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  • Thousands, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Apr 2002 to May 2022 (2022-06-02)

    Copyright, 2016, Automatic Data Processing, Inc. ("ADP").

  • Dollars, Quarterly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Q1 1979 to Q1 2024 (Apr 16)

    Data measure usual weekly earnings of wage and salary workers. Wage and salary workers are workers who receive wages, salaries, commissions, tips, payment in kind, or piece rates. The group includes employees in both the private and public sectors but, for the purposes of the earnings series, it excludes all self-employed persons, both those with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses. Usual weekly earnings represent earnings before taxes and other deductions and include any overtime pay, commissions, or tips usually received (at the main job in the case of multiple jobholders). Prior to 1994, respondents were asked how much they usually earned per week. Since January 1994, respondents have been asked to identify the easiest way for them to report earnings (hourly, weekly, biweekly, twice monthly, monthly, annually, or other) and how much they usually earn in the reported time period. Earnings reported on a basis other than weekly are converted to a weekly equivalent. The term "usual" is determined by each respondent's own understanding of the term. If the respondent asks for a definition of "usual," interviewers are instructed to define the term as more than half the weeks worked during the past 4 or 5 months. For more information see https://www.bls.gov/cps/earnings.htm The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LEU0252881500

  • Index Dec 2005=100, Quarterly, Seasonally Adjusted Q1 2001 to Q1 2024 (Apr 30)

  • Dollars per Week, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1964 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    Production and related employees include working supervisors and all nonsupervisory employees (including group leaders and trainees) engaged in fabricating, processing, assembling, inspecting, receiving, storing, handling, packing, warehousing, shipping, trucking, hauling, maintenance, repair, janitorial, guard services, product development, auxiliary production for plant's own use (for example, power plant), recordkeeping, and other services closely associated with the above production operations. #Nonsupervisory employees include those individuals in private, service-providing industries who are not above the working-supervisor level. This group includes individuals such as office and clerical workers, repairers, salespersons, operators, drivers, physicians, lawyers, accountants, nurses, social workers, research aides, teachers, drafters, photographers, beauticians, musicians, restaurant workers, custodial workers, attendants, line installers and repairers, laborers, janitors, guards, and other employees at similar occupational levels whose services are closely associated with those of the employees listed. The series comes from the 'Current Employment Statistics (Establishment Survey).' The source code is: CES0500000030

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1990 to Apr 2024 (May 18)

  • Hours, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Mar 2006 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Employment Statistics (Establishment Survey).' The source code is: CES3000000004

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS12034560

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1955 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Employment Statistics (Establishment Survey).' The source code is: CES9092000001

  • Number, Weekly, Not Seasonally Adjusted 2020-03-28 to 2022-10-22 (2022-11-14)

    Continued claims, also referred to as insured unemployment, is the number of people who have already filed an initial claim and who have experienced a week of unemployment and then filed a continued claim to claim benefits for that week of unemployment. Continued claims data are based on the week of unemployment, not the week when the initial claim was filed. The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) is a program that temporarily expanded unemployment insurance eligibility to self-employed workers, freelancers, independent contractors and part-time workers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. This program was established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which expanded states' ability to provide unemployment insurance to many workers affected by COVID-19, including people who aren't ordinarily eligible for unemployment benefits.

  • Persons, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 2010 to Apr 2024 (May 1)

    The January 2023 report presents the scheduled annual revision of the ADP National Employment Report (NER), which updates the data series to be consistent with the annual Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) benchmark data through March 2022. This is a recurring process that happens every year, and is a common practice for reports of this nature. In addition to this regular, annual update, the NER weighting methodology was revised to facilitate an easier comparison of total employment estimates between the NER and QCEW; monthly aggregates now leverage weekly seasonal adjustments rather than a separate monthly seasonal adjustment; and the national aggregate is now constructed from industry aggregates. There was also a refinement in the labeling methodology which is used to determine how various employment sources fall into a particular industry and geography definitions. These changes were applied retroactively to the 13-year history of the NER.

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 2007 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNU02073413

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Feb 1990 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    This series is from the Current Population Survey (Household Survey) conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Labor force flows show the movements that underlie the net over-the-month changes in employment, unemployment, or not in the labor force.

