Emsi Burning Glass NAICS

This article details the particulars of Emsi Burning Glass NAICS codes, outlining where they differ from standard NAICS and why.

Vintage

All Emsi Burning Glass dataruns back to 2017.4 use the 2017 NAICS classification. Users noticing differences from expected NAICS codes can check this blog post to see what NAICS to use under the 2017 classification.

Emsi Burning Glass NAICS Particularities

No real-world public data source uses purely “standard” NAICS, including Emsi Burning Glass. Emsi Burning Glass differs from standard NAICS codes in the following:

• Emsi Burning Glass combines all industry data under 111 (Crop Production) and 112 (Animal Production) into single detailed codes: 111000 and 112000, respectively. This is due to the general lack of detailed and complete agricultural employment data present in QCEW, Emsi’s primary source of industry data. Roughly 75% of data points for the agricultural NAICS for sub-national geographies are suppressed. Users looking for more detailed data for these industries are encouraged to check QCEW, as more data may be available for their region.
• Emsi Burning Glass uses a single code, 482110 (Rail Transportation), as an aggregate of NAICS 482111 and 482112. The BLS does not provide information for these NAICS; Emsi Burning Glass gathers this data from the Railroad Retirement Board, which uses NAICS 482110.
• In Emsi Burning Glass data, 491110 (Postal Service) represents private-sector United States Postal Service (USPS) contractors only. Actual USPS establishments are found in Emsi code 901149.
• Emsi Burning Glass does not have data for 541120 (Offices of Notaries), because the BLS does not report any data for that category.
• Emsi Burning Glass creates a separate hierarchy for public-sector establishments under code 90 (Government), as explained below.

Government NAICS

QCEW data includes an ownership flag that indicates ownership by private firm, or federal, state, or local government. Establishments with each ownership type can be found throughout most NAICS in the hierarchy (e.g. state-run sewage treatment facilities found in standard NAICS 221320, alongside privately-owned facilities). Following the conventions of Current Employment Statistics (CES), Occupational Employment Statistics (OES), and BEA data sources, Emsi Burning Glass re-classifies all government-run establishments into the appropriate Government NAICS:

• 90: Government
  • 901: Federal Government
    • 9011: Federal Government, Civilian
      • 90114: US Postal Service
        • 901149: US Postal Service
      • 90119: Federal Government, Civilian, excluding Postal Service
        • 901199: Federal Government, Civilian, excluding Postal Service
    • 9012: Federal Government, Military
      • 90120: Federal Government, Military
        • 901200: Federal Government, Military
  • 902: State Government
    • 9026: Education and Hospitals (State Government)
      • 90261: Education (State Government)
        • 902611: Elementary and Secondary Schools (State Government)
        • 902612: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (State Government)
        • 902619: All Other Schools and Educational Support Services (State Government)
      • 90262: Hospitals (State Government)/li>
        • 902622: Hospitals (State Government)
    • 9029: State Government, excluding Education and Hospitals
      • 90299: State Government, excluding Education and Hospitals
        • 902999: State Government, excluding Education and Hospitals
  • 903: Local Government
    • 9036: Education and Hospitals (Local Government)
      • 90361: Education (Local Government)
        • 903611: Elementary and Secondary Schools (Local Government)
        • 903612: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (Local Government)
        • 903619: All Other Schools and Educational Support Services (Local Government)
      • 90362: Hospitals (Local Government)/li>
        • 903622: Hospitals (Local Government)
    • 9039: Local Government, excluding Education and Hospitals
      • 90399: Local Government, excluding Education and Hospitals
        • 903999: Local Government, excluding Education and Hospitals

Under this hierarchy, the state-run sewage treatment plant would be found in NAICS 902999, “State Government, excluding Education and Hospitals.” Similarly, federal-government-run establishments in the “Courts” industry (NAICS 922110 in the standard classification) would be classified in NAICS 901199, “Federal Government, Civilian” in the Emsi Burning Glass hierarchy. Again, a local Community College, classified in NAICS 611210 in standard NAICS, would be found in NAICS 903612, “Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (Local Government)”.

Therefore, in Emsi Burning Glass data, all establishments in the main NAICS hierarchy (all sectors other than 90) are privately owned only, including 611 (Educational Services) and 62 (Health Care and Social Assistance). Additionally, all establishments in NAICS 92 are reclassified under NAICS 90 (broken out above).

Because Emsi Burning Glass utilizes other datasets (CES, BEA sources, OES) that use the above Government NAICS hierarchy, Emsi Burning Glass follows the same convention.