The federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act includes several references to High Skill, High Wage, or In-Demand occupations.

The Bureau of Labor Market Information of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services and EDEPS staff developed definitions for "high-skill, high-wage, and in-demand" occupations as follows:

• High Skill Criteria: Occupations that generally require long-term, on-the-job training (OJT) of more than 12 months, or combined work experience and formal classroom instruction of more than 12 months; OR occupations for which employers prefer apprenticeship, or internship/residency, or 5 years or more of work experience in a related occupation; OR occupations for which employers prefer a postsecondary education degree/award of a certificate of greater than 1 year but less than 2 years, an Associate's Degree, a Bachelor's Degree (BA or BS), a Master's Degree, Doctoral Degree (Ph.D. or Ed.D.), or first professional degree.

• High Wage Criteria: Occupations with median annual earnings of >= $36,500, or hourly earnings of >= $17.55 per hour.

• In-Demand Criteria: Occupations with State Annual Earnings ≥ $13.47 per hour, Annual Growth in Jobs ≥ the Area Average and/or Total Annual Job Openings ≥ the Area Average and JobsOhio Industry Cluster In-Demand Occupations and 2nd Tier Methodology for Forecasted Jobs.

• A limited number of occupations are included on the list based on anecdotal information.

The table below indicates which occupations meet the Ohio High Skill, High Wage, and In-Demand criteria.

For comments or questions, please contact Lewis Horner (614) 466-9824 or Lewis.Horner@jfs.ohio.gov