Using Data to Support Local Economic & Workforce Development EffortsSeptember 11, 2012

Name of Presentation Here

Familiarity with basic data sources and research techniques

For this template, you will be using ONLY EMSI and LMI Gateway. However, you should be aware of the multitude of data sources you should be using to get a handle on what’s going on with your region’s key industry groups.

Types of Templates

We have developed three major types of templates to present data to stakeholders

1.Regional Profile2.Industry Profile3.Site Selection

a) Constant elementsb) Custom elements

Regional Profiles• How it is used• Elements

• Geography• People• Demographics

• Race• Hispanic Origin• Age

• Workforce• Educational Attainment• Occupational Makeup

• Economy

The audience for geographic profiles includes:

1.Workforce Boards2.Local Governments3.Economic Developers4.Business/Industry Leaders5.Business Associations

The audience for geographic profiles includes:

1.Workforce Boards2.Local Governments3.Economic Developers4.Business/Industry Leaders5.Business Associations

Regional Profile: Data Elements & Sources

Element Data Source

Geography Wikipedia, County Websites

People U.S. Census American Factfinder

Demographics (Race, Hispanic Origin, Age)

U.S. Census American Factfinder

Workforce (Educational Attainment, Occupational Makeup)

U.S. Census American Factfinder

EconomyEMSI (J obs, Earnings & Sales Legacy Report)

EMSI Highlight: Industry Base

Industry Profiles

• How it is used• Elements

• Industry Background• Top Occupations• Regional Occupational

Makeup• Regional Growth• Density Map/Concentration• Entrepreneurial Activity• Top 10 Employers• Age Bands

The audience for industry profiles includes:

1.Workforce Investment Boards, Local Governments, and other community leaders2.Job seekers3.Businesses

The audience for industry profiles includes:

1.Workforce Investment Boards, Local Governments, and other community leaders2.Job seekers3.Businesses

Industry Profile: Data Elements & Sources

Element Data Source

Industry BackgroundBLS, BEA, Industry J ournals, Web Research

Top Occupations EMSI (Staffing Patterns Report)

Regional Occupational Makeup

EMSI (J obs by Occupation Legacy Report) and State Workforce Center Database

Regional GrowthEMSI (J obs by Industry Legacy Report)

EconomyEMSI (J obs, Earnings & Sales Legacy Report)

Density Map & Concentration by County

EMSI GIS

Entrepreneurial ActivityEMSI (J obs by Industry Legacy Report for Complete and Covered Employment)

Top 10 EmployersColorado Department of Labor and Employment

Age Bands Colorado Demography Office

EMSI Highlight: Regional Occupational Makeup

SOC Code

Description2012 Jobs

Available Applicants

Annual Openings

Applicants per Job Opening

Median Wage

10th Percentile

Wage

25th Percentile

Wage

Average Wage

75th Percentile

Wage

90th Percentile

Wage

13-1111 Management analysts 15,524 371 652 0.57 $ 25.43 $ 13.77 $ 17.79 $ 30.05 $ 37.17 $ 52.52

15-1081Network systems and data communications analysts

5,329 222 202 1.10 $ 29.44 $ 14.33 $ 21.15 $ 31.41 $ 39.56 $ 51.47

15-1032Computer software engineers, systems software

10,176 203 167 1.22 $ 43.27 $ 30.00 $ 35.35 $ 44.56 $ 53.49 $ 63.45

13-1199 Business operation specialists, all other 22,536 881 692 1.27 $ 30.81 $ 16.87 $ 23.05 $ 32.85 $ 40.45 $ 52.10

43-6014Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive

28,419 645 504 1.28 $ 16.04 $ 10.94 $ 13.14 $ 16.45 $ 19.63 $ 23.19

15-1031Computer software engineers, applications

12,995 400 232 1.72 $ 42.46 $ 27.83 $ 34.02 $ 43.24 $ 51.00 $ 62.20

13-2011 Accountants and auditors 25,491 1,619 846 1.91 $ 26.15 $ 16.80 $ 20.09 $ 30.04 $ 35.70 $ 47.91

17-2061 Computer hardware engineers 763 47 24 1.96 $ 47.43 $ 25.94 $ 36.09 $ 47.77 $ 59.13 $ 69.72

15-1051 Computer systems analysts 7,943 458 220 2.08 $ 34.56 $ 21.75 $ 27.36 $ 36.37 $ 44.24 $ 54.73

11-1021 General and operations managers 23,594 2,153 755 2.85 $ 46.39 $ 22.40 $ 31.22 $ 54.43 $ 69.86 $ 107.50

15-1061 Database administrators 2,359 180 57 3.16 $ 34.51 $ 18.52 $ 24.50 $ 35.01 $ 44.97 $ 54.03

