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Date Added * BLS Program Product Type Title Description Correction Status
09/14/2023 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey The Economics Daily 60.2 percent of youth participated in the labor force in July 2023

As initially published, the industry titles in the second chart did not correspond to the employment numbers. The chart has been corrected.

Corrections made on 09/14/2023.
01/31/2023 Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Database

State Occupational Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities

Nonfatal Injury and illness estimates for Rail transportation NAICS 482 for New York for 2020 were mistakenly published.

Corrections made on 01/31/2023.
01/20/2023 Consumer Price Index Spotlight on Statistics

Inflation Experiences for Lower and Higher Income Households

In the text on slide 2, the 2018 median household income for all urban consumer income levels has been corrected to $55,000. Corrections made on 01/20/2023.
01/12/2023 Consumer Expenditure Survey BLS Reports

Consumer Expenditures in 2021

The year was corrected from 2020 to 2021 in the sentence, “In each successive month of 2021, inflation had been on a continual upward trend, beginning with a 12-month percent change of 1.4 percent in January and reaching 7.0 percent in December.”

Corrections made on 01/12/2023.
12/01/2022 Consumer Price Index Beyond the Numbers

Exploring price increases in 2021 and previous periods of inflation

A Consumer Price Index series for rent was mislabeled as shelter in table 1 and in the text referring to table 1. This mislabeling has been corrected.

Corrections made on 12/01/2022.
11/30/2022 Consumer Price Index Database

All Urban Consumers database

 

BLS inadvertently published an index number for October 2022 that did not meet Consumer Price Index publication criteria. The data series was for food at elementary and secondary schools. The value for October 2022 has been removed from the database for the following series:

  • CUUR0000SSFV031A - Food at elementary and secondary schools in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted
  • CUUS0000SSFV031A - Food at elementary and secondary schools in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted
  • CUSR0000SSFV031A - Food at elementary and secondary schools in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted

 

Corrections made on 11/30/2022.
11/28/2022 Local Area Unemployment Statistics The Economics Daily

Minnesota had the lowest jobless rate in September 2022

In the sentence, “All 50 states and the District of Columbia had unemployment rate decreases from September 2021 to September 2022” the first reference to the month was corrected.  

Corrections made on 11/25/2022.
11/21/2022 Consumer Price Index Database

Consumer Price Index and average price data for the following series in Miami for September 2022 were incorrectly published in the database. The following series were affected:

  • CUURS35BSEHF02 - Utility (piped) gas service in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted
  • CWURS35BSEHF02 - Utility (piped) gas service in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, urban wage earners and clerical workers, not seasonally adjusted
  • APUS35B72620 - Utility (piped) gas service in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted
Corrections made on 11/21/2022.
11/14/2022 Productivity and Costs The Economics Daily

Productivity down 1.4 percent, real hourly compensation down 3.4 percent, over past year

The last sentence of the second paragraph was corrected to indicate that there was a decrease of 1.4 percent in labor productivity from the third quarter 2021 to the third quarter of 2022.

Corrections made on 11/14/2022.
11/03/2022 Consumer Price Index Database

Index and average price data for Consumer Price Index series in the Chicago area for June through September 2022 were incorrectly published in the database. See the list of series affected by this correction.

Corrections made on 11/21/2022.
09/26/2022 Consumer Price Index Spotlight on Statistics

Housing Leases in the U.S. Rental Market

The graphic in slide 4 has been updated to reflect the correct data on lease terms in Wisconsin and Wyoming. Corrections made on 09/26/2022.
09/12/2022 Employment Projections Other

Table 1.1A Employment by major occupational group, 2021, and projected 2031, including adjustments for realized gains (HTML) (XLSX)

The "Employment change, percent, 2021–31, excluding realized gains" column of table 1.1A referenced incorrect data when initially published. The column has been updated to reflect the correct data.

Corrections made on 09/09/2022.
09/08/2022 Consumer Expenditure Survey Other; News release

Headline on the www.bls.gov homepage for Consumer Expenditures — 2021 news release.

