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December 2005

Industries with the most new jobs, 2004-14 (12/30/2005)

Comparisons of pay between metropolitan areas (12/29/2005)
Work experience of men and women in 2004 (12/28/2005)
Fewer experience unemployment (12/27/2005)
Mass layoffs in November (12/23/2005)
Occupations with the largest job growth, 2004–14 (12/22/2005)

Producer prices in November (12/21/2005)
Distribution of days away from work due to workplace injuries and illnesses, 2004 (12/20/2005)
Service-providing sector and job growth to 2014 (12/19/2005)
CPI down in November (12/16/2005)
Import prices drop in November 2005 (12/15/2005)

Age and injuries and illnesses resulting in days away from work, 2004 (12/14/2005)
Occupational groups and projections, 2004-14 (12/13/2005)
Volunteering in 2005 (12/12/2005)
Job growth and firm size (12/09/2005)
Labor force projected at 162.1 million by 2014 (12/08/2005)

Factory productivity in the third quarter of 2005 (12/07/2005)
Unemployment in November 2005 (12/06/2005)
Payroll employment up in November (12/05/2005)
Meeting and convention planners (12/02/2005)
Workplace fatalities among Asian workers (12/01/2005)

November 2005

Consumer expenditures in 2004 (11/30/2005)
Food preparation and serving occupations, November 2004 (11/29/2005)
Injury and illness rate up in the utilities industry (11/28/2005)
Layoffs in October 2005 (11/25/2005)
Hourly compensation in U.S. and foreign factories, 2004 (11/23/2005)

Injury and illness rates down in 2004 (11/22/2005)
Gross job gains and losses in the first quarter of 2005 (11/21/2005)
Extended mass layoffs, third quarter 2005 (11/18/2005)
CPI in October 2005 (11/17/2005)
PPI in October 2005 (11/16/2005)

Age, on-the-job injuries and illnesses, and days away from work (11/15/2005)
Import prices down in October 2005 (11/14/2005)
Highest paid occupations, November 2004 (11/10/2005)
Job openings in September 2005 (11/09/2005)
Unemployment rates for Hurricane Katrina evacuees (11/08/2005)

Payroll employment little changed in October (11/07/2005)
Productivity in third quarter 2005 (11/04/2005)
Differences in earnings by age and sex in 2004 (11/03/2005)
Women's earnings by occupation in 2004 (11/02/2005)
Growth in inflation-adjusted earnings, 1979-2004 (11/01/2005)

October 2005

Drop in compensation costs in constant dollars, September 2005 (10/31/2005)
International factory productivity gains in 2004 (10/28/2005)
Daily time use of high school students (10/27/2005)
Post-hurricane claims for unemployment compensation (10/26/2005)
Counties with most rapid growth in employment, March 2004-March 2005 (10/25/2005)

State unemployment rates in September 2005 (10/24/2005)
Counties with fastest pay growth, first quarter 2005 (10/21/2005)
Education and earnings in 2004 (10/20/2005)
PPI in September 2005 (10/19/2005)
Real weekly earnings in September 2005 (10/18/2005)

CPI up 1.2 percent in September 2005 (10/17/2005)
Import prices in September 2005 (10/14/2005)
Job openings in August 2005 (10/13/2005)
Unemployment up in September 2005 (10/12/2005)
Payroll employment in September (10/11/2005)

Time spent at work in 2004 (10/07/2005)
Leisure activities in 2004 (10/06/2005)
Wholesale-trade productivity in 2004 (10/05/2005)
Working at home and occupation (10/04/2005)
Electronic equipment and job-related work at home (10/03/2005)

September 2005

Frequency of working at home in 2004 (09/30/2005)
Productivity in retail trade, 2004 (09/29/2005)
Restaurant productivity growth in 2004 (09/28/2005)
Reasons for working at home in 2004 (09/27/2005)
Unemployment insurance claims due to mass layoffs, August 2005 (09/26/2005)

Working at home in 2004 (09/23/2005)
The average day in 2004 (09/22/2005)
Fatal on-the-job highway incidents in 2004 (09/20/2005)
Real weekly earnings, August 2005 (09/19/2005)
CPI up 0.5 percent in August (09/16/2005)

Treating cancer with technology (09/15/2005)
Producer prices in August 2005 (09/14/2005)
Fatal work injuries by occupation in 2004 (09/13/2005)
Import prices up again in August 2005 (09/12/2005)
Separations in July 2005 (09/09/2005)

Factory productivity, second quarter of 2005 (09/08/2005)
Employment up again in August (09/07/2005)
Unemployment rate in August 2005 (09/06/2005)
Most common uses for computers at work (09/02/2005)
Workplace homicides declined in 2004 (09/01/2005)

August 2005

High-technology employment (08/31/2005)
Age and fatal work injuries in 2004 (08/30/2005)
Productivity growth in information-sector industries (08/29/2005)

