Sunday, February 11, 2007

Birmingham-Hoover Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area

Given the industries in the area, the Grantmaking and giving services industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 237 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Grantmaking and giving services industry make up 51.5 percent of the total employment decline in Birmingham-Hoover, AL.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grantmaking and giving services (237 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (97 jobs lost)
3. Scheduled air transportation (69 jobs lost)
4. Local messengers and local delivery (34 jobs lost)
5. Specialized design services (23 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area

The Limited-service eating places industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 2,813 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 49.2 percent of the growth in Birmingham-Hoover.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (2,813 new jobs)
2. Nonresidential building construction (1,024 new jobs)
3. Legal services (620 new jobs)
4. Building equipment contractors (475 new jobs)
5. Specialized freight trucking (355 new jobs)

Of the 14 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 6 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 8 industries reported a drop in employment.

In the Birmingham-Hoover, AL metro area, the entire sum of jobs in all of the industries has increased by 8,233 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

The Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Grantmaking and giving services industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 41.2 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Alabama, where the industry felt a loss of 9.3 percent. The losses in the Grantmaking and giving services industry in Birmingham-Hoover outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 3.5 in percent of workers in the Grantmaking and giving services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grantmaking and giving services (41.2 percent decline)
2. Scheduled air transportation (29.1 percent decline)
3. Local messengers and local delivery (18.7 percent decline)
4. Specialized design services (9.9 percent decline)
5. Taxi and limousine service (2.9 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 2 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are less than growth in Alabama, experiencing a gain of 3.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains felt were less than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

The Birmingham-Hoover Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Nonscheduled air transportation industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 189.9 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Birmingham-Hoover has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Alabama, where the industry took a gain of 59 percent. The Nonscheduled air transportation industry in Birmingham-Hoover outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 5.3 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonscheduled air transportation (189.9 percent gain)
2. Specialized freight trucking (20.5 percent gain)
3. Nonresidential building construction (19.3 percent gain)
4. Limited-service eating places (18.2 percent gain)
5. Offices of dentists (12.9 percent gain)

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