The Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program serves as a near census of employment and wage information. The program produces a comprehensive tabulation of employment and wage information for workers covered by Connecticut Unemployment Insurance (UI) laws and Federal workers covered by the Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) program. Data on the number of establishments, employment, and wages are reported by industry for Connecticut and for the counties, towns and Labor Market Areas (LMAs) and Workforce Investment Areas (WIAs).

Historical Employment Statistics 1990 - current. The Current Employment Statistics (CES) more information program provides the most current estimates of nonfarm employment, hours, and earnings data by industry (place of work) for the nation as a whole, all states, and most major metropolitan areas. The CES survey is a federal-state cooperative endeavor in which states develop state and sub-state data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Estimates produced by the CES program include both full- and part-time jobs. Excluded are self-employment, as well as agricultural and domestic positions. In Connecticut, more than 4,000 employers are surveyed each month to determine the number of the jobs in the State. For more information please visit us at http://www1.ctdol.state.ct.us/lmi/ces/default.asp.

The Current Employment Statistics (CES) program produces detailed industry estimates of employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls. CES State and Metro Area produces data for all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and about 450 metropolitan areas and divisions. Each month, CES surveys approximately 142,000 businesses and government agencies, representing 689,000 individual worksites. For more information and data, visit: https://www.bls.gov/sae/

This dataset includes annual salary, regular pay, incentive pay, and gross pay for employees under the County Executive and independently elected County officials for the years 2016 to the present, and is updated twice per year. For December files, Annual Salary is the employee's annual salary or annualized wage as of the last pay period for the year, and the pay data fields (Regular Pay, Incentive Pay and Gross Pay) are payments made to the employee through the last pay period of the year. The June file contains the Annual Salary, and the pay data as of the last pay period in June. *Note that the June file is replaced by the December file each year.* Union contracted salaries and wages which were not settled during the calendar year reflect the wage as of the end of the year. Regular Pay for these positions includes salaries and wages for the year it was paid, not the year it was earned. In addition to salary or wages for days worked and retroactively settled contract payments, Regular Pay also includes pay for days such as holidays, sick days, and vacation days. Overtime Pay includes pay for extra work typically at a wage rate different from regular wages as set forth in a collective bargaining agreement. Incentive Pay includes such things as a wellness incentive and longevity pay. Employee names are included in the dataset with the following exceptions permitted by the Pennsylvania Right to Know Law: * The names of individuals who were active sworn law enforcement officers during the year; and * Information that would disclose individually identifiable health information. Additionally, records related to Court of Common Pleas employees would need to be requested from the [Courts](https://www.alleghenycourts.us/). *In March 2022, the salary data files prior to 2021 were updated so that all columns matched for consistent presentation.*