In Sandoval County, jobs in the scientific research and development services pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the scientific research and development services industry reported the top wages in Sandoval County for 2006. The average worker in the industry in Sandoval County was paid an annual wage of $104,186 in 2nd quarter of 2006. The pay is greater than the average industry wage in the State of New Mexico of $69,311 and greater than then the wage for jobs in this industry at the United States Level of $81,871.

Top-pay jobs in Sandoval County, New Mexico exsists in land subdivision ($68,667), power generation and supply ($67,557), office administrative services ($65,660) and management and technical consulting services ($65,501) 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.

Sandoval County Wages have increased by 11.1% Since 2001

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Since 2001, industry wages increased in Sandoval County, New Mexico by a total of 11.1%. This is less than the growth in industry wages for the State of New Mexico and less than the growth in industry wages for the nation as a whole.

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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.

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

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The average total wages in all industries in Sandoval County, New Mexico can be described as very high when analyzed with other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 18.3 percent higher than the state, which was reported to be $32,032. The industry pay was less than the US average pay 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.

Sandoval County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

Sandoval County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Business support services industry has seen the largest percentage job growth, expanding by 1453.0 percent from 2001 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Sandoval County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in New Mexico, where the industry felt a loss of 13.4 percent. The Business support services industry in Sandoval County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 0.8 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business support services (1453.0 percent gain)
2. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (250.6 percent gain)
3. Office administrative services (212.2 percent gain)
4. Architectural and engineering services (193.4 percent gain)
5. Specialized freight trucking (133.3 percent gain)

Sandoval County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Computer systems design and related services industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 84.1 percent from 2001 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry has experienced in the State of New Mexico, where the industry reported a gain of 8.1 percent. The losses in the Computer systems design and related services industry in Sandoval County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 3.1 in percent of workers in the Computer systems design and related services industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Computer systems design and related services (84.1 percent decline)
2. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (76.2 percent decline)
3. Highway, street, and bridge construction (73.4 percent decline)
4. Management of companies and enterprises (54.6 percent decline)
5. Clothing stores (43.6 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 10.4 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). These figures are less than percent in the State of 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.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Sandoval County

From the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Business support services industry has added the most employment with 804 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Business support services industry makes up 24.7 percent of the total growth in Sandoval County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Business support services (804 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (295 new jobs)
3. Depository credit intermediation (291 new jobs)
4. Limited-service eating places (275 new jobs)
5. Full-service restaurants (207 new jobs)

In Sandoval County, New Mexico, the aggregate employment for all industry sectors has increased by 2,169 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

From the 52 4-digit NAICS industries, 11 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 41 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Sandoval County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Computer systems design and related services industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 428 jobs during the period. The employment lost in the Computer systems design and related services industry make up 35.2 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Sandoval County, New Mexico.

Top 5 Industries
1. Computer systems design and related services (428 jobs lost)
2. Nonresidential building construction (320 jobs lost)
3. Highway, street, and bridge construction (284 jobs lost)
4. Management of companies and enterprises (85 jobs lost)
5. Management and technical consulting services (36 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.

Sandoval County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Sandoval County

From of the area's 4-digit NAICS industries, the Highway, street, and bridge construction industry has lost the most employment with a total loss of 51 jobs. The declines in the Highway, street, and bridge construction industry make up 26.1 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Sandoval County, New Mexico.

Top 5 Industries
1. Highway, street, and bridge construction (51 jobs lost)
2. Depository credit intermediation (35 jobs lost)
3. Offices of physicians (31 jobs lost)
4. Printing and related support activities (17 jobs lost)
5. Misc. nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (15 jobs lost)

Given the 68 4-digit NAICS industries, 19 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 47 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

In Sandoval County, New Mexico, the total number of jobs throughout all industries has increased by 2,607 jobs from mid-2005 to mid-2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Sandoval County

Of the industries (4-digit NAICS) in the area, the Nonresidential building construction industry has added the most employment with 290 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Nonresidential building construction industry makes up 19.8 percent of the growth in Sandoval County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonresidential building construction (290 new jobs)
2. Building equipment contractors (246 new jobs)
3. Full-service restaurants (146 new jobs)
4. Limited-service eating places (127 new jobs)
5. Building finishing contractors (76 new jobs)

Sandoval County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Highway, street, and bridge construction industry has lost the largest percent of jobs, losing 33 percent of the jobs from the 2nd quarter of 2005 to 2nd quarter of 2006. The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has felt in the State of New Mexico, where the it saw a gain of 15.4 percent. The losses in the Highway, street, and bridge construction industry in Sandoval County outpaced the United States industry losses overall. During this period, the United States gained 0.6 in percent of jobs in the Highway, street, and bridge construction industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Highway, street, and bridge construction (33 percent decline)
2. Other support services (31.3 percent decline)
3. Clothing stores (26.7 percent decline)
4. Legal services (22.8 percent decline)
5. Printing and related support activities (20.1 percent decline)

Employment for all industries has increased by 12.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is greater than percent in the State of New Mexico, which experienced a gain of 4.5 percent since 2005 ( 2nd Quarter). The gains were greater than than the gain felt at the national level of 2.0 percent.

