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Date Added *	BLS Program	Product Type	Title	Description	Correction Status

12/15/2020	Business Response Survey to the Coronavirus Pandemic	The Economics Daily	60 percent of businesses with average pay less than $20k told some staff not to work due to COVID-19	The first paragraph was corrected to say 39 percent of establishments paying an average wage greater than $80,000 told at least some employees not to work.	Corrections made on 12/15/2020.
12/03/2020	Consumer Price Index	Other	October 2020 CPI collection information and response rates September 2020 CPI collection information and response rates August 2020 CPI collection information and response rates July 2020 CPI collection information and response rates June 2020 CPI collection information and response rates May 2020 CPI collection information and response rates April 2020 CPI collection information and response rates	In the Consumer Price Index monthly COVID-19 impact statements for April 2020 through October 2020, the list of data series shown as inadequate for publication has been corrected.	Corrections made on 12/03/2020.
12/03/2020	Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities	Other	2018 Case and Demographic Characteristics for Work-related Injuries and Illnesses Involving Days Away From Work 2017 Case and Demographic Characteristics for Work-related Injuries and Illnesses Involving Days Away From Work	Tables on work-related injuries and illnesses involving days away from work in 2017 and 2018 that show parts of the body affected incorrectly showed neck injuries as a subset of head injuries.	Corrections to be made on 01/07/2021.
11/30/2020	Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National)	Beyond the Numbers	Forty years of falling manufacturing employment	In table 1, the estimate was corrected for the percent change in employment for trade, transportation, and utilities. In table 2, the estimate was corrected for employment in nondurable goods manufacturing in June 2019 and the change in nondurable goods manufacturing employment from 2009 to 2019.	Corrections made on 11/30/2020.
11/18/2020	Employment Cost Trends	News release	Employment Cost Index — September 2020	The HTML version of the technical note contained incorrect information about the number of responding private industry establishments.	Corrections made on 10/30/2020.
11/18/2020	National Longitudinal Surveys	Database; News release	Number of Jobs, Labor Market Experience, and Earnings Growth: Results from a National Longitudinal Survey	BLS reissued this news release on October 7, 2020, to correct microdata errors associated with creating hourly wage variables. The corrections affected data points presented in table 5 and the text of this news release.	Corrections made on 10/07/2020.
09/28/2020	Multifactor Productivity	Other	1987-2018 Capital by Measure for Major Sectors and NIPA–level Industries 1987-2018 Information Capital by Measure for Major Sectors and NIPA–level Industries 1987-2018 Intellectual Property Capital by Measure for Major Sectors and NIPA–level Industries	Data in these files were corrected on September 29, 2020, because of misreporting of productive capital stock, gross investment, wealth stock and deprecation in the manufacturing sector.	Corrections made on 09/29/2020.
09/23/2020	Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey	Database; News release; Other	Current Population Survey database Employment Situation news releases, January through July 2020 Usual Weekly Earnings news releases, First and Second Quarter 2020	On September 23, 2020, BLS corrected data errors in the Current Population Survey. These errors were associated with the introduction of a new occupation classification system in January 2020. The errors did not affect most major series, including the official unemployment rate. The impact was negligible for the vast majority of the corrected series. More information is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/revision-to-current-population-survey-estimates-for-January-through-July-2020.htm.	Corrections made on 09/23/2020.
09/11/2020	Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (State and Metro Area)	Database; News release; Other	Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database	Some employment data for California were incorrectly published in the BLS database, news releases, and tables. These estimates were corrected September 11, 2020. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.	Corrections made on 09/11/2020.
09/11/2020	Employment Projections	News release	Employment Projections — 2019–2029 (PDF)	This news release was reissued on September 11, 2020, correcting a label in chart 5. The label previously read “Total nonagricultural wage and salary employment annual growth = 3.7%” but now correctly reads “Total employment growth = 3.7 %.”	Corrections made on 09/11/2020.
