Monday, October 30, 2006

Employment Report for Butler County, Nebraska -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

The Retail Trade sector has decreased the most in local industry presence in Butler County, from the year 2001 to 2005, accounting for 25.9 percent of total employment for the year 2001 to 17.7 percent of employment in 2005.

In Butler County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Wholesale trade sectors, in terms of total employment, are the largest. Manufacturing is the major employer in the county making up 33.1 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 550 individuals. The Retail Trade and Wholesale trade industries make up 17.7 and 6.5 percent of industry employment.

In Butler County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Manufacturing and Retail Trade industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry has an LQ of 4.29. The level of employment in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector is 4.29 times greater than the national average, signifying that Butler County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.

Butler County is ranked at 41 of 94 Counties throughout the State of Nebraska in terms the size of total employment in 2005. This ranking has moved up during the time of 2001 and 2005. The County, in the year 2001, was ranked 40 of 94 Counties.

Wholesale trade is an attractive industry due to its high level of job growth since the year 2001 in Butler County, growing by 38.5 percent. This is greater than the rate of industry employment change in the United States of 0.4 percent. The State of Nebraska experienced a change in employment in the sector of -4.6 percent, during the period of 2001 to 2005.

Manufacturing has the largest businesses in Butler County. In the County, the industry averages 42 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's average in the United States of 39 and less than the State of Nebraska average establishment size of 49 for the Manufacturing industry.

Retail Trade since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in Butler County. The industry lost a total of 145 jobs, or 33 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 87.3 percent of all county employment losses since 2001.



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

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