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Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)

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.

Each month, CES surveys approximately 145,000 businesses and government agencies, representing approximately 697,000 individual worksites.

Notices

Seeking public comment on possible changes to North American Industry Classification System for 2022 Read More »
2019 CES Benchmark revision Read More »
Notice of Publication Changes with the Release of Data on February 7, 2020 Read More »

Charts

The Employment Situation for October 2020 is scheduled to be released on October 19, 2020, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.
Real Earnings for September 2019 is scheduled to be released on October 10, 2019, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.

Payroll employment rises by 916,000 in March; unemployment rate edges down to 6.0%

04/02/2021

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 916,000 in March, and the unemployment rate edged down to 6.0 percent. These improvements in the labor market reflect the continued resumption of economic activity that had been curtailed due to COVID-19. Job growth was widespread in March.
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Real average hourly earnings for all employees decrease 0.8% over the month in March

04/13/2021

Real average hourly earnings for all employees decreased 0.8 percent over the month in March, seasonally adjusted. Average hourly earnings decreased 0.1 percent and CPI-U increased 0.6 percent. Real average weekly earnings increased 0.1 percent over the month.
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Publications

Beyond the Numbers

The 2020 census and CES employment

This Beyond the Numbers article describes how census workers affect CES employment estimates. Typically, a mass movement of workers onto—and then off of—the Census Bureau payroll occurs around the turn of every decade. read more »

The Economics Daily

Real average hourly earnings increased 0.6 percent from January 2019 to January 2020

Real average hourly earnings for all employees increased 0.6 percent, seasonally adjusted, from January 2019 to January 2020. read more »

Monthly Labor Review

The relative weakness in earnings of production workers in manufacturing, 1990–2018

Although manufacturing industries had a reputation for stable, well-paying jobs throughout much of the 20th century, shifts within the industry in the last several decades have considerably altered that picture. Since 1990, average hourly earnings trends in the various manufacturing industries have been disparate, with a few industries showing strong growth but many others having growth rates that are lower than those of the total private sector. read more »

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Latest Numbers

Change in Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment: +266,000(p) in Apr 2021

Change in Total Private Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees: +$0.21(p) in Apr 2021

Change in Total Private Average Weekly Hours for All Employees: +0.1(p) in Apr 2021

Percent change in Total Private Aggregate Weekly Hours for All Employees: +0.5%(p) in Apr 2021

Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Hours for All Employees: unchanged in Apr 2021

Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Overtime for All Employees: unchanged in Apr 2021

Change in Total Private Real Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees: unchanged in Apr 2021