Announcements
NEW Employment and Wages, Annual Averages 2014
NEW As of June 2, 2015,
the QCEW Data Viewer includes over-the-year level and percent changes for third-month employment and average weekly wages.
Table options have been expanded to include multi-year QCEW data by area and industry, and by
establishment size class. Size data are available for the first quarter of each year.
NEW QCEW CSV Files Updated with Over-the-Year Changes
QCEW NAICS data CSV files for the years 1975-2014 were updated on June 2nd
to include pre-calculated over-the-year level and percent change fields. The legacy format
ENB/END files and the SIC history files were not part of this update.
The new QCEW over-the-year change fields are available from the Open Data Access files and from the CSV files on the QCEW Data Files page.
Over-the-year change fields for third-month employment and average weekly wage are also available from the State and County Map application.
NEW As of January 8, 2015,
the QCEW Data Viewer includes employment and wages location quotients in all tables. Table
options have been expanded to include QCEW data by establishment size
class. Size data are available for the first quarter of each year.
NEW QCEW File Formats and Content
Most QCEW NAICS data flat files for the years 1975-2014 were updated on December 9th
to include location quotients (LQs). Location quotients compare the concentration
of an industry within a specific area to the concentration of that industry nationwide.
Location quotients were calculated for each of the data points within these files.
The legacy format ENB/END files and the SIC history files were not part of this update.
The new QCEW location quotients are available from the Open Data Access files and from the CSV files on the QCEW Data Files page.
Location quotients are also available from the LQ Calculator, the State and County Map application, and the high level county files.
On December 2nd, BLS released updated file format documentation here (CSV) and here (Open Data) to allow users to prepare
for the new format. With the December 9th release, this documentation now reflects the standard formats
used in the CSV files and the Open Data Access files.
NEW Research data on the nonprofit sector
UPDATED Tuesday, September 30, 2014 - QCEW 2013 annual average CSV files updated with correct annual average pay values. Details
NEW QCEW Open Data Access: QCEW now provides a collection of CSV files designed to allow third party programmers, developers, and organizations to retrieve published QCEW data in CSV format.
NEW QCEW Data Viewer: County, MSA, State, and National Data by Industry
NEW Hurricane Joaquin � Employment, wages, and establishment counts in hurricane flood zones maps and tables of employment, wages, and establishment counts
Changes to QCEW Data Files
NEW Article The Marcellus Shale gas boom in Pennsylvania: employment and wage trends
Changes to E&W Tables
03/09/2016
From third quarter 2014 to third quarter 2015, Rockland, N.Y., had the largest county percentage
increase in average weekly wages at 24.9 percent. Williamson, Tenn., had the largest county over-the-
year percentage increase in employment in September 2015 at 6.5 percent.
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Contact Us
For BLS QCEW Survey Respondents
For QCEW Data Users
- Telephone: (202) 691-6567
- E-mail: Contact QCEW
- Written inquiries:
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Room 4840
2 Massachusetts Ave., NE
Washington, D.C. 20212
For related data sources
For state-published data
The cooperating State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) have labor market information
offices that publish and disseminate QCEW data for their states.
