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Labor Force, Employment, & Earnings

This section presents statistics on the labor force; its distribution by occupation and industry affiliation; and the supply of, demand for, and conditions of labor.

Tables for Labor Force, Employment, and Earnings Section [PDF 1.2M]

Compensation, Wages and Earnings

622 - Annual Total Compensation and Wages and Salary Accruals Per Full-Time Equivalent Employee by Industry: 2000 to 2005 [Excel 43k] | [PDF 466k]

623 - Average Hourly Earnings by Private Industry Group: 1990 to 2006 [Excel 83k] | [PDF 466k]

624 - Mean Hourly Earnings and Weekly Hours by Selected Characteristics: 2005 [Excel 53k] | [PDF 464k]

625 - Employment and Wages: 1995 to 2005 [Excel 34k] | [PDF 452k]

626 - Average Annual Wage by State: 2004 and 2005 [Excel 39k] | [PDF 452k]

627 - Full-Time Wage and Salary Workers-Number and Earnings: 2000 to 2006 [Excel 38k] | [PDF 464k]

628 - Workers With Earnings by Occupation of Longest Held Job and Sex: 2005 [Excel 46k] | [PDF 465k]

629 - Employment Cost Index (ECI), Total Compensation by Occupation and Industry: 1985 to 2006 [Excel 31k] | [PDF 465k]

630 - Federal Minimum Wage Rates: 1950 to 2009 [Excel 24k] | [PDF 463k]

631 - Workers Paid Hourly Rates by Selected Characteristics: 2006 [Excel 52k] | [PDF 463k]

Employed Persons

583 - Employed Civilians and Weekly Hours: 1980 to 2006 [Excel 37k] | [PDF 464k]

584 - Persons at Work by Hours Worked: 2006 [Excel 29k] | [PDF 465k]

585 - Persons With a Job, But Not at Work: 1980 to 2005 [Excel 28k] | [PDF 465k]

586 - Class of Worker by Sex and Selected Characteristic: 2005 [Excel 36k] | [PDF 465k]

587 - Self-Employed Workers by Industry and Occupation: 2000 to 2006 [Excel 28k] | [PDF 466k]

588 - Persons Doing Job-Related Work at Home: 2004 [Excel 29k] | [PDF 466k]

589 - Persons on Flexible Schedules: 2004 [Excel 35k] | [PDF 465k]

590 - Employed Workers With Alternative and Traditional Work Arrangements: 2005 [Excel 25k] | [PDF 465k]

591 - Multiple Jobholders: 2006 [Excel 56k] | [PDF 465k]

592 - Average Number of Jobs Held From Ages 18 to 40: 1978 to 2004 [Excel 28k] | [PDF 465k]

593 - Distribution of Workers by Tenure With Current Employer: 2006 [Excel 49k] | [PDF 466k]

594 - Part-Time Workers by Reason: 2006 [Excel 46k] | [PDF 466k]

595 - Displaced Workers by Selected Characteristics: 2006 [Excel 64k] | [PDF 466k]

598 - Employed Civilians by Occupation, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 2006 [Excel 139k] | [PDF 507k]

599 - Employed Civilians by Occupation--States: 2005 [Excel 41k] | [PDF 464k]

601 - Occupations of the Employed by Selected Characteristics: 2005 [Excel 26k] | PDF 466k]

602 - Employment by Industry: 2000 to 2006 [Excel 40k] | [PDF 466k]

Employment Benefits

632 - Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Per Hour Worked: 2006 [Excel 41k] | [PDF 465k]

633 - Percent of Workers in Private Industry With Access to Retirement and Health Care Benefits by Selected Characteristics: 2006 [Excel 36k] | [PDF 465k]

634 - Percent of Workers in Private Industry With Access to Selected Employee Benefits in Private Industry: 2006 [Excel 51k] | [PDF 463k]

Employment Projections

570 - Civilian Labor Force and Participation Rates With Projections: 1980 to 2014 [Excel 60k] | [PDF 466k]

600 - Employment Projections by Occupation: 2004 and 2014 [Excel 38k] | [PDF 464k]

603 - Employment Projections by Industry: 2004 to 2014 [Excel 30k] | [PDF 465k]

Employment and Earnings--Establishment Basis

612 - Nonfarm Establishments-Employees, Hours, and Earnings by Industry: 1990 to 2006 [Excel 42k] | [PDF 452k]

613 - Employees in Nonfarm Establishments-States: 2006 [Excel 70k] | [PDF 452k]

614 - Nonfarm Industries-Employees and Earnings: 1990 to 2006 [Excel 299k] | [PDF 496k]

615 - Private Sector Job Gains and Losses: 1998 to 2006 [Excel 29k] | [PDF 464k]

616 - Average Percent Share of Private Sector Gross Job Gains and Losses by Firm Size: 1992 through 2006 [Excel 22k] | [PDF 464k]

617 - Hires and Seperations Affecting Establishment Payrolls: 2003 to 2006 [Excel 27k] | [PDF 465k]

