BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics
Detailed wages and employment for 800+ US occupations, including 10th/25th/50th/75th/90th percentile wages, total employment, and historical wage trajectories. Data published annually each May since 1999.
Latest snapshot
Rows in latest snapshot
25
Last refreshed
May 19, 2026
Cadence
annual
Coverage
May 2023 latest; historical archive back to May 1999; 800+ detailed SOC occupations
Total records
~800 detailed occupations + 23 SOC major groups
Key fields
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OCC_CODE -
OCC_TITLE -
TOT_EMP -
A_MEAN -
A_MEDIAN -
A_PCT10 -
A_PCT25 -
A_PCT75 -
A_PCT90 -
employment_2033_projected -
pct_change_10yr -
annual_openings_projected -
typical_education -
work_experience_required -
on_the_job_training
Use cases
- Wage benchmarks by occupation for diligence (labor cost modeling)
- Identify high-growth + high-pay occupations (acquisition tailwind sectors)
- Education / experience requirements for staffing roles in target
- Annual openings as proxy for labor-market tightness
- Cross-reference SBA loans vs occupations to find labor-aligned sectors
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