Job Category

LMI

Job Details

Position Description: Performs professional statistical analytic work in gathering, tabulating and analyzing labor market, workforce, and occupational safety and health data.  

Performs work in the Survey of Occupational Illnesses and Injuries (SOII) program and in the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program, following established U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) procedures and guidelines. Note, employees in this position are routinely exposed to detailed information regarding work-related illnesses, injuries, and fatalities.

Codes, compiles, verifies, edits, and tabulates labor market data for the QCEW Program and assists in the production of a comprehensive tabulation of employment and wage information for workers covered by state Unemployment Insurance. Conducts the SOII survey program, collecting, coding, analyzing, and verifying occupational illness and injury data.  

Employees in these programs routinely contact employers via telephone to collect information.

Job Duties:

• Conducts the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses collecting, coding, and analyzing data to identify the types of accidents or injuries that have occurred in the workplace; as well as industries in which accidents and injuries occur.

• Performs address refinement on sample units prior to survey solicitation, and consults with survey respondents to ensure compliance with federal deadline.

• Collects and tabulates data for the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, including number of establishments, monthly employment, quarterly wages, industry classification, physical location, mailing address, and ownership sector.

• Reviews, edits, and verifies information reported by employers for completeness and accuracy. Identifies and resolves discrepancies.  Performs follow up contact (via phone, mail, email, and fax) to obtain clarification or collect missing data.   

• Analyzes and documents predecessor/successor relationships to ensure that transfers are correctly recorded.  

• Assigns valid occupational and industry codes using the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system and the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

• Assists in the preparation of reports and tables for publication, and with data requests, and performs other duties as assigned.

Skills/Qualifications:

• Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor’s degree.

• One year of professional experience involving the analysis of statistical data, data computation, gathering statistical information for the preparation of labor market or workforce information reports, or related experience.

• Verbal and written communication skills.

• Organizational skills.

• Attention to detail.

• Experience with MS Office products.

Preferred Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8 hours/day