PY 2024 Performance Scores

Workforce Services Information Notice
WSIN25-38

Issued: June 17, 2026

The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) state performance is assessed annually as part of the performance accountability requirements established in WIOA Section 116. The results of the WIOA annual state performance assessments for Program Year (PY) 2024 are summarized below, in accordance with Training Employment and Guidance Letter (TEGL) 11-19, Change 2, Negotiations and Sanctions Guidance for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Core Programs, and Training and Employment Notice (TEN) No. 01-25, Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Core Program Performance Accountability Assessment for Program Year (PY) 2024.

For PY 2024, the DOL is requiring states to achieve a performance score of 50% or higher for the following performance measures:

  • Employment Rate 2nd Quarter After Exit
  • Employment Rate 4th Quarter After Exit
  • Median Earnings
  • Credential Attainment (Title I only)
  • Measurable Skill Gains (Title I only)

Additionally, the DOL is requiring states to achieve a performance score of 90% or higher for the following Overall Scores:

  • Overall Program Score for Title I Adult program
  • Overall Program Score for Title I Dislocated Worker program
  • Overall Program Score for Title I Youth program
  • Overall Program Score for Title III Wagner-Peyser program
  • Overall Indicator Score for Employment Rate 2nd Quarter After Exit
  • Overall Indicator Score for Measurable Skill Gains
 

Adult

Dislocated Worker

Youth

Wagner-Peyser

Overall Indicator Score*
Employment Rate 2nd Quarter After Exit Performance Score

100.3%

97.6%

100.6%

106.1%

110.6%
Employment Rate 4th Quarter After Exit Performance Score

104.0%

101.8%

96.5%

115.6%

N/A
Median Earnings Performance Score

105.2%

115.3%

114.2%

103.7%

N/A
Credential Attainment Performance Score

107.9%

103.9%

93.7%

N/A

N/A

Measurable Skill Gains Performance Score

117.2%

134.3%

124.4%

N/A

110.8%
Overall Program Score

106.9%

110.6%

105.9%

108.5%

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*Note – the Overall Indicator Scores include Individual Indicator Scores from Title II Adult Education and Title IV Vocational Rehabilitation. The Department of Labor’s WIOA Performance Assessments site includes a comprehensive table with the WIOA Title II and IV program performance scores.

As described in Calculating Local Area Performance and Nonperformance (WSD20-02), the state calculated the Local Workforce Development Areas (Local Areas) PY 2024 performance scores, found in the attachment.

For PY 2024, nonperformance occurs when the performance score for the following performance measures is below 50%:

  • Employment Rate 2ndQuarter after Exit
  • Employment Rate 4th Quarter after Exit
  • Median Earnings
  • Credential Attainment
  • Measurable Skill Gains

Additionally, nonperformance occurs when the performance score for the following Overall Scores is below 90%:

  • Overall Program Score for Title I Adult program
  • Overall Program Score for Title I Dislocated Worker program
  • Overall Program Score for Title I Youth program
  • Overall Indicator Score for Employment Rate 2nd Quarter After Exit for all Title I programs
  • Overall Indicator Score for Measurable Skill Gains for all Title I programs

A Local Area’s performance outcome is essential in determining its continued designation and whether sanctions should be applied for nonperformance. For more information about how sanctions will be applied when Local Areas are nonperforming, review WSD20-02.

For additional information and definitions on performance measures, please reference Performance Guidance (WSD24-07).

Inquiries

If you have any questions, please contact the Program Reporting and Analysis Unit at WSBManagePerformance@edd.ca.gov.

/s/ KIMBERLEE MEYER, Chief
Central Office Workforce Services Division

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