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Information Guide

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Frequently requested BLS contacts 

Topic Program Phone Page Email address

Compensation data

Compensation National Compensation Survey 202-691-6199 34 ncsinfo@bls.gov

Employee benefits National Compensation Survey 202-691-6199 37 ncsinfo@bls.gov

Employment Cost Index National Compensation Survey 202-691-6199 35 ncsinfo@bls.gov

Consumer spending Consumer Expenditure Survey 202-691-6900 33 cexinfo@bls.gov

Employment, unemployment, and other labor force data

United States Labor force statistics 202-691-6378 18 cpsinfo@bls.gov

States and metropolitan areas Local area unemployment 202-691-6392 20 lausinfo@bls.gov

Job gains/losses Business Employment Dynamics 202-691-6553 24 bdminfo@bls.gov

Labor turnover Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey 202-691-5870 27 joltsinfo@bls.gov

Employment and other industry employment data (nonfarm)

United States Current Employment Statistics 202-691-6555 16 cesinfo@bls.gov

States and metropolitan areas Current Employment Statistics 202-691-6559 16 sminfo@bls.gov

State and county employment and wages Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages 202-691-6567 23 qcewinfo@bls.gov

Inflation

Retail prices Consumer Price Indexes 202-691-7000 30 cpi_info@bls.gov

Producer prices Producer Price Indexes 202-691-7705 31 ppi-info@bls.gov

Import export prices Import and Export Price Indexes 202-691-7101 32 mxpinfo@bls.gov

Occupational data

Median weekly earnings Labor force statistics 202-691-6378 18 cpsinfo@bls.gov

Employment Labor force statistics 202-691-6378 18 cpsinfo@bls.gov

Employment by industry Occupational Employment Statistics 202-691-6569 26 oesinfo@bls.gov

Projected employment Employment Projections 202-691-5700 29 ep-info@bls.gov

Other data

Time use American Time Use Survey 202-691-6339 28 atusinfo@bls.gov

Longitudinal data National Longitudinal Surveys 202-691-7410 22 nls_info@bls.gov

Productivity data

Labor productivity Labor productivity 202-691-5606 44 productivity@bls.gov

Multifactor productivity Multifactor productivity 202-691-5606 45 mfp@bls.gov

Safety and health data

Injuries and Illnesses Occupational injuries and illnesses 202-691-6170 42 iifstaff@bls.gov

Fatalities Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries 202-691-6170 42 iifstaff@bls.gov

Classroom resources for K-12 teachers K-12 202-691-5200 8 k12@bls.gov
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Bureau of Labor Statistics

Information Guide

U.S. Department of Labor 

Martin J. Walsh, Secretary

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

William W. Beach, Commissioner
CONTENTS

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CONTENTS

Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

About the BLS Information Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

How to obtain BLS information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Obtaining BLS data through the Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Obtaining BLS data through recorded telephone message . . . . . . . . 5

Obtaining information through BLS products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Classroom resources for K-12 teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

How to contact BLS information providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

BLS Division of Information and Marketing Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

BLS Regional Economic Analysis and Information Offices . . . . . . . . . 11

State offices providing labor market information and

occupational safety and health data sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

BLS program offices

Employment and Unemployment Statistics

Employment, hours, and earnings, by industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

National labor force statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Local area labor force statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

National Longitudinal Surveys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Business Employment Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Occupational Employment Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Job Openings and Labor Turnover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

American Time Use Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Employment Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Prices and Living Conditions

Consumer Price Indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Producer Price Indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Consumer Expenditure Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Compensation and Working Conditions

National Compensation Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Employment Cost Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Modeled Wage Estimates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Occupational Requirements Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Work Stoppages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Productivity and Technology

Labor Productivity and Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Multifactor Productivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

International Technical Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Contact information for other federal data sources . . . . . . . . 48

Other agencies, offices, and organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

BLS Internet addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
MISSION

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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is the 

principal fact-finding agency for the federal 

government in the broad field of labor economics 

and statistics. BLS is an independent national 

statistical agency that collects, processes, 

analyzes, and disseminates essential statistical 

data for the public, Congress, other federal 

agencies, state and local governments, business, 

and labor. BLS also serves as a statistical resource 

for the U.S. Department of Labor.

BLS data must satisfy a number of criteria, 

including relevance to current social and 

economic issues, timeliness in reflecting 

today’s rapidly changing economic conditions, 

accuracy, consistently high statistical quality, 

and impartiality in both subject matter and 

presentation.

MISSION
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ABOUT THE BLS INFORMATION GUIDE

To make it easier for you to request information or data,

we have provided

• descriptions of the information and data that we produce, as 

well as descriptions of the publications in which they appear

• instructions needed to use various electronic means (Internet, 

email, and so forth) for access to information or data 

• names and telephone numbers of people to contact for 

additional information

If you have any comments about the BLS Information Guide or 

want additional copies, call 202-691-5200 or write to 

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Division of Information and Marketing Services

2 Massachusetts Avenue NE., Room 2850

Washington, DC 20212

Email: blsdata_staff@bls.gov
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HOW TO OBTAIN BLS INFORMATION

THE INTERNET

PRERECORDED MESSAGES

PRODUCTS

Where you can obtain information from BLS
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Obtaining BLS data through the Internet

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics staff constantly updates 

the BLS website to provide access to timely, relevant, and 

accurate economic data for the general public. The home 

page, www.bls.gov, is the gateway to all BLS data, enabling 

jobseekers, analysts, economists, business professionals, 

government officials, policymakers, and others to make 

informed decisions.

You can join our subscription service to receive free email 

updates of selected news releases, new publications, or specific 

data summaries. You can also follow us on Twitter @BLS_gov to 

receive up-to-date information on the U.S. economy.

INTERNET

From our website, we provide help and tutorials to guide you 

through the use of various data tools and other features.

And if you need more assistance while navigating the webpages,

we provide contact information at the bottom of each page.

You can also use this booklet to find telephone numbers,

fax numbers, and email addresses of each BLS program

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HOW TO OBTAIN BLS INFORMATION

Getting BLS data through recorded

telephone messages

Recorded summaries of current BLS data are available on 

telephone hotlines 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Mid-Atlantic Region, 215-597-3282

• CPI: U.S., and:

∘ Pittsburgh 412-644-2900

∘ Philadelphia 215-656-3948

∘ Washington–Baltimore 410-962-4898

Mountain–Plains Region, 816-285-7000

• CPI: U.S., Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis, Midwest, West

New England Region, 617-565-2327

• CPI: U.S., Boston, and Northeast

• Selected unemployment, ECI, and PPI data available

New York–New Jersey Region, 646-264-3600

• CPI: U.S. and New York

Southwest Region, 972-850-4800

• CPI: U.S., Dallas–Fort Worth, and Houston

• Selected PPI and ECI data available

Western Region, 415-625-2270

• CPI: U.S., West, Los Angeles, San Francisco,

Seattle, Anchorage, Honolulu, Phoenix, Portland,

and San Diego

NOTE:

CPI = Consumer Price Index

PPI = Producer Price Index

ECI = Employment Cost Index

CPI data are available via fax upon request.

Additional data are available for all regions.

AUDIO
Obtaining information through BLS products

Current data and analyses are available online and come in 

the form of news releases, periodicals, reports, summaries, 

and bulletins. Printed copies of older BLS publications 

usually can be found at federal depository libraries, some 

1,400 of which are located throughout the United States

and its territories. Check with your local librarian, or find

the library nearest you through the GPO website:

https://catalog.gpo.gov/fdlpdir/FDLPdir.jsp

News releases

These communiqués announce that new data are available 

from BLS. News releases typically consist of a short narrative 

with at least one chart. For information on specific news 

releases, see individual BLS program areas, pages 16–47.

Periodicals, summaries, reports, bulletins, and other 

materials

BLS produces several analytical summaries, articles, reports, and 

chart presentations that are posted online on a varied schedule. 

New material is added daily.

Monthly Labor Review (MLR)

Established in 1915, the Monthly Labor Review (MLR) is the 

principal journal of fact, analysis, and research published 

by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Each month, economists, 

statisticians, and experts from the Bureau join with private 

sector professionals and state and local government 

specialists to provide a wealth of research in a wide variety of 

fields: the labor force, the economy, employment, inflation, 

productivity, occupational injuries and illnesses, wages and 

benefits, working conditions, prices, and many more. (Note: 

Compensation and Working Conditions (CWC) Online was 

discontinued, but articles from that publication are published 

in the Monthly Labor Review.)

BLS does consider papers written by non-BLS authors for 

publication in the MLR. Please access the following URL for 

submission guidelines: www.bls.gov/mlr/for-authors.htm.

Authors may submit papers for consideration via email to 

the Executive Editor, at OPUBSS_Submit@bls.gov. 

To send your paper via regular mail, address it to 

Executive Editor

Monthly Labor Review

Bureau of Labor Statistics

2 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Room 2850

Washington, DC 20212

Beyond the Numbers (BTN)

This publication features current, brief analyses that allow BLS 

economists to highlight interesting topics on employment and 

unemployment, prices and spending, global economy, pay and 

benefits, workplace injuries, productivity, and special studies 

and research. Established in 2012, BTN compiled five former BLS 

summaries into one publication with the seven topics or themes. 

