The Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics is recognized as an authoritative resource on the U.S. labor force. It continues and enhances the Bureau of Labor Statistics's (BLS) discontinued publication, Labor Statistics. The eighteenth edition allows the user to understand recent developments as well as to compare today's economy with past history. 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 225 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. What’s New in the 19th edition A chapter titled Women in the Workforce Recently released employment projections for 2014 through 2024 Tables which show the increase in cellular phone spending since 2007 as well as new tables on occupational safety and health New figures on a variety of topics including earnings and population projections