Employment Report for Menard County, Illinois -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary
In Menard County, Retail Trade, Accommodation and food services, and the Construction industries are the largest employment industries. The Retail Trade produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 17.3 percent of the total county employment. This totals 233 jobs. The Accommodation and food services and Construction industries total 14.8 and 13.4 percent of total employment, respectively.
Accommodation and food services saw the biggest increase in jobs since the year 2001 in Menard County, growing in new jobs by 42.1 percent. This is greater than the industry employment change in the United States of 7.6 percent. The State of Illinois saw a change in employment in the sector of 4.8 percent, in the last 5 years.
Accommodation and food services is the industry with the largest establishments in Menard County. In the County, the industry averages 12 workers per each place of employment, being less than the industry's average at the national level of 19 and less than the Illinois establishments size average of 18 for the Accommodation and food services industry.
In Menard County, Construction, Real estate and rental and leasing and Arts, entertainment, and recreation have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Construction sector has a United State LQ of 2.03. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Construction industry is 2.03 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Menard County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Construction.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
In Menard County, Retail Trade, Accommodation and food services, and the Construction industries are the largest employment industries. The Retail Trade produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 17.3 percent of the total county employment. This totals 233 jobs. The Accommodation and food services and Construction industries total 14.8 and 13.4 percent of total employment, respectively.
Accommodation and food services saw the biggest increase in jobs since the year 2001 in Menard County, growing in new jobs by 42.1 percent. This is greater than the industry employment change in the United States of 7.6 percent. The State of Illinois saw a change in employment in the sector of 4.8 percent, in the last 5 years.
Accommodation and food services is the industry with the largest establishments in Menard County. In the County, the industry averages 12 workers per each place of employment, being less than the industry's average at the national level of 19 and less than the Illinois establishments size average of 18 for the Accommodation and food services industry.
In Menard County, Construction, Real estate and rental and leasing and Arts, entertainment, and recreation have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Construction sector has a United State LQ of 2.03. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Construction industry is 2.03 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Menard County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Construction.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
