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Union Membership, Activity, and Compensation in 2022 article image
Union Membership, Activity, and Compensation in 2022
July 2023

In 2022, 10.1 percent of workers in the United States belonged to a union. This Spotlight on Statistics focuses on union membership, strike activity, and compensation in 2022.

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A Look at a Neat Industry: Distilleries article image
A Look at a Neat Industry: Distilleries
June 2023

This Spotlight on Statistics reviews historical employment trends for distilleries and other components of the beverage manufacturing industry. Additionally, the Spotlight looks at trends in the number of establishments and wages for the distillery industry and compares them to trends among breweries and wineries. Finally, a look at consumer prices for distilled spirits is reviewed.

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Healthcare Occupations: Characteristics of the Employed
June 2023

The healthcare field has some of the fastest growing occupations in the United States. But what are the demographic characteristics of workers in healthcare occupations? Which healthcare occupations have the greatest share of self-employed workers, or the largest share of workers in the public sector? How about the average hours of work per week for people in a particular healthcare occupation?

A Look at Projected Employment in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, 2021‒31 article image
A Look at Projected Employment in Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, 2021‒31
March 2023

This Spotlight on Statistics examines employment in the professional, scientific, and technical services sector and the projected employment growth for the 2021–31 decade for some of its detailed industries and top-employing occupations.

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Business Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic
March 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted businesses across the United States. As a result, businesses made changes to adapt. Some of these adjustments included the increase of telework, workplace flexibilities, and pay changes. In this Spotlight, we observe differences in private industry business responses across firm sizes.