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The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program produces
employment and wage estimates annually for approximately 830 occupations. These
estimates are available for the nation as a whole, for individual states, and
for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas; national occupational estimates for
specific industries are also available.


NOTICES

 * The May 2022 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) estimates
   were released on April 25, 2023 Read More »
 * The May 2021 estimates were the first OEWS estimates based solely on survey
   data collected using the 2018 SOC. Read More »
 * With the May 2021 estimates, the OEWS program now uses a new estimation
   methodology. Read More »


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Computer and mathematical occupations have a mean wage of $108,130 in May 2022

04/25/2023

Computer and mathematical occupations had employment of 5.0 million and an
annual mean wage of $108,130 in May 2022. Software developers was the largest
computer and mathematical occupation, with 1.5 million jobs and an annual mean
wage of $132,930.
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SPOTLIGHT ON STATISTICS

OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES IN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, job losses in large private
sector industries such as food services and drinking places received a lot of
attention. State and local government also had high job losses. From March 2020
to March 2021, employment fell by 5.1 percent in state government and 6.5
percent in local government, compared with a 4.3-percent decrease in the private
sector. read more »


THE ECONOMICS DAILY

THREE CHEERS FOR BARTENDERS ON BARTENDER APPRECIATION DAY

The first Friday in December is Bartender Appreciation Day, so we raise our
glasses and present a flight of BLS data related to these master mixologists who
shake, stir, pour, and serve drinks. Nationwide, bartender employment was
613,070 in May 2022. The Chicago and Los Angeles metropolitan areas each had
about 20,000 bartender jobs, while the New York metropolitan area had over
29,000. read more »


BEYOND THE NUMBERS

AS MANUFACTURING SECTOR CHANGES, PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS DISAPPEAR: AN ANALYSIS
OF EMPLOYMENT FROM 2007–20

The Great Recession and the years of recovery that followed saw sweeping changes
to the U.S. economy, including notable changes to the makeup of the labor market
and industry employment. In the decade that followed the Great Recession
(2010–20), the economy largely recovered; however, the growth in manufacturing
sector production jobs did not make up for the 1.5 million production jobs lost
from 2007 to 2010. read more »


MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW

WERE WAGES CONVERGING DURING THE 2010S EXPANSION?

Wage inequality grew from 2003 to 2013 but either declined or plateaued from
2013 to 2019, depending on the data source, because wage growth was particularly
strong among lower-wage workers. read more »


SPOTLIGHT ON STATISTICS

OCCUPATIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES IN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, job losses in large private
sector industries such as food services and drinking places received a lot of
attention. State and local government also had high job losses. From March 2020
to March 2021, employment fell by 5.1 percent in state government and 6.5
percent in local government, compared with a 4.3-percent decrease in the private
sector. read more »


THE ECONOMICS DAILY

THREE CHEERS FOR BARTENDERS ON BARTENDER APPRECIATION DAY

The first Friday in December is Bartender Appreciation Day, so we raise our
glasses and present a flight of BLS data related to these master mixologists who
shake, stir, pour, and serve drinks. Nationwide, bartender employment was
613,070 in May 2022. The Chicago and Los Angeles metropolitan areas each had
about 20,000 bartender jobs, while the New York metropolitan area had over
29,000. read more »

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