Employment and Wages
Data Series
Description of Series

Source Agency or Organization
Geographic Coverage
Frequency
National (Nonagricultural) Employment The Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey of payroll records provides detailed industry data on employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls for the Nation.
Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://www.bls.gov/ces/home.htm
U.S., NAICS "Supersectors"
Monthly
State and Local Employment 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 over 270 metropolitan areas.
Bureau of Labor Statistics:
http://www.bls.gov/sae/home.htm
Also on the VEC website as "Nonfarm Employment - Current Employment Statistics: http://velma.virtuallmi.com/default.asp
States amd MSAs
Monthly
Covered Employment and Wages (ES-202) The Covered Employment and Wages (CEW) program publishes a quarterly count of employment and wages reported by employers covering 98 percent of U.S. jobs, available at the county, MSA, state and national levels by industry.
Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://www.bls.gov/cew/home.htm#data
U.S., State, Metropolitan areas, Counties, and Cities - 6-digit NAICS
Annual, quarterly
Top Employers in Virginia Tables of top employers based on ES-202 data, compiled by the Virginia Employment Commission
Virginia Employment Commission: http://www.vec.state.va.us/vecportal/lbrmkt/top50/top50.cfm
State, MSAs, Counties, Cities, Local Workforce Investment Areas
Quarterly
Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections Compare occupations in terms of employment size, projected employment growth, earnings, education or training requirements, opportunities for self-employment and part-time work, and unemployment rate. Data on 2000 and projected 2010 employment for almost 700 occupations
Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://www.bls.gov/emp/home.htm#data
U.S.
Bi-annual, 10-year projections
Industry Employment and Output Projections Industry employment projections as well as the related industry employment and output data used to develop those projections, available on a national basis.
Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://www.bls.gov/emp/empind2.htm
U.S.
Bi-annual, 10-year projections
Occupational Wages and Estimated Employment
The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program collects data on wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments in order to produce employment and wage estimates for over 700 occupations.
Bureau of Labor Statistics:
http://www.bls.gov/oes/home.htm
http://www.bls.gov/bls/blswage.htm
U.S., State, and MSA
Annual
Occupational Wages and Estimated Employment The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program collects data on wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments in order to produce employment and wage estimates for over 700 occupations.

Virginia Employment Commission:
http://www.velma.virtuallmi.com/default.asp

State, MSA, plus non-MSA regions for Virginia (VEC data) - industry detail available
Annual