In San Mateo County, jobs in the other financial investment activities pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the other financial investment activities industry reported the top wages in San Mateo County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in San Mateo County received an annual wage of $185,726 in 2006. The average wage is greater than the average industry wage in the State of California of $146,774 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $120,327.

Top-pay jobs in San Mateo County, California are present in communications equipment manufacturing ($143,806), internet publishing and broadcasting ($131,026), software publishers ($123,552) and other investment pools and funds ($121,248) industries. Note: Click the above Graphic for Detail 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.

San Mateo County Wages have increased by 4.4% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in San Mateo County, California by a total of 4.4%. This is less than the growth in average industry wages for California and less than the growth in average wages for 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.

San Mateo County Industry Wages Exceed California, and Wages Exceed the United States

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Wages in all industries in San Mateo County, California when analyzed can be described as very high when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 39.2 percent higher than the state, which was reported to be $45,358. The industry pay was greater than the US average pay 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 Mateo County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in San Mateo County

The Investigation and security services industry has added the most employment with 1,549 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Investigation and security services industry makes up 8.0 percent of the total employment growth in San Mateo County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Investigation and security services (1,549 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (1,252 new jobs)
3. Special food services (1,173 new jobs)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (1,053 new jobs)
5. Support activities for air transportation (997 new jobs)

Given the 194 4-digit NAICS industries, 127 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 66 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in San Mateo County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Scheduled air transportation industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 7,829 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Scheduled air transportation industry make up 12.5 percent of the employment lost during the period in San Mateo County, California.

Top 5 Industries
1. Scheduled air transportation (7,829 jobs lost)
2. Management of companies and enterprises (5,773 jobs lost)
3. Computer systems design and related services (5,537 jobs lost)
4. ISPs and web search portals (3,486 jobs lost)
5. Employment services (2,242 jobs lost)

In San Mateo County, California, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 40,273 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total industry employment has decreased by 11.7 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in California, which went through a gain of 2.8 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

San Mateo County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Waste collection industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 302.4 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in San Mateo County has added employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for California, where the industry felt a gain of 90.6 percent. The Waste collection industry in San Mateo County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 32.7 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Waste collection (302.4 percent gain)
2. Direct selling establishments (266.0 percent gain)
3. Other residential care facilities (236.9 percent gain)
4. Educational support services (156.4 percent gain)
5. Office administrative services (138.9 percent gain)

San Mateo County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 91.8 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 gone through in the California, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 71 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in San Mateo County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 1.7 percent in terms of employees in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (91.8 percent decline)
2. Magnetic media manufacturing and reproducing (88.1 percent decline)
3. Other general purpose machinery manufacturing (86.6 percent decline)
4. Other textile product mills (86.5 percent decline)
5. Other nonmetallic mineral products (85.3 percent decline)





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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 Mateo County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in San Mateo County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Building equipment contractors industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 14 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Building equipment contractors industry makes up 12.0 percent of the total growth in San Mateo County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (14 new jobs)
2. Private households (12 new jobs)
3. Architectural and engineering services (11 new jobs)
4. RV parks and recreational camps (9 new jobs)
5. Services to buildings and dwellings (8 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in San Mateo County

The Traveler accommodation industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 26 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Traveler accommodation industry make up 25.4 percent of the jobs lost during the period in San Mateo County, California.

Top 5 Industries
1. Traveler accommodation (26 jobs lost)
2. Other schools and instruction (12 jobs lost)
3. Activities related to real estate (8 jobs lost)
4. Offices of other health practitioners (5 jobs lost)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (4 jobs lost)

In San Mateo County, California, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 15 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

From the 52 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 27 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 24 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

San Mateo County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Business support services industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 50.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in San Mateo County has increased employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for California, where the industry took a loss of 4.2 percent. The Business support services industry in San Mateo County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 2 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business support services (50.0 percent gain)
2. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (34.6 percent gain)
3. Social advocacy organizations (34.5 percent gain)
4. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (30.2 percent gain)
5. Architectural and engineering services (25.2 percent gain)

San Mateo County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Management and technical consulting services industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 56.5 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of California, where the industry felt a gain of 14.1 percent. The losses in the Management and technical consulting services industry in San Mateo County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 9.5 percent in terms of employment in the Management and technical consulting services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management and technical consulting services (56.5 percent decline)
2. Other schools and instruction (51.4 percent decline)
3. Activities related to real estate (50 percent decline)
4. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (23.4 percent decline)
5. Electronics and appliance stores (22.6 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 0.3 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than percent in California, which went through a gain of 2.1 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain experienced overall in the US 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.

