The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects the most growth in health care and technology occupations over the next 10 years. But the projections aren’t iron-clad.

Schedule F would expand the role of political appointees in the government. So what would that mean for federal economic data?

BLS survey data showed that in 2023, 35% of employed people did some or all of their work at home.

Owners’ equivalent rent measures the market cost of living in a home — which is a bit different from how much we actually spend on housing.

The survey of employers was created to help answer puzzling questions about labor.

The WSJ’s Lauren Weber talks about “how we sort ourselves into different occupations and how in some ways we are sorted.”

Rising productivity makes possible rising living standards over time.

A more stable, less swingy labor market, as reflected in the latest JOLTS data, is usually good news.

It means interest rate hikes are having the intended effect. Tapering consumer demand and high labor costs are weighing on earnings.

To make the CPI’s health care component more accurate, the Bureau of Labor Statistics changed how it uses health insurance data.