U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

TED: The Editor's Desk

(The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Archived articles from The Editor's Desk—
Earnings and wages

Employment costs in private industry and state and local government, December 2011 (02/01/2012)
Median weekly earnings, fourth quarter 2011 (01/26/2012)
Medical care benefits, March 2011 (01/24/2012)
Real earnings in December 2011 (01/23/2012)
Top searches on BLS website in 2011 (01/18/2012)
County wages up in second quarter 2011 (01/11/2012)
Recycling occupations (12/30/2011)
Real earnings in November 2011 (12/21/2011)
Construction employment and wages, May 2010 (12/12/2011)
State and local government employer costs for employee compensation, September 2011 (12/09/2011)
Employment and wage trends in high-tech industries in Massachusetts (12/07/2011)
Average wage for the highest paying occupational group nearly five times that of the lowest paying group (11/30/2011)
Real hourly earnings fall 1.6 percent over the year (11/23/2011)
New York City's "pay premium" from 1990 to 2009 (11/08/2011)
Employment in large counties, March 2010–March 2011 (11/02/2011)
Compensation costs for state and local government workers, September 2011 (11/01/2011)
Median weekly earnings, third quarter 2011 (10/27/2011)
Real earnings in September 2011 (10/25/2011)
Helping those in need: Human service workers (10/20/2011)
Outpatient prescription drug coverage, March 2010 (09/26/2011)
Real earnings in August 2011 (09/21/2011)
Real average hourly earnings down 1.3 percent over the year (08/22/2011)
Careers in sales (08/16/2011)
Careers in green construction (08/03/2011)
12-month private industry compensation costs, June 2011 (08/02/2011)
Women's earnings, 1979–2010 (07/22/2011)
Median usual weekly earnings, by race, ethnicity, and education, second quarter, 2011 (07/21/2011)
Real earnings in June 2011 (07/20/2011)
Employment and wages in the 10 largest U.S. counties, 2009-2010 (07/06/2011)
Careers in solar power (06/29/2011)
Real earnings in May 2011 (06/20/2011)
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations, May 2009 (06/15/2011)
Employer costs for employee compensation in March 2011 (06/10/2011)
Pay comparisons between metropolitan areas in 2010 (05/27/2011)
Annual wages of largest occupations, May 2010 (05/23/2011)
Retail salespersons: occupation with highest employment in 2010 (05/20/2011)
Real earnings in April 2011 (05/19/2011)
12-month private industry compensation costs, March 2010â€“March 2011 (05/03/2011)
Three occupations in management, scientific, and technical consulting services (05/02/2011)
Median weekly earnings in first quarter 2011 by demographics (04/25/2011)
Real earnings decline in March 2011 (04/20/2011)
Employment and wages in large U.S. counties, September 2009–September 2010 (03/31/2011)
Real hourly earnings fall 0.4 percent over the year (03/22/2011)
The compensation-productivity gap (02/24/2011)
Real earnings in January 2011 (02/23/2011)
Women's earnings and employment by industry, 2009 (02/16/2011)
It pays to be the boss—supervisory wages in 2009 (02/02/2011)
Private industry compensation costs increase 2.1 percent in 2010 (02/01/2011)
Median weekly earnings for men and women in fourth quarter 2010 (01/24/2011)
Real earnings fall 0.4 percent in December 2010 (01/20/2011)
Careers in wind energy (12/22/2010)
Real earnings fall 0.1 percent in November 2010 (12/20/2010)
Real earnings in October 2010 (11/26/2010)
12-month private industry compensation costs increase 2.0 percent (11/01/2010)
Earnings by age and sex, third quarter of 2010 (10/25/2010)
Real earnings fall 0.1 percent in September (10/20/2010)
Average hourly earnings for major occupational groups, July 2009 (10/06/2010)
