Research Guides: Statistics: Labour & Income

Labour & Income

International Labour Organization (ILO) - Statistics and Databases
Year book of labour statistics (ILO)
- 1935 -2009
- Includes consumer price indices (cost of living indexes), employment, wages, hours of work, labour cost, economically active population, unemployment, strikes and lockout, occupational injuries
Bulletin of Labour Statistics (ILO)
- 1965 - 2009 (Holding incomplete)
- Provides annual data for the past 10 years and monthly and quarterly data for a period of three years
- The second quarter issue also contains data on wagesm monthly salaries and normal hours of work per week for employees in a few selected occupations
OECD Employment Outlook
- 1983 - 2013
- Online, 2002+ (OECDiLibrary)
Benefits and wages
- 2002, 2004, 2007
- Online (OECDiLibrary)
International Labour Review (ILO)
- 1921-2011
- Online, 1921 - present (HeinOnline)
Monthly Labor Review (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
- 1915-2007
- Contains international comparison data
- Online, 1915 - present (holding incomplete)
Occupational wages and hours of work and retail food price (ILO)
- 2005 - 2009
Labour force surveys (ILO)
This site compiles information about and links to Labour Force Surveys from a variety of countries around the world.
Taxing wages
- 1998/99 - 2011/12
- Online, 2010+ (OECDiLibrary)
ManpowerGroup Employment Outlook Surveys
Survey aimed to measure employers' intentions to increase or decrease the number of employees in their workforce during the next quarter. Quarterly statistics. PDF format.