STATE LABOR MARKET DATA

See how Skills2Compete and specific states have used labor market supply and demand information in a way that can support the promotion of guarantees of at least two years of postsecondary education or training (and the basic skills needed to achieve that kind of credential).

Skills2Compete Resources

Forgotten Middle-Skill Jobs: State by State Snapshots
Fact sheets for every state showing the percentage of current and future middle-skill jobs, examples of high-demand middle-skill jobs, and the state's middle-skills gap.

A Workforce Alliance Cross-state Discussion Recorded Aug 2007 (25 MB)
Listen to a discussion about how to obtain local labor market information that supports a two-year guarantee from a Skills2Compete working group audio-conference with stakeholders from around the country. Click here to listen.  Please note that clicking on this link will automatically start the download of a 25MB audio file.

Other Resources

Career Prospects in Virginia, Weldon Cooper School for Public Service, University of Virginia (8 MB)
Knowing that skilled workers in high-demand jobs have the best chance of finding employment, the Weldon Cooper School for Public Service at the University of Virginia determined that knowing the jobs that are in high demand, and promoting skill development in those jobs represented two parts of a sound workforce strategy. Click here to view a PowerPoint that shows how they used state labor market information to show that most skilled jobs in the Virginia economy require more than high school, but less than a four-year degree.

Policy Brief: Postsecondary Career and Technical Education Works 
From the Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board. Job forecast showing that over the next five to seven years, Washington State employers will need more workers with some form of postsecondary vocational training than any other educational level.

Postsecondary Skill Fact or Fiction
From the Washington State Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board.  This media kit provides data that dispels the notion that Washington needs more BAs and shows instead that state employers need more workers with technical skills and credentials.