The New York Finger Lakes Region data is based on 9 counties: Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming and, Yates. The Central New York data is based on 5 counties: Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, and Oswego. The Western New York data is based on 5 counties: Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Erie, and Niagara

“Wages” refer to the hourly earnings, excluding benefits, of a worker in an occupation. By default, we display the median, which is in the middle of the wage distribution for each occupation; half of the workers make more, half of them make less. The “Totals” row contains the average for the median wage at each percentile level, which is used in the construction of the aggregate wage curve for the occupational group.

Source: This data is fed from Analyst – EMSI’s proprietary labor market data system.

This is EMSI’s estimate of labor market demand for an occupation that, when combined with related completions, gives a picture of the supply and demand for the occupation in the region. The estimated annual demand is essentially the projected employment change and turnover for an occupation in a given year.

Source: This data is fed from Analyst – EMSI’s proprietary labor market data system, combined with occupation-specific percentages from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections program.

The number of people who earned either an associate’s degree or an academic certificate related to the specified occupational group during the year indicated. Completions used within this context represent the supply of newly certified workers by the regional education providers for an occupation and, when compared with estimated annual job openings, provide an estimate of the labor supply created within the year compared to the estimated labor demand for a given occupational group as defined for the region. MCC completions reflect direct program completions; all related program completions are used for other middle-skills education providers. Completion data is refreshed when new data becomes available.

New York Finger Lakes Region: Middle-Skills Program Completions by Institution

Central New York Region: Middle-Skills Program Completions by Institution

Western New York Region: Middle-Skills Program Completions by Institution

Source: For-credit Completions are derived from the Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Non-credit completions are surveyed from local area institutions on a yearly basis.

This measurement allows MCC to make informed estimates regarding the deficit or surplus of workers across the region for a given occupational group by comparing the estimated number of trained program completers against the estimated annual demand. Formula: Total Annual Completions – Estimated Annual Job Openings = Estimated Gap

Sources: Completions are derived from he Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Estimated annual demand data is fed from Analyst – EMSI’s proprietary labor market data system, combined with occupation-specific percentages from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections program.

Based on input provided by O*NET’s CIP-to-SOC crosswalk, program-related MCC faculty and regional industry partners.

This is an aggregate curve of the weighted group averages for each hourly wage percentile level.

Source: This data is fed from Analyst – EMSI’s proprietary labor market data system, combined with occupation-specific percentages from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections program.

• All SOC listed at the eight-digit level are based on six-digit level data.
• Since this report was compiled using big data systems integrating over 90 (Traditional Labor Market Information by Analyst) and 27,000 (Real-Time Labor Market Information by Labor Insight/Jobs) data sources, some variance may exist when comparing reported figures to a single data point.
• Occupational groups and related completions are not mutually exclusive, since many programs train graduates for a variety of occupations and many skills are transferable to additional occupations beyond the scope of this study.
• The real-time labor market information in this report is based on online job postings. Some fields are more prone to using traditional recruiting methods, in which case their demand for middle-skills workers will not be fully represented by this report.

Top skills, top skill cluster data, Top certificates, and Top employers are derived from an occupational cluster jobs query in Burning Glass Labor/Insight based on the individually indicated time frame. This data will be refreshed as new data becomes available.

Source: Burning Glass Labor/Insight

New York Finger Lakes Region income benchmark data is based on Monroe County, NY, and derived from data prepared by the New York State Self-Sufficiency Standard Steering Committee.

Western New York Region income benchmark data is based on Erie County, NY, and derived from data prepared by the New York State Self-Sufficiency Standard Steering Committee.

The wages of MCC graduates from 2002-2018 employed in fields related to their academic programs were aggregated, then sorted by program, and plotted by the number of years since their graduation. (e.g., a student graduating in 2011 employed in a field related to their academic program would have their earnings for 2011 included in “0 Years,” their earnings for 2012 included in “1 Year,” and so on.)

Source: New York State Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance records.

Estimated Lifetime Earnings Increase per Student. The estimated increase in wages earned per students due to their education.

Annual Economic Impact per Student. The estimated impact of former students due to the increased output of business employing students and the resulting multiplier effect. (Note: due to data limitations, this is a conservative estimate.)

Total Student Impact in FY 2015-16. The total impact of all alumni as a result of increased earnings and their annual economic impact.

Student Return on Investment. The rate of return on a student’s investment in their education by program. This is determined by using the cost of their education and the expected increase in a student’s wage due to their education.

Lifetime Earnings. A comparison of the estimated wages of a program completer and the wages of a typical high school graduate without additional education.

All economic impact data will be refreshed as new data becomes available.

Source: MCC Program Based Economic Impact Analysis, EMSI, February 2018