oastot.htm) All Commodities from Pacific Rim (Located at www.bls.gov/web/ximpim/primtot.htm)
*Tables affected:* 1. Table 7. U.S. import price indexes for selected categories of goods by locality of origin (Located at www.bls.gov/web/ximpim/coor.htm) 2. Percent Change Analysis (PCAL) for each index displayed (links above)40
9/22/2010
Employer Cost for Employee Compensation (ECEC)
News release
Employer Cost for Employee Compensation—December 2009
Several columns in Table 4 of the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation—December 2009 release were incorrectly formatted. Cost estimates that should have been displayed to two decimal points (e.g., $9.99) were only displayed to one decimal point (e.g., $9.9). This problem did not impact the PDF version of the release.39
9/21/2010
Consumer Price Index
News release
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Tampa—St. Petersburg—Clearwater, First Half 2010
The PDF and HTML versions of the news release were revised on September 21, 2010. The table 1 heading under "Index" and "Percent change from" describing the 1st and 2nd half of 2009 and 2010 was revised so that the correct half years are shown.38
9/9/2010
National Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings – National Database
Real Earnings data were revised at 2:00 pm EDT on Thursday, September 9th, 2010, to reflect a correction to the annual averages of average hourly earnings for all employees and annual averages of average weekly earnings for all employees. Annual average data has been corrected for 2007, 2008, and 2009.37
8/24/2010
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
News release
Regional and State Employment and Unemployment—July 2010 (PDF)
The PDF version of the Regional and State Employment and Unemployment news release for July 2010 was re-issued on August 20th, 2010 to delete extraneous text in the footnotes in tables 5 and 6.  There were no changes to the data.  The HTML version of the release was not affected.36
8/2/2010
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
News release
Los Angeles Area Employment: June 2010
The reference month within the title of the news release was corrected so that it now reads, "LOS ANGELES AREA EMPLOYMENT: JUNE 2010."35
8/2/2010
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
Other publication
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey Highlights—May 2010 (PDF)
On page 4, the last bulleted item incorrectly had the word millions behind the figures for quits and layoffs and discharges. The corrected text now reads, "In May 2010, there were 1,877,000 quits and 1,865,000 layoffs and discharges."34
7/20/2010
Consumer Price Index
Time series
Consumer Price Index—All Urban Consumers (Current Series) Database
Consumer Price Index—Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (Current Series) Database
Consumer Price Index—All Urban Consumers (Chained CPI) Database
Consumer Price Index—Average Price Data Database
Due to an error in the collection of utility (piped) gas service prices in the Northeast, the following series were corrected for January through April 2010.
Series type
Title
Area
Series idCPI-U
Utility (piped) gas service
Northeast size B/C
CUUR0000SEHF02CPI-W
Utility (piped) gas service
Northeast size B/C
CWUR0000SEHF02Chained CPI-U
All items
U.S. City Average
SUUR0000SA0Chained CPI-U
Housing
U.S. City Average
SUUR0000SAHChained CPI-U
Fuels and utilities
U.S. City Average
SUUR0000SAH2Chained CPI-U
Services
U.S. City Average
SUUR0000SASChained CPI-U
Energy
U.S. City Average
SUUR0000SA0EAverage prices
Utility (piped) gas—40 therms
Northeast size B/C
APUX10072601Average prices
Utility (piped) gas—100 therms
Northeast size B/C
APUX10072611Average prices
Utility (piped) gas per therm
Northeast size B/C
APUX1007262033
7/20/2010
Consumer Price Index
News release
Consumer Price Index (January 2010 through May 2010)
Due to an error in the collection of utility (piped) gas service prices in the Northeast, Consumer Price Index (CPI) News releases for January through May 2010 were re-issued to correct chained CPI-U data in Table 7 of the releases. The text of the releases was not affected. The re-issued news releases correct for errors in the January through April 2010 data for the following series:
Series type
Title
Area
Series idChained CPI-U
All items
U.S. City Average
SUUR0000SA0Chained CPI-U
Housing
U.S. City Average
SUUR0000SAHChained CPI-U
Fuels and utilities
U.S. City Average
SUUR0000SAH2Chained CPI-U
Services
U.S. City Average
SUUR0000SASChained CPI-U
Energy
U.S. City Average
SUUR0000SA0E32
7/20/2010
Consumer Price Index
Other publication
CPI Detailed Report (January 2010 through May 2010)
Due to an error in the collection of utility (piped) gas service prices in the Northeast, Consumer Price Index (CPI) Detailed reports for January through May 2010 were re-issued. The re-issued detailed reports correct for errors in the January through April 2010 data for the following series.
