Current labor statistics

Monthly Labor Review, Feb, 2005

Notes on labor statistics

Comparative indicators

 1. Labor market indicators
 2. Annual and quarterly percent changes in
      compensation, prices, and productivity
 3. Alternative measures of wages and
      compensation changes

Labor force data

 4. Employment status of the population,
      seasonally adjusted
 5. Selected employment indicators,
      seasonally adjusted
 6. Selected unemployment indicators,
      seasonally adjusted
 7. Duration of unemployment,
      seasonally adjusted
 8. Unemployed persons by reason for unemployment,
      seasonally adjusted
 9. Unemployment rates by sex and age,
      seasonally adjusted
10. Unemployment rates by States,
      seasonally adjusted
11. Employment of workers by States,
      seasonally adjusted
12. Employment of workers by industry,
      seasonally adjusted
13. Average weekly hours by industry,
      seasonally adjusted
14. Average hourly earnings by industry,
      seasonally adjusted
15. Average hourly earnings by industry
16. Average weekly earnings by industry
17. Diffusion indexes of employment change,
      seasonally adjusted
18. Job openings levels and rates, by industry and regions,
      seasonally adjusted
19. Hires levels and rates by industry and region,
      seasonally adjusted
20. Separations levels and rates by industry and region,
      seasonally adjusted
21. Quits levels and rates by industry and region,
      seasonally adjusted
22. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages,
      10 largest counties
23. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, by State
24. Annual data: Quarterly Census of Employment
      and Wages, by ownership
25. Annual data: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages,
      establishment size and employment, by supersector
26. Annual data: Quarterly Census of Employment and
      Wages, by metropolitan area
27. Annual data: Employment status of the population
28. Annual data: Employment levels by industry
29. Annual data: Average hours and earnings level,
      by industry

Labor compensation and collective
bargaining data

30. Employment Cost Index, compensation
31. Employment Cost Index, wages and salaries
32. Employment Cost Index, benefits, private industry
33. Employment Cost Index, private nonfarm workers,
      by bargaining status, region, and area size
34. Participants in benefit plans, medium and large firms
35. Participants in benefits plans, small firms
      and government
36. Work stoppages involving 1,000 workers or more

Price data

37. Consumer Price Index: U.S. city average, by expenditure
      category and commodity and service groups
38. Consumer Price Index: U.S. city average and
      local data, all items
39. Annual data: Consumer Price Index, all items
      and major groups
40. Producer Price Indexes by stage of processing
41. Producer Price Indexes for the net output of major
      industry groups
42. Annual data: Producer Price Indexes
      by stage of processing
43. U.S. export price indexes by Standard International
      Trade Classification
44. U.S. import price indexes by Standard International
      Trade Classification
45. U.S. export price indexes by end-use category
46. U.S. import price indexes by end-use category
47. U.S. international price indexes for selected
      categories of services

Productivity data

48. Indexes of productivity, hourly compensation,
      and unit costs, data seasonally adjusted
49. Annual indexes of multifactor productivity
50. Annual indexes of productivity, hourly compensation,
      unit costs, and prices
51. Annual indexes of output per hour for select
      industries

International comparisons data

52. Unemployment rates in nine countries,
      data seasonally adjusted

53. Annual data: Employment status of the civilian
      working-age population, 10 countries
54. Annual indexes of productivity and related measures,
      15 economies

Injury and Illness data

55. Annual data: Occupational injury and illness
      incidence rates

56. Fatal occupational injuries by event or exposure

Notes on Current Labor Statistics

This section of the Review presents the principal statistical series collected and calculated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics: series on labor force; employment; unemployment; labor compensation; consumer, producer, and international prices; productivity; international comparisons; and injury and illness statistics. In the notes that follow, the data in each group of tables are briefly described; key definitions are given; notes on the data are set forth; and sources of additional information are cited.

General notes

The following notes apply to several tables in this section:

Seasonal adjustment. Certain monthly and quarterly data are adjusted to eliminate the effect on the data of such factors as climatic conditions, industry production schedules, opening and closing of schools, holiday buying periods, and vacation practices, which might prevent short-term evaluation of the statistical series. Tables containing data that have been adjusted are identified as "seasonally adjusted." (All other data are not seasonally adjusted.) Seasonal effects are estimated on the basis of current and past experiences. When new seasonal factors are computed each year, revisions may affect seasonally adjusted data for several preceding years.