About Us
The Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) program is part of the Center for Economic Studies at the U.S. Census Bureau. The LEHD program produces new, cost effective, public-use information combining federal, state and Census Bureau data on employers and employees under the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Partnership. State and local authorities increasingly need detailed local information about their economies to make informed decisions. The LED Partnership works to fill critical data gaps and provide indicators needed by state and local authorities.
Under the LED Partnership, states agree to share Unemployment Insurance earnings data and the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) data with the Census Bureau. The LEHD program combines these administrative data, additional administrative data and data from censuses and surveys. From these data, the program creates statistics on employment, earnings, and job flows at detailed levels of geography and industry and for different demographic groups. In addition, the LEHD program uses these data to create partially synthetic data on workers' residential patterns.
All 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands have joined the LED Partnership, although the LEHD program is not yet producing public-use statistics for Massachusetts, Puerto Rico, or the U.S. Virgin Islands. The LEHD program staff includes geographers, programmers, and economists.
Our mission is to provide new dynamic information on workers, employers, and jobs with state-of-the-art confidentiality protections and no additional data collection burden.
See this one-page document on LED 
(153 KB) for more information.
QWI and OnTheMap Use in Local Analysis and Decision Making
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QWI was featured in an article titled,
"Measuring Demand: A Comparison of JOLTS and QWI," by Matt Gaither.
Visit the following link
http://www.economicmodeling.com/2014/06/09/measuring-demand-a-comparison-of-jolts-and-qwi/
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OnTheMap for Emergency Management was highlighted in an article titled,
"Geospatial Data Integration Challenges and Considerations,"
by Robert Pitts on the Sensors & Systems website.
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http://www.sensorsandsystems.com/article/features/32223-geospatial-data-integration-challenges-and-considersations.html
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QWI (Quarterly Workforce Indicator) was showcased in an Economist View Blog article titled,
"Broken Job Ladders and the Great Recession: Fast Food Edition,"
by Arin Dube.
Visit the following link
http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2013/09/broken-job-ladders-and-the-great-recession-fast-food-edition.html
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QWI was included in a Pittsburgh Business Times article titled,
"Study: New Hires in Manufacturing See Higher Monthly Earnings," by Justine Coyne.
Visit the following link
http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2013/08/22/study-shows-new-hires-in-manufacturing.html
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QWI appeared on an Economic and Statistics Administration Blog in an article titled,
"Quarterly Workforce Indicators Confirm Manufacturing Job Quality."
Visit the following link
http://www.esa.doc.gov/Blog/2013/08/21/quarterly-workforce-indicators-confirm-manufacturing-job-quality
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