HOW OLD ARE YOUR WORKERS

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HOW OLD ARE YOUR WORKERS?
Local Employment Dynamics Quarterly Workforce
Indicators (QWI online)

• Susan Ockert
• Senior Research Economist
• MEDA conference, February 25, 2008

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MONTANA WORKERS BY INDUSTRY BY AGE GROUP
Source LED, QWI, 2007 Q1
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Quarterly Workforce Indicators

• Provides current workforce data
• County
• Age range
• Gender
• Industry (NAICS)
• Historical (1993 2007 Q4)

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QWI Data

• Total Employment
• Net Job Flows
• Job Creation
• New Hires
• Separations
• Turnover
• Average Monthly Earnings
• Average New Hire Earnings

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Accessing the Data

• The following slides provide instructions on how
  to access the Local Employment Dynamics (LED)
  link off the U.S. Census Bureau website.
• The Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) Online
  is found off the LED website.

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www.census.gov
Local Employment Dynamics
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QWI online
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MONTANA
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Year
Information by Detailed Industry
Gender
County
NAICS
State
Age Group
View Detailed Comparison Reports
Four Quarter Average
Current Quarter
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Age of Workers by Industry

• Click on the down arrow by County to choose the
  county you want
• Click on the down arrow by Industry to choose the
  industry you want
• Wait until the data appears then
• Click on View Detailed Comparison Reports below
  the table of data

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View Detailed Comparison Reports
Click on AgeGroup then Total Employment to get
Employment by age by Industry then Click on
Download Dataset
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Detailed Industry Data

• For information on subsets of industries, click
  on Information by Detailed Industry by Geographic
  Grouping
• Click on More next to the industry you want
• Click on View Detailed Comparison Reports for age
  by industry

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Information by Detailed Industry
Click on More
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Information by Detailed Industry
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Questions?
Contact me at sockert_at_mt.gov [phone]