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OMB Control No: 1220-0042	ICR Reference No: 201507-1220-003
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201502-1220-008
Agency/Subagency: DOL/BLS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Report on Occupational Employment and Wages
Type of Information Collection: No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 10/06/2015
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 08/17/2015
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2016	10/31/2016	10/31/2016
Responses	310,868	0	310,618
Time Burden (Hours)	233,676	0	233,488
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Agency Discretion
Annual Number of Responses	310,868	310,618	250
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	233,676	233,488	188
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The BLS Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) program is in the midst of testing a new type of survey instrument. Currently, the agency mails a packet to small establishments which contains an individual letter, an individual fact sheet, a survey form, and a business reply envelope. The OES program is testing the use of a 4-page booklet which contains similar information, but is presented differently. Additionally, this form asks for point data wage rates, instead of the wage ranges currently collected by the OES program. This test will be a 750 unit test spread across 3 waves (250 each wave). The first wave of testing took place in May 2015. This request is for OMB approval to conduct the second wave of testing. The second wave will use the same booklet with the objective of further refining the survey instrument and ensuring respondents are filling out the instrument correctly. The second wave again seeks 250 responses. The third and final wave will be conducted later this year.