In Pierce County, jobs in the cattle ranching and farming pay the highest wages

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Individuals that are employed in the cattle ranching and farming industry had the highest average wages in Pierce County for 2006. The average industry job in Pierce County received a wage of $27,267 in 2006. The annual wage is greater than the industry wage in Nebraska of $25,896 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $25,264.

Other top-pay jobs in Pierce County, Nebraska may be found in misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers ($25,748), automotive repair and maintenance ($25,504), machinery and supply merchant wholesalers ($25,497) and legal services ($24,497) industries. Note: For Detail Comparison, Click the Above Graph

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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.

Pierce County Wages have increased by 33.8% Since 2001

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Industry wages, from 2001 to 2006, have increased in Pierce County, Nebraska by a total of 33.8%. This is greater than the growth in wages for the State of Nebraska and greater 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.

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

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Total wages in all industries in Pierce County, Nebraska can be described as medium-low when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 30.6 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.

Pierce County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

From the 14 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 5 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 9 industries reported employment loss in the period.

In Pierce County, Nebraska, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 27 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Pierce County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Specialized freight trucking industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 36 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Specialized freight trucking industry makes up 50.0 percent of the total number of new jobs in Pierce County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (36 new jobs)
2. Cattle ranching and farming (9 new jobs)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (5 new jobs)
4. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (5 new jobs)
5. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (5 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Pierce County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 40 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 60.2 percent of the total employment decline in Pierce County, Nebraska.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (40 jobs lost)
2. Gasoline stations (19 jobs lost)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (5 jobs lost)
4. Legal services (1 jobs lost)
5. Cattle ranching and farming (9 jobs lost)

Pierce County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Specialized freight trucking industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 72.0 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Pierce County has added employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of Nebraska, where the industry took a gain of 11.8 percent. The Specialized freight trucking industry in Pierce County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 6.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (72.0 percent gain)
2. Offices of dentists (48.1 percent gain)
3. Cattle ranching and farming (27.7 percent gain)
4. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (21.9 percent gain)
5. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (16.0 percent gain)

Pierce County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 48.8 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 has experienced in the State of Nebraska, where the industry reported a gain of 14.3 percent. The losses in the Full-service restaurants industry in Pierce County outpaced the United States in terms of percentage decline of industry employment. In this period, the United States gained 13.2 percent in terms of employment in the Full-service restaurants industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (48.8 percent decline)
2. Gasoline stations (22.9 percent decline)
3. Building material and supplies dealers (21.1 percent decline)
4. Legal services (18.2 percent decline)
5. Building equipment contractors (5.4 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 1.9 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than percent in the State of Nebraska, experiencing a gain of 1.0 percent since 2001 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain experienced overall in the US of 2.6 percent.





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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.

Pierce County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Pierce County

The Full-service restaurants industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 23 jobs. The declines in the Full-service restaurants industry make up 45.1 percent of the total job loss in Pierce County, Nebraska.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (23 jobs lost)
2. Grocery stores (10 jobs lost)
3. Building foundation and exterior contractors (7 jobs lost)
4. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (5 jobs lost)
5. Offices of dentists (3 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Pierce County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Specialized freight trucking industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 18 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Specialized freight trucking industry makes up 44.2 percent of the total growth in Pierce County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (18 new jobs)
2. Cattle ranching and farming (10 new jobs)
3. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (8 new jobs)
4. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (2 new jobs)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (2 new jobs)

Of the 15 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 8 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 6 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Pierce County, Nebraska, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 15 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total industry employment has increased by 1 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in the State of Nebraska, which saw a gain of 0.9 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains the area experienced were less than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.0 percent.

Pierce County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Full-service restaurants industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 35.2 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry has seen in the Nebraska, where the industry felt a loss of 1.1 percent. The losses in the Full-service restaurants industry in Pierce County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 2.2 in percent of jobs in the Full-service restaurants industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (35.2 percent decline)
2. Offices of dentists (16.7 percent decline)
3. Farm product raw material merch. whls. (16.1 percent decline)
4. Grocery stores (13.8 percent decline)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (12.6 percent decline)

Pierce County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Drinking places, alcoholic beverages industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 67.6 percent from 2005 to 2006. This industry in Pierce County has added employment faster than the growth seen in the industry for Nebraska, where it saw a loss of 3.6 percent. The Drinking places, alcoholic beverages industry in Pierce County outpaced the national average, which felt a lost 1.5 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (67.6 percent gain)
2. Cattle ranching and farming (31.9 percent gain)
3. Specialized freight trucking (25.9 percent gain)
4. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (6.4 percent gain)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (3.3 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.

