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State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, & Earnings

2022 Preliminary Benchmark Revisions to Current Establishment Survey Data for states and select metropolitan areas

Each year, CES employment estimates are benchmarked to comprehensive counts of employment from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). These counts are derived primarily from state unemployment insurance (UI) tax records that nearly all employers are required to file with state workforce agencies.

While most firms are required to pay UI tax for their employees, there are some types of employees that are exempt from UI tax law but are still within scope for the CES. Because these employees are not included in the QCEW, CES uses several other sources to generate counts of this noncovered employment. More information on noncovered employment is available in the CES Handbook of Methods at https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/ces/calculation.htm#noncovered-employment.

Preliminary benchmark revisions are calculated for March 2022 for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and 51 metropolitan areas with a Census 2010 population of 1 million or more. Noncovered employment levels for the upcoming benchmark are not available at the time of the release of the preliminary benchmark revisions. Therefore, the preliminary benchmark revision is calculated by adding the previous year’s March noncovered employment level to the current year’s March QCEW employment and subtracting the current year’s March CES estimate of employment:

Preliminary benchmark revision = (March 2021 noncovered employment + March 2022 QCEW employment) – March 2022 CES employment estimate

Final benchmark revisions will be issued in March 2023 with the publication of the January 2023 State Employment and Unemployment Summary news release. The final benchmark will reflect revisions to all not seasonally adjusted data from April 2021 to December 2022, all seasonally adjusted data from January 2018 to December 2022, and select series subject to historical revisions before April 2021. For more information on the CES benchmarking process for states and metropolitan areas, see https://www.bls.gov/web/laus/bmrk_article.htm.

Preliminary benchmark revisions for March 2022 for all 50 states and the District are available in Table 1. Preliminary benchmark revisions for March 2022 for the 51 metropolitan areas with a Census 2010 population of 1 million or more are available in Table 2. Historical data (2017-2021) for preliminary and final benchmark revisions are available for download in the historical data link below. Preliminary benchmark revisions to CES national data series are available at https://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesprelbmk.htm.

Table 1. Preliminary and final benchmark revisions to total nonfarm employment by state, level and percent, not seasonally adjusted, March 2022
State March 2022 Preliminary Benchmark Revision
Level (in thousands) Percent

Alabama

9.9 0.5

Alaska

1.4 0.5

Arizona

43.8 1.4

Arkansas

1.1 0.1

California

172.2 1.0

Colorado

-23.7 -0.8

Connecticut

15.1 0.9

Delaware

13.5 2.9

District of Columbia

7.7 1.0

Florida

26.6 0.3

Georgia

-20.6 -0.4

Hawaii

7.5 1.2

Idaho

10.7 1.3

Illinois

13.6 0.2

Indiana

-8.5 -0.3

Iowa

5.8 0.4

Kansas

8.7 0.6

Kentucky

23.9 1.2

Louisiana

-20.5 -1.1

Maine

0.4 0.1

Maryland

3.2 0.1

Massachusetts

-6.6 -0.2

Michigan

7.8 0.2

Minnesota

6.7 0.2

Mississippi

3.6 0.3

Missouri

-21.8 -0.8

Montana

-3.0 -0.6

Nebraska

-10.5 -1.0

Nevada

23.7 1.6

New Hampshire

4.3 0.6

New Jersey

56.8 1.4

New Mexico

-7.2 -0.9

New York

51.4 0.6

North Carolina

23.5 0.5

North Dakota

-2.8 -0.7

Ohio

43.7 0.8

Oklahoma

-10.7 -0.6

Oregon

-8.0 -0.4

Pennsylvania

41.2 0.7

Rhode Island

2.1 0.4

South Carolina

17.5 0.8

South Dakota

1.7 0.4

Tennessee

11.1 0.3

Texas

-4.1 (1)

Utah

6.2 0.4

Vermont

1.5 0.5

Virginia

2.8 0.1

Washington

33.0 0.9

West Virginia

1.6 0.2

Wisconsin

23.0 0.8

Wyoming

-2.3 -0.8

Notes:

(1) +/- 0.05 percent


Table 2. Preliminary and final benchmark revisions to total nonfarm employment by area, level and percent, not seasonally adjusted, March 2022
Area March 2022 Preliminary Benchmark Revision
Level (in thousands) Percent

Birmingham-Hoover, AL

-7.1 -1.3

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ

31.9 1.4

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

38.8 0.6

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA

23.4 1.4

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA

12.6 1.2

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

11.0 0.7

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

17.6 0.7

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

-2.4 -0.2

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

3.4 0.2

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA

2.4 0.4

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

-155.0 -5.0

Jacksonville, FL

-4.7 -0.6

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

3.4 0.1

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL

19.7 1.4

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

-13.8 -1.0

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

-46.9 -1.6

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

-27.9 -0.6

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN

-11.2 -1.0

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

2.3 0.3

New Orleans-Metairie, LA

-9.1 -1.7

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

-15.0 -1.1

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH NECTA

-13.1 -0.5

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

-20.8 -1.1

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

-50.8 -2.7

Kansas City, MO-KS

9.2 0.8

St. Louis, MO-IL

-2.5 -0.2

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV

-4.0 -0.4

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY

3.0 0.6

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

83.4 0.9

Rochester, NY

-1.0 -0.2

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

4.8 0.4

Raleigh, NC

2.9 0.4

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

17.4 1.6

Cleveland-Elyria, OH

-14.3 -1.4

Columbus, OH

12.0 1.1

Oklahoma City, OK

-12.6 -1.9

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA

-4.6 -0.4

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

16.7 0.6

Pittsburgh, PA

-4.8 -0.4

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA

0.7 0.1

Memphis, TN-MS-AR

-2.6 -0.4

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN

-9.4 -0.9

Austin-Round Rock, TX

2.9 0.2

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

-60.7 -1.5

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

17.7 0.6

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

9.1 0.8

Salt Lake City, UT

4.4 0.6

Richmond, VA

7.0 1.0

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC

11.2 1.4

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

17.9 0.9

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI

0.4 (1)

Notes:

(1) +/- 0.05 percent


Historical Data

preliminary-benchmark-histories.xlsx (Excel)


Last Modified Date: August 24, 2022