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The Employment Projections program develops information
about the labor market for the Nation as a whole for 10 years
in the future; labor force trends by sex, race or Hispanic
origin, and age; and employment trends by industry and occupation.
In addition to this information, many other items of interest related
to the outlook for jobs are available from this site.
More employment projections data is available on our ftp site.
This site enables you to compare occupations in terms of employment size, projected employment growth, wages, and education and training requirements. It presents data on 2010 and projected 2020 employment for approximately 750 detailed occupations classified by typical entry level education, work experience in a related occupation, and typical on-the-job training needs.
For each occupation, information also is provided on the proportion of workers who were self-employed in 2010, and the occupation's median annual wages in 2010.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) is a nationally recognized source of career information. It
describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, wages, and expected job prospects in a wide
range of occupations. Employment in the hundreds of occupations covered in the 2012-2013 Handbook accounts for about
9 out of every 10 jobs in the economy. The occupational information provides valuable assistance to individuals making career decisions about
their future work lives.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projections of industrial and occupational employment are developed in
a series of six interrelated steps, each of which is based on a different procedure or model and related
assumptions: labor force, aggregate
economy, final demand (GDP) by consuming sector and
product, industry output,
employment by industry, and on
employment by occupation.
The results produced by each step are key inputs to following steps, and the sequence may be repeated
multiple times to allow feedback and to insure consistency.
The following surveys provide inputs for the BLS projections program.
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Current Employment Statistics Survey (CES)
The Current Employment Statistics (CES) program is a monthly survey conducted by State Employment Security Agencies (SESA) in cooperation with
the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The survey provides employment, hours and earnings estimates based on payroll records of business establishments.
The CES survey is the primary source of industry employment totals used in the 2010 national employment matrix.
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Current Population Survey (CPS)
The Current Population Survey (CPS), a monthly household survey, conducted by the Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
provides a comprehensive body of information on the employment and unemployment experience of the Nation's population, classified by age,
sex, race, and a variety of other characteristics. The BLS projections program uses CPS employment and earnings data for selected occupations
and industries.
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Occupational Employment Statistics Survey (OES)
The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey collects data on occupational employment of wage and salary workers by industry
in nonfarm establishments. The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides the procedures and technical assistance for the survey; State Employment
Security Agencies (SESA) collect the data. The OES survey is the primary source of employment and wage data used in the BLS occupational
projections program.
Occupational employment projections are developed for all states. This site allows projected
employment growth for an occupation to be compared among states. It also allows projected employment
growth among occupations to be compared within one state. Contact information for State labor market information offices is available at http://www.bls.gov/bls/ofolist.htm.
In line with the Department of Labor's vision for America's Labor Market Information System, CareerOneStop is a collection of
electronic tools, operating as a federal-state partnership and funded by grants to states. Each tool offers a unique solution
to the overwhelming demands of today's labor market from the perspective of the job seeker, the employer, and the public workforce
community. This powerful suite of tools, includes
America's Career InfoNet and America's Service Locator.
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