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Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)

Archived CES Benchmark Articles

Table 1 below provides links to PDF versions of previously released CES Benchmark Articles and the accompanying sortable tables. The most recently released CES National Benchmark Article is available at www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbmart.htm or www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbmart.pdf in addition to the link available in the table below.

For more information on CES benchmarks, please see the Benchmark section of the CES Handbook of Methods.

Table 1. Links to previously released PDF versions of CES Benchmark Articles
Benchmark Month Incorporated with the Initial Release of Estimates for Benchmark Article PDF (1) Sortable Benchmark Tables

March 2023

January 2024 PDF 2023

March 2022

January 2023 PDF 2022

March 2021

January 2022 PDF 2021

March 2020

January 2021 PDF 2020

March 2019

January 2020 PDF 2019

March 2018

January 2019 PDF 2019

March 2017

January 2018 PDF (2)

March 2016

January 2017 PDF (2)

March 2015

January 2016 PDF (2)

March 2014

January 2015 PDF (2)

March 2013

January 2014 PDF (2)

March 2012

January 2013 PDF (2)

March 2011

January 2012 PDF (2)

March 2010

January 2011 PDF (2)

March 2009

January 2010 PDF (2)

March 2008

January 2009 PDF (2)

March 2007

January 2008 PDF (2)

March 2006

January 2007 PDF (2)

March 2005

January 2006 PDF (2)

March 2004

January 2005 PDF (2)

March 2003

January 2004 PDF (2)

March 2002

May 2003 PDF (2)

Footnotes:
(1) Unless otherwise specified, sizes of PDF files are less than 1MB.
(2) Sortable tables of benchmark revisions are only available from the 2018 benchmark forward.

Last Modified Date: February 2, 2024