Series type
Title
Area
Series idCPI-U
Utility (piped) gas service
Northeast size B/C
CUUR0000SEHF02CPI-W
Utility (piped) gas service
Northeast size B/C
CWUR0000SEHF02Chained CPI-U
All items
U.S. City Average
SUUR0000SA0Chained CPI-U
Housing
U.S. City Average
SUUR0000SAHChained CPI-U
Fuels and utilities
U.S. City Average
SUUR0000SAH2Chained CPI-U
Services
U.S. City Average
SUUR0000SASChained CPI-U
Energy
U.S. City Average
SUUR0000SA0EAverage prices
Utility (piped) gas—40 therms
Northeast size B/C
APUX10072601Average prices
Utility (piped) gas—100 therms
Northeast size B/C
APUX10072611Average prices
Utility (piped) gas per therm
Northeast size B/C
APUX1007262031
7/9/2010
Industry Productivity and Costs
Other publication
Employment and Hours of All Persons
Measures of employment and hours for 2007, 2008, and 2009 have been corrected for NAICS 33313, mining and oil and gas field machinery manufacturing and related aggregate industries. Other minor corrections have been made to measures for the following industries and related aggregates: NAICS 32199, 491110, 541810, 541921, and 561720.30
7/9/2010
Industry Productivity and Costs
Other publication
Labor Productivity and Costs
Measures of employment, hours, and productivity for 2007 and 2008 have been corrected for NAICS 33313, mining and oil and gas field machinery manufacturing and related aggregate industries. Other minor corrections have been made to measures for the following industries and related aggregates: NAICS 2123, 21311, 2211, 32199, 3314, 33331, 33399, 334413, 33451, 482111, 491110, 541810, 541921, 561311, and 561720.29
7/9/2010
Industry Productivity and Costs
News release
Productivity and Costs by Industry: Manufacturing, Mining, and Selected Service-Providing Industries, 2008 (HTML) (PDF)
The release was reissued on July 9, 2010 to correct errors in measures of employment, hours, and productivity for NAICS 3331, agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing and NAICS 333, machinery manufacturing. Other minor corrections have been made to measures for the following industries: NAICS 321, 3219, 482111, 491, 4911, 541921, 561311, 56172. Corrections have been made to tables 1 and 2; no changes were required to the text and the charts in the news release.28
6/25/2010
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES Survey)
News release
Regional and State Employment and Unemployment — May 2010 (HTML) (PDF)
The release was reissued on June 24, 2010 to correct several Statewide May 2010 preliminary employment estimates for Texas. The estimates previously released on June 18, 2010 did not fully capture the impact of Census worker hiring. Affected series are included in the table below with corrected values shown. Metropolitan Area estimates were not affected by this correction.Series (Series ID)
Corrected valueNot seasonally adjustedTotal Nonfarm (SMU48000000000000001)
10408.3Service-Providing (SMU48000000700000001)
8813.4Government (SMU48000009000000001)
1910.2Federal Government (SMU48000009091000001)
240.0Seasonally AdjustedTotal Nonfarm (SMS48000000000000001)
10386.9Government (SMS48000009000000001)
1884.8Note: Data are in thousands27
6/18/2010
Consumer Price Index
Time series
Consumer Price Index Database
The April 2010 index value (not seasonally adjusted) for the New York Metropolitan Area's All Items Less Shelter (Series ID: CUURA101SA0L2) was corrected to 212.634. During the testing of a new software platform, this number was found to be incorrectly rounded.26
6/4/2010
National Compensation Survey–Wages
News release
The national news releases affected include the following:Occupational Pay Comparisons Among Metropolitan Areas, 2008 (HTML) (PDF)
Occupational Pay Comparisons Among Metropolitan Areas, 2007 (HTML) (PDF)
Occupational Pay Comparisons Among Metropolitan Areas, 2006 (TXT) (PDF)
Occupational Pay Relatives, 2005 (TXT) (PDF)
Occupational Pay Relatives, 2004 (TXT) (PDF)
Occupational Pay Relative news releases for 2004–08 were found to contain errors in identifying statistical significance (currently denoted by an asterisk) for areas significantly different at the 10 percent level of significance. Pay relative estimates were not impacted. National news releases were reissued with all notations for statistical significance removed. Regional news releases for this time period were also affected, but are not being revised or reissued.25
6/4/2010
National Compensation Survey–Wages
Other publication
Data tables: Supplemental area-to-area comparison tables for 2004-08
Occupational Pay Relative supplemental area–to–area comparison tables for 2004–08 data were found to contain errors in identifying statistical significance (currently denoted by an asterisk) for areas significantly different at the 10 percent level of significance. Pay relative estimates were not impacted. National and regional tables were reissued with all notations for statistical significance removed.24
5/3/2010
Occupational Employment Statistics
Other publication
Data table: Employment and wages of the largest occupations, May 2008
Within the table, the mean hourly wage value for the occupation titled, "Stock clerks and order fillers" was missing when the table was first published.23
5/3/2010
Producer Price Index
Other publication
PPI Detailed Report—March 2010
November 2009 Producer Price Index (PPI) data as published in the March 2010 PPI Detailed Report contained errors caused by a data input mistake affecting 56 data series. The error associated with the November 2009 index level data only affected the final indexes for November as issued on April 22; previously- published preliminary estimates for November were correct. (All PPIs are subject to revision 4 months after original publication to reflect the availability of late reports and corrections by respondents. The error was introduced when revised November data were issued on April 22.) Indexes for all other data series and for months other than November 2009 are correct as published. Tables and charts indicating percent change between October to November and between November to December were corrected.22
