| AVAILABLE
LABOR POOL FOR HUTCHINSON LABOR BASIN |
 |
AVAILABLE
LABOR POOL (ALP)
The Available Labor Pool (ALP)
includes potential workers excluded
from the CLF. The ALP categorizes
workers as:
1) Currently employed (full-
or part-time) and seeking other
employment,
2) Currently retired and/or
non-working in any manner and
seeking employment, or
3) Currently employed and
not seeking a new job, but willing
to consider different employment
for the "right opportunity." |
|
| DEMOGRAPHICS
OF AVAILABLE LABOR POOL |
 |
Age
|
Gender
Female
Male |
47,682
37,469 |
56%
44% |
|
| HIGHEST
LEVEL OF EDUCATION ACHIEVED |
| |
NUMBER |
PERCENT |
CUMULATIVE
PERCENT |
|
| Doctoral Degrees |
981 |
1.2% |
1.2% |
| Master Degrees |
10,189 |
12.0% |
13.1% |
| Bachelor Degrees |
20,654 |
24.3% |
37.4% |
| Associate Degrees |
10,947 |
12.9% |
50.2% |
| Some College |
20,871 |
24.5% |
74.7% |
High School
Diploma Only |
17,501 |
20.6% |
95.3% |
Less than
High School Diploma |
4,008 |
4.7% |
100.0% |
|
| OCCUPATIONS
OF AVAILABLE LABOR POOL |
| OCCUPATION |
NUMBER |
PERCENT |
|
| General Labor |
9,127 |
10.7% |
| Farm/Ranch Labor |
682 |
0.8% |
Factory Worker/
Heavy Equipment Operator |
3,000 |
3.5% |
| Technician/Mechanic |
3,719 |
4.4% |
Government Service/
Other Blue Collar |
1,677 |
2.0% |
| Customer Service/Clerical |
12,103 |
14.2% |
Social Service/
Para-Professional |
8,462 |
9.9% |
| Management/Sales |
13,166 |
15.5% |
| Executives/Professionals |
10,126 |
11.9% |
Writer/Researcher/
Other White Collar |
4,860 |
5.7% |
Homemaker/Student/
Unemployed |
11,750 |
13.8% |
| Retired/Disabled |
6,480 |
7.6% |
|
| STRONG
JOB SKILLS OF AVAILABLE LABOR POOL |
| JOB
SKILLS |
NUMBER |
PERCENT |
|
| Teaching or Training |
62,153 |
73.0% |
| Customer Service or Sales |
61,141 |
71.8% |
| Writing |
57,862 |
68.0% |
| Computer |
50,818 |
59.7% |
| Math or Accounting |
49,433 |
58.1% |
| Business or Administration |
47,460 |
55.7% |
| Clerical or Secretarial |
42,695 |
50.1% |
Mechanical, Electrical,
Machine Production |
30,137 |
35.4% |
| Construction or Carpentry |
21,140 |
24.8% |
Nursing or
Professional Caregiving |
18,712 |
22.0% |
Heavy Equipment
or Trucking |
17,831 |
20.9% |
|
| AVAILABLE
LABOR BY HOURLY WAGE |
| HOURLY
WAGE |
AVAILABLE
WORKERS |
CUMULATIVE
PERCENT |
|
| $6 |
1,750 |
2.1% |
| $8 |
8,630 |
10.1% |
| $10 |
22,860 |
26.8% |
| $12 |
27,260 |
32.0% |
| $14 |
33,660 |
39.5% |
| $16 |
43,391 |
51.0% |
| $18 |
51,824 |
60.9% |
| $20 |
60,200 |
70.7% |
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