Real earnings in August 2010 (09/23/2010)
Real earnings in July 2010 (08/19/2010)
Compensation costs in June 2010 (08/04/2010)
Supplemental pay in the healthcare industry, 2007–10 (07/29/2010)
Comparisons of pay between metropolitan areas in 2009 (07/27/2010)
Usual weekly earnings in second quarter 2010 by education (07/26/2010)
Real earnings in June 2010 (07/21/2010)
Mean hourly compensation costs in selected countries, 1975 and 2007 (07/14/2010)
Women's-to-men's earnings ratio by age, 2009 (07/08/2010)
Real earnings up in May 2010 (06/23/2010)
Museum occupations: skills on exhibit (06/16/2010)
Occupational employment in May 2009 (06/15/2010)
Compensation costs in India (06/03/2010)
Real earnings in April 2010 (05/24/2010)
Highest and lowest mean hourly wages in May 2009 (05/20/2010)
Employment and wages in the 10 largest occupations, May 2009 (05/18/2010)
Compensation costs in March 2010 (05/04/2010)
Hourly earnings of healthcare practitioner and technical occupations, by work level, 2008 (05/03/2010)
Supplemental pay in the finance and insurance industry (04/27/2010)
Weekly earnings in first quarter 2010 by demographics (04/20/2010)
Real earnings in March 2010 (04/19/2010)
Metropolitan geography of tax preparers employment and earnings (04/15/2010)
Average hourly earnings for all employees and for production and nonsupervisory employees, by industry, 2009 (04/08/2010)
Real earnings, February 2010 (03/23/2010)
Earnings of healthcare workers in hospitals, 2008 (03/15/2010)
Real earnings, January 2010 (03/01/2010)
Employment costs for private industry workers, December 2009 (02/03/2010)
Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers, by major occupational group and sex, 2009 (01/27/2010)
Real earnings in December 2009 (01/22/2010)
Real earnings in November 2009 (12/23/2009)
Employment and wages in large occupations, May 2008 (12/16/2009)
Wages for sales and related workers down substantially in first three quarters of 2009 (11/30/2009)
Real earnings in October 2009 (11/20/2009)
Earnings by age and sex, third quarter of 2009 (10/21/2009)
Average weekly wages: first quarter 2008-09 (10/20/2009)
Change in real weekly earnings, September 2009 (10/19/2009)
Women's earnings as a percentage of men's, 2008 (10/14/2009)
Change in real average hourly earnings, August 2009 (09/18/2009)
Careers in auto racing (09/15/2009)
Wages and benefits by occupational group, June 2009 (09/11/2009)
Change in real average weekly earnings, July 2009 (08/19/2009)
Women and men in management, professional, and related occupations, 2008 (08/07/2009)
12-month private industry compensation costs increase in June: 1.5 percent (08/03/2009)
Women's-to-men's earnings ratio, 1979-2008 (07/31/2009)
Comparisons of full- and part-time hourly earnings, 2007 (07/28/2009)
Comparisons of pay between metropolitan areas in 2008 (07/27/2009)
Average weekly wages among large counties, fourth quarter 2008 (07/23/2009)
Change in real average weekly earnings, June 2009 (07/20/2009)
Education and usual weekly earnings for women and men, second quarter 2009 (07/17/2009)
Change in real average weekly earnings, April 2009-May 2009 (06/19/2009)
Compensation costs per hour, March 2009 (06/12/2009)
Change in real average weekly earnings, March 2009-April 2009 (05/19/2009)
Wages of workers in largest occupations, May 2008 (05/04/2009)
Compensation costs in private industry up 1.9 percent from March 2008 to March 2009 (05/01/2009)
Forensic science technicians (04/22/2009)
A career as an executive chef (04/21/2009)
Weekly earnings in first quarter 2009 by demographics (04/17/2009)
Bonuses as percentage of cash compensation (04/02/2009)
Change in real average weekly earnings, January 2009-February 2009 (03/20/2009)
