Vallejo-Fairfield One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the Vallejo-Fairfield Metro Area

The Clothing stores industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 320 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Clothing stores industry make up 9.5 percent of the total employment decline in Vallejo-Fairfield, CA.

Top 5 Industries
1. Clothing stores (320 jobs lost)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (308 jobs lost)
3. Support activities for crop production (201 jobs lost)
4. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (200 jobs lost)
5. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (172 jobs lost)

From the 163 4-digit NAICS industries, 73 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 88 industries reported a drop in employment.

In the Vallejo-Fairfield, CA metro area, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 2,373 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the Vallejo-Fairfield Metro Area

The Support activities for water transportation industry has added the most employment with 414 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Support activities for water transportation industry makes up 8.4 percent of the total growth in Vallejo-Fairfield.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for water transportation (414 new jobs)
2. Residential building construction (329 new jobs)
3. Employment services (260 new jobs)
4. Independent artists, writers, and performers (254 new jobs)
5. Full-service restaurants (222 new jobs)

Total industry employment has increased by 2.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than percent in the State of California, which saw a gain of 2.1 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2 percent.

The Vallejo-Fairfield Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Scientific research and development services industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 50.4 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of California, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 2 percent. The losses in the Scientific research and development services industry in Vallejo-Fairfield outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 3.7 in percent of jobs in the Scientific research and development services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Scientific research and development services (50.4 percent decline)
2. Printing and related support activities (41.3 percent decline)
3. Vegetable and melon farming (40.7 percent decline)
4. Other crop farming (37.4 percent decline)
5. Other support activities for transportation (34.7 percent decline)

The Vallejo-Fairfield Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Independent artists, writers, and performers industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 907.1 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Vallejo-Fairfield has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of California, where it saw a gain of 14.2 percent. The Independent artists, writers, and performers industry in Vallejo-Fairfield 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. Independent artists, writers, and performers (907.1 percent gain)
2. Support activities for water transportation (466.5 percent gain)
3. Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (411.0 percent gain)
4. Direct selling establishments (70.8 percent gain)
5. Wireless telecommunications carriers (69.1 percent gain)





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 Vallejo-Fairfield, CA

The household income has increased sharply from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has increased to $62,213, which amounts to a 50.7 percent growth. The Vallejo-Fairfield, CA MSA, when analyzing percentage of growth, ranks 5 of 6 metro area in percent of growth for income levels in the State of California. Vallejo-Fairfield ranks 140 of 233 metro area in terms of the growth in median income in the US.

When analyzed against other Metropolitan Statistical Areas in the US, the Vallejo-Fairfield metro area had a medium-low median income for households of $41,292 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 34.6 percent lower than the household income median in State of California of $55,567 and this is 19 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

The poverty rate in the Vallejo-Fairfield, CA Metro has declined by 3.6 percent since the amount published in 2000, moving from 12.9 percent to 9.3 percent.

Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 45.5 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $22,491. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $40,127. This median is 2.8 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area. Hispanic headed households in Vallejo-Fairfield, CA , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $23,265, this median household income is 43.7 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Vallejo-Fairfield had a median income of $32,724, this was 20.7 percent less than the median income level in this area. In Vallejo-Fairfield, CA White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $42,169 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 2.1 percent greater than the median in 2000.

While the median household income saw a growth from 2000 to 2005 in the Vallejo-Fairfield, CA metro area, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest growth in median household income was the Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced an of . percent from 2000 to 2005. The population category was least influenced by the median household income growth in Vallejo-Fairfield, encountering a . percent in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

When put side-by-side with other Metros throughout the United States, the Vallejo-Fairfield metro area may be understood as having a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 12.9 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 43.6 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Vallejo-Fairfield, with 23.7 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

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