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San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara Metro Area industry wages have increased by 11.0% percent since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara Metro Area by a total of 11.0%. This is less than the growth in average industry wages for California and less than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

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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.

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara Metro Area Industry Wages Lag Behind California, and Wages Lag Behind the United States Industry Wages

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The overall industry wages in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA can be understood as being very high when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 Metro Area wages throughout the US. The average pay is 12.6 percent lower than the with an state average of $45,358. The average industry wage was less than the industry average in the US 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.

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara Five-Year Industry Employment Change

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The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other telecommunications industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 216.3 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for California, where the industry felt a loss of 36.8 percent. The Other telecommunications industry in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 29.6 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other telecommunications (216.3 percent gain)
2. Other information services (156.3 percent gain)
3. Other nonferrous metal production (144.0 percent gain)
4. Resin, rubber, and artificial fibers mfg. (140.3 percent gain)
5. Other investment pools and funds (123.7 percent gain)

The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara Metro Area: Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Animal slaughtering and processing industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 80.9 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 seen in the California, where the industry reported a loss of 0.4 percent. The losses in the Animal slaughtering and processing industry in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 1.7 percent in terms of employees in the Animal slaughtering and processing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Animal slaughtering and processing (80.9 percent decline)
2. Audio and video equipment manufacturing (80.2 percent decline)
3. Local messengers and local delivery (74.2 percent decline)
4. Soap, cleaning compound, and toiletry mfg. (74 percent decline)
5. Scheduled air transportation (69.7 percent decline)

Total industry employment has decreased by 15.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth in California, which experienced a gain of 2.8 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

From the 105 4-digit NAICS industries, 65 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 39 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 144,796 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara Metro Area

Given the industries in the area, the Management of companies and enterprises industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 11,759 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Management of companies and enterprises industry make up 21.1 percent of the total employment decline in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management of companies and enterprises (11,759 jobs lost)
2. Architectural and engineering services (8,079 jobs lost)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (2,831 jobs lost)
4. Offices of physicians (2,788 jobs lost)
5. Building equipment contractors (2,291 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara Metro Area

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 6,285 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the General medical and surgical hospitals industry makes up 26.0 percent of the total employment growth in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara.

Top 5 Industries
1. General medical and surgical hospitals (6,285 new jobs)
2. Private households (3,984 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (1,407 new jobs)
4. Residential building construction (904 new jobs)
5. Depository credit intermediation (903 new jobs)

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara One-Year Industry Employment Change

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In the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 25,806 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara Metro Area

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the ISPs and web search portals industry has added the most employment with 2,550 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the ISPs and web search portals industry makes up 15.5 percent of the total employment growth in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara.

Top 5 Industries
1. ISPs and web search portals (2,550 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (1,297 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (1,010 new jobs)
4. Individual and family services (723 new jobs)
5. Full-service restaurants (706 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara Metro Area

The Management of companies and enterprises industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 985 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Management of companies and enterprises industry make up 20.7 percent of the total job loss in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management of companies and enterprises (985 jobs lost)
2. Vegetable and melon farming (386 jobs lost)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (317 jobs lost)
4. Grocery stores (277 jobs lost)
5. Industrial machinery manufacturing (255 jobs lost)

Of the 125 4-digit NAICS industries, 53 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 72 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Employment for all industries has increased by 3.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. This is greater than growth in California, experiencing a gain of 2.1 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2 percent.

The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Audio and video equipment manufacturing industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 30.1 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the California, where the industry felt a loss of 1.4 percent. The losses in the Audio and video equipment manufacturing industry in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 3.2 in percent of workers in the Audio and video equipment manufacturing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Audio and video equipment manufacturing (30.1 percent decline)
2. Dairy product manufacturing (28.6 percent decline)
3. Unclassified (24.6 percent decline)
4. Vegetable and melon farming (20.3 percent decline)
5. Clay product and refractory manufacturing (19.2 percent decline)

The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara Metro Area: One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Support activities for mining industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 148.8 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in California, where this industry saw a gain of 14.5 percent. The Support activities for mining industry in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 17.8 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (148.8 percent gain)
2. Internet publishing and broadcasting (45.3 percent gain)
3. School and employee bus transportation (34.6 percent gain)
4. Nondepository credit intermediation (31.4 percent gain)
5. Other nonferrous metal production (30.2 percent gain)

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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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

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Compared to Metro Areas across the United States, the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area accounted a very high median income for households of $72,568 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 23.4 percent higher than the household income median in State of California of $55,567 and the median household income is 32.3 percent higher than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara reported a median household income of $57,034, this was 21.4 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $76,805 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 5.8 percent greater than the median income in 2000. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $80,600. This income level is 11.1 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 35.2 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $47,019. Hispanic headed households in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA reported a median household income of $59,272, this median is 18.3 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

While the median household income saw a growth in the last five year in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest growth in household income was the Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through an of . percent in the last five years. The Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level growth in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, experiencing a . percent in household income level, since the year 2005.

