In San Juan County, jobs in the wireless telecommunications carriers pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the wireless telecommunications carriers industry had the highest average wages in San Juan County for the 2nd quarter of 2006. The average worker in the industry in San Juan County received a wage of $72,893 in 2006. The annual wage is greater than the industry wage in New Mexico of $36,278 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $63,357.

Other top-pay jobs in San Juan County, New Mexico are present in other financial investment activities ($69,076), specialized freight trucking ($67,286), machinery and equipment rental and leasing ($60,098) and management and technical consulting services ($57,610) industries. Note: Click Graph Above 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.

San Juan County Wages have increased by 22.8% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in San Juan County, New Mexico by a total of 22.8%. This is greater than the growth in wages for the State of New Mexico and greater than the growth in average wages for 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.

San Juan County Industry Wages Exceed New Mexico, but Wages Lag Behind the United States

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The overall industry wages in San Juan County, New Mexico when analyzed can be described as relatively high when analyzed with other Counties in the state. The overall wages are 14.1 percent higher than the state, which accounted an average of $32,032. The industry pay was less than the industry average in the US 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.

San Juan County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

San Juan County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Highway, street, and bridge construction industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 82.9 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of New Mexico, where the industry felt a loss of 3.5 percent. The losses in the Highway, street, and bridge construction industry in San Juan County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 0.6 percent in terms of employment in the Highway, street, and bridge construction industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Highway, street, and bridge construction (82.9 percent decline)
2. Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores (62.9 percent decline)
3. Specialty food stores (55.7 percent decline)
4. Department stores (51.2 percent decline)
5. Lessors of real estate (44.4 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 17.1 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than percent in New Mexico, which experienced a gain of 10.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The gains in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

San Juan County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Private households industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 582.1 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in San Juan County has grow faster than the industry has grown in the State of New Mexico, where the industry took a gain of 16 percent. The Private households industry in San Juan County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 19.8 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Private households (582.1 percent gain)
2. Activities related to credit intermediation (273.5 percent gain)
3. Home health care services (221.5 percent gain)
4. Other general merchandise stores (216.0 percent gain)
5. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (192.6 percent gain)

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in San Juan County

The Department stores industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 467 jobs in that time period. The declines in the Department stores industry make up 28.3 percent of the employment lost during the period in San Juan County, New Mexico.

Top 5 Industries
1. Department stores (467 jobs lost)
2. Nonresidential building construction (195 jobs lost)
3. Highway, street, and bridge construction (169 jobs lost)
4. Architectural and engineering services (119 jobs lost)
5. Health and personal care stores (117 jobs lost)

In San Juan County, New Mexico, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 5,772 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2001 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in San Juan County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Support activities for mining industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 839 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the Support activities for mining industry makes up 12.4 percent of the total employment growth in San Juan County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (839 new jobs)
2. Other general merchandise stores (808 new jobs)
3. Utility system construction (587 new jobs)
4. Home health care services (518 new jobs)
5. Limited-service eating places (465 new jobs)

Out of the 95 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 31 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 63 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.





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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.

San Juan County One-Year Industry Employment Change

San Juan County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 121.1 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in San Juan County has expanded faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of New Mexico, where the industry took a gain of 97.9 percent. The Unclassified industry in San Juan County outpaced the national average, which felt a gained 12.1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (121.1 percent gain)
2. Activities related to real estate (100.0 percent gain)
3. Activities related to credit intermediation (74.0 percent gain)
4. Computer systems design and related services (72.2 percent gain)
5. Shoe stores (62.4 percent gain)

Employment for all industries has increased by 5.8 percent from the reported values in 2005. These values are greater than growth in New Mexico, which experienced a gain of 4.5 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

San Juan County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Highway, street, and bridge construction industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 68.4 percent of the jobs from 2005 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the New Mexico, where the industry felt a gain of 15.4 percent. The losses in the Highway, street, and bridge construction industry in San Juan County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 0.6 percent in terms of employment in the Highway, street, and bridge construction industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Highway, street, and bridge construction (68.4 percent decline)
2. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (62.3 percent decline)
3. Architectural and structural metals mfg. (36.1 percent decline)
4. Scientific research and development services (29.2 percent decline)
5. Consumer goods rental (24.7 percent decline)

In San Juan County, New Mexico, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 2,147 jobs between mid-2005 and mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Decline in San Juan County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Specialized freight trucking industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 133 jobs. The declines in the Specialized freight trucking industry make up 15.6 percent of the total employment decline in San Juan County, New Mexico.

Top 5 Industries
1. Specialized freight trucking (133 jobs lost)
2. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (112 jobs lost)
3. Architectural and engineering services (78 jobs lost)
4. Nursing care facilities (77 jobs lost)
5. Highway, street, and bridge construction (76 jobs lost)

Total One-Year Employment Growth in San Juan County

The Support activities for mining industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 518 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Support activities for mining industry makes up 19.1 percent of the growth in San Juan County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Support activities for mining (518 new jobs)
2. Utility system construction (495 new jobs)
3. Other general merchandise stores (242 new jobs)
4. Limited-service eating places (195 new jobs)
5. Building foundation and exterior contractors (130 new jobs)

Given the 105 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 37 reported job growth in the duration of the year and 66 industries reported employment loss in the period.





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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 San Juan County, New Mexico

The rate of poverty in San Juan County, New Mexico has declined by 5.3 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 21.5 percent to 16.2 percent.

