Friday, February 23, 2007

Clay County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Clay County

The General freight trucking industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 21 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the General freight trucking industry make up 38.1 percent of the total employment decline in Clay County, Alabama.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (21 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (14 jobs lost)
3. Child day care services (7 jobs lost)
4. Building finishing contractors (7 jobs lost)
5. Full-service restaurants (6 jobs lost)

In Clay County, Alabama, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 103 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Clay County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Limited-service eating places industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 63 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 64.3 percent of the total employment growth in Clay County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (63 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (14 new jobs)
3. Other general merchandise stores (9 new jobs)
4. Legal services (9 new jobs)
5. Residential building construction (2 new jobs)

Of the 12 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 6 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 6 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Clay County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Legal services industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 118.2 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Clay County has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for Alabama, where the industry took a gain of 9.1 percent. The Legal services industry in Clay County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 8.3 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Legal services (118.2 percent gain)
2. Limited-service eating places (108.0 percent gain)
3. Building equipment contractors (102.4 percent gain)
4. Other general merchandise stores (37.3 percent gain)
5. Residential building construction (25.0 percent gain)

Clay County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building finishing contractors industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 64.5 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Alabama, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 1.9 percent. The losses in the Building finishing contractors industry in Clay County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 17.4 percent in terms of employees in the Building finishing contractors industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (64.5 percent decline)
2. General freight trucking (34.6 percent decline)
3. Gasoline stations (27.3 percent decline)
4. Child day care services (20.8 percent decline)
5. Full-service restaurants (16 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 2.6 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of Alabama, which saw a gain of 3.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.





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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