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1. TRACER is here... Texas Rapid Access to Career and Economic Resources Labor Market Information @ your fingertips WWW.TRACER2.COM TRACER is the only fully dynamic Labor Market Information delivery system in Texas backed up by the combined experience of 65 economists. We are working to provide you with the latest, most accurate data about the Texas Labor Market. There is more... TRACER is free of charge and you can call us if you need further information about the data you retrieve. Labor Market Information DepartmentTexas Workforce Commission512.491.4922Toll free 1.866.938.4444 E-mail lmi@twc.state.tx.us David AdamsVenus V. De Hoyos

2. Personalize your own Labor Market Page My TRACER Find your Dream Career in Career Resources • When you create a user ID with TRACER you will be able to: • Save Customized Data for your Area • Example: Unemployment Rates for Texas, Capital Area WDA, Travis County and Austin Metropolitan Area. The saved request will reflect the most current data available. • Save Job Searches • Example: A job search today for teachers in Austin can be saved in your page and when accessed tomorrow it will contain all the new job postings as updated by America’s Job Bank. • Choose Categories of Interest (Content Categories) • LMI staff assigns a category to each article or publication posted, when you select to have a category displayed in your personal page you view the latest content in that area. Categories include: News,The Economy, Industry, Wages, Employment, etc. • Choose User Categories (Items Saved by You) • You must specify you want to see all of the following in order to be able to do the following: • * Job Agents - save your job searches. • * Labor Market Information - save your research on occupations or data. • * My Articles and Publications - save articles and publications from the system for later access. • FeedbackCommunicate directly with the webmaster. • In the Career Resources Module you can: • Tour the Career Resources Module • Easy-to-use guide for people looking to do research of a particular occupation or seeking a job. • Find Occupations by SkillsSelect your skills, education level, desired wage level and location from a list to find occupations that fit your selected criteria. Explore those occupations to find more details on wages, projections, trends, openings and training programs and more! • Find Occupations by Value CodesIf you have taken an interest inventory or a work values assessment, you can enter the results (Work Values scores or Interest codes) in our form. From there you can explore occupations that fit your interests and gather information that will help you in your career plans. • Find Occupations Matching your Current oneLooking to see what other careers might match the skills you already have? Check out this section of Career tools to see a comparison of skills, wages, employment projections, education requirements and other labor market information • Find a JobSelect from a list of occupations or search by keyword or title through a database of over one million job openings nationwide. You can select a specific area by zip code or search for openings to find a list of openings in your local area. NOTE: The information you provide when creating a user ID is not shared. It is solely used to assess the demand for particular sets of data in order to continue improving our website.

3. Need Labor Market Information? Unemployment Rates? Training Providers, Area Profiles Containing Income, Projected Job Growth, Population And More? TRACER Has It In The Texas Labor Market Module! Tour Labor Market Info (A Guide) Tour Overview Includes Explore Local Area Profile Explore Occupations Explore Industries Employers Training Information Occupation Explorer (Allows User to Compare Areas) Areas – Texas, County Years – Most Recent Info Available, Data series-Employment Projections, Skills And Tasks, Training Programs Available for selected Occupation, Related links, Related articles View by – Most Recent Information for the Area Selected Find Employers (InfoUSA) Areas – Texas, County Years – Most Recent Info Available, Updated Bi-Annually Data series- Business Name, Address, Contact Information, Industry Code, Size Class Info, Map, Related Links View by –Most Recent Information by Employer Selected Local Area Profile Areas – Texas, County Years – Most current Info Displayed Data Series – Local Emp. Rates (LAUS), Occ & Emp. Projections, High Wage Occ& Ind. Monthly Emp. Est. (CES), CPI, Building Permits, Sales Revenues, Population, Income, Training Links View by – Most Recent Information by Area Selected Compare Areas (Allows User To Compare Areas) Areas – Texas, County Years – Most Recent Info Available Data Series – Local Emp. Rates (LAUS), Occ & Emp. Projections, High Wage Occ& Ind. Monthly Emp. Est. (CES), CPI, Building Permits, Sales Revenues, Population, Income, Training Links View by – Most Recent Information by Area’s Selected Find Training Providers Areas – Texas, County Years – Most Recent Info Available, Updated Bi-Annually Data series- Business Name, Address, Contact Information, Programs Listed, Program Detail, Active Web Link Info, View by –Most Recent Information by Training Provider Selected, Printer Version Available Occupation Explorer (Single Area Only) Areas – Texas, County Years – Most Recent Info Available, Data series-Employment Projections, Skills And Tasks, Training Programs Available for selected Occupation Related links, Related articles View by – Most Recent Information for the Area Selected Find Training Programs Areas – Texas, County Years – Most Recent Info Available, Updated Bi-Annually Data series-Program Details, List of Provider Names, Occupational Projection Information for the Selected Occupation View by –Most Recent Information by Training Program Selected, Occupational Video Available To Download Press download, choose “save this file to disk," save file to desired location (File can be placed on desktop for convenience) open Excel, open the text file (Note: Make sure file type is set to “text files” or “all files” so you can access the downloaded file). This will open the “Import Wizard” in Excel, next choose “comma delimited”. Be sure to check delimited on the first step of the wizard. On the second step, uncheck “tab” and put a check in “comma delimited”. Click next. Click on finished. Save results.

