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June 2009

BLS 125th Anniversary – Spotlight on Statistics

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12-Month Percent Change, Selected Consumer Price Indexes for All Urban Consumers, December 1914-December 2008
December
Year	All items	Food
1914	1.0	1.0
1915	2.0	0.0
1916	12.6	20.2
1917	18.1	24.8
1918	20.4	19.2
1919	14.5	6.5
1920	2.6	-8.1
1921	-10.8	-14.3
1922	-2.3	-2.6
1923	2.4	2.6
1924	0.0	0.0
1925	3.5	11.5
1926	-1.1	-2.3
1927	-2.3	-2.9
1928	-1.2	-1.8
1929	0.6	2.5
1930	-6.4	-12.7
1931	-9.3	-17.2
1932	-10.3	-15.0
1933	0.8	6.9
1934	1.5	8.3
1935	3.0	7.6
1936	1.4	-0.8
1937	2.9	0.8
1938	-2.8	-4.7
1939	0.0	-2.5
1940	0.7	2.5
1941	9.9	15.7
1942	9.0	17.9
1943	3.0	3.0
1944	2.3	0.0
1945	2.2	3.5
1946	18.1	31.3
1947	8.8	11.3
1948	3.0	-0.8
1949	-2.1	-3.9
1950	5.9	9.8
1951	6.0	7.1
1952	0.8	-1.0
1953	0.7	-1.1
1954	-0.7	-1.8
1955	0.4	-0.7
1956	3.0	2.9
1957	2.9	2.8
1958	1.8	2.4
1959	1.7	-1.0
1960	1.4	3.1
1961	0.7	-0.7
1962	1.3	1.3
1963	1.6	2.0
1964	1.0	1.3
1965	1.9	3.5
1966	3.5	4.0
1967	3.0	1.2
1968	4.7	4.4
1969	6.2	7.0
1970	5.6	2.3
1971	3.3	4.3
1972	3.4	4.6
1973	8.7	20.3
1974	12.3	12.0
1975	6.9	6.6
1976	4.9	0.5
1977	6.7	8.1
1978	9.0	11.8
1979	13.3	10.2
1980	12.5	10.2
1981	8.9	4.3
1982	3.8	3.1
1983	3.8	2.7
1984	3.9	3.8
1985	3.8	2.6
1986	1.1	3.8
1987	4.4	3.5
1988	4.4	5.2
1989	4.6	5.6
1990	6.1	5.3
1991	3.1	1.9
1992	2.9	1.5
1993	2.7	2.9
1994	2.7	2.9
1995	2.5	2.1
1996	3.3	4.3
1997	1.7	1.5
1998	1.6	2.3
1999	2.7	1.9
2000	3.4	2.8
2001	1.6	2.8
2002	2.4	1.5
2003	1.9	3.6
2004	3.3	2.7
2005	3.4	2.3
2006	2.5	2.1
2007	4.1	4.9
2008	0.1	5.9

12-Month Percent Change, Producer Price Index for Finished goods, Intermediate goods, and Crude goods, not seasonally adjusted, December 1948-December 2008
December
Year	Finished goods	Intermediate materials,supplies and components	Crude materials
1948	2.9	2.8	-6.5
1949	-4.6	-5.9	-10.6
1950	10.3	16.7	23.4
1951	3.0	0.0	-0.5
1952	-2.3	-1.8	-10.5
1953	0.3	1.8	-3.7
1954	0.0	0.0	-2.9
1955	1.0	3.9	-4.6
1956	4.2	3.8	7.6
1957	3.4	1.0	-0.3
1958	0.3	0.7	0.6
1959	-0.3	1.0	-3.8
1960	1.8	-0.6	0.0
1961	-0.6	-0.3	1.0
1962	0.3	-0.3	0.3
1963	-0.3	1.0	-4.3
1964	0.6	0.3	1.4
1965	3.3	1.6	9.8
1966	2.0	2.5	-2.2
1967	1.7	0.9	-2.2
1968	3.1	2.5	2.9
1969	4.9	3.9	8.5
1970	2.1	3.5	-1.7
1971	3.3	3.9	7.9
1972	3.9	5.9	18.0
1973	11.7	13.2	34.6
1974	18.3	28.9	4.1
1975	6.6	2.3	3.8
1976	3.8	6.1	1.3
1977	6.7	5.9	3.1
1978	9.3	8.8	17.2
1979	12.8	16.1	16.5
1980	11.8	12.7	12.8
1981	7.1	6.0	-3.8
1982	3.6	0.2	0.4
1983	0.6	1.8	4.7
1984	1.7	1.4	-1.6
1985	1.8	-0.3	-5.6
1986	-2.3	-4.4	-8.9
1987	2.2	5.4	8.9
1988	4.0	5.6	3.1
1989	4.9	2.3	7.1
1990	5.7	4.3	6.0
1991	-0.1	-2.6	-11.6
1992	1.6	1.0	3.3
1993	0.2	1.0	0.1
1994	1.7	4.4	-0.5
1995	2.3	3.3	5.5
1996	2.8	0.7	14.7
1997	-1.2	-0.8	-11.3
1998	0.0	-3.3	-16.7
1999	2.9	3.7	15.3
2000	3.6	4.1	35.5
2001	-1.6	-4.0	-32.5
2002	1.2	3.2	24.7
2003	4.0	3.9	19.5
2004	4.2	9.2	17.4
2005	5.4	8.6	21.1
2006	1.1	2.8	-4.7
2007	6.2	7.1	19.8
2008	-0.9	-2.3	-24.6

Unemployment rate for all civilian workers, seasonally adjusted, 1948-2009
