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Local Employment Dynamics’

Powerful Analytic Tools:First Look at OnTheMap Version 3

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Local Employment Dynamics’

Powerful Analytic Tools:First Look at OnTheMap Version 3

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Colleen D. FlanneryNew Jersey State Data Center

June 11, 2008

Colleen D. FlanneryNew Jersey State Data Center

June 11, 2008

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Local Local Employment Employment DynamicsDynamics

merges multiple data snapshots into

informative movies about local

communities and economies.

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• Use existing data to link multiple sources• Create new data and products• Reduce cost and respondent burden• Make data available while protecting confidentiality

New data and products

The Concept – Data IntegrationThe Concept – Data IntegrationThe Concept – Data IntegrationThe Concept – Data Integration

LEHD Led to LED

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Local Employment DynamicsLocal Employment DynamicsLocal Employment DynamicsLocal Employment Dynamics

A voluntary partnership between the states and the U.S. Census Bureau

States supply quarterly worker and business wage records

Census Bureau merges the state records with other data to produce new data and products about jobs, workers, industries and your local economy

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States in LED PartnershipStates in LED Partnership

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49 Participants in 49 Participants in LED PartnershipLED Partnership

Newest partner = USVI In process of joining = CTNot in partnership = MA, NH*, PR

*requires legislative change

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www.census.govwww.census.govNext to Business & Industry

Click on Local Employment Dynamics

Then click on Quick Links to:

OnTheMap, QWI Online,

Industry Focus

Or click on

Data Tools

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Local Employment Dynamics’ Local Employment Dynamics’ Tools and FeaturesTools and Features

http://lehd.did.census.gov

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LED’s Primary Product: Quarterly Workforce Indicators

LED’s Primary Product: Quarterly Workforce Indicators

QWI indicators:• Employment• Earnings• Job creation• Job destruction• Turnover

Analyzed by• Geography• Industry• Gender • Age • Time

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QWI Online – Flagship ProductQWI Online – Flagship Product

Links to available states

Shows most recent quarter of data

NAICS or SIC option

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Interactive QWI OnlineInteractive QWI Online2-, 3-, and 4-digit NAICS code

Updated quarterly

Entries updated instantaneously

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QWI Online “Pivot” or QWI Online “Pivot” or Comparison TablesComparison Tables

QWI Online “Pivot” or QWI Online “Pivot” or Comparison TablesComparison Tables

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Industry FocusIndustry FocusRanking and multiple indicator selection

State, county, Workforce Investment Areas (WIA), metro areas

Select age and gender

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Industry Focus provides…Industry Focus provides…

…easy, intuitive selection criteria and economic indicators for your geography, work force, and industry.

Click on industry to see workforce characteristics.

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Older WorkerProfiles Older WorkerProfiles Reports on workers aged 55+ released on a flow basis over next months for 31 states

New Jersey most recent release (10 reports now issued)

http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/library/profiles_2007.html

http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/ledow04nj.pdf

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