In Owyhee County, jobs in the building equipment contractors pay the highest wages

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Employment in the building equipment contractors industry paid the average highest wages in Owyhee County for 2006. The average industry job in Owyhee County was paid an annual wage of $59,971 in 2006. The annual wage is greater than the average industry wage in the State of Idaho of $34,105 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $43,986.

High-wage employment in Owyhee County, Idaho are present in scientific research and development services ($45,086), specialized freight trucking ($37,557), architectural and engineering services ($33,707) and general freight trucking ($32,472) industries. Note: Click Graph Above 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.

Owyhee County Wages have increased by 1.6% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Owyhee County, Idaho by a total of 1.6%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for Idaho and less than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

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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.

Owyhee County Industry Wages Lag Behind Idaho, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Wages in all industries in Owyhee County, Idaho can be understood as being very low when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 36.2 percent lower than the with an state average of $31,468. The average pay was less than the US average pay 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.

Owyhee County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total employment has increased by 34.5 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in the State of Idaho, experiencing a gain of 13.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Owyhee County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 143.1 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Owyhee County has expanded faster than the industry has grown in the State of Idaho, where the industry felt a gain of 11.5 percent. The Full-service restaurants industry in Owyhee County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 13.2 percent of the industry employment.

Top 2 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (143.1 percent gain)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (29.5 percent gain)

Owyhee County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Building equipment contractors industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 29.5 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Idaho, where the industry reported a gain of 18.3 percent. The losses in the Building equipment contractors industry in Owyhee County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 5.3 in percent of workers in the Building equipment contractors industry.

Top 2 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (29.5 percent decline)
2. Limited-service eating places (2.6 percent decline)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Owyhee County

The Full-service restaurants industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 34 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 85.8 percent of the total employment growth in Owyhee County.

Top 2 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (34 new jobs)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (6 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Owyhee County

Given the industries in the area, the Building equipment contractors industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 4 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Building equipment contractors industry make up 72.2 percent of the total job loss in Owyhee County, Idaho.

Top 2 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (4 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (2 jobs lost)

In Owyhee County, Idaho, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 679 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-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.

Owyhee County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Of the 10 4-digit NAICS industries, 6 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 4 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Owyhee County

The Full-service restaurants industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 20 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 50.4 percent of the total growth in Owyhee County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (20 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (10 new jobs)
3. Building finishing contractors (8 new jobs)
4. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (5 new jobs)
5. Health and personal care stores (4 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Owyhee County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Other crop farming industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 7 jobs. The declines in the Other crop farming industry make up 34.9 percent of the total job loss in Owyhee County, Idaho.

Top 4 Industries
1. Other crop farming (7 jobs lost)
2. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (7 jobs lost)
3. Other general merchandise stores (4 jobs lost)
4. Scientific research and development services (2 jobs lost)

In Owyhee County, Idaho, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 852 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Owyhee County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Other general merchandise stores industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 29.3 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Idaho, where the it saw a gain of 1.2 percent. The losses in the Other general merchandise stores industry in Owyhee County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 3.3 percent in terms of employment in the Other general merchandise stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other general merchandise stores (29.3 percent decline)
2. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (17.4 percent decline)
3. Scientific research and development services (16.7 percent decline)
4. Building equipment contractors (11.4 percent decline)
5. Other crop farming (6.7 percent decline)

Owyhee County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building finishing contractors industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 80.6 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Owyhee County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Idaho, where it saw a gain of 28.9 percent. The Building finishing contractors industry in Owyhee County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 5.4 percent of the industry employment.

Top 4 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (80.6 percent gain)
2. Full-service restaurants (50.9 percent gain)
3. Limited-service eating places (19.0 percent gain)
4. Gasoline stations (2.4 percent gain)

Total employment has increased by 47.5 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Idaho, which saw a gain of 5.9 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.





