LibGuides: United States Government Data Preservation: Labor Statistics

Overview Labor Statistics

Notices like the one below announcing a reduction in data collected at the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the cancellation of the 2025 3rd Quarter GDP at the Bureau of Economic Analysis have spurred data archivists to preserve labor statistics.

Notice regarding funding of the Current Population Survey: The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Census Bureau have paused plans to reduce the Current Population Survey (CPS) sample in January 2025, due to a provision in the recently passed continuing resolution that allows BLS to spend CPS funds at a faster rate.

Gross Domestic Product, 3rd Quarter 2025 is cancelled. The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) announced that it had officially canceled releasing the advance estimate on gross domestic product (GDP) for the third quarter of 2025.

"The implications [of cancelled BEA data] will be to reduce the quality of all employment data available from public and private sources alike, which will have wide-ranging implications for many of us who depend on this data to make smarter workforce and economic development decisions," wrote William Cook of the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness.

DataLumos
DataLumos is an ICPSR archive for valuable government data resources. ICPSR has a long commitment to safekeeping and disseminating US government and other social science data, including data from BLS.
Data Rescue Project
The Data Rescue portal provides access to 108 employment and labor datasets from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, National Labor Relations Board, and Department of Labor.
Economic Policy Institute
The State of Working America Data Library provides researchers, media, and the public with easily accessible, up-to-date, and comprehensive historical data on the American labor force. It is compiled from Economic Policy Institute analysis of government data sources such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Social Security Administration.
Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Reports
These are the Employment & Training Administration state reports. The files are updated every morning with data available to the National Office database the previous day by 3:00PM Eastern Time. The National Office database is populated by collecting data from the 50 States, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands.
Friends of the Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Friends of BLS provide questions and answers about the impact of the 2025 Government Shutdown and BLS. Previous government shutdowns resulted in long delays of labor data and lower collection rates.
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