In this post, we look at the weekly overtime (OT) hours typically worked by those who are in Plastics Product Manufacturing.

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.

Source: BLS (CPS March)

In this post, we look at some average earnings typical for particular occupations in the engineering field. The tabulation below is 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.

Engineering STEM Salaries

Source: BLS

Image source: http://fairmountinc.com/help-wanted-1-2-million-good-paying-jobs-available/

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

In this post, we look at the weekly overtime (OT) hours typically worked by those who are in the support activities for mining subsector. This subsector is part of the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction sector, and is further defined below by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS):

“Industries in the Support Activities for Mining subsector group establishments primarily providing support services, on a contract or fee basis, required for the mining and quarrying of minerals and for the extraction of oil and gas. Establishments performing exploration (except geophysical surveying and mapping) for minerals, on a contract or fee basis, are included in this subsector. Exploration includes traditional prospecting methods, such as taking core samples and making geological observations at prospective sites.”

-North American Industry Classification System

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.

Source: BLS (CPS March)

In this post, we look at some average earnings typical for particular occupations in the technology field. The tabulation below is 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.

Technology STEM Salaries

Source: BLS

Image source: http://fairmountinc.com/help-wanted-1-2-million-good-paying-jobs-available/

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

In this post, we look at some average earnings typical for particular occupations in the science field. The tabulation below is 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.

Science STEM Salaries

Source: BLS

Image source: http://fairmountinc.com/help-wanted-1-2-million-good-paying-jobs-available/

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

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

October 2014

Source: BLS

Retail Salespersons experienced the largest increase of new openings of all occupations in the US for the month of September with 1,153 new job openings.

Source: BLS

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Each major MSA (metropolitan statistical area) in the United States experienced a decrease in the number of total job openings from August 2014 to September 2014. Of all the major MSAs during this span, the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island MSA had the largest number of total openings for September, while the Ocean City MSA had the smallest decrease in job openings.

Source: BLS

The U.S. rig count was 1,929 in October 2014, down from 1,931 in September 2014; Texas rig count was 901 in October 2014, up from 896 in September 2014; The Eagle Ford Shale rig count was 211 in October 2014, up from 207 in September 2014.

Source:Baker Hughes

Crude oil price decreased from $91.17 per barrel in September 2014 to $80.53 per barrel in October 2014. Natural gas price went down from $4.14 per million BTU (one million BTU is approximately 974 cubic feet) in September 2014 to $3.76 per million BTU in October 2014.

Texas crude oil production for August 2014 was 69,204,407 barrels, down from 73,329,467 barrels reported in July 2014. Texas natural gas production was 621,505,586 Mcf (thousand cubic feet) of gas in August 2014, down from the July 2014 gas production total of 662,617,068 Mcf.

Sources: eia.gov, rrc.state.tx.us