Series ID Formats
Employment & Unemployment
Inflation & Prices
Spending & Time Use
Pay & Benefits
Work Stoppages
Productivity
Workplace Injuries
Occupational Requirements
International
Employment & Unemployment
National Employment, Hours, and Earnings
Survey Overview The following is a sample format description of the National Employment,
Hours, and Earnings series identifier:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID CEU0800000003
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 CE Prefix
3 U Seasonal Adjustment Code
4-11 08000000 Supersector and Industry Codes
12-13 03 Data Type Code
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a list of codes and their corresponding titles:
State and Area Employment, Hours, and Earnings
Survey Overview The
following is a sample format description of the State and Area Employment,
Hours, and Earnings series identifier:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID SMU19197802023800001
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 SM Prefix
3 U Seasonal Adjustment Code
4-5 19 State Code
6-10 19780 Area Code
11-18 20238000 SuperSector and Industry Code
19-20 01 Data Type Code
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a list of codes and their corresponding titles:
State and County Employment and Wages from Quarterly Census of
Employment and Wages
Survey Overview The
following is a sample format description of the Quarterly Census of
Employment and Wages series identifier:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID ENU04013105111150
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 EN Prefix
3 U Seasonal Adjustment Code
4-8 04013 Area Code
9 1 Data Type Code
10 0 Size Code
11 5 Ownership Code
12-17 111150 Industry Code
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a list of codes and their corresponding titles:
Business Employment Dynamics
Survey Overview The
following is a sample format description of the Business Employment
Dynamics series identifier:
1 2
1234567890123456789012345678
Series ID BDS0000000000000000110101LQ5
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 BD Prefix
3 S Seasonal Adjustment Code
4-13 0000000000 Area Code
14-19 000000 Industry Code
20 0 Unit Analysis Code
21 0 Data Element Code
22-23 01 Size Class Code
24-25 01 Data Class Code
26 L Rate/Level Code
27 Q Record Type Code
28 5 Ownership Code
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a list of codes and their corresponding titles:
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
Survey Overview The
following is a sample format description of the Local Area Unemployment
Statistics' series identifier:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID LAUCN281070000000003
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 LA Prefix
3 U Seasonal Adjustment Code
4-18 CN2810700000000 Area Code
19-20 03 Measure Code
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a list of codes and their corresponding titles:
Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
Survey Overview The
following is a sample format description of the Job Openings and Labor
Turnover Survey Statistics series identifier:
1 2 3
12345678901234567890123456790
Series ID JTU110099000000000HIL
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 JT Prefix
3 U Seasonal Adjustment Code
4-9 110099 Industry Code
10-11 00 State Code
12-16 00000 Area Code
17-18 00 Size Class Code
19-20 HI Data Element Code
21 L Rate/Level Code
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a list of codes and their corresponding titles:
Inflation & Prices
Average Price Data
Survey Overview The
following is a sample format description of the Average Price series
identifier:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID APU000070111
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 AP Prefix
3 U Seasonal Adjustment Code
4-7 0000 Area Code
8-13 701111 Item Code
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a list of codes and their corresponding titles:
Consumer Price Index - All Urban Consumers
Survey Overview The
following is a sample format description of the Consumer Price Index - All
Urban Consumers series identifier:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID CUUR0000SA0L1E
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 CU Prefix
3 U Not Seasonal Adjustment Code
4 R Periodicity Code
5-8 0000 Area Code
9 S Base Code
10-16 A0L1E Item Code
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a list of codes and their corresponding titles:
Consumer Price Index - Urban Wage Earners and Clerical
Workers
Survey Overview The
following is a sample format description of the Consumer Price Index -
Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers series identifier:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID CWSR0000SA111211
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 CW Prefix
3 S Seasonal Adjustment Code
4 R Periodicity Code
5-8 0000 Area Code
9 S Base Code
10-16 A111211 Item Code
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a list of codes and their corresponding titles:
Chained CPI-All Urban Consumers
Survey Overview The
following is a sample format description of the Department Store Inventory
Price Index series identifier:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID SUUR0000SA0
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 SU Prefix
3 U Seasonal Adjustment Code
4 R Periodicity Code
