US Industry by Occupation Earnings

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Description

The dataset shows employment and percentile earnings by year, industry, and occupation for QCEW and Non-QCEW employees (excludes self-employed).

Use Cases

Questions answered by this dataset:

• Which industry employs the most special effects animators?
• What is the earnings difference for general contractors employed in residential vs nonresidential building construction?
• What are the median earnings for purchasing managers working at nursing care facilities? How about the 75th percentile earnings?

Metrics

• Jobs: The number of occupied positions. This is not quite the same as workers because one worker might fill more than one position.
• Earnings ** Average: Average hourly earnings per job. ** Median: 50th percentile (median) hourly earnings per job. ** Percentile10: 10th percentile hourly earnings per job. ** Percentile25: 25th percentile hourly earnings per job. ** Percentile50: 50th percentile (median) hourly earnings per job. ** Percentile75: 75th percentile hourly earnings per job. ** Percentile90: 90th percentile hourly earnings per job. ** Average.Annual: Average annual earnings per job. ** Median.Annual: 50th percentile (median) annual earnings per job. ** Percentile10.Annual: 10th percentile annual earnings per job. ** Percentile25.Annual: 25th percentile annual earnings per job. ** Percentile50.Annual: 50th percentile (median) annual earnings per job. ** Percentile75.Annual: 75th percentile annual earnings per job. ** Percentile90.Annual: 90th percentile annual earnings per job.

Filters

• Class of Worker (QCEW and Non-QCEW employees only)
• Industry (6-digit NAICS)
• Occupation (5-digit SOC)
• Year

Core LMI Metadata