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How did we decide which clusters and occupations to highlight?

The Top Clusters and Top Occupations highlighted in the "How to Explore the Job Market" section were derived using the following method:

  1. "In demand" occupations were evaluated. We defined "in demand" as any occupation with a Current Demand Indicator of 3 or more stars using the Department of Employment and Economic Development Occupations In Demand (OID) data.
  2. Occupations were grouped by their typical education requirements in Minnesota.  High school and less than high school were combined. 
  3. Occupations were cross-walked to their related O*NET career cluster.
  4. We then listed the career clusters that contained the most in-demand occupations within each education group.
  5. The Current Demand Rank was used to identify top occupations for each cluster within an education group.

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