Income and Poverty in Pierce County, Nebraska

Hispanic households in Pierce County, Nebraska , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $47,775, this income level is 26.7 percent greater than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Pierce County had a median household income level of $7,313, this was 80.6 percent less than the median level for total households in the area. In Pierce County, Nebraska White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $37,785 according to the 2000 Dencennial Census, which was 0.2 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. The Asian householders in the area have reported their median household incomes at $29,250. This median income level is 22.5 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Pierce County was reported to have a medium-low household income of $37,720 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 21.7 percent lower than the household income median in State of Nebraska of $45,923 and this is 30.3 percent lower than the median in the US, which is $49,133.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, Pierce County, Nebraska can be understood to have a medium-low rate of poverty among its population, accounting a rate of 11.8 percent of the population with family incomes below the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic group, represents the largest rate of poverty with 68.8 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Pierce County, reporting 24.3 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.







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

Demographic Profile for Pierce County, Nebraska

Pierce County, Nebraska had a population of 7,600 in 2005. The total population has decreased, since the 2000 total population of 7,851. The decline signifies a decrease of -3.2 percent. Pierce ranks 63 of 93 counties in terms of population growth in Nebraska and the county ranks 2,430 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.

Pierce County, Nebraska has a population that is made up of 98.4 percent White, 0.1 percent African American, 0.2 percent Asian, and 0.8 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a very modest level of racial and ethnic diversity, with 1.1 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of Nebraska percent of 12.7. Since 2000, Pierce has increased in diversity when 1.0 percent of the people were minorities.

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Pierce County, Nebraska to be 39.5 years of age. The median age in Pierce is greater than the median age for the State of Nebraska of 36.2. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in the median, when the median age was 38.1 years of age. With a total of 24.7 percent of the population in the year 2005 being made up of individuals less than 18 years old, Pierce can be understood as having a medium-high percent of individuals under 18. The working age population group (18-64) has a medium-low presence of the population, with 60.7 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 14.6 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-low percent of the population.

When calculating the total land area, Pierce extends a total area of 574 square miles. The county has a very low density of 13 persons per square mile, in 2005. Other US counties with similar densities include: -- more densely populated -- Washington, ME (13 per sq. mile ), Natrona, WY (13 per sq. mile ), Grant, KS (13 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Morgan, UT (13 per sq. mile ), Red River, TX (13 per sq. mile ), Pratt, KS (13 per sq. mile ).

Since 2000, a low number of individual migrated to the Pierce internationally. The international migration into Pierce totals 0 percent of the total migration into the State of Nebraska. This amount of international migration is low when compared to international migration per 2005 population.

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

Housing Report for Pierce County, Nebraska

Pierce County recorded a median home value in 2000 of $59,900, published by the Decennial Census. This home value is less than the State of Nebraska 2000 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $88,000 and less than median home value of $119,600 across the United States during the same year.

Throughout the State of Nebraska, Pierce County is positioned 30 of 93 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 1,949 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

There is a large amount of affordable housing in Pierce County, Nebraska. In 2000, 92.7 percent of residential real estate was valued under $125,000.

In Pierce County, the real estate market was made up of 3,332 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding all together 65 housing units since the year 2001, or 2 percent.





Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Pierce County, Nebraska -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Pierce County ranks 48 of 94 total Counties throughout Nebraska according to the relatively size of the employment base in the year 2005. This ranking has moved up between the years 2001 and 2005. In 2001, the County was ranked 47 of 94 Counties.

In Pierce County, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade, and the Construction industries are the largest employment industries. The Health care and social assistance is the largest employment industry and makes up 18 percent of the total county employment. This totals 256 jobs. The Retail Trade and Construction sectors account for 15.5 and 12.9 percent of industry employment.

Health care and social assistance is the industry with the largest establishments in Pierce County, averaging 18 jobs per place of business. This is less than the industry's average in the United States of 21 and less than the Nebraska average establishment size of 23 for the Health care and social assistance industry.

In Pierce County, Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Transportation and Warehousing and Wholesale trade industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting industry has an LQ of 3.14. The level of employment in the Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting sector is 3.14 times greater than the national average, signifying that Pierce County may specialize, or be an exporter of Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting.

Manufacturing is the industry that has seen the largest increase in jobs from the year 2001 to the present in Pierce County, growing by 133.3 percent. This is greater than the rate of employment change across the nation of -13.4 percent. The State of Nebraska had an industry job change of -8.3 percent, in the recent period of 2001-2005.







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