In Montgomery County, jobs in the insurance carriers pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the insurance carriers industry paid the average highest wages in Montgomery County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Montgomery County received an annual wage of $50,017 in 2006. The average wage is less than the industry wage in Illinois of $67,425 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $63,385.

Other high-paying jobs in Montgomery County, Illinois can be found in general freight trucking ($44,764), management of companies and enterprises ($42,523), other ambulatory health care services ($41,234) and architectural and engineering services ($40,260) 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.

Montgomery County Wages have increased by 15.7% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Montgomery County, Illinois by a total of 15.7%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for Illinois and less than the growth in industry wages across 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.

Montgomery County Industry Wages Lag Behind Illinois, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The average total wages in all industries in Montgomery County, Illinois can be described as medium-low when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 37.5 percent lower than the with an state average of $43,351. The overall industry wage was less 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.

Montgomery County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total industry employment has decreased by 7.7 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Illinois, which went through a loss of -1.8 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Montgomery County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The General freight trucking industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 85.5 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 gain of 0.2 percent. The losses in the General freight trucking industry in Montgomery County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 0.2 in percent of workers in the General freight trucking industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (85.5 percent decline)
2. Management of companies and enterprises (50 percent decline)
3. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (40.2 percent decline)
4. Printing and related support activities (37.1 percent decline)
5. Services to buildings and dwellings (20.8 percent decline)

Montgomery County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 698.4 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Montgomery County has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for Illinois, where it saw a gain of 1.5 percent. The Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores industry in Montgomery County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 0.8 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (698.4 percent gain)
2. Unclassified (366.7 percent gain)
3. Nonresidential building construction (171.0 percent gain)
4. Travel arrangement and reservation services (166.7 percent gain)
5. Full-service restaurants (108.0 percent gain)

In Montgomery County, Illinois, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 686 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Montgomery County

The Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 144 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores industry makes up 28.6 percent of the growth in Montgomery County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (144 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (117 new jobs)
3. Nonresidential building construction (79 new jobs)
4. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (24 new jobs)
5. Travel arrangement and reservation services (20 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Montgomery County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the General freight trucking industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 283 jobs. The declines in the General freight trucking industry make up 57.6 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Montgomery County, Illinois.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (283 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (51 jobs lost)
3. Nursing care facilities (29 jobs lost)
4. Building equipment contractors (19 jobs lost)
5. Architectural and engineering services (16 jobs lost)

Out of the 40 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 19 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 21 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.





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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.

Montgomery County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Montgomery County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Printing and related support activities industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 53.3 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Illinois, where the industry felt a loss of 2.6 percent. The losses in the Printing and related support activities industry in Montgomery County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 2 percent in terms of employment in the Printing and related support activities industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Printing and related support activities (53.3 percent decline)
2. Management of companies and enterprises (42.9 percent decline)
3. Lessors of real estate (42.1 percent decline)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (35.8 percent decline)
5. Building equipment contractors (35.2 percent decline)

Total industry employment has decreased by 1.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of Illinois, experiencing a gain of 1.5 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Montgomery County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 526.6 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Montgomery County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Illinois, where the industry felt a gain of 2.1 percent. The Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores industry in Montgomery County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 0.6 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (526.6 percent gain)
2. Travel arrangement and reservation services (284.0 percent gain)
3. Residential building construction (121.7 percent gain)
4. Other amusement and recreation industries (54.1 percent gain)
5. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (49.5 percent gain)

In Montgomery County, Illinois, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 119 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Given the 44 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 25 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 19 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Montgomery County

The Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 139 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores industry makes up 43.6 percent of the total employment growth in Montgomery County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Auto parts, accessories, and tire stores (139 new jobs)
2. Residential building construction (43 new jobs)
3. Other amusement and recreation industries (37 new jobs)
4. Travel arrangement and reservation services (24 new jobs)
5. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (16 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Montgomery County

