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The percentage of ABE/ESL participants who are an ethnic/racial minority is significantly higher than the percentage of minorities statewide. Non-whites comprised 64 percent of the participants, one percentage point higher than the 63 percent from last year’s report.3
Source: Community and Technical Colleges Administrative Data 2010-11 and 2011 American Community Survey.
Some 58 percent of participants were women, the same percentage as the previous report.
Source: Community and Technical Colleges Administrative Data 2010-11. 3In this report, unless otherwise stated, racial and ethnic minority groups are mutually exclusive; that is, an individual belongs to one group only. The groups include the following: Hispanics of any race (also referred to as Hispanics); non-Hispanic African Americans (also referred to as African Americans); non-Hispanic Asians (also referred to as Asians); non-Hispanic Pacific Islanders (also referred to as Pacific Islanders); non-Hispanic Native Americans and Alaskan Natives (also referred to as Native Americans); non-Hispanic multiracial (also referred to as multiracial); and non-Hispanic whites (also referred to as whites). According to the 2011 U.S. Census Bureau estimates for Washington from the American Community Survey, 72 percent are white; 3 percent are African American; 1 percent are Native American; 7 percent are Asian; 1 percent are Pacific Islander; 4 percent are multiracial; and 12 percent are Hispanic.
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The median age of participants leaving an ABE/ESL program was 30 years old. A quarter of participants were under age 23, while a quarter of the participants were over age 39. Tracking ABE/ESL Progress The Workforce Board routinely measures the performance of our state’s largest workforce programs. As a customer-focused advocate for Washington’s workers and employers, the Workforce Board strives to provide performance accountability, verifying whether worker education and training programs provide a return on investment for participants and taxpayers. The Workforce Training Results report seeks to answer five core questions:
Did participants get the skills they needed? Did participants get a job and how much were they paid? Were employers satisfied with the preparation workers received? Has the program made a difference in the participant’s success? Did participants and the public receive a return on their investment?
Data Comes From State Wage Files The 2013 Workforce Training Results includes information obtained from Employment Security Department wage files in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon, and federal employment records for 2011-12. Net Impact Study Adds More Insight into Program Performance In addition, the report includes a comprehensive Net Impact Study. Conducted every four years, this study provides a head-to-head comparison of participants and non-participants to help answer a central question: How much of a workforce participant’s success in obtaining a job, or a higher wage, is due to the workforce program? By comparing program participants with similar individuals who did not participate in a workforce training program, the Net Impact Study indicates whether employment and earnings gains are due to the workforce program, or if workers could have made this progress on their own. This research also allows for a more detailed analysis as to whether the participant and the public received a return on their investment in the program.
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*Due to budget limitations, the Participant Survey was not conducted for the 2010, 2012, or 2013 reports.
6 Poverty levels from 2012 were used in this edition of Workforce Training Results to measure the results of workforce programs on participants observed in 2011-12. The federal poverty level is determined by the Department of Health and Human Services. The level varies according to family size. The number is adjusted for inflation and reported annually in the form of poverty guidelines. Public assistance programs typically define eligibility income limits as some percentage of the federal poverty level.
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Adult Basic Education Employment by Industry Employment among ABE/ESL participants is heavily concentrated in services, retail trade, and manufacturing industries. In 2013, the percentage of participants employed in services is one percentage point below last year (55 versus 56 percent). Employment in the retail trades and manufacturing has stayed the same.
Industry Group55% Services (see breakout below)16% Retail Trades (see breakout below)11% Manufacturing (see breakout below)
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9.6% All Other Services8.0% Social Assistance5.6% Accommodation and Food Services2.9% Education Services2.6% Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation1.2% Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Breakout of Retail Trade Industry4.7% Department Stores and Warehouse Clubs4.0% Groceries, Supermarkets & Specialty Foods2.1% All Other Retail1.8% Clothing and Accessories Stores1.3% Gas Stations/Convenience Stores1.2% Motor Vehicle and Accessories Sales1.0% Home furnishings,Garden,Hardware
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Wages and Employment Results Vary by Population Wage and employment results can vary by gender, race and ethnicity, and disability. Among participants employed during the third quarter after exit, there is a substantial gender gap in labor market outcomes. Female ABE/ESL participant’s employment rate, hours worked, hourly wage, and annual earnings are lower than men’s; in addition the ratio between men’s and women’s employment rates, hours worked, earnings, and wages have decreased since the 2012 report.
