Report on Current Employment Statistics - Private Sector

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U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Data Collection Center
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Phone: dccphone 
November 11, 2026


Attn: Payroll Manager
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Con_City, Con_State  Con_Zipcode


Dear Payroll Manager:

Thank you for your willingness to continue participating in the CES survey.  You can use this form for keeping a record of your monthly reports, if you wish.  

Your company was selected as a part of a scientific sample of businesses throughout the United States.  The BLS will use the information you provide for statistical purposes only and will hold the information in confidence to the full extent permitted by law.  In accordance with the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act (44 U.S.C. 3572), the information you provide to the BLS will not be disclosed in identifiable form without your informed consent.  

The Data Collection Specialist assigned to your business:
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Telephone number:
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Your assistance in producing this important information about our nation’s economy is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,
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Data Collection Center Manager


► Some Definitions For The Questions On The Next Page That May Be Helpful.

Column 1  EMPLOYEE COUNT 
The total number of persons who worked or received pay for any part of the pay period that includes the 12th of the month.  Include employees who worked only during the school year but received pay for the whole year.

Include:
Exclude:
    • Counselors, librarians, and coaches
    • Custodial and cafeteria employees
    • Full-time or part-time employees
    • Other non-teaching personnel
    • Paid members of religious orders
    • Students employed on your payroll
    • Teachers, administrators, and trainees
    • Employees on active duty, if receiving pay from employer
    • Employees on paid sick or other leave
    • Employees on paid vacation
    • Outside contractors and their employees
    • Pensioners
    • School trustees and school board members serving without pay
    • Volunteers
    • Employees on active duty, if not receiving pay from employer
    • Employees on leave without pay for the entire pay period
    • Employees on strike the entire pay period

Column 2  WOMEN EMPLOYEE COUNT 
	Enter the number of employees from Column 1 who are women.

Column 3  FACULTY MEMBERS 
Enter the number of employees from Column 1 who are regular members of the faculty of this institution or school system. Regular members of the faculty are considered to be professional or “certified” employees who have a contractual arrangement (written or otherwise) for one or more years.  Faculty Members include principals, teachers, superintendents, administrators, librarians, counselors, and other professional personal instructors including but not limited to ski resort instructors, dance instructors, and martial arts instructors.

► Information We Have For Your Firm:


Report Number:  reptnum   			Name of Firm: Primary Name

Each month report your payroll information for the pay period that includes the 12th of the month.  For questions refer to page 2 for the   Column    definitions or Col_Def_Ref. 


Column 1
Column 2
Column 3

EMPLOYEE COUNT
WOMEN EMPLOYEE COUNT
FACULTY
MEMBERS
Pay period that includes
mon1 12th year1




mon2 12th year2




mon3 12th year3




mon4 12th year4




mon5 12th year5




mon6 12th year6




mon7 12th year7




mon8 12th year8




mon9 12th year9




mon10 12th year10




mon11 12th year11




mon12 12th year12















Thank you for your help!  The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will use the information you provide in determining the nation’s job count as part of the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program.  

The CES is the nation’s monthly indicator of employment trends.  This monthly report of the nation’s employment is depended on by the Federal Reserve, government agencies, banks, and others to assess the nation’s economy and to help make decisions about their operations.

On the first Friday of every month major newspapers across the country publish the nation’s job count.  BLS is responsible for compiling these statistics from information gathered from thousands of firms like yours.  This statistic, along with other leading economic indicators produced by BLS provides businesses with information critical in planning for growth and success.

You can find data from the Current Employment Statistics program, along with information from other BLS programs, on our web site, http://www.bls.gov/.  

Our Frequently Asked Questions page is located at 

http://www.bls.gov/respondents/ces/home.htm.

Your assistance in maintaining the quality of our nation’s economic data is greatly appreciated.







This report is authorized by law 29 U.S.C.2.  We request your cooperation to make the results of this survey comprehensive, accurate, and timely.  The Bureau of Labor Statistics, its employees, agents, and partner statistical agencies, will use the information you provide for statistical purposes only and will hold the information in confidence to the full extent permitted by law.  In accordance with the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act (44 U.S.C. 3572) and other applicable Federal laws, your responses will not be disclosed in identifiable form without your informed consent.  Per the Federal Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2015, Federal information systems are protected from malicious activities through cybersecurity screening of transmitted data.

Please note this report is mandatory in California, under Title 22 CCR § 320.5-1; in New Mexico, under NMAC 11.3.400.428; in Oregon, under the Oregon Revised Statute 657.660; in South Carolina, under Section 41-29-120 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina (for firms employing more than twenty individuals); and in Puerto Rico, under State Law 15, Sections 5, 6 and 15, amended and approved on April 14, 1931.  

We estimate that it will take an average of 10 minutes to complete this form each month including time to review instructions, search existing data sources, gather and maintain the necessary data, and complete and review this information.  If you have any comments regarding these estimates or any other aspects of this survey, send them to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Current Employment Statistics (1220-0011), [email protected].  You are not required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Form Approved OMB No. 1220-0011.