OFLC Technical Release Notes for Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics Update
The Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC) posted the following announcement:
June 20, 2025. OFLC Issues Technical Release Notes for the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics Update for the July 2025 through June 2026 Wage Year
On July 1, 2025, the Office of Foreign Labor Certification will publish the latest prevailing wage data from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) as generated by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the new wage year from July 2025 through June 2026. Prevailing wage determinations issued from the National Prevailing Wage Center reflect the 2018 SOC codes.
The metropolitan statistical areas (MSA) used for the May 2024 OEWS wage estimates were updated to reflect the delineations based on the 2020 Census. As a result of this update, new MSAs were created, some existing MSAs underwent name and/or compositional changes, and other existing MSAs were dropped from publication. Some non-MSA areas were added, dropped, or modified due to the new MSA delineations. For the New England states, the New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs) were discontinued, and OEWS published the MSAs and non-MSA areas for these states. BLS has published a spreadsheet of area names and definitions used in the May 2024 OEWS estimates. OFLC will apply these updated area delineations beginning with this wage year, July 2025 through June 2026.