What are the differences between the Bureaus Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) wage estimates and National Compensation Survey (NCS) wage estimates?
Both the OES and the NCS programs provide information on wages and salaries by occupation, but they have different strengths. Only OES has information on employment for detailed occupations. • The OES survey provides earnings on an hourly and annual basis, for the nation, States, MSAs, metropolitan divisions, and nonmetropolitan areas. OES wage data include mean and median earnings, as well as 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentile wage estimates. The NCS survey also provides mean earnings on an hourly and annual basis for all surveyed areas, and earnings distributions by the 10th, 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles for some areas. The OES program is the larger survey and can provide a greater range of occupations and areas, while the NCS program 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. An architect, for example, who directs a major projec
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