Friday, September 29, 2006
Tweet[IWS] BLS: PAY RELATIVES BY AREAS 2005 [Occupational] [29 September 2006]
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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NCS Published Pay Relatives by Areas [29 September 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/payrel.htm
A pay relative is a calculation of pay--wages, salaries, commissions, and production bonuses--for a given metropolitan area relative to the nation as a whole. The calculation controls for differences among areas in occupational composition, establishment and occupational characteristics, and the fact that data are collected for areas at different times during the year.
OCCUPATIONAL PAY RELATIVES, 2005 [28 September 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ncspay.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ncspay.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor produces relative occupational
pay comparisons between metropolitan areas and the United States as a whole. Using data from the National
Compensation Survey (NCS), pay relatives—a means of assessing relative pay differences—have been prepared
for 2005 for each of the 9 major occupational groups within 78 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), as well
as averaged across all occupations for each area. (See table 1.) In addition, for the first time, similar area-to area
comparisons have been calculated for all 78 areas and soon will be available on the BLS website at
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/payrel.htm.
The pay relative in 2005 for workers in construction and extraction occupations in the San Francisco
MSA was 123, meaning the pay in San Francisco in that occupational group averaged 23 percent more than the
national average pay for that occupational group. The pay relative averaged across all occupations in the San
Francisco MSA was 117, meaning that pay on average was 17 percent above the national average. By contrast,
the pay relative for workers in construction and extraction occupations in the Brownsville, Texas MSA was 72,
meaning pay for workers in those occupations averaged 28 percent less than the national average. Pay averaged
across all occupations in the Brownsville area was 19 percent below the national average. Pay relatives
calculated for all occupations were significantly different from the national average in 64 of the 78 areas.
The National Compensation Survey (NCS), introduced in 1997, collects earnings and other data on
employee compensation covering over 820 detailed occupations in 152 metropolitan and non-metropolitan
areas. Average occupational earnings from the NCS are published annually for more than 80 metropolitan areas
and for the United States as a whole.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
NCS Published Pay Relatives by Areas [29 September 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/payrel.htm
A pay relative is a calculation of pay--wages, salaries, commissions, and production bonuses--for a given metropolitan area relative to the nation as a whole. The calculation controls for differences among areas in occupational composition, establishment and occupational characteristics, and the fact that data are collected for areas at different times during the year.
OCCUPATIONAL PAY RELATIVES, 2005 [28 September 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ncspay.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/ncspay.pdf
[full-text, 6 pages]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor produces relative occupational
pay comparisons between metropolitan areas and the United States as a whole. Using data from the National
Compensation Survey (NCS), pay relatives—a means of assessing relative pay differences—have been prepared
for 2005 for each of the 9 major occupational groups within 78 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), as well
as averaged across all occupations for each area. (See table 1.) In addition, for the first time, similar area-to area
comparisons have been calculated for all 78 areas and soon will be available on the BLS website at
http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/payrel.htm.
The pay relative in 2005 for workers in construction and extraction occupations in the San Francisco
MSA was 123, meaning the pay in San Francisco in that occupational group averaged 23 percent more than the
national average pay for that occupational group. The pay relative averaged across all occupations in the San
Francisco MSA was 117, meaning that pay on average was 17 percent above the national average. By contrast,
the pay relative for workers in construction and extraction occupations in the Brownsville, Texas MSA was 72,
meaning pay for workers in those occupations averaged 28 percent less than the national average. Pay averaged
across all occupations in the Brownsville area was 19 percent below the national average. Pay relatives
calculated for all occupations were significantly different from the national average in 64 of the 78 areas.
The National Compensation Survey (NCS), introduced in 1997, collects earnings and other data on
employee compensation covering over 820 detailed occupations in 152 metropolitan and non-metropolitan
areas. Average occupational earnings from the NCS are published annually for more than 80 metropolitan areas
and for the United States as a whole.
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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