Sara Saulcy, Senior Economist

Sara Saulcy received Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Wyoming in International Studies and Economics in 1993 and 1996, respectively. In December 2000, she graduated from the University of New Mexico with a Master of Arts degree in Economics. Sara now conducts performance measurement on behalf of Wyoming's seven community colleges. She also manages other special projects for the section. Her research interests include the relationship between Mining and the labor force, physician labor supply and location, and labor force retention issues.

Sara has written the following articles for Wyoming Labor Force Trends:

• Wyoming New Hires by Industry: 2009Q4 to 2010Q3

• Wyoming Benefits Survey 2011

• An Introduction to Licensed Occupations in Wyoming

• Text Mining Analysis of the New Hires Survey (with Tony Glover)

• State Level Legislation Regarding Energy-Efficient Technologies (with Patrick Manning)

• Wyoming Occupational Fatalities Rise in 2010

• Skills Needs in Manufacturing

• O*NET Offers Career, Human Resources Tools

• Wyoming Occupational Fatalities Drop to Record Low in 2009

• Research & Planning Downloads Top Quarter Million in 2008 (with Jodi Davey)

• Excerpt from 2008 Wyoming Job Vacancy Survey

• Wyoming Highway Patrol Leads in Investigation of Occupational Fatalities in 2006

• Dying on the Job: Wyoming Occupational Fatalities, 2003-2005

• Wyoming Occupational Safety and Health Research Opportunities: Lessons from National Occupational Research Agenda Abstracts
• Wyoming Occupational Fatalities For 2005
• Meet FESS: The Family Economic Self-Sufficiency Standard
• Foreign Labor Certification Prevailing Wage Requests Increase
• Wyoming Occupational Fatalities Reach Record Level in 2004
• Hospitality Management and the Culinary Arts: Two Career Paths for Wyoming Youth
• Wyoming Sees Large Increase in Foreign Labor Certification Prevailing Wage Requests in 2004
• Occupational Fatalities in the U.S.
• Wyoming Foreign Labor: Where Do They Work and What Jobs Do They Hold?
• Occupational Staffing Patterns Across Industries: A Demonstration
• For the Health of It: Reducing Work-Related Traffic Injuries and Fatalities
• Wyoming Work-Related Fatalities Decline in 2002
• The Community College Connection: Labor Market Outcomes
• Health Insurance Coverage in the United States with Carola Cowan.
• An Overview of the Trucking Industry
• Workforce Development and Community College Outcomes A joint article with F.E. Skip Gillum and Rosanne Crossen of Casper College.
• Implementing the Workforce Investment Act: Results from an Employer Survey Follow-Up of Casper College Graduates
• Retention of Wyoming's Labor Force: Holding on to Households with Craig Radden Henderson.

Other Publications and Presentations:

• Leonard, D.W., & Saulcy, S. (PDF - February 2012). Wyoming Benefits Survey 2011. Casper, WY: Research & Planning.
• Saulcy, S. (PDF - August 2011). CFOI News Release: Wyoming Occupational Fatalities Rise in 2010. Casper, WY: Research & Planning.
• Jones, S.D., Knapp, L., Leonard, D.W., Manning, P., Saulcy, S. (2011, May). Occasional Paper No. 5. ARRA Labor Market Dynamics: An Overview of the American Recovery and Reinvestment: Act of 2009 as it Pertains to the Wyoming Department of Employment Research & Planning Section and the Rocky Mountain and Northern Plains Consortium.

• Saulcy, S. (PDF - August 2010). CFOI News Release: Wyoming Occupational Fatalities Drop to Record Low in 2009. Casper, WY: Research & Planning.

• Bullard, D., Cowan, C., Glover, W., Knapp, L., Leonard, D. W., Saulcy, S., & Wen, S. (PDF - May 2009). Wyoming Workforce Annual Report 2010. Casper, WY: Research & Planning.

• Saulcy, S. (PDF - August 2009). CFOI News Release: Wyoming Occupational Fatalities in 2008 Decline by Nearly One-Third. Casper, WY: Research & Planning.

• Bullard, D., Ellsworth, P., Jones, S. D., Knapp, L., Leonard, D. W., & Saulcy, S. (PDF - May 2009). Wyoming Workforce Annual Report 2009. Casper, WY: Research & Planning.

• Post-Injury Wage Loss: A Quasi-Experimental Design (May 2009) with Tony Glover and Douglas W. Leonard. Prepared for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Mountain and Plains Education and Research Center (MAP ERC).

• Safety: It Starts Between the Ears (PDF - April 23, 2009)

• Vacancies and Recruitment and Retention Strategies in Health Care (PDF - November 2008).

• Nurses in Demand: A Statement of the Problem (PDF - March 2008) with Carola Cowan, Sylvia D. Jones, Lisa Knapp, and Douglas W. Leonard.

• Never Drive Faster Than Your Guardian Angel Can Fly and Other Thoughts on Highway Safety (Power Point - March 2007)

• Safety: Don't Become A Statistic (PDF - March 2006)
• A Discussion of Highway Accident Data Collection and Statistics (PDF)
• Outlook 2010 Revisited: Wyoming's Labor Market at Mid-Decade with Tom Gallagher, Mark A. Harris, Susan Murray, David Bullard, Douglas Leonard, Tony Glover, and Sylvia D. Jones. Occasional Paper No. 4.
• Wyoming Community College Graduates' Labor Market Outcomes 2005: An Administrative Records Approach (PDF)
• Cooking Up A Career:  Examining the Outcomes of a High School Training Program in the Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management with Mark A. Harris. (PDF)
• Private Sector Employee Access to Health Insurance and the Potential Wyo-Care Market with Tom Gallagher, Mark A. Harris, Margaret Hiatt, Douglas Leonard, and Krista Shinkle.
• Where Are They Now? Wyoming Community College Graduates’ Labor Market Outcomes 2004 (PDF)
• Connecting Business and the Wyoming Community College System: A Study of Employment Outcomes of 2001 Graduates from Wyoming Community Colleges
• Wyoming 2000 Annual Covered Employment and Wages