Real average weekly earnings in January 2009 (02/24/2009)
Wages in healthcare practitioner and technical occupations (02/05/2009)
Compensation costs in private industry up 2.4 percent in 2008 (02/02/2009)
Earnings and education, fourth quarter 2008 (01/23/2009)
Counties with highest wage growth, second quarter 2008 (01/22/2009)
Wives earning more than their husbands, 1987-2006 (01/09/2009)
Real average weekly earnings up in November 2008 (12/18/2008)
Wages in architecture and engineering occupations by sector (12/05/2008)
Working in the electric power industry (12/03/2008)
Real average weekly earnings, October 2008 (11/28/2008)
Wages in the nonprofit and private sectors, 2007 (11/06/2008)
Employment costs in private industry, September 2008 (11/03/2008)
Women’s earnings by occupation in 2007 (10/31/2008)
Earnings of women and men by race and ethnicity, 2007 (10/30/2008)
Women's earnings as a percentage of men's, 1979-2007 (10/29/2008)
Weekly earnings in the third quarter of 2008 (10/21/2008)
Counties with highest wage growth, first quarter 2008 (10/20/2008)
New Employment Cost Indexes for selected metropolitan areas (09/26/2008)
Real average weekly earnings, August 2008 (09/18/2008)
Variation in worker earnings by occupation, July 2007 (09/16/2008)
Working poor and education in 2006 (09/04/2008)
Displaced workers’ earnings at new jobs, January 2008 (08/27/2008)
Change in wages and salaries in constant dollars, June 2007-June 2008 (08/01/2008)
Comparisons of pay between metropolitan areas, 2007 (07/28/2008)
Counties with highest average weekly wages at the end of 2007 (07/25/2008)
Surgical technologists (07/23/2008)
Earnings of bachelor’s degree recipients 10 years after graduation (07/22/2008)
Earnings and education in the second quarter of 2008 (07/21/2008)
Real earnings, June 2008 (07/18/2008)
Earnings in nine largest occupations, May 2006 (06/25/2008)
Occupations with different wage variations (06/20/2008)
Real average weekly earnings, May 2008 (06/17/2008)
Real average weekly earnings in April 2008 (05/16/2008)
Highest and lowest paying occupational groups, 2007 (05/13/2008)
Office and administrative occupations in 2007 (05/12/2008)
Real average weekly earnings, March 2008 (04/18/2008)
Retirement benefits of State and local government workers (03/26/2008)
Commercial divers (03/25/2008)
Real earnings, February 2008 (03/18/2008)
Real average weekly earnings, January 2008 (02/22/2008)
Manufacturing compensation costs in U.S. and abroad, 2006 (02/12/2008)
Compensation costs in state and local government up 4.1 percent in 2007 (02/06/2008)
Compensation costs in private industry up 3.0 percent in 2007 (02/01/2008)
Real average weekly earnings, December 2006-December 2007 (01/18/2008)
Real average weekly earnings, November 2007 (12/21/2007)
Differences in women's earnings by educational level, 2006 (12/04/2007)
Wives who earn more than their husbands, 1987-2005 (11/30/2007)
Real earnings in October (11/21/2007)
Employment and wages by occupation for nonmetropolitan areas (10/25/2007)
Counties with highest wage growth, first quarter 2007 (10/22/2007)
Usual weekly earnings by educational attainment and sex (10/19/2007)
Earnings in air travel jobs (10/05/2007)
Flexible work and part-time jobs (10/03/2007)
Health educators (10/01/2007)
Comparisons of pay between metropolitan areas, 2006 (09/27/2007)
Working as a cobbler (09/26/2007)
Real earnings in August (09/21/2007)
Average weekly earnings, July 2007 (08/21/2007)
Wages and salaries in constant dollars increase from June 2006 to June 2007 (08/02/2007)
Real earnings in June (07/24/2007)
Weekly earnings in second quarter 2007 by demographics (07/20/2007)
Variation in worker earnings by establishment size and industry, June 2006 (07/05/2007)