  • Percent, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    View data of the percentage of the total U.S. population that is neither employed nor actively seeking work.

  • Index Dec 2005=100, Quarterly, Seasonally Adjusted Q1 2001 to Q1 2024 (Apr 30)

    See Footnote C onhttps://www.bls.gov/ect/cimapnote.htm

  • Billions of Dollars, Quarterly, Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate Q1 1947 to Q1 2024 (Apr 25)

    BEA Account Code: A033RC A Guide to the National Income and Product Accounts of the United States (NIPA) - (http://www.bea.gov/national/pdf/nipaguid.pdf)

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    To obtain estimates of women worker employment, the ratio of weighted women employees to the weighted all employees in the sample is assumed to equal the same ratio in the universe. The current month's women worker ratio, thus, is estimated and then multiplied by the all-employee estimate. The weighted-difference-link-and-taper formula (described in the source) is used to estimate the current month's women worker ratio. This formula adds the change in the matched sample's women worker ratio (the weighted-difference link) to the prior month's estimate, which has been slightly modified to reflect changes in the sample composition (the taper). The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS12000002

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1939 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Employment Statistics (Establishment Survey).' The source code is: CES4000000001

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1990 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Employment Statistics (Establishment Survey).' The source code is: CES7072200001

  • Billions of Dollars, Annual, Not Seasonally Adjusted 1929 to 2023 (Mar 28)

    BEA Account Code: A033RC For more information about this series, please see http://www.bea.gov/national/.

  • Number, Weekly, Not Seasonally Adjusted 1986-02-01 to 2024-05-11 (2 days ago)

    Continued claims, also referred to as insured unemployment, is the number of people who have already filed an initial claim and who have experienced a week of unemployment and then filed a continued claim to claim benefits for that week of unemployment. Continued claims data are based on the week of unemployment, not the week when the initial claim was filed.

  • Percent, Annual, Not Seasonally Adjusted 1970 to 2012 (2013-06-10)

    Industry includes manufacturing, mining, and construction. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has eliminated the International Labor Comparisons (ILC) program. This is the last BLS release of international comparisons of annual labor force statistics.

  • Index Dec 2005=100, Quarterly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Q1 2001 to Q1 2024 (Apr 30)

    Includes wages, salaries, and employer costs for employee benefits.New series. Historical data are available beginning with March 2001.

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    To obtain estimates of women worker employment, the ratio of weighted women employees to the weighted all employees in the sample is assumed to equal the same ratio in the universe. The current month's women worker ratio, thus, is estimated and then multiplied by the all-employee estimate. The weighted-difference-link-and-taper formula (described in the source) is used to estimate the current month's women worker ratio. This formula adds the change in the matched sample's women worker ratio (the weighted-difference link) to the prior month's estimate, which has been slightly modified to reflect changes in the sample composition (the taper). The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS12300002

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1990 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Employment Statistics (Establishment Survey).' The source code is: CES4349300001

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1955 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Employment Statistics (Establishment Survey).' The source code is: CES9093000001

  • Dollars per Hour, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1964 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    Production and related employees include working supervisors and all nonsupervisory employees (including group leaders and trainees) engaged in fabricating, processing, assembling, inspecting, receiving, storing, handling, packing, warehousing, shipping, trucking, hauling, maintenance, repair, janitorial, guard services, product development, auxiliary production for plant's own use (for example, power plant), recordkeeping, and other services closely associated with the above production operations. #Nonsupervisory employees include those individuals in private, service-providing industries who are not above the working-supervisor level. This group includes individuals such as office and clerical workers, repairers, salespersons, operators, drivers, physicians, lawyers, accountants, nurses, social workers, research aides, teachers, drafters, photographers, beauticians, musicians, restaurant workers, custodial workers, attendants, line installers and repairers, laborers, janitors, guards, and other employees at similar occupational levels whose services are closely associated with those of the employees listed. The series comes from the 'Current Employment Statistics (Establishment Survey).' The source code is: CEU0500000008

  • Percent, Weekly, Not Seasonally Adjusted 1971-01-02 to 2024-05-11 (3 days ago)

    The insured unemployment rate (% of covered employment) is Continued Claims (also called insured unemployment) divided by Covered Employment.

