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Employment Data in the Woods & Poole Database

April 12, 2021

The employment data in the Woods & Poole database are a complete measure of the number of full-time and part-time jobs by place of work.  Historical data are from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis.  The employment data include wage and salary workers, proprietors, private household employees, and miscellaneous workers.  Wage and salary employment data are based on an establishment survey in which employers are asked the number of full-time and part-time workers at a given establishment.  Because part-time workers are included, a person holding two part-time jobs would be counted twice.  Also, since the wage and salary employment data are based on an establishment survey, jobs are counted by place of work and not by place of residence of the worker;  thus, a job in the New York Metropolitan Area is counted in the New York Metropolitan Area regardless of where the worker lives.

Data on proprietors include farm and non-farm […]

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