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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 Owyhee County, Idaho

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Owyhee County, Idaho may be understood as having a medium-high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 16.9 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The Hispanic race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 25.5 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Owyhee County, reporting 26.3 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

In Owyhee County, Idaho White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $34,815 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 5 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Hispanic households in Owyhee County, Idaho reported a median household income of $29,041, this income level is 12.4 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Owyhee County reported a median household income of $28,275, which was 14.7 percent less than the median for all households. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $25,448. This household income level is 23.2 percent less than the all households reported median in the area. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 16.2 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $27,788.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Owyhee County was reported to have a relatively low median income for households of $33,157 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 32.6 percent lower than the median in State of Idaho of $43,959 and the income level is 48.2 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.







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

Higher Education in Owyhee County, Idaho

Owyhee County, Idaho can be considered to have a less-educated working age population, with 10.2 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Owyhee counted 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 US proportion of 24.4 percent.

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Owyhee County, Idaho, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Less than High School category, with 35 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Owyhee have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 10 percent (Men) versus 10.4 percent (Women). The largest educational attainment category for women is High School Diploma, with 36 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

In Owyhee County, Idaho as reported in the 2000 Census, 11.8 percent of the White Alone, 28.6 percent of Black or African American, 23.6 percent of the Asian alone and 1.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.





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

Demographic Profile for Owyhee County, Idaho

From 2000, a very high amount of people migrated to Owyhee from outside the country. The immigration into Owyhee makes up 2 percent of immigration into the State of Idaho. This percent of international migration is very high when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Owyhee County, Idaho to be 35.3 years old. The median in Owyhee is greater than the median age in the State of Idaho of 34.6. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in this median, when at that time it was 33.0 years old. With 28.2 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Owyhee can be described as having a relatively high percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low presence of the population, with 58.6 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 13.2 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

When calculating the total land area, Owyhee spans a total area of 7678 square miles. This area has a very low density of 1 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities 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 ), Golden Valley, MT (1 per sq. mile ).

Owyhee County, Idaho had a total estimated population of 11,073 in 2005. The estimated population has increased, from the population in the year 2000 of 10,692. This growth denotes an increase of 3.6 percent. Owyhee ranks 23 of 44 counties by growth in total population in Idaho and the county ranks 1,483 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

Owyhee County, Idaho has a population that is made of 73.3 percent White, 0.1 percent African American, 0.5 percent Asian, and 22.7 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a high level of diversity, with 23.3 percent of the population being minorities. This is greater than the State of Idaho percent of 10.5. Since 2000, Owyhee has decreased the level of diversity when 23.6 percent of the population were minorities.

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

Housing Report for Owyhee County, Idaho

In Owyhee County, the U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division accounted for a total of 4,678 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding in all 161 homes since 2001, or 3.6 percent.

There seems to be a large amount of real estate that is affordable in Owyhee County, Idaho. In 2000, 78.7 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

When compared to other counties in Idaho, Owyhee County stands 29 of 44 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 1,183 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

Owyhee County can be understood as having a small, but present proportion of high-valued homes. In 2000, the Decennial Census reports that 0.7 percent of the houses are valued over a half a million dollars.

Owyhee County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $82,500, accounted by the Decennial Census. This value is less than the overall Idaho 2000 median home value of $106,300 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $119,600 for the United States in the same year.



Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Owyhee County, with the industry averaging 16 workers per each place of employment, being less than the US industry average of 39 and less than the State of Idaho average of 29 for the Manufacturing industry.

Administrative and waste services saw the biggest increase in jobs since the year 2001 in Owyhee County, rising by 541.7 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of 4.5 percent. The State of Idaho underwent a employment change in the industry of 27.7 percent, from 2001 to 2005.

Owyhee County ranks 33 of 45 Counties in the State of Idaho in terms of total 2005 employment. The County’s employment ranking has moved up from the year 2001, at which time the County was ranked 31 of 45 Counties.

In Owyhee County, Retail Trade, Manufacturing, and the Construction industries are the largest employment industries. The Retail Trade is the major employer in the county making up 12.3 percent of the total county employment. This totals 235 employees. The Manufacturing and Construction industries make up 8.4 and 7.1 percent of total employment, respectively.









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