Skill series
The Center for Economic Development and Business Research (CEDBR), with funding from the Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition, recently conducted a study to estimate the skill level of the employed workforce in the Wichita metropolitan statistical area (MSA) and other MSAs. Data on the occupations of the employed Wichita MSA workforce were matched to the skill and knowledge levels required to adequately perform each occupation.
The skill category “Service Orientation” had the highest number of Wichita workers in the top national quartile. In addition, Wichita workers ranked highly in the negotiation, persuasion and coordination skills. Among the knowledge categories, the Wichita workforce had the most workers in the top national quartile of the “Food Production” knowledge category.
In the modern businessworld, having a highly skilled workforce has become increasingly important to economic success. The Center for Economic Development and Business Research (CEDBR), with funding from the Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition, recently conducted a study to estimate the skill levels of engineering occupations in ten aviation manufacturing MSAs, including Wichita.
Among these ten MSAs, Wichita is the only metropolitan area with engineers who rank in the top 5 in every skill and knowledge category selected.Wichita has the highest average ranking of the ten MSAs; Seattle and Savannah had the second and third highest average rankings, respectively. Tulsa had the lowest average ranking of the ten MSAs
In the modern business world, having a highly skilled workforce has become increasingly important to economic success. The Center for Economic Development and Business Research (CEDBR), with funding from the Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition, recently conducted a study to estimate the skill level of the employed workforce in the Wichita metropolitan statistical area (MSA) and other MSAs.
The study highlights some of Wichita’s greatest skill and knowledge categories, which includes the highest average ranking of the ten MSAs across all ten selected skill and knowledge categories, while Savannah and Oklahoma City have the second and third highest average rankings.
In the modern business world, having a highly skilled workforce has become increasingly important to economic success. The Center for Economic Development and Business Research (CEDBR), with funding from the Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition, recently conducted a study to estimate the skill levels of the employed workforce in the Wichita metropolitan statistical area (MSA) and other MSAs
This study focused on the information technology occupations in ten Midwestern MSAs. The study revealed that Wichita ranks first in two categories, the “Communications and Media” and “Telecommunications” knowledge categories. The study also revealed that Wichita ranks fourth in the “Engineering and Technology” knowledge category.
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