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18-1374-BOS
Wednesday, August 29, 2018

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Occupational Employment and Wages in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford — May 2017

Workers in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $28.87 in May 2017, about 19 percent above the nationwide average of $24.34, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Regional Commissioner Deborah A. Brown noted that, after testing for statistical significance, wages in the local area were higher than their respective national averages in 18 of the 22 major occupational groups, including healthcare practitioners and technical; community and social service; and education, training, and library. No other group had an hourly wage significantly lower than its respective national average.

When compared to the nationwide distribution, local employment was more highly concentrated in 8 of the 22 occupational groups, including management; education, training, and library; and business and financial operations. Conversely, nine groups had employment shares significantly below their national representation, including food preparation and serving related; transportation and material moving; and sales and related. (See table A and box note at end of release.)

Table A. Occupational employment and wages by major occupational group, United States and the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford Metropolitan Statistical Area, and measures of statistical significance, May 2017
Major occupational groupPercent of total employmentMean hourly wage
United StatesHartfordUnited StatesHartfordPercent difference (1)

Total, all occupations

100.0100.0$24.34$28.87*19

Management

5.17.6*57.6561.30*6

Business and financial operations

5.26.4*36.7038.77*6

Computer and mathematical

3.03.9*43.1844.22*2

Architecture and engineering

1.82.2*41.4442.994

Life, physical, and social science

0.80.7*35.7638.59*8

Community and social service

1.52.2*23.1027.51*19

Legal

0.81.0*51.6249.80-4

Education, training, and library

6.17.4*26.6730.92*16

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media

1.41.328.3427.52-3

Healthcare practitioners and technical

6.06.438.8345.85*18

Healthcare support

2.93.3*15.0516.82*12

Protective service

2.41.9*22.6925.78*14

Food preparation and serving related

9.37.4*11.8812.60*6

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance

3.12.913.9116.98*22

Personal care and service

3.63.513.1115.21*16

Sales and related

10.28.7*19.5621.85*12

Office and administrative support

15.415.918.2421.19*16

Farming, fishing, and forestry

0.30.1*13.8717.77*28

Construction and extraction

4.03.0*24.0127.75*16

Installation, maintenance, and repair

3.93.0*23.0225.62*11

Production

6.36.0*18.3021.61*18

Transportation and material moving

7.05.3*17.8217.800

Footnotes:
(1) A positive percent difference measures how much the mean wage in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford Metropolitan Statistical Area is above the national mean wage, while a negative difference reflects a lower wage.
* The percent share of employment or mean hourly wage for this area is significantly different from the national average of all areas at the 90-percent confidence level.

One occupational group—business and financial operations—was chosen to illustrate the diversity of data available for any of the 22 major occupational categories. Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford had 37,470 jobs in business and financial operations, accounting for 6.4 percent of local area employment, significantly higher than the 5.2-percent share nationally. The average hourly wage for this occupational group locally was $38.77, significantly above the national wage of $36.70.

Some of the larger detailed occupations within the business and financial operations group included accountants and auditors (5,490), management analysts (3,450), and claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators (3,010). Among the higher paying jobs were personal financial advisors and management analysts, with mean hourly wages of $65.69 and $48.60, respectively. At the lower end of the wage scale were tax preparers ($20.99) and credit counselors ($21.10). (Detailed occupational data for business and financial operations are presented in table 1; for a complete listing of detailed occupations available go to www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_73450.htm .)

Location quotients allow us to explore the occupational make-up of a metropolitan area by comparing the composition of jobs in an area relative to the national average. (See table 1.) For example, a location quotient of 2.0 indicates that an occupation accounts for twice the share of employment in the area than it does nationally. In the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford Metropolitan Statistical Area, above-average concentrations of employment were found in many of the occupations within the business and financial operations group. For instance, insurance underwriters were employed at 4.6 times the national rate in Hartford, and claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators, at 2.6 times the U.S. average. On the other hand, human resources specialists had a location quotient of 1.0 in Hartford, indicating that this particular occupation’s local and national employment shares were similar.

These statistics are from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey, a federal-state cooperative program between BLS and State Workforce Agencies, in this case, the Connecticut Department of Labor.

Notes on Occupational Employment Statistics Data

With the release of the May 2017 estimates, the OES program has replaced 21 detailed occupations found in the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) with 10 new aggregations of those occupations. In addition, selected 4- and 5-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) industries previously published by OES will no longer be published separately. Some of the 4-digit NAICS industries that are no longer being published separately will instead be published as OES-specific industry aggregations. More information about the new occupational and industry aggregations is available at www.bls.gov/oes/changes_2017.htm .

