Current Employment Statistics (CES)
and the Labor Market Review

Current Employment Statistics include current and historical data on employment by industry, hours and earnings for Ohio and thirteen metropolitan areas . Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

• The monthly Labor Market Review, in pdf, includes current and historical data on employment by industry, hours and earnings; civilian labor force estimates of employment and unemployment; selected unemployment compensation data; articles; and technical notes. Seasonally adjusted employment estimates by industry are available for Ohio. Seasonally adjusted labor force estimates are available for Ohio and the United States.
• Current Employment Statistics Query allows users to view and download current and historical data on employment by industry for Ohio and eleven metropolitan areas. Where available, hours and earnings are provided.
• Monthly Data
  • Cumulative Table, in Excel, with monthly employment data for the current year, from January through the most recent available month.
  • The Experimental All Employee Hours and Earnings Series from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, includes, by month, average weekly earnings, average weekly hours, and average hourly earns for all nonagricultural wage and salary employees in Ohio and other states.
• Annual Averages, in pdf, with employment, average hourly earnings, average weekly hours and average weekly earnings for Ohio and thirteen metropolitan statistical areas.
• About the Labor Market Review... provides technical information on Current Employment Statistics.

Annual Averages

Two sets of Annual Averages, in pdf, are available: those based on the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS-Based Annual Averages) beginning 1990 and those based on the former Standard Industrial Classification (SIC-Based Annual Averages) from 1994 to 2001. NAICS-based data and SIC-based data are not directly comparable.

Annual Averages with Monthly Data for Ohio & Metropolitan Areas
based on the North American Industry Classification System

Year	Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment Ohio & Metro Areas	Average Weekly Earnings Ohio Only	Average Weekly Hours Ohio Only	Average Hourly Earnings Ohio Only
2008	| 2008 Employment |	| 2008 Weekly Earning |	| 2008 Hours |	| 2008 Hourly Earning |
2007	| 2007 Employment |	| 2007 Weekly Earning |	| 2007 Hours |	| 2007 Hourly Earning |
2006	| 2006 Employment |	| 2006 Weekly Earning |	| 2006 Hours |	| 2006 Hourly Earning |
2005	| 2005 Employment |	| 2005 Weekly Earning |	| 2005 Hours |	| 2005 Hourly Earning |
2004	| 2004 Employment |	| 2004 Weekly Earning |	| 2004 Hours |	| 2004 Hourly Earning |
2003	| 2003 Employment |	| 2003 Weekly Earning |	| 2003 Hours |	| 2003 Hourly Earning |
2002	| 2002 Employment |	| 2002 Weekly Earning |	| 2002 Hours |	| 2002 Hourly Earning |
2001	| 2001 Employment |	| 2001 Weekly Earning |	| 2001 Hours |	| 2001 Hourly Earning |
Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment for Ohio & Metropolitan Statistical Areas: 1990  |  1991  |  1992  |  1993  |  1994  |  1995  |  1996  |  1997  |  1998  |  1999  |  2000

Annual Averages with Monthly Data for Ohio & Metropolitan Areas
based on Standard Industrial Classification

Year	Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment	Average Weekly Earnings	Average Weekly Hours	Average Hourly Earnings
2001	| 2001 Employment (SIC) |	| 2001 Weekly Earnings (SIC) |	| 2001 Hours (SIC) |	| 2001 Hourly Earnings (SIC) |
2000	| 2000 Employment (SIC) |	| 2000 Weekly Earnings (SIC) |	| 2000 Hours (SIC) |	| 2000 Hourly Earnings (SIC) |
1999	| 1999 Employment (SIC) |	| 1999 Weekly Earnings (SIC) |	| 1999 Hours (SIC) |	| 1999 Hourly Earnings (SIC) |
Tables for each of the following years are combined into one file:      1994 (SIC)  |  1995 (SIC)  |  1996 (SIC)  |  1997 (SIC)  |  1998 (SIC)

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About the Labor Market Review...

Data Source

Current Employment Statistics (CES) is a federal-state program that collects detailed data on employment, hours and earnings in goods-producing and service-providing industries through a monthly survey of more than 12,000 Ohio employers. Estimates of nonagricultural employment, hours and earnings for Ohio and its thirteen metropolitan statistical areas are produced monthly. Civilian labor force estimates are developed by the federal-state Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program. Unemployment compensation data are compiled from administrative reports. Additional information may be found in the technical notes included in the monthly Ohio Labor Market Review.

Level of Detail

Employment, hours and earnings data are published for all sizeable manufacturing and nonmanufacturing categories for which adequate samples are surveyed and for which disclosure rules permit publication.

Frequency

Monthly; available by end of the month following the reference month.

Time Period Covered

Within the monthly Labor Market Review, eleven years of annual historical and thirteen months of current data are published for employment and the civilian labor force series. Current, previous month and year-ago month data are available.

Geographic Areas

The Labor Market Review is produced for Ohio and thirteen Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Three West Virginia MSAs include Ohio counties: Huntington-Ashland MSA, Parkersburg-Marietta MSA and Wheeling MSA.

Developed by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, Metropolitan Statistical Areas are integrated geographic regions comprised of at least one city and adjacent communities. Metropolitan Statistical Areas make it possible for Federal statistical agencies to utilize the same boundaries when publishing statistical data.

Uses

Data may be used:

• To track growth and contraction in industry, for economic planning, development of econometric models, trend analysis and forecasting.
• To compare employment trends and earnings among states and metropolitan areas.

Limitations

Industry survey participation is voluntary; data for some industries may not be available due to insufficient sample size. Adequate and reliable hours and earnings estimates are not available for most nonmanufacturing industries.

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