Labor Market Information

Applicant Skills Measures:
Applicant skills are a summary of employer rankings of workplace skills. The charts show average levels for job requirements and the level of applicant attainment, both on a scale of 1-5, as well as the variance of attainment to requirement.

• Basic Skills
• Thinking Skills
• Personal Qualities
• Managing Resources
• Managing Information
• Interpersonal Skills
• Working with Technology
• Applicant Level Attainment: Attainment Summary ranks applicant measures from high to low.
• Variance from Need: Variance Summary ranks the variance from job requirements from largest to least.

County Base Information:
Descriptions are the same for each county’s charts

• County counts by age groups, including comparison to state:
  Alger, Delta, Dickinson, Marquette, Menominee, Schoolcraft
• County counts by race, including comparison to state:
  Alger, Delta, Dickinson, Marquette, Menominee, Schoolcraft
• County counts by home value, including comparison to state:
  Alger, Delta, Dickinson, Marquette, Menominee, Schoolcraft
• County counts by income groups, including comparison to state:
  Alger, Delta, Dickinson, Marquette, Menominee, Schoolcraft
• Work Force and Employment counts and Unemployment percent, for years 1995-2001:
  Alger, Delta, Dickinson, Marquette, Menominee, Schoolcraft
• Monthly employment totals for years 1995-2001:
  Alger, Delta, Dickinson, Marquette, Menominee, Schoolcraft
• Category summary of major employment categories for current year – wage and salary employees:
  Alger, Delta, Dickinson, Marquette, Menominee, Schoolcraft

Region and Six-County:

• Population projections: 1990-2030, for Six-County, U.P., State and U.S.
• Age Distribution groups for Six-County, U.P., State and U.S.
• Work Force and Employment Changes: 1995-2000, for Six-County, U.P. and Michigan
• Six-County Work Force and Employment counts and Unemployment percent, for years 1995-2001
• Six-County Monthly employment totals for years 1995-2001
• County Summary of Work Force and employment totals changes for the period of 1995-2000