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State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, & Earnings

Archived CES State and Area benchmark articles

Table 1 below provides links to PDF versions of previously released CES State and Area Benchmark Articles. The most recently released CES State and Area Benchmark Article is available at https://www.bls.gov/web/laus/benchmark.htm in addition to the link available in the table below.

For more information on CES State and Area benchmarks, please see the annual revisions section of the Technical Note on CES Employment at https://www.bls.gov/sae/overview.htm#employ.

Table 1. Links to previously released PDF versions of CES State and Area benchmark articles
Benchmark
Year
Incorporated with the Initial
Release of Estimates for
Link to PDF

2023

January 2024 PDF

2022

January 2023 PDF

2021

January 2022 PDF

2020

January 2021 PDF

2019

January 2020 PDF

2018

January 2019 PDF

2017

January 2018 PDF

2016

January 2017 PDF

2015

January 2016 PDF

2014

January 2015 PDF

2013

January 2014 PDF

2012

January 2013 PDF

2011

January 2012 PDF

2010

January 2011 PDF

2009

January 2010 PDF

2008

January 2009 PDF

2007

January 2008 PDF

2006

January 2007 PDF

2005

January 2006 PDF

2004

January 2005 PDF

2003

January 2004 PDF

2002

January 2003 PDF

Last Modified Date: March 11, 2024