Contrasted against to other Metropolitan Areas throughout the US, the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area can be recognized as having a rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 8.7 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 18.6 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 6 to 11 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, having 10.7 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

The poverty rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro has declined by 0.3 percent from the rates reported in the Decennial Census, moving from 8.7 percent to 8.4 percent.

The areas median household income has increased from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has increased to $76,478, which represents a 5.4 percent growth. The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA MSA, when comparing total percent of growth, ranks 1 of 7 metro area in percent of growth for the household income level in the State of California. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara ranks 81 of 233 metro area in terms of the growth in median income level for the United States.

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

Higher Education in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area

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San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area may to understood as having a very highly-educated population of the working age, with 43.8 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the American Community Survey of 2005. The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA is reported having a higher percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of California's proportion of 29.6 percent and a higher percent than the average across the nation of 27.2 percent.

From the year 2000, the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area has increased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has grown by 6.6 percent to a total of 43.8 percent in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The proportion of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is greater than the 2005 State of California percent of 29.6 and greater than the US percent of 27.2.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has increased by 6.8 percent. By 2005, 46.8 percent of the total male population, in the area, has obtained at least a Bachelors Degree. From 2000 to 2005, the percent of women with a Bachelors or Higher has increased by a total of 5.8 percent. By 2005, a total of 40.8 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

In 2005, the American Community Survey reported that in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 46.8 percent achieving this level. The female population in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 46.8 percent (Men) versus 40.8 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area achieving a Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 40.8 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

In the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area according to the American Community Survey of 2005, 43.2 percent of the White Alone, 32 percent of Black or African American, 57 percent of the Asian alone and 12.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

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

Demographic Profile for San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

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The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area had a total estimated population of 1,754,988 in 2005. The total population has increased, from the population in the year 2000 of 1,740,111. This growth represents an increase of 0.9 percent. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara ranks 16 of 26 MSAs when calculating total change in population for California and the metro area ranks 138 of 361 metro areas in terms of population growth in the United States.

By measuring total land area, the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area spans a total area of 2680 total square miles. The area has a high average population density of 655 persons per square mile. Similar metro areas in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Cape Coral-Fort Myers (678 per sq. mile ), Flint (694 per sq. mile ), San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos (698 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (647 per sq. mile ), Bremerton-Silverdale (608 per sq. mile ), Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land (591 per sq. mile ).

Since the year 2000, a extremely high amount of people have migrated into the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metro area, with 129,039 people migrating in internationally. The international migration into San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara totals 9.1 percent of the total migration into the State of California. This percent of immigration can be considered extremely high when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara metropolitan statistical area (MSA) has a population that is made up of 40.1 percent White, 2.4 percent African American, 29 percent Asian, and 25.7 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very high level of diversity, with 57.1 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is greater than the State of California percent of 53.4. Since 2000, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara has increased the percent of minority makeup when 52.5 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

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

Housing Report for San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara

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In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, the census reported 622,844 housing structures in 2005. The metro area has seen a medium level of growth in the number housing units, adding a sum of 19,400 homes since 2001, or 3.2 percent.

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2005 of $679,800, published by the American Community Survey. This home value is greater than the overall California 2005 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $477,700 and greater than median home value of $167,500 for the United States in the same year.

There seems to be a limited amount of real estate that is affordable in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California. In 2005, only 6.3 percent of housing was valued under $125k.

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara may be described as having an extremely high percentage of homes that are high in price. For 2005, the American Community Survey reports that 77.9 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued over a half a million dollars.

When comparing areas across the State of California, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara stands 22 of the 26 metro areas by percentage growth in residential real estate. The metro area is positioned 267 of 361, comparing the percentage change in residential real estate in other US MSAs.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for San Jose, California -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

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In San Jose, Professional and technical services, Manufacturing and Information are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Professional and technical services industry has an LQ of 1.99. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Professional and technical services sector is 1.99 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that San Jose specializes in Professional and technical services.

Other services, except public administration in the period of 2001 to 2005 had the largest increase in employment in San Jose, changing a total of 12.6 percent. This is greater than the change of total jobs in the industry for the United States of 2.8 percent. The State of California went through a industry job change of 16.9 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.

The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the Metropolitain Area that is ranked 27 of 363 throughout the US by total number of jobs in 2005. This position has slipped behind from the year 2001, at which time the Metropolitan Area was ranked 22 of 363 Counties.

A well-paying sector in San Jose is the information sector paying an annual wage of $160,606. In the Metropolitan Area since the year 2001, the industry annual average pay has grown by 56.8 percent or $58,153. The State of California shows a similar pattern in the information industry, falling near the top of sectors by 2004 industry pay.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in the San Jose Metropolitan Area. The industry was hit with a loss of 71,918 total jobs during the period, accounting for 29.6 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 49.1 percent of the total jobs loss in the Metro Area.

In San Jose, Manufacturing, Professional and technical services, and the Retail Trade industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Manufacturing is the major employer in the Metropolitan Area making up 22 percent of all jobs throughout the region, totaling 171,280 employees. The Professional and technical services and Retail Trade industries make up 12.7 and 10.7 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Manufacturing is the industry with the largest establishments in San Jose MSA, with the industry averaging 56 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and greater than the California establishments size average of 32 for the Manufacturing industry.

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