Bls.gov is the official website of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, a subdivision of the Department of Labor which keeps track of labor economics and statistics. On the main site, you can view the various subject areas for which it has statistics, which include employment and unemployment, inflation, workplace injuries, and pay and benefits. Most of these sections have subsections in which you can find extremely specific statistics. You can go to the Databases and Tables section to search for said items by subject. The Publications section contains information on the various labor statistics publications that the site recommends, and the Economic Releases contains information on news releases made by the government on many of the statistics of which the site tracks. You can also search the site for any information you need using the search box in the upper right, and you can use various tools and calculators and get help on using the site and on the terms used on the site by checking the appropriate links at the bottom of the page.

Bls.gov is an extremely useful and accurate site for checking various economic statistics related to labor. The site’s audience is primarily younger and educated, and slightly more female than male, and visitors to the site also often go to career resources websites, business news and information websites, and job search websites.