08/31/2020	Consumer Expenditure Survey	Beyond the Numbers	Receipt and use of stimulus payments in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic	Within the chart titled, “Chart 3. Stimulus payment use by race or ethnicity of respondent, June 11–June 16, 2020,” data were incorrectly labelled.	Corrections made on 08/31/2020.
08/21/2020	Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (State and Metro Area)	Database; News release	Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database	Some employment data for Oxnard, CA, were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected August 21, 2020. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.	Corrections made on 08/21/2020.
07/17/2020	Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (State and Metro Area)	Database	Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database	Some employment data for New York were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected July 17, 2020. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.	Corrections made on 07/17/2020.
07/14/2020	Consumer Price Index	News release	Consumer Price Index — June 2020	In the HTML version of the news release, the title of the box note about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Consumer Price Index data was corrected to say June instead of May.	Corrections made on 07/14/2020.
07/08/2020	Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities	Other	Police Officers, 2018	The fact sheet was updated on July 7, 2020 to correct a sentence about the age distribution of officers with injuries and illnesses involving days away from work.	Corrections made on 07/07/2020.
06/30/2020	Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities	Database	Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses	The Bureau of Labor Statistics identified ten private sector industry estimates from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses that were published in error for 2018. For more information about correcting this error, see www.bls.gov/bls/errata/corrections-to-survey-of-occupational-injuries-and-illnesses-data-june-30-2020.htm.	Corrections made on 06/30/2020.
06/26/2020	Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey	Database	Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey Database	Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey estimates for January 2020 have been updated to correct an error in federal government data. For more information about correcting this error, see www.bls.gov/bls/errata/corrections-to-job-openings-and-labor-turnover-survey-estimates-for-january-2020.htm	Corrections made on 07/07/2020.
06/19/2020	Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities	Monthly Labor Review	Fatal occupational injuries to older workers	The Bureau of Labor Statistics discovered errors in the reported fatal occupational injuries by latency and age in table 8. Of the over 144,000 cases, there were 12 cases of missing latency and 4 cases that were incorrectly assigned to the various categories. The differences in number were minor and do not affect the analysis. The table will not be updated.	No Corrections will be made.
06/02/2020	Multifactor Productivity	Other	Private Business and Private Nonfarm Business Multifactor Productivity Tables	Data in this file were corrected on May 28, 2020, because of misreporting of the indexes for combined inputs, price of combined inputs, and multifactor productivity in the private business, and private nonfarm business sectors.	Corrections made on 05/28/2020.
05/08/2020	Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National)	Database; News release	The Employment Situation — April 2020 Current Employment Statistics National database	On May 8, 2020, BLS discovered errors in national estimates for seasonally adjusted all employees in professional and technical services, professional and business services, private service-providing, service-providing, total private, and total nonfarm. The corrected change in total nonfarm employment for April 2020 is 37,000 lower than initially reported. Estimates were corrected for February, March and April 2020.	Corrections made on 05/08/2020.
04/28/2020	Consumer Expenditure Survey	News release; Other	Consumer Expenditure Surveys News Releases, Tables, and Public-Use Microdata	BLS identified an issue with the estimated tax data associated with the Consumer Expenditure Surveys Annual Calendar Year tables from 2013 to 2018, the Midyear tables from 2013 to 2018, and the Public-Use Microdata files from 2013 to 2018. Estimates of federal and state taxes and after-tax income are affected by this issue. BLS has suppressed these values in the 2019 Midyear tables and is investigating the impact in previous years. Corrections will be issued as needed.	No Corrections will be made.
04/22/2020	Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey	News release	Employment Situation of Veterans — 2019	Population controls used in the weighting of state data for veterans and nonveterans in tables 6a and 6b were incorrect. All differences were minor and not statistically significant. They were corrected on April 22, 2020.	Corrections made on 04/22/2020.
