Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Merced CountyOf the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the
Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 993 jobs in that time period. The declines in the
Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty industry make up 29.4 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Merced County, California.
Top 5 Industries 1. Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty (993 jobs lost)
2. Other crop farming (515 jobs lost)
3. Fruit and tree nut farming (415 jobs lost)
4. Residential mental health facilities (234 jobs lost)
5. Advertising and related services (120 jobs lost)
Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Merced CountyFrom the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the
Support activities for crop production industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 583 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the
Support activities for crop production industry makes up 10.7 percent of the total number of new jobs in Merced County.
Top 5 Industries 1. Support activities for crop production (583 new jobs)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (383 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (313 new jobs)
4. Residential building construction (299 new jobs)
5. Cattle ranching and farming (255 new jobs)
Out of the 107 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 45 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 62 industries reported employment loss in the period.
In Merced County, California, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 3,910 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.
Merced County Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
Offices of real estate agents and brokers industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 196.0 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Merced County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in California, where this industry saw a gain of 45.1 percent. The
Offices of real estate agents and brokers industry in Merced County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 28.5 percent of the industry employment.
Top 5 Industries 1. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (196.0 percent gain)
2. Other general merchandise stores (141.9 percent gain)
3. Other financial investment activities (104.0 percent gain)
4. Waste collection (98.0 percent gain)
5. Ship and boat building (82.5 percent gain)
Merced County Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Plastics product manufacturing industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 76.4 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the California, where the it saw a loss of 21.3 percent. The losses in the
Plastics product manufacturing industry in Merced County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 9 in percent of workers in the
Plastics product manufacturing industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Plastics product manufacturing (76.4 percent decline)
2. Greenhouse and nursery production (69.2 percent decline)
3. Residential mental health facilities (59.4 percent decline)
4. Advertising and related services (56.5 percent decline)
5. Other animal production (55.1 percent decline)
Employment for all industries has increased by 7.7 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in California, experiencing a gain of 2.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.
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Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Private Sector Employment Only.
