In Shelby County, jobs in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage industry paid the average highest wages in Shelby County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Shelby County received an annual wage of $92,837 in 2006. The average wage is less than the industry wage rate in Alabama of $102,048 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $138,150.

High-wage employment in Shelby County, Alabama can be found in metal and mineral merchant wholesalers ($82,811), electronic equipment repair and maintenance ($78,524), power generation and supply ($77,614) and offices of physicians ($62,518) industries. Note: Click Graph Above for Detail Comparison

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Shelby County Wages have increased by 20.5% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in Shelby County, Alabama by a total of 20.5%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for Alabama and greater than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Shelby County Industry Wages Exceed Alabama, but Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Wages in all industries in Shelby County, Alabama can be described as relatively high when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 9.1 percent higher than the reported averages in the state of $34,182. The overall industry wage was less than the industry average in the US of $40,259.

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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Shelby County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Shelby County

The Printing and related support activities industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 1,166 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Printing and related support activities industry make up 39.1 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Shelby County, Alabama.

Top 5 Industries
1. Printing and related support activities (1,166 jobs lost)
2. Health and personal care stores (234 jobs lost)
3. Special food services (149 jobs lost)
4. Grocery stores (145 jobs lost)
5. Advertising and related services (145 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Shelby County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Insurance carriers industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 2,755 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Insurance carriers industry makes up 18.7 percent of the total employment growth in Shelby County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Insurance carriers (2,755 new jobs)
2. Management of companies and enterprises (1,572 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (1,138 new jobs)
4. Limited-service eating places (835 new jobs)
5. Building equipment contractors (750 new jobs)

Of the 103 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 32 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 71 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Shelby County, Alabama, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 15,464 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Shelby County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Drinking places, alcoholic beverages industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 89.8 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Alabama, where the industry felt a loss of 16.8 percent. The losses in the Drinking places, alcoholic beverages industry in Shelby County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 9.7 in percent of workers in the Drinking places, alcoholic beverages industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (89.8 percent decline)
2. Printing and related support activities (69.5 percent decline)
3. Other fabricated metal product manufacturing (65.6 percent decline)
4. Support activities for forestry (57.7 percent decline)
5. Special food services (56.3 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 37.1 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in Alabama, experiencing a gain of 3.3 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Shelby County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Management of companies and enterprises industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 839.0 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Shelby County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Alabama, where this industry saw a gain of 50.3 percent. The Management of companies and enterprises industry in Shelby County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 3.5 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management of companies and enterprises (839.0 percent gain)
2. Insurance carriers (526.4 percent gain)
3. Activities related to credit intermediation (318.4 percent gain)
4. Highway, street, and bridge construction (308.3 percent gain)
5. Electronic equipment repair and maintenance (301.2 percent gain)





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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Shelby County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Shelby County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Private households industry has grown the most with 173 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Private households industry makes up 13.8 percent of the total growth in Shelby County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (173 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (82 new jobs)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (79 new jobs)
4. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (77 new jobs)
5. Clothing stores (61 new jobs)

From the 110 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 46 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 61 industries reported a drop in employment.

In Shelby County, Alabama, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 262 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Shelby County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Employment services industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 345 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Employment services industry make up 28.0 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Shelby County, Alabama.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (345 jobs lost)
2. Plastics product manufacturing (157 jobs lost)
3. Foundries (108 jobs lost)
4. Professional and similar organizations (70 jobs lost)
5. Gasoline stations (53 jobs lost)

Total industry employment has increased by 0.5 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are less than growth in Alabama, which experienced a gain of 2.0 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were less than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Shelby County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Private households industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 107.7 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Shelby County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Alabama, where it saw a loss of 2.1 percent. The Private households industry in Shelby County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 1.9 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (107.7 percent gain)
2. Clothing stores (80.5 percent gain)
3. Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers (73.4 percent gain)
4. Special food services (43.4 percent gain)
5. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (40.9 percent gain)

Shelby County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Taxi and limousine service industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 28.8 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Alabama, where the it saw a loss of 4.8 percent. The losses in the Taxi and limousine service industry in Shelby County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 4.2 percent in terms of employment in the Taxi and limousine service industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Taxi and limousine service (28.8 percent decline)
2. Professional and similar organizations (27.9 percent decline)
3. Employment services (22 percent decline)
4. Investigation and security services (20 percent decline)
5. Consumer goods rental (19.9 percent decline)





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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.

Income and Poverty in Shelby County, Alabama

The rate of poverty in Shelby County, Alabama has declined by 0.4 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 6.3 percent to 5.9 percent.

Compared to counties across the United States, Shelby County reported a very high median income for households of $64,865 (2005 Dollars). This median is 38.4 percent higher than the median in Alabama of $39,938 and the median household income is 24.3 percent higher than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Shelby County, Alabama can be considered to have a poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 6.3 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 21.6 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 75 years and over have the most percent of people living in poverty in Shelby County, having 11.5 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

The median household income has declined from the values (adjusted for inflation) in 2000. The median has decreased to $60,964, which represents a 6 percent decline. Shelby County, Alabama, in terms of percent of decline, ranks 11 of 19 counties in percent of decline for median household income in the State of Alabama. Shelby County ranks 413 of 668 counties (or parishes) in terms of the decline in median income level for the United States.

