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A visual history of the U.S. workforce, 1970 to 2012
Oct 11, 2012
The number of employed Americans has nearly doubled over the past 30 years, but so has the number of people not in the workforce. Watch the U.S. employment picture change with our animated GIF.
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Future Jobs 2020: The lowest-paid careers in the U.S.
Aug 21, 2012
Waiters, bartenders and other service industry careers top the list for lowest paid, but the work is fairly easy to get if you need it.
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Monthly jobs report: A history of revisions
Jul 6, 2012
On the first Friday of each month the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its monthly jobs report. But don't pay too much attention to the number of jobs added or lost; it will be revised and revised again.
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Jobs returning, slowly
Feb 3, 2012
January unemployment was down from 8.5 to 8.3 percent. That's good news, but there's still work ahead, says economist Randall Wray.
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Employment report: The Christmas bump
Jan 6, 2012
Temporary holiday hires might be padding December’s big jobs numbers.
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U.S. Employment Picture at a Glance
Feb 4, 2011
CORRECTED 3/4/2011: This illustration has been updated to display the correct number of employed Americans who work part-time (shown in light gre...
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