{"id":25509,"date":"2026-10-16T23:29:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/new-jersey-might-payroll-jobs-total-differ-resident-employment-count\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T23:29:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T17:29:38","slug":"new-jersey-might-payroll-jobs-total-differ-resident-employment-count","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/new-jersey-might-payroll-jobs-total-differ-resident-employment-count\/","title":{"rendered":"Why might a payroll jobs total differ from a resident employment count?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why might a payroll jobs total differ from a resident employment count?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Employer and household surveys cover different populations and methods<\/li>\n<li>One count measures river length<\/li>\n<li>All datasets count exactly the same units<\/li>\n<li>The totals must be identical<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","subject":[3258],"topic":[3998,3975],"education_level":[1896],"class_list":["post-25509","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","subject-us-economy","topic-employment-and-labor-statistics","topic-new-jersey-facts","education_level-hsc"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>State labor-force surveys and employer payroll surveys use different populations and methods.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Payroll surveys count jobs at workplaces; household surveys identify the labor-force status of people living in households. Commuters and workers with multiple jobs can produce differences. The distinction becomes especially relevant for states with many interstate commuters.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"Employer and household surveys cover different populations and methods"},{"right":"no","answer":"One count measures river length"},{"right":"no","answer":"All datasets count exactly the same units"},{"right":"no","answer":"The totals must be identical"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3258,"title":"U.S. Economy","slug":"us-economy"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3998,"title":"Employment and Labor Statistics","slug":"employment-and-labor-statistics"},{"id":3975,"title":"New Jersey Facts","slug":"new-jersey-facts"}],"education_level_terms":[{"id":1896,"title":"HSC","slug":"hsc"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/25509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25509"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=25509"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=25509"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=25509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}