| A | B |
| Blue collar and serservice occupations | Includes precision production, craft, and repair occupations; machine operators and inspectors; transportation and moving occupations; handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers; and service occupations. |
| Disability insurance | Includes paid sick leave, short-term disability benefits, and long-term disability benefits. |
| Employment-population ratio | The proportion of the civilian noninstitutional population aged 16 years and over that is employed. |
| Event or exposure | Signifies the manner in which an occupational injury or illness was produced or inflicted--for example, overexertion while lifting, or a fall from a ladder. |
| Full-time employees | Employees are classified as full time or part time as defined by their employer. |
| Goods-producing industries | Includes manufacturing, mining, and construction. |
| Inflation | Inflation has been defined as a process of continuously rising prices, or equivalently, of a continuously falling value of money. |
| Job tenure | The length of time an employee has worked for his or her current employer. The data do not represent completed spells of tenure. |