Thursday, January 11, 2007

Fresno One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Fresno Metro Area

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has grown the most with 931 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 7.8 percent of the total employment growth in Fresno.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (931 new jobs)
2. Building finishing contractors (844 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (829 new jobs)
4. Warehousing and storage (771 new jobs)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (399 new jobs)

Out of the 197 4-digit NAICS industries, 79 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 118 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In the Fresno, CA metro area, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 3,872 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Fresno Metro Area

The Support activities for crop production industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 3,783 jobs. The declines in the Support activities for crop production industry make up 45.2 percent of the employment lost during the period in Fresno, CA.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for crop production (3,783 jobs lost)
2. Fruit and tree nut farming (1,027 jobs lost)
3. Other general merchandise stores (346 jobs lost)
4. Animal slaughtering and processing (323 jobs lost)
5. Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty (199 jobs lost)

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

The Local messengers and local delivery industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 89.4 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Fresno has expanded faster than the industry has grown in the State of California, where it saw a loss of 8.2 percent. The Local messengers and local delivery industry in Fresno outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 0.4 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Local messengers and local delivery (89.4 percent gain)
2. Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks (84.9 percent gain)
3. Warehousing and storage (66.9 percent gain)
4. Industrial machinery manufacturing (65.3 percent gain)
5. Motor vehicle parts manufacturing (58.0 percent gain)

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

The Rooming and boarding houses industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 70.3 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of California, where the industry felt a gain of 0.4 percent. The losses in the Rooming and boarding houses industry in Fresno outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 3.6 in percent of jobs in the Rooming and boarding houses industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Rooming and boarding houses (70.3 percent decline)
2. Business, computer and management training (56.8 percent decline)
3. Other food manufacturing (51.6 percent decline)
4. Unclassified (43.2 percent decline)
5. Furniture and furnishing merchant wholesalers (27.4 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 1.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is less than percent in the State of California, experiencing a gain of 2.1 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain reported at the US 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.

 

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