Labor Market Information:
In-depth local job market information database grounded on the results of a Tarrant County survey of businesses.
Useful in planning and/or determining:
| Staffing |
Salary Ranges |
| Training |
Review Salaries |
| Openings |
Hiring trends |
| Best paying jobs |
Industry demand |
| Fastest growing jobs |
and more... |
Census Data:
What is it?
United State Department of Labor survey of all households throughout the United States, the regional demographics include household incomes for specific areas in Tarrant County, household size and buying potential.
Census data can be helpful in planning of business expansion.
Direct link to local Census:
http://census.dfwinfo.com
This information includes:
Socrates - socrates.cdr.state.tx.us - Standardized Occupational Components for Research and Analysis of Trends in Employment Services. (SOCRATES) software is designed as a tool to assist local Texas planners a regional labor market analysis. SOCRATES is useful for local workforce planning under the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) to generate lists of Targeted Industries and Targeted Occupations.
Tracer -
www.tracer2.com - The Labor Market & Career Information Department (LMCI) of the Texas Workforce Commission provides statistics and analysis on the dynamics of the Texas labor market and informational products designed to support informed educational and career decisions.
Texas Industry Profiles -
www.texasindustryprofiles.com - The Texas Industry Profile Web site provides industry-based information and regional analysis tools to assist local workforce and economic development professionals to better understand, clearly describe, Texas regional industry structure and workforce dynamics. The site addresses aspects of industry dispersion, employment dynamics, labor supply, industrial clustering and related analysis to provide a foundantion for Texas economic development activities.