western piedmont labor area industry growth analysis phase one report introduction the workforce development board recognizes urgent need to assist in recovering from loss of more than 20 000 jobs since january 2001 wpla identifies industries paying above s is same geographic as hickory msa alexander burke caldwell and catawba counties average 537 a week are expected grow nationally over next 10 years these most favored would become focus economic efforts conversely that pay below decline not be considered targets two will help identify whether new training programs required prepare workers high identified during three consists an for each four within la methodology wpcog staff completed using 4 or if data was available 5 digit north american classification system
