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The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a monthly survey of households
conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a
comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment and persons not in the labor force.
The Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program produces monthly
and annual employment, unemployment, and labor force data for Census regions and divisions,
States, counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities, by place of residence.
The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program collects reports on mass layoff
actions that result in workers being separated from their jobs. Monthly mass layoff numbers are
from establishments which have at least 50 initial claims for unemployment insurance (UI) filed
against them during a 5-week period. Extended mass layoff numbers (issued quarterly) are from a
subset of such establishments—where private sector nonfarm employers indicate that 50 or more
workers were separated from their jobs for at least 31 days.
Comparative (adjusted to U.S. concepts) labor force, employment, and unemployment data
and several analytical variables are available from the Economic News Releases and Special Data
Tables section on the International Labor Comparisons home page starting from 1960 for ten
countries.
Comparative hourly compensation costs in national currencies and U.S. dollars for production
workers and all employees in manufacturing are available from the Economic News Releases and
Special Data Tables section on the International Labor Comparisons home page starting from 1975
for 36 economies.
Comparative productivity and unit labor cost data for the manufacturing sector are available
from the Economic News Releases and Special Data Tables section on the International Labor
Comparisons home page starting from 1950 for 17 economies.
Comparative real gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and per employed person are available
from the Economic News Releases and Special Data Tables section on
the International Labor Comparisons home page starting from 1960 for 16 countries.
Unadjusted annual consumer price indexes (CPI) are available from the Economic News Releases
and Special Data Tables section on the International Labor Comparisons home page starting from
1950 for 16 countries.
Monthly percent change data for indexes following the concepts and methods of the European HICP
are available for eight countries and areas.
How is Unemployment Defined Who is counted as statistically
unemployed; what does it take to be counted in the official unemployment rate?
Types of Unemployment and How it is Calculated The
unemployment rate is measured by dividing the number of unemployed workers by the total number of
workers in the labor force. To be a member of the labor force, one has to be able and willing to
work.
Longer Unemployment for Those 45 and Older
Workers ages 45 and over form a disproportionate share of the hard-luck recession category, the
long-term unemployed — those who have been out of work for six months or longer, according to
the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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