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Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)

Benchmark Information

Benchmark Article, benchmark comparison tables, and historical benchmark and birth-death model information

  • Benchmark Article (HTML) (PDF)
    • Comparison of All Employees, seasonally adjusted (XLSX)
    • Comparison of All Employees, not seasonally adjusted (XLSX)
    • Comparison of Average Weekly Hours of All Employees, seasonally adjusted (XLSX)
    • Comparison of Average Weekly Hours of All Employees, not seasonally adjusted (XLSX)
    • Comparison of Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees, seasonally adjusted (XLSX)
    • Comparison of Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees, not seasonally adjusted (XLSX)
    • Comparison of Average Overtime Hours of All Employees, seasonally adjusted (XLSX)
    • Comparison of Average Overtime Hours of All Employees, not seasonally adjusted (XLSX)
    • Comparison of Women Employees, seasonally adjusted (XLSX)
    • Comparison of Women Employees, not seasonally adjusted (XLSX)
    • Comparison of Production Employees, seasonally adjusted (XLSX)
    • Comparison of Production Employees, not seasonally adjusted (XLSX)
    • Comparison of Average Weekly Hours of Production Employees, seasonally adjusted (XLSX)
    • Comparison of Average Weekly Hours of Production Employees, not seasonally adjusted (XLSX)
    • Comparison of Average Hourly Earnings of Production Employees, seasonally adjusted (XLSX)
    • Comparison of Average Hourly Earnings of Production Employees, not seasonally adjusted (XLSX)
    • Comparison of Average Overtime Hours of Production Employees, seasonally adjusted (XLSX)
    • Comparison of Average Overtime Hours of Production Employees, not seasonally adjusted (XLSX)
  • Archived Benchmark Articles
  • Historical Net Birth-Death Adjustments

    Last Modified Date: January 26, 2024