Characteristics of offshorable and non-offshorable jobs

A. Analysis of occupations	Highly offshorable	Offshorable	Non-offshorable	Highly non-offshorable	All
Total offshorable employment
Level	9,517,000	22,116,667	9,525,167	104,976,167	146,135,001
Share	6.5%	15.1%	6.5%	71.8%	100.0%
Annual salary	$36,246	$42,775	$33,116	$33,020	$34,713
By education (percent)
High school or less	28.5%	42.4%	41.4%	45.2%	43.5%
Some college	37.8	27.0	35.6	27.7	28.8
College or more	33.8	30.6	23.0	27.1	27.8
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

B. Survey methods	Percent offshorable
	Self-classified	Inferred	Externally coded
Less than high school	18.6%	14.3%	11.8%
High school or GED	17.3	19.8	19.3
Some college	22.4	22.1	23.8
Associate degree	22.9	22.8	17.1
College degree	34.6	42.8	26.4
Advanced or professional degree	37.0	38.5	16.9

Source: Authors' analysis of Bernstein, Lin, and Mishel (2007); Blinder (2007); Blinder and Krueger (2009, Table 4); and Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics

Documentation and methodology

Table reflects authors’ analysis of the Bernstein, Lin, and Mishel (2007) analysis of data of Blinder (2007), matching Blinder’s occupational codes to the BLS Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey (http://www.bls.gov/oes/) and Blinder and Krueger (2009) Table 4.