Variation in worker earnings by occupation, June 2006 (06/27/2007)
Real earnings in May (06/19/2007)
Real earnings in April (05/23/2007)
Highest and lowest paying occupational groups, 2006 (05/22/2007)
Highest paid registered nurses are in California (05/18/2007)
Real earnings, March 2007 (04/24/2007)
Weekly earnings in the first quarter of 2007 (04/19/2007)
Wage growth by county, third quarter 2005-2006 (04/17/2007)
Real average weekly earnings, February 2007 (03/20/2007)
Working as a floral designer (03/02/2007)
Real earnings in January (02/23/2007)
Training animals for a living (02/21/2007)
Compensation costs in State and local government, September-December 2006 (02/02/2007)
Compensation costs in private industry up 3.2 percent in 2006 (02/01/2007)
Earnings and education in the fourth quarter of 2006 (01/29/2007)
Real average weekly earnings, December 2005â€“December 2006 (01/22/2007)
Counties with highest wage growth, second quarter 2006 (01/12/2007)
Real earnings in November (12/19/2006)
Employer costs for employee compensation, September 2006 (12/14/2006)
Hourly compensation of production workers in the U.S. and selected countries, 2005 (12/01/2006)
Differences in women's earnings by educational level, 2005 (11/29/2006)
Real average weekly earnings in October 2006 (11/21/2006)
State and local government employment costs up 1.4 percent from June to September (11/02/2006)
Compensation costs in private industry up 3.0 percent over the year (11/01/2006)
Real earnings, September 2006 (10/23/2006)
Earnings of second-generation Americans (10/17/2006)
Womenâ€™s earnings as a percentage of menâ€™s, 1979-2005 (10/03/2006)
Differences in earnings by age and sex in 2005 (10/02/2006)
Comparisons of pay between metropolitan areas, 2005 (09/29/2006)
Employer costs for retirement and savings plans, June 2006 (09/25/2006)
Real earnings in August 2006 (09/19/2006)
Variation in worker earnings, June 2005 (09/14/2006)
Real earnings, July 2006 (08/21/2006)
Counties with highest wage growth, fourth quarter 2005 (08/02/2006)
Decline in wages and salaries in constant dollars, June 2005-June 2006 (08/01/2006)
Middle Atlantic division had highest earnings in June 2005 (07/26/2006)
Real earnings in June (07/25/2006)
Usual weekly earnings, second quarter 2006 (07/24/2006)
Service jobs most likely to pay minimum wage (07/07/2006)
Emergency management specialists (06/30/2006)
Working poor by occupation in 2004 (06/29/2006)
Captioning and court reporting in the 21st century (06/26/2006)
Health benefit costs in private industry, March 2006 (06/22/2006)
Working poor and education in 2004 (06/21/2006)
Rate of working poor up in 2004 (06/19/2006)
Real earnings in May 2006 (06/16/2006)
Earnings of retail salespersons highest in metro areas in West (06/08/2006)
Real earnings in April 2006 (05/22/2006)
Weekly earnings in first quarter 2006 by demographics (04/27/2006)
Foreign born and earnings in 2005 (04/26/2006)
Real earnings in March 2006 (04/25/2006)
Counties with fastest pay growth, third quarter 2005 (04/18/2006)
Over-the-year changes in average weekly earnings, February 2006 (03/20/2006)
Real earnings in January 2006 (03/01/2006)
Compensation costs in State and local government (02/02/2006)
Compensation costs up 3.0 percent in private industry in 2005 (02/01/2006)
Real average weekly earnings, December 2004 â€“ December 2005 (01/20/2006)
Counties with most rapid pay growth, second quarter 2005 (01/12/2006)
Comparisons of pay between metropolitan areas (12/29/2005)
Meeting and convention planners (12/02/2005)
Food preparation and serving occupations, November 2004 (11/29/2005)
Hourly compensation in U.S. and foreign factories, 2004 (11/23/2005)
Highest paid occupations, November 2004 (11/10/2005)
