In Ocean County, jobs in the power generation and supply pay the highest wages

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Jobs in the power generation and supply industry reported the top wages in Ocean County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in Ocean County earned an annual wage of $86,201 in 2006. The annual wage is less than the average industry wage in the State of New Jersey of $87,260 and greater than then the pay for jobs in this industry across the nation of $76,551.

Other top-pay jobs in Ocean County, New Jersey exsists in nondepository credit intermediation ($83,480), management and technical consulting services ($79,185), securities and commodity contracts brokerage ($76,851) and office administrative services ($65,035) 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.

Ocean County Wages have increased by 18.7% Since 2001

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From 2001 to 2006, average industry wages increased in Ocean County, New Jersey by a total of 18.7%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for New Jersey and greater than the growth in average industry wages for the United States.

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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.

Ocean County Industry Wages Lag Behind New Jersey, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Wages in all industries in Ocean County, New Jersey when analyzed can be understood as being relatively low when compared to other Counties throughout the state in the 2nd quarter of 2006. The industry wages are 32.1 percent lower than the with an state average of $48,393. 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.

Ocean County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Total industry employment has increased by 12.9 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than percent in the State of New Jersey, which experienced a gain of 0.7 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains in the area were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Ocean County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Electronic shopping and mail-order houses industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 88.8 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 New Jersey, where the it saw a loss of 26.2 percent. The losses in the Electronic shopping and mail-order houses industry in Ocean County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States lost 2.8 in percent of workers in the Electronic shopping and mail-order houses industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (88.8 percent decline)
2. Other ground passenger transportation (68.9 percent decline)
3. Book, periodical, and music stores (68.1 percent decline)
4. Taxi and limousine service (67.9 percent decline)
5. Office furniture and fixtures manufacturing (59 percent decline)

Ocean County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Private households industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 438.4 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Ocean County has added employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of New Jersey, where the industry took a gain of 254.3 percent. The Private households industry in Ocean County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 19.8 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (438.4 percent gain)
2. Facilities support services (375.3 percent gain)
3. Nondepository credit intermediation (318.7 percent gain)
4. Educational support services (231.5 percent gain)
5. Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers (200.9 percent gain)

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Ocean County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Home health care services industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 1,458 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Home health care services industry makes up 7.3 percent of the total growth in Ocean County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (1,458 new jobs)
2. Limited-service eating places (1,338 new jobs)
3. Services to buildings and dwellings (945 new jobs)
4. Nursing care facilities (795 new jobs)
5. Building equipment contractors (717 new jobs)

Out of the 153 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 50 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 103 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Ocean County, New Jersey, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 14,409 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Ocean County

The Electronic shopping and mail-order houses industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 928 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Electronic shopping and mail-order houses industry make up 14.2 percent of the employment lost during the period in Ocean County, New Jersey.

Top 5 Industries
1. Electronic shopping and mail-order houses (928 jobs lost)
2. Employment services (685 jobs lost)
3. General medical and surgical hospitals (658 jobs lost)
4. Other general merchandise stores (552 jobs lost)
5. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (532 jobs lost)





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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.

Ocean County One-Year Industry Employment Change

In Ocean County, New Jersey, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 3,368 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Out of the 159 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 74 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 84 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Ocean County

Given the industries in the area, the Drinking places, alcoholic beverages industry witnessed the largest drop in employment, losing a total of 360 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Drinking places, alcoholic beverages industry make up 10.2 percent of the total employment decline in Ocean County, New Jersey.

Top 5 Industries
1. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (360 jobs lost)
2. Outpatient care centers (317 jobs lost)
3. Book, periodical, and music stores (260 jobs lost)
4. Grocery stores (256 jobs lost)
5. Activities related to credit intermediation (208 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Ocean County

The Full-service restaurants industry has grown the most with 786 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 11.8 percent of the total employment growth in Ocean County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (786 new jobs)
2. Nursing care facilities (510 new jobs)
3. Limited-service eating places (494 new jobs)
4. Services to buildings and dwellings (384 new jobs)
5. Home health care services (373 new jobs)

