Employment and wage data by industry for workers covered by unemployment insurance for New Hampshire, counties, labor market areas, and cities and towns. Annual employment and wage data for High Tech industries and Firms by Size are also available. This data is based on Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program files extracted from Quarterly Employer Tax and Wage reports.
Quarterly Data: Second Quarter 2022 NEW NAICS Structure (see below)
With the release of the First Quarter 2022 Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) data, NAICS 2022 coding was incorporated into the industry data tables.
To ensure the accuracy, timeliness, and relevance of the industry classification, the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is reviewed every five years to determine what, if any, changes are required. This NAICS 2022 revision was undertaken to achieve one main goal — to modify or create industries to reflect new, emerging, or changing activities and technologies.
There were several types of revisions for NAICS 2022. Some were direct changes of establishments and employment to new codes; some were assigned to new codes with establishments and employment from existing industries. There were also instances of NAICS codes that were consolidated or combined into new codes and NAICS codes being broken down into finer detail. Finally, there were NAICS codes that were removed.
Caution should be made when comparing the data from first quarter 2022 to prior data.
Most of the new codes at the three- and four-digit NAICS level occurred within retail trade and information. At the three-digit level, there were eight new codes for NAICS 2022, six of which were in retail trade (NAICS sector 44-45) and two in information (NAICS sector 51). NAICS code 519 was re-used with new title and content.
Code and Title changes in NAICS 2022 (3-digit level) | ||
425 | Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers | Title Change |
444 | Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers | Title Change |
445 | Food and Beverage Retailers | Title Change |
449 | Furniture, Home Furnishings, Electronics, and Appliance Retailers | New Code |
455 | General Merchandise Retailers | New Code |
456 | Health and Personal Care Retailers | New Code |
457 | Gasoline Stations and Fuel Dealers | New Code |
458 | Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers | New Code |
459 | Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, Book, and Miscellaneous Retailers | New Code |
513 | Publishing Industries | New Code |
516 | Broadcasting and Content Providers | New Code |
518 | Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services | Title Change |
519 | Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services | Both title and content change |
Labor Market Area Delineations
The U.S Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has updated statistical area delineations using total population estimates from the 2010 U.S. Decennial Census supplemented with commuting pattern data from the American Community Survey.
As a result of this change in statistical area delineation, the geographic definition of the Claremont Labor Market Area in New Hampshire changed, and there was a data series break. This area has now been divided into the Claremont Micropolitan NECTA and the Newport Labor Market Area. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) data compiled for the previous Claremont Labor Market Area (2014 through 2016) are not comparable to data compiled using the new area delineations. Published data were compiled using the new delineation beginning with the first quarter of 2017.
Historical QCEW data for New Hampshire, the counties, cities and towns, and planning regions are unaffected by this change.
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