Department of Labor: 2005jvsstd

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K A N S A S
Job Vacancy Survey
Includes job vacancy information
for the State of Kansas
and five Local Workforce
Planning Areas
Labor Market Information Services

Acknowledgements
We would like to thank the employers who took the time to respond to the Job
Vacancy Survey. Without their help, this study would not have been possible. We
hope to continue to partner with Kansas employers to produce and provide useful
and timely workforce information that will benefit employers, job seekers and the
state’s workforce development efforts.
The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius

Governor
State of Kansas
Jim Garner, Secretary

Kansas Department of Labor
For further information, please contact

Dorothy D. Stites, Director
Labor Market Information Services
Kansas Department of Labor
401 SW Topeka Blvd
Topeka, KS 66603-3182
Phone: 785-296-5058
Fax: 785-296-5286
Web site: www.dol.ks.gov
E-mail: dorothy.stites@dol.ks.gov
Survey forms for the 2006 Kansas Job Vacancy Study will be mailed in April of 2006.
If you are an employer that receives a survey, we want to hear from you. Your
assistance in completing and returning the survey will be greatly appreciated and
will allow us to produce accurate and timely workforce information that will provide
comparability over the years.
Table of Contents
Survey Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Publication Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Local Area Counties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Table Footnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Statewide Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
About the Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Job Vacancy Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Job Vacancies by Occupation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Job Vacancies by Industry & Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Starting Wage Offer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Duration of Job Vacancies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Education & Experience. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Benefits Offered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Area Comparison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Local Area I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Local Area II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Local Area III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Local Area IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Local Area V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Survey Background
An examination of the currently available labor market information reveals a gap in information
concerning labor demand. Statistics are available under programs funded by the federal Bureau of
Labor Statistics (BLS) that provide information about the civilian labor force. Additional
employment statistics also are available from the Kansas Quarterly Census of Employment and
Wages (QCEW), providing data about the number of employers and those employed in each
industry and size. Another BLS program, Occupational Employment Statistics (OES), provides
information regarding employment estimates and average wages by occupations. This same BLS
program also provides occupational projections that assist analysts with forecasting future
occupational needs. All of this information is essential to providing labor supply data, in addition to
providing some elements for future planning. However, information about labor demand is limited.
Labor Market Information Services (LMIS), the statistical branch of the Kansas Department of
Labor (KDOL), moved to fill this data gap by conducting an annual Job Vacancy Survey (JVS). The
results from this survey can be an effective tool to paint a picture of current labor demands. The data
is useful to workforce development personnel, educators and job seekers.
This is the second year that LMIS has conducted a statewide Job Vacancy Survey. Funding for the
statewide study was secured from grant money received under the Workforce Investment Act.
2005 Kansas Job Vacancy Survey 1

Publication Overview
This publication includes the results for the state and each of the five Local Areas. The first section of this
publication includes the results for the State of Kansas, in addition to some detailed explanation about the
survey and how to use the information. The remainder of the publication is divided into five sections, one for
each of the five Local Areas. The counties in each area are listed below.
A complete report of the Kansas Job Vacancy Survey methodology and a printable copy of this report are
available on the KDOL Web site at www.dol.ks.gov.
Local Area I Local Area II

Barber Meade Atchison Marshall
Barton Mitchell Brown Nemaha
Chase Morris Clay Osage
Cheyenne Morton Doniphan Pottawatomie
Clark Ness Douglas Riley
Cloud Norton Franklin Shawnee
Comanche Osborne Geary Wabaunsee
Decatur Ottawa Jackson Washington
Dickinson Pawnee Jefferson
Edwards Phillips
Ellis
Ellsworth
Pratt
Rawlins Local Area III
Finney Reno Johnson Wyandotte
Ford Republic Leavenworth
Gove Rice
Graham Rooks
Grant
Gray
Rush
Russell
Local Area IV
Greeley Saline Butler Kingman
Hamilton Scott Cowley Sedgwick
Harvey Seward Harper Sumner
Haskell Sheridan
Hodgeman
Jewell
Sherman
Smith
Local Area V
Kearny Stafford Allen Labette
Kiowa Stanton Anderson Linn
Lane Stevens Bourbon Lyon
Lincoln Thomas Chautauqua Miami
Logan Trego Cherokee Montgomery
McPherson Wallace Coffey Neosho
Marion Wichita Crawford Wilson
Elk Woodson
Greenwood
Table Footnotes
The average wage offer represents the average hourly wage calculated from wages reported by employers who
responded.
NA: Not available – Data were not available or not reportable due to failure to meet reliability standards.
2 2005 Kansas Job Vacancy Survey

STATEWIDE
About the Survey

Statewide, usable responses were received from 3,104 employers, a
participation rate of 68 percent, resulting in statistically reliable data.
This survey revealed there were an estimated 36,378 job vacancies in Kansas
during the second quarter of 2005.
Information from the 2005 Kansas Job Vacancy Survey comes from a survey of 4,681 Kansas employers
conducted over a three-month period from April 5, 2005 to June 30, 2005, representing the second quarter of
2005. The sample was stratified by major industry and size class to represent the universe of employers in the
five Local Areas throughout the State of Kansas. The sample was drawn using software produced by BLS.
Each unit in the sample was assigned a weight that represented others in each Local Area in the same industry
and of the same size. After the data collection was complete, this weight was used to determine the estimate of
the number of job vacancies.
Employers surveyed were asked to provide information on current job vacancies at the time of the survey,
therefore these estimates are considered as point-in-time estimates. Survey respondents were requested to
report job titles, including the number of job vacancies for which they were recruiting. For each job title, they
also were asked to provide education and experience requirements, wages and benefits offered and the length
of time job vacancies had been open.
The job titles were coded into 821 detailed occupations, within 22 major occupational groups, using the
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) System.
Job Vacancy Rate

One measure of the workforce demand included in this analysis is the job vacancy rate. This rate is a
computation of the number of job vacancies as a percent of all filled positions.
The number of job vacancies alone does not provide any information about demand relative to the size of the
industry or occupation. To better analyze this data, the job vacancy rate must be taken into consideration. For
example, the occupation of general office clerks, with 325 estimated openings statewide, is one of the top 25
occupations with the most job vacancies in Kansas (Table 2). The estimated employment for this occupation is
26,830, resulting in a job vacancy rate of only 1.2 percent. This means that for every 100 filled positions there
is more than one vacancy in the state.
The average job vacancy rate across all occupations statewide for the second
quarter of 2005 is 2.8 percent, or almost three job vacancies for every 100
filled positions.
Statewide

Job Vacancies by Occupation
Table 1
Table 1.1
Job Vacancies by Major Occupational Group
Statewide
State of Kansas
Job Average
Number of Vacancy Wage Percent Percent
Major Occupational Group Vacancies Rate Offer Full-Time Permanent
All Job Vacancies 36,378 2.8% $10.93 72% 90%
Transportation & Material Moving 3,937 4.2% $11.02 76% 86%
Food Preparation & Serving-Related 3,898 3.7% $ 6.09 36% 96%
Sales & Related 3,868 2.9% $ 9.61 58% 95%
Office & Administrative Support 3,733 1.7% $ 9.47 71% 93%
Healthcare Practitioners & Technical 2,784 4.2% $18.45 77% 99%
Production 2,069 1.7% $10.50 97% 90%
Construction & Extraction 1,981 3.1% $11.26 99% 98%
Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance 1,902 4.5% $ 8.09 69% 57%
Healthcare Support 1,852 4.5% $ 8.99 65% 87%
Installation, Maintenance, & Repair 1,658 2.9% $14.29 91% 98%
Education, Training & Library 1,423 1.7% $15.03 77% 88%
Management 1,261 2.2% $22.92 98% 98%
Business & Financial Operations 1,077 2.2% $17.61 99% 96%
Personal Care & Service 995 3.2% $ 8.25 38% 82%
Computer & Mathematical 895 3.3% $14.32 83% 97%
Community & Social Services 863 5.3% $10.05 76% 91%
Protective Service 700 2.9% $ 9.00 57% 53%
Architecture & Engineering 586 2.2% $20.10 98% 96%
Life, Physical & Social Science 415 4.5% $11.71 80% 89%
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports & Media 368 2.5% $ 9.93 57% 75%
Farming, Fishing, & Forestry 96 3.2% $ 9.05 58% 48%
Legal 17 0.2% $17.59 100% 100%
The occupational groups with a large number of job vacancies and the highest job vacancy rates
include Transportation and Material Moving (3,937 openings and 4.2 percent rate), Healthcare
Practitioners and Technical (2,784 openings and 4.2 percent), Building and Grounds Cleaning
and Maintenance (1,902 openings and 4.5 percent) and Healthcare Support (1,852 openings and
4.5 percent). Although the Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance occupational group
has a higher job vacancy rate, only 57 percent of the openings were reported as being permanent
positions.
During the months of April, May and June of 2005, the civilian
labor force estimates indicated that the number of people across the
state who were unemployed totaled 71,875, 72,631 and 79,152
respectively. This translates into an average of more than two
unemployed people for every job vacancy.

