December 03, 2010

Unit labor costs in the third quarter of 2010

Incidence of underemployment among employed workers 16 years and older, by occupational group, October�December 2007 and 2009
Occupational group	Percent underemployed
Occupational group	October�December 2007	October�December 2009
Protective service	0.7	1.3
Computer and mathematics	0.8	1.5
Legal	0.5	1.5
Building and grounds cleaners	6.1	13.9
Food preparation and serving	6.8	14.6
Construction and extraction	6.5	15.1

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