US Department of Labor Job Quality Measurement Initiative
In 2022, in partnership with the Families and Workers Fund, the US Department of Labor launched the Job Quality Measurement Initiative as part of the Good Jobs Initiative to begin measuring not just how many jobs are created in the US economy, but also how many of those jobs have stable schedules, pay a living wage and offer benefits, as well as how they measure against other key indicators. Several research efforts are currently underway, including defining job quality standards for public sector procurement, exploring options for an employer job quality index and developing survey questions to capture workers' voices.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics Data Sets
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) tracks a variety of employment- and job-quality-related components including hires, separations, turnover rates and schedules as well as race and ethnicity data. Some data sets are available nationally and others can be broken down by state. The data sets themselves as well as accompanying reporting are available for download from the BLS website.: A practice of mandating measurement of equity and job quality in both its recruiting and its advancement process through the Working Metrics tool, which allows tracking and analysis of data such as job growth, retention, earnings and benefits by race and gender.
Measuring job quality to drive attraction, retention and growth
A practice of mandating measurement of equity and job quality in both its recruiting and its advancement process through the Working Metrics tool, which allows tracking and analysis of data such as job growth, retention, earnings and benefits by race and gender.
Education quality outcomes standard to track progress: New Jersey
A policy enacted by New Jersey requiring the publication of an annual Consumer Report Card for publicly funded training providers, using indicators such as employment, wages, financial impact and equity outcomes to assess training quality based on the Education Quality Outcomes Standards (EQOS) to provide additional transparency into program results.
Evaluation of respondents based on DOL job quality principles: National
A set of RFPs (1, 2) that evaluated applicants based on their alignment with the Department’s eight job quality principles, demonstrating job quality through adequate staffing, family-sustaining wages, career progression, safety measures and worker benefits and emphasizing worker input by engaging them in the grant proposal development phase.
Collecting job quality data through youth RFP process: San Diego, California
An RFP that required applicants to submit job-quality data as part of the application process including pay, benefits and staff diversity as well as to describe their plan for incorporating the key elements of job quality into the program delivery approach.