Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) - Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)

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2025-04-14-bls-page.html text/html 98.3 KB 04/15/2025 01:26:PM
Guide to QCEW Data Sources _ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.html text/html 83.8 KB 04/15/2025 01:27:PM
QCEW Aggregation Level Codes (For SIC coded data) _ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.html text/html 98.2 KB 04/15/2025 01:29:PM
QCEW Aggregation Level Codes _ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.html text/html 149.9 KB 04/15/2025 01:27:PM
QCEW Area Codes and Titles (For SIC Coded Data) _ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.html text/html 1.6 MB 04/15/2025 01:28:PM
QCEW Area Codes and Titles _ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.html text/html 690 KB 04/15/2025 01:26:PM
QCEW County High-Level Layouts _ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.html text/html 125.4 KB 04/15/2025 01:28:PM
QCEW Data File Documentation Guide _ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.html text/html 86.5 KB 04/15/2025 01:27:PM
QCEW Establishment Size Classes (For NAICS-Based Data) _ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.html text/html 85.2 KB 04/15/2025 01:26:PM
QCEW Establishment Size Classes (For SIC-Based Data) _ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.html text/html 84.7 KB 04/15/2025 01:28:PM

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) - Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)
Summary:  View help for Summary The Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program provides several different types of data files. These files are available for download. Data classified using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) are available from 1990 forward [in this archived dataset, through 2024], and on a more limited basis from 1975 to 1989. NAICS-based data files from 1990 to 2000 were re-constructed from data classified under the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. NAICS-based data files from 1975 to 1989 contain only totals by-ownership. NAICS data can be downloaded from the NAICS-Based Data Files table below.

Data classified using the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system is available from 1975 through 2000. SIC data can be downloaded from the second table below titled SIC-Based Data Files.

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