The headline that appeared on the BLS homepage the morning of September 8, 2022, incorrectly said average consumer expenditures in 2021 had decreased from 2020, but they had actually increased. The headline has been corrected.

Corrections made on 09/08/2022.
09/07/2022 Consumer Price Index Database

Average Price database

Average Price data for electricity in several areas for July 2022 were incorrectly published in the database. Corrected data were published after the release of the Consumer Price Index data for August.  The following series were affected:

  • APU030072610 - Electricity per KWH in South urban, average price, not seasonally adjusted
  • APU037072610 - Electricity per KWH in West South Central, average price, not seasonally adjusted
  • APUS00072610 - Electricity per KWH in Size Class A, average price, not seasonally adjusted
  • APUS30072610 - Electricity per KWH in South - Size Class A, average price, not seasonally adjusted
  • APUS37B72610 - Electricity per KWH in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX, average price, not seasonally adjusted
Corrections made on 09/16/2022.
08/11/2022 Consumer Price Index Database

All Urban Consumers database

Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers database

The base period labels were incorrect in the database for four Consumer Price Index series. The data shown for these series are correct as originally published in the database, as well as in the news release and other tables. The base period labels for the following series were corrected August 11, 2022:

  • CUSR0000SEEE01 - Computers, peripherals, and smart home assistants in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted (All Urban Consumers)
  • CWSR0000SEEE01 - Computers, peripherals, and smart home assistants in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted (Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers)
  • CUSR0000SEEB03 - Day care and preschool in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted (All Urban Consumers)
  • CWSR0000SEEB03 - Day care and preschool in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, seasonally adjusted (Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers)
Corrections made on 08/11/2022.
06/30/2022 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Database

Small-area employment inputs for five areas in Maryland were corrected for January and February 2022. Due to additivity to the state level, these corrections resulted in minor changes to employment and labor force series for all areas in Maryland, as well as shared interstate areas with Delaware, the District of Columbia, and Pennsylvania. Unemployment rates were affected in a small number of areas, and no area had an unemployment rate change larger than 0.3 percentage point. These estimates were corrected in the LABSTAT database on June 29, 2022.

Corrections made on 06/29/2022.
06/23/2022 Import/Export Price Indexes News release

U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes — May 2022 (PDF)

There was an error on page 3 of the release concerning the last time capital goods export prices had a larger 12-month increase. That has been corrected.

Corrections made on 06/23/2022.
06/22/2022 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National) Monthly Labor Review

The challenges of seasonal adjustment for the Current Employment Statistics survey during the COVID-19 pandemic

Corrections to this article were made on June 22, 2022. Tables A-2, A-5, A-8, and A-9 have been corrected to include the phrase “normal treatment” in place of “additive outlier only” in their titles. Tables A-3, A-6, A-8, and A-10 have been corrected to include the phrase "additional intervention" in place of "all outlier types" in their titles.

Corrections made on 06/22/2022.
05/27/2022 Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Other

Supplemental Files for County Employment and Wages News Release

Three files with incorrect Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages data for fourth quarter 2021 were released on May 25, 2022. The files were corrected on May 26, 2022.

Corrections made on 05/26/2022.
04/01/2022 Business Employment Dynamics Spotlight on Statistics

The Decline in Employment Dynamism Over the Last Three Decades

The final sentence in slide 9 has been updated to correct the number of states with a drop of less than 10 percent.

Corrections made on 04/01/2022.
03/25/2022 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (State and Metro Area) Database

Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database

Some employment data for Arizona, Maine, and Wyoming were incorrectly published in the BLS database. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.

Corrections made on 03/25/2022.
03/18/2022 Consumer Price Index Other

Consumer Price Index retroactive series using current methods

The spreadsheet file for all items less food and energy for the Consumer Price Index retroactive series (R-CPI-U-RS) was replaced on March 16, 2022, to correct an error initially published on March 15, 2022.

Corrections made on 03/16/2022.
03/10/2022 Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey News release

Job Openings and Labor Turnover — January 2022 (PDF)

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover news release for January 2022, initially issued on March 9, 2022, stated an incorrect reference month for the hires estimates. The estimates in this paragraph are for January, not December. BLS reissued this news release correcting this error on March 10, 2022.