Given the industries in the area, the Building equipment contractors industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 58 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Building equipment contractors industry make up 28.7 percent of the total employment decline in Montgomery County, Illinois.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (58 jobs lost)
2. Printing and related support activities (21 jobs lost)
3. Full-service restaurants (18 jobs lost)
4. Nursing care facilities (17 jobs lost)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (14 jobs lost)





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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 Montgomery County, Illinois

In Montgomery County, Illinois White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $38,739 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was only slightly less than the median in the year 2000. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $62,400. This median income level is 61 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Montgomery County had a median household income level of $45,338, this median was 17 percent greater than the median for all households. Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 21.5 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $30,420. Hispanic in Montgomery County, Illinois reported a median household income of $37,842, this median is 2.4 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Montgomery County, Illinois can be recognized as having a medium-high rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 13.4 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 39.3 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Montgomery County, reporting 28.9 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Montgomery County reported a medium-low median household income of $38,754 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 40.7 percent lower than the household income median in State of Illinois of $54,510 and this is 26.8 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.







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

Demographic Profile for Montgomery County, Illinois

Montgomery County, Illinois had a population that was estimated at 30,396 for the year 2005. The total population has decreased, since its 2000 population of 30,653. The decline denotes a decrease of -0.8 percent. Montgomery ranks 64 of 102 counties by growth in total population in Illinois and the county ranks 2,440 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

Estimated since the year 2000, a very low amount of people migrated to Montgomery from outside the country. The immigration into Montgomery accounts for 0 percent of all immigration into Illinois. This percent of international migration is very low when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

When calculating the total land area, Montgomery covers a total land area of 704 square miles. This area has a low density of 43 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Davison, SD (43 per sq. mile ), Kendall, TX (43 per sq. mile ), Adair, KY (43 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Carroll, AR (43 per sq. mile ), Scott, VA (43 per sq. mile ), Pinal, AZ (43 per sq. mile ).

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Montgomery County, Illinois to be 39.5 years of age. The median age in Montgomery is greater than the median in Illinois of 35.6. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median age, when it was 38.2 years old. With 22 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Montgomery can be understood as having a medium-low percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low presence of the population, with 61 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 17 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a medium-high proportion of the area population base.

Montgomery County, Illinois has a population base that is comprised of 94.2 percent White, 3.9 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 1.1 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 5.2 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of Illinois percent of 33.1. Since 2000, Montgomery has increased in diversity when 5.1 percent of the population were minorities.

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

Housing Report for Montgomery County, Illinois

In the State of Illinois, Montgomery County is positioned 96 of 102 by percentage growth in residential real estate. The county is positioned 2,701 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

In Montgomery County, the real estate market was made up of 12,687 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding a total of 106 housing units since the year 2001, or 0.8 percent.

Montgomery County recorded median owner-occupied home value in the year 2000 of $54,800, accounted by the Decennial Census. This is less than the State of Illinois 2000 home value of $130,800 and less than median home value of $119,600 for the United States in the same year.

According to the data, there is a large amount of affordable housing in Montgomery County, Illinois. In 2000, 90.9 percent of the homes were valued under $125,000.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Construction is the industry with the largest change in employment since the year 2001 in Montgomery County, rising by 20.3 percent. This is greater than the rate of industry employment change in the United States of 7.3 percent. The State of Illinois experienced a change in employment in the sector of -2.8 percent, during the period of 2001 to 2005.

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Montgomery County. The industry averages 33 jobs per establishment, which is less than the industry's national average of 39 and less than the State of Illinois average of 36 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Montgomery County, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade and Manufacturing have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Health care and social assistance sector has a United State LQ of 1.49. The level of employment in the Health care and social assistance sector is 1.49 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Montgomery County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Health care and social assistance.

In Montgomery County, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade, and the Manufacturing sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Health care and social assistance is the largest employment industry and makes up 19.3 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 1,584 employees. The Retail Trade and Manufacturing sectors provide 17.7 and 14.9 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

The Transportation and Warehousing sector has decreased the most in local industry presence in Montgomery County since the year 2001. The industry went from accounting for 5.6 percent of total employment for the year 2001 to 0 percent in the year 2005.







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