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Comprehensive Overview of BLS Data for Community College and TAA Initiatives

This document provides an insight into the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) functions, focusing on its role in measuring labor market activities, working conditions, price changes, and key economic indicators like inflation and unemployment. It highlights the usefulness of data in policymaking, wage setting, and job seeking. Key statistics from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) are discussed, showcasing salary ranges and employment projections for various occupations, particularly in the installation, maintenance, and repair sectors. Essential resources for further information are also included.

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Comprehensive Overview of BLS Data for Community College and TAA Initiatives

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  1. A Data Sampler for TAA and Community College Efforts Richard J. Holden Regional Commissioner San Francisco Regional Office

  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics • What does BLS do? • Principal Federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and price changes in the economy • Principal federal economic indicators for inflation, employment/unemployment, and employment costs • Also, produce measures of occupational safety and occupational projections • Data used by policymakers, funding, benefits, wage setting, and contracts

  3. Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) • Employment and wages for about 800 occupations • Published annually for the nation, states, and metropolitan areas • Location quotients which show concentration of occupational employment • Used by job seekers and employers to determine salary ranges for different occupations in different locations and in different industries

  4. Example of available OES data: Electricians

  5. Metro Areas with highest pay for Electricians Data reference date: May 2013

  6. Metro Areas with highest employment of Electricians Data reference date: May 2013

  7. Location Quotients • Ratio of the area’s concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration • Shows the areas in which an occupation is most prevalent relative to the national average • Useful tool for analyzing differences in the mix of occupations in states and metropolitan areas

  8. Metro Areas with highest concentration of Electricians Data reference date: May 2013

  9. Occupations with the highest location quotients in California

  10. Occupations with the highest location quotients in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont

  11. OES Data: Where to Find • http://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm

  12. Employment Projections

  13. Fastest growing Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations, 2012-2022

  14. Largest growing Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations, 2012-2022

  15. Apprenticeship required occupations with largest projected employment increase, 2012-2022

  16. Associate’s Degree or Postsecondary Non-degree Award Occupations with the Largest Job Growth Thousands of jobs, projected 2012-22

  17. High School Diploma Occupations with the Largest Job Growth Thousands of jobs, projected 2012-22

  18. Less Than High School Occupations with the Largest Job Growth Thousands of jobs, projected 2012-22

  19. Employment Outlook: 2012-22 Resources for Additional Information

  20. Occupational Outlook Handbook www.bls.gov/ooh

  21. Occupational Outlook Quarterly www.bls.gov/ooq

  22. Employment Projections Program www.bls.gov/emp

  23. State and Local Area Projections • BLS prepares projections only for the nation as a whole • Projections of industry and occupational employment are prepared by each state, using input from the BLS national projections • State projections data, and links to each state’s projections site, are available • http://www.projectionscentral.com/

  24. 415-625-2270www.bls.govBLSinfoSF@bls.gov BLS Western Region Information Office Contact Info

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