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5.02 New Jobs Created (summary)

Metadata Updated: October 4, 2025

Tempe is among Arizona's most educated cities, lending to a creative, smart atmosphere. With more than a dozen colleges, trade schools, and universities, about 40 percent of our residents over the age of 25 have Bachelor's degrees or higher. Having such an educated and accessible workforce is a driving factor in attracting and growing jobs for residents in the region.The City of Tempe is a member of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC), and with the membership, staff tracks collaborative efforts to recruit business prospects and locations. The Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC) is a performance-driven, public-private partnership. GPEC partners with the City of Tempe, Maricopa County, 22 other communities, and more than 170 private-sector investors to promote the region’s competitive position and attract quality jobs that enable strategic economic growth and provide increased tax revenue for Tempe. This dataset provides the target and actual job creation numbers for the City of Tempe and the Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC). The job creation target for Tempe is calculated by multiplying GPEC's target by twice Tempe's proportion of the population. This page provides data for the New Jobs Created performance measure.The performance measure dashboard is available at 5.02 New Jobs Created. Additional Information Source: Extracted from GPEC monthly and annual reports and proprietary excel filesContact: Madalaine McConvilleContact Phone: 480-350-2927Data Source Type: Excel filesPreparation Method: Extracted from GPEC monthly and annual reports and proprietary Excel filesPublish Frequency: AnnuallyPublish Method: ManualData Dictionary 

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. See Terms License: Creative Commons Attribution

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Metadata Created Date September 2, 2022
Metadata Updated Date October 4, 2025

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Harvested from City of Tempe Data.json Harvest Source

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date September 2, 2022
Metadata Updated Date October 4, 2025
Publisher City of Tempe
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Data First Published 2019-11-26T23:21:15.000Z
Data Last Modified 2025-09-15T01:40:08.897Z
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Homepage URL https://data.tempe.gov/datasets/tempegov::5-02-new-jobs-created-summary
License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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