In Santa Fe County, jobs in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage pay the highest wages

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People with jobs in the securities and commodity contracts brokerage industry reported the top wages in Santa Fe County for 2006. The average industry job in Santa Fe County earned an annual wage of $119,761 in 2006. The average wage is greater than the average industry wage in the State of New Mexico of . and less than then the pay for jobs in this industry in the United States of $138,150.

Other high-paying jobs in Santa Fe County, New Mexico exsists in computer systems design and related services ($82,358), management and technical consulting services ($80,929), other financial investment activities ($76,953) and oil and gas extraction ($74,240) 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.

Santa Fe County Wages have increased by 19.0% Since 2001

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From the second quarter of 2001 to the second quarter of 2006, industry wages have increased in Santa Fe County, New Mexico by a total of 19.0%. This is greater than the growth in industry wages for the State of New Mexico and greater 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.

Santa Fe County Industry Wages Lag Behind New Mexico, and Wages Lag Behind the United States

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Total wages in all industries in Santa Fe County, New Mexico can be described as relatively high when compared to other 2nd quarter of 2006 County wages throughout the state. The average pay is 0.1 percent lower than the with an state average of $32,032. The overall industry wage 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.

Santa Fe County Five-Year Industry Employment Change

In Santa Fe County, New Mexico, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 3,810 total jobs from 2001 to 2006.

Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Santa Fe County

Given the industries in the area, the Drinking places, alcoholic beverages industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 174 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Drinking places, alcoholic beverages industry make up 10.6 percent of the total employment decline in Santa Fe County, New Mexico.

Top 5 Industries
1. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (174 jobs lost)
2. Limited-service eating places (145 jobs lost)
3. Traveler accommodation (120 jobs lost)
4. Grantmaking and giving services (95 jobs lost)
5. Land subdivision (85 jobs lost)

Of the 118 industries with industry data reported by the BLS in each quarter, 43 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 74 industry sectors accounting for employment declines during that time period.

Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Santa Fe County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Full-service restaurants industry has accounted the most employment growth with a total of 780 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in the Full-service restaurants industry makes up 13.9 percent of the total number of new jobs in Santa Fe County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Full-service restaurants (780 new jobs)
2. Home health care services (308 new jobs)
3. Employment services (292 new jobs)
4. Clothing stores (278 new jobs)
5. Offices of physicians (236 new jobs)

Employment for all industries has increased by 9.2 percent from the reported values in 2001. These values are less than percent in New Mexico, which experienced a gain of 10.5 percent from 2001 (2nd Quarter). The gains in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.

Santa Fe County Five-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The General freight trucking industry has witnessed the largest percentage of employment expansion, increasing by 202.1 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Santa Fe County has increased employment faster than the overall industry growth seen in the State of New Mexico, where this industry saw a gain of 14.8 percent. The General freight trucking industry in Santa Fe County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 0.2 percent.

Top 5 Industries
1. General freight trucking (202.1 percent gain)
2. Activities related to credit intermediation (193.3 percent gain)
3. Promoters of performing arts and sports (186.7 percent gain)
4. Electronic markets and agents and brokers (183.9 percent gain)
5. Educational support services (166.0 percent gain)

Santa Fe County Five-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Drinking places, alcoholic beverages industry has lost the biggest percent of jobs, losing 62.7 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 industry felt a loss of 38.5 percent. The losses in the Drinking places, alcoholic beverages industry in Santa Fe County outpaced the losses of nation as a whole in the industry. In this time period, the nation lost 9.7 percent in terms of employment in the Drinking places, alcoholic beverages industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Drinking places, alcoholic beverages (62.7 percent decline)
2. Independent artists, writers, and performers (49.7 percent decline)
3. Machinery and supply merchant wholesalers (38.1 percent decline)
4. Florists (38 percent decline)
5. Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing (34.3 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.

