1997 Occupational Employment and Wages — 1998-12-22

The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S.Department of Labor announces the release of national employment and wage data 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 OES survey data presented in this release have a fourth-quarter 1997 reference period and are based on information collected during a 1997 survey and a 1996 survey. The 2 years of sample responses for employment and wage data have been combined to produce this year's results. The 1996 wage data have been adjusted to the 1997 reference period by using the over- the-year wage change in the most applicable Employment Cost Index series. The employment estimates from 1996 and 1997 have been adjusted to the full universe counts for the 1997 survey reference period based on the Covered Employment and Wages program.