New Jersey State Library

Labor Statistics

I. Search our catalog:

Suggested Subject Keywords:

• Statistics (and) keyword
• Statistics (and) periodicals (and) keyword
• Statistics (and) labor
• Statistics (and) labor supply
• Statistics (and) occupations
• Statistics (and) unemployment
• Statistics (and) wages

When searching our catalog for New Jersey-related materials, use the New Jersey subject keyword index.

II. Print Resources: Statistics

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Periodicals

Employment & Earnings
Monthly
Call # L2.41/2: --- US Documents, Level 4

Monthly Labor Review
Monthly
Call # L 2.6: -- US Documents, Level 4

Occupational Outlook Quarterly
Quarterly
Call # L 2.70/4:-- US Documents, Level 4

Additional Sources

American Statistics Index, 1973-2001, Washington, DC: Congressional Information Service, 1973- .
Call # R016.3173 A512 —US Documents Reference, Level 4

Handbook of U.S. labor statistics : employment, earnings, prices, productivity, and other labor data.
Call # L2.3/5-2: -- US Documents Reference, Level 4

Statistical Reference Index, 1981-, Washington, DC: Congressional Information Service, 1981- .
Call # R016.3173 S797 —Reference, Level 4

Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1903- , U. S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC: Bureau of the Census, 1903- .
Call # C3.134: —US Documents Reference, Level 4

Historical statistics of the United States, colonial times to 1970.
by United States. Bureau of the Census.
Washington : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, 1975.
Call # C3.134/ 2:H62/ 789-970/ pt.1-2 -- US Documents Reference, Level 4

Historical statistics of the United States : earliest times to the present / editors in chief, Susan B. Carter ... [et al.].
New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Call # C3.134/2: H65 -- US Documents Reference, Level 4

III. Electronic Databases: subject listing and title listing

Statistical Universe

Three databases in one; they can be searched jointly or individually. ASI, American Statistics Index, abstracts and indexes federal statistical publications back to 1973, and includes full text access. It also includes Power Tables providing quick access to statistical data. SRI, Statistical Reference Index, covers significant statistical publications of over 1,000 private and state government agencies back to 1980. IIS, Index to International Statistics, covers international and intergovernmental publications from 1983 on. The latter two do not provide full text access.

IV. Web sites: Labor Statistics

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Employment and Unemployment:
Employment, Hours, and Earnings:

• National
• State and local

Labor Force Statistics:

• National
• Local
• Unemployment Insurance-covered employment, wages
• Occupational employment
• Mass layoffs
• Longitudinal data

Prices and Living Conditions:

• Consumer price indexes
• Producer price indexes
• Import and export price indexes
• Consumer expenditures

Compensation and Working Conditions:

• National Compensation Survey
• Employee benefits
• Employment cost trends
• Occupational compensation
• Occupational illnesses, injuries
• Fatal occupational injuries
• Collective bargaining

Productivity:

• Labor
• Industry
• Multifactor productivity

Projections:

• Employment
• Occupation

International:

• Foreign Labor Statistics

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Regional Centers:

• Atlanta
• Boston
• Chicago
• Dallas
• Kansas City
• New York
• Philadelphia
• San Francisco

Other Federal Statistical Agencies:

• Federal Agencies with Statistical Programs
• Fedstats.gov
• Fedstats.gov Labor

New Jersey:

• New Jersey Labor Market Information

Comments and questions may be directed to U.S. Documents Reference .