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HOW TO OBTAIN BLS INFORMATION

The former publications, Focus on Prices and Spending, Issues 

in Labor Statistics, Regional Reports, Program Perspectives,

and Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Highlights are 

archived and available on the BTN webpage: www.bls.gov/

opub/btn/archive. Articles in BTN are published anytime 

throughout each month.

Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)

This publication offers a detailed look at the projected growth 

for occupations, as well as pay and education and training. It is a 

nationally recognized source of career information, designed to 

provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about 

their future work lives. The Handbook is updated every 2 years. 

Career Outlook

This publication contains articles and brief summaries on 

employment, earnings, education and training needs, and 

careers. Each issue is designed to help guidance counselors, 

career planners, employment analysts, and young people keep 

up with occupational employment developments in a fastchanging economy. 

BLS Reports

Typically containing a few pages of analysis and numerous 

tables, these annual reports provide data on women in the 

labor force, labor force characteristics by race and ethnicity, the 

working poor, and consumer expenditures.

The Economics Daily (TED)

TED is a daily synopsis, highlighting new or interesting data 

produced by BLS.

Spotlight on Statistics

This presentation uses charts, maps, and other imagery 

to describe economic analysis. It contains brief bulleted 

observations to guide the reader through the illustrations.

BLS Handbook of Methods

The redesigned online Handbook provides the most 

current, detailed explanations of how the Bureau of 

Labor Statistics obtains and prepares the economic 

data it publishes. It also incorporates features that 

help users more easily navigate the publication.

Publications of record

BLS compiles monthly updates on statistics that were 

originally featured in printed periodicals. BLS continues 

to provide these publications of record on employment 

and earnings, consumer, and producer prices. 

Employment and Earnings (E&E) Online

Provides current data on employment,

unemployment, work hours, and earnings

for the United States, individual states, and

selected metropolitan areas. 

PPI Detailed Report

Presents a comprehensive report of price

movements at the producer or wholesale

level, arranged by stage of processing and

by industry.

Bulletins

These are compendiums of tables, with no 

analytic supporting text. For example,

the National Compensation Survey:

Employee Benefits in the United States

is a bulletin.
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CLASSROOM RESOURCES FOR K-12 TEACHERS

K-12

www.bls.gov/k12

BLS has a webpage devoted to helping students and teachers 

discover valuable information about the economy and jobs. 

Created with students from kindergarten through 12th grade in 

mind, the K-12 webpage is a fun way to learn about BLS and the 

data we produce.

Our Teacher’s Desk has classroom activities and videos that 

you can incorporate into your lesson plans to explain common 

economic concepts using BLS data! It also has informational 

posters to print out and hang in your classroom and around the 

school. These posters feature the fastest growing occupations, 

employment growth and wages for various occupation groups, 

employment and earnings by educational attainment, and 

much more. We update these posters when we publish new 

data.

In Student Resources you can explore careers that relate to your 

interests, and learn fun facts about the economy and jobs. You 

can also make your own data chart using our K-12 Chart Maker

tool! 

You can test your knowledge of BLS concepts with our Games 

and Quizzes and learn about the History of BLS!

Feel free to contact us to learn more about the K-12 webpage or 

to send us your feedback.

Contact information:

Phone 202-691-5200 

Email k12@bls.gov 
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HOW TO CONTACT INFORMATION PROVIDERS

Information specialists in the following offices are available to 

assist you: 

• BLS Division of Information and Marketing Services, 

Washington, DC (this page) 

• BLS Regional Economic Analysis and Information offices 

(pages 11–13) 

• State offices providing labor market information and 

occupational safety and health statistics (pages 14–15) 

• BLS program offices, Washington, DC (pages 16–47)

BLS Division of Information and Marketing 

Services

www.bls.gov/opub/opbinfo.htm

The BLS Division of Information and Marketing Services 

disseminates BLS information to local businesses, government 

agencies, and the public. The division receives copies of all BLS 

publications, and staff are available from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 

ET, to answer a full range of questions regarding BLS data and 

information.

The Division of Information and Marketing Services offers the 

following services to the public: 

• Personal assistance by staff 

• Online subscriptions to selected publications 

• Speakers available to conduct workshops and seminars on 

BLS programs 

• Access to archived BLS publications 

• Certification of BLS documents 

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Division of Information and Marketing Services

2 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Room 2850

Washington, DC 20212

Phone:

Data and information 202-691-5200 

Federal Relay Service 800-877-8339 

Media information 202-691-5902 

Email:

Data questions, comments blsdata_staff@bls.gov 

Website questions webmaster@bls.gov 
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BLS Regional Economic Analysis and

Information Offices

www.bls.gov/regions/home.htm

BLS has eight regional information offices, shown on the map.

Regional information offices analyze and disseminate BLS data 

and help customers with questions about the application and use 

of those data. Although these offices specialize in the regional 

economy, they provide the full range of BLS national, regional, 

and local statistics and publications to all customers, including 

businesses, government agencies, and the public. 

Regional information offices offer the following to the public: 

• Recorded messages (page 5)

• Consultations with, and assistance from, BLS economists

• Regional economic analysis

• Free copies of available printed publications

• Speakers available to conduct workshops and seminars on 

BLS programs and information services

Mountain-Plains

New York-New Jersey

Mid-Atlantic

New England

Southwest

Southeast

Midwest

West
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Southeast (Atlanta)

Alabama – Florida – Georgia – Kentucky – Mississippi –

North Carolina – South Carolina – Tennessee

www.bls.gov/regions/southeast

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Economic Analysis and Information

Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center

61 Forsyth Street, SW, Room 7T50

Atlanta, GA 30303

Phone: 404-893-4222

Fax: 404-893-4221

9:00 a.m.–12 noon and 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m., ET

Email: blsinfoAtlanta@bls.gov

New England (Boston)

Connecticut – Maine – Massachusetts – New Hampshire –

Rhode Island – Vermont

www.bls.gov/regions/new-england

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Economic Analysis and Information

JFK Federal Building, E-310

15 New Sudbury Street

Boston, MA 02203

Phone: 617-565-2327

Fax: 617-565-4182

8:30 a.m.–12 noon and 1:30 p.m.–4 p.m., ET

Email: blsinfoBoston@bls.gov

Midwest (Chicago)

Illinois – Indiana – Iowa – Michigan – Minnesota – Nebraska –

North Dakota – Ohio – South Dakota – Wisconsin

www.bls.gov/regions/midwest

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Economic Analysis and Information

J. C. Kluczynski Federal Building

230 South Dearborn Street, Room 960

Chicago, IL 60604

Phone: 312-353-1880

Fax: 312-353-1886

8 a.m.–4 p.m., CT

Email: blsinfoChicago@bls.gov

Southwest (Dallas)

Arkansas – Louisiana – New Mexico – Oklahoma – Texas

www.bls.gov/regions/southwest

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Economic Analysis and Information

A. Maceo Smith Federal Building

525 South Griffin Street, Room 221

Dallas, TX 75202

Phone: 972-850-4800

Fax: 972-850-4804

8 a.m.–11 a.m. and 1 p.m.–4 p.m., CT

Email: blsinfoDallas@bls.gov
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Mountain-Plains (Kansas City)

Colorado – Kansas – Missouri – Montana – Utah – Wyoming

www.bls.gov/regions/mountain-plains

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Economic Analysis and Information

Two Pershing Square Building

2300 Main Street, Suite 1190

Kansas City, MO 64108-2426

Phone: 816-285-7000

Fax: 816-285-7009

9 a.m.–12 noon and 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m., CT

Email: blsinfoKansasCity@bls.gov

New York-New Jersey (New York City)

New Jersey – New York – Puerto Rico – U.S. Virgin Islands

www.bls.gov/regions/new-york-new-jersey

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Economic Analysis and Information

201 Varick Street, Room 808

New York, NY 10014-4811

Phone: 646-264-3600

Fax: 212-337-2532

9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.–3:30 p.m., ET

Email: blsinfoNY@bls.gov

Mid-Atlantic (Philadelphia)

Delaware – District of Columbia – Maryland – Pennsylvania – 

Virginia – West Virginia

www.bls.gov/regions/mid-atlantic

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Economic Analysis and Information

Suite 610 East, The Curtis Center

170 South Independence Mall West

Philadelphia, PA 19106–3305

Phone: 215-597-3282

Fax: 215-861-5720

8:30 a.m.–12 noon and 1 p.m.–3:30 p.m., ET

Email: blsinfoPhiladelphia@bls.gov

West (San Francisco)

Alaska – Arizona – California – Hawaii – Idaho – Nevada – 

Oregon – Washington

www.bls.gov/regions/west

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Economic Analysis and Information

