The Tallahassee, FL MSA (metropolitan statistical area) experienced the largest increase of job openings of all MSAs in the United States for the month of December with 155 new openings.
| Month | MSA | Total Openings | New Openings |
| December 2014 | Tallahassee, FL | 8,330 | 155 |
Source: BLS
In this post, we look at the weekly overtime (OT) hours typically worked by those who work in roofing occupations.
Many of the employees that work in these jobs are not exempt from FLSA overtime pay and earn 1.5 times pay for hours worked over 40 in a given week.
The tabulations below are based on U.S. BLS survey data. The BLS job title groups are insightful, generally containing more specific job titles with similar knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA), but can be more broad than a particular company’s job title listing. Also, some companies may have the job title listed here as exempt from FLSA or state OT due to their specific job assignments. The BLS does not make a distinction as to if the job title is exempt or non-exempt from OT.
| Occupational Group Title | Percent of OT Workers | Average Hours of OT | 1 Out of Every 4 (25%) OT Workers Works at Least |
| Roofers | 23.64% | 13.3 hours | 50 hours |
U.S. BLS data indicates that approximately 23.64% of roofers work overtime hours in a given week. On average, these workers that have FLSA overtime work approximately 13.3 hours a week in OT. The average regular or straight time pay rate of these workers in the U.S. is approximately 15.23 an hour. The average FLSA OT rate, not including supplemental pay such as non-discretionary bonus pay is 22.84 an hour.
Source: BLS (CPS March)
The top three occupations with the most new job openings in Texas for the month of December were Elementary and Middle School Teachers with 404 new openings, Registered Nurses with 267 new openings, and Nursing, Psychiatric, and home Health Aides with 212 new openings.
December 2014
| Occupation | Total_Openings | New_Openings |
| Nursing, Psychiatric, and Home Health Aides | 2,332 | 212 |
| Registered Nurses | 2,508 | 267 |
| Elementary and Middle School Teachers | 3,452 | 404 |
Source: BLS
The number of job openings in California for nurses, therapists, and physician assistants increased from 14,866 in November 2014 to 16,429 in December 2014. The searcher-to-job opening ratio decreased from 1.54 to 1.20 in the same span.
Source: BLS
Image source: http://pediatric-nurse-practitioners.blogspot.com/2012/12/top-5-cardiac-care-nursing-jobs-for-we.html
Big Data. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Survey data. Employment Big Data. Those are all things that calculating worklife expectancy for U.S. workers requires. Worklife expectancy is similar to life expectancy and indicates how long a person can be expected to be active in the workforce over their working life. The worklife expectancy figure takes into account the anticipated to time out of the market due to unemployment, voluntary leaves, attrition, etc.
Overall the goal of our recent work is to update the Millimet et al (2002) worklife expectancy paper and account for more recent CPS data.
The data for all years is shown below. Ultimately there were over 590,000 data points used in the analysis.
| Table 2. Matched CPS Sample Sizes 1993-2013 | |||||||||
| Female | Male | ||||||||
| Year | Less than High School | High School | Some College | College | Less than High School | High School | Some College | College | Total |
| 1993 | 3,766 | 7,326 | 4,898 | 3,452 | 3,376 | 5,619 | 4,280 | 3,935 | 36,652 |
| 1994 | 3,539 | 7,019 | 5,357 | 3,619 | 3,097 | 5,477 | 4,411 | 4,013 | 36,532 |
| 1995 | 3,082 | 6,161 | 5,086 | 3,545 | 2,664 | 4,815 | 4,086 | 3,938 | 33,377 |
| 1997 | 3,079 | 6,172 | 4,771 | 3,488 | 2,723 | 4,857 | 3,926 | 3,723 | 32,739 |
| 1998 | 2,839 | 6,113 | 4,873 | 3,672 | 2,694 | 4,952 | 3,995 | 3,834 | 32,972 |
| 1999 | 2,709 | 6,027 | 4,987 | 3,770 | 2,513 | 4,830 | 4,134 | 3,923 | 32,893 |
| 2000 | 2,692 | 5,930 | 5,009 | 3,915 | 2,463 | 4,899 | 4,052 | 4,204 | 33,164 |
| 2001 | 2,545 | 5,806 | 4,971 | 3,901 | 2,458 | 4,919 | 4,232 | 4,016 | 32,848 |
| 2003 | 1,096 | 3,218 | 2,579 | 2,411 | 1,019 | 2,701 | 2,122 | 2,470 | 17,616 |
| 2004 | 2,579 | 6,372 | 5,803 | 5,009 | 2,394 | 5,307 | 4,745 | 4,819 | 37,028 |
| 2005 | 2,039 | 5,378 | 5,146 | 4,673 | 1,867 | 4,632 | 4,270 | 4,285 | 32,290 |