Total industry employment has increased by 2.8 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). These figures are greater than growth in New Jersey, which saw a gain of 1.0 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter). The gains felt were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Ocean County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 112.9 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Ocean County has added employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in New Jersey, where the industry felt a loss of 10.9 percent. The Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals industry in Ocean County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 2.2 percent of the employment in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Coating, engraving, and heat treating metals (112.9 percent gain)
2. Household goods repair and maintenance (71.8 percent gain)
3. Private households (66.5 percent gain)
4. Independent artists, writers, and performers (62.8 percent gain)
5. Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks (47.1 percent gain)

Ocean County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Activities related to credit intermediation industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 72.7 percent from 2005 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of New Jersey, where the industry reported a loss of 3 percent. The losses in the Activities related to credit intermediation industry in Ocean County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation gained 5.4 percent in terms of employment in the Activities related to credit intermediation industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Activities related to credit intermediation (72.7 percent decline)
2. Taxi and limousine service (66.5 percent decline)
3. Book, periodical, and music stores (63.1 percent decline)
4. Management of companies and enterprises (33.8 percent decline)
5. Greenhouse and nursery production (33.3 percent decline)





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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 Ocean County, New Jersey

The median household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted values in 2000. The income level has decreased to $52,065, representing a 4.2 percent decline. Ocean County, New Jersey, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 9 of 17 counties in percent of decline for the household income level in the State of New Jersey. Ocean County ranks 498 of 668 counties (or parishes) when analyzing the decline in household income across the nation.

The poverty rate in Ocean County, New Jersey has increased by 0.4 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 7 percent to 7.4 percent.

Compared to counties across the United States, Ocean County had a relatively high median income for all households of $54,338 (2005 Dollars). This median is 18.7 percent lower than the median income in State of New Jersey of $64,521 and the median is 9.6 percent higher than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

As the median income level saw a decline from 2000 to 2005 in Ocean County, New Jersey, the Race/Ethnicity category that felt the biggest decline in household income was the American Indian and Alaska Native Race/Ethnicity category. This category went through a decline of 34.7 percent in the last five years. The Hispanic population group was least impacted by the household income decline in Ocean County, undergoing a 3.5 percent increase in median income, since the values reported in the 2000 Decennial Census.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Ocean County, New Jersey can be considered to have a rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 7.0 percent of the individuals existing in families with incomes under the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population category, holds the highest rate of poverty with 22.4 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 Ocean County, having 13.8 percent of this age group in the area living in poverty.

In Ocean County, New Jersey White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $54,341 as reported by the Decennial Census of 2000, which was only slightly greater than the median in 2000. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 4.3 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $52,012. Hispanic in Ocean County, New Jersey , as reported in 2000, had a median household income of $50,511, which is 7 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $79,670. This median is 46.6 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. The households that were headed by an American Indian and Alaska Native individual in Ocean County reported a median household income of $44,004, this was 19 percent less than the areas median level for all households.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Higher Education in Ocean County, New Jersey

According to the 2000 Decennial Census in Ocean County, New Jersey, many men in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 34.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in Ocean have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 22 percent (Men) versus 17.4 percent (Women). A high proportion of the female population in the area has reached the High School Diploma category, with 40.2 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

Since the year 2000, Ocean has increased in the percent of the total population (+25) with a BA or Higher. The portion of this population has grown by 3.2 percent to a total of 22.6 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is less than the State of New Jersey percent of 34.2 and less than the United States percent of 27.2.

In Ocean County, New Jersey according the 2000 Decennial Census, 19.4 percent of the White Alone, 15.2 percent of Black or African American, 48 percent of the Asian alone and 12.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

Ocean County, New Jersey is made up of a highly-educated 2000 population, with 19.4 percent of the population (+25) having received a BA or higher, as reported the 2000 Decennial Census. Ocean was reported to have a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of New Jersey's proportion of 29.8 percent and a lower percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of male population that is highly educated has increased by 3.4 percent. By 2005, 25.4 percent of the total male population, in the area, has obtained at least a Bachelors Degree. From 2000 to 2005, the percent of women with a Bachelors or Higher has increased by a total of 2.6 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 20 percent of the total female population achieved this high level of education.

