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OEWS Handouts

• What is the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program?  OEWS One Page Handout (HTML) (PDF)
• How much could I be earning?  Using Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics data during salary negotiations (HTML) (PDF)
• Where are the jobs in my field?  How OEWS can take the mystery out of your job search (HTML) (PDF)
• "Education Pays" handout (HTML) (PDF)

Spotlight on Statistics

• Occupational Employment and Wages in State and Local Government; Audrey Watson, December 2021 (HTML) (PDF)
• Occupational Employment And Wages In Metro And Nonmetro Areas; Stella Fayer and Audrey Watson, November 2020 (HTML) (PDF)
• A look at employment and wages in U.S. establishments with foreign ownership; Erik Friesenhahn, Stella Fayer, and Audrey Watson, October 2019 (HTML) (PDF)
• STEM occupations: past, present, and future; Stella Fayer, Alan Lacey and Audrey Watson, January 2017 (HTML) (PDF)
• Employment and Wages in Healthcare Occupations; Stella Fayer and Audrey Watson, December 2015 (HTML) (PDF)
• Spotlight on Statistics: BLS Statistics by Occupation; Audrey Watson, August 2014 (HTML) (PDF)

TED: The Economics Daily

• Archived articles about Occupational Employment Statistics

Blog Posts

• Why This Counts: What types of jobs are in the U.S. labor market?
• Labor Day 2017 Fast Facts
• Diagnosing “Grey’s Anatomy” with 5 doses of BLS data

Highlights and Beyond the Numbers

• Comparing occupational employment and wages in public and private elementary and secondary schools; Audrey Watson, February 2023 (HTML)
• Wage differentials: how jobseekers can use them to analyze occupational wage and cost of living data by U.S. area; Ben Cover, September 2014 (HTML) (PDF)
• An overview of employment and wages in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) groups; John Jones, April 2014 (HTML) (PDF)
• Measuring occupational concentration by industry; Audrey Watson, February 2014 (HTML) (PDF)
• Employment and wages in community and social service occupations; John Jones, October 2012 (HTML) (PDF)
• An overview of U.S. occupational employment and wages in 2011; Audrey Watson, July 2012 (HTML) (PDF)
• Architecture and Engineering Occupations; Audrey Watson, February 2012 (HTML) (PDF)
• Occupational Employment and Wage Patterns in Nonmetropolitan Areas; John Jones, November 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
• Area Focus - Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA; Tanner Beam, August 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
• An Overview of U.S. Occupational Employment and Wages in 2010; Audrey Watson, June 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
• Using Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Data in a Job Search; Claudia Calderon, April 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
• Using Location Quotients to Analyze Occupational Data; Ben Cover, April 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
• An Occupational Comparison of Private and State Colleges and Universities; Audrey Watson, January 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
• Gulf Coast Occupational Employment and Wages; Swati Patel, October 2010 (HTML) (PDF)
• An Overview of U.S. Occupational Employment and Wages in 2009; Audrey Watson, June 2010 (HTML) (PDF)
• How Jobseekers and Employers Can Use Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Data during Wage and Salary Discussions; Clayton Lindsay, April 2010 (HTML) (PDF)
• An Occupational Analysis of Industries with Employment Gains; Fatemeh Hajiha and Audrey Watson, February 2010 (HTML) (PDF)
• An Occupational Comparison of Selected Retail Trade Industries; Joe Kane, December 2009 (HTML) (PDF)
• An Occupational Analysis of Industries with the Most Job Losses; Fatemeh Hajiha and Audrey Watson, November 2009 (HTML) (PDF)
• Occupational employment patterns in areas with low unemployment rates; Ben Cover, September 2009 (HTML) (PDF)
• Industry focus - Food services and drinking places; Rebecca Keller, September 2009 (HTML) (PDF)
• Area focus - Elkhart-Goshen, IN; July 2009 (HTML) (PDF)
• Jobs on the Environment; June 2009 (HTML) (PDF)

Monthly Labor Review

• Occupational employment and wage differences across cohorts of establishments by Elizabeth Weber Handwerker, David S. Piccone Jr, and Elizabeth Cross, January 2020
• Model-based estimates for the Occupational Employment Statistics program by Matthew Dey, David S. Piccone Jr, and Stephen M. Miller, September 2019
  • OES MB3 research estimates
• Employment trends by typical entry-level education requirement by Audrey L. Watson, September 2017
• Nursing and the Great Recession by Michael L. Dolfman, Mathew Insco, and Richard J. Holden, July 2017
• Longitudinal data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey by Matthew Dey and Elizabeth Weber Handwerker, October 2016
• Purchasing power: using wage statistics with regional price parities to create a standard for comparing wages across U.S. areas by Ben Cover, April 2016
  • Wages for detailed occupations by area before and after adjusting wages for regional purchasing power, May 2014
• Measuring wage inequality within and across U.S. metropolitan areas, 2003-13 by J. Chris Cunningham, September 2015
• Agriculture: occupational employment and wages by Stella Fayer, July 2014
  • Agricultural Sector's Estimates, November 2011
• Measuring the distribution of wages in the United States from 1996 through 2010 using the Occupational Employment Survey by James R. Spletzer and Elizabeth Weber Handwerker, May 2014
• Implementing the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification in the Occupational Employment Statistics program by Audrey Watson, May 2013
• "Construction employment: a visual essay" by Ben Cover, November 2011
• How occupational employment is affected by mass layoffs by Dina Itkin and Laurie Salmon, June 2011
• Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations: a visual essay by Ben Cover, John Jones, and Audrey Watson, May 2011
• What do OES data have to say about increasing wage inequality? by John Jones, June 2009
• How shifting occupational composition has affected the real average wage by Rebecca Keller, June 2009
• Occupational employment in the not-for-profit sector by Zack Warren, November 2008
• The effect of business ownership change on occupational employment and wages by Dina Itkin, September 2008
• Establishment wage differentials by Julia Lane, Laurie Salmon, and Jim Spletzer, April 2007

