Friday, February 23, 2007

Dale County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total industry employment has increased by 6.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth in the State of Alabama, which went through a gain of 3.3 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Dale County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Automotive repair and maintenance industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 49.2 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 felt a loss of 6.7 percent. The losses in the Automotive repair and maintenance industry in Dale County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 1.8 in percent of workers in the Automotive repair and maintenance industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automotive repair and maintenance (49.2 percent decline)
2. Nonresidential building construction (47.7 percent decline)
3. Electronics and appliance stores (38.7 percent decline)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (36.8 percent decline)
5. Private households (23.5 percent decline)

Dale County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Offices of other health practitioners industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 364.0 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Dale County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Alabama, where it saw a gain of 44.6 percent. The Offices of other health practitioners industry in Dale County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 26.1 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of other health practitioners (364.0 percent gain)
2. Computer systems design and related services (362.2 percent gain)
3. Residential building construction (164.1 percent gain)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (95.7 percent gain)
5. Offices of physicians (93.1 percent gain)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Dale County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Automotive repair and maintenance industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 41 jobs. The declines in the Automotive repair and maintenance industry make up 23.4 percent of the total job loss in Dale County, Alabama.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automotive repair and maintenance (41 jobs lost)
2. Nonresidential building construction (34 jobs lost)
3. Building equipment contractors (16 jobs lost)
4. Household and institutional furniture mfg. (15 jobs lost)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (13 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Dale County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Computer systems design and related services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 153 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Computer systems design and related services industry makes up 16.5 percent of the total growth in Dale County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Computer systems design and related services (153 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (109 new jobs)
3. Gasoline stations (105 new jobs)
4. Support activities for air transportation (104 new jobs)
5. Residential building construction (79 new jobs)

Out of the 45 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 21 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 23 industries reported a drop in employment.

In Dale County, Alabama, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 763 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.





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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