NAWB LMI Data & Trends
What’s happening in your area
Want to know what industries are growing in your state? What about regional workforce trends and data? NAWB partners with several high performing organizations that specialize in real-time information to help our members make informed decisions and invest funding wisely.
Performance Matters Quarterly (PMQ)
FutureWork Systems' Web Application
FutureWork Systems, LLC and the National Association of Workforce Boards (NAWB) have partnered to bring national quarterly Workforce Investment Act (WIA) data to workforce investment boards using the latest in Web-based Decision Support Technology. Under this new partnership, NAWB brings its members significant savings on subscription fees for this new WIA resource.
View WIA Performance Dashboards for Regional, State and Workforce Board level analysis based on most recent national quarterly WIA data.
FutureWork Systems’ Web application, Performance Matters Quarterly (PMQ ) is the first of its kind in workforce development and capitalizes on the vast amount of quarterly data collected nationally for WIA programs. Workforce administrators, staff and policymakers, or anyone with limited technical know-how can instantly analyze and report on WIA program performance and data by participant characteristics and services across all of the nation’s workforce investment boards.
For more information about the FutureWork Systems and NAWB partnership and the PMQ Web app, please visit www.futureworksystems.com, or contact FutureWork Systems, Ken Ryan at kryan@futureworksystems.com or 800-448-2266. Thirty-minute PMQ demonstrations are available.
Regional Labor Market Data & Trends
Monster Employment Index & EMSI Industry Data
The Monster Employment Index, provided to NAWB by Monster.com, is a monthly gauge of U.S. online job demand based on a real-time review of millions of employer job opportunities culled from a large representative selection of career Web sites and online job listings.
Industry growth data provided by Economic Modeling Specialists, Inc. (EMSI) allows you to find out what industries are growing in your state.
View data and trends for your region »
Paul Harrington Report from Drexel University
Read the report titled Non Farm Payroll Employment Developments among States during the Great Recession and Jobless Recovery.
“Forum programming from NAWB has increased our capacity to reach businesses through improved sector strategies, and has resulted in better engagement with our region’s economic development organizations.”
Gary Gibson, Manager
Workforce Investment Board at Lake County, Illinois