Division of Current Employment Statistics Articles

• The NAICS 2022 update and its effect on BLS employment estimates in the retail trade sector (HTML)
  • by Kennedy Keller and Shane Haley
  • September 2023
• Total nonfarm employment recovers in 2022, with some major industry sectors lagging behind (HTML)
  • by Ryan Ansell
  • June 2023
• Sector-based workforce development and the U.S. labor market (HTML)
  • by Kennedy Keller
  • May 2023
• Employment recovery continues in 2021, with some industries reaching or exceeding their prepandemic employment levels (HTML)
  • by Maria Ramos-Acosta
  • May 2022
• How did the 2020 census affect employment? (HTML)
  • by Katelynn Harris
  • February 2022
• Employment in rail transportation heads downhill between November 2018 and December 2020 (HTML)
  • by Ryan Ansell
  • October 2021
• COVID-19 ends longest employment recovery and expansion in CES history, causing unprecedented job losses in 2020 (HTML)
  • by Ryan Ansell and John P. Mullins
  • June 2021
• Employment trends in retail trade, 2010-2019 (HTML)
  • by Osman Alhassan
  • January 2021
• Forty years of falling manufacturing employment (HTML)
  • by Katelynn Harris
  • November 2020
• Exploring changes in real average hourly earnings, June 2009 to December 2019 (HTML)
  • by Shane Haley and Lawrence Doppelt
  • September 2020
• Employment expansion continued in 2019, but growth slowed in several industries (HTML)
  • by Michael D. McCall
  • April 2020
• The 2020 census and CES employment (HTML)
  • by Laura Kelter  
  • February 2020
• The relative weakness in earnings of production workers in manufacturing, 1990–2018 (HTML)
  • by Katelynn Harris and Michael D. McCall  
  • December 2019
• Holiday employment in retail trade (HTML)
  • by Osman Alhassan  
  • October 2019
• Employment growth accelerates in 2018, extending a lengthy expansion (HTML)
  • by Tyler Downing  
  • May 2019
• How did employment fare a decade after its 2008 peak? (HTML)
  • by Wander Cedeño  
  • October 2018
• An average mystery in hours and earnings data entails a weighty explanation (HTML)
  • by Angela Clinton  
  • June 2018
• Employment growth moderates in 2017, continuing a lengthy expansionary period (HTML)
  • by Stephen Crestol  
  • May 2018
• A quarterly benchmarking procedure for the Current Employment Statistics program (HTML)
  • by Mark Loewenstein and Matthew Dey  
  • November 2017
• Benchmarking the Current Employment Statistics survey: perspectives on current research (HTML)
  • by Kenneth Robertson  
  • November 2017
• Benchmarking the Current Employment Statistics state and area estimates (HTML)
  • by Kirk Mueller  
  • November 2017
• Benchmarking the Current Employment Statistics national estimates (HTML)
  • by Christopher Manning and John Stewart  
  • October 2017
• Benchmarking the Current Employment Statistics survey: the past, present, and future (HTML)
  • by Kenneth Robertson  
  • October 2017
• Employment expansion continues but at a slower pace (HTML)
  • by Michael Calvillo  
  • April 2017
• Workforce growth in community-based care: meeting the needs of an aging population (HTML)
  • by Kara Sullivan  
  • December 2016
• One hundred years of Current Employment Statistics: busting CES myths (HTML)
  • by Michael Calvillo and Tyler Downing  
  • October 2016
• One hundred years of Current Employment Statistics–an overview of survey advancements (HTML)
  • by John P. Mullins  
  • August 2016
• Current Employment Statistics survey: 100 years of employment, hours, and earnings (HTML)
  • by Lyda Ghanbari and Michael D. McCall  
  • August 2016
• One hundred years of Current Employment Statistics–the history of CES sample design (HTML)
  • by Laura A. Kelter  
  • August 2016
• Employment continued to expand in 2015 (HTML)
  • by Joseph Stuart, Jr.  
  • April 2016
• Current Employment Statistics data and their contributions as key economic indicators (HTML)
  • by Richa Ajmera and Angie Clinton  
  • March 2016
• One hundred years of Current Employment Statistics data collection (HTML)
  • by Nicholas Johnson  
  • January 2016
• Understanding strikes in CES estimates (HTML)
  • by John Mullins  
  • November 2015
• CES employment recovers in 2014 (HTML)
  • by John Mullins and Brittney Forbes  
  • April 2015
• Comparing the original: a look at Current Employment Statistics vintage data (HTML)
  • by Nicholas Fett  
  • April 2015
• Analysis of the Current Employment Statistics program using customer outreach survey results (HTML)
  • by Jennifer Chi and Kerrie Leslie  
  • January 2015
• Restaurants help feed job growth: how the leisure and hospitality industry fared after the recent employment downturn (HTML)
  • by John Coughlan  
  • July 2014
• How frequently do private businesses pay workers? (HTML)
  • by Matt Burgess  
  • May 2014
• The rise in women’s share of nonfarm employment during the 2007–2009 recession: a historical perspective (HTML)
  • by Catherine A. Wood  
  • April 2014
• Nonfarm employment continued its road to recovery in 2013 (HTML)
  • by Kara Sullivan  
  • March 2014
