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Major Agency Sites
- Department of Labor (U.S.)
Offers information about department activities and links to department speeches, press releases, publications and subordinate bureaus/agencies.
- Wirtz Labor Digital Library
Offers a digital collection of U.S. labor publications, trade union and labor history materials, statistical material and more. . From the U.S. Department of Labor.
- Employment Commission (Virginia)
Provides information and data about job opportunities and the labor market in Virginia.
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (U.S.)
Enforces federal laws prohibiting job discrimination and provides oversight of federal equal employment opportunity regulations, practices, and policies.
- Department of Labor and Industry (Virginia)
Enforces labor laws in Virginia, promotes best employment practices, oversees job training opportunities, and investigates alleged violations of laws.
Statistics
- Bureau of Labor Statistics (U.S.)
Major source for statistical data on employment, wages, prices, and hours
- Current Population Survey
Links to data derived from monthly survey of 50,000 households conducted by the Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- FedStats
Gateway to statistics from over 100 Federal agencies including data on employment, labor force, and wages.
- LABORSTA
An international database of labor statistics. Includes data on employment, unemployment, hours, wages, consumer price index, occupational injuries and strikes. Covers more than 200 countries and territories. From the International Labour Office.
- VASTAT
Socioeconomic data on Virginia including employment, unemployment and commuting. From the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service of the University of Virginia
Periodicals
- Monthly Labor Review
The main Labor Department periodical. Offers articles on the labor force, labor-management relations, productivity, compensation and related topics. Current labor statistics forms last part of each issue.
- MLR: The Editor's Desk
Short news and data features which supplement the printed edition of the Monthly Labor Review. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Careers
- America's Career InfoNet
Information on occupational and wage trends for career seekers. A component of Career OneStop.
- Career Connect
Describes itself as a customer service network with information and forms at the state/national levels for job seekers, employers, labor market information, training and education, and community resources.
- Career Guide to Industries
Serves as a companion to the Occupational Outlook Handbook. Offers information on jobs in various industries, including training, working conditions, earnings, and employment outlook. Browse industries via A-Z index or use search engine. From Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Career OneStop
Publicly funded portal for career information and job hunting. Scan job openings, post resumes. Includes America's Career InfoNet, America's Job Bank, and America's Service Locator. Sponsored by a consortium of state governments, the Labor Department, educational institutions, and private organizations.
- Career Voyages
Information for career seekers which features the fastest growing occupations and industries with information about licensing requirements, skills, and education needed for job entry. Also offers related job openings by area.
O Net (Occupational Information Network) Online)
Successor to Dictionary of Occupational Titles. Information on job titles and skills/training required. For background information about the O Net database see: O Net:-Beyond Information-Intelligence
- Occupational Employment Statistics
Offers employment and wage estimates for more than 700 occupations and 400 nonfarm industries at national level. Less detailed data also available for states and selected metro areas.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
Compendium of information on contemporary occupations. Entries include working conditions, training, job outlook, earnings, related occupations, and sources for additional information. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Occupational Outlook Quarterly
Articles on occupational projections, specific occupations, and other job related facts and data.
Child Labor
Employment/Unemployment
- Current Employment Statistics: Employment, Hours and Earnings
Current data on employment, hours, and earnings by industry from a monthly survey of businesses and government agencies.
- Employment Projections
A collection of publications and statistics on job outlook information. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Employment Situation
Monthly unemployment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment
Annual report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on the employed and unemployed by selected demographic and economic characteristics Offers data by state, region, 50 largest metro areas and 17 central cities.
- Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
Data on job openings, hires, and separations. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Local Area Unemployment Statistics
Offers links to news releases, data, and publications on the labor force and unemployment rates for states, regions, counties, metro areas and cities of 25,000 or more. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Mass Layoff Statistics
Monthly and quarterly reports on actions that result in workers being separated from their jobs in large establishments. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Overview of BLS Statistics on Employment and Unemployment
Offers links to various employment data files including National, State and Local Employment and Unemployment, Employment Projections, and Employment by Occupation. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Unemployment Rates
Interactive map allows users to select states, counties, or metropolitan areas plus year and month to determine unemployment rate. Added features for determining 1 month and 12 month change. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Employment Equality
International
- Foreign Labor Trends
Information and statistics about law laws, conditions and institutions in various countries of the world. From the Bureau of International Labor Affairs.
- NATLEX
An international database of national labor, social security, and human rights legislation covering nearly 200 countries. Browse by subject or country to find references to legislation on work or worker related topics. Some full text. From the International Labour Organization.
Job Listings
- America's Job Bank
Data base of job openings sponsored by state employment services.
- Finding A Job
Official job information and services from the U.S. government, including veterans eligibility and rights, job search tips, and occupational requirements. From USA.gov.
- Jobs at William and Mary
Lists job openings at the College of William and Mary
- StudentJobs.Gov
Information about jobs for students with government agencies. Also create and store a resume for applying to federal jobs. From the Office of Personnel Management and the Department of Education
- USA Jobs
Official site for job listings with the federal government. Covers 12 categories and all regions of the U.S. Sponsored by Office of Personnel Management.
