Wage Records Research

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Benefits

• Private Sector Employee Access to Health Insurance and the Potential Wyo-Care Market (2004)
• Who Has Access to Employer-Provided Benefits in Wyoming? (02/03)
• Who Has Access to Employer-Provided Benefits in Wyoming? (Methodology) (02/03)
• Do Benefits Reduce Employee Turnover Among Wyoming Firms: A Response to the Workforce Development Council (02/03)

Commuting

• Wyoming Intercounty Commuting Report, 1992Q1 to 2015Q4 (09/16)
• Map 1: Wyoming Resident/Nonresident Inflow, Outflow, and Net Flow by County from 1994 to 2003 (03/05)
• Table: Wyoming Statewide; Inflow, Outflow and Resident Employed by Distance Traveled (Range), Number (N), Average Quarterly Wage (AQW), and Number Working in Quarter (NWQ1-4) in 2001 (03/05)
• Worker Residency Determination: Wyoming Stepwise Procedure (08/04)
• Defining Residency for the Wyoming Workforce (11/02)
• Labor Market Areas: Connecting Place of Work to Place of Residence with Administrative Data (09/01)

Commuting Interstate Matches

• Selected States' Commuter Rates by Industry (2010Q1-2014Q1; posted 01/15)

Demographics of the Work Force

• Defining Residency for the Wyoming Workforce (11/02)
• Methods for Imputing Work Status (02/03)
• Demographic Effects of Wyoming’s Energy-Related Expansion (04/07)


• Demographics of UI Claimants: More Males Continue to Receive Benefits than Females (05/13)
• Dynamics of Unemployment Spells: A Look at the Trends Before, During, and After the Great Recession (12/12)
• Wyoming New Hires: Examining the Wage Gap (06/11)
• Post-Injury Wage Loss: A Quasi-Experimental Design (2009)
• Wage Change Analysis Among Exiting Wyoming Executive Branch Employees (12/08)
• Minimum Wage Report (06/99)


• Earnings by Age, Gender, & Industry, 2000-2019 (Updated 10/20)
• Earnings by Age, Gender, & Industry, 2000-2018 (Updated 8/19)
• Earnings by Age, Gender, & Industry, 2000-2017 (Updated 9/18)
• Earnings by Age, Gender, & Industry, 2000-2016 (Updated 09/17)
  
• Earnings by Age, Gender, & Industry, 2000-2015 (Updated 11/16)
• Earnings by Age, Gender, & Industry, 2000-2014 (Updated 07/15)
     Earnings by County
     Earnings by Industry
• Earnings by Age, Gender, & Industry, 2000-2013 (updated 03/14)
     Earnings by County
     Earnings by Industry
• Earnings by Age, Gender, & Industry, 2000-2012 (updated 04/13)
     Earnings by County
     Earnings by Industry
  
• Earnings by Age, Gender & Industry 1992 to 2011 (updated 07/12)
     Earnings by County
     Earnings by Industry
• Earnings by Age, Gender & Industry 1992 to 2010 (updated 06/11)
     Earnings by County
     Earnings by Industry
• Earnings by Age, Gender & Industry 1992 to 2009 (updated 09/10)
     Earnings by County
     Earnings by Industry
• Earnings by Age, Gender & Industry, 1994-2007

Earnings

• Dynamics of Unemployment Spells: A Look at the Trends Before, During, and After the Great Recession (12/12)
• Post-Injury Wage Loss: A Quasi-Experimental Design (2009)
• Wyoming Earnings by Age, Gender & Industry (updated 09/10)
• Wage Change Analysis Among Exiting Wyoming Executive Branch Employees (12/08)
• Earnings by Age, Gender & Industry (06/04)
• Minimum Wage Report (06/99)

Editing

• Proposal for Wage Record Editing (08/29/02)

Education

• Wyoming’s Hathaway Scholarship Program: A Workforce Outcomes Evaluation of a State Merit-Based Scholarship Initiative Using Administrative Records (July 2016)
• Postsecondary Opportunities in Wyoming and 11 Other States (June 2016)
• Occasional Paper No. 8: The Education and Work Experience of Youth in Wyoming’s Counties (February 2016)
• Workforce Data Quality Initiative Report No. 1 for Wyoming School Attendance and Employment, 2006 to 2013 (May 2015)
  • Appendix A: Region-Level Data
  • Appendix B: County-Level Data
• Monitoring School District Human Resource Cost Pressures Fall 2014
  • Table 1: Employment and Mean Wage by State, Region, US and Ownership for Occupations in Public Schools in Wyoming or Bordering States from 2009 to 2013.
    
