Friday, February 23, 2007

Anchorage Municipality Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Anchorage Municipality

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Home health care services industry has added the most employment with 1,302 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Home health care services industry makes up 8.3 percent of the total employment growth in Anchorage Municipality.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (1,302 new jobs)
2. Individual and family services (818 new jobs)
3. Nonresidential building construction (769 new jobs)
4. Offices of physicians (690 new jobs)
5. Depository credit intermediation (603 new jobs)

From the 153 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 57 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 95 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Anchorage Municipality, Alaska, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 10,698 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Anchorage Municipality

The Management of companies and enterprises industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 1,153 jobs. The declines in the Management of companies and enterprises industry make up 18.4 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Anchorage Municipality, Alaska.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management of companies and enterprises (1,153 jobs lost)
2. Support activities for mining (689 jobs lost)
3. Oil and gas extraction (654 jobs lost)
4. Religious organizations (252 jobs lost)
5. Gasoline stations (226 jobs lost)

Anchorage Municipality Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Seafood product preparation and packaging industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 82.9 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 has seen in the Alaska, where the industry felt a gain of 7.4 percent. The losses in the Seafood product preparation and packaging industry in Anchorage Municipality outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 14.3 in percent of workers in the Seafood product preparation and packaging industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Seafood product preparation and packaging (82.9 percent decline)
2. Performing arts companies (61.6 percent decline)
3. Independent artists, writers, and performers (57.5 percent decline)
4. Taxi and limousine service (55.4 percent decline)
5. Religious organizations (54.5 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 10 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than percent in the State of Alaska, which saw a gain of 10.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Anchorage Municipality Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Home health care services industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 2914.2 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Anchorage Municipality has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Alaska, where it saw a gain of 1055.3 percent. The Home health care services industry in Anchorage Municipality outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 36.8 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (2914.2 percent gain)
2. Unclassified (1002.0 percent gain)
3. Scenic and sightseeing transportation, land (253.0 percent gain)
4. Residential mental health facilities (198.0 percent gain)
5. Spectator sports (162.8 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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