Friday, February 23, 2007

Aleutians East Borough Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Aleutians East Borough

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Other general merchandise stores industry has grown the most with 11 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Other general merchandise stores industry makes up -1.8 percent of the total number of new jobs in Aleutians East Borough.

Top 1 Industries
1. Plywood and engineered wood product mfg. (147 new jobs)

In Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 870 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.





Aleutians East Borough Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other general merchandise stores industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 36 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Alaska, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 7.3 percent. The losses in the Other general merchandise stores industry in Aleutians East Borough outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 31.2 in percent of jobs in the Other general merchandise stores industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (36 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 34.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than growth in Alaska, experiencing a gain of 10.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Aleutians East Borough Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Architectural and structural metals mfg. industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 170.2 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Aleutians East Borough has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Alaska, where the industry felt a loss of . percent. The Architectural and structural metals mfg. industry in Aleutians East Borough outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 3 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (170.2 percent gain)
2. Plywood and engineered wood product mfg. (141.3 percent gain)
3. Offices of other health practitioners (125.9 percent gain)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (101.8 percent gain)
5. Full-service restaurants (78.0 percent gain)





About: This report is part 2 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

 

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