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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages ‐‐ Data Guide
Testing CDS The table below provides links to documentation related to data files from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) Program. This documentation provides lists of codes and their corresponding titles that are used in the QCEW Program. They also detail file layouts.
Codes and Titles
This will summarize the various codes and titles used. Codes and titles will be broken down into NAICS and SIC groups.
Codes and Titles for NAICS coded data
- QCEW Aggregation Level Codes
- QCEW Area Titles
- QCEW Area Titles (for the pre-2013 area changes)
- QCEW MSA Area Titles for some pre-2004 areas (primarily for SIC coded data)
- QCEW Datatype Codes and Titles
- QCEW Industry Codes and Titles
- QCEW Industry Codes and for high level industries
- QCEW Ownership Codes and Titles
- QCEW Size Codes and Titles
SIC-based Codes and Titles
- QCEW Aggregation Level Codes for SIC coded data
- QCEW MSA Area Titles for some pre-2004 areas (primarily for SIC coded data)
- QCEW Area Titles for SIC coded data
- QCEW Datatype Codes for SIC coded data
- QCEW Industry Codes and Titles for SIC coded data
- QCEW Ownership Codes and Titles for SIC coded data
- QCEW Size Codes and Titles for SIC coded data
File Layouts
This will summarize the various file formats
Excel Files
CSV Files
- Layout for QCEW CSV files of annual data
- Layout for QCEW CSV files of quarterly data
- Layout for QCEW CSV files of SIC coded annual data
- Layout for QCEW CSV files of SIC coded quarterly data
Legacy Flat-Files
Last Modified Date: March 24, 2014