Occupational Projections and Training Data (OPTD) Files
Developed and Distributed by the National Crosswalk Service Center
January, 2010

The OPTD0818.ZIP files contains the OPTD data in three file formats: FoxPro (.dbf),
MS Access (.MDB) and Excel (.XLS).


Record layout:

Field		 Description

occcode		 2008 national employment matrix code
occtype		 Occupation Type (Summary or Line item)
title		 2008 national employment matrix title
empl2008	 2008 estimated employment (thousands)
empl2018	 2018 projected employment (thousands)	
empchg		 2008-18 projected employment numeric change (thousands)
pctchg		 2008-18 projected employment percentage change
self		 2008 percentage of total in self employment
growth		 2008-18 openings due to growth (thousands)
netr		 2008-18 average annual job openings due to net replacement needs (thousands)
grownetr	 2008-18 average annual job openings due to growth and 
		 	net replacement needs (thousands)
medearn		 2008 median annual earnings
earnqart         2008 median annual earnings quartile rank (see below)
edlevel		 Most significant source of education or training
hs		 Percentage of workers with High school or less
sc		 Percentage of workers with Some college
col		 Percentage of workers with Bachelor's or higher degree
lths             Percentage of workers with Less than a high school degree       
highschool       Percentage of workers with High school diploma or equivalent
somecol          Percentage of workers with Some college, no degree
assoc            Percentage of workers with Associate's degree
bach             Percentage of workers with Bachelor's degree
master           Percentage of workers with Master's degree
doc              Percentage of workers with Doctoral or professional degree

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NOTES: 
1. Contents of this file were taken from several worksheets found in the file
   ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/ep/ind-occ.matrix/Occupation.xls
2. Variables hs, sc and col contain a summarized version of the more detailed
   information found in lths, highschool, somecol, assoc, bach, master and doc.