EARN 101:

Data resources and tools for analysis

Jessica Schieder

Economic Policy Institute/ Economic Analysis and Research Network

State unemployment and jobs data is released
- State unemployment
- Regional unemployment
- State jobs data
State and local government jobs data is released
- LAUS search function
State population numbers released
Updating rankings, RecessionWatch, and maps
JobsWatch email sent out to list

Jobs
- Total nonfarm employment
- Employment by industry
Labor Force
- Unemployment
- Labor force participation
- Part-time employment for economic reasons
- Employment-to-population ratio
Wages
- Wages by decile
- Wages by gender
- Wages by race and ethnicity
Immigration
- Foreign-born share of work force
- Count of prime-age working people by immigration status
Miscellaneous
- Median family income
- Median household income
- Poverty rates
- Health insurance coverage

Figure D

	State and local public sectors		Private sector
	Male	Female	Male	Female
White	29.1%	41.9%	35.3%	31.7%
African American	4.6%	8.2%	4.8%	5.5%
Hispanic	4.5%	6.2%	9.6%	6.3%
Other race	2.4%	3.3%	3.6%	3.2%

Note: Shares may not sum properly due to rounding.

Source: Authors’ analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata

Economic Policy Institute: epi.org