| 2006 | 2,297 | 5,500 | 5,608 | 4,657 | 2,131 | 4,953 | 4,263 | 4,389 | 33,798 |
| 2007 | 2,147 | 5,730 | 5,466 | 5,060 | 2,076 | 5,133 | 4,344 | 4,592 | 34,548 |
| 2008 | 2,159 | 5,659 | 5,787 | 5,281 | 2,040 | 5,212 | 4,593 | 4,826 | 35,557 |
| 2009 | 2,027 | 5,637 | 5,780 | 5,556 | 2,023 | 5,062 | 4,776 | 4,976 | 35,837 |
| 2011 | 1,845 | 4,844 | 5,106 | 5,136 | 1,786 | 4,603 | 4,176 | 4,432 | 31,928 |
| 2012 | 1,733 | 4,849 | 4,930 | 4,956 | 1,779 | 4,693 | 4,151 | 4,616 | 31,707 |
| 2013 | 1,658 | 4,542 | 5,061 | 5,109 | 1,668 | 4,579 | 4,271 | 4,650 | 31,538 |
| Total | 43,831 | 102,283 | 91,218 | 77,210 | 40,771 | 87,243 | 74,827 | 75,641 | 593,024 |
Notes:
The CPS data was matched using the algorithm similar to Millimet et al (2002) and Peracchi and Welch (1995). Households in rotation 1-4 were matched using the household identifier number to the same household in rotations 5-8 of the following year. Individuals had to have the same sex, race and be a year older in rotation 5-8 to be determined a match.
The number of job openings in California for “Innovation Type Jobs” decreased from 24,404 in November 2014 to 23,218 in December 2014. The searcher-to-job opening ratio also decreased from 0.86 to 0.79 in the same span.
Innovation jobs definition: http://www.employstats.com/blog/2014/09/26/1233/
Image source: http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2013/09/23/symposium-innovation-ecosystems-jobs-wea.html
The number of job openings in California for STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) jobs increased from 66,268 in November 2014 to 67,091 in December 2014. The searcher-to-job opening ratio decreased from 1.27 to 1.12 in the same span.
Our definition of STEM jobs: http://www.employstats.com/blog/2014/09/19/growing-national-interest-in-stem-fields-has-focused-our-research/
Source: BLS
Image source: http://fairmountinc.com/help-wanted-1-2-million-good-paying-jobs-available/
The number of job openings in Texas for “Innovation Type Jobs” decreased from 12,748 in November 2014 to 12,021 in December 2014. The searcher-to-job opening ratio also decreased from 0.66 to 0.58 in the same span.
Innovation jobs definition: http://www.employstats.com/blog/2014/09/26/1233/
Source: BLS
Image source: http://www.americas.gecapital.com/insight-and-ideas/capital-perspectives/innovation-secrets-of-steve-jobs
In this post, we look at the weekly overtime (OT) hours typically worked by those who work in automotive body and related repair occupations.
Many of the employees that work in these jobs are not exempt from FLSA overtime pay and earn 1.5 times pay for hours worked over 40 in a given week.
The tabulations below are based on U.S. BLS survey data. The BLS job title groups are insightful, generally containing more specific job titles with similar knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA), but can be more broad than a particular company’s job title listing. Also, some companies may have the job title listed here as exempt from FLSA or state OT due to their specific job assignments. The BLS does not make a distinction as to if the job title is exempt or non-exempt from OT.
| Occupational Group Title | Percent of OT Workers | Average Hours of OT | 1 out of every 4 (25%) OT workers works at least |
| Automotive Body and Related Repairers | 26.92% | 13.3 hours | 60 hours |
U.S. BLS data inddicates that approximately 26.92% of automotive body and related repairers work overtime hours in a given week. On average, these workers that have FLSA overtime work approximately 13.3 hours a week in OT. The average regular or straight time pay rate of theise workers in the U.S. is approximately 18.77 an hour. The average FLSA OT rate, not including supplemental pay such as non-discretionary bonus pay is 28.16 an hour.
Source: BLS (CPS March)
The number of job openings in Texas for STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) jobs decreased from 39,659 in November to 39,570 in December 2014. The searcher-to-job opening ratio also decreased from 0.81 to 0.68 in the same span.
Our definition of STEM jobs: http://www.employstats.com/blog/2014/09/19/growing-national-interest-in-stem-fields-has-focused-our-research/
Source: BLS
Image source: http://projecttomorrowblog.blogspot.com/2013/11/i-am-scientist.html