Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2005
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2005 U.S. Department of Labor Elaine L. Chao, Secretary Bureau of Labor Statistics Philip L. Rones, Deputy Commissioner May 2007 Bulletin 2585 Preface his bulletin provides occupational employment and lect the data. For many years, the OES survey has been a wage data from the Occupational Employment Statis- major source of detailed occupational employment data by Ttics (OES) survey. Included are national, State, and industry for the Nation, for States, and for metropolitan ar- Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) estimates across all in- eas. This survey provides information for many data users, dustries, as well as by industry. The tables in the bulletin including individuals and organizations engaged in planning present cross-industry national estimates for Standard Occu- vocational education programs, higher education programs, pational Classification (SOC) major occupational groups and and employment and training programs. OES data also are detailed occupations, as well as selected industry-specific used to prepare information for career counseling, for job national estimates and cross-industry State and MSA esti- placement activities performed at State Workforce Agencies, mates for selected detailed occupations. National industry and for personnel planning and market research conducted by estimates by industry sector and at the three-digit, four-digit, private enterprises. and selected five-digit industry level within the North Ameri- This bulletin was prepared in the BLS Office of Employ- can Industry Classification System (NAICS) are available on ment and Unemployment Statistics, Division of Occupational the Internet at www.bls.gov/oes/. Cross-industry estimates Employment Statistics, under the direction of Laurie Salmon, for all States and metropolitan areas are available on the same with contributing articles by Benjamin Cover, Fatemeh Ha- Web site. jiha, Jeffrey Holt, Dina Itkin, John Jones, Michael Soloy, The estimates are based on data collected during the 2002- Zachary Warren, and Audrey Watson. Benjamin Cover, John 05 surveys and are adjusted to full universe counts for the Ichiro Jones, Jeffrey Holt, and Michael Soloy prepared the reference period, May 2005 for wage data and the average of charts and tables. For additional information, call (202) 691- May 2005 and November 2004 for employment data, based 6569 or e-mail [email protected]. on information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Information in this bulletin will be made available to sen- Covered Employment and Wages program. sory-impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) The OES program is a Federal-State cooperative effort be- 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: 1-800-877-8339. This ma- tween the State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) and the Bureau terial is in the public domain and, with appropriate credit, of Labor Statistics (BLS). BLS provides technical assistance may be reproduced without permission. and the statistical procedures for the survey; the SWAs col- iii Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................ 1 Employment and Wages by Major Occupational Group and Industry Fatemeh Hajiha ......................................................................................................................................................... 2 Occupational Shares in Growing and Shrinking Establishments Zachary Warren ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 Wages and Employment of Workers in Automobile Manufacturing Jeffrey Holt ................................................................................................................................................................ 20 Wage and Employment Patterns in the Mining Sector Dina Itkin ................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Examining Social Science Occupations Ben Cover .................................................................................................................................................................. 31 A Concise Look at Occupations in the Life and Physical Sciences John I. Jones .............................................................................................................................................................. 38 Crime Fighters Michael Soloy ............................................................................................................................................................ 46 Occupational Composition of the Elder Care Industries, May 2005 Audrey Watson ........................................................................................................................................................... 53 Employment Changes from 2001 to 2005 for Occupations Concentrated in the Finance Industries Fatemeh Hajiha ......................................................................................................................................................... 68 Tables: Table 1. National employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics surey, by occupation, May 2005 .............................................................................................................................. 73 Table 2. National employment and wage data for the 10 largest occupations by industry, May 2005 ........................ 85 Table 3. Industry, State, and MSA data for selected occupations, May 2005 ............................................................... 135 Appendixes: A. The Standard Occupational Classification System ................................................................................................... 250 B. Surey Methods and Reliability Statement for the May 2005 Occupational Employment Statistics Surey ........ 252 C. Aailability of Historical Occupational Employment Statistics Surey Data Nationally and from State Agencies ........................................................................................................................................ 261 Introduction n 2005, approximately 33 million workers were em- Two articles contain descriptions of employment patterns ployed in the United States. This bulletin provides in- for different occupations: life and physical science occupa- Iformation on the types of jobs held by these 33 million tions and social science occupations. Employment in these people and the wages they were paid for that work. For ex- occupations is not evenly distributed, but tends to be concen- ample, the two largest occupations, retail salespersons and trated in certain industries and geographic areas. cashiers, accounted for almost 8 million workers, or nearly Finally, while the data in this bulletin provide a detailed 6 percent of all jobs, and earned average hourly wages of picture of static employment patterns in 2005, many people $11.4 and $8.32, respectively. (See table .) Registered are interested in seeing how labor markets change over time. nurses, with 2.4 million workers, made up the largest oc- Although Occupational Employment Statistics data are not de- cupation paying above-average wages, with a mean wage signed to be a time series, special applications of the data can of $27.35 per hour. provide information about the changing economy. One article Employment and wages for these and other occupations compares specific employers surveyed at two points in time in vary by industry. Even wage patterns vary by industry. This order to analyze the types of workers they retain, hire, or let bulletin contains descriptions of two industries with distinct go as the establishment grows and shrinks. Two other articles wage patterns. The automobile-manufacturing industries look at important industries that are changing. The first of these exhibit a compressed wage distribution, paying workers in examines staffing and wages in elder care services, which is low-paid occupations above the occupational average and becoming increasingly important as the population ages. The workers in higher paid occupations below the occupational second examines the effects of economic changes on selected average. On the other hand, the mining industries display the financial services occupations between 2001 and 2005. opposite pattern and more wage dispersion, with the highest The tables in the bulletin show a selection of the OES data paid workers earning more than their counterparts in other that is available on Web pages or in database format from the industries and the lowest paid workers earning less than their BLS Web site. Table shows the national, cross-industry counterparts in other industries. employment for occupations in the Standard Occupational Several factors may affect wages for an occupation, in- Classification system, along with mean and percentile wages. cluding where the workers are located. It is by no means Industry information for all of the four-digit NAICS indus- surprising to find workers in New York City, Seattle, or the tries is shown in table 2. The largest occupations for each District of Columbia earning higher wages for the same work industry are listed. Table 3 presents occupational profiles for than workers in Jacksonville, Florida; Portland, Maine; or the five largest occupations in each SOC