Merrick County Five-Year Industry Employment Change
Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Merrick County
The Building equipment contractors industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 11 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Building equipment contractors industry makes up 30.6 percent of the total number of new jobs in Merrick County.
Top 3 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (11 new jobs)
2. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (10 new jobs)
3. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (7 new jobs)
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Merrick County
From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Gasoline stations industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 15 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Gasoline stations industry make up 56.4 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Merrick County, Nebraska.
Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (15 jobs lost)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (10 jobs lost)
3. Oilseed and grain farming (2 jobs lost)
4. General freight trucking (69 jobs lost)
5. Private households (47 jobs lost)
Of the 9 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 3 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 6 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.
In Merrick County, Nebraska, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 84 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.
Merrick 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 60.6 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Merrick County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Nebraska, where it saw a gain of 32.9 percent. The Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry in Merrick County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 10.9 percent.
Top 5 Industries
1. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (60.6 percent gain)
2. Building equipment contractors (56.9 percent gain)
3. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (14.7 percent gain)
4. Offices of dentists (10.4 percent gain)
5. Depository credit intermediation (7.5 percent gain)
Merrick County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment
The Building material and supplies dealers industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 37.2 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Nebraska, where the it saw a gain of 15.9 percent. The losses in the Building material and supplies dealers industry in Merrick County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 20 percent in terms of employment in the Building material and supplies dealers industry.
Top 3 Industries
1. Building material and supplies dealers (37.2 percent decline)
2. Gasoline stations (21.2 percent decline)
3. Oilseed and grain farming (12.8 percent decline)
Total industry employment has increased by 6 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in Nebraska, which saw a gain of 1.0 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.
The Building equipment contractors industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 11 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Building equipment contractors industry makes up 30.6 percent of the total number of new jobs in Merrick County.
Top 3 Industries
1. Building equipment contractors (11 new jobs)
2. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (10 new jobs)
3. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (7 new jobs)
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Merrick County
From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Gasoline stations industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 15 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Gasoline stations industry make up 56.4 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Merrick County, Nebraska.
Top 5 Industries
1. Gasoline stations (15 jobs lost)
2. Building material and supplies dealers (10 jobs lost)
3. Oilseed and grain farming (2 jobs lost)
4. General freight trucking (69 jobs lost)
5. Private households (47 jobs lost)
Of the 9 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each quarter, 3 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 6 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.
In Merrick County, Nebraska, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 84 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.
Merrick 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 60.6 percent from the 2001 (Q2) to the 2006 (Q2). This industry in Merrick County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Nebraska, where it saw a gain of 32.9 percent. The Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related industry in Merrick County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 10.9 percent.
Top 5 Industries
1. Insurance agencies, brokerages, and related (60.6 percent gain)
2. Building equipment contractors (56.9 percent gain)
3. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (14.7 percent gain)
4. Offices of dentists (10.4 percent gain)
5. Depository credit intermediation (7.5 percent gain)
Merrick County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment
The Building material and supplies dealers industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 37.2 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the Nebraska, where the it saw a gain of 15.9 percent. The losses in the Building material and supplies dealers industry in Merrick County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 20 percent in terms of employment in the Building material and supplies dealers industry.
Top 3 Industries
1. Building material and supplies dealers (37.2 percent decline)
2. Gasoline stations (21.2 percent decline)
3. Oilseed and grain farming (12.8 percent decline)
Total industry employment has increased by 6 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in Nebraska, which saw a gain of 1.0 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

