June 24, 2020

For the year ended May 2020, leisure and hospitality employment in New York decreased 62.1 percent. Over that period, leisure and hospitality employment decreased at least 50.0 percent in 10 states and the District of Columbia, compared with 21 states and the District of Columbia for the 12-month period ending in April 2020.

June 24, 2020

For the year ended May 2020, leisure and hospitality employment in New York decreased 62.1 percent. Over that period, leisure and hospitality employment decreased at least 50.0 percent in 10 states and the District of Columbia, compared with 21 states and the District of Columbia for the 12-month period ending in April 2020.

June 23, 2020

Employer costs for employee compensation for private industry workers averaged $35.34 per hour worked in March 2020. Wages and salaries averaged $24.82 per hour worked and accounted for 70.2 percent of these costs. Benefit costs averaged $10.53 and accounted for the remaining 29.8 percent. In the utilities industry, total compensation costs averaged $66.01 per hour worked in March; benefits accounted for 38.3 percent of compensation costs in the industry.

June 23, 2020

Employer costs for employee compensation for private industry workers averaged $35.34 per hour worked in March 2020. Wages and salaries averaged $24.82 per hour worked and accounted for 70.2 percent of these costs. Benefit costs averaged $10.53 and accounted for the remaining 29.8 percent. In the utilities industry, total compensation costs averaged $66.01 per hour worked in March; benefits accounted for 38.3 percent of compensation costs in the industry.

June 22, 2020

Prices for U.S. imports decreased 6.0 percent from May 2019 to May 2020. Import fuel prices declined 49.6 percent over the past 12 months. Within the fuel category, prices for petroleum fell for the year ended in May, declining 51.5 percent. In contrast, natural gas prices increased 15.8 percent over the same period.

June 22, 2020

Prices for U.S. imports decreased 6.0 percent from May 2019 to May 2020. Import fuel prices declined 49.6 percent over the past 12 months. Within the fuel category, prices for petroleum fell for the year ended in May, declining 51.5 percent. In contrast, natural gas prices increased 15.8 percent over the same period.

June 19, 2020

Real average hourly earnings for all private nonfarm employees increased 6.5 percent from May 2019 to May 2020. The increase in real average hourly earnings combined with a 0.9-percent increase in the average workweek resulted in a 7.4-percent increase in real average weekly earnings over the year. The increases in real average hourly and weekly earnings largely reflect the substantial job loss over the year among lower-paid workers as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to contain it.

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June 19, 2020

Real average hourly earnings for all private nonfarm employees increased 6.5 percent from May 2019 to May 2020. The increase in real average hourly earnings combined with a 0.9-percent increase in the average workweek resulted in a 7.4-percent increase in real average weekly earnings over the year. The increases in real average hourly and weekly earnings largely reflect the substantial job loss over the year among lower-paid workers as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to contain it.

June 18, 2020

The Producer Price Index for final demand declined 0.8 percent from May 2019 to May 2020. Prices for final demand less foods, energy, and trade services moved down 0.4 percent, the largest 12-month decrease since the index began in August 2013.

June 18, 2020

The Producer Price Index for final demand declined 0.8 percent from May 2019 to May 2020. Prices for final demand less foods, energy, and trade services moved down 0.4 percent, the largest 12-month decrease since the index began in August 2013.

June 17, 2020

The national job openings rate was 4.2 percent in fourth quarter 2019. Among the 18 largest metropolitan areas, job opening rates ranged from 3.3 percent in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington, to 4.7 percent in the Washington, DC, area.

June 17, 2020

The national job openings rate was 4.2 percent in fourth quarter 2019. Among the 18 largest metropolitan areas, job opening rates ranged from 3.3 percent in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington, to 4.7 percent in the Washington, DC, area.

June 16, 2020

Consumer prices for food at home increased 4.8 percent for the year ended May 2020, with prices for all six major grocery store food groups rising over that period. This compared with a 0.1-percent increase in prices for all items.

Soon after I became Commissioner, the top-notch BLS staff shared with me their vision to expand the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS). The JOLTS program publishes data each month on the number and rate of job openings, hires, and separations (broken out by quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations). These data are available at the national level and for the four large geographic regions—Northeast, Midwest, South, and West.

That left a major data gap on labor demand, hires, and separations for states and metropolitan areas. BLS provides data on labor supply for states and metro areas each month from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program. We also provide data on employment change in states and metro areas each month from the Current Employment Statistics survey. Employment change is the net effect of hires and separations, but it doesn’t show the underlying flow of job creation and destruction. Having better, timelier state and metro...

June 16, 2020

Consumer prices for food at home increased 4.8 percent for the year ended May 2020, with prices for all six major grocery store food groups rising over that period. This compared with a 0.1-percent increase in prices for all items.

June 15, 2020

The number of job separations decreased by 4.8 million in April 2020 to 9.9 million.  Despite the over-the-month decline, the separations level is the second highest in history. Separations include quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations.