Carey has extensive experience in a wide variety of research, consulting and data analysis projects. While enhancing CLRC’s existing products and services, he has developed numerous new products that convey unique perspectives on labor costs and workforce needs. This includes the Market Share, Union-Nonunion Wage & Fringe Benefits Comparison, Benchmark Analysis, and Contract Costing reports available from CLRC. Carey has also grown the CLRC settlements database from a few hundred contracts to over 1,500. Organizations are often interested in CLRC’s research, so Carey presents the results at numerous conferences and seminars each year.

Carey has taught research methodology and statistics courses to graduate students. He is a member of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, American Psychological Association, American Society of Association Executives and the Labor and Employment Relations Association.

Before coming to CLRC, Carey spent 14 years with the Tennessee Valley Authority, the nation’s largest public power company.  While there he led the compensation related analyses and negotiations with all of the construction trades and numerous other unions. On a number of occasions he was recognized for his efforts by being promoted to positions of increasing responsibility.

Carey earned his doctoral degree in industrial and organizational psychology at the University of Tennessee and has a bachelor’s degree from Taylor University.

In his free time he enjoys college football and pro basketball, hiking, reading, and woodworking.
Unique fact: Carey once performed center stage in an opera as a juggler.