Error: object 'BEA_col' not found when running getStateEmploymentTable(2012)

[anpdll]

Hi everyone,

All the commands from the README work fine, but when I run this command:

Employment_2012 <- getStateEmploymentTable(2012)
#   BEA_2012_Summary_Code   State   Emp
# 1                 111CA Alabama 38191
# 2                 113FF Alabama 15773
# 3                   211 Alabama  4334
# 4                   212 Alabama  8205

I get the following error:

> Employment_2012 <- getStateEmploymentTable(2012)
2025-10-15 19:18:39.685284 INFO::Loading State_Employment_2012_0.1.0.rds from local folder...
Error in getStateEmploymentTable(2012) : object 'BEA_col' not found

All dependencies are installed, and the function seems to start correctly (it finds the .rds file), but then fails with the missing object.

I located the source from where it downloads the data :
https://dmap-data-commons-ord.s3.amazonaws.com/stateio/State_Employment_2012_0.1.0.rds

I can successfully download the file using that link.
I also tried modifying the URL to fetch newer files (for example, replacing 2012 with 2024), but couldn’t get it, downloads work only up to 2017, and beyond that, the files seem to be missing.

It looks like either there are no State Employment files beyond 2017, or the download links / S3 paths have changed.

Does anyone know about this issue or knows whether the data after 2017 is available elsewhere, or if something in the package needs updating?

Thank you.

[WesIngwersen]

The state employment dataset exists up until v0.2.0 and it covers up to 2020. If you look at the source s3 bucket and Search State_E to filter you will see all the State employment files available.

The 2 reasons it's not there after v.0.2.0 is:

1. BEA discontinued providing the data series
2. It was replaced with State compensation and wage data as of v0.4.0, which is actually a better data source for StateIO because it more closely reflects the value added element of compensation.

[anpdll]

Thank you for the update.