With the Census coming up we thought it might be neat to have a look at how migration has been changing over the past ten years. We put together this interactive map to show the net migration into and out of the 48 lower states.
The data has been compiled from the IRS Tax Stats for [...]

With the start of the new year — and new decade — there are lots of articles on the Web about hot jobs and occupations that are expected to pay well in 2010. (Here are two examples from The Wall Street Journal and CNNMoney.com/Yahoo.)
To enter into the fray, below is a table that shows the [...]

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its 2008-18 employment projections (see here), and there are some interesting things to be gleaned from them — especially when compared to the 2006-16 projections that came out in December 2007.
First, here are some of the highlights of the new numbers:

The fastest growth is projected to come from occupations [...]

The Texas Workforce Commission has produced an occasional paper that delves into the problems of quantifying and thus analyzing the  “green collar” labor force. While policy makers are increasingly touting these kinds of jobs, few people have taken the trouble to define what the term “green collar” includes, what knowledge/skills its occupations require, and how [...]

On Monday, September 29th, EMSI will be releasing a “beta” or testing version of its dataset as an option for all users. The current stable data release will continue to be available as the default during this testing phase; you will have to manually change your preferences to see the beta release. We encourage all [...]

The conventional wisdom is dished out to millions of students every year: You “need” a four-year degree in order to get a good job. However, with employers begging for more skilled (but not necessarily university-educated) workers, and with many bachelor’s grads finding themselves with few job prospects and a mountain of student loans, workforce and [...]

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has released advance estimates for 2007 state gross products. Overall, GDP growth slowed or remained unchanged in all U.S. regions, while national GDP grew by 2% in 2007 compared to 3.1% in 2006.
Regions with the most state GDP growth in 2007 were:

The Pacific Northwest & Rocky Mountain  (WA, OR, ID, [...]

Q. EMSI’s data is different from data I get from my state’s labor market information (LMI) agency. Which is right?
A. Actually, this is not a case of one being “right” and one being “wrong,” because the data sets have different sources, purposes, and coverage.
First, let’s clarify that EMSI actually offers two different data sets: “EMSI [...]

With all the headlines talking about a recession linked to the subprime crisis, we thought it would be interesting to take a look at where all those high-risk mortgages are. By combining data from the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), let’s look at where in [...]

When using industry-based labor market data, it is important to understand the data’s sources and limitations. One question we sometimes get from our clients goes like this: “We have a big hospital in our county, and yet your data shows no jobs in the “hospitals” industry. What’s going on?” Similar questions arise for public elementary, [...]