Sunday, February 11, 2007

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura Five-Year Industry Employment Change

The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Druggists' goods merchant wholesalers industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 502.5 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in California, where the industry felt a gain of 24.2 percent. The Druggists' goods merchant wholesalers industry in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 6.4 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Druggists' goods merchant wholesalers (502.5 percent gain)
2. Other food manufacturing (484.5 percent gain)
3. Activities related to credit intermediation (321.0 percent gain)
4. Other ambulatory health care services (174.4 percent gain)
5. Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (136.6 percent gain)

The Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Support activities for water transportation industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 83.2 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of California, where the it saw a gain of 17.7 percent. The losses in the Support activities for water transportation industry in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 4.9 percent in terms of employment in the Support activities for water transportation industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for water transportation (83.2 percent decline)
2. HVAC and commercial refrigeration equipment (73 percent decline)
3. Computer and peripheral equipment mfg. (72.4 percent decline)
4. Soap, cleaning compound, and toiletry mfg. (70.5 percent decline)
5. Taxi and limousine service (68.3 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 9.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than percent in California, which saw a gain of 2.8 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains in the area were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Given the 199 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 87 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 112 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 23,558 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura Metro Area

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Investigation and security services industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 1,831 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Investigation and security services industry make up 10.2 percent of the total employment decline in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA.

Top 5 Industries
1. Investigation and security services (1,831 jobs lost)
2. Semiconductor and electronic component mfg. (1,617 jobs lost)
3. Support activities for crop production (1,495 jobs lost)
4. Communications equipment manufacturing (823 jobs lost)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (768 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura Metro Area

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Fruit and tree nut farming industry has added the most employment with 3,763 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Fruit and tree nut farming industry makes up 9.1 percent of the total growth in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura.

Top 5 Industries
1. Fruit and tree nut farming (3,763 new jobs)
2. Nondepository credit intermediation (2,090 new jobs)
3. Management of companies and enterprises (1,978 new jobs)
4. Full-service restaurants (1,689 new jobs)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (1,578 new jobs)

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