Thursday, September 27, 2007

What do the different scales mean?

Salary and job growth data are collected by each state through the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey, conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) at the U.S. Department of Labor. National trend estimates are developed by BLS. Job details are provided by the Occupational Information Network (O*NET), a comprehensive, database of worker attributes and job characteristics.

Context - includes a variety of scales with some unique and specific work context variables.

Extent - indicates the degree to which the value affects the nature of a job.

Importance - indicates the degree of importance a particular descriptor is to the job. The possible ratings range from "Not Important" (1) to "Extremely Important" (5).

Level - indicates the degree, depth or point along a continuum, to which a particular knowledge, skill or ability is needed to perform the job.

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