In Butler County, jobs in the accounting and bookkeeping services pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the accounting and bookkeeping services industry paid the average highest wages in Butler County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Butler County received a wage of $31,304 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is less than the industry wage rate in Nebraska of $41,888 and less than then the wage for jobs in this industry in the US of $50,686.

Other top-pay jobs in Butler County, Nebraska exsists in legal services ($30,755), insurance agencies, brokerages, and related ($30,602), depository credit intermediation ($30,166) and offices of dentists ($29,265) industries. Note: Click the above Graphic 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.

Butler County Wages have increased by 15.7% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Butler County, Nebraska by a total of 15.7%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for the State of Nebraska and less 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.

Butler County Industry Wages Lag Behind Nebraska, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The average total wages in all industries in Butler County, Nebraska can be understood as being medium-low when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 29.8 percent lower than the state, which accounted an average of $32,465. The average pay was less than the overall average in the United States 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.

Butler County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

In Butler County, Nebraska, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has decreased by 25 jobs from mid-2001 to mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Butler County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 6 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry makes up 105.6 percent of the total employment growth in Butler County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (6 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)
5. Services to buildings and dwellings (3 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Butler County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Gasoline stations industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 19 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Gasoline stations industry make up 44.2 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Butler County, Nebraska.

Top 1 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (19 jobs lost)

Of the 8 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 6 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 1 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Butler County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 41.2 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined slower than the industry sector has felt in the State of Nebraska, where the industry felt a gain of . percent. The losses in the Private households industry in Butler County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 19.8 percent in terms of employment in the Private households industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (41.2 percent decline)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (41 percent decline)
3. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (22.5 percent decline)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (17.5 percent decline)
5. Gasoline stations (16.5 percent decline)

The total number of jobs has decreased by 1.4 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in the State of Nebraska, which experienced a gain of 1.0 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.

Butler County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 26.4 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Butler County has grow slower than the growth seen in the industry for Nebraska, where this industry saw a gain of 32.9 percent. The Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry in Butler County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 10.9 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 1 Industries
1. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (26.4 percent gain)





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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.

Butler County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Butler County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Depository credit intermediation industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 25.0 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Butler County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in Nebraska, where it saw a gain of 0.2 percent. The Depository credit intermediation industry in Butler County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 2 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Depository credit intermediation (25.0 percent gain)
2. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (23.0 percent gain)
3. Full-service restaurants (16.7 percent gain)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (15.0 percent gain)
5. Gasoline stations (3.6 percent gain)

Total industry employment has increased by 3.6 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than percent in Nebraska, which saw a gain of 0.9 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.0 percent.

Butler County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Private households industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 28.6 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of Nebraska, where the it saw a loss of 2.6 percent. The losses in the Private households industry in Butler County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 1.9 percent in terms of employment in the Private households industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (28.6 percent decline)
2. Building foundation and exterior contractors (26.5 percent decline)
3. Legal services (12.5 percent decline)
4. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (8 percent decline)
5. Accounting and bookkeeping services (4.1 percent decline)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Butler County

The Depository credit intermediation industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 15 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Depository credit intermediation industry makes up 54.8 percent of the total number of new jobs in Butler County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Depository credit intermediation (15 new jobs)
2. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (6 new jobs)
3. Gasoline stations (3 new jobs)
4. Building material and supplies dealers (2 new jobs)
5. Residential mental health facilities (26 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Butler County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 4 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Building foundation and exterior contractors industry make up 39.4 percent of the total job loss in Butler County, Nebraska.

Top 5 Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (4 jobs lost)
2. Private households (3 jobs lost)
3. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (2 jobs lost)
4. Legal services (1 jobs lost)
5. Building equipment contractors (22 jobs lost)

Given the 13 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 5 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 6 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

In Butler County, Nebraska, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 60 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.





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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 Butler County, Nebraska

Hispanic in Butler County, Nebraska reported a median household income of $29,250, this median household income is 31.2 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $62,888. This income level is 47.9 percent greater than the reported median for all households in the area. In Butler County, Nebraska White householders had a median income (2005 Dollars) of $42,682 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.4 percent greater than the median in 2000.

Compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the nation, Butler County reported a medium-high median income for households of $42,507 (2005 Dollars). This median is 8 percent lower than the median income in State of Nebraska of $45,923 and the median household income is 15.6 percent lower than the median for the rest of the nation, which is a reported $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Butler County, Nebraska can be considered to have a rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 8.2 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The Black or African American race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 50 percent of the people in 2000 living in poverty. The population that is aged Under 5 years are witness to the most percent living in poverty in Butler County, reporting 14.4 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.







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

In Butler County, Nebraska as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 13.6 percent of the White Alone, 0 percent of Black or African American, 71.4 percent of the Asian alone and 0 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Butler County, Nebraska can be considered to have a moderately-educated population of the working age, with 13.6 percent of the population (+25) having received at least a Bachelors Degree, as reported in the Decennial Census of 2000. Butler was reported to have a lower percent of highly educated individuals than the State of Nebraska's proportion of 23.8 percent and a lower percent than the national average of 24.4 percent.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Butler County, Nebraska, the most common level of education achieved in the area for the male population is the High School Diploma category, with 42.4 percent reaching this education level. The female population in Butler have achieved a greater level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men -- 11.6 percent (Men) versus 15.6 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 40.8 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.





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

From 2000, a medium-low amount of people have migrated to Butler internationally. The migration from outside the US into Butler accounts for 0.1 percent of all immigration into Nebraska. This level of international migration can be considered medium-low when analyzed against immigration per population in 2005.

Butler County, Nebraska had a population that was estimated at 8,720 in 2005. The total population has decreased, from the population in the year 2000 of 8,863. The decline represents a decrease of -1.6 percent. Butler ranks 47 of 93 counties when calculating total change in population for Nebraska and the county ranks 2,210 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

Butler County, Nebraska has a population that is made up of 97.1 percent White, 0.1 percent African American, 0.1 percent Asian, and 2.3 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a very modest level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 2.5 percent of the population being minorities. This is less than the State of Nebraska percent of 12.7. Since 2000, Butler has increased the percent of minority population when 1.8 percent of the total population were minorities.

When calculating the total land area, Butler encompasses a total area of 584 total square miles. The area has a very low density of 15 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Val Verde, TX (15 per sq. mile ), Callahan, TX (15 per sq. mile ), Sanpete, UT (15 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Greene, AL (15 per sq. mile ), Franklin, MS (15 per sq. mile ), Cleveland, AR (15 per sq. mile ).

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Butler County, Nebraska to be 41.5 years of age. The median in Butler is greater than the median in Nebraska of 36.2. Since 2000, the area has experienced an increase in the median, when the median age was 39.1 years of age. With a total of 24 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Butler can be described as being made up of a medium-high proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-low representation within the population, making up 58.5 percent of the population within the age category. People 65 years old and older make up 17.5 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a medium-high percent of the population base.

Datasource: Population Estimates Program, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

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).