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  "release_id": "2026",
  "published_for": "The Electrician Payoff Report 2026",
  "occupation_soc": "47-2111",
  "occupation_pums": "6355",
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      "agency": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
      "title": "May 2025 OEWS national occupational employment and wage estimates",
      "vintage": "May 2025",
      "url": "https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm25nat.zip",
      "fallback_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260516122846id_/https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm25nat.zip",
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      "license": "U.S. federal government work; cite BLS OEWS",
      "landing_page": "https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm",
      "notes": "National electrician benchmark; dated archive transport is used only when BLS blocks automated clients."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "bls_oews_state_2025",
      "agency": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
      "title": "May 2025 OEWS state occupational employment and wage estimates",
      "vintage": "May 2025",
      "url": "https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm25st.zip",
      "fallback_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260516122844id_/https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm25st.zip",
      "filename": "oesm25st.zip",
      "required": true,
      "large": false,
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      "license": "U.S. federal government work; cite BLS OEWS",
      "landing_page": "https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm",
      "notes": "The dated archive transport is used only when BLS returns its automated-client 403 page."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "bls_oews_metro_2025",
      "agency": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
      "title": "May 2025 OEWS metropolitan and nonmetropolitan estimates",
      "vintage": "May 2025",
      "url": "https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm25ma.zip",
      "fallback_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260515195051id_/https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm25ma.zip",
      "filename": "oesm25ma.zip",
      "required": true,
      "large": false,
      "min_bytes": 30000000,
      "license": "U.S. federal government work; cite BLS OEWS",
      "landing_page": "https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm",
      "notes": "The dated archive transport is used only when BLS returns its automated-client 403 page."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "bls_oews_area_definitions_2025",
      "agency": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
      "title": "May 2025 OEWS metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area definitions",
      "vintage": "May 2025",
      "url": "https://www.bls.gov/oes/area_definitions_m2025.xlsx",
      "fallback_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260516132827id_/https://www.bls.gov/oes/area_definitions_m2025.xlsx",
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      "license": "U.S. federal government work; cite BLS OEWS",
      "landing_page": "https://www.bls.gov/oes/oes_doc.htm",
      "notes": "County-to-OEWS-area crosswalk used for metro rent aggregation."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "bls_oews_all_2025",
      "agency": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
      "title": "May 2025 OEWS all-data archive",
      "vintage": "May 2025",
      "url": "https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm25all.zip",
      "filename": "oesm25all.zip",
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      "large": true,
      "min_bytes": 50000000,
      "license": "U.S. federal government work; cite BLS OEWS",
      "landing_page": "https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm",
      "notes": "Registered as a redundant audit source; state and metro archives are authoritative pipeline inputs."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "bea_rpp_state_2024",
      "agency": "U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis",
      "title": "Real personal income and regional price parities by state",
      "vintage": "2024 estimates, released February 19, 2026",
      "url": "https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SARPP.zip",
      "filename": "SARPP.zip",
      "required": true,
      "large": false,
      "min_bytes": 30000,
      "license": "U.S. federal government work; cite BEA Regional Price Parities",
      "landing_page": "https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area",
      "notes": "All-items RPP is used to express wages in national-price-level dollars."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "bea_rpp_metro_2024",
      "agency": "U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis",
      "title": "Real personal income and regional price parities by metropolitan statistical area",
      "vintage": "2024 estimates, released February 19, 2026",
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      "large": false,
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      "license": "U.S. federal government work; cite BEA Regional Price Parities",
      "landing_page": "https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area",
      "notes": "All-items RPP is used to express wages in national-price-level dollars."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "hud_rent50_county_fy2026",
      "agency": "U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development",
      "title": "FY2026 50th percentile rent estimates by county",
      "vintage": "FY2026, published August 22, 2025",
      "url": "https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/50thper/FY2026_FMR_50_county.xlsx",
      "fallback_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260410202728id_/https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/50thper/FY2026_FMR_50_county.xlsx",
      "filename": "FY2026_FMR_50_county.xlsx",
      "required": true,
      "large": false,
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      "license": "U.S. federal government work; cite HUD USER 50th Percentile Rent Estimates",
      "landing_page": "https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/50per.html",
      "notes": "These are median gross-rent estimates, not Fair Market Rents. Archive fallback bypasses HUD's WAF challenge."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "hud_rent50_area_fy2026",
