Employment

Nonagricultural Employment represents the number of full-time and part-time wage and salary workers on the payrolls of nonagricultural establishments. Nonagricultural employment includes temporary workers but excludes proprietors, the self-employed, unpaid volunteer or family workers, farm workers, domestic workers in households, military personnel, and employees of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and state employment security agencies collect the data from a sample of establishments for the payroll period that includes the 12th day of every month.

Employment by Industry

For data reporting purposes, BLS aggregates North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) sectors into a set of 11 groupings called “supersectors.” The availability of seasonally adjusted (SA) data for the New England states varies by state and by supersector. For example, complete SA data for all six New England states are not available for three supersectors (Other Services, Information, and Natural Resources and Mining). The Indicators database contains all SA and non-SA supersector-level data available for the New England states.

BLS releases national employment data in the monthly economic news release, The Employment Situation, usually available on the first Friday of each month. Roughly two weeks later, regional and state-level data appear in the Regional and State Employment and Unemployment news release. Approximately one to two weeks after that, metropolitan area employment data (not seasonally adjusted) appear in the Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release. Current and archived news releases are available on BLS’s web site, http://www.bls.gov/bls/newsrels.htm. Additional information and more detailed definitions can be found in the BLS Handbook of Methods, available online at http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/home.htm.

Employment for New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs)

BLS publishes employment data for 17 metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs) and 7 divisions of the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy NECTA. In 2009, BLS began publishing seasonally adjusted data. Prior to 2005, data were published for New England metropolitan areas; these were subsequently redefined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in 2003.

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/ces/home.htm
http://www.bls.gov/sae/home.htm