• LASER (Labor Analysis, Statistics & Economic Research) - Use LASER to find and download all data sets produced by the Economic Research and Analysis Bureau. Also, you can use it to find Employers in New Mexico.
• New Mexico Workforce Connection - This is New Mexico's Statewide job bank which also includes integrates labor market information as part of the job hunting and career exploration process.
• Career Solutions System - Career exploration for those who like an uncomplicated approach.
• Local Employment Dynamics - off site link
• Quarterly Workforce Indicators - off site link (QWI) - Census Bureau employment, job creation, new hires, wages and turnover by demographics (gender and age) and geography (county, WIA or MSA).
• On the Map V6 - off site link- OnTheMap provides detailed maps showing where people work and workers live with companion reports on worker ages, earnings, industry distribution, and local workforce indicators.
• OnTheMap Help and Documentation - off site link
• Industry Focus - off site link - This tool answers questions regarding TOP Industries. Details regarding Industries with Top Employment, Top industry employing 25-35 year olds, Top industries with the highest growth, The top paying industries for new hires and more.
• Business Employment Dynamics - off site link
• Affirmative Action or EEO Data - off site link. The new EEO data from the Census 2010 Special Tabulations is scheduled for release Fall of 2012.

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 2011, 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 include; United States, New Mexico statewide; Albuquerque, Farmington, Las Cruces and Santa Fe metropolitan areas; and all of New Mexico's thirty-three counties.)

The Most Current:

• Annual Averages 2010, 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:

• Second Quarter 2011 , PDF

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; 2005–2009 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:

2011

• Second Quarter 2011 , PDF file
• First Quarter 2011, PDF file

2010

• Fourth Quarter 2010, PDF file
• Third Quarter 2010, PDF file
• Second Quarter 2010, PDF file
• First Quarter 2010, PDF file

2009

• Fourth Quarter 2009, PDF file
• Third Quarter 2009, PDF file
• Second Quarter 2009, PDF file
• First Quarter 2009, PDF file

2008

• Fourth Quarter 2008, PDF file
• Third Quarter 2008, PDF file
• Second Quarter 2008, PDF file
• First Quarter 2008, PDF file

2007

• Fourth Quarter 2007, PDF file
• Third Quarter 2007, PDF file
• Second Quarter 2007, PDF file
• First Quarter 2007, PDF file

2006

• Fourth Quarter 2006, PDF file
• Third Quarter 2006, PDF file
• Second Quarter 2006, PDF file
• First Quarter 2006, PDF file

2005

• Fourth Qtr 2005, PDF file
• Third Qtr 2005, PDF file
• Second Qtr 2005, PDF file
• First Qtr 2005 PDF, PDF file

2004

• Fourth Qtr 2004, PDF file
• Third Qtr 2004, PDF file
• Second Qtr 2004, PDF file
• First Qtr 2004, PDF file

2003

• Fourth Qtr 2003, PDF file
• Third Qtr 2003, PDF file
• Second Qtr 2003, PDF file
• First Qtr 2003 , PDF file

2002

• Fourth Qtr 2002, PDF file
• Third Qtr 2002, PDF file
• Second Qtr 2002, PDF file
• First Qtr 2002, PDF file

2001

• Fourth Qtr 2001, PDF file
• Third Qtr 2001, PDF file
• Second Qtr 2001, PDF file
• First Qtr 2001, PDF file

Historical Tables using North American Industrial Coding System

The tables here are only statewide. To find county information download the instructions.

• 2003, XLS file
• 2002, XLS file
• 2001, XLS file
• 2000, XLS file
• 1999, XLS file
• 1998, XLS file
• 1997, XLS file
• 1996, XLS file
• 1995, XLS file
• 1994, XLS file
• 1993, XLS file
• 1992, XLS file
• 1991, XLS file
• 1990, XLS file

Historical Tables using Standard Industry Coding System

2000

• Fourth Qtr 2000, PDF file
• Third Qtr 2000, PDF file
• Second Qtr 2000, PDF file
• First Qtr 2000, PDF file

1999

• Fourth Qtr 1999, PDF file
• Third Qtr 1999, PDF file
• Second Qtr 1999, PDF file
• First Qtr 1999, PDF file

1998

• Fourth Qtr 1998, PDF file
• Third Qtr 1998, PDF file

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:

• 2011, PDF file

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; 2005–2008 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:

• 2001 - 2010, 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 – 2010, 2010 information is preliminary.

The Most Current:

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 2001-2011, Tables 1992-2011):

• 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 17, 2011

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-one year employment history file using the North American Industry Classification System.

• Twenty-one year employment history - Excel 2000 file

2010 Benchmark, Release March 10, 2011

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

The 2010-2020 projections will be available Fall, 2011.