OUTLOOK 2000:

DETAILED OCCUPATIONAL
PROJECTIONS AND LABOR SUPPLY

October 2000

 

Contents  

Introduction

Chapter 1. Wyoming Workforce and Industry

                  Where Are the Jobs?
                  How Do We Count Jobs?
                  Characteristics of Wyoming's Workforce

Chapter 2. The Flow of Labor: Workforce Interactions with the
Labor Market

                  How Do Workers and Employers Interact?
                  Workforce Utilization
                   Labor Attachment
                   Industry Utilization
                   The Demographics of Attachment and Utilization
                   Retirement: Permanent Employee Exits from the Labor Market
                   Employee Turnover

Chapter 3. Fastest Growing Occupations: Projected Demand

                   Definitions: Net Employment Change and Percent Employment
                           Change
                   Fastest Growing Occupations for Wyoming and U.S. by Net
                            Employment and Percent Employment Change
                   Changing Occupational Structures of Wyoming and the U.S.

Chapter 4. Fastest Growing Occupations in Wyoming: Requisite
Related Skills

Chapter 5. Interstate Competition for Labor: Wages

                   Applied Research Using the "Occupation, Wage, and
                              Employment Table"
                   Results

Chapter 6. Interstate Competition for Labor: Public vs. Private
Employment

                   Opportunity
                   Industrial and Occupational Staffing Patterns
                   1998 National Covered Employment and Wages
                   Applied Research: Interstate Competition for Labor --
                              Public and Private
                   Employment Opportunity
                   Labor Demand, Wages, and Public-Private Sector
                              Employment:  Information Technology Occupations
                   Conclusions

Appendixes

A: Technical Appendixes

                    Chapter 1
                    Chapter 3
                    Chapter 5

B: Individuals by Gender and Primary Industry, 1998

C: Individuals by Age and Primary Industry, 1998

D: Age of Wyoming Population, 1990-1999

E: Mean Earnings by Major Industry, Gender, and Age, 1998

F: Employment Utilization by Labor Attachment and Industry, 1998

G: Individuals' Attachment to the Labor Market by Age and
Gender, 1998

H: Analysis of Wyoming State Government Attrition for Selected
Occupations

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Figures

Figure I-1: Total Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment

Figure 1-1: Individuals by Primary Industry and Gender, 1998

Figure 1-2: Individuals by Primary Industry and Age, 1998

Figure 2-1: Total Employment by Labor Attachment, 1998

Figure 2-2: Proportion of Individuals within Age Group Working All
Four Quarters, 1998

Figure 3-1: Projected Growth for Wyoming and U.S. by Major
Occupational Group, 1998-2008

Figures 3-2: Percent of Total Employment for Wyoming and U.S.
by Major Occupational Group, 1998 and 2008

Figure 3-3: Wyoming and U.S. Percent Change in the Total Share
of Employment by Major Occupational Group, 1998-2008

Figure 5-1: Percent Difference in Average Hourly Wage for the
Five Most Likely Destination States and U.S., Compared to Wyoming's
Average Hourly Wage (the Zero Percent Axis) by Typical Education/
Experience, 1998

Figure 6-1: Percent Difference in Private Sector Employment,
Comparing Wyoming to Five Destination States and U.S. by Typical
Education/Experience Levels, 1998

Tables

Table I-1: Total Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment, 1995-2008

Table 1-1: Firm Growth and Employment Change by Industry, 1996-1998

Table 1-2: Wyoming Jobs by Industry, and Persons by Industry
of Primary Employer, 1998

Table 1-3: Mean Earnings by Gender and Age, 1998

Table 2-1: Employee Attachment to the Labor Market by Industry, 1998

Table 2-2: Wage Records Utilization Index by Industry, 1998

Table 2-3: Individual Utilization by Age Group, 1998

Table 2-4: Individuals in Wyoming Reaching Age 65 During the
Period 1998-2008 by Industry

Table 2-5: Individuals by Quarterly Employment Turnover Activity, 1998

Table 2-6: Firms by Quarterly Employment Turnover Activity, 1998

Table 2-7: Quarterly Average Employment, Hires, Exits, and
Turnover Rate by Industry, 1998

Table 3-1: Wyoming's 30 Fastest Net Employment Growth
Occupations, 1998-2008

Table 3-2: The U.S.'s 30 Fastest Net Employment Growth
Occupations, 1998-2008

Table 3-3: Wyoming's 30 Fastest Percent Employment Growth
Occupations, 1998-2008

Table 3-4: The U.S.'s 30 Fastest Percent Employment Growth
Occupations, 1998-2008

Table 3-5: 30 Fastest Net Employment Growth Occupations for
Wyoming and U.S. Summed to Major Occupational Level,
1998-2008

Table 3-6: 30 Fastest Percent Employment Growth Occupations
for Wyoming and U.S. Summed to Major Occupational Level,
1998-2008

Table 3-7: Wage Rates of Computer Science Occupations for
Wyoming, U.S., and Destination States, 1998

Table 3-8: Wyoming Projections for All Occupations, Net and
Percent Employment Change, 1998-2008

Table 3-9: Example of Projections Calculation

Table 4-1: Importance of Distributed Skills for Top Projected
Net Employment Growth Occupations in Wyoming, 1998-2008

Table 5-1: Selected Occupations from the "Occupation, Wage,
and Employment Table 1998"

Table 5-2: Typical Education/Experience Levels and Aggregate
Levels for Analysis

Table 5-3: Average Hourly Wage by Aggregate Education
Level and Wyoming's Average Hourly Wage Relative to the
U.S. and Destination States, 1998

Table 5-4: Example of Straight Average Wage Compared
to Weighted Average Wage

Table 6-1: Excerpt from "Industrial and Occupational Staffing
Patterns" Data for 2-Digit Standard Industrial Classification
(SIC) 12 - Coal Mining, 1998

Table 6-2: Employment for Wyoming, Destination States, and
U.S. in the Public and Private Sector by Typical Education/
Experience Levels, 1998

Table 6-3a: Percent Employment in Private Sector Industry for
Wyoming, Five Destination States, and U.S. by Typical
Education/Experience Levels, 1998

Table 6-3b: Percent Difference in Private Sector Employment,
Comparing Wyoming, Five Destination States, and U.S. by
Typical Education/Experience Levels, 1998

Table 6-4: Information Technology Related Occupations
(OES 25102-25199)

Table 6-5: Analysis Applying the Concepts Introduced in
Chapters 3, 5, and 6 of All Information Technology
Related Occupations (OES 25102-25199)

 


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