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1948	3.4	3.8	4.0	3.9	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.9	3.8	3.7	3.8	4.0
1949	4.3	4.7	5.0	5.3	6.1	6.2	6.7	6.8	6.6	7.9	6.4	6.6
1950	6.5	6.4	6.3	5.8	5.5	5.4	5.0	4.5	4.4	4.2	4.2	4.3
1951	3.7	3.4	3.4	3.1	3.0	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.3	3.5	3.5	3.1
1952	3.2	3.1	2.9	2.9	3.0	3.0	3.2	3.4	3.1	3.0	2.8	2.7
1953	2.9	2.6	2.6	2.7	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.7	2.9	3.1	3.5	4.5
1954	4.9	5.2	5.7	5.9	5.9	5.6	5.8	6.0	6.1	5.7	5.3	5.0
1955	4.9	4.7	4.6	4.7	4.3	4.2	4.0	4.2	4.1	4.3	4.2	4.2
1956	4.0	3.9	4.2	4.0	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.1	3.9	3.9	4.3	4.2
1957	4.2	3.9	3.7	3.9	4.1	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.4	4.5	5.1	5.2
1958	5.8	6.4	6.7	7.4	7.4	7.3	7.5	7.4	7.1	6.7	6.2	6.2
1959	6.0	5.9	5.6	5.2	5.1	5.0	5.1	5.2	5.5	5.7	5.8	5.3
1960	5.2	4.8	5.4	5.2	5.1	5.4	5.5	5.6	5.5	6.1	6.1	6.6
1961	6.6	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.1	6.9	7.0	6.6	6.7	6.5	6.1	6.0
1962	5.8	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.7	5.6	5.4	5.7	5.5
1963	5.7	5.9	5.7	5.7	5.9	5.6	5.6	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.7	5.5
1964	5.6	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.1	5.2	4.9	5.0	5.1	5.1	4.8	5.0
1965	4.9	5.1	4.7	4.8	4.6	4.6	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.2	4.1	4.0
1966	4.0	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	3.7	3.6	3.8
1967	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.8	3.8	3.8	4.0	3.9	3.8
1968	3.7	3.8	3.7	3.5	3.5	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4
1969	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.7	3.7	3.5	3.5
1970	3.9	4.2	4.4	4.6	4.8	4.9	5.0	5.1	5.4	5.5	5.9	6.1
1971	5.9	5.9	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.1	6.0	5.8	6.0	6.0
1972	5.8	5.7	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.6	5.3	5.2
1973	4.9	5.0	4.9	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.6	4.8	4.9
1974	5.1	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.9	6.0	6.6	7.2
1975	8.1	8.1	8.6	8.8	9.0	8.8	8.6	8.4	8.4	8.4	8.3	8.2
1976	7.9	7.7	7.6	7.7	7.4	7.6	7.8	7.8	7.6	7.7	7.8	7.8
1977	7.5	7.6	7.4	7.2	7.0	7.2	6.9	7.0	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.4
1978	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.1	6.0	5.9	6.2	5.9	6.0	5.8	5.9	6.0
1979	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.6	5.7	5.7	6.0	5.9	6.0	5.9	6.0
1980	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.9	7.5	7.6	7.8	7.7	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.2
1981	7.5	7.4	7.4	7.2	7.5	7.5	7.2	7.4	7.6	7.9	8.3	8.5
1982	8.6	8.9	9.0	9.3	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.8	10.1	10.4	10.8	10.8
1983	10.4	10.4	10.3	10.2	10.1	10.1	9.4	9.5	9.2	8.8	8.5	8.3
1984	8.0	7.8	7.8	7.7	7.4	7.2	7.5	7.5	7.3	7.4	7.2	7.3
1985	7.3	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.2	7.4	7.4	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.0	7.0
1986	6.7	7.2	7.2	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.0	6.9	7.0	7.0	6.9	6.6
1987	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.1	6.0	5.9	6.0	5.8	5.7
