How are the data in the CES survey collected?
Each month State agencies cooperate with BLS, as well as BLS Data Collection Centers, to collect data on employment, hours, and earnings from a sample of about 160,000 businesses and government agencies, which cover approximately 390,000 individual worksites drawn from a sampling frame of over 8 million Unemployment Insurance tax accounts. The active CES sample includes approximately one-third of all nonfarm payroll workers. Sample respondents extract the requested data from their payroll records, which must be maintained for a variety of tax and accounting purposes. Data are collected by telephone, touch-tone self response, computer-assisted interviews, fax technology, voice recognition, and mail. The use of electronic media results in more rapid response times and higher response rates. States also electronically transmit both sample data and geographic estimates to BLS in Washington to speed the estimation and publication processes. Data defined on the 790 form are submitted each mo
Each month State agencies cooperate with BLS, as well as BLS Data Collection Centers, to collect data on employment, hours, and earnings from a sample of approximately 140,000 businesses and government agencies representing approximately 410,000 worksites throughout the United States, drawn from a sampling frame of over 8 million Unemployment Insurance tax accounts. The active CES sample includes approximately one-third of all nonfarm payroll employees. Sample respondents extract the requested data from their payroll records, which must be maintained for a variety of tax and accounting purposes. Data are collected by telephone, touch-tone self response, computer-assisted interviews, fax technology, and voice recognition. The use of electronic media results in more rapid response times and higher response rates. States also electronically transmit both sample data and geographic estimates to BLS in Washington to speed the estimation and publication processes. Data defined on the 790 for
