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.

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.

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.

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.

Temporary holiday hires might be padding December’s big jobs numbers.

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…