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May 2012

State employment and unemployment, April 2012 (05/21/2012)

Commodity prices and the Consumer Price Index (05/22/2012)
Extended mass layoff events in manufacturing, first quarter 2012 (05/18/2012)
Real earnings in April 2012 (05/17/2012)
Consumer prices increase 2.3 percent from April 2011 to April 2012 (05/16/2012)
Education and training across occupation groups (05/15/2012)

Producer prices in April 2012 (05/14/2012)
U.S. import and export price indexes in April 2012 (05/11/2012)
Employed Asians by occupation, 2008–2010 (05/10/2012)
Job openings levels by industry, March 2012 (05/09/2012)
Unemployment among families, 2011 (05/08/2012)

The employment situation in April 2012 (05/07/2012)
Nonfarm business labor productivity, first quarter 2012 (05/04/2012)
Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, March 2012 (05/03/2012)
Gross job gains and losses, third quarter 2011 (05/02/2012)
Women as a percent of total employed in selected occupations, 2011 (05/01/2012)

April 2012

Compensation costs for private industry workers: March 2011–March 2012 (04/30/2012)

Employment status of parents, 2011 (04/27/2012)
Average size of establishments: a look at industries (04/26/2012)
Mass layoffs in March 2012 (04/25/2012)
Length of job search for the unemployed (04/24/2012)
State unemployment rates, March 2012 (04/23/2012)

Labor force participation among students and nonstudents, October 2011 (04/20/2012)
Median weekly earnings by race, ethnicity, and occupation, first quarter 2012 (04/19/2012)
Unemployment rates lower from February 2011 to 2012 (04/18/2012)
Real earnings in March 2012 (04/17/2012)
CPI up 2.7 percent from March 2011 to March 2012 (04/16/2012)

PPI for output of trade industries up in March (04/13/2012)
Import and export prices in March 2012 (04/12/2012)
Job openings rate 2.6 percent in February (04/11/2012)
Employment trends from two surveys (04/10/2012)
The employment situation in March 2012 (04/09/2012)

Employer-provided life insurance benefits, 2011 (04/06/2012)
"Working poor" rate 7.2 percent in 2010 (04/05/2012)
Private business multifactor productivity up in 2010 (04/04/2012)
Productivity in manufacturing industries, 2010 (04/03/2012)
Unemployment by geographic region and division, February 2012 (04/02/2012)

March 2012

County employment, September 2011 (03/30/2012)
Occupational Employment and Wages — May 2011 (03/29/2012)

Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, January 2012 (03/28/2012)
Employment in green goods and services, 2010 (03/27/2012)
Mass layoffs in February 2012 (03/26/2012)
Employment Situation of Veterans — 2011 (03/23/2012)
Employer costs for legally required benefits in December 2011 (03/22/2012)

State employment: January 2011 – January 2012 (03/21/2012)
Real earnings in February (03/20/2012)
CPI up 2.9 percent from February 2011 to February 2012 (03/19/2012)
Producer prices in February 2012 (03/16/2012)
Import and export prices in February 2012 (03/15/2012)

Annual hires, separations, quits, layoffs and discharges, 2011 (03/14/2012)
State unemployment rates, 2011 (03/13/2012)
Payroll employment increases by 227,000 in February 2012 (03/12/2012)
Workplace safety for security guards (03/09/2012)
Unit labor costs and real hourly compensation, 2011 (03/08/2012)

Employer-provided sick leave benefits, March 2009 (03/07/2012)
Characteristics of minimum wage workers in 2011 (03/06/2012)
Output projections for major industries, 2010–2020 (03/05/2012)
Consumer Price Index for the elderly (03/02/2012)
State employment-population ratios in 2011 (03/01/2012)

February 2012

Employer-provided health care benefits (02/29/2012)
Employment projections by occupational group, 2010–2020 (02/28/2012)
Work experience during 2010 (02/27/2012)
Mass layoffs in January 2012 (02/24/2012)
Volunteer rate rises in 2011 (02/23/2012)

Real earnings in January 2012 (02/22/2012)
Consumer prices increase 2.9 percent in 12 months (02/21/2012)
Producer prices in January 2012 (02/17/2012)
Labor Force Projections to 2020 (02/16/2012)
Import and export prices, January 2012 (02/15/2012)

Gross job gains and job losses in the second quarter of 2011 (02/14/2012)
Extended mass layoff events, 2011 (02/13/2012)
Young adults at school and work (02/10/2012)
Major work stoppages in 2011 (02/09/2012)
Job openings in December (02/08/2012)

Metropolitan area employment and unemployment, December 2011 (02/07/2012)
Employment and unemployment in January 2012 (02/06/2012)
Productivity, output, and hours worked, fourth quarter 2011 (02/03/2012)
Employment projections for major industries, 2010–20 (02/02/2012)
Employment costs in private industry and state and local government, December 2011 (02/01/2012)

January 2012

Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization for States, 2011 (01/31/2012)
Union membership, 2011 (01/30/2012)
Mass layoff events and initial claims decline in 2011 (01/27/2012)
Median weekly earnings, fourth quarter 2011 (01/26/2012)
State employment and unemployment, December 2011 (01/25/2012)

Medical care benefits, March 2011 (01/24/2012)
Real earnings in December 2011 (01/23/2012)
CPI increases 3.0 percent in 2011 (01/20/2012)
Producer prices in December 2011 (01/19/2012)
Top searches on BLS website in 2011 (01/18/2012)

Import and export prices in 2011 (01/17/2012)
Firm size and share of employment change, 1992–2009 (01/13/2012)
Job openings by industry, November 2011 (01/12/2012)
County wages up in second quarter 2011 (01/11/2012)
Women's earnings as a percent of men's in 2010 (01/10/2012)

Unemployment rate falls to 8.5 percent in December 2011 (01/09/2012)
Payroll employment increases by 200,000 in December 2011 (01/06/2012)
Metro area employment and unemployment, November 2011 (01/05/2012)
Homicides in retail trade, 2003–2008 (01/04/2012)
Job creation among small and large businesses (01/03/2012)

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