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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

The highest levels of aggregation in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) are NAICS Sectors. The QCEW aggregates data to three higher levels in order to provide comparability to other programs that have less detailed data. These levels are the SuperSector level, the twelve of which represent combinations of from one to four NAICS Sectors, the Domain level. Two of which represent combinations of three and nine SuperSectors, the overall all industry total. While these aggregates do not have official NAICS codes, the QCEW program assigns them codes to provide ready reference. The codes and their corresponding titles are shown in the QCEW High-Level Industry Titles table below. The NAICS codes that make up each SuperSector are shown in the second table below titled QCEW High-Level Industry Crosswalk Table.

Related Documentation:   QCEW Data Guide;   QCEW Industry Guide   QCEW Data Views;   Open Data Access Guide;  

QCEW High-Level Industry Titles

This table shows the codes and titles for the high-level industries used with in the QCEW program. This table is available as an Excel workbook (.xlsx), a comma separated values file (.csv), and as a flat, text file (.txt). Click the links below to download.

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QCEW High-Level Industry Titles
Industry Code Industry Title
10 Total, all industries
101 Goods-Producing
1011 Natural Resources and Mining
1012 Construction
1013 Manufacturing
102 Service-Providing
1021 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
1022 Information
1023 Financial Activities
1024 Professional and Business Services
1025 Education and Health Services
1026 Leisure and Hospitality
1027 Other Services
1028 Public Administration
1029 Unclassified

QCEW High-Level Industry Crosswalk

This table displays the NAICS sectors from which each super-sector industry is derived. It also displays the SuperSector industries within the Goods Producing (101) and Service-Providing (102) domains. The table below is available as an Excel workbook (.xlsx), a comma separated values file (.csv), and as a flat, text file (.txt). Click the links below to download.

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QCEW High-Level Industry Crosswalk
Total Domain Super-Sector NAICS-Sector
10 Total, All Industries 101 Goods-Producing 1011 Natural Resources and Mining NAICS 11 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, and Hunting
NAICS 21 Mining
1012 Construction NAICS 23 Construction
1013 Manufacturing NAICS 31-33 Manufacturing
102 Service-Providing 1021 Trade, Transportation, and Utilities NAICS 42 Wholesale Trade
NAICS 44-45 Retail Trade
NAICS 48-49 Transportation and Warehousing
NAICS 22 Utilities
1022 Information NAICS 51 Information
1023 Financial Activities NAICS 52 Finance and Insurance
NAICS 53 Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
1024 Professional and Business Services NAICS 54 Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
NAICS 55 Management of Companies and Enterprises
NAICS 56 Administrative and Waste Services
1025 Education and Health Services NAICS 61 Educational Services
NAICS 62 Health Care and Social Assistance
1026 Leisure and Hospitality NAICS 71 Arts, Entertainment, and recreation
NAICS 72 Accommodation and Food Services
1027 Other Services NAICS 81 Other Services (Except Public Administration)
1028 Public Administration NAICS 92 Public Administration
1029 Unclassified NAICS 99 Unclassified
Related information:
Current Employment Statistics (CES) Supersectors
Industry Classification Systems used by QCEW
BLS QCEW Industry Finder
QCEW NAICS Hierarchy Crosswalk

Last Modified Date: August 19, 2022