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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
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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
- Hurricane Season- QCEW Hurricane Maps 2020 3rd Quarter Update Read More »
- QCEW Summary and Historical Response Rates Tables now updated with fourth quarter 2020 data Read More »
- QCEW Imputation Issue Caused by Pandemic Related Challenges Read More »
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U.S. and Ten Largest Counties Employment Over-the-Year Percent Change (Unadjusted)
U.S. TOTAL
-6.1%(p) since Dec 2019
Los Angeles County, California
-10.6%(p) since Dec 2019
Cook County, Illinois
-10.1%(p) since Dec 2019
New York County, New York
-16.2%(p) since Dec 2019
Harris County, Texas
-6.6%(p) since Dec 2019
Maricopa County, Arizona
-3.2%(p) since Dec 2019
Dallas County, Texas
-4.7%(p) since Dec 2019
Orange County, California
-10.0%(p) since Dec 2019
San Diego County, California
-9.4%(p) since Dec 2019
King County, Washington
-8.1%(p) since Dec 2019
Miami-Dade County, Florida
-8.4%(p) since Dec 2019
U.S. and Ten Largest Counties Average Weekly Wage Over-the-Year Percent Change (Unadjusted)
U.S. TOTAL
+13.0%(p) since 4th Qtr of 2019
Los Angeles County, California
+12.4%(p) since 4th Qtr of 2019
Cook County, Illinois
+14.8%(p) since 4th Qtr of 2019
New York County, New York
+21.3%(p) since 4th Qtr of 2019
Harris County, Texas
+5.3%(p) since 4th Qtr of 2019
Maricopa County, Arizona
+15.1%(p) since 4th Qtr of 2019
Dallas County, Texas
+10.7%(p) since 4th Qtr of 2019
Orange County, California
+16.7%(p) since 4th Qtr of 2019
San Diego County, California
+19.2%(p) since 4th Qtr of 2019
King County, Washington
+19.8%(p) since 4th Qtr of 2019
Miami-Dade County, Florida
+13.9%(p) since 4th Qtr of 2019
Historical Data
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News Releases
San Francisco, CA, has largest county 4th quarter 2020 over-the-year wage gain at 44.3%
05/19/2021
San Francisco, CA, had the largest county over-the-year percentage increase in average weekly wages in fourth quarter 2020 at 44.3 percent. From December 2019 to December 2020, Maui + Kalawao, HI, had the largest county percentage decrease in employment with a loss of 22.8 percent.
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County Employment and Wages (QCEW) database now fully updated through 4th quarter 2020
06/02/2021
BLS updated the full Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) database
through the fourth quarter of 2020. 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 first quarter 2021 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.
The County Employment and Wages full data update for first quarter 2021 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, September 1, 2021 at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.
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Publications
The Economics Daily
Employment down in 352 of the 357 largest U.S. counties for year ended December 2020
From December 2019 to December 2020, employment decreased in 352 of the 357 largest U.S. counties. Maui + Kalawao County, Hawaii, had the largest over-the-year decrease in employment with a loss of 22.8 percent, followed by Ector County, Texas (−18.2 percent), and Midland County, Texas (−16.8 percent). National employment decreased to 140.9 million, a 6.1-percent decrease over the year ended December 2020. read more »
Monthly Labor Review
Measuring industry employment, 1990–2018: a look at the auxiliary-unit concept
This article examines how employment trends would have differed over the past few decades if the auxiliary-unit concept had been used to estimate industry employment as it was in the SIC system. read more »
