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MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW
Special issue: Green Jobs
This special issue features analyses from BLS surveys on Green Jobs.
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SPOTLIGHT ON STATISTICS
Media and Information
This Spotlight features a broad array of BLS information on various aspects of the media.
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BEYOND THE NUMBERS
Injuries, illnesses, and fatal injuries in mining in 2010
In total, there were 172 fatal work injuries in the mining industry during 2010.
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MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW
The last private industry pension plans: a visual essay
In 2011, only 10 percent of all private sector establishments provided defined benefit plans, covering 18 percent of private industry employees.
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BEYOND THE NUMBERS
Retirement costs for defined benefit plans higher than for defined contribution plans
This issue of Beyond the Numbers focuses on private industry employer retirement plan costs.
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BEYOND THE NUMBERS
Travel expenditures, 2005–2011: spending slows during recent recession
Travel expenditures declined sharply in the recent recession and had not recovered by 2011.
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THE EDITOR'S DESK
Charting your way to BLS data
The newly redesigned TED continues to present highlights from a variety of BLS publications. Each TED article includes a chart and links to further information.
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SPOTLIGHT ON STATISTICS
Hurricane Sandy: A Pre-storm Look at Affected Areas
This Spotlight on Statistics provides a brief look at the pre-Sandy labor market in some of the areas of the United States hit hardest by the storm.
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BEYOND THE NUMBERS
Writing an escalation contract using the Consumer Price Index
This article can help those who use the CPI to write escalation clauses to create a more comprehensive contract.
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BEYOND THE NUMBERS
Will the 2012 drought have a bigger impact on grocery prices than the 1988 drought?
In the summer of 2012, the United States experienced its worst drought since the 1980s.
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BEYOND THE NUMBERS
Impact of the drought on corn exports: paying the price
In the summer of 2012, weather conditions caused the most severe drought the United States has seen since the 1950s. This article discusses the impact of that drought on U.S. corn exports.
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BEYOND THE NUMBERS
Employment and wages in community and social service occupations
There were 1.9 million community and social service occupations jobs in 2011.
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CURRENT POPULATION SURVEY
Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2011
Women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $684.
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BEYOND THE NUMBERS
A comparison of 25 years of consumer expenditures by homeowners and renters
This article uses data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey to compare expenditures of homeowners with those of renters.
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Green Jobs
Careers in Geothermal Energy
Geothermal power uses heat generated by the Earth's core to provide energy. This article provides information on various career opportunities in geothermal energy.
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Green Jobs
Careers in Environmental Remediation
Environmental professionals use a number of technologies to clean up polluted sites, a process known as environmental remediation.
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A comparison of college attendance and high school coursework among youth
This article examines how the relationship between high school courses and college attendance has changed.
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INTERNATIONAL LABOR COMPARISONS
Charting International Labor Comparisons
Labor market and other national economic measurements compared across countries.
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BEYOND THE NUMBERS
Who has benefits in private industry in 2012?
Health, retirement, and paid leave benefits made up more than three-fifths of private industry employer-provided benefit costs in March 2012.
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SPOTLIGHT ON STATISTICS
National Hispanic Heritage Month
This Spotlight presents BLS data about the Hispanic or Latino labor force.
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American Time Use Survey
Eldercare in 2011
In 2011, an estimated 39.8 million people in the United States were eldercare providers.
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DEMOGRAPHICS
Labor Force Characteristics by Race and Ethnicity, 2011
This report describes the labor force characteristics and earnings patterns among race and ethnicity groups.
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BEYOND THE NUMBERS
Facts of the catch: occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities to fishing workers, 2003-2009
Fishers and related fishing workers deal with a set of working conditions unique among all other occupations.
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BEYOND THE NUMBERS
How parents use time and money
This article examines weekday resource allocation decisions of married couples with a husband employed full time and with children under 18.
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BEYOND THE NUMBERS
Atlanta's thriving air transportation industry: employment and wages, 1990–2010
Air transportation's share of total employment is more than 6 times greater in Fulton County than it is in the United States.
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BEYOND THE NUMBERS
Wholesale and retail Producer Price Indexes: margin prices
This article explains the rationale behind measuring trade sector output using PPI margin indexes and how margin PPIs should be interpreted.
