using the salary surfer tool alice van ommeren & ryan fuller chancellor's office...
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Background on Student Wages• Historical wage studies– Student surveys (longitudinal)
• Recent national trends in wage studies– Matches with state unemployment databases– College Measures (6-7 states, including TX/FL)
• Future trend– Wages as student outcomes– Accreditation, federal (gainful employment), etc.
Chancellor’s Office and Wages
• Perkins Accountability (1990s)– Unemployment Insurance (EDD) data match
• ARCC Report (2007-2012)– Systemwide Wage Metric
• Salary Surfer (2013)– System/College Wage Tracker
Objectives/Goals• Review methodologies• Address limitations & caveats• Wage outcomes by discipline• Tools and resources• Frequent questions• Use of wage data• What’s next
Methodology• Two different methodologies– System wage tracker and college wage tracker
• Completers or graduates are joined with EDDUI wage data using SSNs
• Both wage methodologies break out by award discipline and award type – 6-digit Taxonomy of Program (TOP) code– Certificates and Associate Degrees
Methodology• “Graduates” scrubbed of the following:– Still enrolled anywhere in higher education, including CCC
after date of award – 21 and under at time of award
• “Clean leavers” wages measured from -2 to +5 yrs. • If person earned >$1 in any reported quarter, they
are considered “in” and counted• Sum all quarters of wages to student annual wage• All data adjusted to current CPI
Methodology DifferencesSystem Wage Tracker (Salary Surfer)• Award completers over 5 academic years• Calculate median wages by discipline and award type• Median calculated for students with wages 2 years
before award, 2 years after and 5 years after awardCollege Wage Tracker (Data Mart)• Award completers over 8 academic years• Median wages by discipline, award type and “college”• Median wages for students 3 years after award
Salary Surfer (System Wage Tracker) • Wages by Discipline• http://salarysurfer.cccco.edu/ • Measured median wages at:– 2 years before award (previous employment) – 2 years after award (estimate starting salary)– 5 years after award (approximate journey salary)
• Minimum n=10 wage matches• Includes listing of colleges with programs
College Wage Tracker • Wages by Discipline by College • http://datamart.cccco.edu/Outcomes/• Median wages for 8 years of graduates at:– 3 years after award date
• Timeline for measuring 8 years of cohorts at -2 to +5 was too long (15 years)
• Includes # of awards, and match rate• Allows for college comparison & includes
locally approved certificates.
Data Caveats• Data contains wages of occupations covered by
CA Unemployment Insurance• Excludes military, federal government, self-
employed, out of state and unemployed • Not able to determine part-time or full-time
wages, hours worked not in the EDDUI data.• Only students with SSNs (9.2% missing)• Wages are adjusted for inflation to current
dollars using the California CPI-U
High ROI Programs• Health fields (by far)– Paramedic, RN/LVN, Rad/Cardio, Resp./PT/PA,
Dental, PsychTech, Health Info Tech• Police & Fire Academies, Protective Svcs, AJ• Wastewater/Environmental Control• Electronics/Electric Tech• Plumbing/Fabrication• Computer Networking, CIS
Lower ROI Programs• Cosmetology*• Fashion/Interior Design• Early Child Dev’t• Fine/Liberal/Graphic Arts/Music• Culinary Arts• Things with “Assistant”
Analysis Caveats• Region/locale significantly impacts wages, so
caution in comparing earnings across the state• Wages are not necessarily from employment
associated with a particular award discipline• Wage outcomes should not be a sole measure of
institutional effectiveness/program quality• Other factors besides earnings motivate
students to earn an award in a specific discipline
Accessing Tools and Resources• Query modules using both methods are
available in Datamart– System Wage Tracker & College Wage Tracker
• Salary Surfer is the same as System Wage Tracker and available at salarysurfer.cccco.edu
• Additional wage resources on our webpage• Median wages by program code are available
for colleges in Data-on-Demand
Wages by College by Program• Data-on-Demand file for each college (password)• Degrees, certificates and locally approved
certificates all have program codes (SP04)– Five-digit program code unique to the college
• Wages for every year, starting at 2 years before to 5 years after.
• Not student level data, aggregated by program and award at your college.
Wages by College by Program ExampleAmerican River College (2006-07)
Program (SP04) Before 2 Before 1 After 1 After 2 After 3 After 4 After 5
Registered Nursing
$16,948
$12,776
$68,267
$79,021 $88,403
$94,674
$90,947
Respiratory Care
$17,108
14,028
57,989
62,797 68,440
72,761
70,337
Physical Science/Math
$27,821
43,600
30,367
46,242 68,830
74,479
74,727
Liberal Arts
$17,212
18,391
30,367
33,183 39,561
44,077
37,022
General Science
$17,484
19,278
33,729
50,793 46,067
59,030
42,843
American River CollegeRespiratory Care Associate Deg.
Before 2 Before 1 After 1 After 2 After 3 After 4 After 50
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
90,000
2002-20032003-20042004-20052005-20062006-2007
Frequent Questions• Why are there no wages for certain awards?
No wages for awards with less than 10 students within a specific discipline. • Why are wages higher for certificates compared
to awards in the same discipline?Contributing factors include certificate
earners already working in the field, or certificates are specialized, or small number of cases.
Using Wage Data and Next StepsUsing wages for other purposes– Leavers Study–Research Brief– Skills Builders
Salary Surfer II–New EDD data– Include Industry Codes