Publications

Most-Requested CPS Publications

Browse data and publications by subject: CPS A to Z, demographics, labor force characteristics, and earnings

Earnings: Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2015 (HTML) (PDF) (Archives and more)
Minimum wage workers: Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2015 (HTML) (PDF) (Archives and more)
Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity: Labor Force Characteristics by Race and Ethnicity, 2015 (HTML) (PDF) (Archives and more)
Women in the Labor Force: A Databook (2015 edition) (Archives and more)
Working Poor: A Profile of the Working Poor, 2014 (HTML) (PDF) (Archives and more)

Browse data and publications by subject: CPS A to Z, demographics, labor force characteristics, and earnings

Methodology for Seasonally Adjusting National Household Labor Force Series
Adjustments to Household Survey Population Estimates
Labor force and employment research series smoothed for population control adjustments
Occupational and Industry Classification
BLS Handbook of Methods, Chapter 1, Labor Force Data Derived from the Current Population Survey (PDF)
Current Population Survey, design and methodology (Technical paper 66) (October 2006) (PDF 3.2MB)
- Previous versions:
  - Technical paper 63, revised March 2002 (PDF 3.1MB)
  - Technical paper 63, March 2000 (PDF 2.2MB)
Effects of Hurricane Katrina on BLS Data Collection and Estimation (HTML)
Expansion of the Current Population Survey Sample Effective July 2001, from Employment and Earnings, August 2001 (PDF)
A Test of Methods for Collecting Racial and Ethnic Information, 1995 (TXT)

Last Modified Date: December 2, 2016