The Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics: Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data is recognized as an authoritative resource on the U.S. labor force. It continues and enhances the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) discontinued publication, Labor Statistics. It brings historical and recent data from the BLS and other government agencies together into a convenient, single-volume source of labor information. 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
• Employment projections by industry and occupation
• Occupational safety and health
• Union membership
• International labor comparisons
• And much more!

The 16th edition maintains the content of previous editions and updates the text with additional and new features including:

• Recently released labor force and employment projections from 1990 to 2020 which include tables and figures on:

- The fastest-growing occupations between 2010 and 2020
- Projected job openings by educational attainment, work experience, and on-the-job training between 2010 and 2020
- Industries with the largest expected declines in employment from 2010 to 2020

• Additional tables on occupational safety and health and international labor comparisons
• A variety of new figures throughout the book on topics including the labor force, mean annual wages, employee compensation, and consumer expenditures