Marin County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Of the 6 4-digit NAICS industries, 2 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 4 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Marin County, California, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 80 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Marin County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry has added the most employment with 15 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 38.5 percent of the total growth in Marin County.

Top 2 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (15 new jobs)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (13 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Marin County

Given the industries in the area, the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 1 jobs. The declines in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry make up 100.0 percent of the total job loss in Marin County, California.

Top 4 Industries
1. Other wood product manufacturing (225 jobs lost)
2. Employment services (183 jobs lost)
3. Cement and concrete product manufacturing (155 jobs lost)
4. General freight trucking (125 jobs lost)

Marin County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other specialty trade contractors industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 150.0 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Marin County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of California, where the industry felt a gain of 3.9 percent. The Other specialty trade contractors industry in Marin County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 6.8 percent in this industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (150.0 percent gain)
2. Full-service restaurants (28.7 percent gain)
3. Private households (21.7 percent gain)
4. Grocery stores (9.4 percent gain)

Marin County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 7.7 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the California, where the industry felt a gain of 3.9 percent. The losses in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry in Marin County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 5 in percent of jobs in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (7.7 percent decline)
2. Gasoline stations (1.2 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 7.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than percent in California, which experienced a gain of 2.1 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 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 Marin County, California

In Marin County, California White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $86,533 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 3.7 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Hispanic headed households in Marin County, California reported a median household income of $58,759, this income level is 29.6 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $82,854. This median income level is 0.7 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 47.7 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $43,657. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Marin County had a median household income level of $48,767, this level was 41.5 percent less than the median income level in this area.

The poverty rate in Marin County, California has declined by 0.7 percent since the amounts published in 2000, moving from 6.6 percent to 5.9 percent.

The median household income has declined from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has decreased to $78,919, representing a 5.4 percent decline. Marin County, California, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 10 of 23 counties in percent of decline for median household income in the State of California. Marin County ranks 442 of 668 counties (or parishes) when analyzing the decline in median income level for the United States.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Marin County, California can be understood to have a poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 6.6 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 19.9 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 12 to 17 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Marin County, reporting 8.6 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

As the median income level saw a decline since 2000 in Marin County, California, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest decline in household income was the Asian Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced a decline of 26.8 percent in the last five years. The Hispanic population group was least impacted by the household income decline in Marin County, encountering a 3.8 percent decline in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Marin County was reported to have a very high median income for households of $83,428 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 33.4 percent higher than the household income median in State of California of $55,567 and the income level is 41.1 percent higher than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

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