Agencies & Office

Bureau of Labor Statistics

• How are the labor force components (i.e., civilian noninstitutional population, civilian labor force, employed, unemployed, and unemployment rate) defined?
• What is the CPI?
• How do I use the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for escalating contracts?
• Is the Consumer Price Index (CPI) a cost-of-living index?
• Is the Consumer Price Index (CPI) the best measure of inflation?
• How does the Producer Price Index (PPI) differ from the Consumer Price Index (CPI)?
• What are the fastest growing occupations?
• What types of hours and earnings data are available from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey?
• How is the Consumer Price Index (CPI) used?
• How are "wages" defined by the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey?