Friday, February 23, 2007

Colbert County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

In Colbert County, Alabama, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 292 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Colbert County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has added the most employment with 215 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 19.0 percent of the total growth in Colbert County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (215 new jobs)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (131 new jobs)
3. Offices of physicians (104 new jobs)
4. Highway, street, and bridge construction (70 new jobs)
5. Building equipment contractors (66 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Colbert County

Given the industries in the area, the Nonresidential building construction industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 171 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Nonresidential building construction industry make up 19.0 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Colbert County, Alabama.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (171 jobs lost)
2. Metalworking machinery manufacturing (120 jobs lost)
3. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (80 jobs lost)
4. Full-service restaurants (71 jobs lost)
5. Child day care services (70 jobs lost)

Of the 65 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 29 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 36 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total industry employment has increased by 1.9 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are less than percent in the State of Alabama, which experienced a gain of 3.3 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Colbert County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 225.7 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Colbert County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Alabama, where the industry took a gain of 18.2 percent. The Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers industry in Colbert County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 6.3 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers (225.7 percent gain)
2. Highway, street, and bridge construction (178.8 percent gain)
3. Specialized freight trucking (145.0 percent gain)
4. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (98.3 percent gain)
5. Home health care services (82.6 percent gain)

Colbert County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Lessors of real estate industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 78.6 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Alabama, where the it saw a loss of 10.3 percent. The losses in the Lessors of real estate industry in Colbert County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 2.1 in percent of jobs in the Lessors of real estate industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Lessors of real estate (78.6 percent decline)
2. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (54.3 percent decline)
3. Nonresidential building construction (48.9 percent decline)
4. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (45.1 percent decline)
5. Residential building construction (40.1 percent decline)





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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