Economic Data

Civilian Labor Force, Employment, Unemployment and Unemployment Rate, Monthly. Areas covered include The United States, Statewide New Mexico, the four metropolitan areas (Albuquerque, Farmington, Las Cruces and Santa Fe), and all thirty-three counties.

The Most Current:

• Table A 2012, PDF file

Historical Information:

PDF file format

This information along with other states and national data can also be found on the BLS website at http://www.bls.gov/lau/home.htm . Also, Click here for the corresponding Federal Table A

Civilian Labor Force, Employment and Unemployment Rate, Annual Averages. Areas covered are the United States; New Mexico statewide; the Albuquerque, Farmington, Las Cruces, and Santa Fe metropolitan areas; and each of New Mexico's 33 counties.

The Most Current:

• Annual Averages 2010-2012, PDF file
• Annual Averages 2000 - 2009, PDF file
• Annual Averages 1990 - 1999, PDF file

This information along with other states and national data can also be found on the BLS website at http://www.bls.gov/lau/home.htm

Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment & Wages by Industry. Areas covered include Statewide New Mexico, all the thirty-three counties and the four Workforce Investment Area(WIA) regions. While the data are in a monthly format, this table is updated only quarterly.

Most Current:

• Third Quarter 2012, PDF file

This publication contains quarterly employment and wage data for workers covered by New Mexico Unemployment Insurance (UI) laws (this includes all state and local government workers) and for federal government employees covered by the Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE). Employment data represent the number of workers on the payroll during the pay period including the 12th day of the month. This includes both full-time and part-time workers. Wages represent the gross amount of all payrolls for all pay periods paid within the quarter, regardless of the timing of the services performed. Commissions, bonuses, and overtime pay is included.

The industry codes used after 2000 are from the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Prior to 2001 the industry code system used was the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC). Recently, historical data back to 1990 were released from the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the NAICS codes.

QCEW Available in LASER

• In an effort to provide the highest quality data and maintain consistency with BLS publication standards, we have updated LASER to include both preliminary and revised Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages data. The most current available quarter will be preliminary data, and all other quarters will be revised data. The QCEW publication provides preliminary data only. The data presented in LASER are the most current available.
• LASER now provides the option of accessing QCEW annual data; 2005-2011 annual data are currently available. Please note that annual data in LASER were derived from revised data and will therefore not match Table B or D the QCEW publication.

Prior Quarters:

Historical Tables using Standard Industry Coding System

This information along with other states and national data can also be found on the BLS website at http://www.bls.gov/cew/home.htm

Quarterly Census of Employment by Industry, Monthly. Areas covered include all the thirty-three counties. While the data is in a monthly format, this table is updated only quarterly.

Table B estimates from 2001 forward reflect the NAICS industry coding system and are not comparable to prior years using the SIC industry coding system. Table B data have been derived from the Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages (or Covered Employment and Wages) publication and are therefore not comparable to prior years' publications, which included both covered and noncovered data.

LASER has been updated to include both preliminary and revised Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages data, while Table B uses preliminary data only. The data presented in LASER are the most current available.

The Most Current:

• 2012 PDF file, Rich Text

Historical Information:

Quarterly Census of Employment by Industry, Annual Averages. Areas covered include Statewide New Mexico and all the thirty-three counties.

Table D estimates from 2001 forward reflect the NAICS industry coding system and are not comparable to prior years using the SIC industry coding system. Table D data have been derived from the Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages (or Covered Employment and Wages) publication and are therefore not comparable to prior years' publications, which included both covered and noncovered data. Table D estimates were suspended from 1999 to 2000.

LASER now provides the option of accessing QCEW annual data; 2005 - 2011 are currently available. Please note that the annual data in LASER were derived from revised data and will not match Table D.

The Most Current:

• 2011, pdf file 

Historical Information:

• 2001 - 2010, PDF file
• 1990-1998, PDF
• 1980-1989, PDF
• 1970-1979, PDF

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Size Class Data, Annual. Size class information is provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages program. The data available for size classes are published once each year for first quarter. The data provided here are for March, 2001 - 2012, 2012 information is preliminary.

The Most Current:

• Size Class 2012 - PDF
• Size Class 2012 - Excel

Business Employment Dynamics (BED) data track the expansion and contraction of employment for private businesses. These employment changes - gross job gains (expansions and openings) and gross job losses (reductions and closures) - are components of the net change in employment at the establishment level.