1988	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.4	5.6	5.4	5.4	5.6	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3
1989	5.4	5.2	5.0	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4
1990	5.4	5.3	5.2	5.4	5.4	5.2	5.5	5.7	5.9	5.9	6.2	6.3
1991	6.4	6.6	6.8	6.7	6.9	6.9	6.8	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.3
1992	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.6	7.8	7.7	7.6	7.6	7.3	7.4	7.4
1993	7.3	7.1	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.0	6.9	6.8	6.7	6.8	6.6	6.5
1994	6.6	6.6	6.5	6.4	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	5.9	5.8	5.6	5.5
1995	5.6	5.4	5.4	5.8	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.5	5.6	5.6
1996	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.3	5.5	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.4	5.4
1997	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	4.9	5.0	4.9	4.8	4.9	4.7	4.6	4.7
1998	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.4
1999	4.3	4.4	4.2	4.3	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.0
2000	4.0	4.1	4.0	3.8	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9
2001	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.5	4.6	4.9	5.0	5.3	5.5	5.7
2002	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.9	6.0
2003	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.1	6.3	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.0	5.8	5.7
2004	5.7	5.6	5.8	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.4	5.4
2005	5.2	5.4	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.8
2006	4.7	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.5	4.4	4.5	4.4
2007	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.7	4.9
2008	4.9	4.8	5.1	5.0	5.5	5.6	5.8	6.2	6.2	6.6	6.8	7.2
2009	7.6	8.1	8.5	8.9	9.4

Nonfarm payroll employment, seasonally adjusted, 1939-2009 (in thousands)
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1939	29,923	30,100	30,280	30,094	30,300	30,502	30,419	30,662	31,032	31,408	31,469	31,539
1940	31,603	31,715	31,826	31,699	31,880	31,978	31,942	32,352	32,810	33,265	33,668	34,172
1941	34,480	34,844	35,094	35,468	36,182	36,651	37,137	37,544	37,836	37,948	38,024	38,104
1942	38,348	38,513	38,936	39,351	39,772	40,028	40,470	40,988	41,254	41,514	41,673	41,915
1943	42,174	42,395	42,553	42,646	42,596	42,781	42,701	42,546	42,484	42,675	42,819	42,747
1944	42,661	42,543	42,291	42,062	41,985	41,947	41,904	41,848	41,671	41,708	41,711	41,861
1945	41,903	41,903	41,795	41,443	41,304	41,148	40,873	40,466	38,500	38,598	38,996	39,111
1946	39,839	39,250	40,192	40,908	41,348	41,732	42,153	42,642	42,908	43,094	43,396	43,379
1947	43,545	43,563	43,605	43,491	43,637	43,808	43,742	43,958	44,201	44,415	44,486	44,578
1948	44,686	44,537	44,680	44,369	44,795	45,032	45,160	45,175	45,294	45,250	45,194	45,028
1949	44,675	44,500	44,238	44,230	43,982	43,739	43,530	43,621	43,784	42,950	43,244	43,516
1950	43,530	43,298	43,952	44,376	44,717	45,084	45,453	46,187	46,442	46,712	46,778	46,855
1951	47,289	47,577	47,871	47,856	47,952	48,067	48,061	48,008	47,955	48,009	48,149	48,308
1952	48,299	48,522	48,504	48,616	48,645	48,286	48,144	48,922	49,319	49,598	49,816	50,164
