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The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, persons not in the labor force, hours of work, earnings, and other demographic and labor force characteristics.
Next Release: May 6, 2011
The Employment Situation for April 2011 is scheduled to be released on May 6, 2011, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.
April 01, 2011
Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 216,000 in March, and the
unemployment rate was little changed at 8.8 percent. Job gains
occurred in professional and business services, health care, leisure
and hospitality, and mining. Employment in manufacturing continued to
trend up.
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March 11, 2011
The unemployment rate for veterans of Gulf War era II (September 2001 forward) was
11.5 percent in 2010. About 25 percent of Gulf War-era II veterans reported having
a service-connected disability in July 2010, compared with about 13 percent of all
veterans.
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January 21, 2011
In 2010, the union membership rate was 11.9 percent, down from 12.3 percent
a year earlier. The number of wage and salary workers belonging to unions
declined by 612,000 to 14.7 million.
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Most-Requested CPS Tables
- Employment status of the population, 1940s to date (TXT) (PDF)
- Employment status by sex, 1970s to date (TXT) (PDF)
- Employment status by detailed age, 2010 annual averages (TXT) (PDF)
- Employment status by educational attainment, 2010 annual averages (TXT) (PDF)
- Employment by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic ethnicity, 2010 annual averages (TXT) (PDF)
- Median weekly earnings by detailed occupation and sex, 2010 annual averages (TXT) (PDF)
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Related Links to Other BLS Programs
- Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the CES survey (National)
- Monthly national data by detailed industry on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on the payrolls of nonfarm establishments.
- Local Area Unemployment Statistics
- Monthly and annual employment, unemployment, and labor force data for Census regions and divisions, States, counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities, by place of residence.
- National Longitudinal Surveys
- Several surveys gathering information at multiple points in time about the labor market and life experiences of six groups of American men, women, and youth.
- Occupational Employment Statistics
- Data on employment and wages for over 800 occupations and for about 400 nonfarm industries for the nation, plus occupational data for States and metropolitan areas.
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Economists are available to assist you with data from the Current Population Survey Monday through Friday (8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. Eastern Time), excluding Federal holidays.
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Washington, DC 20212-0001
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Latest Numbers
Seasonally Adjusted
Unemployment Rate:
8.8% in Mar 2011
Change in Unemployment Level:
-131,000 in Mar 2011
Change in Employment Level:
+291,000 in Mar 2011
Change in Civilian Labor Force Level:
+160,000 in Mar 2011
Civilian Labor Force Participation Rate:
64.2% in Mar 2011
Employment-Population Ratio:
58.5% in Mar 2011
Annual Averages
Unemployment Rate:
9.6% for 2010
Unemployment Level:
14,825,000 for 2010
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