Corrections made on 03/10/2022.
02/16/2022 Producer Price Indexes News release

Producer Price Indexes — January 2022

The Producer Price Index news release for January 2022, initially issued on February 15, 2022, contained incorrect data in table 2 for residential natural gas for the months of September 2021 through November 2021. BLS reissued the news release on February 16, 2022, with a corrected table 2.

Corrections made on 02/16/2022.
02/11/2022 Consumer Price Index News release

Consumer Price Index — January 2022

The PDF version of the Consumer Price Index news release for January 2022 was re-issued February 10, 2022. Data errors were found in tables in the PDF version of the news release. Data found elsewhere including the text version of the news release are correct as originally published.

Corrections made on 02/10/2022.
02/10/2022 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey Database

Current Population Survey database

BLS identified an error in the rounding of median hourly earnings data and associated standard errors. A total of 162 series were affected. The estimates were rounded to the nearest integer, instead of 2 decimal places (or to the nearest dollar, instead of to the nearest cent). This problem only occurred with the annual averages for 2021. These estimates were corrected in the LABSTAT database. None of these were included in published tables.

The data series that have been corrected are listed at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/corrected-median-hourly-earnings-data-initially-published-with-incorrect-rounding-2022-02.htm.

Corrections made on 02/09/2022.
02/10/2022 Consumer Price Index Other

Using Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data

Statements in Using Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data were updated to correct the incorrect values. The section on 2021 Series Adjusted Using Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment has been corrected to say, "For the seasonal factors introduced in January 2022, BLS adjusted 70 series using Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment, including selected food and beverage items, motor fuels, electricity, and vehicles."

The section on Determining Seasonal Status has been corrected to say, "For 2022, 36 of the 81 components of the U.S. city average all items index are not seasonally adjusted."

Corrections made on 02/10/2022.
02/09/2022 Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Database

These 4 XLSX tables produced for special data requests had an error in the calculation for SOC code 29-1210 (Physicians).

Corrections made on 02/09/2022.
01/25/2022 American Time Use Survey Monthly Labor Review

Time use of millennials and Generation X: differences across time

Table 1 has been updated to correct a calculation error in the percent distribution of employed men in 2003 and 2019.

Corrections made on 01/24/2022.
01/18/2022 Producer Price Indexes Database

Producer Price Indexes database

Some 2021 annual average data for the Producer Price Indexes were incorrect when first added to the public database January 13, 2022. The annual averages were removed from the database January 14. Corrected estimates will be added to the database with the next update of Producer Price Indexes data on February 15, 2022.

Corrections made on 01/14/2022.
12/17/2021 Employment Cost Trends News release

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation – June 2021

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation – September 2021

Tables 4, 5, and 6 in the June 2021 and September 2021 new releases contained errors. Corrections were made in 9 rows for June 2021 and 1 row for September 2021.

Corrections made on 12/17/2021.
12/15/2021 Employee Benefits Survey Other

Health care plan provisions for private industry workers in the United States, 2020

Retirement Plan Provisions for Private Industry Workers in the United States, 2019

Appendix table 2 of both publications showed incorrect numbers of workers represented. The original numbers were incorrectly calculated using Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 2010 and have been corrected using SOC 2018.

Corrections made on 12/09/2021.
12/15/2021 Employee Benefits Survey Other

National Compensation Survey: Employee Benefits in the United States, March 2021

Appendix table 2 incorrectly stated that Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) 2018 was used to classify workers. SOC 2010 is currently used for estimation, and the table has been corrected.

Corrections made on 12/09/2021.
12/15/2021 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey Database; News release

Employment Characteristics of Families — 2020

Current Population Survey database

BLS corrected 2019 and 2020 data on the number and percent of total married-couple families with only one spouse employed. The incorrect data appeared in the text of the news release, in table 2 of the news release, and in the online database.