90 7th Street, Suite 14–100

San Francisco, CA 94103

Phone: 415-625-2270

Fax: 415-625-2351

9 a.m.–11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m., PT

Email: blsinfoSF@bls.gov
State Labor market 

Information

Occupational 

safety and

health data

Alabama 334-956-7422 334-242-3461

Alaska 907-465-6040 907-465-6034

Arizona 602-771-2222 602-542-3739

Arkansas 501-371-1027 501-682-4542

California 916-651-6417 415-703-3020

Colorado 303-318-8850 972-850-4821

Connecticut 860-263-6255 860-263-6272

Delaware 302-761-8060 302-761-8221

District of Columbia 202-671-1632 202-442-9010

Florida 850-245-7257 215-861-5637

Georgia 404-232-3875 404-463-0737

Guam 671-475-7062 671-300-6339

Hawaii 808-586-8999 (808) 586-9001

Idaho 208-332-3570 415-625-2267

Illinois 312-793-2316 217-557-5663

Indiana 317-232-7460 317-232-2668

Iowa 515-281-5193 515-281-0202

Kansas 785-296-5000 785-296-5000

Kentucky 502-564-7976 502-564-3535

Louisiana 888-302-7662 225-342-3126

Maine 207-623-7900 207-623-7900 

Maryland 410-767-2250 410-527-4499

Massachusetts 617-626-6556 617-626-6945

Michigan 313-456-3100 517-284-7785

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State offices providing labor market information and 

occupational safety and health data sources

States collect, analyze, and publish a variety of market 

information, much of it developed in cooperation with 

BLS. State labor market information may be obtained at 

the telephone numbers listed here. States also publish 

data from the occupational safety and health programs 

developed in cooperation with BLS. These phone 

numbers are listed here as well.
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State Labor market 

Information

Occupational 

safety and

health data

Minnesota 651-259-7384 651-284-5428 

Mississippi 601-321-6568 404-893-8339

Missouri 573-751 9637 573-751-9677

Montana 406-444-2430 406-444-3297

Nebraska 402-471-2600 402-471-3547

Nevada 775-684-0450 702-486-9197

New Hampshire 603-224-3311 617-565-2302 

New Jersey 609-984-5538 609-633-0755 

New Mexico 505-383-2729 505-476-8740 

New York 518-485-7990 518-485-1056 

North Carolina 919-707-1500 919-733-2758 

North Dakota 701-328-2868 312-353-7253 

Ohio 614-752-9494 614-995-8608 

Oklahoma 405-557-7221 312-353-7253

Oregon 503-947-1212 503-947-7838

Pennsylvania 717-787-6466 717-772-1330 

Puerto Rico 787-754-5300 787-754-5353 

Rhode Island 401-462-8740 617-565-2302

South Carolina 803-737-2660 803-896-7673

South Dakota 605-626-2314 312-353-7253

Tennessee 615-741-1729 615-741-1748

Texas 512-936-3200 512-804-5020

Utah 801-526-9721 801-530-6823

Vermont 802-828-4153 802-828-5985

State Labor market 

Information

Occupational 

safety and

health data

U.S. Virgin Islands 340-773-1994 340-776-3700

Virginia 804-786-7496 804-786-1995

Washington 360-407-4503 360-902-5512

West Virginia 304-558-2660 304-558-2660

Wisconsin 608-266-8341 608-221-6293

Wyoming 307-473-3807 307-473-3838
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EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS

Employment, hours, and earnings, by industry

www.bls.gov/ces (national data)

www.bls.gov/sae (state and area data)

The Current Employment Statistics program surveys the 

payroll records of approximately 651,000 individual worksites 

on a monthly basis and provides detailed industry data on 

employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm 

payrolls for the nation, all states, the District of Columbia, 

Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and about 450 metropolitan 

areas and metropolitan divisions.

For more information

National data requests 202-691-6555 cesinfo@bls.gov

State and area data requests 202-691-6559 sminfo@bls.gov

National data available

Employment

• All employees, by major industry sector and by two-, three-, 

four-, and selected five- and six-digit North American 

Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes

• Production and nonsupervisory employees, by NAICS 

sector and detailed industry

• Women employees, by NAICS sector and detailed industry

Hours, earnings, and derivative series*

• Average hours and earnings for all employees and for 

production and nonsupervisory employees, by NAICS 

sector and detailed industry

• Average weekly overtime hours in manufacturing 

industries, for all employees and for production and 

nonsupervisory employees

• Indexes of aggregate weekly hours of all employees and 

of production and nonsupervisory employees, by NAICS 

sector and detailed industries

• Indexes of aggregate weekly payrolls of all employees and 

of production and nonsupervisory employees, by NAICS 

sector and detailed industries

• Real (adjusted for price changes) average hourly and 

weekly earnings of all employees and of production and 

nonsupervisory employees, by NAICS sector and detailed 

industries

• Aggregate weekly hours of all employees and of 

production and nonsupervisory employees, by NAICS 

sector and detailed industries

• Aggregate weekly payrolls of all employees and of 

production and nonsupervisory employees, by NAICS 

sector and detailed industries

• Diffusion indexes of employment change for private 

nonfarm industries and for manufacturing industries

*Hours and earnings estimates and derivative series cover only 

nonfarm private-sector workers in two employee sets—1) all 

employees and 2) production and nonsupervisory employees.

State and area data available

Employment

• All employees, by major industry sector and by selected 

two- and three-digit NAICS codes, for each state, the 

District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and 

about 450 metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions

• Production and nonsupervisory employees, by sector and 

by selected two- and three-digit NAICS codes, for many 

states, Puerto Rico, and select metropolitan areas and 

metropolitan divisions
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Publications

News releases:

The Employment Situation Monthly 

Commissioner’s Statement on the Employment Situation Monthly 

State Employment and Unemployment Monthly 

Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Monthly

Real Earnings Monthly

Other:

Current Employment Statistics Highlights Monthly 

CES Strike Report Monthly 

Publication of record:

Employment and Earnings Online Monthly

(available at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ee/home.htm)

• Map of states and the District of Columbia over-the-year 

percentage changes in total nonfarm employment

• Map of metropolitan areas over-the-year percent changes 

in total nonfarm employment

• Rankings of states and the District of Columbia, by level 

and percent change in total nonfarm employment, over the 

month and over the year

• Rankings of metropolitan areas, large metropolitan areas, 

and metropolitan divisions, by level and percent change in 

total nonfarm employment over the year

Hours, earnings, and derivative series

• Average hours and earnings of production employees 

on manufacturing payrolls in each state, the District of 

Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and several 

metropolitan areas

• Average hours and earnings of all employees, by NAICS 

supersector, in each state and the District of Columbia 

and at the total private level for metropolitan areas and 

metropolitan divisions

• Three-month average change in all employees and at the 

total private level, for each state, the District of Columbia, 

Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands

• Three-month average change at the total private level for 

select metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions
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EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS

National labor force statistics

www.bls.gov/cps

The Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly survey of 

about 60,000 households that the Census Bureau conducts 

for BLS, provides a comprehensive body of information on the 

employment and unemployment experience of the nation’s 

population, classified by age, gender, race, ethnicity, education, 

and a variety of other characteristics. The CPS is the source of data 

on the national unemployment rate; employment by occupation; 

the labor force participation of mothers; usual weekly earnings; and 

many other demographic, social, and economic estimates. Studies 

based on the CPS cover a broad range of topics, including the 

nation’s overall labor market situation as well as the labor market 

situation of a number of groups, such as foreign-born workers, 

part-time workers, discouraged workers, school-age youths, 

older workers, union members, people with a disability, veterans, 

contingent workers, people with professional certifications and 

licenses, and displaced workers.

For general information

National labor force data 202-691-6378 cpsinfo@bls.gov

Special topics

(see publications) 202-691-6378 cpsinfo@bls.gov

For technical information

Concepts and definitions 202-691-6378

Employment and

unemployment trends 202-691-6378

Microdata—Claire Gallagher 202-691-6969 dddp-sup@bls.gov

Seasonal adjustment—

Richard Tiller 202-691-6370

or Thomas Evans 202-691-6354

Data available

• Employment status of the population 16 years and older, 

by age, gender, race, ethnicity, marital status, family 

relationship, educational attainment, disability status, 

veteran status, and foreign-born status

• Employed persons, by occupation, industry, class of worker, 

hours of work, full- and part-time status and reason for 

working part time (for example, economic or voluntary), 

and absences from work

• Unemployed persons, by occupation, industry, and 

class of worker; duration of unemployment; reasons for 

unemployment; and methods used to find employment

• Characteristics and jobseeking intentions of people not in 

the labor force, including discouraged workers

• Subgroups of the population, such as displaced workers, 

women maintaining families, and working women with 

children; or particular topics such as work experience, 

tenure with current employer, and activities of recent high 

school graduates and dropouts

• Weekly and hourly earnings, by demographic group, fulland part-time employment status, occupation and industry, 

and minimum wage status

• Union membership, people with professional certifications 

and licenses, and the working poor
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Publications

News releases:

College Enrollment and Work Activity

of High School Graduates Annual

Employee Tenure Biennial

Employment Characteristics of Families Annual

The Employment Situation Monthly

Employment Situation of Veterans Annual

Employment and Unemployment

among Youth—Summer Annual

Foreign-Born Workers: Labor Force Characteristics Annual

Persons with a Disability: Labor Force Characteristics Annual

Union Members Annual

Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers Quarterly

Work Experience of the Population Annual

Worker Displacement Biennial

Publications of record:

Employment and Earnings Online Monthly

(available at www.bls.gov/opub/ee/home.htm)

BLS Reports:

Characteristics of Minimum Wage Workers Annual

Highlights of Women’s Earnings Annual

Labor Force Characteristics by Race and Ethnicity Annual

A Profile of the Working Poor Annual

Women in the Labor Force: A Databook Annual
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Local area labor force statistics

www.bls.gov/lau

The Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program is a 

federal–state cooperative endeavor that develops monthly 

and annual-average estimates of civilian labor force, employed 

people, unemployed people, and unemployment rates for more 

than 7,000 areas, including census regions and divisions; all 

states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; metropolitan 

areas, other federal statistical areas as delineated by the Office 

of Management and Budget, and small labor market areas; 

counties and county equivalents; cities of 25,000 population or 

more; and cities and towns in New England with populations 

of at least 1,000. In addition, the Current Population Survey 

(CPS) provides annual averages of labor force status for census 

regions and divisions and states by demographic group, 

occupation, industry, full- or part-time status, and other 

characteristics.

