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Friday, July 08, 2022
Workers in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan New England City and Town Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $32.28 in May 2021, 15 percent above the nationwide average of $28.01, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that, after testing for statistical significance, wages in the local area were higher than their respective national averages in 19 of the 22 major occupational groups, including management; healthcare practitioners and technical; and life, physical, and social science.
When compared to the nationwide distribution, Hartford area employment was more highly concentrated in 11 of the 22 occupational groups, including management, educational instruction and library, and office and administrative support. Nine groups had employment shares significantly below their national representation, including transportation and material moving, sales and related, and food preparation and serving related. (See table A.)
Major occupational group | Percent of total employment | Mean hourly wage | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United States | Hartford | United States | Hartford | Percent difference (1) | |
Total, all occupations |
100.0 | 100.0 | $28.01 | $32.28* | 15 |
Management |
6.3 | 8.3* | 59.31 | 65.51* | 10 |
Business and financial operations |
6.4 | 7.0* | 39.72 | 41.24* | 4 |
Computer and mathematical |
3.3 | 3.8* | 48.01 | 47.65 | -1 |
Architecture and engineering |
1.7 | 2.1* | 44.10 | 44.77* | 2 |
Life, physical, and social science |
0.9 | 0.8 | 38.81 | 44.42* | 14 |
Community and social service |
1.6 | 2.2* | 25.94 | 29.81* | 15 |
Legal |
0.8 | 1.2* | 54.38 | 54.98 | 1 |
Educational instruction and library |
5.8 | 7.2* | 29.88 | 35.12* | 18 |
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media |
1.3 | 1.2* | 31.78 | 37.98* | 20 |
Healthcare practitioners and technical |
6.2 | 6.7* | 43.80 | 49.68* | 13 |
Healthcare support |
4.7 | 5.4* | 16.02 | 17.54* | 9 |
Protective service |
2.4 | 2.0* | 25.68 | 28.11* | 9 |
Food preparation and serving related |
8.0 | 6.4* | 14.16 | 16.24* | 15 |
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance |
2.9 | 2.8* | 16.23 | 19.30* | 19 |
Personal care and service |
1.8 | 1.8 | 16.17 | 17.82* | 10 |
Sales and related |
9.4 | 7.8* | 22.15 | 22.54* | 2 |
Office and administrative support |
13.0 | 13.8* | 20.88 | 23.68* | 13 |
Farming, fishing, and forestry |
0.3 | (2)* | 16.70 | 20.35* | 22 |
Construction and extraction |
4.2 | 3.0* | 26.87 | 31.19* | 16 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair |
4.0 | 3.2* | 25.66 | 28.30* | 10 |
Production |
6.0 | 6.4* | 20.71 | 24.95* | 20 |
Transportation and material moving |
9.0 | 6.7* | 19.88 | 19.73 | -1 |
Footnotes: |
One occupational group— management —was chosen to illustrate the diversity of data available for any of the 22 major occupational categories. Hartford had 45,040 jobs in management, accounting for 8.3 percent of local area employment, significantly higher than the 6.3-percent share nationally. The average hourly wage for this occupational group locally was $65.51, significantly above the national wage of $59.31.
Some of the larger detailed occupations within the management group included general and operations managers (11,620), financial managers (7,460), and computer and information systems managers (4,100). Among the higher-paying jobs in this group were chief executives and financial managers, with mean hourly wages of $104.93 and $75.79, respectively. At the lower end of the wage scale were education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare ($29.67) and food service managers ($30.30). (See chart 1.) (Detailed data for the management occupations are presented in table 1; for a complete listing of detailed occupations available go to https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_73450.htm.)
Location quotients allow us to explore the occupational make-up of a metropolitan area by comparing the composition of jobs in an area relative to the national average. (See table 1.) For example, a location quotient of 2.0 indicates that an occupation accounts for twice the share of employment in the area than it does nationally. In the Hartford area, above-average concentrations of employment were found in many of the occupations within the management group. For instance, financial managers were employed at 2.8 times the national rate in Hartford, and social and community service managers, at 2.3 times the U.S. average. General and operations managers had a location quotient of 1.0 in Hartford, indicating that this particular occupation’s local and national employment shares were similar.
These statistics are from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, a federal-state cooperative program between BLS and State Workforce Agencies, in this case, the Connecticut Department of Labor.
With the May 2021 estimates release, the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program has implemented a new model-based (MB3) estimation method. For more information, see the May 2021 Survey Methods and Reliability Statement at www.bls.gov/oes/methods_21.pdf and the Monthly Labor Review article at www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2019/article/model-based-estimates-for-the-occupational-employment-statistics-program.htm. OEWS estimates for the years 2015-19 were recalculated using the new estimation method and are available as research estimates at www.bls.gov/oes/oes-mb3-methods.htm
The May 2021 OEWS estimates are also the first estimates based entirely on survey data collected using the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. To improve data quality, the OEWS program aggregates some occupations to the SOC broad occupation level or as OEWS-specific combinations of 2018 SOC detailed occupations.
The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey is a semiannual survey measuring occupational employment and wage rates for wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments in the United States. The OEWS data available from BLS include cross-industry occupational employment and wage estimates for the nation; over 580 areas, including states and the District of Columbia, metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), nonmetropolitan areas, and territories; national industry-specific estimates at the NAICS sector, 3-digit, most 4-digit, and selected 5- and 6-digit industry levels; and national estimates by ownership across all industries and for schools and hospitals. OEWS data are available at www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm.
