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Posted on: 05/01/2023
With our blog, we will explore trends in the labor force and the education continuum, provide in-depth looks at our dashboards and the data they contain, and share other timely updates about our work.
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Kentucky’s Labor Force Participation: National and Local Contexts
Posted on: 05/01/2023
After a nearly twenty-year long sustained decline in the volume of available labor, the labor force participation rate continues to be a highly visible metric. This article explores labor force participation trends in Kentucky and its counties as they relate to a wider national perspective.
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Exploring the Postsecondary Feedback Report
Posted on: 05/01/2023
The Kentucky Center for Statistics’ recently updated Postsecondary Feedback report seeks to provide Kentuckians with the tools to make data-informed decisions on the value of a college education. This post provides an overview of the state-level highlights found in the report.
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Kentucky Government Workforce Analysis Shows Drop in State’s Public Sector Employment
Posted on: 05/01/2023
The Kentucky Center for Statistics recently conducted an analysis of the state government’s workforce and found that from 2007 to 2021, the number of state government employees decreased by nearly 9,800 since a peak in 2011.
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Spotlight on the Transportation Equipment Manufacturing Subsector
Posted on: 02/28/2023
In 2021, the Transportation Equipment Manufacturing subsector (NAICS 336) had 61,255 jobs paying nearly $3.9 billion in wages, an average annual wage of $63,418. There were 340 establishments in this subsector located in 75 counties across Kentucky.
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Kentucky's Registered Active Apprentices More Than Double From 2013 to 2021
Posted on: 01/30/2023
This post takes a closer look at apprenticeship programs registered with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The number of apprentices in the U.S. is growing. Between federal fiscal years 2013 and 2021, the number of registered active apprentices grew by 88 percent, from 221,100 to 414,900. In Kentucky, registered active apprentices more than doubled over this same time period (increasing 105 percent), up to 4,425 in fiscal year 2021 from 2,158 in fiscal year 2013.
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Flood-Susceptible Employment and Wages in Eastern Kentucky
Posted on: 09/30/2022
In 2022, communities throughout Eastern Kentucky were devastated by flooding. A proactive analysis of currently available data on the volume of business establishments, employment, and wages that exist within geographic areas particularly susceptible to flooding may serve to contextualize the extent to which those areas were economically vulnerable to this disaster.
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