• Why are there revisions to the jobs numbers? (HTML)
  • by Thomas Nardone, Kenneth Robertson, and Julie Hatch Maxfield  
  • July 2013
• Slow and steady: payroll employment grew moderately in 2012 (PDF 847KB)
  • by Sutton E. Puglia and Parth A. Tikiwala  
  • March 2013
• Current Employment Statistics seasonal adjustment and the 2007–2009 recession (PDF 873KB)
  • by Jurgen Kropf and Nicole Hudson  
  • October 2012
• Payroll employment in 2011: a visual essay (PDF 665KB)
  • by Parth A. Tikiwala and Frank Conlon  
  • March 2012
• Employment loss and the 2007–09 recession: an overview (PDF 471KB)
  • by Christopher J. Goodman and Steven M. Mance  
  • April 2011
• Employment in health care: a crutch for the ailing economy during the 2007–09 recession (PDF 625KB)
  • by Catherine A. Wood  
  • April 2011
• Mining employment trends of 2007–09: a question of prices (PDF 586KB)
  • by Brian Davidson  
  • April 2011
• Construction employment peaks before the recession and falls sharply throughout it (PDF 477KB)
  • by Adam Hadi  
  • April 2011
• Manufacturing employment hard hit during the 2007–09 recession (PDF 544KB)
  • by Megan M. Barker  
  • April 2011
• Professional and business services: employment trends in the 2007–09 (PDF 1MB)
  • by Frank Conlon  
  • April 2011
• Employment in financial activities: double billed by housing and financial crises (PDF 3MB)
  • by George Prassas  
  • April 2011
• Deep drop in retail trade employment during the 2007–09 recession (PDF 1MB)
  • by Michael D. McCall  
  • April 2011
• Employment in leisure and hospitality departs from historical trends during 2007–09 recession (PDF 1MB)
  • by Eliot Davila  
  • April 2011
• The decline in work hours during the 2007–09 recession (PDF 607K)
  • by Steven Kroll  
  • April 2011
• Payroll employment turns the corner in 2010 (PDF 753K)
  • by John Eddlemon  
  • March 2011
• The 2010 Census: the impact of counting the Nation (PDF 3,320K)
  • by Emily Richards  
  • March 2011
• Payroll employment in 2009: job losses continue (PDF 665K)
  • by Megan M. Barker and Adam A. Hadi  
  • March 2010
• New all-employee hours and earnings from the CES survey (PDF 612K)
  • by Angela Clinton, John Coughlan, and Brian Dahlin  
  • March 2010
• All-employee hours and earnings for States and metropolitan areas (PDF 814K)
  • by Dante DeAntonio  
  • March 2010
• Recession leads to lackluster employment in the trucking industry (PDF 59K)
  • by Emily Richards and Frank Conlon  
  • February 2010
• A New Approach to Classifying Industries in the Information Sector (PDF 614K)
  • by Brett Caillier  
  • May 2009
• Holiday season hiring in retail trade (PDF 231K)
  • by Stephen Crestol  
  • March 2009
• Substantial job losses in 2008: weakness broadens and deepens across industries (PDF 267K)
  • by Laura A. Kelter  
  • March 2009
• Takeoff and descent of airline employment (PDF 295K)
  • by Christopher J. Goodman  
  • October 2008
• Payroll employment in 2007: the slowdown (PDF 366K)
  • by Robyn J. Richards  
  • March 2008
• Payroll employment and job openings rate continued to grow in 2006 (PDF 64K)
  • by Kimberly Riley, Emily Lloyd, and Natalie Propst  
  • March 2007
• Recent employment trends in residential and nonresidential construction (PDF 64K)
  • by John P. Mullins  
  • October 2006
• Two new construction employment series for specialty trade contractors (PDF 83K)
  • by Christopher Manning and John P. Mullins  
  • October 2006
• A visual essay: post-recessionary employment growth related to the housing market (PDF 115K)
  • by Matthew Miller  
  • October 2006
• Jobs in 2005: How do they compare with their 2001 counterparts? (PDF 89K)
  • by Julie Hatch Maxfield  
  • July 2006
• Cutting the cord: telecommunications employment shifts toward wireless   (PDF 61K)
  • by Christopher C. Carbone  
  • July 2006
• Employment in hospitals: unconventional patterns over time   (PDF 98K)
  • by William C. Goodman  
  • June 2006
• Payroll employment for 2005: recovery and expansion   (PDF 141K)
  • by Robert Stephens, David Langdon, and Brady Stephens  
  • March 2006
• Impact of business births and deaths in the payroll survey   (PDF 69K)
  • by Kirk Mueller  
  • May 2006
• From supermarkets to supercenters: employment shifts to the one-stop shop   (PDF 65K)
  • by Michael H. Strople  
  • February 2006
• Bears, bulls, and brokers: employment trends in the securities industry  (PDF 76K)
  • by Michael H. Strople  
  • December 2005
• Payroll employment grows in 2004  (PDF 88K)
  • by Emily Lloyd and Charlotte Mueller  
  • April 2005
• Employment in the public sector: two recessions’ impact on jobs  (PDF 88K)
  • by Julie Hatch 
  • October 2004
• Post-recession trends in nonfarm employment and related economic indicators  (PDF 69K)
  • by David Langdon, Rachel Krantz, and Michael Strople
  • September 2004
• The U.S. labor market in 2003: signs of improvement by year’s end (PDF 220K)
  • by Rachel Krantz, Marisa Di Natale, and Thomas J. Krolik
  • March 2004
• Recent changes in the national Current Employment Statistics survey (PDF 67K)
  • by Teresa L. Morisi
  • June 2003

