EXPLANATION OF OCCUPATIONAL PROJECTIONS DATA ARKANSAS-STATEWIDE 2016-2018 2016 2018 Annual Annual Total Education/ Net Percent SOC Code SOC Title Estimated Projected Openings- Openings- Annual Training Growth Growth Employment Employment Growth Replacement Openings Codes Average number of Average number of Level of training Total number of Average number annual job annual job needed by most The occupational code Percent change The occupational title based The projected jobs an of annual job openings expected openings expected workers to become based on the Standard An estimate of the in the number of on the Standard number of jobs occupation is openings expected to be created to be created fully qualified in the Occupational number of jobs in jobs in an Occupational Classification expected to be in expected to gain to be created during during the projection during the occupation Classification (SOC) an occupation in occupation over (SOC) Coding and Title an occupation in or lose over the the projection period period due to the projection period according to the Coding and Title 2016 the 2016 to 2018 Structure 2018 2016 to 2018 due to employment need to replace due to employment Bureau of Labor Structure period period growth workers who leave growth and Statistics. See page the occupation replacements 85 for definitions.
EXPLANATION OF OCCUPATIONAL PROJECTIONS DATA ARKANSAS-STATEWIDE SOC Code SOC Title 2016 Estimated Employment 2018 Projected Employment Net Growth Percent Growth Annual Openings- Growth Annual Openings- Replacement Total Annual Openings Education/ Training Codes The occupational code based on the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Coding and Title Structure The occupational title based on the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) Coding and Title Structure An estimate of the number of jobs in an occupation in 2016 The projected number of jobs expected to be in an occupation in 2018 Total number of jobs an occupation is expected to gain or lose over the 2016 to 2018 period Percent change in the number of jobs in an occupation over the 2016 to 2018 period Average number of annual job openings expected to be created during the projection period due to employment growth Average number of annual job openings expected to be created during the projection period due to the need to replace workers who leave the occupation Average number of annual job openings expected to be created during the projection period due to employment growth and replacements Level of training needed by most workers to become fully qualified in the occupation according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. See page 85 for definitions. 2016-2018
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