In Lake County, jobs in the spectator sports pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the spectator sports industry reported the top wages in Lake County for 2006. The average industry job in Lake County earned an annual wage of $338,973 in 2006. The average wage is greater than the industry wage rate in Illinois of $120,460 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $84,169.

Other high-paying jobs in Lake County, Illinois exsists in machinery and equipment rental and leasing ($155,268), druggists' goods merchant wholesalers ($153,571), other financial investment activities ($113,733) and medical equipment and supplies manufacturing ($91,431) 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.

Lake County Wages have increased by 19.4% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Lake County, Illinois by a total of 19.4%. This is greater than the growth in average industry wages for Illinois and greater than the growth in average wages for the US.

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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.

Lake County Industry Wages Exceed Illinois, and Wages Exceed the United States

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Total wages in all industries in Lake County, Illinois can be understood as being very high when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 13.9 percent higher than the reported averages in the state of $43,351. The overall industry wage was greater than the industry average in the US 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.

Lake County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Lake County

The Insurance carriers industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 3,516 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Insurance carriers industry make up 15.6 percent of the total employment decline in Lake County, Illinois.

Top 5 Industries
1. Insurance carriers (3,516 jobs lost)
2. Electric goods merchant wholesalers (3,046 jobs lost)
3. Business support services (2,424 jobs lost)
4. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (895 jobs lost)
5. Semiconductor and electronic component mfg. (838 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Lake County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Management of companies and enterprises industry has grown the most with 3,650 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Management of companies and enterprises industry makes up 10.6 percent of the total employment growth in Lake County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Management of companies and enterprises (3,650 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (2,015 new jobs)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (1,689 new jobs)
4. Nondepository credit intermediation (1,450 new jobs)
5. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (1,292 new jobs)

In Lake County, Illinois, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 9,225 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Of the 189 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 75 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 114 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Lake County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Insurance and employee benefit funds industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 1562.0 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Lake County has expanded faster than the industry has grown in the State of Illinois, where the industry felt a gain of 48 percent. The Insurance and employee benefit funds industry in Lake County outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 0.5 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Insurance and employee benefit funds (1562.0 percent gain)
2. Cut and sew apparel manufacturing (350.0 percent gain)
3. Waste treatment and disposal (238.4 percent gain)
4. Home health care services (220.4 percent gain)
5. Direct selling establishments (130.3 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has increased by 3.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is less than growth in Illinois, experiencing a loss of -1.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains in the area were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Lake County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Business support services industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 77.6 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Illinois, where the it saw a loss of 9.6 percent. The losses in the Business support services industry in Lake County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 0.8 percent in terms of employment in the Business support services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business support services (77.6 percent decline)
2. Fabric mills (75.7 percent decline)
3. Electric goods merchant wholesalers (61.7 percent decline)
4. Software publishers (58.3 percent decline)
5. HVAC and commercial refrigeration equipment (56.6 percent decline)





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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.

Lake County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Lake County

Given the industries in the area, the Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 1,016 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing industry make up 14.3 percent of the total employment decline in Lake County, Illinois.

Top 5 Industries
1. Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing (1,016 jobs lost)
2. Business support services (513 jobs lost)
3. Other amusement and recreation industries (511 jobs lost)
4. General medical and surgical hospitals (458 jobs lost)
5. Data processing and related services (315 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Lake County

The Employment services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 1,342 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Employment services industry makes up 11.9 percent of the total number of new jobs in Lake County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (1,342 new jobs)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (638 new jobs)
3. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (596 new jobs)
4. Child day care services (406 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (364 new jobs)

From the 199 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 83 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 113 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Lake County, Illinois, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 4,577 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Employment for all industries has increased by 1.6 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than percent in Illinois, experiencing a gain of 1.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains were less than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Lake County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Waste treatment and disposal industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 813.5 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Lake County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for Illinois, where this industry saw a loss of 7.4 percent. The Waste treatment and disposal industry in Lake County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 3.2 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Waste treatment and disposal (813.5 percent gain)
2. Direct selling establishments (354.6 percent gain)
3. Performing arts companies (66.9 percent gain)
4. Vending machine operators (52.7 percent gain)
5. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (43.6 percent gain)

Lake County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Fabric mills industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 65.5 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Illinois, where the industry felt a loss of 2.9 percent. The losses in the Fabric mills industry in Lake County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 13 in percent of jobs in the Fabric mills industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Fabric mills (65.5 percent decline)
2. Other support activities for transportation (58.3 percent decline)
3. Private households (44.1 percent decline)
4. Business support services (42.4 percent decline)
5. Data processing and related services (39.1 percent decline)





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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 Lake County, Illinois

The poverty rate in Lake County, Illinois has increased by 1.4 percent since the amounts published in 2000, moving from 5.7 percent to 7.1 percent.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Lake County was reported to have a very high median income for all households of $78,358 (2005 Dollars). This median is 30.4 percent higher than the median in State of Illinois of $54,510 and the income level is 37.3 percent higher than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

While the median household income saw a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in Lake County, Illinois, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest decline in household income was the Black or African American Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 26.1 percent in the last five years. The Asian Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level decline in Lake County, experiencing a 6.2 percent decline in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

