Foreign Direct Investment

WWC snapshot of http://stats.bls.gov/foreign.htm taken on Sat Jun 10 19:48:38 1995

Foreign Direct Investment

This program produces employment and wage statistics by industry and geographic area as well as employment statistics by occupation in foreign-owned establishments in the United States. The employment and wage data are deve-loped from a link between enterprise information provided by the Bureau of Economic Analysis from their Annual and Benchmark Surveys of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States and establishment data from the Covered Employment and Wages (ES-202) program. This information is then linked to establishment data from the Occupational Employment Statistics program to produce employment data by occupation for foreign-owned U.S. establishments.

Current news releases

Data available

Employment and wage data, which include establish-ments, average monthly employment, and average monthly wages, for the fourth quarter of each year.
Employment and wage data by 4-digit SIC industry (based on the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification Manual), State, county, and country of ultimate beneficial owner.
Occupational employment by major occupational group for establishments in the manufacturing division on a 3-year cycle.
Occupational employment data by 2-digit SIC in the manufacturing division and by country of ultimate beneficial owner.

Coverage

All employees covered by unemployment insurance in foreign-owned U.S. private establishments.
The primary exclusions from unemployment insurance coverage are railroad employees, members of the Armed Forces, self-employed persons, unpaid family workers, and some agricultural and household em-ployees.
Foreign-owned establishments must be at least 10 percent foreign-owned and have assets, sales, or income greater than $1 million to be included.

Source of data

Foreign-owned establishments are identified primarily using data from the Annual and Benchmark Surveys of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States conducted by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Employment and wage data are developed from information provided by BLS' Covered Employment and Wages (ES-202) program.
Occupational employment data are developed from information provided by BLS' Occupational Employ-ment Statistics survey.

Reference period

Employment and wage data by industry and geographic area represent averages of monthly employment and total wages for the fourth quarter of each year.
Establishments in the manufacturing division are surveyed every 3 years for employment data by occupation.

Forms of publication

News release on employment and wage data by industry, State, and country of ultimate beneficial owner.
News release on occupational data by 2-digit SIC industry and country of ultimate beneficial owner.

Uses

Formulation and evaluation of economic policy measures.
Economic research.
Regional analysis.
Industry analysis.