Labor Day 2013: Fast Facts and Stats About Jobs and Working in the United States From U.S. Census
You can find the complete compilation of facts and stats put together by the U.S. Census here.
A Few Highlights
155.7 million
Number of people 16 and older in the nation’s labor force in May 2013.
$48,202 and $37,118
The 2011 real median earnings for male and female full-time, year-round workers, respectively.
25,448
The number of shoe stores for back-to-school shopping in 2011.
5.7 million
Number of commuters who left for work between midnight and 4:59 a.m. in 2011. They represented 4.3 percent of all commuters.
25.5 minutes
The average time it took workers in the U.S. to commute to work in 2011. Maryland and New York had the most time-consuming commutes, averaging 32.2 and 31.5 minutes, respectively.
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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