The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Shelby County had a median income of $44,920, this level was 30.7 percent less than the median for all households. In Shelby County, Alabama White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $67,045 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 3.4 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Hispanic headed households in Shelby County, Alabama reported a median household income of $44,241, this median is 31.8 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 32.2 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $43,956. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $79,283. This income level is 22.2 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area.

While the median household income saw a decline in the last five year in Shelby County, Alabama, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in the household income level was the Black or African American Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 19.9 percent since 2000. The Asian population group was least impacted by the household income decline in Shelby County, encountering a 27.2 percent increase in median income, since the values reported in the 2000 Decennial Census.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Higher Education in Shelby County, Alabama

Shelby County, Alabama has a very highly-educated population of the working age, with 36.8 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Shelby was reported to have a higher percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Alabama's proportion of 19 percent and a higher percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

From 2000, Shelby has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors of Higher. This population percent has grown by 4.2 percent to a total of 41 in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proporation of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is greater than the porportion in the State of Alabama percent of 21.4 and greater than the average US percent of 27.2.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Shelby County, Alabama, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 40.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Shelby have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 40.6 percent (Men) versus 33.2 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher, with 33.2 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 3.8 percent. By the year 2005, 44.8 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 4.0 percent. By 2005, a total of 37.2 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

In Shelby County, Alabama as reported in the 2000 Census, 37.8 percent of the White Alone, 24.8 percent of Black or African American, 72.4 percent of the Asian alone and 22 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Shelby County, Alabama

When measuring the total land area, Shelby spans a total of 795 square miles. The land areas has a medium-high density 216 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Clark, NV (216 per sq. mile ), McLennan, TX (216 per sq. mile ), Lee, NC (217 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Clark, NV (216 per sq. mile ), McLennan, TX (216 per sq. mile ), Cambria, PA (215 per sq. mile ).

Shelby County, Alabama has a population base that is comprised of 85.3 percent White, 9.3 percent African American, 1.4 percent Asian, and 3.1 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a modest level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 13.8 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Alabama percent of 29.3. Since 2000, Shelby has increased the percent of minority makeup when 10.5 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

Shelby County, Alabama had a total estimated population of 171,465 in 2005. The total population has increased very sharply, from the population in the year 2000 of 144,553. This growth signifies an increase of 18.6 percent. Shelby ranks 1 of 67 counties when analyzing total population change in Alabama and the county ranks 120 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

Since the year 2000, a medium-high number of individual migrated to the Shelby from outside the country. The immigration into Shelby accounts for 3.8 percent of immigration into the State of Alabama. This level of international migration can be considered medium-high when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Shelby County, Alabama to be 35.3 years old. The median age in Shelby is less than the median age in the State of Alabama of 37.4. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 34.9 years of age. A total of 25.2 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Shelby can be described as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively high presence of the 2005 population base, with 66.2 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 8.6 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a relatively low percent of the population base.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Shelby County, Alabama

Shelby County had a median home value in the year 2005 of $174,100, published by the American Community Survey. This median is greater than the State of Alabama 2005 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $97,500 and greater than home value of $167,500 for the United States in the same year.

The owner-occupied dwellings in Shelby County, Alabama have moderate increases since the Census values accounted for in the year 2000. The values have increased by $27,400, or 18.7 percent, since their values in that year of $146,700.

When compared to other counties in Alabama, Shelby County is positioned 2 of 67 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 113 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

Shelby County has a relatively high percentage of homes that are high in price. In 2005, the American Community Survey accounted that 5.9 percent of the homes were valued over $500,000.

In Shelby County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 71,457 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a high level of growth, adding a sum of 9,446 housing units since the year 2001, or 15.2 percent.

According to the data, there is a fair amount of real estate that is affordable in Shelby County, Alabama. In 2005, 27.5 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Shelby County, Alabama -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Shelby County, Retail Trade, Manufacturing, and the Construction sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Retail Trade provides the most jobs and contributes 12.9 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 6,961 jobs. The Manufacturing and Construction industries make up 11.3 and 10.5 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Shelby County. The sector dealt with a loss of 1,694 jobs, or 21.8 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 95.2 percent of all employment losses in the county.

Utilities has the largest businesses in Shelby County. The industry averages 75 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's average in the United States of 34 and greater than the State of Alabama average of 34 for the Utilities industry.

In Shelby County, Utilities, Management of companies and enterprises and Construction are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Utilities sector has a United State LQ of 4.49. The level of employment in the Utilities sector is 4.49 times greater than the national average, signifying that Shelby County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Utilities.

Management of companies and enterprises is the industry with the largest change in employment since the year 2001 in Shelby County, changing a total of 719.4 percent. This is greater than the rate of industry employment change in the United States of 1.6 percent. The State of Alabama had an industry job change of 37.3 percent, in the course of time since 2001.

The Manufacturing industry has decreased the most in industries presence in Shelby County since 2001, going from making up 18.7 percent of total employment for the year 2001 to 11.3 percent in the year 2005.





Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).