  • Table 2: Employment and Mean Wage by State, Region, US and Ownership for Occupations in Public Schools in Wyoming and Bordering States from 2009 to 2013.
    
  • Table 3: Wages Relative to Wyoming Public School Wages in 2009 by State, Region, US and Ownership for Occupations in Public Schools in Wyoming and Bordering States from 2009 to 2013.
• (Occasional Paper No. 7: Teacher Salaries in Wyoming) Teacher Salaries in Wyoming Competitive Enough to Retain the Best? (April 2014)
• Current Status of Cost Pressures on Teacher Salaries in Wyoming (October 2013)
  • Executive Summary
• Monitoring School District Human Resource Cost Pressures Fall 2013 (October 2013)
  • Appendix A: Teacher Supply in Wyoming: The Professional Teaching Standards Board and School District Recruitment Needs
  • Appendix B: School District Exit: Teacher Wage Progression and Assignment Status by Age and Gender
• The Cornerstone: Building an American Public Policy for Educational Attainment and Success in the Labor Market (June 2013)
• Monitoring School District Human Resource Cost Pressures A Report to the Wyoming Joint Education Committee Fall 2012 (October 2012)
• Cooking Up a Career: Examining the Outcomes of a High School Training Program in the Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management (2005)
• A Comparison of Employment and Enrollment Outcomes Based on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Eligibility (10/04 - expanded version)
• Where Are They Now? Wyoming Community College Graduates' Labor Market Outcomes 2004 (PDF - 08/04)
• Comparisons of Employment and Enrollment Outcomes Based on TANF Eligibility in Casper College's Adult Basic Education/General Educational Development Program (03/04 - shortened version)
• Registered Nurses in Wyoming Fact Sheet (as presented to the State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Meeting, National Academy of Health in Boston on June 25, 2004 PDF)
• Registered Nurses in Wyoming Fact Sheet (2004)
• Registered Nurses in Wyoming PowerPoint Presentation (2004)
• Nursing in Wyoming (2005 PDF compilation of the following three articles)
  • Part Three: Net Flow of Employment (04/03)
  • Part Two: Turnover (10/02)
  • Part One: Supply and Retention (09/02)
• Connecting Business and the Wyoming Community College System: A Study of Employment Outcomes of 2001 Graduates from Wyoming Community Colleges (PDF - 04/03)
• Under the Lamppost: Report to the Workforce Development Council on Wyoming Institutions of Higher Education Program Completers (1998; 26 MB PDF)
• Tracking University of Wyoming Graduates Into the Wyoming Work Force (9/95)

Employers: Calculate Your Turnover

• Your Firm's Employee Turnover: How to Calculate it and How it Compares (12/03)

Experience

• Wage Records; Operational Definitions of Wage Groups, Tenure & Experience, and Job Holder Classifications (PDF - 05/09/03)

Health Care

• Health Care Workforce Needs in Wyoming: Advancing the Study (Occasional Paper No 6; 12/11)

Health Insurance

• Private Sector Employee Access to Health Insurance and the Potential Wyo-Care Market (2004)

Historic Documentation for Wyoming

• Historical Wage Records Data (03/03)
• Wage Records 1992-1998, A Baseline Study (11/99)

Job Changing

• Oil & Gas Extraction Data and Presentation (PDF)

Job Holder Classification

• Wage Records; Operational Definitions of Wage Groups, Tenure & Experience, and Job Holder Classifications (PDF - 05/09/03)

