Salinas One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Salinas Metro Area

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Management and technical consulting services industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 440 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Management and technical consulting services industry makes up 11.8 percent of the total growth in Salinas.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management and technical consulting services (440 new jobs)
2. Residential building construction (357 new jobs)
3. Other amusement and recreation industries (187 new jobs)
4. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (159 new jobs)
5. Private households (147 new jobs)

From the 158 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 69 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 88 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Salinas Metro Area

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Support activities for crop production industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 1,972 jobs. The declines in the Support activities for crop production industry make up 27.0 percent of the total employment decline in Salinas, CA.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for crop production (1,972 jobs lost)
2. Fruit and tree nut farming (985 jobs lost)
3. Vegetable and melon farming (585 jobs lost)
4. Greenhouse and nursery production (388 jobs lost)
5. Employment services (267 jobs lost)

In the Salinas, CA metro area, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 3,769 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Employment for all industries has decreased by 2.5 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in the State of California, which experienced a gain of 2.1 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2 percent.

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

The Management and technical consulting services industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 118.4 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Salinas has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for California, where it saw a gain of 14.1 percent. The Management and technical consulting services industry in Salinas outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 9.5 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management and technical consulting services (118.4 percent gain)
2. Electronic equipment repair and maintenance (88.5 percent gain)
3. Vocational rehabilitation services (72.3 percent gain)
4. Performing arts companies (70.3 percent gain)
5. Educational support services (49.1 percent gain)

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

The Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 51.3 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of California, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 2.9 percent. The losses in the Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores industry in Salinas outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 0.3 percent in terms of employees in the Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (51.3 percent decline)
2. Highway, street, and bridge construction (46.9 percent decline)
3. Other miscellaneous manufacturing (42.6 percent decline)
4. Community care facilities for the elderly (38.9 percent decline)
5. Beverage manufacturing (34.6 percent decline)





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 Salinas, CA

The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Salinas had a median household income level of $46,723, this was 17.3 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. In Salinas, CA White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $60,776 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 7.5 percent greater than the median household income in 2000. Hispanic households in Salinas, CA recorded a median income of $45,911, this income level is 18.8 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $56,444. This median is 0.1 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 8 percent less than the all population median published in the 2000 Census, with a median of $51,975.

Evaluated with other MSAs across the nation, the Salinas metro area may be understood as having a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 13.5 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 22.4 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Salinas, having 21 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

The poverty rate in the Salinas, CA Metro has increased by 0.9 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 13.5 percent to 14.4 percent.

The household income has increased a small amount from the values (adjusted for inflation) in 2000. The median has increased to $57,081, posting a 1 percent growth. The Salinas, CA MSA, when analyzing percentage of growth, ranks 22 of 28 metro area in percent of growth for median household income in the State of California. Salinas ranks 22 of 28 metro area in terms of the growth in median income level for the United States.

When analyzed against other Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the US, the Salinas metro area reported a relatively high median income for households of $56,517 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 1.7 percent higher than the household income median in State of California of $55,567 and the median is 13.1 percent higher than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

As the median household income witnessed a growth since 2000 in the Salinas, CA metro area, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest growth in median income was the Asian Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced an increase of 34.2 percent in the last five years. The Hispanic Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income growth in Salinas, seeing a 31.6 percent decline in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

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