OFLC: Technical Release Notes Issued for Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics Updates for July 2024-June 2025 Wage Year
July 01, 2024
- The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) has published the latest prevailing wage data from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) as generated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the new wage year from July 2024 through June 2025, effective July 1, 2024.
- OFLC will apply the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) codes to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) wages for the July 2024 through June 2025 wage year.
- OEWS has aggregated certain 2018 SOC detailed occupations into a single broad occupation. OFLC will apply the single broad occupation wage estimate to each of the 2018 SOC detailed occupations.
- OEWS has published a list of OEWS occupations and definitions that include 2018 SOC detailed occupations that have been aggregated. This list can be found at https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/occupation_definitions_m2023.xlsx.
- Certain occupations do not have American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act (ACWIA) Higher Education wage estimates due to OEWS data limitations. For these occupations, OFLC will continue to apply ACWIA Higher Education wage estimates for the most closely aligned occupation, based on 2018 SOC occupational definitions and wage patterns.
- The complete technical notes can found at: Draft Technical-Release-Notes-for-July-24-Wage-Year.pdf (dol.gov)