Fatal work injuries in 2004 (08/26/2005)
Retirement plans in 2005 (08/25/2005)
Layoffs in July 2005 (08/24/2005)
Unemployment among youth, Summer 2005 (08/23/2005)
Youth labor force participation in Summer 2005 (08/22/2005)

Gross job gains and losses in the fourth quarter of 2004 (08/19/2005)
Producer prices in July 2005 (08/18/2005)
CPI up 0.5 percent in July 2005 (08/17/2005)
Methods of Internet job searching (08/16/2005)
Import prices in July 2005 (08/15/2005)

Extended mass layoffs in second quarter 2005 (08/12/2005)
Hires rate in June 2005 (08/11/2005)
Productivity in second quarter 2005 (08/10/2005)
Payroll employment advanced in July (08/09/2005)
Unemployment in July 2005 (08/08/2005)

Job searching via the Internet (08/05/2005)
Alternative employment arrangements and worker preferences (08/04/2005)
Computer use at work in 2003 (08/03/2005)
Temporary help agency workers (08/02/2005)
Compensation costs up 3.2 percent in private industry over the year (08/01/2005)

July 2005

Independent contractors in 2005 (07/29/2005)
Contingent workers and education (07/28/2005)
Mass layoffs and geography, June 2005 (07/27/2005)
Jobs in the green industry (07/26/2005)
Alternative routes to agricultural work (07/25/2005)

Earnings in geography jobs (07/22/2005)
Earnings and educational attainment: second quarter of 2005 (07/21/2005)
Athletic trainers work in a variety of settings (07/20/2005)
Real weekly earnings in June 2005 (07/19/2005)
No change in June PPI (07/18/2005)

CPI unchanged in June 2005 (07/15/2005)
Import prices in June 2005 (07/14/2005)
Job openings rate in May 2005 (07/13/2005)
U.S. employment rose in June 2005 (07/12/2005)
Unemployment rate trending down (07/11/2005)

Healthcare spending in 2003 (07/08/2005)
Formal flexitime programs not common (07/07/2005)
Expenditures on apparel down in 2003 (07/06/2005)
Flexible work schedules in 2004 (07/05/2005)
Wages in for-profit and nonprofit private hospitals (07/01/2005)

June 2005

Comparing growth rates of benefits and wages in private industry (06/30/2005)
Simplified, preliminary multifactor productivity statistics
(06/29/2005)
Pricing commercial air travel (06/28/2005)

May 2005 layoffs by region (06/27/2005)
Initial claims for unemployment insurance due to layoffs, May 2005 (06/24/2005)
Wives who earn more than their husbands (06/23/2005)
Private industry compensation $24.17 per hour on average in March 2005 (06/22/2005)
Fluctuations in beef and cattle producer prices (06/21/2005)

Real weekly earnings, May 2005 (06/20/2005)
Cost of health benefits: $1.64 per hour in March 2005 (06/17/2005)
CPI in May 2005 (06/16/2005)
PPI drops in May 2005 (06/15/2005)
New business establishments: survival and longevity (06/14/2005)

Import prices down in May 2005 (06/13/2005)
Labor force participation of mothers and fathers (06/10/2005)
Trends in real hourly compensation (06/09/2005)
Job openings rates by industry, April 2005 (06/08/2005)
Unemployment rate in May 2005 (06/07/2005)

May 2005 payroll employment (06/06/2005)
May 2005 payroll employment (06/04/2005)
Factory productivity growth in first quarter 2005 (06/03/2005)
Earnings of foreign-born workers, 2004 (06/02/2005)
Lowest paying occupations in May 2004 (06/01/2005)

May 2005

Layoffs in April 2005 (05/31/2005)

Highly paid healthcare occupations (05/27/2005)
Women, men, and unions, 1983 - 2004 (05/26/2005)
Gross job gains and losses: third quarter 2004 (05/25/2005)
Foreign-born labor force participation (05/24/2005)
Real weekly earnings, April 2005 (05/23/2005)

The size of layoffs in the First Quarter of 2005 (05/20/2005)
CPI up 0.5 percent in April 2005 (05/19/2005)
PPI up in April 2005 (05/18/2005)
Disposable income and consumption (05/17/2005)
Import prices in April 2005 (05/16/2005)

Foreign-born workers and occupations, 2004 (05/13/2005)
Differences in women's earnings by educational level (05/12/2005)
Job openings rates in March 2005 (05/11/2005)
Job growth in April 2005 (05/10/2005)
Unemployment rates and demographics, April 2005 (05/09/2005)

Productivity in first quarter 2005 (05/06/2005)
Insurance coverage for mental healthcare (05/05/2005)
Shelter inflation in 2004 (05/04/2005)
First rise in consumer durables prices since 1996 (05/03/2005)
Benefit and wage costs in private industry in March 2005 (05/02/2005)

April 2005

Industries and employment growth in 2004 (04/29/2005)

