In Custer County, jobs in the architectural and engineering services pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the architectural and engineering services industry had the highest average wages in Custer County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Custer County received a wage of $32,844 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is less than the industry wage rate in Idaho of $48,526 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $63,540.

Other high-paying jobs in Custer County, Idaho can be found in depository credit intermediation ($28,565), management and technical consulting services ($27,261), general freight trucking ($25,378) and building equipment contractors ($21,974) 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.

Custer County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Custer County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 25 jobs. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 50.3 percent of the total job loss in Custer County, Idaho.

Top 4 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (25 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (19 jobs lost)
3. Traveler accommodation (6 jobs lost)
4. Power generation and supply (2 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Custer County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Architectural and engineering services industry has added the most employment with 5 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Architectural and engineering services industry makes up 38.9 percent of the total employment growth in Custer County.

Top 3 Industries
1. Architectural and engineering services (5 new jobs)
2. Depository credit intermediation (4 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (3 new jobs)

In Custer County, Idaho, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 163 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Of the 7 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 3 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 4 industries reported a drop in employment.

Employment for all industries has decreased by 12.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than percent in Idaho, which went through a gain of 13.5 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Custer County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 29.9 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Idaho, where the it saw a gain of 1.3 percent. The losses in the Gasoline stations industry in Custer County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 6.4 in percent of workers in the Gasoline stations industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (29.9 percent decline)
2. Full-service restaurants (25 percent decline)
3. Traveler accommodation (8.9 percent decline)

Custer County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Architectural and engineering services industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 140.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Custer County has increased employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Idaho, where it saw a gain of 30 percent. The Architectural and engineering services industry in Custer County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 7.9 percent in this industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Architectural and engineering services (140.0 percent gain)
2. Building equipment contractors (25.7 percent gain)
3. Depository credit intermediation (24.4 percent gain)
4. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (11.5 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.

Custer County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Custer County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Management and technical consulting services industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 63.3 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Idaho, where the industry felt a gain of 18.8 percent. The losses in the Management and technical consulting services industry in Custer County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 9.5 percent in terms of employees in the Management and technical consulting services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management and technical consulting services (63.3 percent decline)
2. Architectural and engineering services (38.5 percent decline)
3. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (23.7 percent decline)
4. Gasoline stations (8.4 percent decline)
5. Building equipment contractors (2.2 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 0.1 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are less than percent in the State of Idaho, which experienced a gain of 5.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were less than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Custer County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building material and supplies dealers industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 24.7 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Custer County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Idaho, where the industry felt a gain of 11.9 percent. The Building material and supplies dealers industry in Custer County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 4.4 percent in this industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Building material and supplies dealers (24.7 percent gain)
2. Residential building construction (14.9 percent gain)
3. Traveler accommodation (3.4 percent gain)
4. General freight trucking (2.3 percent gain)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Custer County

The Building material and supplies dealers industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 6 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Building material and supplies dealers industry makes up 42.9 percent of the total employment growth in Custer County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building material and supplies dealers (6 new jobs)
2. Residential building construction (5 new jobs)
3. Traveler accommodation (2 new jobs)
4. Limited-service eating places (15 new jobs)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (7 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Custer County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Management and technical consulting services industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 10 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Management and technical consulting services industry make up 44.9 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Custer County, Idaho.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management and technical consulting services (10 jobs lost)
2. Architectural and engineering services (5 jobs lost)
3. Gasoline stations (4 jobs lost)
4. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (3 jobs lost)
5. Lessors of real estate (9 jobs lost)

Given the 11 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 6 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 5 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Custer County, Idaho, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 1 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.





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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 Custer County, Idaho

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Custer County, Idaho can be understood to have a medium-high poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 14.3 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 31.8 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 6 to 11 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Custer County, with 23.4 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Custer County reported a medium-low median income for all households of $37,644 (2005 Dollars). This median is 16.8 percent lower than the household income median in State of Idaho of $43,959 and the income level is 30.5 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

In Custer County, Idaho White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $37,771 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.3 percent greater than the median in 2000. Hispanic headed households in Custer County, Idaho , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $31,444, which is 16.5 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native householders in Custer County had a median income of $71,663, this level was 90.4 percent greater than the median for all households.







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

Higher Education in Custer County, Idaho

In Custer County, Idaho as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 17.6 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, . 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.

Custer County, Idaho is made up of a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 17.4 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Custer is reported having a lower percent of population with high education level than the State of Idaho's proportion of 21.6 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Custer County, Idaho, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 35.2 percent achieving this level. The female population in Custer have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 19 percent (Men) versus 15.6 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area achieving a High School Diploma, with 39.8 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.





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

Demographic Profile for Custer County, Idaho

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Custer County, Idaho to be 45.4 years of age. The median in Custer is greater than the median in Idaho of 34.6. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in this median, when at that time it was 41.3 years of age. With a total of 20.1 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Custer can be understood as being made up of a medium-low proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-high representation within the population, making up 63.6 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 16.2 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-high proportion of the area population base.

Estimated since the year 2000, a low amount of people migrated to Custer from another country. The international migration into Custer totals 0 percent of the total international migration into the State of Idaho. This amount of international migration is low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

Custer County, Idaho had a population that was estimated at 4,077 in 2005. The total population has decreased sharply, since its 2000 population of 4,340. The decline represents a decrease of -6.1 percent. Custer ranks 40 of 44 counties when calculating total change in population for Idaho and the county ranks 2,447 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

When measuring the total land area, Custer extends a total area of 4925 square miles. This area has a very low average population density of 1 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- White Pine, NV (1 per sq. mile ), Jeff Davis, TX (1 per sq. mile ), Cherry, NE (1 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Union, NM (1 per sq. mile ), Wayne, UT (1 per sq. mile ), Banner, NE (1 per sq. mile ).

Custer County, Idaho has a population base that is comprised of 93.6 percent White, 0 percent African American, 0 percent Asian, and 5.3 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 5.3 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Idaho percent of 10.5. Since 2000, Custer has increased the percent of minority population when 4.2 percent of the population were minorities.

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

Housing Report for Custer County, Idaho

Custer County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $90,400, accounted by the Decennial Census. This median is less than the State of Idaho 2000 home median value of $106,300 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.

Throughout the State of Idaho, Custer County ranks 35 of 44 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 2,351 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

In Custer County, the census reported 3,042 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen growth in housing units, adding all together 44 housing units since the year 2001, or 1.5 percent.







Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Custer County, Idaho -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Custer County, Retail Trade, Accommodation and food services, and the Wholesale trade sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Retail Trade produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 16.3 percent of the total county employment. This totals 183 employees. The Accommodation and food services and Wholesale trade sectors provide 14.4 and 7.6 percent of total employment, respectively.

In Custer County, Arts, entertainment, and recreation, Accommodation and food services and Wholesale trade have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Arts, entertainment, and recreation sector in the county has a location quotient of 2.27. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Arts, entertainment, and recreation sector is 2.27 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Custer may be an exporter of products or services of Arts, entertainment, and recreation.

Wholesale trade is the industry with the largest establishments in Custer County, with the industry averaging 11 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's average at the national level of 10 and greater than the Idaho average establishment size of 8 for the Wholesale trade industry.

Wholesale trade has seen the highest growth in employment from the years 2001-2005 in Custer County, with an employment growth of 37.1 percent. This is greater than the industry employment change in the United States of 0.4 percent. The State of Idaho had an industry job change of 5.5 percent, in the course of time since 2001.









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