In Tuscaloosa County, jobs in the oil and gas extraction pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the oil and gas extraction industry had the highest average wages in Tuscaloosa County for 2006. The average industry job in Tuscaloosa County received a wage of $110,535 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the average industry wage in the State of Alabama of $84,579 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $127,077.

Top-pay jobs in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama are present in petroleum and coal products manufacturing ($67,515), management of companies and enterprises ($63,198), offices of physicians ($62,325) and machinery and equipment rental and leasing ($58,954) industries. Note: Clicking the Above Graphic Displays the Detailed 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.

Tuscaloosa County Wages have increased by 21.6% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama by a total of 21.6%. This is greater than the growth in wages for the State of Alabama and greater than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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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.

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

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Total wages in all industries in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama when analyzed can be understood as being relatively high when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 0.2 percent higher than the state, which accounted an average of $34,182. The industry pay 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.

Tuscaloosa County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Tuscaloosa County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Beer, wine, and liquor stores industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 46.8 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Alabama, where the industry felt a loss of 32.3 percent. The losses in the Beer, wine, and liquor stores industry in Tuscaloosa County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 3.4 percent in terms of employees in the Beer, wine, and liquor stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Beer, wine, and liquor stores (46.8 percent decline)
2. Chemical merchant wholesalers (41.7 percent decline)
3. Household goods repair and maintenance (38.4 percent decline)
4. Drycleaning and laundry services (37.4 percent decline)
5. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (37.1 percent decline)

Tuscaloosa County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Activities related to real estate industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 493.9 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Tuscaloosa County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Alabama, where the industry took a gain of 22.1 percent. The Activities related to real estate industry in Tuscaloosa County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 19 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Activities related to real estate (493.9 percent gain)
2. Activities related to credit intermediation (404.8 percent gain)
3. Employment services (182.7 percent gain)
4. Taxi and limousine service (144.4 percent gain)
5. Business support services (103.2 percent gain)

Total employment has increased by 11.7 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in Alabama, which experienced a gain of 3.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Tuscaloosa County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Drycleaning and laundry services industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 196 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Drycleaning and laundry services industry make up 8.4 percent of the total employment decline in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

Top 5 Industries
1. Drycleaning and laundry services (196 jobs lost)
2. Utility system construction (182 jobs lost)
3. Grocery stores (177 jobs lost)
4. Warehousing and storage (174 jobs lost)
5. Department stores (158 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Tuscaloosa County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Employment services industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 1,311 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Employment services industry makes up 17.2 percent of the total growth in Tuscaloosa County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (1,311 new jobs)
2. Motor vehicle parts manufacturing (738 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (609 new jobs)
4. Other general merchandise stores (367 new jobs)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (330 new jobs)

Out of the 119 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 48 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 70 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 6,701 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.





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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.

Tuscaloosa County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Tuscaloosa County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Gasoline stations industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 22 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Gasoline stations industry make up 75.9 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (22 jobs lost)
2. General freight trucking (3 jobs lost)
3. Automotive repair and maintenance (1 jobs lost)
4. Automobile dealers (4 jobs lost)
5. Other general merchandise stores (196 jobs lost)

In Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 42 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Out of the 17 4-digit NAICS industries, 5 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 11 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Tuscaloosa County

The Farm product raw material merch. whls. industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 19 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Farm product raw material merch. whls. industry makes up 36.5 percent of the total employment growth in Tuscaloosa County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (19 new jobs)
2. Newspaper, book, and directory publishers (11 new jobs)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (6 new jobs)
4. Depository credit intermediation (5 new jobs)
5. Cattle ranching and farming (3 new jobs)

The total number of jobs has increased by 2.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in Alabama, which went through a gain of 2.0 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains in the area were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Tuscaloosa County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 24.1 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Alabama, where the it saw a loss of 0.6 percent. The losses in the Gasoline stations industry in Tuscaloosa County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 0.3 percent in terms of employment in the Gasoline stations industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (24.1 percent decline)
2. General freight trucking (7.9 percent decline)
3. Automotive repair and maintenance (5.5 percent decline)
4. Residential building construction (4.2 percent decline)
5. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (4.1 percent decline)

Tuscaloosa County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Newspaper, book, and directory publishers industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 109.7 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Tuscaloosa County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Alabama, where this industry saw a loss of 1.9 percent. The Newspaper, book, and directory publishers industry in Tuscaloosa County outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 1.5 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Newspaper, book, and directory publishers (109.7 percent gain)
2. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (62.0 percent gain)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (22.2 percent gain)
4. Legal services (22.2 percent gain)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (10.2 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.

Income and Poverty in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Tuscaloosa County had a median household income level of $52,336, which was 29.9 percent greater than the areas median level for all households. In Tuscaloosa County, Alabama White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $46,634 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 15.7 percent greater than the median in 2000. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $20,991. This income level is 47.9 percent less than the all households reported median in the area. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 31.2 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $27,706. Hispanic headed households in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama recorded a median income of $32,614, this median is 19.1 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households.

