WWC snapshot of http://stats.bls.gov/coveremp.htm taken on Sat Jun 10 19:48:38 1995
Covered Employment and Wages (ES-202)
These data, provided in the quarterly ES-202 report by State employment security agencies in cooperation with BLS, come from the administrative records of the unemployment insurance systems in each State.
Data available
- Monthly employment, total quarterly wages, taxable wages, employer contributions, and establishments by industry, county, and State, for workers covered by State unemployment insurance laws and by the Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees program.
- 4-digit SIC industry data at national, State, and county level, based on the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification Manual.
- Data by size of establishment available for the first quarter only.
Coverage
- All employees covered by unemployment insurance. The primary exclusions from unemployment insurance coverage are railroad employees, members of the Armed Forces, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers, and some agricultural and private household employees.
Source of data
- Part of Federal-State program, quarterly reports are filed with State employment security agencies by employers for approximately 6.5 million establishments subject to unemployment insurance laws.
Reference period
- Employment relates to pay period including the 12th of the month. Wages relate to entire quarter.
Forms of publication
- Annual bulletinùEmployment and Wages Annual Averages.
- Data files on tapeùnational, State, metropolitan area, and countyùsummaries of monthly employment and total quarterly wages, taxable wages, contributions, and number of establishments by industry.
- Annual news releases on average annual pay by State and industry, and by metropolitan area.
Uses
- Employment benchmark by industry and size of establishment in the Current Employment Statistics program.
- Sampling frame for most BLS establishment surveys.
- Data base for estimating a large part of Gross Domestic Product and national personal income.
- Statistical base for State unemployment insurance actuarial systems, tax rates, and benefit levels.
- Statistical base for State and local labor force information, industry trends, forecasting, and planning.
- Economic research.
- Regional analysis.
- Marketing studies by private industry.
- Industry analysis.
- Plant location
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