Career Outlook

• Occupational wages in Animal Crossing: New Horizons by Elizabeth Cross, June 2018
• The Game of Life versus real life: How the data compare by Elizabeth Cross, June 2020
• Mapping "The Hunger Games": Using location quotients to find the Districts of Panem by Elizabeth Cross, February 2017
• Careers with options: Occupations with jobs in many industries by Elka Torpey and Audrey Watson, Spring 2014
• Using OES occupation profiles in a job search by Chris Cunningham, Spring 2013
• Medical physicists and health physicists: Radiation occupations by Jeff Lapointe, Summer 2011
• House work: Jobs in residential upkeep by Amy Bierer, Winter 2010-11
• Mapping out a career: An analysis of geographic concentration of occupations by Audrey Watson, Fall 2010
• Career beginnings for business majors by Dina Itkin, Winter 2008-09
• Beyond averages: Other ways to look at occupational wages by Ben Cover, Winter 2007-08

OES Chartbooks

• May 2010 Chartbook
• May 2009 Chartbook
• May 2008 Chartbook
• May 2007 Chartbook
• May 2006 Chartbook

OES Bulletins

• Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2006 -- Bureau of Labor Statistics; June 2008; Bulletin 2703
  • Employment and Wages of Typical U.S. Occupations by Audrey Watson
• Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2005 -- Bureau of Labor Statistics; May 2007; Bulletin 2585
  • Employment and Wages by Major Occupational Group and Industry by Fatemeh Hajiha
  • Occupational Shares in Growing and Shrinking Establishments by Zachary Warren
  • Wages and Employment of Workers in Automobile Manufacturing by Jeffrey Holt
  • Wage and Employment Patterns in the Mining Sector by Dina Itkin
  • Examining Social Science Occupations by Ben Cover
  • A Concise Look at Occupations in the Life and Physical Sciences by John I. Jones
  • Crime Fighters by Michael Soloy
  • Occupational Composition of the Elder Care Industries, May 2005 by Audrey Watson
  • Employment Changes from 2001 to 2005 for Occupations Concentrated in the Finance Industries by Fatemeh Hajiha
• Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2004 -- Bureau of Labor Statistics; September 2005; Bulletin 2575
  • Employment and Wages by Major Occupational Group and Industry by Fatemeh Hajiha
  • Occupations in the Temporary Help Services Industry by Patrick Kilcoyne
  • Occupational Structure and Urban Growth by Audrey Watson
  • A Comparison of Occupational Employment and Wages in Metropolitan Areas and Nonmetropolitan Areas by Benjamin Cover
  • Employment Composition: Variation Across States and Metropolitan Areas by Fatemeh Hajiha and Laurie Salmon
• Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2003 -- Bureau of Labor Statistics; September 2004; Bulletin 2567
  • Employment and Wages by Major Occupational Group and Industry by Fatemeh Hajiha
  • The Role of Occupational Composition in State Wage Differentials by Patrick Kilcoyne
  • New and Emerging Occupations by Jerome Pikulinski
  • An Investigation of Industry and Size Effects on Wage Dispersion by John Ichiro Jones
  • Employment by Occupational Group and Establishment Size by Fatemeh Hajiha
• Occupational Employment and Wages, 2001 -- Bureau of Labor Statistics; June 2003; Bulletin 2559
  • Employment and Wages by Major Occupational Group and Industry by Fatemeh Hajiha
  • High-Tech Occupations by Metropolitan Statistical Area by Patrick Kilcoyne
  • Employment and Wages in Elementary and Secondary Schools by Chakinna Brewington
  • New and Emerging Occupations by Jerome Pikulinski
  • Concentration of Entertainment-related Employment by Metropolitan Area by Jillian Kerr
  • An Examination of the Employment and Wages of FAA-certified and FAA-noncertified Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians, 2001 by Michael Soloy
• Occupational Employment and Wages, 2000 -- Bureau of Labor Statistics; April 2002; Bulletin 2549
  • Employment and Wages by Major Occupational Group and Industry by Fatemeh Hajiha

OES Videos

• Get ready to test your knowledge of occupations in the United States!
• A Look at Occupational Employment in the United States
• Explore Careers that Let You Put Your Creativity to Work

Last Modified Date: September 19, 2022