In Menominee County, jobs in the utility system construction pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the utility system construction industry paid the average highest wages in Menominee County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Menominee County earned an annual wage of $53,132 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is less than the industry pay the State of Michigan of $55,189 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $48,011.

Other high-paying jobs in Menominee County, Michigan are present in offices of physicians ($42,177), nonresidential building construction ($42,142), direct selling establishments ($39,473) and household and institutional furniture mfg. ($35,599) industries. Note: For Detail Comparison, Click the Above Graph

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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.

Menominee County Wages have increased by 16.8% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in Menominee County, Michigan by a total of 16.8%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for Michigan and greater than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

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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.

Menominee County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Menominee County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 391.8 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Menominee County has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for Michigan, where the industry took a loss of 11 percent. The Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry in Menominee County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 29.2 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (391.8 percent gain)
2. Automotive repair and maintenance (55.1 percent gain)
3. Full-service restaurants (48.3 percent gain)
4. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (47.8 percent gain)
5. Gasoline stations (43.1 percent gain)

Menominee County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 57.7 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 seen in the Michigan, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 10.6 percent. The losses in the Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry in Menominee County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 4 percent in terms of employees in the Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (57.7 percent decline)
2. Household and institutional furniture mfg. (47.6 percent decline)
3. Other miscellaneous store retailers (42.9 percent decline)
4. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (40.3 percent decline)
5. Lessors of real estate (37.5 percent decline)

Total employment has decreased by 13.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth in Michigan, experiencing a loss of -5.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses in the area were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Menominee County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Household and institutional furniture mfg. industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 266 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Household and institutional furniture mfg. industry make up 54.1 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Menominee County, Michigan.

Top 5 Industries
1. Household and institutional furniture mfg. (266 jobs lost)
2. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (108 jobs lost)
3. Other miscellaneous store retailers (28 jobs lost)
4. General freight trucking (22 jobs lost)
5. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (19 jobs lost)

From the 28 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 13 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 15 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Menominee County, Michigan, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 871 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Menominee County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry has added the most employment with 95 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry makes up 25.9 percent of the total growth in Menominee County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (95 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (86 new jobs)
3. Gasoline stations (37 new jobs)
4. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (36 new jobs)
5. Sawmills and wood preservation (27 new jobs)





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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.

Menominee County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Menominee County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Limited-service eating places industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 47 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Limited-service eating places industry makes up 42.3 percent of the total growth in Menominee County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Limited-service eating places (47 new jobs)
2. Sawmills and wood preservation (19 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (10 new jobs)
4. Community care facilities for the elderly (8 new jobs)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (6 new jobs)

From the 32 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 16 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 15 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Menominee County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Household and institutional furniture mfg. industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 43 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Household and institutional furniture mfg. industry make up 27.9 percent of the total job loss in Menominee County, Michigan.

Top 5 Industries
1. Household and institutional furniture mfg. (43 jobs lost)
2. Employment services (33 jobs lost)
3. Professional and similar organizations (15 jobs lost)
4. Gasoline stations (12 jobs lost)
5. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (11 jobs lost)

In Menominee County, Michigan, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 198 total jobs from 2005 to 2006.

Employment for all industries has decreased by 3.3 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in Michigan, which went through a loss of -1.1 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The losses were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Menominee County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Community care facilities for the elderly industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 35.8 percent from the 2005 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Menominee County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Michigan, where it saw a gain of 1.8 percent. The Community care facilities for the elderly industry in Menominee County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 3.9 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Community care facilities for the elderly (35.8 percent gain)
2. Offices of real estate agents and brokers (33.3 percent gain)
3. Limited-service eating places (23.3 percent gain)
4. Offices of other health practitioners (18.0 percent gain)
5. Sawmills and wood preservation (11.5 percent gain)

Menominee County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Employment services industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 54.1 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Michigan, where the it saw a loss of 1.2 percent. The losses in the Employment services industry in Menominee County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 3.1 in percent of jobs in the Employment services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (54.1 percent decline)
2. Nonresidential building construction (43.6 percent decline)
3. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (27.1 percent decline)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (22.4 percent decline)
5. Professional and similar organizations (20.6 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.

