Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Employment down from May 2019 to May 2020 in all large metro areas on the Internet at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2020/employment-down-from-may-2019-to-may-2020-in-all-large-metro-areas.htm (visited July 06, 2020).

Using Current Employment Statistics data, this article examines employment for all 50 states and the District from 2007 to 2016 to determine whether an industry composition effect slowed the post-Great Recession recovery of six states—Alabama, Connecticut, Mississippi, New Mexico, West Virginia, and Wyoming. The industry composition of these states was analyzed first at a macrolevel (from goods producing to service providing) and then at a more detailed industry supersector level. Based on industry shares over a decade, the industry composition of the six states that were slower to recover was little different from the composition of the states that did recover. However, the six states had higher rates of employment in goods-producing industries before the recession and higher rates of employment in service-providing industries following the recession.

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Employment down from May 2019 to May 2020 in all large metro areas on the Internet at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2020/employment-down-from-may-2019-to-may-2020-in-all-large-metro-areas.htm (visited July 06, 2020).

July 02, 2020

On an average day in 2019, nearly everyone age 15 and older (95 percent) engaged in some sort of leisure activity, such as watching TV, socializing, or exercising. Men spent more time in leisure activities (5.5 hours) than did women (4.9 hours).

Watching TV was the leisure activity that occupied the most time, accounting for just over half of all leisure time, on average. Men spent 3 hours per day watching TV, while women spent 2.6 hours. Socializing, such as visiting with friends or attending or hosting social events, was the next most common leisure activity, accounting for just under 40 minutes a day for both men and women.

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July 02, 2020

On an average day in 2019, nearly everyone age 15 and older (95 percent) engaged in some sort of leisure activity, such as watching TV, socializing, or exercising. Men spent more time in leisure activities (5.5 hours) than did women (4.9 hours).

Watching TV was the leisure activity that occupied the most time, accounting for just over half of all leisure time, on average. Men spent 3 hours per day watching TV, while women spent 2.6 hours. Socializing, such as visiting with friends or attending or hosting social events, was the next most common leisure activity, accounting for just under 40 minutes a day for both men and women.

June 29, 2020

Workers in motor vehicle manufacturing suffered 6.3 nonfatal injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers in 2018. The rate for the industry remained over twice as high as the rate for all private industry each year from 2009 to 2018.

How hard can it be to figure out whether a person is employed or unemployed? Turns out, it can be hard. When BLS put out the employment and unemployment numbers for March, April, and May 2020, we also provided information about misclassification of some people. I want to spend some time to explain this issue, how it affected the data, and how we are addressing it.

In the monthly Current Population Survey of U.S. households, people age 16 and older are placed into one of three categories:

June 29, 2020

Workers in motor vehicle manufacturing suffered 6.3 nonfatal injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers in 2018. The rate for the industry remained over twice as high as the rate for all private industry each year from 2009 to 2018.

June 26, 2020

The animal slaughtering and processing industry had about 527,000 jobs in May 2019. Two occupations combined made up over one-third of employment in this industry: meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers (114,160) and slaughterers and meat packers (67,670).

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June 26, 2020

The animal slaughtering and processing industry had about 527,000 jobs in May 2019. Two occupations combined made up over one-third of employment in this industry: meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers (114,160) and slaughterers and meat packers (67,670).

June 25, 2020

In May 2020, unemployment rates were lower in 38 states and the District of Columbia, higher in 3 states, and stable in 9 states. All 50 states and the District of Columbia had jobless rate increases from a year earlier.

This article examines the relationship between workers’ ability to work at home, as captured in job characteristics measured by the Occupational Information Network, and the actual incidence of working at home, as measured by the American Time Use Survey and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979. For occupations in which telework is feasible, the article also estimates the proportion of workers who actually teleworked for a substantial amount of time prior to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The article concludes by examining recent (April 2020) employment estimates from the Current Population Survey, aiming to gauge how the initial employment effects of the pandemic differed between occupations in which telework is feasible and occupations in which it is not.

June 25, 2020

In May 2020, unemployment rates were lower in 38 states and the District of Columbia, higher in 3 states, and stable in 9 states. All 50 states and the District of Columbia had jobless rate increases from a year earlier.