Friday, February 23, 2007

Howard County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Howard County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Gasoline stations industry has added the most employment with 32 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Gasoline stations industry makes up 72.7 percent of the total growth in Howard County.

Top 3 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (32 new jobs)
2. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (8 new jobs)
3. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (4 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Howard County

The Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 6 jobs. The declines in the Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry make up 48.7 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Howard County, Nebraska.

Top 3 Industries
1. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (6 jobs lost)
2. Depository credit intermediation (5 jobs lost)
3. Specialized freight trucking (2 jobs lost)

In Howard County, Nebraska, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 22 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Out of the 7 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 3 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 3 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Howard County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 109.1 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Howard County has increased employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of Nebraska, where it saw a loss of 4 percent. The Gasoline stations industry in Howard County outpaced the United States, which experienced a lost 6.4 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (109.1 percent gain)
2. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (30.8 percent gain)
3. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (27.9 percent gain)

Howard County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 16 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Nebraska, where the industry felt a loss of 8.8 percent. The losses in the Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry in Howard County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 4 in percent of workers in the Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers industry.

Top 3 Industries
1. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (16 percent decline)
2. Depository credit intermediation (9.6 percent decline)
3. Specialized freight trucking (6.2 percent decline)

Total industry employment has increased by 3.1 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in the State of Nebraska, which saw a gain of 1.0 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains felt were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.6 percent.





About: This report is part 2 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

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

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