Corrections made on 12/20/2021.
12/15/2021 Office of Survey Methods Research Other

Household and establishment survey response rates

The unit response rates for the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey for the months of September, October, and November 2021 were incorrectly displayed when this page was updated December 6, 2021. The final response rates for those months were not yet available and were removed.

Corrections made on 12/13/2021.
12/10/2021 Consumer Price Index News release

Consumer Price Index — November 2021

The news release published on December 10, 2021 was reissued the same day to correct the following sentence: "The all items index rose 6.8 percent for the 12 months ending November, the largest 12-month increase since the period ending June 1982.” The original sentence referenced October instead of November.

Corrections made on 12/10/2021.
11/30/2021 Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey Beyond the Numbers

Job openings and labor turnover trends for States in 2020

Chart 2 incorrectly showed values as percentages in the map's legend and tooltip.

Corrections made on 11/30/2021.
11/22/2021 Consumer Price Index Other

Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Consumer Price Index data for October 2021

Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Consumer Price Index data for September 2021

Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Consumer Price Index data for August 2021

In "Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Consumer Price Index data" for August, September, and October 2021, table 1 has been updated to correct values for August 2021 on telephone and online collection for the commodities and services survey.

Corrections made on 11/22/2021.
11/16/2021 Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Other

Fact Sheet Police Officers 2018

This fact sheet was updated on November 8, 2021, to correct a bullet in the "Key Facts" about the incidence rate of nonfatal injuries and illnesses involving days away from work.

Corrections made on 11/08/2021.
10/27/2021 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey News release

Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers — Second Quarter 2021 (PDF)

BLS reissued this news release to address incorrect values for 9 seasonally adjusted series. The incorrect data were published in table 1, in the text of the news release, and in the online database.

Corrections made on 10/19/2021.
10/01/2021 Employment Projections Career Outlook

Projected openings in occupations that require a college degree

The 2020 median annual wage for occupations that require a bachelor’s degree as the typical entry-level education was incorrectly published. The article has been updated to reflect the correct 2020 median annual wage, $78,020.

Corrections made on 09/30/2021.
09/17/2021 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (State and Metro Area) Database

Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database

Some employment data for Baltimore City, Maryland, were incorrectly published in the BLS database. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.

Corrections made on 09/17/2021.
08/27/2021 Consumer Price Index Monthly Labor Review

Inflation expectations and inflation realities: a comparison of the Treasury Breakeven Inflation curve and the Consumer Price Index before, during, and after the Great Recession

Table 1, figures 3–5 and 8–9, and related text were updated to correct miscalculations of the rates of overshoot and undershoot.

Corrections made on 08/27/2021.
08/05/2021 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey Other

Annual table 18. Employed persons by detailed industry, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (HTML) (PDF) (XLSX)

BLS identified an error in the 2020 annual average table "18. Employed persons by detailed industry, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity." The percentages for administrative and support services were incorrect.

Corrections made on 07/30/2021.
08/04/2021 Import/Export Price Indexes Database; News release

U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes News Release

U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes Database

BLS discovered an error in the export air freight price indexes from January 2021 to June 2021. With the release of August 2021 U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes, the three affected export price indexes (all air freight, air freight-Europe, air freight-Asia) have been corrected in the BLS database.

Corrections made on 09/15/2021.
07/29/2021 Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey Other

Impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Job Openings and Labor Turnover data for May 2021

The data in table 1 on collection mode for May 2021 have been corrected. Corrections made on 07/29/2021.
07/20/2021 Productivity News release

Productivity and Costs – First Quarter 2021, Preliminary

Productivity and Costs – First Quarter 2021, Revised

The BLS Productivity program discovered processing errors in the first quarter 2021 estimates of hours worked for the business, manufacturing, and nonfinancial corporate sectors. The error in hours worked resulted in errors for first quarter 2021 hours worked and related measures, including labor productivity. More information can be found at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/corrected-hours-worked-and-labor-productivity-for-labor-productivity-and-costs-2021-Q1.htm. Corrections made on 07/20/2021.
06/14/2021 Mountain-Plains Information Office News release

Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region – May 2021

As originally published, chart 1 showed the 1-month change instead of the 12-month change for the all-items Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers.

