The following links cover earnings data in for the experienced civilian labor force, broken out by year of school completed, age and occupation. Source: Census. The U. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Wage Surveys show wages and salaries for hundreds of occupations, such as bookkeeper, accounting clerk, file clerk, keypunch operator, office boy or girl, secretary, stenographer, switchboard operator, receptionist, typist, draftsman, nurse, carpenter, engineer, fireman, machinist, electrician, millwright, painter, pipe fitter, plumber, elevator operator, guard, janitor, laborer, truck driver, watchman, and more.
Click on a state tab above to see cities and metro areas in the series. The following Area Wage Surveys report wages in office occupations clerks, secretaries, bookkeepers, office boys, typists, etc.
Source: Industry Wage Surveys from the U. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Bulletin series. One-page table shows price in cents, with data back to See data collection methodology in the Jan MLR. One-page table shows 80 years of average retail prices for bread, milk, eggs and other common food items. See page of this source for detail on how the data was collected. Food prices, Retail and wholesale prices for many foods on pp. By state, with national average.
Source : Census of Housing, unadjusted figures. Homeownership costs by metro area, Shows estimated purchase price of houses in , the average mortgage payment in and annual payment due for property taxes. Source : Family Economics Review, Sep , pp. Gross rent is defined as "the monthly amount of rent plus the estimated average monthly cost of utilities electricity, gas, water and sewer and fuels oil, coal, kerosene, wood, etc.
This source shows data by state and for the U. Source: U. Census of Housing , choose unadjusted figures. The annual rental costs in this table include utilities: water, heat, light, cooking fuel and refrigeration.
