About this Dataset

Current Employment Statistics (CES)

The Current Employment Statistics (CES) program is a Federal-State cooperative effort in which monthly surveys are conducted to provide estimates of employment, hours, and earnings based on payroll records of business establishments. The CES survey is based on approximately 119,000 businesses and government agencies representing approximately 629,000 individual worksites throughout the United States.

CES data reflect the number of nonfarm, payroll jobs. It includes the total number of persons on establishment payrolls, employed full- or part-time, who received pay (whether they worked or not) for any part of the pay period that includes the 12th day of the month. Temporary and intermittent employees are included, as are any employees who are on paid sick leave or on paid holiday. Persons on the payroll of more than one establishment are counted in each establishment. CES data excludes proprietors, self-employed, unpaid family or volunteer workers, farm workers, and household workers. Government employment covers only civilian employees; it excludes uniformed members of the armed services.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor is responsible for the concepts, definitions, technical procedures, validation, and publication of the estimates that State workforce agencies prepare under agreement with BLS.
Organization: State of California
Last updated: 2025-07-23T14:33:17.729834
Tags: california-employment-development-department, ces, current-employment, industry-employment, industry-title

Tables

CES 1990-2001 Monthly

@usgov.ca_gov_current_employment_statistics_ces_5540b.ces_1990_2001_monthly

2.32 MB
563312 rows
10 columns


CREATE TABLE ces_1990_2001_monthly (
  "area_type" VARCHAR,
  "area_name" VARCHAR,
  "year" BIGINT,
  "month" VARCHAR,
  "date" TIMESTAMP,
  "series_code" BIGINT,
  "industry_title" VARCHAR,
  "seasonally_adjusted_y_n" VARCHAR,
  "current_employment" BIGINT,
  "benchmark" BIGINT
);

CES 2002-2013 Monthly

@usgov.ca_gov_current_employment_statistics_ces_5540b.ces_2002_2013_monthly

2.42 MB
576288 rows
10 columns


CREATE TABLE ces_2002_2013_monthly (
  "area_type" VARCHAR,
  "area_name" VARCHAR,
  "year" BIGINT,
  "month" VARCHAR,
  "date" TIMESTAMP,
  "series_code" BIGINT,
  "industry_title" VARCHAR,
  "seasonally_adjusted_y_n" VARCHAR,
  "current_employment" BIGINT,
  "benchmark" BIGINT
);

Data Dictionary - CES 1990-2001 Monthly

@usgov.ca_gov_current_employment_statistics_ces_5540b.data_dictionary_ces_1990_2001_monthly

4.21 KB
10 rows
4 columns


CREATE TABLE data_dictionary_ces_1990_2001_monthly (
  "column" VARCHAR,
  "type" VARCHAR,
  "label" VARCHAR,
  "description" VARCHAR
);

Data Dictionary - CES 2002-2013 Monthly

@usgov.ca_gov_current_employment_statistics_ces_5540b.data_dictionary_ces_2002_2013_monthly

4.21 KB
10 rows
4 columns


CREATE TABLE data_dictionary_ces_2002_2013_monthly (
  "column" VARCHAR,
  "type" VARCHAR,
  "label" VARCHAR,
  "description" VARCHAR
);

Data Dictionary - CES 2014-2025 Monthly

@usgov.ca_gov_current_employment_statistics_ces_5540b.data_dictionary_ces_2014_2025_monthly

4.2 KB
10 rows
4 columns


CREATE TABLE data_dictionary_ces_2014_2025_monthly (
  "column" VARCHAR,
  "type" VARCHAR,
  "label" VARCHAR,
  "description" VARCHAR
);