Labor Force Characteristics
- Foreign Born Workers: Labor Force Characteristics
Covers latest data on foreign born workers including demographic characteristics, unemployment status, earnings, and occupational employment. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- National Longitudinal Surveys
News releases, data, and publications relating to national long-range surveys of the labor-market experiences of selected representative population groups. Current surveys cover mature women, young women, young men and women, and children and young adults. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Overview of BLS Productivity Statistics
Links to data on outputs per hour of labor and combined measures of output. Includes major sector and industry productivity and costs data. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Quarterly Workforce Indicators
A set of indicators which measure the activity of the local economy, especially job creation at the county level. A work in progress, coverage of most states, including Virginia. Information by county includes total employment, job creation, new hires, turnover, and average monthly earnings. Data can be retrieved by age, sex and business sector. From the Census Bureau.
- Report on the American Workforce
Annual report from the U.S. Labor Department on issues and trends related to workers and occupations in America. Features a data section on the workforce.
- Virginia Electronic Labor Market Access
Information for job seekers, students, employers and workforce professionals on local labor markets in Virginia. From the Virginia Employment Commission.
- Women in the Labor Force: A Databook
Presents historical and current labor force and earnings data for men and women from the Current Population Survey. Focuses on the progress of women in labor force participation, earnings, and educational attainment since the 1970s. 2006 edition offers data through 2005. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Labor Unions
- BLS Data on Unions
Offers access to a list of information on labor unions including membership, earnings and characteristics of union members, and union affiliation by state, occupation, and industry. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Collective Bargaining Agreements
List of agreements covering 1,000 workers or more over the past ten years plus data on work stoppages. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- LMRDA Reporting and Public Disclosure
Covers annual financial reports, Constitutions, Bylaws, and other related financial information about labor unions. Also contains employer and labor relations consultant financial reports. From the Internet Public Disclosure Room of the Labor Department's Office of Labor-Management Standards.
- Major Work Stoppages
Current and historic data on strikes and other work stoppage actions in this annual report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Online Public Disclosure Room: Union Reports and Collective Bargaining Agreements
Covers various information relating to labor unions including annual financial disclosure information, constitutions and bylaws, collective bargaining agreements, union officer reports and more. From the Employment Standards Administration of the U.S. Department of Labor. .
- Union Membership
Number, percentage, earnings and characteristics of trade union members. Annual data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Retirement/Pensions
- Pension Search
Search the database to see if the federal government is holding pension funds for you or someone you know. From the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Wages/Benefits
- Average Annual Pay by State and Industry
Compares latest figures with previous year's figures and ranks states by per cent increase.
- Davis-Bacon Wage Determinations
A database of prevailing wage rates by job skill by state and county for the U.S. The rates are used to determine minimum wages which must be paid by contractors on federal public works projects in the specified area. From GPO Access and the Labor Department.
- Highlights of Women's Earnings in 2004
Data and analysis on the earnings gap between women and men from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Shows median weekly women's earnings at 80%, up from 63% in 1979.
- Minimum Wage Laws in the States
State by state coverage showing which states have minimum wage laws, the current minimum rate, and other related provisions of law. From the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division of the Employment Standards Administration.
- National Compensation Survey
Annual wage and benefit data for selected metro areas, regions, and the U.S. Offers data on earnings and hours worked for selected occupations in private and government sectors. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Successor to the Occupational Compensation Survey.
- National Compensation Survey - Benefits
Data on the incidence (percentage of workers covered by employer provided benefit plans) and characteristics of employee benefit plans. Covers private and public employers. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- National Compensation Survey: Compensation Cost Trends
Includes the Employment Cost Index, plus other data on employer costs for employee compensation and fringe benefits. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- National Compensation Survey - Wages
Data on occupational wages for localities, regions, and the nation. Entitled Occupational Compensation Survey between 1992 and 1997. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Overview of BLS Statistics on Wages, Earnings, and Benefits
Earnings and benefits data by occupation, industry, and geographic area. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Monthly employment and quarterly wage data for workers covered by state and federal unemployment insurance laws by NAICS industry codes at the national, state, county and selected metro geographic levels.
- Wage Determinations Online.gov
Information about pay rates for federal contracting projects under the Davis-Bacon and Service Contract Acts. From the Department of Labor.
- Wages by Area and Occupation
Features wage data for 400 industries and more than 800 occupations, for regions, states, and metro areas, and for men/women in 200 occupations. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Workplace Problems
- Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
Data on workplace fatalities and injuries, work-related illnesses, and time lost from injuries/illnesses. From the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
- Occupational Violence
A collection of resources relating to violent crime that is work-related. Covers research programs, statistical reports and public and private initiatives to address the problem of workplace violence. From the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
- Substance Abuse Information Database
A collection of resources on helping workers with substance abuse problems. Includes articles on setting up workplace substance abuse programs and workplace-related substance abuse laws organized by state/territory. From the U.S. Department of Labor.
