December 5, 2024

In This Issue

• Make a Contribution: Become a Cost of Living Index Data Collector
• Implementing the WIAC’s Recommendations Would Transform Workforce Data for State and Regional Action
• C2ER Executive Director Ken Poole Quoted on NPR’s Marketplace

• News & Reports
• ICYMI
• Data Visualization
• Careers
• Key Events & Courses

Features

Make a Contribution: Become a Cost of Living Index Data Collector

The Cost of Living Index has been published by the Council for Community and Economic Research since 1968, and is the leading source of data on living cost differences among U.S. urban areas. By participating as a data collector, you can help ensure your city is represented in this essential resource, which benefits businesses, residents, and economic development efforts.

As a contributor, you’ll receive quarterly data at no cost and enjoy discounted rates on licensing. Interested in getting involved or know an organization that might be? Let us know!

For more details, check out our COLI Contributors Guide.

Sign up today and help us make the Cost of Living Index even more impactful!

Implementing the WIAC’s Recommendations Would Transform Workforce Data for State and Regional Action

In late November, the Workforce Information Advisory Commission (WIAC) released their recommendations to improve the Workforce and Labor Market Information System for data users. These recommendations represent a pivotal opportunity to reshape the way we understand and respond to the complexities of our workforce and labor markets. Read more below.

C2ER Executive Director Ken Poole Quoted on NPR’s Marketplace

Some cool news! C2ER’s very own Executive Director Ken Poole was recently interviewed on NPR’s Marketplace about inflation.

News & Reports

Headlines

• Census Bureau – New Version of OnTheMap With 2022 LODES Data
• Route Fifty – ‘AI Is More Than Just ChatGPT’: Preparing Students to Use AI Responsibly in the Workforce
• Stateline – Manufacturing Already Has Made a Comeback 
• Urban Institute – National Apprenticeship Resource Hub 

Reports – From Our Members

• Smart Incentives – SSBCI Funds Are Helping Micro and New Businesses Grow

Reports – Non-members

• Bureau of Labor Statistics – Job Openings and Labor Turnover – October 2024
• Bureau of Labor Statistics – Metropolitan Areas With the Highest Concentrations of STEM Employment
• Property Shark – Top 100 Most Expensive U.S. Zip Codes: Nearly 70% of Luxury Markets Rebound in 2024 
• Transportation – Estimating Transit’s Land-Use Multiplier: Direct and Indirect Effects on Vehicle Miles Traveled 
• Union of Concerned Scientists – Freedom to Move: Investing in Transportation Choices for a Clean, Prosperous, and Just Future 
• Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing & Productivity – Wisconsin Manufacturing Report 

Have a report you’d like to share?

ICYMI

• Next City – We Need to Reclaim Gondolas as an Urban Transportation and Climate Solution. Here’s Why.
• Route Fifty – Can AI Solve Unemployment? How States Can Transform Workforce Data Into Optimized Career Opportunities 

Data Visualization

🥦 This is How Much Americans in Every State Spend on Groceries Each Week

Careers

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