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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

QCEW News Releases

Santa Clara, CA, has largest county 4th quarter over-the-year wage gain at 15.0%

06/04/2025

From fourth quarter 2023 to fourth quarter 2024, Santa Clara, CA, had the largest county percentage increase in average weekly wages at 15.0 percent. Kings, NY, had the largest county over-the-year percentage increase in employment in December 2024 at 5.3 percent.
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County Employment and Wages (QCEW) database now fully updated through 3rd quarter 2024

03/05/2025

BLS updated the full Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) database through the third 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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