1 A snapshot of the long-term unemployed Northwest Workforce Council March 26, 2014 Anneliese Vance-Sherman, Ph.D., Labor Market and Performance Analysis

2 Definitions and parameters  2012 Workforce  2012 Longitudinal Employment Database (US Census)  Long-term unemployed  UI exhaustees who had not returned to work as of March 1, 2014  Geography: WDA 3  Island, San Juan, Skagit, and Whatcom Counties

3 Gender  A higher proportion of the long-term unemployed are male than the workforce as a whole Source: Employment Security Department / LMPA; UI Research and US Census Bureau; LED

4 Age  Youth make up a small portion of the long-term unemployed by this measure  Older workers are more likely to be among the long-term unemployed Source: Employment Security Department / LMPA; UI Research and US Census Bureau; LED

5 Education level  Long term unemployed tend to have lower levels of education overall compared to the employed workforce.

6 Share of Industry Employment Source: Employment Security Department / LMPA; UI Research and US Census Bureau; LED

7 Shifting industry employment

8 Thank you Anneliese Vance-Sherman, Ph.D. Regional Labor Economist Esd.wa.gov/employmentdata