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The Occupational Requirements Survey (ORS) is a survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) National Compensation Survey (NCS) program. The ORS gathers job-related information regarding physical demands, environmental conditions, mental and cognitive demands, and vocational preparation requirements.
Announcement
- NOTICE The ORS website is undergoing a redesign which will include improved navigation and more dynamic pages. The addresses of renamed webpages will be temporarily forwarded to the new addresses. If you encounter issues with any of the ORS webpages or files, please contact us online or over the phone: 202-691-6199.
11/29/2017
The preparation time to successfully perform a job was between 4 hours to 1 month for 30.3 percent of workers in 2017.
For another 19.1 percent of workers, the required preparation time was between 2 to 4 years.
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PUBLICATIONS
- Occupational group profiles (HTML) (PDF)
- 2017 dataset (XLSX)
- Standard errors (HTML)
- Handbook of Methods (HTML) (PDF)
- The Economics Daily (HTML)
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
Visual aids
Information Sheet
Overview flyer
- June 2017 Web version (PDF) Print version (PDF)
Information graphics
- Information graphics (PDF)
COLLECTION FORMS
Work schedule and leveling:
ORS elements:
COLLECTION MANUAL
- August 2018 (PDF)
- July 2017 (PDF)
- May 2016 (PDF)
- September 2015 (PDF)
RESEARCH
Collection
- Assessing the Reliability of Conversational Interviewing, 2016 (PDF)
- Response Rates for the Pre-production Test, 2016 (PDF)
- Occupational Requirements Survey: results from a job observation pilot test, November 2016 (HTML) (PDF)
- Using Calibration Training to Assess the Quality of Interviewer Performance, 2015 (HTML) (PDF)
- ORS Pre-production Job Observation Report, November 2015 (HTML) (PDF)
- ORS Pre-production Final Report, September 2015 (HTML) (PDF)
- ORS Pre-production Collection Activities Report, June 2015 (HTML) (PDF)
- Methodological Issues Related to ORS Data Collection
- Executive Summary, January 2015 (PDF)
- Full Report, February 2015 (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2014 Summary Report, 2014 (PDF)
- Fiscal Year 2014 Test Plans, September 2013 (PDF)
- Phase 3 Summary Report, 2013 (PDF)
- Phase 2 Summary Report, 2013 (PDF)
- Phase 1 Summary Report, 2013 (PDF)
- Testing the Collection of Occupational Requirements Data, 2013 (PDF)
Data Review and Validation
- Data Visualization Methods, 2016 (PDF)
- Building Quality Assurance for the Occupational Requirements Survey, 2015 (HTML) (PDF)
- Occupational Requirements Survey Data Review Process, 2015 (HTML) (PDF)
- Validation of Estimates in the Occupational Requirements Survey, 2015 (HTML) (PDF)
- Analysis of Approaches to Validating Data, 2014 (PDF)
Estimation and Validation
- ORS Pre-production Estimation and Validation Report, September 2015 (HTML) (PDF)
- Imputation Methodology, 2016 (PDF)
- Variance Estimation, 2016 (PDF)
- Estimation Processes Used in the Occupational Requirements Survey, 2015 (HTML) (PDF)
- Estimation Considerations, 2014 (PDF)
- The Occupational Requirements Survey: estimates from preproduction testing, November 2015 (HTML) (PDF)
Sample Design
- Dynamics of Occupational Change, July 2016 (PDF)
- Occupational Requirements Survey Sample Design, 2015 (HTML) (PDF)
- Sample Design Evaluation, 2014 (PDF)
- Current Population Survey—Labor force, employment, and unemployment statistics for persons with or without a disability. These are estimates for the nation as a whole; data are not available by state.
- Occupational Employment Statistics—data on employment and wages for over 800 occupations and for about 400 nonfarm industries for the nation, plus occupational data for States and metropolitan areas.
- Occupational Information Network (O*NET)—provides comprehensive occupational descriptions and data for use by job seekers, workforce development offices, human resources professionals, students, researchers, and others.
- Occupational Information System Project—provides information from the Social Security Administration on the Occupational Information System.
- Occupational Outlook Handbook—provides data for 250 occupations, by nature of the work, working conditions, employment, job outlook and earnings, related occupations, sources of additional information, and training, other qualifications, and advancement.
- National Compensation Survey—change over time in labor costs and level of average cost per hour worked, and comprehensive data on incidence and provisions of selected employee benefit plans.
Contacts
The Office of Compensation Levels and Trends, Branch of Survey Information and Publications, will be glad to assist you with questions about any of the components of the Occupational Requirements Survey.
Ways to Contact BLS Directly
Email: Contact us
Telephone: (202) 691-6199 (Monday - Friday, 8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.)
Information and assistance is also available from any
BLS regional office.
TDD
Information voice phone: (202) 691-5200
The Federal Relay Service: 1-800-877-8339
Write or Personal Visit
Bureau of Labor Statistics
OCLT/SI&P;
2 Massachusetts Ave., N.E. - Suite 4160
Washington, D.C. 20212-0001
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