High-quality quantitative information on the U.S. and international science and engineering (S&E) enterprise, prepared by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES), a principal federal statistical agency within the National Science Foundation (NSF), Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate.

Employment statistics and special reports from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commissions (EEOC). The EEOC is is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, transgender status, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

Data on women's employment, unemployment, and earnings by industry, occupation, education, age, marital status, and other characteristics. Data are also available on how women use their time and on workplace injuries and illnesses experienced by women.

The Status of Women in the [United] States provides data on women’s progress in 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the United States overall. Topics studied include employment & earnings; poverty & opportunity; violence & safety; reproductive rights; health & well-being; and political participation.

Datasets on employment, earnings, consumer and producer price indexes from U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Go to Data Tools for list of datasets. See Public Data API for tools to retrieve.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics under the US Department of Labor provides a handbook on occupations and their outlook for the future. It will tell you the training/education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job, and work conditions.

A unit of the U.S. Department of Education, NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations. Included are statistics and other education data. Publications include Digest of Education Statistics, and special reports, such as Trends in Educational Equity of Girls & Women.

The National Student Clearinghouse is a nonprofit which researches education in the United States -- they publish reports on enrollment; persistence & retention; degrees earned; and more.

"Nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world."