In Mackinac County, jobs in the management and technical consulting services pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the management and technical consulting services industry had the highest average wages in Mackinac County for 2006. The average industry job in Mackinac County received a wage of $59,321 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is less than the industry wage in Michigan of $60,712 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $67,321.

Top-pay jobs in Mackinac County, Michigan may be found in offices of dentists ($37,263), fishing ($30,670), building equipment contractors ($30,144) and legal services ($26,327) industries. Note: Clicking the Above Graphic Displays the Detailed 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.

Mackinac County Wages have increased by 6.7% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Mackinac County, Michigan by a total of 6.7%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for Michigan and less than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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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.

Mackinac County Industry Wages Lag Behind Michigan, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The average total wages in all industries in Mackinac County, Michigan can be described as very low when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 47.8 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $40,310. The industry pay was less than the overall average in the United States 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.

Mackinac County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Mackinac County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Traveler accommodation industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 272 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Traveler accommodation industry make up 56.7 percent of the total employment decline in Mackinac County, Michigan.

Top 5 Industries
1. Traveler accommodation (272 jobs lost)
2. Full-service restaurants (59 jobs lost)
3. Grocery stores (56 jobs lost)
4. Fishing (24 jobs lost)
5. Services to buildings and dwellings (18 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Mackinac County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Limited-service eating places industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 33 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 39.4 percent of the growth in Mackinac County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (33 new jobs)
2. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (12 new jobs)
3. Other general merchandise stores (9 new jobs)
4. Building finishing contractors (8 new jobs)
5. Other motor vehicle dealers (6 new jobs)

In Mackinac County, Michigan, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 441 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Out of the 20 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 11 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 9 industries reported a drop in employment.

Employment for all industries has decreased by 10.5 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Michigan, experiencing a loss of -5.7 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Mackinac County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 67.9 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 has experienced in the State of Michigan, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 9.1 percent. The losses in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry in Mackinac County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 11 percent in terms of employees in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (67.9 percent decline)
2. Fishing (63.2 percent decline)
3. Grocery stores (42.5 percent decline)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (37.5 percent decline)
5. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (33.3 percent decline)

Mackinac County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building finishing contractors industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 47.9 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Mackinac County has increased employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Michigan, where the industry took a loss of 17.4 percent. The Building finishing contractors industry in Mackinac County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 17.4 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (47.9 percent gain)
2. Other professional and technical services (36.1 percent gain)
3. Other general merchandise stores (34.6 percent gain)
4. Logging (33.3 percent gain)
5. Architectural and engineering services (32.0 percent gain)





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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.

Mackinac County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Mackinac County

Given the industries in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 46 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 47.3 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Mackinac County, Michigan.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (46 jobs lost)
2. Traveler accommodation (20 jobs lost)
3. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (12 jobs lost)
4. Building equipment contractors (7 jobs lost)
5. Grocery stores (5 jobs lost)

Given the 21 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 8 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 12 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Mackinac County, Michigan, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 54 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Mackinac County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Employment services industry has added the most employment with 24 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Employment services industry makes up 37.5 percent of the growth in Mackinac County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (24 new jobs)
2. Logging (13 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (9 new jobs)
4. Building foundation and exterior contractors (5 new jobs)
5. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (4 new jobs)

Total industry employment has decreased by 1.4 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of Michigan, which saw a loss of -1.1 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Mackinac County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Logging industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 211.1 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Mackinac County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Michigan, where this industry saw a loss of 8.6 percent. The Logging industry in Mackinac County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation lost 3.8 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Logging (211.1 percent gain)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (37.5 percent gain)
3. Sporting goods and musical instrument stores (18.3 percent gain)
4. Other professional and technical services (14.0 percent gain)
5. Architectural and engineering services (13.8 percent gain)

Mackinac County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 24.2 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Michigan, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 2.6 percent. The losses in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry in Mackinac County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 3.1 percent in terms of employment in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (24.2 percent decline)
2. Building equipment contractors (11.5 percent decline)
3. Full-service restaurants (10.5 percent decline)
4. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (10.2 percent decline)
5. Building finishing contractors (9 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 Mackinac County, Michigan

In Mackinac County, Michigan White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $39,122 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.2 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Hispanic households in Mackinac County, Michigan recorded a median income of $37,440, which is 4.1 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 206.6 percent greater than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $119,649. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Mackinac County had a median household income level of $37,868, this level was 3 percent less than the median for all households. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $30,713. This median is 21.3 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Mackinac County had a medium-low median income for households of $39,027 (2005 Dollars). This median is 33.9 percent lower than the median in State of Michigan of $52,260 and this is 25.9 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Mackinac County, Michigan can be recognized as having a medium-low rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 10.5 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The Hispanic race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 29.6 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 12 to 17 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Mackinac County, with 16.2 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.







