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BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1998
RELEASED TODAY: The Producer P
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BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JULY 13, 1998
__After two months of rising prices, th
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BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1998
When there's a sudden surge in sale
The administration plans to unveil a new type of government savings bond
today, with a return that will rise and fall with inflation to protect
investors' gains as well as to help finance the Federal debt They
will be promoted as an attractive means for middle-income people to
prepare for
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BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1998
RELEASED TODAY: In March 1998, empl
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BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, JULY 7, 1998
Nonmanufacturing business activity showed continued growth for the month
of June, although at a slower rate than
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BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JULY 6, 1998
__Pointing to what econo
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BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1998
RELEASED TODAY: Nonfarm payroll emplo
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BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1998
RELEASED TODAY: In May, 203 metropolitan areas recorded unemployment
rates
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BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1998
Sales of new homes rose in May to a re
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1998
Americans' personal income rose a robust 0.5 percent in May, but savings
slipped to 3.5 percent, according to the Commerce Department. Wages and
salaries gained 0.6 percent in May, after a 0.4 percent advance in
April Wages and salaries gained 0.6
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DAILY LABOR REPORT, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1998:
Initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits filed with state
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BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1998:
RELEASED TODAY
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BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1998:
TODAY'S NEWS RELEASE: "Number of Jobs, Labor Market Experience, and
Earnings Growth: Results from a Longitu
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BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY,. JUNE 23, 1998:
Employment prospects for the world's industrialized economies remain
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BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1998:
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BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1998
RELEASED TODAY: Regional and state un
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BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1998:
The economy continued to expand at
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BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1998
RELEASED TODAY: In March 1998, ther
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BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1998
RELEASED TODAY:
CPI -- On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.3
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BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JUNE 15, 1998
RELEASED TODAY: Time off for
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BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 1998
RELEASED TODAY: The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods rose 0.2
percent
ng bonuses of $2,000 to $4,000 for bachelors level economists. Any
good, preferably progressive, economists are welcome. Please respond to
me for details.
Dave
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The hot job market may melt teens' plans for college, says a Wall Street
Journal articl
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BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1998
RELEASED TODAY: The U.S. Import P
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BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1998
__The U.S. economy created a seasonall
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BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1998
RELEASED TODAY:
EMPLOYMENT
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BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1998
RECENT RELEASES:
PRODUCTIVITY
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BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1998
Manufacturing growth slowed more than expected in May, with Asia's
financial
On Mon, June 1, 1998 at 19:32:05 (-0400) Doug Henwood writes:
William S. Lear wrote:
Another thing about software development: you get much
higher quality when you allow extensive and relatively free worker
communication. This, dreadfully, can lead to all things like
confidence, solidarity,
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BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1998
According to the Wall Street Journal's consensus forecast (page A4),
nonfarm
The U.S. BLS writes
There is little accord among analysts on how quickly and by how much
growth will slow this year. Some say the Asian crisis fallout will
slash growth, with slack foreign demand dragging down both trade and
manufacturing. Others say domestic demand and stock-market-generated
Tracy Kidder's Soul of a New Machine tells just such a story.
Yes and No. Solidarity under duress tends to have lasting effects.
You'll hang out with your buddies (99% men, by the way), stinky,
bleary-eyed, working crazily, becoming labile and dropping
(artificial) social guards normally
At 03:33 PM 6/1/98 -0400, Richardson_D wrote:
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1998
Organizing workers in high-technology fields like computer programming
continues to be difficult for unions, with representation efforts
hampered by employee attitudes and the industry's staffing structures
At 03:33 PM 6/1/98 -0400, Richardson_D wrote:
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1998
Organizing workers in high-technology fields like computer programming
continues to be difficult for unions, with representation efforts
hampered by employee attitudes and the industry's staffing structures
William S. Lear wrote:
Another thing about software development: you get much
higher quality when you allow extensive and relatively free worker
communication. This, dreadfully, can lead to all things like
confidence, solidarity, etc.
Someone at the Binghamton labor conference said that
Few big projects are finished on
time and many are abandoned. We have some
experts on the list who could comment on this. But programmers do not see
themselves as workers, from what I have seen.