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BEYOND THE NUMBERS
New locality of origin import price indexes by industry sector
BLS has expanded the existing import price indexes by locality of origin to include more detail below the “all import” level of aggregation.
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An overview of U.S. occupational employment and wages in 2011
In May 2011, a substantial share of U.S. employment was concentrated in a relatively small number of occupations.
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Import/Export Prices
Georgia Export Highlights
Georgia exports exceeded 34.7 billion dollars in 2011, ranking 12th among U.S. states.
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BLS is now on Twitter
Follow BLS on Twitter
The latest news releases are available on the BLS Twitter feed.
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Beyond the Numbers
How have health benefits changed in state and local governments from 1998 to 2011?
Health insurance coverage for state and local government employees has undergone significant changes over the past decade.
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Spotlight on Statistics
Fashion
This Spotlight presents BLS data on the design, manufacture, and sale of clothing, shoes, and accessories.
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Beyond the Numbers
Employment, college enrollment, and training of young male veterans and nonveterans during the recent recession?
This article focuses on employment, education, and training of young male veterans and nonveterans.
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Monthly Labor Review
Older men: pushed into retirement in the 1970s and 1980s by the baby boomers?
Older workers and short-term jobs, Measuring annual change in household wealth, and Multiple jobholding.
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Beyond the Numbers
Energy prices jump while food prices show modest increases
This summary compares price changes in the CPI for detailed categories of goods and services over the first quarter of 2012 with those in 2011.
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Beyond the Numbers
How new fees are affecting the Producer Price Index for air travel
Airlines recently have expanded the number of services for which they charge fees.
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Beyond the Numbers
International Air Passenger Fares Shrug Off the Recession
Passenger fares for flights to and from the United States recently experienced a strong recovery after recording large decreases.
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Issues in Labor Statistics
Young adult employment during the recent recession
This article focuses on the impact of the recent recession on the labor market experience of younger workers (24-and 25-year-olds).
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Program Perspectives
Legally Required Benefit Costs
Presents BLS data and details on legally required employee benefits; Social Security and Medicare, Federal and State unemployment insurance, and workers’ compensation.
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Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
Workers’ Memorial Day
Recognized each year on April 28, Workers’ Memorial Day is a day to remember workers who were killed, injured, or made ill at work and to highlight the hazards in the workplace.
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NATIONAL COMPENSATION SURVEY
Health Plan Provisions in State and Local Government in the United States, 2011
The National Compensation Survey (NCS) provides comprehensive measures of compensation cost trends, the incidence of benefits, and detailed benefit provisions.
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MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW
Job search of the unemployed by duration of unemployment
BLS created measures of the number of weeks the jobless took to find work or quit looking and leave the labor force.
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BLS BETA LABS
Beyond the Numbers
In May 2012, BLS will introduce a new publication that will consolidate all BLS summary analytic writing into a cohesive conceptual and visual bundle.
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Occupational Outlook Handbook
2012–13 Occupational Outlook Handbook
The redesigned OOH includes several new features to make it more visually appealing and easier for users to find what they are looking for.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
How do U.S. Expenditures Compare with those of Other Countries?
Consumers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Japan allocated different shares of total spending to categories such as food, housing, and transportation in 2009.
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Monthly Labor Review
Changes in Federal and State unemployment insurance legislation in 2011
There were two federal legislative enactments that affected the Federal–State Unemployment Compensation Program.
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Monthly Labor Review
On Guard Against Workplace Hazards
Security guards face a variety of workplace hazards that can lead to injury, illness, or death.
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Fact Sheet
Workplace Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities to Women of Hispanic or Latino Ethnicity
This fact sheet highlights fatal and nonfatal injuries and illnesses incurred by Hispanic or Latino women from 2005 through 2009.
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Population Adjustments
Adjustments to the Current Population Survey
Learn more about how population adjustments impact the data from the Current Population Survey
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Focus on Prices and Spending
Experimental Consumer Price Index for Older Americans (CPI-E)
BLS calculates an experimental CPI by using households whose reference person or spouse is 62 years of age or older, commonly called the CPI for the elderly, or CPI-E.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
Current Price Topics: The 2012 PPI Weight Update: How and why does BLS update revenue weights?
With the release of January 2012 Producer Price Index, the PPI will begin using 2007 value-of-shipments (VOS) data as the weight basis for the PPI.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
Rollercoaster Year for Export Agriculture Prices
U.S. agricultural exports had a volatile year in 2011. Agricultural goods prices sharply declined during the final half of the year, after having increased during the first six months of the year.
