Newsroom employment has plummeted since 2008, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The n...

The U.S. population is getting better educated. But only in some places and not in others. Among the nation's 3,138 counties, the 58 per...

This has been a helluva year for those who work with demographic and economic statistics. Everything is topsy turvy. The usually dependable ...

Recent trends in the information publishing industry are not pretty—at least for workers in traditional publishing establishments. In the pa...

Among the ten fastest-growing occupations in the decade ahead, none is projected to grow faster than wind turbine service technician. The Bu...

Nearly one-third of the nation's employed workers told the Bureau of Labor Statistics in June that they had teleworked or worked at home...

In normal times, the employed outnumber those who are not employed among the population aged 16 or older. Nationally, that's still the c...

Americans everywhere have been badly hurt by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey. Among al...

Here's a question you might have asked yourself but never thought there would be an answer. How many dual-earner couples work for the sa...

TGIF! You know the feeling. You know it because you've lived it over and over again—about 1,400 times by the time you're in your fif...

In just 10 years, the number of bookstores in the United States fell from 12,558 to 7,548—a 40 percent decline, according to the Census Bure...

A few months ago, the Bureau of Labor Statistics profiled the nation's breweries  and their explosive growth. Breweries are in their hey...

How big is the digital economy? If you've been trying to figure this out, you're in luck. The Bureau of Economic Analysis has produc...

Pity the thirsty masses of 2006. Back then, there were only 398 breweries in the entire United States. Today, there are 2,843, according to ...

If you've ever wondered how many startup firms are in the United States, it's your lucky day because the Bureau of Labor Statistics ...

Until the introduction of the smartphone in 2007, the effect of the internet on employment in traditional media—newspapers, magazines, and b...

New research data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals the importance of startup firms to employment growth. Startup firms (less than...

Residents of the nation's major metropolitan areas live near fewer jobs than they did in 2000, according to a study by the Brookings Ins...

The nation's most urban counties grew by a substantial 4.2 percent between 2010 and 2014, faster than any other type, according to a Dem...

Less valuable than a degree from a public institution, according to a recent field experiment. By submitting fictitious resumes to real job ...