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Handbook of Methods Modeled Wage Estimates More Information

Modeled Wage Estimates: More Information

The Modeled Wages Estimates (MWE) website contains articles explaining or featuring the estimates as well as information regarding their development.

Beyond the Numbers

• Comparisons of hourly wage estimates by location, work levels, hours, and other factors, May 2020

• Has the required skill level of part-time jobs changed over time, July 2019

• How pay and benefits change as job level rises: data from the National Compensation Survey, June 2017

Commissioner’s Corner

• Bringing You Better Data on Occupational Wages, March 2017

Monthly Labor Review

• Estimating variances for modeled wage estimates, March 2020

• Revisiting the dilemma of review for modeled wage estimates by job characteristic, September 2015

• Wage estimates by job characteristic: NCS and OE[W]S program data, August 2013

The Economics Daily

• Wages for financial specialists, January 25, 2021

• Electrical power-line installer and repairer wage by bargaining status in 2019, October 1, 2020

• Job requirements and wages for auto mechanics in 2018, September 27, 2019

• Incentive-based and time-based pay for retail salespersons in 2017, December 31, 2018

• A look at wages for workers who package and deliver holiday gifts, November 26, 2018

• Full-time hourly wages for waiters and waitresses in 2017, October 29, 2018

• A look at incentive-based versus time-based pay in 2016, October 2, 2017

MWE data are available:

• Through the BLS public database

• Tables featuring occupational groups and areas by job characteristics

• Excel spreadsheets containing each year of published estimates

For more information on the Modeled Wage Estimates, see the list of frequent questions and answers.

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