Data Query Tools

Employment and Wages by Industry Query provides  the number of establishments, number of employees, total wages paid and average annual wage for privately owned businesses in a selected industry.

Industry Staffing Patterns & Occupational Employment Profiles: Industry Staffing Patterns list occupations commonly employed within an industry. Occupational Employment Profiles list the industries that commonly employ a specified occupation.

Ohio Skills Bank Data Tool can be used to identify critical occupational needs within Ohio's twelve Economic Development Regions. The tool provides economic indicators by industry and occupation, including data on employment, wages, licensing, projections, plant closings, layoffs, training and education.

Occupational Supply and Demand. Discover information that will assist with the analysis and discussion of supply and demand issues relevant to today's labor market.

Current Employment Statistics Query. View and download current and historical data on employment by industry for Ohio and eleven metropolitan areas. Where available, hours and earnings are provided.

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Workforce Information

The Office of Workforce Development provides workforce development services for job seekers, businesses, local workforce leaders and workforce development professionals.

Industry & Occupational Outlook

Employment Projections presents the long-term outlook for industry and occupational demand for Ohio, metropolitan areas and economic development regions.

Thinking Green

Understanding the Green Economy is a clearing house of Green definitions, reports & studies, legislation information and more.

Measurement and Analysis of Employment in the Green Economy, in pdf, defines Green jobs, discusses Green jobs measurements and proposes an action plan.

Green Jobs focuses on Ohio Green Job information and includes links to other Green reports as well.

The Green Economy includes information on Green Sectors and Green Occupations.

Ohio Green Pathways links education and training opportunities in the University System of Ohio with jobs in green industries across the state.

Ohio Awarded Two Green Grants by the U.S. Department of Labor. The grants will support building a skilled workforce for Green jobs in Ohio.

Recent Publications

2010 Economic Analysis: A New Beginning reviews Ohio's employment situation, past employment trends and employment outlook.

A Statistical Dilemma: New and Emerging Occupations discusses the difficulty of defining and collecting data about new and emerging occupations, O*NET methodology for identifying them and the possibility of further study.

2009 Health Care Employment in Ohio: Components of a Growth Sector previews health care industries & occupations, education & training needs, nursing shortage issues, and the health care labor markets for Ohio's and eight metropolitan areas.

For additional research publications, visit Research Publications.

Training for Workforce Professionals

The Ohio Labor Market Information (LMI) Training Institute introduces workforce professionals with tools for using labor market information. The LMI Pro Suite is a workshop that increases analytical skills of workforce professionals by applying products of labor market information (LMI).