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Overview of BLS Wage Data by Area and Occupation

BLS wage data are available by occupation for the Nation, regions, States, and many metropolitan areas.

For pay-setting purposes. Data include information on the level of difficulty and complexity of work.
For over 800 occupations. Data are classified using the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) System.
For about 400 industries. Occupational wage data for sector, 3-, 4- and 5-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) industries.
Data by occupation and gender (PDF). Data for men and for women in 200 occupations.

For Census divisions. (New England, Middle Atlantic, East North Central, West North Central, South Atlantic, East South Central, West South Central, Mountain, and Pacific.)

By State. 50 States plus District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands.

For pay-setting purposes. Data include information on the level of difficulty and complexity of work.
For 375 metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), 34 metropolitan divisions, and over 170 nonmetropolitan areas. (MSAs consist of one or more counties (or towns and cities in New England) and contain a core area with a substantial population which has a high degree of economic and social integration with the surrounding areas; also, a MSA must have at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more inhabitants. Certain MSAs have subdivisions called metropolitan divisions.)
For major metropolitan areas. Detailed occupational wage information for approximately 80 metropolitan areas.

Last Modified Date: March 11, 2011