We help you attract investment, support businesses, and boost regional competitiveness with reliable labor data and expert consulting. When a prospect asks whether your region can staff their operation, JobsEQ Canvas gives you one workspace to explore the data, build the charts and maps, and assemble the report you send back, from first question to final answer.
Communicate Your Region’s Talent Story
Identify and showcase your region's strengths with data that proves workforce readiness and helps you win projects, then publish that proof as a dashboard you can update in place.
Showcase Real-Time Demand
Use current job postings and hiring trends to highlight in-demand roles and key employers. Apply these insights to attract businesses, secure grants, and market talent.
Plan for What’s Next
Leverage historical trends, growth projections, and skill gap analysis to strengthen plans and demonstrate your region's readiness for future investment. Bring your own local performance indicators alongside JobsEQ's and track how the region moves over time.
JobsEQ Pro: Local Insights for Economic Developers
JobsEQ Pro equips economic development teams with hyper-local labor market data. Make your regions more competitive by showcasing workforce strengths, supporting site selection, and securing investment.
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Visualize workforce and talent pipelines at the block or ZIP code level
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Define labor sheds with shapefiles, drive times, or distance rings
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Pull RFP-ready labor data in minutes with an assistant that works inside your analysis rather than beside it
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Pinpoint skill gaps, commuting patterns, and education pipelines
Real-Time Intelligence (RTI) for Jobs and Employers
RTI gives economic developers instant access to live job postings to spot high-demand roles, active employers, and hiring trends. Monitor your labor market, engage target industries, and guide upskilling initiatives with current demand signals, then build the chart or map from those signals in the same platform. No exporting, no rebuilding it somewhere else.
Client Success Story: Driving Economic Diversification and Job Growth in Baldwin County
The Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance used JobsEQ to diversify beyond tourism, attract major employers, and build a stronger workforce pipeline.
Chmura’s data supported bids for top employers, aligned education with industry needs, and marketed a 3,000-acre mega site that secured a $2.5B aluminum mill project.
21%
Growth in Transportation & Warehousing Jobs
Since 2015, JobsEQ helped Baldwin County target high-wage industries, delivering major wins in logistics and distribution.
$2.5B
Investment Secured
JobsEQ analytics proved workforce readiness, helping land Novelis’ 1,000-job facility at the county’s mega site.
Strategic Consulting for Data-Driven Growth
Chmura helps economic developers turn labor data into strategy. Our economists and regional experts deliver actionable insights to assess competitiveness and prepare for future investment. We are your partner in telling a clear, compelling data story.
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Workforce Availability & Readiness -
Workforce Availability & ReadinessEvaluate your region’s ability to attract and support new industries with data on labor supply, wage competitiveness, skills, and workforce pipeline capacity.
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Peer Region Benchmarking
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Compare workforce, wages, demographics, and economic strengths to peer regions. Identify what drives growth elsewhere and how your region can compete.
Unmatched Data Coverage and Depth
JobsEQ delivers labor market data tailored to your region’s workforce and industries. Local postings, forecasts, and block-level insights help identify opportunities, showcase talent, and build data-driven cases for business growth.
Free Training and Live Chat With Real Experts
Every JobsEQ subscription includes onboarding and 1:1 support from our team of economists. JobsEQ includes live chat staffed by experts who provide fast answers whenever you need them. Building and sharing your analysis is included on all JobsEQ licenses.
Preferred Consulting Rates for Clients
Need labor market reports or strategic planning support? JobsEQ clients can also leverage on-demand consulting studies from our team of Ph.D. economists and experienced strategy consultants at a discounted rate.