Comprehensive statistics and other information on cost of labor, minimum wage, employment and unemployment rates, career outlooks and job descriptions, and more.
"Established in 1915, the Monthly Labor Review (MLR) is the principal journal of fact, analysis, and research from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), an agency within the U.S. Department of Labor." Click on Publications tab for other DOL publications.
The BLS programs listed on this website provide national totals of the number of employed people and also provide statistics on subjects such as occupational employment and wages, labor demand and turnover, and the dynamic state of the labor market.
Over 100 industry pages are available. These pages display a "snapshot" of national data obtained from different BLS surveys and programs. The data shown are based on the NAICS supersector, sector, and industry level.
"The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program produces employment and wage estimates annually for over 800 occupations. These estimates are available for the nation as a whole, for individual States, and for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas; national occupational estimates for specific industries are also available. "
The Longitudinal Employer-Household Program produces new cost effective, public-use information combining federal, state, and Census data on employers and employees. *Use the LED Extraction Tool on the left to quickly search QWI data*
Statistics of U.S. Businesses (SUSB) is an annual series that provides national and subnational data on the distribution of economic data by enterprise size and industry. SUSB covers most of the country's economic activity. The series excludes data on nonemployer businesses, private households, railroads, agricultural production, and most government entities. The SUSB Employment Change or dynamic data include number of establishments and corresponding employment change for births, deaths, expansions, and contractions.
Millions of statistics on many topics, taken from government, NGO, and commercial sources. Extensive numbers on "labor" (over 1000 charts) plus a "dossier" (PowerPoint compilation) on U.S. unemployment. A good way to see information from a range of sources--that may or may not agree with each other--in one place.
Statista includes data on more than 85,000 topics from 18,000 sources. About 20 percent of the total data in Statista comes from sources available free online, such as the World Bank and the U.S. Census, but the data also includes numerous exclusive sources which include industry, marketing, and trade groups. Much of the data is related to marketing, demographic, government and industry information, and is international in scope. Data can be downloaded in JPG, PowerPoint and Excel.
"the primary source for cross-country statistics on the labour market. The database contains over 100 indicators covering more than 230 countries and economies."