The files in this directory contain various versions of the Bureau of
Labor Statistics' 2008-2018 national employment projections matrix.  The 
following files are available:

File          Contents

OPTD0818.ZIP     Archive file that contains FoxPro, Excel
                 and Access versions of file that contains information
                 that is quite similar to earlier versions of the BLS
                 Occupational Projections and Training Data (OPTD)
                 resource.

MATRIX08.PDF     Documentation for the matrix files--
                 (also included in MATR08AC.ZIP and MATR08FP.ZIP)

MAT08AC.ZIP      MS Access database containing the projections
                 files

MAT08FP.ZIP      FoxPro files containing the projections

OCCUPATION.XLS   Supplemental information about the occupations
                 in the 2008-2018 employment projections.  Although
                 BLS doesn't plan to produce the Occupational
                 Projections and Training Data (OPTD) as a separate
                 resource, tables in this file have some of that
                 information.


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