Higher Education in San Mateo County, California

San Mateo County, California may to understood as having a very highly-educated population, with 39 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. San Mateo was reported to have 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.

In San Mateo County, California according the 2000 Decennial Census, 41.4 percent of the White Alone, 20 percent of Black or African American, 50.2 percent of the Asian alone and 12.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Since the year 2000, San Mateo has increased in the population percent with a Bachelors of Higher. This population percent has grown by 4.6 percent to a total of 43.6 in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proporation of the 2005 population that is highly educated is greater than the porportion of California percent of 29.6 and greater than the US percent of 27.2.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in San Mateo County, California, many men in the area have reached the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 40.8 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in San Mateo have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 40.8 percent (Men) versus 37.2 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Bachelors Degree or Higher, with 37.2 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has increased by 5.8 percent. By the year 2005, 46.8 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 3.4 percent. By 2005, a total of 40.6 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

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

Demographic Profile for San Mateo County, California

San Mateo County, California has a population that is made up of 47.3 percent White, 3.1 percent African American, 23.1 percent Asian, and 22.6 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a very high amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 48.8 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of California percent of 53.4. Since 2000, San Mateo has increased in diversity when 45.8 percent of the population were minorities.

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in San Mateo County, California to be 39.3 years old. The median age in San Mateo is greater than the median in California of 34.4. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median, when the median age was 36.8 years old. With 23.6 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, San Mateo can be described as being made up of a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high presence of the 2005 population base, with 63.5 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 13 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.

By measuring total land area, San Mateo covers a total land area of 449 square miles. The county has a very high average population density of 1,558 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Lake, IL (1,570 per sq. mile ), Montgomery, PA (1,606 per sq. mile ), Suffolk, NY (1,617 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Providence, RI (1,548 per sq. mile ), Multnomah, OR (1,546 per sq. mile ), Mecklenburg, NC (1,513 per sq. mile ).

San Mateo County, California had a population of 699,610 in 2005. The total population has decreased, since the 2000 total population of 708,454. The decline denotes a decrease of -1.2 percent. San Mateo ranks 57 of 58 counties when calculating total change in population for California and the county ranks 3,124 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

From 2000, a extremely high amount of people have migrated to San Mateo internationally. The international migration into San Mateo makes up 2.7 percent of immigration into the State of California. This percent of immigration can be considered extremely high when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

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

Housing Report for San Mateo County, California

The State of California, San Mateo County ranks 56 of 58 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 2,460 of 3,141, comparing the percentage change in residential in other US counties.

The residential home values in San Mateo County, California have seen large increases from the real estate values reported in 2000. The valuations have increased by $293,900, or 62.6 percent, since their values in that year of $469,200.

In San Mateo County, there were a total of 266,154 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen growth in housing units, adding a total of 3,383 residential units since 2001, or 1.3 percent.

San Mateo County can be understood as having a extremely high proportion of residential real estate that is high priced. In 2005, the American Community Survey reported that 86.2 percent residential property is valued over $500k.

According to the data, there is a limited amount affordable residential real estate in San Mateo County, California. In 2005, 3.4 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.

San Mateo County had a median home value in the year 2005 of $763,100, accounted 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.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for San Mateo County, California -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Educational services has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in San Mateo County, changing a total of 9.2 percent. This is less than the United States industry change in employment of 13.8 percent. The State of California experienced a sector employment shift of 13.7 percent, during the period of 2001 to 2005.

San Mateo County is ranked at 11 of 59 Counties throughout the State of California according to the relatively size of the employment base in the year 2005. This ranking has moved up during the time of 2001 and 2005. The County, in the year 2001, was ranked 10 of 59 Counties.

In San Mateo County, Retail Trade, Professional and technical services, and the Manufacturing industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Retail Trade provides the most jobs and contributes 12.1 percent of the total county employment. This totals 35,895 individuals. The Professional and technical services and Manufacturing sectors provide 11.4 and 9.6 percent of all employment.

Utilities has the largest employers in San Mateo County. In the County, the industry averages 63 employees per business. This is greater than the US industry average of 34 and greater than the California typical size of 47 for the Utilities industry.

Transportation and Warehousing between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in San Mateo County. The industry was hit with a loss of 6,878 jobs, or 20.9 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 15.4 percent of the total loss in employment during the period.

In San Mateo County, Information, Transportation and Warehousing and Professional and technical services have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Information industry has an LQ of 2.51. This means the percent of total employment in the Information sector is 2.51 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that San Mateo County may specialize, or be an exporter of Information.





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