The Greater Louisville workforce draws from a 24 county bi-state area that consists of sixteen counties and eight Southern Indiana counties. The Kentucky counties include Breckinridge, Bullitt, Carroll, Grayson, Hardin, Henry, Jefferson, Larue, Marion, Meade, Nelson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, Trimble, and Washington. The Indiana counties include Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Orange, Scott, and Washington. The most populous county is Jefferson County, KY with 699,827 residents.
Postsecondary institutions in the regional Louisville metro area continue to see growth in enrollment and the number of degrees awarded at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Overall postsecondary enrollment is up sixteen percent between the Fall semesters of the 2000-01 and 2004-05 academic years. The greatest increases occurred at the associate degree program level or below (including certificates) signaling the beginning of significant change in educational attainment in the Louisville MSA.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Fact Sheets
Since the Louisville MSA labor shed is comprised of North Central Kentucky counties and Southern Indiana counties, the labor market information can be divided into two perspectives: Economic Growth Region 10 as denoted by Indiana and Jefferson County/Louisville as denoted by Kentucky. Each of the links below include quick facts in regards to labor availability, unemployment rates, commuting patterns, and weekly wages.
Indiana Fact Sheet
Kentucky Fact Sheet
Louisville Labor Force General Statistics
Workforce Kentucky
Workforce Kentucky integrates statistics and information about labor markets in Kentucky and the US. You can explore occupations, labor markets, geographic areas and industry projections and more. You may find information about an industry, current wages for occupations, training providers that offer programs in the skills needed for your employees.
College Attainment Summary
Summary data on college attainment in the Louisville Metro Region and enrollments by level for postsecondary institutions; including educational attainment by age cohort.
Pathfinder Underemployment Report
Quantifies the extent to which underemployment exists in the 24-county Greater Louisville labor shed area, as well as quantifies the cost, skills, experience, and education of that hidden workforce.
Occupational Wage Data by State, Planning Region or Workforce Investment Area
Choose Planning Region – Louisville
Or choose Workforce Investment Area – Kentuckiana Works WIA
Bureau of Labor Statistics May 2006: Louisville Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
Greater Louisville Project
The Greater Louisville Project is a non-partisan civic initiative organized by the Community Foundation of Louisville with the goal of ensuring that Louisville becomes one of the nation's most livable and competitive cities. View the 2008 update to learn about the workforce goals currently underway.
Minimum Wage Information
Indiana Required Wage Posters
Kentucky Wage and Hour Regulations
2005 Human Linkages - The Greater Louisville Migration Report
This report provides a much more detailed analysis of recent migration patterns in the Louisville metro area. This analysis of Louisville migration includes:
- International and domestic migration flows,
- Flows of people and income linking Louisville with metro areas throughout the US,
- Migration between the counties of the metro area especially flows between Jefferson County and the peripheral counties,
- The human capital and demographic characteristics of migrants impacting the make-up of the Louisville population and workforce.
TRAINING DOLLARS
Bluegrass State Skills Corp.
There are two ways to receive training incentives through this program: Grants or Tax Credits.
The BSSC grant program is available to new, expanding and existing business and industry. Eligible training activities include pre-employment skills training and assessment; entry-level skills upgrade and occupational upgrade training; train-the-trainer travel; and capacity building.
The Skills Training Investment Credit Act provides credits to existing businesses for skills upgrade training to develop a skilled workforce. It allows companies to recover fifty percent (50%) of their approved costs for occupational and skills upgrade training costs through an income tax credit limited to $500 per Kentucky resident employed not to exceed $100,000 per company per biennium.
KYWINS - Kentucky Workforce Investment Network System
KYWINS is a workforce training incentive program administered by the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. The goal of the KY WINS initiative is to provide high-level transferable technical skills training to existing and new industries and businesses that are creating high paying jobs for Kentucky's citizens. The program can provide up to 75% of the costs for training, assessing, and job profiling services. Most programs result in college credit being awarded or a credential. Staff consists of a statewide network of KYWINS Training Consultants and Community and Economic Development Coordinators.
Eligible companies include:
1) existing Kentucky companies who are expanding and creating new jobs
2) existing Kentucky companies who are requiring employees to learn new skills in order to retain their jobs, and
3) new companies who are contributing to Kentucky's economic development.
JCPS Adult Education and Training Options
Jefferson County Public Schools Adult and Continuing Education offers a variety of affordable training courses that can be customized to meet the training needs of your workforce.
Local Workforce Investment Programs
KentuckianaWorks is the workforce investment board for the seven county region surrounding Louisville.
WorkOne for Region 10 represents the Workforce Investment services for Southern Indiana.
