In Burke County, jobs in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage industry reported the top wages in Burke County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Burke County earned an annual wage of $96,153 in 2006. The annual wage is less than the industry wage in North Carolina of $101,998 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $138,150.

Other high-paying jobs in Burke County, North Carolina may be found in hardware and plumbing merchant wholesalers ($79,572), offices of physicians ($59,662), management of companies and enterprises ($56,689) and apparel and piece goods merchant wholesalers ($50,534) industries. Note: Click Graph Above for Detail Comparison

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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.

Burke County Wages have increased by 14.6% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Burke County, North Carolina by a total of 14.6%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for North Carolina and less than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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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.

Burke County Industry Wages Lag Behind North Carolina, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Total wages in all industries in Burke County, North Carolina when analyzed can be understood as being medium-high when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 18.5 percent lower than the state, which was reported to be $35,650. The overall industry wage was less than the US average pay of $40,259.

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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.

Burke County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Burke County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Apparel knitting mills industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 735 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Apparel knitting mills industry make up 25.6 percent of the total job loss in Burke County, North Carolina.

Top 5 Industries
1. Apparel knitting mills (735 jobs lost)
2. Other electrical equipment and component mfg. (374 jobs lost)
3. Grocery stores (231 jobs lost)
4. Other general merchandise stores (217 jobs lost)
5. Residential building construction (163 jobs lost)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Burke County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Home health care services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 853 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Home health care services industry makes up 26.8 percent of the total number of new jobs in Burke County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (853 new jobs)
2. Fabric mills (705 new jobs)
3. Employment services (558 new jobs)
4. Individual and family services (295 new jobs)
5. Department stores (139 new jobs)

Of the 76 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 44 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 32 industries reported a drop in employment.

In Burke County, North Carolina, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 2,014 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Burke County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Computer systems design and related services industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 81.5 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 sector has felt in the State of North Carolina, where the it saw a loss of 0.5 percent. The losses in the Computer systems design and related services industry in Burke County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 3.1 percent in terms of employees in the Computer systems design and related services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Computer systems design and related services (81.5 percent decline)
2. Advertising and related services (72.9 percent decline)
3. Other general merchandise stores (70.8 percent decline)
4. Misc. durable goods merchant wholesalers (66.9 percent decline)
5. Residential building construction (61.5 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 7.2 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in North Carolina, which experienced a gain of 1.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Burke County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Personal care services industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 529.6 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Burke County has grow faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of North Carolina, where the industry felt a gain of 26.4 percent. The Personal care services industry in Burke County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 16.5 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Personal care services (529.6 percent gain)
2. Home health care services (258.8 percent gain)
3. Fabric mills (205.6 percent gain)
4. Individual and family services (193.4 percent gain)
5. Other support services (151.9 percent gain)





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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.

Burke County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Out of the 82 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 39 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 43 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Burke County, North Carolina, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 112 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Burke County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Other electrical equipment and component mfg. industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 130 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Other electrical equipment and component mfg. industry make up 20.6 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Burke County, North Carolina.

Top 5 Industries
1. Other electrical equipment and component mfg. (130 jobs lost)
2. Apparel knitting mills (101 jobs lost)
3. Employment services (58 jobs lost)
4. Plywood and engineered wood product mfg. (46 jobs lost)
5. Grocery stores (39 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Burke County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Home health care services industry has grown the most with 920 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Home health care services industry makes up 57.2 percent of the total number of new jobs in Burke County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (920 new jobs)
2. Full-service restaurants (189 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (92 new jobs)
4. Offices of physicians (44 new jobs)
5. Building equipment contractors (39 new jobs)

The total number of jobs has increased by 0.4 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are less than growth in the State of North Carolina, which experienced a gain of 2.7 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Burke County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 39.9 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of North Carolina, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 0.6 percent. The losses in the Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry in Burke County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 2.6 percent in terms of employees in the Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (39.9 percent decline)
2. Office administrative services (34.2 percent decline)
3. Plywood and engineered wood product mfg. (30.3 percent decline)
4. Specialized design services (26.7 percent decline)
5. Computer systems design and related services (25 percent decline)

Burke County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Home health care services industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 350.4 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Burke County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of North Carolina, where this industry saw a gain of 4.9 percent. The Home health care services industry in Burke County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 6.1 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (350.4 percent gain)
2. Management and technical consulting services (73.0 percent gain)
3. Unclassified (52.9 percent gain)
4. Nonresidential building construction (46.0 percent gain)
5. Personal care services (42.9 percent gain)





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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 Burke County, North Carolina

The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Burke County had a median household income level of $30,626, this level was 26.5 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $49,277. This income level is 18.2 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. In Burke County, North Carolina White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $42,064 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 0.9 percent greater than the median in 2000. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 17 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $34,581. Hispanic households in Burke County, North Carolina reported a median household income of $36,712, this median household income is 11.9 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households.

The median household income has sharply declined from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has decreased to $32,963, representing a 20.9 percent decline. Burke County, North Carolina, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 5 of 36 counties in percent of decline for income levels in the State of North Carolina. Burke County ranks 7 of 668 counties (or parishes) in terms of the decline in household income across the nation.

As the median household income witnessed a decline during the period of 2000 to 2005 in Burke County, North Carolina, the Race/Ethnicity category that saw the sharpest decline in median income was the American Indian and Alaska Native category. This group felt a decline of 63.3 percent from 2000 to 2005. The Hispanic population group was least impacted by the household income decline in Burke County, experiencing a 5.1 percent decline in household income level, since the year 2005.