Labor Demand

• Construction Labor Shortages in Wyoming and the Nation (December 2014)
• Cooking Up a Career: Examining the Outcomes of a High School Training Program in the Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management (2005)
• Registered Nurses in Wyoming Fact Sheet (as presented to the State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Meeting, National Academy of Health in Boston on June 25, 2004 PDF)
• Registered Nurses in Wyoming Fact Sheet (2004)
• Registered Nurses in Wyoming PowerPoint Presentation (2004)
• Nursing in Wyoming (2005 PDF compilation of the following three articles)
  • Part Three: Net Flow of Employment (04/03)
  • Part Two: Turnover (10/02)
  • Part One: Supply and Retention (09/02)

Labor Supply

• Construction Labor Shortages in Wyoming and the Nation (December 2014)
• The Decline in Teen Drivers: What it May Mean for Wyoming (09/14)
• Registered Nurses in Wyoming Fact Sheet (as presented to the State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Meeting, National Academy of Health in Boston on June 25, 2004 PDF)
• Registered Nurses in Wyoming Fact Sheet (2004)
• Registered Nurses in Wyoming PowerPoint Presentation (2004)
• Nursing in Wyoming (2005 PDF compilation of the following three articles)
  • Part Three: Net Flow of Employment (04/03)
  • Part Two: Turnover (10/02)
  • Part One: Supply and Retention (09/02)

Linked Administrative Data Sets

• Post-hoc Control Group Analysis of Wyoming at Work Internet Browsers (7/11)

Migration

• Oil & Gas Extraction Data and Presentation (PDF)

Minimum Wage

• Minimum Wage Report (06/99)

Modeling

• Can Wyoming Employment Be Modeled Accurately? (08/09)

Multiple Job Holder

• Wage Records; Operational Definitions of Wage Groups, Tenure & Experience, and Job Holder Classifications (PDF - 05/09/03)

New Hires

• The Decline in Teen Drivers: What it May Mean for Wyoming (09/14)
• Wyoming New Hires, Occupations by Industry (2009Q4-2010Q3)
• New Hires in Wyoming: An In-Depth Analysis Wyoming Labor Force Trends article, February 2011.
  • Survey Captures Data on Wyoming New Hires Wyoming Labor Force Trends article, February 2011.
  • Information from the New Hires Survey Wyoming Labor Force Trends article, February 2011.
  • Current Employer-Job Candidate Search Practices: A Review of the Literature Wyoming Labor Force Trends article, February 2011.
• Wyoming New Hires: Examining the Wage Gap Wyoming Labor Force Trends article, March 2011.
• Examining the Demographics of New Hires (08/12)

Nurses

• Registered Nurses in Wyoming Fact Sheet (as presented to the State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Meeting, National Academy of Health in Boston on June 25, 2004 PDF)
• Registered Nurses in Wyoming Fact Sheet (2004)
• Registered Nurses in Wyoming PowerPoint Presentation (2004)
• Nursing in Wyoming (2005 PDF compilation of the following three articles)
  • Part Three: Net Flow of Employment (04/03)
  • Part Two: Turnover (10/02)
  • Part One: Supply and Retention (09/02)
• Nursing: Supply Shortage or Retention Issue? (PDF)
• Occasional Paper No. 6 - Health Care Needs in Wyoming: Advancing the Study (PDF)
• Nurses Returning to School: Motivation and Job Satisfaction as a Buffer between Perceived Employer Discouragement and Time Constraints (PDF, June 2014)

Occupation

• Cooking Up a Career: Examining the Outcomes of a High School Training Program in the Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management (2005)
• Occupational Outlook 2010 (03/04)
• Registered Nurses in Wyoming Fact Sheet (as presented to the State Health Research and Policy Interest Group Meeting, National Academy of Health in Boston on June 25, 2004 PDF)
• Registered Nurses in Wyoming Fact Sheet (2004)
• Registered Nurses in Wyoming PowerPoint Presentation (2004)
• Nursing in Wyoming (2005 PDF compilation of the following three articles)
  • Part Three: Net Flow of Employment (04/03)
  • Part Two: Turnover (10/02)
  • Part One: Supply and Retention (09/02)