  • Number, Weekly, Not Seasonally Adjusted 1986-02-01 to 2024-05-18 (2 days ago)

    An initial claim is a claim filed by an unemployed individual after a separation from an employer. The claim requests a determination of basic eligibility for the Unemployment Insurance program.

  • Number, Weekly, Not Seasonally Adjusted 2020-04-04 to 2022-11-05 (2022-11-14)

    An initial claim is a claim filed by an unemployed individual after a separation from an employer. The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) is a program that temporarily expanded unemployment insurance eligibility to self-employed workers, freelancers, independent contractors and part-time workers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. This program was established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which expanded states' ability to provide unemployment insurance to many workers affected by COVID-19, including people who aren't ordinarily eligible for unemployment benefits.

  • Number, Weekly, Not Seasonally Adjusted 2020-03-28 to 2022-10-22 (2022-11-14)

    Continued claims, also referred to as insured unemployment, is the number of people who have already filed an initial claim and who have experienced a week of unemployment and then filed a continued claim to claim benefits for that week of unemployment. Continued claims data are based on the week of unemployment, not the week when the initial claim was filed. The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) is a program that temporarily expanded unemployment insurance eligibility to self-employed workers, freelancers, independent contractors and part-time workers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. This program was established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which expanded states' ability to provide unemployment insurance to many workers affected by COVID-19, including people who aren't ordinarily eligible for unemployment benefits.

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1990 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Employment Statistics (Establishment Survey).' The source code is: CES3133600101

  • Number, Weekly, Not Seasonally Adjusted 2020-03-28 to 2022-10-22 (2022-11-14)

    Continued claims, also referred to as insured unemployment, is the number of people who have already filed an initial claim and who have experienced a week of unemployment and then filed a continued claim to claim benefits for that week of unemployment. Continued claims data are based on the week of unemployment, not the week when the initial claim was filed. The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) is a program that temporarily expanded unemployment insurance eligibility to self-employed workers, freelancers, independent contractors and part-time workers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. This program was established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which expanded states' ability to provide unemployment insurance to many workers affected by COVID-19, including people who aren't ordinarily eligible for unemployment benefits.

  • Number, Weekly, Not Seasonally Adjusted 2020-03-28 to 2022-10-22 (2022-11-14)

    Continued claims, also referred to as insured unemployment, is the number of people who have already filed an initial claim and who have experienced a week of unemployment and then filed a continued claim to claim benefits for that week of unemployment. Continued claims data are based on the week of unemployment, not the week when the initial claim was filed. The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) is a program that temporarily expanded unemployment insurance eligibility to self-employed workers, freelancers, independent contractors and part-time workers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. This program was established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which expanded states' ability to provide unemployment insurance to many workers affected by COVID-19, including people who aren't ordinarily eligible for unemployment benefits.

  • Number, Weekly, Not Seasonally Adjusted 2020-03-28 to 2022-10-22 (2022-11-14)

    Continued claims, also referred to as insured unemployment, is the number of people who have already filed an initial claim and who have experienced a week of unemployment and then filed a continued claim to claim benefits for that week of unemployment. Continued claims data are based on the week of unemployment, not the week when the initial claim was filed. The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) is a program that temporarily expanded unemployment insurance eligibility to self-employed workers, freelancers, independent contractors and part-time workers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. This program was established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which expanded states' ability to provide unemployment insurance to many workers affected by COVID-19, including people who aren't ordinarily eligible for unemployment benefits.

  • Billions of Dollars, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate Jan 1959 to Mar 2024 (Apr 26)

    BEA Account Code: A033RC A Guide to the National Income and Product Accounts of the United States (NIPA) - (http://www.bea.gov/national/pdf/nipaguid.pdf)

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1972 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS12300006

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1994 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNU02026628

  • Percent, Annual, Not Seasonally Adjusted 1970 to 2012 (2013-06-10)

    Agriculture includes agriculture, forestry, hunting, and fishing. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has eliminated the International Labor Comparisons (ILC) program. This is the last BLS release of international comparisons of annual labor force statistics.

