[game_edu] Dept of Labor Data

[Susan Gold]

Great stuff Greg, thanks for sharing this with us.

Susan

On Sep 3, 2009, at 4:13 PM, Gregory Walek wrote:


> Thanks lead on the 2000 report, Dan.

> That lead me to The US Beaureau of Labor Statistics (which is apart  

> of the Dept of Labor)

>

> The email below is the information I got back from them.

> I hope this helps someone else as it does me.

>

>  - Greg

>

> From: Gillham, Cynthia - BLS [mailto:Gillham.Cynthia at bls.gov]

> Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 3:53 PM

> To: Gregory Walek

> Subject: % of females in gaming industry

>

> Hello,

>

> The correct NAICS code for the gaming industry is 334511, and our  

> industry classification system was last updated in 2007, not 2002 as  

> I mentioned incorrectly.

>

> I cant find data for the % of female workers in this industry,  

> though, because it's such a detailed industry classification.

>

> Instead, I found that within the computer software engineer  

> occupation there are 1,034 thousand employees and 20.9 percent are  

> women.  The data is available from this link: http://www.bls.gov/opub/ee/empearn200901.pdf 

> , on page 212/320.  In comparison 46.7 percent of those employed are  

> women across all industries.

>

> Gaming occupations are included in the computer software engineer  

> occupation, Standard Occupational Classification  15-1030.  More  

> specifically, they are included in the Computer Software Engineers,  

> Applications occupation, but we do not have data at that level of  

> detail.

>

> This broad occupation includes the following two detailed occupations:

> Computer Software Engineers, Applications - Develop, create, and  

> modify general computer applications software or specialized utility  

> programs.  Analyze needs and develop software.  Design software or  

> customize software.

>

> Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software - Research, design,  

> develop, and test operating systems-level software.

>

> Please feel to contact me with any additional questions.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Cynthia Gillham

> Bureau of Labor Statistics

> Economic Analysis & Information

> Boston, MA

> Phone: 617-565-2329

>

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