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Chapter 2.
Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Establishment
Survey
Comparison with the Current Population
Survey The Current Employment Statistics survey, also known
as the payroll survey, excludes unpaid family workers,
domestic workers in private homes, agricultural workers,
proprietors, and other self-employed persons, all of whom
are covered by the Current Population Survey (CPS), a
survey of households. Moreover, the payroll survey counts
a person who is employed by two or more establishments at
each place of employment, but the household survey counts
a person only once, and classifies the individual according
to the major activity. Certain persons on unpaid leave for
the entire reference period are counted as employed under
the household survey but are not included in the employment
count derived from the payroll survey.
The household survey emphasizes the employment status of
individuals and provides much information on the demographic
characteristics (sex, age, and race) of the labor force. The
survey is not well suited to furnishing detailed information
on the industrial and geographic distribution of employment.
The establishment survey provides limited information on
personal characteristics of workers; however, it is an
excellent source for detailed industrial and geographic
data. In addition, it provides hours and earnings
information that relates directly to the employment
figures. The payroll and household surveys thus
complement each other.
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