In Marin County, jobs in the motion picture and video industries pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the motion picture and video industries industry paid the average highest wages in Marin County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Marin County received an annual wage of $344,263 in 2006. The annual wage is greater than the industry wage in California of $72,825 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $47,655.

Other high-paying jobs in Marin County, California exsists in other financial investment activities ($192,798), management of companies and enterprises ($146,991), securities and commodity contracts brokerage ($143,339) and general rental centers ($138,571) industries. Note: Clicking the Above Graphic Displays the Detailed Comparison

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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.

Marin County Wages have increased by 34.3% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Marin County, California by a total of 34.3%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for 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.

Marin County Industry Wages Exceed California, and Wages Exceed the United States

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The overall industry wages in Marin County, California when analyzed can be described as relatively high when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 24.3 percent higher than the with an state average of $45,358. The average pay was greater than the national industry average of $40,259.

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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.

Marin County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Marin County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Automotive equipment rental and leasing industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 91.9 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 has experienced in the State of California, where the industry reported a loss of 6.7 percent. The losses in the Automotive equipment rental and leasing industry in Marin County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 5.7 percent in terms of employment in the Automotive equipment rental and leasing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automotive equipment rental and leasing (91.9 percent decline)
2. Hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers (75.9 percent decline)
3. Travel arrangement and reservation services (69.4 percent decline)
4. Software publishers (69 percent decline)
5. Other miscellaneous manufacturing (65.5 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 3.6 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of California, which saw a gain of 2.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Marin County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other crop farming industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 444.4 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Marin County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of California, where this industry saw a loss of 39.9 percent. The Other crop farming industry in Marin County outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 24.4 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other crop farming (444.4 percent gain)
2. Activities related to credit intermediation (280.7 percent gain)
3. Animal aquaculture (155.1 percent gain)
4. Independent artists, writers, and performers (153.8 percent gain)
5. Other general merchandise stores (138.0 percent gain)

Out of the 155 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 87 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 68 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Marin County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the General medical and surgical hospitals industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 1,256 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the General medical and surgical hospitals industry makes up 14.7 percent of the total number of new jobs in Marin County.

Top 5 Industries
1. General medical and surgical hospitals (1,256 new jobs)
2. Management and technical consulting services (562 new jobs)
3. Computer systems design and related services (540 new jobs)
4. Legal services (370 new jobs)
5. Activities related to credit intermediation (349 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Marin County

The Insurance carriers industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 1,312 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Insurance carriers industry make up 11.5 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Marin County, California.

Top 5 Industries
1. Insurance carriers (1,312 jobs lost)
2. Software publishers (552 jobs lost)
3. Offices of physicians (503 jobs lost)
4. Travel arrangement and reservation services (483 jobs lost)
5. Automotive equipment rental and leasing (468 jobs lost)

In Marin County, California, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 3,536 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.





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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.

Marin County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Of the 6 4-digit NAICS industries, 2 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 4 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Marin County, California, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 80 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Marin County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry has added the most employment with 15 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 38.5 percent of the total growth in Marin County.

Top 2 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (15 new jobs)
2. Other specialty trade contractors (13 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Marin County

Given the industries in the area, the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 1 jobs. The declines in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry make up 100.0 percent of the total job loss in Marin County, California.

Top 4 Industries
1. Other wood product manufacturing (225 jobs lost)
2. Employment services (183 jobs lost)
3. Cement and concrete product manufacturing (155 jobs lost)
4. General freight trucking (125 jobs lost)

Marin County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other specialty trade contractors industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 150.0 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Marin County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of California, where the industry felt a gain of 3.9 percent. The Other specialty trade contractors industry in Marin County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 6.8 percent in this industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Other specialty trade contractors (150.0 percent gain)
2. Full-service restaurants (28.7 percent gain)
3. Private households (21.7 percent gain)
4. Grocery stores (9.4 percent gain)

Marin County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 7.7 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the California, where the industry felt a gain of 3.9 percent. The losses in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry in Marin County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 5 in percent of jobs in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (7.7 percent decline)
2. Gasoline stations (1.2 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 7.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than percent in California, which experienced a gain of 2.1 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 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.

Income and Poverty in Marin County, California

In Marin County, California White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $86,533 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 3.7 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Hispanic headed households in Marin County, California reported a median household income of $58,759, this income level is 29.6 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $82,854. This median income level is 0.7 percent less than the reported median for all households in the area. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 47.7 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $43,657. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Marin County had a median household income level of $48,767, this level was 41.5 percent less than the median income level in this area.

The poverty rate in Marin County, California has declined by 0.7 percent since the amounts published in 2000, moving from 6.6 percent to 5.9 percent.

