Friday, February 23, 2007

Champaign County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Champaign County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Office administrative services industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 247.6 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Champaign County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Illinois, where the industry felt a gain of 14.5 percent. The Office administrative services industry in Champaign County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 37.6 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Office administrative services (247.6 percent gain)
2. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (162.7 percent gain)
3. Couriers (121.9 percent gain)
4. Religious organizations (104.9 percent gain)
5. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (64.0 percent gain)

Champaign County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Local messengers and local delivery industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 80.9 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Illinois, where the industry reported a loss of 42.9 percent. The losses in the Local messengers and local delivery industry in Champaign County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 15.4 percent in terms of employees in the Local messengers and local delivery industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Local messengers and local delivery (80.9 percent decline)
2. Ag., construction, and mining machinery mfg. (77 percent decline)
3. Travel arrangement and reservation services (70.1 percent decline)
4. General freight trucking (69.7 percent decline)
5. Independent artists, writers, and performers (59.2 percent decline)

Total industry employment has decreased by 2.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth in the State of Illinois, which saw a loss of -1.8 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses felt were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Champaign County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has added the most employment with 499 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 12.1 percent of the total number of new jobs in Champaign County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (499 new jobs)
2. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (347 new jobs)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (294 new jobs)
4. Other general merchandise stores (291 new jobs)
5. Couriers (252 new jobs)

From the 123 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 71 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 52 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Champaign County, Illinois, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 1,421 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Champaign County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the General freight trucking industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 1,213 jobs in that time period. The declines in the General freight trucking industry make up 17.4 percent of the employment lost during the period in Champaign County, Illinois.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (1,213 jobs lost)
2. Grocery stores (957 jobs lost)
3. Management of companies and enterprises (489 jobs lost)
4. Limited-service eating places (281 jobs lost)
5. Department stores (249 jobs lost)





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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