1953	50,145	50,339	50,474	50,432	50,491	50,522	50,536	50,487	50,365	50,242	49,906	49,702
1954	49,467	49,381	49,158	49,177	48,965	48,896	48,834	48,825	48,881	48,944	49,179	49,331
1955	49,497	49,644	49,963	50,246	50,512	50,790	50,985	51,112	51,262	51,431	51,592	51,805
1956	51,975	52,167	52,295	52,375	52,506	52,583	51,954	52,632	52,600	52,781	52,822	52,930
1957	52,888	53,098	53,156	53,238	53,149	53,066	53,122	53,128	52,932	52,765	52,557	52,385
1958	52,077	51,576	51,300	51,026	50,913	50,912	51,037	51,233	51,506	51,485	51,943	52,088
1959	52,481	52,687	53,016	53,320	53,549	53,678	53,803	53,337	53,428	53,359	53,635	54,175
1960	54,274	54,513	54,458	54,812	54,472	54,347	54,303	54,272	54,228	54,144	53,962	53,743
1961	53,683	53,556	53,662	53,626	53,783	53,977	54,124	54,299	54,387	54,521	54,743	54,871
1962	54,891	55,187	55,276	55,601	55,626	55,644	55,746	55,838	55,977	56,041	56,055	56,027
1963	56,116	56,231	56,322	56,580	56,616	56,658	56,795	56,910	57,078	57,284	57,255	57,360
1964	57,487	57,752	57,898	57,923	58,089	58,221	58,412	58,620	58,903	58,794	59,217	59,420
1965	59,583	59,800	60,003	60,258	60,492	60,690	60,963	61,228	61,490	61,718	61,997	62,321
1966	62,528	62,796	63,191	63,436	63,711	64,110	64,301	64,507	64,645	64,854	65,019	65,199
1967	65,407	65,427	65,530	65,467	65,618	65,750	65,887	66,142	66,163	66,225	66,703	66,900
1968	66,805	67,214	67,296	67,555	67,652	67,904	68,126	68,328	68,487	68,720	68,985	69,245
1969	69,438	69,698	69,906	70,072	70,328	70,636	70,730	71,005	70,918	71,119	71,088	71,240
1970	71,176	71,302	71,453	71,348	71,122	71,028	71,055	70,932	70,949	70,519	70,409	70,790
1971	70,866	70,805	70,859	71,037	71,247	71,253	71,316	71,368	71,620	71,642	71,844	72,108
1972	72,445	72,652	72,945	73,163	73,467	73,760	73,709	74,137	74,268	74,672	74,965	75,270
1973	75,620	76,017	76,286	76,456	76,646	76,886	76,911	77,166	77,281	77,605	77,909	78,035
1974	78,104	78,253	78,295	78,384	78,547	78,602	78,634	78,619	78,614	78,627	78,259	77,657
1975	77,297	76,919	76,649	76,463	76,623	76,519	76,768	77,154	77,232	77,535	77,679	78,017
1976	78,506	78,817	79,049	79,293	79,311	79,376	79,546	79,704	79,892	79,905	80,237	80,448
1977	80,692	80,987	81,391	81,730	82,089	82,488	82,836	83,074	83,532	83,794	84,173	84,408
1978	84,595	84,948	85,461	86,163	86,509	86,951	87,205	87,481	87,618	87,954	88,391	88,674
1979	88,811	89,054	89,480	89,418	89,790	90,108	90,214	90,296	90,323	90,480	90,574	90,669
1980	90,800	90,879	90,991	90,846	90,415	90,095	89,832	90,092	90,205	90,485	90,741	90,936
1981	91,031	91,098	91,202	91,276	91,286	91,482	91,594	91,558	91,471	91,371	91,162	90,884
1982	90,557	90,551	90,422	90,141	90,096	89,853	89,510	89,352	89,171	88,894	88,770	88,756
1983	88,981	88,903	89,076	89,352	89,629	90,007	90,425	90,117	91,231	91,502	91,854	92,210
1984	92,657	93,136	93,411	93,774	94,082	94,461	94,773	95,014	95,325	95,611	95,960	96,087
1985	96,353	96,477	96,823	97,018	97,292	97,437	97,626	97,819	98,023	98,210	98,419	98,587
1986	98,710	98,817	98,910	99,098	99,223	99,130	99,448	99,561	99,907	100,094	100,280	100,484
