Workforce Planning Toolkit
Economic Overview
Documents in the Toolkit
Each of these timely multi-page area reports contain:
- Demographic Profile
- Employment Trends
- Unemployment Rate
- Wage Trends
- Cost of Living Index
- Industry Snapshot
- Occupation Snapshot
- Industry Clusters
- Education Levels
- Gross Domestic Product
- Schuylkill County Regional Map
- Region Definition
- FAQ
Industry Snapshot
These multi-page tables display data by Industry, Employment, Annual Wages, 5-year history and 1-year forecast.
Occupational Snapshot
These multi-page tables display data by Industry, Employment, Annual Wages, 5-year history and 1-year forecast.
Industry Spotlight
These multi-page reports contain:
- GDP & Productivity
- Sector Strategy Pathways
- Postsecondary Programs Linked to Total Industries
- Schuylkill County Regional Map
- Data Notes
- FAQ
- Spotlight Summary
- Industry Snapshot
- Staffing Pattern
- Drivers of Employment Growth
- Employment Distribution by Type
- Establishments
Demographics
Real-time Intelligence Report August 2023 – August 2024 – This multi-page Schuylkill County report contains job openings posted online in August 2024 displayed by:
- Summary
- Openings by Occupations
- Openings by Locations
- Openings by Employers
- Openings by Certifications
- Openings by Hard Skills
- Openings by Soft Skills
- Openings by Job Titles
- Openings by Education Levels
- Openings by Programs
- Openings by Job Types
- FAQ
Unemployment Rate
Industry Clusters
Cost of Living
Highridge Business Park – Labor Market Information
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Highridge Business Park draws workers from a labor shed comprising Schuylkill and its neighboring counties (i.e., Berks, Carbon, Colombia, Dauphin, Lebanon, Luzerne, Montour, Northumberland).
With easy access via Interstate 81, Highridge is an ideal location for employers that demand large workforces with diverse skill sets. Major tenants within the park include Dollar General, Exeter/HBC Hollander, Jeld-Wen, Lowe’s, Tyson Foods, Walmart and Wegmans. Together the companies of Highridge Business Park employed more than 5,000 people in 2023.
Total population within 25-mile radius of Pottsville: 208,030 (2022 estimate)
The inner polygon (tan with red border) displays communities within 30 minutes of driving time of Highridge Business Park. These are located in the Pottsville Micropolitan Area (Schuylkill County) and the Sunbury Micropolitan Area (Northumberland County). Production workers, supervisors and mid-level managers are likely to view an up to half hour commute as reasonable.
The center polygon (yellow) displays communities within 45 minutes of driving time. Industry surveys show that this, too, is viewed as a reasonable commuting distance for production workers, supervisors and mid-level managers.
The outer polygon (green) displays communities within 60 minutes of driving time of Highridge Business Park. Management and professional talent are likely to view an up to one hour commute as reasonable.
Sources: U.S. Census American Community Survey, PA Department of Labor and Industry, StatsAmerica