The Regional Foreign-Born Self-Employed Workforce: 2014

Of the nearly 13,000 employed foreign-born workers in the Herkimer-Oneida Counties region, about 7%, or roughly 900, are self-employed. Below is a breakdown of the top 10 occupations for these foreign-born self-employed workers. You can click the graph to enlarge it.

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Because several people have asked about the "Lab Technicians" category, the actual title of the NAICS category is “Medical, Dental, and Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians”. The definition includes:

• Dental Laboratory Technicians: Construct and repair full or partial dentures or dental appliances. Excludes "Dental Assistants";
• Medical Appliance Technicians: Construct, fit, maintain, or repair medical supportive devices, such as braces, orthotics and prosthetic devices, joints, arch supports, and other surgical and medical appliances;
• Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians: Cut, grind, and polish eyeglasses, contact lenses, or other precision optical elements. Assemble and mount lenses into frames or process other optical elements. Includes precision lens polishers or grinders, centerer-edgers, and lens mounters. Excludes "Opticians, Dispensing".

Median Age for Occupations in the Region (2013)

The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released  detailed occupation and age data . This included breakdowns of the median age of various occupational groups. Below is similar data I found in the PUMS data for our region (Herkimer and Oneida Counties combined). Note how few occupations have a median age of less than 40 or over 50 !

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Where Men and Women Work: Sex by Occupations

A breakdown of the percent of women and the percent of men that work in each occupation (eg. 40% of all women ages 16 and over work in management, business, science, and arts occupations, etc.)...

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And to give the reader a better sense of what each occupation includes, here is some basic breakdown of the types of work being performed within each of the five occupational categories...

Top 5 Annual Wage Earning Jobs By Occupational Category in the Mohawk Valley

One more piece from the New York State Department of Labor wage data link - the top 5 wage earning jobs by occupational category. The table below lists 22 occupational groupings and the top 5 wage earning job titles based on their mean annual income. In a couple cases less than 5 job titles exists so only those that were provided are listed, in order of earnings. And don't forget - the "Mohawk Valley" consists of 6 counties: Herkimer, Oneida, Fulton, Montgomery, Otsego and Schoharie.

Part 1: Management; Business and Financial; Computer and Mathematical;

and Life, Physical and Social Science Occupations

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Part 2: Community and Social Services; Legal; Education, Training and Library;

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports and Media; Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Assistants; and Healthcare Support Occupations

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Part 3: Protective Services; Food Preparation and Serving; 

Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance; Personal Care and Service;

and Sales and Related Occupations

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Part 4: Office and Administrative Support; Farming, Fishing and Forestry; 

Construction and Extraction; Installation, Maintenance and Repair; Production;

and Transportation and Material Moving Occupations

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The Value of Experience: Top 25 Occupations Where Experience Counts in the Mohawk Valley and New York State

The New York State Department of Labor provides occupational wage data for the state as a whole, as well as each of the labor market regions, like the Mohawk Valley. Employment and wage data by occupation are based on the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey. The OES is a semiannual mail survey of employers that measures occupational employment and occupational wage rates for wage and salary workers in nonfarm establishments, by industry.  OES estimates are constructed from a sample of about 52,000 establishments.  Each year, forms are mailed to two semiannual panels of approximately 8,500 sampled establishments, one panel in May and the other in November.  Estimates are based on responses from six semiannual panels collected over a 3-year period.

Below, I have constructed tables for New York State as well as for the Mohawk Valley (which include Fulton, Herkimer, Montgomery, Oneida, Otsego, and Schoharie Counties). These tables show the top 25 occupations where experience seems to have the greatest relative impact on annual income. This was done by dividing the mean annual salary of entry level positions by the mean annual salary of experienced positions for each occupation. These 25 have the highest ratio of experienced salary to entry level salary.

In essence then, these are the top 25 occupations where experience has the greatest relative impact for the employee.

 New York State Top 25

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Mohawk Valley Top 25

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