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Each month the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program surveys approximately 146,000 businesses and government agencies, representing approximately 623,000 individual worksites, in order to provide detailed industry data on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls.
Employment data for all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and about 450 metropolitan areas and divisions are available.
Next Releases:
- The Employment Situation for
January 2017
is scheduled to be released on
February 3, 2017,
at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.
- Real Earnings for
January 2017
is scheduled to be released on
February 15, 2017,
at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.
01/06/2017
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 156,000 in December, and
the unemployment rate was little changed at 4.7 percent. Job growth
occurred in health care and social assistance.
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ANALYTICAL TABLES
- Table 1. Normal seasonal movements, estimated employment change and test of significance, in thousands
- Table 2. Detailed industry employment ranked by change and prior 3-month average change, in thousands, seasonally adjusted
- Table 3. Employment change compared with recent averages, in thousands, seasonally adjusted
- Table 4. Employment change from same month a year ago, in thousands, seasonally adjusted
- Table 5. Estimated change in hours and earnings of all employees, normal seasonal movement and test of significance
- Table 6. Aggregate weekly hours and payrolls of all employees, in thousands, seasonally adjusted
- Table 7. Most recent industry-specific peak and trough employment and change through current month, in thousands
BENCHMARK INFORMATION
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CES Data Access Tips
CES Published Series – A table displaying the availability, by industry, of both seasonally adjusted and not seasonally adjusted data
Historical data for series in the selected news releases from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National)
Vintage data
- CES vintage data tables that display the published employment values for a given reference month across time
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- Series Report — Already know the series identifier for the statistic you want? Use this shortcut to retrieve your data
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- UPDATED Current Employment Statistics Highlights, Monthly (PDF)--a package of charts and analysis featuring the latest industry employment numbers
- Employment from the BLS household and payroll surveys: summary of recent trends (PDF)
- Division of Current Employment Statistics Articles
- IMPORTANT With the release of January 2017 data on February 3, 2017, the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program will implement publication changes related to the annual sample review.
- IMPORTANT Effective with the release of January 2017 data on February 3, 2017, CES will begin using an improved methodology to select models for annual seasonal adjustment processing.
- NEW Seeing Significance: New Chart Showing Confidence Intervals for Nonfarm Employment Changes
- IMPORTANT CES Real Earnings Correction
- IMPORTANT 2016 CES Preliminary Benchmark Revision
- IMPORTANT Recently, the Current Employment Statistics program celebrated its 100th birthday with a symposium. Click here to watch Alan Greenspan, Jared Bernstein, and Kevin Hassett discuss one of the world’s most-watched economic datasets.
- IMPORTANT The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), used by BLS and other statistical agencies to classify industry statistics, is periodically revised. The next NAICS revision is scheduled for 2017. A notice was published in the Federal Register on August 4, 2015, to describe the proposed 2017 changes to NAICS and to invite public comment. Additional information about the use of NAICS at BLS is available at the Bureau's NAICS webpage.
- IMPORTANT The Joint Explanatory Statement that accompanied the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, included language directing the BLS to conduct a review of the methodology used in the collection and reporting of CES survey data for Metropolitan Statistical Areas. The BLS response to Congress is available at http://www.bls.gov/sae/cesreport.htm.
- Experimental Size Class Employment, Hours, and Earnings Series from the Current Employment Statistics Survey
Other BLS Programs
- Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the CES survey (State and Area) --monthly data on employment, hours, and earnings by industry and geographic area.
- Local Area Unemployment Statistics --monthly and annual employment, unemployment, and labor force data for Census regions and divisions, States, counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities, by place of residence.
- Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages --comprehensive employment and wage data by industry and geographic area for workers covered by State Unemployment Insurance laws.
- Business Employment Dynamics--quarterly data series of job gains and job losses statistics, generated from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program.
- Occupational Employment Statistics--data on employment and wages for over 800 occupations and for about 400 nonfarm industries for the nation, plus occupational data for States and metropolitan areas.
- Sources of BLS Employment Data
Other Useful Links
Current Employment Statistics Contacts
Staff members of the Current Employment Statistics are available Monday through Friday 8:30 AM TO 4:30 PM EASTERN TIME for your assistance.
Telephone: (202) 691-6555
Fax: (202) 691-6641
If you have a specific CES data question, please contact us via e-mail.
Written inquiries should be directed to:
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Division of Current Employment Statistics
Suite 4860
2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20212-0001
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Latest Numbers
Change in Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment:
+156,000(p) in Dec 2016
![10-years of historical data Historical Data](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170131235903im_/https://www.bls.gov/images/layout/historical_icon.gif)
Change in Total Private Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees:
+$0.10(p) in Dec 2016
![10-years of historical data Historical Data](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170131235903im_/https://www.bls.gov/images/layout/historical_icon.gif)
Change in Total Private Average Weekly Hours for All Employees:
unchanged in Dec 2016
![10-years of historical data Historical Data](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170131235903im_/https://www.bls.gov/images/layout/historical_icon.gif)
Percent change in Total Private Aggregate Weekly Hours for All Employees:
+0.2%(p) in Dec 2016
![10-years of historical data Historical Data](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170131235903im_/https://www.bls.gov/images/layout/historical_icon.gif)
Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Hours for All Employees:
+0.1(p) in Dec 2016
![10-years of historical data Historical Data](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170131235903im_/https://www.bls.gov/images/layout/historical_icon.gif)
Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Overtime for All Employees:
+0.1(p) in Dec 2016
![10-years of historical data Historical Data](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170131235903im_/https://www.bls.gov/images/layout/historical_icon.gif)
Change in Total Private Real Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees:
+$0.01(p) in Dec 2016
![10-years of historical data Historical Data](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170131235903im_/https://www.bls.gov/images/layout/historical_icon.gif)
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