Employment Report for Frontier County, Nebraska -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary
Health care and social assistance is the industry with the largest establishments in Frontier County, with the industry averaging 13 employees per business. This is less than the industry's national average of 21 and less than the Nebraska establishments size average of 23 for the Health care and social assistance industry.
In Frontier County, Retail Trade, Health care and social assistance, and the Finance and insurance sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Retail Trade provides the most jobs and contributes 20.9 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 104 individuals. The Health care and social assistance and Finance and insurance sectors account for 15.9 and 9.4 percent of total employment, respectively.
In Frontier County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Finance and insurance and Retail Trade industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry has a US LQ in the county of 4.77. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector is 4.77 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Frontier County may specialize, or be an exporter of Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.
Health care and social assistance saw the biggest increase in jobs since the year 2001 in Frontier County, with an industry growth of 19.7 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of 10.6 percent. The State of Nebraska had changed in sector employment of 11.2 percent, since the year 2001.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
Health care and social assistance is the industry with the largest establishments in Frontier County, with the industry averaging 13 employees per business. This is less than the industry's national average of 21 and less than the Nebraska establishments size average of 23 for the Health care and social assistance industry.
In Frontier County, Retail Trade, Health care and social assistance, and the Finance and insurance sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Retail Trade provides the most jobs and contributes 20.9 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 104 individuals. The Health care and social assistance and Finance and insurance sectors account for 15.9 and 9.4 percent of total employment, respectively.
In Frontier County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Finance and insurance and Retail Trade industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry has a US LQ in the county of 4.77. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector is 4.77 times greater than the US average, showing signs that Frontier County may specialize, or be an exporter of Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.
Health care and social assistance saw the biggest increase in jobs since the year 2001 in Frontier County, with an industry growth of 19.7 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of 10.6 percent. The State of Nebraska had changed in sector employment of 11.2 percent, since the year 2001.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