5-8 0000 Area Code
9-11 SA0 Item Code
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a list of codes and their corresponding titles:
Producer Price Index Industry Data - Current Series
Survey Overview The
following is a sample format description of the Producer Price Index
Industry Data - Current series identifier:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID PCU22112222112241
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 PC Prefix
3 U Seasonal Adjustment Code
4-9 221122 Industry Code
10-19 22112241 Product Code
For higher-level index aggregations (NAICS industry groups whose length
is less than 6 digits) will use hyphens as place holders. For example:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID PCU2211--2211--
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 PC Prefix
3 U Seasonal Adjustment Code
4-9 2211-- Industry Code
10-15 2211-- Product Code
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a list of codes and their corresponding titles:
Producer Price Index Commodity Data - Current Series
Survey Overview The
following is a sample format description of the Producer Price Index Commodity Data - Current series identifiers:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID WPS141101
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 WP Prefix
3 S Seasonal Adjustment Code
4-5 14 Group Code
6-14 1101 Item Code
For higher-level index aggregations (e.g. Final Demand-Intermediate Demand system indices) will use alpha-numeric group code. For example:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID WPSFD49116
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 WP Prefix
3 S Seasonal Adjustment Code
4-5 FD Group Code
6-14 49116 Item Code
For Inputs to Industry indices, other than construction indices, Bureau of Economic Analysis industry codes are utilized with zero as placeholders for codes less than 6 digits. For example:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID WPUIP32610012
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 WP Prefix
3 U Seasonal Adjustment Code
4-5 IP Group Code
6-11 326100 Item Code (part 1) and BEA code
12-14 12 Item Code (part 2)
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a list of codes and their corresponding titles:
Spending & Time Use
American Time Use Survey
Survey Overview The following is a sample format description of the American Time Use Survey series identifier:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID TUU10101AA01011987
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 TU Prefix
3 U Seasonal Adjustment Code
4-8 10101 Type of Estimate Code
9 A Time Period Code
10 A All ATUS data series have the character "A."
11-12 01 Number of years Code
13-18 011987 Character Code
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a list of codes and their corresponding titles:
Consumer Expenditure Survey
Survey Overview The
following is a sample format description of the Consumer Expenditure
Survey series identifier:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID CXUMENBOYSLB0101M
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 CX Prefix
3 U Seasonal Adjustment Code
4-11 MENBOYS Item Code
12-15 LB01 Demographics Code
16-17 01 Characteristics Code
18 M Process Code
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a list of codes and their corresponding titles:
Pay & Benefits
National Benefits (NAICS and SOC)
Survey Overview The following is a sample format description of the National Benefits series identifier:
1 2
1234567890123456789012345
Series ID NBU20530000000000033030
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 NB Prefix
3 U Seasonal Adjustment Code
4 2 Ownership Code
5-6 05 Estimate Code
7-10 3000 Industry Code
11-16 000000 Occupation Code
17-18 00 Subcell Code
19-20 33 Datatype Code
21-23 030 Provision Code
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a list of codes and their corresponding titles:
Employment Cost Index (NAICS and SOC)
Survey Overview The
following is a sample format description of the Employee Cost Index series identifier:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID CIS1010000000000I
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 CI Prefix
3 S Seasonal Adjustment Code
4 1 Ownership Code
5-6 01 Component Code
7-10 0000 Industry Code
11-13 000 Occupation Code
14-16 000 Subcell Code
17 I Periodicity Code
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a list of codes and their corresponding titles:
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (NAICS and SOC)
Survey Overview The following is a sample format description of the Employer Cost for Employee Compensation series identifier:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID CMU1010000100000P
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 CM Prefix
3 U Seasonal Adjustment Code
4 1 Ownership Code
5-6 01 Estimate Code
7-10 0000 Industry Code
11-14 1000 Occupation Code
15-16 00 Subcell Code
17 P Datatype Code
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a list of codes and their corresponding titles:
Modeled Wage Estimates (NAICS and SOC)
Survey Overview The following is a sample format description of the Modeled Wage Estimates series identifier:
1 2
12345678901234567890123456789
Series ID WMU40000011020000004130992500
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 WM Prefix
3 U Seasonal Adjustment Code
4-10 4000001 Area Code
11 1 Ownership Code
