Overview of BLS Statistics by Geography
Most BLS programs publish data at the national level. Some programs also publish data for smaller geographic areas, allowing focus on regional, state, or local trends.
For example, BLS publishes separate unemployment rates for the United States, for Texas, and for San Antonio. We also have a national wage rate for registered nurses, as well as wage rates for registered nurses in California and in Los Angeles.
The BLS Geographic Guide is an easy to use matrix showing data availability by geographic coverage.
BLS Statistics with geographic detail:
The Current Employment Statistics (CES) program provides 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
over 400 metropolitan areas and divisions.
The Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program produces monthly and annual employment, unemployment, and labor force data for geographic regions and divisions, States, counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities, by place of residence.
Monthly unemployment statistics for States, counties, and
metropolitan areas are available in map format; see Create
Customized Maps (Unemployment Rates).
The Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program produces data for Census regions and divisions, States, counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities, by place of employment.
The Geographic Profile of Employment and Unemployment contains information from the Current Population Survey
(CPS) for regions and divisions, 50 States and the District of Columbia, 50 large metropolitan areas, and 17 central cities.
Data are provided on the employed and unemployed by selected demographic and
economic characteristics.
The Mass Layoff Statistics program provides data for the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.
Consumer price indexes are available for four broad geographic regions, size of city distinctions, a region and city size-class
cross classification, and 27 Metropolitan Statistical Areas.
The Consumer Expenditure Survey produces spending data by various demographic characteristics for the four geographic regions and selected Metropolitan Statistical Areas.
Nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses data from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses are produced for participating
States.
The total number of fatal occupational injuries occurring each year are reported in the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI). These data are available for major industry divisions and occupations by region, State, and Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Wage data are available by occupation for the Nation, regions, States, and many metropolitan areas. Wage data by area and occupation are from the National Compensation Survey, Occupational Employment Statistics Survey, or the Current Population Survey. See Wages by Area and Occupation to determine which information suits your needs.
The International Labor Comparisons program publishes comparative data on labor, compensation, productivity, and consumer prices in other countries.
Last Modified Date: February 11, 2011