Handbook of Methods Current Employment Statistics - State and Metro Area Overview
Current Employment Statistics - State and Metro Area: Overview
The Current Employment Statistics-State and Area (CES-SA) program produces detailed industry estimates of nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings of workers on payrolls. Each month, BLS collects data through the Current Employment Statistics survey, which includes about 122,000 businesses and government agencies, representing approximately 666,000 individual worksites drawn from a sampling frame of unemployment insurance (UI) tax accounts covering roughly 10 million establishments.
CES-SA produces estimates of employment, hours, and earnings data for all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and about 450 metropolitan areas and divisions.
| Quick Facts: Current Employment Statistics - State and Metro Area |
| Subject areas |
Employment, Hours, Pay |
| Key measures |
- All employees employment
- Production or nonsupervisory employment
- Average weekly hours
- Average hourly earnings
- Average weekly earnings
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| How the data are obtained |
Survey of businesses |
| Classification |
Geography, Industry |
| Classification system |
North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) |
| Periodicity of data availability |
Monthly |
| Geographic detail |
Metro area, State |
| Scope |
Government, Private sector, State and local government |
| Sample sizes |
About 122,000 businesses and government agencies, or approximately 666,000 individual worksites |
| Reference Period |
Pay period which includes the 12th of the month. |
| Revision Information |
CES State and Area Revisions by State |
| Key products |
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| Program webpage |
https://www.bls.gov/sae/ |
Last Modified Date: October 27, 2023
United States Department of Labor
