Download Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
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May 2008 Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
The following table displays estimates of the number of minutes required to download the OES ZIP files for two common kinds of connections. The download time of a file is dependent on the connection
speed. Download times can vary depending on network traffic.
Approximate Download Time in Minutes
Connection speed
ZIP File
28.8 KB
56 KB
National Estimates
less than 1
less than 1
State Estimates
10
5
Metropolitan Area Estimates
30
15
Nonmetropolitan Area Estimates
16
8
Sector Industry Estimates
3
2
3-digit Industry Estimates
6
3
4-digit Industry Estimates
14
7
5-digit Industry Estimates
3
2
File Types
The above ZIP files contain Excel spreadsheets. A ZIP file utility is necessary to extract the files. How to view ZIP files
At the top of each spreadsheet is a description of the column labels. Opening the files in earlier versions of Excel or in other spreadsheet programs may cause the data to be truncated.
National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates by Industry
In addition to the occupational employment and wage estimates that can be downloaded above, OES has a limited amount of earlier data available upon request. For more information, see the Frequently Asked Questions.