Employment Resources: Library Guides

Comprehensive statistics and other information on cost of labor, minimum wage, employment and unemployment rates, career outlooks and job descriptions, and more.

Includes links to BLS, OSHA, and Mine Safety & Health Administration

Includes databases, tables and calculators to use for different employment subjects.

Gives a glimpse into the future by providing information about the labor market for the nation as a whole for the next 10 years.

Significant amounts of data available for specific demographic categories including sex, age, race and ethnic origin.

"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.

BLS wage data are available by occupation for the nation, regions, states, and many metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas.

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.

Labor statistics for a limited number of metropolitan areas is available.

Information by state, by BLS region, and by Census region.

This resource provides a shortcut to information and services the Department of Labor (DOL) offers for women.

Site lists employment statistics from the EEOC.

"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.