The Workforce Longitudinal Data System (WLDS) connects Michigan’s workforce and educational data to help Michiganders make informed, data-driven decisions.
The Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity’s Office of Employment and Training partners with the Michigan Department of Education, the Center for Educational Performance and Information, the Center for Data and Analytics, and the Unemployment Insurance Agency to merge information from separate systems to provide essential aggregate data to Michigan stakeholders, including students/parents, teachers, legislators, workforce and education policymakers, taxpayers and employers.
The connection of database records allows analysis of education and training program outcomes, the delivery of employment services, and employment within Michigan. The enhanced data can be used to make informed decisions about training and education, policy, and programming to improve our return on investment.
The WLDS is made possible through 2012, 2015 and 2019 U.S. Department of Labor Employment & Training Administration grant funds.
This video describes why many states are aggregating large sets of workforce and educational data, and building tools to help program staff, administrators, and policymakers analyze important patterns and trends.
This video, created by the Virginia Longitudinal Data System, describes the process of ensuring the highest levels of confidentiality. Michigan’s WLDS utilizes similar techniques for maintaining data privacy.
Manages the State’s centralized education repository of pre-K to post-secondary institutions, and provides data analysis.
The official source for high quality demographic and labor market information for the State of Michigan and its regions.
The State’s official training provider list for individuals qualifying for an Individual Training Account (ITA) under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA). Visitors are able to choose between different methods of researching providers and programs.
Michigan's Career Exploration Tool
Compiles a State Blueprint to track progress in state data systems.
Details the federal workforce longitudinal grants and the participating states.
