In Washington County, jobs in the accounting and bookkeeping services pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the accounting and bookkeeping services industry had the highest average wages in Washington County for 2006. The average industry job in Washington County received a wage of $43,270 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is less than the industry wage rate in Georgia of $50,345 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $50,686.

Other top-pay jobs in Washington County, Georgia are present in offices of physicians ($36,908), building foundation and exterior contractors ($33,187), depository credit intermediation ($32,073) and utility system construction ($30,769) 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.

Washington County Wages have increased by 11.8% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Washington County, Georgia by a total of 11.8%. This is less than the growth in wages for the State of Georgia and less 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.

Washington County Industry Wages Lag Behind Georgia, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Total wages in all industries in Washington County, Georgia 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 13.9 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $38,831. The overall industry wage was less 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.

Washington County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Washington County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 58 jobs. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 25.0 percent of the total job loss in Washington County, Georgia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (58 jobs lost)
2. Offices of physicians (35 jobs lost)
3. Building equipment contractors (26 jobs lost)
4. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (26 jobs lost)
5. Depository credit intermediation (19 jobs lost)

In Washington County, Georgia, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 522 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Given the 25 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 14 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 10 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Washington County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 102 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 47.2 percent of the total number of new jobs in Washington County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (102 new jobs)
2. Automotive repair and maintenance (45 new jobs)
3. Utility system construction (33 new jobs)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (12 new jobs)
5. Other professional and technical services (8 new jobs)

Washington County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Automotive repair and maintenance industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 158.8 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Washington County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Georgia, where the industry felt a gain of 4.3 percent. The Automotive repair and maintenance industry in Washington County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 1.8 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Automotive repair and maintenance (158.8 percent gain)
2. Limited-service eating places (81.2 percent gain)
3. Other professional and technical services (71.9 percent gain)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (26.6 percent gain)
5. Utility system construction (19.9 percent gain)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 8.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in Georgia, which saw a gain of 3.3 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Washington County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 93.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Georgia, where the it saw a loss of 54.3 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in Washington County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 1.7 in percent of jobs in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (93.9 percent decline)
2. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (75.5 percent decline)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (44.3 percent decline)
4. Building equipment contractors (38.5 percent decline)
5. Offices of physicians (36.5 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.

Washington County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Washington County

The Full-service restaurants industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 23 jobs. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 24.2 percent of the total job loss in Washington County, Georgia.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (23 jobs lost)
2. Offices of physicians (17 jobs lost)
3. Automobile dealers (9 jobs lost)
4. Utility system construction (8 jobs lost)
5. Nursing care facilities (8 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Washington County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Grocery stores industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 48 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Grocery stores industry makes up 44.8 percent of the total growth in Washington County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Grocery stores (48 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (17 new jobs)
3. Accounting and bookkeeping services (7 new jobs)
4. Limited-service eating places (7 new jobs)
5. Automotive repair and maintenance (6 new jobs)

In Washington County, Georgia, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 117 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Given the 27 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 13 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 13 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Washington County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Unclassified industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 50 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Georgia, where the it saw a gain of 223.8 percent. The losses in the Unclassified industry in Washington County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 12.1 in percent of workers in the Unclassified industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (50 percent decline)
2. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (28.6 percent decline)
3. Offices of physicians (22.3 percent decline)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (20 percent decline)
5. Automobile dealers (19 percent decline)

Total industry employment has decreased by 2 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than percent in Georgia, which saw a gain of 3.2 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Washington County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 65.8 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Washington County has added employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Georgia, where the industry felt a gain of 4.9 percent. The Building equipment contractors industry in Washington County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 5.5 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (65.8 percent gain)
2. Grocery stores (54.3 percent gain)
3. Other professional and technical services (19.6 percent gain)
4. Architectural and engineering services (15.0 percent gain)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (11.7 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 Washington County, Georgia

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Washington County, Georgia can be considered to have a relatively high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 22.9 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 35.8 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age Under 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Washington County, having 35.2 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Compared to counties across the United States, Washington County accounted a medium-low household income of $34,995 (2005 Dollars). This median is 41.9 percent lower than the median income in State of Georgia of $49,647 and the median is 40.4 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

