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State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, & Earnings

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 119,000 businesses and government agencies, representing 629,000 individual worksites.

Notices

  • 2024 Preliminary Benchmark Revisions to Current Establishment Survey Data for states and select metropolitan areas Read More »
  • Upcoming Changes to Metropolitan Statistical Area Delineations Read More »
  • 2024 Preliminary Benchmark Revision to Establishment Survey Data to be Released on August 21, 2024 Read More »

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Latest Numbers

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All States Diffusion Index, 1-month, total nonfarm 83.3(p) in Sep 2024 Historical Data

All MSAs Diffusion Index, 1-month, total nonfarm 62.5(p) in Sep 2024 Historical Data

News Releases

September jobless rates up in 5 states, down in 1; payroll jobs up in 5 states

10/22/2024

In September, unemployment rates were higher in 5 states, lower in 1 state, and stable in 44 states and the District of Columbia. Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 5 states and the District and was essentially unchanged in 45 states.
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September jobless rates up over the year in 260 of 389 metro areas; payroll jobs up in 42

10/30/2024

Jobless rates were higher in September than a year earlier in 260 of the 389 metropolitan areas, lower in 101, and unchanged in 28. Nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 42 metropolitan areas and was essentially unchanged in 347.
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Next Release

The State Employment and Unemployment data for October 2024 are scheduled to be released on November 19, 2024, at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.
The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment data for October 2024 are scheduled to be released on November 27, 2024, at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.

Publications

The Economics Daily

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Employment increased in 24 large metro areas from June 2023 to June 2024

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 24 large metropolitan areas (those with a population of at least 1 million in the 2010 Census) from June 2023 to June 2024 and was essentially unchanged in 27 large metropolitan areas. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada (+3.4 percent), and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (+2.8 percent). read more »

Monthly Labor Review

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Reconstruction of CES time series: implementing the NAICS 2022 redefinitions

Current Employment Statistics data are reclassified after changes to the North American Industry Classification System in 2022. read more »

State and Area Resources

Click a state on the map for economic summaries produced by BLS Regional Information Offices.

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National Data

Click on the map for National Employment, Hours and Earnings.