Labor and Economic Statistics

• Current Employment Statistics (http://www.bls.gov/ces/)
  Provides detailed industry data on employment, hours, and earnings.  Information at a state or local geographical level can be found at State & Metro Area Statistics (http://www.bls.gov/sae/).
  
  
  
• Current Population Survey (http://www.bls.gov/cps/)
  Provides national data on employment, unemployment, earnings and other labor market topics by demographic characteristics.
  
  
  
• Local Area Labor Force Statistics (http://www.bls.gov/lau/).
  Provides monthly and annual employment, unemployment, and labor force data for Census regions and divisions, states, counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities, by place of residence and demographic characteristics.
  
  
  
• Employment Projection (http://www.bls.gov/emp/)
  Provides employment information about the labor market by industry and occupation 10 years in the future.  Information is cross referenced by sex, race, and age.
  
  

• Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (http://www.bls.gov/jlt/)
  Provides data on job openings, hires, and separations for the nation's industry, supersector, and geographic region.
  
  
  
• Occupational Employment Statistics (http://www.bls.gov/oes/)
  Provides employment and wage estimates for over 800 occupations. These are estimates of the number of people employed in certain occupations, and estimates of the wages paid to them. Self-employed persons are not included in the estimates. These estimates are available for the nation, for individual states, and for metropolitan areas; national occupational estimates for specific industries are also available.

• Employee Cost Index (http://www.bls.gov/eci/)
  Measures change over time in the cost of labor, including the cost of wages, salaries, and employee benefits.  Detailed occupational earnings are available for metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas, broad geographic regions, and on a national basis.
  
  
  
• Employee Benefits Survey (http://www.bls.gov/ebs/)
  Produces comprehensive data on the incidence (the percentage of workers with access to and participation in employer provided benefit plans) and provisions of selected employee benefit plans.
  
  

• Employer Costs Trend(http://www.bls.gov/ect/)
  Provides quarterly indexes measuring change over time in labor costs and quarterly data measuring level of average costs per hour worked.
  
  
  

• Consumer Price Index (CPI) (http://ww.bls.gov/cpi/)
  Produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services.
  
  

• Producer Price Index (PPI) (http://www.bls.gov/ppi/)
  Measures the change in selling prices over time received by domestic producers of goods and services.
  
  

• Import and Export Price indexes (MXP) (http://www.bls.gov/mxp/)
  Measures the average change in the prices of nonmilitary goods and services traded between the U.S. and the rest of the world.
  
  
  
  

• Consumer Expenditure Survey (http://www.bls.gov/cex/)
  Provides data on the buying habits of American consumers by socioeconomic characteristics.
  
  
  
• Labor Productivity and Cost (http://www.bls/gov/lpc/)
  
  Major Sector Productivity and Costs produces quarterly and annual output per hour and unit labor costs for the U.S. business, nonfarm business, and manufacturing sectors. These are the productivity statistics most often cited by the national media.
  
  Industry Productivity and Costs produces annual measures of output per hour and unit labor costs for U.S. industries at the 2-, 3-, 4-, 5- and 6-digit level as defined in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).