Niagara County Five-Year Percentage Decline in EmploymentThe
Other support services industry has lost the largest amount of employment in terms of percentage, losing 78.2 percent of the jobs from 2001 to 2006. These have declined faster than the industry sector has gone through in the New York, where the it saw a loss of 11.7 percent. The losses in the
Other support services industry in Niagara County outpaced the US in terms of percent of decline of industry employment. The US gained 4.5 percent in terms of employment in the
Other support services industry.
Top 5 Industries 1. Other support services (78.2 percent decline)
2. Apparel and piece goods merchant wholesalers (65.9 percent decline)
3. Advertising and related services (65.1 percent decline)
4. Securities and commodity contracts brokerage (61.4 percent decline)
5. Used merchandise stores (60.9 percent decline)
Employment for all industries has decreased by 7.8 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. This is greater than percent in New York, which experienced a loss of -1.0 percent since the 2nd Quarter of 2001. The losses in the area were greater than than the gain reported at the US level of 2.6 percent.
Niagara County Five-Year Percentage Growth in EmploymentThe
Unclassified industry has gone through the largest job growth by percent, increasing by 222.4 percent from 2001 to 2006. This industry in Niagara County has increased employment faster than the industry has grown in the State of New York, where the industry took a gain of 208.5 percent. The
Unclassified industry in Niagara County outpaced the United States, which experienced a gained 1.7 percent.
Top 5 Industries 1. Unclassified (222.4 percent gain)
2. Other motor vehicle dealers (103.3 percent gain)
3. Other general merchandise stores (94.4 percent gain)
4. Individual and family services (83.3 percent gain)
5. Residential mental health facilities (66.6 percent gain)
Total Five-Year Employment Decline in Niagara CountyOf the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the
Other nonmetallic mineral products industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 806 jobs in that time period. The declines in the
Other nonmetallic mineral products industry make up 14.2 percent of the jobs lost during the period in Niagara County, New York.
Top 5 Industries 1. Other nonmetallic mineral products (806 jobs lost)
2. Department stores (639 jobs lost)
3. Basic chemical manufacturing (451 jobs lost)
4. Nursing care facilities (295 jobs lost)
5. Full-service restaurants (291 jobs lost)
In Niagara County, New York, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has decreased by 4,927 jobs between mid-2001 and mid-2006.
Total Five-Year Employment Growth in Niagara CountyThe
Limited-service eating places industry has grown the most with 465 total jobs brought in during the period. The growth in the
Limited-service eating places industry makes up 11.4 percent of the total growth in Niagara County.
Top 5 Industries 1. Limited-service eating places (465 new jobs)
2. Other general merchandise stores (320 new jobs)
3. Individual and family services (306 new jobs)
4. Nonresidential building construction (207 new jobs)
5. Elementary and secondary schools (190 new jobs)
From the 127 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each quarter, 71 reported job growth in the duration of the last five years and 56 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.
