--- generated_by: surveylegend-page-markdown title: Employer Labor Market Survey Template | SurveyLegend description: Ask employers about vacancies, recent hires, hard-to-fill roles, and hiring plans. Adapt seven labor market survey questions with SurveyLegend. canonical: https://www.surveylegend.com/survey-examples-templates/market-research-analysis/labor-market-template/ --- # Employer Labor Market Survey Template Where are employers hiring, and which openings are difficult to fill? Use this seven-question SurveyLegend template to collect a consistent local snapshot. 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Use this seven-question SurveyLegend template to collect a consistent local snapshot. An open position and a recent hire tell different stories. A business may have filled several jobs last month and still have vacancies today. Ask about both before planning employer outreach or discussing training needs. ## When to Use This Template Use this questionnaire with a chamber of commerce, workforce partnership, or employer network. One authorized representative should answer for one establishment. Define the local area and reference date before sending invitations. For a broader research plan, SurveyLegend's [market research ](https://www.surveylegend.com/types-of-surveys/market-research/)overview can help frame the audience and decision. **Create your employer labor market survey in SurveyLegend** An open position and a recent hire tell different stories. A business may have filled several jobs last month and still have vacancies today. ## 7 Employer Labor Market Survey Questions Please answer for one establishment in the stated area. Use the published reference date and calendar month. An open position means an unfilled job for which this establishment is actively recruiting outside applicants. Report hires who actually started, not offers or internal transfers. Every question is optional. Do not include applicant names or confidential recruitment details. Try the survey ## A little feedback. A clearer picture. Explore this 7-question example at your own pace. Every question is optional. Preview on a device Show the survey at full desktop width Resize the survey to a tablet-width preview Resize the survey to a mobile preview with scrolling inside the frame Choose a look Use Classic: a white survey card over the background photo Use Light: dark text over a light tint covering the background photo Use Dark: light text over a dark tint covering the background photo SurveyLegend demo Question 1 of 7 ### Employer Labor Market Survey 01 What is this establishment's main industry? Choose one answer, or skip this question. Manufacturing Construction Retail or wholesale Transport or warehousing Hospitality or food services Healthcare or social assistance Education Professional or business services Another industry Prefer not to answer 02 How many positions were open at this establishment on the reference date? Choose one answer, or skip this question. 0 1–2 3–5 6–10 11–20 21 or more Not sure Prefer not to answer 03 How many people started work here during the stated calendar month? Choose one answer, or skip this question. 0 1–2 3–5 6–10 11–20 21 or more Not sure Prefer not to answer 04 Which one open role is currently the hardest to fill? Share your answer, or skip this question. 05 How long has that role been continuously open? Choose one answer, or skip this question. Less than 2 weeks 2–4 weeks More than 4–8 weeks More than 8–12 weeks More than 12 weeks No open role Not sure Prefer not to answer 06 What is the main difficulty in filling that role? Choose one answer, or skip this question. Too few applicants Applicants lack required qualifications Pay offered is difficult to match to expectations Schedule or location is difficult for applicants Hiring approvals or process delays Another difficulty No difficulty No open role Not sure Prefer not to answer 07 Compared with the last three months, how many people does this establishment expect to hire in the next three months? Choose one answer, or skip this question. Fewer About the same More No hiring in either period Plans not decided Prefer not to answer #### One last look Review your answers before submitting this demo. 0 answered #### Thank you for trying the survey! You’ve tried the template from the respondent’s side. Make it your own with SurveyLegend. [Create your own survey](https://www.surveylegend.com/register/) Checking submission availability… This is a demo. We count starts and submissions only. Your answers stay in your browser and are never sent or saved. **—**Starts **—**Submissions Activity is temporarily unavailable. ## How to Adapt the Questionnaire Replace the industry list with locally meaningful, mutually understandable sectors. Display exact dates instead of 'recently.' Keep the vacancy definition unchanged across establishments and repeat rounds. State who can access establishment-level answers and how small groups will be protected. Set one invitation per site through the outreach process; the questionnaire alone does not prevent duplicates. Keep every item optional. ## When to Ask Send shortly after the reference month closes, when staffing records are available. Give every employer the same response window. A later answer must still refer to the stated date and month. Recontact the same participating establishments if you want a comparable follow-up; describe changes in participation alongside any apparent trend. ## How to Use the Responses Report how many establishments answered each question. Keep zero vacancies, missing answers, and 'not sure' separate. Counts are bands: do not add midpoints and label the result an exact number of jobs. Group named roles consistently, then compare reported duration and obstacles within sufficiently large sectors. A staffing coordinator can follow up on recurring approval delays while a workforce partner investigates qualification needs. These are employers' accounts, not verified causes. Without a designed representative sample and appropriate denominators, do not publish a local vacancy rate or unemployment estimate. ## What the Research Adds Davis, Faberman, and Haltiwanger's 2013 study examines “vacancies, hires, and vacancy yields” using establishment-level U.S. employer data. The University of Maryland abstract describes differences across employer characteristics and industries. That distinction informs this template's separate vacancy and hire questions. The study does not validate these seven questions or make participating businesses representative of a local economy. Read the [vacancies and hiring study ](https://www.econ.umd.edu/publication/establishment-level-behavior-vacancies-and-hiring). ## Frequently asked questions ### Can this estimate local unemployment? No. These questions describe participating employers. Unemployment estimates require information about people and a suitable population survey design. ### Why ask about vacancies and hires separately? Vacancies are unfilled positions at a point in time. Hires are people who started during a period. One cannot be substituted for the other. ### Should a company with several locations respond once? Use one response per establishment if that is the declared unit. State the rule in the invitation and keep it consistent across rounds. ## Printable Employer Labor Market Survey Provide all seven questions with industry and count-band checkboxes, role-writing space, and the exact reference date and month printed above the questions. Include 'no open role' options so paper respondents need no routing. Paper responses need separate review or manual entry; they are not automatically added to online results. ![First page of the printable Employer Labor Market Survey Template with questions and answer spaces](https://www.surveylegend.com/survey-template-media/pdf-previews/labor-market-template-pdf-preview.avif) [![](https://www.surveylegend.com/user-guide-media/icons/download-pdf.svg) Download the questionnaire](https://www.surveylegend.com/downloads/survey-templates/employer-labor-market-survey-template.pdf) Export Employer Labor Market Survey as PDF ## AI Prompt: Employer Labor Market Survey Copy this employer labor market survey prompt into an AI assistant to prepare the questionnaire. Review the result, then build and customize it in SurveyLegend. 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