For general information

General information

and analysis 202-691-6392 lausinfo@bls.gov

Data available

Monthly and annual averages:

• Labor force, employment, and unemployment levels and 

unemployment rates for census regions and divisions; 

states (including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico); 

metropolitan areas; metropolitan divisions; micropolitan 

areas; combined areas; small labor market areas; counties 

and county equivalents; cities of 25,000 population or more; 

and cities and towns in New England with populations of at 

least 1,000

• People 16 years and older in the civilian noninstitutional 

population, labor force participation rates, and 

employment–population ratios for states (including the 

District of Columbia)

Four-quarter averages for states:

• Alternative measures of labor underutilization

(U–1 through U–6)

Annual averages for census regions and divisions and for states, 

from the CPS:

• Employment status (labor force, employment and 

unemployment levels, and unemployment rate) of the 

civilian noninstitutional population, by gender, age, race, 

ethnicity, marital status, and educational attainment
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• Employed and unemployed people, by full- and part-time 

status, gender, age, race, and ethnicity

• Employment status of the experienced civilian labor force 

(people with previous work experience), by occupation and 

by industry

• Percent distribution of employed people, by occupation, 

industry, gender, race, and ethnicity

• Employed people, by hours of work, gender, age, race, and 

ethnicity

• People at work from 1 to 34 hours per week, reason for 

working less than 35 hours, and usual full- or part-time 

status, by gender, race, and ethnicity

• Employed people not at work, by reason, gender, race, and 

ethnicity

• Employed people, by class of worker (including selfemployed), gender, race, and ethnicity

• Unemployed people, by gender, race, ethnicity, reason for 

unemployment (those who have lost jobs, including people 

who completed temporary jobs, job leavers, reentrants, and 

new entrants), and duration of unemployment

Publications

News releases:

State Employment and Unemployment Monthly

(available at www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm)

Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Monthly

(available at www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm)

Regional and State Unemployment Annual

(available at www.bls.gov/news.release/srgune.nr0.htm)

Publication of record:

Employment and Earnings Online Monthly

(available at www.bls.gov/opub/ee/home.htm)

Other:

Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment Annual

(available at www.bls.gov/opub/geographic-profile/

home.htm)
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EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS

National Longitudinal Surveys

www.bls.gov/nls

BLS sponsors the collection and production of data from the 

National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS). Three of the surveys 

are ongoing, and four have been discontinued. Each survey 

gathers information on the labor market experiences of groups 

of American men and women at multiple points in time. The 

individuals in the survey samples represent Americans born during 

a given period and living in the United States when the samples 

were selected. Each of the NLS cohorts consists of several thousand 

members, some of whom have been surveyed for decades. These 

data offer researchers the opportunity to study large panels of 

American men and women over long periods of their lives. NLS 

public-use data and documentation are available for free at www.

nlsinfo.org. An up-to-date searchable record of research based on 

NLS data is available at www.nlsbibliography.org.

For more information

NLS press releases 202-691-7410 NLS_info@bls.gov

NLS geocode files 202-691-7410 NLSYGeocode@bls.gov

Director—Jeffrey Groen 202-691-7392

Assistant Director—

Holly Olson 202-691-6572

Data available

• National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79):

most recent interview in 2016; young men and women

ages 14 to 21 as of December 31, 1978

• NLSY79 Child and Young Adult: most recent interview 

in 2016, birth onward; biological children of the female 

respondents of the NLSY79

• National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97):

most recent interview in 2017; young men and women

ages 12 to 16 as of December 31, 1996

• Mature women ages 30 to 44 as of March 31, 1967 

(discontinued in 2003)

• Young women ages 14 to 24 as of December 31, 1967 

(discontinued in 2003)

• Young men ages 14 to 24 as of March 31, 1966

(discontinued in 1981)

• Older men ages 45 to 59 as of March 31, 1966

(discontinued in 1990)

Publications

News releases:

Results from longitudinal surveys Periodic

Other:

NLS topical guides for each cohort

(available at www.nlsinfo.org) Biennial
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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

www.bls.gov/cew

The Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, also known 

as the QCEW or ES–202, produces a comprehensive series of 

local and national employment and wage data by industry for 

workers covered by state unemployment insurance laws. The 

QCEW program provides a virtual census of payroll employment 

and wages. The program produces data on the number of 

establishments, on monthly employment, and on quarterly 

wages by industry (BLS high-level and North American Industry 

Classification System), area (county, metropolitan statistical 

areas, state, and national), and ownership (federal, state, or local 

government, and private sector). For more information about QCEW 

concepts, go to www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cew/concepts.htm.

For general information

Public-access datasets 202-691-6567 qcewinfo@bls.gov 

Contacts for technical information

Current and historical data analysis staff 202-691-6567

Multiple Worksite Report— Jake Kane 202-691-5161

North American Industry Classification System—

Emily Thomas 202-691-6441

Data available

• Monthly employment for the nation, all states, all counties, 

and all metropolitan statistical areas, by six-digit North 

American Industry Classification System code

• Quarterly wages and number of establishments for the nation, 

all states, all counties, and all metropolitan statistical areas, by 

six-digit North American Industry Classification System code

• First-quarter establishment counts, employment, and 

wages, by size of establishment, for the nation and all states

• Location quotients (indicating industry concentration) for 

data items by area and ownership

• Over-the-year change rates for data items by industry, area, 

and ownership

QCEW Tools

Data views: https://data.bls.gov/cew/apps/data_views/data_

views.htm#tab=Tables

Open data: www.bls.gov/cew/opendata.htm

Data files: www.bls.gov/cew/datatoc.htm

Data search: https://data.bls.gov/PDQWeb/en

State and county map: https://beta.bls.gov/maps/cew/us

Publications

News releases:

County Employment and Wages Quarterly Location:

www.bls.gov/cew/news.htm

Schedule: www.bls.gov/cew/releasecalendar.htm

Employment and Wages Annual Averages, Online:

Location: www.bls.gov/cew/cewbultncur.htm

Tables: www.bls.gov/cew/cewbultncur.htm#Tables
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EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS

Business Employment Dynamics

www.bls.gov/bdm

Records from the Quarterly Census of Employment and 

Wages (see previous page) are linked longitudinally to 

produce statistics on the dynamics that underlie net changes 

in employment. Gross job gains are composed of gains in 

employment from opening establishments and expanding 

establishments; gross job losses are composed of decreases 

in employment from closing establishments and contracting 

establishments.

For more information

General information

and analysis 202-691-6553 bdminfo@bls.gov 

Data available

• National quarterly gross job gains from opening and 

expanding establishments, and quarterly gross job losses 

from closing and contracting establishments for the total 

private sector, industry sectors, and three-digit North 

American Industry Classification System industry sectors

• National establishment births and deaths for the total 

private sector and major industry sectors, and state 

establishment births and deaths for the total private sector

• Number of job-gaining establishments and number of joblosing establishments for the total private sector and major 

industry sectors, and for those establishments by age

• National quarterly gross job gains and gross job losses, and 

number of job-gaining and job-losing establishments, by 

size of employment change for the total private sector

• Quarterly gross job gains and losses from opening, 

expanding, closing, and contracting firms, by size of firm

• Annual gross job gains and gross job losses, by 

establishment age, for the total private sector and major 

industry sectors

• State quarterly gross job gains from opening and 

expanding establishments, and quarterly gross job losses 

from closing and contracting establishments, for the total 

private sector

• Annual state gross job gains and gross job losses, by 

establishment age, for the total private sector

• Number of state private sector establishments, by age of 

the establishment, and by employment

• Survival of establishments, by birth year

Publication

News release:

Quarterly Data on Business Employment Dynamics Quarterly
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EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS

Occupational Employment Statistics

www.bls.gov/oes

The Occupational Employment Statistics program provides 

employment and wage estimates for workers in nonfarm 

establishments, by occupation and industry nationally and by 

occupation and area for more than 650 geographical areas. 

Estimates by occupation cover all 50 states, the District of Columbia, 

Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and 600 metropolitan 

and nonmetropolitan areas. Workers are classified into more 

than 800 occupations according to the Standard Occupational 

Classification (SOC) system. Industry-specific estimates are available 

for approximately 415 industry classifications at the national level.