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

Higher Education in Mackinac County, Michigan

Mackinac County, Michigan is made up of a moderately-educated working age population, with 15 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Mackinac has a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of Michigan's proportion of 21.8 percent and a lower percent than the US proportion of 24.4 percent.

In Mackinac County, Michigan as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 17 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 40 percent of the Asian alone and 9.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Mackinac County, Michigan, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 40.2 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Mackinac have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 15.6 percent (Men) versus 14.2 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is High School Diploma category, with 42.4 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.





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

Demographic Profile for Mackinac County, Michigan

By measuring total land area, Mackinac spans a total of 1022 square miles. The land areas has a very low average population density of 11 persons per square mile. Similar counties in the US, in terms of density, include: -- more densely populated -- Big Stone, MN (11 per sq. mile ), Parmer, TX (11 per sq. mile ), Fillmore, NE (11 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Holt, MO (11 per sq. mile ), Aroostook, ME (11 per sq. mile ), Webster, GA (11 per sq. mile ).

Since the year 2000, a low amount of people have migrated to Mackinac from another country. The international migration into Mackinac makes up 0 percent of the total migration into the State of Michigan. This amount of international migration is low when analyzed against the base population in the year 2005 and compared to other counties across the US.

Mackinac County, Michigan has a population that is made of 80.8 percent White, 1 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian, and 0.8 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 2.1 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Michigan percent of 20.2. Since 2000, Mackinac has increased the percent of minority population when 1.5 percent of the population were minorities.

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Mackinac County, Michigan to be 45.3 years of age. The median age in Mackinac is greater than the median age in the State of Michigan of 36.9. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 43.0 years old. With a total of 20.2 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Mackinac can be described as having a medium-low proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low presence of the 2005 population base, with 59.2 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 20.6 percent of the total population in the area. Compared to other counties in the US, this represents a relatively high percent of the population base.

Mackinac County, Michigan had a population of 11,331 in 2005. The estimated population has decreased, from the population in the year 2000 of 11,926. The decline signifies a decrease of -5 percent. Mackinac ranks 76 of 83 counties when analyzing total population change in Michigan and the county ranks 2,820 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

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

Housing Report for Mackinac County, Michigan

Mackinac County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $91,800, reported by the Decennial Census. This is less than the Michigan 2000 home median value of $115,600 and less than median home value of $119,600 for the United States in the same year.

The State of Michigan, Mackinac County stands 17 of 83 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 714 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

In Mackinac County, the real estate market was made up of 10,135 homes in 2005. The county has experienced a growth in housing units, adding all together 555 homes since 2001, or 5.8 percent.

Mackinac County may be be described as having a medium percentage of homes that are high in price. In 2000, the Decennial Census reports that 1.1 percent of the houses are valued over a half a million dollars.

There seems to be a large amount of affordable housing in Mackinac County, Michigan. In 2000, 69.7 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.



Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Mackinac County, Michigan -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Accommodation and food services between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Mackinac County. The sector dealt with a loss of 255 jobs during the period, or 15 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 53.9 percent of the total loss in employment during the period.

Transportation and Warehousing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Mackinac County. In the County, the industry averages 15 workers per each place of employment, being less than the industry's national average of 19 and less than the State of Michigan typical size of 19 for the Transportation and Warehousing industry.

Mackinac is the County that is ranked 69 of 84 Counties in the State of Michigan in terms of total 2005 employment. The County’s employment ranking has moved up from the year 2001, at which time the County was ranked 66 of 84 Counties.

In Mackinac County, Accommodation and food services, Retail Trade, and the Construction industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Accommodation and food services is the largest employment industry and makes up 42.4 percent of total employment in the county, making up 1,447 individuals. The Retail Trade and Construction sectors provide 16.3 and 8.3 percent of total employment, respectively.

Administrative and waste services in the period of 2001 to 2005 had the largest increase in employment in Mackinac County, changing a total of 62.4 percent. This is greater than the United States change in the sector jobs of 4.5 percent. The State of Michigan had an industry job change of 4.2 percent, during the time since 2001.

In Mackinac County, Accommodation and food services, Transportation and Warehousing and Arts, entertainment, and recreation are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Accommodation and food services sector in the county has a location quotient of 4.31. This means the percent of total employment in the Accommodation and food services industry is 4.31 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Mackinac specializes in Accommodation and food services.





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