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama can be considered to have a medium-high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 17.0 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Asian race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 32.4 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Tuscaloosa County, accounting 22.9 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Tuscaloosa County accounted a medium-high median income for all households of $40,290 (2005 Dollars). This median is 0.9 percent higher than the median in Alabama of $39,938 and the median is 21.9 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

While the median household income saw a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest decline in household income was the American Indian and Alaska Native category. This group felt a decline of 76.6 percent in the last five years. The White Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income decline in Tuscaloosa County, experiencing a 14.5 percent decline in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

The median household income in the area has declined from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has decreased to $32,991, posting a 18.1 percent decline. Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 1 of 19 counties in percent of decline for income levels in the State of Alabama. Tuscaloosa County ranks 15 of 668 counties (or parishes) when analyzing the decline in median income level for the United States.

The poverty rate in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama has increased by 4.6 percent since the amounts published in 2000, moving from 17 percent to 21.6 percent.

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

Higher Education in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Tuscaloosa County, Alabama is made up of a highly-educated 2000 population, with 24 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Tuscaloosa has a higher percent of population with high education level than the State of Alabama's proportion of 19 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 27.8 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Tuscaloosa on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 24.2 percent (Men) versus 23.8 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area achieving a High School Diploma, with 29 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 1.6 percent. As reported in 2005, 25.6 percent of total male population (over 25), in this area, held at least a Bachelors Degree. At the same time, the percent of women (over 25) holding a BA or higher has increased by a total of 1.8 percent. By 2005, a total of 25.6 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

In Tuscaloosa County, Alabama as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 27.8 percent of the White Alone, 12 percent of Black or African American, 67.2 percent of the Asian alone and 22.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Since the year 2000, Tuscaloosa has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 1.6 percent to a total of 25.6 in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The poporation of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is greater than the porportion in the State of Alabama percent of 21.4 and less than the United States percent of 27.2.

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

Demographic Profile for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

Tuscaloosa County, Alabama had a total estimated population of 168,908 for the year 2005. The total population has increased, from the population in the year 2000 of 165,069. This growth signifies an increase of 2.3 percent. Tuscaloosa ranks 11 of 67 counties when analyzing total population change in Alabama and the county ranks 590 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

In terms of total land area, Tuscaloosa extends a total area of 1324 total square miles. The area has a medium-low average population density of 128 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Chautauqua, NY (128 per sq. mile ), Craven, NC (128 per sq. mile ), Ashland, OH (128 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Chautauqua, NY (128 per sq. mile ), Craven, NC (128 per sq. mile ), Ashland, OH (128 per sq. mile ).

Since 2000, a medium-high amount of people migrated to Tuscaloosa internationally. The migration from outside the US into Tuscaloosa accounts for 5.1 percent of all immigration into Alabama. This level of international migration can be considered medium-high when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

Tuscaloosa County, Alabama has a population that is made up of 66.2 percent White, 30 percent African American, 1.1 percent Asian, and 1.7 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a high level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 32.8 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is greater than the State of Alabama percent of 29.3. Since 2000, Tuscaloosa has increased the percent of minority population when 31.6 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama to be 32.9 years of age. The median age in Tuscaloosa is less than the median age for the State of Alabama of 37.4. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median, when the median age was 32.0 years old. With 22.4 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Tuscaloosa can be described as being made up of a medium-low percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively high presence of the population, with 66.5 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 11.1 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

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

Housing Report for Tuscaloosa County, Alabama

The residential housing values in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama have moderate increases since their reported values in 2000. The values have increased by $18,600, or 17.4 percent, from when in 2000 they were valued at $106,600.

In Tuscaloosa County, the real estate market was made up of 77,583 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen medium-high level of growth, adding a total of 4,814 housing units since the year 2001, or 6.6 percent.

Tuscaloosa County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2005 of $125,200, reported by the American Community Survey. This value is greater than the State of Alabama 2005 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $97,500 and less than median home value of $167,500 across the nation during that year.

Throughout the State of Alabama, Tuscaloosa County ranks 6 of 67 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 580 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

There seems to be a fair amount of affordable housing in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. In 2005, 49.9 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

Tuscaloosa County can be understood as having a medium proportion of residential real estate that is high priced. In 2005, the American Community Survey counted that 2.5 percent residential property is valued over $500k.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Management of companies and enterprises in the period of 2001 to 2005 had the largest increase in employment in Tuscaloosa County, growing by 127.2 percent. This is greater than the United States industry change in employment of 1.6 percent. The State of Alabama encountered a change in industry employment of 37.3 percent, from 2001 to 2005.

In Tuscaloosa County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Manufacturing provides the most jobs and contributes 21.4 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 13,180 jobs. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services sectors account for 15.9 and 11.6 percent of all employment.

Information since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Tuscaloosa County. The sector dealt with a loss of 285 employees during the period, or 24 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 30.3 percent of all employment losses in the county.

In Tuscaloosa County, Mining, Manufacturing and Construction industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Mining sector in the county has a location quotient of 7.19. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Mining industry is 7.19 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Tuscaloosa County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Mining.

Manufacturing is the industry with the largest establishments in Tuscaloosa County. In the County, the industry averages 75 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and greater than the Alabama average establishment size of 52 for the Manufacturing industry.







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