Workforce Training Results (including net impact) - 2011

The Workforce Training and Education Coordinating Board is Washington's performance accountability agent, working on behalf of the state's citizens and employers.

The Workforce Board tracks the results and the taxpayer return on investment of 12 of the state’s largest workforce programs. These programs account for over 90 percent of the federal and state dollars spent on our state’s workforce development system.

The two figures below provide the latest employment and earnings for each program over the last four monitoring periods.

Employment rates are the percentage of former program participants who were in employment reported to Employment Security during the third quarter after leaving the program. The results below tend to understate employment because they do not include all out-of-state employment nor self employment.

Annual Earnings is based on the median annualized earnings of former program participants during the third quarter after leaving the program. To derive annualized earnings, the third quarter earnings are multiplied by four.

CAUTION: The programs are provided in the same figure for convenience, and not for comparison purposes. These programs serve different populations, have different objectives, and confront their own unique challenges and requirements. For more detail about the individual program, follow the links at the bottom of this page.

Median Annual Earnings*
	2004-05	2006-07	2008-09	2009-10
Programs for Adults
Community & Technical College Professional-Technical	$24,859	$25,496	$27,057	$24,642
Private Career Schools	20,866	22,668	22,653	20,596
Apprenticeship	36,786	42,086	42,750	38,235
Worker Retraining	25,960	28,308	29,132	26,255
WIA Displaced Worker	30,918	31,143	30,537	28,882
Programs for Adults with Barriers
ABE/ESL	$16,843	$17,607	$17,186	$16,197
WIA Adults	20,316	21,194	21,284	21,025
Vocational Rehabilitation	12,277	11,044	11,104	11,577
Services for the Blind	24,091	17,824	21,056	20,555
WorkFirst	12,099	12,991	12,477	12,428
Programs for Youth
Secondary CTE**	$11,109	$12,241	$10,080	$10,156
WIA Youth**	10,821	10,933	10,895	10,365
*Wages are inflation adjusted to first quarter, 2009 dollars.
**Wages for those not in school

Contact: Dave Pavelchek

2011 Workforce Training Results by Program

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