Friday, February 23, 2007

Nash County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

In Nash County, North Carolina, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 1,187 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Given the 95 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 47 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 48 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Nash County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Building equipment contractors industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 368 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Building equipment contractors industry makes up 14.7 percent of the total employment growth in Nash County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (368 new jobs)
2. Employment services (343 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (188 new jobs)
4. Home health care services (149 new jobs)
5. Offices of other health practitioners (123 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Nash County

The Depository credit intermediation industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 950 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Depository credit intermediation industry make up 25.3 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Nash County, North Carolina.

Top 5 Industries
1. Depository credit intermediation (950 jobs lost)
2. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (556 jobs lost)
3. Other crop farming (232 jobs lost)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (226 jobs lost)
5. Full-service restaurants (189 jobs lost)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 3.3 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than growth in the State of North Carolina, which saw a gain of 1.9 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses the area experienced were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Nash County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Book, periodical, and music stores industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 80.6 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 industry reported a loss of 29 percent. The losses in the Book, periodical, and music stores industry in Nash County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 20.9 percent in terms of employees in the Book, periodical, and music stores industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Book, periodical, and music stores (80.6 percent decline)
2. Depository credit intermediation (73.7 percent decline)
3. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (72.5 percent decline)
4. Specialized design services (55.3 percent decline)
5. Grocery and Related Product Wholesalers (54.4 percent decline)

Nash County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 184.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Nash County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of North Carolina, where it saw a loss of 0.8 percent. The Commercial machinery repair and maintenance industry in Nash County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 9.6 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Commercial machinery repair and maintenance (184.0 percent gain)
2. Office administrative services (150.0 percent gain)
3. Greenhouse and nursery production (130.2 percent gain)
4. Other schools and instruction (106.9 percent gain)
5. Logging (81.6 percent gain)





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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