Labor Statistics: United States Sources

The BLS provides information on a wide variety of topics, including employment and unemployment, pay and benefits, productivity, workplace injuries and more.

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 businesses and government agencies to provide detailed industry data on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls.

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.
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Access a list of links to various BLS wage data reports by occupation for the nation, regions, states, and many metropolitan areas.

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

This monthly publication of the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides summary-level statistics on employment, hours, and wages for various geographic levels, such as national, state or selected local areas; includes some historical data for comparison.
Coverage online is 2007+; issues from 1960-2007 are located in general stacks: HD 5723 .A4532.

Overviews of more than 250 occupations, which cover approximately 107 million jobs. It includes job descriptions, working conditions, necessary training, education requirements, earnings and 10-year job prospect projections.
The most recent edition is available online; the library has print copies from 1951-present, with the most recent edition in the Reference collection : HF5381 .O23x .
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Background papers and reports on trends and current topics in labor statistics; from 1996-present.

This monthly publication from the BLS offers articles and current statistics on topics such as employment and unemployment rates, working conditions and employment projections.