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View ICR - OIRA Conclusion

OMB Control No: 1220-0042	ICR Reference No: 201606-1220-002
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201604-1220-004
Agency/Subagency: DOL/BLS	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Report on Occupational Employment and Wages
Type of Information Collection: Revision of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 10/24/2016
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 09/06/2016
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	10/31/2019	36 Months From Approved	10/31/2016
Responses	297,521	0	310,868
Time Burden (Hours)	148,760	0	233,676
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	297,521	310,868	-13,347
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	148,760	233,676	-84,916
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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

Burden Increase Due to:

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

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: The annual respondent burden for the OES survey has decreased from 233,676 hours to 148,760 hours due to the incorporation of the result of a prior Response Analysis Survey for the OES which showed a decrease in median response time from 45 minutes to 30 minutes. In addition, the response rate for the OES has decreased from 77% to 73%.