1998 Occupational Employment and Wages — 1999-12-22

The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor announces the release of national employment and wage estimates for a comprehensive set of over 770 occupations from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey. The OES survey is a Federal-State cooperative program between BLS and State Employment Security Agencies (SESAs). The 1998 OES data for States will be available on the BLS website in mid-January, with data for metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) available some time thereafter. The OES survey data presented in this release have a fourth-quarter 1998 reference period and are based on information from the 1996, 1997, and 1998 surveys. The 3 years of survey responses for employment and wage data have been combined to produce this year's results. The 1996 and 1997 wage data have both been adjusted to the 1998 reference period by using the over-the- year wage changes in the most applicable national Employment Cost Index series.