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State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, & Earnings
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The Current Employment Statistics (CES) program produces detailed industry estimates of employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls. CES State and Metro Area produces data for all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and about 450 metropolitan areas and divisions. CES National Estimates produces estimates for the nation.
Each month, CES surveys approximately 142,000 businesses and government agencies, representing 689,000 individual worksites.
Notices
- Corrections to SAE data October 18, 2019 Read More »
- CES State and Area Census 2020 workers Read More »
Charts
read more »Next Release
- The State Employment and Unemployment data for December 2019 are scheduled to be released on January 24, 2020, at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.
- The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment data for December 2019 are scheduled to be released on February 5, 2020, at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.
News Releases
November jobless rates down in 7 states, up in 5; payroll jobs up in 6 states, down in 1
12/20/2019
In November, unemployment rates were lower in 7 states, higher in 5 states,
and stable in 38 states and the District of Columbia. Nonfarm payroll employment
increased in 6 states, decreased in 1, and was essentially unchanged in 43 states
and the District.
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November jobless rates down over the year in 223 of 389 metro areas; payroll jobs up in 51
01/03/2020
Jobless rates were lower in November than a year earlier in 223 of the 389 metropolitan
areas, higher in 137, and unchanged in 29. Nonfarm payroll employment was up in 51
metropolitan areas over the year and essentially unchanged in 338.
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Publications
The Economics Daily
Ocean City, New Jersey, employment up 7.0 percent over the year ended August 2019
In August 2019, 52 metropolitan areas had statistically significant over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment and 337 were essentially unchanged. read more »
Monthly Labor Review
Benchmarking the Current Employment Statistics state and area estimates
This article looks at the Current Employment Statistics survey and the benchmark method that BLS uses for state and metropolitan estimates. read more »
State and Area Resources
Click a state on the map for economic summaries produced by BLS Regional Information Offices.