The median household income in the area has declined from the values (adjusted for inflation) in 2000. The median has decreased to $36,047, which amounts to a 8.7 percent decline. San Juan County, New Mexico, when comparing total percent of decline, ranks 3 of 6 counties in percent of decline for median household income in the State of New Mexico. San Juan County ranks 292 of 668 counties (or parishes) in terms of the decline in median income level for the United States.

When put side-by-side with other counties (or parishes) throughout the United States, San Juan County, New Mexico can be considered to have a relatively high rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 21.5 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity demographic category, owns the foremost rate of poverty with 36 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in San Juan County, having 30.8 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

Compared to counties across the United States, San Juan County reported a medium-high median household income of $39,502 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This is 1.1 percent lower than the median in State of New Mexico of $39,936 and this is 24.4 percent lower than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

While household income level experienced a decline since 2000 in San Juan County, New Mexico, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in household income was the Hispanic Race/Ethnicity category. This group experienced a decline of 18.4 percent since the year 2000. The White Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level decline in San Juan County, encountering a 1 percent increase in median household income from 2000 to 2005.

The Asian headed households reported median household incomes of $34,961. This median is 11.5 percent less than the reported median household income for all households in the area. Hispanic Householders in San Juan County, New Mexico recorded a median income of $37,158, this median is 5.9 percent less than the areas median income level for all households. In San Juan County, New Mexico White householders had a median household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $45,945 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 16.3 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in San Juan County reported a median household income of $28,285, which was 28.4 percent less than the areas median level for all households. Black or African American householders reported household income levels that were 2.5 percent less than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $38,513.

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

Higher Education in San Juan County, New Mexico

In San Juan County, New Mexico as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 18.8 percent of the White Alone, 27.6 percent of Black or African American, 28.8 percent of the Asian alone and 6.6 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population (over 25) has obtained a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

San Juan County, New Mexico can be considered to have a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 13.6 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000. San Juan is reported having a lower percent of population with this high education level than the State of New Mexico's proportion of 23.4 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

Reported by the 2000 Census in San Juan County, New Mexico, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the High School Diploma category, with 32.6 percent obtaining this level of education. The women in San Juan on average have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 14 percent (Men) versus 13 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 35.4 percent of women in the area reaching this education level.

From 2000, San Juan has decreased in the total percent of the over 25 population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher. This population group has declined by 2.2 percent to a total of 11.4 percent in 2005, as reported by the American Community Survey. The proportion of the 2005 population having received at least a BA is less than the State of New Mexico percent of 25.2 and less than the national percent of 27.2.

From 2000 to 2005, the percent of the male population that can be considered highly educated has decreased by 3.0 percent. By 2005, 11 percent of area's male population (+25) achieved a BA or Higher. During the same period, the percent of women (+25) that have earned a BA or higher has decreased by a total of 1.2 percent. By the year 2005, a total of 11.8 percent of the women in the population had received a Bachelors Degree or Higher.

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

Housing Report for San Juan County, New Mexico

In San Juan County, the real estate market was made up of 44,630 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding all together 834 residential units since 2001, or 1.9 percent.

San Juan County recorded a median home value in 2005 of $96,000, according to the American Community Survey. This value is less than the overall State of New Mexico 2005 home median value of $125,500 and less than home value of $167,500 across the United States during the same year.

There seems to be a large amount affordable residential real estate in San Juan County, New Mexico. In 2005, 63.1 percent of housing was valued under $125k.

The owner-occupied dwellings in San Juan County, New Mexico have small increases since their reported values in 2000. The values have increased by $4,700, or 5.1 percent, from their 2000 value of $91,300.

When compared to other counties in New Mexico, San Juan County stands 25 of 33 in terms of growth of new housing structures between 2001 and 2005. The county stands 2,009 of 3,141, compared to change in residential structure growth in counties throughout the Unities States.

San Juan County may be be described as having a medium percentage of homes that are high in price. In 2005, the American Community Survey accounted that 1 percent of the houses are valued over a half a million dollars.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Employment Report for San Juan County, New Mexico -- Annual 2005 Industry Summary

Administrative and waste services since the year 2001 lost the most jobs in San Juan County. The industry was hit with a loss of 197 jobs during the period, or 13.8 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 48.6 percent of all county employment losses since 2001.

In San Juan County, Mining, Utilities and Construction industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Mining industry has a US LQ in the county of 26.9. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Mining industry is 26.9 times greater than the US average, showing signs that San Juan may be an exporter of products or services of Mining.

Utilities has the largest employers in San Juan County, with the industry averaging 86 workers per each place of employment, being greater than the industry's average at the national level of 34 and greater than the New Mexico establishments size average of 18 for the Utilities industry.

Health care and social assistance is the industry that has seen the largest increase in jobs from the year 2001 to the present in San Juan County, with an employment growth of 31.5 percent. This is greater than the United States industry change in employment of 10.6 percent. The State of New Mexico underwent a employment change in the industry of 23.6 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.

In San Juan County, Retail Trade, Mining, and the Health care and social assistance industries have the largest percent of jobs of all industries. The Retail Trade is the major employer in the county making up 16.4 percent of all jobs throughout the county, totaling 6,107 employees. The Mining and Health care and social assistance sectors account for 13.6 and 13 percent of the total jobs, respectively.







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