Friday, February 23, 2007

Brunswick County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Employment for all industries has increased by 22.1 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in North Carolina, which went through a gain of 1.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Brunswick County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The RV parks and recreational camps industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 62.5 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of North Carolina, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 3.2 percent. The losses in the RV parks and recreational camps industry in Brunswick County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 4.8 percent in terms of employees in the RV parks and recreational camps industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. RV parks and recreational camps (62.5 percent decline)
2. Nonresidential building construction (58.5 percent decline)
3. Land subdivision (56.7 percent decline)
4. Other heavy construction (54.2 percent decline)
5. Seafood product preparation and packaging (52.3 percent decline)

Brunswick County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Employment services industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 1862.9 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Brunswick County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of North Carolina, where the industry took a gain of 14.6 percent. The Employment services industry in Brunswick County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 4.1 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (1862.9 percent gain)
2. Investigation and security services (669.1 percent gain)
3. Office administrative services (390.7 percent gain)
4. Civic and social organizations (323.6 percent gain)
5. Offices of other health practitioners (269.4 percent gain)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Brunswick County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Employment services industry has grown the most with 553 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Employment services industry makes up 12.8 percent of the total number of new jobs in Brunswick County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Employment services (553 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (511 new jobs)
3. Grocery stores (343 new jobs)
4. Traveler accommodation (290 new jobs)
5. Other specialty trade contractors (263 new jobs)

Given the 67 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 22 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 45 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Brunswick County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Land subdivision industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 234 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Land subdivision industry make up 21.8 percent of the total employment decline in Brunswick County, North Carolina.

Top 5 Industries
1. Land subdivision (234 jobs lost)
2. Architectural and engineering services (179 jobs lost)
3. Other heavy construction (144 jobs lost)
4. General freight trucking (103 jobs lost)
5. Support activities for water transportation (83 jobs lost)

In Brunswick County, North Carolina, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 4,298 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.





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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