04/21/2020	Multifactor Productivity	Other	1987–2018 Detailed Capital Measures for Major Sectors and Industries	Data in this file were corrected on April 21, 2020, because of misreporting of rental residential capital in the private business, private nonfarm business, manufacturing and nonfarm, nonmanufacturing sectors.	Corrections made on 04/21/2020.
04/03/2020	Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National)	Other	Current Employment Statistics Highlights, March 2020	A previous version of the chart on the education and health services page erroneously showed an incorrect value for the prior 12-month average change for offices of dentists. The correct value is +1,000. The chart has been corrected and replaced.	Corrections made on 04/03/2020.
02/21/2020	Consumer Price Index	The Economics Daily	Consumer prices increase 2.5 percent in the 12 months ending January 2020	The chart and data table originally displayed most dates incorrectly as "2020." These errors were corrected February 21, 2020.	Corrections made on 02/21/2020.
02/21/2020	Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey	Database; News release; Other	Current Population Survey database	Population controls used in the weighting of data for veterans and nonveterans were incorrect for November and December 2019. All differences were minor and not statistically significant, but they were corrected on February 21, 2020. In addition to the Current Population Survey database, the following news releases and other tables were corrected: The Employment Situation, November 2019, table A-5 The Employment Situation, December 2019, table A-5 Table 48, Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, age, and sex, 2019 annual averages Table A-40, Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, age, and sex, November and December 2019 Table E-19, Employment status of persons 18 years and over by veteran status, age, and sex, 4th quarter 2019	Corrections made on 02/21/2020.
02/21/2020	Southwest Information Office	News release	Changing Compensation Costs in the Dallas Metropolitan Area – December 2019	The Dallas-Fort Worth data shown in Table 1 of this release were incorrect as published on February 3, 2020. All Table 1 data for Dallas-Fort Worth were corrected on February 19, 2020.	Corrections made on 02/21/2020.
01/22/2020	Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities	Other	Table on fatal occupational injuries to independent workers, 2016–18 (XLSX)	BLS identified an error in the table “Fatal occupational injuries to independent workers, 2016–2018.” The values for intermediate contractors and independent contractors were incorrect. The table was corrected on January 21, 2020.	Corrections made on 01/22/2020.
01/15/2020	Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities	Other	Table R66 2018 Table R66 2017	We identified errors in occupation table R66, in which three Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes were presented incorrectly for years 2017 and 2018. The affected SOC codes are 29-2035, 33-9093, and 43-3099. The table presents occupational injuries and illnesses by number and median days away from work. The data were not affected by this error. The tables were corrected on January 14, 2020.	Corrections made on 01/15/2020.
01/13/2020	Consumer Price Index	Database	Consumer Price Index database	On January 14, 2020, data for the following series will suppressed for December 2019, and data for November 2019 will be removed from the BLS database and current tables: APU000072511 (Fuel oil #2 per gallon (3.785 liters), U.S. city average) APU010072511 (Fuel oil #2 per gallon (3.785 liters), Northeast) APU011072511 (Fuel oil #2 per gallon (3.785 liters), New England) APUN00072511 (Fuel oil #2 per gallon (3.785 liters), Size Class B/C) APUN00072511 (Fuel oil #2 per gallon (3.785 liters), Northeast Size Class B/C) We plan to provide updated values in our database and on current publication tables on February 13, 2020. Monthly price indexes are unaffected by the error.	Corrections made on 01/13/2020.
01/10/2020	Consumer Expenditure Survey	Other	Consumer Expenditure Tables	Minor errors have been corrected in the following data tables containing 1995 data for two gift series, Education and All other gifts. Average annual expenditures and characteristics of all consumer units, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1992–1999 (TXT) (PDF). By Income Before Taxes: Average annual expenditures and characteristics of all consumer units, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1995. The corrected 1995 value for Education is $120 and the corrected value for All Other Gifts is $114.	Corrections made on 01/10/2020.

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