Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Dona Ana County Industry Wages Lag Behind New Mexico, and Wages Lag Behind the United States


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The average total wages in all industries in Dona Ana County, New Mexico when analyzed can be understood as being medium-high when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 21.6 percent lower than the reported averages in the state of $32,032. The average pay was less than the US average pay of $40,259.

About: These facts are part of the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

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

Friday, February 23, 2007

Dona Ana County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

In Dona Ana County, New Mexico, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 6,967 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Dona Ana County

The Full-service restaurants industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 723 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 8.4 percent of the total number of new jobs in Dona Ana County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (723 new jobs)
2. Offices of physicians (687 new jobs)
3. Home health care services (531 new jobs)
4. Limited-service eating places (461 new jobs)
5. Building equipment contractors (451 new jobs)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Dona Ana County

Given the industries in the area, the Support activities for crop production industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 569 jobs. The declines in the Support activities for crop production industry make up 19.0 percent of the total job loss in Dona Ana County, New Mexico.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for crop production (569 jobs lost)
2. Business support services (377 jobs lost)
3. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (349 jobs lost)
4. Grocery stores (268 jobs lost)
5. Scientific research and development services (198 jobs lost)

Out of the 116 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 37 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 79 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

Dona Ana County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Travel arrangement and reservation services industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 66.5 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter) to 2006 (2nd Quarter). These losses have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of New Mexico, where the it saw a loss of 35.6 percent. The losses in the Travel arrangement and reservation services industry in Dona Ana County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 22.6 percent in terms of employees in the Travel arrangement and reservation services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Travel arrangement and reservation services (66.5 percent decline)
2. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (66 percent decline)
3. Petroleum merchant wholesalers (52.1 percent decline)
4. Business support services (51.8 percent decline)
5. Community care facilities for the elderly (51.7 percent decline)

Total employment has increased by 16.6 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are greater than growth in New Mexico, which went through a gain of 10.5 percent from the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains were greater than than the gain seen for the United States of 2.6 percent.

Dona Ana County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Home health care services industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 265.9 percent from the 2nd quarter of 2001 to the 2nd quarter of 2006. This industry sector in Dona Ana County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for New Mexico, where the industry took a gain of 158.6 percent. The Home health care services industry in Dona Ana County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 36.8 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Home health care services (265.9 percent gain)
2. Activities related to credit intermediation (261.8 percent gain)
3. Electronics and appliance stores (225.7 percent gain)
4. Used merchandise stores (200.0 percent gain)
5. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (186.5 percent gain)





About: This report is part 2 of 6 in the eCanned.com Industry Analysis Series.

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

 

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