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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 Nicholas: Employment, wages, and establishment counts in hurricane flood zones. Read More »
- Employment and Wages, Annual Averages, 2020 Read More »
- QCEW Final Response Rates Tables available now for all quarters in 2020 Read More »
Charts
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U.S. and Ten Largest Counties Employment Over-the-Year Percent Change (Unadjusted)
U.S. TOTAL
-4.5%(p) since Mar 2020
Los Angeles County, California
-7.5%(p) since Mar 2020
Cook County, Illinois
-8.0%(p) since Mar 2020
New York County, New York
-14.8%(p) since Mar 2020
Harris County, Texas
-5.7%(p) since Mar 2020
Maricopa County, Arizona
-2.0%(p) since Mar 2020
Dallas County, Texas
-2.7%(p) since Mar 2020
Orange County, California
-7.3%(p) since Mar 2020
San Diego County, California
-6.4%(p) since Mar 2020
King County, Washington
-6.0%(p) since Mar 2020
Miami-Dade County, Florida
-6.3%(p) since Mar 2020
U.S. and Ten Largest Counties Average Weekly Wage Over-the-Year Percent Change (Unadjusted)
U.S. TOTAL
+5.6%(p) since 1st Qtr of 2020
Los Angeles County, California
+7.3%(p) since 1st Qtr of 2020
Cook County, Illinois
+8.4%(p) since 1st Qtr of 2020
New York County, New York
+21.2%(p) since 1st Qtr of 2020
Harris County, Texas
-2.2%(p) since 1st Qtr of 2020
Maricopa County, Arizona
+5.3%(p) since 1st Qtr of 2020
Dallas County, Texas
+3.1%(p) since 1st Qtr of 2020
Orange County, California
+8.6%(p) since 1st Qtr of 2020
San Diego County, California
+8.7%(p) since 1st Qtr of 2020
King County, Washington
+12.0%(p) since 1st Qtr of 2020
Miami-Dade County, Florida
+6.4%(p) since 1st Qtr of 2020
Historical Data
News Release
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News Releases
San Francisco, CA, has largest county 1st quarter 2021 over-the-year wage gain at 33.9%
08/18/2021
San Francisco, CA, had the largest county over-the-year percentage increase in average weekly wages in first quarter 2021 at 33.9 percent. From March 2020 to March 2021, Calcasieu, LA, had the largest county percentage decrease in employment with a loss of 14.9 percent.
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County Employment and Wages (QCEW) database now fully updated through 1st quarter 2021
09/01/2021
BLS updated the full Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) database
through the first quarter of 2021. 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 second quarter 2021 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, November 17, 2021 at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.
The County Employment and Wages full data update for second quarter 2021 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.
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Publications
The Economics Daily
Employment down in 324 of 343 largest counties from March 2020 to March 2021
From March 2020 to March 2021, employment decreased in 324 of the 343 largest U.S. counties. Calcasieu County, Louisiana, had the largest over-the-year decrease in employment with a loss of 14.9 percent. Within Calcasieu County, the largest employment decrease occurred in construction, which lost 3,520 jobs over the year (-27.6 percent). read more »
Spotlight on Statistics
Industry on Tap: Wineries
This Spotlight on Statistics examines historical employment trends for wineries and other components of the beverage manufacturing industry. Additionally, the Spotlight looks at trends for wages, number of establishments, and consumer prices in the winery industry and compares them to trends among distilleries, breweries, and soft drink and ice manufacturing. Let's take a look. 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 »
