Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Publication Changes
The Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program
started a transition
from annual to quarterly publication of data beginning on October 16, 2002,
with the release of selected data for the first quarter of 2002. The
amount of data released each quarter has increased since that time.
With the publication of preliminary first quarter 2003 data in November 2003,
BLS began releasing fully detailed industry data at the county, Metropolitan Area,
state, and national levels. Additionally, BLS now publishes the County
Employment and Wages press release quarterly. This press release
was previously known as Wages and Employment, and was focused on State- and
national-level information. It has been refocused on county level
data.
Therefore, BLS discontinued publication of the three annual QCEW
press releases. These are the releases covering State and Industry Annual
Average Pay, Metropolitan Statistical Area Annual Average
Pay, and
Employment and Wages in Large Counties. The last editions of these releases
were issued in the fall of 2002. The underlying data presented in
these releases will continue to be available here. Detailed
monthly, quarterly, and annual data for 2002 was posted
on the Web site in November 2003.
Last Modified Date: January 9, 2004
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