Injuries and Fatalities

635 - Workers Killed or Disabled on the Job: 1970 to 2005 [Excel 35k] | [PDF 467k]

636 - Worker Deaths, Injuries, and Production Time Lost: 1995 to 2005 [Excel 56k] | [PDF 467k]

637 - Industries With the Highest Total Case Incidence Rates for Nonfatal Injuries and Illnesses: 2005 [Excel 161k] | [PDF 467k]

638 - Nonfatal Occupational Injury and Illness Incidence Rates: 2005 [Excel 582k] | [PDF 467k]

639 - Fatal Work Injuries by Event or Exposure: 2005 [Excel 28k] | [PDF 467k]

640 - Workplace Violence Incidence and Security Measures: 2005 [Excel 24k] | [PDF 465k]

Labor Force Status

569 - Civilian Population--Employment Status: 1970 to 2006 [Excel 33k] | [PDF 466k]

570 - Civilian Labor Force and Participation Rates With Projections: 1980 to 2014 [Excel 60k] | [PDF 466k]

571 - Civilian Population--Employment Status by Sex, Race, and Ethnicity: 1970 to 2006 [Excel 148k] | [PDF 465k]

572 - Foreign-Born and Native-Born Populations--Employment Status by Selected Characteristics: 2006 [Excel 52k] | [PDF 464k]

573 - Civilian Labor Force-Percent Distribution by Sex and Age: 1980 to 2006 [Excel 36k] | [PDF 465k]

574 - Civilian Labor Force and Participation Rates by Educational Attainment, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1992 to 2006 [Excel 45k] | [PDF 465k]

575 - Characteristics of the Civilian Labor Force by State: 2005 [Excel 46k] | [PDF 465k]

576 - Civilian Labor Force by Selected Metropolitan Area: 2006 [Excel 46k] | [PDF 467k]

577 - School Enrollment and Labor Force Status: 1990 and 2005 [Excel 28k] | [PDF 467k]

578 - Labor Force Participation Rates by Marital Status, Sex, and Age: 1970 to 2005 [Excel 36k] | [PDF 453k]

579 - Marital Status of Women in the Civilian Labor Force: 1970 to 2005 [Excel 29k] | [PDF 453k]

580 - Employment Status of Women by Marital Status and Presence and Age of Children: 1970 to 2005 [Excel 40k] | [PDF '452k]

581 - Labor Force Participation Rates for Wives, Husband Present by Age of Own Youngest Child: 1975 to 2005 [Excel 28k] | [PDF ,452k]

582 - Married Couples by Labor Force Status of Spouse: 1986 to 2006 [Excel 33k] | [PDF 464k]

596 - Labor Force Status of Persons With a Work Disability by Age: 2006 [Excel 24k] | [PDF 466k]

597 - Persons Not in the Labor Force: 2006 [Excel 28k] | [PDF 466k]

Productivity

618 - Adults in Selected Work-Related Informal Learning Activities: 2002-2003 [Excel 39k] | [PDF 465k]

619 - Adults in Selected Work-Related Formal Learning Activities: 2004 - 2005 [Excel 28k] | [PDF 465k]

620 - Average Hours Per Day Worked by Employed Persons: 2005 [Excel 21k] | [PDF 465k]

621 - Annual Indexes of Output Per Hour for Selected NAICS Industries: 1987 to 2005 [Excel 112k] | [PDF 468k]

Unemployed Persons

604 - Uemployed Workers-Summary: 1980 to 2006 [Excel 55k] | [PDF 465k]

605 - Unemployed Jobseekers', Job Search Activities: 2006 [Excel 60k] | [PDF 465k]

606 - Unemployed Persons by Sex and Reason: 1980 to 2006 [Excel 33k] | [PDF 465k]

607 - Unemployment Rates by Industry, 2000 to 2006, and by Sex, 2000 and 2006 [Excel 40k] | [PDF 466k]

608 - Unemployment by Occupation, 2000 to 2006, and by Sex, 2006 [Excel 40k] | [PDF 466k]

609 - Unemployed and Unemployment Rates by Educational Attainment, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 1992 to 2006 [Excel 40k] | [PDF 465k]

610 - Unemployed Persons by Reason of Unemployment: 2006 [Excel 38k] | [PDF 465k]

611 - Total Unemployed and Insured Unemployed by State: 1980 to 2005 [Excel 123k] | [PDF 465k]

Work Stoppages, Union Membership

641 - Work Stoppages: 1960 to 2006 [Excel 28k] | [PDF 465k]

642 - Labor Union Membership by Sector: 1983 to 2006 [Excel 33k] | [PDF 465k]

643 - Union Members by Selected Characteristics: 2006 [Excel 34k] | [PDF 465k]

644 - Labor Union Membership by State: 1983 and 2006 [Excel 131k] | [PDF 465kk]

 

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau  |  The 2008 Statistical Abstract  |  Page Last Modified: March 17, 2008