Friday, February 23, 2007

Burt County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Burt County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Gasoline stations industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 34.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of Nebraska, where the it saw a loss of 4 percent. The losses in the Gasoline stations industry in Burt County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 6.4 in percent of workers in the Gasoline stations industry.

Top 4 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (34.9 percent decline)
2. Death care services (25 percent decline)
3. Depository credit intermediation (23.5 percent decline)
4. Building equipment contractors (21.5 percent decline)

Burt County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Building finishing contractors industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 109.5 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Burt County has grow faster than the industry job growth experienced in Nebraska, where the industry felt a gain of 2.5 percent. The Building finishing contractors industry in Burt County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 17.4 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building finishing contractors (109.5 percent gain)
2. Cattle ranching and farming (57.9 percent gain)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (22.0 percent gain)
4. Specialized freight trucking (16.2 percent gain)
5. Legal services (12.5 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has decreased by 11.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than growth in Nebraska, which saw a gain of 1.0 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Burt County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Gasoline stations industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 22 jobs. The declines in the Gasoline stations industry make up 45.6 percent of the employment lost during the period in Burt County, Nebraska.

Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (22 jobs lost)
2. Depository credit intermediation (18 jobs lost)
3. Building equipment contractors (7 jobs lost)
4. Death care services (2 jobs lost)
5. Nursing care facilities (31 jobs lost)

From the 11 4-digit NAICS industries, 4 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 7 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Burt County, Nebraska, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has decreased by 157 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Burt County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Cattle ranching and farming industry has grown the most with 11 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Cattle ranching and farming industry makes up 32.4 percent of the total number of new jobs in Burt County.

Top 4 Industries
1. Cattle ranching and farming (11 new jobs)
2. Building finishing contractors (8 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (5 new jobs)
4. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (3 new jobs)





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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