Workforce Development Focus on Asians and Pacific Islanders in Washington

Office of Financial Management (OFM), 2008 State Population Survey, aged 18 to 64

Unemployment rate is based on the 2008 State Population Survey and is not the official unemployment rate for the state.

Workforce Training Results for 2005/2006 Program Year

Asian and Pacific Islander Wages and Earnings After Entering Workforce Programs

	Asian/Pacific Islander		General Population
	Median Wage in 2007 $	Annualized Earnings in 2007 $	Median Wage in 2007 $	Annualized Earnings in 2007 $
Adult Basic Education	$10.74	$20,124.82	$10.12	$16,925.24
Apprenticeship	18.72	35,609.03	23.50	40,668.32
WIA Adult	12.28	24,246.95	11.67	20,373.13
Services for the Blind	17.5	24,249.95	11.36	17,134.08
Vocational Rehabilitation	8.75	11,807.53	9.17	10,616.00
Dislocated Worker	12.26	34,274.62	15.96	29,937.40
Secondary CTE	9.24	7,897.32	9.17	9,593.74
CTC Job Preparatory	12.2	26,156.02	14.00	24,508.65
Private Career Schools	12.65	22,657.31	12.79	21,790.62
Work First	9.53	14,729.70	9.43	12,504.48
Worker Retraining	15.55	31,253.63	15.02	27,211.87
WIA Youth	9.08	9,981.53	8.64	9,273.79

Workforce Training Results for 2005/2006 Program Year and Employment Security Department.
Wages and Earnings data are inflation adjusted to first quarter 2007 dollars.

Employment Rate After Exiting WTR Program	Asian/PI	General Population
Adult Basic Education	60%	58%
Apprenticeship	80	78
WIA Adult	75	74
Services for the Blind	55	47
Vocational Rehabilitation	51	46
Dislocated Worker	78	78
Secondary CTE	34	34
CTC Job Preparatory	73	70
Private Career Schools	70	69
Work First	57	53
Worker Retraining	79	72
WIA Youth	55	59
Total	62	60

Workforce Training Results for 2005/2006 Program Year and Employment Security Department. Information is based on participant employment rate three quarters after exiting a program.