BLS Handbook of Methods Contents

Chapter 1. Labor force data derived from the Current Population Survey (HTML) (PDF)
Chapter 2. Employment, hours, and earnings from the establishment survey (HTML) (PDF) UPDATED
Chapter 3. Occupational employment statistics (HTML) (PDF)
Chapter 4. Measurement of unemployment in States and local areas (HTML) (PDF)
Chapter 5. Employment and wages covered by unemployment insurance (HTML) (PDF)
Chapter 6. Mass layoff statistics (HTML) (PDF) UPDATED
Chapter 7. National longitudinal surveys (HTML) (PDF)

Chapter 10. Productivity measures: Business sector and major subsectors (HTML) (PDF)
Chapter 11. Industry productivity measures (HTML) (PDF) UPDATED
Chapter 12. Foreign labor statistics: International Labor Comparisons (HTML) (PDF)

Last Modified Date: September 5, 2012

BLS Handbook of Methods