In Cochise County, jobs in the isps and web search portals pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the isps and web search portals industry had the highest average wages in Cochise County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Cochise County received an annual wage of $72,940 in 2006. The annual wage is greater than the industry wage in Arizona of $46,967 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $92,839.

Top-pay jobs in Cochise County, Arizona can be found in management and technical consulting services ($67,584), power generation and supply ($65,453), computer systems design and related services ($64,693) and technical and trade schools ($62,941) industries. Note: For Detail Comparison, Click the Above Graph

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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.

Cochise County Wages have increased by 28.3% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Cochise County, Arizona by a total of 28.3%. This is greater than the growth in average industry wages for Arizona 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.

Cochise County Industry Wages Lag Behind Arizona, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The overall industry wages in Cochise County, Arizona when analyzed can be described as medium-high when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 23.7 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $38,247. The overall industry wage was less than the national industry average 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.

Cochise County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Cochise County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 541.4 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Cochise County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Arizona, where it saw a gain of 0.8 percent. The Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry in Cochise County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 4 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (541.4 percent gain)
2. Management and technical consulting services (403.4 percent gain)
3. Scientific research and development services (398.6 percent gain)
4. Private households (313.9 percent gain)
5. Nondepository credit intermediation (300.0 percent gain)

Cochise County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 77.7 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Arizona, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 12.4 percent. The losses in the Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry in Cochise County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 9.6 in percent of workers in the Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (77.7 percent decline)
2. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (75.2 percent decline)
3. General freight trucking (58.4 percent decline)
4. Motor vehicle and parts merchant wholesalers (55.7 percent decline)
5. Nonresidential building construction (54.5 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 15.1 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than growth in the State of Arizona, which saw a gain of 16.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

In Cochise County, Arizona, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 3,405 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Out of the 89 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 31 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 57 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Cochise County

Given the industries in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 196 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Limited-service eating places industry make up 22.0 percent of the employment lost during the period in Cochise County, Arizona.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (196 jobs lost)
2. Nonresidential building construction (134 jobs lost)
3. Electronics and appliance stores (81 jobs lost)
4. Child day care services (67 jobs lost)
5. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (59 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Cochise County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Computer systems design and related services industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 753 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Computer systems design and related services industry makes up 18.6 percent of the growth in Cochise County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Computer systems design and related services (753 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (276 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (246 new jobs)
4. Management and technical consulting services (237 new jobs)
5. Utility system construction (221 new jobs)





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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.

Cochise County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Cochise County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Management and technical consulting services industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 765 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Management and technical consulting services industry makes up 7.1 percent of the total growth in Cochise County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management and technical consulting services (765 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (532 new jobs)
3. Architectural and engineering services (449 new jobs)
4. ISPs and web search portals (444 new jobs)
5. Advertising and related services (426 new jobs)

In Cochise County, Arizona, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 930 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Given the 176 4-digit NAICS industries, 79 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 95 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Cochise County

The Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 1,713 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers industry make up 16.1 percent of the total employment decline in Cochise County, Arizona.

Top 5 Industries
1. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (1,713 jobs lost)
2. Automotive equipment rental and leasing (752 jobs lost)
3. Nondepository credit intermediation (666 jobs lost)
4. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (631 jobs lost)
5. Full-service restaurants (581 jobs lost)

Cochise County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other information services industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 84.8 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Arizona, where the industry reported a gain of 12.3 percent. The losses in the Other information services industry in Cochise County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 2.3 in percent of workers in the Other information services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other information services (84.8 percent decline)
2. Automotive equipment rental and leasing (72.4 percent decline)
3. Internet publishing and broadcasting (69.5 percent decline)
4. General rental centers (67.1 percent decline)
5. HVAC and commercial refrigeration equipment (57.6 percent decline)

Cochise County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The ISPs and web search portals industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 622.4 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Cochise County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Arizona, where this industry saw a loss of 8.9 percent. The ISPs and web search portals industry in Cochise County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 4.8 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. ISPs and web search portals (622.4 percent gain)
2. Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing (207.3 percent gain)
3. Unclassified (85.4 percent gain)
4. Taxi and limousine service (57.7 percent gain)
5. Other textile product mills (52.9 percent gain)

Total industry employment has increased by 0.3 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are less than percent in the State of Arizona, which experienced a gain of 5.9 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.





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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 Cochise County, Arizona

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Cochise County, Arizona can be recognized as having a relatively high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 17.7 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 30.7 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Cochise County, accounting 29.2 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

The median household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has decreased to $36,027, which represents a 4.1 percent decline. Cochise County, Arizona, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 6 of 10 counties in percent of decline for the household income level in the State of Arizona. Cochise County ranks 506 of 668 counties (or parishes) in terms of the decline in median income level for the United States.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Cochise County was reported to have a medium-low household income of $37,563 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 26.3 percent lower than the median income in State of Arizona of $47,453 and the median is 30.8 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

The poverty rate in Cochise County, Arizona has declined by 2.4 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 17.7 percent to 15.3 percent.

