Areas of Concentration: Workforce Development

Resources for Employers & Job Seekers

Surveying the South Plains - WorkForce Solutions of the South Plains and LEDA commissioned Texas Tech University to conduct surveys to provide current and prospective employers a complete picture of the local labor market.

2007 Higher Education Student Survey (1.1mb) was conducted to reveal opinions about the type of community that college students prefer. Those surveyed were also questioned about, if given a choice, to what extent they would prefer to stay in Lubbock. The study was based on a survey of 1,029 students from Texas Tech University, Lubbock Christian University, Wayland Baptist University and Texas Tech Health Sciences Center.

2006 Job Location Preference Survey (8.5mb) was conducted to reveal opinions about the type of community that college students and career professionals prefer.  Those surveyed were also questioned about, if given a choice, to what extent they would prefer to stay in Lubbock. The study was based on a survey of 1,348 Texas Tech students and alumni from two major colleges, the College of Business and the College of Engineering, which represent large populations of undergraduate and graduate students.

2005 Underemployment Survey (442kb) was conducted to estimate the level of underemployment and describe salient characteristics of that population.  It contains responses from 832 persons living in the following counties: Crosby, Dawson, Floyd, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, and Terry. The report includes results about the underemployed workforce, latent workforce, and employed workforce.

2004 Regional Labor Market Survey (external link) was conducted to provide employers and local residents with up-to-date labor market information covering a 90-mile radius of Lubbock, which includes 29 counties.

Additional Resources:
Labor Market Information - coming soon
Population/Demographics - coming soon
Average Wage Rates - coming soon
Workforce Commute Patterns - coming soon

• Areas of Concentration
• Business Retention
• Business Recruitment
• Foreign Trade Zone
• Workforce Development
• Marketing
• Young Professionals