In Santa Rosa County, jobs in the nondepository credit intermediation pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the nondepository credit intermediation industry had the highest average wages in Santa Rosa County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Santa Rosa County was paid an annual wage of $78,583 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the industry wage in Florida of $58,969 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $65,753.

Top-pay jobs in Santa Rosa County, Florida may be found in management and technical consulting services ($70,207), business, computer and management training ($65,258), electric goods merchant wholesalers ($64,213) and hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers ($62,758) industries. Note: For Detail Comparison, Click the Above Graph

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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.

Santa Rosa County Wages have increased by 26.7% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in Santa Rosa County, Florida by a total of 26.7%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for the State of Florida and greater 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.

Santa Rosa County Industry Wages Lag Behind Florida, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Total wages in all industries in Santa Rosa County, Florida when analyzed can be understood as being medium-low when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 20.1 percent lower than the with an state average of $36,487. The average industry wage was less 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.

Santa Rosa County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

The total number of jobs has increased by 33.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of Florida, which saw a gain of 11.8 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Santa Rosa County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Other schools and instruction industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 1110.3 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Santa Rosa County has expanded faster than the industry has grown in the State of Florida, where this industry saw a gain of 26.4 percent. The Other schools and instruction industry in Santa Rosa County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 32.5 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other schools and instruction (1110.3 percent gain)
2. Waste collection (850.0 percent gain)
3. Unclassified (534.5 percent gain)
4. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (504.2 percent gain)
5. Management of companies and enterprises (481.2 percent gain)

Santa Rosa County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Drycleaning and laundry services industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 79.1 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Florida, where the industry felt a gain of 0.2 percent. The losses in the Drycleaning and laundry services industry in Santa Rosa County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 9.8 in percent of workers in the Drycleaning and laundry services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Drycleaning and laundry services (79.1 percent decline)
2. Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers (74.4 percent decline)
3. Electric goods merchant wholesalers (53.4 percent decline)
4. Nonresidential building construction (52.3 percent decline)
5. Other motor vehicle dealers (49.7 percent decline)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Santa Rosa County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Residential building construction industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 941 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Residential building construction industry makes up 13.3 percent of the growth in Santa Rosa County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Residential building construction (941 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (626 new jobs)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (550 new jobs)
4. Full-service restaurants (538 new jobs)
5. Building finishing contractors (457 new jobs)

In Santa Rosa County, Florida, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 6,709 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

From the 85 4-digit NAICS industries, 15 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 70 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Santa Rosa County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Nonresidential building construction industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 174 jobs. The declines in the Nonresidential building construction industry make up 33.0 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Santa Rosa County, Florida.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (174 jobs lost)
2. Drycleaning and laundry services (74 jobs lost)
3. Lumber and const. supply merchant wholesalers (52 jobs lost)
4. Automobile dealers (38 jobs lost)
5. Investigation and security services (35 jobs lost)





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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.

Santa Rosa County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Santa Rosa County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has grown the most with 276 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 15.8 percent of the total number of new jobs in Santa Rosa County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (276 new jobs)
2. Residential building construction (214 new jobs)
3. Building finishing contractors (83 new jobs)
4. Other professional and technical services (83 new jobs)
5. Building material and supplies dealers (68 new jobs)

From the 101 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 32 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 68 industries reported a drop in employment.

In Santa Rosa County, Florida, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 647 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Santa Rosa County

Given the industries in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 357 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 37.3 percent of the total employment decline in Santa Rosa County, Florida.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (357 jobs lost)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (96 jobs lost)
3. Activities related to real estate (44 jobs lost)
4. Individual and family services (42 jobs lost)
5. Architectural and engineering services (39 jobs lost)

Santa Rosa County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Support activities for road transportation industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 63.6 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Florida, where the industry reported a loss of 1.1 percent. The losses in the Support activities for road transportation industry in Santa Rosa County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 1.2 in percent of workers in the Support activities for road transportation industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for road transportation (63.6 percent decline)
2. Electric goods merchant wholesalers (62.5 percent decline)
3. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (59.8 percent decline)
4. Drycleaning and laundry services (47.3 percent decline)
5. Individual and family services (43.6 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 2.5 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are less than growth in the State of Florida, which experienced a gain of 3.2 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Santa Rosa County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 222.8 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Santa Rosa County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Florida, where it saw a gain of 87.3 percent. The Unclassified industry in Santa Rosa County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 12.1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (222.8 percent gain)
2. Household goods repair and maintenance (173.8 percent gain)
3. Land subdivision (148.9 percent gain)
4. Wireless telecommunications carriers (109.7 percent gain)
5. Activities related to credit intermediation (102.3 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 Santa Rosa County, Florida

The poverty rate in Santa Rosa County, Florida has declined by 2.0 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 9.8 percent to 7.8 percent.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Santa Rosa County had a relatively high median income for all households of $49,001 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 7.3 percent higher than the median in State of Florida of $45,418 and the median household income is 0.3 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

The median household income in the area has declined from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has decreased to $46,930, which amounts to a 4.2 percent decline. Santa Rosa County, Florida, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 23 of 33 counties in percent of decline for the household income level in the State of Florida. Santa Rosa County ranks 497 of 668 counties (or parishes) when comparing the decline in median household income in the United States.