1987	100,655	100,887	101,136	101,474	101,701	101,872	102,218	102,388	102,617	103,109	103,340	103,634
1988	103,728	104,180	104,456	104,701	104,928	105,291	105,514	105,635	105,975	106,243	106,582	106,871
1989	107,133	107,391	107,583	107,756	107,874	107,991	108,030	108,077	108,326	108,437	108,714	108,809
1990	109,151	109,396	109,611	109,651	109,800	109,817	109,775	109,567	109,485	109,324	109,180	109,120
1991	109,001	108,695	108,535	108,324	108,196	108,283	108,236	108,251	108,286	108,298	108,240	108,263
1992	108,312	108,246	108,296	108,454	108,580	108,640	108,711	108,852	108,887	109,064	109,204	109,415
1993	109,725	109,967	109,916	110,225	110,490	110,663	110,958	111,119	111,360	111,637	111,898	112,206
1994	112,474	112,675	113,137	113,490	113,821	114,136	114,499	114,799	115,153	115,360	115,783	116,057
1995	116,378	116,587	116,809	116,971	116,955	117,186	117,265	117,536	117,781	117,928	118,076	118,207
1996	118,188	118,622	118,885	119,046	119,369	119,647	119,879	120,075	120,295	120,538	120,834	121,001
1997	121,231	121,532	121,844	122,135	122,391	122,644	122,927	122,909	123,417	123,756	124,059	124,358
1998	124,628	124,817	124,961	125,238	125,639	125,851	125,970	126,322	126,540	126,733	127,017	127,359
1999	127,480	127,890	127,996	128,372	128,585	128,851	129,142	129,334	129,536	129,944	130,238	130,532
2000	130,781	130,902	131,374	131,660	131,885	131,839	132,002	132,005	132,127	132,116	132,347	132,485
2001	132,469	132,530	132,500	132,219	132,175	132,047	131,922	131,762	131,518	131,193	130,901	130,723
2002	130,591	130,444	130,420	130,335	130,328	130,373	130,276	130,260	130,205	130,331	130,339	130,183
2003	130,266	130,108	129,896	129,847	129,841	129,839	129,864	129,822	129,925	130,128	130,146	130,270
2004	130,420	130,463	130,801	131,051	131,361	131,442	131,489	131,610	131,770	132,121	132,185	132,317
2005	132,499	132,720	132,841	133,153	133,365	133,624	133,946	134,136	134,223	134,321	134,701	134,861
2006	135,155	135,429	135,711	135,862	135,886	135,956	136,142	136,291	136,438	136,520	136,781	137,000
2007	137,180	137,216	137,400	137,435	137,591	137,645	137,580	137,552	137,652	137,817	138,032	138,152
2008	138,080	137,936	137,814	137,654	137,517	137,356	137,228	137,053	136,732	136,352	135,755	135,074
2009	134,333	133,652	133,000	(p) 132,496	(p) 132,151
Footnotes: (p) preliminary

Employment Cost Index, 12-month percent changes, private industry, 1976-2009
	Private Industry
Year	Month	Total Compensation	Wages and salaries	Benefits
1976	September		7.2
1976	December		7.4
1977	March		6.9
1977	June		6.8
1977	September		7.1
1977	December		6.9
1978	March		7.5
1978	June		7.7
1978	September		7.9
1978	December		7.4
1979	March		7.6
1979	June		7.8
1979	September		8.0
1979	December		8.7
1980	March		9.1
1980	June		9.0
1980	September		9.3
1980	December	9.5	9.1	11.7
1981	March	10.7	9.2	14.3
1981	June	10.2	9.5	12.8
1981	September	9.9	9.1	12.1
1981	December	10.0	8.6	12.2
1982	March	7.8	8.2	6.9
1982	June	7.4	7.0	7.4
1982	September	7.2	6.9	7.9
1982	December	6.3	6.3	7.1
1983	March	6.5	5.5	9.2
1983	June	6.1	5.4	8.4
1983	September	5.5	4.9	7.6
1983	December	5.7	5.1	7.5
1984	March	5.9	5.0	7.3
1984	June	5.6	4.7	7.2
1984	September	5.0	4.2	6.6
