Analysis of Strategic Skills for Community Growth

 
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The lack of skilled workers is a national problem plaguing all communities.  But in which occupations should a community train its youth?

Taimerica has developed tools to assist community leaders identify those occupations and skills that are strategic for community growth.  We can determine areas where the community has a comparative advantage in terms of wages and numbers of workers.  These tools allow us to forecast the workforce required to sustain or to grow a community's industry clusters.  See the example below from a recent study in New Orleans.


 
 
New Orleans Region Shipbuilding Cluster
Strategic Occupations and Forecast Growth Rates
Code
Occupation
1998 Jobs
Intensity
(% national)
Median Wage($/hr) Metro Job Growth(1998-2008)
89135 Boilermakers
520
720%
$16.05
8
93108 Precision Structural Metal fitters
460
462%
$13.14
-60
93914 Welders
5,410
318%
$14.13
449
87802 Insulation workers
1,050
369%
$13.15
79
87502 Plumbers, pipefitters & steamfitters
3,230
184%
$14.67
171
25000 Computer Occupations
43
50%
$20.00
16

 
 
 

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