Towns County Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 40.7 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Georgia, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 1.7 percent. The losses in the
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing industry in Towns County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 1.7 in percent of workers in the
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing industry.
Top 2 Industries 1. Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing (40.7 percent decline)
2. Health and personal care stores (8.6 percent decline)
The total number of jobs has increased by 40.5 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of Georgia, which saw a gain of 3.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.
Towns County Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
Services to buildings and dwellings industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 306.3 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Towns County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Georgia, where it saw a gain of 21.1 percent. The
Services to buildings and dwellings industry in Towns County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 11 percent of the industry employment.
Top 5 Industries 1. Services to buildings and dwellings (306.3 percent gain)
2. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (217.4 percent gain)
3. Other specialty trade contractors (130.8 percent gain)
4. Building equipment contractors (126.1 percent gain)
5. Offices of physicians (85.0 percent gain)
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Towns CountyOf the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 22 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing industry make up 84.6 percent of the total job loss in Towns County, Georgia.
Top 5 Industries 1. Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing (22 jobs lost)
2. Health and personal care stores (4 jobs lost)
3. Building equipment contractors (83 jobs lost)
4. Unclassified (43 jobs lost)
5. Employment services (40 jobs lost)
Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Towns CountyThe
Full-service restaurants industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 57 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the
Full-service restaurants industry makes up 26.1 percent of the total number of new jobs in Towns County.
Top 2 Industries 1. Full-service restaurants (57 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (39 new jobs)
In Towns County, Georgia, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 913 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.
Out of the 12 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 2 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 9 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.
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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.
