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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. AnnouncementsFor Your InformationNext Releases:
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Payroll employment rises by 245,000 in November; unemployment rate edges down to 6.7%12/04/2020
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 245,000 in November, and the unemployment rate edged down
to 6.7 percent. These improvements reflect the continued resumption of economic activity that had
been curtailed due to COVID-19, though the pace of improvement has moderated in recent months. Featured News Releases:
The union membership rate is 10.3% in 2019, down from 10.5% in 201801/22/2020
The union membership rate was 10.3 percent in 2019, down by 0.2 percentage point from 2018.
The number of wage and salary workers belonging to unions was little changed at 14.6
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Contact UsContact the Current Population Survey (CPS)State, city, and county labor force dataLabor force information for Census regions and divisions, states, counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities are available separately from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program. Contact LAUS by e-mail or call (202) 691-6392. National labor force dataCPS economists are available to assist you Monday through Friday (8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M. Eastern Time), excluding federal holidays.
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