Employment of high school students rises by grade (04/28/2005)
States and mass layoffs in March 2005 (04/27/2005)
Employment gains among Hispanic population in 2004 (04/26/2005)
Decline in lengthy periods of unemployment in 2004 (04/25/2005)
Real weekly earnings, March 2005 (04/22/2005)

CPI rises 0.6 percent in March 2005 (04/21/2005)
PPI up in March 2005 (04/20/2005)
Occupation and the working poor in 2003 (04/19/2005)
Import prices up again in March 2005 (04/18/2005)
Counties with fastest pay growth, third quarter 2004 (04/15/2005)

Temporary help trends (04/14/2005)
Job openings in February 2005 (04/13/2005)
Rate of working poor unchanged in 2003 (04/12/2005)
Work stoppages in 2004 (04/11/2005)
Jobs that have become less male-dominated (04/08/2005)

Length of work absences due to injuries and illnesses, 2003 (04/07/2005)
Unemployment rate 39.9 percent among recent dropouts (04/06/2005)
Payrolls up in March 2005 (04/05/2005)
Unemployment in March 2005 (04/04/2005)
Sprains and strains most common workplace injury (04/01/2005)

March 2005

Injuries and illnesses resulting in days away from work, 2003 (03/31/2005)
Recent high school graduates in college and in the work force (03/30/2005)
College enrollment of 2004 high school grads (03/29/2005)

Real weekly earnings in February 2005 (03/28/2005)
Layoffs fall in February 2005 (03/25/2005)
CPI up 0.4 percent in February 2005 (03/24/2005)
Producer prices in February 2005 (03/23/2005)
Hires and separations rates in January 2005 (03/22/2005)

Import prices in February 2005 (03/21/2005)
Unemployment rates in metropolitan divisions, January 2005 (03/18/2005)
Average compensation in private industry: $23.90 per hour in December 2004 (03/17/2005)
Job openings rate in January 2005 (03/16/2005)
Changes in State unemployment rates in 2004 (03/15/2005)

States with highest unemployment rate in 2004: Alaska and Oregon (03/14/2005)
State with lowest unemployment rate in 2004: Hawaii (03/11/2005)
Education and duration of employment relationships (03/10/2005)
Unit labor costs in manufacturing dropped in 2003 in Japan, Taiwan, U.S. (03/09/2005)
Unemployment in February 2005 (03/08/2005)

Payroll employment in February 2005 (03/07/2005)
Factory productivity growth in 2004 (03/04/2005)
Frequency and nature of worker training (03/03/2005)
Transition from school to work quicker as education increases (03/02/2005)
Japan had largest manufacturing productivity increase in 2003 (03/01/2005)

February 2005

New seasonally adjusted mass layoffs statistics (02/28/2005)
Real earnings decline in January 2005 (02/25/2005)
CPI up 0.1 percent in January (02/24/2005)
Extended mass layoffs in fourth quarter of 2004 (02/23/2005)

PPI in January 2005 (02/22/2005)
Import prices by locality of origin, January 2005 (02/18/2005)
Extended mass layoff events in 2004 (02/17/2005)
Gross job gains and losses in the second quarter of 2004 (02/16/2005)
Absence rates and industry, 2004 (02/15/2005)

Absence rates and occupation, 2004 (02/14/2005)
Hires rate in December 2004 (02/11/2005)
Job openings rate up slightly in December 2004 (02/10/2005)
Unionization rates by occupation, 2004 (02/09/2005)
Payroll employment growth in January 2005 (02/08/2005)

Unemployment rate decreases in January 2005 (02/07/2005)
Productivity growth in 2004 (02/04/2005)
Academia, agriculture, and metropolitan area unemployment rates (02/03/2005)
Biggest rise in multifactor productivity since 1992 (02/02/2005)
Weekly earnings in fourth quarter 2004 by demographics (02/01/2005)

January 2005

Over-the-year union and nonunion compensation cost changes, December 2004 (01/31/2005)
Unionization rates by industry, 2004 (01/28/2005)
Mass layoffs down again in 2004 (01/27/2005)
Over-the-year changes in State unemployment rates, December 2004 (01/26/2005)

Comparing old and new statistics on workplace injuries and illnesses (01/25/2005)
Real earnings in December 2004 (01/24/2005)
CPI up 3.3 percent in 2004 (01/21/2005)
Counties with most rapid growth in employment, June 2003-June 2004 (01/19/2005)
PPI down in December 2004 (01/18/2005)

Import prices drop in December 2004 (01/14/2005)
Job openings in November (01/13/2005)
Counties with most rapid pay growth, second quarter 2004 (01/12/2005)
Unemployment rate unchanged in December 2004 (01/11/2005)
Payroll growth tops 2 million in 2004 (01/10/2005)

Earnings of advertising sales agents (01/07/2005)
Hours: Two surveys compared (01/06/2005)
New and emerging occupations at the start of the 21st century (01/05/2005)
On-the-job fatalities at road construction sites (01/04/2005)
Days away from work, job transfer, or restriction due to injuries and illnesses, 2003 (01/03/2005)

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