41-4011Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products

6,495 632 181 3.49 $ 34.12 $ 15.51 $ 23.72 $ 38.66 $ 49.00 $ 63.62

15-1071Network and computer systems administrators

6,359 659 168 3.92 $ 36.27 $ 21.40 $ 28.09 $ 36.66 $ 44.06 $ 53.80

15-1021 Computer programmers 4,169 435 85 5.12 $ 33.01 $ 18.04 $ 24.60 $ 34.96 $ 42.57 $ 56.65

15-1041 Computer support specialists 7,567 1,408 250 5.63 $ 24.25 $ 15.31 $ 18.81 $ 25.27 $ 30.89 $ 37.43

41-3099 Sales representatives, services, all other 9,177 1,915 309 6.20 $ 24.22 $ 13.08 $ 17.10 $ 28.83 $ 35.47 $ 50.42

43-6011Executive secretaries and administrative assistants

19,157 2,797 441 6.34 $ 21.19 $ 14.42 $ 17.07 $ 22.01 $ 26.03 $ 31.41

43-4051 Customer service representatives 26,159 8,598 1,223 7.03 $ 15.77 $ 10.46 $ 12.83 $ 16.81 $ 19.88 $ 24.57

11-3021Computer and information systems managers

3,508 572 78 7.33 $ 52.34 $ 36.47 $ 43.08 $ 55.44 $ 63.62 $ 98.36

15-1099 Computer specialists, all other 4,302 1,128 119 9.48 $ 35.49 $ 22.52 $ 28.25 $ 36.28 $ 43.77 $ 52.29

Top 20 Occupations, Information Technology Sector, Metro Denver

Source: EMSI Complete Employment - 2011.4 and Connecting Colorado Applicant Search

Regional Occupational Makeup (Cont.)

The last step is to provide the competitive wage intelligence. This is done based on the number of applicants per job opening.

You can see that since the number of applicants per job opening is 1.21 for Sales representatives, you’d yellow the 75th and 90th percentiles

Regional Occupational Makeup (Cont.)

What you’ve just done here is provide business intelligence about supply/demand in various occupations and show how this might affect where the wage offer would fall.

In order to obtain the ‘available applicants’ you need to be in partnership with your workforce center, because this data comes directly from your statewide workforce development data base.

In Colorado this database is called Connecting Colorado.

This is one of our most popular data products. Businesses, economic developers and site selectors have found the information of great value.

Site Selection ReportsConstant elements of a site selection report include:1.Background2.Competitive Labor Force3.Regional Economy4.Concentration Map and Table5.Sector Employment Breakdown6.Industry Growth Projections7.Competitive Wage Analysis8.Directions on using Competitive Wage Analysis9.Top Companies in Region

Optional elements include any other inquiries. In the case of the sample, this includes age bands, entrepreneurial activity and a narrative about staffing cost savings from using workforce centers

The audience for site selection reports includes:

1.Economic developers2.Site selectors, real estate developers or others helping business clients make a location decision3.Business prospects who are working the site selectors

The audience for site selection reports includes:

1.Economic developers2.Site selectors, real estate developers or others helping business clients make a location decision3.Business prospects who are working the site selectors

Site Selection Report: Data Elements and Sources

Element Data Source

BackgroundWho is preparing the report and for whom it is intended

Competitive Labor ForceColorado generally markets on the quality of its labor force, so usually a bar chart showing comparative educational attainment is provided

Regional Economy EMSI (J obs, Earnings & Sales Legacy Report)Density Map & Concentration by County

EMSI GIS

Sector Employment Breakdown

EMSI GIS

Industry Growth Projections EMSI (J obs by Industry Legacy Report)

Competitive Wage AnalysisEMSI (J obs by Occupation Legacy Report) and State Workforce Center Database

Directions on Using Competitive Wage Analysis

Brief explanation of how to use the table

Top Companies in RegionYour state's LMI Division or EMSI Claritas Data from the new Analyst Industry Report

EMSI Highlight: Concentration Tables and Map

Site selectors and their business clients love the GIS products. We usually provide both the map and the table showing employment concentration by county

Successful partnerships bring in new jobs!

•DSEDP was lead organization

•Arledge Partners was Site Selector

•Expansion of San Francisco based company

•160 jobs anticipated with 130 jobs to date

Gov. Hickenlooper Joins Area Elected Officials and Trulia Executives at the Grand Opening of the New Trulia Centennial Office

Gordon Composite/Polystrand•Denver South Economic Development Partnership (DSEDP) was lead

•Gordon Composites Inc. (GCI) moving HQ from Montrose, CO

•DSEDP Partnership• Xcel Energy• Douglas County• Arapahoe/ Douglas Works!

•Arapahoe/Douglas Works! is AT the table!

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Planned opening June 2012

Ribbon Cutting August 3, 2012

Now Open!

Questions&

Answers

Patrick HolwellWorkforce Economist6964 S. Lima StreetCentennial, CO 80124303-636-1251pholwell@co.arapahoe.co.us www.adworks.org

Dawn GardnerBusiness Development Supervisor6964 S. Lima StreetCentennial, CO 80124303-636-1275dgardner@co.arapahoe.co.us www.adworks.org