Occupational Health: Demographic Profile of Wisconsin Workers

The Demographic Profile of Wisconsin Workers shows the number of people in Wisconsin's workforce and the distribution of workers by different industry levels (sector, industry group, and detailed industry). It also shows the distribution of workers by occupation within each industry sector and/or industry group.

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Getting started with the dashboard

To locate your industry or occupation, use the following form.* Click "submit" to view your results. This will help you locate your work as it is described in the dashboard's data.

Navigating the dashboard

Use the filter(s) labeled "Sector" and "Industry Group" to select more specific data views. These filters are located in drop-down lists near the top of the dashboard, and can be changed by clicking on them. You can click the black box at the lower left corner to see a table with more specific occupation and industry data. The distribution of worker’s demographics (sex, ethnicity, age, education, and race) by industry sector and/or industry group is also visualized with a disparity indicator using conditional coloring. When the percentage of workers in any given demographic deviates from the state average by 50% to 100%, the color changes to a medium blue. When it deviates by more than 100%, the color will darken to dark blue.

Demographic Profile of Wisconsin Workers dashboard

Suggested citation: Wisconsin Dept. of Health Services, Division of Public Health, Office of Health Informatics and Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health, https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/occupational-health/worker-demographic-dashboard.htm. Demographic Profile of Wisconsin Workers dashboard, accessed MM/DD/YYYY.

Where do these data come from?

Three different data sources have been visualized on this dashboard:

• The first one is the Quarterly Workforce Indicator (QWI) data that is published by Census Bureau. We used data from all four quarters of the most recent year. This dataset provided us with the worker’s distribution by sex, race, ethnicity, education, and age. It also gave us the total number of workers and their breakdown by industry sector, subsector, and industry group.
• The second one is the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) data that provided us the total number of workers and their breakdown by different industry groups (from sector to detailed industry).
• The third one, which is the Occupational Employment Wages Statistics (OEWS) research data, is presented as a table on the second page of this dashboard. It shows the breakdown of different levels of occupation by different levels of industry.

*This form provided by NIOSH using the NIOSH Industry and Occupation Computerized Coding System (NIOCCS). Available on the About the Industry and Occupation Autocoding Web API webpage, published 2021.