Labor (Includes Wages, Productivity, Employment/Unemployment)

A Note about the Call Numbers:

Check the appropriate statistical tables in the following titles:

• Employment and Earnings
  Gov. Doc. Stacks L 2.41/2: ; Monthly (1954-date)
  Selected Tables available online at:
  http://www.bls.gov/opub/ee/home.htm
  
  
• Monthly Labor Review
  Available in various formats L 2.6: ; monthly (1938-date)
  also available online at:
  http://stats.bls.gov/opub/mlr/mlrhome.htm
  
  
• Compensation and Working Conditions
  (previously Current Wage Developments)
  Gov. Doc. Stacks L 2.44: ; monthly (1957-64; 1971-date)
  also available online at:
  http://www.bls.gov/opub/cwc/
  
  
• Economic Indicators
  Gov. Doc Stacks Y 4.EC 7:EC/9 ; Monthly (1948-date)
  also available online at:
  http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collectionGPO.action?collectionCode=ECONI
  
  
• Survey of Current Business
  Gov. Doc. Stacks C 59.11: ; Monthly (1948-date)
  also available online at:
  http://www.bea.gov/scb/index.htm (1994-date)

Current/retrospective information can also be obtained from the following sources:

• Statistical Abstract of the United States
  http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab (current year)
  Main DeskR 311.973 Uni (Current edition)
  Gov. Doc. Stacks C 3.134: (1879-date)
  Oldest editions have a different class number.
  
  This is a compilation of statistics on all facets of American life, collected by both governmental and non-governmental agencies. References are given with each table, citing the original source of the information. There is a detailed subject index.
  
  
• Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970
  Gov. Doc. Ready Reference Shelves C 3.134/2:H 62/789-970
  also available online at:
  Vol. I: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS55561 (.pdf file - Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
  Vol II: http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS55811
  
  This supplement to Statistical Abstract includes comparative historical statistics for the United States.
  
  
• Carter, Susan B. [et al.] - Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Times to the Present.
  Main Ref 317.3 His 2006
  
  This new 5 volume set published by Cambridge University Press is a revision to "Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial times to 1970." The volumes cover:
  • Volume 1 - Population
  • Volume 2 - Work and Welfare
  • Volume 3 - Economic Structure and Performance
  • Volume 4 - Economic Sectors
  • Volume 5 - Governance and International Relations

Last updated 2/6/2012

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