Table 2 Table 2
Top 25 Occupations
Top 25 Occupations with
with the Most Job the Most Job Vacancies
Vacancies
State of Kansas
Statewide
Requires
Job Average Education Requires Open
Number of Vacancy Wage Beyond License or Always More than
Job Title Vacancies Rate Offer High School Certificate Open 60 days
Waiters & Waitresses 1,623 7.8% $ 5.53 2% 0% 67% 0%
Registered Nurses 1,457 5.6% $ 19.07 100% 100% 32% 7%
Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer 1,450 7.7% $ 15.52 8% 100% 47% 3%
Laborers & Freight, Stock & Material Movers, Hand 1,287 6.7% $ 9.25 0% 1% 40% 5%
Retail Salespersons 1,273 3.3% $ 7.78 2% 3% 42% 4%
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants 1,226 5.5% $ 8.62 80% 82% 51% 9%
Cashiers 1,175 3.4% $ 6.48 2% 1% 48% 0%
Customer Service Representatives 1,093 6.2% $ 9.17 15% 4% 42% 3%
Landscaping & Groundskeeping Workers 897 9.8% $ 7.66 5% 3% 61% 5%
Janitors & Cleaners, Except Maids & Housekeeping 626 3.0% $ 7.05 0% 0% 38% 0%
Cement Masons & Concrete Finishers 466 22.8% $ 12.46 6% 6% 32% 50%
Tellers 446 6.1% $ 7.68 0% 0% 0% 0%
Food Preparation Workers 399 4.2% $ 5.78 0% 0% 73% 3%
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Retail Sales 373 3.1% $ 10.64 4% 0% 23% 6%
Automotive Service Technicians & Mechanics 358 5.6% $ 13.30 42% 21% 36% 12%
Personal & Home Care Aides 336 3.7% $ 8.03 12% 0% 72% 0%
Home Health Aides 334 6.6% $ 8.12 13% 8% 24% 2%
Office Clerks, General 325 1.2% $ 8.56 3% 0% 22% 2%
All Other Production Workers 323 13.7% $ 10.08 2% 17% 35% 0%
Cooks, Restaurant 317 4.9% $ 6.80 4% 0% 33% 0%
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, Brazers 317 6.3% $ 10.77 63% 4% 70% 0%
Recreational Protective Service Workers 308 25.7% $ 5.74 23% 57% 42% 17%
Stock Clerks & Order Fillers 308 1.8% $ 7.26 5% 0% 29% 10%
Operating Engineers & Other Construction Equip. Operators 284 4.4% $ 11.97 0% 5% 0% 85%
Teacher Assistants 282 1.7% $ 8.45 22% 1% 64% 12%
The top 25 occupations listed in Table 2 account for almost one-half of all
job vacancies in Kansas.
The occupation with the most job vacancies in Kansas is waiters and waitresses, with an estimate of 1,623 job
openings and a job vacancy rate of 7.8 percent. Sixty-seven percent of the openings in this occupation were
reported as being jobs for which employers are constantly recruiting. The occupations of registered nurses and
truck driver, heavy and tractor-trailer are not far behind on the list.
Some of the occupations in this list may be reflecting a higher number of vacancies or a high job
vacancy rate due to the timing of this survey. Many recreation departments are filling lifeguard positions
during the months of April and May, resulting in a seasonal demand for recreational protective service
workers. The number of job openings for construction occupations, such as cement masons and concrete
finishers and operating engineers and other construction equipment operators, may also appear higher than
normal during the second quarter of the year as the construction industry hires for spring and summer projects.
This may be the same situation for landscaping and groundskeeping workers as the lawn and garden season
gets underway during this time.
Occupations in the healthcare industry are in high demand across the country, therefore, it is not surprising
that registered nurses, nursing aides, orderlies and attendants and home health aides appear among the top 25
occupations.

Job Vacancies by Industry & Size
Table 3
Job Vacancies by Industry
Statewide
Job Average
Number of Vacancy Wage
Industry Vacancies Rate Offer
All Job Vacancies 36,378 2.8% $10.93
Health Care & Social Assistance 6,932 4.2% $12.43
Accommodation & Food Services 4,247 4.4% $ 6.16
Retail Trade 3,940 2.6% $ 7.97
Manufacturing 3,362 1.9% $12.35
Construction 2,194 3.4% $11.46
Transportation & Warehousing 2,191 4.4% $12.94
Administrative & Waste Services 2,023 3.1% $ 9.15
Educational Services 1,925 1.6% $14.67
Government 1,553 1.8% $10.12
Information 1,550 3.6% $13.79
Professional & Technical Services 1,532 2.8% $16.51
Finance & Insurance 1,426 2.6% $11.83
Wholesale Trade 1,301 2.2% $15.74
Other Services, except Public Administration 546 1.4% $12.31
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation 446 2.6% $ 9.23
Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 385 2.5% $11.56
Management of Companies & Enterprises 371 4.0% $10.48
Mining 232 3.3% $ 9.82
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting 166 1.8% $11.93
Utilities 56 0.6% $20.86
Other ways to analyze the number of job openings and the job vacancy rate are comparison by
industry and by size. Since many of the occupations showing the most job openings in Table 2 are
healthcare related, it is not surprising to see that the industry group with the largest number of job
vacancies and a high job vacancy rate is Health Care and Social Assistance, with 6,932 estimated job
openings across the state and a 4.2 percent job vacancy rate.
The highest job vacancy rate is found among small firms with five to 49 employees. This size class
represents 38 percent of the employers in the State of Kansas. The 3.5 percent job vacancy rate
indicates that these firms may be having a more difficult time than larger firms finding qualified job
applicants.
Table 1.4
Job Vacancies by Size
State of Kansas
Table 4
Job Average
Statewide Size Vacancies Rate Offer
Very Small (0-4 employees) 2,162 2.8% $11.10
Small (5-49 employees) 14,555 3.5% $10.68
Medium (50-249 employees) 10,501 2.8% $10.68
Large (250 or more employees) 9,160 2.2% $11.84

Starting Wage Offer
The average wage offer for all job vacancies in the State of Kansas is $10.93
an hour. Twenty-six percent of the job vacancies reported in the state pay at
least $12.00 an hour.
Figure 1
Job Vacancies by Hourly Wage Range
Statewide
30%
Percent of Job Vacancies
20% 17%
20%
9% 9%
10% 7% 6% 4% 6%
3%
0%
Less $6.00- $8.00- $10.00- $12.00- $14.00- $16.00- $18.00- $20.00
than $7.99 $9.99 $11.99 $13.99 $15.99 $17.99 $19.99 & over
$6.00
The average hourly wage offer is based upon the responses employers provided to the wage offer question
on the survey and does not reflect information from other sources or wages paid for currently filled positions.
Some survey participants did not respond to the expected wage question. This average does not include wage
information for any occupations paid by special pay arrangements. For example, some truck drivers are paid
a certain amount per load. In addition, this figure does not include all monies received from tips for certain
occupations such as waiters and waitresses.
The occupational groups with the highest average wage offer are Management occupations at $22.92 an hour
and Architecture and Engineering occupations at $20.10 an hour (Table 1).
The highest average wage offer among the top 25 occupations listed on Table 2 is found in registered nurses
at $19.07 an hour, followed by truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer, at $15.52 an hour. Eight of the top 25
occupations offer an average starting wage of more than $10.00 an hour.
The average wage offer for full-time positions is $12.45 an hour, while those that are considered permanent
positions is $11.23 an hour.
Seasonal
Part-time 10%
Figure 2 28% Figure 3 $8.45
Full-time/Part-time $7.39 Permanent/
Statewide Seasonal
Statewide
Full-time
Permanent
72%
$12.45 90%
$11.23

Duration of Job Vacancies
Another measure of labor market dynamics is the
Figure 4 duration of a job vacancy. To better understand the
length of the recruiting process for certain occupations,
Job Vacancies by
survey respondents were asked how long current job
Length of Vacancy
vacancies have remained unfilled.
Statewide
50% $25.00 Results indicated that nine percent of
Average Wage Offer

the job vacancies across the state have
40% $20.00
$14.77 been open 60 days or more. The
$12.68
30%
$11.16
$15.00 average wage offer for occupations
$9.37 open for this length of time is $14.77
20% $10.00
an hour.
10% $5.00
Positions that are reported as being open 60 days or
0% $0.00 more could be an indication of the positions that are
Always Less than 30-59 60 days more difficult to fill. The type of work or adverse
Open 30 days days or more
environment could be a factor in some occupations.
Percent of Job Vacancies Average Wage Offer Job vacancies in professional, high skilled or technical
fields, that remain unfilled for a considerable time, may
be considered hard to fill because of the specialized
education or training required. One occupation listed
among those that have been open for this length of
time is health specialties teachers. Results indicate that
95 percent of the openings for this occupation require
a bachelor or advanced degree, 85 percent require a
special license or certificate and 93 percent require
experience related to the position. In addition, the
average wage offer for this occupation is reported to be
Table 5 $20.93 an hour, marking this occupation as one that may
Occupations Open be more difficult to fill.
Tablethan
More 1.5 60 Days
Occupations Open More than 60 Days
Statewide
State of Kansas
Requires
Bachelor or Requires Requires Average
Advanced License or Related Wage
Job Title Degree Certificate Exprience Offer
Operating Engineers & Other Construction Equip. Operators 0% 5% 16% $ 11.97
Cement Masons & Concrete Finishers 0% 6% 50% $ 12.46
Machinists 0% 14% 93% $ 13.73
Nursing Aides, Orderlies & Attendants 3% 82% 12% $ 8.62
Registered Nurses 57% 100% 41% $19.07
Training & Development Specialists 8% 1% 91% $ 17.43
Licensed Practical & Licensed Vocational Nurses 17% 100% 27% $13.36
Health Specialties Teachers 95% 85% 93% $ 20.93
Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand 0% 1% 21% $ 9.25
Executive Secretaries & Administrative Assistants 19% 1% 51% $ 15.32

