For OES Participating
Employers
As an employer, you know the importance of
accurate labor market information. Providing this information to
Colorado's business and government decision makers is the responsibility
of the Labor Market Information section (LMI) of the
Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. To meet this priority, LMI
compiles data that:
• spotlight emerging and declining
occupations;
• identify job skills subject to increasing
and decreasing demand;
• present average earnings in specific
occupations within and across industries;
• clarify areas where vocational and
educational programs are needed.
These data are collected through the
Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey, which is mandated
by Congress and conducted jointly by the State of Colorado and the US
Bureau of Labor Statistics. This program collects information about the
composition of your work force – specifically, employment and wages by
occupation.
We ask for the information directly from
employers because individual businesses are the only source of these
data. Your firm was scientifically selected to participate. Each firm
included in the sample represents many similar firms, so it is really
important for us to hear from you.
Your response will be held in strict
confidence and combined with those from other employers, then summarized
for statistical purposes only. No individual employers can be
identified. We do not share your individual information with other
units of the Department of Labor or with other State agencies.
We realize that you
are busy, and we would like to make your participation in the OES
program as easy as possible. Click on
How to Respond for further
information.
YOUR DATA ARE
CRITICAL!
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