Tapping the Master Sources of Employment Data 1. Go to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics…

Tapping the Master Sources of Employment Data

1. Go to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov).

 ∙ Once there, click on the tab Databases & Tables (or Data Tools).

 ∙ Next, from “On This Page:”, select Employment.

 ∙ Then under Monthly, go to Employment, Hours, and Earnings-State and Metro Area and select the icon for one-screen data search.

 ∙ From the sequence of menus, (1) Select a state. (2) Select a city (MSA) of interest to you. (3) Select Total Nonfarm Employment. [For this exercise you skip Step 4] (5) For Data Type, select All Employees, In Thousands. (6) Check both Seasonally Adjusted and Not Seasonally Adjusted. (7) Add to your selection and click on Get Data.

 ∙ What is the latest annual count? How much has it changed from the previous year?

 ∙ How far back does the data series go?

2. Now return to the list of databases under Employment.

 ∙ Read down the menu under Quarterly to State and County Employment . . .

 ∙ Again select the icon for one-screen data search.

 ∙ For a county within your MSA of interest, find the employment in residential property management and nonresidential property management (North American Industry Classification System, or NAICS, codes 531311 and 531312)

 ∙ Find the employment in two other industry categories that interest you.