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Real average hourly earnings for November to December 2021
Real average hourly earnings for all employees increased 0.1% from November to December 2021
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REAL EARNINGS – SEPTEMBER 2021
Real average hourly earnings for all employees increased 0.2 percent from August to September, seasonally adjusted
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Real average hourly earnings down 0.9 percent from August 2020 to August 2021
The change in real average hourly earnings combined with no change in the average workweek resulted in a 0.9-percent decrease in real average weekly earnings over this period.
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Nonfarm business labor productivity increased 2.1 percent in the second quarter of 2021, as output increased 8.1 percent and hours worked increased 6.0 percent. CHART IMAGE CHART DATA The second quarter of 2021 is the fourth consecutive quarter with increases in both output and hours worked, following historic declines in those measures in the second...
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Education level and projected openings, 2019–29
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has data by education level that show which occupations are expected to have the most openings over the coming decade.
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Taking a look at one of the common Labor Day traditions
Labor Day—which became an official holiday in 1894—marks the unofficial end of summer in the United States.
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Cost of College Tuition Has Remained Stable Since September 2019
From July 2011 to September 2019, consumer prices for college tuition and fees increased 32.0 percent. Since then, college tuition and fees have remained stable
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Percentage of People Working from Home
The percent of employed persons working at home on days they worked nearly doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, rising to 42 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported
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The Economics Daily: 62.7 percent of 2020 high school graduates enrolled in college
62.7 percent of 2020 high school graduates enrolled in college, down from 66.2 percent in 2019
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State Employment and Unemployment Summary: July 2021
Unemployment rates were lower in July in 17 states and the District of Columbia and stable in 33 states, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported
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