Thirty-four percent of the job vacancies in Kansas were reported as
being open less than 30 days. The average wage offer for these vacancies
is $11.16 an hour.
Occupations reported as being open less than 30 days may have shorter hiring cycles, indicating there is no
shortage of workers. These vacancies may also represent seasonal positions that need to be filled quickly, such
as the occupation of landscaping and groundskeeping workers. Eight of the occupations listed in Table 6 that
Table 1.6
were among those open less than thirty days are also listed in Table 7 among those reported to be always open,
indicating that some of theOpen
Occupations Less than
jobs may be in 30 Days
high-turnover fields.
State of Kansas
Table 6 Requires No No
Occupations Open Seasonal Education Experience
Less than 30 Days Job Title Position Beyond HS Required
Statewide Cashiers 7% 98% 63%
Retail Salespersons 7% 93% 53%
Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer 6% 92% 14%
Waiters & Waitresses 1% 91% 64%
Laborers & Freight, Stock & Material Movers, Hand 26% 97% 48%
Customer Service Representatives 13% 79% 17%
Registered Nurses 1% 0% 12%
Nursing Aides, Orderlies & Attendants 18% 14% 42%
Landscaping & Groundskeeping Workers 74% 95% 76%
Office Clerks, General 10% 72% 23%
Thirty-six percent of the job openings were reported as being positions

that are always open where these employers are continuously recruiting.
The average wage offered for positions always open is $9.37 an hour.
Jobs in high-turnover fields may need to be refilled multiple times in a single year. The average wage offer, in
addition to the education and experience requirements, are found to be lower in some cases. Also, the type of
work expected could be a factor for jobs in high-turnover fields. On the other hand, some positions are always
Table 1.7
open due to a lack of qualified applicants, which may be the case for occupations such as truck drivers and
Occupations Always Open
registered nurses.
State of Kansas
Table 7 Requires Requires Requires No
Occupations License or Related Education Average
Always Open Job Title Certificate Experience Beyond HS Wage Offer
Statewide Waiters & Waitresses 0% 18% 91% $ 5.53
Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer 100% 60% 92% $15.52
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants 82% 12% 14% $ 8.62
Cashiers 1% 3% 98% $ 6.48
Landscaping & Groundskeeping Workers 3% 2% 95% $ 7.66
Retail Salespersons 3% 10% 93% $ 7.78
Laborers & Freight, Stock & Material Movers, Hand 1% 21% 97% $ 9.25
Registered Nurses 100% 41% 0% $19.07
Customer Service Representatives 4% 23% 79% $ 9.17
Food Preparation Workers 0% 6% 99% $ 5.78

Education & Experience
Figure 5 50% $30.00

Job Vacancies by $24.14

$25.00
Average Wage Offer

Required Education 40%
$18.76
Statewide $20.00
30% $14.56
$12.34 $15.00
20% $9.66
$7.84 $10.00
10% $5.00
0% $0.00
No High School Vocational Associates Bachelor Advanced
Education or GED Training Degree Degree Degree
Requirement
Percent of Job Vacancies Average Wage Offer
Thirty percent of the positions open-for-hire across the state, require education
beyond high school.
The average wage offer ranges from $12.34 an hour, for positions that require a vocational certificate, to $24.14
an hour, for positions that require an advanced degree. It is evident from the data of this study that the more
education the position requires, the higher the wage offer will be.
Figure 6 50% $25.00

Job Vacancies by
40% $20.00
Average Wage Offer

Required Experience
$14.09
Statewide
30% $15.00
$10.87
20% $7.96 $10.00
Sixty-two percent of the job vacancies in the 10% $5.00
state require some work experience. 0% $0.00

No Work Some Work Related
Experience Experience Work
Positions that require work experience directly related to the Required Experience
position have an average wage offer of $14.09 an hour. Percent of Job Vacancies Average Wage Offer
Seventeen percent of the job openings reported across the state
do not require any specific education, work experience or license,
labeling them as true entry-level positions. The average wage
offer for these entry-level positions is $6.64 an hour.

Twenty-four percent of the job
Figure 7
Job Vacancies by
License Required No vacancies across the state require
Statewide response
6% a special license or certificate.
License
Required Vacancies that require a license or certificate include
24% occupations such as registered nurses, truck drivers,
$14.75 nursing aides, licensed practical nurses, teachers, bus
drivers, plumbers and other health-related occupations.
No
License Occupations in the Healthcare Practitioners and
Required Technical occupational group appear to have the most
70% requirements with 90 percent requiring education
$9.80 beyond high school and 87 percent requiring a license
or certificate. Other occupational groups reflecting
the most requirements include Legal, with 82 percent
requiring education beyond high school and 76 percent
requiring experience related to the position, followed by
Architecture and Engineering where 80 percent of the
positions require experience related to the position.
Table 1.8
Job Vacancies by Percent Requiring Education, Experience or License
State of Kansas
Table 8 Requires
Requires Experience Requires
Major Occupational
Education Related License or Average
Groups by
Major Occupational Group Beyond HS to Position Certificate Wage Offer
Percent Requiring
Education, Experience All Job Vacancies 30% 36% 24% $10.93
or License Management 65% 74% 19% $22.92
Statewide Architecture & Engineering 67% 80% 26% $20.10
Healthcare Practitioners & Technical 90% 36% 87% $18.45
Business & Financial Operations 43% 60% 8% $17.61
Legal 82% 76% 65% $17.59
Education, Training & Library 74% 48% 53% $15.03
Computer & Mathematical 50% 61% 4% $14.32
Installation, Maintenance & Repair 52% 58% 14% $14.29
Life, Physical & Social Science 62% 57% 21% $11.71
Construction & Extraction 12% 39% 15% $11.26
Transportation & Material Moving 4% 35% 52% $11.02
Production 23% 48% 5% $10.50
Community & Social Services 40% 26% 24% $10.05
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports & Media 46% 57% 8% $ 9.93
Sales & Related 13% 23% 5% $ 9.61
Office & Administrative Support 16% 34% 3% $ 9.47
Farming, Fishing & Forestry 0% 21% 0% $ 9.05
Protective Service 17% 22% 42% $ 9.00
Healthcare Support 64% 15% 68% $ 8.99
Personal Care & Service 17% 24% 16% $ 8.25
Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance 3% 18% 7% $ 8.09
Food Preparation & Serving-Related 1% 17% 0% $ 6.09

Benefits Offered
Seventy-seven percent of full-time job openings include health insurance
benefits.
Seventy-five percent of full-time openings include paid vacation leave, 68 percent include a retirement savings
plan and only 54 percent include paid sick leave. Only 12 percent of the full-time openings in the state do not
provide any benefit package.
Employers are less likely to offer benefits for their part-time positions. More than one-half of the part-time
openings do not include any benefit package. The ones that do offer benefits tend to offer only one or two
types.
Figure 9
Job Vacancies by Type of Benefits Offered
Statewide
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Health Paid Sick Paid Vacation Retirement No Benefits
Insurance Leave Leave Savings Plan Offered
All Openings Full-time Part-time

Area Comparison
The number of job openings across the state remained consistent with findings
in 2004.
Overall, results reflected an eight percent increase, a total of 2,785 more openings in the 2005 survey than one
year ago. Two occupational groups, Computer and Mathematical and Community and Social Services, did
experience a significant percent increase in the number of openings since last year. The Legal occupational group
showed the most significant percent decrease. The number of job openings decreased in Area I, Area IV and Area
V from 2004 to 2005. Local Areas
TableII1.9
and III experienced an increase in the number of job openings.
Job Vacancies by Major Occupational Group, includes Comparison fro 2004 Study
State of Kansas
Table 9 Comparison
Change 2004-2005 Numeric Percent
by Major Occupational Number of Change Change
Group Vacancies 2Q from 2Q from 2Q
Major Occupational Group 2005 2004 2004
Statewide
All Job Vacancies 36,378 2,785 8%
Transportation & Material Moving 3,937 -399 -9%
Food Preparation & Serving-Related 3,898 -62 -2%
Sales & Related 3,868 1,246 48%
Office & Administrative Support 3,733 177 5%
Healthcare Practitioners & Technical 2,784 723 35%
Production 2,069 -542 -21%
Construction & Extraction 1,981 -21 -1%
Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance 1,902 832 78%
Healthcare Support 1,852 -14 -1%
Installation, Maintenance & Repair 1,658 525 46%
Education, Training & Library 1,423 -501 -26%
Management 1,261 -36 -3%
Business & Financial Operations 1,077 -39 -3%
Personal Care & Service 995 -24 -2%
Computer & Mathematical 895 530 145%
Community & Social Services 863 444 106%
Protective Service 700 -9 -1%
Architecture & Engineering 586 -57 -9%
Life, Physical & Social Science 415 155 60%
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports & Media 368 -65 -15%
Farming, Fishing & Forestry 96 -16 -14%
Legal 17 -62 -78%
Figure 9 40,000
Number of Job Vacancies
Comparison 2004-2005
30,000
Statewide & Local Areas
20,000
10,000
0
Statewide Local Area I Local Area II Local Area III Local Area IV Local Area V
2Q 2004 33,593 6,381 5,473 9,766 8,505 3,264
2Q 2005 36,378 5,913 7,222 13,162 6,354 3,225

