About the Current Employment Statistics (CES)

Monthly nonfarm job and wage estimates produced under a Federal-State cooperative program between the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (IDWD). The BLS develops the concepts, definitions, and technical procedures used in the preparation of these estimates, which are part of the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey to collect data each month on employment, hours, and earnings from a sample of 7,000 Indiana nonfarm establishments. Industry data are NAICS-based.

Geographic coverage
U.S., States, Indiana Metro Areas (MSAs)

Frequency
Monthly and annual averages

Timespan

• Not seasonally adjusted: January 2001 to latest month available
• Seasonally adjusted (U.S. and states only): January 1990 to latest month available

Revisions
According to IDWD, "current month estimates may be revised slightly if additional data received in the following month warrants a change and may be revised when new benchmarks are constructed annually." It is generally good to consider the most current month's data preliminary and the preceeding month revised.

Variables
Employment, average weekly earnings, average weekly hours, average hourly earnings by industry, based on the NAICS classification system

Data sources
Indiana MSAs are estimated by the Indiana Dept. of Workforce Development.
U.S. and 50 States are provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Dataset characteristics
Establishment-based (physical location of business). Due to rounding the sum of individual industry items may not equal totals.