| Sumario: | New data on multiple jobholders help explain the discrepancy in employment growth between the household and payroll surveys. Several questions regarding multiple jobholders can now be answered on a regular basis using data collected since 1994 in the Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly sample survey of 50,000 households. Employment data derived from the CPS and the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program, a payroll survey of nonfarm business establishments, differ because of variations in definitions and coverage, sources of information, methods of collection, and estimation procedures. Another significant difference is how multiple jobholders are counted in the two surveys. As a result of these differences, employment growth recorded by the two surveys is not always in agreement.
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