Differences in earnings by age and sex in 2004 (11/03/2005)
Womenâ€™s earnings by occupation in 2004 (11/02/2005)
Growth in inflation-adjusted earnings, 1979-2004 (11/01/2005)
Drop in compensation costs in constant dollars, September 2005 (10/31/2005)
Counties with fastest pay growth, first quarter 2005 (10/21/2005)
Education and earnings in 2004 (10/20/2005)
Real weekly earnings in September 2005 (10/18/2005)
Real weekly earnings, August 2005 (09/19/2005)
Treating cancer with technology (09/15/2005)
Compensation costs up 3.2 percent in private industry over the year(08/01/2005)
Independent contractors in 2005(07/29/2005)
Jobs in the green industry(07/26/2005)
Earnings in geography jobs(07/22/2005)
Earnings and educational attainment: second quarter of 2005(07/21/2005)
Athletic trainers work in a variety of settings(07/20/2005)
Real weekly earnings in June 2005(07/19/2005)
Wages in for-profit and nonprofit private hospitals(07/01/2005)
Comparing growth rates of benefits and wages in private industry(06/30/2005)
Wives who earn more than their husbands (06/23/2005)
Private industry compensation $24.17 per hour on average in March 2005 (06/22/2005)
Real weekly earnings, May 2005 (06/20/2005)
Earnings of foreign-born workers, 2004 (06/02/2005)
Lowest paying occupations in May 2004 (06/01/2005)
Highly paid healthcare occupations (05/27/2005)
Real weekly earnings, April 2005 (05/23/2005)
Disposable income and consumption (05/17/2005)
Differences in women's earnings by educational level (05/12/2005)
Benefit and wage costs in private industry in March 2005 (05/02/2005)
Real weekly earnings, March 2005 (04/22/2005)
Occupation and the working poor in 2003 (04/19/2005)
Counties with fastest pay growth, third quarter 2004 (04/15/2005)
Rate of working poor unchanged in 2003 (04/12/2005)
Real weekly earnings in February 2005 (03/28/2005)
Real earnings decline in January 2005 (02/25/2005)
Weekly earnings in fourth quarter 2004 by demographics (02/01/2005)
Real earnings in December 2004 (01/24/2005)
Counties with most rapid pay growth, second quarter 2004 (01/12/2005)
Earnings of advertising sales agents (01/07/2005)
Real earnings fall in November 2004 (12/21/2004)
Differences in earnings by sex, race, and Hispanic origin (11/29/2004)
Hourly compensation in U.S. and foreign factories, 2003 (11/23/2004)
Real earnings in October 2004 (11/19/2004)
Highest-paying jobs in November 2003 (11/15/2004)
Part-time workers: who they are and how much they earn (11/04/2004)
Poverty rate of families with one member in the labor force (11/03/2004)
Earnings and educational level in 2003 (10/29/2004)
Occupation and the working poor in 2002 (10/26/2004)
Womenâ€™s earnings 80 percent of menâ€™s in 2003 (10/25/2004)
Occupation and earnings: third quarter of 2004 (10/21/2004)
Rate of working poor in 2002 (10/07/2004)
Real average weekly earnings in August 2004 (09/20/2004)
Employer costs for retirement and savings plans, June 2004 (09/16/2004)
Earnings growth among younger baby boomers (08/31/2004)
Real earnings up in July 2004 (08/20/2004)
Displaced workersâ€™ earnings at new jobs (08/06/2004)
Educational attainment and median earnings (07/21/2004)
Real wages by industry, June 2003 - June 2004 (07/20/2004)
Counties with fastest growing pay, fourth quarter 2003 (07/09/2004)
Compensation in private industry, March 2004 (06/25/2004)
Real earnings drop in May 2004 (06/21/2004)
Real earnings in April 2004 (05/18/2004)
Lowest paying occupations in May 2003 (05/06/2004)
Highest paying occupations in May 2003 (05/05/2004)
State and local government compensation costs up 3.3 percent in past 12 months (05/03/2004)
Compensation costs up 3.9 percent in private industry over the year (04/30/2004)
Earnings and education in the first quarter of 2004 (04/20/2004)
