BLS - Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) United States Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Version:  View help for Version V1

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Current Employment Statistics - CES (National) _ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.pdf application/pdf 391.3 KB 10/03/2025 01:12:PM
Current Employment Statistics Overview.pdf application/pdf 201.7 KB 10/03/2025 01:03:PM
ce.contacts text/plain 397 bytes 10/03/2025 01:08:PM
ce.data.0.AllCESSeries text/plain 323.8 MB 10/03/2025 01:08:PM
ce.data.00a.TotalNonfarm.Employment text/plain 208.8 KB 10/03/2025 01:08:PM
ce.data.01a.CurrentSeasAE text/plain 15.7 MB 10/03/2025 01:08:PM
ce.data.02b.AllRealEarningsAE text/plain 21.3 MB 10/03/2025 01:08:PM
ce.data.03c.AllRealEarningsPE text/plain 32.1 MB 10/03/2025 01:08:PM
ce.data.05a.TotalPrivate.Employment text/plain 968.7 KB 10/03/2025 01:08:PM
ce.data.05b.TotalPrivate.AllEmployeeHoursAndEarnings text/plain 541.5 KB 10/03/2025 01:08:PM
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Project Citation: 

United States Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. BLS - Current Employment Statistics - CES (National). Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-10-03. https://doi.org/10.3886/E238628V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title BLS - Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)
Summary:  View help for Summary The Current Employment Statistics (CES) program produces detailed industry estimates of nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings of workers on payrolls. CES National Estimates produces data for the nation, and CES State and Metro Area produces estimates for all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and about 450 metropolitan areas and divisions.

See ces-schemas.txt for a listing of the columns and a few rows of the zipped tables.
See ce.series for a summary of each the tables
See Handbook of Methods (https://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/ces/presentation.htm) for background of the data collection and presentation.
See the pdf files for screenshots of the home pages.
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://www.bls.gov/ces/data/

Scope of Project

Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1939 – 2025


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