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Current Employment Statistics

Labor outcomesPublicFirm-side
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Specific Type
Core firm survey
Dataset Type
Pooled cross-sectional
Institution
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Institution Type
Federal government
Level of Focus
Establishment
Most Granular Level
Industry sector level
Perspective
Firm-side
Time Coverage
1939-present
Frequency
Monthly
Sample Size
~121,000 businesses (~631,000 worksites)
Geographic Detail
State; MSA
Occupational Classification
Not specified
Industrial Classification
NAICS 2017
Other Classification
Metropolitan Statistical Areas
Key Variables
Nonfarm payroll employment, hours, earnings by industry
AI/Tech Tracking
Not specified
Access Details
Publicly available
Notes
Source of monthly jobs report; benchmarked annually to QCEW; excludes agriculture, self-employed, household workers

Key Papers

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