One / Two Quarter Worker

• Wage Records; Operational Definitions of Wage Groups, Tenure & Experience, and Job Holder Classifications (PDF - 05/09/03)

Outlook

• Occupational Outlook 2010 (03/04)

Performance Measures

• Impact Evaluation of a Wyoming Employment Assistance Program (2016)
• Wyoming’s Hathaway Scholarship Program: A Workforce Outcomes Evaluation of a State Merit-Based Scholarship Initiative Using Administrative Records (2016)
• Higher Wages and More Work: Impact Evaluation of a State-Funded Incumbent Worker Training Program (2016)
• Wyoming’s Labor Exchange (Wyoming at Work ) Utilization Analysis (February 2011; Presented to the Wyoming Workforce Development Council in Cheyenne, Wyo.)
  • Overview and Methodology
• Cooking Up a Career: Examining the Outcomes of a High School Training Program in the Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management (2005)
• Examining Workforce Investment Act Programmatic Outcomes (10/04 - expanded version)
• Examining Workforce Information Act Programmatic Outcomes Using the Wyoming Wage Records Universe as a Statistical Comparison Group (04/04 - shortened version)
• A Comparison of Employment and Enrollment Outcomes Based on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Eligibility (10/04 - expanded version)
• Comparisons of Employment and Enrollment Outcomes Based on TANF Eligibility in Casper College's Adult Basic Education/General Educational Development Program (03/04 - shortened version)
• Where Are They Now? Wyoming Community College Graduates' Labor Market Outcomes 2004 (PDF - 08/04)
• Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Eligibility, 1993 and 2003: A Preliminary Report (02/04)
• Connecting Business and the Wyoming Community College System: A Study of Employment Outcomes of 2001 Graduates from Wyoming Community Colleges (PDF - 04/03)
• Performance Accountability in the Workforce Investment Act: An Application with Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Data: Part Two (12/99)
• Performance Accountability in the Workforce Investment Act: An Application with Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Data: Part One (11/99)
• Under the Lamppost: Report to the Workforce Development Council on Wyoming Institutions of Higher Education Program Completers (1998; 26 MB - PDF)

Powder River Coalbed Methane Information Council Presentation June 7, 2002

• Oil & Gas Extraction Data and Presentation (PDF): (Employment and Wages, by Region, 1996-2001; Exit (Turnover) and Flow Rates by Region; Typical Education/Experience Level of Jobs in Oil & Gas Extraction, All Industries)

Projections

• Occupational Outlook 2010 (03/04)

Residency

• Worker Residency Determination: Wyoming Stepwise Procedure (08/04)
• Defining Residency for the Wyoming Workforce (11/02)
• Labor Market Areas: Connecting Place of Work to Place of Residence with Administrative Data (09/01)

Seven-State Project

• An Introduction to the Wage Records Applications (PDF - 01/07/03)
• Market Dynamics from Administrative Records project - MDAR (PDF - 12/02)

Steady Worker

• Wage Records; Operational Definitions of Wage Groups, Tenure & Experience, and Job Holder Classifications (PDF - 05/09/03)

Survey Research Linked to Administrative Records

• Can Wyoming Employment Be Modeled Accurately? (08/09)
• Examining Workforce Investment Act Programmatic Outcomes (10/04 - expanded version)
• Examining Workforce Information Act Programmatic Outcomes Using the Wyoming Wage Records Universe as a Statistical Comparison Group (04/04 - shortened version)
• A Comparison of Employment and Enrollment Outcomes Based on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Eligibility (10/04 - expanded version)
• Comparisons of Employment and Enrollment Outcomes Based on TANF Eligibility in Casper College's Adult Basic Education/General Educational Development Program (03/04 - shortened version)
• Where Are They Now? Wyoming Community College Graduates' Labor Market Outcomes 2004 (PDF - 08/04)
• Connecting Business and the Wyoming Community College System: A Study of Employment Outcomes of 2001 Graduates from Wyoming Community Colleges (PDF - 04/03)

