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What's New from BLS
June 07, 2016
The employment–population ratio, at 59.7 percent, was unchanged in May. The unemployment rate, at 4.7 percent, was 0.3 percentage point lower than a month earlier. A year earlier, in May 2015, the employment–population ratio was 59.4 percent and the unemployment rate was 5.5 percent. Full Text »
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- Employment–population ratio, 59.7 percent; unemployment rate, 4.7 percent in May 06/07/2016
- Productivity and Costs (R), First Quarter 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 06/07/2016
- Payroll employment changed little in May 2016; up 38,000 06/06/2016
- Workplace injuries and illnesses resulting in job transfer or restriction in 2014 06/03/2016
- The Employment Situation — May 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 06/03/2016
- Spotlight on Statistics: A look at healthcare spending, employment, pay, benefits, and prices 06/02/2016
- Employment trends in newspaper publishing and other media, 1990–2016 06/02/2016
- Share of total spending on healthcare increased from 5 percent in 1984 to 8 percent in 2014 06/01/2016
- Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — April 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 06/01/2016
- Career Outlook: Interview with a geophysicist 05/31/2016
- Employment in political organizations 05/31/2016
- The Monthly Labor Review through a century of economic transformation 05/27/2016
- Unemployment rate down significantly in 19 states over the year ending April 2016 05/27/2016
- Industry employment for all states and the District of Columbia since April 1990 05/26/2016
- Foreign born make up 28 percent of labor force in Pacific states 05/25/2016
- Monthly Labor Review: The Monthly Labor Review at 100—part II: the "middle years," 1930–80 05/24/2016
- Labor productivity rose in 15 of 28 selected service-providing industries in 2015 05/24/2016
- Multifactor productivity grew 0.4 percent annually from 2007 to 2015 05/23/2016
- Real hourly and weekly earnings up 1.3 percent over the year ending April 2016 05/20/2016
- Regional and State Employment and Unemployment — April 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 05/20/2016
- Energy prices down 8.9 percent over the year ended April 2016 05/19/2016
- Foreign-born Workers: Labor Force Characteristics — 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 05/19/2016
- Beyond the Numbers: The high-tech industry, what is it and why it matters to our economic future 05/18/2016
- Students less likely to work in October 2015 than in the 1980s and 1990s 05/18/2016
- Productivity and Costs by Industry: Selected Service-Providing Industries, 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 05/18/2016
- Beyond the Numbers: Employment patterns in political organizations 05/17/2016
- Final demand producer price index unchanged for the 12 months ended in April 2016 05/17/2016
- Consumer Price Index — April 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 05/17/2016
- Real Earnings — April 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 05/17/2016
- Import prices from China decrease 1.9 percent over the year ending in April 2016 05/16/2016
- Productivity up 0.6 percent for the year ending first quarter 2016 05/13/2016
- Producer Price Index — April 2016 (HTML) (PDF) 05/13/2016
- Monthly Labor Review: The balance of technology, data, and values 05/12/2016
- Job openings and hires rates by industry, March 2016 05/12/2016
- U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes — April 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 05/12/2016
- Monthly Labor Review: The Monthly Labor Review at 100—part I: the early years, 1915–30 05/11/2016
- Weekly earnings by educational attainment in first quarter 2016 05/11/2016
- Duration of unemployment in April 2016 05/10/2016
- Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey — March 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 04/05/2016
- Total payroll employment up 160,000; service-providing up 174,000; goods-producing down 3,000 05/09/2016
- Career Outlook: Working in a gig economy 05/09/2016
- Unemployment rates decline in over two-thirds of U.S. metro areas for year ending March 2016 05/06/2016
- The Employment Situation — April 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 05/06/2016
- Multifactor Productivity Trends—Annual 2015 (HTML) (PDF) 05/05/2016
- Employment increased for all large metropolitan areas over the last 25 years 05/05/2016
- Private employer costs for pay and benefits rose 1.8 percent from March 2015 to March 2016 05/04/2016
- Productivity and Costs (P), First Quarter 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 05/04/2016
- Gain of 231,000 jobs at firms with 250 or more employees in third quarter of 2015 05/03/2016
- Husband and wife employed in 48 percent of married-couple families in 2015 05/02/2016
- Nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses, 1976–2014 04/29/2016
- Employment Cost Index — First Quarter 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 04/29/2016
- Commissioner's Corner: Entrepreneurship facts: Announcing new research data on job creation and destruction by firm age and size 04/28/2016