Real earnings in March (04/19/2004)
Increases in menâ€™s and womenâ€™s earnings in 2003 (04/09/2004)
Real earnings in January (02/24/2004)
Low pay and establishment size (02/03/2004)
Compensation costs up 4.0 percent in private industry over the year (01/30/2004)
Age and the working poor (01/26/2004)
Real earnings in December (01/20/2004)
Real average weekly earnings higher in November (12/18/2003)
Nursing animals to health (12/16/2003)
Variation in workers paid Federal minimum wage by region (12/11/2003)
Service jobs most likely to pay minimum wage (12/03/2003)
Lowest paying occupations in 2002 (12/02/2003)
Wages and benefits in State and local government, September 2003 (11/28/2003)
Highest paying occupations in 2002 (11/24/2003)
Real earnings up in October (11/20/2003)
Counties with fastest growing pay, first quarter 2003 (11/06/2003)
Growth in compensation costs for State and local government workers during the year ended September 2003 (11/05/2003)
Earnings and union status (10/30/2003)
Womenâ€™s earnings in professional specialty occupations (10/29/2003)
Earnings by educational attainment and sex, 1979 and 2002 (10/23/2003)
Differences in women's and menâ€™s earnings by race and Hispanic origin (10/22/2003)
Earnings and occupation: third quarter of 2003 (10/21/2003)
Real earnings decline in September (10/20/2003)
Womenâ€™s earnings 78 percent of menâ€™s in 2002 (10/16/2003)
Average foreign compensation stays in line with U.S. factories (09/29/2003)
Hours, earnings, and payrolls in August (09/08/2003)
Employee retirement and savings benefits higher for union workers (08/28/2003)
Employee benefits in June 2003 (08/27/2003)
Minimum wage workers in 2002 (08/25/2003)
Employment and wages in elementary and secondary schools (08/20/2003)
Earnings higher in larger establishments (07/28/2003)
Occupational earnings in July 2002 (07/23/2003)
Earnings highest in Middle Atlantic division (07/22/2003)
Variation in worker earnings, July 2002 (07/21/2003)
Earnings and educational attainment: second quarter of 2003 (07/18/2003)
Wage gains through the fourth quarter of 2002 (07/16/2003)
Farm and service workers have highest poverty rates (07/03/2003)
Working poor and education in 2001 (07/01/2003)
Rate of working poor rises in 2001 (06/25/2003)
Real earnings in May (06/20/2003)
When relative wages depend on where you are (06/06/2003)
Do occupational wages vary much by location? (06/03/2003)
Real earnings in April (05/20/2003)
Wage gains in the third quarter of 2002 (04/24/2003)
Womenâ€™s earnings up relative to menâ€™s in 2002 (04/23/2003)
Real earnings in March (04/22/2003)
Weekly earnings in the first quarter of 2003 (04/18/2003)
Womenâ€™s earnings up relative to menâ€™s in 2002 (04/01/2003)
Real average weekly earnings down in February (03/25/2003)
Advantages from an associate degree (03/06/2003)
Wages and salaries increase fastest in Midwest over the year (02/04/2003)
Weekly earnings in the fourth quarter (01/21/2003)
Wage gains in the second quarter of 2002 (01/08/2003)
Lowest paying occupations in 2001 (12/03/2002)
Lafayette County, Louisiana had highest growth in pay in 2001 (11/25/2002)
New York County had highest pay level in 2001 (11/22/2002)
Metro areas with highest pay in 2001 (11/13/2002)
Largest pay hike in Lafayette, La. (11/12/2002)
Highest paying occupations in 2001 (11/07/2002)
Weekly earnings in the third quarter (10/22/2002)
Wage gains and cuts (10/17/2002)
Management of companies and enterprises has top pay (10/09/2002)
Largest pay gains in Delaware and Maryland (10/04/2002)
Highest pay in 2001: Connecticut (10/01/2002)
Average pay increase smallest since 1994 (09/25/2002)
Real average weekly earnings fall in July (08/20/2002)
Weekly earnings in the second quarter (07/23/2002)