New Hires

• New Hires Survey Results: Hours Worked and Percent Paid Piece Rate From a random sampling of more than 112,000 new hires made by Wyoming employers (excluding state government) over a four-quarter period (fourth quarter 2009 to third quarter 2010).
• New Hires in Wyoming: An In-Depth Analysis Wyoming Labor Force Trends article, February 2011.
• Survey Captures Data on Wyoming New Hires Wyoming Labor Force Trends article, February 2011.
• Information from the New Hires Survey Wyoming Labor Force Trends article, February 2011.
• Current Employer-Job Candidate Search Practices: A Review of the Literature Wyoming Labor Force Trends article, February 2011.
• Examining the Demographics of New Hires (08/12)

Descriptive Models

• Who Has Access to Employer-Provided Benefits in Wyoming? (02/03)
• Who Has Access to Employer-Provided Benefits in Wyoming? (Methodology) (02/03)

Predictive Models

• Do Benefits Reduce Employee Turnover among Wyoming Firms: A Response to the Workforce Development Council (02/03)

Succession Planning

• Comparing Results of 2006, 2008 Succession Planning Surveys (12/09)
• Factors that Influence Job Changing: An Examination of Demographic Differences (12/08)

Symposium on Labor Market Information Applications of Wage Records for Workforce Investment, April 30 - May 1, 2002, St. Paul, Minnesota

• The Use of Wage Records in Wyoming 19922002
• Development of Common Measures of Turnover in Four States; Overview and Applications
• Nursing: Supply Shortage or Retention Issue? (PDF)
• Determining the Effect of Training on Retention and Wages

Technology

• An Introduction to the Wage Records Applications (PDF - 01/07/03)
• Market Dynamics from Administrative Records project - MDAR (PDF - 12/02)

Temporary Labor

• Wage Records; Operational Definitions of Wage Groups, Tenure & Experience, and Job Holder Classifications (PDF - 05/09/03)

Tenure

• Wage Records; Operational Definitions of Wage Groups, Tenure & Experience, and Job Holder Classifications (PDF - 05/09/03)

Training

• Wage Records Technical Training (02-19/20-03)

Turnover

• Wyoming Turnover Report, 1992Q1 to 2015Q4 (08/16)
• Your Firm's Employee Turnover: How to Calculate it and How it Compares (12/03)
• Turnover as a Measure of Labor Market Activity (11/03)

Turnover by Age

• Turnover as a Measure of Labor Market Activity (11/03)
• Turnover Project Documentation (Market Dynamics from Administrative Records project - MDAR--PDF--12/02)
  • Background
    • Region 7 & 8 Wage Records/Administrative Data Meeting; August 2001
    • Draft of "Measuring the Success of Education, Training, and Workforce Development" (PDF - 9/11/01)
• An Introduction to the Wage Records Applications (PDF - 01/07/03)
• Description and Application of the Probability Program (PDF - 07/23/02)
• Using Turnover Program in FoxPro (PDF - 03/08/02)
• Impact of Wage Record Anomalies on Turnover Rate Inflation (PDF - 01/16/02)
• Turnover Analyses; Destination, Process, and Quantification (PDF - 12/11/01)

UI Monetary Eligibility

• Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Eligibility, 1993 and 2003: A Preliminary Report (02/04)

Unemployment Insurance

• The Recent Labor Market Downturn as a Natural Experiment, Part 3: Previous Unemployment Insurance (UI) Spells as a Predictor of the Length of Future UI Benefit Collection (01/15)
• The Recent Labor Market Downturn as a Natural Experiment, Part 2: The Effects of Labor Market Conditions and Employer Re-Hiring Practices on Repeat Use of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) System (12/14)
• The Recent Labor Market Downturn as a Natural Experiment, Part 1: Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claimant Labor Market Behavior: Length of Benefit Collection and the Likelihood of Exiting the Labor Market (11/14)
• Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Benefit Expenses and Number of Recipients Decline in 2012 (05/13)
• Demographics of UI Claimants: More Males Continue to Receive Benefits than Females (05/13)
• Dynamics of Unemployment Spells: A Look at the Trends Before, During, and After the Great Recession (12/12)
• Tracking Workers' Re-Employment After Job Loss (11/2010)
• Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Eligibility, 1993 and 2003: A Preliminary Report (02/04)

