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What are the differences between NCS occupational wage data and the Bureaus Occupation Employment Statistics Survey (OES) wage data?

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What are the differences between NCS occupational wage data and the Bureaus Occupation Employment Statistics Survey (OES) wage data?

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Differences between the National Compensation Survey (NCS) and the Occupation Employment Statistics Survey (OES): • Both of these surveys provide information on wages and salaries by occupation but they have different strengths. • The OES survey provides earnings on an hourly and annual basis, including mean and median earnings for all areas national, State, and MSAs as well as 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentile wage rate estimates for the nation. The NCS survey also provides mean earnings on an hourly and annual basis for all surveys and earnings distributions by the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles for some surveys. The OES is the larger survey and can provide a greater range of occupations and areas, while the NCS is conducted by personal visit and can provide greater depth by obtaining occupational work level. The NCS occupational work level is based on the duties and responsibilities of the job.