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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

The Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program publishes a quarterly count of employment and wages reported by employers covering more than 95 percent of U.S. jobs, available at the county, MSA, state and national levels by industry.

Notices

  • QCEW Summary and Historical Reporting Rates Tables now updated with Second Quarter 2024 data Read More »
  • Suspension of Publication of Colorado Employment and Wage Data Read More »
  • Hurricane Milton - Employment, wages, and establishment counts in hurricane flood zones Read More »

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Latest Numbers

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U.S. and Ten Largest Counties Employment Over-the-Year Percent Change (Unadjusted)

U.S. TOTAL +0.8%(p) since Jun 2023 Historical Data

Los Angeles County, California +0.7%(p) since Jun 2023 Historical Data

Cook County, Illinois -0.5%(p) since Jun 2023 Historical Data

New York County, New York +0.5%(p) since Jun 2023 Historical Data

Harris County, Texas +0.6%(p) since Jun 2023 Historical Data

Maricopa County, Arizona +1.3%(p) since Jun 2023 Historical Data

Dallas County, Texas -1.0%(p) since Jun 2023 Historical Data

Orange County, California +0.3%(p) since Jun 2023 Historical Data

San Diego County, California +0.4%(p) since Jun 2023 Historical Data

King County, Washington -0.1%(p) since Jun 2023 Historical Data

Miami-Dade County, Florida +1.4%(p) since Jun 2023 Historical Data

U.S. and Ten Largest Counties Average Weekly Wage Over-the-Year Percent Change (Unadjusted)

U.S. TOTAL +4.4%(p) since 2nd Qtr of 2023 Historical Data

Los Angeles County, California +3.9%(p) since 2nd Qtr of 2023 Historical Data

Cook County, Illinois +3.4%(p) since 2nd Qtr of 2023 Historical Data

New York County, New York +5.1%(p) since 2nd Qtr of 2023 Historical Data

Harris County, Texas +4.4%(p) since 2nd Qtr of 2023 Historical Data

Maricopa County, Arizona +4.6%(p) since 2nd Qtr of 2023 Historical Data

Dallas County, Texas +4.7%(p) since 2nd Qtr of 2023 Historical Data

Orange County, California +4.9%(p) since 2nd Qtr of 2023 Historical Data

San Diego County, California +0.9%(p) since 2nd Qtr of 2023 Historical Data

King County, Washington +10.7%(p) since 2nd Qtr of 2023 Historical Data

Miami-Dade County, Florida +3.3%(p) since 2nd Qtr of 2023 Historical Data

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News Releases

Hamilton, IN, has largest county 2nd quarter over-the-year wage gain at 33.4%

11/20/2024

From second quarter 2023 to second quarter 2024, Hamilton, IN, had the largest county percentage increase in average weekly wages at 33.4 percent. Kings, NY, had the largest county over-the-year percentage increase in employment in June 2024 at 4.0 percent.
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County Employment and Wages (QCEW) database now fully updated through 2nd quarter 2024

12/05/2024

BLS updated the full Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) database through the second quarter of 2024. Links to updated databases, files, and tables can be found at www.bls.gov/web/cewdat.supp.toc.htm.
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Next Release

The County Employment and Wages release for third quarter 2024 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).
The County Employment and Wages full data update for third quarter 2024 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).
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Publications

The Economics Daily

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Employment and wages up in largest counties, March 2023 to March 2024

Nine of the 10 largest counties had over-the-year increases in employment from March 2023 to March 2024. Maricopa County (part of the Phoenix metropolitan area), Arizona, had the largest over-the-year employment percentage gain (+2.6 percent). Within Maricopa, education and health services had the largest employment increase and rose by 17,477 (+4.7 percent). read more »

Spotlight on Statistics

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Keeping America Moving: Employment in Transportation and Warehousing Industries

In June 2024, the transportation and warehousing industry had an employment level of 6.6 million, accounting for 5 percent of all private-sector jobs. Transportation and warehousing encompasses a wide variety of industries, such as warehousing and storage, truck and air transportation, and school and city buses. This Spotlight examines these industries' differing employment trends, worker characteristics, earnings, fatal and nonfatal occupational injuries, and projected 2032 employment. read more »

Monthly Labor Review

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Nonprofits: a look at national trends in establishment size and employment

Nonprofit and for-profit establishments have different growth rates and levels of employment. read more »

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