Each month the Current Employment Statistics program surveys about 145,000 businesses and government agencies, representing approximately 557,000 individual worksites, in order to provide detailed industry data on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls for all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and about 400 metropolitan areas and divisions.
January 30, 2013
Jobless rates were lower in December than a year earlier in 290
of the 372 metropolitan areas, higher in 68, and unchanged in 14.
Nonfarm payroll employment was up in 283 metropolitan areas over
the year, down in 83, and unchanged in 6.
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January 18, 2013
In December, 22 states reported over-the-month unemployment rate
decreases, 16 states and the District of Columbia had increases, and
12 states had no change. Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 27
states and the district and decreased in 23 states.
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2012 State and Area "Employment and Earnings" Tables by Month
Further information may be obtained by contacting the Current Employment Statistics State and Area program via email or calling (202)691-6559 from 8:30 am through 4:30 pm Eastern Time Monday through Friday.
The cooperating State Employment Security Administrations (SESAs) have labor market information offices which publish and disseminate CES data for their State.