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Title: National Compensation
Survey: NCS
Originator:
Department/Agency Name:
Department Of Labor
Major Organizational
Subdivision: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Minor Organizational
Subdivision: Office of Compensation and Working Conditions
Name of Unit: Office of
Compensation Levels and Trends
Access Constraints: None.
Approved for Public Release
Use Constraints: None
Abstract: When fully operational, the National Compensation Survey
will provide wage and benefit data for localities, geographic regions, and the
U.S. as a whole. Data from the National Compensation Survey will be used to
produce the Employment Cost Index and to expand the available output from that
program. Survey data also will be used to maintain and to expand BLS
compensation publications on wages by work level, benefit incidence, benefit
provisions, and employer costs for compensation.
Purpose: NCS
data are used for the following purposes: Wage and salary administration in
public and private sectors. Union contract negotiations. Conciliation and
arbitration. Plant location planning. Occupational counseling. Analysis of wage
differentials among occupations, industries, and areas. Labor cost estimates.
Administrative evaluation of job offers to unemployment insurance
beneficiaries. Prevailing wage determination under the Federal Service Contract
Act.
Agency Program: 29 U.S.C. 1, 2b, 4, 181, 651, 673; 41
U.S.C. 351; Statutory Requirements Met by the Program: The Bureau of Labor
Statistics shall acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States
useful information on subjects connected with labor, especially upon the hours
of labor and the earnings of laboring men and women (29 U.S.C. 1). The Bureau
of Labor Statistics is directed to make continuing studies of labor costs (29
U.S.C. 2b). The Bureau of Labor Statistics shall conduct appropriate annual
surveys that determine the rates of pay generally paid to non-Federal workers
for the same level of work as General Schedule workers in pay localities
designated by the President's Pay Agent. The Bureau of Labor Statistics shall
also report to the President's Pay Agent the results of the September to
September change in the Employment Cost Index (ECI) for wages and salaries for
private industry workers (5 U.S.C. 5301-5304).
Local Subject Terms:
- Employee Benefits Survey (EBS)
- Employment Cost Index (ECI)
- Occupational Compensation Survey (OCS)
- benefit incidence
- benefit provisions
- employer compensation costs
- Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (ECEC)
- US Federal GILS
Availability:
Distributor:
Name:
Office of Publications and Special Studies
Organization:
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Street
Address: 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Room 2860
City:
Washington
State:
DC
Zip
Code: 20212
Country:
USA
Network
Address: blsdata_staff@bls.gov
Hours
of Service: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET
Telephone:
(202) 691-5200
Fax:
(202) 691-7890
Order Process: website
Linkage:
http://stats.bls.gov
Linkage Type: text/html
Point of Contact:
Name: Office of
Publications and Special Studies
Organization: Bureau of
Labor Statistics
Street
Address: 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Room 2860
City: Washington
State: DC
Zip Code: 20212
Country: USA
Network Address:
blsdata_staff@bls.gov
Hours of Service: 8:30
a.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET
Telephone: (202)
691-5200
Fax:
(202) 691-7890
Sources of Data:
Department/Agency Name:
Department Of Labor
Major Organizational
Subdivision: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Minor Organizational
Subdivision: Office of Compensation and Working Conditions
Name of Unit: Office of
Compensation Levels and Trends
Record Source:
Name: Office of
Publications and Special Studies
Organization: Bureau of
Labor Statistics
Street
Address: 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Room 2860
City: Washington
State: DC
Zip Code: 20212
Country: USA
Network Address:
blsdata_staff@bls.gov
Hours of Service: 8:30
a.m. – 4:30 p.m. ET
Telephone: (202)
691-5200
Fax:
(202) 691-7890
Date of Last Modification: 20000911
Control Identifier: DOL-BLS-000172
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