  • 1982-84 CPI Adjusted Dollars, Quarterly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Q1 1979 to Q1 2024 (Apr 16)

    Data measure usual weekly earnings of wage and salary workers. Wage and salary workers are workers who receive wages, salaries, commissions, tips, payment in kind, or piece rates. The group includes employees in both the private and public sectors but, for the purposes of the earnings series, it excludes all self-employed persons, both those with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses. Usual weekly earnings represent earnings before taxes and other deductions and include any overtime pay, commissions, or tips usually received (at the main job in the case of multiple jobholders). Prior to 1994, respondents were asked how much they usually earned per week. Since January 1994, respondents have been asked to identify the easiest way for them to report earnings (hourly, weekly, biweekly, twice monthly, monthly, annually, or other) and how much they usually earn in the reported time period. Earnings reported on a basis other than weekly are converted to a weekly equivalent. The term "usual" is determined by each respondent's own understanding of the term. If the respondent asks for a definition of "usual," interviewers are instructed to define the term as more than half the weeks worked during the past 4 or 5 months. For more information see https://www.bls.gov/cps/earnings.htm The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LEU0252881600

  • 1982-84 CPI Adjusted Dollars, Quarterly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Q1 2000 to Q1 2024 (Apr 16)

    Data measure usual weekly earnings of wage and salary workers. Wage and salary workers are workers who receive wages, salaries, commissions, tips, payment in kind, or piece rates. The group includes employees in both the private and public sectors but, for the purposes of the earnings series, it excludes all self-employed persons, both those with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses. Usual weekly earnings represent earnings before taxes and other deductions and include any overtime pay, commissions, or tips usually received (at the main job in the case of multiple jobholders). Prior to 1994, respondents were asked how much they usually earned per week. Since January 1994, respondents have been asked to identify the easiest way for them to report earnings (hourly, weekly, biweekly, twice monthly, monthly, annually, or other) and how much they usually earn in the reported time period. Earnings reported on a basis other than weekly are converted to a weekly equivalent. The term "usual" is determined by each respondent's own understanding of the term. If the respondent asks for a definition of "usual," interviewers are instructed to define the term as more than half the weeks worked during the past 4 or 5 months. For more information see https://www.bls.gov/cps/earnings.htm The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LEU0252882500

  • Percent, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Dec 2016 to Apr 2024 (Apr 24)

    This index reflects firms' expectations about the growth of their own employment levels over the next 12 months. For more details about the methodology or the survey, visit the Survey of Business Uncertainty (https://www.frbatlanta.org/research/surveys/business-uncertainty.aspx).

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1990 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    Construction employees in the construction sector include: Working supervisors, qualified craft workers, mechanics, apprentices, helpers, laborers, and so forth, engaged in new work, alterations, demolition, repair, maintenance, and the like, whether working at the site of construction or in shops or yards at jobs (such as precutting and preassembling) ordinarily performed by members of the construction trades. The series comes from the 'Current Employment Statistics (Establishment Survey).' The source code is: CES2023620001

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS12300001

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Feb 1990 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    This series is from the Current Population Survey (Household Survey) conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Labor force flows show the movements that underlie the net over-the-month changes in employment, unemployment, or not in the labor force.

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS12027714

  • Percent, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1948 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LNS12300012

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1990 to Apr 2024 (May 18)

  • Percent, Annual, Not Seasonally Adjusted 1979 to 2023 (Jan 18)

    Data measure usual hourly earnings of wage and salary workers. Wage and salary workers are workers who receive wages, salaries, commissions, tips, payment in kind, or piece rates. The group includes employees in both the private and public sectors but, for the purposes of the earnings series, it excludes all self-employed persons, both those with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses. For more information see https://www.bls.gov/cps/earnings.htm The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LEU0203127200

  • Percent, Annual, Not Seasonally Adjusted 1991 to 2023 (Apr 2)

    Employment to population ratio is the proportion of a country's population that is employed. Ages 15 and older are generally considered the working-age population (modeled ILO estimate). Source Indicator: SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS

  • Thousands of Persons, Annual, Not Seasonally Adjusted 1990 to 2023 (Mar 13)

  • Number, Weekly, Not Seasonally Adjusted 2020-04-04 to 2022-11-05 (2022-11-14)

    An initial claim is a claim filed by an unemployed individual after a separation from an employer. The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) is a program that temporarily expanded unemployment insurance eligibility to self-employed workers, freelancers, independent contractors and part-time workers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. This program was established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which expanded states' ability to provide unemployment insurance to many workers affected by COVID-19, including people who aren't ordinarily eligible for unemployment benefits.

