Saturday, May 7, 2011

Wage variations for same occupations in different industries

The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development has a database that shows how wages for the same occupation differ among industries. The method of doing the search is a little complicated but I think the information is worth the effort.

First go to the NJ Department of Labor section on "Labor Market Information" at http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lpa/LMI_index.html Then click on "Data Tools" and then select "Occupational Employment Statistics"
For Monmouth County area data select "Metropolitan Division" and then "Edison". Click on "continue".
then Select one occupation and click on "continue"
then "select all" the industries and click on "continue"
then select "hourly wage" and click on "continue"
Then on the "data series' page,click on "select all" and then "continue"
Then on the "sorting columns" page, just click on "continue"
The report should now appear. You click on the column headings you can change the sorting to up or down. You can also download the report to excel.

If you have any problems with this. Call me at the library 866-941-8188

Charles Gross, Career Information Center Librarian

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