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Base data
are obtained from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES)
survey, a semi-annual voluntary mail survey of approximately 17,500 (per
year) Ohio employers. The data presented below reflect half of the fourth
quarter 2004 survey, 2005, 2006, and 2007 survey data aged to November 2008 by applying the Employment Cost Index (ECI)
to the 2007 database. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS)
aged the official OES data series for the state and metropolitan areas,
which were developed in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS) and, in addition,
produced estimates for Ohio Economic Development Regions and counties. These
estimates are not official BLS data series, but the Ohio Department of Job
and Family Services feels that they provide additional information that is
useful to users of ODJFS data. Additional information and the official OES
data series can be found at
BLS OES
Home. See Occupational Profiles
for a listing of SOC-based
occupational codes, titles and definitions.
Definitions
The definition of a wage for the Occupational Employment Statistics
(OES) program is straight-time, gross pay, exclusive of premium pay.
Among the inclusions in the wage are base rate, cost-of-living allowances,
guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay including commissions
and production bonuses, and on-call pay. Some exclusions from the wage
are back pay, jury duty pay, overtime pay, severance pay, shift differentials,
non-production bonuses, and tuition reimbursements.
There are certain
occupations for which the mean hourly wage is not typical. Individuals
in these occupations are paid on an annual basis and generally work
fewer than 2,080 hours per year (40 hours per week x 52 weeks). Occupations
for which annual data are provided are teachers, musical and entertainment
occupations, aircraft pilots and flight attendants.
Employment
The Occupation Employment Statistics Survey defines employment as
the number of workers who can be classified as full or part-time employees;
workers on paid leave; paid owners, officers and staff of incorporated
firms and workers assigned temporarily to other units. Excluded are
contractors and temporary agency employees not on the payroll; unpaid
family workers; workers on unpaid leave and proprietors, owners and
partners of unincorporated firms.
Employment represents the estimate
of total wage and salary employment in an occupation across the industries
in which it was surveyed. Not every occupation appears on the every
survey form. Data for specific occupations are collected from establishments
within industries that are the predominant employers of labor in those
occupations.
Average (Mean) Hourly Wage
The average hourly wage is the estimated total wages for an occupation
divided by its weighted survey employment.
Median Hourly Wage
Median hourly wage is the estimated 50th percentile of the distribution
of wages. Fifty percent of workers in an occupation earn wages below,
and 50 percent earn wages above the median wage.
Middle Range
The middle 50 percent wage range includes those wages from the 25th
to the 75th percentile of the distribution of wages. The two wage rates
displayed are the 25th and 75th percentiles of the distribution respectively.
Average Annual Wage
The average annual wage is the average hourly wage times 2,080 work
hours per year.
State of Ohio