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1998
Organizing workers in high-technology fields like co
On Mon, June 1, 1998 at 13:17:48 (-0700) Michael Perelman writes:
I would like to hear more about this. Programming is becoming more
and more industrialized, but business is not making a lot of progress
in harnessing this industrialization. Few big projects are finished
on time and many are
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BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1998
New claims for unemployment insurance benefits filed with state agencies
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BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1998
This week's "Trendlines" is "Good New, Bad News in Falling C
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BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1998
Payrolls are sneaking up because more new jobs are higher wage, says
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BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1998
Unemployment rates fell in April in all four regions of the U.S
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went to people living in the US at the beginning of the year.
The Natl. Rest. Assn. never has believed the CPI for Food Away from Home
before, claiming that because of coupons restaurant prices have been
falling.
Dave
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1998
RELEASED TODAY:
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BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1998
A proposal under consideration by BLS to incorporate the price of
services
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BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MAY 18, 1998
After years of spectacular growth that has astounded the most optimistic
The BLS wrote:
Adding to the growing volume of sharply differing research on the
employment effects of raising the minimum wage, two new studies find
that the last round of wage hikes in 1996 and 1997 either caused no job
loss or eliminated nearly 200,000 positions. One of the studies by
Doug writes:
Some quick number play shows that for the last 2 years employment growth in
eating drinking establishments has lagged the national average, while
earnings and hours have run ahead of the average - a reversal of the trends
of the previous decades. If ED jobs had grown at the same
Does anyone believe this. Gingrich's friend, Richard Berman, just won't quit.
Richardson_D wrote:
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1998
More than 146,000 jobs were eliminated in the restaurant industry as a
result of the minimum wage increases in 1996 and 1997, the National
Restaurant
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1998
OSHA issues voluntary "common-sense" recommendations to reduce the
number of workers injured in late-night retail establishments,
especially convenience stores, liquor stores, and gasoline stations,
during robberies and other violent acts..
Doug,
I'd like to second Michael Perelman's point about tenure and downsizing.
This would be especially true in large companies which are more likely
to be unionized.
A lot of the increase in total tenure comes from changes in the pattern
of women's labor force participation - women are less
Doug, the increase in tenure is consistent with downsizing. For instance,
nobody in our department here has less than 10 years on the job. The
young people have been shed. Those with long tenure remain.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
At 12:13 PM 4/27/98 -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
Richardson_D wrote:
Average job tenure of American workers at medium and large companies has
reached 13.1 years, nearly a year longer than earlier in the decade,
according to a study by a management consulting firm. Examining the
employment records
Richardson_D wrote:
Average job tenure of American workers at medium and large companies has
reached 13.1 years, nearly a year longer than earlier in the decade,
according to a study by a management consulting firm. Examining the
employment records of 1.1 million workers at 59 companies, Watson
from the BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1998:
Mid-level managers are making a comeback, says The Washington Post (page
1). Managers are now a bigger part of the work force than they were at
the end of the 1980s, before the big management purge earlier this
decade, according to the Bureau
idarity,
Jim Devine
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1998:
With corporate layoff announcements up 38 percent over year ago levels,
it seems that downsizing is becoming a permanent aspect of U.S. labor markets.
^
Thomas Kruse wrote:
I wasn't paying close enough attention to a thread a bit ago entitled, I
belive, "what went right". If memory serves, the discussion was in part on
the creation of new jobs in the US. Does anyone have handy some of the data
from that thread, in particular the rate at which
So much for the shortage of high tech. workers.
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1998:
__The past couple of weeks have seen a steady drumbeat of layoff
announcements in industry sectors that until recently have complained
about personnel shortages, says Bernard Wysocki, Jr
Pen-L geniuses,
Let's say, hypothetically, that you believed that American
interest rates were too high. Could such factors as the securitization of
low-grade debt make pressure for higher returns "filter" up the
credit-ratings ladder? Could all that BB+ debt on
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1998:
Sales of new homes soared to a record high in February,
as the robust economy, low mortgage rates, and warm weather enticed
throngs of buyers. Single-family home sales rose 4.8 percent, to a
seasonally adjusted annual
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1998:
RELEASED TODAY: According to updated figures, manufacturing productivity
in the United States rose 4.4 percent in 1996, a smaller increase than
in 1994 or 1995. Nevertheless, the U.S. productivity growth rate was
higher than the rates recorded for 8
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1998
U.S. manufacturing productivity rose 4.4 percent in 1996, less than in
the two previous years but more than the rates recorded in eight of 10
other countries. Only in Japan and Germany did productivity rise faster
in 1996 that in the United States, BLS
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1998
RELEASED TODAY: In May 1997, about 25.0 million full-time wage and
salary workers had flexible work schedules that allowed them to vary the
time they began or ended work. The proportion of workers with such
schedules was 27.6 percent, up sharply from
RELEASED TODAY: In May 1997, about 25.0 million full-time wage and
salary workers had flexible work schedules that allowed them to vary the
time they began or ended work. The proportion of workers with such
schedules was 27.6 percent, up sharply from the 15.1 percent recorded
when the data
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1998
The lack of knowledge about the extent of child labor law violations in
the United States makes it difficult to determine exactly how many
children are working in agriculture and getting injured, witnesses tell
a congressional forum in Northern
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1998
It will take more than a small oil price increase to knock the U.S.
