County Employment and Wages News Release - 2024 Q03 Results — 2025-02-19

From September 2023 to September 2024, employment increased in 264 of the 369 largest U.S. counties, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. In September 2024, national employment increased to 155.4 million, a 0.8-percent increase over the year, as measured by the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program. Kings, NY, had the largest over-the-year increase in employment, with a gain of 4.9 percent. Employment data in this release are presented for September 2024, and average weekly wage data are presented for third quarter 2024. On November 20, 2024, the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) suspended publication of industry and substate data for Colorado due to data quality concerns. These quality concerns were due to ongoing issues with the modernization of the state�s unemployment insurance (UI) system. The quality concerns with Colorado data have been sufficiently addressed to resume publication.