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BLS prepares to broaden scope of its white-collar pay survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will expand its annual Survey of Professional, Administrative, Technical, and Clerical Pay (PATC) to include more service industries and small establishments. The expansion, designed to increase the usefulness of PATC results, will begin with survey coverage of...

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Published in:Monthly Labor Review Vol. 110; pp. 3 - 8
Main Author: Morton, John D.
Format: Article
Published: US Department of Labor March 1987
Subjects:
United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Clerks
Wages
White collar workers
Professional employees
United States
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will expand its annual Survey of Professional, Administrative, Technical, and Clerical Pay (PATC) to include more service industries and small establishments. The expansion, designed to increase the usefulness of PATC results, will begin with survey coverage of the 1986–87 period. The BLS is also planning test studies in 1987 and 1988 to assist in developing a new, broad-based survey of white-collar pay and benefits in the private and public sectors; the new survey will eventually replace the PATC survey. The PATC survey's background and expansion are discussed.