EMSIdata is collectedfrommore than 90 federalandstatesources, such as the U. s. Bureau of labor Statistics, the U. s. CensusBureau, and statelabordepartments.
Also, look at data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Employment report, where you can view employment numbers nationally and by state, and from the Bureau of Labor Statistics by Industry report, in which you will find statistics related to layoffs, hiring, and earnings for specific industries.
Sources: the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and a study of state worker pensions done in 2009 by two academics, Joshua Rauh and Rovert Novy-Marx.