The job vacancy rate across all occupations
in the state was 2.6 percent in 2004, com- Figure 10
pared to this year’s job vacancy rate of 2.8 Percent of
percent. Job Vacancies
Unassigned
by Local Area
1%
Local Area I Local Area V
16% 9%
Local Area IV
Thirty-seven percent of the job vacancies across the state are 17%
in Local Area III. Local Area V has the smallest number of Local Area II
positions open-for-hire with nine percent. The total number of 20%
job openings in the state is 36,378. This includes 502 openings
that are not assigned to a specific area. Local Area III
37%
Figure 11
3.5% $14.00
Comparison of
Job Vacancy Rate & $11.68
Wage Offer 3.0% $12.00
$10.83
Average Wage Offer

by Local Area $10.40 $10.08 $10.01
2.5% $10.00
Job Vacancy Rate
2.0% $8.00
1.5% $6.00
1.0% $4.00
0.5% $2.00
2.4% 3.0% 3.3% 2.2% 2.7%
0.0% $0.00
Local Area I Local Area II Local Area III Local Area IV Local Area V
Job Vacancy Rate Average Wage Offer
The job vacancy rate in Local Area III, at 3.3 percent, is the highest among all five areas. This computation
represents the number of job vacancies as a percent of all positions in that area. Openings in Local Area IV
produced the smallest job vacancy rate, at 2.2 percent.
The average wage offer for all job openings was found to be the highest in Local Area III, at $11.68 an hour, and
the lowest in Local Area V, at $10.01 an hour.

LOCAL AREA I
This survey revealed there were an estimated 5,913 job vacancies in Local
Area I during the second quarter of 2005. This translates into a job vacancy
rate of 2.4 percent or almost two and one half job vacancies for every 100
filled positions.
The statewide sample included 940 establishments for Local Area I. There were 662 usable responses received
from Local Area I, resulting in a satisfactory response rate of 71.6 percent.

In Local Area I, the occupational group with the largest number of job vacancies and a high job vacancy rate
is Transportation and Material Moving, with an estimated 889 openings and a 4.8 percent job vacancy rate.
The occupational groups with the highest job vacancy rate in this area are Computer and Mathematical with a
6.4 percent job vacancy rate, followed by Community and Social Services at 6.3 percent.
Table
Table1.1
1.1
Job
Job Vacancies
Vacancies by
by Major
Major Occupational
Occupational Group
Group
Local Area 1
Local Area I
Job Average
Major Occupational Group Vacancies Rate Offer
All Job Vacancies 5.913 2.4% $10.83
Transportation & Material Moving 889 4.8% $12.93
Sales and Related 599 2.5% $ 9.78
Food Preparation & Serving-Related 537 2.4% $ 5.70
Healthcare Practitioners & Technical 488 3.5% $16.58
Office and Administrative Support 471 1.3% $10.01
Healthcare Support 465 4.1% $ 8.11
Building & Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance 423 3.9% $ 7.04
Production 420 1.5% $10.75
Installation, Maintenance & Repair 331 3.0% $14.44
Education, Training & Library 305 1.5% $15.15
Community & Social Services 184 6.3% $ 9.79
Protective Service 156 4.7% $ 8.15
Construction & Extraction 141 1.2% $11.41
Personal Care & Service 129 3.2% $ 7.71
Management 113 1.3% $23.91
Computer & Mathematical 108 6.4% $ 9.33
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports & Media 49 2.1% $12.50
Business & Financial Operations 37 0.7% $15.65
Architecture & Engineering 34 2.3% $17.95
Farming, Fishing & Forestry 26 2.0% NA
Life, Physical & Social Science 8 0.7% $18.10
Local Area I
Legal 0 0.0% NA

The top 25 occupations with the most job vacancies account for 61 percent
of total job vacancies in this area.
The occupation with the most job vacancies in Local Area I is truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer, with an
estimated 453 job openings and a job vacancy rate of 8.1 percent.
The Health Care and Social Assistance industry reported the most job openings across the state (Table
1.3), therefore, it is not surprising to see occupations such as registered nurses, nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants, home health aides and rehabilitation counselors appear among the top 25 occupations (Table 1.2).
In addition, occupations such as janitors and cleaners, maids and housekeeping cleaners, receptionists and
information clerks and food preparation workers also are prominent in the healthcare industry.
Table 1.2
Table 1.2
Top 25 Occupations with the Most Job Vacancies
Top 25 Occupations with the Most Job Vacancies
Local Area 1
Local Area I
Job
Number of Vacancy Average
Job Title Vacancies Rate Wage Offer
Truck Drivers, Heavy & Tractor-Trailer 453 8.1% $ 17.75
Nursing Aides, Orderlies & Attendants 313 4.2% $ 8.19
Registered Nurses 280 5.2% $ 18.66
Laborers & Freight, Stock & Material Movers, Hand 247 9.1% $ 10.25
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Retail Sales 187 8.2% $ 10.40
Janitors & Cleaners, Except Maids & Houskeeping Cleaners 176 3.8% $ 6.66
Cashiers 176 2.3% $ 5.75
Cooks, Short Order 154 NA $ 5.75
Landscaping & Groundskeeping Workers 145 4.6% $ 7.25
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, Brazers 139 10.0% $ 9.78
Waiters & Waitresses 128 3.3% $ 5.62
Retail Salespersons 128 1.6% $ 8.03
Home Health Aides 116 7.5% $ 7.47
Cooks, Fast Food 102 3.4% $ 5.20
Rehabilitation Counselors 90 45.0% $ 9.02
Food Preparation Workers 89 4.5% $ 4.98
Receptionists & Information Clerks 87 5.2% $ 8.29
Recreational Protective Service Workers 82 30.4% $ 5.45
All Other Production Workers 80 34.8% $ 8.62
Cleaners of Vehicles & Equipment 79 11.3% $ 7.00
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special & Vocational 77 2.3% $ 18.10
Aircraft Mechanics & Service Technicians, FAA 76 NA $ 15.00
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 74 2.0% $ 17.57
Bill & Account Collectors 74 11.6% $ 9.08
Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners 65 3.0% $ 6.29

Job Vacancies by Industry and Size
The industry group with the largest number of job vacancies and a high job
vacancy rate in Local Area I is Health Care and Social Assistance, with 1,300
estimated openings and a 3.5 percent job vacancy rate.
The industry groups with the highest job vacancy rates are Transportation and Warehousing with a rate of 4.9
percent and 399 openings; Mining, with a 4.9 percent rate and 211 openings; and Administrative and Waste
Services, with a 4.7 percent rate and 254 openings.
The total job vacancy rate by industry and size is 2.3 percent. This rate differs slightly from the 2.4 percent job
vacancy rate by occupation. This difference is due to the fact that the employment estimates are produced by a
different methodology.
Table 1.3
Local Area I
Job Average
Retail Trade 815 2.7% $ 7.96
Accommodation & Food Services 620 3.3% $ 5.72
Manufacturing 553 1.4% $12.28
Educational Services 449 1.5% $14.93
Public Administration 415 2.0% $ 8.38
Transportation & Warehousing 399 4.9% $18.85
Wholesale Trade 265 2.2% $16.25
Administrative & Waste Services 254 4.7% $ 7.85
Mining 211 4.9% $ 9.10
Finance & Insurance 192 2.2% $18.96
Information 133 3.1% $10.03
Construction 74 0.7% $ 9.70
Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 50 3.2% $ 6.92
Professional & Technical Services 50 0.9% $13.20
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting 10 0.1% $ 8.65
Utilities 4 0.2% $21.63
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation 0 0.0% NA
Table 1.4
Table 1.4
Job
LocalVacancies
Area I by Size
Local Area I Job Average
Size Vacancies Rate Offer
All Job Vacancies 5.913 2.3% $10.83
Very Small (0-4 employees) 251 1.2% $22.00
Small (5-49 employees) 3,008 3.0% $ 9.73
Large (250 or more employees) 879 1.5% $11.95

Starting Wage Offer
The average wage offer for all job openings in Local Area I is $10.83 an hour.
Twenty-eight percent of the job vacancies reported in Local Area I offer a starting wage of at least $12.00 an
hour. The largest percentage of job openings in this area (25 percent) is found in the pay range of $8.00 to
$9.99 an hour.
Figure 1.1
Local Area I
30%
25%
21%
20%
11% 10%
10% 8%
6% 5% 4% 3%
0%
Less than $6.00 - $8.00 - $10.00 - $12.00 - $14.00 - $16.00 - $18.00 - $20.00 and
$6.00 $7.99 $9.99 $11.99 $13.99 $15.99 $17.99 $19.99 over
Seventy-four percent of the job vacancies in Local Area I are considered to be full-time positions. The average
wage offer for a full-time position in this area is $12.12 an hour and the average for a part-time position is
$7.28 an hour.
Ninety-four percent of the positions open-for-hire in this area are considered permanent positions. The
average wage offer for a permanent position in this area is $11.09 an hour and the average wage offer for a
seasonal or temporary position is $6.88 an hour.
Figure 1.2 Figure 1.3

Full-time/Part-time Permanent/Seasonal
Local Area I Local Area I
Part-time Seasonal
26% 6%
$7.28 $6.88
Full-time
Permanent
74%
94%
$12.12
$11.09