- Fatal injuries in U.S. workplaces rise in 2014 04/28/2016
- College Enrollment and Work Activity of High School Graduates — Annual 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 04/28/2016
- Monthly Labor Review: Unemployment rate nears prerecession level by end of 2015 04/27/2016
- Monthly Labor Review: Employment continued to expand in 2015 04/27/2016
- 42,480 work injuries involved ice, sleet, or snow in 2014 04/27/2016
- Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — March 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 04/27/2016
- Business Employment Dynamics — Third Quarter 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 04/27/2016
- Spotlight on Statistics: Self-employment in the United States 04/26/2016
- Fatal falls in the private construction industry, 2003–14 04/26/2016
- Monthly Labor Review: Fertility of women in the NLSY79 04/25/2016
- Hospital workers suffered 294,000 nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2014 04/25/2016
- Unemployment rate declined in 36 states for the year ending March 2016 04/22/2016
- Employment Characteristics of Families — 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 04/22/2016
- Beyond the Numbers: The consumer price index continued its slowdown in 2015: energy was the main factor 04/21/2016
- Idaho has largest percentage increase in employment since March 2015 04/21/2016
- Monthly Labor Review: Evolution of administrative practices in American unions: results from a 20-year study 04/20/2016
- Workers in healthcare occupations most likely to have certifications or licenses in 2015 04/20/2016
- Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers: First Quarter 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 04/19/2016
- Real average hourly earnings up 1.4 percent for the year ending March 2016 04/19/2016
- Consumer prices up 3.0 percent in San Francisco area over the year ended in February 04/18/2016
- Commissioner's Corner: Why This Counts: New Timely Data on Professional Certifications and Licenses 04/15/2016
- Regional and State Employment and Unemployment — March 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 04/15/2016
- Consumer Expenditures Midyear Update — Midyear 2014–2015 (PDF) (HTML) 04/15/2016
- Producer Price Index for final demand decreased 0.1 percent for the year ended March 2016
04/15/2016
- U.S. import and export prices down over the year ending March 2016
04/14/2016
- Consumer Price Index — March 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 04/14/2016
- Real Earnings — March 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 04/14/2016
- Monthly Labor Review: The Consumer Expenditure Survey redesign initiative 04/13/2016
- Women more likely than men to have earned a bachelor's degree by age 29 04/13/2016
- Producer Price Index — March 2016 (HTML) (PDF) 04/13/2016
- Oil and gas extraction productivity up 11.4 percent in 2015
04/12/2016
- U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes — March 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 04/12/2016
- Monthly Labor Review: Purchasing power: using wage statistics with regional price parities to create a standard for comparing wages across U.S. areas
04/11/2016
- Unemployment rates down in 76 percent of metro areas over the year ended February 2016 04/11/2016
- Labor Market Activity, Education, and Partner Status Among America's Young Adults at 29: Results from a Longitudinal Survey (PDF) (HTML) 04/08/2016
- Employment up more than 100,000 over the year in New York, Los Angeles, and Dallas metro areas 04/08/2016
- Productivity and Costs by Industry: Manufacturing and Mining Industries, 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 04/07/2016
- Number of job openings rose to 5.4 million over the year ending February 2016 04/07/2016
- Commissioner's Corner: Data that Benefits You! 04/04/2016
- Concentration of tax preparers and accountants and auditors in 2015 04/06/2016
- Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — February 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 04/06/2016
- Unemployment rate 5.0 percent in March 2016, U-6 at 9.8 percent 04/05/2016
- Career Outlook: Employment interviewing: Seizing the opportunity and the job 04/05/2016
- Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey — February 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 04/05/2016
- Payroll employment up by 215,000 in March 2016 04/04/2016
- Multifactor productivity increases at 0.7 percent annual rate in 2014 04/01/2016
- The Employment Situation — March 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 04/01/2016
- Retail salespersons and cashiers were occupations with highest employment in May 2015 03/31/2016
- Monthly Labor Review: Comparing the Consumer Price Index with the gross domestic product price index and gross domestic product implicit price deflator
03/30/2016
- 21 states had significant unemployment rate declines from Feb. 2015 to Feb. 2016 03/30/2016
- Occupational Employment and Wages — May 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 03/30/2016
- Career Outlook: Data on display: Education matters (Earnings and unemployment rates by educational attainment) 03/29/2016
