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Gross job gains 7.5 million and gross job losses 7.1 million in the 4th quarter of 2016

In the fourth quarter of 2016, gross job gains from opening and expanding private-sector establishments were 7.5 million. Gross job losses from closing and contracting private-sector establishments were 7.1 million.

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07/21/2017

Civilian workers' participation rate in medical care benefits is 52% in March 2017

07/21/2017

June jobless rates down in 10 states, up in 2; payroll jobs up in 14 states

07/20/2017

Multifactor productivity rose in 21 of 86 4-digit NAICS manufacturing industries in 2015

07/19/2017

Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers are $859 in 2nd quarter 2017

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SPOTLIGHT ON STATISTICS

Women in the workforce before, during, & after the Great Recession

Women in the workforce before, during, & after the Great Recession

This Spotlight looks at trends and projections in the labor force participation of women from the 1950s to 2024. read more »

BEYOND THE NUMBERS

Beyond the Numbers: How pay and benefits change as job level rises

How pay and benefits change as job level rises

This article examines pay and benefits by job complexity to provide additional context about the nature of compensation. read more »

SPOTLIGHT ON STATISTICS

Employer-sponsored healthcare coverage across wage groups

Employer-sponsored healthcare coverage across wage groups

This article examines the relationship between wages and coverage in employer-sponsored medical, dental, and vision plans. read more »

BEYOND THE NUMBERS

This article examines experimental disease-based price indexes, which adjust expenditures on disease for inflation.

The cost of care: new insights into healthcare spending growth

This article examines experimental disease-based price indexes, which adjust expenditures on disease for inflation. read more »

BEYOND THE NUMBERS

Understanding the labor productivity and compensation gap

Understanding the labor productivity and compensation gap

This article studies trends in 183 industries that drive the widening gap between labor productivity and compensation. read more »

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Latest Numbers

Consumer Price Index (CPI):
unchanged in Jun 2017

Unemployment Rate:
4.4% in Jun 2017

Payroll Employment:
+222,000(p) in Jun 2017

Average Hourly Earnings:
+$0.04(p) in Jun 2017

Producer Price Index - Final Demand:
+0.1%(p) in Jun 2017

Employment Cost Index (ECI):
+0.8% in 1st Qtr of 2017

Productivity:
unchanged in 1st Qtr of 2017

U.S. Import Price Index:
-0.2% in Jun 2017

U.S. Export Price Index:
-0.2% in Jun 2017

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