Saturday, February 24, 2007

Webster County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Webster County

The Specialized freight trucking industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 9 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Specialized freight trucking industry makes up 75.0 percent of the total number of new jobs in Webster County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (9 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (3 new jobs)
3. Gasoline stations (16 new jobs)
4. Depository credit intermediation (14 new jobs)
5. Health and personal care stores (12 new jobs)

In Webster County, Mississippi, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 831 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Webster County

The Gasoline stations industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 35 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Gasoline stations industry make up 45.9 percent of the total employment decline in Webster County, Mississippi.

Top 2 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (35 jobs lost)
2. Grocery stores (23 jobs lost)

Of the 8 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 6 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 2 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Webster County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Specialized freight trucking industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 225.0 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Webster County has expanded faster than the industry job growth experienced in Mississippi, where it saw a gain of 19.9 percent. The Specialized freight trucking industry in Webster County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 6.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 2 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (225.0 percent gain)
2. Building equipment contractors (29.6 percent gain)

Webster County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Legal services industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 51.4 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 has experienced in the State of Mississippi, where the industry reported a gain of 9.5 percent. The losses in the Legal services industry in Webster County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 8.3 percent in terms of employment in the Legal services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Legal services (51.4 percent decline)
2. Gasoline stations (34.6 percent decline)
3. General freight trucking (33.3 percent decline)
4. Grocery stores (22.6 percent decline)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (19.6 percent decline)

Total employment has decreased by 33.3 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in Mississippi, which went through a gain of 0.2 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.





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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