Datasource: U.S. Bureau of the Census. 2000 Decennial Census. 2005 American Community Survey.

Demographic Profile for Ocean County, New Jersey

Since 2000, a medium-high number of individuals have migrated to Ocean internationally. The migration from outside the US into Ocean accounts for 1.3 percent of all immigration into New Jersey. This percent of international migration is medium-high when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

Ocean County, New Jersey had an estimated population of 558,341 in 2005. The estimated population has increased sharply, since its 2000 population of 513,710. This growth denotes an increase of 8.7 percent. Ocean ranks 1 of 21 counties when calculating total change in population for New Jersey and the county ranks 72 of 3,141 counties by growth in county population in the United States.

Ocean County, New Jersey has a population that is made up of 88.2 percent White, 3.1 percent African American, 1.6 percent Asian, and 6.3 percent Hispanic. The population mix can be considered to have a modest amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 11.0 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is less than the State of New Jersey percent of 35.6. Since 2000, Ocean has increased the level of diversity when 9.3 percent of the population were minorities.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Ocean County, New Jersey to be 40.8 years old. The median in Ocean is greater than the median age in the State of New Jersey of 38.0. From 2000, the area has seen a decline in the median, when the median age was 41.0 years of age. With 23.2 percent of the 2005 population being made up of children and youth younger than 18, Ocean can be described as being made up of a medium-high percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a relatively low presence of the 2005 population base, with 55.8 percent of the population makes up this age category. The retirement (65 and over) age group comprises 21 percent of the total population base. Compared to other counties throughout the nation, this represents a relatively high percent of the population.

By measuring total land area, Ocean spans a total of 636 total square miles. The area has a high density of 878 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Davis, UT (881 per sq. mile ), Travis, TX (898 per sq. mile ), Wake, NC (900 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Clarke, GA (865 per sq. mile ), Muscogee, GA (857 per sq. mile ), King, WA (844 per sq. mile ).

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

Housing Report for Ocean County, New Jersey

In Ocean County, the real estate market was made up of 268,843 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding in all 13,615 residential units since 2001, or 5.3 percent.

The residential real estate values in Ocean County, New Jersey have increased very sharply since the Census values accounted for in the year 2000. The values have increased by $148,600, or 113.2 percent, since 2000 when they were valued at $131,300.

Ocean County had an owner-occupied dwelling median in 2005 of $279,900, accounted by the American Community Survey. This home value is less than the State of New Jersey 2005 home median value of $333,900 and greater than median home value of $167,500 across the United States during the same year.

The State of New Jersey, Ocean County places 5 of 21 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 776 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

Ocean County has a relatively high percentage of homes that are high in price. In 2005, the American Community Survey counted that 13.6 percent residential property is valued over $500k.

There seems to be a limited amount affordable residential real estate in Ocean County, New Jersey. In 2005, 13.1 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for Ocean County, New Jersey -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

In Ocean County, Arts, entertainment, and recreation, Health care and social assistance and Utilities industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Arts, entertainment, and recreation industry has a US LQ in the county of 2.58. The level of employment in the Arts, entertainment, and recreation sector is 2.58 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Ocean County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Arts, entertainment, and recreation.

Utilities has a largest number of employee per establishment in Ocean County. In the County, the industry averages 46 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's average in the United States of 34 and greater than the New Jersey typical size of 41 for the Utilities industry.

In Ocean County, Retail Trade, Health care and social assistance, and the Accommodation and food services industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Retail Trade produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 22.2 percent of total employment in the county, making up 26,758 employees. The Health care and social assistance and Accommodation and food services sectors provide 22.1 and 9.8 percent of total employment, respectively.

Manufacturing saw the largest loss of employment between the years 2001-2005 in Ocean County. The industry was hit with a loss of 325 total jobs during the period, accounting for 5.2 percent of the employment in the industry. This made up a total of 48.9 percent of all county employment losses since 2001.

Educational services saw the biggest increase in jobs since the year 2001 in Ocean County, moving a total of 46.8 percent. This is greater than the industry employment change in the United States of 13.8 percent. The State of New Jersey saw a change in employment in the sector of 10 percent, during the period of 2001 to 2005.







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