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Women Men Ratio Employment Reported to ESD 46% 50% 92% Median Quarterly Hours Worked 360 423 85% Median Hourly Wage $10.65 $11.79 90% Median Annual Earnings* $15,134 $19,352 78%
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Costs and Benefits The cost-benefit analysis estimates the value of the net impact on earnings, employee benefits (estimated at 25 percent of earnings), unemployment insurance benefits, and certain taxes.
Program costs include both direct program costs and support payments borne by the government and the earnings students gave up while participating in the program. Benefits and costs are calculated for both the observed period of time and based upon a statistical model that estimated the benefits and costs out to the age of 65. In order to compare benefits and costs in terms of net present values, post-program benefits and costs are discounted by 3 percent per year and all figures are stated in 2012 Q1 dollars to control for inflation. The benefits and costs presented here are based on impacts estimated for students leaving programs in 2005-2006 (observed from 2006-07 through 2008-09), because a longer-term follow up is required for this analysis. The results are for those students who took only basic skills courses in the colleges. For each student in ABE/ESL only, the public (taxpayer) cost is about $2,810 over the length of their enrollment, and the student cost is $116 in foregone earnings while in school. The average ABE/ESL student makes no net gains in earnings in either the first two and one-half years after leaving college or during the course of working life to age 65 compared to similar individuals who did not participate in any of the workforce development programs.
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Participant and Public Benefits and Costs per Participant in Community and Technical Colleges ABE Programs
Note: Benefits and costs are expressed in 2012 first quarter dollars. Upjohn estimated the impact of the net change in earnings of Social Security, Medicare, federal income, and state sales taxes.
Again, the above findings are for students who participated in ABE/ESL only and do not include students who also participated in professional-technical education or other training. In contrast, Integrated Basic Skills Education and Training (I-BEST), that combines adult education with professional-technical training, has significant positive impacts on participant employment and earnings.
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Summary and Areas for Improvement As reported in previous studies, the employment and earnings results are weak for students who participate in Adult Basic Education without also receiving professional-technical training. Although participants report high levels of satisfaction with their program, the study does not find a positive impact on the average student’s employment and hourly wages. On a positive note, there has been a clear trend over time toward meeting more students’ needs for support services. The findings show a substantial net impact on employment and earnings for students who participated in I-BEST, combining adult education with professional-technical training. These results are strong evidence of the importance of investing resources in I-BEST and similar alternative methods of delivering adult education.
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Did Participants Have a Job and How Much Were They Paid? To determine the employment rate and earnings of apprenticeship participants, their records were matched with Employment Security Department wage files from Washington and neighboring states.4 Labor market outcomes for apprenticeships are significantly higher than for other programs the Workforce Board studies. The quality of apprenticeship training, the higher wage levels of many apprenticeship-related occupations, and the typically long length of training are factors. Record matches found 69 percent of apprentices had reported employment during the third quarter after they left the program. This is 4 percentage points above that observed in the last report. Their median wage was $29.92 per hour—up $.81 from $29.11 the prior year—and annualized earnings were $47,115, a decrease of $1,615 from the 2012 Workforce Training Results report.5 Although the median wage of apprentices is high, there is considerable variation in how much apprentices earn, as can be seen in the table below. When looking only at those who had completed their apprenticeship program, rather than at all exiters, the outcomes are even better. The median earnings of completers was $63,141. These results illustrate the value of completing an apprenticeship program.
