Mercer County Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
Legal services industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 30.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Mercer County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of North Dakota, where the industry felt a gain of 1.4 percent. The
Legal services industry in Mercer County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation gained 8.3 percent.
Top 5 Industries 1. Legal services (30.0 percent gain)
2. Services to buildings and dwellings (22.4 percent gain)
3. Residential building construction (15.8 percent gain)
4. Specialized freight trucking (15.6 percent gain)
5. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (9.7 percent gain)
Mercer County Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Full-service restaurants industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 35.3 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has seen in the North Dakota, where the industry reported a gain of 5.3 percent. The losses in the
Full-service restaurants industry in Mercer County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 13.2 percent in terms of employees in the
Full-service restaurants industry.
Top 4 Industries 1. Full-service restaurants (35.3 percent decline)
2. Accounting and bookkeeping services (25 percent decline)
3. Building equipment contractors (18 percent decline)
4. Limited-service eating places (11.3 percent decline)
Total industry employment has increased by 17.5 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in the State of North Dakota, which experienced a gain of 7.9 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Mercer CountyThe
Full-service restaurants industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 44 jobs in that time period. The declines in the
Full-service restaurants industry make up 66.2 percent of the employment lost during the period in Mercer County, North Dakota.
Top 5 Industries 1. Full-service restaurants (44 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (12 jobs lost)
3. Building equipment contractors (9 jobs lost)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (2 jobs lost)
5. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (46 jobs lost)
Of the 11 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 4 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 7 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.
In Mercer County, North Dakota, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 687 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.
Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Mercer CountyFrom the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the
Services to buildings and dwellings industry has grown the most with 13 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the
Services to buildings and dwellings industry makes up 46.9 percent of the total growth in Mercer County.
Top 4 Industries 1. Services to buildings and dwellings (13 new jobs)
2. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (6 new jobs)
3. Legal services (3 new jobs)
4. Specialized freight trucking (2 new jobs)
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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.
