Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

County Employment and Wages

March 29, 2011

Elkhart, Ind., had the biggest over-the-year percentage increase in employment, 6.8 percent in September 2010. Rock Island, Ill., had the largest increase in average weekly wages in the third quarter of 2010, 12.2 percent. More...
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Quarterly Releases

• County Employment and Wages (HTML) (PDF)
• County Employment and Wages by State from BLS Regional Offices
• Quarterly Data on Business Employment Dynamics (HTML) (PDF)
• Subscribe to the BLS News Service— receive the County Employment and Wages news release by e-mail.
• Related Quarterly Data
  
  
• Schedule of Releases for County Employment and Wages

Annual Data Tables:

• Average Annual Wages for All Covered Workers by State (TXT) (PDF)
• Average Annual Wages for All Covered Workers by Metropolitan Area (TXT) (PDF)
• Average Annual Wages for All Covered Workers by Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area (TXT) (PDF)

Discontinued Annual Releases

Archived News Releases

Databases

Database Name	Special Notice	Top Picks	One Screen	Multi- Screen	Tables	Text Files
Tutorials: For help, try these tutorials
State and County Wages (Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages - QCEW)

Calculators

Calculator Name	Calculator	Tutorial
Location Quotient Provides a way to readily compare the industrial activity levels among different areas of the country.

More Tools

• Series Report —Already know the series identifier for the statistic you want? Use this shortcut to retrieve your data.
• Flat files available via FTP Downloads.
• Download flat files of the entire database or large subset of the database.
• For assistance accessing *.end and *.enb text files please refer to our tutorial.

All CEW Databases

• Industry Verification Form
• The Multiple Worksite Report
• Multiple Worksite Report State Forms
• Electronic Data Reporting
• Proper Monthly Employment Reporting for State Unemployment Insurance and Common Reporting Problems

• NEW Gulf oil and gas drilling employment
• UPDATED Employment and Wages, Annual Averages 2009
• Employment and Wages, Annual Averages archive
• Issues in Labor Statistics
• NAICS congruencies
• Charts of QCEW data(From the Editor's Desk)
• BLS Handbook of Methods, Chapter 5, Employment and Wages Covered by Unemployment Insurance
• Technical notes and references (including SIC, NAICS, and State information)

People Are Asking...

1. How can I compare industry employment concentrations in different areas of the U.S.?
2. Does the QCEW program have data based on the new Metropolitan Area definitions?
3. What are the most current QCEW data available?
4. Are all jobs included in QCEW employment totals?
5. What types of geographical information are available?
6. What is the difference between employers and establishments?
7. Does the QCEW program have data by establishment size class?
8. Is all information from the QCEW program available to the public?
9. Can I get access to QCEW confidential data?
10. What are the effects of Hurricane Katrina on QCEW data?

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is the relationship between the ES-202, Covered Employment and Wages,and Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages?
2. What data is available on job gains and losses?
3. What types of data are collected and reported by the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program?
4. What is the schedule for release of QCEW data by BLS?
5. Is company size data available from QCEW?
6. Is all information from the QCEW program available to the public?
7. Does the QCEW program provide information on the number of employees in particular companies?
8. What types of geographical information are available?
9. Does the QCEW program have data by establishment size class?
10. What is the difference between employers and establishments?

All QCEW FAQs »

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• Notes on Federal Government Wages
• Employment in Areas of Manhattan Affected by the Events of September 11, 2001
• Areas of Manhattan Affected by the Events of September 11, 2001

Other BLS Programs

• Business Employment Dynamics—quarterly data series of job gains and job losses statistics, generated from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wagesprogram.
• Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the CES survey (National)—monthly national data by detailed industry on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on the payrolls of nonfarm establishments.
• Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the CES survey (State and Area) —monthly data on employment, hours, and earnings by industry and geographic area.

Other Useful Links

• Department of Labor wage and hour enforcement units—state-by-state directory of wage and hour district office locations.
• Comparison of State UI laws—state-by-state information on workers covered, benefit eligibility, methods of financing, and related topics.
• Bureau of Economic Analysis
• County maps and profiles from the Bureau of the Census
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)—The official NAICS home page from the Bureau of the Census.
• Links to our State Partners—A map and directory of UI-related State webpages from the Office of Workforce Security, Department of Labor.
• Wage and Hour Division of the Employment Standards Administration: Frequently Asked Questions—Answers to questions about wages, overtime, work hours, recordkeeping, and child labor.

Contact Us

For QCEW economic data questions

Telephone: (202) 691-6567
E-mail: QCEWinfo@bls.gov

Written inquiries: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Room 4840, 2 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Washington, D.C. 20212

For QCEW forms received in the mail or online

For more information on data collection forms, please follow QCEW Reporting on the QCEW homepage.

For related data sources

For state-published data

The cooperating State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) have labor market information offices that publish and disseminate QCEW data for their states.