Program Description | Technical Note on CES Employment | Data Uses Related Research | Metropolitan Area Concepts and Standards

Current

• Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment
• Regional and State Employment and Unemployment
• Upcoming Release Dates for the rest of this calendar year.

Archived

• Archived Regional and State Employment and Unemployment News Releases (1993 forward)
• Archived Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment News Releases (1998 forward)

• Experimental All-Employee Estimates of Hours and Earnings by State
• IMPORTANT Reductions to Current Employment Statistics Metropolitan Area Series
• List of Published State and Metropolitan Area Series
• Changes to Current Employment Statistics Survey
• IMPORTANT Effects of Hurricane Katrina on BLS Data Collection and Estimation
• Notice of Series Changes with the Update to 2007 North American Industry Classification and Annual Benchmark Release on March 11, 2008
• Details and Documentation on the Conversion to the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) from 2002 NAICS
• Recent Corrections to State and Metro Area Current Employment Statistics Series

• Most Requested Statistics--Select from a list of States to retrieve Employment, Hours, and Earnings data.
• Create Customized Tables (one screen) --this application requires a Java-enabled browser. Choose the data you want from BLS databases on a simple, one-screen form.
• Create Customized Tables (multiple screens) --a form-based query application which allows you to obtain BLS time series data based on choices you make. [Instructions]
• Series Report--Already know the series identifier for the statistic you want? Use this shortcut to retrieve your data. [Instructions]
• Flat files (FTP)--For those who want it all. Download a flat file of the entire database or large subset of the database.

• Experimental All-Employee Estimates of Hours and Earnings by State
• Monthly Tables
  • B-7 Employees on nonfarm payrolls by State and major industry, seasonally adjusted (PDF)
  • B-14 Employees on nonfarm payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry (PDF)
  • B-15 Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state, selected metropolitan areas, and metropolitan divisions (PDF)
  • B-19 Average hours and earnings of production and non-supervisory workers on manufacturing payrolls, by State (PDF)
• 2006 Annual Average Tables
  • Employees on nonfarm payrolls in States and selected areas by major industry (PDF)
  • Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state, selected metropolitan areas, and metropolitan divisions (PDF)
  • Average hours and earnings of production workers on manufacturing payrolls in States and selected areas (PDF)
  • Average hours and earnings of production workers on manufacturing payrolls in selected states, metropolitan areas, and metropolitan divisions (PDF)

• Monthly Labor Review Articles by CES staff
• Job growth in the 1990s: a retrospect (Abstract) (Excerpt) (PDF 71K)
• Job growth in television: cable versus broadcast (Abstract) (Excerpt) (PDF 71K)
• The impact of strikes on current employment statistics (Technical note 45K)
• Technical Notes
• Employment and Earnings Technical Notes
• Handbook of Methods, Chapter 2
• 2007 North America Industry Classification System (NAICS) Codes from the Census Bureau
• CES Report Forms for Establishments
• Related Research
• Reliability of State and Area Estimates --Notes on variance and benchmark revisions; and standard errors associated with 1-, 3-, and 12-month changes for employment estimates.
• Current Benchmark Information
• Revisions in State Establishment-based Employment Estimates Effective January 2008
• Archived Benchmark Information

Other BLS Programs

• Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National)--monthly national data by detailed industry on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on the payrolls of nonfarm establishments.
• Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages --comprehensive employment and wage data by industry and geographic area for workers covered by State Unemployment Insurance laws.
• Local Area Unemployment Statistics--monthly and annual employment, unemployment, and labor force data for Census regions and divisions, States, counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities, by place of residence.
• Sources of BLS Employment Data

Other Useful Links

• Bureau of the Census
• Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
• FEDSTATS --Searchable gateway to statistics from over 100 Federal agencies