Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Sierra County Industry Wages Lag Behind California, and Wages Lag Behind the United States


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The overall industry wages in Sierra County, California can be understood as being relatively low when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 41.6 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $45,358. The industry pay was less than the overall average in the United States of $40,259.

About: These facts are part of 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.

Friday, February 23, 2007

Sierra County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Sierra County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Residential building construction industry has grown the most with 14 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Residential building construction industry makes up 100.0 percent of the total number of new jobs in Sierra County.

Top 1 Industries
1. Residential building construction (14 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Sierra County

Given the industries in the area, the Gasoline stations industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 6 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Gasoline stations industry make up 94.4 percent of the employment lost during the period in Sierra County, California.

Top 1 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (6 jobs lost)

In Sierra County, California, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 71 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.



Sierra County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Residential building construction industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 135.5 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Sierra County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in California, where it saw a gain of 43.1 percent. The Residential building construction industry in Sierra County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 30.6 percent in this industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Residential building construction (135.5 percent gain)

Sierra County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 18.9 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 industry reported a loss of 4.6 percent. The losses in the Gasoline stations industry in Sierra County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 6.4 in percent of workers in the Gasoline stations industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (18.9 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 16.1 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in the State of California, which went through a gain of 2.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.





About: This report is part 2 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.

 

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