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OES/OEWS

Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Labor outcomesPublicFirm-side
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Specific Type
Core firm survey
Dataset Type
Cross-sectional
Institution
BLS
Institution Type
Federal government
Level of Focus
Occupation by area
Most Granular Level
6-digit SOC occupation level by MSA/state
Perspective
Firm-side
Time Coverage
1988-present
Frequency
Annual (May)
Sample Size
~1.1M establishments collected over 3-year period
Geographic Detail
MSA; state; national
Occupational Classification
6-digit SOC 2018
Industrial Classification
4-digit NAICS 2022
Other Classification
Metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas
Key Variables
Employment levels, mean/median wages, wage percentiles
AI/Tech Tracking
None
Access Details
Publicly available through BLS website
Notes
Detailed occupation by area wage data; federal-state cooperative program; renamed from OES to OEWS in 2021