Related InformationCareerOneStopIn line with the Department of Labor's vision for America's Labor Market Information System, CareerOneStop is a collection of electronic tools, operating as a federal-state partnership and funded by grants to states. Each tool offers a unique solution to the overwhelming demands of today's labor market from the perspective of the job seeker, the employer, and the public workforce community. This powerful suite of tools, includes America's Career InfoNet and America's Service Locator. Employment ProjectionsThe Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections (OOSEP) develops information about the labor market for the Nation as a whole for 10 years in the future; labor force trends by sex, race or Hispanic origin, and age; and employment trends by industry and occupation. In addition to this information, many other items of interest related to the outlook for jobs are available from this site. Occupational Employment Training, and EarningsThis site enables you to compare occupations in terms of employment size, projected employment growth, earnings, education and training requirements, opportunities for self-employment and part-time work, and unemployment. It presents data on 2006 and projected 2016 employment for approximately 700 detailed occupations classified by usual education and training requirements. For each occupation, information also is provided on the proportion of workers who were self-employed in 2006, and its quartile ranking among all detailed occupations in terms of earnings, unemployment rate, and proportion of part-time workers. Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)The Bureau of Labor Statistics' "Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH)" is a nationally recognized source of career information. It describes what workers do on the job, working conditions, the training and education needed, earnings, and expected job prospects in a wide range of occupations. Employment in the hundreds of occupations covered in the 2008-2009 Handbook accounts for about 7 out of every 8 jobs in the economy. The occupational information provides valuable assistance to individuals making career decisions about their future work lives. Occupational Projections and Training Data (OPTD)This statistical and research supplement to the Occupational Outlook Handbook presents detailed, comprehensive statistics used in preparing the Handbook (update scheduled to be published in the spring of 2008). It also discusses how the data are prepared and presents new researchinformation that is valuable to training officials, education planners, vocational and employment counselors, jobseekers, and others interested in occupational information. Projections methodologyThe Bureau of Labor Statistics projections of industrial and occupational employment are developed in a series of six interrelated steps, each of which is based on a different procedure or model and related assumptions: labor force, aggregate economy, final demand (GDP) by consuming sector and product, industry output, employment by industry, and on employment by occupation. The results produced by each step are key inputs to following steps, and the sequence may be repeated multiple times to allow feedback and to insure consistency. The following surveys provide inputs for the BLS projections program.
State Occupational ProjectionsProjections of occupational employment growth are developed for all States. This site allows projected employment growth for an occupation to be compared among States. It also allows projected employment growth among occupations to be compared within one State.
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