Saturday, February 24, 2007

Barnstable County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Barnstable County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 138.5 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Barnstable County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of Massachusetts, where the industry took a loss of 10.1 percent. The Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers industry in Barnstable County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US lost 11.2 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers (138.5 percent gain)
2. Furniture stores (101.4 percent gain)
3. Medical and diagnostic laboratories (100.0 percent gain)
4. Other schools and instruction (83.2 percent gain)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (79.9 percent gain)

Barnstable County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Beverage manufacturing industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 88.4 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Massachusetts, where the industry reported a loss of 17.4 percent. The losses in the Beverage manufacturing industry in Barnstable County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 1.9 in percent of jobs in the Beverage manufacturing industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Beverage manufacturing (88.4 percent decline)
2. Electric goods merchant wholesalers (67.2 percent decline)
3. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (62.4 percent decline)
4. Support activities for air transportation (57.2 percent decline)
5. Technical and trade schools (56.5 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 2.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is less than growth in the State of Massachusetts, which experienced a loss of -3.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Barnstable County

The Traveler accommodation industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 615 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Traveler accommodation industry make up 13.5 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Barnstable County, Massachusetts.

Top 5 Industries
1. Traveler accommodation (615 jobs lost)
2. Management of companies and enterprises (387 jobs lost)
3. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (267 jobs lost)
4. Limited-service eating places (185 jobs lost)
5. Nursing care facilities (165 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Barnstable County

The Residential building construction industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 488 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Residential building construction industry makes up 7.5 percent of the growth in Barnstable County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Residential building construction (488 new jobs)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (487 new jobs)
3. Other amusement and recreation industries (344 new jobs)
4. Offices of physicians (318 new jobs)
5. Building material and supplies dealers (316 new jobs)

Given the 139 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 67 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 71 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Barnstable County, Massachusetts, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 2,108 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.





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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