17.07.2015 Views

Acknowledgments US Department of Transportation - BTS

Acknowledgments US Department of Transportation - BTS

Acknowledgments US Department of Transportation - BTS

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

Employers are the source <strong>of</strong> occupational data. Within establishments, the main source <strong>of</strong> occupational data reportedby respondents is personnel records. Data are collected from respondents primarily by mail. Occasionally, visits aremade to large employers and to other respondents who indicate particular difficulty in completing the questionnaires.Ordinarily, two mailings follow the initial mailing. After the third mailing, a subsample <strong>of</strong> the remaining nonrespondentsis drawn and contacted by telephone. The OES survey follows a 3-year cycle. Three surveys are conductedalternately for manufacturing, nonmanufacturing, and the balance <strong>of</strong> nonmanufacturing industries.EstimationDuring the sample selection process, each sampled establishment is assigned a sampling weight that is equal to thereciprocal <strong>of</strong> its probability <strong>of</strong> selection. For example, if an establishment on the sampling frame had a 1 in 10 chance<strong>of</strong> being selected into the sample, then its sampling weight is 10. For establishments that did not respond to thesurvey, a nonresponse adjustment factor is calculated and applied against the sampling weights <strong>of</strong> the respondingestablishments within each state/3-digit industry/size-class cell. Multiplying these adjustment factors by samplingweights increases the weight <strong>of</strong> the responding establishments so they can account for the missing employment data<strong>of</strong> the nonresponding establishments.AccuracyThe OES survey uses a subsample replication technique to estimate variances in occupational employment at the 3-digit industry/size-class level. For additional information on occupational employment estimates and measurements <strong>of</strong>sampling error associated with the estimates, the reader is referred to http://stats.bls.gov/oes/home.htm.TABLE 3-25. Average Wage and Salary Accruals per Full-Time Equivalent Employee by <strong>Transportation</strong>Industry (NAICS)TABLE 3-27. Total Wage and Salary Accruals by <strong>Transportation</strong> Industry (NAICS)The Survey <strong>of</strong> Current Business (tables 6.3c and 6.6c) published by the U.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Commerce, Bureau <strong>of</strong>Economic Analysis, is the source <strong>of</strong> transportation wage and salary data. These estimates are based on BLStabulations <strong>of</strong> employee wages that are covered by State unemployment insurance. As a component <strong>of</strong> the incomeside <strong>of</strong> National Income and Product Account, wages and salaries comprise part <strong>of</strong> the GDP calculation. These datareflect the monetary remuneration <strong>of</strong> employees in terms <strong>of</strong> wage accruals less disbursements. It is defined as thedifference between wages and salaries on a "when-earned" basis, or accrued, and wages and salaries on a "whenpaid,"or disbursed basis. This computation was instituted in 1992 because a significant portion <strong>of</strong> bonus paymentswere missed in previous calculations. Readers should also refer to the earlier discussion <strong>of</strong> GDP methods andreliability for more detail.TABLE 3-28. Labor Productivity Indices for Selected <strong>Transportation</strong> Industries (NAICS)The Bureau <strong>of</strong> Labor Statistic's (BLS) Industry Productivity Measures is the source <strong>of</strong> transportation labor productivitydata. BLS develops industry productivity measures based on various data sources.For rail, BLS uses freight ton-mile and passenger miles that are collected by the Surface <strong>Transportation</strong> Board (STB),the Association <strong>of</strong> American Railroads (AAR), and Amtrak. BLS also aggregates four different air transportationoutputs to form a single productivity index: domestic passenger-miles, domestic freight ton-miles, internationalpassenger-miles, and international freight ton-miles. Air transportation data come from Air Carrier Traffic Statisticsand Air Carrier Financial Statistics, published by the U.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong>, Bureau <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong>Statistics. For petroleum pipeline, BLS relies on data from the Association <strong>of</strong> Oil Pipelines and derived an outputindex based on trunkline barrel-miles. A barrel-mile is one barrel <strong>of</strong> petroleum moved through one mile <strong>of</strong> pipeline.EstimationBLS generally calculates labor productivity by dividing an index <strong>of</strong> output (in this case, ton-miles) by an index <strong>of</strong>hours. Output is derived with a weight adjusted Tornqvist formula that produces an output ratio for one year. BLSthen combines these in a series that produces a chained output index. The hour indexes are developed from data inBLS's Current Employment Statistics (CES; see discussion above for table 3-12) and are the results <strong>of</strong> dividing theannual aggregate hours for each year by a base-period figure. Readers who need more detail, such as mathematical

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!