A value that is statistically different from another does not necessarily mean that the difference has economic or practical significance. Statistical significance is concerned with the ability to make confident statements about a universe based on a sample. It is entirely possible that a large difference between two values is not significantly different statistically, while a small difference is, since both the size and heterogeneity of the sample affect the relative error of the data being tested.


Technical Note

The Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey is a semiannual mail survey measuring occupational employment and wage rates for wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments in the United States. The OES data available from BLS include cross-industry occupational employment and wage estimates for the nation; over 650 areas, including states and the District of Columbia, metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs), metropolitan divisions, nonmetropolitan areas, and territories; national industry-specific estimates at the NAICS sector, 3-, 4-, and selected 5- and 6-digit industry levels, and national estimates by ownership across all industries and for schools and hospitals. OES data are available at www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm.

OES estimates are constructed from a sample of about 1.2 million establishments. Each year, two semiannual panels of approximately 200,000 sampled establishments are contacted, one panel in May and the other in November. Responses are obtained by mail, Internet or other electronic means, email, telephone, or personal visit. The May 2017 estimates are based on responses from six semiannual panels collected over a 3-year period: May 2017, November 2016, May 2016, November 2015, May 2015, and November 2014. The overall national response rate for the six panels, based on the 50 states and the District of Columbia, is 72 percent based on establishments and 68 percent based on weighted sampled employment. The unweighted sample employment of 82 million across all six semiannual panels represents approximately 58 percent of total national employment. The sample in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford Metropolitan Statistical Area included 3,842 establishments with a response rate of 65 percent. For more information about OES concepts and methodology, go to www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_tec.htm.

The May 2017 OES estimates are based on the 2010 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system and the 2012 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Information about the 2010 SOC is available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/soc and information about the 2012 NAICS is available at www.bls.gov/bls/naics.htm.

Metropolitan area definitions

The substate area data published in this release reflect the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget.

The Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Conn. Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Andover town, Ashford town, Avon town, Barkhamsted town, Berlin town, Bloomfield town, Bolton town, Bristol city, Burlington town, Canton town, Chaplin town, Colchester town, Columbia town, Coventry town, Cromwell town, East Granby town, East Haddam town, East Hampton town, East Hartford town, Ellington town, Farmington town, Glastonbury town, Granby town, Haddam town, Hartford city, Hartland town, Harwinton town, Hebron town, Lebanon town, Manchester town, Mansfield town, Marlborough town, Middletown city, New Britain city, New Hartford town, Newington town, Plainville town, Plymouth town, Portland town, Rocky Hill town, Scotland town, Simsbury town, South Windsor town, Southington town, Stafford town, Thomaston town, Tolland town, Union town, Vernon town, West Hartford town, Wethersfield town, Willington town, Windham town, and Windsor town.

Additional information

OES data are available on our regional web page at www.bls.gov/regions/northeast. Answers to frequently asked questions about the OES data are available at www.bls.gov/oes/oes_ques.htm. Detailed technical information about the OES survey is available in our Survey Methods and Reliability Statement on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/oes/current/methods_statement.pdf.

Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request . Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339.
Table 1. Employment and wage data from the Occupational Employment Statistics survey, by occupation, Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford Metropolitan Statistical Area, May 2017
Occupation (1)EmploymentMean wages
Level (2)Location quotient (3)HourlyAnnual (4)

Business and financial operations occupations

37,4701.2$38.77$80,650

Buyers and purchasing agents

1,9801.234.6071,960

Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

3,0102.635.3473,510

Insurance appraisers, auto damage

1302.031.6265,770

Compliance officers

1,7601.538.5880,240

Cost estimators

7900.938.3379,720

Human resources specialists

2,2601.033.2269,090

Labor relations specialists

8102.532.3767,340

Logisticians

1800.339.2981,720

Management analysts

3,4501.348.60101,090

Meeting, convention, and event planners

2300.527.4657,110

Fundraisers

4201.429.2560,830

Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists

4501.437.1777,310

Training and development specialists

1,5601.433.9970,700

Market research analysts and marketing specialists

2,2100.936.2475,370

Business operations specialists, all other

3,7100.935.5773,980

Accountants and auditors

5,4901.137.8578,730

Appraisers and assessors of real estate

2701.135.5573,940

Budget analysts

6603.041.3786,040

Credit analysts

3601.239.5282,210

Financial analysts

1,9501.645.3794,370

Personal financial advisors

1,4301.865.69136,640

Insurance underwriters

1,6804.638.0979,230

Financial examiners

3301.542.5488,470

Credit counselors

(5)(5)21.1043,900

Loan officers

8600.735.9674,790

Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents

5902.540.8284,900

Tax preparers

3601.320.9943,670

Financial specialists, all other

3700.737.3277,640

Footnotes:
(1) For a complete listing of all detailed occupations in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT, see www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_73450.htm.
(2) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(3) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
(4) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(5) Estimate not released.

 

Last Modified Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2018