What are Wage Records?What are Wage Records?

Wage records are an administrative

database used to calculate

Unemployment Insurance benefits for

employees who have been laid-off

through no fault of their own.

What type of InformationWhat type of Information is on the Wage Recordis on the Wage Record

Social Security Number

Year & Quarter

Wages Earned for the Quarter

Employee Name

Employer Code

Linking Administrative DataLinking Administrative Data

UI File

SSN

Wages

Year / Qtr

Employer #

202 File

Industry code

Geo code

Employer #

Soc Sec Adm

SSN

Age

Gender

Wage Records to Labor Market DynamicsWage Records to Labor Market DynamicsPossible Indicators

Wage Distribution by Industry

Turnover Rates

Multiple Job Holdings

New Hires

Separations

Recalls

Possible Administrative Records for LinkingPossible Administrative Records for Linking

Driver’s License

Military

Educational Institutions

Social Security Administration

Census Bureau

State Tax files

Government Program Participants

Benefits of Wage Record ResearchBenefits of Wage Record Research

Wage records are a fluid measure – not a snapshot

Longitudinal studies (over time or across variables)

Less expensive and more efficient than conventional surveys

Wide Capabilities – Able to answer a wide range of questions

Program evaluation would be the primary purpose

It’s not an estimate – it is a tangible collected data

Texas Wage RecordsTexas Wage Records11 million records generated per quarter

Data from 1st quarter 1995

Files are housed locally

SSN

UI account #

Name

Quarterly wages

Year

Quarter

Turning Data Into InformationTurning Data Into Information

Wage Records are a tool.

We can apply the measures to many research questions.

What are the questions our customers are asking.

New Economic IndicatorsNew Economic Indicators

Stability Measures

Measure Worker Flows

Turnover Ratios

Longitudinal Wage Record UsesLongitudinal Wage Record Uses

Program Performance - ability to objectively

evaluate the performance of Federal

and State initiatives.

Worker Cohort Analysis - ability to track work

experiences and outcomes for identified subgroups.

Economic Indicator Tabulations - standard quarterly

reports on profiled economic conditions.

Data Stewardship Framework -- Enhanced

Collection Processing Analysis Dissemination Archiving

Confidentiality/Privacy

Data Quality/Data Use

Business Constraints(Laws and Ethics)

Strategies

Policies(DSEP)

Controls

Practices

Business Objectives

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Indicators Technical Definitions Questions Answered

Total Employment Total number of jobs with positive earnings in the current quarter

Who is filling what jobs? What industries have the most employees?

Full Quarter Employment

Total number of workers who were employed by the same employer in the current, previous, and subsequent quarter.

Who is filling what jobs? Focus on the core employment.

New Hires Total number of accessions that were also not employed by that employer at some time during the previous four quarters.

What industries / geographic / age groups are hiring the most workers?

Recalls Total number of accessions that were employed by that employer at some time during previous four quarters.

What type of workers are being recalled? What industries are recalling workers?

Average Earnings for Full-Quarter Employees

Total earnings of all full-quarter employess divided by the number of full-quarter employees.

What are the average earnings of core employees?

Average Earnings for Full-Quarter New Hires

Total earnings of all full-quarter new hires divided by the number of full-quarter new hires.

What are the average earnings of new hires?

The Local Employment Dynamics Program

The Nature of the PartnershipThe Nature of the PartnershipCensus - LED Census - LED

n Microdata matching experienceMicrodata matching experiencen Address sanitization and geocoding experienceAddress sanitization and geocoding experiencen Industry coding experienceIndustry coding experiencen Massive computer resourcesMassive computer resourcesn Data infrastructure - demographic and economicData infrastructure - demographic and economic

Numident informationNumident informationSurvey dataSurvey dataCensus dataCensus dataAdministrative dataAdministrative data

n Controlled environment - data securityControlled environment - data securityn Data dissemination and data accessData dissemination and data access

