Saturday, November 04, 2006

Employment Report for Bakersfield, California -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Educational services is the industry that has seen the largest increase in jobs from the year 2001 to the present in Bakersfield, with an industry growth of 62.5 percent. This is greater than the United States industry change in employment of 13.8 percent. The State of California had changed in sector employment of 13.7 percent, during the time since 2001.

Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting has a largest number of employees per establishment in Bakersfield MSA, with the industry averaging 55 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's average at the national level of 12 and greater than the California average establishment size of 20 for the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry.

In Bakersfield, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance industries are the largest employment industries. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting is the largest employment industry and makes up 21.2 percent of the total MSA employment. This totals 44,986 employees. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance industries make up 13 and 9.6 percent of all employment.

Management of companies and enterprises since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in the Bakersfield Metropolitan Area. The industry was hit with a loss of 2,441 total jobs during the period, accounting for 49 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 95.8 percent of all employment losses in the Metro Area.

In Bakersfield, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Mining and Utilities industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector has a United State LQ of 20.18. The percent of employment in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector is 20.18 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Bakersfield specializes in Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.

A well-paying sector in Bakersfield is the utilities industry with wages that annually pay $68,632. Throughout the MSA since the year 2001, the annual average wages in the industry have grown by 18.7 percent or $10,825. The State of California reflects a similar economic condition in the utilities industry, falling near the top of sectors according to average 2004 industry pay.





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

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