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Current

• Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2007 (HTML) (PDF)
• NEW OES News Releases from BLS Regional Information Offices

Archived

• Archived Economic News Releases

NEW Create Customized Tables -- a form-based query application which allows you to obtain Occupational Employment Statistics data based on choices you make.

Current

May 2007 Estimates

• National Cross-Industry
• Occupation Profiles
• State Cross-Industry
• Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Cross-Industry
• National sector, 3, 4, and 5-digit NAICS Industry-Specific
• Distribution of workers in each major occupational group by wage range
• List of occupations in SOC code number order
• List of occupations in alphabetical order
• Download Estimates in Zipped Excel files
  
  

Documentation

• Technical Notes for May 2007 OES Estimates
• About May 2007 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
• About May 2007 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

Archived

• May 2006 Employment and Wage Estimates
• May 2005 Employment and Wage Estimates
• November 2004 Employment and Wage Estimates
• May 2004 Employment and Wage Estimates
• November 2003 Employment and Wage Estimates
• May 2003 Employment and Wage Estimates
• 2002 Employment and Wage Estimates
• 2001 Employment and Wage Estimates
• 2000 Employment and Wage Estimates
• 1999 Employment and Wage Estimates
  
  

• Upcoming Reduction in Sample Size of Occupational Employment Statistics Survey

Due to budget constraints, Occupational Employment Statistics has reduced the sample size of the May 2008 panel by 20 percent. Because OES estimates are produced from three years of pooled data, this one-time sample reduction will affect estimates for May 2008, May 2009, and May 2010. This reduction is expected to decrease the number of published employment estimates by at least five percent, or about 25,000 estimates, and will decrease the accuracy of the remaining estimates. The number and quality of wage estimates are also expected to decline. These cutbacks are being implemented in response to a reduction in funding to the BLS that resulted from The 2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act enacted on December 26, 2007.

• With the issuance of data for May 2005, the OES program has incorporated redefined metropolitan areas as designated by the Office of Management and Budget. OES data are available for 375 metropolitan statistical areas and 34 metropolitan divisions.
• Change in Occupational Employment Statistics Publication Schedule
  Due to budget constraints in the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program, beginning with the release of the May 2005 estimates in the Spring of 2006, OES will return to once a year publication. Estimates for November 2005 will not be published.
• The Bureau of Labor Statistics is able to produce the occupational employment and wage estimates displayed on this website because of the timely co-operation of employers throughout the United States. If your workplace received an Occupational Employment Statistics survey form please complete it and return it to the State employment security agency that sent it to you. If you have returned a completed survey form, Thank you!

• Employment and Wages by Major Occupational Group and Industry
• Occupational Shares in Growing and Shrinking Establishments
• Wages and Employment of Workers in Automobile Manufacturing
• Wage and Employment Patterns in the Mining Sector
• Examining Social Science Occupations
• A Concise Look at Occupations in the Life and Physical Sciences
• Crime Fighters
• Occupational Composition of the Elder Care Industries, May 2005
• Employment Changes from 2001 to 2005 for Occupations Concentrated in the Finance Industries

• Employment and wages by major occupational group and industry
• Occupations in the Temporary Help Services Industry
• Occupational Structure and Urban Growth
• A Comparison of Occupational Employment and Wages in Metropolitan Areas and Nonmetropolitan Areas
• Employment Compositon: Variation Across States and Metropolitan Areas

• The role of occupational composition in state wage differentials
• An investigation of industry and size effects on wage dispersion
• Occupational employment by establishment size

• An Examination of the Employment and Wages of FAA-certified and FAA-noncertified Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
• New and emerging occupations
• Employment and wages in elementary and secondary schools
• High tech occupations by Metropolitan area
• Concentration of entertainment employment by metropolitan areas

• Occupational wages by industry
• An analysis of the correlation between occupational mean wage levels and the employment of a MSA
• Healthcare employment and wages
• Occupational employment and wages by state

• NEW Occupational Employment Statistics Respondents Home Page-- information to assist employers in filling out the Occupational Employment Report.
• Standard Occupational Classification-- The SOC system is used by government agencies to classify workers into occupational categories for the purpose of collecting, calculating, or disseminating data.
• National Compensation Survey-- over 800 occupations classified according to the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system; data include information on the level of difficulty and complexity of work.
• Employment Projections-- employment trends by industry and occupation
• Current Population Survey-- national data on employment, unemployment, earnings, and other labor market topics by demographic characteristics.