Overview
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) is a quarterly report of employment and wages reported by employers covered under New York State’s Unemployment Insurance Law. Data is available for the following geographical areas: New York State, labor market areas, metropolitan areas, metropolitan divisions and counties, from 2000 to the present. The data is by industry and include employment, total and average wages, and the number of establishments for the time period selected (annual or quarterly).
Using the Dashboard
The dashboard below can be used to explore the data in multiple ways.
- Annual QCEW Data- Allows you to retrieve and compare annual industry data for labor market areas by ownership, industry sector, NAICS level, and NAICS title
- Quarterly QCEW Data- Allows you to retrieve and compare quarterly industry data for labor market areas by ownership, industry sector, NAICS level, and NAICS title
- Comparison by Area- Allows you to retrieve and compare annual and quarterly industry data for labor market areas by ownership, industry sector, NAICS level, and NAICS title
- Avg Wages by County- Allows you to retrieve average annual wages by industry and ownership for counties in the state
- Employment by Region- Allows you to retrieve quarterly employment data by ownership for the ten economic development regions of the state
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If you are having trouble accessing the data provided below because you are using assistive technology, please reach out to your local labor market analyst for assistance.
Questions regarding QCEW data or the dashboard should be directed to your local labor market analyst.
New York State is adopting the July 2023 Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) definitions from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Bulletin No. 23-01 for QCEW MSA publication. This change will be effective with the release of data for first quarter 2024 and will cause a series break between 2023 and 2024. MSAs delineations are determined using decennial census data. For the period of 2013-2023, QCEW used the March 2013 MSA delineations. For the period 1990-2012, QCEW used the March 2004 MSA delineations. Although MSAs are the most familiar type of statistical area, they are part of a more comprehensive set of OMB defined economic areas called Core Based Statistical Areas, or CBSAs.
Changes in first quarter 2024 New York data include the removal of Yates County from the Rochester, NY MSA and the creation of the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY MSA.
More detailed information about MSA redefinition can be found in the OMB bulletin.
QCEW Data
More Information
A snapshot of the current quarter data by size class is available for statewide industry sectors, see Employment and Wages by Firm Size.
For more information concerning QCEW, see Technical Notes. For additional information on the various sources of employment data, see comparing sources of employment data.
The entire set of currently available NAICS-based QCEW data is available by downloading the file qcew.zip.