OES Publications

Highlights/Beyond the Numbers

• Employment and wages in community and social service occupations; John Jones, October 2012 (HTML) (PDF)
• An overview of U.S. occupational employment and wages in 2011; Audrey Watson, July 2012 (HTML) (PDF)
• Architecture and Engineering Occupations; Audrey Watson, February 2012 (HTML) (PDF)
• Occupational Employment and Wage Patterns in Nonmetropolitan Areas; John Jones, November 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
• Area Focus -- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA; Tanner Beam, August 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
• An Overview of U.S. Occupational Employment and Wages in 2010; Audrey Watson, June 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
• Using Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Data in a Job Search; Claudia Calderon, April 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
• Using Location Quotients to Analyze Occupational Data; Ben Cover, April 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
• An Occupational Comparison of Private and State Colleges and Universities; Audrey Watson, January 2011 (HTML) (PDF)
• Gulf Coast Occupational Employment and Wages; Swati Patel, October 2010 (HTML) (PDF)
• An Overview of U.S. Occupational Employment and Wages in 2009; Audrey Watson, June 2010 (HTML) (PDF)
• How Jobseekers and Employers Can Use Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Data during Wage and Salary Discussions; Clayton Lindsay, April 2010 (HTML) (PDF)
• An Occupational Analysis of Industries with Employment Gains; Fatemeh Hajiha and Audrey Watson, February 2010 (HTML) (PDF)
• An Occupational Comparison of Selected Retail Trade Industries; Joe Kane, December 2009 (HTML) (PDF)
• An Occupational Analysis of Industries with the Most Job Losses; Fatemeh Hajiha and Audrey Watson, November 2009 (HTML) (PDF)
• Occupational employment patterns in areas with low unemployment rates; Ben Cover, September 2009 (HTML) (PDF)
• Industry focus - Food services and drinking places; Rebecca Keller, September 2009 (HTML) (PDF)
• Area focus - Elkhart-Goshen, IN; July 2009 (HTML) (PDF)
• Jobs on the Environment; June 2009 (HTML) (PDF)

Monthly Labor Review

• "Construction employment: a visual essay" by Ben Cover, November 2011
• "How occupational employment is affected by mass layoffs" by Dina Itkin and Laurie Salmon, June 2011
• "Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) occupations: a visual essay" by Ben Cover, John Jones, and Audrey Watson, May 2011
• "What do OES data have to say about increasing wage inequality?" by John Jones, June 2009
• "How shifting occupational composition has affected the real average wage" by Rebecca Keller, June 2009
• "Occupational employment in the not-for-profit sector? by Zack Warren, November 2008
• "The effect of business ownership change on occupational employment and wages" by Dina Itkin, Septermber 2008
• "Establishment wage differentials" by Julia Lane, Laurie Salmon, and Jim Spletzer, April 2007

Occupational Outlook Quarterly

• "House work: Jobs in residential upkeep" by Amy Bierer, Winter 2010-11
• "Mapping out a career: An analysis of geographic concentration of occupations" by Audrey Watson, Fall 2010
• "Career beginnings for business majors" by Dina Itkin, Winter 2008-09
• "Beyond averages: Other ways to look at occupational wages" by Ben Cover, Winter 2007-08

Chartbooks

• May 2010 Chartbook
• May 2009 Chartbook
• May 2008 Chartbook
• May 2007 Chartbook
• May 2006 Chartbook

Miscellaneous

• Where are the jobs in my field?   Using Occupational Employment Statistics data in your job search
• How much could I be earning?   Using Occupational Employment Statistics data during wage and salary negotiations

OES Bulletin Articles

• Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2006 -- Bureau of Labor Statistics; June 2008; Bulletin 2703
• Employment and Wages of Typical U.S. Occupations
• Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2005 -- Bureau of Labor Statistics; May 2007; Bulletin 2585
  • Employment and Wages by Major Occupational Group and Industry
  • Occupational Shares in Growing and Shrinking Establishments
  • Wages and Employment of Workers in Automobile Manufacturing
  • Wage and Employment Patterns in the Mining Sector
  • Examining Social Science Occupations
  • A Concise Look at Occupations in the Life and Physical Sciences
  • Crime Fighters
  • Occupational Composition of the Elder Care Industries, May 2005
  • Employment Changes from 2001 to 2005 for Occupations Concentrated in the Finance Industries
• Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2004 -- Bureau of Labor Statistics; September 2005; Bulletin 2575
  • Employment and wages by major occupational group and industry
  • Occupations in the Temporary Help Services Industry
  • Occupational Structure and Urban Growth
  • A Comparison of Occupational Employment and Wages in Metropolitan Areas and Nonmetropolitan Areas
  • Employment Composition: Variation Across States and Metropolitan Areas
• Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2003 -- Bureau of Labor Statistics; September 2004; Bulletin 2567
  • The role of occupational composition in state wage differentials
  • An investigation of industry and size effects on wage dispersion
  • Occupational employment by establishment size
• Occupational Employment and Wages, 2001 -- Bureau of Labor Statistics; June 2003; Bulletin 2559
  • An Examination of the Employment and Wages of FAA-certified and FAA-noncertified Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
  • New and emerging occupations
  • Employment and wages in elementary and secondary schools
  • High tech occupations by Metropolitan area
  • Concentration of entertainment employment by metropolitan areas
• Occupational Employment and Wages, 2000 -- Bureau of Labor Statistics; April 2002; Bulletin 2549.
  
  
• Occupational Employment and Wages, 1999 -- Bureau of Labor Statistics; September 2001; Bulletin 2545.
  • Occupational wages by industry
  • An analysis of the correlation between occupational mean wage levels and the employment of a MSA
  • Healthcare employment and wages
  • Occupational employment and wages by state