Glossary

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Can't find the topic you are seeking?  Links below will take you to data contained within WORKnet.  Otherwise, the links go to data provided by other sources.

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Affirmative Action,  state and county

Apprenticeship Occupations provides a list of occupations in which people have set up apprenticeships.  Have you wondered how to apply for an apprentice-able job?  Click on any title to read about the requirements for that occupation.

Apprenticeship Trades for Adults is a program within the Department of Workforce Development.   

Apprenticeship for Youth is part of a statewide School-to-Work initiative for high students who want to experience hands on learning at the worksite in conjunction with classroom instruction. 

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Boards & Partners module, also related to Workforce Development Areas, is your link to the WDA Directory map that links you to Country Profiles, Regional Profiles, Regional Analysts, and quarterly Workforce Observations.

Business Module includes links for those starting, expanding, relocating or closing a business, as well as links related to Finding Workers.  There is a business search feature that, at a county level, where employer by name, industry, or occupation can be identified.  Large Employer search provides viewing for employers in a given industry for a given geographic area.  Check out the Business Module for many more links to a variety of business related topics.

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Career Exploration Module features in addition to the standard related links and instructional guide,  career posters, and wage comparisons.  Wage comparisons enable you to select a single occupation, then select multiple counties.  The results allows you to compare wages between different locales.

Civilian Labor Force - 1990 to present  with multiple geographic choices

Consumer Price Index (CPI) links to US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Inflation information.  Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the ratio of the value of a basket of goods in the current year to the value of that same basket of goods in an earlier year.

Monthly:

Semi-Annual:

Commuting patterns query years include 1990 and 2000.

Council on Workforce Investment is  the Governor's Council on Workforce Investment, which  establishes a state workforce investment board with strong leadership, and a commitment to the collaboration of business, labor, state and local government, educational institutions, and workforce-related organizations. This Council Home Page provides support to the council members and information to the general public and stakeholders of Wisconsin's workforce investment system.

County-to-County Worker Flow, Census 2000 is offered in a  PDF document that displays commuting patterns for Wisconsin counties.  Two tables per county show where county residents work and where workers in each county reside.

County level resources contains many links to places for information on population, unemployment rates, education reports, product and maintained by Office of Economic Advisors.

County Snapshot provides an at-a-glance view of the most recent changes in Wisconsin's local economies. Each Snapshot presents a variety of country-specific economic indicators, including employment levels, average weekly wages, unemployment claims and information on leading industries and occupations.

County Wage Comparison compares salary levels by geographic location around Wisconsin.

Current Employment Statistics

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Data Analyst Module provides access to labor market information statistics on quarterly census of employment and wages, current employment statistics, local area unemployment statistics, plant closings mass layoff notices, to list a few items found in this location.

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Economic Developers Module includes a links to the LEHD, a U.S. Census bureau product that supplies statistics on employment, job creation, turnover, and earnings by industry, age and sex. for local economies.  Also included in this module are a Large Employer search, and the Top and Bottom 5 Industries query that compare industry trends from one year to the next as well as other useful links and tools.

Economic Indicators 

Education statistics 

E-mail sign-up to receive notification of WORKnet / LMI product updates.

Equal Rights Division administers the federal laws pertaining to civil rights and labor standards (PDF).  The Equal Rights web site includes information about child labor, minimum wage, and hours of work and overtime. Equal Rights is a program in the Department of Workforce Development.

Employer names and addresses is a database containing names and addresses of employers covered by Wisconsin’s Unemployment Insurance Law. You may order mailing labels, paper listings or the data on CD.  Cost depends upon amount of data ordered.

Employer Search query allows you to view an employer by name, industry or occupation.

Employment, state job openings is the state government's on-line system for job announcements, applications and examinations. Also includes other specialized job programs and information.

ES-202 program see Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program.

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Forward Wisconsin is a unique public-private state marketing and business recruitment organization. Their job is marketing outside Wisconsin to attract new businesses, jobs and increased economic activity to the state.

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Glossary of labor market information terms

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Health Care Workforce Development informs you about the initiatives and efforts provided through the Department of Workforce Development on the topic of health care issues.

Hot Jobs are high projected job growth occupations. In order to be a Hot Job they must meet the following criteria:
They must have an average annual wage above the state median; The percentage change must be greater than the state average; and The number of job openings must be greater than the state average.

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Income data are estimates of total and per capita personal income from the Bureau of Economic Analysis for the US, State, Metropolitan SAs , Micropolitan SAs, Metropolitan Division, Combined SAs and Counties.

Industry Employment data is offered through this menu-selection Data Tables page in which industry employment figures are available from two different programs: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) and Current Employment Statistics (CES).  Current and historical information available from both query and download file menu options.

Industry Employment Estimates, County are available for the non-metropolitan counties, estimate industry employment levels have been developed. This data is available from the menu-selection Data Tables page.

Inflation calculator uses the average Consumer Price Index for a given calendar year. This data represents changes in prices of all goods and services purchased for consumption by urban households. This index value has been calculated every year since 1913. For the current year, the latest monthly index value is used.

Inflation information can be found on the  US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index website.

Instructions for navigating through the various features (tools) in each module:

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Jobs is the state government's on-line system for job announcements, applications and examinations. Also includes other specialized job programs and information.

Job Center Directory lists the phone number and address of your nearest Wisconsin Job Center.

Job Center of Wisconsin is an internet-based job search system containing current job openings provided by employers to Wisconsin Job Center system.

Job Search Sites lists many major city newspapers where job openings are often posted. this web page is organized by Local, Wisconsin, and United States groupings with suggested links for job opening searches. The page is not intended to list everything, but a sampling of what is available.

