Uses of QCEW

USES OF QCEW
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BLS Publications
QCEW: Quarterly Releases: County by
detailed NAICS - 5 month lag
Annual Employment and Wages
Special publications/maps
BED: Job Creation/Destruction
Quarterly and Annual
Size Class Dynamics
Firm and establishment births/ deaths
Business Survival Rates
Monthly Labor Review

Gross Domestic Product (BEA)

Current Employment
Statistics

Personal Income (BEA) Largest single input

Occupational Employment
Statistics

State Revenue Projections
Economic Forecasting

Occupational Safety and
Health Statistics

General Economic Uses

Jobs Openings & Labor
Turnover Survey

Census Bureau Uses of QCEW
• LEHD: QCEW is essential matching key
and source of geography and industry and
link to other datasets, and employment
• Business Register: Sharing to reduce
costs, burden and improve consistency

Benchmarking
(Employment Base)

Analytical Uses

Quarterly Census of
Employment and
Wages (QCEW)

Sampling

• Industry Code Sharing (3 M/year)
Industrial Price Program

• COS: Mullti-unit sharing- reduces cost
and improves consistency
• CPS Redesign: QCEW used after decennial
Census to improve sample design

National Compensation Survey

Programmatic Uses
UI Tax Rate & Actuarial Analysis

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State and Local Government
Services Planning
Transportation planning
Emergency planning
Economic Development Indicators
Cluster Analysis
Shift Share
Industry Diversity Indexes
Location Quotients
Local Impact analysis
Site planning decisions

UI-Covered Employment
Local Area Unemployment
Social Security Administration
Federal Funds Allocation
$321 Billion
(HUD, USDA, HCFA/CHIP)

Occupational Requirements Survey
Current Employment Statistics

Occupational Employment Statistics
Occupational Safety and Health Statistics
Job Openings & Labor Turnover Survey
Other Agencies and States:
• Energy Information Administration (EIA)
• NAWS/DOL
• NASS: Rural Innovation Survey
• States: Job Vacancies, Green Jobs
Wage and Benefits Surveys