Corrections made on 06/11/2021.
06/04/2021 Productivity The Economics Daily

Productivity up in 45 states and DC as decreases in output and hours were widespread in 2020

As originally published, the data table and the tooltip in the chart incorrectly stated the employment level was in thousands.

Corrections made on 06/04/2021.
06/03/2021 Consumer Expenditure Survey The Economics Daily

Consumer spending on vehicles averaged $8,427 in 2016

As originally published, the data for “maintenance and repairs” and “rental, leasing, licensing, and other charges” were switched in the chart data table.

Corrections made on 06/03/2021.
05/18/2021 Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Database; News release

County Employment and Wages news releases and data

In the spring of 2020, BLS modified its imputation process for the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) to be more responsive to current economic conditions. While continuing work to improve this process, BLS made an unintended data-processing error. This error affected data for the second, third, and fourth quarters of 2020. BLS has analyzed this issue and has determined that the impact on QCEW employment was negligible at the statewide level. In smaller areas and industries, revisions may be larger than usual. Wage data were not affected. Following the usual QCEW practice, these data will be revised and corrected with the full data update on September 1, 2021. For more information on QCEW imputation methodology, see Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Imputation Methodology.

Corrections to be made on 09/01/2021.
03/26/2021 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (State and Metro Area) Other; Database

Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database

Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area, 3-month average change, seasonally adjusted

Some employment data for the Medford, Oregon, Metropolitan Statistical Area were incorrectly published in the BLS database and a table. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.

Corrections made on 03/26/2021.
03/26/2021 Productivity Other

Historical Multifactor Productivity Measures (SIC 1948-87 linked to NAICS 1987-2020)

Data in these files were corrected because of misreporting of labor hours, combined inputs, and multifactor productivity for the private business and private nonfarm business sectors.

Corrections made on 03/26/2021.
03/19/2021 Local Area Unemployment Statistics Database; Other

Model-based employment and unemployment data have been corrected for Michigan, the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Metropolitan Statistical Area, and Balance of Michigan (the state less Detroit-Warren-Dearborn) for July 1998. The corrected estimates better reflect the impact of a large-scale labor dispute. Both seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data for the three areas were affected. The 1998 annual averages also were recalculated to reflect the corrections to the estimates for July.

Corrections made on 03/19/2021.
02/25/2021 Work Stoppages News release; Other; Database

Major Work Stoppages in 2020

Work Stoppages Annual Historical Table, 1947–present

Work Stoppages Detailed Monthly Listing, 1993–present

Work Stoppages Detailed Monthly Tables

BLS identified an issue with the published 2020 Work Stoppages summary. At least one stoppage meeting the definition for inclusion in the report was not included.

Corrections made on 03/01/2021.
02/25/2021 Southeast Information Office News release

Southeast News Releases

Consumer Price Index, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach – December 2020

Consumer Price Index, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell – December 2020

As initially published, the chart data table associated with the View Chart Data link contained incorrectly labeled dates. Corrections made on 02/25/2021.
02/24/2021 Employment Projections Other

Civilian labor force projections, 2019–29

The file originally published on September 1, 2020, included the same data values for “all other men” and “all other women.” The data for “all other men” have been corrected.

Corrections made on 02/24/2021.
02/18/2021 Work Stoppages Database; News release; Other

Major Work Stoppages in 2019

Work Stoppages Annual Historical Table, 1947–present

Work Stoppages Detailed Monthly Listing, 1993–present

Work Stoppages Detailed Monthly Tables

As originally published, the number of days of idleness for work stoppages between February 2018 and December 2020 was incorrect. President’s Day in February 2018 was mistakenly included as a workday, which affected the number of lost workdays and days idle. The Work Stoppages program does not include federal holidays. Cumulative values for ongoing work stoppages were also affected in the subsequent months.

Corrections made on 02/19/2021.
02/11/2021 Consumer Price Index Database; News release; Other

Consumer Price Index — January 2021 (PDF)

On February 10, 2021, the Consumer Price Index program published incorrect December values for 29 seasonally adjusted CPI-U special relative series in the database. The incorrect data were also published in tables 2 and 6 in the news release and in the CPI-U news release companion file.

