In cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Idaho Department of Labor surveys Idaho businesses to gather employment and wage data for over 750 occupations. The survey requests employers to list the number of employees by occupational classification by pay range. Only wage and salary-type compensation data are reported—fringe benefits, overtime, bonuses, incentive pay and other non-wage earnings are not included in the survey.
Idaho Occupational Employment & Wage Survey
Do you need to know how your wages compare to others in the same occupation or other similar occupations? Answer these questions with this year's occupational employment and wage survey from the Idaho Department of Labor*. View and Download 2009 Survey Tables (updated August 2009)
Beyond Averages: Other Ways to Look at Occupational Wages
An article written by Ben Cover, an economist in the Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Insight on how to better understand occupational wage information by looking at other details such as industry and location. Read more ... (The original article was published in the winter 2007-08 publication of Occupational Outlook Quarterly. http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/about.htm)
Education and Training Pay Poster
This full-color poster features average pay scaled by education level, from short-term, on-the-job training to first professional degree.
To request larger printed copies, please e-mail the labor market information staff at lmi@labor.idaho.gov.
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The Idaho Department of Labor has provided several extensions to the official OES data series (which have been developed in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics). These additional products have not been validated by BLS and are not, therefore, official BLS data series. The Idaho Department of Labor feels, however, that they provide additional information that is useful to the users of department data.