How are Projections Used?

  • Provide a guide to the future level of occupational demand
  • Help shape long-term career goals for Wisconsin's workforce
  • Influence how various resources (e.g. financial, educational programming) may be allocated to support different industry growth
  • Compare data across states

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Want all the data in an Excel document? Download Occupation Long-Term Projections 2020-2030 or Occupation Short-Term Projections 2021-2023 Visit the Projections page for more details.

The Projections Unit of the Office of Economic Advisors develops both long-term and short-term outlooks of employment in Wisconsin's industries and occupations. Projections employment includes nonagricultural wage and salary employment, workers in private households, agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting, trapping, and self-employed (SE) workers. Employment trends in approximately 300 industries and 770 occupations are examined.

Common Projections Queries

You can open a second browser tab for the Data Page to run while referencing the steps below.

  1. Category selection:Industry or Projections
  2. Sub Category selection: Industry Employment Projections
  3. Area Type selection: State
  4. Area(s) selection: Wisconsin
  5. Projections Period(s) selection: Long Term for the 10 years forecast Note: For State the industry detail is at 4 digits NAICS. For WDA's industry detail is at 2 digits NAICS.
  6. Industry Level(s) selection: Select All or just a specific Industry Level(s)
  7. Industry Code(s) selection: Select All or just a specific Industry Code
  8. Occupation Level(s) selection: Total All Occupations
  9. Occupation Code(s) selection: Total, All Occupations
  10. Then Generate Report button at the lower left

You can open a second browser tab for the Data Page to run while referencing the steps below.

  1. Category selection: Occupation or Projections
  2. Sub Category selection: Occupational Employment Projections
  3. Area Type selection: State
  4. Area(s) selection: Wisconsin
  5. Projections selection: Period(s) Long Term for the 10 years forecast
  6. Occupation Level(s)selection: Select All or just a specific Occupation Level(s)
  7. Occupation Code(s) selection: Select All or just a specific Occupation Code
  8. Industry Level(s) selection: Total All Industries
  9. Industry Code(s) selection: Total, All Industries
  10. Then Generate Report button at the lower left

You can open a second browser tab for the Data Page to run while referencing the steps below.

  1. Category selection: Occupation, Industry or Projections
  2. Sub Category selection: Occupational Employment Projections or Industry Employment Projections
  3. Area Type selection: State or WDA's
  4. Area(s) selection: Wisconsin or WDA's
  5. Projections Period(s) selection: Long Term for the 10 years forecast
  6. Occupation Level(s) or Industry Level(s) selection: Select All
  7. Occupation Code(s) or Industry Level(s) selection: Select All
  8. Industry Level(s) selection: Select All
  9. Industry Code(s)selection: Select All
  10. Then Generate Report button at the lower left

*Note: Select a specific industry to display the occupations within that industry or select a specific occupation to display the industries within that occupation.

You can open a second browser tab for the Data Page to run while referencing the steps below.

  1. Category selection: Occupation or Projections
  2. Sub Category selection: Occupational Employment Projections
  3. Area Type selection: WorkForce Development Area
  4. Area(s) selection: All Items for all the WDA's or a specific WDA only
  5. Projections Period(s) selection: Long Term Note: For the WDA's we have only Long Term projections available
  6. Occupation Level(s) selection: Select All or just a specific Occupation Level(s)
  7. Occupation Code(s) selection: Select All or just a specific Occupation Code
  8. Industry Level(s) selection: Total All Industries
  9. Industry Code(s) selection: Total, All Industries
  10. Then Generate Report button at the lower left

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