In Billings County, jobs in the full-service restaurants pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the full-service restaurants industry reported the top wages in Billings County for 2006. The average industry job in Billings County was paid an annual wage of $4,099 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The wage rate is less than the industry pay the State of North Dakota of $10,410 and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $15,004.

Top-pay jobs in Billings County, North Dakota exsists in oilseed and grain farming (.), vegetable and melon farming (.), fruit and tree nut farming (.) and greenhouse and nursery production (.) industries. Note: Click Graph Above for Detail Comparison

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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.

Billings County Wages have increased by 39.1% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Billings County, North Dakota by a total of 39.1%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for North Dakota and greater than the growth in industry wages across the US.

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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.

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

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The average total wages in all industries in Billings County, North Dakota can be understood as being very low when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 44.8 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $30,009. The overall industry wage was less than the industry average in the US 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.

Billings County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Billings County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Full-service restaurants industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 1 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up -4.3 percent of the total employment growth in Billings County.

Top 1 Industries
1. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (14 new jobs)

In Billings County, North Dakota, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 16 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.





Employment for all industries has decreased by 5.7 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in North Dakota, which saw a gain of 7.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The losses felt were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.

Billings County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Farm product raw material merch. whls. industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 56.8 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Billings County has increased employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of North Dakota, where the industry took a loss of 2.7 percent. The Farm product raw material merch. whls. industry in Billings County outpaced the nation in terms of industry employment growth . During this period, the nation lost 7.4 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (56.8 percent gain)
2. Full-service restaurants (54.5 percent gain)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (2.3 percent gain)

Billings County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 3.9 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of North Dakota, where the industry felt a gain of 5.3 percent. The losses in the Full-service restaurants industry in Billings County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 13.2 percent in terms of employment in the Full-service restaurants industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (3.9 percent decline)





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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.

Income and Poverty in Billings County, North Dakota

When compared to other counties (or parishes) across the United States, Billings County, North Dakota may be understood as having a medium-low poverty rate amongst the population, with a poverty rate of 12.8 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The White race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 12.9 percent of the 2000 population living in poverty. People that are of the age 65 to 74 years have the largest percent of population in poverty in Billings County, reporting 18 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

Compared to counties across the United States, Billings County had a medium-low household income of $38,220 (2005 Dollars). This median is 5.9 percent lower than the household income median in State of North Dakota of $40,487 and the median household income is 28.6 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

In Billings County, North Dakota White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $38,220 as reported in 2000 by the census, which was only slightly equal to the median income in 2000.







Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Higher Education in Billings County, North Dakota

Billings County, North Dakota may to understood as having a moderately-educated population, with 18.8 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Billings has a lower percent of individuals with higher educations than the State of North Dakota's proportion of 22 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

In 2000, the Census reported that in Billings County, North Dakota, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 34.8 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Billings have attainment on average a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 11.6 percent (Men) versus 26.4 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 31 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

In Billings County, North Dakota according the 2000 Decennial Census, 18.8 percent of the White Alone, . percent of Black or African American, . percent of the Asian alone and . percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.





Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census.

Housing Report for Billings County, North Dakota

Throughout the State of North Dakota, Billings County places 47 of 53 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 3,095 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

In Billings County, there were a total of 528 housing structures in 2005. The area has seen decline in housing units, losing a sum of -1 housing units since the year 2001, or -0.2 percent.

Billings County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2000 of $56,500, reported by the Decennial Census. This median is less than the State of North Dakota 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $74,400 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the nation during that year.







Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Billings County, North Dakota -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Billings County, Retail Trade, Transportation and Warehousing, and the Construction sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Retail Trade is the largest employment industry and makes up 6.7 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 17 jobs. The Transportation and Warehousing and Construction industries make up 4.3 and 0 percent of the total jobs, respectively.

Transportation and Warehousing is the industry with the largest establishments in Billings County. In the County, the industry averages 4 employees per business. This is less than the industry's average in the United States of 19 and less than the North Dakota average establishment size of 8 for the Transportation and Warehousing industry.

Billings County is ranked number 51 of 54 total Counties compared to other Counties in State of North Dakota in terms the size of total employment in 2005. This ranking has moved up between the years 2001 and 2005. In 2001, the County was ranked 50 of 54 Counties.











Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).