5/3/2010
Producer Price Index
Time series
Producer Price Index Database
November 2009 Producer Price Index (PPI) data as published in the PPI database contained errors caused by a data input mistake affecting 56 data series. The error associated with the November 2009 index level data only affected the final indexes for November as issued on April 22; previously- published preliminary estimates for November were correct. (All PPIs are subject to revision 4 months after original publication to reflect the availability of late reports and corrections by respondents. The error was introduced when revised November data were issued on April 22.) Indexes for all other data series and for months other than November 2009 are correct as published.21
5/3/2010
Producer Price Index
News release
Producer Price Index— March 2010 (HTML) (PDF)
November 2009 Producer Price Index (PPI) data as published in the "Producer Price Indexes—March 2010" news release contained errors caused by a data input mistake affecting 56 data series. The error associated with the November 2009 index level data only affected the final indexes for November as issued on April 22; previously- published preliminary estimates for November were correct. (All PPIs are subject to revision 4 months after original publication to reflect the availability of late reports and corrections by respondents. The error was introduced when revised November data were issued on April 22.) Indexes for all other data series and for months other than November 2009 are correct as published. Tables and charts indicating percent change between October to November and between November to December were corrected.20
4/28/2010
Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
Other publication
2008 Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, Private Industry - Case and Demographics
Within the explanatory text below chart 19, the following sentence was corrected to say: "Bodily reaction and exertion cases made up 38.6 percent of all cases involving days away from work." Within the explanatory text below chart 21, the following sentence was corrected to say: "The rate of MSDs in 2008 was 33.4 per 10,000 full-time workers, a decline of 5.6 percent from 2007."19
4/22/2010
State & Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics Survey)
Time series
Employment, Hours, and Earnings - State and Metropolitan Area Database
Upon the release of metropolitan area employment data on April 16, 2010, an incorrect March 2010 estimate was published for the following series: Total nonfarm, all employees (in thousands), seasonally adjusted - Bellingham, WA The correct estimate of 77.9 was published on April 20, 2010.18
4/14/2010
National Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics Survey)
News release
Real Earnings
At release time (8:30 a.m) on April 14, 2010, the abstract posted to the BLS home page for the Real Earnings news release contained an error. Immediately following the release, the text was corrected and the following abstract was posted: "Real average hourly earnings for all employees fell 0.2 percent from February to March, seasonally adjusted. This decrease stems from a 0.1 percent decrease in average hourly earnings and a 0.1 percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). Real average weekly earnings rose 0.1 percent over the month."17
4/9/2010
National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS)
News release
America's Youth at 22: School Enrollment, Training, and Employment Transitions Between Ages 21 and 22
The HTML version of the release was re-issued on April 9, 2010 to correct one rounding error in table 1 and two rounding errors in table 2.   Additionally, it corrects minor errors in characteristic titles in table 4.  The PDF version of the release was not affected.16
3/25/2010
State & Metro Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (from the Current Employment Statistics - CES)
News release
Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — January 2010 (HTML) (PDF)
Within the section of the release titled, "Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)", the first sentence of the third paragraph contained an error. A correction was made to the number of metropolitan areas with annual average employment levels above 750,000 in 2009. The correct sentence now reads as follows, "Over the year, nonfarm employment declined in all 36 metropolitan areas with annual average employment levels above 750,000 in 2009."15
3/18/2010
Pay and Benefits
Time series
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Database
Time series data for all compensation components in private industry in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas was inadvertently published beyond the Q04/2008 reference period. In total, 108 series were affected.14
3/5/2010
Labor Force Statistics (from the Current Population Survey - CPS)
Other publication
Recent trends in employment from the BLS household and payroll surveys (March 5, 2010)
In the Latest trends in payroll and household survey employment table on the first page, the over-the-month change (January-February 2010) in Household survey employment was originally published with a negative sign. The table entry has been corrected.13
3/4/2010
Pay and Benefits
Time series
Employment Cost Index Database
Data for the following time series was inadvertently published beyond the Q04/2008 reference period:
Private industry, total compensation, 12-month percent change, metropolitan areas
Private industry, total compensation, 12-month percent change, nonmetropolitan areas
Private industry, total compensation, 3-month percent change, metropolitan areas
Private industry, total compensation, 3-month percent change, nonmetropolitan areas
