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Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)

No Changes to Current Employment Statistics Series Structure for the 2025 Benchmark

There will be no changes to the current CES series structure due to sample coverage or disclosure review with the benchmark release in February 2026. For more about our annual review of series, see the Handbook of Methods under Coverage and Confidentiality. Information about the most recent series structure changes is linked below.

Notice of Publication Changes with the Release of Data on February 7, 2025

With the release of January 2025 data on February 7, 2025, the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program implemented publication changes related to annual sample review. For more about these changes, see Changes to the CES published series in the 2024 CES National Benchmark Article.

Last Modified Date: January 9, 2026