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Current Employment Statistics - CES (National)
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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
- 2019 CES Benchmark revision Read More »
- Notice of Publication Changes with the Release of Data on February 7, 2020 Read More »
- Redesign of CES webpages Read More »
Charts
read more »Next Release
- The Employment Situation for February 2020 is scheduled to be released on March 6, 2020, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.
- Real Earnings for January 2020 is scheduled to be released on February 13, 2020, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.
News Releases
Payroll employment rises by 225,000 in January; unemployment rate little changed at 3.6%
02/07/2020
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 225,000 in January, and the unemployment rate was
little changed at 3.6 percent. Notable job gains occurred in construction, in health care,
and in transportation and warehousing.
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Commissioner's Statement
Real average hourly earnings decrease 0.1 percent over the month in December
01/14/2020
Real average hourly earnings decreased 0.1 percent over the month in December, seasonally adjusted. Average hourly earnings increased 0.1 percent and CPI-U increased 0.2 percent. Real average weekly earnings decreased 0.1 percent over the month.
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Publications
The Economics Daily
Real average hourly earnings up 0.6 percent from December 2018 to December 2019
Real average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased 0.6 percent from December 2018 to December 2019. The change in real average hourly earnings combined with a 0.6-percent decrease in the average workweek resulted in essentially no change in real average weekly earnings over this period. 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 »
Latest Numbers
Change in Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment:
+225,000(p) in Jan 2020
Change in Total Private Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees:
+$0.07(p) in Jan 2020
Change in Total Private Average Weekly Hours for All Employees:
unchanged in Jan 2020
Percent change in Total Private Aggregate Weekly Hours for All Employees:
+0.2%(p) in Jan 2020
Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Hours for All Employees:
unchanged in Jan 2020
Change in Manufacturing Average Weekly Overtime for All Employees:
-0.1(p) in Jan 2020
Change in Total Private Real Average Hourly Earnings for All Employees:
-$0.02(p) in Dec 2019
Historical Data
News Release
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