Glossary

Administrative Database: Database used to aid in the storing and retrieving of information (data) used in the administration of a program. A few examples are listed below.
        Drivers License: It contains information on individuals collected at the time they apply for a
        drivers license.        
        ES-202: It contains information on employers subject to Unemployment Insurance (UI) law.
        QUI or EQUI: Other names for ES-202.
        UI Claims: It contains information collected from an individual when they file a UI claim.
        Wage Records: It contains limited information on individuals working for employers subject
        to UI law.

Attachment to the Labor Market: A classification system developed and used by Research & Planning (R&P) to categorize an individual's attachment to an Unemployment Insurance (UI) covered employer and the Wyoming UI covered labor market. It contains the following six categories:
        Steady Worker Same Employer (SWSE) : An individual who works for three or more
        quarters of the reference year and had only one employer in that year.
        Steady Worker Different Employer (SWDE): An individual who works for three or
        more quarters of the reference year but does not fit into one of the other attachment
        categories.
        Multiple Job Holder (MJH): An individual who is determined to be working more
        than one UI covered job at any given time during the reference year.
        Job Changer (JC): An individual who is determined to have changed UI covered
        jobs during the reference year and was not a Multiple Job Holder.
        Two Quarter Worker (TQW): An individual who worked only two quarters of
        the reference year and did not fit into one of the other attachment categories.
        One Quarter Worker (OQW): An individual who worked only one quarter of the
        reference year and did not fit into one of the other attachment categories.

Current Employment Statistics (CES) / Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment: The CES program produces estimates of jobs worked and hours and earnings in selected industries from a sample survey of establishments operating in Wyoming.

Current Population Survey (CPS): The CPS is the monthly survey of households used to estimate the number of persons employed or unemployed, and to calculate the unemployment rate.

Database: A container used to organize either single or multiple data tables and/or various other files used to display, link, input, or query information to or from these tables.

Destination States: States to which the Wyoming population is most likely to migrate.

ES-202: This database is derived from Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax summary reports submitted to the Wyoming Department of Employment each quarter by employers that are subject to state and federal UI laws. It is sometimes called Quarterly Unemployment Insurance (QUI or Enhanced QUI (EQUI)). It contains information regarding monthly employment, quarterly wages, and other previously collected information about the business establishment submitting the report.

Exits: Number of individuals that left employers.

Hires: Number of individuals hired by employers.

Job Changer (JC): An individual that is determined to have changed Unemployment Insurance (UI) covered jobs during the reference year and was not a Multiple Job Holder (MJH) .

Labor Market Information (LMI): The Labor Market Information system has been established to provide information/ data about jobs, workers, and employment to a wide range of users. LMI is a resource describing employment, unemployment, and factors affecting labor supply and demand. It helps individuals and groups know and understand what jobs are available, the skills required, and which industries are growing or declining. LMI is supported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), Employment and Training Administration (ETA), and National & State Occupational Information Coordinating Committees (NOICC & SOICC). The methods used to collect, produce, and calculate LMI data throughout the states must be consistent. We would not be able to compare economic conditions from state to state if everyone used a different system of calculating rates.

Mean: Arithmetic Average. A mean of a set of values is the sum of those values divided by the number of values.

Median: A value in an ordered set of values below and above which there is an equal number of values or which is the mean of the two middle values if there is no one middle number.

Multiple Job Holder (MJH): An individual that is determined to be working more than one Unemployment Insurance (UI) covered job at any given time during the reference year.

Occupational Employment Statistics (OES): The OES program produces estimates of occupational wages and employment from a survey of establishments operating in Wyoming.

One Quarter Worker (OQW): An individual that worked only one quarter of the reference year and did not fit into one of the other attachment categories.

Primary Employer: The employer who paid the individual the most wages in a particular quarter or year.

Primary Industry: The industry of the primary employer.

Projections: An estimate of future possibilities based on current trends and/or variables relevant to the market. In this publication, it is the estimate of future employment in an industry or occupation based on historical employment trends.

Standard Industrial Classification (SIC): A system "developed for use in the classification of business establishments by type of activity in which they are engaged; for purposes of facilitating the collection, tabulation, presentation, and analysis of data relating to establishments, and for promoting uniformity and comparability in the presentation of statistical data collected by various agencies of the United States Government, state agencies, trade associations, and private research organizations." (Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, Standard Industrial Classification Manual, 1987, p. 11.)

Steady Worker Different Employer (SWDE): An individual that works for three or more quarters of the reference year but not fitting into one of the other attachment categories.

Steady Worker Same Employer (SWSE): An individual that works for three or more quarters of the reference year and had only one employer in that year.

Turnover Rate: Exits divided by the total number of jobs.

Two Quarter Worker (TQW): An individual that worked only two quarter of the reference year and did not fit into one of the other attachment categories.

Unemployment Insurance (UI): A government-operated temporary financial support program for individuals who lose their jobs and are looking for new employment.

Unit of Analysis: The basic operational definition for the collection and organization of information.

Utilization Index: When computed by Industry, it is the total number of quarters worked by individuals whose primary employer is in that industry, divided by the total number of individuals whose primary employer is in that industry multiplied by four [Total Quarters Worked / (Total Number of Individuals * 4)]. When computed for the individual, it is the number of quarters the individual worked divided by four (Quarters Individual Worked / 4).

Wage Records (ES-202's Companion Database): This database is also derived from a quarterly Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax report, but it comes from the detailed report. It only contains an individual's SSN, UI number of that individual's employer, and the wages paid to that individual by that employer during the quarter. An individual will have a record for each UI covered employer for which he/she worked in the quarter.

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