Corrections made on 02/11/2021.
01/15/2021 Consumer Price Index Database; News release; Other

Consumer Price Index — December 2020 (PDF)

On January 13, 2021, the Consumer Price Index program published incorrect December values for 29 seasonally adjusted CPI-U special relative series in the database. The incorrect data were also published in tables 2 and 6 in the news release and in the CPI-U news release companion file.

Corrections made on 01/19/2021.
01/13/2021 Consumer Price Index News release

Consumer Price Index — December 2020 (PDF)

The news release heading originally said the material was embargoed until 8:30 a.m. (ET) January 13, 2020, instead of 2021. The date has been corrected.

Corrections made on 01/13/2021.
01/04/2021 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey Monthly Labor Review

Employment recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

In the section on “Job losses,” a sentence has been corrected to say the number of unemployed was 14 million in August 2020 and 11 million in November 2020.

Corrections made on 01/04/2021.
12/30/2020 Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages The Economics Daily

Internet publishing employment up 48 percent, first quarter 2016 to second quarter 2020

As initially published, the chart and data table contained incorrect employment and establishment numbers for Internet publishing and web search portals for the first quarter of 2020.

Corrections made on 12/30/2020.
12/15/2020 Business Response Survey The Economics Daily

60 percent of businesses with average pay less than $20k told some staff not to work due to COVID-19

The first paragraph was corrected to say 39 percent of establishments paying an average wage greater than $80,000 told at least some employees not to work.

Corrections made on 12/15/2020.
12/03/2020 Consumer Price Index Other

October 2020 CPI collection information and response rates

September 2020 CPI collection information and response rates

August 2020 CPI collection information and response rates

July 2020 CPI collection information and response rates

June 2020 CPI collection information and response rates

May 2020 CPI collection information and response rates

April 2020 CPI collection information and response rates

In the Consumer Price Index monthly COVID-19 impact statements for April 2020 through October 2020, the list of data series shown as inadequate for publication has been corrected.

Corrections made on 12/03/2020.
12/03/2020 Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Other

2018 Case and Demographic Characteristics for Work-related Injuries and Illnesses Involving Days Away From Work

2017 Case and Demographic Characteristics for Work-related Injuries and Illnesses Involving Days Away From Work

Tables on work-related injuries and illnesses involving days away from work in 2017 and 2018 that show parts of the body affected incorrectly showed neck injuries as a subset of head injuries.

Corrections made on 01/11/2021.
11/30/2020 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National) Beyond the Numbers

Forty years of falling manufacturing employment

In table 1, the estimate was corrected for the percent change in employment for trade, transportation, and utilities. In table 2, the estimate was corrected for employment in nondurable goods manufacturing in June 2019 and the change in nondurable goods manufacturing employment from 2009 to 2019.

Corrections made on 11/30/2020.
11/18/2020 Employment Cost Trends News release

Employment Cost Index — September 2020

The HTML version of the technical note contained incorrect information about the number of responding private industry establishments.

Corrections made on 10/30/2020.
11/18/2020 National Longitudinal Surveys Database; News release

Number of Jobs, Labor Market Experience, and Earnings Growth: Results from a National Longitudinal Survey

BLS reissued this news release on October 7, 2020, to correct microdata errors associated with creating hourly wage variables. The corrections affected data points presented in table 5 and the text of this news release.

Corrections made on 10/07/2020.
09/28/2020 Productivity Other

1987-2018 Capital by Measure for Major Sectors and NIPA–level Industries 

1987-2018 Information Capital by Measure for Major Sectors and NIPA–level Industries

1987-2018 Intellectual Property Capital by Measure for Major Sectors and NIPA–level Industries

Data in these files were corrected on September 29, 2020, because of misreporting of productive capital stock, gross investment, wealth stock and deprecation in the manufacturing sector.

