What is the difference between “Occupational Employment and Wage estimates” and “Industry Staffing Pattern estimates”?
The Occupational Employment Statistics program produces “Occupational Employment and Wage estimates” and “Industry Staffing Pattern estimates,” both of which consist of employment and wage estimates by occupation. The “Occupational Employment and Wage estimates” consist of national, State, metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area estimates. The “Industry Staffing Pattern estimates” contain only national estimates. The main difference is that the “Occupational Employment and Wage estimates” are cross-industry estimates, and the “Industry Staffing Pattern estimates” are industry-specific estimates. • Cross-industry estimates are calculated with data collected from establishments in all the industries in which a particular occupation is reported. (Not every occupation is reported in every industry.) For example, the cross-industry occupational employment estimate for mechanical engineers is the sum of all the industry-specific estimates for mechanical engineers. Likewise, cross-industry occu
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