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Labor Market Information Labor Market Information Resources for BusinessResources for Business

American Library Association

Going Local: Statistical Resources for Business

June 23, 2008

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California’s Labor Market Information Division

The CA Labor Market Information Division offers information and services to support informed hiring, planning and decision making

Comprehensive web site at www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov

Labor Market Consultants located throughout the state

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What is Labor Market Information?

Information about the market where labor skills are exchanged for wages.  Information can be descriptive (qualitative) or statistical (quantitative).  The key elements in the labor market are the workers (labor resources) and jobs (employment opportunities).

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Labor Market Information Includes:

Demographic data such as population and labor force statisticsIndustry employment Occupational and career informationWage dataOther economic data

Most of this data is available online for California and other states.

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Accessing Labor Market Information at www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov

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Resources for Business

Click on

“Business / Employers”

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Resources for BusinessLocal Area Profile

Click on

“Local Area Profile”

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Local Area Profiles include data for

Labor Force

Industry Employment

Occupations

CPI

Median Home Prices

Taxes

Demographics

Other Economic Indicators

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Local Area Profile

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Resources for BusinessOccupation Profile

Click on

“Occupation Profile”

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Occupational Profiles include

Job Description and Code

Wages

Projections of Growth

Licensing

Training

Skills

Industry staffing patterns

And more

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Occupational Profile

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A Note about Coding Systems

North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) codes are used for industry employment data See http://www.bls.gov/bls/naics.htmStandard Occupational Classification (SOC) Codes are used for occupational data (derived from O*Net, the national Occupational Information Network See http://online.onetcenter.org/find/You’ll find links to these systems at www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov

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Data Library

Employers can also download data from our Data Library

Labor ForceIndustry EmploymentOccupations (projections, licenses, staffing patterns, wages, training, etc.)Census/population

Read about methodsLink to other States’ (or national) LMI Web sites for comparable data

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Employer Locator Tool

Use the Employer Locator tool at http://www.acinet.org/acinet/employerlocator/employerlocator.asp to find information about a specific employer or list of employers anywhere in the nationSearch by location, occupation, industry or keywordCalifornia has a similar version at http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/aspdotnet/databrowsing/empMain.aspx?menuChoice=emp

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Other Publications of Interest

Careers in High Growth Industries:Health Care (two reports)BiotechnologyManufacturingConstructionLogistics

County Snapshots (updated annually)Online mapsE-newsletters

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Useful Links

CA Labor Market Informationwww.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov

Links to states’ Web siteshttp://www.workforceatm.org/subject_links.cfm?results_sub_id=21

US Bureau of Labor Statisticswww.bls.gov

NAICS Industry Codeshttp://www.bls.gov/bls/naics.htm

SOC Occupational Codeshttp://online.onetcenter.org/find/

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Contact information

Public information: (916) 262-2162 Local Labor Market Consultants: see the “Contact Us” link on our siteWeb site: www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov

Presented by:Ann Marshall, Labor Market ConsultantCA Employment Development DepartmentLabor Market Information Division (949) 341-8051amarshall@edd.ca.gov