It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $46,835. This household income level is 4.4 percent less than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. Hispanic headed households in Santa Rosa County, Florida , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $43,834, this median is 10.5 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Santa Rosa County had a median income of $45,204, this median was 7.7 percent less than the median for all households. In Santa Rosa County, Florida White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $49,795 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 1.6 percent greater than the median in 2000. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 36.8 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $30,978.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Santa Rosa County, Florida may be understood as having a medium-low rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 9.8 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 26 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 6 to 11 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Santa Rosa County, reporting 13.8 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

While household income level experienced a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in Santa Rosa County, Florida, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in household income was the American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 60.6 percent from 2000 to 2005. The Asian population category was least influenced by the median household income decline in Santa Rosa County, undergoing a 14.8 percent increase in median income, since the values reported in the 2000 Decennial Census.

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

Higher Education in Santa Rosa County, Florida

In 2000, the Census reported that in Santa Rosa County, Florida, many men in the area have reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 33 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Santa Rosa have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 25.2 percent (Men) versus 20.6 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree, with 33.8 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

In Santa Rosa County, Florida according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 23.8 percent of the White Alone, 6.2 percent of Black or African American, 29.2 percent of the Asian alone and 23.8 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has increased by 2.8 percent. By the year 2005, 27.8 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 4.6 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 25.2 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

Santa Rosa County, Florida is made up of a highly-educated population of the working age, with 22.8 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Santa Rosa counted a higher percent of population with high education level than the State of Florida's proportion of 22.4 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

From 2000, Santa Rosa has increased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has grown by 3.6 percent to a total of 26.4 in 2005. The American Community Survey reports that the proporation of the 2005 population that is highly educated is greater than the State of Florida percent of 25.2 and less than the average US percent of 27.2.

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

Demographic Profile for Santa Rosa County, Florida

Santa Rosa County, Florida had a population that was estimated at 143,105 for the year 2005. The total population has increased very sharply, since the population in 2000 of 118,449. This growth shows an increase of 20.8 percent. Santa Rosa ranks 24 of 67 counties by growth in total population in Florida and the county ranks 135 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

In terms of total land area, Santa Rosa spans a total area of 1017 square miles. This area has a medium-low density of 141 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Gordon, GA (141 per sq. mile ), Kosciusko, IN (142 per sq. mile ), Berkshire, MA (142 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- St. Bernard, LA (141 per sq. mile ), Aiken, SC (140 per sq. mile ), Stephens, GA (140 per sq. mile ).

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Santa Rosa County, Florida to be 38.5 years old. The median in Santa Rosa is less than the median age in the State of Florida of 39.5. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 36.9 years old. With 23.9 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Santa Rosa can be understood as being made up of a medium-high percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high presence of the population, with 64.1 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 12 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

From 2000, a medium-low number of individual migrated to the Santa Rosa internationally. The international migration into Santa Rosa totals 0.1 percent of the total migration into the State of Florida. This percent of immigration can be considered medium-low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

Santa Rosa County, Florida has a population that is made of 88.1 percent White, 4.7 percent African American, 1.5 percent Asian, and 3.2 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 9.4 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Florida percent of 36.5. Since 2000, Santa Rosa has increased the level of diversity when 8.0 percent of the people were minorities.

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

Employment Report for Santa Rosa County, Florida -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Santa Rosa County, Retail Trade, Construction, and the Accommodation and food services sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Retail Trade is the major employer in the county making up 18 percent of the total county employment. This totals 4,674 employees. The Construction and Accommodation and food services industries make up 16.1 and 13.6 percent of total employment, respectively.

Management of companies and enterprises has the largest employers in Santa Rosa County, averaging 47 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's average at the national level of 40 and greater than the Florida establishments size average of 30 for the Management of companies and enterprises industry.

Management of companies and enterprises is the industry that has seen the largest increase in jobs from the year 2001 to the present in Santa Rosa County, with an industry growth of 530.8 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of 1.6 percent. The State of Florida underwent a employment change in the industry of 20.2 percent, in the course of time since 2001.

Administrative and waste services since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in Santa Rosa County. The industry lost a total of 345 jobs during the period, or 12.2 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 92.2 percent of all county employment losses since 2001.

In Santa Rosa County, Construction, Utilities and Accommodation and food services industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Construction sector in the county has a location quotient of 2.45. The percent of employment in the Construction industry is 2.45 times greater than the national average, signifying that Santa Rosa County may specialize, or be an exporter of Construction.







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