In Sitka City and Borough, jobs in the other specialty trade contractors pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the other specialty trade contractors industry wages were the highest in Sitka City and Borough for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Sitka City and Borough was paid an annual wage of $66,322 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is greater than the industry wage in Alaska of $54,126 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $39,240.

Top-pay jobs in Sitka City and Borough, Alaska may be found in building equipment contractors ($55,814), lessors of real estate ($37,607), depository credit intermediation ($37,599) and rv parks and recreational camps ($32,375) industries. Note: Click the above Graphic for Detail Comparison

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

Sitka City and Borough Wages have increased by 11.1% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Sitka City and Borough, Alaska by a total of 11.1%. This is less than the growth in average industry wages for Alaska and less than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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

Sitka City and Borough Industry Wages Lag Behind Alaska, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Wages in all industries in Sitka City and Borough, Alaska when analyzed can be understood as being medium-low when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 24.1 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $39,041. The industry pay was less than the US average pay of $40,259.

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

Sitka City and Borough Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Sitka City and Borough

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Offices of other health practitioners industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 20 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Offices of other health practitioners industry make up 29.0 percent of the total job loss in Sitka City and Borough, Alaska.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of other health practitioners (20 jobs lost)
2. Other professional and technical services (16 jobs lost)
3. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (11 jobs lost)
4. Civic and social organizations (9 jobs lost)
5. Personal care services (5 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Sitka City and Borough

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 43 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 22.6 percent of the growth in Sitka City and Borough.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (43 new jobs)
2. Traveler accommodation (36 new jobs)
3. Clothing stores (33 new jobs)
4. RV parks and recreational camps (30 new jobs)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (18 new jobs)

Out of the 22 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 9 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 11 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Sitka City and Borough, Alaska, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 225 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Employment for all industries has increased by 7.4 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than percent in Alaska, which went through a gain of 10.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Sitka City and Borough Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Offices of other health practitioners industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 43.8 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Alaska, where the industry reported a gain of 17.6 percent. The losses in the Offices of other health practitioners industry in Sitka City and Borough outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 26.1 in percent of jobs in the Offices of other health practitioners industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of other health practitioners (43.8 percent decline)
2. Other professional and technical services (39.3 percent decline)
3. Personal care services (32.6 percent decline)
4. Civic and social organizations (25.2 percent decline)
5. Legal services (20 percent decline)

Sitka City and Borough Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The RV parks and recreational camps industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 185.4 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Sitka City and Borough has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Alaska, where the industry took a loss of 21.3 percent. The RV parks and recreational camps industry in Sitka City and Borough outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 4.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. RV parks and recreational camps (185.4 percent gain)
2. Clothing stores (139.4 percent gain)
3. Professional and similar organizations (135.0 percent gain)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (64.7 percent gain)
5. Limited-service eating places (59.4 percent gain)





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

Sitka City and Borough One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total industry employment has decreased by 9.7 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Alaska, experiencing a gain of 3.0 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The losses in the area were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Sitka City and Borough One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other miscellaneous store retailers industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 71.4 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Sitka City and Borough has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Alaska, where the industry took a loss of 2.2 percent. The Other miscellaneous store retailers industry in Sitka City and Borough outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 0.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other miscellaneous store retailers (71.4 percent gain)
2. Animal food manufacturing (68.8 percent gain)
3. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (63.3 percent gain)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (42.7 percent gain)
5. Computer systems design and related services (39.2 percent gain)

Sitka City and Borough One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 13 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Alaska, where the industry reported a gain of 0.2 percent. The losses in the Gasoline stations industry in Sitka City and Borough outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 0.3 in percent of workers in the Gasoline stations industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (13 percent decline)

In Sitka City and Borough, Alaska, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 5 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Sitka City and Borough

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Gasoline stations industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 2 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Gasoline stations industry makes up -0.3 percent of the growth in Sitka City and Borough.

