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The North/Far North�Labor Market

Far North Center of Excellence

Presentation to NFN Restorative Justice Consortium

Thursday, April 28, 2022

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Who is the Center of Excellence?

Region

Director

North/ Far North

Aaron Wilcher (North)

Sara Phillips (Far North)

Bay Area

John Carrese

Central

Nora Seronello

South Central

Adele Hermann

Los Angeles

Luke Meyer

Orange County

Jesse Crete

Inland Empire/Desert

Michael Goss

San Diego/Imperial

Tina Ngo Bartel

Statewide

Laura Coleman

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Snapshot of Subregional Labor Markets

1,200,814

2020 Jobs

1,273,942

2025 Jobs

6%

Projected Change

152,567

Annual Job Openings

Sources: Emsi 2022.1 QCEW Employees, Non-QCEW Employees, and Self-Employed. Unemployment rate comes from California Employment Development Department Labor Market Information Division.

362,925

2020 Jobs

377,607

2025 Jobs

4%

Projected Change

46,820

Annual Job Openings

North

Far North

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Source: Emsi 2021.3 QCEW Employees, Non-QCEW Employees, and Self-Employed.

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Projected Job Growth in the NFN Region, 2020-2025

Source: Emsi 2021.3 QCEW Employees, Non-QCEW Employees, and Self-Employed.

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Source: Emsi 2021.3 QCEW Employees, Non-QCEW Employees, and Self-Employed.

Far North - Employment by Industry Sector, 2020-2025

* non-priority sector

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Source: Emsi 2021.3 QCEW Employees, Non-QCEW Employees, and Self-Employed.

North - Employment by Industry Sector, 2020-2025

* non-priority sector

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Middle Skill Occupations

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North

Far North

Middle-skill occupations meet one or more of the following criteria:

• Some college, a postsecondary non-degree award, or an associate degree

• High school diploma or equivalent + more than short-term OJT (usually long-term)

• High school diploma or equivalent with a significant amount of postsecondary � educational attainment levels

• Bachelor’s degree if a large share (a third or more) have educational attainment at the� community college level

• On-the-job Apprenticeship

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Source: Emsi 2021.3 QCEW Employees, Non-QCEW Employees, and Self-Employed.

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Source: Emsi 2021.3 QCEW Employees, Non-QCEW Employees, and Self-Employed.

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Sources: Emsi, 2021.3 QCEW, Non-QCEW, Self-Employed; Cal-PASS Plus Launchboard, Management Information Systems (MIS) Data Mart, California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office.

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Sources: Emsi, 2021.3 QCEW, Non-QCEW, Self-Employed; Cal-PASS Plus Launchboard, Management Information Systems (MIS) Data Mart, California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office. .

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Sources: Emsi, 2021.3 QCEW, Non-QCEW, Self-Employed; Cal-PASS Plus Launchboard, Management Information Systems (MIS) Data Mart, California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office. .

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Sources: Emsi, 2022.1 QCEW, Non-QCEW, Self-Employed.

Far North - Fastest Growing Middle Skill Occupations

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Sources: Emsi, 2022.1 QCEW, Non-QCEW, Self-Employed.

North - Fastest Growing Middle Skill Occupations

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Takeaways

  • Nearly every priority sector in the North Far North region has a large gap between the number of community awards and the number of middle-skill occupation annual openings.

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  • Every priority sector in the North Far North region has hundreds or thousands of projected annual openings for middle-skill occupations.

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  • More than half of all the occupational employment in the priority sectors qualifies as middle-skill.

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  • In the Far North, the research reveals diversity in industry sector size and projected growth.

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  • In the North (Greater Sacramento), the research identifies four priority industry sectors with projected growth rates in the double digits and numerous sectors with large labor markets.

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Thank You!

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Sara Phillips�Director, Far North�sphillips@shastacollege.edu�530-242-7635

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Data Sources & Methods