Sandoval County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Unclassified industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 400.0 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Sandoval County has expanded faster than the growth seen in the industry for New Mexico, where the industry felt a gain of 97.9 percent. The Unclassified industry in Sandoval County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 12.1 percent of the industry employment.

Top 5 Industries
1. Unclassified (400.0 percent gain)
2. Office administrative services (204.8 percent gain)
3. Independent artists, writers, and performers (188.9 percent gain)
4. Specialized freight trucking (118.8 percent gain)
5. Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores (64.4 percent gain)





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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 Sandoval County, New Mexico

The poverty rate in Sandoval County, New Mexico has declined by 0.8 percent since the 2000 rates, moving from 12.1 percent to 11.3 percent.

When compared to other counties (and parishes) throughout the United States, Sandoval County was reported to have a relatively high median income for households of $52,590 (Adjusted to 2005 Dollars). This figure is 24.1 percent higher than the median in State of New Mexico of $39,936 and this is 6.6 percent higher than the median household income level in the US of $49,133.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Sandoval County, New Mexico may be understood as having a medium-low poverty rate amid the residents with a poverty rate of 12.1 percent with a family income under the 1999 poverty level. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 35.5 percent of the 2000 residents living in poverty. People aged 5 years have the most percent of people living in poverty in Sandoval County, reporting 18.7 percent of this demographic group living with incomes under poverty.

The median household income has declined from the 2000 values (inflation adjusted). The median income has decreased to $47,330, posting a 10 percent decline. Sandoval County, New Mexico, in terms of percentage of decline, ranks 2 of 6 counties in percent of decline for household income in New Mexico. Sandoval County ranks 221 of 668 counties (or parishes) when analyzing the decline in median income level for the United States.

Black or African American headed households had a median household income that was 12.3 percent less than the overall median reported in 2000, with a reported median of $46,135. Hispanic headed households in Sandoval County, New Mexico , according to the 2000 census, had a median household income of $48,011, which is 8.7 percent less than the median reported for all households in the area. According to the 2000 Census, the Asian headed households in the area have median household incomes of $64,350. This median is 22.4 percent greater than the all households reported median in the area. The American Indian and Alaska Native headed households in Sandoval County reported an income level of $32,788, which was 37.7 percent less than the median for all households. In Sandoval County, New Mexico White headed households reported a median household income (2005 Dollars) of $55,698 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 5.9 percent greater than the median in the year 2000.

As the median income level saw a decline from 2000 to 2005 in Sandoval County, New Mexico, the Race/Ethnicity group that went through the most dramatic decline in household income was the American Indian and Alaska Native category. This group felt a decline of 25.5 percent in the last five years. The Asian Race/Ethnicity category has been least effected by the income level decline in Sandoval County, experiencing a 5.6 percent increase in household income level, since the year 2005.

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

Higher Education in Sandoval County, New Mexico

From 2000, Sandoval has increased in the percent of the population that is over the age of 25 with a BA or Higher. This population cohort has grown by 1.8 percent to a total of 26.6 percent in 2005. According to the American Community Survey, the proportion of the population in 2005 with a BA or Higher is greater than the State of New Mexico percent of 25.2 and less than the national percent of 27.2.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has decreased by 0.2 percent. By 2005, 24.8 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 increased by a total of 3.4 percent. By 2005, a total of 28 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

Sandoval County, New Mexico has a highly-educated 2000 population, with 24.8 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Sandoval is reported having a higher percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of New Mexico's proportion of 23.4 percent and a higher percent than United States proportion of 24.4 percent.

Reported by the 2000 Census in Sandoval County, New Mexico, a high proportion of the male population in the area have reached the Some College or Associates Degree category, with 32.6 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Sandoval have on average achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than the men in the area: 25.2 percent (Men) versus 24.6 percent (Women). The most common level of education for women in the area is Some College or Associates Degree category, with 32.4 percent of the female population achieving this education level.

