Employment Projections

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• 2012-13 Edition of the Occupational Outlook Handbook Published
• Employment Projections: 2010-20

Archived

• Economic and Employment Projections
• Occupational Outlook Handbook Published

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Detailed Data for Researchers

• Labor force (Demographics)
• Aggregate Economy (Critical Variables)
• Industry Output and Employment
• Inter-industry relationships (Input-Output Matrix)
• Employment Requirements Matrix
• National Employment Matrix
• Factor Analysis
• Education and Training Data

OCCUPATIONS

All occupational tables in a single file [XLS]

• 1.1 Numerical and percent change, by major occupational group
• 1.2 Numerical and percent change, by detailed occupation
• 1.3 Fastest growing occupations
• 1.4 Occupations with the largest job growth
• 1.5 Fastest declining occupations
• 1.6 Occupations with the largest job decline
• 1.7 Occupational employment, job openings data and worker characteristics
• 1.8 Industry-occupation matrix data, by occupation
• 1.9 Industry-occupation matrix data, by industry
• 1.10 Replacement needs
• 1.11 Educational attainment for workers 25 years and older by detailed occupation
• 1.12 Education and training categories by detailed occupation, 2010

INDUSTRIES

All industry tables in a single file [XLS]

• 2.1 Employment by major industry sector
• 2.2 Output by major industry sector
• 2.3 Fastest growing and declining employment by industry
• 2.4 Industries with the largest wage and salary employment growth and declines
• 2.5 Industries with the fastest growing and most rapidly declining output growth
• 2.6 Largest output growth and declines by Industry
• 2.7 Employment and output by detailed industry

LABOR FORCE

All labor force tables in a single file [XLS]

• 3.1 Civilian labor force by sex, age, race, and ethnicity
• 3.2 Civilian noninstitutional population by sex, age, race, and ethnicity
• 3.3 Civilian labor force participation rates by sex, age, race, and ethnicity
• 3.4 Civilian labor force by sex, age, race, and ethnicity
• 3.5 Civilian labor force entrants and leavers by sex, race, and ethnicity
• 3.6 Median ages of the labor force, by sex, race, and ethnicity
• 3.7 Economic dependency ratio by age

AGGREGATE ECONOMY

All aggregate economy tables in a single file [XLS]

• 4.1 Major assumptions affecting aggregate projections
• 4.2 Real gross domestic product by major demand category
• 4.3 Nominal gross domestic product by major demand category
• 4.4 Personal consumption expenditures
• 4.5 Gross private domestic investment
• 4.6 Exports and imports of goods and services
• 4.7 Government consumption expenditures and gross investment
• 4.8 Federal Government receipts and expenditures
• 4.9 State and local government receipts and expenditures
• 4.10 Personal income
• 4.11 Labor supply and factors affecting productivity

FACTORS AFFECTING OCCUPATIONAL UTILIZATION

• 5.1 Factors affecting occupational utilization

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

All education tables in a single file [XLS]

• Education pays ...
• Educational attainment for workers 25 years and older by detailed occupation
• Education and training categories by detailed occupation, 2010
• Employment by summary education and training assignment, 2010 and projected 2020
• Employment by education by on-the-job training category, 2010 and projected 2020

2010-20 projections

• Dixie Sommers and James C. Franklin, "Overview of projections to 2020" [PDF]
• Kathryn J. Byun and Christopher Frey, "The U.S. economy to 2020: recovery in uncertain times" [PDF]
• Mitra Toossi, "Labor force projections to 2020: a more slowly growing workforce" [PDF]
• Richard L. Henderson, "Industry employment and output projections to 2020" [PDF]
• C. Brett Lockard and Michael Wolf, "Occupational employment projections to 2020" [PDF]
• Charting the projections, from the Winter 2011-12 Occupational Outlook Quarterly.

Projections analyses

• Dixie Sommers and Teresa L. Morisi, "Employment projections through the lens of education and training" [PDF]
• Career information resources
• Projections overviews
• Employment by occupation
• Employment and output by industry
• Labor force
• Aggregate economy
• Projections evaluations
• Other analytical projections articles

1. Does BLS project future labor shortages or surpluses?
2. How often are the projections updated and where are they published?
3. What is the time horizon for BLS projections?
4. Does BLS prepare short-term projections?
5. What are the fastest growing jobs?

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Other BLS Programs

• Occupational earnings data from the household-based Current Population Survey (CPS) —Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex, annual average.
• Occupational wage data from the establishment-based Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Survey —Median hourly and annual wages for wage and salary workers, by detailed occupation.
• Jobs for kids who like — BLS career information for young people.
• Standard Occupational Classification— The SOC system is used by government agencies to classify workers into occupational categories for the purpose of collecting, calculating, or disseminating data.

What BLS does not have

• Earnings and wage rate projections
• Inflation projections
• Short-term forecasts
• Lists of colleges or sources of other training, but see America's Career InfoNet
• Jobs available, but see America's Career InfoNet
• Regional, state, and area projections
• Self-assessment inventories and other career exploration tools
• Employment information by size of firm
• Projections of the number of retirees or the average age of retirement
• Projections of the number of unfilled jobs

Other Useful Links

• CareerOneStop — comprehensive source of employment and career resources.
• Bureau of Economic Analysis—source of GDP and National Income and Product Accounts (NIPA) information .
• State employment projections
• Occupational Information System (O*NET ^TM)
• North American Industry Classification System (NAICS).

Contacts

For additional information concerning the Employment Projections (EP) program, contact an EP staff member at:

• Email: Contact us
• Telephone number: 202-691-5700
• Fax number: 202-691-5745
• Mail address:
  Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections
  PSB Suite 2135
  2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE
  Washington DC 20212-0001
  

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