Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Williams CountyOf the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the
Support activities for mining industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 908 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the
Support activities for mining industry makes up 54.6 percent of the total number of new jobs in Williams County.
Top 5 Industries 1. Support activities for mining (908 new jobs)
2. Specialized freight trucking (129 new jobs)
3. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (95 new jobs)
4. Machinery and equipment rental and leasing (70 new jobs)
5. Chemical merchant wholesalers (56 new jobs)
From the 47 4-digit NAICS industries, 12 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 34 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Williams CountyThe
Individual and family services industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 112 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the
Individual and family services industry make up 40.5 percent of the employment lost during the period in Williams County, North Dakota.
Top 5 Industries 1. Individual and family services (112 jobs lost)
2. Business support services (48 jobs lost)
3. Radio and television broadcasting (25 jobs lost)
4. Oil and gas extraction (24 jobs lost)
5. General freight trucking (22 jobs lost)
In Williams County, North Dakota, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 1,859 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.
Total employment has increased by 25.2 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2001. This change is greater than growth in the State of North Dakota, which experienced a gain of 7.9 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.
Williams County Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Individual and family services industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 77 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the North Dakota, where the industry felt a loss of 0.9 percent. The losses in the
Individual and family services industry in Williams County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 35 percent in terms of employees in the
Individual and family services industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Individual and family services (77 percent decline)
2. Radio and television broadcasting (49 percent decline)
3. General freight trucking (39.9 percent decline)
4. Grantmaking and giving services (18.9 percent decline)
5. Business support services (18.1 percent decline)
Williams County Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 350.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Williams County has grow faster than the growth seen in the industry for North Dakota, where the industry took a loss of 17.1 percent. The
Electronic markets and agents and brokers industry in Williams County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 29.2 percent.
Top 5 Industries 1. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (350.0 percent gain)
2. Specialized freight trucking (196.0 percent gain)
3. Machinery and equipment rental and leasing (141.6 percent gain)
4. Support activities for mining (129.8 percent gain)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (122.5 percent gain)
About: This report is part 2 of 6 in the
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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.
