US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Computer Programmers
An indepth look into a career as a computer programmer. Offers job outlook, education and training, job description and much more.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Musicians, Singers, and Related Workers
An in-depth page covering the nature, training, qualifications, and working conditions of musicians.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Coaches and Scouts
This resourcec provides career information about coaches and scouts.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Food and Beverage Serving Occupations
This resource provides detailed information on food and beverage serving occupations. It has sections on the nature of the work, working conditions, employment, training and advancement, job outlook, earnings, and additional information.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Broadcast and Sound Engineers
This resource provides information about careers for broadcast and sound technicians. Includes information about the nature of the work, working conditions, employment, training, job outlook, earnings, and related occupations.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Network and Computer Systems Administrator
This resource provides information about careers for computer systems analysts, computer engineers, and computer scientists. Includes information about the nature of the work, working conditions, employment, training, job outlook,...
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Logging Workers
This resource provides occupational information about logging workers.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Dietitians and Nutritionists
This resouced describes the nature of work, working conditions, training, job outlook, earnings, and employment possibilities for dietitians and nutritionists.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Lodging Managers
This report contains detailed information on the hotel manager career field. It has sections on the nature of the work, working conditions, employment, training and advancement, job outlook, earnings, and additional information.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
This resource provides information about occupational health and safety technicians.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Farming, Forestry, and Fishing
Occupational Outlook overview of careers in the agricultural production job family. Site includes nature of the industry, working conditions, lists of occupations, wages, and outlook, as well as links to sites with more information....
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Inflation Calculator
This site is really a calculator that tells you what the buying power of a given amount of money for a certain year would be in a different year.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Name That State!
Interactive activity in which students click on the identify the state. Choose from easy, medium, hard levels.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Unemployment in My Hometown
In this lesson plan, students interpret data tables from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to compare national and local unemployment data.
US Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau: Current Population Survey
The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a monthly survey of about 50,000 households conducted by the Bureau of the Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The survey has been conducted for more than 50 years. The CPS is the primary...
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Recreation and Fitness Workers
This U.S. Department of Labor site defines the careers of recreation and fitness workers. Includes descriptions of the job, employment info, training, and more.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Surgical Technologist
The U.S. Department of Labor provides an excellent site with all of the information you need to know about the career of a surgical technician.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Carpenters
This site is from States Department of Labor supplies information on the carpentry job industry. Data includes earnings, training, and job outlook.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Pharmacy Technician
The US Department of Labor site offers substantial information on the Pharmacy Technician Career. Page provides employment projections detailing nature of the work, employment training, job outlook, and earnings potential.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Productivity and Costs
This site provides statistics for manufacturing and productivity in the USA in various economic sectors.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Statisticians
Learn about careers in the field of statistics. Includes a job outlook and salary expectations.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Local Area Unemployment Statistics
Provides historical unemployment data for state and metropolitan areas of the United States.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: How the Government Measures Unemployment
A detailed publication that explains how the government decides who is counted as unemployed and how they measure unemployment.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: u.s. Economy at a Glance
The seven major economic indicators for the U.S. economy are listed here in an easy to read chart. The seven indicators are unemployment rate, change in hourly employment, average hourly earnings, consumer price index, producer price...