Earnings of interpreters and translators (07/19/2002)
Earnings of part-timers (07/02/2002)
Paid by the hour in 2001 (06/27/2002)
Womenâ€™s earnings and education in 2001 (06/26/2002)
Wages in legal occupations in 2000 (06/07/2002)
Earnings spread widest within and between professional, service groups (05/22/2002)
Compensation costs up in first quarter (04/29/2002)
Weekly earnings in the first quarter (04/18/2002)
Median weekly earnings in 2001 (04/05/2002)
For aircraft mechanics, certification pays (04/03/2002)
Real average weekly earnings down in January (02/22/2002)
Middle Atlantic tops in hourly earnings in 2000 (02/13/2002)
Wages and salaries increase fastest in West over the year (02/11/2002)
Who was affected as the economy started to slow? (01/25/2002)
Weekly earnings in the fourth quarter (01/22/2002)
Lowest paid jobs in 2000 (11/23/2001)
Highest paying occupations in 2000 (11/21/2001)
Composition of change in real earnings in October (11/20/2001)
Highest increase in wages and salaries in West (11/01/2001)
Employment costs up 4.1 percent (10/26/2001)
Weekly earnings in the third quarter (10/25/2001)
Santa Clara County had top pay level in 2000 (10/23/2001)
San Mateo County, California had highest growth in pay in 2000 (10/19/2001)
Gap widens between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area pay (10/11/2001)
San Jose again leads nation in annual pay (10/05/2001)
Pay in private sector slightly higher than in government (10/02/2001)
San Jose has biggest pay hike again (10/01/2001)
Probation officers and correctional treatment specialistsâ€”working to rehabilitate offenders (09/28/2001)
Financial sector had biggest raise in 2000 (09/26/2001)
Medical transcriptionists: making medical histories (09/25/2001)
Highest pay in 2000: Connecticut (09/24/2001)
Massachusetts, California tops in pay gains (09/20/2001)
Sales engineers: technical expertise plus people skills (09/18/2001)
Average annual pay increase in 2000 (09/13/2001)
Keeping the environment clean (09/07/2001)
Women's earnings 76 percent of men's in 2000 (09/05/2001)
Low earnings of female high school dropouts (08/29/2001)
Women's earnings growth higher than men's at all education levels, 1979-2000 (08/16/2001)
Weekly earnings by demographics in second quarter (07/20/2001)
Hourly earnings highest in Middle Atlantic (07/10/2001)
Education pays (06/27/2001)
Seeing with sound (05/31/2001)
From watches to pianos: precision instrument and equipment repairers (05/30/2001)
Sources of retirement income (05/23/2001)
Weekly earnings of full-time workers in first quarter (04/19/2001)
Number, rate of working poor fell in 1999 (03/20/2001)
Taxing jobs: tax examiners, revenue agents, and collectors (03/13/2001)
Wild jobs: working in zoos and aquariums (03/05/2001)
Wages in sports all over the ballpark (03/01/2001)
Finance industry led the way in earnings in 1990s (02/14/2001)
New York County leads in pay in 1999 (12/20/2000)
San Jose ranks first in annual pay (12/12/2000)
Connecticut, New York tops in pay (12/06/2000)
Biggest hike in pay in San Jose (11/29/2000)
Comparing hourly earnings measures (11/28/2000)
Mining industry continues to be highest paid, retail trade lowest (11/27/2000)
Washington State, Massachusetts lead in pay gains (11/20/2000)
Earnings by occupation in 1998 (10/25/2000)
Weekly earnings of full-time workers in third quarter (10/20/2000)
Stock options most likely for the higher paid (10/12/2000)
Labor market problems of poor full-timers (09/29/2000)
Dropouts most likely to be working poor (09/27/2000)
No change in foreign wage differential (09/08/2000)
Part-timers earn more in some health care jobs (08/29/2000)
Majority of working 15- to 17-year olds earn above minimum wage (08/23/2000)