For more information

Current and historical data 202-691-6569 oesinfo@bls.gov

SOC system 202-691-6500 soc@bls.gov

Data available

• Employment and wage estimates, by occupation, for all 

industries combined and for the nation, states, metropolitan 

statistical areas, metropolitan divisions, nonmetropolitan 

areas, and selected U.S. territories

• Employment and wage estimates, by occupation, for 

approximately 415 industry classifications at the national level

• Employment and wage estimates, by occupation, by public 

sector and private sector ownership at the national level, for all 

industries combined and for schools and hospitals

• The SOC system is used by federal statistical agencies to 

classify workers into occupational categories for the purpose 

of collecting, calculating, or disseminating data. All workers 

are classified into one of more than 800 detailed occupations 

according to their job duties

Publication

News release:

Occupational Employment and Wages Annual
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Job Openings and Labor Turnover

www.bls.gov/jlt

Each month, the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey 

(JOLTS) collects information on labor demand and labor turnover 

from approximately 16,000 U.S. business and government 

establishments. JOLTS estimated rates and levels of job openings, 

hires, and separations are published for the nation as a whole, 

by region, by ownership (public or private), and by industry 

supersector and select sectors based on the North American 

Industry Classification System (NAICS). Data are also available by 

establishment and firm size class. Measures of separations are 

released as a total and are broken out by type as quits (voluntary 

separations), layoffs and discharges (involuntary separations), 

and other separations (retirements, transfers, deaths). The JOLTS 

series includes data from December 2000 to the present. Data are 

also available by establishment and firm size class.

For more information

Information and analysis 202-691-5870 joltsinfo@bls.gov

Data available

Monthly levels and rates:

Levels and rates for the following:

• Job openings, hires, quits, layoffs and discharges, other 

separations, and total separations

• Total nonfarm, total private, total public, 16 private industry 

supersectors and sectors, federal government, and state and 

local government

• Four regions (total nonfarm only)

• Seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data

Annual levels and rates:

• Total nonfarm, total private, total public, 16 private industry 

supersectors and sectors, federal government, and state and 

local government

• Four census regions

• Hires, quits, layoffs and discharges, other separations, and 

total separations

Publication

News release:

Job Openings and Labor Turnover Monthly
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EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS

American Time Use Survey

www.bls.gov/tus

The American Time Use Survey (ATUS) is a nationally 

representative survey that measures how people in the United 

States divide their time on an average day among various 

activities, including work, education, sleep, childcare, eldercare, 

leisure, and other activities. The survey is conducted continuously 

by the U.S. Census Bureau for BLS. News releases, microdata files, 

and supporting documentation are published annually. Data on 

topics such as eating and health, well-being, and workers’ access 

to leave have been collected as supplements to the ATUS.

Measures include the average number of hours people spend in 

various activities, the percentage of people who engage in these 

activities on an average day, and the time of day that specific 

activities are done.

For more information

National time-use data 202-691-6339 atusinfo@bls.gov

Data available

• Quarterly and annual average data on the number of hours 

per day spent in various activities by the population

• Annual average data on the percentage of the population 

that engaged in various activities on an average day

• Data for demographic groups (age, gender, race, ethnicity, 

and educational attainment)

• Data by employment status, occupation, class of worker, 

earnings, marital status, presence and age of household 

children, school enrollment status, weekdays, and 

weekend days

Publication

News releases:

American Time Use Survey Annual

Unpaid Eldercare Biennial
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Employment Projections

www.bls.gov/emp

The Employment Projections program develops and publishes 

estimates on the economy and labor market 10 years into the 

future. Included are projections of the labor force by gender, 

race, and age; gross domestic product; industrial output; and 

employment by industry and occupation. Projections are based on 

extensive analysis of current and past economic and employment 

relationships. This program also develops estimates of projected 

occupational openings and analyzes the typical education and 

training required for entry into occupations. Projections are a 

critical component of workforce development systems and serve 

as the basis for determining jobs in demand. Knowing the most indemand jobs helps align education and training programs with the 

hiring needs of businesses and is a key component of the Workforce 

Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2014. Students, parents, 

counselors, dislocated workers, jobseekers, and career changers 

also use projections in individual career planning.

For general information

Employment projections 202-691-5700 ep-info@bls.gov

Occupational Outlook 202-691-5700 oohinfo@bls.gov

Handbook 

Career Outlook 202-691-5700 career.outlook@bls.gov

Data available

• Labor force, by age, gender, race, and ethnicity, for current 

and projected years

• Projections of gross domestic product (GDP) and aggregate 

projections of the employment required to produce GDP

• Historical and projected industry output and employment, 

as well as commodity output and final demand (demand 

by consumers, government, businesses, and foreign 

economies)

• Input–output data, including interindustry employment 

requirements, current and projected

• Employment for occupations, industries, and occupationby-industry matrix, current year and projected year

• Occupational openings because of growth and separations, 

including labor force exits and occupational transfers, for 

projected period

• Occupational Outlook Handbook: information on hundreds 

of occupations regarding the type of work; education, 

training, and other qualifications; employment; job outlook; 

wages; similar occupations; and sources of additional 

information

Publications

News release:

Employment Projections and

Occupational Outlook Handbook Annual

Career information:

Occupational Outlook Handbook www.bls.gov/ooh

Career Outlook www.bls.gov/careeroutlook
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PRICES AND LIVING CONDITIONS

Consumer Price Indexes

www.bls.gov/cpi

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the average 

change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a 

representative market basket of consumer goods and services.

The CPI reflects spending patterns for each of two population 

groups: all urban consumers and urban wage earners and 

clerical workers. The all urban consumer group represents 

about 93 percent of the total U.S. population. It is based on the 

expenditures of almost all residents of urban or metropolitan 

areas, including professionals, the self-employed, the 

unemployed, and retired people, as well as urban wage earners 

and clerical workers. Not included in the CPI are the spending 

patterns of people living in rural nonmetropolitan areas, those 

in farm households, people in the Armed Forces, and those in 

institutions, such as prisons and mental hospitals.

Consumer inflation for all urban consumers is measured by 

two indexes, namely, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban 

Consumers (CPI-U) and the Chained Consumer Price Index for 

All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U). Prices used in the C-CPI-U are 

the same as those used to produce the CPI-U and the CPI-W, but 

the C-CPI-U uses a different formula and different weights to 

combine basic indexes.

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical 

Workers (CPI-W) is based on the expenditures of households 

included in the CPI-U definition that also meet two additional 

requirements: more than one-half of the household’s income 

must come from clerical or wage occupations, and at least one 

of the household’s earners must have been employed for at 

least 37 weeks during the previous 12 months.

For more information

Phone 202-691-7000

Email cpi_info@bls.gov

Data available

• Measures of price change for two population groups: all 

urban consumers (CPI–U and C–CPI–U) and urban wage 

earners and clerical workers (CPI–W)

• CPI-U and CPI-W:

∘ Monthly indexes for full set of expenditure categories for 

the U.S. city average

∘ Monthly indexes for limited set of categories for census 

regions and divisions, population size classes, and three 

large metropolitan areas

∘ Bimonthly indexes for limited set of item categories for 

20 metropolitan areas

• C-CPI-U

∘ Monthly indexes for selected item categories, U.S. city 

average only

• Average prices:

∘ Monthly average retail prices of food for the U.S. city 

average and four census regions

∘ Monthly average retail prices of piped gas, electricity, 

gasoline, and diesel and fuel oil for U.S. city average and 

selected areas

Publication

News release:

Consumer Price Index Monthly
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Producer Price Indexes

www.bls.gov/ppi

The Producer Price Index (PPI) is a family of indexes that measure 

the average change over time in the selling prices received by 

domestic producers of goods, services, and construction. The 

output of nearly all industries in the goods-producing sectors 

of the U.S. economy—agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, and 

manufacturing—is included in the PPI. Imports are not included 

in the PPI. Over time, new PPI data has been introduced for 

products of industries in the services and construction sectors of 

the U.S. economy.

For general information

Information and analysis 202-691-7705 ppi-info@bls.gov

Contacts for technical information

Energy and chemicals—Jayson Pollock 202-691-5085

Agriculture and foods—Joseph Nunes 202-691-7839

Textiles and apparel—Amber Fink 202-691-7841

Nonresidential building construction—

Joseph Kelley 202-691-7722

Transportation equipment —Christopher Anfang 202-691-7696

Electrical machinery—Fred Merkel 202-691-7872

Metals and metal products—Vincent Russo 202-691-7726

Retail and wholesale trade—Michael Conforti 202-691-7728

Healthcare services—John Lucier 202-691-7741

Finance and insurance—Jason Carnival 202-691-7734

Real estate and professional services—

Kathleen Frawley 202-691-7020

Data available

• About 3,500 PPIs for specific products, industries, and 

industry groupings for the net output of approximately 400 

industries in the mining and manufacturing sectors

• Nearly 1,100 PPIs for specific outputs of roughly 125 industries 

in the services sector that do not produce physical products

• Approximately 4,500 commodity-based PPIs, organized by 

level of fabrication and material composition

• Aggregate measures of price change, organized by 

intermediate demand and final demand

• Aggregate measures of price change for net inputs 

consumed by industries in the construction sector of the 

economy, as well as for nine other selected manufacturing 

and service industries (net input indexes exclude capital 

investment, labor, and imports)

• Monthly indexes and annual averages for all groupings 

and items

Publications

News release:

Producer Price Indexes Monthly 

Publication of record:

PPI Detailed Report Monthly

(available at http://www.bls.gov/ppi/ppi_dr.htm)
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PRICES AND LIVING CONDITIONS

U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes

www.bls.gov/mxp

The International Price Program measures the average 

change in prices over time for most imported and exported 

goods, as well as for selected categories of services. Military 

goods, works of art, used items, charitable donations, railroad 

equipment, rebuilt and repaired items, items leased for less 

than a year, and selected exports (custom-made capital 

equipment) are excluded.

