Wage data for occupations is collected in the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program. Information on entry level, median, and experienced hourly (and annual) wages is available for Illinois, the Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), Economic Development Regions (EDRs), counties and the Local Workforce Areas (LWAs) in both Excel and Adobe Acrobat formats. Data is for 2008, 3rd quarter.

Statewide Occupational Wage Data publication (Acrobat version only) Includes wage data, SOC definitions, and Technical Notes. Please reference this publication for any questions about the collection of the wage data.

Downloadable data file in Excel and Acrobat/PDF:

Statewide

MSA

Economic Development Region

Local Workforce Area

County

SOC Code Definitions
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The Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) coding structure is now used in place of the previously utilized Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) coding system. This means that many of the occupational titles are different than before, but it also means that there will be more up-to-date occupational titles included such as different levels of computer programmers and software engineers.

More information on the SOC taxonomy is available at the following Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Web sites: http://stats.bls.gov/soc/socguide.htm. You may contact your Local Labor Market Economist to get help with finding SOC occupational titles for previously used OES occupational titles. You can locate contact information for your Local Labor Market Economist through the following Web address: http://lmi.ides.state.il.us/perassis.htm. You may also call our toll-free number at 1-866-ONE-SRCE (1-866-663-7723) for assistance.

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