IAE assesses regional competitiveness, workforce needs, supply chain capacity, export potential, and regulatory hurdles. This in-depth research helps guide economic development efforts towards the region’s strengths and more promising opportunities, while also highlighting weaknesses where intervention may be usefully deployed.
LAEDC examines industry clusters in Los Angeles County to understand our regional strengths and weaknesses, and use this insight to build more informed economic development strategies while comparing our performance … Continued
Center for a Competitive Workforce (CCW), powered by LAEDC, has released a new report, Middle-Skill Occupations and Related Career Education Programs through the Lens of Race and Ethnicity in the LA Basin. The report provides data and analysis of several industries and occupations with opportunities for greater diversity to better represent the diversity of the region’s people. LAEDC’s Institute for Applied Economics partnered with the Center of Excellence for Labor Market Research to publish this report. The goal of the report is to highlight well-paying jobs with strong hiring demand, to support decisions that lead to more widely shared prosperity. More specifically it identifies pathways into well-paying jobs that will support a more equitable recovery and better diversity and inclusion in LA’s economy.
Restrictions on Outdoor Dining in Los Angeles County: How Many Jobs in Restaurants and Drinking Places Could Be at Risk?
Clearing up a misquote of LAEDC statistics
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LAEDC research note on restaurant jobs at risk – Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation
LAEDC examines industry clusters in Los Angeles County to understand our regional strengths and weaknesses, and use this insight to build more informed economic development strategies while comparing our performance against that of other regions. This report presents a description of our private sector economy through the lens of clusters and regional competitiveness.
The report provides details on employment, occupations, wages, trends and forecasts in industries such as Aerospace, Entertainment, Trade & Logistics, Hospitality and Tourism, Finance, Fashion, Bioscience and more.
The partnership between our region’s community colleges and industry has never been more important. LAEDC, as the region’s economic development leader, is a strategic partner facilitating regional industry engagement efforts … Continued
The partnership between our region’s community colleges and industry has never been more important. LAEDC, as the region’s economic development leader, is a strategic partner facilitating regional industry engagement efforts … Continued
The Electric Vehicle (EV) industry growth in California has positioned the state as a globally leading researcher, designer, manufacturer and exporter of transportation-related products, services and technologies, creating 275,600 direct EV industry jobs statewide. Read LAEDC’s analysis of the industry in California, Southern California, as well as insights on the importance of EV adoption to environmental goals.
Today in LA County, 117,000 workers are directly employed in the region’s “Blue” or “Ocean” economy, with an additional 82,500 jobs sustained by the industry, according to a report: The Ocean Economy in Los Angeles County, which was sponsored by LA County Supervisor Janice Hahn’s office and released by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC) and prepared in collaboration with AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles. Based on the industry’s significant regional economic contribution, the LAEDC took the rare step, upon the report’s release, to add the “Ocean Economy” as a Southern California-based industry cluster that it will formally monitor, benchmark and track going forward.
Hospitality Industry: This CCW sector-scan is a short report summarizing some of the middle-skill occupations in the hospitality industry that pay a living wage or better, with significant job openings … Continued
Transportation, Warehousing and Utilities Industries: This CCW sector-scan is a short report summarizing some of the middle-skill occupations in the industry that pay a living wage or better, with the … Continued
Retail Industry: This CCW sector-scan is a short report summarizing some of the middle-skill occupations in the retail industry (which includes some occupations outside of “store” type occupations) and these … Continued
2019 High Growth Occupations: Target occupations identified in this report all have high-growth potential over the next five years, pay well above a living wage, and are accessible to job-seekers … Continued
In a continuing series of industry deep-dive reports, the Center for a Competitive Workforce, which LAEDC co-founded, has released Professional Services Industry in the Los Angeles Basin, which forecasts job opportunities, analyzes changing skills requirements, and illuminates career education pathways for the for the professional and business services industries in the greater LA Basin. The report, accompanied by a 8-page overview, was funded by the Strong Workforce Program, an initiative of the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. More details and highlights HERE.
In a continuing series of industry deep-dive reports, the Center for a Competitive Workforce, which LAEDC co-founded, has released Health Care Services in the Los Angeles Basin, which forecasts job opportunities, analyzes changing skills requirements, and illuminates career education pathways for the local-serving health care industry in the greater LA Basin. The report, accompanied by a 12-page overview, was funded by the Strong Workforce Program, an initiative of the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office. More details and highlights HERE.
The Center for a Competitive Workforce (CCW), of which LAEDC is a partner, has published a report analyzing the Entertainment & Digital Media Industry in the Los Angeles Basin. The report is the first to define the rapidly growing “Digital Media” industry and its occupations in Los Angeles, and it analyzes the overlap with the traditional Entertainment industry, and the describes the changing skills needs of both industries. The report takes a deep-dive into occupations in the industry, with occupational forecasts, analysis of the skills needed, and workforce training available through the region’s community college system. Read the original press release and highlights HERE.
The report looks at jobs, wages, economic impact, trends, and factors affecting the future of this major regional industry cluster, which directly employs over half a million people in Southern California.
This report was released by Otis College. As in past years, LAEDC economists provided the data analysis.
A study of the construction industry, focused on Southern California including Los Angeles County.
The Otis Report on the Creative Economy is an annual report that summarizes the critically important economic engine of creative industries in our region. The report is generously sponsored by … Continued
LAEDC, in coordination with the San Diego Regional EDC, has released a new report titled, “The Changing Face of Aerospace in Southern California.” The report provides useful insight on this economic … Continued
The LAEDC’s Institute for Applied Economics (IAE) has published a study titled The Oil and Gas Industry in California: Its Economic Contribution and Workforce.
California’s O&G industry continues to be a significant driver of the state economy, supporting 456,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs with $38 billion in overall labor income, and accounting for 3.4 percent of the state GDP. The industry also generates more than $21 billion in state and local tax revenues and provides high-paying jobs for workers across the educational attainment spectrum.
The report was commissioned by the Western States Petroleum Association.
The LAEDC Institute for Applied Economics has released a report detailing the economic impact of the public relations industry in Los Angeles County.
Find the press release HERE
The LAEDC Institute for Applied Economics has published a study on occupations and economic impact of the hospitality and tourism industry in L.A. County, the first in a series of … Continued
The LAEDC Institute for Applied Economics has published High Tech in LA, our first report to examine the high tech economy in Los Angeles. The report quantifies employment and payroll earnings … Continued