12-13 02 Estimate Code
14-19 000000 Industry Code
20-25 413099 Occupation Code
26-27 25 Job Characteristic Code
28-29 00 Level Code
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a list of codes and their corresponding titles:
National Wages (NW) : Discontinued database (NAICS and SOC)
Survey Overview The following is a sample format description of the National Wages
Survey series identifier:
1 2 3
123456789012345678901234567890
Series ID NWU371674020200000000002505000
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 NW Prefix
3 U Seasonal Adjustment Code
4-5 37 State Code
6-10 16740 Area Code
11 2 Ownership Code
12-13 02 Estimate Code
14-17 0000 Industry Code
18-23 000000 Occupation Code
24-25 25 Subcell Code
26-27 05 Data Type Code
28-29 00 Work Level/Supervisory Code
30 0 Filler Codeseasonal (code)
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Work Stoppages
Work Stoppages Program
Survey Overview The
following is a sample format description of the Work Stoppage series
identifier:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID WSUB00
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 WS Prefix
3 U Seasonal Adjustment Code
4-6 B00 Measure Code
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a list of codes and their corresponding titles:
Productivity
Major Sector Productivity and Costs
Survey Overview The
following is a sample format description of the Major Sector
Productivity and Costs series identifier:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID PRS85006032
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 PR Prefix
3 S Seasonal Adjustment Code
4-7 3000 Sector Code
8 6 Type Code
9-10 08 Measure Code
11 1 Duration Code
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for a list of codes and their corresponding titles:
Major Sector Total Factor Productivity
Survey Overview The following is a sample format description of the Major Sector Total Factor Productivity Index series identifier:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID MPU4900012
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 MP Prefix
3 U Seasonal Adjustment Code
4-7 4900 Sector Code
8-9 01 Measure Code
10 2 Duration Code
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Industry Productivity
Survey Overview The following is a sample format description of the Industry Productivity series identifier:
1 2 3
123456789012345678901234567890
Series ID IPUBN212___W000000000
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 IP Prefix
3 U Seasonal Adjustment Code
4 B Sector Code
5-11 N21___ Industry Code
12-14 W00 Measure Code
15 0 Duration Code
16-21 000000 Area Code
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Workplace Injuries
Occupational Injuries and Illnesses - industry data (2014 forward)
Survey Overview The following is a sample format description of the Occupational Injuries and
Illnesses industry data series identifier:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID ISU00X00000060N00
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 IS Prefix
3 U Seasonal Adjustment Code
4-6 00X Supersector Code
7-12 000000 Industry Code
13 6 Data Type Code
14 0 Case Type Code
15-17 N00 Area Code
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Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (2011 forward)
Survey Overview The following is a sample format description of the Census of Fatal
Occupational Injuries series identifier:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID FWU00X00000080M70
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 FW Prefix
3 U Seasonal Adjustment Code
4-6 00X Category Code
7-12 000000 Detail Code (Industry, Event or Exposure, Primary Source, Secondary Source, Occupation)
13 8 Data Type Code
14 0 Case Type Code
15-17 M70 Area Code
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Biennial Nonfatal Case and Demographic numbers and rates: selected characteristics
Survey Overview The
following is a sample format description of the Occupational Injuries and
Illnesses industry data series identifier:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID CBUS8C2212XX6E000
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 CB Prefix
3 U Seasonal Adjustment Code
4-6 S8C Category Code
7-12 2212XX Event Code
13 6 Datatype Code
14 E Case Code
15 0 Ownership Code
16-17 00 Area Code
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a list of codes and their corresponding titles:
Occupational Requirements
Occupational Requirements Survey
Survey Overview The following is a sample format description of the Occupational Requirements Survey series identifier:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID ORUV1000000000001029
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 OR Prefix
3 U Seasonal Adjustment Code
4 V Requirement Code
5 1 Ownership Code
6-9 0000 Industry code
10-12 000 Occupation Code
13-15 000 Job characteristic Code
16-20 01029 Estimate Code
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International
Import/Export Price Indexes
Survey Overview The
following is a sample format description of the Import/Export Price
Indexes series identifier:
1 2
12345678901234567890
Series ID EIUCOCANMANU
Positions Value Field Name
1-2 EI Prefix
3 U Seasonal Adjustment Code
4-5 CO Index Code
6-12 CANMANU Series Name
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Last Modified Date: August 8, 2024
United States Department of Labor
