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BLS OEWSBLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (OEWS)
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · Tier-1 · research-only (never on individual profiles)
BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (OEWS, formerly OES) publishes employment levels and wage estimates for ~830 occupations across U.S. states and metropolitan areas. The canonical source for occupational wage benchmarking.
How this source shows up on OwnListed.
Tier-1 research-only context for /research pages that discuss workforce supply, wage benchmarks, or per-capita density. OEWS data appears in study commentary and methodology footnotes — it does NOT attach to individual provider profiles.
What this source does NOT mean
OEWS measures markets, not individuals. A state-level mean wage is a market signal; it is not a quality measurement, an income claim about any specific provider, or a recommendation.
What we can’t infer from this source.
- OEWS is a survey-based estimate. Confidence intervals exist; the mean is not a precise number for every county.
- Wage estimates are gross of self-employed contractors in many SOC codes; medians may shift on full revisions.
- Tier-1 — never rendered on individual provider profiles.
Authority, license, refresh cadence.
Authority
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Tier
Tier-1 · research-only (never on individual profiles)
Refresh cadence
Annual — BLS publishes OEWS once per year, typically late spring.
License
U.S. government public-domain data. Free to use with attribution.
Official URL
Attribution requirement
Source: BLS OEWS · Vintage {YYYY}
What the source allows.
U.S. government public-domain works. BLS publishes OEWS as bulk CSV + Excel; redistribution permitted with attribution. OwnListed pulls state-level + metropolitan-area summaries only and never imputes per-individual wages.
What a single field looks like in the graph.
A worked example. Every field surfaced from this source carries this shape of provenance line — source · last checked · display rule · confidence (when applicable).
Field
State-level employment estimate (research-only)
Sample value
HVAC mechanics & installers in TX: 19,440 (May 2024 vintage)
Provenance line
Source: BLS OEWS · State-level employment table · Vintage May 2024 · Display rule: research-only commentary, never on profiles
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