Time Series – The changes in the values of a variable over time; a chart in which time, generally years, is one of the variables.

Total Compensation – This includes wages, salaries, an the employer's cost for employee benefits. 

Total Employed – The sum of agricultural, non-farm wage and salary, self-employed, unpaid family, and domestic workers adjusted to eliminate double counting of persons holding more than one job and to place of residence basis. 

Total Unemployment Rate (TUR) – An expression of all unemployed persons as a percent of the civilian labor force.  TUR = Unemployed/Total Labor force (unemployed + employed). 

Transportation, Communication, Public Utilities (TCPU) – In the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) coding structure (soon to be North American Industry Classification System or NAICS), a service-producing industry.

Trend – The long-term or overall movement of a series over time. Any economic time series is assumed to be made up of trend, irregular, cyclical and seasonal movements.

Turnover – The total movement of paid workers into and out of employed status in an individual establishment.  It is divided into two parts: 1) accessions, rehires, and new hires and 2) separations and all employment terminations.

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