The February 2026 monthly data are available via IPUMS CPS. We have not yet processed the January 2026 data that were recently re-released by the Census Bureau. October 2025 data were not collected during the U.S. federal government shutdown.
Description
Occupation of job last week - 1992-2002
These string values in the original data have been recoded as follows:
blank => -999 : Missing
Universe
- 1992-1993: Those in the labor force.
- 1994-2002: Those who were employed or on layoff last week or unemployed/looking and ever worked or retired and worked within last 12 months or disabled and worked within last 12 months or otherwise not in the labor force and worked within last 12 months.
Availability
| Years | Jan | Feb | ASEC | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 – 2002 | X | X | - | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
