Eddy County Industry Wages Lag Behind North Dakota, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Wages in all industries in Eddy County, North Dakota when analyzed can be described as relatively low when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 30.5 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $30,009. The average pay 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.

Eddy County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

In Eddy County, North Dakota, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 1 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Eddy County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Residential building construction industry has grown the most with 9 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Residential building construction industry makes up -36.0 percent of the total number of new jobs in Eddy County.

Top 1 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (25 new jobs)





Eddy County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Residential building construction industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 55.1 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the North Dakota, where the it saw a gain of 36.7 percent. The losses in the Residential building construction industry in Eddy County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 30.6 percent in terms of employees in the Residential building construction industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Residential building construction (55.1 percent decline)

Eddy County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 211.1 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Eddy County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of North Dakota, where it saw a gain of 5.3 percent. The Full-service restaurants industry in Eddy County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 13.2 percent of the industry employment.

Top 1 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (211.1 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has increased by 0.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is less than growth in North Dakota, which saw a gain of 7.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains were less than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.





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.