Vocational Rehabilitation

• Job Attainment and Wages of Wyoming Vocational Rehabilitation Participants (PDF - 03/10)

Wage Progression

• Dynamics of Unemployment Spells: A Look at the Trends Before, During, and After the Great Recession (12/12)
• Examining Wage Progression in Wyoming from 1992 to 2011 (08/12)

Wage Records Development

• NASWA Labor Market Information Committee Information Update (Full Report) (12/16)
• Access and Use of Drivers’ License Files by State Labor Market Information Offices; Advancing the Cause (05/16)
• Administrative Records Sharing Between LMI Offices; Advancing the Cause (01/15)
• Draft of "Measuring the Success of Education, Training, and Workforce Development" (PDF - 9/11/01)

Workers' Compensation

• Do Claimants Stay on Workers' Compensation Longer During Tough Economic Times? (05/2012)
• Workplace Safety: Analysis Using Workers' Compensation Data in Wyoming (11/2010)
• Post-Injury Wage Loss: A Quasi-Experimental Design (2009)

Workforce Development

• Where Are They Now? Wyoming Community College Graduates' Labor Market Outcomes 2004 (PDF - 08/04)
• Connecting Business and the Wyoming Community College System: A Study of Employment Outcomes of 2001 Graduates from Wyoming Community Colleges (PDF - 04/03)
• An Introduction to the Wage Records Applications (PDF - 01/07/03)
• Market Dynamics from Administrative Records project - MDAR - PDF - 12/02)

Work Force Program Evaluation

• Post-hoc Control Group Analysis of Wyoming at Work Internet Browsers (7/11)
• Job Attainment and Wages of Wyoming Vocational Rehabilitation Participants (02/10)
  • Job Attainment and Wages of Wyoming Vocational Rehabilitation Participants (Shortened version for 03/10 Wyoming Labor Force Trends)
• Workforce Development Training Fund Evaluation at the Macro and Micro Levels (05/05 - Occasional Paper No. 3)
• Evaluation of Federal Training & Education Programs (10/04 - Occasional Paper No. 1)
• Examining Workforce Investment Act Programmatic Outcomes (10/04 - expanded version)
• Examining Workforce Information Act Programmatic Outcomes Using the Wyoming Wage Records Universe as a Statistical Comparison Group (04/04 - shortened version)
• Wyoming Unemployment Insurance Eligibility, 1993 and 2003: A Preliminary Report (02/04)
• Measuring the Impact of Wyoming's Workforce Development Training Fund: Part Two (06/02)
• Measuring the Impact of Wyoming's Workforce Development Training Fund (05/02)
• Performance Accountability in the Workforce Investment Act: An Application with Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Data: Part Two (12/99)
• Performance Accountability in the Workforce Investment Act: An Application with Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Data: Part One (11/99)

Wyoming at Work

• Wyoming’s Labor Exchange (Wyoming at Work ) Utilization Analysis (PowerPoint) Presented to The Wyoming Workforce Development Council Cheyenne, WY 02/09/2011
  Accompanying PDF (Brief Overview and Methodology): Wyoming’s Labor Exchange (Wyoming at Work ) Utilization Analysis
  

Youth in the Labor Force

• Workforce Data Quality Initiative Report No. 1 for Wyoming School Attendance and Employment, 2006 to 2013 (May 2015)
  • Appendix A: Region-Level Data
  • Appendix B: County-Level Data
• The Decline in Teen Drivers: What it May Mean for Wyoming (09/14)
• A Decade Later: Tracking Wyoming's Youth into the Labor Force (PDF - 03/12)

Labor Market Information