Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2008 Edition)
U.S. Department of Labor
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
December 2008
Report 1011 (
PDF , 101 printed pages)
Links to PDF files of individual sections and tables from the report are
listed below.
Introduction and Highlights
Technical Note
Statistical Tables
Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age and
sex , 2007 annual averages
Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years and
over by sex, 1970-2007 annual averages
Employment status by race, age, sex, and Hispanic or Latino
ethnicity , 2007 annual averages
Employment status by marital status and
sex , 2007 annual averages
Employment status by sex, presence and
age of children, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity , March 2007
Employment status of women by presence
and age of youngest child, marital status, race, and Hispanic or Latino
ethnicity, March 2007
Employment status of women by presence
and age of youngest child, March 1975-2007
Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 to 64 years
of age by educational attainment and sex ,
2007 annual averages
Percent distribution of the civilian labor force 25 to 64 years of age by educational attainment and sex, 1970-2007 annual averages
Employed persons by major occupation and
sex , 2006-07 annual averages
Employed persons by detailed occupation
and sex , 2007 annual averages
Employed women by occupation, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity , 2007 annual averages
Employed persons by industry and sex ,
2006-07 annual averages
Employed persons by detailed industry
and sex , 2007 annual averages
Employed women by industry, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity , 2007 annual averages
Median usual weekly earnings of
full-time wage and salary workers in current dollars by race, Hispanic or
Latino ethnicity, and sex, 1979-2007 annual averages
Median usual weekly earnings of
employed full-time wage and salary workers 25 years and over by educational
attainment and sex, 2007 annual averages
Median usual weekly earnings of
full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex, 2007 annual
averages
Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by industry and sex, 2007 annual averages
Employed persons by full- and part-time
status and sex, 1970-2007 annual averages
Average weekly hours at work in all
industries and in nonagricultural industries by sex, 1976-2007 annual averages
Work experience of the population by
sex and full- and part-time status, selected years, 1970-2006
Married-couple families by number
and relationship of earners, 1967-2006
Contribution of wives' earnings to
family income, 1970-2006
Wives who earn more than their husbands , 1987-2006
Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings
at or below the prevailing Federal minimum wage by selected
characteristics, 2007 annual averages
Working poor: Poverty status of persons in the labor force for 27 weeks or more by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity,
2006
Percent distribution of employed persons by age, sex, and contingent and noncontingent
status , February 2005
Percent distribution of employed persons by age, sex, and alternative
work arrangements , February 2005
Flexible schedules : Full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, May 2004
Job-related work at home on primary job : All workers by marital status, presence and age of children, sex, and pay status, May 2004
Displaced workers by age, sex, race,
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and employment status in January 2008
Labor force status of 2007 high school graduates and 2006-07 high school
dropouts 16 to 24 years old by school
enrollment and sex , October 2007
Labor force status of persons 16 to 24 years old by school
enrollment, sex , and educational attainment, October 2007
Multiple jobholders and multiple jobholding rates by sex and race, May of selected years,
1970-2007, not seasonally adjusted
Unincorporated self-employed persons in nonagricultural industries by sex, 1976-2007 annual averages
Employment status of the native-born and foreign-born
civilian noninstitutional population by age and sex, 2007 annual averages
Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by sex, annual averages, 1983-2007
Last Modified Date: December 19, 2008