Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Bureau of Stats Bls Form

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Have you ever wondered how the unemployment rate you hear about on the news is calculated? Each month we talk to people across the country, asking questions about what they did last week. Based on their responses, we divide people into one of three categories: employed, unemployed, and not in the labor force. Let's use this hive and these bees as an example. If you have a job, you are employed. If you do not have a job, are currently looking for and available to take a job, you are unemployed. Employed and unemployed make up what's called the labor force. Everyone else falls into our third category, not in the labor force. Some examples are if you are retired, a student, or taking care of your family. The vast majority of people who are not in the labor force say that they do not want a job. To calculate the unemployment rate, you add the employed and the unemployed to get the labor force. Then you divide the number of unemployed by the labor force. So the unemployment rate is the unem