Note- Annual revisions are published each year with the release of first quarter data. These revisions cover the last four quarters of not seasonally adjusted data and 5 years of seasonally adjusted data.

Data for New Mexico (Charts 2001-2012, Tables 1992-2012):

• Chart 1. Private sector gross job gains and gross job losses, seasonally adjusted
• Chart 2. Components of private sector gross job gains and gross job losses, seasonally adjusted
• Chart 3. Private sector gross job gains and gross job losses as a percent of total employment, seasonally adjusted
• Chart 4. Employment from private sector births and deaths, seasonally adjusted
• Chart 5. Percent of employment from private sector births and deaths, seasonally adjusted
• Chart 6. Employment from private sector openings, closings, births and deaths, seasonally adjusted
• Table 1. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, seasonally adjusted
• Table 2. Private sector gross job gains and job losses, not seasonally adjusted
• Table 3. Private sector gross job gains and losses as a percent of total employment, seasonally adjusted
• Table 4. Private sector gross job gains and losses as a percent of total employment, not seasonally adjusted
• Table 5. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, seasonally adjusted
• Table 6. Number of private sector establishments by direction of employment change, not seasonally adjusted
• Table 7. Private sector establishments by direction of employment change as a percent of total establishments, seasonally adjusted
• Table 8. Private sector establishments by direction of employment change as a percent of total establishments, not seasonally adjusted
• Table 9. Private sector establishment births and deaths, seasonally adjusted
• Table 10. Rates of private sector establishment births and deaths, seasonally adjusted
• Table 11. Private sector establishment births and deaths, not seasonally adjusted
• Table 12. Rates of private sector establishment births and deaths, not seasonally adjusted

New Mexico Annual Data Updated: November 19, 2012

About the Data:

The Business Employment Dynamics data measure the net change in employment at the establishment or firm level. These changes come about in one of four ways. A net increase in employment can come from either opening units or expanding units. A net decrease in employment can come from either closing units or contracting units. Gross job gains include the sum of all jobs added at either opening or expanding units. Gross job losses include the sum of all jobs lost in either closing or contracting units. The net change in employment is the difference between gross job gains and gross job losses. Business Employment Dynamics Technical Notes. View additional information on the BLS Business Employment Dynamics Web site.

The formal definitions of employment changes are as follows:

Openings - These are either units with positive third-month employment for the first time in the current quarter, with no links to the prior quarter, or with positive third-month employment in the current quarter, following zero employment in the previous quarter.

Expansions - These are units with positive employment in the third month in both the previous and current quarters, with a net increase in employment over this period.

Closings - These are units with positive third-month employment in the previous quarter, with no employment or zero employment reported in the current quarter.

Contractions - These are units with positive employment in the third month in both the previous and current quarters, with a net decrease in employment over this period.

All establishment-level employment changes are measured from the third month of each quarter. Not all establishments and firms change their employment levels. Units with no change in employment count towards estimates of total employment, but not for levels of gross employment job gains and gross job losses.

Gross job gains and gross job losses are expressed as rates by dividing their levels by the average of employment in the current and previous quarters. This provides a symmetric growth rate. The rates are calculated for the components of gross job gains and gross job losses and then summed to form their respective totals. These rates can be added and subtracted justas their levels can. For instance, the difference between the gross job gains rate and the gross job losses rate is the net growth rate.

Estimated Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment by Industry. Monthly and Annual Averages. Areas covered include Statewide New Mexico and the four metropolitan areas (Albuquerque, Farmington, Las Cruces and Santa Fe.) Most current tables will be in LASER or the Monthly News Release.

Below is the twenty-three year employment history file using the North American Industry Classification System.

               
• Twenty-three year employment history - Excel file 

2012 Benchmark, Release March 19, 2012

National and other states Current Employment Statistics information can be found on the BLS website at http://www.bls.gov/sae/home.htm

Monthly tables for All Employee Hours and Earnings Series.

2008-2018 Employment Projection IN Brief by area.

• Statewide
• Central WIA and Albuquerque MSA
• Eastern WIA
• Northern WIA
• Southwestern WIA
• Farmington MSA
• Las Cruces MSA
• Santa Fe MSA

New Mexico Employment Projections 2010-2020 - PDF file