What are the plans for the Locality Pay Surveys (LPS)?
The Presidents 2011 budget for the BLS proposes a new approach to provide data for Federal pay-setting purposes. This approach, a response to the Federal Salary Councils request to provide data for more areas, uses data from the BLS Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) and Employment Cost Index (ECI) programs. The OES program provides wage data by occupation for all localities nationwide, while the ECI provides detailed worker characteristics such as work level, union status, and part- or full-time work schedule. Together, these two programs allow the BLS to develop wage data by worker characteristics for many occupations and localities. Although LPS estimates will no longer be available if this proposal is enacted, all other National Compensation Survey (NCS) product lines, such as the Employment Cost Index (ECI) (see Employment Cost Trends) and NCS Benefits, will continue to be produced. LPS estimates will continue to be available until funding for the LPS is discontinued, while
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