Income and Poverty in Menominee County, Michigan

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Menominee County had a medium-low median household income of $38,479 (2005 Dollars). The income level is 35.8 percent lower than the median in Michigan of $52,260 and the median household income is 27.7 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Menominee County, Michigan can be understood to have a medium-low poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 11.5 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 30.7 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Menominee County, accounting 20.8 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $59,231. This median is 53.9 percent greater than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 20.2 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $30,713. In Menominee County, Michigan White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $38,879 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 1 percent greater than the median income in 2000. Hispanic households in Menominee County, Michigan recorded a median income of $49,725, this median household income is 29.2 percent greater than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Menominee County reported a median household income of $28,762, this median was 25.3 percent less than the median level for total households in the area.







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

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Menominee County, Michigan, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 45.8 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Menominee have attainment on average a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 11.4 percent (Men) versus 10.6 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 47 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

In Menominee County, Michigan according the 2000 Decennial Census, 11 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 0 percent of the Asian alone and 16.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino (+25) population has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Menominee County, Michigan may to understood as having a less-educated population of the working age, with 11 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Menominee counted a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of Michigan's proportion of 21.8 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.





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

In the year 2005, the population division of U.S. Census Bureau estimates the median age in Menominee County, Michigan to be 42.6 years of age. The median age in Menominee is greater than the median in Michigan of 36.9. From 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median, when the median age was 40.6 years old. With a total of 21.9 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Menominee can be described as being made up of a medium-low percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low representation within the population, making up 60.7 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 17.4 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-high percent of the population.

Menominee County, Michigan had an estimated population of 24,996 in the year 2005. The population has decreased, since the population in 2000 of 25,296. The decline signifies a decrease of -1.2 percent. Menominee ranks 72 of 83 counties in terms of population growth in Michigan and the county ranks 2,511 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

When measuring the total land area, Menominee encompasses a total area of 1044 square miles. The land areas has a low average area density of 24 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Warren, IN (24 per sq. mile ), Hancock, IL (24 per sq. mile ), Jefferson, FL (24 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Owsley, KY (24 per sq. mile ), Chelan, WA (24 per sq. mile ), Webster, MS (24 per sq. mile ).

Menominee County, Michigan has a population that is made up of 95.9 percent White, 0.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 0.9 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a very modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 1.4 percent minorities. This is less than the State of Michigan percent of 20.2. Since 2000, Menominee has increased the percent of minority makeup when 1.1 percent of the people were minorities.

Since the year 2000, a low number of individuals have migrated to Menominee internationally. The migration from outside the US into Menominee totals 0 percent of the total international migration into the State of Michigan. This percent of international migration is low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

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

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

In Menominee County, Manufacturing, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and Other services, except public administration have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Manufacturing industry has an LQ of 3.1. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Manufacturing sector is 3.1 times greater than the national average, signifying that Menominee specializes in Manufacturing.

Other services, except public administration is the industry with the largest change in employment since the year 2001 in Menominee County, changing a total of 14.9 percent. This is greater than the United States industry change in employment of 2.8 percent. The State of Michigan experienced a change in employment in the sector of -2.3 percent, in the period of time since 2001.

Menominee County is ranked number 57 of 84 total Counties throughout Michigan by total number of jobs in 2005. This position has moved up from the year 2001, at which time the County was ranked 55 of 84 Counties.

In Menominee County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Manufacturing is the major employer in the county making up 39.8 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 2,356 employees. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services industries total 12 and 8.9 percent of industry employment.

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Menominee County, with the industry averaging 38 workers per each place of employment, being less than the industry's average at the national level of 39 and less than the Michigan average of 43 for the Manufacturing industry.

Manufacturing saw the largest loss of employment between the years 2001-2005 in Menominee County. The industry was hit with a loss of 536 total jobs during the period, accounting for 18.5 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 58.1 percent of all employment losses in the county.





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