Figure 1.4
Thirty-three percent of the positions
Job Vacancies by Required Education
open-for-hire in this area require a
Local Area I post-secondary degree or vocational
certificate. The average hourly
50% $30.00 wage offer for these positions range
from $10.95, for positions that
Average Wage Offer

$21.90 $25.00
40% require a vocational certificate, to
$17.48 $20.00 $21.90, for positions that require an
30% advanced degree.
$14.27
$15.00
$10.95
20% $9.21 $9.10
$10.00
10% $5.00
0% $0.00
Requirement
Figure 1.5 50% $25.00

Sixty-three percent of the job
Average Wage Offer

Job Vacancies by
40% $20.00 vacancies in this area require work

Required Experience experience. The average hourly
Local Area I $12.70 wage offer for positions that require
30% $12.15 $15.00
some work experience is $12.70,
20% $7.86 $10.00 while the average for positions that
require work experience related to
10% $5.00 the position is $12.15.
0% $0.00
Required Experience
Figure 1.6
Job Vacancies by No
License Requirement
Thirty-three percent of the job vacancies in Local Area I require
response
0.4% a license or certificate. These vacancies include occupations
Local Area I
License such as truck drivers, teachers, registered nurses and other health
Required related occupations.
33.1%
$14.45
Ten percent of the job openings in Local
No Area I do not require any specific education,
License
Required work experience or license, labeling them as
66.5% true entry-level positions.
$9.19

Figure 1.7
Job Vacancies by Length of Vacancy Thirty-four percent of the job openings
Local Area I were reported as being positions
50% $25.00 that are always open, where these
Average Wage Offer

employers are continuously recruiting.
40% $20.00
$14.11 Only eight percent of the job vacancies in Local Area I
30% $15.00
$11.27 $10.37 have been open 60 days or more, an indication that these
$9.54 positions are more difficult to fill. The average wage
20% $10.00
offer for these positions is $14.11 an hour.
10% $5.00 Twenty percent of the job vacancies in Local Area I
were reported as being open 30 days or more. Forty-two
0% $0.00 percent of the job vacancies in this area were reported as
Always Less than 30-59 60 days being open less than 30 days.
Benefits Offered
Eighty-seven percent of full-time job vacancies in Local Area I offer health insurance benefits. Seventy-nine
percent offer paid vacation leave and 73 percent offer a retirement savings plan. Only six percent of the full-
time openings do not provide any benefits.
Part-time job vacancies are less likely to offer benefits. Fifty-three percent of the part-time job openings in this
area do not provide any benefits. The benefit offered the most among part-time openings was paid vacation
leave, offered in 40 percent of the part-time openings.
Figure 1.8 100%

Job Vacancies by
Type of Benefits Offered 80%

Local Area I
60%
40%
20%
0%

LOCAL AREA II
The survey revealed there were an estimated 7,222 job vacancies in Local
Area II during the second quarter of 2005. This translates into a job vacancy
rate of three percent or three job vacancies for every 100 filled positions.
The statewide sample included 931 establishments for Local Area II. There were 648 usable responses
received, resulting in a satisfactory response rate of 70.6 percent for this area.

In Local Area II, the occupational group with the largest number of job vacancies and a high job vacancy rate
is Food Preparation and Serving-Related, with an estimated 1,003 openings and a 5.1 percent job vacancy rate.
The occupational group with the highest job vacancy rate in this area is Life, Physical and Social Science with
a 7.9 percent job vacancy rate and 209 openings.
Table 2.1
Table 2.1
Job Vacancies
Local Area II by Major Occupational Group
Local Area II
Job Average
Food Preparation & Serving-Related 1,003 5.1% $ 5.90
Transportation & Material Moving 799 5.8% $12.00
Office & Administrative Support 786 1.7% $ 8.17
Sales & Related 730 3.2% $ 7.65
Production 381 2.3% $10.23
Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance 356 4.5% $ 6.92
Management 156 1.3% $23.88
Computer & Mathematical 118 3.1% $10.79
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports & Media 101 2.7% $ 8.12
Local Area II
Farming, Fishing & Forestry 20 3.2% NA

Legal 6 0.4% $16.92

The top 25 occupations with the most job vacancies account for 58
percent of total job vacancies in this area.
The occupation with the most job vacancies in Local Area II is retail salespersons, with an estimated 449 job
openings and a six percent job vacancy rate, followed by waiters and waitresses, with 438 job openings and a
11.4 percent job vacancy rate.
2.3), therefore, it is not surprising to see occupations such as registered nurses, nursing aides, orderlies
and attendants and licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses appear among the top 25 occupations
(Table 2.2). In addition, occupations such as janitors and cleaners, general office clerks, customer service
representatives and food preparation workers also are prominent in the healthcare industry.
Table2.2
Table 2.2
Top 25 Occupations
Occupations with
with the
the Most
Most Job
Job Vacancies
Vacancies
Local Area II
Local Area II
Job Average
Job Title Vacancies Rate Offer
Cashiers 192 3.1% $ 6.23
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, & Attendants 162 5.0% $ 8.69
All Other Helpers, Construction Trades 157 NA $ 10.72
Tellers 151 8.3% $ 7.62
Customer Service Representatives 146 4.6% $ 8.70
Cooks, Restaurant 136 10.2% $ 6.13
Office Clerks, General 119 1.9% $ 7.29
Recreational Protective Service Workers 111 NA $ 5.98
Automotive Service Technicians & Mechanics 99 7.2% $ 12.77
Licensed Practical & Licensed Vocational Nurses 98 6.8% $ 13.37
Maintenance & Repair Workers, General 97 4.2% $ 9.99
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 91 2.6% $ 16.69
Stock Clerks & Order Fillers 89 2.2% $ 5.53
Market Research Analysts 87 34.8% $ 9.99
Janitors & Cleaners, Except Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners 85 2.1% $ 6.72
Welders, Cutters, Solderers & Brazer 82 7.5% $ 10.40
Bus Drivers, School 73 5.2% $ 9.92

The industry group with the largest number of job vacancies in Local Area II
is Health Care and Social Assistance, with 1,035 estimated openings and a
The industry group with the highest job vacancy rate in this area is Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
with a rate of 11.5 percent and 104 openings.
The size group with the highest job vacancy rate is the Very Small size group, with a rate of 4.8 percent.
Table 2.3
Local Area II Job Average
Retail Trade 989 3.4% $ 7.22
Government 726 3.0% $ 9.50
Construction 351 2.8% $11.84
Finance & Insurance 304 3.0% $ 8.30
Information 224 3.9% $ 8.47
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation 130 3.2% $10.65
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting 104 11.5% $15.91
Professional & Technical Services 92 0.8% $ 8.27
Real Estate & Rental Leasing 56 2.0% $ 7.00
Utilities 17 1.0% $14.22
Mining 0 0.0% NA
Table 2.4
Table 2.4
Job Vacancies
Local Area II by Size
Local Area II Job Average
All Job Vacncies 7,222 3.0% $10.40
Very Small (0-4 employees) 659 4.8% $ 7.74
Small (5-49 employees) 2,247 2.8% $10.74

Starting Wage Offer
The average wage offer for all job openings in Local Area II is $10.40
an hour.
Twenty-six percent of the job vacancies reported in Local Area II offer a starting wage of at least $12.00 an
hour. The largest percentage of job openings in this area (27 percent) is found in the pay range of $6.00 to
$7.99 an hour.
Figure 2.1
Local Area II
30% 27%
20%
14% 15%
10%
10% 6% 6% 7%
4% 3%
0%
Less than $6.00 - $8.00 - $10.00 - $12.00 - $14.00 - $16.00 - $18.00 - $20.00 and
$6.00 $7.99 $9.99 $11.99 $13.99 $15.99 $17.99 $19.99 over
Figure 2.2
Part-time
Full-time/
36%
Part-time
$7.28
Local Area II Sixty-four percent of the job vacancies in Local Area II are
considered to be full-time positions. The average wage offer for
a full-time position in this area is $12.19 an hour and the average
for a part-time position is $7.28 an hour.
Full-time
64%
$12.19
Figure 2.3
Permanent/
Seasonal Seasonal
14%
Local Area II $7.38
Eighty-six percent of the positions open-for-hire in this

area are considered permanent positions. The average
wage offer for a permanent position in this area is $10.91
an hour and the average wage offer for a seasonal or
Permanent
temporary position is $7.38 an hour. 86%
$10.91
Figure 2.4
Job Vacancies by Required
50% $30.00
Education

Local Area II $21.66 $25.00
40%
Average Wage Offer

$18.91
Twenty-six percent of the $20.00
30% $14.79
positions open-for-hire in this $15.00
$11.84
area require a post-secondary $9.13
20%
degree or vocational certificate. $7.43 $10.00
The average hourly wage offer 10%
for these positions ranges from $5.00
$11.84, for positions that require 0% $0.00
a vocational certificate, to $21.66, No High School Vocational Associates Bachelor Advanced
for positions that require an Requirement
advanced degree. Percent of Job Vacancies Average Wage Offer
Figure 2.5 50% $25.00

Job Vacancies by
40% $20.00
Average Wage Offer

Required Experience
$14.83
Local Area II
30% $15.00
$9.50
Sixty-one percent of the job vacancies in this area require work 20% $7.62 $10.00
experience. The average hourly wage offer for positions that
require some work experience is $9.50, while the average for 10% $5.00
positions that require work experience related to the position is
$14.83. 0% $0.00
Required Experience
Figure 2.6 Twenty-four percent of the job vacancies in Local Area II require
Job Vacancies by a license or certificate. These vacancies include occupations
License Requirement such as truck drivers, teachers, registered nurses and other health
Local Area II No
response
related occupations.
5%
License
Required
Twenty percent of all job openings in Local
24% Area II do not require any specific education,
$15.28
work experience or license, labeling them as
No true entry-level positions.
License
Required
71%
$8.95