Black or African American householders reported a median household income that was 36.3 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $22,292. Hispanic households in Washington County, Georgia , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $20,266, this income level is 42.1 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. In Washington County, Georgia White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $51,359 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was 46.8 percent greater than the median income in 2000.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Higher Education in Washington County, Georgia

Washington County, Georgia can be considered to have a less-educated population of the working age, with 10.6 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Washington was reported to have a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Georgia's proportion of 24.2 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

In Washington County, Georgia according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 16.6 percent of the White Alone, 4.2 percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Washington County, Georgia, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 40.6 percent achieving this level. The female population in Washington have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 11.2 percent (Men) versus 10 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area achieving a High School Diploma, with 37.6 percent of the female population achieving this education level.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Demographic Profile for Washington County, Georgia

Washington County, Georgia had a population that was estimated at 20,118 in 2005. The total population has decreased, from the population in the year 2000 of 21,172. The decline signifies a decrease of -5 percent. Washington ranks 156 of 159 counties in terms of population growth in Georgia and the county ranks 2,970 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

When measuring the total land area, Washington extends a total area of 680 square miles. The land areas has a low average area density of 30 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Gallatin, MT (30 per sq. mile ), De Soto, LA (30 per sq. mile ), Lewis, WA (30 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Finney, KS (30 per sq. mile ), Crawford, WI (30 per sq. mile ), Franklin, AR (30 per sq. mile ).

Washington County, Georgia has a population base that is comprised of 45.6 percent White, 53.1 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 0.7 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a very high level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 54.1 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is greater than the State of Georgia percent of 39.2. Since 2000, Washington has decreased the percent of minority makeup when 54.3 percent of the total population were minorities.

From 2000, a low amount of people have migrated to Washington internationally. The international migration into Washington totals 0 percent of the total international migration into the State of Georgia. This level of international migration can be considered low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Washington County, Georgia to be 37.2 years old. The median in Washington is greater than the median age in Georgia of 34.3. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median, when the median age was 35.7 years old. With 25.5 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Washington can be understood as being made up of a medium-high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low presence of the 2005 population base, with 61 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 13.5 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

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

Housing Report for Washington County, Georgia

The State of Georgia, Washington County ranks 134 of 159 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 2,875 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

It can be understood that there is a large amount of housing that is affordable in Washington County, Georgia. In 2000, 82 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

Washington County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2000 of $66,900, according to the Decennial Census. This is less than the overall Georgia 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $111,200 and less than median home value of $119,600 for the rest of the nation in that year.

In Washington County, there were a total of 8,476 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding a total of 43 residential structures since 2001, a change of 0.5 percent.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Washington County, Georgia -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Other services, except public administration is the industry that has grown the most in terms of employment from 2001-2005 in Washington County, with a job growth of 23 percent. This is greater than the United States industry change in employment of 2.8 percent. The State of Georgia faced a industry job change of -1.9 percent, since the year 2001.

The Accommodation and food services industry has decreased the most in industries presence in Washington County since the year 2001. The industry went from accounting for 6.8 percent of total employment in 2001 to 0 percent of total employment in the year 2005.

In Washington County, Mining, Transportation and Warehousing and Retail Trade industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Mining industry has a US LQ in the county of 33.37. The percent of employment in the Mining industry is 33.37 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Washington County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Mining.

In Washington County, Mining, Retail Trade, and the Transportation and Warehousing industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Mining provides the most jobs and contributes 16.9 percent of the total county employment. This totals 979 people employed. The Retail Trade and Transportation and Warehousing sectors provide 14.9 and 13.3 percent of industry employment.

Mining is the industry with the largest establishments in Washington County, with the industry averaging 140 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's national average of 21 and greater than the State of Georgia establishments size average of 29 for the Mining industry.

Washington County ranks 67 of 160 Counties throughout the State of Georgia 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 63 of 160 Counties.





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