LMI - this applicant will provide statistical data to the BLS for the following programs: oews, qcew, laus, CES.

The Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics awarded the New Hampshire Department of Employment Security a cooperative agreement valued at $1,013,178.89 on October 1, 2025, under the Labor Force Statistics program (CFDA 17.002).

The recipient collects and provides statistical data to the Bureau of Labor Statistics for four programs: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), and Current Employment Statistics (CES). These data cover employment, unemployment, wages, hours, earnings, and occupational information at the national, state, metropolitan, and county levels.

The cooperative agreement runs from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, with place of performance in New Hampshire. The New Hampshire Department of Employment Security, a state workforce agency designated under the Wagner-Peyser Act, operates these labor market information programs as a state workforce agency fulfilling federal data collection and publication requirements.