Figure 2.7
Job Vacancies by Length of Vacancy
Local Area II
Thirty-seven percent of the job
50% $25.00 openings were reported as being
positions that are always open, where
Average Wage Offer

40% $20.00
$16.49 these employers are continuously
$14.63
30% $15.00 recruiting.
$9.89
20% $8.36 $10.00 Only ten percent of the job vacancies in Local Area II
have been open 60 days or more, an indication that these
10% $5.00 positions are more difficult to fill. The average wage
offer for these positions is $16.49 an hour.
0% $0.00 Twenty percent of the job vacancies in Local Area II
Always Less than 30-59 60 days
were reported as being open 30 days or more.
Thirty-eight percent of the job vacancies in this area
were reported as being open less than 30 days.
Benefits Offered
Seventy-three percent of the full-time job vacancies in Local Area II offer paid vacation leave and 72 percent
offer health insurance benefits. Only 13 percent of the full-time openings do not provide any benefits.
Part-time job vacancies are less likely to offer benefits. Fifty-eight percent of the part-time job openings in this
area do not provide any benefits. Survey results indicate that 24 percent offer paid vacation leave, while 23
percent of the openings offer health insurance.
Figure 2.8
Local Area II
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%

LOCAL AREA III
The survey revealed there were an estimated 13,162 job vacancies in

Local Area III during the second quarter of 2005. This translates into a job
vacancy rate of 3.3 percent or more than three job vacancies for every 100
filled positions.
The statewide sample included 1,279 establishments for Local Area III. There were 799 usable responses
received, resulting in a satisfactory response rate of 65.2 percent for this area.

In Local Area III, the occupational group with the largest number of job vacancies is Sales and Related, with
an estimated 1,460 openings and a three percent job vacancy rate. Not far behind is Office and Administrative
Support, with 1,420 openings and a 1.9 percent job vacancy rate, and Transportaion and Material Moving, with
1,370 openings and a 4.2 percent rate.
The occupational group with the highest job vacancy rate in this area is Building and Grounds Cleaning and
Maintenance with a 6.4 percent job vacancy rate and 679 openings.
Table 3.1
Table 3.1
Job
LocalVacancies
Area III by Major Occupational Group
Local Area III
Job Average
Sales & Related 1,460 3.0% $11.36
Office & Administrative Support 1,420 1.9% $10.91
Transportation & Material Moving 1,370 4.2% $10.84
Food Preparation & Serving-Related 1,266 4.3% $ 6.02
Management 753 4.0% $22.08
Production 515 2.0% $11.02
Healthcare Support 480 4.9% $10.08
Architechture & Engineering 267 2.5% $16.38
Protective Service 192 2.7% $12.38
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports & Media 166 3.7% $10.78
Local Area III
Community & Social Services 141 4.1% $14.02

Legal 9 0.3% NA
Farming, Fishing & Forestry 0 NA NA

The occupation with the most job vacancies in Local Area III is waiters and waitresses, with an estimated
570 job openings and an 8.5 percent job vacancy rate. The high job vacancy rate of 58.9 percent for cement
masons and concrete finishers is most likely due to the timing of the survey.
The Health Care and Social Assistance industry reported the most job openings across the state (Table 3.3),
therefore, it is not surprising to see occupations such as registered nurses and nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants appear among the top 25 occupations (Table 3.2). In addition, occupations such as customer
service representatives, executive secretaries and administrative assistants, business operations specialists and
management analysts also are prominent in the healthcare industry.
Table 3.2
Table
Top 253.2
Occupations with the most Job Vacancies
Local
Top 25Area III
Occupations with the Most Job Vacancies
Local Area III
Job Average
Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand 472 6.1% $ 10.03
Cashiers 469 4.9% $ 7.31
Cement Masons & Concrete Finishers 371 58.9% $ 12.34
Operating Engineers & Other Construction Equipment Operators 244 14.0% $ 12.09
All Other Sales Representatives, Services 234 8.8% $ 18.90
Combined Food Preparation & Serving Workers 209 4.5% $ 5.92
Automotive Service Technicians & Mechanics 180 10.7% $ 13.04
General & Operations Managers 178 3.3% $ 18.69
Teacher Assistants 167 4.9% $ 8.62
Executive Secretaries & Administrative Assistants 156 3.0% $ 14.10
All Other Business Operations Specialists 143 7.5% $ 12.27
Training & Development Specialists 128 18.0% $ 14.58
Management Analysts 121 8.4% $ 20.08
Sales Reps., Wholesale & Manufacturing, Except Technical & Scientific Products 118 1.8% $ 14.58
Computer Support Specialists 113 5.8% $ 15.10
Construction Laborers 112 4.5% $ 8.01
Bus & Truck Mechanics & Diesel Engine Specialists 107 9.6% $ 15.56
Computer Programmers 102 4.0% $ 18.83

The industry group with the largest number of job vacancies in Local Area III
The industry group with the highest job vacancy rate in this area is Management of Companies and
Enterprises, with 255 openings, resulting in a 7.6 percent job vacancy rate, followed by Transportation and
Warehousing, with 1,133 openings and a six percent rate.
The total job vacancy rate by industry is 3.4 percent. This rate differs slightly from the 3.3 percent job vacancy
rate by occupation and by size. This difference is due to rounding and the fact that the employment numbers
by industry are derived from a different source and timeframe.
Table 3.3
Table 3.3
Job Vacancies by by Industry
Job
LocalVacancies
Area III by Industry
Local Area III
Job Average
Retail Trade 1,261 2.7% $ 8.89
Professional & Technical Services 1,209 4.5% $17.28
Transportation & Warehousing 1,133 6.0% $11.02
Administrative & Waste Services 974 3.3% $10.04
Finance & Insurance 447 1.9% $15.43
Government 271 1.5% $13.00
Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 127 2.1% $18.55
Mining 19 5.4% $16.42
Utilities 6 0.2% $11.57
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting 2 0.6% NA
Table 3.4
Table 3.4
Job
LocalVacancies
Area III by Size
Local Area III
Job Average
Very Small (0-4 employees) 714 3.4% $11.67
Small (5-49 employees) 4,674 4.0% $11.66
Starting Wage Offer
The average wage offer for all job openings in Local Area III is $11.68 an hour.
Thirty percent of the job vacancies reported in Local Area III offer a starting wage of at least $12.00 an hour.
The largest percentage of job openings in this area (15 percent) is found in the pay range of $8.00 to $9.99 an
hour.
Figure 3.1
Local Area III
30%
20%
15%
10% 11% 11%
10%
6% 6% 6%
4% 3%
0%
Less than $6.00 - $8.00 - $10.00 - $12.00 - $14.00 - $16.00 - $18.00 - $20.00 and
$6.00 $7.99 $9.99 $11.99 $13.99 $15.99 $17.99 $19.99 over
Figure 3.2
Part-time
Full-time/Part-time 22% Seventy-eight percent of the job vacancies in Local Area
Local Area III $8.12
III are considered to be full-time positions. The average
wage offer for a full-time position in this area is $12.87
an hour and the average for a part-time position is $8.12
an hour.
Full-time
78%
$12.87
Seasonal
Figure 3.3 13%
Permanent/Seasonal $9.76
Eighty-seven percent of the positions open-for-hire Local Area III
in this area are considered permanent positions. The
average wage offer for a permanent position in this
area is $12.02 an hour and the average wage offer for
a seasonal or temporary position is $9.76 an hour.
Permanent
87%
$12.02

Figure 3.4
Local Area III 50% $27.79 $30.00
Average Wage Offer

$25.00
40%
Thirty percent of the positions
$19.14
open-for-hire in this area require a $20.00
30% $15.08
post-secondary degree or vocational $13.70
$11.07 $15.00
certificate. The average hourly
20%
wage offer for these positions ranges $7.80 $10.00
from $13.70, for positions that
10% $5.00
require a vocational certificate, to
$27.79, for positions that require an
0% $0.00
advanced degree. No High School Vocational Associates Bachelor Advanced
Requirement
50% $25.00
Figure 3.5
Percent of Job Vacancies 40% $20.00
Average Wage Offer

Job Vacancies by Required $15.26
Experience
30% $15.00
Local Area III $11.02
20% $8.46 $10.00
Sixty-two percent of the job vacancies in this area require work
10% $5.00
require some work experience is $11.02, while the average for
0% $0.00
positions that require work experience related to the position is No Work Some Work Related
$15.26. Experience Experience Work
Required Experience
Figure 3.6
Job Vacancies by License Requirement
Local Area III
No Nineteen percent of the job vacancies in Local Area III require
response a license or certificate. These vacancies include occupations
11% such as truck drivers, teachers, registered nurses and other health
License
Required related occupations.
Eighteen percent of the job openings in

19%
$14.49
Local Area III do not require any specific
No
License education, work experience or license,
Required
70% labeling them as true entry-level positions.
$11.07

Figure 3.7 Thirty-seven percent of the job
Job Vacancies by Length of Vacancy openings were reported as being
Local Area III positions that are always open, where
these employers are continuously
50% $25.00 recruiting.
Average Wage Offer

40% $20.00
Only ten percent of the job vacancies in Local Area III
$14.43 have been open 60 days or more, an indication that these
30% $12.98 $12.98 $15.00
positions are more difficult to fill. The average wage
$9.74 offer for these positions is $14.43 an hour.
20% $10.00
Twenty-two percent of the job vacancies in Local
10% $5.00 Area III were reported as being open 30 days or more.
Twenty-eight percent of the job vacancies in this area
0% $0.00 were reported as being open less than 30 days.
Benefits Offered
Seventy-one percent of the full-time job vacancies in Local Area III offer health insurance benefits and 69
percent offer paid vacation leave. Only 17 percent of the full-time openings do not provide any benefits.
Part-time job vacancies are less likely to offer benefits. Fifty-four percent of the part-time job openings in this
area do not provide any benefits. Survey results indicate that 26 percent offer health insurance benefits, while
22 percent offer a retirement savings plan.
Figure 3.8
Local Area III
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%

LOCAL AREA IV
Area IV during the second quarter of 2005. This translates into a job vacancy
rate of 2.2 percent or more than two job vacancies for every 100 filled
positions.
The statewide sample included 874 establishments for Local Area IV. There were 594 responses received,
resulting in a satisfactory response rate of 69.2 percent for this area.

