Labor Market

New Labor Market Tools (new May 2023)

Department of Economic Research – Tableau economic tools (population, jobs, industry & occupational projections, & key stats): https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/maeconomicresearch

Department of Economic Research Equity Dashboards – Explore & compare economic information using interactie data dashboards from the Department of Economic Research: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/department-of-economic-research-equity-dashboards

Working with Emsi, the Berkshire Workforce Board has generated the following key economic tools:

• Economic Overview of Berkshire County (population, jobs, educational attainment, top industries, etc.) – Economy_Overview_Berkshire_County_MA Feb 2022
• An occupational snapshot of Berkshire County – Occupation_Snapshot_Berkshire FEb 2022

Preparing for the Future of Work in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts “explores what work could look like in both the near term (to 2025) and the longer term (to 2030). It explores what the implications might be for the Commonwealth and its residents across its regions, economic sectors, commercial centers, local downtowns, transportation, and public spaces.” https://www.mass.gov/…/future-of-work-in…/download

Berkshire County WDA Unemployment Insurance Claimants Report

Berkshire County UI Claimant Reports:

March 2023 – Berkshire Unemployment Rates by city/town UI 3-23 Berkshire County UI Claimant Characteristics Report UI Claim 3-23

December 2022 202212BerkshireCountyWDAClaimant

Berkshire Workforce Board’s Chmura Berkshire COVID-19 Industry Impact Report June 2020

As Berkshire County continues to move through the COVID-19 pandemic, the Berkshire Workforce Board knows how important it is to understand how our economy is recovering and how our workforce will continue to shift.  To this end we solicited a report from Chmura regarding the impact of COVID-19 on Berkshire County Industries in July 2020. To understand how the long-term affects of COVID-19 changed have changed the original outlook, we also issued an update to the original report in March 2021.

To view the original report: Chmura COVID report 6-20
To view the updated report: Chmura COVID update 3-21

We hope that you will find the information in these reports useful. If using any of the data, we appreciate you using the Berkshire Workforce Board and Chmura as a source. Thank you.

Berkshire Workforce Blueprint Information

2023 Update for the Berkshire Workforce Blueprint – Bluerprint 2023

2020 Update for the Berkshire Workforce Blueprint  Berkshire Workforce Blueprint 2020 Update

Berkshire Workforce Blueprint Modified February 2020 2020 Priority Industries chart 3-20

Berkshire 2019 Data Package Update as part of the Berkshire Skills Cabinet Workforce Blueprint. Data Deck Final 10-19

Berkshire Workforce Blueprint 2019 – The Berkshire Skills Cabinet has been working for the past year to develop a workforce plan working collectively with economic development, education and workforce development to help meet the needs of businesses.  Click here for a copy of the Berkshire Workforce Blueprint 2019. Berkshire Bluprint final 3-30-18

Berkshire Workforce Blueprint 2017 – Economist Robert Vinson develops an annual blueprint highlighting Berkshire County’s workforce supply and demand. Click here for a copy. LMI Report 2-17