Federal News
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes a variety of workforce and
labor market information. These subject or topic area remains
the same while the data changes monthly or quarterly. A selection of
Federal News electronic bulletins are maintain on this page and are updated
regularly and are updated on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual or annual
basis.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) issues new data on Business Employment Dynamics
(BED) by state quarterly via PDF. Their
PDF news release provides employer dynamics data on establishment
openings, closings, expansions, and contractions at the national level by
NAICS industry. The change in the number of jobs over time is the net result of increases
and decreases in employment that occur with all businesses in the economy. BED
statistics track these changes in employment at the private business unit level from
the third month of one quarter to the third month of the next. Gross job
gains are the sum of increases in employment from expansions in employment
at existing units and the addition of new jobs at opening units. Gross job
losses are the result of contractions in employment at existing units and
the loss of jobs at closing units. The difference between the number of
gross jobs gained and the number of gross jobs lost is the net change in
employment.
The BED website is a set of statistics generated from
the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, or QCEW, program. These quarterly data series consist of
gross job gains and gross job losses statistics from 1992 forward. These data help to provide a picture of
the dynamic state of the labor market.
Highlights:
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Producer Price Index (PPI)
The
Producer Price Index (PPI)
monthly release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is a family of indexes
that measures the average change over time in selling prices received by domestic producers
of goods and services. PPIs measure price change from the perspective of the seller and
produce monthly statistics at the national level. (PDF)
Real Earnings
The monthly
Real Earnings news release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides information on real average weekly earnings of workers. This data is collected from the payroll reports of nonfarm establishments. Earnings of both full-time and part-time workers holding
production or non-supervisory jobs are included. (PDF)
Extended Mass Layoffs - Quarterly and Monthly
Reports
The
quarterly
Extended Mass Layoff report analyzes summary information on mass layoff actions that result in
workers being separated from their jobs for private sector nonfarm
layoffs lasting more than 30 days for 50 States and the District of
Columbia, as well as the claimant characteristics associated with those
layoffs. (PDF)
The
monthly Mass Layoff report analyzes summary information on mass layoff actions that result in
workers being separated from their jobs for 50 States and the District of Columbia, as well as by
industry. In addition to narrative, tables covering the following are included:
- Events and initial claims for unemployment insurance, from 2003 to
present month, seasonally adjusted
- Events and initial claims for unemployment insurance, from 2003 to
present month, not seasonally adjusted
- Industry distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for
unemployment insurance
- Events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance, from 2005 to
present month, not seasonally adjusted
- Census region and division, not seasonally adjusted
- State distribution: Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance,
not seasonally adjusted
(PDF)
Employer Costs For Employee Compensation
A quarterly national report providing data pertaining to the employers' average hourly cost for total compensation and its components-wages and benefits. Compensation costs are reported by major occupation, industry, region, union and nonunion status, establishment size, and full- or part-time status. (PDF)
Consumer Price Index
The Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) program produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by
urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services. These
data are provided in PDF documents. Links can be found below or from our
Alphabetical Site Map page.
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