Bureau of Labor Statistics Begins Collecting Employment Data

BLS was initially housed in The Kellogg Building at 1416 F St. NW in Washington, D.C.

Before there was a Labor Department, there was The Bureau of Labor Statistics. Originally part of the Department of Interior, the Bureau publishes its First Annual Report in 1886 containing a study on industrial depressions. BLS is moved to the Labor Department when the department is established in 1913.

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