economy off its stride, says The Wall Street Journal (page A2) The
most important thing to remember, economists say, is that the recent
drop in oil prices was largely unexpected
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1998
Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 40 states in February, and the
jobless rate declined in 27 states, BLS reports (Daily Labor Report,
page D-1).
Wages for the lowest-paid workers finally are starting to rise,
suggesting the possible reversal
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1998
Predicting a "major hit" from the Asian financial crisis, the nation's
top manufacturing lobby said its members expect a significant slowdown
in U.S. export sales this year, as well as slower economic growth
overall. The National A
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1998:
Energy prices continued their nose dive in February, helping to
eliminate inflation at the wholesale level as measured by the Producer
Price Index for Finished Goods, which fell a seasonally adjusted 0.1
percent for the month, BLS reported (Daily Labor
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1998
TODAY'S NEWS RELEASE: The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods
declined 0.1 percent in February, seasonally adjusted. This decline
followed decreases of 0.7 percent in January and 0.2 percent in
December. The index for finished goods other than
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1998
RELEASED TODAY: The U.S. Import Price Index fell 0.8 percent in
February. The decline marked the fourth month in a row the index was
down and was again attributable to decreases in both petroleum and
nonpetroleum prices. The U.S. Export Price Index
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 1998
RELEASED TODAY: More than 21 million persons did some work at home as
part of their primary job in May 1997. The overall number of persons
doing job-related work at home did not grow dramatically between 1991
and 1997, but the number of wage
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1998
RELEASED TODAY: In the fourth quarter, productivity rose in both the
business and nonfarm business sectors by less than it had in the
previous quarter For the year 1997, productivity increases in both
sectors were about the same as the 1996
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1998
The economy is generating millions of new jobs every year, but most
Americans' standard of living is stagnant, says Louis Uchitelle (New
York Times, March 8, page 1, section 3). What's wrong? With new
competitors all around and customers growing
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1998
__Exceeding expectations for the fifth consecutive month, the U.S.
economy in February added a seasonally adjusted 310,000 new nonfarm
payroll jobs, with half the growth coming from service industries, BLS
says. The nation's unemployment rate essentially
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1998
RELEASED TODAY
EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- Nonfarm payroll employment rose, and the
unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 4.6 percent in February.
The number of payroll jobs rose by 310,000, with continuing strength in
services and construction
Richardson_D quoted:
Evidence is mounting that productivity growth is returning to the level
of the golden 1950s and 1960s.
Here are the numbers; I'll leave it to the readers to decide if Business
Week's assertions are true, or just part of the intoxicating afterglow of
checking your mutual
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1998
Wage data compiled by the Bureau of National Affairs in the first
eight weeks of 1998 show that the median first year wage increase in
newly negotiated labor contracts is 3 percent, the same increase as
reported for the year-ago period
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1998
___Declining energy prices kept inflation at bay in January as
measured by the CPI-U, which was unchanged for the month, seasonally
adjusted, BLS reports. The monthly CPI rate was unchanged for the
first time in four years, according
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1998
RELEASED TODAY:
CPI - The CPI-U was unchanged in January (seasonally adjusted),
following increases of 0.1 percent in each of the preceding two months.
