Employment Report for Los Alamos County, New Mexico -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary
Transportation and Warehousing has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in Los Alamos County, with a job growth of 25 percent. This is greater than the United States industry change in employment of -1 percent. The State of New Mexico underwent a employment change in the industry of 3.6 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.
Administrative and waste services is the industry with the largest establishments in Los Alamos County. The industry averages 79 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the US industry average of 19 and greater than the New Mexico typical size of 18 for the Administrative and waste services industry.
Professional and technical services since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in Los Alamos County. The sector dealt with a loss of 207 employees during the period, or 14.3 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 64.7 percent of all employment losses in the county.
In Los Alamos County, Administrative and waste services, Professional and technical services and Real estate and rental and leasing industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Administrative and waste services sector has a United State LQ of 4.64. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Administrative and waste services sector is 4.64 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Los Alamos may be an exporter of products or services of Administrative and waste services.
In Los Alamos County, Administrative and waste services, Professional and technical services, and the Health care and social assistance sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Administrative and waste services provides the most jobs and contributes 33.9 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 2,450 individuals. The Professional and technical services and Health care and social assistance industries make up 17.1 and 13.6 percent of the total jobs, respectively.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
Transportation and Warehousing has had the highest level of job growth from 2001-2005 in Los Alamos County, with a job growth of 25 percent. This is greater than the United States industry change in employment of -1 percent. The State of New Mexico underwent a employment change in the industry of 3.6 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.
Administrative and waste services is the industry with the largest establishments in Los Alamos County. The industry averages 79 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the US industry average of 19 and greater than the New Mexico typical size of 18 for the Administrative and waste services industry.
Professional and technical services since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in Los Alamos County. The sector dealt with a loss of 207 employees during the period, or 14.3 percent of jobs in the industry. The losses in this industry made up 64.7 percent of all employment losses in the county.
In Los Alamos County, Administrative and waste services, Professional and technical services and Real estate and rental and leasing industries, in terms of United States location quotient, are the most dominant in the region. The Administrative and waste services sector has a United State LQ of 4.64. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Administrative and waste services sector is 4.64 times more than the average percent in the United States, revealing signs that Los Alamos may be an exporter of products or services of Administrative and waste services.
In Los Alamos County, Administrative and waste services, Professional and technical services, and the Health care and social assistance sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Administrative and waste services provides the most jobs and contributes 33.9 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 2,450 individuals. The Professional and technical services and Health care and social assistance industries make up 17.1 and 13.6 percent of the total jobs, respectively.
Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