• U.S. labor market in 2002: continued weakness (PDF 164K)
  • by Terence M. McMenamin, Rachel Krantz, and Thomas J. Krolik
  • February 2003

• Services: business demand rivals consumer demand in driving job growth (PDF 89K)
  • by Bill Goodman and Reid Steadman
  • April 2002

• Employment in business services: a year of unprecedented decline (PDF 58K)
  • by Rachel Krantz
  • April 2002

• U.S. labor market in 2001: economy enters a recession (PDF 246K)
  • by David S. Langdon, Terence M. McMenamin, and Thomas J. Krolik
  • February 2002

• Employment in services industries affected by recessions and expansions (PDF 67K)
  • by William C. Goodman
  • October 2001

• The job market in 2000: slowing down as the year ended (PDF 336K)
  • by Jennifer L. Martel and David S. Langdon
  • February 2001

• Job growth in the 1990s: a retrospect (PDF 143K)
  • by Julie Hatch and Angela Clinton
  • December 2000

• Job growth in television: cable versus broadcast (PDF 71K)
  • by Dominic Toto
  • August 2000

• The impact of strikes on current employment statistics (Technical note 45K)
  • by Karthik A. Rao
  • August 2000

• On the decline in average weekly hours (PDF 40K)
  • by Katie Kirkland
  • July 2000

