Community Profile for Hampton Roads
The Community Profile for Hampton Roads contains a wealth of information including demographic, economic, and educational data for the region. The profile features graphs displaying average weekly wage, employment by industry, unemployment trends, population and more.

Hampton Roads Occupational Employment Projects – 1998 - 2008
Occupational outlook for the Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA MSAs including average annual number of job openings due to growth and replacement.

Employer’s Needs Survey
In 2003, Opportunity Inc. funded a survey that was conducted by the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce. The results of the survey made it clear that employers overwhelmingly view the lack of qualified workers as a factor that significantly affects profitability.

Virginia Economic Indicators
A quarterly publication produced by the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) that analyzes key economic indicators including employment, unemployment, and production workers’ hours and earnings, and other significant business related data series.

Economic Assumptions for the United States and Virginia
An economic forecast by industry that includes a review of the factors affecting employment such as money supply, government regulations, consumer price index and major international developments.

Virginia Job Outlook 2000-2010
Occupations projected to have the highest number of openings along with expected salaries broken down by educational attainment.

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