Sustainable Development Goals - 17 Goals to Transform our World
Decent jobs and economic growth - Goal 8

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

Indicator 8.5.1: Average hourly earnings of female and male employees, by occupation, age and persons with disabilities

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Median annual earnings of employees, by sex, age, occupation and persons with disabilities

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This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from City of Los Angeles statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Angeleno statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Angeleno-specific metadata information.

Indicator available
Indicator description

Median earnings for civilian employed population 16 years and over with earnings
Local target
Geographical coverage

City of Los Angeles
Unit of measurement

Median earnings in 2019 inflation adjusted dollars
Definitions

A list of occupations under each category as defined by the Census Bureau can be found in the Displaced Worker, Employee Tenure, and Occupational Mobility Supplement File (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cps/methodology/Occupation%20Codes.pdf)
Calculations
Disaggregation Categories

gender, occupation
WCCD/ISO 37120 Indicators on City Data Alignment

Aligns to WCCD 5.4- Percentage of persons in full-time employment
Other information
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This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name

Average hourly earnings of employees, by sex, age, occupation and persons with disabilities
Indicator number

8.5.1
Target name

8.5 By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value
Target number

8.5
Global indicator description
UN designated tier

2
UN custodian agency

International Labour Organization (ILO)
Link to UN metadata United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Metadata (PDF 317 KB) opens in a new window
Organisation

United States Census Bureau
Periodicity
Earliest available data
Geographical coverage

City of Los Angeles
Link to data source American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates 2015-2019: Occupation by sex and median earnings in the past 12 months (S2411) opens in a new window
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Next release
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