Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics 2023: Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data

The  Handbook of U.S. 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.  It allows the user to understand recent developments as well as to  compare today's economy with that of the past.

This  publication includes several tables throughout the book examining the  extensive effect that coronavirus (COVID-19) has had on the labor market  since 2020. A chapter titled “The Impact of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on  the Labor Force” includes new information on hazard pay, safety measures  businesses enforced during the pandemic, vaccine incentives, and  compressed work schedules. In addition, there are several other tables  within the book exploring its impact on employment, telework, and  consumer expenditures. 

This edition of Handbook of  U.S. Labor Statistics also includes a completely updated chapter on  prices and the most current employment projections through 2030.

The  Handbook is a comprehensive reference providing an abundance of  information on a variety of topics. In addition to providing statistics  on employment, unemployment, and prices, it includes information on  topics such as:

• Earnings;
• Productivity;
• Consumer expenditures;
• Occupational safety and health;
• Union membership;
• Working poor
• Recent trends in the labor force
• And much more!

Features of the publication:
In addition to over 215 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