1984	December	5.0	4.2	6.5
1985	March	4.2	4.1	5.5
1985	June	4.2	4.3	4.1
1985	September	4.6	4.7	4.4
1985	December	3.9	4.0	3.5
1986	March	3.8	3.8	3.2
1986	June	3.8	3.7	3.5
1986	September	3.1	3.3	3.2
1986	December	3.1	3.3	3.4
1987	March	3.1	3.3	2.7
1987	June	3.0	2.8	3.4
1987	September	3.4	3.2	3.1
1987	December	3.4	3.2	3.3
1988	March	4.0	3.3	5.9
1988	June	4.3	3.9	6.5
1988	September	4.3	3.6	6.9
1988	December	4.8	4.2	6.9
1989	March	4.6	4.1	5.5
1989	June	4.5	4.1	5.5
1989	September	4.9	4.4	5.8
1989	December	4.8	4.2	6.2
1990	March	5.1	4.3	7.1
1990	June	5.2	4.4	7.0
1990	September	5.0	4.2	6.7
1990	December	4.6	4.0	6.7
1991	March	4.3	4.0	5.7
1991	June	4.5	3.8	6.2
1991	September	4.4	3.6	6.5
1991	December	4.4	3.7	6.2
1992	March	4.3	3.3	6.3
1992	June	3.6	3.0	5.5
1992	September	3.4	2.7	5.2
1992	December	3.6	2.6	5.2
1993	March	3.5	2.6	5.6
1993	June	3.6	2.7	5.7
1993	September	3.8	3.2	5.3
1993	December	3.6	3.0	4.9
1994	March	3.4	3.0	4.5
1994	June	3.4	3.0	4.1
1994	September	3.3	2.9	4.1
1994	December	3.2	2.8	3.7
1995	March	2.8	2.9	2.8
1995	June	2.8	2.9	2.5
1995	September	2.6	2.7	2.0
1995	December	2.5	2.8	2.2
1996	March	2.8	3.1	1.5
1996	June	2.9	3.4	1.7
1996	September	2.9	3.3	1.8
1996	December	3.1	3.5	2.0
1997	March	3.0	3.4	2.1
1997	June	2.9	3.3	2.0
1997	September	3.1	3.6	2.1
1997	December	3.5	3.9	2.2
1998	March	3.6	4.0	2.2
1998	June	3.5	4.1	2.7
1998	September	3.9	4.3	2.5
1998	December	3.5	3.9	2.5
1999	March	2.9	3.2	2.3
1999	June	3.3	3.5	2.4
1999	September	3.0	3.1	2.9
1999	December	3.5	3.6	3.4
2000	March	4.6	4.2	5.4
2000	June	4.6	4.0	5.8
2000	September	4.7	4.2	6.0
2000	December	4.2	3.8	5.6
2001	March	4.2	3.9	5.1
2001	June	4.0	3.9	4.8
2001	September	4.0	3.6	4.9
2001	December	4.2	3.8	5.1
2002	March	3.9	3.5	4.7
2002	June	4.1	3.5	5.1
2002	September	3.7	3.1	4.9
2002	December	3.3	2.7	4.7
2003	March	3.9	3.0	6.1
2003	June	3.5	2.6	6.2
2003	September	4.0	3.0	6.5
2003	December	4.0	3.0	6.4
2004	March	3.8	2.6	7.0
2004	June	4.0	2.6	7.3
2004	September	3.8	2.6	6.8
2004	December	3.7	2.4	6.9
2005	March	3.4	2.4	5.8
2005	June	3.1	2.4	4.9
2005	September	3.0	2.2	4.8
2005	December	3.0	2.6	4.2
2006	March	2.6	2.4	3.0
2006	June	2.8	2.8	2.7
2006	September	3.0	3.0	2.8
2006	December	3.2	3.2	3.1
2007	March	3.2	3.6	2.2
2007	June	3.1	3.3	2.6
2007	September	3.1	3.4	2.4
2007	December	3.0	3.3	2.4
2008	March	3.2	3.2	3.2
2008	June	3.0	3.1	2.6
2008	September	2.8	2.9	2.4
2008	December	2.4	2.6	2.0
2009	March	1.9	2.0	1.6

Nonfarm business sector productivity, annual percent changes, 1948-2008
Year	Percent
1948	2.8
1949	3.3
1950	6.7
1951	2.7
1952	1.8
1953	2.3
1954	1.9
1955	4.2
1956	-0.8
1957	2.6
1958	2.2
1959	3.8
1960	1.2
1961	3.1
1962	4.5
1963	3.5
1964	3.0
1965	3.1
1966	3.6
1967	1.7
1968	3.4
1969	0.2
1970	1.5
1971	4.0
1972	3.3
1973	3.1
1974	-1.5
1975	2.7
1976	3.3
1977	1.6
1978	1.3
1979	-0.3
1980	-0.2
1981	1.4
1982	-1.1
1983	4.5
1984	2.0
1985	1.6
1986	3.1
1987	0.5
1988	1.7
1989	0.7
1990	1.9
1991	1.6
1992	4.1
1993	0.4
1994	1.1
1995	0.5
1996	2.7
1997	1.6
1998	2.8
1999	2.9
2000	2.8
2001	2.5
2002	4.1
2003	3.7
2004	2.8
2005	1.7
2006	0.9
2007	1.4
2008	2.8

NOTE: Productivity data are subject to revision.