Pay gap crosses occupational lines (08/04/2000)
Weekly earnings of full-time workers in second quarter (07/25/2000)
Wages of salespersons in 1998 (07/20/2000)
Health care 5 Â½ percent of compensation (07/12/2000)
Earnings of female college graduates up 4.7 percent in 1999 (06/06/2000)
Increases in real earnings vary by occupation (05/26/2000)
Private sector wages rose faster than benefits last year (05/19/2000)
Union-nonunion wage gap narrows (04/25/2000)
College grads have biggest wage increase in 1999 (04/21/2000)
Pay premium grows through the ranks (04/20/2000)
Wage differences among industries (04/06/2000)
Hourly earnings up 4 cents (03/06/2000)
Wages, occupations, and job duties (02/16/2000)
Travis County, Texas had biggest pay increase in 1998 (02/03/2000)
Union members earn more in most industries (02/02/2000)
Jacksonville, NC, has lowest annual pay (01/27/2000)
Gender pay gap largest in sales, lowest in farm occupations (01/24/2000)
The top-paying service occupations in 1998 (01/21/2000)
Montana had the lowest pay in 1998 (01/11/2000)
Pay increase largest in finance again (01/05/2000)
Austin had highest 1998 pay increase (01/04/2000)
Annual wages of nurses, doctors, and other health care workers (12/23/1999)
Washington State reports biggest pay gain again (12/16/1999)
More than two-thirds of projected fastest growing occupations are in high wage jobs (12/09/1999)
Variation in earnings of college grads (10/25/1999)
Pay gains similar for workers in private industry and State and local government over past two decades (10/22/1999)
Nationwide earnings data by occupation from National Compensation Survey now available (10/19/1999)
Knowledge gets the biggest pay premium (10/05/1999)
New York County tops in pay in 1997 (09/21/1999)
High earnings without a college degree? (08/30/1999)
San Jose leads nation in annual pay (08/26/1999)
Men's earnings at peak at age 45-54 (07/23/1999)
High tech, high pay (07/21/1999)
Pay increase largest in finance in 1997 (07/01/1999)
Alaska has smallest pay gain in 1997 (06/25/1999)
Washington State reports biggest pay gain in 1997 (06/24/1999)
Women in managerial, professional occupations earn more than others (06/10/1999)
Differences in women's and men's earnings by age, 1979-98 (06/04/1999)
Both husband and wife work for pay in majority of married-couple families (05/27/1999)
Women's earnings ratio highest in D.C., California (05/19/1999)
Slower growth in health services earnings in the 90s (05/17/1999)
1996-98 growth fastest among jobs with highest earnings (04/09/1999)
Hourly compensation rises in 1998 (03/10/1999)
Montana reports lowest weekly wage (02/22/1999)
Northeastern States have highest weekly wages (02/19/1999)
Finance and manufacturing industries report highest weekly wages in 1997 (02/04/1999)
Black women report highest earnings premium for additional education (02/03/1999)
Women's earnings 76 percent of median for men in 1998 (01/27/1999)
Another real raise in 1998 (01/20/1999)
High earnings without long hours a possibility (01/07/1999)
Clerical, service, and agricultural workers have low wages (01/05/1999)
Workers with longer workweeks often earn more per hour (12/31/1998)
Professional and managerial occupations have higher wages (12/29/1998)
Few of the Nation's largest counties recorded pay declines in 1996 (12/02/1998)
Average annual pay highest in New York County in 1996 (11/30/1998)
Many retail trade workers paid less than $10 per hour (11/03/1998)
About 1 in 6 college graduates earns less than high school graduates (10/30/1998)
Securities and commodities brokers lead industries earning high wages (10/27/1998)
Earnings increase substantially with additional education (10/23/1998)

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