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Employees (in thousands) October payrolls (in millions)Year and function Total Federal1State Local Total Federal1State Local1940 4,474 1,128 3,346 $ 566 177 $3891945 6,556 3,375 3,181 1,110 642…Annual Federal Minimum Wage Rates, 1955-2021
The least you can earn Way back in 1938, after decades of campaigning by labor rights activists, Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act and created the minimum wage rate for work in the…Employment Status by Race, 1975–2008
YearEmployment rate1Unemployment rate2WhiteBlackHispanic3WhiteBlackHispanic3197556.7%50.1%53.4%7.8%14.8%12.2%198060.052.357.66.314.310.1198561.053.457.86.215.110.5199063.756.761.94.811.48.2199563.857…Median Weekly Earnings of Selected Occupations, 2010
OccupationBoth sexesMenWomenNumber of workers (in thousands)Median weekly earningsNumber of workers (in thousands)Median weekly earningsNumber of workers (in thousands)Median weekly earningsAll…Youth Employment Trends
Source: U.S. Department of Labor. Report on the Youth Labor Force, November 2000. Based on Current Population Survey data. Web: stats.bls.gov/opub/rylf/rylfhome.htm . How Many…Occupations with the Largest Job Growth, 2004–2014
(by number of new jobs; numbers in thousands of jobs) EmploymentChangeOccupation200420141NumberPercentRetail salespersons 4,256 4,992 736 17.3 Registered nurses 2,394 3,096 703 29.4…Occupations with the Largest Job Decline, 2004–2014
(numbers in thousands of jobs) EmploymentChangeOccupation200020141NumberPercentFarmers and ranchers 1,065 910 –155 –14.5 Stock clerks and order fillers 1,566 1,451 –115 –7.3 Sewing…Farm and Nonfarm Labor Force, 1940–2005
(number in thousands)YearCivilian labor force employedTotalAgricultureNonagriculturalindustries1940147,5209,54037,9801945152,8208,58044,240195058,9187,16051,758195562,1706,45055,7221960265,7785,45860…Extended Mass Layoff Events and Number of Workers Laid Off by Industry, 1999–2001
Industry Number of mass layoffs Number of workers laid off 1999 2000 2001 1999 2000…Distribution of Extended Mass Layoff Events and Separations by Size of Layoff, 1999–2000
Number of workers Layoff events Separations Number Percent1 Number Percent1 1999 2000 1999…Trending
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