The Bureau of Labor Statistics has published its latest round of economic news releases for the week of September 28–October 2, 2026, including the September 2026 Employment Situation and August 2026 data on metropolitan area employment and job openings and labor turnover.
The Employment Situation for September 2026 is available in HTML, PDF and chart form, alongside Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment for August 2026 and the Job Openings and Labor Turnover survey for August 2026.
In its Economics Daily series, the bureau reported that nonfuel import prices rose 5.5 percent for the year ending August 2026, the largest increase since May 2022. It also noted that, from ages 18 to 38, Americans born from 1957 to 1964 and from 1980 to 1984 were both employed for 76 percent of all weeks, and that no prior work experience was required for 90 percent of workers across 26 occupations in 2025.
Other items examined what is driving school and employee bus transportation employment and employer costs for employee compensation, which averaged $75.12 in the San Jose area in March 2026.
Upcoming releases, all scheduled for Eastern Time, include the Consumer Price Index and Real Earnings on October 14 at 8:30 a.m., the Producer Price Index on October 15, U.S. Import and Export Price Indexes on October 16, State Employment and Unemployment on October 20 and Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and Salary Workers on October 21. Questions may be directed to blsdata_staff@bls.gov.