Monday, October 30, 2006

Employment Report for Warren County, New York -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Administrative and waste services is the industry with the largest change in employment since the year 2001 in Warren County, increasing by 62.8 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of 4.5 percent. The State of New York went through a industry job change of -2.7 percent, in the period of time since 2001.

In Warren County, Health care and social assistance, Retail Trade, and the Accommodation and food services industries are the largest employment industries. The Health care and social assistance is the largest employment industry and makes up 18.4 percent of total employment in the county, making up 5,947 employees. The Retail Trade and Accommodation and food services industries total 17.5 and 15.2 percent of total employment, respectively.

Information between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Warren County. The sector dealt with a loss of 243 jobs during the period, or 19.7 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 76.2 percent of all employment losses in the county.

In Warren County, Arts, entertainment, and recreation, Accommodation and food services and Health care and social assistance have the highest US LQ in 2005. The Arts, entertainment, and recreation sector in the county has a location quotient of 2.25. The level of employment in the Arts, entertainment, and recreation sector is 2.25 times greater than the national average, signifying that Warren County may specialize, or be an exporter of Arts, entertainment, and recreation.

Utilities has the largest employers in Warren County, averaging 69 employees per business. This is greater than the industry's average at the national level of 34 and less than the State of New York establishments size average of 103 for the Utilities industry.







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

 

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