Friday, February 09, 2007

Kauai County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Kauai County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Death care services industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 63.3 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Hawaii, where the industry felt a gain of 1 percent. The losses in the Death care services industry in Kauai County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 5.4 in percent of workers in the Death care services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Death care services (63.3 percent decline)
2. Motion picture and video industries (63.2 percent decline)
3. Activities related to real estate (57.8 percent decline)
4. Home furnishings stores (54.1 percent decline)
5. Other miscellaneous store retailers (45.1 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 14.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than growth in the State of Hawaii, which went through a gain of 11.0 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Kauai County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Computer systems design and related services industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 149.3 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Kauai County has added employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Hawaii, where the industry felt a gain of 41.4 percent. The Computer systems design and related services industry in Kauai County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 3.1 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Computer systems design and related services (149.3 percent gain)
2. Oilseed and grain farming (113.8 percent gain)
3. Alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers (96.7 percent gain)
4. Activities related to credit intermediation (93.9 percent gain)
5. Individual and family services (80.2 percent gain)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Kauai County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Oilseed and grain farming industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 198 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Oilseed and grain farming industry makes up 21.3 percent of the total growth in Kauai County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Oilseed and grain farming (198 new jobs)
2. Individual and family services (154 new jobs)
3. Nursing care facilities (113 new jobs)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (111 new jobs)
5. Utility system construction (35 new jobs)

In Kauai County, Hawaii, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 3,291 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Of the 40 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 15 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 25 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Kauai County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Activities related to real estate industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 177 jobs. The declines in the Activities related to real estate industry make up 33.5 percent of the total employment decline in Kauai County, Hawaii.

Top 5 Industries
1. Activities related to real estate (177 jobs lost)
2. Motion picture and video industries (85 jobs lost)
3. Other miscellaneous store retailers (69 jobs lost)
4. Death care services (37 jobs lost)
5. Home furnishings stores (35 jobs lost)

 

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