Friday, February 23, 2007

Barnes County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Barnes County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 95.7 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Barnes County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of North Dakota, where the industry felt a gain of 35.4 percent. The Building foundation and exterior contractors industry in Barnes County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 20.8 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (95.7 percent gain)
2. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (61.5 percent gain)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (53.7 percent gain)
4. Residential building construction (46.7 percent gain)
5. Legal services (32.4 percent gain)

Barnes County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Offices of other health practitioners industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 32.7 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the North Dakota, where the industry sector experienced a gain of 37.9 percent. The losses in the Offices of other health practitioners industry in Barnes County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 26.1 percent in terms of employment in the Offices of other health practitioners industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Offices of other health practitioners (32.7 percent decline)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (31.3 percent decline)
3. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (28.7 percent decline)
4. Traveler accommodation (22.2 percent decline)
5. Full-service restaurants (18.8 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 0.4 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are less than growth in North Dakota, which went through a gain of 7.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were less than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

In Barnes County, North Dakota, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 14 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Barnes County

Given the industries in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 37 jobs. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 29.3 percent of the employment lost during the period in Barnes County, North Dakota.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (37 jobs lost)
2. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (17 jobs lost)
3. Civic and social organizations (17 jobs lost)
4. Traveler accommodation (12 jobs lost)
5. Nonresidential building construction (12 jobs lost)

Out of the 23 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 13 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 10 industries reported a drop in employment.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Barnes County

The Services to buildings and dwellings industry has grown the most with 22 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Services to buildings and dwellings industry makes up 24.4 percent of the total employment growth in Barnes County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Services to buildings and dwellings (22 new jobs)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (15 new jobs)
3. Residential building construction (14 new jobs)
4. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (12 new jobs)
5. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (8 new jobs)





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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