Automotive dealerships 2007â19: profit-margin compression and product innovation
From the 2007–09 Great Recession to the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, the new-vehicle market in the United States changed…
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Challenges in calculating occupational fatality rates
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics produces data on occupational injuries and fatalities. Calculating these data is generally straightforward. However, some occupations…
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CPI outlet samples from the CE: a new life for the Point-of-Purchase Survey
In 2016, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) began testing the collection of consumer shopping location data in the Consumer Expenditure…
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Diffusion indexes of state and metropolitan area employment changes
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes eight diffusion index series that measure the dispersion of employment change across either all 50…
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Does part-time work offer flexibility to employed mothers?
Using data from the 2017-18 American Time Use Survey Leave and Job Flexibilities Module, we evaluate the relationship between part-time work and…
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Empirical evidence for the âGreat Resignationâ
This article empirically assesses the observed increase in job resignations during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and examines the pandemicâs uniqueness…
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Employment recovery continues in 2021, with some industries reaching or exceeding their prepandemic employment levels
Total nonfarm employment in the United States continued to recover in 2021, with some industries fully recovering and subsequently expanding amid the…
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Examining employment and diversity in the protective service occupations
Asians, Hispanics or Latinos, and women have been underrepresented in protective service occupations relative to their shares of total employment, despite increases…
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Expected pandemic-driven employment changes: a comparison of 2019â29 and 2020â30 projection sets
In September 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) published its 2019–29 employment projections. Because these projections did not reflect the…
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Growth trends for selected occupations considered at risk from automation
Breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics have led to substantial concern that large-scale job losses are imminent. Selected occupations are often…
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Has the pandemic permanently changed job requirements?
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Requirements Survey publishes information on job requirements in four areas: education and training, cognitive and…
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Improving estimates of hours worked for U.S. productivity measurement
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will introduce a new method for estimating hours worked for its major-sector productivity measures with…
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Introducing Modeled Wage Estimates by grouped work levels
The Modeled Wage Estimates (MWE) provide annual estimates of average hourly wages for occupations by job characteristics and within a given geographical…
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Job openings and quits reach record highs in 2021, layoffs and discharges fall to record lows
Estimates from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) highlighted large increases in job openings and quits throughout 2021. Job openings…
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Jobs, jobs, jobs: whatâs an analyst to do?
Analysts and economists often face the task of using employment metrics to characterize industries of interest. Some key challenges can be understanding…
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Noncompete agreements, bargaining, and wages: evidence from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997
We examine the use of noncompete agreements (NCAs) and their relationship with wage bargaining and wage outcomes using new data from the…
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Occupational licensing and interstate migration in the United States
The empirical evidence regarding the effects of state occupational licensing practices on interstate migration in the United States is mixed. This article…
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Oil, budgets, migration, and retirees: Alaskaâs 2015â18 recession
Alaska experienced a local recession from March 2015 to April 2018. Falling oil prices combined with the state government’s dependence on oil…
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PPI and CPI seasonal adjustment during the COVID-19 pandemic
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI) data monthly. Seasonal adjustment…
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Projections overview and highlights, 2021â31
Employment and real output are projected to grow during the 2021–31 decade, reflecting both cyclical recovery from the 2020 coronavirus disease 2019…
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Revisions to BLS quarterly labor productivity estimates: How large are they?
BLS quarterly estimates of labor productivity, or output per hour worked, are revised as more data become available and seasonal factors are…
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SNAP participation and food-at-home expenditures through the Great Recession: United States and the New York Area
As a result of economic stressors experienced by vulnerable populations during the Great Recession of 2007–09, participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
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Telework during the COVID-19 pandemic: estimates using the 2021 Business Response Survey
Using new data from the 2021 Business Response Survey, a large, nationally representative survey of U.S. private sector businesses, this article presents…
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The challenges of seasonal adjustment for the Current Employment Statistics survey during the COVID-19 pandemic
For its seasonally adjusted data, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) seeks to remove all fluctuations that are caused by the yearly…