America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers
New Census Bureau Tool Illustrates
Job-to-Job Flows
The rise in construction jobs in recent years has meant increased hiring from other employers and more hiring of those not currently employed.
But where is all this hiring activity happening?
Construction hiring is especially strong in the Southwest, extending through Nevada, Idaho and Colorado. There is also evidence of robust hiring in northern Appalachia, including Kentucky, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
A new capability of the updated U.S. Census Bureau’s Job-to-Job Explorer tool (also called J2J Explorer) now shows quarterly J2JHires in the construction industry as a share of average quarterly employment for metro areas across the United States.
J2J Explorer is a web-based interactive analysis and visualization tool based on the Census Bureau’s Job-to-Job Flows (J2J) data. The J2J data follow U.S. workers as they change jobs and flow in and out of employment.
New features include the ability to track moves within and across metro areas, compare earning changes for job switchers, rank results and express flow volumes as a share of the local labor market (normalized data). Continue reading ...
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