Chico Metro Area industry wages have increased by 18.6% percent since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in the Chico Metro Area by a total of 18.6%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for the State of California and greater than the growth in industry wages across the US.

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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.

Chico Five-Year Industry Employment Change

The Chico Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 84.6 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the California, where the industry reported a loss of 71 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in Chico outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 1.7 percent in terms of employment in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (84.6 percent decline)
2. Travel arrangement and reservation services (60.6 percent decline)
3. Land subdivision (55 percent decline)
4. Logging (51.8 percent decline)
5. Employment services (50.9 percent decline)

The Chico Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Used merchandise stores industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 340.2 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Chico has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for California, where it saw a gain of 1.6 percent. The Used merchandise stores industry in Chico outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 5.5 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Used merchandise stores (340.2 percent gain)
2. Specialized design services (167.9 percent gain)
3. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (141.0 percent gain)
4. Management and technical consulting services (124.1 percent gain)
5. Other support services (109.2 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has increased by 5.8 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in California, which experienced a gain of 2.8 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

In the Chico, CA metro area, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 3,361 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the Chico Metro Area

The Employment services industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 1,019 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Employment services industry make up 27.8 percent of the total employment decline in Chico, CA.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (1,019 jobs lost)
2. Automotive repair and maintenance (193 jobs lost)
3. Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty (186 jobs lost)
4. Other wood product manufacturing (164 jobs lost)
5. Specialty food stores (143 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the Chico Metro Area

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Building finishing contractors industry has grown the most with 534 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Building finishing contractors industry makes up 6.9 percent of the total employment growth in Chico.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (534 new jobs)
2. Offices of physicians (439 new jobs)
3. Private households (331 new jobs)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (323 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (270 new jobs)

Given the 130 4-digit NAICS industries, 50 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 79 industries reported a drop in employment.