This report presents data on employment, work hours, and earnings by industry for 216 major labor areas in the United States. Employment data exclude farm workers, proprietors, self-employed, domestic workers in private homes, and unpaid family workers. Data are based on information from payroll records submitted voluntarily to State agencies by a…

Although employment in the 1980s grew by nearly 19 million jobs, its strength was uneven; three-fourths of the increase was in services and retail trade while manufacturing and mining lost workers. (Author)

Updates the data on the occupational structure of information work. Patterns of information sector employment are described, changes in occupational structures are discussed, and data that indicate that the information sector continues to grow as a proportion of all employment is examined. (Author/LRW)

Discusses in detail the unemployment picture for 1982. (JOW)

The document reports findings from a multiple jobholder survey. About 3.9 million workers (4.7% of all employed persons) held two or more jobs in May 1975. The multiple jobholding rate for men (5.8%) was higher than the rate for women (2.9%). Over half of the moonlighters held two nonagricultural wage or salary jobs. The incidence of multiple…

Discusses factors affecting employment, describes assumptions used in making the projections, and discusses general trends. Includes a breakdown by occupation that lists cluster, estimated employment 1992, percentage of change 1992-2005, numerical change 1992-2005, and employment prospects. (JOW)

The fourth quarter Bureau of Labor statistics show an improvement in the employment situation for Vietnam veterans, including employment for Negro and other minority races. The unemployment rate for newly discharged veterans is still slightly higher than that for nonveterans, but the rate for age group (20-24 and 25-30) is decreasing as a result…

The Bureau of Labor Statistics national industry-occupational matrix was used to project employment for 1975 by occupation and industry for Minnesota and several areas within the state. In addition to the 1975 projections, the report provides statewide and area employment data for 1960 and 1968, by occupation and industry, along with the…

After declining steadily for more than a century, the number of Americans working for themselves has begun to stabilize. Data regarding distribution by race, sex, and age as well as by occupation and industry are tabulated for the period 1967 to 1973, and cyclical relationships analyzed. (MW)

The second quarter 1974 Bureau of Labor Statistics show little change over the past year in the job situation for Vietnam veterans (20-34 years). With the number of newly discharged veterans being reduced, the unemployment rate remains steady at 5 percent; a much smaller proportion of Vietnam veterans now are 20-24 years old, where the…

Describes the new way that the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects job openings. Formerly, BLS estimates were limited to openings resulting from growth and replacement needs. Now there are data on openings that occur when people change jobs or leave the work force temporarily. (JOW)

Discusses job displacements and layoffs from 1983-87. Reports that, despite more layoffs in the service sector, the displacement picture has improved. (JOW)

As unemployment spread among workers age 16-24 years, the rate of increase was greatest for men in their twenties; teenagers, however, remained far more subject to unemployment than older youth. (Author)