Alabama LMI Customer Training
Data Sources Reviewed
Alabama Labor Market Information Division
 Alabama Department of Industrial Relations
o www2.dir.state.al.us/
 Civilian Labor Force Data – Civilian Labor force, employment, unemployment and unemployment
rate for the U.S., State, County, Metropolitan Areas and select cities.
o www2.dir.state.al.us/LAUS/default.aspx
 Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) – A quarterly count of employment and
wages reported by employers available at the State and County by industry
o www2.dir.state.al.us/cew/default.aspx
 Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) – Employment and wage estimates for occupations by
industry and area for the State, Metropolitan Areas and Non- Metropolitan Areas
o www2.dir.state.al.us/OES/Wage/default.aspx
 Occupation and Industry Projections – Provides occupational and industry employment
projections for 10 years in the future for the State and Workforce Development Regions
o www2.dir.state.al.us/Projections/default.aspx
Alabama Commission on Higher Education: www.ache.alabama.gov/Index.htm
 Student Database – Provides enrollment and graduate data on all 2-year and 4-year public and
independent institutions in Alabama
o www.ache.alabama.gov/StudentDB/Index.htm
 Economic Development Reports – Provides potential workforce data by institution, county and
Workforce Development Region based on enrollments and graduates of 2-year and 4-year public
and independent institutions
o www.ache.alabama.gov/Workforce/
Alabama Department of Education: www.alsde.edu/Home/Default.aspx
 Public Data Reports – Data on enrollment, high school graduates, dropouts by school and school
system
o www.alsde.edu/PublicDataReports/Default.aspx
Alabama State Data Center
 Center for Business and Economic Research – The University of Alabama
o http://cber.cba.ua.edu
 One-stop resource for population, housing, economic and other statistics about Alabama,
including data from the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Alabama state
agencies, and other state and federal sources
o http://cber.cba.ua.edu/data.html
Bureau of Labor Statistics: www.bls.gov
 Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Program – Produces monthly and annual
employment, unemployment, and labor force data for Census regions and divisions, States,
counties, metropolitan areas, and many cities, by place of residence.
o www.bls.gov/lau/
 Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) – A quarterly count of employment and
wages reported by employers covering 98 percent of U.S. jobs, available at the county, MSA,
state and national levels by industry.
o http://bls.gov/cew
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o http://beta.bls.gov/maps/cew/us
Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) – Employment and wage estimates for occupations by
industry and area for the U.S., States, Metropolitan Areas and Non- Metropolitan Areas
o www.bls.gov/oes/home.htm
Occupation and Industry Projections – Provides occupational and industry employment
projections for 10 years in the future for the U.S.
o www.bls.gov/emp
U.S. Census Bureau: www.census.gov
 Decennial Census – Takes place every 10 years and counts every resident in the U.S.
o www.2010.census.gov
 Population Estimates – National, state, and county annual estimates.
o www.census.gov/popest/estimates.html
 Population Projects – National and state projections every few years.
o www.census.gov/population/www/projections/index.html
 American Community Survey – An ongoing survey that provides data every year
o www.census.gov/acs/www/
 Alabama QuickFacts and QuickLinks on Census.gov
o Alabama QuickFacts – http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/01000.html
o Alabama QuickLinks – http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/01000lk.html
 County Business Patterns—Annual data on the number of establishments, employment, first
quarter payroll, and annual payroll at detailed industry and geographic levels
o http://www.census.gov/econ/cbp/
 Local Employment Dynamics (LED) – LED supplies statistics on employment, job creation,
turnover, and earnings by industry, age, sex, educational attainment, race and ethnicity
o Quarterly Workforce Indicators Online – Data for 2001-2011 with quarterly updates
 http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/datatools/qwiapp.html
o OnTheMap - Maps and reports on workers and jobs including cross-state flows, and
selectable geographic layers. Data for 2002-2010 with annual updates
 http://onthemap.ces.census.gov/
Occupational Information Network (O*NET)
 O*NET is the nation's primary source of occupational information.
o www.onetcenter.org/
 O*NET OnLine – A comprehensive web application for exploring the O*NET database which
contains information on hundreds of standardized and occupation-specific descriptors.
o www.onetonline.org/
 My Next Move – An interactive web-based tool that helps new job seekers, students, and other
career explorers investigate over 900 occupations
o www.mynextmove.org/
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
http://nces.ed.gov/
 College Navigator – A web application that allows a user to search the Integrated Postsecondary
Education Data System for data from specific schools such as enrollment and completions by
programs/majors
o http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/