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Spotlight on Statistics
The Recession of 2007–2009
The most recent recession began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009. This Spotlight presents BLS data that compare the recent recession to previous recessions.
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Program Perspectives
Health Benefit Costs by Wage Category
Presents BLS data on participation rates, the share of premiums paid by employers, and average monthly employer and employee medical care premium contributions.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
Consumer Spending in 2010
On the basis of data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE), consumers spent less in 2010, compared with 2009, on almost all major components of the household budget.
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Women Workers
Women in the Labor Force: A Databook
This report presents historical and current labor force and earnings data for women from the Current Population Survey (CPS).
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Focus on Prices and Spending
Technology in Commodity Markets
The emergence of electronic trading has served to exacerbate the level of volatility in commodity prices, as seen in some Producer Price Indexes.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
The Impact of the Earthquake in Japan on U.S. Imports
The economic impact on Japanese export trade to the United States.
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Regional Reports
High-tech industries in Massachusetts
This report examines general employment and wage trends within the specific industries that compose the high-tech sector in Massachusetts, beginning in 2001.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
A Comparison of the CPI-U and the C-CPI-U
The C-CPI-U is designed to be a closer approximation to a cost-of-living index than the CPI-U.
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Spotlight on Statistics
Automobiles
Data on employment within the motor vehicle industry, motor vehicle-related consumer expenditures, injuries experienced by those who work on motor vehicles, and more.
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Occupations
Chart book: Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2010
This chart book includes graphs, maps, tables, and text describing the U.S. occupational workforce in May 2010.
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Employee Benefits
Employee Benefits in the United States
Presents BLS data on the incidence and key provisions of employee benefit plans for civilian, private industry, and state and local government workers.
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Demographics
Labor Force Characteristics by Race and Ethnicity, 2010
Unemployment rates among major race and ethnicity groups remained high in 2010 as the economy continued to slowly recover from the recession.
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Green Jobs
Careers in Recycling
This report provides information on how recycling works and on various career opportunities related to collecting and processing recyclable materials.
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Green Jobs
Careers in Electric Vehicles
This report provides information on careers in the production and maintenance of electric vehicles including hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and all-electric vehicles.
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Employee Benefits
Health and Retirement Plan Provisions in Private Industry
Presents BLS data on detailed provisions of employer-provided health, defined benefit, and defined contribution plans in private industry.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
Part D Prescription Drug Coverage and Health Care Spending by Seniors on Medicare
Out-of-pocket health care spending by Medicare households before and after Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
Measuring U.S. Inflation Using European Methods
This article examines Eurostat’s Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) and U.S. prices.
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Program Perspectives
Outpatient Prescription Drug Coverage
Presents BLS data on outpatient prescription drug coverage, including access and participation rates plus coverage trends for private industry workers.
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International Labor Comparisons
Charting International Labor Comparisons
Labor market and other national economic measurements compared across countries.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
The Impact of Fuel Surcharges on the Producer Price Index (PPI)
This article examines how rising fuel costs effect all segments of the United States economy.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
The Impact of Soaring Cotton Prices on Consumer Apparel Prices
This article examines the impact of rising cotton prices on clothing and apparel prices for U.S. consumers.
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New Geographic Home Page
Want to find data for an area?
We've made it easy for you. Visit our new home page for all regional releases.
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Spotlight on Statistics
School's Out
What do millions of youth do during the summer? Which industries grow, and which shrink?
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Green Jobs
Careers in Green Construction
Green construction involves erecting buildings that are environmentally responsible. This article provides information on careers in green construction.
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Program Perspectives
Defined-Contribution Plan Investment Choices
Presents BLS data on commonly found investment options in savings and thrift (e.g. 401(k)) retirement plans for private industry workers.
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BLS Email Subscription Service
Upcoming Changes to the BLS Email Subscription Service
Visitors can subscribe to an expanded list of BLS national economic releases with an improved layout, better organization, and enhanced security.
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Green Jobs
Careers in Solar Power
Sunlight is the most abundant source of potential energy on the planet. This article provides information on careers in solar power.
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Occupational Outlook Handbook
The Occupational Outlook Handbook is Getting a Face-lift
Preview the new look.
