Bakersfield One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Bakersfield Metro Area

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Support activities for crop production industry has grown the most with 718 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Support activities for crop production industry makes up 5.5 percent of the total employment growth in Bakersfield.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for crop production (718 new jobs)
2. Other professional and technical services (620 new jobs)
3. Employment services (561 new jobs)
4. Support activities for mining (551 new jobs)
5. Building equipment contractors (544 new jobs)

Of the 171 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 55 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 116 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In the Bakersfield, CA metro area, the entire sum of jobs in all of the industries has increased by 9,277 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Bakersfield Metro Area

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Fruit and tree nut farming industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 1,170 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Fruit and tree nut farming industry make up 28.0 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Bakersfield, CA.

Top 5 Industries
1. Fruit and tree nut farming (1,170 jobs lost)
2. Other schools and instruction (444 jobs lost)
3. Other crop farming (292 jobs lost)
4. Residential mental health facilities (228 jobs lost)
5. Grantmaking and giving services (225 jobs lost)

The Bakersfield Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other support services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 543.8 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Bakersfield has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of California, where the industry felt a gain of 6.7 percent. The Other support services industry in Bakersfield outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 1.2 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other support services (543.8 percent gain)
2. Beverage manufacturing (236.7 percent gain)
3. Other professional and technical services (103.5 percent gain)
4. Wireless telecommunications carriers (90.3 percent gain)
5. Land subdivision (52.8 percent gain)

The Bakersfield Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other schools and instruction industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 64.1 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the California, where the it saw a gain of 4.3 percent. The losses in the Other schools and instruction industry in Bakersfield outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 5.7 percent in terms of employment in the Other schools and instruction industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other schools and instruction (64.1 percent decline)
2. Unclassified (55.6 percent decline)
3. Grantmaking and giving services (55.4 percent decline)
4. Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals (38 percent decline)
5. Residential mental health facilities (30.8 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 4.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in California, experiencing a gain of 2.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains in the area were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2 percent.





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.

Income and Poverty in Bakersfield, CA

The rate of poverty in the Bakersfield, CA Metro has increased by 0.4 percent from the rates reported in the Decennial Census, moving from 20.8 percent to 21.2 percent.

When put side-by-side with other Metros throughout the United States, the Bakersfield metro area can be recognized as having a relatively high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 20.8 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 36 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age Under 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Bakersfield, having 31.8 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

The median household income in the area has declined from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has decreased to $40,224, which represents a 3 percent decline. The Bakersfield, CA MSA, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 4 of 7 metro area in percent of decline for income levels in the State of California. Bakersfield ranks 210 of 233 metro area when comparing the decline in household income across the nation.

When compared to other Metro Areas throughout the United States, the Bakersfield metro area was reported to have a medium-low median household income of $41,472 (2005 Dollars). This median is 34 percent lower than the median in California of $55,567 and the median household income is 18.5 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Hispanic households in Bakersfield, CA , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $31,898, which is 23.1 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $51,612. This household income level is 24.5 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 36.6 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $26,312. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Bakersfield had a median income of $31,955, which was 22.9 percent less than the median income level in this area. In Bakersfield, CA White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $45,824 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 10.5 percent greater than the median income in 2000.

As the median household income witnessed a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in the Bakersfield, CA metro area, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in the household income level was the Hispanic Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced a decline of 31.7 percent since the year 2000. The Asian population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Bakersfield, undergoing a 80.2 percent increase in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

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