Contacts information

Phone 202-691-7101

Email mxpinfo@bls.gov

Fax requests 202-691-7109

Data available

• Price indexes for nearly all categories of merchandise goods 

and for selected categories of international services

Publication

News release:

U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes Monthly
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Consumer Expenditure Survey

www.bls.gov/cex

The Consumer Expenditure (CE) surveys program provides 

data on the buying habits of U.S. consumers by demographic 

characteristics.

The data are used to update the Consumer Price Index (CPI) 

market baskets and for research by government, business, labor, 

and academic analysts. The Consumer Expenditure surveys 

are the only federal surveys that allow users to associate the 

complete range of consumer expenditures with the income and 

demographic characteristics of those consumers. The program 

includes two surveys—the quarterly Interview Survey and the 

weekly Diary Survey—each with its own questionnaire and 

sample. Interview data provide information on relatively large 

or recurring expenditures; diary data offer detailed expenditure 

information on small, frequently purchased items.

For more information

Information and analysis 202-691-6900 cexinfo@bls.gov

Internet tables and content—Bill Passero 202-691-5126

Public use microdata—Scott Curtin 202-691-6233

Data available

• Annual expenditure and income data tables integrated 

from the Interview and Diary Surveys and classified by the 

income, age, size, and other demographic characteristics of 

consumer units, starting with the 1984 data

• Midyear integrated expenditure and income data tables 

by demographic characteristics and covering 12 months, 

starting with July 2011 through June 2012 data

• Detailed prepublication level annual income and expenditure 

data tables from the separate Interview and Diary Surveys, by 

selected consumer unit demographic characteristics, since 

1980; integrated detailed tables from 1984

• Public-use microdata on the expenditures, income, and 

demographic characteristics of consumer units, annually 

starting in 1984, and for selected earlier years

• Standard error tables that include annual expenditure 

means, standard errors, and coefficients of variation (in 

percent), by various demographic characteristics, from 2000 

to 2011. These standard error tables were merged with the 

expenditure data tables showing annual means, shares, and 

variance measures beginning with the 2012 data

• Aggregate expenditures and shares tables, showing total 

expenditures by category for all consumer units and 

percentages of the totals for various demographic groups, 

beginning with the 1989 data

Publications

News release:

Consumer Expenditures Semiannual

BLS Reports:

Consumer Expenditures Annual

Other:

Economic and methodological analyses,

data quality assessments, and comparisons of

Consumer Expenditure Survey data with

selected other sources Periodically
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COMPENSATION AND WORKING CONDITIONS

National Compensation Survey

www.bls.gov/ncs

The National Compensation Survey (NCS) is a comprehensive 

program that provides data on compensation costs and 

employee benefits.

Contact information

Phone 202-691-6199

Email ncsinfo@bls.gov

Data available

• Worker characteristics, such as occupational group, full- or 

part-time status, time or incentive status, and bargaining 

(union or nonunion) status

• Establishment characteristics, such as industry group, 

employment size, within geographic areas (census regions 

and divisions), and for the United States

Products

Employment Cost Index

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation

Benefits

Modeled Wage Estimates
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Employment Cost Index

www.bls.gov/ncs/ect

The Employment Cost Index (ECI) measures change over time in 

the cost of labor, including the costs of wages and salaries and 

employee benefits.

Contact information

Phone 202-691-6199

Email ncsinfo@bls.gov

Data available

• Quarterly and annual percent changes in employers’ costs 

for compensation, wages and salaries, and benefits

• Annual percent changes in employers’ costs for compensation, 

and wages and salaries, for private industry workers in the 

15 largest metropolitan areas

• Standard errors

Publications

News releases:

Employment Cost Index Quarterly

Historical series:

Current Dollar, March 2001 to present Quarterly

Constant Dollar, March 2001 to present Quarterly

Continuous Occupational and Industry Series,

September 1975 to present Quarterly

Health Benefits, 1982 to present Quarterly

Other:

“How to Use the Employment Cost Index for Escalation,”

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Employment Cost Trends

www.bls.gov/ncs/ect/escalator.htm
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COMPENSATION AND WORKING CONDITIONS

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation

www.bls.gov/ncs/ect

The Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC) series 

provides data on average employer costs per employee hour 

worked (in dollar amounts) for wages and salaries and individual 

benefits.

Contact information

Phone 202-691-6199

Email ncsinfo@bls.gov

Data available

• Employer costs (in dollar amounts) per employee hour 

worked for wages and salaries and 18 individual benefits in 

private industry and state and local government

• Employer costs, for private industry workers in 15 large 

metropolitan areas (annual)

• Relative importance (in percentage terms) of individual 

components of compensation to the total employer costs 

of compensation per employee hour worked

• Relative standard errors

• Supplementary tables provide costs for worker 

characteristics by private industry detail

Publications

News release:

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Quarterly

Historical series:

1986–2001 Annual

March 2002–December 2003 Quarterly

March 2004 to present Quarterly
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Benefits

www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs

The National Compensation Survey (NCS) benefits series provides 

data on the incidence and detailed provisions of selected 

employer-sponsored benefit plans. The data are presented as the 

percentage of employees who have access to, or participate in, 

certain benefits or as average benefit provided to employees—

for example, the average number of paid holidays provided to 

employees each year.

Contact information

Phone 202-691-6199

Email ncsinfo@bls.gov

Data available

• Rates of access to, and participation in, life insurance, 

health insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, 

and retirement plans (defined benefit and defined 

contribution), along with plan provisions

• Rates of access to, and plan provisions of, paid holidays and 

vacations

• Rates of access to jury duty, military leave, employer 

assistance for childcare, long-term care insurance, flexible 

worksites, subsidized commuting, stock options, and types 

of nonproduction bonuses

• Details of employer-sponsored health and retirement plans

• Standard errors

Publications

News release:

Employee Benefits in the United States Annual

Bulletins:

National Compensation Survey:

Employee Benefits in the United States Annual

National Compensation Survey:

Employee Benefit Plan Provisions in Private Industry

in the United States Annual

National Compensation Survey:

Employee Benefit Plan Provisions in State and Local

Government in the United States (less than annual) Periodic
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COMPENSATION AND WORKING CONDITIONS

Modeled Wage Estimates

www.bls.gov/mwe

The modeled wage estimates provide mean hourly wages 

for specific occupations. The estimates are based on the 

combined data from the Bureau’s National Compensation 

Survey (NCS) and the Occupational Employment Statistics 

(OES) survey using a statistical modeling procedure.

Contact information

Phone 202-691-6199

Email mweinfo@bls.gov

Data available

• National, state, metropolitan, and nonmetropolitan areas

• Full-time, part-time, union, nonunion, time-based pay, and 

incentive-based pay workers

• Work levels for full- and part-time workers

Publications

“Revisiting the dilemma of review for modeled wage

estimates by job characteristic,”

Monthly Labor Review, September 2015

“Wage estimates by job characteristic: NCS and OES program data,”

Monthly Labor Review, August 2013

Tables showcase selected facets of the data available as well as 

complete datasets, see www.bls.gov/mwe/#tables
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COMPENSATION AND WORKING CONDITIONS

Occupational Requirements Survey

www.bls.gov/ors

The Occupational Requirements Survey (ORS) collects occupationspecific information on the requirements of work in the national 

economy. The requirements are based on the way work is 

performed with respect to critical tasks that support the critical job 

function of the occupation. The ORS collects information about 

work performed in the following categories: physical demands, 

environmental conditions, education and training, and mental and 

cognitive requirements.

Contact information

Phone 202-691-6199

Email orsinfo@bls.gov

Data available

Latest data are available on www.bls.gov/ors via query tools, 

an Excel spreadsheet, and occupational profiles.

• Percentage of workers with specific job requirements

• Percentage of workday, hours of the workday, or duration 

categories (seldom, occasional, frequent, constant) typically 

spent performing job requirements

• Time necessary to perform job regarding education, 

training, and experience

Publications

News release:

Occupational Requirements in the United States Annual

Others:

“The Occupational Requirements Survey:

estimates from preproduction testing,”

Monthly Labor Review, November 2015

“Occupational Requirements Survey:

results from a job observation pilot test,”

Monthly Labor Review, November 2016
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COMPENSATION AND WORKING CONDITIONS

Work Stoppages

www.bls.gov/wsp

The Work Stoppages program provides monthly and annual 

data of major work stoppages involving 1,000 or more workers 

lasting one full shift or more. No distinction is made in the data 

between lockouts and strikes.

Contact information

Phone 202-691-6199

Email workstoppagesinfo@bls.gov

Data available

• Number of workers involved in work stoppages

• Number of work stoppages

• Number of days of idleness from work stoppages

• Percentage of estimated work time lost due to work 

stoppages

• Establishments and unions involved in work stoppages

• Industry classification of affected establishments

Publications

News releases:

Major Work Stoppages Annual 

Major Work Stoppages: Detailed Monthly Data Monthly

Major Work Stoppages: 1993 to present Annual

Other:

The Economics Daily, work stoppages
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COMPENSATION AND WORKING CONDITIONS

Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

www.bls.gov/iif

The BLS Occupational Safety and Health Statistics program 

has two components: the Survey of Occupational Injuries and 

Illnesses (SOII) and the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries 

(CFOI). Both are federal–state cooperative programs. Data are 

available nationally, as well as for states that participate in these 

programs.

