Friday, February 23, 2007

Winston County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Winston County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Plywood and engineered wood product mfg. industry has added the most employment with 147 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Plywood and engineered wood product mfg. industry makes up 25.2 percent of the total employment growth in Winston County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Plywood and engineered wood product mfg. (147 new jobs)
2. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (128 new jobs)
3. Other wood product manufacturing (74 new jobs)
4. Full-service restaurants (73 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (62 new jobs)

In Winston County, Alabama, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 377 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Of the 27 4-digit NAICS industries, 11 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 16 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Winston County

Given the industries in the area, the Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 55 jobs. The declines in the Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers industry make up 25.1 percent of the total job loss in Winston County, Alabama.

Top 5 Industries
1. Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers (55 jobs lost)
2. General freight trucking (51 jobs lost)
3. Offices of physicians (48 jobs lost)
4. Furniture and furnishing merchant wholesalers (35 jobs lost)
5. Direct selling establishments (15 jobs lost)

Winston County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Offices of physicians industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 55.6 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Alabama, where the industry felt a gain of 12.8 percent. The losses in the Offices of physicians industry in Winston County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 12.4 in percent of workers in the Offices of physicians industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of physicians (55.6 percent decline)
2. Automobile dealers (43.3 percent decline)
3. Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers (39.5 percent decline)
4. Direct selling establishments (37.5 percent decline)
5. Furniture and furnishing merchant wholesalers (34 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 4.8 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in the State of Alabama, which experienced a gain of 3.3 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Winston County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Architectural and structural metals mfg. industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 170.2 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Winston County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Alabama, where it saw a gain of 11.2 percent. The Architectural and structural metals mfg. industry in Winston County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 3 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (170.2 percent gain)
2. Plywood and engineered wood product mfg. (141.3 percent gain)
3. Offices of other health practitioners (125.9 percent gain)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (101.8 percent gain)
5. Full-service restaurants (78.0 percent gain)





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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