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Our wage data is anchored to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey. No figure on this site is a verbatim, unmodified BLS download. Figures fall into two clearly labeled classes, and each occupation/metro page shows which applies:

• BLS OEWS-aligned — for core occupations, the metro figures are curated to track the published BLS OEWS metropolitan wage tables for that SOC code. These are approximate and calibrated to the most recent OEWS release.
• Modeled estimate (BLS-calibrated) — for broader occupations, the metro figures are modeled: scaled from BLS OEWS wage ratios rather than read directly from a BLS metro table for that specific occupation.

Accuracy Limits

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