Missed Opportunities - Credential Shortages in Programs Aligned with High-Paying Middle-Skills

In this data brief, than most young workers who have a we discuss high-paying middle-skills bachelor’s degree.² At the same time, the occupations and determine whether demand for high-paying middle-skills jobs the current supply of middle-skills exceeds the supply of available workers credentials (that is, certificates and in some sectors and local economies. [...] The task of measuring credentials-to-jobs alignment relies on the program of study-to-occupation (CIP-SOC) crosswalk developed by the US Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics and the US Department of Education and involves a number of complications. [...] The greatest nationwide shortage of Fifty-two of the 55 largest metro areas workers prepared for high-paying middle- in the country will face a shortage of 06 skills occupations will be in the blue-collar these credentials, with a credentials- sector. [...] Thirty-nine of the 55 largest middle-skills occupations for which metro areas will face a shortage of we project an undersupply of middle- credentials aligned with high-paying skills workers only in major metro areas middle-skills protective services (resulting in a total annual projected occupations, with Portland, Oregon; shortage of nearly 15,000 credentials MISSED OPPORTUNITIES High-Paying Mid. [...] Consequently, their credential production in those in metro areas that will experience programs to avoid the shortage in the shortages, most providers would need local labor market.15 Likewise, more than to dramatically expand their credential half of providers in metro areas that production to fill all of the job openings will experience credential shortages available to middle-skills workers wit.