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Hiring & Turnover · Hamilton County QWI 2019–2024

Education Pipeline

Educational attainment of Hamilton County adults 25+. Source: Census ACS B15003 (5-year, 2019–2023).

Industry Staffing Lookup

Select a NAICS sector to see the significant occupations (≥1% of industry employment) with wages and growth. Useful for answering "If I land a NAICS 62 business, what SOCs will they hire?"

Wage Curves · BLS OES May 2024 · Indianapolis MSA

Full wage distribution (10th / 25th / median / 75th / 90th percentile) for 630 occupations across the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood MSA. Hamilton County employers typically pay a premium of 10–20% above MSA median for skilled occupations.

Job Posting Demand · Lightcast 12-month trailing

Real-time hiring demand across Hamilton County. Top occupations by posting volume, top skills employers are asking for, and education/experience requirements.

Outbound Career Paths · Where do workers go from here?

For a source occupation, which other occupations do workers advance to (next-step), come from (feeder), or have transferable skills with (compatible)? Score 0–100 normalized across Lightcast's relevance and compatibility indices.

Career Ladder Network · Lightcast ladders + v1.8 pathway hops

Unified force-directed graph that merges two data sources. Lightcast career ladders (39 source occupations × next-step / feeder / compatible destinations) are overlaid with the v1.8 universal pathway graph hops that route every gap SOC to a $70K+ aligned destination (O*NET Related, O*NET skill similarity, same-major-group lateral, and CIP-corroborated bridges). Node color = SOC major group. Node size = degree. Aligned destinations get a gold ring. Click a node to open its Occupation Detail modal.

Inbound Career Feeders · Who can I recruit for this role?

Answers the reverse question: "If I'm hiring for X, where is that talent naturally coming from?" Shows every occupation whose career ladder lists this SOC as a next-step or skills-compatible destination, enriched with the feeder occupation's Hamilton County jobs + wages (so you can size the recruiting pool) + salary differential (the promotion uplift workers would get).

Rising & Declining Skills · 10 clusters · 12-month Lightcast trend

Skills showing the largest posting-volume changes over the past year, grouped by sector cluster. Pick a cluster to see rising (hot) vs. declining (cold) skills. The overview below ranks all 10 clusters by momentum — where skills demand is shifting fastest.

Education Trend · Lightcast 2019 → 2030 projection

Lightcast's projection of Hamilton County's adult population by educational attainment, 2019 baseline vs. 2030 projection. Bachelor's+ holders projected to grow faster than any other segment — reinforcing Hamilton's knowledge-economy profile.

Wage Curve Compare · 0 occupations

Overlay wage curves for occupations you've added from the Occupation Detail modal. Useful for comparing tiers of a career ladder, or benchmarking adjacent roles.

Commute Flows

Where Hamilton County's workforce comes from (inflow) and where residents commute to (outflow). Source: Census LEHD LODES 2023.

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School District Quality

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Workforce Availability by Industry

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