The Handbook of Labor Statistics is recognized as an authoritative resource on the U.S. labor force. It continues and enhances the Bureau of Labor Statistics's (BLS) discontinued publication, Labor Statistics. Compiled in the midst of a dramatic economic downturn, the 14th Edition allows the user to understand recent developments as well as to compare today's economy with past history.
The Handbook is a comprehensive reference providing an abundance of data on a variety of topics including:

employment and unemployment

earnings

prices

productivity

consumer expenditures

occupational safety and health

union membership

international labor comparisons

and much more!

Features of the publication

In addition to over 200 tables that present practical data, the Handbook provides:

introductory material for each chapter that contains highlights of salient data and figures that call attention to noteworthy trends in the data

notes and definitions, which contain concise descriptions of the data sources, concepts, definitions, and methodology from which the data are derived

references to more comprehensive reports which provide additional data and more extensive descriptions of estimation methods, sampling, and reliability measures

New in the 14th Edition:

in Chapter 1, a new section has been added on persons with a disability in the labor force

Chapter 6 has been expanded to include new tables on employee compensation

tables in Chapter 2 now include hours of work, earnings per hour, and earnings per week for all employees as well as for production and nonsupervisory workers

Some Interesting Facts in the 14th edition:

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