The food index advanced 0.3 percent in January
.The energy index
declined 2.4 percent
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1998
There were 1,608 mass layoff actions by employees in December, involving
170,110 workers, BLS reports. The numbers were higher than that
reported by BLS in November, when there were 1,143 layoff actions
affecting 97,509 workers
.(Daily Labor Report
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1998
__Led by a sharp drop in finished energy prices and declines in about
every other category, the Producer Price Index for Finished Goods fell
a seasonally adjusted 0.7 percent in January, BLS reports. Over the
last year, the finished goods
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1998
RELEASED TODAY: In December 1997, there were 1,608 mass layoff actions
by employers as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance
benefits during the month. Each action involved at least 50 persons
from a single establishment, and 170,110
On Fri, 20 Feb 1998, Richardson_D wrote:
Stereotype turns students off of high-paying careers, says USA Today
(Feb. 16, page 1B). Students of all ages, although weaned on computers,
perceive tech jobs to be for introverts, geeks, and geniuses who can
hack into the CIA but rarely wear socks
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1998
__Sharply falling petroleum and nonpetroleum prices help lower the price
of imported goods by 1.3 percent in January, the largest monthly drop in
nearly a year, BLS reported. BLS also reported that import prices from
the Asian Newly Industrialized
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1998
RELEASED TODAY: The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods declined
0.7 percent in January, seasonally adjusted. This decline was led by a
sharp drop for finished energy prices and followed decreases of 0.2
percent in both December and November
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1998
__Sharply falling petroleum and nonpetroleum prices help lower the price
of imported goods by 1.3 percent in January, the largest monthly drop in
nearly a year, BLS reported. BLS also reported that import prices from
the Asian Newly Industrialized
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1998
The number of work stoppages dropped to an all-time low in 1997, but the
number of workers idled by stoppages increased from 1996, BLS reports.
BLS says 29 major work stoppages began during 1997, putting 339,000
employees out of work and resulting
BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1998
RELEASED TODAY: The number of major work stoppages dropped to a record
low in 1997. Other measures of work stoppage activity were low by
historical standards, although the number of workers idled by stoppages
increased from a year ago
.
Wage gains
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1998
__Productivity in the nation's nonfarm business sector grew by 2 percent
in the fourth quarter of 1997 and 1.7 percent for the year, BLS reports.
The productivity measure was based on output growth of 5.5 percent and
an increase of 3.5 percent
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY AND TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 AND 10, 1998
RELEASED TODAY: In the fourth quarter of 1997, productivity advanced
2.2 percent in the business sector as output grew 5.5 percent and hours
worked rose less - 3.2 percent (seasonally adjusted annual rates). In
the nonfarm business
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1998
RELEASED TODAY: Employment rose substantially in January, and the
unemployment rate remained at 4.7 percent. Nonfarm payroll employment
grew by 358,000, with large gains occurring in construction and
manufacturing
.
New claims filed
Richardson_D wrote:
"The changes we have made have lowered the rate of growth [in the CPI]
between about half a percentage point and eight tenths of a percentage
point," BLS commissioner Katharine Abraham said at a press conference
in New York on Jan. 29
.Abraham said the BLS planned to
At 04:10 PM 1/14/98 -0500, Dave Richardson wrote:
It should be noted that none of these decisions were made strictly from
the narrow financial point of view of the hospital -- that would be a
violation of medical ethics.
etc.
There is another possible interpretation: once the docs found out
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Hi --
This is for those who have wondered where the BLS Daily Report had gone.
The following was sent out to my co
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1997:
New claims filed with state agencies for unemployment insurance benefits
fell by 13,000 to a seasonally adjusted 307,000 in the week ending
December 20, the Labor Department's Employment and Training
Administration reports (Daily Labor Report, page D
BLS DAILY REPORT, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1997:
New orders for manufactured durable goods jumped 4.8 percent to $195
billion in November, with heightened demand for transportation equipment
leading the advance, the Commerce Department reports. When
transportation equipment is removed from
BLS DAILY REPORT, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1997:
Four years after the North American Free Trade Agreement opened borders
for freer movement of capital, reshaping the continent's industrial
landscape, labor is belatedly forging its own cross-border alliances.
And the new ties are changing the way
BLS DAILY REPORT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1997
Revisiting their own controversial research, a pair of prominent
economists concluded that better data support their original assertion:
Raising the minimum wage moderately doesn't cost jobs. In the new work,
David Card of the University
BLS DAILY REPORT, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1997
A new comprehensive set of wage data released by BLS shows average
hourly pay for more than 760 occupations across United States
industries. This first report is based on BLS' redesigned Occupational
Employment Survey, which for many years has been
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BLS DAILY REPORT, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1997
RELEASED TODAY: BLS announces the first release of wage data for a
comprehensive set of over 760 occupations from the redesigned
Occupational Employment Statistics (OES
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