Question: How are "wages" defined by the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey?
Answer: Wages for the OES survey are defined as straight-time, gross pay, exclusive of premium pay.
Included in the collection of wage data are:
- base rate
- cost-of-living allowances
- guaranteed pay
- hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay including commissions and production bonuses
- on-call pay
- tips
Excluded from the wage data are:
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