• Transportation by air: job growth moderates (PDF 74K)
  • by William C. Goodman
  • March 2000

• The job market remains strong in 1999 (PDF 131K)
  • by Jennifer L. Martel and Laura A. Kelter
  • February 2000

• Counting the counters: effects of Census 2000 on employment (PDF 40K)
  • by Laura A. Kelter
  • February 2000

• Analyzing the recent upward surge in overtime hours (PDF 62K)
  • by Ron L. Hetrick
  • February 2000

• Noneconomic fluctuations in hours and earnings data (PDF 44K)
  • by Jurgen Kropf and Patricia Getz
  • August 1999

• Health services industry: still a job machine? (PDF 131K)
  • by Cynthia Engel
  • March 1999

• Job growth slows during crises overseas (PDF 205K)
  • by William C. Goodman and Timothy D. Consedine
  • February 1999

• Auto retailing: changing trends in jobs and business (PDF 60K)
  • by Keith G. Keel
  • October 1998

• Competition drives the trucking industry (PDF 193K)
  • by Cynthia Engel
  • April 1998

• Strong job growth continues, unemployment declines in 1997 (PDF 193K)
  • by Randy E. Ilg and Angela Clinton
  • February 1998

• Taking note of the paper industry (PDF 873K)
  • by Cynthia Engel
  • September 1997

• Flexible labor: restructuring the American work force (PDF 148K)
  • by Angela Clinton
  • August 1997

• The role of computers in reshaping the work force (PDF 192K)
  • by Sheila McConnell
  • August 1996

• Semiconductors: the building blocks of the information revolution (PDF 748K)
  • by Francisco A. Moris
  • August 1996

• Computer manufacturing: change and competition (PDF 606K)
  • by Jacqueline Warnke
  • August 1996

• Commercial banking transformed by computer technology (PDF 379K)
  • by Teresa L. Morisi
  • August 1996

• The software and engineering industries: threatened by technological change? (PDF 578K)
  • by William Goodman
  • August 1996

• Job creation and the emerging home computer market (PDF 594K)
  • by Laura Freeman
  • August 1996

• Employment in high-tech defense industries in a post cold war era (PDF 395K)
  • by Ron Hetrick
  • August 1996

• Boom in day care industry the result of many social changes (PDF 633K)
  • by William Goodman
  • August 1995

• Unraveling employment trends in textiles and apparel (PDF 874K)
  • by Lauren A. Murray
  • August 1995

• Home sweet home health care (PDF 564K)
  • by Laura Freeman
  • March 1995

• Drugs manufacturing: a prescription for jobs (PDF 632K)
  • by Stephen Heffler
  • March 1995

• Strong employment gains continue in 1994 (PDF 862K)
  • by Lois M. Plunkert and Howard V. Haygle
  • February 1995

• Employment in public schools and the student-to-employee ratio (PDF 299K)
  • by Teresa L. Morisi
  • July 1994

• Women and jobs in recoveries: 1970-1993 (PDF 542K)
  • by William Goodman
  • July 1994

• Why did employment expand in poultry processing plants? (PDF 195K)
  • by Ron Hetrick
  • June 1994

• Women and jobs in recessions: 1969-1992 (PDF 532K)
  • by William Goodman, Stephen Antzak, and Laura Freeman
  • July 1993

• Industry employment and the 1990-91 recession (PDF 736K)
  • by Christopher J. Singleton
  • July 1993

• Health services: the real jobs machine (PDF 921K)
  • by David R.H. Hiles
  • November 1992

• Auto industry jobs in the 1980s: a decade of transition (PDF 592K)
  • by Christopher J. Singleton
  • February 1992

• The 1980s: a decade of job growth and industry shifts (PDF 1099K)
  • by Lois M. Plunkert
  • September 1990

• The 1987-88 surge in exports and the rise in factory jobs (PDF 494K)
  • by Christopher J. Singleton
  • May 1990

• Diffusion indexes: a barometer of the economy (PDF 732K)
  • by Pat Getz and Mark G. Ulmer
  • April 1990

 

Last Modified Date: September 11, 2023