Aggregate Economy

Projected estimates on the labor market and economy 10 years into future, and career information such as Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Nominal gross domestic product by major demand category

Final demand category data.

Labor supply and factors affecting productivity

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Summary of all data (includes six consecutive historical years).

Major assumptions affecting aggregate projections.

Industry Output

Projected estimates of the output each major industry will produce in 10 years.

Output by major industry sector in both real and nominal terms.

Detailed industries with the most rapidly growing/declining percentage rates of change in output.

Detailed industries with the largest net increases/decreases in output.

Employment and output by detailed industry (compare side-by-side).

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Historical output data used to develop projections.

Input-output data used to generate both historical and projected output.

Employment by Industry

Projections of job information within an industry. For example, total jobs within the mining sector include different occupations, such as managers, engineers, geologists, etc.

Industry Data Search Tool: enables you to identify differences in employment prospects among occupations in a specific industry.

Total jobs broken down by occupation within a specific industry.

Employment by major industry sector.

Detailed industries with the most rapidly growing/declining percentage rates of change in employment.

Detailed industries with the largest net increases/decreases in employment.

Employment and output by detailed industry (compare side-by-side).

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Employment requirements tables: shows the employment generated across all industries by a million dollars in production of a given industry's primary product.

Employment by Occupation

The BLS itself prepares projections only for the Nation as a whole. However, projections of occupational employment are prepared by each State separately, using input from the BLS National projections. Projected employment growth for an occupation can be compared among States or to compare projected employment growth among occupations within a single State.

Most states have detailed information on industries and labor markets found within their career information systems (CIS).

Long Term Projections by State

Short Term Projections by State

Labor Force

Projected estimates of the civillian labor force 10 years into future. Data includes retention rates, participation rates, as well as population size. Projected data is broken down in varying ways by sex, age, race, and ethinic origin.

All civillian labor force data.

Civilian labor force by sex, age, race, and ethnicity.

Participation rates by sex, age, race, and Hispanic origin.

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Links to files of both medium and long-term projected labor force (demographic) data.

Employment by Occupation

Projections of job information within an occupation. For example, find out which industries are hiring the most computer programmers.

Occupation Data Search Tool: enables you to identify all projections data for specific occupation(s).

Occupation by Industry Data Search Tool: enables you to identify differences in employment prospects among industries for a specific occupation. Includes base year projections earnings data.

Total jobs for a specific occupation, spread among all industries.

Job Outlook for Students

Employment by detailed occupational group.

Detailed occupations with the fastest growing percentage rates of employment change.

Detailed occupations with the largest net increases in employment.

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Detailed Data for Researchers:

Special purpose file: This is a large tab-delimited data file for researchers who wish to conduct their own analyses.