Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National) SIC-Discontinued
Welcome to the step-by-step guide on how to use the Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National) SIC one-screen query system
National Employment, Hours, and Earnings (SIC): The Employment and Earnings database contains monthly and annual average nonfarm payroll estimates for: all employees, women workers, production workers, average weekly hours, average hourly earnings, average weekly earnings, and average overtime. All data are available not seasonally adjusted, and some data are available seasonally adjusted. Note: SIC data are only available through April 2003. Data users who want up-to-date data on a NAICS basis should instead go to the CE survey.
This tool lets users query the BLS databases for specific data series. For each survey and program, make a selection for each characteristic in the order listed. As you make your selection, the remaining characteristics will filter to show only choices where data are available. After choosing the series, click on "Add to selection." If you need more data series, repeat the steps of choosing the data series you need. After you've finished finding the data series you need, click on the "Get Data" button to retrieve the data, and an HTML table with data for the most recent 10 years will display . If you desire a different time period or format, you may modify the options on the data display page, or click on the "More Formatting Options" button for additional options on refining the data retrieval results. Note: Users may not retrieve more than 200 data series in one query.
Click on the radio button to view industries within a data type or to view data types within an industry. The contents of the box will change based upon your selection.
Type all or part of a search string in the search text box. The contents of the box will filter to show only those options that contain the search string.
Click on the Data Type of interest to select. Data Type indicates the unit of measurement. If the Data Types by Industry view is used, the Data Types available for the selected Industry automatically appear in the window to the right.
Type all or part of a search string in the search text box. The contents of the box will filter to show only those options that contain the search string.
Click on each Industry of interest in order to add to the selection list. If the Industries by Data Type view is used, the Industries available for the selected Data Type automatically appear in the window to the right. To select multiple options, hold the Ctrl/Command button, and click the desired options.
Seasonal adjustment is a statistical technique that attempts to measure and remove the influences of predictable seasonal patterns from time series data. Seasonally adjusted data contain this type of adjustment to enable comparisons of data across any point in time. Not seasonally data have no such adjustment.
You must make a selection for each of the characteristics in the order listed. Once you have selected all of the characteristics, the "Add to selection" button becomes active. Click the "Add to selection" button to list the selected data series in the "Your selection" box. You can return to the characteristics boxes and make new selections to request additional data series. Click the "Get Data" button to retrieve all the selected data series.
You must make a selection for each of the characteristics in the order listed. Once you have selected all of the characteristics, the "Get Data" button becomes active. Click to retrieve the data.
Last Modified Date: February 20, 2018
United States Department of Labor
