Source: BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)

Notes: Government includes all public sector entities, including public education and health. Industry-specific data covers the private sector. Gaps in data reflect non-disclosed values where the BLS is ensuring confidentiality of large employers that may reflect a large portion of a specific NAICS code. The BLS stopped publishing industry-level data for metros in 2025 to better ensure confidentiality at the county-level. See BLS documentation to better understand non-disclosure issues due to confidentiality requirements. No custom region aggregations are provided by Headlight due to inconsistent data suppression across counties. See our DTG-based Employment dashboard to see modeled estimates that remove data suppression and to see regional aggregations.

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