It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $43,911. This median income level is 16.9 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. In Cochise County, Arizona White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $38,036 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 1.3 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Hispanic Householders in Cochise County, Arizona recorded a median income of $27,174, which is 27.7 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 20.2 percent greater than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $45,142. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Cochise County reported a median household income of $38,427, this level was 2.3 percent greater than the median for all households.

While household income level experienced a decline since 2000 in Cochise County, Arizona, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest decline in median income was the American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced a decline of 58.4 percent since the year 2000. The Asian Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level decline in Cochise County, encountering a 17.2 percent increase in median household income from 2000 to 2005.

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

Higher Education in Cochise County, Arizona

Reported by the 2000 Census in Cochise County, Arizona, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 35.4 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Cochise have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 22 percent (Men) versus 15.6 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Some College or Associates Degree, with 36.6 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

From the year 2000, Cochise has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 3.2 percent to a total of 22 in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proporation of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is less than the porportion of Arizona percent of 25.6 and less than the average US percent of 27.2.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 4.4 percent. By the year 2005, 26.4 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 2.6 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 18.2 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Cochise County, Arizona can be considered to have a moderately-educated population, with 18.8 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Cochise was reported to have a lower percent of population with high education level than the State of Arizona's proportion of 23.6 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

In Cochise County, Arizona according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 20.6 percent of the White Alone, 19 percent of Black or African American, 16 percent of the Asian alone and 5.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

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

Demographic Profile for Cochise County, Arizona

Estimated since the year 2000, a high amount of people have migrated to Cochise internationally. The migration from outside the US into Cochise makes up 1.1 percent of immigration into the State of Arizona. This percent of international migration is high when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

Cochise County, Arizona had a population that was estimated at 126,106 in 2005. The total population has increased sharply, from the population in the year 2000 of 118,033. This growth signifies an increase of 6.8 percent. Cochise ranks 8 of 15 counties by growth in total population in Arizona and the county ranks 369 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

Cochise County, Arizona has a population that is comprised of 60.4 percent White, 3.8 percent African American, 1.7 percent Asian, and 31.2 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a high amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 36.7 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is greater than the State of Arizona percent of 33.7. Since 2000, Cochise has decreased the percent of minority population when 36.8 percent of the total population were minorities.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Cochise County, Arizona to be 38.2 years old. The median in Cochise is greater than the median in Arizona of 34.5. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in this median, when at that time it was 36.8 years old. A total of 25.3 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Cochise can be understood as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low presence of the 2005 population base, with 58.6 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 16.1 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-high percent of the population.

When calculating the total land area, Cochise encompasses a total area of 6169 square miles. The county has a very low density 20 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Jackson, WI (20 per sq. mile ), Dent, MO (20 per sq. mile ), Bates, MO (20 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Van Buren, TN (20 per sq. mile ), Lyon, IA (20 per sq. mile ), Madison, LA (20 per sq. mile ).

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

Housing Report for Cochise County, Arizona

Cochise County recorded a median home value in 2005 of $115,400, reported by the American Community Survey. This median is less than the State of Arizona 2005 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $185,400 and less than median home value of $167,500 across the United States during the same year.

The owner-occupied dwellings in Cochise County, Arizona have seen large increases since their reported values in 2000. The values have increased by $27,200, or 30.8 percent, since 2000 when they were valued at $88,200.

Throughout the State of Arizona, Cochise County is positioned 10 of 15 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 744 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

Cochise County may be be described as having a medium proportion of residential real estate that is high priced. In 2005, the American Community Survey reported that 2 percent of the homes were valued over $500,000.

It can be understood that there is a large amount of housing that is affordable in Cochise County, Arizona. In 2005, 56.3 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

In Cochise County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 54,911 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding all together 2,880 housing units since the year 2001, or 5.5 percent.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Cochise County, Arizona -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Cochise County, Retail Trade, Accommodation and food services, and the Health care and social assistance sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Retail Trade is the major employer in the county making up 20.2 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 5,037 people employed. The Accommodation and food services and Health care and social assistance industries make up 14.5 and 14.3 percent of all employment.

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Cochise County. The industry was hit with a loss of 307 jobs during the period, or 30.7 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 41.7 percent of all employment losses in the county.

Educational services has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in Cochise County, increasing in size by 111.8 percent. This is greater than the United States change in the sector jobs of 13.8 percent. The State of Arizona experienced a sector employment shift of 50.9 percent, since the year 2001.

In Cochise County, Utilities, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and Professional and technical services industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Utilities industry has an LQ of 4.09. The level of employment in the Utilities industry is 4.09 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Cochise 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 establishments in Cochise County, with the industry averaging 26 jobs per establishment, which is less than the industry's national average of 40 and less than the Arizona establishments size average of 43 for the Management of companies and enterprises industry.







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