Private industry, total compensation, index number, metropolitan areas
Private industry, total compensation, index number, nonmetropolitan areas
Private industry, wages and salaries, 12-month percent change, metropolitan areas
Private industry, wages and salaries, 12-month percent change, nonmetropolitan areas
Private industry, wages and salaries 3-month percent change, metropolitan areas
Private industry, wages and salaries, 3-month percent change, nonmetropolitan areas
Private industry, wages and salaries, index number, metropolitan areas
Private industry, wages and salaries, index number, nonmetropolitan areas12
2/23/2010
Various
Other publication
Spotlight on Statistics - African American History Month
Within the chart titled, "Percent distribution of black or African American employed persons and total employed persons, 16 years and over, by industry, 2009", data values for the following industries were transposed:Leisure and hospitality
Transportation and utilities
As a result, both the chart and data table were corrected.11
2/4/2010
Pay and Benefits
Other publication
Change to Hours-Based Fatality Rates in the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
Table 1 of this article was originally published with an incorrect value for women's annual average hours worked (in millions); the corrected value of 116,468 now appears in table 1.10
2/4/2010
Pay and Benefits
News release
Employment Cost Index— December 2009
The HTML version of the release was reissued to insert missing data for the Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia, WA CSA within table 13. The PDF version of the release was not affected.9
1/13/2010
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
News release
Job Openings and Labor Turnover — October 2009 (HTML) (PDF)
The release was reissued on Tuesday, January 12, 2010, to correct an error in the "Separations" section on page 3 of the text. The stated change in the number of quits between December 2006 and April 2009 was corrected to 1.4 million.8
1/13/2010
Labor Force Statistics (from the Current Population Survey - CPS)
News release
The Employment Situation — December 2009
The HTML version of the release was reissued to replace the incorrect table A-13 which had May 2007 and May 2008 data instead of December 2008 and December 2009 data. The PDF version of the release was not affected. This correction did not affect any analysis in the release.
 2009 Errata
Errata ID
Date Added
Subject Area
Content Type
Title (if applicable)
Description7
12/17/2009
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)
News release
County Employment and Wages In Hawaii — First Quarter 2009
Within the news release titled, "County Employment and Wages In Hawaii — First Quarter 2009", the last three rows were omitted from table 2 on page 5 of the release.  This omission occurred only in the PDF version of the release.6
12/17/2009
Labor Force Statistics (from the Current Population Survey - CPS)
Other publication
Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2009 Edition) - (HTML) (PDF)
In table 32 (HTML) (PDF), displaced workers by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and employment status, of the Women in the Labor Force: A Databook publication, 2009 edition, data for women and men by racial groups at the bottom of the table were transposed.5
12/17/2009
Labor Force Statistics (from the Current Population Survey - CPS)
Other publication
Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2008 Edition) - (HTML) (PDF)
In table 32 (PDF), displaced workers by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and employment status, of the Women in the Labor Force: A Databook publication, 2008 edition, data for women and men by racial groups at the bottom of the table were transposed.4
12/9/2009
Workplace Injuries
News release
Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Requiring Days Away From Work, 2008 (HTML) (PDF)
This release was reissued on December 4, 2009, to correct the key findings section for the increase in injuries and illnesses for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers to 4 percent in 2008. Additionally, it corrects phrasing in the 4th sentence of the first paragraph and 4 rounding errors elsewhere in the text.3
12/2/2009
Mass Layoff Statistics
Other publication
Business Functions and Processes Involved in Extended Mass Layoffs in the Second Quarter 2009
The HTML version of the supplemental data analysis release was reissued on November 24, 2009 to correct an error misstating the number of separated workers associated with the total extended mass layoff events in the second quarter of 2009. The correction has been made to the text in the "Data" section.2
11/17/2009
Workplace Injuries
News release
Workplace Injuries and Illnesses, 2008
The HTML version of this news release was reissued on November 5, 2009, to correct errors in Table 7. Certain rows of that table contained data that were repeated from elsewhere in the table. Table 7 was correct as initially posted in the PDF version of the Workplace Injuries and Illnesses -- 2008 news release.1
11/17/2009
Workplace Injuries
News release
Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Requiring Days Away From Work, 2007 (HTML) (PDF)
This news release was reissued on March 31, 2009 to correct selected data within the mining and railroad industries that were misclassified by BLS. Except for these industries, the corrections resulted in minor changes for the category musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and selected nature, event or exposure, and source categories. Corrections have been made to text in the first bullet under "Key Finding" and in the MSD section; charts A and B; and tables 5, 6, 7, 11, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22, and 23.
 Errata, 2020 to the present  **Last Modified Date:** January 11, 2023
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