Santa Fe County One-Year Industry Employment Change

Of the 136 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 59 described an expansion of jobs throughout the time period, while 76 industries reported a drop in employment.

In Santa Fe County, New Mexico, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 649 total jobs between the 2nd Quarter of 2005 and 2nd Quarter of 2006.

Total One-Year Employment Growth in Santa Fe County

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the Traveler accommodation industry has added the most employment with 205 employees finding new jobs in the industry. The employment growth in the Traveler accommodation industry makes up 10.5 percent of the total number of new jobs in Santa Fe County.

Top 5 Industries
1. Traveler accommodation (205 new jobs)
2. Activities related to real estate (155 new jobs)
3. Clothing stores (124 new jobs)
4. Building equipment contractors (122 new jobs)
5. Nonresidential building construction (100 new jobs)

Total One-Year Employment Decline in Santa Fe County

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the Residential mental health facilities industry experienced most substantial job loss, losing 225 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in the Residential mental health facilities industry make up 17.3 percent of the total job loss in Santa Fe County, New Mexico.

Top 5 Industries
1. Residential mental health facilities (225 jobs lost)
2. Employment services (117 jobs lost)
3. Management of companies and enterprises (87 jobs lost)
4. Other professional and technical services (83 jobs lost)
5. Health and personal care stores (70 jobs lost)

Total industry employment has increased by 1.4 percent since the 2nd Quarter figures of 2005. This change is less than growth in the State of New Mexico, which saw a gain of 4.5 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2005. The gains felt were less than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.0 percent.

Santa Fe County One-Year Percentage Decline in Employment

The Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty industry has seen the largest percentage drop in employment, losing 55.6 percent from 2005 (Q2) to 2006 (Q2). The losses of the area have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the New Mexico, where the industry sector experienced a loss of 7.5 percent. The losses in the Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty industry in Santa Fe County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US lost 2.4 percent in terms of employees in the Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Fruit and vegetable preserving and specialty (55.6 percent decline)
2. Residential mental health facilities (46.4 percent decline)
3. RV parks and recreational camps (37.7 percent decline)
4. Advertising and related services (33.6 percent decline)
5. Commercial equip. merchant wholesalers (29 percent decline)

Santa Fe County One-Year Percentage Growth in Employment

The Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying industry has experienced the largest percentage growth, expanding by 116.4 percent from 2005 (2nd quarter) to 2006 (2nd quarter). This industry sector in Santa Fe County has increased employment faster than the industry job growth experienced in New Mexico, where it saw a gain of 1.6 percent. The Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying industry in Santa Fe County outpaced the US in terms of percent growth of industry employment. During this period, the US gained 1 percent in this industry.

Top 5 Industries
1. Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying (116.4 percent gain)
2. Oil and gas extraction (100.0 percent gain)
3. Unclassified (82.4 percent gain)
4. Greenhouse and nursery production (60.8 percent gain)
5. Activities related to real estate (50.5 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 Santa Fe County, New Mexico

The median household income has declined from the inflation-adjusted 2000 income levels. The income level has decreased to $45,304, posting a 8.3 percent decline. Santa Fe County, New Mexico, in terms of percent of decline, ranks 4 of 6 counties in percent of decline for the household income level in the State of New Mexico. Santa Fe County ranks 314 of 668 counties (or parishes) when comparing the decline in household income across the nation.

The rate of poverty in Santa Fe County, New Mexico has increased by 1.1 percent since the amounts published in 2000, moving from 12 percent to 13.1 percent.

Contrasted against to other counties (or parishes) throughout the US, Santa Fe County, New Mexico can be considered to have a medium-low rate of poverty among the people, accounting a rate of 12.0 percent of people living in a family with an income below the poverty level in 1999. The American Indian and Alaska Native race/ethnicity population cohort, has the uppermost poverty rate with 28.3 percent of the population in 2000 living in poverty. Individuals aged 5 years are experiencing most percent people in poverty in Santa Fe County, with 27.3 percent of this age cohort living in poverty.

