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Using the Bureau of Labor Statistics: Employment Statistics

This guide helps you extract statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics website

State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, & Earnings

Each month the Current Employment Statistics program surveys about 146,000 businesses and government agencies, representing approximately 623,000 individual worksites, in order to provide detailed industry data on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls for all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and about 450 metropolitan areas and divisions.