In Sandoval County, New Mexico as reported in the Census of the year 2000, 30.2 percent of the White Alone, 23.2 percent of Black or African American, 35.2 percent of the Asian alone and 14.2 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

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

Demographic Profile for Sandoval County, New Mexico

Sandoval County, New Mexico has a population that is made of 49.5 percent White, 1.7 percent African American, 1 percent Asian, and 31.5 percent Hispanic. The area population base can be described as having a high amount of racial and ethnic diversity, with 34.2 percent of minorities in the 2005 population base. This is less than the State of New Mexico percent of 46.4. Since 2000, Sandoval has increased the level of diversity when 32.0 percent of the total population were minorities.

The population division of the Census Bureau estimates in 2005 a median age in Sandoval County, New Mexico to be 36.4 years of age. The median in Sandoval is greater than the median age in the State of New Mexico of 36.2. Since the year 2000, the area has witnessed an increase in this median, when at that time it was 35.2 years old. With a total of 25.6 percent of the population in 2005 being comprised of children and youth younger than 18, Sandoval can be described as having a medium-high percent of people under 18. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a medium-high presence of the 2005 population base, with 63.5 percent of the population within the age group. People 65 and older make up 10.9 percent of the population. When compared to other counties in the United States, this represents a medium-low percent of the population base.

Since the year 2000, a medium-low number of individual migrated to the Sandoval from outside the country. The immigration into Sandoval makes up 1.5 percent of immigration into the State of New Mexico. This percent of immigration can be considered medium-low when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

When calculating the total land area, Sandoval spans a total of 3709 total square miles. The area has a low average area density of 29 persons per square mile, in 2005. Similar counties, in terms of density, in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Fayette, AL (29 per sq. mile ), Montgomery, MS (29 per sq. mile ), DeKalb, MO (29 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Gem, ID (29 per sq. mile ), Braxton, WV (29 per sq. mile ), Neosho, KS (29 per sq. mile ).

Sandoval County, New Mexico had an estimated population of 107,460 in the year 2005. The population has increased very sharply, since the 2000 total population of 91,299. This growth shows an increase of 17.7 percent. Sandoval ranks 2 of 33 counties in terms of population growth in New Mexico and the county ranks 225 of 3,141 counties in terms of population growth in the United States.

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

Housing Report for Sandoval County, New Mexico

In Sandoval County, the census reported 40,761 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding a sum of 4,820 homes since 2001, or 13.4 percent.

Sandoval County recorded a median home value in 2005 of $147,200, reported by the American Community Survey. This value is greater than the State of New Mexico 2005 median owner-occupied dwelling value of $125,500 and less than median home value of $167,500 across the nation during that year.

The residential real estate values in Sandoval County, New Mexico have seen large increases from the housing values in 2000. The residential values have increased by $31,800, or 27.6 percent, since their values in that year of $115,400.

Sandoval County can be understood as having a medium percentage of homes that are high in price. In 2005, the American Community Survey accounted that 3.2 percent residential property is valued over $500k.

Throughout the State of New Mexico, Sandoval County stands 1 of 33 in terms of percentage growth in new housing structures. The county ranks 158 of 3,141, when comparing thee change in housing structures in counties throughout the nation.

It can be understood that there is a fair amount of real estate that is affordable in Sandoval County, New Mexico. In 2005, 37.3 percent of housing was valued under $125k.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Manufacturing has the largest employers in Sandoval County. The industry averages 93 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the industry's national average of 39 and greater than the State of New Mexico establishments size average of 22 for the Manufacturing industry.

Construction between the years 2001 and 2005, saw the greatest loss in employment in Sandoval County. The industry was hit with a loss of 632 employees during the period, or 22.1 percent of employment in the sector. These losses made up 46.7 percent of all employment losses in the county.

In Sandoval County, Manufacturing, Construction and Information are the three industries with the highest location quotients. The Manufacturing sector in the county has a location quotient of 2.43. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Manufacturing sector is 2.43 times greater than the national average, signifying that Sandoval County produces more than its local requirement of products and/or services of Manufacturing.

Sandoval County is ranked number 6 of 34 Counties throughout the State of New Mexico in terms of total 2005 employment. The County’s employment ranking has moved up from the year 2001, at which time the County was ranked 5 of 34 Counties.

In Sandoval County, Manufacturing, Retail Trade, and the Construction industries are the largest employment industries. The Manufacturing produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 31.2 percent of total employment in the county, making up 6,424 jobs. The Retail Trade and Construction sectors account for 13.5 and 10.8 percent of total employment, respectively.

Educational services from 2001-2005 had the highest increase in employment in Sandoval County, increasing by 1335.3 percent. This is greater than the rate of employment change across the nation of 13.8 percent. The State of New Mexico saw a change in employment in the sector of 10.1 percent, in the last 5 years.





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