When analyzed against other counties (and parishes) in the US, Santa Fe County accounted a relatively high median household income of $49,382 (2005 Dollars). This median is 19.1 percent higher than the median in State of New Mexico of $39,936 and the median household income is 0.5 percent higher than the median household income in the United States of $49,133.

While the median household income saw a decline from 2000 to 2005 in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, the Race/Ethnicity group that experienced the largest decline in household income was the American Indian and Alaska Native category. This group felt a decline of 17.1 percent since 2000. The Asian Race/Ethnicity group has been least impacted by the median income decline in Santa Fe County, seeing a 146.9 percent increase in household income, since the reported levels in 2000.

Black or African American headed households had median income levels that were 9.6 percent greater than the overall reported level in 2000, with a reported median of $54,113. It was reported in 2000 that the Asian headed households had median household incomes of $53,381. This median is 8.1 percent greater than the reported median household income, in the area, for all households. The American Indian and Alaska Native households in Santa Fe County reported a median household income of $26,612, which was 46.1 percent less than the median for all households. In Santa Fe County, New Mexico White headed households reported household income (in 2005 Dollars) of $52,520 according to the Decennial Census of 2000, which was 6.4 percent greater than the median in the year 2000. Hispanic households in Santa Fe County, New Mexico recorded a median income of $41,079, which is 16.8 percent less than reported value of the areas total household median income for all households.

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

Higher Education in Santa Fe County, New Mexico

Santa Fe County, New Mexico can be considered to have a very highly-educated working age population, with 37 percent of the over 25 years old population having a Bachelors Degree or Higher, according to the 2000 Decennial Census. Santa Fe is reported having a higher percent of highly educated individuals than the State of New Mexico's proportion of 23.4 percent and a higher percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.

In Santa Fe County, New Mexico as reported in the 2000 Census, 42.4 percent of the White Alone, 30.2 percent of Black or African American, 57.4 percent of the Asian alone and 14 percent of the Hispanic or Latino population, over the age 25, has achieved at least a Bachelors Degree.

The 2000 Decennial Census reported that in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, the largest educational attainment category for men is the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 38 percent receiving this level of education. The women in Santa Fe have achieved a lower level of higher education (Bachelors or Higher) than men; 38 percent (Men) versus 36 percent (Women). Many of the women in the area have achieved the Bachelors Degree or Higher category, with 36 percent of the women population in the area achieving this level of education.

Since 2000, Santa Fe 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 3.8 percent to a total of 40.8 percent in 2005, according to the American Community Survey. The 2005 proportion of highly educated population is greater than the State of New Mexico percent of 25.2 and greater than the US percent of 27.2.

Between 2000 and 2005, the percent of the male population that can be understood as highly educated has increased by 1.0 percent. In the year 2005, 39 percent of total male population (over 25), in this area, held at least a Bachelors Degree. At the same time, the percent of women (over 25) holding a BA or higher has increased by a total of 6.2 percent. By 2005, a total of 42.2 percent of the female population having received at least a Bachelors Degree.

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

Demographic Profile for Santa Fe County, New Mexico

Since 2000, a very high amount of people have migrated to Santa Fe from outside the country. The immigration into Santa Fe totals 13.9 percent of immigration into the State of New Mexico. This level of international migration can be considered very high when comparing levels of immigration per population in 2005.

Santa Fe County, New Mexico had a population that was estimated at 140,855 for the year 2005. The total population has increased sharply, since the 2000 total population of 129,813. This growth shows an increase of 8.5 percent. Santa Fe ranks 5 of 33 counties by growth in total population in New Mexico and the county ranks 301 of 3,141 counties when calculating the total change in county population across the US.

Santa Fe County, New Mexico has a population that is made up of 45.2 percent White, 0.8 percent African American, 1 percent Asian, and 49.4 percent Hispanic. The area can be described as having a very high level of diversity, with 51.2 percent of the population made up of minorities. This is greater than the State of New Mexico percent of 46.4. Since 2000, Santa Fe has increased in diversity when 50.7 percent of the people were minorities.

