Friday, February 23, 2007

Lewis County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

In Lewis County, Idaho, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 117 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

From the 6 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 4 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 2 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Lewis County

The Full-service restaurants industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 37 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 73.3 percent of the total employment decline in Lewis County, Idaho.

Top 2 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (37 jobs lost)
2. Logging (6 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Lewis County

The Depository credit intermediation industry has grown the most with 9 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Depository credit intermediation industry makes up 71.8 percent of the growth in Lewis County.

Top 4 Industries
1. Depository credit intermediation (9 new jobs)
2. Legal services (4 new jobs)
3. RV parks and recreational camps (15 new jobs)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (15 new jobs)

Lewis County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 49.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Idaho, where the it saw a gain of 11.5 percent. The losses in the Full-service restaurants industry in Lewis County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 13.2 in percent of jobs in the Full-service restaurants industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (49.3 percent decline)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (25 percent decline)
3. Support activities for crop production (21.4 percent decline)
4. Logging (13.2 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has increased by 15.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than percent in the State of Idaho, which saw a gain of 13.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Lewis County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Legal services industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 73.3 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Lewis County has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for Idaho, where the industry felt a gain of 8.1 percent. The Legal services industry in Lewis County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 8.3 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Legal services (73.3 percent gain)
2. Depository credit intermediation (35.9 percent gain)





About: This report is part 2 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

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

 

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