Nonfatal occupational injury and illness rates per 100 full-time workers, 1973-2007
Year	Total recordable cases	Cases with days away from work	Cases with job transfer or restricted work	Other recordable cases
1973	11.0			7.5
1974	10.4			6.9
1975	9.1	3.2	0.1	5.8
1976	9.2	3.3	0.2	5.7
1977	9.3	3.6	0.2	5.5
1978	9.4	3.8	0.3	5.3
1979	9.5	4.0	0.3	5.2
1980	8.7	3.7	0.3	4.7
1981	8.3	3.5	0.3	4.5
1982	7.7	3.2	0.3	4.2
1983	7.6	3.2	0.3	4.2
1984	8.0	3.4	0.3	4.3
1985	7.9	3.3	0.3	4.3
1986	7.9	3.3	0.3	4.3
1987	8.3	3.4	0.4	4.4
1988	8.6	3.5	0.5	4.6
1989	8.6	3.4	0.6	4.6
1990	8.8	3.4	0.7	4.7
1991	8.4	3.2	0.7	4.5
1992	8.9	3.0	0.8	5.0
1993	8.5	2.9	0.9	4.8
1994	8.4	2.8	1.0	4.6
1995	8.1	2.5	1.1	4.4
1996	7.4	2.2	1.1	4.1
1997	7.1	2.1	1.2	3.8
1998	6.7	2.0	1.2	3.5
1999	6.3	1.9	1.2	3.3
2000	6.1	1.8	1.2	3.2
2001	5.7	1.7	1.1	2.9
2002	5.3	1.6	1.2	2.5
2003	5.0	1.5	1.1	2.4
2004	4.8	1.4	1.1	2.3
2005	4.6	1.4	1.0	2.2
2006	4.4	1.3	1.0	2.1
2007	4.2	1.2	0.9	2.1

Job openings, hires, and separations, seasonally adjusted, December 2000-April 2009 (in millions)
Year	Month	Job openings	Hires	Total separations
2000	Dec	4.949	5.379	5.391
2001	Jan	5.138	5.578	5.653
2001	Feb	4.862	5.497	5.492
2001	Mar	4.923	5.805	5.855
2001	Apr	4.940	5.459	5.636
2001	May	4.602	5.479	5.565
2001	Jun	4.509	5.269	5.412
2001	Jul	4.457	5.339	5.439
2001	Aug	4.308	5.167	5.269
2001	Sep	4.166	5.124	5.351
2001	Oct	3.626	5.107	5.604
2001	Nov	3.655	5.018	5.294
2001	Dec	3.693	4.913	4.987
2002	Jan	3.596	4.927	5.124
2002	Feb	3.566	5.034	5.130
2002	Mar	3.678	4.781	4.747
2002	Apr	3.477	5.026	5.091
2002	May	3.641	5.020	5.109
2002	Jun	3.489	4.948	4.941
2002	Jul	3.431	5.297	5.359
2002	Aug	3.502	4.945	4.924
2002	Sep	3.410	4.929	4.977
2002	Oct	3.620	4.866	4.867
2002	Nov	3.636	4.977	4.905
2002	Dec	3.272	5.019	5.113
2003	Jan	3.551	5.029	4.951
2003	Feb	3.503	4.894	4.968
2003	Mar	3.202	4.538	4.643
2003	Apr	3.250	4.720	4.792
2003	May	3.198	4.678	4.733
2003	Jun	3.394	4.774	4.831
2003	Jul	3.178	4.708	4.724
2003	Aug	3.220	4.665	4.756
2003	Sep	3.179	4.830	4.776
2003	Oct	3.214	5.052	4.950
2003	Nov	3.345	4.781	4.728
2003	Dec	3.375	5.078	4.904
2004	Jan	3.453	4.970	4.815
2004	Feb	3.556	4.904	4.778
2004	Mar	3.522	5.324	4.962
2004	Apr	3.584	5.197	4.976
2004	May	3.737	5.059	4.794
2004	Jun	3.520	5.064	4.988
2004	Jul	3.892	5.040	4.988
2004	Aug	3.741	5.170	5.015
2004	Sep	3.830	5.092	5.014
2004	Oct	3.916	5.226	4.966
2004	Nov	3.448	5.246	5.178
