Friday, February 23, 2007

Contra Costa County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Contra Costa County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 2,620 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 7.8 percent of the total employment growth in Contra Costa County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (2,620 new jobs)
2. Management of companies and enterprises (2,365 new jobs)
3. Insurance carriers (1,992 new jobs)
4. General medical and surgical hospitals (1,797 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (1,662 new jobs)

In Contra Costa County, California, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 7,973 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Out of the 193 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 98 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 94 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Contra Costa County

Given the industries in the area, the Offices of physicians industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 1,937 jobs. The declines in the Offices of physicians industry make up 9.3 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Contra Costa County, California.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of physicians (1,937 jobs lost)
2. Software publishers (1,470 jobs lost)
3. ISPs and web search portals (1,162 jobs lost)
4. Computer systems design and related services (1,093 jobs lost)
5. Health and personal care stores (1,028 jobs lost)

Contra Costa County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Electrical equipment manufacturing industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 88.8 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of California, where the it saw a loss of 19.4 percent. The losses in the Electrical equipment manufacturing industry in Contra Costa County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 22.2 in percent of workers in the Electrical equipment manufacturing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electrical equipment manufacturing (88.8 percent decline)
2. Ag., construction, and mining machinery mfg. (83.4 percent decline)
3. ISPs and web search portals (80.4 percent decline)
4. Sound recording industries (77.6 percent decline)
5. Other ambulatory health care services (70.7 percent decline)

Contra Costa County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Wired telecommunications carriers industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 289.9 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Contra Costa County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of California, where the industry felt a loss of 24.7 percent. The Wired telecommunications carriers industry in Contra Costa County outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 34.7 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Wired telecommunications carriers (289.9 percent gain)
2. Machinery and equipment rental and leasing (245.5 percent gain)
3. Other general merchandise stores (242.6 percent gain)
4. Outpatient care centers (195.8 percent gain)
5. Facilities support services (177.1 percent gain)

Total industry employment has increased by 2.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is less than growth in California, which went through a gain of 2.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains were greater than than the gain felt at the national level 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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