Information from the New Hires Survey
Data collected from the first two panels of Research & Planning's New Hires Survey are now available online.
The new hires data from fourth quarter 2009 (2009Q4) and first quarter 
2010 (2010Q4) are presented online in various tables. These tables present information such as the number of new hires in each occupation, median wage, what percentage of new hires were offered which benefits, educational requirements, what percentage of new hires were involved in energy-efficient activities, important job skills, age and gender demographic data, and more.
Data collected from the New Hires Survey illustrated that those working in occupations that require a higher level of education earn more than those working in occupations that require on-the-job training (see Table 1 and Figure 1). New hires in jobs requiring a bachelor's degree earned a considerably 
higher hourly average wage ($23.88) than all other groups. Those occupations requiring on-the-job training ($13.93) and postsecondary technical training ($14.33) had the lowest hourly average wage among all new hires. Occupations requiring an associate's degree ($18.37) had the second highest average hourly wage among all new hires.
Within the top 90% of all new hires, 77.7% of all occupations required on-the-job training, while only 6.6% of all occupations required a bachelor's degree.
Table 2 shows the number of new hires involved in energy-efficient 
activities in the top 15 occupations with the largest number of new hires. Energy efficiency can refer to either a job that produces goods or provides services that are beneficial to the environment, or jobs that use environmentally-friendly processes in everyday activity.
Among all new hires in Wyoming, 16.7% were involved in some sort of energy-efficient activity. Truck drivers, heavy and tractor trailer (27.1%) and carpenters (27.0%) had among the highest percentages of new hires from this period involved in some sort of energy-efficient activities.
Several in-depth tables containing information from the New Hires Survey can be found online at http://doe.state.wy.us/LMI/energy.htm.
Associate Editor Michael Moore can be reached at (307) 473-3814 or mmoore1@state.wy.us.