Thursday, January 11, 2007

Dothan One-Year Industry Employment Change

Out of the 55 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 24 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 30 industries reported a drop in employment.

In the Dothan, AL metro area, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 685 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Dothan Metro Area

The Architectural and structural metals mfg. industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 143 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Architectural and structural metals mfg. industry makes up 17.7 percent of the total growth in Dothan.

Top 5 Industries
1. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (143 new jobs)
2. Employment services (102 new jobs)
3. Nursing care facilities (59 new jobs)
4. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (55 new jobs)
5. General freight trucking (53 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Dothan Metro Area

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Health and personal care stores industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 144 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Health and personal care stores industry make up 26.9 percent of the employment lost during the period in Dothan, AL.

Top 5 Industries
1. Health and personal care stores (144 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (137 jobs lost)
3. Power generation and supply (39 jobs lost)
4. Other general merchandise stores (37 jobs lost)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (27 jobs lost)

Total industry employment has increased by 1.4 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are less than growth in the State of Alabama, which went through a gain of 2 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were less than than the gain seen for the United States of 2 percent.

The Dothan Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Management and technical consulting services industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 45 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 Alabama, where the industry reported a gain of 14.9 percent. The losses in the Management and technical consulting services industry in Dothan outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 9.5 in percent of workers in the Management and technical consulting services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management and technical consulting services (45 percent decline)
2. Freight transportation arrangement (33.3 percent decline)
3. Health and personal care stores (22.2 percent decline)
4. Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers (17.2 percent decline)
5. Civic and social organizations (13.3 percent decline)

The Dothan Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Drinking places, alcoholic beverages industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 72.6 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Dothan has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Alabama, where the industry felt a loss of 1.5 percent. The Drinking places, alcoholic beverages industry in Dothan outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 1.5 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (72.6 percent gain)
2. Electronics and appliance stores (28.4 percent gain)
3. Cement and concrete product manufacturing (27.7 percent gain)
4. Support activities for animal production (18.1 percent gain)
5. Chemical merchant wholesalers (16.5 percent gain)





About: This report is part 1 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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