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The New York City Workforce Investment Board - NYC Labor Market Information Service

The New York City Labor Market Information Service (NYCLMIS) provides labor market analysis for the public workforce system. The NYCLMIS was formed in Spring 2008 as a joint endeavor of the New York City Workforce Investment Board (WIB) and The City University of New York at the Center for Urban Research (CUR).

Objectives

Develop action-oriented research and information tools that will be used by workforce development providers and policy makers to improve their practice and strategic decision-making;
Be a portal for cutting-edge and timely labor market data about New York City; and
Contribute to raising awareness of workforce development issues in New York City.

Audiences and Users

NYCLMIS synthesizes, distills, and frames the volumes of available labor market and economic information and makes it accessible for use by the public workforce system’s partners and stakeholders for their day-to-day operations and strategic decision-making.

All documents are available as PDFs

REPORTS


	Gauging Employment Prospects in New York City Download (February 2009) Gauging Employment Prospects in New York City, examines the largest employment industries according to five different criteria relevant to placing workers – employment trends, wage level trends, access for people with less than a four-year college degree, performance during previous recessions, and exposure to the financial services industries. It also lists New York City’s most common occupations that pay at least $12 an hour and currently employ hundreds of thousands of people who have less than a four-year college degree. The report highlights the tradeoffs workforce providers must confront by selecting any industry in New York City. For example, some large industries have been hard hit by the recession, but pay high and rising wages, while some recession-resistant industries have experienced stagnant or declining real wages since 2000.
	Employment in New York City's Industry Group Profiles (May 2009) Gauging Employment Prospects in New York City released nine industry groups previously identified by the NYCLMIS as important to the local labor market and public workforce system in its report (below). The profiles contain information about job and wage trends, largest local employers, employment retention during previous recessions, occupational opportunities, and workforce facts. The information can be used by workforce development professionals for business development, job placement, career counseling, and curriculum planning. Jobseekers can also use the information contained in the profiles to help make career decisions. • Grocery Stores • Urban Transit • Publishing • Legal Services • Investigation and Security Services • Colleges and Universities • Home Health Care Services • Individual and Family Services • Restaurants
	Employment in New York City's Transportation Sector Download (September 2008) Employment in New York City’s Transportation Sector, is a comprehensive examination of the status and economic importance of four strategic transportation subsectors and their role as sources of jobs for the customers of the city’s public workforce system: air, truck, transit and ground passenger, and support activities for transportation. In addition to examining the respective subsectors’ roles in the metropolitan economy and major trends that influence their labor market needs, the report includes analysis of employment and wage trends, occupations and advancement pathways, and current workforce demographics.
	Employment in New York City's Air, Truck, Transit and Ground Passenger, Support Activities Transportation Subsector Reports (September 2008) Employment in New York City’s Transportation Sector also issued shorter companion pieces to inform workforce professionals’ business development, job placement, and training activities in each of the four subsectors and help jobseekers with career decision-making. The user-friendly subsector profiles are available here: • air transportation subsector; • truck transportation subsector; • transit and ground passenger transportation; and • support activities
Labor Market Information Tools The NYCLMIS strives to create research and tools that are usable by a broad range of users in the workforce development world - including jobseekers, career advisors, account executives, researchers, agency staff and policy makers. The purpose of the tools is to help workforce development stakeholders to collect and use information in their day-to-day lives and strategic decision-making.
	Occupation Profiles for the Top 10 Occupations in the Transportation Sector View (September 2008) Considering a number of criteria including number of jobs, rate of growth, comparatively low educational requirements, and good wage levels, the NYCLMIS has selected ten occupations in the transportation sector for consideration by workforce development professionals and created a detailed occupational profile for each. Workforce professionals can use them to inform and refine their career advising and job-matching activities. Jobseekers themselves can use them profiles to better understand occupations in the transportation sector and determine their own interest and compatibility. Each profile includes information about: wages and employment trends, job characteristics, employee characteristics and qualifications (including required education, training and/or licensing), the abilities and skills necessary to be successful in the occupation, as well as a list of related occupations. The detailed occupation profiles - excerpted from the longer report,Employment in New York City's Transportation Sector.
	Key Terms and Definitions in Labor Market Analysis Download (October 2008) This tool defines some key classification terms used in labor market analysis.
	How To Find and Download Business Lists Download (October 2008) This tool provides step-by-step instructions for determining which businesses you want to identify and downloading business lists from InfoUSA or Dun & Bradstreet's proprietary databases for free at the New York Public Library.