Payroll Based Journal Daily Nurse Staffing
Hours that nursing home staff are paid to work each day, for each facility, by staffing category such as registered nurses and certified nurse aides, plus a daily resident census.
Freshness
- Last posted
- Period covered
- Jan 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
- Update frequency
- Quarterly
Dates as CMS lists them in its catalog.
Before you use it
- Nursing homes submit these data every quarter. The daily census is calculated from Minimum Data Set (MDS) submissions.
Columns 33
| Column | What it means | Type |
|---|---|---|
PROVNUMPROVNUM | Medicare provider number | string |
PROVNAMEPROVNAME | Provider name | string |
CITYCITY | Provider City | string |
STATESTATE | Postal abbreviation for State | string |
COUNTY_NAMECOUNTY_NAME | Name of Provider County, unique within state | string |
COUNTY_FIPSCOUNTY_FIPS | FIPS Code for Provider County, unique within state | string |
CY_QtrCY_Qtr | Calendar Quarter (yyyyQq, e.g. 2018Q4) | string |
WorkDateWorkDate | Day for Reported Hours (yyyymmdd) | number |
MDScensusMDScensus | Resident Census from MDS | number |
Hrs_RNDONHrs_RNDON | Total Hours for RN Director of Nursing | number |
Hrs_RNDON_empHrs_RNDON_emp | Employee Hours for RN Director of Nursing | number |
Hrs_RNDON_ctrHrs_RNDON_ctr | Contract Hours for RN Director of Nursing | number |
Hrs_RNadminHrs_RNadmin | Hours for RN with administrative duties | number |
Hrs_RNadmin_empHrs_RNadmin_emp | Employee Hours for RN with administrative duties | number |
Hrs_RNadmin_ctrHrs_RNadmin_ctr | Contract Hours for RN with administrative duties | number |
Hrs_RNHrs_RN | Total Hours for RN | number |
Hrs_RN_empHrs_RN_emp | Employee Hours for RN | number |
Hrs_RN_ctrHrs_RN_ctr | Contract Hours for RN | number |
Hrs_LPNadminHrs_LPNadmin | Total Hours for LPN w/ admin duties | number |
Hrs_LPNadmin_empHrs_LPNadmin_emp | Employee Hours for LPN w/ admin duties | number |
Hrs_LPNadmin_ctrHrs_LPNadmin_ctr | Contract Hours for LPN w/ admin duties | number |
Hrs_LPNHrs_LPN | Total Hours for LPN | number |
Hrs_LPN_empHrs_LPN_emp | Employee Hours for LPN | number |
Hrs_LPN_ctrHrs_LPN_ctr | Contract Hours for LPN | number |
Hrs_CNAHrs_CNA | Total Hours for CNA | number |
Hrs_CNA_empHrs_CNA_emp | Employee Hours for CNA | number |
Hrs_CNA_ctrHrs_CNA_ctr | Contract Hours for CNA | number |
Hrs_NAtrnHrs_NAtrn | Total Hours for Nurse aide in training | number |
Hrs_NAtrn_empHrs_NAtrn_emp | Employee Hours for Nurse aide in training | number |
Hrs_NAtrn_ctrHrs_NAtrn_ctr | Contract Hours for Nurse aide in training | number |
Hrs_MedAideHrs_MedAide | Total Hours for Med Aide/Technician | number |
Hrs_MedAide_empHrs_MedAide_emp | Employee Hours for Med Aide/Technician | number |
Hrs_MedAide_ctrHrs_MedAide_ctr | Contract Hours for Med Aide/Technician | number |
No column matches that filter.
At a glance
- Catalog
- data.cms.gov
- Publisher
- Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics (OEDA)
- Rows
- 1,303,830
- Columns
- 33
- State column
STATE- Contact
- nhstaffing@cms.hhs.gov
API
Free, no key needed. This request returns the first 10 rows as JSON:
https://data.cms.gov/data-api/v1/dataset/7e0d53ba-8f02-4c66-98a5-14a1c997c50d/data?size=10
To keep only one state, filter on the STATE column.
Versions 37
The newest version is the one linked above. Older releases stay on the official site.
- 2026-01-01posted Jul 29, 2026
- 2025-10-01posted Apr 29, 2026
- 2025-07-01posted Feb 5, 2026
- 2025-04-01posted Nov 20, 2025
- 2025-01-01posted Sep 11, 2025
- 2024-12-31posted Apr 30, 2025
- 2024-09-01posted Apr 2, 2025
- 2024-04-01posted Oct 31, 2024
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- 2022-12-31posted Apr 26, 2023
- 2022-09-30posted Mar 6, 2023
- 2022-06-30posted Oct 26, 2022
- 2022-01-01posted Jul 27, 2022
- 2021-12-31posted May 23, 2022
- 2021-09-30posted Jan 26, 2022
- 2021-06-30posted Oct 14, 2021
- 2021-03-31posted Feb 28, 2022
- 2020-12-31posted Jul 9, 2021
- 2020-09-30posted Jul 8, 2021
- 2020-06-30posted Jul 8, 2021
- 2020-03-31posted Oct 5, 2021
- 2019-12-31posted Jul 8, 2021
- 2019-09-30posted Jul 8, 2021
- 2019-06-30posted Jul 8, 2021
- 2019-03-13posted Jul 8, 2021
- 2018-12-13posted Jul 8, 2021
- 2018-09-30posted Apr 6, 2022
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- 2018-03-31posted Apr 6, 2022
- 2017-12-31posted Jul 8, 2021
- 2017-09-30posted Jul 8, 2021
- 2017-06-30posted Jul 8, 2021
- 2017-03-31posted Jul 8, 2021
CMS's description
The Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) Nurse Staffing and Non-Nurse Staffing datasets provide information submitted by nursing homes including rehabilitation services on a quarterly basis. The View Data link above includes the hours staff are paid to work each day, for each facility, aggregated by staff reporting category. Examples of reporting categories include Director of Nursing, Administrative Registered Nurses, Registered Nursing, Administrative Licensed Practice Nurses, Licensed Practice Nurses, Certified Nurse Aides, Certified Medication Aides, and Nurse Aides in Training. There are also other non-nurse staff categories provided in the data such as Respiratory Therapist, Occupational Therapist, and Social Worker. The datasets also include a facility’s daily census calculated using the Minimum Data Set (MDS) submission.
Methodology and other documents from CMS:
The summary at the top was written by hand from this description. Record id cms:7e0d53ba-8f02-4c66-98a5-14a1c997c50d. This record as JSON.