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December 1998
Workers with longer workweeks often earn more per hour
(12/31/98)
Majority of employees have unpaid family leave benefit
(12/30/98)
Professional and managerial occupations have higher wages
(12/29/98)
Injuries and illnesses with lost workdays declining
(12/28/98)
Consumer expenditures rise 3.0 percent in 1997
(12/24/98)
Physicians work the longest weeks
(12/23/98)
Auto dealers are fewer, bigger, and employ more workers
(12/22/98)
Entrants concentrated in sales, clerical, and service occupations
(12/21/98)
Injury and illness incidence rate lowest on record
(12/18/98)
High income households allocate smaller expenditure shares to necessities
(12/17/98)
Share of workers experiencing unemployment at record low
(12/16/98)
Homeowner expenditures take more out of budgets in Northeast and West
(12/15/98)
Young workers more likely to try new occupations
(12/14/98)
Suburbanites enjoy better labor market outcomes
(12/11/98)
Quality changes bigger factor for light truck prices than for car prices in 1999 model year
(12/10/98)
More people are working year-round
(12/09/98)
Higher share of consumer expenditures going to homeowner expenses
(12/08/98)
Services industry has highest number of emerging occupations
(12/07/98)
Eight counties reported employment greater than 1 million in 1996
(12/04/98)
Employment declined in 27 large counties in 1996
(12/03/98)
Few of the Nation's largest counties recorded pay declines in 1996
(12/02/98)
Nevada's Clark County reported largest percent increase in employment in 1996
(12/01/98)
November 1998
Average annual pay highest in New York County in 1996
(11/30/98)
No TED articles were posted between 11/13/98 and 11/30/98 due to BLS review of procedures used to update the BLS Web site.
Labor productivity increases in most industries from 1987 to 1996
(11/13/98)
Education has positive impact on labor market activity of severely disabled
(11/12/98)
Five states account for majority of public sector work stoppages
(11/10/98)
New occupations emerging across industry lines
(11/09/98)
Majority of employment in industries with rising productivity
(11/06/98)
3 of 10 persons with severe disabilities are active in the labor market
(11/05/98)
Compensation costs increase with establishment size
(11/04/98)
Many retail trade workers paid less than $10 per hour
(11/03/98)
Three factors led to 1996 grain price shock
(11/02/98)
October 1998
About 1 in 6 college graduates earns less than high school graduates
(10/30/98)
Total compensation costs double from 1981 to 1997
(10/29/98)
Abundant career opportunities projected in information technology
(10/28/98)
Securities and commodities brokers lead industries earning high wages
(10/27/98)
Consumer expenditure rise largely attributable to discretionary spending
(10/26/98)
Earnings increase substantially with additional education
(10/23/98)
International average of factory worker compensation falls relative to U.S.
(10/22/98)
Impact of grain price shocks may be lessening
(10/21/98)
Childcare benefits remain uncommon
(10/20/98)
More high school graduates enrolling in college
(10/19/98)
Consumer expenditures rise at highest rate since 1989
(10/16/98)
Nonmanufacturing workers face increasing incidence of job displacement
(10/15/98)
Large employers provide more training for employees
(10/14/98)
People average 8.6 jobs from ages 18 to 32
(10/13/98)
Highway fatalities on-the-job reach all-time high in 1997
(10/09/98)
Defense-related employment decline projected to slow
(10/08/98)
Employer costs for employee compensation higher in goods-producing industries
(10/07/98)
Job tenure declines among men
(10/06/98)
Unit labor costs fall in broad range of countries
(10/05/98)
Fewer youths hired this summer
(10/02/98)
Jobs requiring low levels of educational attainment grow faster in U.S. than in Japan or Europe
(10/01/98)
September 1998
Job-related deaths are less likely for women
(09/30/98)
Fewer medium and large private employers provide dental care for employees
(09/29/98)
General Motors strikes affect employment counts
(09/28/98)
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