THE OFFICE BLUES INDEX
Receipts, not vibes
Public labor-market data, turned into something a worker can actually use. Everything here traces to a government source and ships as open JSON. Follow it as it ships: RSS feed — every Daily Pulse edition and index refresh.
RESEARCH · PRIMARY-SOURCED RTO Pressure What the data actually says about return to office: badge-swipe occupancy, work-from-home share, quit intent, the hybrid productivity trial, and the layoffs-in-disguise survey. Quotable, sourced, no vibes. RESEARCH · PRIMARY-SOURCED Labor Market What the data says about the US labor market for workers: unemployment, quits, layoffs, job openings, wage growth, and the raise-timing signal. Quotable, sourced, no vibes. DAILY · FIRST-PARTY Daily Poll One closed question about the workplace. Vote and see the aggregate — anonymous, no tracking, no free-text. QUARTERLY · FIRST-PARTY + BLS Misery Index Quarterly aggregate of meeting cost burden and poll results. Minimum-n suppression; v0 until threshold is met. CC BY 4.0. DAILY · BLS Daily Misery Pulse The US quits rate and unemployment, refreshed daily from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The mood ring for the American labor market. 823 OCCUPATIONS · BLS OEWS Salary Data What 823 US occupations actually pay — median, percentile spread, and employment totals. The number your employer hopes you never look up. 50 METROS Burnout Index 50 US metro areas ranked on labor-market burnout pressure — pay-to-cost gap, commute, and unemployment, scored 0–100.