SOII estimates employer-reported numbers and rates of 

injuries and illnesses by industry and type of cases. Also within 

the scope of the SOII are data on the characteristics of more 

seriously injured and ill workers and the circumstances of 

their injuries and illnesses, such as the nature of the disabling 

condition, the part of the body affected, the event or exposure 

leading to the condition, and the source producing the 

condition.

CFOI provides information about workers who have been 

fatally injured on the job and about the circumstances of the 

fatal injury. More than 30 separate data elements, including 

information on the worker, the fatal incident, and the machinery 

or equipment involved, are reported.

For more information

General information and analysis 202-691-6170

iifstaff@bls.gov

Data available

Nonfatal injury and illness data by industry

• Incidence rates and numbers of nonfatal occupational 

injuries and illnesses in private industry and in state and 

local government, by establishment size, for the following 

types of cases: total recordable injury and illness cases, 

cases with days away from work, cases with job transfer or 

restriction, other recordable cases, total injury cases, total 

illness cases, cases of skin diseases or disorders, cases of 

respiratory conditions, cases of poisoning, cases of hearing 

loss, and all other cases of illness

Nonfatal injury and illness data for case circumstances and 

worker characteristics

• Number and percent distribution of workers who missed days 

of work because of occupational injuries and illnesses; these 

workers are classified by industry, occupation, age, gender, 

race, length of service, day of event, time of event, hours on 

the job prior to the event, nature of the injury or illness, part 

of the body affected, source of the injury or illness, and event 

or exposure leading to the injury or illness

• Incidence rates of occupational injuries and illnesses involving 

days away from work, classified by industry, occupation, age 

group, gender, nature of the injury or illness, part of the body 

affected, source of the injury or illness, and event or exposure 

leading to the injury or illness

• Median number of days away from work due to occupational 

injuries and illnesses, classified by industry, occupation, age, 

gender, race, length of service, day of event, time of event, 

number of hours on the job prior to the event, nature of 

injury or illness, part of the body affected, source of injury or 

illness, and event or exposure leading to the injury or illness
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COMPENSATION AND WORKING CONDITIONS

• For selected industries, number, incidence rates, and 

median days for occupational injuries and illnesses with 

cases of job transfer or restriction for the same categories 

as the cases with days away from work.

Fatal occupational injury data

• Number and percent distribution of fatal occupational 

injuries by industry, occupation, age, gender, race, ethnicity, 

event or exposure, primary source of the injury, secondary 

source of the injury, nature of the injury, part of the body 

affected, day and time of incident, location, worker activity 

at the time of fatal injury, employee status, birthplace, 

contracted worker status, metropolitan statistical area 

(MSA), and state

• Rates of fatal occupational injury by industry, occupation, 

age, gender, race, ethnicity, employee status, and state

by industry sector

Publications

News releases:

Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Annual

Employer-Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses Annual

Other:

Occupational Injuries and Illnesses

Classification Manual

Issued 1992

Revised for 2007

Current version (2.01) 2012

www.bls.gov/iif/oshoiics.htm
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PRODUCTIVITY AND TECHNOLOGY

Labor Productivity and Costs

www.bls.gov/lpc

Labor productivity relates output of goods and services to the 

labor hours used in the production of that output. BLS produces 

labor productivity and cost measures on a quarterly and annual 

basis for the U.S. business and nonfarm business sectors; the 

durable, nondurable, and total manufacturing sectors; and the 

nonfinancial corporate sector. BLS produces labor productivity and 

cost measures annually for industries within the U.S. economy.

For more information

Phone 202-691-5606

Email productivity@bls.gov

Data available

• The following data are available quarterly for major sectors 

and annually for industries:

∘ Labor productivity (output per hour)

∘ Output

∘ Hours worked, average weekly hours

∘ Employment

∘ Labor compensation

∘ Unit labor costs

∘ Output per job

∘ Implicit price deflator for output

• Additional data available for major sectors: hourly 

compensation, real hourly compensation, labor share, unit 

nonlabor payments, and profits (only for the nonfinancial 

corporate sector)

• Additional data available for industries: value of production

Publication

News releases:

Productivity and Costs Quarterly

(preliminary and revised releases each quarter)

Productivity and Costs by Industry: Manufacturing Annual

and Mining Industries

Productivity and Costs by Industry: Selected Annual

Service-Providing Industries

Productivity and Costs by Industry: Wholesale Trade, Annual

Retail Trade, and Food Services and Drinking Places Industries

Other:

Employment and hours of all persons, by industry Annual
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Multifactor Productivity

www.bls.gov/mfp

Multifactor productivity relates the output of goods and 

services to a combined set of inputs. BLS produces annual 

multifactor productivity measures for the U.S. private business, 

private nonfarm business sectors and industries within the 

U.S. economy. As part of this work, effects of research and 

development and changes in the skill composition of the 

workforce are estimated annually for major sectors.

For more information

Phone 202-691-5606

Email mfp@bls.gov

Capital data:

Major sectors and three-digit industries — 202-691-5655

Corby Garner

Four-digit Industries— Brian Chansky 202-691-5621

Labor composition:

Methodology — Cindy Cunningham 202-691-5680

Data — Ryan Forshay 202-691-5617

Research and development (R&D) stocks:

Methodology — Leo Sveikauskas 202-691-5677

Data — Bhavani Khandrika 202-691-5620

Data available

• For major sectors:

∘ Multifactor productivity

∘ Output

∘ Hours worked

∘ Capital services

∘ Output per unit of capital services

∘ Composition-adjusted labor input

∘ Output per job

∘ Combined labor and capital inputs

• Additional data are available for industries

∘ Energy

∘ Materials

∘ Purchased business services

∘ Combined inputs of labor, capital, energy, materials and 

purchased services

• Annual multifactor productivity measures and output per 

unit of capital services for the total economy

Publications

News releases:

Multifactor Productivity Trends: Private Business and Annual

Private Nonfarm Business 

Multifactor Productivity Trends in Manufacturing Annual

Multifactor Productivity Trends for Detailed Industries Annual
4 6 BLS I N F O R M A T I O N G U I D E 

INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL COOPERATION

International Technical Cooperation

www.bls.gov/itc

The BLS Division of International Technical Cooperation (ITC) 

strengthens statistical development by organizing seminars, 

consultations, and meetings for international visitors with 

BLS staff. For more than 70 years, BLS has assisted statistical 

organizations throughout the world with the collection, 

processing, analysis, dissemination, and use of economic and 

labor statistics. Fees are charged for seminars and consulting 

services.

Seminars in Washington, D.C.

BLS offers several week-long seminars on labor statistics 

and price indexes at its training facilities in Washington, D.C. 

for groups of three or more, upon request. These seminars 

bring together statisticians, economists, analysts, and other 

data users from countries all over the world. Each seminar 

is designed to strengthen the participants’ ability to collect 

and analyze economic and labor statistics. Seminars include 

lectures, discussions, and workshops.

BLS may also conduct customized seminars on topics related 

to labor statistics or price indexes for groups of three or more 

upon request. Such seminars may range in duration from 1 day 

to 1 week. The program content is uniquely designed to meet 

the needs of the participants and may include attendance at 

selected seminar sessions, discussions with subject matter 

specialists, or work on research projects to provide practical 

experience in the subject area.

Overseas seminars

BLS may conduct training programs overseas, upon request. 

These programs are custom-designed to meet the specific 

needs of the participants, their organizations, and sponsors and 

may be in any area of BLS expertise. Because of the time needed 

to plan an overseas seminar, requests should be submitted to 

BLS at least 6 months before the desired starting date.

Consultations

BLS also makes available technical experts to serve as 

consultants overseas, at the request of individual governments 

or international organizations. Consultants work with country 

statisticians to improve or implement labor statistics or price 

programs; they may also provide training during their visits. 

Requests for technical experts should include a clear statement 

of the purpose of the consultation and should be made at least 

6 months in advance of the desired starting date.

Meetings for international visitors

Short-term international visitors are welcome to meet with staff 

at BLS. Visits are arranged for individuals, as well as for groups 

of all sizes. Visits are typically scheduled for 1 to 2 hours and 

are organized to meet the needs and interests of the visitors.

Meetings are conducted in English. Non-English speaking 

visitors must bring their own interpreter. Requests for visits to 

BLS should be made as far in advance as possible, and should 

include the following information: preferred dates and time of 

visit to BLS; names of visitors and their organizations; names of 

interpreters (when applicable); and a detailed description of the 

topic(s) of interest.

