Industry Employment and Hours Data Tables

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) expanded industry coverage of labor input measures in September 2009, publishing annual indexes of employment and hours of all persons for a comprehensive set of industries. The hours represent the labor input used in the production of goods and services in each industry. The expanded data set of all three- and four-digit industries, defined according to the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), reflects the ongoing effort by BLS to increase industry coverage of its labor productivity (output per hour) and related measures. Included are some series that already are published as part of the industry productivity measures, as well as series for industries not previously covered by the industry productivity program. The series cover the period 1987–2008. More…

  • Employment and Hours of All Persons for a Comprehensive Set of Industries (HTML) (PDF)
  • Table 1. Employment of all persons (HTML) (XLS)
  • Table 2. Hours of all persons (HTML) (XLS)

 

Last Modified Date: September 28, 2009