Mitchell County Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
Other specialty trade contractors industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 126.7 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Mitchell County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of North Carolina, where this industry saw a gain of 29.9 percent. The
Other specialty trade contractors industry in Mitchell County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 22.3 percent of the employment in this industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Other specialty trade contractors (126.7 percent gain)
2. General freight trucking (51.6 percent gain)
3. Building equipment contractors (49.3 percent gain)
4. Full-service restaurants (41.8 percent gain)
5. Depository credit intermediation (40.3 percent gain)
Employment for all industries has decreased by 2.8 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in the State of North Carolina, experiencing a gain of 1.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.
Mitchell County Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Direct selling establishments industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 22.6 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of North Carolina, where the it saw a loss of 16.6 percent. The losses in the
Direct selling establishments industry in Mitchell County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States lost 16.8 percent in terms of employees in the
Direct selling establishments industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Direct selling establishments (22.6 percent decline)
2. Private households (18.2 percent decline)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (16.3 percent decline)
4. Residential building construction (16.3 percent decline)
5. Automobile dealers (12.7 percent decline)
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Mitchell CountyGiven the industries in the area, the
Residential building construction industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 16 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the
Residential building construction industry make up 45.4 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Mitchell County, North Carolina.
Top 5 Industries 1. Residential building construction (16 jobs lost)
2. Automobile dealers (7 jobs lost)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (6 jobs lost)
4. Direct selling establishments (5 jobs lost)
5. Private households (1 jobs lost)
Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Mitchell CountyThe
Full-service restaurants industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 76 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the
Full-service restaurants industry makes up 28.3 percent of the total growth in Mitchell County.
Top 5 Industries 1. Full-service restaurants (76 new jobs)
2. General freight trucking (65 new jobs)
3. Building equipment contractors (47 new jobs)
4. Other specialty trade contractors (19 new jobs)
5. Depository credit intermediation (17 new jobs)
From the 20 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 6 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 13 industries reported a drop in employment.
In Mitchell County, North Carolina, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 136 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.
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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.
