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Labor & Workforce: Amazon KDP category data
Amazon Kindle eBooks Best Sellers data for Labor & Workforce, updated Nov 2, 2026: median price $9.99, median 76 reviews, average rating 4.4 and a KDPTop opportunity score of 22/100 (highly competitive).
| Price range (middle 50%) | $4.71 – $12.99 |
|---|---|
| Average rating | 4.4 |
| New releases (90 days) | 8% |
| Books on the list | 100 |
| Store | Kindle eBooks |
What stands out
- Its median reviews are 8% of the parent category Social & Cultural (947), one of the easier corners under it.
- Prices spread wide: the middle half runs from $4.71 to $12.99, so budget editions and premium or boxed sets sell side by side.
Top 10 Labor & Workforce best sellers
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A People's History of the United States: The Classic National Bestseller—American History from the Bottom Up, from Columbus to Clinton
by Howard Zinn
- List rank#1
- Price$12.49
- Rating4.7
- Reviews17,647
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City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940's
by Otto Friedrich
- List rank#2
- Price$12.09
- Rating4.2
- Reviews397
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![The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation book cover by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71m4x9+UKHL._AC_UL300_SR300,200_.jpg)
The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 1]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation
by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- List rank#3
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.8
- Reviews5,485
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A People's History of the Civil War: Struggles for the Meaning of Freedom (New Press People's History)
by David Williams
- List rank#4
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews140
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Empire of Cotton: A Global History
by Sven Beckert
- List rank#5
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.4
- Reviews979
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Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
by Dave Von Drehle
- List rank#6
- Price$10.76
- Rating4.4
- Reviews1,126
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How Economics Explains the World: A Short History of Humanity: A Brief and Powerful Economic History with Timeless Lessons, Learn How Markets Mold Society
by Andrew Leigh
- List rank#7
- Price$11.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews639
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Socialism . . . Seriously: A Brief Guide to Human Liberation
by Danny Katch
- List rank#8
- Price$2.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews323
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We Carry Their Bones: The Search for Justice at the Dozier School for Boys – The True Story Behind 'The Nickel Boys' and Jim Crow Abuse in Florida
by Erin H. Kimmerle
- List rank#9
- Price$4.99
- Rating4.3
- Reviews341
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The Empire Never Freed: How We Got Here
- List rank#10
- Price$3.99
- Reviews-
FAQ
Is Labor & Workforce a good niche for Amazon KDP?
Its KDPTop opportunity score is 22/100, which makes it highly competitive. The median best seller has 76 reviews and sells for $9.99.
How many reviews do you need to rank in Labor & Workforce?
The median best seller has 76 reviews, and 54% of them have fewer than 100.
What do Labor & Workforce best sellers cost?
The median price is $9.99; half of the best sellers are priced between $4.71 and $12.99.
Can new books break into Labor & Workforce?
8% of the current best sellers were released in the last 90 days.
About this data
Data comes from KDPTop's daily crawl of Amazon's public Best Sellers pages; medians use the latest list. The opportunity score (0–100, higher is easier to enter) combines the review barrier, the share of low-review books, list turnover, new-release share and price.