Evaluated with other counties (or parishes) across the nation, Burke County, North Carolina can be considered to have a medium-low rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 10.7 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 37.7 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged 75 years and over are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Burke County, having 17.4 percent of the population in this age category living in poverty.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Burke County reported a medium-high household income of $41,686 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 10 percent lower than the median income in State of North Carolina of $45,845 and this is 17.9 percent lower than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

The poverty rate in Burke County, North Carolina has increased by 4.4 percent from the levels reported in the Decennial Census of 2000, moving from 10.7 percent to 15.1 percent.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Higher Education in Burke County, North Carolina

In Burke County, North Carolina according to the Decennial Census of 2000, 13.4 percent of the White Alone, 6.6 percent of Black or African American, 8 percent of the Asian alone and 3 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

Burke County, North Carolina may to understood as having a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 12.8 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. Burke was reported to have a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of North Carolina's proportion of 22.4 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

Since 2000, Burke has increased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has grown by 3.8 percent to a total of 16.6 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is less than the 2005 State of North Carolina percent of 25.2 and less than the US percent of 27.2.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 4.2 percent. In the year 2005, 17.2 percent of total male population (over 25), in this area, held at least a Bachelors Degree. At the same time, the percent of women (over 25) holding a BA or higher has increased by a total of 3.2 percent. By 2005, a total of 16.2 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Burke County, North Carolina, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Less than High School category, with 34.6 percent achieving this level. The female population in Burke on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors Degree or Higher) than the male population-- 12.6 percent (Men) versus 13 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the High School Diploma category, with 31.2 percent of the areas female population attaining this level of education.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Burke County, North Carolina

Burke County, North Carolina had a total estimated population of 89,399 in the year 2005. The population has increased, since its 2000 population of 89,268. This growth denotes an increase of 0.1 percent. Burke ranks 82 of 100 counties by growth in total population in North Carolina and the county ranks 1,749 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

In terms of total land area, Burke spans a total area of 507 square miles. The land areas has a medium-low population density of 176 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Napa, CA (176 per sq. mile ), Wilson, TN (176 per sq. mile ), Madison, KY (176 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Lee, MS (175 per sq. mile ), Osceola, FL (175 per sq. mile ), Baldwin, GA (175 per sq. mile ).

Since 2000, a high number of individual migrated to the Burke from another country. The international migration into Burke totals 0.7 percent of all immigration into North Carolina. This percent of immigration can be considered high when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

Burke County, North Carolina has a population base that is comprised of 84.3 percent White, 6.6 percent African American, 3.3 percent Asian, and 4.7 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a modest level of diversity in terms of race and ethnicity, with 14.6 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of North Carolina percent of 29.6. Since 2000, Burke has increased in diversity when 13.8 percent of the total population were minorities.

In 2005, the Census Bureau estimated the median age in Burke County, North Carolina to be 38.5 years of age. The median age in Burke is greater than the median age in North Carolina of 36.2. Since the year 2000, the area has seen an increase in the median age, at that time the median was 37.0 years old. With 23.4 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Burke can be understood as having a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high representation within the estimated 2005 area population, making up 62.4 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 14.3 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-low percent of the population.

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

Housing Report for Burke County, North Carolina

In the State of North Carolina, Burke County ranks 78 of 100 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 1,830 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

According to the data, there is a large amount of housing that is affordable in Burke County, North Carolina. In 2005, 64.8 percent of housing was valued under $125k.

In Burke County, the census reported 38,922 homes in the year 2005. This county has gone through a growth in housing units, adding a total of 831 homes since 2001, or 2.2 percent.

The owner-occupied dwellings in Burke County, North Carolina have moderate increases since the Census values accounted for in the year 2000. The values have increased by $9,600, or 11.2 percent, since their values in that year of $85,900.

Burke County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2005 of $95,500, published by the American Community Survey. This is less than the overall State of North Carolina 2005 median home value of $127,600 and less than median owner-occupied dwelling value of $167,500 across the nation during that year.

Burke County is made up of a small, but present proportion of residential real estate that is high priced. In 2005, the American Community Survey accounted that 1 percent residential property is valued over $500k.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Burke County, North Carolina -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Burke County is ranked at 33 of 101 total Counties throughout North Carolina by total number of jobs in 2005. This position has moved up during the time of 2001 and 2005. The County, in the year 2001, was ranked 31 of 101 Counties.

Manufacturing has a largest number of employee per establishment in Burke County, with the industry averaging 68 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's national average of 39 and greater than the State of North Carolina average establishment size of 53 for the Manufacturing industry.

In Burke County, Manufacturing, Health care and social assistance and Management of companies and enterprises industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Manufacturing industry has an LQ of 3.22. This means the percent of total employment in the Manufacturing industry is 3.22 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Burke County may specialize, or be an exporter of Manufacturing.

Administrative and waste services in the period of 2001 to 2005 had the largest increase in employment in Burke County, with an industry growth of 83.4 percent. This is greater than the industry job change at the national level of 4.5 percent. The State of North Carolina had changed in sector employment of 8 percent, in the recent period of 2001-2005.

In Burke County, Manufacturing, Health care and social assistance, and the Retail Trade industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 41.3 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 10,640 employees. The Health care and social assistance and Retail Trade industries total 18 and 10.4 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in Burke County. The industry was hit with a loss of 1,752 jobs, or 14.1 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 54.5 percent of the total jobs loss in the County.

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