| Below are sources of
disability-specific earnings data by
education level and for occupational data
based on the Dictionary of Occupational
Titles
These data provide government survey
figures on average earnings and the number
of people employed in various job categories
(Census Codes). They can be
cross-referenced with Worker Characteristics
found in the Dictionary of Occupational
Titles (DOT). This calculation is
commonly carried out using the
VALE 2000 software package.
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Data Item |
Description |
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Local number employed; disability
dollars |
U.S. Census Bureau.
1990 Census
Public Use Microdata Sample.
Used to generate numbers and
dollars for local labor markets and
disability status differentials; can
be purchased from the
U.S. Census Bureau |
|
National earnings and number
employed |
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Usual Weekly Earnings of Wage and
Salary Workers Who Usually Work
Full-time by Detailed (3-digit
Census Code) Occupation and Sex.
Unpublished Tabulations from the
Current Population Survey: 1998
Annual Averages.
Source of annual update of
numbers and dollars for the national
labor market; also used as a basis
for annual conversion of local labor
market dollars |
|
Crosswalk between occupational
titles and Census codes used for
obtaining earnings/ employment data |
National Crosswalk Service Center.
NOICC Master Crosswalk Data Base.
Des Moines, Iowa: Iowa SOICC, March
1993.
Source of crosswalk between the
DOT titles and Census Codes; also
contains the Worker Characteristics
associated with the DOT titles (link
is to an updated version of the
crosswalk; no changes were made to
the DOT-Census Code crosswalk) |
|
Occupational earnings sources |
Excerpt from the
VALE 2000 User's
Manual describing the sources of
the occupational employment and
earnings data used in
VALE,
how they work together, and changes
made to the underlying databases.
|
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Earnings calculations
|
Excerpt from the
VALE 2000 User's
Manual describing the
calculation of median and mean
dollars. |
|
Inflation rates |
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Consumer Price Index, All Urban
Consumers, U.S. City Average.
Series ID: CUUR0000SA0.
Used to update dollars to current
value |
|
Worker characteristics,
Dictionary of Occupational Titles |
U.S. Department of Labor, U.S.
Employment Service, North Carolina
Occupational Analysis Field Center.
Dictionary of Occupational Titles.
Source of entire listing of
worker characteristics for the DOT
titles |
|
Worker characteristics |
Excerpt from the
VALE 2000 User's
Manual describing the worker
characteristics and how they are
used to select desired occupations
in the VALE software program.
|
|
VALE 2000 User's Manual, Revised
2002 |
The manual in its entirety; explains
how the software works along with
the data sources and calculations
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These data provide disability-specific
earnings referenced by gender, education
level, and disability status. Education
earnings for persons without a work
disability are based on the latest year of
data from the Current Population Survey
(CPS). Earnings for persons with a work
disability are derived by using the average
differentials between persons with and
without a disability over multiple years of
the CPS. The differentials (which are
specific to gender, educational level, and
disability status) are applied to the latest
year's nondisabled averages to derive
disabled averages.
Sources are also provided for earnings
from the American Community Survey and the
2000 Decennial Census. These are specific
to disability type and are referenced by
gender, education level, and disability
status.
|
Data
Item |
Description |
CPS Dollars - by gender, education
level,
and disability status |
U.S.
Census Bureau.
Current Population
Survey March Supplement, 2002 to
2006.
Source of work disability and
education-level specific dollars |
|
Wage growth |
U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics.
National
Employment, Hours, and Earnings:
Average Hourly Earnings of
Production Workers. Series ID:
CEU0500000006
Source of growth rates used to
bring education dollars up to
current value |
|
American Community Survey - by
gender, education level, and
disability status |
U.S. Census
Bureau.
American Community
Survey Public Use Microdata.
2005.
Source of disability (physical,
cognitive, sensory) and
education-level specific dollars |
Decennial Census Dollars - by
gender,
education level, and
disability status |
U.S. Census
Bureau.
5-Percent Public Use
Microdata Sample (PUMS) Files,
2000.
Source of disability (physical,
cognitive, sensory) and
education-level specific dollars |
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