The total number of jobs has increased by 7.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth in the State of California, which experienced a gain of 2.8 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.
The Fresno Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
Waste collection industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 801.0 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Fresno has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in California, where the industry took a gain of 90.6 percent. The
Waste collection industry in Fresno outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 32.7 percent of the employment in this industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Waste collection (801.0 percent gain)
2. Druggists' goods merchant wholesalers (298.0 percent gain)
3. Oilseed and grain farming (264.5 percent gain)
4. Management and technical consulting services (163.1 percent gain)
5. Furniture and furnishing merchant wholesalers (159.6 percent gain)
The Fresno Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 86.1 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of California, where the it saw a loss of 26.1 percent. The losses in the
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing industry in Fresno outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 13 percent in terms of employment in the
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Other fabricated metal product manufacturing (86.1 percent decline)
2. Local messengers and local delivery (85.3 percent decline)
3. Business, computer and management training (85.2 percent decline)
4. Unclassified (70.8 percent decline)
5. Waste treatment and disposal (68 percent decline)
In the Fresno, CA metro area, the entire sum of jobs in all of the industries has increased by 19,900 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.
Given the 182 4-digit NAICS industries, 67 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 115 industries reported employment loss in the period.
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Fresno Metro AreaGiven the industries in the area, the
Support activities for crop production industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 5,460 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the
Support activities for crop production industry make up 33.0 percent of the total job loss in Fresno, CA.
Top 5 Industries 1. Support activities for crop production (5,460 jobs lost)
2. Other crop farming (1,036 jobs lost)
3. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (807 jobs lost)
4. Management of companies and enterprises (773 jobs lost)
5. Fruit and tree nut farming (741 jobs lost)
Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Fresno Metro AreaOf the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the
Building finishing contractors industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 2,193 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the
Building finishing contractors industry makes up 6.3 percent of the total growth in Fresno.
Top 5 Industries 1. Building finishing contractors (2,193 new jobs)
2. General medical and surgical hospitals (2,019 new jobs)
3. Employment services (1,552 new jobs)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (1,473 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (1,424 new jobs)
