http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/business_ownership/012438.html
Press release with a link to the data about revenues and payrolls by state for business firms without paid employees. From the Census Bureau.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ncspay.pdf
Shows how average occupational pay varies among the U.S. metro areas with San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland having the overall highest and Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas the overall lowest. Also shows relative pay by major occupational groups for each metro area. Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News ranks below average in all occupational groups. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RS22915_20080711.pdf
Describes the features and eligibility standards for a new temporary program of additional unemployment insurance benefits which begins in July 2008 and is scheduled to end in March 2009. From the Congressional Research Service, posted by OpenCRS.org.
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2008/summer/art02.pdf
The first section compares earnings across all majors, the second section highlights 11 degree fields and shows the most common occupations of those with degrees in those fields. Engineeering and business management fields tended to have the highest earnings, while education had the lowest. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/Publications/ERR60/ERR60.pdf
Updates a 2000 study based on the 1998 Current Population Survey. Provides a picture of the transient farmworker population including legal status, poverty, housing, and use of social services. From the Economic Research Service.
http://www.hrpdcva.gov/Documents/Transportation/2008/TAZ2000to2034.pdf
Uses socioeconomic data, including households, population, auto ownership, workers and employment, to estimate traffic volumes and patterns in transportation analysis zones to identify current and futue deficiencies in the transportation network. From the Hampton Roads Plan District Commission.
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ils/pdf/opbils67.pdf
Describes five alternative measures to the standard unemployment rate, how they are created, what they are designed to show, and recent trends in their movement. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/nlsoy.pdf
Findings from a survey of approximately 10,000 youth, born between 1957 and 1964, who were interviewed about their employment history from 1979 to 2007. Covers work and nonwork experience, training, schooling, income, and health conditions. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
http://www.census.gov/epcd/cbp/view/cbpview.html
Hypertext tables of statistics on the number of business establishments, number of employees, and payrolls for businesses by industry sectors for the 3,100 counties of the U.S. From the Census Bureau.
http://www.bls.gov/oes/oes_pub_2006.htm
Provides occupational employment and wage statistics for detailed occupational categories based on data collected during the 2003-2006 period. Covers national, state, and metropolitan area estimates. In 2006 there were 132 million jobs in the U.S. with an hourly mean wage of $18.84 Also compares regional differences in earnings for selected occupations. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
http://www.bls.gov/oes/oes_pub_2006.htm
Provides occupational employment and wage statistics for detailed occupational categories based on data collected during the 2003-2006 period. Covers national, state, and metropolitan area estimates. In 2006 there were 132 million jobs in the U.S. with an hourly mean wage of $18.84 Also compares regional differences in earnings for selected occupations. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