Job Seeker Module provides access to occupational information, wages, employers by county area.  Look for the job seeker's Links page, found under Resources.  This is your key to tips on resume writing, job interviewing techniques and topics to further your job search efforts.

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Labor Law Clinics are educational seminars that are usually one day in length but sometimes a half-day or two days in length, which are open to the public and feature DWD staff explaining many of the the laws and rules the agency administers.

Labor Laws, Labor Standards  also see description of Equal Rights Division above. 

Licensed Occupations is a listing of those occupations that require licensure.  Select any title to read a description and view contact agency, phone and address information.

LMI Business Forms are used by employers to submit data (surveys) about the employer's business type, address verification or industry code verification.

Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)

Local Employment Dynamics (LED) program is designed to develop new information about local labor market conditions. The partnership between state labor market information agencies and the Census Bureau supplies new measures.  These measures are local, state, county and sub-county levels. LED supplies statistics on employment, job creation, turnover, and earnings by industry, age and sex. It provides dynamic information on the rapidly changing economy

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Maps

  • County Veterans Service Offices
  • GROW Regions
  • Hmong Population Clusters
  • Metropolitan and Micropolitan Areas in Wisconsin
  • Job Center Partner Network
  • Job Service Districts
  • Population maps courtesy of  U.S. Census Bureau.
  • Wisconsin Counties
  • Workforce Development Area (WDA)

Mass layoff - 60 day notification list are notices filed in compliance with Worker Adjustment Retaining Notification (WARN) Act and State Plant Closing law.

Minimum Wage is the smallest hourly wage that an employee may be paid as mandated by federal and state laws.

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New Hire Reporting is a process by which an employer reports information on newly hired employees to Wisconsin's Department of Workforce Development within 20 days after the employee starts work or employees who return to work after an unpaid interval of more than 90 days (seasonal workers.)

Non-metropolitan County Industry Employment Estimates are industry employment estimates for non-metropolitan areas are developed using industrial trends and a sampling of employers. Data includes monthly average. Updated monthly

Non-traditional Occupations provides a listing of those occupations in which 25% or less of the workforce are women. Click on any linked title to read about wages paid, skills needed, a description, and related occupations.

News Release Schedule 2007 for monthly labor market information data releases  

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Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) 

Office of Economic Advisors (OEA) publishes monthly and annual reports that provide an overview of county and state trends.

O*NET, the Occupational Information Network contains comprehensive information on job requirements and worker competencies.   

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Plant closings - 60 day notification list are notices filed in compliance with Worker Adjustment Retaining Notification (WARN) Act and State Plant Closing law.

Prevailing Wage Rate is the hourly basic rate of pay, plus the hourly contribution for health insurance benefits, vacation benefits, pension benefits and any other bona fide economic benefit, paid directly or indirectly for a majority of the hours worked in a trade or occupation for all types of local public works project, for all types of state public works projects, except highways and bridges, and for all state contract highway and bridge construction projects.

Publications  A selection of published documents.

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Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)

  • Program description
  • Industry employment: all counties and total all industry, private, government and all ownerships. View a query  format for customizing your data needs or download  TXT formatted files to be used in databases.
  • Industry employment and wages. are quarterly data for industry (private, government & combined) employment levels, total industry wages, and average industry wage.  This data is available in PDF format

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Race see affirmative action

Request for data instructions.  The Bureau of Workforce Information (BWI) provides consultation, data analysis and file creation on a variety of topics related to work programs and labor market information. If the information being sought is not offered on this site, BWI can produce summary statistics within the restrictions of state and federal laws, regulations and administrative rules. 

Research and Statistics for TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families )and WIA work programs (Workforce Investment Act).

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SNAP (Standard Name and Address Program) see Employer Names and Addresses above.

Student enrollments, public and private high school graduates, dropouts reports.  see Education, WI - related above 

Subscription lists: an email notification feature.  Labor market data is updated throughout the year, some data receive monthly updates, while other data are only updated yearly.  Select a topic to receive an email notification about that topic when the data has been changed.

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Tax Credit Programs are available that can help businesses reduce their Federal and State tax liability. The employer tax credit incentives can help businesses create jobs, boost local economies and help new employees obtain and retain jobs.

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Unemployment and Unemployment Rates  start the historical series with 1990.  This section includes the civilian labor force data that is state and metropolitan statistics areas, which are are seasonally adjusted. And, local area unemployment series, that include county and city data, which are not adjusted data.  All include annual averages.  

Unemployment Insurance (UI Division) is your link to apply for benefits, register as a Wisconsin employer, file quarterly tax and wage reports, and more.

Unemployment Rates, historical series.  As early as 1954 unemployment rates were collected at the state level. The unemployment rates for the metropolitan statistical area series starting with 1970 are currently not available. 

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Wages

Wages for occupations in nation and other states are maintained at the Bureau of Labor Statistics web site.

Wisconsin Job Centers is your Wisconsin Employment Connection.  This website provides a wealth of information classified into the following categories: Job Seekers, Workers and Students; Businesses and Employers; and Staff and Partners.

Workforce Development Area (WDA), also known as Boards & Partners module, is your link to the WDA Directory.  This Directory links you to Country Profiles, Regional Profiles, Regional Analysts, and monthly Workforce Observations.

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Videos of selected occupations provide a brief visual and audio demonstration of that occupation's job duties.

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Youth Module has links to information about hours of work, work permits, and links to youth focused work force agencies.

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Wisconsin.gov E-Government Portal
 

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