      "agency": "U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development",
      "title": "FY2026 50th percentile rent estimates by HUD area",
      "vintage": "FY2026, published August 22, 2025",
      "url": "https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/50thper/FY2026_FMR_50_area.xlsx",
      "fallback_url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20250919230900id_/https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/50thper/FY2026_FMR_50_area.xlsx",
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      "large": false,
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      "license": "U.S. federal government work; cite HUD USER 50th Percentile Rent Estimates",
      "landing_page": "https://www.huduser.gov/portal/datasets/50per.html",
      "notes": "QA source for checking county-to-area rent assignments."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "census_acs5_pums_person_2024",
      "agency": "U.S. Census Bureau",
      "title": "2020-2024 ACS 5-year PUMS national person file",
      "vintage": "2020-2024 ACS 5-year",
      "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/data/pums/2024/5-Year/csv_pus.zip",
      "filename": "csv_pus.zip",
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      "license": "U.S. Census Bureau data; cite ACS PUMS and comply with Census data-use guidance",
      "landing_page": "https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/microdata/access.html",
      "notes": "Bulk FTP avoids the Census API key requirement and is processed in chunks without extraction."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "census_acs5_pums_dictionary_2024",
      "agency": "U.S. Census Bureau",
      "title": "2020-2024 ACS 5-year PUMS data dictionary",
      "vintage": "2020-2024 ACS 5-year",
      "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/tech_docs/pums/data_dict/PUMS_Data_Dictionary_2020-2024.csv",
      "filename": "PUMS_Data_Dictionary_2020-2024.csv",
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      "license": "U.S. federal government work; cite U.S. Census Bureau ACS PUMS",
      "landing_page": "https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/microdata/documentation/2024.html",
      "notes": "Machine-readable variable definitions and value labels."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "census_acs5_pums_code_lists_2024",
      "agency": "U.S. Census Bureau",
      "title": "2020-2024 ACS 5-year PUMS code lists",
      "vintage": "2020-2024 ACS 5-year",
      "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/tech_docs/pums/code_lists/ACSPUMS2020_2024CodeLists.xlsx",
      "filename": "ACSPUMS2020_2024CodeLists.xlsx",
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      "large": false,
      "min_bytes": 500000,
      "license": "U.S. federal government work; cite U.S. Census Bureau ACS PUMS",
      "landing_page": "https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/microdata/documentation/2024.html",
      "notes": "Confirms OCCP 6355 maps to electricians."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "census_acs5_pums_user_guide_2024",
      "agency": "U.S. Census Bureau",
      "title": "2020-2024 ACS 5-year PUMS user guide",
      "vintage": "March 5, 2026",
      "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/tech_docs/pums/2020_2024ACS_PUMS_User_Guide.pdf",
      "filename": "2020_2024ACS_PUMS_User_Guide.pdf",
      "required": true,
      "large": false,
      "min_bytes": 300000,
      "license": "U.S. federal government work; cite U.S. Census Bureau ACS PUMS",
      "landing_page": "https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/microdata/documentation/2024.html",
      "notes": "Primary reference for weighting, geography, inflation adjustment, and SDR replicate variance."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "census_acs5_pums_accuracy_2024",
      "agency": "U.S. Census Bureau",
      "title": "Accuracy of the 2020-2024 ACS 5-year PUMS",
      "vintage": "2020-2024 ACS 5-year",
      "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/tech_docs/pums/accuracy/2020_2024AccuracyPUMS.pdf",
      "filename": "2020_2024AccuracyPUMS.pdf",
      "required": true,
      "large": false,
      "min_bytes": 300000,
      "license": "U.S. federal government work; cite U.S. Census Bureau ACS PUMS",
      "landing_page": "https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/microdata/documentation/2024.html",
      "notes": "Statistical reference for 90% margins of error."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "census_acs5_b25003_2024",
      "agency": "U.S. Census Bureau",
      "title": "2024 ACS 5-year table B25003 tenure summary file",
      "vintage": "2020-2024 ACS 5-year",
      "url": "https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat",
      "filename": "acsdt5y2024-b25003.dat",
      "required": true,
      "large": false,
      "min_bytes": 25000000,
      "license": "U.S. federal government work; cite ACS 5-year Detailed Table B25003",
      "landing_page": "https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/data/summary-file.2024.html",
      "notes": "Official bulk summary file supplies county renter-household weights without a Census API key."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "census_state_cartographic_2024",
      "agency": "U.S. Census Bureau",
      "title": "2024 1:500,000 state cartographic boundary shapefile",
      "vintage": "2024",
      "url": "https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2024/shp/cb_2024_us_state_500k.zip",
      "filename": "cb_2024_us_state_500k.zip",
      "required": false,
      "large": false,
      "min_bytes": 3000000,
      "license": "U.S. federal government work; cite U.S. Census Bureau Cartographic Boundary Files",
      "landing_page": "https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/cartographic-boundary.html",
      "notes": "Reserved for the interactive state map in the publishing phase."
    },
    {
      "source_id": "bls_ors_complete_2025",
      "agency": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
      "title": "2025 Occupational Requirements Survey complete dataset",
      "vintage": "2025",
      "url": "https://www.bls.gov/web/ors/ors-complete-dataset.xlsx",
      "filename": "ors-complete-dataset.xlsx",
      "required": false,
      "large": false,
      "min_bytes": 1000000,
      "license": "U.S. federal government work; cite BLS Occupational Requirements Survey",
      "landing_page": "https://www.bls.gov/ors/factsheet/electricians.htm",
      "notes": "Context source for physical demands and work conditions; not part of the payoff ranking."
    }
  ]
}