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Monthly Labor Review
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Occupations: A Visual Essay
Explore occupations that play a role in expanding scientific frontiers and generating technological progress.
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Issues in Labor Statistics
How Long Before the Unemployed Find Jobs or Quit Looking?
This report presents estimates of the length of time someone is unemployed before finding a job or giving up searching for work.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
Differences between the CPI and the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index
This article examines how these two indexes are constructed and behave over time.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
Grain Prices and Our Grocery Bill
This article examines how rising grain prices can mean higher prices at the grocery store.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes and the Terms of Trade
An examination of one method for measuring gains from trade: the terms of trade index—the ratio of the price index of a country's exports to the price index of its imports.
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Program Perspectives
High Deductible Health Plans
Program Perspectives on high deductible health plans, including participation and comparisons with traditional plans. Health savings accounts, often used in combination with high deductible health plans, are also highlighted in this issue.
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Monthly Labor Review
The 2007–09 Recession and Employment
This issue takes an in-depth look at the 2007-09 recession by industry using Current Employment Statistics data.
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BLS Mobile Service
BLS Mobile Homepage
In our never-ending quest to provide the public with the latest labor economics and statistics data no matter where they are, we are introducing a mobile version of the BLS homepage.
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A Profile of the Working Poor
A Profile of the Working Poor, 2009
In 2009, about 43.6 million people, or 14.3 percent of the Nation’s population, lived at or below the official poverty level.
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Program Perspectives
Defined Contribution Plans
Program Perspectives on highlights of six types of defined contribution plans, providing BLS data on participation by type of plan and method of contribution.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
How Consumers Used the 2009 Economic Recovery Payments of $250
Did recipients spend, save, or pay off debt?
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Program Perspectives
Sick Leave and Disability Benefit Combinations
Program Perspectives on Sick Leave and Disability Benefit Combinations presents BLS data on sick leave and disability benefit combinations, showing the full level of coverage that an employee receives.
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Spotlight on Statistics
Women at Work
Data on the past, present, and future of women in the workforce, women’s earnings and education, time use, spending, and more.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
The So-called "Core" CPI
The CPI for all items less food and energy: its history, and a look at its behavior relative to other official CPI indexes.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
PPI Introduces Experimental Aggregation System
To expand the scope of coverage for the Producer Price Index, BLS recently developed an experimental aggregation system.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
U.S. Export Prices Up as World Grain Stockpiles Decline
How did rising grain prices in 2010 affect agricultural exports?
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Program Perspectives
Local and State Government Benefits
Program Perspectives on Local and State Government Benefits presents BLS data on State and local government benefits, including access data on retirement, health care, and paid leave by government sector.
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The Editor´s Desk
Top Searches on the BLS Website
Top Searches on the BLS Website presents the terms most often used to search the BLS website.
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Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Summary Charts, 2009
Nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses among private industry employers in 2009 declined to 3.6 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers from 3.9 cases in 2008.
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Monthly Labor Review
The U.S. Housing Bubble and Bust: Impacts on Employment
Employment Projections Program data are used to estimate employment impacts due to the recent housing market cycle.
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Program Perspectives
Life and Disability Insurance Benefits
Program Perspectives on Life and Disability Insurance Benefits presents BLS data on life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability plans, including access and participation rates for private industry and state and local government workers.
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Issues in Labor Statistics
Sizing Up the 2007–09 Recession: Comparing Two Key Labor Market Indicators With Earlier Downturns
Highlights the severity of the recent recession in the labor market by comparing changes in two key labor market indicators across past downturns.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
Household Energy Spending
This report compares spending on selected household energy items as measured by the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) and by the Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS).
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Spotlight on Statistics
Food for Thought
This Spotlight uses BLS data to provide insight into the wonderful world of food.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
The Use of the CPI in Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments (COLAs)
Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) are tied to changes in the Consumer Price Index.
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Program Perspectives
Defined Contribution Plans
Program Perspectives on Defined Contribution Plans presents BLS data on defined contribution retirement plans, including access and participation rates for private industry and state and local government workers.
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Issues in Labor Statistics
Ranks of Those Unemployed for a Year or More Up Sharply
The number of long-term unemployed has increased sharply.
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World Statistics Day
BLS Celebrates World Statistics Day!
The Bureau of Labor Statistics joins with the international statistical community in celebrating World Statistics Day.