In Local Area IV, the occupational group with the largest number of job vacancies is Food Preparation and
Serving-Related, with an estimated 908 openings and a 3.9 percent job vacancy rate.
The occupational group with the highest job vacancy rate in this area is Community and Social Services with
a 6.1 percent job vacancy rate and 226 openings, followed by Life, Physical and Social Science, at 5.7 percent
and 79 openings.
Table 4.1
Table
Job 4.1
Vacancies by Major Occupational Group
Job Vacancies
Local Area IV by Major Occupational Group
Local Area IV Job Average
Sales & Related 802 2.9% $ 9.88
Production 503 1.6% $ 9.75
Transportation & Material Moving 421 2.4% $ 9.03
Community & Social Services 226 6.1% $11.10
Management 167 1.3% $22.17
Life, Physical & Social Science 79 5.7% NA
Local Area IV
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports & Media 51 1.8% $ 8.88

Legal 2 0.1% NA
Farming, Fishing, & Forestry 0 NA NA

The occupation with the most job vacancies in Local Area IV is waiters and waitresses, with an estimated 461
job openings and a 9.3 percent job vacancy rate.
4.3), therefore, it is not surprising to see occupations such as registered nurses, nursing aides, orderlies and
attendants, child, family and school social workers and personal and home care aides appear among the top
25 occupations (Table 4.2). In addition, occupations such as customer service representatives, general office
clerks, janitors and cleaners and food preparation workers also are prominent in the healthcare industry.
Table 4.2
Table 4.2
Top 25 Occupations with the
the Most
Most Job
Job Vacancies
Vacancies
Local Area IV
Local Area IV
Job Average
Nursing Aides, Orderlies & Attendants 175 4.2% $ 8.90
Personal & Home Care Aides 162 7.1% $ 8.12
Cashiers 161 2.0% $ 6.75
Child, Family, & School Social Workers 141 22.7% $ 12.80
Machinists 122 7.4% $ 14.35
Cooks, Restaurant 105 7.7% $ 8.49
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Retail Sales 97 3.8% $ 12.69
Helpers-Roofers 96 73.8% $ 10.81
Office Clerks, General 86 1.5% $ 10.67
Janitors & Cleaners, Except Maids & Housekeeping Cleaners 85 2.0% $ 8.30
Driver/Sales Workers 80 5.8% $ 9.76
Chefs & Head Cooks 76 26.2% $ 17.24
Real Estate Sales Agents 75 75.0% NA
Carpenters 75 4.3% $ 15.41
Recreational Protective Service Workers 72 48.0% $ 5.25
Aerospace Engineers 69 NA $ 28.85
Plumbers, Pipefitters & Steamfitters 65 7.1% $ 10.00

The industry group with the largest number of job vacancies in Local Area IV
The industry group with the highest job vacancy rate in this area is Accommodation and Food Services, with
a job vacancy rate of 4.6 percent and 1,056 openings, followed by Real Estate and Rental and Leasing, with a
4.2 percent rate and 152 openings.
The total job vacancy rate by industry is 2.3 percent. This rate differs slightly from the 2.2 percent job vacancy
rate by occupation and by size. This difference is due to rounding and the fact that the employment estimates
are produced by a different methodology.
Table 4.3
Local Area IV
Job Average
Manufacturing 1,010 1.7% $13.19
Retail Trade 534 1.7% $ 8.38
Information 255 4.0% NA
Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 152 4.2% $ 6.00
Government 97 0.7% $13.05
Other Services, Except Public Administration 74 1.0% $ 9.95
Management of Companies & Enterprises 46 1.9% $ 9.98
Utilities 3 0.4% NA
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting 0 0.0% NA
Mining 0 0.0% NA
Table 4.4
Table 4.4
Job Vacancies
Local Area 4 by Size
Local Area IV Job Average
Small (5-49 employees) 2,315 2.7% $ 9.67
Starting Wage Offer
The average wage offer for all job openings in Local Area IV is $10.08 an hour.
Nineteen percent of the job vacancies reported in Local Area IV offer a starting wage of at least $12.00 an
hour. The largest percentage of job openings in this area is found in the pay range of $6.00 to $7.99 an hour
and $8.00 to $9.99 an hour.
Figure 4.1
Local Area IV
30%
21% 21%
20%
10% 7% 8%
5% 5% 4%
3% 2%
0%
Less than $6.00 - $8.00 - $10.00 - $12.00 - $14.00 - $16.00 - $18.00 - $20.00 and
$6.00 $7.99 $9.99 $11.99 $13.99 $15.99 $17.99 $19.99 over
Figure 4.2
Full-time/Part-time Part-time
Sixty-nine percent of the job vacancies in Local Area 31%
IV are considered to be full-time positions. The Local Area IV
$7.08
average wage offer for a full-time position in this
area is $11.78 an hour and the average for a part-time
position is $7.08 an hour.
Full-time
69%
$11.78
Seasonal
4%
Figure 4.3 Ninety-six percent of the positions open-for-hire in this
$7.20
Permanent/Seasonal area are considered permanent positions. The average
Local Area IV wage offer for a permanent position in this area is $10.21
an hour and the average wage offer for a seasonal or
temporary position is $7.20 an hour.
Permanent
96%
$10.21

Figure 4.4
Local Area IV
50% $30.00

Thirty-one percent of $25.00
Average Wage Offer

40% $20.14
$19.89
the positions open-for- $20.00
hire in this area require a 30%
post-secondary degree or $12.63 $15.00
$10.75
vocational certificate. The 20% $7.26 $8.99
average hourly wage offer $10.00
for these positions ranges 10%
$5.00
from $10.75, for positions
that require a vocational 0% $0.00
certificate, to $20.14, for No High School Vocational Associates Bachelor Advanced
positions that require an Requirement
advanced degree. Percent of Job Vacancies Average Wage Offer
Figure 4.5 50% $25.00

Job Vacancies by
40% $20.00
Average Wage Offer

Required Experience
Local Area IV
30% $12.41 $15.00
$9.33
20% $7.77 $10.00
Sixty-two percent of the job vacancies in this area
require work experience. The average hourly wage 10% $5.00
offer for positions that require some work experience is
$9.33, while the average for positions that require work 0% $0.00
experience related to the position is $12.41. Experience Experience Work
Required Experience
Figure 4.6
Job Vacancies by No
License Requirement response Twenty-three percent of the job vacancies in Local
7% Area IV require a license or certificate. These
Local Area IV License
Required
vacancies include occupations such as truck drivers,
23% teachers, registered nurses and other health related
$13.28 occupations.
No
License
Eight percent of the job openings in
Required Local Area IV do not require any
70%
$9.35
specific education, work experience or
license, labeling them as true
entry-level positions.

Figure 4.7
Job Vacancies by Length of Vacancy
Local Area IV
Thirty-six percent of the job openings
were reported as being positions that
50% $25.00 are always open, where these
employers are continuously recruiting.
40% $20.00
Average Wage Offer

$13.76
Only seven percent of the job vacancies in Local Area IV
30% $12.23 $15.00 have been open 60 days or more, an indication that these
$10.36 positions are more difficult to fill. The average wage
$8.69
20% $10.00 offer for these positions is $13.76 an hour.
Seventeen percent of the job vacancies in Local Area IV
10% $5.00 were reported as being open 30 days or more. Thirty-
one percent of the job vacancies in this area were
0% $0.00 reported as being open less than 30 days.
Benefits Offered
Eighty-five percent of the full-time job vacancies in Local Area IV offer paid vacation leave, 82 percent offer
health insurance benefits and 80 percent offer a retirement savings plan. Only seven percent of the full-time
openings do not provide any benefits.
Part-time job vacancies are less likely to offer benefits. Fifty-two percent of the part-time job openings in this
area do not provide any benefits. Survey results indicate that 33 percent offer paid vacation leave, 32 percent
offer paid sick leave and 30 percent offer a retirement savings plan.
Figure 4.8
Local Area IV
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%

LOCAL AREA V
Area V during the second quarter of 2005. This translates into a job vacancy
rate of 2.7 percent or more than two and one-half job vacancies for every
100 filled positions.
The statewide sample included 474 establishments for Local Area V. Usable reponses were received from 338
employers, resulting in a satisfactory response rate of 72.4 percent for this area.