  • Index Dec 2005=100, Quarterly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Q1 2001 to Q1 2024 (Apr 30)

    New series. Historical data are available beginning with March 2001.

  • Billions of Dollars, Quarterly, Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate Q1 1947 to Q1 2024 (Apr 25)

    BEA Account Code: A034RC A Guide to the National Income and Product Accounts of the United States (NIPA) - (http://www.bea.gov/national/pdf/nipaguid.pdf)

  • Thousands of Persons, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1985 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    The series comes from the 'Current Employment Statistics (Establishment Survey).' The source code is: CES6562440001

  • Dollars per Hour, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 1947 to Apr 2024 (May 3)

    Production and related employees include working supervisors and all nonsupervisory employees (including group leaders and trainees) engaged in fabricating, processing, assembling, inspecting, receiving, storing, handling, packing, warehousing, shipping, trucking, hauling, maintenance, repair, janitorial, guard services, product development, auxiliary production for plant's own use (for example, power plant), recordkeeping, and other services closely associated with the above production operations. #Nonsupervisory employees include those individuals in private, service-providing industries who are not above the working-supervisor level. This group includes individuals such as office and clerical workers, repairers, salespersons, operators, drivers, physicians, lawyers, accountants, nurses, social workers, research aides, teachers, drafters, photographers, beauticians, musicians, restaurant workers, custodial workers, attendants, line installers and repairers, laborers, janitors, guards, and other employees at similar occupational levels whose services are closely associated with those of the employees listed. The series comes from the 'Current Employment Statistics (Establishment Survey).' The source code is: CES2000000008

  • Dollars per Hour, Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Jan 2007 to Apr 2024 (May 18)

  • Number, Weekly, Not Seasonally Adjusted 2020-03-28 to 2022-10-22 (2022-11-14)

    Continued claims, also referred to as insured unemployment, is the number of people who have already filed an initial claim and who have experienced a week of unemployment and then filed a continued claim to claim benefits for that week of unemployment. Continued claims data are based on the week of unemployment, not the week when the initial claim was filed. The Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) is a program that temporarily expanded unemployment insurance eligibility to self-employed workers, freelancers, independent contractors and part-time workers impacted by the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. This program was established by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which expanded states' ability to provide unemployment insurance to many workers affected by COVID-19, including people who aren't ordinarily eligible for unemployment benefits.

  • Thousands, Monthly, Seasonally Adjusted Jan 2005 to May 2022 (2022-06-02)

    Copyright, 2016, Automatic Data Processing, Inc. ("ADP").

  • Percent, Annual, Not Seasonally Adjusted 1970 to 2012 (2013-06-10)

    Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has eliminated the International Labor Comparisons (ILC) program. This is the last BLS release of international comparisons of annual labor force statistics.

  • Dollars, Quarterly, Not Seasonally Adjusted Q1 2000 to Q1 2024 (Apr 16)

    Data measure usual weekly earnings of wage and salary workers. Wage and salary workers are workers who receive wages, salaries, commissions, tips, payment in kind, or piece rates. The group includes employees in both the private and public sectors but, for the purposes of the earnings series, it excludes all self-employed persons, both those with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses. Usual weekly earnings represent earnings before taxes and other deductions and include any overtime pay, commissions, or tips usually received (at the main job in the case of multiple jobholders). Prior to 1994, respondents were asked how much they usually earned per week. Since January 1994, respondents have been asked to identify the easiest way for them to report earnings (hourly, weekly, biweekly, twice monthly, monthly, annually, or other) and how much they usually earn in the reported time period. Earnings reported on a basis other than weekly are converted to a weekly equivalent. The term "usual" is determined by each respondent's own understanding of the term. If the respondent asks for a definition of "usual," interviewers are instructed to define the term as more than half the weeks worked during the past 4 or 5 months. For more information see https://www.bls.gov/cps/earnings.htm The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LEU0252919100


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