Top 1 Industries
1. Animal slaughtering and processing (88 new jobs)









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

Income and Poverty in Sitka City and Borough, Alaska

Hispanic Householders in Sitka City and Borough, Alaska recorded a median income of $68,250, which is 12.4 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $54,113. This median is 10.9 percent less than the all households reported median in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Sitka City and Borough reported an income level of $56,847, which was 6.4 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 13.2 percent greater than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $68,738. In Sitka City and Borough, Alaska White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $62,629 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 3.1 percent greater than the median in 2000.

Compared to counties across the United States, Sitka City and Borough reported a relatively high median household income of $60,724 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 0.6 percent higher than the median income in State of Alaska of $60,338 and the median is 19.1 percent higher than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Sitka City and Borough, Alaska may be understood as having a rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 7.8 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 11.4 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Sitka City and Borough, reporting 17.5 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Demographic Profile for Sitka Borough, Alaska

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Sitka Borough, Alaska to be 36.9 years old. The median in Sitka is greater than the median age in the State of Alaska of 33.9. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median, when the median age was 35.3 years old. A total of 25.3 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Sitka can be described as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-high presence of the population, with 64.5 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 10.2 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-low percent of the population.

Sitka Borough, Alaska had a population of 8,986 for the year 2005. The total population has increased, since its 2000 population of 8,836. This growth signifies an increase of 1.7 percent. Sitka ranks 11 of 27 counties in terms of population growth in Alaska and the county ranks 1,715 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

Estimated since the year 2000, a medium-high number of individual migrated to the Sitka internationally. The migration from outside the US into Sitka makes up 1.5 percent of immigration into the State of Alaska. This percent of international migration is medium-high when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

Sitka Borough, Alaska has a population that is comprised of 65.6 percent White, 0.3 percent African American, 4.9 percent Asian, and 4.1 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a modest level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 9.3 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Alaska percent of 12.9. Since 2000, Sitka has increased in diversity when 7.8 percent of the total population were minorities.

When calculating the total land area, Sitka covers a total land area of 2874 square miles. The county has a very low density 3 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Bennett, SD (3 per sq. mile ), Graham, KS (3 per sq. mile ), Hamilton, NY (3 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Powell, MT (3 per sq. mile ), Converse, WY (3 per sq. mile ), Custer, MT (3 per sq. mile ).

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Sitka City and Borough, Alaska

In Sitka City and Borough, there were a total of 3,828 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding a total of 145 homes since 2001, or 3.9 percent.

Sitka City and Borough had a median home value in the year 2000 of $196,500, reported by the Decennial Census. This median is greater than the overall State of Alaska 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $144,200 and greater than median home value of $119,600 across the United States during the same year.

The State of Alaska, Sitka City and Borough places 8 of 27 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 1,081 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.







Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Sitka Borough, Alaska -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

The Construction industry decreased the most in percent of total employment in Sitka County since the year 2001. The industry went from accounting for 6.8 percent of total employment in 2001 to 0 percent of employment in 2005.

In Sitka County, Educational services, Transportation and Warehousing and Health care and social assistance have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Educational services sector in the county has a location quotient of 2.17. This means the percent of total employment in the Educational services industry is 2.17 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Sitka County may specialize, or be an exporter of Educational services.

Health care and social assistance has the largest businesses in Sitka County. In the County, the industry averages 28 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's national average of 21 and greater than the State of Alaska average establishment size of 19 for the Health care and social assistance industry.

Sitka County is ranked number 12 of 28 total Counties compared to other Counties in State of Alaska according to the relatively size of the employment base in the year 2005. This ranking has moved up between the years 2001 and 2005. In 2001, the County was ranked 11 of 28 Counties.

In Sitka County, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Health care and social assistance is the major employer in the county making up 22.6 percent of the total county employment. This totals 721 employees. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services sectors account for 17.7 and 14.6 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Accommodation and food services has grown in employment, since the year 2001, more than any other industry in Sitka County, changing a total of 38 percent. This is greater than the national sector change of 7.6 percent. The State of Alaska had an industry job change of 10.2 percent, during the period.





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