Cornell siteCornell siteCensus Bureau HQCensus Bureau HQ

The Nature of the PartnershipThe Nature of the PartnershipStatesStates

n Data collection and editing resourcesData collection and editing resources

ES-202 filesES-202 files

Unemployment insurance filesUnemployment insurance files

n Expert knowledge of state and local dataExpert knowledge of state and local data

n Expert knowledge of state and local Expert knowledge of state and local

conditionsconditions

n Understand state and local clientsUnderstand state and local clients

The Local Employment Dynamics Program

Link RecordPerson-ID Employer-IDData

Business Register Employer-IDCensus Entity-IDData

Economic Censuses and SurveysCensus Entity-ID Data

Demographic Surveys

Household RecordHousehold-IDData

Person Record Household-IDPerson-IDData

DataDataCensus data provides city and country of birthCensus data provides city and country of birth

n Other basic demographic characteristics such as Other basic demographic characteristics such as Race / Ethnicity also availableRace / Ethnicity also available

Numident linked by SSN with State UI data at Numident linked by SSN with State UI data at Bureau of the CensusBureau of the Census

Sample includes individuals employed at a UI Sample includes individuals employed at a UI covered firm in the state covered firm in the state

n Virtually complete work history and earningsVirtually complete work history and earningsn Census Bureau and State data on employers.Census Bureau and State data on employers.

Location, industry, firm size, sales, etc.Location, industry, firm size, sales, etc.

State Individual

Master File

State Employer Master

File

State Work History File

Wage Record Data

EmployerData

(ES202, etc.)

LEHDARRS

Wage RecordData

EmployerData

(ES202, etc.)

PIK

SSN

Other Census Data(Business Censuses/Surveys)

Other Census Data(CPS, SIPP, ACS)

Global Individual Master File

Global Employer

Master File

Global Work History

File

Overall Employment Dynamics Estimates Design

NumidentNumident

Baseline Products:Baseline Products:Summary Quarterly TablesSummary Quarterly Tables

By age and sex of workerBy age and sex of worker

By industry and geographic areaBy industry and geographic area

By place of work and place of residenceBy place of work and place of residence

How these can be used: How these can be used: Labor Market InformationLabor Market Information

Who has the jobs?Who has the jobs?

Where is the job growth?Where is the job growth?

Where is the job loss?Where is the job loss?

Who’s getting hired?Who’s getting hired?

Who makes what?Who makes what?

What else can be done?What else can be done?Different age/sex categories Different age/sex categories Trends over timeTrends over timeIndustry AnalysisIndustry Analysis

n Temporary HelpTemporary Helpn High technologyHigh technology

County AnalysisCounty AnalysisCross state migrationCross state migrationAdditional demographic and business Additional demographic and business informationinformation

Businesses

Economic development agencies

Chambers of commerce

Federal, state and local agencies

Workforce Investment Boards

Chambers of commerce

School career counselors

Job search professionals

Businesses

Federal, state, and local agencies

Businesses

Transportation planners

Federal, state and local agencies

Current New

JobsTotal payroll

Jobs Total payroll

Gross job gainGross job loss

Net jobsNew hiresRecalls

Layoffs/quits Individual earnings

Current New

National

State

County

National

State

County

Sub-county

Workforce investment

area

CurrentNew

Workplace

Workplace

Residence

Where are the workers?

How much are they paid?

Where are the workers?

How much are they paid?

Where are the jobs?

How much do they pay?

Who needs training?

Where are the jobs?

How much do they pay?

Who needs training?

How can workers get to their jobs?

Where should a business locate?

How can workers get to their jobs?

Where should a business locate?

Male Female

Age categories 14-18 19-21 22-24 25-34 35-44

45-54 55-64 65+

Immigrant

Native born

None

Current

New

Indicators

Demography Location

Geography

Clients

Questions

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Regular employee New Hires

Manufacturing Avg Monthly Earnings

Industry & Gender Average Quarterly Earnings

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WholesaleTrade male

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Retail Trademale

Retail Tradefemale

Services male

Servicesfemale

25-3425%

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2nd qtr Employment by Select Counties and Gender

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TARRANTMen

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TRAVISMen

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3rd Quarter 2001 Job Creation Rankings by Industry for Texas

C CONSTRUCTION 9%

D MANUFACTURING 9%

F WHOLESALE TRADE 6%

G RETAIL TRADE 28%

H FIRE 5%

I SERVICES 37%

E TRANSPORTATION AND UTILITIES

3%

A AGRICULTURE 2%

B MINING 1%

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