Build an Equitable Workforce
Adding Equity to Labor Market Navigator
Educators and community stakeholders are encouraged to explore equity data while learning about their regional labor market landscape. Equity data presents a detailed picture of the important differences and potential inequities across different segments of the workforce in a state and can help drive significant policy decisions.
This information will also allow educators to gain a better understanding of the inequities in their current workforce thus allowing for better alignment of their educational offerings. By doing this they will further strengthen the local talent pipeline, meet Perkins V requirements, better understand the inequities in their current workforce, and advance towards creating a more equitable labor market.
The sortable tool displays equity data across the 20 different industry sectors that are classified by NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) codes. The data indicates the percentage breakdown of people employed in these industry sectors by sex, race, and ethnicity.
Sample Sector Equity Data: New York
Percent of Total Employed
| Industry Sector | Total Employed | Women | White | Black or African American | American Indian Or Alaska Native | Asian | Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Alone | Two or More Race Groups | Hispanic or Latino |
| All Industry Sectors | 50.29% | 70.58% | 16% | 1% | 10% | 0.22% | 2.10% | 16.46% | |
| Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | 26,678 | 35.80% | 87.76% | 6.23% | 0.97% | 3.22% | 0.27% | 1.54% | 15.05% |
| Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction | 4,667 | 13.24% | 96.18% | 1.97% | 0.32% | 0.60% | 0.06% | 0.86% | 4.22% |
| Utilities | 37,939 | 22.61% | 77.17% | 15.35% | 0.48% | 5.46% | 0.10% | 1.44% | 11.25% |
| Construction | 367,642 | 16.46% | 82.85% | 9.88% | 0.86% | 4.65% | 0.23% | 1.53% | 17.79% |
| Manufacturing | 406,551 | 30.50% | 82.11% | 7.99% | 0.71% | 7.45% | 0.19% | 1.56% | 14.04% |
| Wholesale Trade | 299,301 | 35.40% | 77.66% | 9.51% | 0.69% | 10.24% | 0.18% | 1.72% | 15.61% |
| Retail Trade | 817,641 | 47.97% | 72.17% | 15.57% | 0.94% | 8.69% | 0.25% | 2.39% | 18.45% |
| Transportation and Warehousing | 245,180 | 30.69% | 64.26% | 25.96% | 0.95% | 6.44% | 0.26% | 2.14% | 20.11% |
| Information | 299,710 | 43.47% | 75.03% | 11.90% | 0.43% | 10.07% | 0.16% | 2.40% | 10.40% |
| Finance and Insurance | 507,016 | 48.06% | 73.30% | 9.15% | 0.43% | 15.26% | 0.17% | 1.70% | 10.37% |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | 188,334 | 30.44% | 74.15% | 15.73% | 1.04% | 6.74% | 0.28% | 2.07% | 27.07% |
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 652,973 | 48.60% | 74.67% | 8.65% | 0.45% | 14.11% | 0.17% | 1.95% | 10.68% |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | 143,026 | 55.78% | 71.74% | 15.93% | 0.59% | 9.56% | 0.18% | 2.00% | 13.38% |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | 456,288 | 42.18% | 64.44% | 25.00% | 0.98% | 7.05% | 0.28% | 2.25% | 21.87% |
| Educational Services | 352,148 | 60.38% | 74.50% | 12.62% | 0.50% | 9.93% | 0.16% | 2.29% | 11.64% |
| Health Care and Social Assistance | 1,582,375 | 76.12% | 59.16% | 25.64% | 0.86% | 11.94% | 0.24% | 2.16% | 18.09% |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation | 123,754 | 46.23% | 78.82% | 12.98% | 0.69% | 4.96% | 0.18% | 2.36% | 15.75% |
| Accommodation and Food Services | 541,185 | 49.15% | 69.85% | 14.10% | 1.07% | 11.96% | 0.32% | 2.71% | 20.59% |
| Other Services (except Public Administration) | 306,075 | 53.19% | 73.12% | 13.26% | 0.75% | 10.64% | 0.21% | 2.01% | 16.98% |
| Public Administration | 69 | 47.83% | 100.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 11.59% |