50 State Database
Bureau of Labor Statistics - Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OES)
| Type of Source: Describes the type of data source: federal administrative data, federal survey, survey conducted by private/nonprofit organizations, and other databases created by non-governmental organizations |
Federal Survey Data |
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| Source Description and Coverage: Describes how data is collected and the sample representation |
Data are collected through an annual mail survey designed to produce estimates of employment and wages for specific occupations. The OES survey is a federal-state cooperative program between the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs). The OES program collects data on wage and salary workers in non-farm establishments in order to produce estimates for over 700 occupations (self-employed persons are not included in the estimates). The OES program produces these occupational estimates by geographic area and by industry. The OES program surveys approximately 400,000 establishments per year, taking three years to fully collect the sample of 1.2 million establishments. The data collected for early care and education are available in three different occupational categories: child care administrators (11-9031) - in the management occupations category, child care workers (39-9011) - in the personal services category, and preschool teachers (25-2011) - in the education services category. |
| Data Available: Includes a description of all variables available |
Number of employees, median and average annual wage, median hourly wage, |
| Child Care Economic Data? Coded as yes if data source has data on size of child care sector (number of establishments, number of employees, wages and gross receipts) |
Yes |
| Demographic Data? Coded as yes if data source has data on demographics of families and children. |
No |
| Early Care and Education Program Data? Coded as yes if data source has data on public and private early care and education enrollment, funding, and regulations. |
No |
| Geographic Level: Describes the geographic levels for which data is available |
National, state, and metropolitan area |
| Year Available: Gives the year for the most recent data available for each source (as of 2004) |
Data are available annually and the most current year is 2002 |
| Link to Cornell Methodology Guide: Links the user to relevant section of the methodology guide for more description about data uses |
Appendix B |
| Raw Data: Links the user to the website of the organization collecting the data, so user can access the raw data |
http://www.bls.gov/oes/home.htm |
| In Cornell database? Links the user to Cornell's quantitative database which has a sampling of the most recent data available (as of 2004) for several of the sources listed here. |
Yes: see data for 2002 |
| Link to Variable Descriptions: | http://www.bls.gov/oes/oes_ques.htm |
| Variables: |
The mean hourly wage for child care workers
The mean annual wage for child care workers The estimated total employment rounded to the nearest 10 (excludes self-employed) The annual median wage (the 50th percentile) The hourly median wage (the 50th percentile) Key: Economic Data Demographic Data Early Care and Education Program Data |