- Commissioner's Corner: Partnering with the States to Provide Labor Market Information 03/29/2016
- Thirty-five states had statistically significant employment increases for year ending February 2016 03/29/2016
- Unemployment rate for Gulf War-era II veterans 5.8 percent in 2015 03/28/2016
- Regional and State Employment and Unemployment — February 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 03/25/2016
- Ames, Iowa, and Boulder, Colorado, had the lowest unemployment rates in January 2016 03/25/2016
- El Centro, California, has highest percentage decrease in manufacturing employment since 2006 03/24/2016
- Multifactor Productivity Trends — Annual 2014 (HTML) (PDF) 03/24/2016
- Hires and employment separations both fell in January 2016 03/23/2016
- Employment Situation of Veterans — 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 03/22/2016
- Real average hourly earnings up 1.2 percent over the year ended in February 03/22/2016
- Commissioner's Corner: Thinking About a New Job? Try Healthcare 03/21/2016
- Energy commodities prices down 20.9 percent over the year ended in February 2016 03/21/2016
- Producer Price Index for final demand was unchanged for the 12 months ending in February 2016 03/18/2016
- Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — January 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 03/18/2016
- Career Outlook: Interview with a woodworker 03/17/2016
- Idaho employment increases 3.9 percent over the year ended January 2016 03/17/2016
- Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey — January 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 03/17/2016
- Mississippi has highest unemployment rate, Dakotas the lowest, in January 2016 03/16/2016
- Real Earnings — February 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 03/16/2016
- Consumer Price Index — February 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 03/16/2016
- Monthly Labor Review: Current Employment Statistics data and their contributions as key economic indicators 03/15/2016
- Import price index down 6.1 percent between February 2015 and February 2016 03/15/2016
- Producer Price Index — February 2016 (HTML) (PDF) 03/15/2016
- Private employer costs for pay and benefits $38.14 per hour in New England 03/14/2016
- Regional and State Employment and Unemployment — January 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 03/14/2016
- Average weekly wages among largest counties, third quarter 2014 to third quarter 2015 03/11/2016
- U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes — February 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 03/11/2016
- Monthly Labor Review: I, robot? 03/10/2016
- Unemployment rates for Hispanics or Latinos by state in 2015 03/10/2016
- Employer Costs for Employee Compensation — December 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 03/10/2016
- Volunteer rate down slightly for the year ending in September 2015 03/09/2016
- County Employment and Wages: Third Quarter 2015 (HTML) (PDF) 03/09/2016
- Beyond the Numbers: Using gasoline data to explain inelasticity 03/08/2016
- 1.8 million people marginally attached to the labor force in February 2016 03/08/2016
- Payroll employment up by 242,000 in February 2016 03/07/2016
- The Employment Situation — February 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 03/04/2016
- Unemployment rates for African Americans by state in 2015 03/04/2016
- Commissioner's Corner: Why This Counts: Measuring "Gig" Work 03/03/2016
- Beyond the Numbers: A closer look at spending patterns of older Americans 03/03/2016
- Employment by industry, 1910 and 2015 03/03/2016
- Productivity and Costs (R), Fourth Quarter 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 03/03/2016
- Career Outlook: On your own: Becoming self-sufficient 03/02/2016
- Transit and ground passenger employment up 18.6 percent since January 2006 03/02/2016
- Monthly Labor Review: Nonprofits in America: new research data on employment, wages, and establishments 02/29/2016
- North Dakota had the highest employment–population ratio in 2015; West Virginia had the lowest 03/01/2016
- Monthly Labor Review: Nonprofits in America: new research data on employment, wages, and establishments 02/29/2016
- Government, utilities, and transportation and warehousing had highest unionization rates in 2015 02/29/2016
- Beyond the Numbers: Producer prices in 2015: Services inflation slows, goods prices continue to decrease 02/26/2016
- Regional and State Unemployment — Annual 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 02/26/2016
- Consumer Expenditure Survey chapter in BLS Handbook of Methods
02/26/2016
- Monthly Labor Review: Technology may disrupt occupations, but it won’t kill jobs 02/26/2016
- Typical education needed for entry into the largest growing occupations 2014–24 02/26/2016
- Regional and State Employment and Unemployment — 2015 Annual Averages (PDF) (HTML) 02/26/2016
- Monthly Labor Review: Reimagining the Monthly Review, July 1915 02/25/2016
- U-3 and U-6 unemployment by state, 2015 02/25/2016
- Volunteering in the United States — 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 02/25/2016
