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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.
| Data Item |
Description |
| 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 |
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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 Unpublished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 |
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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) |
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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
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Excerpt from the VALE 2000 User's Manual describing
the calculation of median and mean dollars.
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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 |
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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 |
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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.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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