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Program Perspectives
Fee-For-Service Plans
Program Perspectives on Fee-For Service Plans presents BLS data on fee-for-service medical plans.
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Green Jobs
Careers in Wind Energy
As the wind energy industry grows, it will provide new career opportunities for workers. This article provides information on careers in wind energy.
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Career Information - en Español!
Spanish OOH
BLS releases career information for over 100 occupations, plus tips for crafting résumés, applications, and cover letters -- in Spanish!
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Spotlight on Statistics
Back to College
Headed back to college? See what data BLS has about college students, graduates and employees.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
Health Care Spending: 1998, 2003, and 2008
How have rising health care costs affected household budgets?
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Focus on Prices and Spending
Consumer Prices: The Use of the CPI in Adjusting Federal Income Tax Brackets
Federal income tax brackets and personal exemption and standard deduction amounts are adjusted each year with CPI data.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
Producer Price Indexes: PPI Industry or Commodity Data: Which Better Suits Your Needs?
This article examines the differences between industry- and commodity-based PPI data.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
China´s Exchange Rate Policy Reflected in U.S. Import Prices
The competitiveness of imports and exports is affected by foreign currency fluctuations.
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Issues in Labor Statistics
Illness-related Work Absences During Flu Season
During flu season, workers who come down with the flu or have a sick family member often must deal with interruptions in their regular work schedules.
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Spotlight on Statistics
Travel
This Spotlight presents data on travel-related expenditures, overall employment within the leisure and hospitality industry, as well as employment and earnings of various travel-related occupations.
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Program Perspectives
Combined Benefit Plans
Program Perspectives on Combined Benefit Plans (PDF) New data series highlights employee access to medical care and retirement benefits.
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Issues in Labor Statistics
Long-term Unemployment Experience of the Jobless
By the end of 2009, the proportion of the unemployed who had been jobless for 27 weeks or longer was the highest on record, with data back to 1948.
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New Data Access Tool
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) State and County Map Application
Explore a new mapping tool that provides access to employment and wage data at the National, State and county levels.
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Fact Sheet
Gulf Coast Leisure and Hospitality and Oil and Gas Industries
From the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages: Gulf oil and gas drilling employment and Gulf Coast Leisure and Hospitality Employment and Wages
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Spotlight on Statistics
Employment Situation of Veterans
In honor of those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, this Spotlight presents information about the employment situation of veterans.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
Consumer Expenditure Survey: Computer Ownership
This issue of a new publication series examines the extent of computer ownership by American households.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
Consumer Prices: The Use of CPI in Poverty Measurement
This issue of a new series reviews the use of the CPI in poverty measurement and current U.S. consumer price trends.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
Producer Price Indexes: Intermediate Materials Continue their Advance
This issue of a new series examines producer price trends in the first quarter of 2010.
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Focus on Prices and Spending
The Price Competitiveness of U.S. Exports
The first issue of a new series analyzes the price competitiveness of U.S. exports and reviews current U.S. import and export price trends.
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Fact Sheet
Oil and Gas Industry
These fact sheets highlight injuries and employment in the oil and gas industry:
• Fatal and nonfatal injuries HTML | PDF
• Employment HTML | PDF
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Chartbook
International Labor Comparisons
The chartbook is a gateway to explore how key labor market and other national economic measurements compare across countries.
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Chartbook
Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2008
The chartbook includes graphs, maps, tables, and text describing the U.S. occupational workforce in May 2008.
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Fact Sheet
Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities in the Coal Mining Industry
Employees in coal mining are more likely to be killed or to incur a non-fatal injury or illness than workers in private industry.
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Program Perspectives
Frozen Defined-Benefit Plans
Program Perspectives on Frozen Defined-Benefit Plans presents BLS data on the frequency, accrual of benefits, and alternatives to frozen defined-benefit plans as well as the length of time since the plans were frozen.
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Issues in Labor Statistics
Record Unemployment Among Older Workers Does Not Keep Them Out of the Job Market
The labor force participation rate for persons aged 55 years and older rose during much of the recession.
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Issues in Labor Statistics
Job Availability During a Recession: An Examination of the Number of Unemployed Persons Per Job Opening
The ratio of unemployed persons per job opening increased to a high of 6.2 unemployed persons per job opening in November 2009.
