Category: BLS Data

California job openings decreased from Dec to Jan

The number of job openings in California decreased from 436,019 in December 2014 to 425,877 in January 2015. The median number of job searchers per job opening across all MSAs (metropolitan statistical areas) and occupations in California was 0.98 in December 2014 and 1.77 in January 2015.

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Source: BLS

Texas job openings by major occupational group for January

Texas January 2015

Total number of job openings and median searcher-to-job ratio across all MSAs (metropolitan statistical areas) for each major occupational group in Texas in January 2015.

Occupation Job Openings Searchers-to-Job Ratio
Management, business, and financial occupations 56,662 0.58
Professional and related occupations 83,549 0.67
Office and administrative support occupations 55,482 0.89
Sales and related occupations 30,126 1.18
Service occupations 64,965 1.42
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 18,437 1.48
Transportation and material moving occupations 19,703 1.67
Production occupations 21,721 2.09
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 937 5.4
Construction and extraction occupations 14,583 5.44

Source: BLS

Texas job openings by major occupational group for January

Texas January 2015

Total number of job openings and median searcher-to-job ratio across all MSAs (metropolitan statistical areas) for each major occupational group in Texas in January 2015.

Occupation Job Openings Searchers-to-Job Ratio
Management, business, and financial occupations 56,662 0.58
Professional and related occupations 83,549 0.67
Office and administrative support occupations 55,482 0.89
Sales and related occupations 30,126 1.18
Service occupations 64,965 1.42
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 18,437 1.48
Transportation and material moving occupations 19,703 1.67
Production occupations 21,721 2.09
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 937 5.4
Construction and extraction occupations 14,583 5.44

Source: BLS

Texas saw greater increase in job openings than US and Cali for Jan

Texas both experienced a greater increase in job openings than California and US for the month of January.

January 2015

State Total Openings Monthly Change Yearly Change
California 425,877 -2.33% -5.15%
Texas 366,165 35.19% 27.41%
USA 4,393,597 27.61% 22.75%

Source: BLS

Innovation sector job openings decreased in CA and increased in TX for Jan

California experienced a decrease of 4,200 innovation job openings from December 2014 to January 2015, a decrease of 18.09%. Texas experienced an increase of 1,345 innovation job openings from December 2014 to January 2015, an increase of 11.19%.

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State Total_Openings Monthly_Change Yearly_Change
CA 19,018 -18.09% -6.77%
TX 13,366 11.19% 26.83%

Innovation jobs definition: http://www.employstats.com/blog/2014/09/26/1233/

Source: BLS

Image source: http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2013/09/23/symposium-innovation-ecosystems-jobs-wea.html

STEM jobs decreased in CA but increased in TX for Jan

California experienced a decrease of 10,856 innovation job openings from December 2014 to January 2015, a decrease of 16.18%. Texas experienced an increase of 4,472 innovation job openings from December 2014 to January 2015, an increase of 11.30%.

Our definition of STEM jobs: http://www.employstats.com/blog/2014/09/19/growing-national-interest-in-stem-fields-has-focused-our-research/

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State Total Openings Monthly Change Yearly Change
CA 56,235 -16.18% -1.70%
TX 44,042 11.30% 28.05%

Source: BLS

Image source: http://projecttomorrowblog.blogspot.com/2013/11/i-am-scientist.html

FLSA OT report for individuals working in Derrick, rotary drill, and services unit operators, oil, gas, and mining occupations

In this post, we look at the weekly overtime (OT) hours typically worked by those who work in Derrick, rotary drill, and services unit operators, oil, gas, and mining 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
Derrick, rotary drill, and services unit operators, oil, gas, and mining 66.67% 25.6 80

U.S. BLS data indicates that approximately 66.67% of Derrick, rotary drill, and services unit operators, oil, gas, and mining workers work overtime hours in a given week.  On average, these workers that have FLSA overtime work approximately 25.6 hours a week in OT. The average regular or straight time pay rate of these workers in the U.S. is approximately 32.10 an hour.  The average FLSA OT rate, not including supplemental pay such as non-discretionary bonus pay is 48.14 an hour.

Source: BLS (CPS March)