Occupational Projections and Training Data (OPTD) Files
Distributed by the National Crosswalk Service Center
December, 2007

The OPTD0616.ZIP files contains the OPTD data in three file formats: FoxPro (.dbf),
MS Access (.MDB) and Excel (.XLS).


Record layout:

Field			 Description

occcode			 2006 national employment matrix code
occtype			 Occupation Type (Summary or Line item)
title			 2006 national employment matrix title
empl2006		 2006 estimated employment
empl2016		 2016 projected employment	
empchg			 2006-16 projected employment numeric change
pctchg			 2006-16 projected employment percentage change
self			 2006 percentage of total in self employment
growtotr		 2006-16 average annual job openings due to growth and
			 	total replacement needs 
growth			 2006-16 openings due to growth
netr			 2006-16 average annual job openings due to net replacement needs
grownetr		 2006-16 average annual job openings due to growth and 
			 	net replacement needs
unemrate 		 2004-06 percentage unemployed
unemqart		 2004-06 percentage unemployed workers quartile rank (see below)
medearn			 2006 median annual earnings
earnqart                 2006 median annual earnings quartile rank (see below)
parttime		 2004-06 percentage part-time workers
partqart		 2004-06 percentage part-time workers quartile rank
edlevel			 Most significant source of education or training
edgroup			 Educational attainment cluster
hs			 Percentage of workers with High school or less
sc			 Percentage of workers with Some college
col			 Percentage of workers with a Bachelor's or higher degree