4. Need Labor Market Information? Unemployment Rates? Income? Projected Job Growth? Population? TRACER Has It In Data Link! Unemployment Rates and Labor Force (LAUS) Areas – US, Texas, MSA, County , City, WDA Years – 1970-2003 current, Months – Jan-Dec Seasonally adjusted or non adjusted Data Series – Emp, CLF, Unemp, Unemp rate View by – Areas or Time Frame, data table and/or graph Future Job Growth by Industries (Projections) Areas -US, Texas, WDA Years 2000-2010 Data series- Est.Emp, Growth Rate, Change, % of Change, Projected Employment View by – Areas or Time Frame, data table and/or graph Current Employment Statistics (CES) Areas – Texas, MSA Years – 1990-2003 current, Months – Jan-Dec Industries – NAICS only, all may be chosen, but only pub levels provided Seasonally adjusted or non adjusted Data Series – Employment , Prod/non supervisory, Wkly Earning, Hrly Earnings, Hrs worked View by – Areas or Time Frames CPI - Consumer Price Index (Cost of Living) Areas-US, Texas, MSA Years- US-1913-2003 Texas-1992-2002 Data series- CPI, % of Change View by – Areas or Time Frame, data table and/or graph. Covered Employment and Wages (ES-202) Areas – Texas, MSA, WDA, Counties Years – 1998 4th Qtr. -2002 (most current) Quarterly Information Industries – NAICS only, all may be chosen, but only pub levels provided Data Series – Avg.. Emp. & Wage, Wkly earning, Hrly earnings, Hrs worked , # of Firms, month 1, 2, 3; Total wages View by – Areas or Time Frames Income (BEA) Areas -US, Texas, MSA, Counties, Years-1929-2002 Data series -Total Income, Per Capita Income View by -Areas or Time Frame, data table and/or graph Wages by Occupation (OES) Areas-Texas, MSA, WDA Years – 2001 Bi-annual Soc.. Based Data series # of Employed, Entry Wages, Experienced Wages, Median Wages, Wage at the 10, 25, 75, & 90 percentile Select Wages by Profession, View by – Areas or Time Frames Staffing Pattern (Projections) Areas -Texas Years 2000-2010 Data series-Est. Employment, Change,% of Change, % Est. (Ind), % Est (Occ) % Pro. (Ind) % Projected (Occ) Proj Emp. View by – Areas or Time Frame, data table and/or graph Future Job Growth by Occupations (Projections) Areas -US, Texas, WDA Years -2000-2010 Data series Annual Openings Due to growth, Annual Openings Due to Replacements, Total Annual Openings, Est. Employment, Growth Rate, Change, % of Change, Proj. Employment View by – Areas or Time Frame, data table Population (Census) Areas- US, Texas, County 1970-2001 Data series- Population View by – Areas or Time Frame, data table and/or graph