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4 These files contain quarterly earnings and hours worked information on those individuals with employment reported for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits purposes (approximately 90 percent of in-state employment, with self-employment, active duty military, and those working for religious nonprofit organizations being the major groups of employers not included). 5Annual earnings are calculated as third quarter earnings multiplied by four. Quarterly earnings are the result of hourly wage rates and the number of hours worked in a calendar quarter. All wages and earnings are stated in first quarter 2012 dollars.
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Employment and Earnings for Apprentices, 2013 Performance Measure Results
Employment Rate* 69%
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Median Quarterly Hours 472
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Median Annualized Earnings*** $47,115
Median Annualized Earnings (Completers) $63,141 * These figures apply to those with employment reported to state employment agencies six to nine months after leaving the program. Rate does not include self-employment, employment outside the Northwest or military service and thus understates total employment by approximately 10 percent. **Full-time employment averages 30 or more hours per week. ***Earnings/wages expressed in first quarter 2012 dollars to account for inflation. Earnings of Apprenticeship Participants To better gauge the financial effectiveness of Washington’s workforce programs, it helps to frame income levels. One common yardstick is the federal poverty level. In 2012, the federal poverty level for one person was $11,170 per year.6 In 2013, Apprenticeship participants were able to support a median 10.1 people at the poverty level—meaning they could support themselves plus just over 9 other people. They could support 4.2 people, including themselves, at 200 percent, or double, the poverty level.
6 Poverty levels from 2012 were used in this edition of Workforce Training Results to measure the results of workforce programs on participants observed in 2011-12. The federal poverty level is determined by the Department of Health and Human Services. The level varies according to family size. The number is adjusted for inflation and reported annually in the form of poverty guidelines. Public assistance programs typically define eligibility income limits as some percentage of the federal poverty level.
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*Due to budget limitations, the Workforce Board’s Participant Survey was not conducted for the 2010, 2012, or 2013 reports.
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The next table shows employment and earnings information over six study periods.
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Employment Rate (Self-Reported) 87% 91% N/A 78% N/A N/A
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*These figures apply to those with employment reported to the state’s Employment Security Department six to nine months after leaving program for all Apprenticeship participants, and are not limited to those who completed a program. Rate does not include self-employment, employment outside the Northwest or military service and thus understates total employment by approximately 10 percent. **Full-time employment averages 30 or more hours per week. ***Earnings/wages expressed in first quarter 2012 dollars to account for inflation.
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Apprenticeship Employment by Industry The majority of Apprenticeship program participants who were reported to be employed held jobs in construction (49.1 percent), services (17.8 percent), public administration (11.2 percent), manufacturing (7.6 percent) and retail trade (5 percent) industries. The percentage of apprentices working in public administration dropped 7 percentage points. The percentage of apprentices working in construction increased nearly 5 percentage points.
Source: Matches with Employment Security Department data in third quarter after exiting program. Industry groups based on North American Industry Classification System codes.
Industry Group49.1% Construction (see breakout below)17.8% Services (see breakout below)11.2% Public Administration7.6% Manufacturing5.0% Retail Trade4.4% Transportation and Warehousing and Utilities2.5% Wholesale Trade1.1% Financial Services1.0% Natural Resources and Mining0.3% Information
21.0% Building Equipment Contractors6.8% Construction of Buildings6.1% Foundation, structure & Building Exterior Contractors6.0% Heavy & Civil Engineering Construction5.7% Building Finishing Contractors3.5% All Other Specialty Contractors
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Source: 2010-11 Apprenticeship Administrative Data, Department of Labor and Industries.
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The most recent net impact analyses examined experiences of participants who left the Apprenticeship training program through 2009. The short-term impact (Program Year 2007-08) was observed in 2008-09, while the long-term impact (Program Year 2005-06) was observed from 2006-07 through 2008-09.
