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OMB Control No: 1220-0042	ICR Reference No: 202303-1220-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202303-1220-001
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: 06/05/2023
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 04/10/2023
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	06/30/2026	36 Months From Approved	06/30/2023
Responses	255,362	0	266,489
Time Burden (Hours)	131,688	0	137,554
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 29 USC 1 Name of Law: Design and Duties of the Bureau Generally
   PL: Pub.L. 101 - 649 205 Name of Law: Immigration Act of 1990
   PL: Pub.L. 105 - 220 309 Name of Law: Workforce Investment Act of 1998
   US Code: 29 USC 2 Name of Law: Collection, Collation, and Reports of Labor Statistics
   PL: Pub.L. 105 - 332 118-122 Name of Law: Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	255,362	266,489	-11,127
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	131,688	137,554	-5,866
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: Annual respondent burden for the OEWS survey has decreased from the last full clearance request, falling from 133,245 hours to 131,688 hours, primarily due to a decrease in response rates. The current estimate includes additional burden hours to conduct a test to collect extra data elements from employers within the State of Michigan. OMB approved this test on Nov. 7, 2022.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $34,400,000

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Jeffrey Holt 202 691-5095