Corrections made on 09/29/2020.
09/23/2020 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey Database; News release; Other

Current Population Survey database

Employment Situation news releases, January through July 2020

Usual Weekly Earnings news releases, First and Second Quarter 2020

On September 23, 2020, BLS corrected data errors in the Current Population Survey. These errors were associated with the introduction of a new occupation classification system in January 2020. The errors did not affect most major series, including the official unemployment rate. The impact was negligible for the vast majority of the corrected series. More information is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/revision-to-current-population-survey-estimates-for-January-through-July-2020.htm. Corrections made on 09/23/2020.
09/11/2020 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (State and Metro Area) Database; News release; Other

Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database

Some employment data for California were incorrectly published in the BLS database, news releases, and tables. These estimates were corrected September 11, 2020. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.

Corrections made on 09/11/2020.
08/31/2020 Consumer Expenditure Survey Beyond the Numbers

Receipt and use of stimulus payments in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic

Within the chart titled, “Chart 3. Stimulus payment use by race or ethnicity of respondent, June 11–June 16, 2020,” data were incorrectly labelled.

Corrections made on 08/31/2020.
08/21/2020 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (State and Metro Area) Database; News release

Employment, Hours, and Earnings – State and Metropolitan Area Database

Some employment data for Oxnard, CA, were incorrectly published in the BLS database. These estimates were corrected August 21, 2020. More information about the affected series is available at www.bls.gov/bls/errata/sae_errata.htm.

Corrections made on 08/21/2020.
07/14/2020 Consumer Price Index News release

Consumer Price Index — June 2020

In the HTML version of the news release, the title of the box note about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Consumer Price Index data was corrected to say June instead of May.

Corrections made on 07/14/2020.
07/08/2020 Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Other

Police Officers, 2018

The fact sheet was updated on July 7, 2020 to correct a sentence about the age distribution of officers with injuries and illnesses involving days away from work.

Corrections made on 07/07/2020.
06/30/2020 Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Database

Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses

The Bureau of Labor Statistics identified ten private sector industry estimates from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses that were published in error for 2018. For more information about correcting this error, see www.bls.gov/bls/errata/corrections-to-survey-of-occupational-injuries-and-illnesses-data-june-30-2020.htm.

Corrections made on 06/30/2020.
06/26/2020 Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey Database

Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey Database

Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey estimates for January 2020 have been updated to correct an error in federal government data. For more information about correcting this error, see www.bls.gov/bls/errata/corrections-to-job-openings-and-labor-turnover-survey-estimates-for-january-2020.htm

Corrections made on 07/07/2020.
06/19/2020 Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Monthly Labor Review

Fatal occupational injuries to older workers

The Bureau of Labor Statistics discovered errors in the reported fatal occupational injuries by latency and age in table 8. Of the over 144,000 cases, there were 12 cases of missing latency and 4 cases that were incorrectly assigned to the various categories. The differences in number were minor and do not affect the analysis. The table will not be updated.

No Corrections will be made.
06/02/2020 Productivity Other

Private Business and Private Nonfarm Business Multifactor Productivity Tables

Data in this file were corrected on May 28, 2020, because of misreporting of the indexes for combined inputs, price of combined inputs, and multifactor productivity in the private business, and private nonfarm business sectors.

Corrections made on 05/28/2020.
05/08/2020 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National) Database; News release

The Employment Situation — April 2020

Current Employment Statistics National database

On May 8, 2020, BLS discovered errors in national estimates for seasonally adjusted all employees in professional and technical services, professional and business services, private service-providing, service-providing, total private, and total nonfarm. The corrected change in total nonfarm employment for April 2020 is 37,000 lower than initially reported. Estimates were corrected for February, March and April 2020.

Corrections made on 05/08/2020.
04/28/2020 Consumer Expenditure Survey News release; Other

Consumer Expenditure Surveys News Releases, Tables, and Public-Use Microdata

BLS identified an issue with the estimated tax data associated with the Consumer Expenditure Surveys Annual Calendar Year tables from 2013 to 2018, the Midyear tables from 2013 to 2018, and the Public-Use Microdata files from 2013 to 2018. Estimates of federal and state taxes and after-tax income are affected by this issue. BLS has suppressed these values in the 2019 Midyear tables and is investigating the impact in previous years. Corrections will be issued as needed.