The U.S. Census Bureau, in the year 2005, estimated a median age in Santa Fe County, New Mexico to be 40.4 years of age. The median in Santa Fe 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 the median, when the median age was 38.0 years of age. With a total of 21.3 percent of the 2005 population being comprised of individuals under the age of 18, Santa Fe can be understood as having a medium-low proportion of youths. The 18 to 64 years old population group has a relatively high representation within the population, making up 66.8 percent of the population falling in this age category. The retirement (65 and over) group makes up 11.9 percent of the population in the area. When compared to other counties throughout the United States, this represents a medium-low proportion of the area population base.

In terms of total land area, Santa Fe spans a total of 1909 total square miles. The area has a medium-low density of 74 persons per square mile. Other counties with similar densities in the US include: -- more densely populated -- Dyer, TN (74 per sq. mile ), Starke, IN (74 per sq. mile ), Cass, ND (74 per sq. mile ), -- less densely populated -- Franklin, TN (74 per sq. mile ), Pike, GA (74 per sq. mile ), Lane, OR (74 per sq. mile ).

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

Housing Report for Santa Fe County, New Mexico

In Santa Fe County, there were a total of 61,051 housing units in the year 2005. This represents a growth in housing units, adding in all 2,484 homes since 2001, or 4.2 percent.

Santa Fe County has a very high percentage of homes that are high in price. In 2005, the American Community Survey counted that 18.3 percent owner-occupied dwelling are valued over a half a million dollars.

In the State of New Mexico, Santa Fe County places 11 of 33 by percent in growth of new residential structures. The county places 1,000 of 3,141, in terms of residential real estate percentage change change in the United States.

Santa Fe County recorded a median home value in 2005 of $260,900, according to the American Community Survey. This home value is greater than the New Mexico 2005 home value of $125,500 and greater than median home value of $167,500 for the rest of the nation in that year.

The owner-occupied dwellings in Santa Fe County, New Mexico have seen large increases from the real estate values reported in 2000. The valuations have increased by $71,500, or 37.8 percent, from their 2000 value of $189,400.

There is a limited amount of housing that is affordable in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. In 2005, 16.6 percent of owner-occupied dwellings were valued under $125k.

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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

Management of companies and enterprises is the industry that has seen the largest increase in jobs from the year 2001 to the present in Santa Fe County, with a job growth of 80 percent. This is greater than the national employment change in the industry of 1.6 percent. The State of New Mexico experienced a sector employment shift of -4.2 percent, in the duration of 2001 to 2005.

Accommodation and food services has a largest number of employee per establishment in Santa Fe County. The industry averages 23 jobs per place of business. This is greater than the US industry average of 19 and greater than the New Mexico typical size of 21 for the Accommodation and food services industry.

Manufacturing since the year 2001 was faced with the largest loss in employment in Santa Fe County. The sector dealt with a loss of 193 jobs during the period, or 13.8 percent of industry's employment. The industry declines made up 39.5 percent of all county employment losses since 2001.

In Santa Fe County, Retail Trade, Accommodation and food services, and the Health care and social assistance sectors are the largest industries, in terms of total number of jobs in 2005. The Retail Trade produces the largest number of jobs in the area accounting for 19.2 percent of all the jobs in the county. This makes up 8,565 people employed. The Accommodation and food services and Health care and social assistance industries total 18 and 14 percent of industry employment.

In Santa Fe County, Accommodation and food services, Educational services and Construction industries have the highest United States location quotient (LQ). The Accommodation and food services sector has a United State LQ of 1.83. In other words, the percent of total jobs in the Accommodation and food services industry is 1.83 times the percent of the national average, This signifies that Santa Fe may be an exporter of products or services of Accommodation and food services.







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