Statistics: Economic and Employment Statistics

Find information on employment, unemployment, inflation, wages and more.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management presents this authoritative source for statistical information related to federal employment statistics. The primary source of data is the Central Personnel Data File.

From the US Census Bureau

From the US Statistical AbstractL Includes Changing the Shape of the Nation's Income Distribution

This website, from the University of Wisconsin, provides information on a variety of topics regarding poverty in the US.

United States Department of Labor: Bureau of Labor Statistics: Local Area Unemployment Statistics. Find the most current unemployment rate for Ohio, seasonally adjusted. Also find historical unemployment rates

The OES program produces employment and wage estimates for over 800 occupations. These are estimates of the number of people employed in certain occupations, and estimates of the wages paid to them. Self-employed persons are not included in the estimates. Estimates are available for the nation, for individual States, and for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas; national occupational estimates for specific industries are also available. Archived since 1999

Put out yearly by the United States Department of Labor, this online reference source describes hundreds of different types of jobs and describes the training and education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job, and the working conditions.

View reports on income and poverty, measures of poverty, and find other statistical information regarding poverty in the US.

From the Bureau of Labor Statistics, view PDF reports on the Working Poor from 1996-2011

Find popular facts (population, income, etc.) and frequently requested data about your community. An easier way into Census data!

Access GDP (gross domestic product) and other earnings and trade information nationally and by region and industry.

Regional and state employment and wages from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The IMF publishes a range of time series data on IMF lending, exchange rates and other economic and financial indicators. Manuals, guides, and other material on statistical practices at the IMF, in member countries, and of the statistical community at large are also available.

The home of the U.S. Government’s open data.

Find the annual budget for the United States for the past 17 years.

A mashup of World Bank data with Google Maps. Has basic data, news, and project information for every country in which the World Bank is involved.

Explore statistics by topic, place or economic accounts.

Produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services. What is the Consumer Price Index?

This portal presents the data from the US Census Bureau's Economic Census in a user-friendly interface. The Economic Census is conducted every five years.

This site includes economic snapshots of selected industries and business facts and ratios about every industry. The Economic Census is conducted every five years, Economic Indicators are released monthly and quarterly. Other economic programs, for example County Business Patterns, are also available from the site.

This website includes general business statistics, consumer, demographic, and trade statistics, among other business related topics.