Apprenticeship All Apprenticeship Completers
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^Short-term is three quarters after program exit; Long-term is average across three years since program exit. *Percentages listed are employment percentage points above those of the control group of non-participants. **Wages and earnings, expressed in first quarter 2012 dollars, represent the average difference between Apprenticeship participants who got jobs and those in the control group who were employed. As can be seen above, apprenticeship programs had significant positive net impacts on employment, wages, hours worked, and annualized earnings when apprenticeship participants are compared with non-participants. These impressive results get even stronger for those who complete an apprenticeship, yielding nearly twice as much in annualized earnings, hourly wages and employment compared with those apprenticeship program participants who exited a program early. The benefits of not only starting but completing an apprenticeship program are clear. Costs and Benefits The cost-benefit analysis estimates the value of the net impact on earnings, employee benefits (estimated at 25 percent of earnings), UI benefits, and certain taxes.10 Program costs include both direct program costs and support payments borne by taxpayers and the tuition paid by participants, as well as the earnings participants would have otherwise received had they continued working.
10 Upjohn estimated the impact of the net change in earnings on social security, Medicare, federal income, and state sales taxes.
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Benefits and costs are calculated for both the observed period of time and based upon a statistical model that estimated the benefits and costs out to age 65. To compare benefits and costs in terms of net present values, post-program benefits and costs are discounted by 3 percent per year and all figures are stated in 2012 Q1 dollars to control for inflation. The benefits and costs presented here are based on impacts estimated for apprentices leaving programs in 2005-2006 (observed from 2006-07 through 2008-09), because a longer-term follow-up is required for this analysis. Participant and Public Benefits and Costs per Apprentice
Note: Benefits and costs are expressed in 2012 first quarter dollars. For each apprentice in training, the public (taxpayer) cost is $3,564 over the length of their enrollment, and the participant cost is $1,832 in tuition. By definition, apprentices work during their program participation and their net earnings during training was $23,148 higher than those who were not in training. During the course of working life to age 65, the average apprentice will gain about $345,206 in net earnings (net impact earnings plus earnings while in apprenticeship training) and about $64,411 in employee benefits.11 These are net gains compared to the earnings of similar individuals who did not participate in a program included in this study. Including program costs and the net impacts on taxes and unemployment insurance benefits, the total net benefit per participant is $324,883.
11 This employee benefits amount does not account for the employee benefits associated with the earnings during participation. If the same benefit percentage (20 percent) were applied to such earnings, the gain in employee benefits in the longer term would be about $50,000.
Participant Public Participant PublicBenefits
Earnings $37,614 $0 $322,058 $0Fringe Benefits $7,523 $0 $64,411 $0Taxes -$9,867 $9,867 -$84,476 $84,476
TransfersUI $879 -$879 $1,573 -$1,573
CostsForegone net comp. $23,148 $6,147 $23,148 $6,147Program costs -$1,832 -$3,564 -$1,832 -$3,564
Benefits $36,150 $8,987 $303,567 $82,902Costs $21,316 $2,584 $21,316 $2,584
Total (Net) $57,466 $11,571 $324,883 $85,486 $410,369
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Projected participant net benefits to age 65 far outweigh public investment in apprenticeship training by a ratio of $91 to 1, or $324,883 to $3,564. From the time of leaving training to age 65, the public is expected to gain about $84,476 per apprentice in net additional Social Security, Medicare, federal income, and state sales taxes. The estimated lifetime net benefit to taxpayers is $85,486 per participant. Projected taxpayer net benefits to age 65 outweigh public costs invested in apprenticeship training by a ratio of $23 to 1 or $82,902 to $3,564. Summary and Areas for Improvement Apprenticeship is an extremely successful training program with strong net impacts on employment and earnings. Moreover, the cost to the public is very low as the bulk of the costs are covered by the trust funds established by employers and workers. Employers report high levels of satisfaction with the skills of those who completed an apprenticeship program, and participants report their satisfaction with the program. This evaluation does find some areas that could be stronger. The median age of those leaving apprenticeships is 30. More should be done to enroll younger people into apprenticeships. Only 9 percent of apprentices are women, and this figure has been declining. Also, the hourly wages and annual earnings of women are only 72 percent those of men. More should be done to enroll women in apprenticeships, especially in higher paying fields. Finally, while Washington’s apprenticeship program continues to enroll people of color at