- Real average hourly earnings rise 1.1 percent from January 2015 to January 2016 02/24/2016
- Consumer Price Index up 1.4 percent over the year ending in January 2016 02/23/2016
- Major work stoppages in 2015 02/22/2016
- Volunteering in the United States — 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 02/25/2016
- Real average hourly earnings rise 1.1 percent from January 2015 to January 2016 02/24/2016
- Consumer Price Index up 1.4 percent over the year ending in January 2016 02/23/2016
- Major work stoppages in 2015 02/22/2016
- Producer prices down over the year for final demand goods, up for services and construction 02/19/2016
- Real Earnings — January 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 02/19/2016
- Consumer Price Index — January 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 02/19/2016
- 1.4 unemployed people for each job opening in December 2015 02/18/2016
- U.S. import and export prices down over the year ending January 2016 02/17/2016
- Producer Price Index — January 2016 (HTML) (PDF) 02/17/2016
- Productivity increased 0.3 percent from Q4 2014 to Q4 2015 02/16/2016
- Sweets for the sweet: employment at gift-related retailers 02/12/2016
- U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes — January 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 02/12/2016
- Union membership rates by state, 2015 02/11/2016
- Monthly Labor Review: Labor markets in 2040: big data could be a big deal for jobseekers 02/10/2016
- Major Work Stoppages in 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 02/10/2016
- Unemployment rates decreased in 296 metropolitan areas for year ending December 2015 02/10/2016
- The 2017 President’s Budget for the Bureau of Labor Statistics 02/09/2016
- Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey — December 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 02/09/2016
- Construction and mining have highest unemployment rates in January 02/09/2016
- Payroll employment up 151,000 in January 2016 02/08/2016
- Employment increased in 280 metropolitan areas over the 12 months ending in December 2015 02/05/2016
- Monthly Labor Review: The life of American workers in 1915 02/05/2016
- The Employment Situation — January 2016 (PDF) (HTML) 02/05/2016
- Compensation costs increase across occupational groups in 2015 02/04/2016
- Beyond the Numbers: Expenditures on cellular phone services have increased significantly since 2007 02/04/2016
- Productivity and Costs (P), Fourth Quarter 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 02/04/2016
- Food for thought: Consumer food prices, 2005 to 2015 02/03/2016
- Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — December 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 02/03/2016
- Employment gain 829,000 during second quarter of 2015 02/02/2016
- Career Outlook: Mystery shopper 02/02/2016
- Real median usual weekly earnings increased 3 percent over the year 02/01/2016
- Unemployment rate decreased in 42 states and DC from December 2014 to December 2015 01/29/2016
- Employment Cost Index — Fourth Quarter 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 01/29/2016
- Monthly Labor Review: Nonprofit pay and benefits: estimates from the National Compensation Survey 01/29/2016
- Employment Cost Index — Fourth Quarter 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 01/29/2016
- Monthly Labor Review: Nonprofit pay and benefits: estimates from the National Compensation Survey 01/29/2016
- Employment increased in 43 states, decreased in 7 from December 2014 to December 2015 01/28/2016
- Union Membership in 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 01/28/2016
- Business Employment Dynamics — Second Quarter 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 01/27/2016
- Real earnings for production and nonsupervisory workers increase 2.1 percent in 2015 01/27/2016
- Regional and State Employment and Unemployment — December 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 01/26/2016
- Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers: Fourth Quarter 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 01/22/2016
- Monthly Labor Review: Reflections on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Monthly Labor Review 01/22/2016
- Consumer prices increase 0.7 percent over the year; shelter prices up, energy prices down 01/22/2016
- Reasons people give for not being in the labor force, 2004 and 2014 01/21/2016
- Producer Price Index for final demand decreased 1.0 percent for the year ended December 2015 01/20/2016
- Real Earnings — December 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 01/20/2016
- Consumer Price Index — December 2015 (PDF) (HTML) 01/20/2016
- Monthly Labor Review: One hundred years of Current Employment Statistics data collection 01/19/2016
- Import and export air passenger fares decrease in 2015 01/19/2016
- Women's earnings 83 percent of men's, but vary by occupation 01/15/2016
- Producer Price Index — December 2015 (HTML) (PDF) 01/15/2016
- Job openings rise in several industries over the year 01/14/2016
- Commissioner's Corner: Worth a Thousand Words? Announcing Ready-to-Go Interactive Graphics with BLS News Releases 01/14/2016
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