Texas Statewide Total Nonfarm Total Nonfarm All Employees, In Thousands

The Current Employment Statistics survey, as a joint Federal-State undertaking, generates State and area, as well as national, statistics on employment, hours, and earnings. State agencies collect data each month from a sample of establishments in all nonagricultural activities including government. All employment, hours, and earnings series — State and area as well as national — are classified according to the 2007 North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS).

For total payroll employment, over 18,000 series of monthly data are available, covering each State and about 310 major labor areas, most of which are Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs). Estimates for the total nonfarm series begin in 1939. In most cases, other industry series start with January 1990. In the largest States, up to 300 industries are reported. Expanded Supersector data is available for all States and MSAs. Most States also have detail at the NAICS sector level, with some industry detail available at the 4-digit, 5-digit, and 6-digit NAICS level.

Those industries which reflect significant economic activities are selected for publication, and data are published monthly by each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. All observations of data are monthly. Annual averages are available. Employment is measured in thousands of workers and stored with one decimal place. Earnings are measured in dollars and stored with two decimal places. Average weekly hours are measured in hours and stored with one decimal place.

Updates are usually available 10 to 12 weeks following the survey week (the week containing the 12th) in the reference month.

References: BLS Handbook of Methods, Chapter 2, "Employment, hours and earnings from the establishment survey", Bulletin 2285 (1988).