Friday, February 23, 2007

McDowell County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in McDowell County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Machine shops and threaded product mfg. industry has added the most employment with 205 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Machine shops and threaded product mfg. industry makes up 29.7 percent of the total employment growth in McDowell County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (205 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (103 new jobs)
3. Employment services (84 new jobs)
4. Civic and social organizations (79 new jobs)
5. Gasoline stations (60 new jobs)

Given the 33 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 13 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 20 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In McDowell County, North Carolina, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 791 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in McDowell County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Other wood product manufacturing industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 115 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Other wood product manufacturing industry make up 38.9 percent of the total employment decline in McDowell County, North Carolina.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other wood product manufacturing (115 jobs lost)
2. General freight trucking (69 jobs lost)
3. Offices of physicians (39 jobs lost)
4. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (15 jobs lost)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (14 jobs lost)

McDowell County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Machine shops and threaded product mfg. industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 476.7 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in McDowell County has increased employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of North Carolina, where the industry took a gain of 12.5 percent. The Machine shops and threaded product mfg. industry in McDowell County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 0.4 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Machine shops and threaded product mfg. (476.7 percent gain)
2. Civic and social organizations (153.5 percent gain)
3. Other miscellaneous store retailers (60.7 percent gain)
4. Employment services (52.4 percent gain)
5. Offices of other health practitioners (45.1 percent gain)

McDowell County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 61.7 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has seen in the North Carolina, where the it saw a loss of 19.5 percent. The losses in the Private households industry in McDowell County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 19.8 in percent of workers in the Private households industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (61.7 percent decline)
2. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (59 percent decline)
3. General freight trucking (38.6 percent decline)
4. Other wood product manufacturing (35.5 percent decline)
5. Specialty food stores (34.4 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 5.5 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in the State of North Carolina, which went through a gain of 1.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses 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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