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AnnouncementWith the enactment of the 2011 Federal budget, the Locality Pay Survey (LPS) portion of the National Compensation Survey (NCS) was eliminated. Occupational data by locality will still be available through the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program. To continue to meet the requirement of the Federal Employees Pay Comparability Act of 1990, data from the OES and NCS programs will be used collaboratively. OES will provide wage data by occupations for all localities nationwide with the NCS providing detailed worker characteristics such as work levels, and part time or full time work schedules. For the history of how BLS occupational wage surveys were used for federal pay comparability, see http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/09/art3full.pdf. For information on historical NCS publications, see the archives links below. On This PageOCS News ReleasesArchived OCS News Releases
OCS DatabasesArchived DatabasesBeginning with NCS data published after September 2006, occupations were classified using SOC and industries using NAICS. NCS data prior to the conversion to SOC and NAICS were classified using the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system and the Census of Population. Data are available from 1997 through 2006. The NCS data queries can only extract wage data for civilian, full-time workers. Separate estimates for private industry, state and local government, all workers, and part-time workers are not available through the query system. Complete data for reference dates of December 2006 through December 2010 are also available in flat text files. Complete NCS data from archived bulletins can be obtained at www.bls.gov/ncs/ncspubs.htm.
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Contact UsContactsThe Office of Compensation Levels and Trends, Branch of Survey Information and Publications, will be glad to assist you with questions about any of the components of the National Compensation Survey. Ways to Contact BLS Directly Email: Contact us Telephone: (202) 691-6199 (Monday - Friday, 8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.) Question-by-FAX: (202) 691-6647 Information and assistance is also available from any BLS regional office. TDDInformation voice phone: (202) 691-5200 The Federal Relay Service: 1-800-877-8339 Write or Personal Visit Bureau of Labor StatisticsOCLT/SI&P 2 Massachusetts Ave., N.E. - Suite 4175 Washington, D.C. 20212-0001 Other Ways to Access our Data: LibrariesFederal Depository Libraries provide free access to government documents. Many of these libraries receive BLS publications. Check with a location near you.
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