Long-term Occupational Projections from data.ny.gov provide a 10-year forecast of job openings across New York State and its 10 labor market regions. The dataset includes annual estimates for total openings, growth openings, and replacement openings for detailed occupations. It was last updated in September 2025.
Use Cases
- Forecast regional demand for specific occupations using the 'Occupation Title', 'Area', and 'Total Annual Openings' columns.
- Analyze the drivers of job openings by comparing 'Growth Annual Openings' and 'Replacement Annual Openings' for different 'SOC' codes.
- Identify high-growth occupations within a labor market region by ranking entries based on the 'Change' and 'Percent' columns.
- Compare occupational outlooks between the 'Base Year' and 'Projected Year' for state-level economic planning.
Strengths
- Provides a 10-year projection horizon for long-term planning.
- Covers the entire state of New York plus 10 distinct labor market regions.
- Includes detailed breakdowns of openings into growth and replacement components.
Limitations
- Data are not available for geographies smaller than the 10 labor market regions.
- Annual opening numbers may fluctuate above or below the provided average.
- Detail rows may not sum to summary totals due to data suppression for confidentiality or quality.
Provenance
- Source
- data.ny.gov
- Collection Method
- Projections based on economic modeling; exact methodology not specified.
- Time Range
- Covers a 10-year future projection period.
- Freshness
- Last updated in September 2025.
- Geography
- New York State and 10 labor market regions within it.