Labor Statistics

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II. Print Resources: Statistics

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Periodicals

Employment & Earnings
Monthly
Call # L2.41/2: --- US Documents, Level 4

Monthly Labor Review
Monthly
Call # L 2.6: -- US Documents, Level 4

Occupational Outlook Quarterly
Quarterly
Call # L 2.70/4:-- US Documents, Level 4

Additional Sources

American Statistics Index, 1973-2001, Washington, DC: Congressional Information Service, 1973- .
Call # R016.3173 A512 —US Documents Reference, Level 4

Handbook of U.S. labor statistics : employment, earnings, prices, productivity, and other labor data.
Call # L2.3/5-2: -- US Documents Reference, Level 4

Statistical Reference Index, 1981-, Washington, DC: Congressional Information Service, 1981- .
Call # R016.3173 S797 —Reference, Level 4

Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1903- , U. S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC: Bureau of the Census, 1903- .
Call # C3.134: —US Documents Reference, Level 4

Historical statistics of the United States, colonial times to 1970.
by United States. Bureau of the Census.
Washington : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1975.
Call # C3.134/ 2:H62/ 789-970/ pt.1-2 -- US Documents Reference, Level 4

Historical statistics of the United States : earliest times to the present / editors in chief, Susan B. Carter ... [et al.].
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Call # C3.134/2: H65 -- US Documents Reference, Level 4

III. Electronic Databases

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ProQuest Statistical Insight

Provides fast and easy access to statistical information produced by U.S. Federal agencies, states, private organizations, and major intergovernmental organizations.   It includes tables selected from hundreds of U.S. government and business reports (1999 to  present), U.S. Federal statistical publications (1973 to present);  international statistical publications from the UN, EU, OECD, etc. (coverage from 1983), and U.S. state government, business, and research institute statistical publications (coverage from 1980, with full text from 2007).

Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition Online

Provides access to data on social, behavioral, humanistic, and natural sciences including history, economics, government, finance, sociology, demography, education, law, natural resources, climate, religion, international migration and trade. remote access for authorized users

IV. Web sites

Labor Statistics

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Employment and Unemployment: Employment, Hours, and Earnings

• National
• State and local

Labor Force Statistics

• National
• Local
• Unemployment Insurance-covered employment, wages
• Occupational employment
• Mass layoffs
• Longitudinal data

Prices and Living Conditions

• Consumer price indexes
• Producer price indexes
• Import and export price indexes
• Consumer expenditures

Compensation and Working Conditions

• National Compensation Survey
• Employee benefits
• Employment cost trends
• Occupational compensation
• Occupational illnesses, injuries
• Fatal occupational injuries
• Collective bargaining

Productivity

• Labor
• Industry
• Multifactor productivity

Projections

• Employment
• Occupation

International

• Foreign Labor Statistics

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Regional Centers

• Southeast
• New England
• Midwest
• Southwest
• Mountain-Plains
• New York - New Jersey
• Mid-Atlantic
• Western

Other Federal Statistical Agencies

• Federal Agencies with Statistical Programs
• Fedstats.gov

New Jersey

• New Jersey Labor Market Information

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