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County Employment and Wages
July 07, 2010
Trumbull, Ohio, had the biggest over-the-year percentage decrease in employment,
-8.6 percent in December 2009; nationally, employment declined by 4.1 percent.
Douglas, Colo., had the largest increase in average weekly wages in the fourth
quarter of 2009, 26.1 percent, compared with a national increase of 2.5 percent.
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Employment Situation
July 02, 2010
Total nonfarm payroll employment declined by 125,000 in June, and the
unemployment rate edged down to 9.5 percent. The decline in payroll
employment reflected a decrease (-225,000) in the number of temporary
employees working on Census 2010. Private sector payroll employment
edged up by 83,000.
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Women's-to-men's earnings ratio by age, 2009
July 08, 2010
In 2009, women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median weekly earnings that were about 80 percent of the earnings of their male counterparts.
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Issues in Labor Statistics
Long-term unemployment experience of the jobless
By the end of 2009, the proportion of the unemployed who had been jobless for 27 weeks or longer was the highest on record, with data back to 1948. Read more »
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Gulf Coast Leisure and Hospitality and Oil and Gas industries
From the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages: Gulf oil and gas drilling employment and Gulf Coast Leisure and Hospitality Employment and Wages
Monthly Labor Review
Labor costs in India’s organized manufacturing sector
Compensation costs in India’s organized manufacturing sector were about 3 percent of labor costs in the U.S. manufacturing sector.
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Employment Situation of Veterans
In honor of those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces, this Spotlight presents information about the employment situation of veterans.
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Consumer Price Index (CPI):
-0.2% in May 2010
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+0.6% in 1st Qtr of 2010
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+2.8% in 1st Qtr of 2010
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U.S. Import Price Index:
-0.6% in May 2010
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