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Employment/Wages

This guide provides quick links, primarily to tables, in the social sciences. It is organized by major topics and highlights statistics for some of the most frequently requested areas.

Employment and Wages

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ILOSTAT
Yearly data of Total and Economically active population, Employment, Unemployment, Hours of Work, Wages, Labour Cost, Consumer Price Indices, Occupational Injuries, Strikes and Lockouts: 1969-2005.
Short Term Indicators of the Labour Market (ILO)
Contains selected indicators for some 70 countries and territories that gather infra-annual information for the current year. In addition, 40 indicators are available disaggregated by sex. Excel download and interactive map.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (historic and current)
Key economic indicators and labor trends including: Consumer Price Index, Current Population Survey (employment, unemployment, earnings), Employment Cost Trends, Local Area Unemployment and Producer Price Index.
Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
Includes detailed occupation statistics by gender and race.
Statistical Abstract of the U.S. -Income Expenditures. Povery and Wealth-

Historical Statistics of the United States This link opens in a new window
Historical Statistics of the United States presents the numerical history of the United States. More than 37,000 annual time series of quantitative historical information covering virtually every quantifiable dimension of American history: population, work and welfare, economic structure and performance, governance, and international relations, all from the earliest times to the present.

OECD Employment and Labour Market Statistics
Employment statistics by age group, hours worked, part-time workers, trade unions, employment protection legislation and more. Statistics generally go back at least 10 years for OECD countries.
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OECD COUNTRIES: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States.
Personal Income and Outlays, Wage and Salary Dispursements by Industry. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
OECD Tax Statistics
Taxing wages.
AFL/CIO Factsheets
Key Indicators of the Labour Market (ILO)
Overview of BLS Wage Data by Area and Occupation
National, regional and state wage data. National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Includes median pay for jobs.
Prices and Wages by Decade:
U. Missouri guide includes links to Prices and Wages data back to 1700.

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Employment and Wages