No Corrections will be made.
04/22/2020 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey News release

Employment Situation of Veterans — 2019

Population controls used in the weighting of state data for veterans and nonveterans in tables 6a and 6b were incorrect. All differences were minor and not statistically significant. They were corrected on April 22, 2020.

Corrections made on 04/22/2020.
04/21/2020 Productivity Other

1987–2018 Detailed Capital Measures for Major Sectors and Industries

Data in this file were corrected on April 21, 2020, because of misreporting of rental residential capital in the private business, private nonfarm business, manufacturing and nonfarm, nonmanufacturing sectors.

Corrections made on 04/21/2020.
04/03/2020 Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National) Other

Current Employment Statistics Highlights, March 2020

A previous version of the chart on the education and health services page erroneously showed an incorrect value for the prior 12-month average change for offices of dentists. The correct value is +1,000. The chart has been corrected and replaced.

Corrections made on 04/03/2020.
02/21/2020 Consumer Price Index The Economics Daily

Consumer prices increase 2.5 percent in the 12 months ending January 2020

The chart and data table originally displayed most dates incorrectly as "2020." These errors were corrected February 21, 2020.

Corrections made on 02/21/2020.
02/21/2020 Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey Database; News release; Other

Current Population Survey database

Population controls used in the weighting of data for veterans and nonveterans were incorrect for November and December 2019. All differences were minor and not statistically significant, but they were corrected on February 21, 2020. In addition to the Current Population Survey database, the following news releases and other tables were corrected:

Corrections made on 02/21/2020.
02/21/2020 Southwest Information Office News release

Changing Compensation Costs in the Dallas Metropolitan Area – December 2019

The Dallas-Fort Worth data shown in Table 1 of this release were incorrect as published on February 3, 2020. All Table 1 data for Dallas-Fort Worth were corrected on February 19, 2020.

Corrections made on 02/21/2020.
01/22/2020 Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Other

Table on fatal occupational injuries to independent workers, 2016–18 (XLSX)

BLS identified an error in the table “Fatal occupational injuries to independent workers, 2016–2018.” The values for intermediate contractors and independent contractors were incorrect. The table was corrected on January 21, 2020.

Corrections made on 01/22/2020.
01/15/2020 Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities Other

Table R66 2018 Table R66 2017

We identified errors in occupation table R66, in which three Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes were presented incorrectly for years 2017 and 2018. The affected SOC codes are 29-2035, 33-9093, and 43-3099. The table presents occupational injuries and illnesses by number and median days away from work. The data were not affected by this error. The tables were corrected on January 14, 2020.

Corrections made on 01/15/2020.
01/13/2020 Consumer Price Index Database

Consumer Price Index database

On January 14, 2020, data for the following series will suppressed for December 2019, and data for November 2019 will be removed from the BLS database and current tables:

  • APU000072511 (Fuel oil #2 per gallon (3.785 liters), U.S. city average)
  • APU010072511 (Fuel oil #2 per gallon (3.785 liters), Northeast)
  • APU011072511 (Fuel oil #2 per gallon (3.785 liters), New England)
  • APUN00072511 (Fuel oil #2 per gallon (3.785 liters), Size Class B/C)
  • APUN00072511 (Fuel oil #2 per gallon (3.785 liters), Northeast Size Class B/C)

We plan to provide updated values in our database and on current publication tables on February 13, 2020. Monthly price indexes are unaffected by the error.

Corrections made on 01/13/2020.
01/10/2020 Consumer Expenditure Survey Other

Consumer Expenditure Tables

Minor errors have been corrected in the following data tables containing 1995 data for two gift series, Education and All other gifts.

  1. Average annual expenditures and characteristics of all consumer units, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1992–1999 (TXT) (PDF).
  2. By Income Before Taxes: Average annual expenditures and characteristics of all consumer units, Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1995.

The corrected 1995 value for Education is $120 and the corrected value for All Other Gifts is $114.

Corrections made on 01/10/2020.

* For errata data prior to 2020, please see our Archived Errata Table.