Click below for a description of the monthly files and how to obtain them, a discussion of the data dictionaries, and example calculations of estimates.

Improving Disclosure Avoidance Procedures for the CPS PUF Proposal [PDF - < 1.0 MB]

Public Use Microdata File Information [PDF - < 1.0 MB]

Data from the Current Population Survey comes in many forms, many of which are accessible below.

Annual Social and Economic Supplements

Provides data concerning families, household composition, educational attainment, health insurance coverage, income sources, poverty, geographic mobility.

Basic Monthly CPS

Data files and data dictionary of the basic monthly CPS, sorted by most recent year and month collected.

CPS Basic Extraction Files

Extract microdata files and data dictionary: 2000-based weights plus revised industry and occupation for Jan. 2000-Dec. 2002; Disability data from 2008.

CPS Certification Items Extract Files

Extract microdata files and dictionary: Items related to job certification for 2015-2016.

CPS Supplement and Replicate Weights

Data files and dictionary, plus replicate weights if available, for CPS Supplement data collections; sorted alphabetically by name, then by year collected.

Available CPS Datasets

2024

2024 Basic Monthly CPS

Data files and data dictionary of the basic monthly CPS, sorted by most recent year and month collected.

Telework/Covid-19 Data from the CPS

Provides information on current telework status and status prior to onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Page Last Revised - October 5, 2023

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