The Handbook is a comprehensive reference providing an abundance of data on a variety of topics including:
- employment and unemployment
- earnings
- prices
- productivity
- consumer expenditures
- occupational safety and health
- union membership
- international labor comparisons
- and much more!
Features of the publication
In addition to over 200 tables that present practical data, the Handbook provides:
- introductory material for each chapter that contains highlights of salient data and figures that call attention to noteworthy trends in the data
- notes and definitions, which contain concise descriptions of the data sources, concepts, definitions, and methodology from which the data are derived
- references to more comprehensive reports which provide additional data and more extensive descriptions of estimation methods, sampling, and reliability measures
The 16th edition includes several new features including:
- A new chapter titled Green Jobs, Technologies, and Practices. This chapter includes data on companies that use environmentally friendly practices and on establishments that produce green goods and services.
- Chapter 1 includes a section on the employment situation of veterans for the first time since the 2009 edition. In addition, more tables on employee tenure have been added.
- Tables on eldercare have been added in Chapter 12: American Time Use Survey.
- Chapter 6 includes a table on workplaces that provide “quality of life†benefits including childcare, subsidized commuting, and flexible workplaces.
- New figures on a variety of topics including the labor force, employee compensation, consumer expenditures, and international labor comparisons have been added throughout the book.