The Current Employment Statistics (CES) program surveys approximately 143,000 businesses and government agencies, representing approximately 588,000 individual worksites, in order to provide detailed industry data on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls.

Quick Facts: Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Establishment Survey
Subject areas	Employment, Hours, Pay
Key measures	Real earnings, Total nonfarm payroll employment, Average weekly hours
How the data are obtained	Survey of businesses and governments
Classification system	Industry
Periodicity of data availability	Monthly
Geographic detail	National, Metro area, State
Scope	Private sector, Government
Key products	Employment Situation news release Real Earnings news release Regional and State Employment and Unemployment news release Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release Employment and Earnings
Program webpage	www.bls.gov/ces www.bls.gov/sae