Please visit the ITC website or submit an online inquiry for 

additional information about the BLS international training 

programs or to arrange a visit to BLS.
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INTERNATIONAL TECHNICAL COOPERATION

For more information

Phone 202-691-5666

Email itcinfo@bls.gov

Fax requests 202-691-7109

Mailing address

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Division of International Technical Cooperation

Room 2190

2 Massachusetts Avenue NE

Washington, DC 20212
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CONTACT INFORMATION FOR OTHER FEDERAL DATA SOURCES

Contact information for other

federal data sources

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services,

www.uscis.gov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-375-5283

U.S. Department of Agriculture,

www.usda.gov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-720-2791 

National Agriculture Statistics Service,

www.nass.usda.gov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-727-9540

Prices paid by farmers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-690-3229 

Prices received by farmers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-720-8844 

Economic Research Service,

www.ers.usda.gov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-694-5139 

Farm sector income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202) 694-5145 

U.S. Department of Commerce,

www.commerce.gov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-482-2000 

U.S. Census Bureau, www.census.gov . . . . . . . . . . . 301-763-4636

Equal Employment Opportunity

(EEO) Tabulation,

www.census.gov/topics/employment/equalemployment-opportunity-tabulation.html . . . . . . 301-763-4636

Statistics of U.S. businesses,

www.census.gov/programs-surveys/susb.html . . .301-763-3321

Disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-763-4636

Fertility and Family Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-763-4636

Foreign trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-763-2311

Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-763-3237

Foreign Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-763-2411

Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-763-4636

Poverty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-763-4636

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

www.census.gov/eos/www/naics

Retail trade (annual sales and inventories) . . . . . . 301-763-5855 

Retail trade (monthly sales and inventories) . . . . 301-763-2713 

Retailers, retail sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-763-2713

Manufacturers’ new orders

(including durable goods) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-763-4832

Manufacturers’ shipments, inventories,

and orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-763-4832

Population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-763-4636 

Bureau of Economic Analysis,

www.bea.gov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-278-9004

Corporate profits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-278-9635

Federal government, national defense . . . . . . . . . 301-278-9090

Foreign direct investment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-278-9459

Gross domestic product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-278-9104

Implicit price deflator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-278-9083

National income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-278-9083

Personal consumption expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . 301-278-9719

Personal income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-278-9625

Disposable personal income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-278-9269

Savings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-278-9625

Merchandise trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301-278-9098 

National Technical Information Service,

www.ntis.gov/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703-605-6060

U.S. Department of Defense,

www.defense.gov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703-571-3343 
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CONTACT INFORMATION FOR OTHER FEDERAL DATA SOURCES

U.S. Department of Education, www.ed.gov/

National Center for Education Statistics,

www.nces.ed.gov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-403-5551 

U.S. Department of Energy, www.energy.gov

Energy Information Administration,

www.eia.doe.gov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-586-8800

Energy data and forecasts, www.eia.gov/about/contact/

forecasting.cfm

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,

www.hhs.gov

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Center for Health Statistics,

www.cdc.gov/nchs

Life expectancy statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-232-4636

U.S. Department of Justice,

www.justice.gov

Bureau of Justice Statistics,

www.bjs.gov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-307-0765

U.S. Department of Labor,

www.dol.gov

Public affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-693-4676

Wage and Hour Division (WHD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866-487-9243

Family Medical Leave Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-693-0066

Prevailing wages, construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866-487-9243

Prevailing wages, services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866-487-9243

Office of Federal Contract

Compliance Programs (OFCCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-693-0101

Office of Labor–Management

Standards (OLMS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-693-0123

Office of Workers’ Compensation

Programs (OWCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-343-5580

Employee Benefits Security Administration,

www.dol.gov/ebsa

Office of Education, Outreach and Assistance . . . . 202-693-8673

Office of Public Disclosure

(IRS Form 5500, company financial statement) . . . 202-693-8673

Employment and Training Administration,

www.doleta.gov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-693-3063

Workforce investment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-693-3045

H-1B visas (nonimmigrants) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-693-3010

O*Net, the Occupational Information Network

http://online.onetcenter.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 919-814-0375

Weekly unemployment insurance claims . . . . . . . 202-693-3032 

Office of Small and Disadvantaged

Business Utilization,

www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/osdbu . . . . . . . . . . . 202-693-7299

Occupational Safety and Health Administration,

www.osha.gov

Public affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-321-6742

Publications (including OSHA 300 logs) . . . . . . . . . 800-321-6742

U.S. Department of the Treasury,

home.treasury.gov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-622-2000

Internal Revenue Service,

www.irs.gov/uac/tax-stats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-803-9285

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs,

www.va.gov/vetdata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-461-7600

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,

www.eeoc.gov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-669-4000

U.S. Federal Judiciary (federal court system),

www.uscourts.gov

Public affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-502-2600
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OTHER AGENCIES, OFFICES, AND ORGANIZATIONS

U.S. Government Publishing Office,

bookstore.gpo.gov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-512-1800

Congressional Budget Office,

www.cbo.gov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-226-2600

Federal Reserve Board,

www.federalreserve.gov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-452-3000

International Monetary Fund,

www.imf.org . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-623-7000

National Labor Relations Board,

www.nlrb.gov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 844-762-6572

Office of Management and Budget,

www.whitehouse.gov/OMB

Federal Budget Statistics/Economic Report

of the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-395-3080

Office of Personnel Management,

www.opm.gov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-606-1800

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,

www.pbgc.gov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-326-4000

Social Security Administration,

www.ssa.gov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-772-1213

Research, Statistics, and Policy Analysis,

www.ssa.gov/policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202-358-6274
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BLS INTERNET ADDRESSES

BLS Internet addresses

Bureau of Labor Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bls.gov

Division of Information

and Marketing Services . . . . . . . . . . www.bls.gov/opub/opbinfo.htm

BLS regional offices . . . . . . . . . . www.bls.gov/bls/regions/home.htm

Employment and Unemployment

Employment, hours, and earnings by industry:

National . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bls.gov/ces

State and area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bls.gov/sae

National labor force statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bls.gov/cps

Local area labor force statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bls.gov/lau

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages . . . www.bls.gov/cew

Business Employment Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bls.gov/bdm

Occupational Employment Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bls.gov/oes

Longitudinal research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bls.gov/nls

Job Openings and Labor Turnover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bls.gov/jlt

American Time-Use Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bls.gov/tus

Employment Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bls.gov/emp

Prices and Living Conditions

Consumer Price Indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bls.gov/cpi

Producer Price Indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bls.gov/ppi

U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes . . . . . . . . . . www.bls.gov/mxp

Consumer Expenditure Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.bls.gov/cex

Compensation and Working Conditions

Modeled wages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bls.gov/mwe

National Compensation Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bls.gov/ncs

Employee benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bls.gov/ebs

Employment cost trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bls.gov/ect

Occupational Requirements Survey . . . . . . . . . . . www.bls.gov/ors

Occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities . . . . . . www.bls.gov/iif

Work Stoppages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bls.gov/wsp

Productivity

Labor productivity and costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bls.gov/lpc

Multifactor productivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.bls.gov/mfp

All federal statistical agencies

Fedstats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.fedstats.sites.usa.gov

USA.gov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.usa.gov
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INDEX

Index

A

Absences from work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 42

Area Wage Survey (see Occupational data, Compensation) . . . . . . . . . . 38

Average annual wage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

B

Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Business Employment Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

C

Career information for students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 29

Career Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 29

Chained CPI-U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Census of Employment and Wages, Quarterly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Classroom resources for K-12 teachers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

College graduate job outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Compensation, National Survey of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Compensation and Working Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Consumer expenditures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Consumer Price Indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Contingent workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Covered employment and wages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Current Population Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

D

Discouraged workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Displaced workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

E

Earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Economic outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Educational attainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Employee benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Employment:

National . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Region, State, and area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 20, 23, 26

Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 20, 23, 26

Occupational . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Demographic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Employment and Wages, Quarterly Census of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Employment and Earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Employment Cost Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Employment projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

ES-202 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Establishment data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 23

Export Price Indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

F

Federal agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48–50

Flextime and shift work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

G

Gasoline and other motor fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

H

Home-based work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Hours-at-work ratios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Household data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

I

Import and Export Price Indexes (IPP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Industry payroll employment:

National . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

State and metropolitan area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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INDEX

Inflation:

Retail prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Wholesale prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Information and marketing services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Injuries and illnesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

International Technical Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

J

Job gains/losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Job openings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Job tenure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Job turnover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

K

K-12 teacher resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

L

Labor force:

National . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

State and metropolitan area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Labor turnover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Layoffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Library access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 50

Local area unemployment (LAUS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Longitudinal research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

M

Multiple jobholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Marital and family characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Metropolitan area data:

Consumer expenditures (select areas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Consumer Price Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16–29

Labor force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18–21

Occupational compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 34–35, 38

Unemployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 20

Minimum wage status, characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 18

Minority workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 18

Monthly Labor Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Multifactor productivity:

Major industry sectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Outputs and inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Multiple jobholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

N

National Compensation Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

National Employment Matrix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

National Longitudinal Surveys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

North American Industry Classification System . . . . . . . . . 16, 23, 24, 27, 45

O

Obtaining BLS data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–7

Occupational data:

Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34–36, 38

Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 20, 26

Employment projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Fatalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Illnesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Injuries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Replacement and separation rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Tenure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Occupational Outlook Handbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 29

Occupational Requirements Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Occupational safety and health, State data on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14–15

Older workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

P

Part-time workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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INDEX

Producer Price Indexes (PPI) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

PPI Detailed Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 31

Productivity:

Labor costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Multifactor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Projections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

R

Recorded messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Regional offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11–13

Replacement rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Retail food prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

S

Safety and health statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Separation rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Standard Occupational Classification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

State data:

Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 20, 23, 24, 26

Labor force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Unemployment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

State offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14–15

Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 

T

Tenure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Time use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Turnover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

U

Unemployment:

National . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Metropolitan area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Demographic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 20

Union membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Unit labor costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

V

Veterans’ employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

W

Wages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 23, 26, 38

Weekly earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Women in the labor force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Work experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Work stoppages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Working poor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Y

Youths, students, and dropouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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