Occupational Employment Statistics Overview Laurie Salmon Significance of the Nonprofit Sector as a Sustainable Employer 15 th Annual Public-Private Partnership Conference September 28, 2015

Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) overview Joint BLS/state program Employer survey Sample comes from state unemployment insurance (UI) database  Statistically representative by industry and area  Total sample size 1.2 million business establishments, collected over 3-year period  Census of federal and state government data 2

Coverage and classification Excludes private households and most of agricultural sector Also excludes military and self employed Within federal government, executive branch and U.S. Postal Service only (excludes legislative and judicial branches) Industries defined by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Occupations defined by Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system 3

Data elements produced Data by occupation for over 800 occupations:  Employment  Mean and percentile wages (both hourly and annual for most occupations)  Measures of sampling error 4

Estimates available Cross-industry occupational employment and wage estimates by geographic area  Over 580 local areas; nation; states and District of Columbia; and selected U.S. territories Industry-specific estimates—national level only  Over 430 industry aggregations National estimates by ownership (public/private) State/industry research estimates Data do not allow nonprofits to be identified separately 5

State uses of OES data Assisting employers:  By improving the alignment of education and training with the needs of business  In helping to build a skilled workforce to meet hiring demands  In making business location decisions  In selecting wage/pay scales relative to local competitive levels Assisting career counselors with reemployment and job placement for students, job seekers, and dislocated workers Assisting economic development with labor supply for business recruitment 6

Other users of OES data BLS: Occupational employment projections, Occupational Outlook Handbook, occupational injury and illness incidence rates, Employment Cost Index Federal government: Foreign Labor Certification, CareerOneStop, O*NET, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Employment Standards Administration, President’s Pay Agent, Bureau of Economic Analysis Private sector/individuals: Human resources professionals, students, job seekers, guidance and career counselors, academic researchers, media 7

Over one-third of tour guides and escorts were employed in museums, historical sites, and similar institutions 8

Mean wages for general and operations managers in museums, historical sites, and similar institutions were $24,900 below the U.S. average 9

Registered nurses made up 30 percent of employment in private sector hospitals 10

Education, training, and library occupations made up half of employment in private sector educational services 11

Secretaries and labor relations specialists were the largest occupations in membership associations and organizations 12

Personal care aides, childcare workers, and preschool teachers were the largest occupations in social assistance 13

Seven of the 10 largest occupations in social assistance had annual mean wages of less than $30,000 14

Ten occupations made up 42 percent of the District of Columbia’s employment in healthcare and social assistance 15

Public relations specialists was the largest occupation in other services, except public administration in the District of Columbia 16

Monthly Labor Review article on nonprofits “Occupational employment in the not-for-profit sector,” by Zack Warren  Analysis combined 2006 OES survey data with tax- exempt-status information from the Internal Revenue Service’s Business Master File of the Statistics of Income program Compared for-profit, not-for-profit, and government employment and wages by detailed occupation across all industries Also looked at three specific industries: general medical and surgical hospitals, depository credit intermediation, and social advocacy organizations 17

18 D Distribution of employment in not-for-profit, for-profit, and government establishments, 2006 Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, special tabulation of Occupational Employment Statistics data.

Not-for-profits had higher shares of teachers and lower shares of sales workers Differences in occupational mix reflected differences in industry composition: highest nonprofit employment was in educational services and healthcare and social assistance Not-for-profits had higher shares of teachers, community and social service, healthcare, and personal care and service workers Not-for-profits had lower shares of sales, food service, construction and extraction, maintenance, production, and transportation workers 19

Mean hourly wages in not-for-profit, for-profit, and government establishments, Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, special tabulation of Occupational Employment Statistics data.

For-profits paid more for most occupational groups Not-for-profits had slightly higher overall average wage. Reflects differences in occupational composition: lower-paying occupations less prevalent or possibly replaced by volunteers For-profit establishments had higher average wages than not-for-profits in 12 of the 22 occupational groups, including most higher-paying groups Education-related occupations, architecture and engineering, healthcare support, food service, and building service occupations had higher wages in not- for-profit establishments 21

Not-for-profit and for-profit industry comparisons General medical and surgical hospitals: for-profits and not- for-profits had similar staffing patterns and occupational wages Depository credit intermediation: not-for-profits had lower shares of management, business and financial, sales, and computer and mathematical occupations; higher shares of office support occupations; and generally lower wages Social advocacy organizations: not-for-profits had lower shares of community and social service and business and financial occupations, and higher shares of office support and education, training, and library occupations. For-profits and not-for-profits had similar overall wages, but large wage differences for individual occupations. 22

OES Website: Three data formats: Downloadable zipped XLSX files HTML pages Form-based query tool (most recent data only) 23

Contact Information Laurie Salmon Division Chief Occupational Employment Statistics (202)