Arkansas One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the State of Arkansas

The Individual and family services industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 3,069 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Individual and family services industry makes up 8.9 percent of the total employment growth in Arkansas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Individual and family services (3,069 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (2,954 new jobs)
3. General freight trucking (1,988 new jobs)
4. Wireless telecommunications carriers (1,964 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (1,366 new jobs)

Given the 274 4-digit NAICS industries, 114 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 158 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In the State of Arkansas, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 22,272 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the State of Arkansas

Given the industries in the area, the Wired telecommunications carriers industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 1,918 jobs. The declines in the Wired telecommunications carriers industry make up 15.8 percent of the total job loss in Arkansas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Wired telecommunications carriers (1,918 jobs lost)
2. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (815 jobs lost)
3. Department stores (653 jobs lost)
4. General medical and surgical hospitals (492 jobs lost)
5. Household and institutional furniture mfg. (486 jobs lost)

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the counties in the State of Arkansas in terms of total employment growth from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quater of 2006, range from 3,944 total jobs gained in Benton County to a low of 547 jobs lost in Calhoun County.

Top ten counties in terms of highest total industry employment growth in the Arkansas
Total Industry Employment Growth

1. Benton County (3,944 jobs gained)
2. Pulaski County (3,584 jobs gained)
3. Washington County (3,126 jobs gained)
4. Faulkner County (1,974 jobs gained)
5. Craighead County (1,786 jobs gained)
6. Sebastian County (1,210 jobs gained)
7. Saline County (926 jobs gained)
8. Crawford County (802 jobs gained)
9. Mississippi County (712 jobs gained)
10. Garland County (711 jobs gained)


The state of Arkansas: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Textile furnishings mills industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 48.7 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). The losses in the Textile furnishings mills industry in Arkansas outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 6.7 in percent of workers in the Textile furnishings mills industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Textile furnishings mills (48.7 percent decline)
2. Business, computer and management training (39.1 percent decline)
3. Wired telecommunications carriers (38.2 percent decline)
4. Other chemical product and preparation mfg. (33.5 percent decline)
5. Other animal production (32.6 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 2.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2 percent.

The State of Arkansas: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Wireless telecommunications carriers industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 100.2 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter).. The Wireless telecommunications carriers industry in Arkansas outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 4.5 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Wireless telecommunications carriers (100.2 percent gain)
2. Sound recording industries (47.4 percent gain)
3. Vegetable and melon farming (37.6 percent gain)
4. Management and technical consulting services (32.6 percent gain)
5. Individual and family services (30.1 percent gain)

The counties in the State of Arkansas in terms of employment growth percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quater of 2006, range from a 11.9 percent job gained in Stone County to a low of a 16.4 percent job lost in Calhoun County.

Top ten counties in terms of highest industry employment growth percent in the Arkansas
Industry Employment Growth Percent

1. Stone County (11.9 percent gain)
2. Grant County (8.7 percent gain)
3. Ouachita County (8.2 percent gain)
4. Hot Spring County (7.9 percent gain)
5. Izard County (7.7 percent gain)
6. Faulkner County (6.6 percent gain)
7. Saline County (6.1 percent gain)
8. Searcy County (5.3 percent gain)
9. Craighead County (5.2 percent gain)
10. Cleveland County (5.2 percent gain)


About: This report is part 1 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.