The OEWS survey is a cooperative effort between BLS and the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs). BLS funds the survey and provides the procedures and technical support, while the State Workforce Agencies collect most of the data. OEWS estimates are constructed from a sample of about 1.1 million establishments. Each year, two semiannual panels of approximately 179,000 to 187,000 sampled establishments are contacted, one panel in May and the other in November. Responses are obtained by Internet or other electronic means, mail, email, telephone, or personal visit. The May 2021 estimates are based on responses from six semiannual panels collected over a 3-year period: May 2021, November 2020, May 2020, November 2019, May 2019, and November 2018. The unweighted sampled employment of 82 million across all six semiannual panels represents approximately 62 percent of total national employment. The overall national response rate for the six panels, based on the 50 states and the District of Columbia, is 67.2 percent based on establishments and 64.5 percent based on weighted sampled employment. The sample in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan New England City and Town Area included 3,572 establishments with a response rate of 61 percent. For more information about OEWS concepts and methodology, go to www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_tec.htm.
A value that is statistically different from another does not necessarily mean that the difference has economic or practical significance. Statistical significance is concerned with the ability to make confident statements about a universe based on a sample. It is entirely possible that a large difference between two values is not significantly different statistically, while a small difference is, since both the size and heterogeneity of the sample affect the relative error of the data being tested.
Metropolitan area definitions
The substate area data published in this release reflect the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.
The Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan New England City and Town Area includes Andover town, Ashford town, Avon town, Barkhamsted town, Berlin town, Bloomfield town, Bolton town, Bristol city, Burlington town, Canton town, Chaplin town, Colchester town, Columbia town, Coventry town, Cromwell town, East Granby town, East Haddam town, East Hampton town, East Hartford town, Ellington town, Farmington town, Glastonbury town, Granby town, Haddam town, Hartford city, Hartland town, Harwinton town, Hebron town, Lebanon town, Manchester town, Mansfield town, Marlborough town, Middletown city, New Britain city, New Hartford town, Newington town, Plainville town, Plymouth town, Portland town, Rocky Hill town, Scotland town, Simsbury town, South Windsor town, Southington town, Stafford town, Thomaston town, Tolland town, Union town, Vernon town, West Hartford town, Wethersfield town, Willington town, Windham town, and Windsor town.
For more information
Answers to frequently asked questions about the OEWS data are available at www.bls.gov/oes/oes_ques.htm. Detailed information about the OEWS program is available at www.bls.gov/oes/oes_doc.htm.
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Occupation (1) | Employment | Mean wages | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Level (2) | Location quotient (3) | Hourly | Annual (4) | |
Management occupations |
45,040 | 1.3 | $65.51 | $136,260 |
Chief executives |
170 | 0.2 | 104.93 | 218,260 |
General and operations managers |
11,620 | 1.0 | 68.13 | 141,720 |
Legislators |
230 | 1.3 | (6) | 41,460 |
Advertising and promotions managers |
60 | 0.7 | 61.28 | 127,470 |
Marketing managers |
1,610 | 1.5 | 70.06 | 145,730 |
Sales managers |
2,490 | 1.4 | 64.10 | 133,320 |
Public relations managers |
300 | 1.3 | 61.53 | 127,970 |
Fundraising managers |
210 | 2.4 | 50.73 | 105,510 |
Administrative services managers |
530 | 0.6 | 61.09 | 127,070 |
Facilities managers |
720 | 1.8 | 49.75 | 103,470 |
Computer and information systems managers |
4,100 | 2.2 | 73.30 | 152,470 |
Financial managers |
7,460 | 2.8 | 75.79 | 157,650 |
Industrial production managers |
970 | 1.3 | 60.37 | 125,560 |
Purchasing managers |
610 | 2.3 | 63.24 | 131,540 |
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers |
460 | 0.8 | 54.49 | 113,330 |
Compensation and benefits managers |
100 | 1.7 | 73.57 | 153,030 |
Human resources managers |
1,110 | 1.7 | 67.90 | 141,240 |
Training and development managers |
210 | 1.5 | 58.59 | 121,860 |
Construction managers |
920 | 0.8 | 53.65 | 111,580 |
Education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare |
280 | 1.3 | 29.67 | 61,710 |
Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary |
1,420 | 1.3 | (6) | 131,890 |
Education administrators, postsecondary |
690 | 1.1 | 70.99 | 147,650 |
Education administrators, all other |
160 | 0.9 | 45.03 | 93,660 |
Architectural and engineering managers |
1,440 | 2.0 | 71.50 | 148,720 |
Food service managers |
460 | 0.6 | 30.30 | 63,030 |
Lodging managers |
50 | 0.4 | 42.33 | 88,050 |
Medical and health services managers |
2,720 | 1.6 | 60.65 | 126,150 |
Natural sciences managers |
160 | 0.6 | 73.60 | 153,090 |
Postmasters and mail superintendents |
50 | 1.0 | 41.31 | 85,930 |
Property, real estate, and community association managers |
700 | 0.8 | 36.59 | 76,110 |
Social and community service managers |
1,370 | 2.3 | 32.12 | 66,810 |
Emergency management directors |
110 | 2.6 | 48.14 | 100,130 |
Managers, all other |
1,520 | 0.8 | 67.10 | 139,580 |
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Last Modified Date: Friday, July 08, 2022