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The BLS is the principal federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy. The BLS provides data and information on a wide variety of topics, including employment and unemployment, earnings and benefits, productivity, workplace injuries, collective bargaining, and union membership.

The ILO collects labor statistics and information from over 200 countries, from as early as 1945. This website provides access to a variety of ILO databases and online publications.

The primary responsibilities of the DWD include providing job services, training, and employment assistance to people looking for work and to help employers fill current job openings. The DWD also provides data on a wide variety of labor topics through its Office of Economic Advisors and its Labor Market Information System.

Based on the monthly Current Population Survey, this site offers statistics on labor force participation, the unemployment rate, hourly and weekly earnings, and more.

Each month the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program surveys over 140,000 businesses and government agencies, representing approximately 440,000 individual worksites, to provide detailed industry data on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls.

The National Compensation Survey provides comprehensive measures of occupational wages, employment cost trends, and employee benefits.

The Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program produces monthly and annual employment, unemployment, and labor force data for Census regions and divisions, states, counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities.

An international database of labor statistics for over 200 countries. Data is available on employment and unemployment, hours of work, wages, occupational injuries, and strikes & lockouts. Other specialized data are also available.

The BLS provides basic labor statistics for countries around the world including data on wages and benefits, labor force, employment and unemployment.

This Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development website includes links to Wisconsin-based data, publications, and maps on various topics, including labor force, unemployment, layoffs, occupation profiles (wages and salaries, projected job openings, etc.), largest employers, and more.

The Office of Economic Advisors (OEA), a division of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, publishes a variety of statistical reports, including employment projections, county workforce profiles, wages, economic indicators and more.