The median household income has declined from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has decreased to $78,919, representing a 5.4 percent decline. Marin County, California, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 10 of 23 counties in percent of decline for median household income in the State of California. Marin County ranks 442 of 668 counties (or parishes) when analyzing the decline in median income level for the United States.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Marin County, California can be understood to have a poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 6.6 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 19.9 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 12 to 17 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Marin County, reporting 8.6 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

As the median income level saw a decline since 2000 in Marin County, California, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest decline in household income was the Asian Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced a decline of 26.8 percent in the last five years. The Hispanic population group was least impacted by the household income decline in Marin County, encountering a 3.8 percent decline in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Marin County was reported to have a very high median income for households of $83,428 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 33.4 percent higher than the household income median in State of California of $55,567 and the income level is 41.1 percent higher than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Higher Education in Marin County, California

Since the year 2000, Marin has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 7.6 percent to a total of 59 in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The poporation of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is greater than the porportion in the State of California percent of 29.6 and greater than the United States percent of 27.2.

In Marin County, California as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 54.4 percent of the White Alone, 16.8 percent of Black or African American, 55.2 percent of the Asian alone and 18.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Marin County, California, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 52 percent achieving this level. The female population in Marin have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 52 percent (Men) versus 50.6 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher, with 50.6 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

Marin County, California is made up of a very highly-educated population of the working age, with 51.4 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Marin counted a higher percent of population with high education level than the State of California's proportion of 26.6 percent and a higher percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 7.4 percent. In the year 2005, 59.4 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 8.0 percent. By 2005, a total of 58.6 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Marin County, California

Marin County, California had an estimated population of 246,960 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, from the population in the year 2000 of 247,676. The decline shows a decrease of -0.3 percent. Marin ranks 54 of 58 counties when analyzing total population change in California and the county ranks 2,875 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

Estimated since the year 2000, a very high amount of people migrated to Marin from another country. The international migration into Marin totals 0.5 percent of the total international migration into the State of California. This percent of international migration is very high when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

When calculating the total land area, Marin extends a total area of 520 square miles. The land areas has a medium-high density of 475 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Pulaski, AR (475 per sq. mile ), Washtenaw, MI (482 per sq. mile ), Atlantic, NJ (483 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Cumberland, NC (467 per sq. mile ), Sedgwick, KS (466 per sq. mile ), Berks, PA (461 per sq. mile ).

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Marin County, California to be 43.6 years old. The median age in Marin is greater than the median age in the State of California of 34.4. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 41.4 years old. With 20.4 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Marin can be understood as being made up of a medium-low percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a relatively high presence of the 2005 population base, with 65.1 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 14.6 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.

Marin County, California has a population that is made of 76.9 percent White, 2.9 percent African American, 5.2 percent Asian, and 12.6 percent Hispanic. This area can be considered to have a high level of diversity, with 20.7 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of California percent of 53.4. Since 2000, Marin has increased the level of diversity when 18.7 percent of the people were minorities.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

Housing Report for Marin County, California

In Marin County, the census reported 107,423 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding in all 1,874 housing units since the year 2001, or 1.8 percent.

Marin County had a median home value in the year 2005 of $868,200, reported by the American Community Survey. This is greater than the California 2005 home value of $477,700 and greater than median home value of $167,500 across the nation during that year.

The owner-occupied dwellings in Marin County, California have seen large increases since their reported values in 2000. The values have increased by $353,600, or 68.7 percent, since their values in that year of $514,600.

Throughout the State of California, Marin County stands 54 of 58 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 2,110 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

There seems to be a limited amount affordable residential real estate in Marin County, California. In 2005, 3.3 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

Marin County may be be described as having a extremely high percentage of homes that are high in price. In 2005, the American Community Survey reports that 88 percent of the homes were valued over $500,000.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Marin County, California -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Retail Trade since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Marin County. The sector dealt with a loss of 1,110 jobs during the period, or 6.9 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 22.3 percent of all county employment losses since 2001.

Management of companies and enterprises is the industry that has seen the largest increase in jobs from the year 2001 to the present in Marin County, increasing in size by 13.5 percent. This is greater than the United States change in the sector jobs of 1.6 percent. The State of California went through a industry job change of -23.2 percent, from 2001 to 2005.

In Marin County, Professional and technical services, Arts, entertainment, and recreation and Educational services have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Professional and technical services industry has a US LQ in the county of 1.76. The percent of employment in the Professional and technical services industry is 1.76 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Marin County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Professional and technical services.

In Marin County, Retail Trade, Health care and social assistance, and the Professional and technical services sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Retail Trade is the largest employment industry and makes up 15.6 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 14,889 employees. The Health care and social assistance and Professional and technical services industries total 12.9 and 11.2 percent of total employment, respectively.

Management of companies and enterprises has the largest employers in Marin County, averaging 38 workers per each place of employment, being less than the industry's average in the United States of 40 and less than the California average establishment size of 54 for the Management of companies and enterprises industry.

Marin County ranks 24 of 59 Counties in the State of California in terms of total 2005 employment. The County’s employment ranking has moved up between the years 2001 and 2005. In 2001, the County was ranked 23 of 59 Counties.





Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).