Workforce
Energetic, smart employees
Employers have discovered productive employees with almost every skill or professional expertise in Mesa's deep labor pool. Nearly 60,000 of Mesa adults hold at least a bachelor’s
degree. Of the adult population in Mesa, approximately
60 percent have some college experience.
"Demographics show current and future population and
labor force growth patterns are well above the nation as
a whole." - Wadley-Donovan Group Labor Market
Appraisal
|
Labor Force |
| |
Mesa |
Phoenix-Mesa-
Scottsdale MSA |
Arizona |
| labor
force |
257,262 |
2,076,877 |
3,029,090 |
| employment |
248,358 |
1,996,689 |
2,913,695 |
|
unemployment |
8,574 |
80,188 |
115,395 |
| unemployment rate |
2.6% |
3.9% |
3.8% |
|
Source: U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics December, 2007 |
|
Employment by
Occupation |
| |
2007 |
2000 |
|
Management, Professional & Related |
31.72% |
30.9% |
| Sales & Office |
30.41% |
30.1% |
| Service |
14.17% |
14.5% |
| Construction, Extraction &
Maintenance |
11.75% |
12.1% |
|
Production, Transportation & Materials
Moving |
11.78% |
12.3% |
| Farming, Fishing & Forestry |
.18% |
0.2% |
|
Source: Claritas,
2007 |
|
