U.S. Nonfarm Payroll Employment by Industry from BLS Current Employment Statistics

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Current Employment Statistics (CES) program data on employment on nonfarm payrolls. The dataset includes detailed industry breakdowns, with columns for government levels and private sector categories. The data is aggregated by the BLS and hosted by opendata.maryland.gov, with a last recorded update in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze government employment trends using Government (local), Government (state), Government (federal), and Government (total) columns.
• Compare sectoral growth between Manufacturing (total), Professional and Business Services (total), and Leisure and Hospitality (total).
• Model the relationship between private and public sector employment using Private Sector (total) and Total Jobs (private and government) columns.
• Track industry-specific recovery or decline by analyzing year-over-year changes in columns like Mining, Logging and Construction and Information.

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Current Employment Statistics (CES) program.
• Provides granular industry breakdowns with over 30 specific columns, including sub-totals for major sectors.
• Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality, such as completeness of the time series, requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Current Employment Statistics (CES) program.

Collection Method

Likely collected from surveys of businesses and government agencies.

Time Range

The 'Year' column suggests the data includes a time series, but the specific range is not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-13 20:40:12; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Data is from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, suggesting national coverage, but the hosting domain (opendata.maryland.gov) may imply a state-specific aggregation.