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Assessing Education Workforce Industry Infrastructure What is the economic impact of the 'Education Services industry sector' in your county or metropolitan area? As important as education is, the answers to this question are often not well understood by stakeholders. Using the most up-to-date national scope data available in the Proximity Establishment and Workforce Database, we provide workforce and industry infrastructure analyses for economic/activity sectors defined to meet client requirements. This web page provides an example of the types of insights that can be gained from these analyses focusing on the Education Services sector for Harris County (Houston), Texas. The economic impact of the Education Services sector in Harris County in 2002 was $5.3 billion as measured by wages generated by jobs in this sector. We can help you similarly assign a specific measure of the impact of your economic/activity area tailored to your geographic area(s) of interest -- and help you better see the relative position of your business, market, or sphere of activity in this context. We are able to analyze very current data and in the form of trends. In the example reviewed here, quarterly data are analyzed for 2002. Equally important, the data are summarized by detailed type of business/activity. The industry breakout is organized by NAICS codes (successor to the SIC classifications). This classification enables analysis of the number of establishments, employment and wages by type of business by quarterly time period not available from any other source of data. The following spreadsheet graphic shows characteristics of the Harris County Education Services sector establishments, employment and wages for 2002 -- annually and by quarter. Education Workforce/Industry Infrastructure 2002 -- Harris County, Texas 
An important unique attribute of these data is that they provide a composite picture for all types of education with breakouts by type of "ownership" (State, local, private). The blue cells provide a summary for the Educational Services sector. Other cells (not shown in the graphic, but available is the full Excel spreadsheet, provide more detail Based on these data (see pale red highlight cells), we can say that in 2002:
Proximity Establishment and Workforce Database. The Proximity Establishment and Workforce Database includes establishment, employment, and wage data. These data are summarized at the state, county, 2003 vintage metro levels. The time series data are summarized for monthly, quarterly, and annual time periods. The data are categorized by NAICS codes (with up to 6-digit industry classification detail) and by type of ownership (e.g., government, private). The provisional 2002 county and metro data were added to the database in October 2003. There is generally a 9 month lag between the reporting date of the data and when it is integrated into the Proximity Establishment and Workforce Database. About the Educational Services Sector. The Educational Services sector is one primary business/industry classification in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), a coding system used to standardized how data on business activity is organized. See this list of the codes and types of business activities included in NAICS broad category 61 (Educational Services). Included in the types of business list for educational services (4-digit levels) are: • School districts ('Elementary and secondary schools') • Junior colleges • Colleges and universities • Business, computer and management training • Technical and trade schools • Other schools and instruction The integration of these data across types of educational services is part of what can make these analyses compelling and provide specialized ways of comparing the scope of different types of educational services in one geographic area. Organizations may think of themselves as "secondary education" or "higher education" and might not even think in terms of relationships between related educational services even though they are highly connected. Establishment and Workforce Database: Partial Description of Subject Matter Items Number of Establishments. For a quarter, this is the number of establishments for which employers reported their activity under unemployment insurance laws. For the annual portion of the record, this is the average number of establishments reported for each of the four quarters of the year. Establishment reports are made for a number of establishments that did not have any employees during the referenced quarter - establishments in seasonal industries, for example. Employment. There are monthly employment levels for the three months of each quarter. These are reported employment for the pay periods that include the 12th day of each month. The annual average employment reported is the average of the twelve monthly employment levels. The average monthly employment reported on quarterly records is the average of the 3 monthly employment values for the corresponding months of the quarter. Total Wages. These are the total wages for all employees as submitted by employer reports. The annual value is the total of the tabulated wages for each of the four quarters. Dollars. Taxable Wages. These are the wages for all employees subject to Unemployment Insurance taxation as submitted by employer reports. The annual value is the total of the tabulated taxable wages for each of the four quarters. Dollars. Contributions. These are the Unemployment Insurance contributions (taxes) of employers as submitted by employer reports. The annual value is the total of the contributions for each of the four quarters. Dollars. Average Weekly Wage (AWW). These are the quotient that results from dividing total wages (quarterly or annual) by average monthly employment (for the year or quarter) and dividing the result by either 13 (weeks per quarter) for quarterly measures or 52 (weeks per year) for annual measures. Dollars. Average Annual Wages (AAW). These are the quotient that results from dividing total annual wages by annual average employment. Dollars. Terms of Use Data and information presented in this document may be used for any purpose provided that no income or revenue are derived from their use and full reference is made to the source. The suggested reference is "Source: Proximity (http://proximityone.com), based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Covered Employment and Wages Program." For commercial and funded uses of this information (including grants and contracts) or revenue generating uses, please contact Proximity and include a note in the text box describing specific interests. Contact Information Warren G. Glimpse (about) Proximity (about) http://proximityone.com 6121 Lincolnia Road Alexandria, VA 22302-3565 E-mail: wglimpse@proximityone.com (703) 721-0826 goto top |
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