In Local Area V, the occupational group with the largest number of job vacancies is Transportation and
Material Moving, with an estimated 450 openings and a 5.3 percent job vacancy rate.
The occupational groups with the highest job vacancy rate in this area are Healthcare Support, with a 9.9
percent job vacancy rate and 368 openings, followed by Community and Social Services, at 9.6 percent and
207 openings.
Table 5.1
Table 5.1
Job Vacancies
Job Vacancies by
by Major
Major Occupational
Occupational Group
Group
Local Area V
Local Area V
Job Average
Transportation & Material Moving 450 5.3% $ 8.19
Sales & Related 251 2.8% $ 6.20
Production 246 1.4% $10.63
Construction & Extraction 167 2.6% $ 8.46
Management 52 1.2% $20.54
Farming, Fishing & Forestry 50 NA NA
Local Area V
Protective Service 18 0.5% $10.18

Personal Care & Service 15 0.4% $13.19
Computer & Mathematical 5 0.5% NA
Life, Physical & Social Science 5 0.9% NA
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports & Media 1 0.1% NA
Legal 0 0.0% NA
The occupation with the most job vacancies in Local Area V is nursing aides, orderlies and attendants, with an
estimated 292 job openings and a 13.3 percent job vacancy rate.
The occupation with the highest job vacancy rate in this area is driver/sales workers, with a rate of 28.9 percent
and 52 openings.
The Health Care and Social Assistance industry reported the most job openings across the state (Table 5.3),
therefore, it is not surprising to see occupations such as nursing aides, orderlies and attendants, social and
human service assistants, registered nurses, licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses, home health
aides and rehabilitation counselors appear among the top 25 occupations (Table 5.2). In addition, occupations
such as janitors and cleaners and customer service representatives also are prominent in the healthcare
industry.
Table 5.2
Table 5.2
Top 25 Occupations with
with the
the Most
Most Job
Job Vacancies
Vacancies
Local Area V
Local Area V
Job Average
Janitors & Cleaners, Except Maids & Houskeeping Cleaners 209 9.4% $ 7.01
Laborers & Freight, Stock & Material Movers 198 9.1% $ 7.56
Cashiers 177 5.4% $ 5.94
Tellers 150 NA $ 7.00
Social and Human Service Assistants 141 16.4% $ 7.07
Automotive Body & Related Repairers 66 NA $ 18.00
Cooks, Fast Food 59 7.1% $ 5.80
Slaughterers & Meat Packers 58 NA $ 9.00
Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Service 55 6.7% $ 6.00
Licensed Practical & Licensed Vocational Nurses 53 10.8% $ 12.85
Telemarketers 53 13.3% $ 6.02
Home Health Aides 52 21.7% $ 7.91
Cooks, Short Order 52 NA $ 5.15
Driver/Sales Workers 52 28.9% NA
Farmworkers & Laborers, Crop, Nursery, Greenhouse 50 NA $ 5.60
Rehabilitation Counselors 40 23.5% $ 6.82
Brickmasters & Blockmasons 36 NA $ 14.40
All Other Helpers, Construction Trades 36 NA $ 5.32

The industry group with the largest number of job vacancies in Local Area V
is Health Care and Social Assistance, with 948 estimated openings and a 5.7
percent job vacancy rate.
The industry groups with the highest job vacancy rate in this area is Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and
Hunting, with a job vacancy rate of 9.2 percent and 50 openings, followed by Administrative and Waste
Services, with a 7.3 percent rate and 283 openings.
The size group with the highest job vacancy rate is the small size group with employment of five to 49, with a
rate of 5.2 percent.
The total job vacancy rate by industry and size is 2.8 percent. This rate differs slightly from the 2.7 percent job
vacancy rate by occupation. This difference is due to the fact that the employment estimates are produced by a
different methodology.
Table 5.3
Local Area V Job Average
Health Care & Social Assistance 948 5.7% $11.43
Retail Trade 329 2.7% $ 6.74
Construction 299 6.3% $ 9.34
Transportation & Warehousing 60 1.9% $ 7.00
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting 50 9.2% $ 5.60
Government 44 0.6% $13.50
Wholesale Trade 29 0.8% $ 7.50
Utilities 26 1.4% $25.41
Arts, Entertainment & Recreation 9 1.0% $11.21
Mining 0 0.0% NA
Real Estate & Rental & Leasing 0 0.0% NA
Management of Companies & Enterprises 0 0.0% NA
Table 5.4
Job Vacancies
Table 5.4 by Size
Local Area V
Local Area V Job Average
Small (5-49 employees) 1,970 5.2% $ 9.64
Medium (50-249 employees) 582 1.7% $10.63
Large (250 or more employees) 591 1.7% $11.25
Starting Wage Offer
The average wage offer for all job openings in Local Area V is $10.01 an hour.
Twenty percent of the job vacancies reported in Local Area V offer a starting wage of at least $12.00 an hour.
The largest percent of job openings in this area (40 percent) are in the wage range of $6.00 to $7.99 an hour.
Figure 5.1
Local Area V
50%
40%
40%
30%
20%
10% 11%
10% 8%
6% 5%
4% 2% 3%
0%
Less than $6.00 - $8.00 - $10.00 - $12.00 - $14.00 - $16.00 - $18.00 - $20.00 and
$6.00 $7.99 $9.99 $11.99 $13.99 $15.99 $17.99 $19.99 over
Figure 5.2
Part-time
Full-time/Part-time 34%
Local Area V $6.62 Sixty-six percent of the job vacancies in Local Area V are considered
to be full-time positions. The average wage offer for a full-time
position in this area is $11.59 an hour and the average for a part-time
position is $6.62 an hour.
Full-time
66%
$11.59
Figure 5.3
Permanent/Seasonal
Local Area V
Seasonal
7%
$8.33
Ninety-three percent of the positions open-for-hire in this area are
considered permanent positions. The average wage offer for a
permanent position in this area is $10.16 an hour and the average
wage offer for a seasonal or temporary position is $8.33 an hour.
Permanent
93%
$10.16

Figure 5.4
Local Area V 50% $35.00
$29.31
$30.00
Average Wage Offer

Twenty-five percent of the positions 40%
open-for-hire in this area require a $25.00
post-secondary degree or vocational 30% $20.00
certificate. The average hourly $14.66 $15.21
wage offer for these positions ranges 20% $11.15 $15.00
$8.43
from $11.15, for positions that $7.34 $10.00
require a vocational certificate, to 10%
$5.00
$29.31, for positions that require an
advanced degree. 0% $0.00
Requirement
Number of Job Vacancies Average Wage Offer
Figure 5.5 50% $25.00

Job Vacancies by
Average Wage Offer

Required Experience 40% $20.00
Local Area V $14.53
30% $15.00
$11.22
Forty-six percent of the job vacancies in this area require work 20% $7.70 $10.00
require some work experience is $11.22, while the average for 10% $5.00
positions that require work experience related to the position is
$14.53. 0% $0.00
Required Experience
Figure 5.6
Job Vacancies by
License Requirement
No Twenty-seven percent of the job vacancies in Local Area V require
Local Area V
response a license or certificate. These vacancies include occupations such
1%
License as truck drivers, teachers, registered nurses and other health related
Required occupations.
27%
$15.05
Nineteen percent of the job openings in Local
No Area V do not require any specific education,
License
Required
work experience or license, labeling them as
72% true entry-level positions.
$8.20

Figure 5.7 Twenty-seven percent of the job
Job Vacancies by Length of Vacancy openings were reported as being
Local Area V
positions that are always open, where
50% $25.00
these employers are continuously
recruiting.
Average Wage Offer

40% $20.00
$13.02 $13.15 Only eight percent of the job vacancies in Local Area V
30% $15.00
have been open 60 days or more, an indication that these
$8.39 $9.38 positions are more difficult to fill. The average wage offer
20% $10.00
for these positions is $13.15 an hour.
10% $5.00 Twenty-three percent of the job vacancies in Local Area V
were reported as being open 30 days or more. Forty-three
0% $0.00 percent of the job vacancies in this area were reported as
Always Less than 30-59 60 days being open less than 30 days.
Benefits Offered
Seventy-nine percent of the full-time job vacancies in Local Area V offer health insurance benefits. Only 10 percent of the
full-time openings do not provide any benefits.
Part-time job vacancies are less likely to offer benefits. Sixty-two percent of the part-time job openings in this area do not
provide any benefits. Survey results indicate that 28 percent offer health insurance benefits.
Figure 5.8
Local Area V
100%
80%
60%
40%
20%
0%

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Labor Market Information Services

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For further information, please contact

2005 Kansas Job Vacancy Survey 1

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50% $25.00 Results indicated that nine percent of

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Figure 5 50% $30.00

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Average Wage Offer

Figure 6 50% $25.00

Average Wage Offer

Sixty-two percent of the job vacancies in the 10% $5.00

state require some work experience. 0% $0.00

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Figure 1.5 50% $25.00

Average Wage Offer

40% $20.00 vacancies in this area require work

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Average Wage Offer

Percent of Job Vacancies Average Wage Offer

Figure 1.8 100%

Type of Beneﬁts Offered 80%

All Openings Full-time Part-time

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Farming, Fishing & Forestry 20 3.2% NA

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Eighty-six percent of the positions open-for-hire in this

Percent of Job Vacancies

Average Wage Offer

Figure 2.5 50% $25.00