2004	Dec	3.915	5.274	5.189
2005	Jan	3.902	5.565	5.269
2005	Feb	3.915	5.358	5.121
2005	Mar	3.939	5.347	5.226
2005	Apr	4.241	5.368	5.088
2005	May	3.923	5.352	5.204
2005	Jun	4.175	5.460	5.139
2005	Jul	4.148	5.396	4.997
2005	Aug	4.102	5.532	5.298
2005	Sep	4.263	5.459	5.460
2005	Oct	4.254	5.124	5.085
2005	Nov	4.366	5.287	5.003
2005	Dec	4.390	5.213	5.102
2006	Jan	4.351	5.137	4.735
2006	Feb	4.455	5.489	5.228
2006	Mar	4.631	5.389	5.117
2006	Apr	4.680	5.213	5.121
2006	May	4.600	5.559	5.610
2006	Jun	4.463	5.436	5.333
2006	Jul	4.118	5.634	5.349
2006	Aug	4.551	5.358	5.143
2006	Sep	4.621	5.433	5.276
2006	Oct	4.647	5.366	5.285
2006	Nov	4.556	5.523	5.399
2006	Dec	4.606	5.342	5.223
2007	Jan	4.648	5.327	4.986
2007	Feb	4.592	5.289	5.221
2007	Mar	4.771	5.408	5.280
2007	Apr	4.628	5.262	5.275
2007	May	4.573	5.380	5.295
2007	Jun	4.815	5.320	5.177
2007	Jul	4.414	5.240	5.273
2007	Aug	4.596	5.268	5.230
2007	Sep	4.568	5.252	5.147
2007	Oct	4.371	5.327	5.156
2007	Nov	4.429	5.219	5.128
2007	Dec	4.382	5.074	4.984
2008	Jan	4.332	4.995	4.920
2008	Feb	4.248	5.035	5.088
2008	Mar	4.073	4.870	5.020
2008	Apr	3.967	4.955	5.152
2008	May	4.009	4.726	4.933
2008	Jun	3.850	4.811	4.963
2008	Jul	3.912	4.715	4.847
2008	Aug	3.722	4.654	4.888
2008	Sep	3.346	4.505	4.852
2008	Oct	3.390	4.486	4.910
2008	Nov	3.311	4.226	4.863
2008	Dec	3.224	4.508	4.958
2009	Jan	2.920	4.460	4.949
2009	Feb	2.973	4.339	4.833
2009	Mar	2.633	4.099	4.712
2009	Apr	2.531 (p)	4.165 (p)	4.718 (p)
Footnote: (p) Data for Apr. 2009 are preliminary.

Unemployment rates by state, seasonally adjusted, May 2009
State	Rate, May 2009 (p)
Alabama	9.8
Alaska	8.4
Arizona	8.2
Arkansas	7.0
California	11.5
Colorado	7.6
Connecticut	8.0
Delaware	8.1
District of Columbia	10.7
Florida	10.2
Georgia	9.7
Hawaii	7.4
Idaho	7.8
Illinois	10.1
Indiana	10.6
Iowa	5.8
Kansas	7.0
Kentucky	10.6
Louisiana	6.6
Maine	8.3
Maryland	7.2
Massachusetts	8.2
Michigan	14.1
Minnesota	8.2
Mississippi	9.6
Missouri	9.0
Montana	6.3
Nebraska	4.4
Nevada	11.3
New Hampshire	6.5
New Jersey	8.8
New Mexico	6.5
New York	8.2
North Carolina	11.1
North Dakota	4.4
Ohio	10.8
Oklahoma	6.3
Oregon	12.4
Pennsylvania	8.2
Rhode Island	12.1
South Carolina	12.1
South Dakota	5.0
Tennessee	10.7
Texas	7.1
Utah	5.4
Vermont	7.3
Virginia	7.1
Washington	9.4
West Virginia	8.6
Wisconsin	8.9
Wyoming	5.0
Footnotes: (p) Data for May 2009 are preliminary.

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