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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages >

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

QCEW data are accessible from the options available on the QCEW Databases page. These options include the QCEW Data Viewer, Downloadable Data Files, Open Data Access, as well as the LABSTAT Database options, which include the One-Screen, Multi-Screen and Series Report data searches, and also the QCEW State and County Maps application.

Historical data availability varies with each tool. The tables below explain which historical data are available in each database tool. Except where noted, each tool is regularly updated to include the most recently released data. The first year of availability is displayed below.

Total, All Ownerships, First Year Available
Source	National		State		CSA		MSA		MicroSA		County
Source	Quarterly	Annual	Quarterly	Annual	Quarterly	Annual	Quarterly	Annual	Quarterly	Annual	Quarterly	Annual
Downloadable Data Files	1975	1975	1975	1975	1975	1975	1975	1975	1975	1975	1975	1975
QCEW Data Viewer/Open Data Access	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015
LABSTAT Database	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001

Special Ownership Aggregations, First Year Available
Source	Total, Government				Total, U.S. MSAs		Total, All U.S. CMSAs / CSAs		Total, All U.S. Non-MSA Counties		Total, U.I. Covered (U.S.)
	Total, Government				Total, U.S. MSAs		Total, All U.S. CMSAs / CSAs		Total, All U.S. Non-MSA Counties		Total, U.I. Covered (U.S.)
	National		State		National		National		National		National
	Quarterly	Annual	Quarterly	Annual	Quarterly	Annual	Quarterly	Annual	Quarterly	Annual	Quarterly	Annual
Downloadable Data Files	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990
QCEW Data Viewer/Open Data Access	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015
LABSTAT Database	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001

Data By Industry and Ownership, First Year Available
Industry	Source	National		State		MSA		County
Industry	Source	Quarterly	Annual	Quarterly	Annual	Quarterly	Annual	Quarterly	Annual
All	Downloadable Data Files	1975	1975	1975	1975	1975	1975	1975	1975
	Data Viewer/Open Data	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015
	LABSTAT Database	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001
Domain	Downloadable Data Files	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990
	Data Viewer/Open Data	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015
	LABSTAT Database	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001
Super Sector	Downloadable Data Files	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990
	Data Viewer/Open Data	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015
	LABSTAT Database	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001	2001
NAICS Sector	Downloadable Data Files	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990
	Data Viewer/Open Data	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015
	LABSTAT Database	2001	2001	2001	2001	N/A	2001	N/A	2001
NAICS Sub-Sector	Downloadable Data Files	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990
	Data Viewer/Open Data	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015
	LABSTAT Database	2001	2001	2001	2001	N/A	2001	N/A	2001
NAICS 4-Digit	Downloadable Data Files	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990
	Data Viewer/Open Data	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015
	LABSTAT Database	2001	2001	N/A	2001	N/A	2001	N/A	2001
NAICS 5-Digit	Downloadable Data Files	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990
	Data Viewer/Open Data	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015
	LABSTAT Database	2001	2001	N/A	2001	N/A	2001	N/A	2001
NAICS 6-Digit	Downloadable Data Files	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990	1990
	Data Viewer/Open Data	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015	2015
	LABSTAT Database	2001	2001	N/A	2001	N/A	2001	N/A	2001
N/A = Data Not Available.

Data By Establishment Size Class and Industry (Private Sector Only), First Year Available
Industry	Source	National	State
Industry	Source	1st Quarter	1st Quarter
All	Downloadable Data Files	1990	1990
	QCEW Data Viewer/Open Data Access	2015	2015
	LABSTAT Database	2001	2001
Domain	Downloadable Data Files	1990	1990
	QCEW Data Viewer/Open Data Access	2015	2015
	LABSTAT Database	2001	N/A
Super Sector	Downloadable Data Files	1990	1990
	QCEW Data Viewer/Open Data Access	2015	2015
	LABSTAT Database	2001	N/A
NAICS Sector	Downloadable Data Files	1990	1990
	QCEW Data Viewer/Open Data Access	2015	2015
	LABSTAT Database	2001	N/A
NAICS Sub-Sector	Downloadable Data Files	1990	1990
	QCEW Data Viewer/Open Data Access	2015	2015
	LABSTAT Database	N/A	N/A
NAICS 4-Digit	Downloadable Data Files	1990	1990
	QCEW Data Viewer/Open Data Access	2015	2015
	LABSTAT Database	N/A	N/A
NAICS 5-Digit	Downloadable Data Files	1990	1990
	QCEW Data Viewer/Open Data Access	2015	2015
	LABSTAT Database	N/A	N/A
NAICS 6-Digit	Downloadable Data Files	1990	1990
	QCEW Data Viewer/Open Data Access	2015	2015
	LABSTAT Database	N/A	N/A
N/A = Data Not Available.

Last Modified Date: September 4, 2019