The median household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has decreased to $68,744, which represents a 12.3 percent decline. Lake County, Illinois, in terms of percent of decline, ranks 4 of 21 counties in percent of decline for median household income in the State of Illinois. Lake County ranks 120 of 668 counties (or parishes) when comparing the decline in household income across the nation.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Lake County, Illinois can be considered to have a very low poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 5.7 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The Black or African American race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 17 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged Under 5 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Lake County, accounting 11.7 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

Hispanic headed households in Lake County, Illinois , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $54,138, this median is 30.9 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $95,810. This income level is 22.3 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 43.6 percent less than the total 2000 reported median, with a their median reported to be $44,189. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Lake County had a median household income level of $58,736, which was 25 percent less than the median for all households. In Lake County, Illinois White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $82,985 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 5.9 percent greater than the median income in 2000.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Higher Education in Lake County, Illinois

In 2000, the Census reported that in Lake County, Illinois, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 41.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Lake on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 41.6 percent (Men) versus 35.8 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Bachelors Degree or Higher, with 35.8 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

Since 2000, Lake has increased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has grown by 3.0 percent to a total of 41.6 in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is greater than the State of Illinois percent of 29.2 and greater than the United States percent of 27.2.

Lake County, Illinois can be considered to have a very highly-educated population of the working age, with 38.6 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Lake has a higher percent of population with high education level than the State of Illinois's proportion of 26 percent and a higher percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

In Lake County, Illinois according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 41.2 percent of the White Alone, 17.2 percent of Black or African American, 64.8 percent of the Asian alone and 8.4 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has increased by 1.8 percent. By 2005, 43.8 percent of area's male population, over the age 25, achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher. At the same time, the percent of women, over the age 25, holding at least a Bachelors Degree has increased by a total of 3.6 percent. By 2005, a total of 39.4 percent of the female population had achieved this level of education.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Lake County, Illinois

By measuring total land area, Lake spans a total of 448 total square miles. The area has a very high average area density of 1,570 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Montgomery, PA (1,606 per sq. mile ), Suffolk, NY (1,617 per sq. mile ), Mercer, NJ (1,621 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- San Mateo, CA (1,558 per sq. mile ), Providence, RI (1,548 per sq. mile ), Multnomah, OR (1,546 per sq. mile ).

Lake County, Illinois had an estimated population of 702,682 in 2005. The total population has increased sharply, from the population in the year 2000 of 648,800. This growth represents an increase of 8.3 percent. Lake ranks 3 of 102 counties when analyzing total population change in Illinois and the county ranks 50 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

Since 2000, a very high amount of people migrated to Lake from another country. The international migration into Lake accounts for 6.4 percent of immigration into the State of Illinois. This amount of international migration is very high when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

Lake County, Illinois has a population that is comprised of 68.6 percent White, 6.4 percent African American, 5.4 percent Asian, and 18.2 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a high amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 30.0 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Illinois percent of 33.1. Since 2000, Lake has increased the percent of minority makeup when 25.3 percent of the population was made up of minorities.

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Lake County, Illinois to be 34.5 years of age. The median age in Lake is less than the median age for the State of Illinois of 35.6. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in this median, when at that time it was 33.8 years old. With a total of 28.3 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Lake can be understood as having a relatively high proportion of youths. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-high presence of the population, with 62.7 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 9 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a relatively low proportion of the population.

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

Housing Report for Lake County, Illinois

In Lake County, the real estate market was made up of 246,761 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen growth in housing units, adding all together 15,924 residential structures since 2001, a change of 6.9 percent.

Lake County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2005 of $271,700, accounted by the American Community Survey. This median is greater than the overall State of Illinois 2005 home median value of $183,900 and greater than home value of $167,500 across the United States during the same year.

The residential home values in Lake County, Illinois have seen large increases from the housing values in 2000. The residential values have increased by $73,500, or 37.1 percent, since 2000 when they were valued at $198,200.

The State of Illinois, Lake County stands 10 of 102 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 550 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

There seems to be a limited amount of housing that is affordable in Lake County, Illinois. In 2005, 7.7 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.

Lake County is made up of a very high proportion of residential real estate that is high priced. In 2005, the American Community Survey counted that 20.1 percent of the homes were valued over $500,000.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Lake County, Illinois -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Manufacturing since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Lake County. The sector faced a loss of 3,377 jobs during the period, or 6.2 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 36.2 percent of the total loss in employment during the period.

Management of companies and enterprises has the largest employers in Lake County, averaging 109 jobs per establishment, which is greater than the industry's average in the United States of 40 and greater than the State of Illinois establishments size average of 85 for the Management of companies and enterprises industry.

In Lake County, Management of companies and enterprises, Arts, entertainment, and recreation and Wholesale trade industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Management of companies and enterprises industry has an LQ of 1.68. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Management of companies and enterprises industry is 1.68 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Lake County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Management of companies and enterprises.

Management of companies and enterprises is the industry that has seen the largest increase in jobs from the year 2001 to the present in Lake County, increasing by 81 percent. This is greater than the national sector change of 1.6 percent. The State of Illinois experienced a sector employment shift of 24.4 percent, in the course of time since 2001.

In Lake County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Health care and social assistance sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Manufacturing is the largest employment industry and makes up 17.9 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 51,036 individuals. The Retail Trade and Health care and social assistance sectors provide 14.8 and 9.2 percent of the total jobs, respectively.







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