Data & Reports

March 11, 2025

Occupational Overview: Cybersecurity

This report assesses the professional and educational background of people employed as cybersecurity analysts. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), cybersecurity analysts perform the following duties: In 2023, 18,460 people were employed as cybersecurity analysts in Virginia, the highest number of any state. The Washington, D.C. metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has the highest […]

March 11, 2025

An Analysis of Data Science Occupations, Skills Demand, and Graduate Outcomes in Virginia

The Virginia Office of Education Economics (VOEE) is conducting a multi-year, multistage project to evaluate how the education and skills of Virginia college graduates influence their career outcomes over time. As part of the Virginia Skills Initiative (VSI), this effort involves collecting data and performing analyses to explore key questions about graduates’ entry into the […]

March 3, 2025

The Tech Talent Investment Program (FY2025)

The Tech Talent Investment Program (TTIP), launched in 2019, is a historic $1.1 billion, 20-year investment in Virginia’s tech talent pipeline. TTIP was conceived as part of Virginia’s 2018 winning proposal to Amazon for HQ2. Participating institutions have set goals to increase the number of BS and MS graduates in Computer Science and related fields […]

August 29, 2024

The Virginia Skills Initiative

The Virginia Skills Initiative (VSI) was established as part of the Virginia Office of Education Economics’ (VOEE) broader mission to inform policy and practice at the intersection of education and the labor market. Funded by a 2022 Governor’s Discretionary Fund award, the project provides an empirical approach to understanding how college graduates’ education and skills […]

August 14, 2024

12-Month Research Agenda

Fiscal Year July 2024 - June 2025 The Virginia Office of Education Economics (VOEE) serves as a pivotal resource for state-administered education and workforce programs. VOEE data and analyses inform a diverse group of stakeholders as they make programmatic and policy decisions related to workforce education and training. This includes the governor and the General […]