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International Labor Comparisons
Two new chart pages from International Labor Comparisons:
• Comparisons of Annual Labor Force Statistics• Comparisons of Manufacturing Productivity and Unit Labor Cost Trends
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Issues in Labor Statistics
All Firm Sizes Hit Hard During the Current Recession
In the early part of the current recession, all firm sizes have been similarly affected by the recession.
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Program Perspectives
Paid Sick Leave
Program Perspectives on Paid Sick Leave presents BLS data on paid sick leave, including access rates, number of days provided per year, and the cost to the employer.
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Profile of the Working Poor
In 2008, according to the Census Bureau, 39.8 million people, or 13.2 percent of the Nation's population, lived at or below the official poverty level. In 2008, about 8.9 million adults were among the working poor, 1.4 million more than in 2007.
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Spotlight on Statistics
African American History Month
African American History Month, has been observed since 1976. Take a look at BLS data that provide an economic snapshot of African Americans in the United States today.
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Issues in Labor Statistics
Recession Leads to Lackluster Employment in the Trucking Industry
A dramatic slowdown in consumer demand has been crippling the Nation's trucking firms.
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Program Perspectives
Benefits by Wage Level
Program Perspectives on Benefits by Wage Level presents BLS data on benefits by wage level for several benefits including retirement, health, life insurance, holidays, and vacations.
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Consumer Expenditure Survey Turns 30
In 1980, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) first initiated the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) as a continuing survey, with 2010 marking the 30th anniversary.
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Labor Force Characteristics by Race and Ethnicity
Labor market problems for blacks or African Americans and Hispanics or Latinos were especially acute in 2008.
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Spotlight on Statistics
Thanksgiving
What activities do you have planned for this Thanksgiving? Perhaps cooking and enjoying a meal with family or friends, playing sports or watching sports on television, doing volunteer work, or shopping?
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Fact Sheet
Fatal Occupational Injuries to Members of the Resident Military
Members of the resident military face a set of hazards different from that of the typical worker.
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Spotlight on Statistics
Health Care
Health care touches the lives of nearly everyone in the United States at some point.
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Women in the Labor Force: A Databook
The past several decades have been marked by notable changes in women's labor force activities. Women's labor force participation is significantly higher today than it was in the 1970s.
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Regional Reports
Colleges and Universities in the New York Metropolitan Area: Rapid Growth in Employment and Wages
The New York metropolitan area is home to more than 240 private colleges and universities employing about 97,000 workers.
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Regional Reports
After the Dot-Com Bubble: Silicon Valley High-Tech Employment and Wages in 2001 and 2008
Employment in Silicon Valley high-tech industries declined by about 17 percent, a loss of about 85,000 jobs; however, average wages grew by nearly 36 percent.
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Spotlight on Statistics
Worker Safety and Health
June is National Safety Month. In recognition, here is a look at BLS data on work-related fatalities and nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses.
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Spotlight on Statistics
BLS 125th Anniversary
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) celebrates its 125th anniversary in 2009.
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Commissioner's Corner
Welcome to the Commissioner's Corner, a new feature from the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Keith Hall.
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Issues in Labor Statistics
Ranks of Discouraged Workers and Others Marginally Attached to the Labor Force Rise During Recession
The number of persons who were marginally attached to the labor force increased sharply during the current recession.
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Chartbook
International Labor Comparisons
A Chartbook Of International Labor Comparisons (March 2009) focuses on the labor market situation in selected countries for the most recent year available; some charts also show trends.
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Program Perspectives
Retirement benefits
Program Perspectives on Retirement Benefits presents BLS data on retirement benefits received by workers. The latest data on participation in defined-contribution and defined-benefit plans are included, as well as information on employer costs per hour for such plans.
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Program Perspectives
Paid-Leave Benefits
Program Perspectives on Paid-Leave Benefits presents BLS data on paid-leave benefits received by workers, such as holidays, vacations, and personal leave.
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Spotlight on Statistics
African American History Month
African American History Month, also called Black History Month, has been observed since 1976. Take a look at BLS data that provide an economic snapshot of African Americans in the United States today.
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Program Perspectives
Health Benefits
Program Perspectives on Health Benefits shows you trends in employer costs for health benefits. The latest data on access, participation, and premiums are also included. This is the inaugural issue of "Program Perspectives," a new publication in which BLS programs showcase their latest data.
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